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Notes on The End of Work
by Jeremy Rivkin, 1995
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Global unemployment has now reached its highest level since the great depression of the 1930s.� More than 800 million human beings are now unemployed or underemployed.
For the whole of the modern era, people's worth has been measured by the market value of their labour.
In the U.S. corporations are eliminating more than 2 million jobs annually.
In the U.S. more than 90 million jobs in a labour force of 124 million are potentially vulnerable to replacement by machines.
Recent studies have exploded the myth that small businesses are powerful engines of job growth in the high-tech era.
French economist Jean Baptiste Say was among the first to argue that supply creates its own demand.
Charles Kettering of General Motors said, "The key to economic prosperity is the organized creation of dissatisfaction."� John Kenneth Galbraith put it more succinctly when he observed that the new mission of business is to "create the wants it seeks to satisfy."
The ever-increasing perfectibility of modern machinery forces each industrialist, factory-owner, entrepreneur to upgrade his equipment, and thereby his productive capacity, notwithstanding the fact that purchasing power, either through greater employment, higher wages, or the extension of markets can never keep pace, over the long run, with the increase in productive capacity.
The New Deal was at best only a partial success.� In 1940 the nation's unemployment still hovered at nearly 15 percent.� Although the rate was considerably lower than in 1933, when it had reached a high of 24.9 percent, the economy continued in depression.
To reduce unemployment by a single percentage point would require the overnight creation of something like eleven biotech industries.
The gap in educational levels between those needing jobs and the kind of high-tech jobs available is so wide that no retraining program could hope to adequately upgrade worker's skills to match those limited high-tech job opportunities.
One out of every three adults in the U.S. is functionally, marginally, or completely illiterate.
Although the Clinton administration does not openly use the term trickle-down technology, it continues to pursue an economic agenda based squarely on its underlying assumptions.
Rene Descartes, the French mathematician and philosopher, was the first to advance the radical idea of nature as a machine.� In Descartes' utilitarian world, God, the benevolent and caring shepherd of Christendom, was replaced with God, the remote and cold technician who created and set in motion a machinelike universe that was orderly, predictable, and self-perpetuating.� Descartes stripped nature of its aliveness, reducing both creation and creatures to mathematical and mechanical analogues.� He even described animals as "soulless automata" whose movements were little different from those of the automated puppetry that danced upon the Strasbourg clock.
The technocracy movement (its proponents advocated "rule by science" rather than "rule by man" and urged America to grant near-dictatorial powers to scientists and engineers) captured the imagination of the country in 1932.� Its success was to be short-lived.� Internal bickering among its leader led to a splintering of the movement into warring factions.
In October 1944 the first mechanical cotton picker was successfully demonstrated in the Mississippi delta.� It could pick 1000 pounds of cotton an hour, thereby doing the work of 50 seasoned pickers.� In 1949 only 6 percent of the cotton in the South was harvested mechanically; by 1964 it was 78 percent.� Eight years later, 100 percent of the cotton was picked by machines.
More than 5 million blacks migrated north in search of work between 1940 and 1970.� The fortunes of black workers in the North improved steadily until 1954 and then began a forty-year historical decline.
Technology eliminates jobs, not work.
The father of cybernetics, Norbert Weiner, became so fearful of the high-tech future he and his colleagues were creating that he wrote an extraordinary letter to Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers, pleading for an audience.� He warned Reuther that the cybernetic revolution "will undoubtedly lead to the factory without employees...and the unemployment produced by such plants can only be disastrous," and promised Reuther his full backing and personal loyalty in any concerted national campaign by organized labour to address the issue.
Reuther was initially sympathetic and began to faintly echo Weiner's concerns before congressional committees and in public addresses.� Despite all of the public rhetoric, however, organized labour proved far more conciliatory behind closed doors in the collective bargaining process.� Fearful of being branded as modern-day Luddites and obstacles to progress, unions for the most part capitulated to management on the issues surrounding automation.
While the unions were correct in their belief that automation would shrink the ranks of the unskilled labour force, they grossly overestimated how man high-skilled jobs would be created by the new technologies.� They failed to grasp the central dynamic of the automation revolution—management's single-minded determination to replace workers with machines wherever possible, and, by so doing, reduce labour costs, increase quality control, and improve profit margins.
Robert Theobald argued that since automation would continue to boost productivity and replace workers, it was necessary to break the traditional relationship between income and work.� With machines doing more and more of the work, human beings would need to be guaranteed an income, independent of employment in the formal economy, if they were to survive and the economy were to generate adequate purchasing power to buy the goods and services being produced.� He wrote, "For me, therefore, the guaranteed income represents the possibility of putting into effect the fundamental philosophical belief which has recurred consistently in human history, that each individual has a right to a minimal share in the production of society."
Milton Friedman also favoured a guaranteed income to the poor so that they could make their own personal consumption decisions in the free market, unencumbered by the dictates of bureaucrats.
Although liberal and conservative economists differed in their reason for supporting a guaranteed annual income, the growing interest in the idea led President Lyndon Johnson to establish a National Commission on Guaranteed Incomes in 1967.� After two years of hearings and studies, the commission, made up of business leaders, representatives of organized labour, and other prominent Americans, issued their report.� Commission members were unanimous in their support of a guaranteed annual income.� The report stated that "Unemployment or underemployment among the poor are often due to forces that cannot be controlled by the poor themselves.� For many of the poor, the desire to work is strong but the opportunities are not...Even if the existing welfare and related programs are improved, they are incapable of assuring that all Americans receive an adequate income.� We have therefore recommended the adoption of a new program of income supplementation for all Americans in need."
The report was largely ignored.� Many Americans, and most politicians, found it difficult to accept the notion of providing people a guaranteed income because they believed it would seriously undermine the work ethic and produce a generation of Americans unwilling to work at all.� While the commission's recommendations languished, the federal government did carry out a number of pilot projects to test the viability of providing a guaranteed annual income.� To its surprise, the government found that it did not appreciably reduce the incentive to work, as many politicians had feared.
In the 1980s, U.S. businesses invested more than one trillion dollars in information technology.� More than 88 percent of the total investment was made in the service sector, to help improve efficiency and reduce costs.�Despite the large investments, productivity continued to limp along, increasing at about 1 percent a year.�Economists began talking about the "productivity paradox."� Some, like Harvard's Gary Loveman, spoke openly about the utter failure of the highly touted technological revolution to whom so many had looked for their salvation.� Just as corporate CEOs began to sour on the new information technologies, the productivity paradox suddenly disappeared.� In 1991 output per hour increased by 2.3 percent.� In 1992 productivity soared to nearly 3 percent, the best performance of any year in more than two decades.� It became increasingly apparent to everyone who studied the phenomenon that the failure to achieve productivity gains faster lay not with the new laboursaving, timesaving information technologies, but rather with outmoded organizational structures that were not able to accommodate the new technologies.
Nearly half the human beings on the planet still farm the land, 2.4 billion to be exact.
In 1850, 60 percent of working Americans were employed in agriculture.� Today, less than 2.7 percent of the workforce is engaged directly in farming.� However, more than 20 percent of the GDP and 22 percent of the workforce is dependent on domestic crops and livestock.� The food and fibre industry is the single largest industry in the U.S.
A new variety of tomato was introduced in the 1960s that would ripen at the same time and be strong enough to withstand machine handling.� A new harvesting machine was designed specifically for harvesting the new variety, and within less that twenty-four years—from 1963 to 1987—the harvesting of tomatoes in California went from hand picking by Mexican immigrant labour to automated machine handling.
In 1850 a single farm worker produced enough food to feed four people.� Today, in the U.S., a single farmer supplies enough to feed more than seventy-eight people.� Agricultural production, even more than manufacturing production and service, has been stymied by ever-increasing output pitted against insufficient demand, with terrible consequences for farm families and rural communities.� There are currently more than 9 million people living below the poverty line in depressed rural areas across the U.S.—all casualties of the great strides in farm technology that have made America the number-one food producer in the world.
With its computerized manufacturing process, the mini-mill can produce a ton of steel with less than one twelfth the human labour of a giant integrated steel mill.
In 1980 United States Steel, the largest integrated steel company in the U.S., employed 120,000 workers.� By 1990 it was producing roughly the same output using only 20,000.� These numbers are projected to fall even further in the coming decades.
Today, powderized metals are poured from bags—like cement mix—into pressurized moulds which shape the component parts.� In some instances lightweight ceramics and plastics are substituted for powderized metals and put through the same mould process.� Making precision parts from moulds and casts has eliminated the jobs of thousands of skilled machinists.
General Electric, the world's largest corporation, has reduced worldwide employment from 400,000 in 1981 to less than 230,000 in 1993, while tripling its sales.
The textile industry is becoming a high-tech industry with automation accounting for almost 70 percent of the production process.
For more than forty years the service sector has been absorbing the job losses in manufacturing.� With new information technologies beginning to make major inroads in the service sector, it's has become apparent that this trend cannot continue indefinitely.
New electronic scanning technologies permit a possible 10 to 15 percent reduction in jobs for cashiers, the third largest clerical group after secretaries and bookkeepers.
Back in the early 1970s the average guy with a high school diploma was making $24,000 in today's dollars.� Today a similar guy is making about $18,000.
In 1979 CEOs in the U.S. made 29 times the income of the average manufacturing worker.� By 1988 the average CEO was making 93 times the earnings of the average factory worker.
Less than half of 1 percent of the American population owns 37.4 percent of all corporate stocks and bonds and 56.2 percent of all U.S. private business assets.
Below the super rich is a slightly larger class consisting of 4 percent of the workforce who manage the new high-tech information economy.� This small group earns as much as the entire bottom 51 percent of American wage earners.
In 1992, 36.9 million Americans were living in poverty, an increase of 17 percent since 1989.� More than 33 percent of blacks,� 29.3 percent of Hispanics, and 11.6 percent of whites live below the poverty line.
The cost of a first home went from 29.9 percent of income in the 1970s to 37.2 percent of income in the 1980s.
From early childhood, youngsters are constantly asked what they would like to be when they grow up.� The notion of being a "productive" citizen is so imprinted on the nation's character that when one is suddenly denied access to a job, his or her self-esteem is likely to plummet.� To be under-employed or unemployed is to feel unproductive and increasingly worthless.
Many workers are becoming expendable, then irrelevant, and finally invisible in the new high-tech world of global commerce and trade.
In Western Europe one in nine workers is currently without a job.� In Spain, once among the fastest-growing countries in Europe, one out of five workers has no job.� Moreover more than 45.8 percent of the unemployed worker in Europe have been without a jobs for more than a year.
In Spain and Holland, 33 percent of the workers are part-time, in Norway more than 20 percent, and in the U.K. nearly 40 percent.
With longer paid vacations and fewer working hours, European labour is 50 percent more expensive than either U.S. or Japanese labour.
When companies build new factories in developing countries they are generally far more highly automated and efficient than their counterparts back in the U.S.
In Mexico, 50 percent of the workforce is unemployed or underemployed.
Shrinking employment opportunities in the formal economy, and reduced public spending will require that greater attention be focused on the third sector: the non-market or social economy.
Automation threatens to render possible the reversal of the relation between free time and working time: the possibility of working time becoming marginal and free time becoming full time.� The result would be...a mode of existence incompatible with the traditional culture.� Advanced industrial society is in permanent mobilization against this possibility.
William Green, the former president of the AFL said: "Free time will come.� The only choice is unemployment or leisure."
Harvard economist Juliet Schor points out that American productivity has more than doubled since 1948, meaning that we can "now produce our 1948 standard of living in less than half the time it took in that year."� Yet Americans are working longer hours today than forty years ago at the outset of the information-technology revolution.
Many companies prefer to employ a smaller workforce at longer hours rather than a larger one at shorter hours to save the costs of providing additional benefits, including health care and pensions.
A survey of 300 business leaders, conducted several years ago, soliciting their support for a shorter week did not receive a single positive response.� One Fortune 500 CEO wrote back, "My view of the world, our country and our country's needs is dramatically opposite of yours.� I cannot imagine a shorter work week.� I can imagine a longer one...if America is to be competitive in the first half of the next century."
Pension funds account for over one third of all corporate equities, and nearly 40 percent of all corporate bonds.� Pension funds hold nearly one third of the total financial assets of the U.S. economy.
While the business sector makes up 80 percent of the economic activity in the U.S., and the government sector accounts for an additional 14 percent of the GNP, the independent sector currently contributes more than 6 percent to the economy and is responsible for 9 percent of the total national employment.
If you look closely you will see that almost anything that really matters to us, anything that embodies our deepest commitment to the way human life should be lived and cared for, depends on some form—often many forms—of volunteerism.
The U.S. alone, with less than 5 percent of the earth's population, is now consuming more than 30 percent of the world's remaining energy and raw materials.
If giving money to charitable efforts is deemed worthy of tax deductions, why not extend the idea to cover deductions for the donation of hours given to the same efforts and causes?
Although corporate philanthropy reached $5 billion in 1992, it represents less than 5 percent of all giving to the third sector.
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DOI: 10.2174/1570159X11311010009
Title:Genetics and Pathophysiology of Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (NBIA)
Author(s): Susanne A. Schneider, Petr Dusek, John Hardy, Ana Westenberger, Joseph Jankovic and Kailash P. Bhatia
Keywords: Ceramide, dystonia, iron, NBIA, parkinsonism, MPAN, PKAN, PLA2G6
Abstract: Our understanding of the syndromes of Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (NBIA) continues to grow considerably. In addition to the core syndromes of pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN, NBIA1) and PLA2G6-associated neurodegeneration (PLAN, NBIA2), several other genetic causes have been identified (including FA2H, C19orf12, ATP13A2, CP and FTL). In parallel, the clinical and pathological spectrum has broadened and new age-dependent presentations are being described. There is also growing recognition of overlap between the different NBIA disorders and other diseases including spastic paraplegias, leukodystrophies and neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis which makes a diagnosis solely based on clinical findings challenging. Autopsy examination of genetically-confirmed cases demonstrates Lewy bodies, neurofibrillary tangles, and other hallmarks of apparently distinct neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease. Until we disentangle the various NBIA genes and their related pathways and move towards pathogenesis-targeted therapies, the treatment remains symptomatic.
Our aim here is to provide an overview of historical developments of research into iron metabolism and its relevance in neurodegenerative disorders. We then focus on clinical features and investigational findings in NBIA and summarize therapeutic results reviewing reports of iron chelation therapy and deep brain stimulation. We also discuss genetic and molecular underpinnings of the NBIA syndromes.
A. Schneider Susanne, Dusek Petr, Hardy John, Westenberger Ana, Jankovic Joseph and P. Bhatia Kailash, Genetics and Pathophysiology of Neurodegeneration with Brain Iron Accumulation (NBIA), Current Neuropharmacology 2013; 11(1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570159X11311010009
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If arrested, how long can I be detained for?
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• Powers of detention
• Periods excluded in calculating the detention period
• Powers of arrest
• Powers of re-arrest
• Treatment of Persons in custody
N.B:
All legislation listed below is summarised and not intended to be used for any purpose other than for quick reference. For a more detailed view, the Acts themselves and any amendments, repeals and substitutions, should be consulted. Legal resources such as www.Irishstatutebook.ie may be useful.
Powers of Detention
Section 4 – Criminal Justice Act 1984
24 Hours - Maximum Period of Detention
• 6 Hours – Granted by Member in Charge (MiC)
• 6 Hours – Extended by Superintendent
• 12 Hours – Extended by Chief Superintendent
NB. Please note S4 CJA 1984 is a power of detention not a power of arrest. Powers of arrest are attained from other pieces of legislation, as outlined further on in this document
See Appendix 1, for reasons why the clock can be stopped during the period of detention
Section 30 – Offences Against the State Act 1939
• 24 Hours – Granted by Arresting Member
• 24 Hours – Application by Superintendent at the District Court
Usually involving firearms or explosives offences. Normally used for murder enquiry's, and the investigation of terrorist / subversive offences.
Section 2 – Criminal Justice (Drug Trafficking) Act 1996
7 Days / 168 hours - Maximum Period of Detention
• 18 Hours – Extended by Superintendent
• 72 Hours – Application by Chief Superintendent to District Court
Usually involving offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act Sec 15 or 15A, Possession for Sale or Supply. Other offences are on the schedule for this detention.
Section 42 Criminal Justice Act 1999
Section 50 – Criminal Justice Act 2007
To include the following offences;
• murder involving the use of a firearm or an explosive
• murder to which section 3 of the Criminal Justice Act 1990 applies [capital murder]
• an offence under section 15 of the Firearms Act 1925 (as substituted by section 42 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006) [possession of firearms or ammunition with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury to property]
• an offence under section 15 of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 [false imprisonment] involving the use of a firearm
• organised crime offences of conspiracy ( Section 71) organised crime ( Section 72) and commission of offences for criminal organisation (Section 73) as set out in the Criminal Justice Act 2006.
Periods Excluded in calculating the detention period
Appendix 1 – Clock Stop During Detention
The clock may stop running in relation to the detention periods outlined above under Section 4 and Section 42 in the following situations:
If the Member In Charge (MiC) authorises suspension of questioning for a specified period between midnight and 8am to allow the detainee to rest, then that rest period will be excluded when calculating the period of detention.
If the person is detained under Section 4 CJA 1984 the prisoner must consent to the suspension of questioning.
If the detainee is in need of medical attention and is taken out of the Garda station the period that the detainee is absent from the station will be excluded when reckoning the period of detention.
Where detainee is taken to a court in connection with an application relating to the lawfulness of his detention, the time during which he is absent from the station for that purpose will be excluded when reckoning the period of detention.
Powers of Arrest
Statutes conferring a power of arrest
Numerous statutes create a power of arrest in relation to specific offences – these include (note that this is by no means an exhaustive list):
• Criminal Law Act 1997, s 4
• Section 30 Offences Against the State Act 1939
• Misuse of Drugs Act 1977, s 25
• Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994, s 24
• Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990, s 14
• Criminal Damage Act 1991, s12
Note: Section 4 of the Criminal Law Act 1997 is the most widely used Power of Arrest. It covers any offence which carries a penalty on indictment of 5 years or more.
An arrestable offence is defined in section 2(1) of the Act as:
"an offence for which a person of full capacity and not previously convicted may, under or by virtue of any enactment or the common law, be punished by imprisonment for a term of five years or by a more severe penalty and includes an attempt to commit any such offence"
• Section 42 Criminal Justice Act 1999
Empowers a Judge of the District Court to authorise a member of An Garda Síochána to arrest a prisoner*, and take him to a Garda station for possible detention there, once such Judge is satisfied, by way of information supplied on oath by a Garda Superintendent or person of higher rank, that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that such prisoner has committed an offence other than that for which he has been imprisoned.
*("prisoner" means a person who is in prison on foot of a sentence of imprisonment, on committal awaiting trial, on remand or otherwise)
Powers to re-arrest
Gives the power to re-arrest on the authority of a justice of the District Court who is satisfied on information supplied on oath by a member of the Garda Síochána not below the rank of superintendent that further information has come to the knowledge of the Garda Síochána since the person's release as to his suspected participation in the offence for which his arrest is sought. A person arrested under that authority shall be dealt with pursuant to section 4.
A person may also be arrested for any offence for the purpose of charging him with that offence forthwith.
Treatment of Persons in Custody
Treatment of Persons in Custody Regulations
The treatment of persons in custody regulations are the regulations which cover a prisoners legal entitlement.
They are derived from Regulation 8, Criminal Justice Act 1984 (Treatment of Persons in Custody in Garda Síochána Stations) Regulations, 1987 and 2006.
A copy of these rights is supplied to all persons in custody on entering the Garda station when their details are entered in the Custody Record (C84), the form handed to the prisoner is the C72(S).
It outlines the following;
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• Medical Treatment
• Telephone Calls and Personal Visits
• Searches
• Provision of Meals
• The taking of Photographs, Fingerprints and other bodily samples
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Why should I report a crime?
If you are a victim of crime or, a witness to one, you should report this to An Garda Síochána as soon as possible. By sharing any information you have about a crime you can help An Garda Síochána solve crimes and potentially prevent future crimes from taking place.
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To tackle online illegal content An Garda Síochána has been working in conjunction with the Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland (ISPAI) for the past 15 years. ISPAI co-funds and runs Hotline.ie which was established within an Industry self-regulatory framework as one of the key recommendations of the Government's Working Group on the Illegal and Harmful Use of the Internet (in 1998), to provide an anonymous service to Internet Users who accidentally uncover illegal content on the Internet, particularly Child Sexual Abuse Material.
The Paedophile Investigation Unit of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation procedures in place that facilitate criminal investigation of reported child sexual abuse material within the Irish jurisdiction and internationally. Hotline.ie acts like a filter for An Garda Síochána providing qualified reports (with quality technical information) to initiate the "Notice and Take Down" procedure for the removal by the relevant ISP of the illegal / harmful content from the Internet and the ISP may preserve forensic evidence for investigation by police. Effectively Hotline.ie assists An Garda Síochána make the best use of its resources by focusing only on investigating qualified reports of Online Child Sexual Abuse Material.
There is no other civilian or police hotline specifically for the purpose of reporting suspected illegal content on the Internet in Ireland other than Hotline.ie.
An Garda Síochána encourages the public to report suspected illegal content encountered on the Internet to www.hotline.ie so that Industry and Law Enforcement may know about it and act swiftly against it!
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How to Safely Run on Sand Without Getting Hurt
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Running on the beach can not only be a peaceful, beautiful running experience, but it can also help make you a stronger runner. Running on sand, especially dry sand, is tougher than running on pavement, so you'll definitely work harder on the beach. But being able to jump in the water after you're finished will make it worth your effort. Here are some tips for running on the beach:
Start on Wet Sand
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If you're new to beach running, start out on wet, firm sand — it's much easier to run on than the soft, dry sand. Low tide is a great time to try running on the beach. You can slowly add 2 or 3-minute intervals on the softer sand, with longer recoveries on the wet sand. As you get used to the dry sand, you can start running on it for longer stretches.
Stick to Flat Ground
Avoid running along a beach that's sloped because it can lead to injuries in your knees and ankles. It's also much easier to fall and injure yourself if you're running on a banked surface.
Don't Expect to Run Your Usual Pace
Again, running on the beach is harder than running on the pavement or on a treadmill, so you'll need to slow down. Don't overdo it.
To prevent dehydration and other heat-related illnesses, make sure you hydrate properly and have plenty of water available. If there aren't any water fountains, you'll need to carry water or at least some cash to buy bottled water.
Ease into Barefoot Running
Barefoot running is a good way to build up strength in your feet. But because we're used to wearing shoes all the time, our feet are not nearly as strong as they could be. If you start running barefoot on the beach too fast or too frequently, you could injure yourself.
Running without supportive shoes on sand can lead to or worsen plantar fasciitis, ankle sprains, or Achilles injuries.
If you really want to run barefoot on the sand, start out with short runs — just 15 minutes or so — to build up some strength in your feet. And, of course, be on the lookout for broken glass and sea shells.
Running on the beach usually means that you're in direct sunlight, so make sure you protect your skin with a sunscreen of at least SPF 15. Try to avoid running between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., when the sun's intensity is at its greatest.
Have a Pair of Beach Running Shoes
There aren't specific shoes made for beach running, but you're better off dedicating a pair of your running shoes for beach runs. That way, you don't have to bother trying to get all the sand out of your shoes after your runs. They may also get wet, so you don't want to have to wait for them to dry out before you can run again.
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Revel won't be opening doors to visitors this summer
Steve Trader
After more than a month of litigation over who will supply power to Atlantic City's former Revel Casino, owner Glenn Straub has conceded Tuesday that the building would not open for gambling this summer.
During a federal court hearing in Camden on Tuesday, Straub and current utility supplier ACR Energy reached an agreement to keep fire safety equipment and aircraft warning lights on the 47-story tower of the building running temporarily.
Afterward, he told reporters that a casino definitely wouldn't open this summer, because of what he called roadblocks being put up by ACR Energy.
Straub bought the bankrupt Revel casino in mid-April for $82 million — a fraction of its $2 billion construction price tag — but couldn't reach a deal with ACR Energy over future costs, and has since sought a different energy source. A dispute over who owns the building's energy equipment has stalled a long-term deal, keeping the casino dark this summer.
Among the alternate power sources Straub has explored is pulling electricity from neighboring Showboat Casino — which he has also sought to buy from Stockton University — as well as the option of plugging the former Revel into the Atlantic City power grid.
Israel Posner, executive director of the Institute of Gaming, Hospitality and Tourism at Stockton University, said that when Revel was open, it was known more for its bar and restaurant scene than its casino, earning as much as 40 percent of its revenue from its non-gaming attractions.
He said missing Atlantic City's peak summer season would certainly hurt.
"It's certainly a missed opportunity for several thousand employees who hoped to get jobs back," said Posner. "It's certainly a blow to tax revenue for this city and state, and it's certainly costing Glenn Straub millions of dollars each month to keep it closed."
Posner said some of those costs include municipal taxes that are accruing and payments for security and insurance.
Asked if there are security concerns at the vacant building, Straub's attorney, Stuart Moskovitz, said simply that there are not.
Though Straub will be missing out on the summer tourist revenue, Posner said he doubted that Revel's absence would make much of a difference overall in bringing people into Atlantic City during the warm months, saying that every hotel is booked every weekend.
However, he said, a dark tower looming on the city skyline can certainly dampen the mood.
"There's no question that you like to see all the jewels along the Boardwalk sparkling," said Posner. "You never like to see a dull part of a bracelet. So, sure, when it comes to a tourist destination, the more lights, glitter and action, the better it is for the entire tourist destination."
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While electricity is something that many homeowners take for granted, you might be surprised at just how many residences in the U.S. don't have power.
Whether it's a home that was foreclosed and left unkempt or a home that sustained electrical damage that was never repaired, homes lack electricity for a variety of reasons.
But being that electricity is so crucial to everything from accessing the Internet to charging your cell phone, having power is a necessity for the majority of American households.
And when a home has been without power for an extended period of time, there is only so much that the electrical companies can do.
That's why you'll need a licensed electrician to get your home back up and running.
Why do I need an electrician?
When a home has been without power beyond just that of a typical, routine outage, several factors may be at play and a licensed electrician should inspect the electrical service.
* The main electrical panel may have gone bad.
* Wires may be dislodged or damaged.
* The circuit breakers may not be in good working condition.
* The main wire coming into the home may not be in good working condition.
Whatever the reason, these issues aren't easy for even a handy homeowner to resolve on their own, especially when you consider the danger of electricity.
What is more is that restoring power to a foreclosed or vacant home may require certain aspects of the electrical system to be brought up to code to ensure safe occupancy. This is not something that an individual can do on their own.
Contact First Class Electrical today if you are in need of home power restoration. Our professional, certified technicians will quickly and efficiently diagnose the issue to get you back up and running, while handling any permits and paperwork required by the city or township.
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You know those days when you can't do anything, when you're so lethargic, you can barely hold your eyelids open, let alone a viable conversation? I've been feeling that way today. I wondered why. And then I remembered. Yesterday.
In the morning, I performed a favorite gig: Urban Legends, 6th grade, Hill Country Middle School, last day of school. You couldn't find a more frenzied bunch of kids but it was fun. Tired but pleased, I came home to find Tile-guy at the door, ready to replace the tiles on the master bathroom wall around the tub. A new tub was put in a year ago but it was faulty; Home Depot gave a refund but didn't want to know about removal of said tub. A second new tub was bought; different plumbers had just taken out the first new one and put in this second. Tile-guy took one look at the newly installed tub and said, "Crooked." He pulled out an enormous level, set it down. "Crooked both ways. Call your tub-guy." He went to lunch. Tub-guy came back and got out his level, a much smaller one, set it down. "Straight," he said. Actually, it wasn't straight; it was off just a tiny bit. "Make no difference," he said. "Is fine. Call Tile-guy back." Then he pointed out that, although the tub box claimed the second tub was the same size as the first, it wasn't. He measured it and was right -- 1" shorter. "Tile-guy problem," he said. I forced him to wait while I called and insisted Tile-guy come talk to Tub-guy. Did I mention that Tub-guy is Latino with only a little English? Disgruntled, he waited on the toilet seat (lid down). Tile-guy came back, fully armed with his huge level. Smiling (patronizing), he showed Tub-guy where he was going wrong. Tub-guy, ashamed of his small level, pointed out the problem as he saw it, showing Tile-guy how to do his job. Tile-guy said: "Raise the tub an inch!" Tub-guy said: "Use tile-guy skill!" After 15 minutes, I shouted, "Stop! Act like grown-ups! Sort it out!" Actually, I said, "Tub-guy, cheat the bath up a little. Tile-guy, cheat the tile application a little. Now play nice." Tile guy said he'd return in the morning and left. Tub-guy raised the tub and left. Everyone was really unhappy. I was exhausted.
By this time, it was 7:00. A little disgruntled myself and as I'd missed tea-time, I went straight to the gin. Drink in hand, I sat down to unwind. A hippily-clad young lady walked to my door with a clipboard. Please, no! I can't talk to anyone else, I just can't. But she was working and I was resting so I felt bad. She wanted to talk about Walmart recycling electronics which I totally support so I smiled, took a breath, signed her petition, thanked her for working when I was resting.
Before I'd had time to take another sip, I saw my across-the-street neighbor pull into my driveway. NO, NO, NO!!! Go away, I can't talk...I can't communicate...I can't... But he beckoned me to come out to his van. I tried to make my house-mate go but the neighbor shook his head and pointed at me. I smiled -- honestly, more of a grimace -- took a deep breath, grabbed my G&T (I wasn't going without it this time!) and went outside. I was ready to slap him but he reached into his van and pulled out...an gigantic bunch of flowers. His van was full of flowers. He'd been doing some work at a flower shop and they'd given him all their leftovers which would otherwise be tossed. He gave me enough to fill three vases which surround me as I write: gladioli, daisies, carnations. And so I learn, for the trillionth time: Never give up on your day! NEVER give up on your day! It can get better in a moment!


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The show currently has a whopping 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and we are 100% ready to sit down and watch! In addition to Palmer and Goode, the star-studded cast includes Alex Kingston, Valerie Pettiford, Edward Bluemel and Sherlock's Louise Brealey. All these gorgeous people are sure to make for a flawless adaptation!
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Committee Recommends Further Study of Potential Law Enforcement Co-Location
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The Legislature's Public Safety Committee advanced a recommendation supporting in-depth study to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a joint City-County public safety facility.
The action comes three weeks after the Committee met in joint session with the City's Planning and Economic Development Committee to review findings of a preliminary study by Kingsbury Architecture which examined potential opportunities to co-locate the Ithaca Police Department and Tompkins County Sheriff's Office (Road Patrol and Civil Division) on a site located within the City of Ithaca.
The resolution, recommended by a 4-1 vote (Legislator Henry Granison dissenting), expresses the County's agreement to fund both a more detailed architectural and engineering study to provide the basis to evaluate costs and benefits associated with such a facility; and an operational study, to analyze the operational use of shared facilities by the Sheriff and City Police agencies. Staff for both municipalities would be charged with preparing Scopes of Work for the studies, to be approved by City and County, with the County Administrator and City Attorney charged with preparing a Request for Proposals. Yet-to-be-determined cost of the studies would be shared equally by the County and the City, and the City and County would jointly approach New York State to request reimbursement for the cost of consulting services.
As the committee began to discuss the matter, Committee Chair Rich John stressed that the only issue at hand is whether to undertake a study, not to make foregone conclusions on agreeing to co-locate or a particular site. It is critically important to look at the matter with an open mind, he said, considering how the interests of the taxpayers could be served.
Some Legislators expressed concern about the favored Commercial Avenue site advanced in the Kingsbury study, citing its location in a floodplain, traffic concerns related to Route 13, and its distance from the higher-volume call area in the county's northeast. Sheriff Derek Osborne remarked that he does have some concerns that should be addressed in studying any relocation but stressed that his biggest concern would be splitting his operation—the Sheriff's Office and the Jail. "The bottom line is that we need a new building…The jail is antiquated," he said. Central booking and central arraignment (as recommended two years ago by the Municipal Courts Task Force and not necessarily limited to a common facility) would be an operational asset, he noted. Committee members informally agreed that they have no interest in dividing the Sheriff's operation, and subsequently modified resolution language regarding the scope of the study from referring to a specific property to "all feasible sites that could accommodate a jail."
Although not related to the matter of co-location, Legislator Shawna Black said she wants to make sure that another potential facility option continues to be studied, as well: that of locating a such a facility as an addition to a proposed future crash-fire-rescue building on Airport land adjacent to the current Sheriff's property.
The Committee today also discussed but delayed any action on a proposed resolution in support of allowing deer and bear rifle hunting in Tompkins County. The proposed resolution would request the county's NYS Senate and Assembly representatives to support legislation to amend the applicable State Environmental Conservation Law to authorize the use of rifles within Tompkins County for deer and bear hunting. Tompkins is among eight of 54 Upstate counties that do not permit the use of rifles for hunting of deer or bear. Rifle hunting is characterized by advocates as a safer, more practical and more humane hunting option. It was the consensus of committee members that careful consideration is warranted and that they would like to hear input from the public before acting. An input session is expected to be part of the committee's July meeting.


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Рето Гётши (, 25 декабря 1965, Хаузен-на-Альбисе, Цюрих) — швейцарский бобслеист, пилот, выступавший за сборную Швейцарии в 1990-х годах. Участник двух зимних Олимпийских игр, серебряный призёр Лиллехаммера, чемпион Европы и мира.

Биография
Рето Гётши родился 25 декабря 1965 года в коммуне Хаузен-на-Альбисе, кантон Цюрих. Выступать в бобслее на профессиональном уровне начал в середине 1990-х годов и сразу показал неплохие результаты, вследствие чего попал в качестве пилота в национальную команду Швейцарии. Благодаря череде удачных выступлений в 1994 году был приглашён защищать честь страны на Олимпийских играх в Лиллехаммере, где вместе с разгоняющим Гуидо Аклином завоевал серебро в программе мужских двоек. В сезоне 1994/1995 поднялся до второй позиции в общем зачёте Кубка мира. Кроме того, одержал в этот период две победы на европейском первенстве, став двукратным чемпионом Европы среди двоек.

В 1996 году Гётши взял бронзу на чемпионате мира в Калгари, в то время как следующий год получился одним из самых удачных для спортсмена: он завоевал золотую медаль на чемпионате мира в Санкт-Морице и удостоился звания чемпиона Европы среди четырёхместных экипажей. Ездил вместе с Аклином на Игры 1998 года в Нагано, команда ставила перед собой самые высокие цели, но в итоге их двойка финишировала лишь шестой. Однако в сезоне 1998/1999 он повторил своё достижение на Кубке мира, после всех заездов вновь занял второе место.

Последним международным турниром для Рето Гётши оказался чемпионат мира 2001 года в Санкт-Морице, где он сумел подняться до второй позиции и завоевал тем самым серебро. Из-за высокой конкуренции в команде вскоре принял решение завершить карьеру профессионального спортсмена, уступив место молодым швейцарским бобслеистам.

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 Список призёров чемпионата мира на официальном сайте FIBT
 Рето Гётши   — результаты олимпийских выступлений на sports-reference.com

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Бобслеисты Швейцарии
Бобслеисты на зимних Олимпийских играх 1994 года
Бобслеисты на зимних Олимпийских играх 1998 года
Серебряные призёры зимних Олимпийских игр 1994 года
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The Death of Public Enemy #1
Music Review: Mama Rosin; Zydeco-Cajun-Punk-Folk band?
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Top 10: Winter Reads – Part 1
Ashleigh Togher
Sausage and mash, Bert and Ernie, winter & books; they just go together. Nothing's better than curling up with a real page-turner in the middle of winter, so here are some of my hand-picked favourites to get your nose dug into. From Great Expectation's beautifully bizarre living-ghost-bride Miss Havisham, to the awesome, misty figure of Kafka's castle. You won't be going near that telly.
10. Franz Kafka – The Castle
A book which simply has to be read in the darkest days of winter, The Castle, written in 1922, is perhaps the most poignant and revealing novel of Kafka's career. The story follows K, a land surveyor, who is sent to a snow-bound castle by an unknown source, for an unknown purpose. K fails to find reason and companionship in this hollow vein of life, allowing for a narrative as steeped in darkness, shadows and biting cold as the village which lies below the castle. Kafka is genius in his emotive portrayals of this misty castle and K's struggling solitude – like the cruelest cold, this one is bound to get under your skin.
…hard-faced toil and also the glimmering light of their resilience.
9. Mary Shelley – Frankenstein
Quite possibly my favourite book of all time, first published in 1818 Frankenstein is the ultimate tale of grief, remorse and loneliness. A young academic named Victor Frankenstein creates a monster out of dead body parts and then abandons him, but though he may be ugly, the monster is alive and ready to react. Shelley throws us into the monster's slashing revenge, tumbling through the idyllic Genevan countryside where love and grace were once so bountiful. Shelley masterfully captures the monster's unfathomable and absolute loneliness, leaving the reader to question who the villain really is.
8. Willa Cather – My Ántonia
Published in 1918, Cather's novel brilliantly portrays the hard-faced toil of the immigrant farmers who inhabit the American Great Plains and also the glimmering light of their resilience. The novel follows prairie boy, Jim Burden and Ántonia, the daughter of a Bohemian family, through the trials of a Nebraskan winter; from glittering beginnings to a deadly climax, through to a clinging denouement. Nature's burdens prove to be a beast as Jim falls ill, as do Ántonia's parents, but the value of this novel is not so much in Cather's portrayal of their plight as it is in the beauty of the human spirit that is laced within. Death and desolateness may come but eventually so will the spring, and with it new life.
Invest in a night-light before picking this one up.
7. Charles Dickens – Great Expectations
If you're still holding on to the last bits of Christmas as I am, then a dose of Dickens is just what the doctor ordered. You may have caught the BBC's beautiful Christmas adaption with Gillian Anderson as the youngest actress to ever play the enduring Miss Havisham, but the book itself, first published in 1860, is really a feast. The novel starts with an extraordinary event on Christmas Day that, as with every action in this book, results in a fateful reaction sometime down the line. Dickens follows the young orphaned Pip, from this event in his impoverished beginnings to his frivolous adolescence as a London gentleman. A tale of status, love, revenge, friendship, loneliness, fate and death with a lot of deus ex machina, Great Expectations is one of Dickens's finest works.
6. Susan Hill – The Woman in Black
This super-spooky novel from 1983 has been adapted for theatre on the West End since 1989 and has been made into a film starring Daniel Radcliffe to be released in February of this year, but to reach the darkest depths of this story, read the original. The novel follows young lawyer Arthur Kipps as he travels to the small town of Crythin Gifford to settle the legal affairs of recently deceased Alice Drablow, the former owner of eerie Eel Marsh House. He spots a soulless-looking figure cloaked in black at the funeral, to whom all the children are transfixed; and then a haunting series of unexplained events persue. What is this woman's tie to the children and to this house? What made her heart so black and her vengeance so merciless? The townspeople reveal nothing so Kipps must fatefully discover her secrets for himself. Invest in a night-light before picking this one up.
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President Trump and his administration have wasted no time attempting to strip away some of our basic fundamental rights. And some of the most dangerous policies have been introduced and encouraged by Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Jeff Sessions's past behavior has demonstrated active hostility to many Americans. As a prosecutor in Alabama, he prosecuted civil rights activists for doing nothing more than assisting African-Americans to vote, because to him, that was a crime. He has characterized the NAACP as forcing civil rights down the throats of white people. This is a remarkable statement, one that appears to reflect a belief that white people decide when and just how many civil rights people of color should receive.
Now as the head of the Department of Justice, he has control over every federal prosecutor's office in the country. And if he has his way, we will be going backwards into the failed policies of the past that brought us the system of mass incarceration that we currently suffer from today. And even scarier is the blatant deception used to call his policies one thing when they mean something completely different.
He's talking in code, so let's do a little decoding.


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cp $path/README.md /usr/local/share/doc/nibolo/README.md
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概 要 I will introduce two different numerical algorithms, Parareal and PFASST, that allow to exploit concurrency along the time dimension for large-scale computer simulations solving partial differential equations. Performance results from parallel computations for both methods on different architectures and for different applications will be presented. The impact of using shared or distributed memory parallelisation on the performance of Parareal in terms of runtime, memory and energy will be analysed. Also, recent results showing how parallel-in-time integration can provide algorithm-based tolerance against hardware faults will be discussed.
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Latinos find a place of their own at San Jose's…
Latinos find a place of their own at San Jose's History Park
The Chiechi House at History Park in San Jose, which is the new headquarters of the La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)
By Sal Pizarro | spizarro@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: September 22, 2018 at 7:00 a.m. | UPDATED: September 22, 2018 at 7:41 a.m.
Latinos have been part of San Jose since its founding in 1777, but they never had a place of their own at History Park until now. But the addition of the La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley to History San Jose's roster of partner groups is also a testament to the city's diverse ethnic tapestry.
Margie Chiechi, Mike Chiechi and Fernando Zazueta at a ribbon cutting for the La Raza Historical Society of Santa Clara Valley's new headquarters at History Park in San Jose. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group)
The historical society will make its headquarters at the Chiechi House, a 19th century Italianate-style home that sat in Willow Glen for a century until it was donated to History San Jose in 1973. History Park itself, like much of San Jose, is on land that was originally inhabited by Native Americans before the Spanish settlers arrived.
"You have a Mexican organization moving into an Italian family home on Ohlone land," said Margie Chiechi, a member of the family who once owned the house. "How much more diverse can you get?"
Not much, but retired attorney Fernando Zazueta, who is La Raza Historical Society's president, said the goal of the group is to shine a spotlight on the accomplishments of all the various nationalities that fall under the Latino umbrella and have contributed to San Jose. The group is raising money to renovate the house and use it for offices and meeting space, as well as adding a library devoted to Latino history. It's off to a good start: Milpitas City Councilman Bob Nuñez presented a $25,000 donation from the Nuñez Community Foundation.
History Park is already home to organizations devoted to Chinese, Portuguese, African-American and Vietnamese history and culture. History San Jose CEO Alida Bray said ever since she arrived nearly two decades ago, the most common question she has gotten is "Where are the Mexicans?"
"It took us a while, but we finally got them here," she said. "What History San Jose is about is honoring our cultural heritage in the valley. We really want as diverse a representation as we can have here."
FAMILY TRADITION OF SERVICE: One Latino family being honored for its own history is the Guels of Sunnyvale. They will be honored with the La Familia Award at the 29th annual Hispanic Foundation Ball next month.
Luis and Alicia Guel were married in 1949 and have called the Bay Area home since the 1950s. The couple's tradition of community service started during the turbulent 1960s, when they became involved with grassroots Chicano theater shows for El Teatro Campesino and later served as volunteer instructors with the folklorico group Los Lupeños de San Jose. They also volunteered with Teatro Vision and Club Estrella, a nonprofit social club that promotes Mexican-American heritage.
Alicia died in 2003, but they passed on their passion for giving to their eight children, who have continued volunteer efforts at several nonprofits throughout the valley.
The Guels should have quite a crowd to congratulate them, too. Hispanic Foundation CEO Ron Gonzales announced Friday that the Oct. 20 fundraiser at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose is already sold out.
IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT: When ALearn and Silicon Valley Education Foundation merged last March, they mashed up the two nonprofits' names to make a temporary moniker while Campbell marketing and branding firm R2i conducted a regional survey to figure out a name for the new organization. After six weeks of meetings, they learned that Silicon Valley Education Foundation had built a good reputation for its work advocating for STEM education for underserved communities.
So instead of disposing of its hard-earned brand identity, the new organization will keep the old name, along with SVEF's logo and signature green color. No surprise that an education foundation went with the smart answer.
HONOR FOR OLYMPIC ICONS: San Jose State announced last year that it was pushing this year's Inspiration to Innovation gala from the spring to October, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Tommie Smith and John Carlos' historic black power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. And the other track shoe dropped this week as the university announced that the iconic duo will receive the prestigious Tower Award at the Oct. 18 gala.
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Smith and Carlos were San Jose State track stars who helped the school earn its Speed City nickname, and after winning the gold and bronze medals, respectively, they made their unforgettable statement on the medal stand. At the time, they were reviled by many for their action and were evicted from the Olympic Village. Today, their protest is considered a defining act for athletes during the Civil Rights Movement.
It's fitting that the fundraising gala at which they'll be honored will take place at the Event Center on campus, not far from the 23-foot high sculpture that memorializes the pair's historic moment. More details on the gala, part of a series of events celebrating the 50th anniversary, are available at www.sjsu.edu/inspirationtoinnovation.
Sal Pizarro | San Jose metro columnist
Sal Pizarro has written the Around Town column for The Mercury News since 2005. His column covers the people and events surrounding the cultural scene in Silicon Valley. In addition, he writes Cocktail Chronicles, a feature column on Silicon Valley bars and nightclubs.
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4 Things Bush's New "Jeb Can Fix It" Slogan May Be Too Late To Actually Fix
by Tiffany Thomas
Former Republican front-runner Jeb Bush has long promised a course correction in his bid for the White House and apparently the time for it has finally arrived. Speaking to Chuck Todd on NBC's Meet The Press over the weekend, the former Florida governor admitted that the campaign has hit a "bumpy time" and outlined a new strategy to overcome its recent troubles. But will Jeb Bush's new, unsubtle slogan, "Jeb Can Fix It," actually help showcase the former governor's political strengths, or will it be simply too little, too late to actually help Bush claim the GOP nomination?
And what exactly is Bush really trying to fix? The Bush campaign has been plagued with bad headlines and heavy criticism recently. After a poor performance in the third GOP debate and campaign layoffs due to budget shortfalls, the former Florida governor needs to send a strong message to donors and voters, for sure. Not to mention, while the Bush team has plenty to fix, the language they've chosen is a bit problematic. "Fixing it" is often associated with shady deals, cronyism, and the sorts of subversive tactics the man who was Florida's governor during the 2000 Bush-Gore election would probably want to avoid.
It's an association that GOP rival Donald Trump made immediately. In a tweet on Sunday, Trump reacted to Bush's new slogan this way: "Jeb's new slogan - 'Jeb can fix it'. I never thought of Jeb as a crook! Stupid message, the word 'fix' is not a good one to use in politics!
To be fair, the slogan is likely meant to galvanize support around Bush's ability to solve what he sees as the country's biggest challenges. But the Bush team has chosen a message that unfortunately points more toward the things the campaign probably can't fix at this point. Here are four of the major issues Republican donors are probably hoping Bush "can fix" ASAP.
His Debate Performance
Bush has consistently fallen to the bottom of the list when it comes to debate performances. The candidate delivered a forgettable performance in the first debate and a disastrous showing in the third — who could forget that nasty exchange between Bush and Rubio in Boulder? Still, the GOP candidate admitted to Chuck Todd that there were areas where he might improve, but denied there was any real cause for concern.
His Lack Of Energy About The Race
Rival Donald Trump has chided Bush for his "low energy" when it comes to campaigning. GOP supporters in South Carolina got a taste of what Trump meant when Bush said the following during a campaign speech last week:
If this election is about how we're going to fight to get nothing done, then I don't want any part of it. [. . .] I've got a lot of really cool things that I could do other than sit around, being miserable, listening to people demonize me and me feeling compelled to demonize them. That is a joke. Elect Trump if you want that.
His Poll Numbers
Bush's poor performance on the biggest stage, his "unhappy warrior" demeanor, and his poor poll showings likely go hand in hand. After a short stint as front-runner at the very beginning of his candidacy, Bush has struggled to break through and offer real rivalry to political outsiders Donald Trump and Ben Carson.
His Financial Issues
Rumors that the Bush campaign was having financial difficulty came to a head last week as the campaign fired a top aide and instituted a 40 percent pay cut for all staff. Big money donors like to give to candidates who aren't on the ropes financially. Reducing staff doesn't send a clear signal that the Bush team is ready to ramp up its message and impact.
In his NBC interview, Bush said that he plans to use the new slogan to tout his leadership bona fides in a "Jeb Can Fix It" tour spanning Florida, South Carolina and New Hampshire — all early voting states — over the next several weeks. Also coming this week is a new e-book called Reply All, a collection of hundreds of emails sent and received on the major policy matters during his governorship.
Whether voters will read Bush's texting habits as the mark of the next president — or read them at all — remains to be seen.
Here's a clip from the speech Bush delivered in Tampa on Monday to kick off the "Jeb Can Fix It" tour:
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"Once upon a time," well what did you expect, this is a fable, after all, "on a dark winter night in a far away land, in a world lost to the mystery and wonders of strange beings and magical creatures, came the dawn of evil." With that portentous opening, the story behind Fable unfolds. It would seem that the Mecubarz had found this little forgotten planet and decided that it would be an ideal place to create a civilization filled with beauty, wisdom and power. The Mecubarz were a superior race of astral beings locked into the form of luminous Orbs. In this form they had absolute power to use the knowledge of the ancient ones but they needed physical agents to carry out their plans. The village of Balkhane became the center of their activities as the villagers were simple and naive humans, easy for the Mecubarz to control and use as needed. One of the humans, not quite so naive as the others, indeed quite greedy and ambitious, learned of a marvelous secret wonder constructed not far from the village. Ismael, by name, was a high priest in the Cult of the Mecubarz and the only Balkhanian to have discovered the secret to the powers of the Mecubarz. Ismael and four other people set out to take this power and make it theirs, little knowing that a long and dark passage would be written into the history of Balkhane.
It was on this dark winter night that the four conspirators were caught and the fate of the people of Balkhane sealed forever. The ever vigilant Mecubarz unleashed a wrath so terrible that it sundered the planet into four lands, those of Ice, Mist, Water and Fire. Also, to ensure the continued fate of the doomed people the four conspirators were transformed into demigods to rule, one per land, over the damnation and terror of the people of Balkhane. Before leaving this spoiled paradise, the Mecubarz left four jewels, one for each of the conspirators. The Ice Demon claimed the Emerald, and rules over an eternal winter in the Frozen Lands. The Diamond went to the Snake Beast to rule over the Lands of Mists. The Wetlands were to be ruled by a horrible Medusa, keeper of the Sapphire. And the fiery Ruby would be kept deep in the Land of Shadows. Ismael, having disappeared completely and thus escaping the wrath of the Mecubarz, was never to be seen again.
It is through this world that you, as Quickthorpe, must travel and collect the four jewels to restore the world to equilibrium. In his journeys, his sticky fingers will collect quite a few items into what appear to be bottomless pockets, notwithstanding his protests to the contrary. He'll also be prepared to do anything to get ahead, including taking candy from a baby. Quickthorpe will also do a fair measure of talking to the people he meets. He has 48 different people to meet and each of them has something to say. Just don't let his sharp tongue get him into too much trouble. Also, his mind tends to lead him into rather bawdy thoughts. After all, there's not much else to do in a village that's caught in an eternal winter and it will be up to you to decide if he should actually say or do anything to act on those "less wholesome" thoughts. Just try getting back into the village before you've finished your quest and you'll understand what I mean. Certain tasks will need to be accomplished before Quickthorpe can move on to another land and they do need to be done in a, more or less, sequential order. Just be sure that he interacts with everyone he meets and listen carefully as there are often clues hidden in what people are saying to Quickthorpe.
The SVGA graphics for this game are truly reminiscent of the fairy tales and fables from childhood. Rich in detail and beautiful rich colors each scene is a pleasure to examine. This game is almost like playing in a full-length classic animated movie. The main character was designed and animated by a former Disney animator. From the grand overviews of each land to the individual object closeups, everything is perfectly detailed in these hand-drawn graphics.
Full spoken dialogue accompanies each of the 48 different people that Quickthorpe will meet, and each one is a fully developed character in his own right. The sound effects are also well matched from the burbling of the steams and waterways to the echoes, bubbles and burbles in the Wetlands. The one surprising thing is that there is no ambient background music and that it really doesn't need to be there. The Fable captures you mind in so many other ways that you never even miss it.
As far as playing the game, nothing could be easier. If you can point and click, you've got this game mastered. As with most games of this type, the cursor changes to let you know what you can do next. The only difference would have to be the sheer number of things that are possible in this game. Both mouse buttons have been used to provide the widest possible range of options for any given situation. Right clicking toggles the options and left clicking puts the desired action into effect. Written cues at the bottom of the screen help keep track of what the next action is, so the player always knows what is going to happen next. Well, most of the time. That's where the special humor of this game becomes evident. A dry British humor pervades everything, from the bungling bureaucracy in the Shadow Lands to the Grim Reaper who can't stand the heat.
The puzzles are sometimes complex but they are fair. Clues are sometimes subtle, sometimes like being hit by a bus. If a player is really stuck, a hints hotline is available for "a little nudge or a blatant giveaway". See below for the telephone number. Tech support is also available in case problems arise, though installation should be a breeze for both DOS and Windows 95 users. Both versions come with the game and install automatically, depending on the system.
If you're looking for a fun little romp in the woods, Fable is a good title to get. It's not a mega-super-block-buster type ultra-hard game that-takes-days-to-play, but it does have some good puzzles. Just be aware that I wouldn't recommend this game for younger children. It's rated 13+ and does contain illustrations of some rather scantily clad women. Not exactly for mature audiences but it could raise some eyebrows on parents not expecting that kind of thing. Overall the graphics carry this production and make it worth purchasing. Especially if you enjoy quirky British humor as much as I do.
Written by Glenn Soucy
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Sound: 87%
Music: N/A
Gameplay: 90%
Interest: 87%
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Hard disk with 2Mb free space,
Double speed CD-ROM drive or faster,
SVGA video graphic card capable of displaying 640 x 480 with 256 colors,
Microsoft mouse or 100% compatibles,
Sound Blaster cards and 100% compatibles.
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