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Financial Literacy is Not Taught in Schools: Here's How It Can Be Learned
Reframe how you look at and invest in your own legacy.
By Salvatore Buscemi November 19, 2021
One of the interesting conundrums of western society has been the hindrance of financial literacy. The institutions that proselytize are the ones who benefit. The MBA has been the de facto gatekeeper that allows for the motivated few to achieve Wall Street careers. Given the current political climate and the issues school boards are facing, it seems as though nothing will change, perhaps by design.
The difference between how the middle class and ultra-wealthy invest
Some point to the lack of financial education in the American school system. Others believe they can learn finance on their own. Several generations are all too familiar with learning the basics of bond math when they received savings bonds. I was forced to invest in Series EE savings bonds as a child. That was what your grandparents gave you, that's what worked back then and it gave you a healthy tolerance for patience.
Patience and discipline were something we were taught to believe in. Today, that is nowhere to be found in American society. People are looking to get rich quick. Wealth creation has a new disguise — speculation.
As the pandemic showed us, lack of patience manifests as gambling in the stock market. Young people who are exposed to investing come from a foundation of social media addiction and status rewards and enter investing with the idea of short-term, quick riches. They're being launched on a trajectory that leads to chemical dependence on day trading.
Related: Investing In Our Youth: The Financial Literacy Movement
Because there's no patience, there's no willingness to learn any investing principles and although it's not measured in cargo containers, America's principal export is now financial speculation.
It's speculation under the banner of investing, and it's dogma the middle class subscribes to. They can't tell you how they value Tesla, but they are evangelic about the stock price at the bar because it's liquid…until it's not. We have a whole generation that hasn't seen that yet.
This is one of the main drivers that separates the middle class and the ultra-wealthy. The middle class has one investment objective: get rich quick. Twenty years of low interest rates have eroded their savings, inflation fuels their anxiety. This leads to swinging for the fences on liquid products like meme stocks, cryptocurrencies, NFTs and other high-fee novelty products. They read investments based on highest returns. Conversely, someone who is in the top 1,000th percentile has one main mission: expand their legacy.
The .001% are looking to add another layer to their legacy, or to put it another way, an extra paragraph in their 2,000-word newspaper obituary. Although most of these assets are illiquid, such as real estate, fine art or sports teams, the .001% do not view that as speculative because they can control the risk and establish the terms. When you work to achieve a legacy, you collaborate and cooperate with other wealthy families for generational sustainability.
The failure of institutions caused this gap
If you think this is almost set up by design, you are not far off. Despite being one of the most important aspects of living a successful, fulfilling life, the government has never implemented financial education as a requirement for public school curriculums. This is not by accident. We have an entire financial services industry, which I'm a part of, that benefits from the lack of this proficiency in our society.
Take the outdated institution of homeownership. It used to be considered common knowledge that buying a home was wise because that's where your money was going to grow. Long-term job security and guaranteed pension benefits made sense in an era when America was emerging as a post-war superpower, with an unstoppable manufacturing base. Interest rates were much higher, and many pensioners were able to live comfortably. Unfortunately, it's becoming increasingly rare for individuals to keep the same job for a long period of time.
In the years since 2001, ultra-low-interest rates have incentivized people to take monetary risks rather than encouraging them to do what their parents and grandparents used to do — save it or use it to build a business. I don't see this changing anytime soon. When you started to see these dynastically lower interest rates, you started to see a change in society that was more consumer-oriented and people became more speculative in their investments. Lower interest rates destroyed any semblance of patient investing in the United States and globally. And people were speculating on homes they had no business buying because interest rates were so low. Today, entire cable channels are dedicated to flipping homes. When rates climb, what will happen then?
Tangentially, many decisions made at the federal level have led to an indentured society. In 2005, then-President George Bush signed The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, which declared that you could not dismiss student loans in bankruptcy. As a result, we have an entire generation of graduates shackled to a lifetime of student loan payments.
What you can do about it
Some larger, well-known wealth managers have already rolled out the red carpet to train the next generation how to make pragmatic financial decisions around formalized societies and mentorships to keep their super clients engaged. For the .001%, the burning question is, How do I want my kids to speak of me when I'm gone? Will they be equipped? What kind of message does that send if I don't leave it all to my children? How will that impact your legacy — and theirs?
It's not as morbid as it sounds. How do you want the epitaph to read? It's better to answer this question sooner rather than later. Any small but meaningful change in course will help your legacy evolve faster, perhaps with more certainty. Unfortunately, people put it off hoping the worst never happens, only accelerating their regret for not making a more discernible impact sooner and making heirs feel obligated to reverse engineer that post-mortem legacy.
It all comes down to personal legitimacy. Because there is a $9 trillion wealth transfer happening in real-time, I ask emerging families how they want their epitaph to read. It forces them to think about how they want to be remembered. Some just fell into money, it gives them a crisis of existence — what do my friends think of me, am I just someone who inherited a lot of money, am I Tommy Boy?
Related: Coming soon: The biggest wealth transfer in history
It comes in the form of focusing on things you know in your gut you don't want written on your tombstone — shiny objects and get-rich-quick schemes. If you want to be known as a provider or someone who has helped many people, maybe crypto trading isn't for you, maybe you should get into real estate investment. If you are more of a mogul, Type A, maybe you should get into venture capital and work alongside people who are best in class and can add a layer to your legacy. That's the .001%'s way of taking it with them, because when your name is on the side of a library or a building, you've perpetuated your legacy until the end of time.
Ask yourself if you are evolved enough at this point in your life. Are you serious?
If so, start to make little changes as simple as joining societies, reading books or listening to podcasts on private investment.
Ask what your brethren are worried about, what are they investing in and why?
Don't be afraid to make a few direct investments. Your heart is where your treasure is and it signals to other families you're ready to have a seat at the grownup table.
It works the same with personal finance. You need to think about where you want to end up before you can commit to the lifestyle change you need to get there.
Write the epitaph for your family's brand. How do you want that legacy to be continued? Use that to craft your family's Impact statement.
Audit your current network. To do big things, you need to be with families who are more established than you. Most networks are not sophisticated enough to assess private equity investments of any kind. Full of deals, very little depth.
Join societies and investment clubs. Focus on the clubs that invest in venture capital, private equity and commercial real estate. See what the grownup men and women are investing in. Always invest in your network.
Every generation that experiences a speculative mania feels it's unique. This is a repeating pattern. The confluence of forces driving that mania to unprecedented heights is so uniquely powerful that it is literally crazy not to grab a board and ride the wave to riches.
Understand that it is nobody's responsibility or obligation to undo the mistakes you made. But you can start developing an interest to reverse that course today by reframing how you look at and invest in your own legacy and your family's legitimacy.
Related: 10 Things Wealthy People Do to Keep Getting Richer
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Salvatore Buscemi is the CEO and co-founder of Dandrew Partners, a private family investment firm. He is author of "Making the Yield: Real Estate Hard Money Lending Uncovered" and "Raising Real Money: Real Estate Funds Uncovered" and his most recent work, "Investing Legacy: How The .001% Invest."
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Movie Review – The Howling
The Howling (1981)
Written by John Sayles and Terence H. Winkless
Directed by Joe Dante
1981 might have been the year of the werewolf between this film and An American Werewolf in London and lesser-known Wolfen. Special effects, both makeup and puppets, had improved to the point that movies could showcase spectacular transformation scenes, something older werewolf movies had always made a highlight of their runtime. Seeing the werewolf transform falls into that same category as Bruce Banner switching to the Hulk. There's something oddly cathartic about watching a person's body transform into an agent of chaos. Those werewolf transformations are on full display here, with the film reveling in their visceral detail. It's also a fun, campy horror flick, just the type of thing Joe Dante has always been a master at making.
Karen White (Dee Wallace) is a big city television news anchor stalked by a murderer named Eric Quist (Robert Picardo). She works with the police to set up a sting operation where she meets with Quist in public. Unfortunately, things go sour, and she seems something that her mind blanks out before the police end Quist's life in a violent shootout. Karen continues to experience PTSD, particularly dreams that give her pieces of that night. Dr. George Waggoner (Patrick Macnee) advises that she come up to his countryside therapeutic retreat, so Karen and her husband head up for the week. They find an eccentric group of people there, and something strange happens at night. Before you know it, Karen is face to face with a pack of werewolves who have a connection to the retreat.
On reflection, the plot of The Howling is very fragmented and lacking cohesion. There are hints at the origins of these werewolves, but the story never clarifies precisely how these creatures came to be in this place and in such large numbers. Some basic research finds that many of the film's plot points were added to the novel the picture was based on. For example, making the last name of three of the characters Quist to tie them together was a film addition that doesn't get explored enough so that I was able to say I fully understood what was going on. It's clear werewolves have been living in this place for a long time and essentially run the small community. Dr. Waggoner is not a werewolf but somehow involved in protecting them from the outside world, I think. Like I said, it's a very confusing story when you start to pay attention to the details.
I did enjoy the tone of the film; it's that slightly campy, slightly scary atmosphere Dante would bring to pictures like Gremlins and The 'Burbs, though not as overtly comedic. There are still very tongue-in-cheek moments, but the movie tries to make its werewolves feel like a threat to the characters' lives. This is aided by some fantastic special effects. I won't pretend I'm well versed in the vocabulary of makeup effects, but they employed some interesting prosthetic skin that was made to swell & pulse. It gave a good sense of the body expanding and transforming into a larger form. In some ways, it looks better than Rick Baker's final werewolf in An American Werewolf in London. I think that film does transformation better, but the final werewolf looks better in The Howling. In American Werewolf, it was clear we were looking at a puppet that didn't have anything from the middle section down. In The Howling, it's an actual person walking around in an impressive werewolf get-up.
The Howling garnered enough attention for Joe Dante that it led to him being hired to direct Gremlins for Warner Brothers. There are seven Howling film sequels, all of which I have zero interest in watching because I can only imagine the diminishing returns (see Hellraiser). It's also been announced that Netflix is developing a project based on The Howling, directed by Andy Muschetti (It). I can't say I was a fan of the It films, so I'm not super excited to see this version. I assume it will flesh out many things I mentioned, but it will be at the cost of the campy nature of the production that Dante brought to the table. There's a problem production companies have these days with thinking people want their escapist entertainment to take itself incredibly seriously. For something like The Howling, the sense of cheesiness is a vital part of the experience.
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The Positives from the 2020 Dallas Cowboys
Shane Carter
The 2020 season is over for the Dallas Cowboys and finishing with a 6-10 record, good for third in the NFC East, plus a bounty of injuries, have made it hard to look on the bright side. The season started off well with the addition of Head Coach Mike McCarthy and a very good draft that produced at least four starters going into next offseason. However, things went from bad to worse as the year went along.
Starting with losing Byron Jones in the offseason, then a huge amount of injuries including Dak Prescott who chose to bet on himself and play on the franchise tag. Additionally, the team had a near record-setting ineptitude on defense and saw high-priced players like Ezekiel Elliott and Jaylon Smith at times, play below their pay grade.
Still, now that this up and down frustrating season is over, we can look back at what went right and what the team can build on for a successful 2021 campaign.
Believe it or not, there was plenty to like.
Having Amari Cooper and Michael Gallup was already a wealth of riches on offense. Add CeeDee Lamb who somehow fell all the way to 17 overall in the draft as well as the growth of Cedrick Wilson, and the Cowboys had one of the best, deepest receiver rooms in the game.
Here's how the top four receivers ended up on the year:
Amari Cooper: 92 receptions 1,114 yards, 5 touchdowns
Michael Gallup: 59 receptions 843 yards, 5 touchdowns
CeeDee Lamb: 74 receptions 935 yards, 5 touchdowns; 10 rushes, 82 yards, 1 touchdown; 1 kick returned for a touchdown
Cedrick Wilson: 17 receptions 189 yards, 2 touchdowns; 1 passing touchdown
What's even more impressive is looking at the numbers from the scope of how many quarterbacks threw them passes.
In fact, if you look solely at the rate these four were on when Prescott was at quarterback, all three starting receivers were on their way to having a pair of 1,300+ yard receivers, a 1,100+ yard receiver, and a 500+ yard receiver. All signs are pointing up for the passing game.
Dallas Cowboys TE Dalton Schultz #86 (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
Dalton Schultz
When Blake Jarwin went down, it was a huge blow to the offense. After being rewarded with a four-year extension he was expected to have a breakout year but instead tore his ACL in the first game on his lone reception of the season.
Dalton Schultz up to that point was almost exclusively used as a blocking tight end. He had shown solid hands but wasn't near the athlete that Jarwin was. However, he turned it into one of the best tight end seasons in the NFC this season.
With an impressive 63 receptions for 615 yards and 4 touchdowns, it's not too hard to imagine what Schultz and a healthy Blake Jarwin can do for this offense next year. There's plenty to love from the tight ends.
Young Interior Offensive Linemen
Losing La'el Collins for the entire season and Tyron Smith for most of the season decimated the Cowboys' exterior offensive line. In fact, after losing Zack Martin during the Thanksgiving game, the only projected starters remaining from the start of the season were Connor Williams and Joe Looney.
However, the constant shuffling along the offensive line allowed the Cowboys to witness three things with the interior:
Connor Williams had his best season so far.
They've got a potential starter in Connor McGovern.
Tyler Biadasz is going to be the team's franchise center.
Having too many good offensive linemen on a team is a great problem to have. In the Cowboys case, seeing how well these three played this year means the team can go potentially nine players deep on their front. Their line should stay fortified for the next few years.
Worst case, a player keeps playing well when called upon and can become a valuable trade piece later on. Either way, nothing but wins here.
Defensive Linemen
Despite being the second-worst rushing team in the league, the defense finished seventh in defensive turnovers with 23. They only complied 31 sacks as a team but over half of them went to four of their best players: DeMarcus Lawrence, Randy Gregory, Aldon Smith, Neville Gallimore.
DeMarcus Lawrence was coming off a year that left many scrutinizing him for low production, turning 2020 into a "comeback year" of sorts with 6.5 sacks, 15 tackles for loss, and 4 fumbles forced.
Randy Gregory and Aldon Smith had more eyes on them than probably any other Cowboy. Specifically, Aldon Smith, playing for the first time since 2015, and Randy Gregory, having been suspended more than anyone else since entering the league that same year. Together they totaled 8.5 sacks, 11.5 tackles for loss, 3 pass breakups ups, 3 forced fumbles, and 2 fumble recoveries on their right side edge.
And finally, the new kid on the block. Third-round rookie Defensive Tackle Neville Gallimore started getting the bulk of starts at tackle after the season-ending injury to Trysten Hill and the release of Dontari Poe. He performed well and gives a lot of promise going into 2021.
His biggest contributions came in the run game as he was constantly clogging up running lanes, allowing other players to get the ball carrier. Despite his modest stats (28 total tackles and sharing his only sack), anyone who watched the game saw how big of a difference he made on the interior defensive line.
Dallas Cowboys S Donovan Wilson #37, CB Trevon Diggs #27 (Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports)
Young Studs in the Secondary
It's no secret that the secondary was one of the major weak points of this Cowboys defense. Safety has been a constant question mark and there's rarely consistency at the corner position with the exception of Byron Jones who, as mentioned before, left in free agency.
In comes rookie Trevon Diggs and second-year player Donovan Wilson. They both shined in significant playing time so much that these holes in the secondary have become pieces to build their defense around.
It's tough to ask a rookie to be the team's shut down corner but he, in large part, did just that with the most pass breakups on the team by a mile with 14, as well as leading the team with three interceptions. He did allow some big plays early on but as the season went along, he started to show that shutdown ability he had at Alabama.
This is Donovan Wilson's second year but it might as well be his rookie season. Last year he was purely a special teams player, despite having a great preseason where he showed off his ball hawk skills. This year, he got his first significant playing time against Cleveland and earned his first start the very next week against the Giants.
Donovan Wilson has been a do-it-all safety, making tackles that don't get broken, big hits, blitzing, in coverage, turnovers, you name it! He finished third on the team in tackles with 71 and added to it with 3.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 3 pass breakups, 2 interceptions, 3 forced fumbles, and 2 fumble recoveries.
It's uncertain what the secondary is going to look like in 2021 but it's going to start by being built around these two.
Aldon Smith
Cedrick Wilson
Connor Williams
DeMarcus Lawrence
Donovan Wilson
Michael Gallup
Neville Gallimore
Randy Gregory
Tyler Biadasz
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Lifelong Cowboys fan, who doesn't mind telling the harsh truth. I've got a Bachelors Degree in Electronic Media and Communications from Texas Tech University. I welcome all opinions but I will shut down any troll.
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Don Howard
Well this article really puts lipstick on a pig but it is still a and it stinks
ThrowuptheX88
LOL this is an article where like ppl choose to look at the season as a "glass half full" type of year where as Don and i see it as "glass half empty"
BUT AT LEAST WE DO HAVE SOMETHING GOING FOR US
Just need to translate to wins next year
James Vargas
Problem is that the Cowboys overvalues its players.
lawrence stacy
The season has just ended and you are already complaining.
Part of the problem is that Jerry is an enabler. Like a permissive parent that won't discipline their children. From calling the washed up Zeke our best player to proclaiming the inept J Smith is a cornerstone of the team. Even making excuses for McCarthy for not challenging the Pettis catch.
Rather than calling them out he makes excuses for them. This team is fat and happy. All that matters to Jerry is that people are talking about his team and the money keeps rolling in.
Well said Gary b , bottom line Jerry will do what's best for BUSINESS , HE'S A BUSINESSMAN, that's why I don't think it will be to long into the offseason that they end up signing Dak to a 35 mil deal and keep overpaying players
Cowboys4ever
Gary b and ThrowupX88 like some other Cowboy fans.I totally disagree with. I think JJ is the worst GM in the history of the NFL. However, he wants to win! Problem is he doesn't have a clue how to go about it.
As far as the season. C'mon guys. We lost 2 very good OL players before the season started, the line was a MASH unit the rest of the season. We lost are QB after week 5, and Dalton missed two games. Do you remember who played QB for those two games. Dannuci and Gilbert…..PLEASE!
It came as no surprise that Elliott had his worst season running behind that line. Is he overpaid? Yes! Washed up…far from it guys.
As far as the coach. Mike McCarthy did a great job IMO with what he had to work with. He inherited these players! Did he have some questionable decisions this season. Absolutely! But he rallied a 3-9 team that had one of the worst DE in the history of the NFL, the death of a coach 1 or 2 days before a game and not too mention Dannuci and Gilbert and he had us playing for the division title in final week.
Now think about this. Do you really think that we lose both to Philly or Pittsburgh if Dalton played those games? McCarthy IMO is the best JJ has made in years! Give McCarthy 3 seasons at least before we judge him.
As far as our defense. We need to a better job of drafting defensive players and I also think that we would be better, a whole lot better if we ran a 3-4 defense! And one other thing. If any fan doesn't Prescott is worth what he's asking for. Look what happened to offense without him. Just one fans opinion.
Go Cowboys
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This is some of my code:
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When my feed = "username/feeds/trigger"
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everything is fine, but i want to change the username dynamically. I want to get it from wifiManager parameter.
String topic = String(aioUsername.getValue()) + "/feeds/trigger"; const char* feed = topic.c_str();
If i do that I see "MQTT ERROR: rejected, not a valid topic format" on AdafruitIO dashboard.
Please help.

A: You can try and use the example ConfigOnDRD_FS_MQTT_Ptr of my ESP_WiFiManager
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 You can reconfigure to use another pin, such as the convenience FLASH / BOOT button @ PIN_D0;.

 A password is required to connect to the Config Portal so that only who know the password can access the Config Portal.

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Yanis Varoufakis Former finance minister of Greece, is Professor of Economics at the University of Athens
Either we are going to have a basic income that regulates this new society of ours, or we are going to have very substantial social conflicts that get far worse with xenophobia and refugees and migration and so forth.
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A minimal guarantee with regard to income, it seems to me as almost inevitable in terms the direction that the structural changes of our economy are taking us in.
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Christopher Pissarides Nobel Prize winner in Economics
I am very much in favour, as long as we know how to apply it without taking away incentive to work at the lower end of the market
Jean-Yves Duclos Minister of Families, Children and Social Development in Canada
I think it's the principles behind the idea [of a guaranteed income] that matter. These principles are greater simplicity for the government, greater transparency on the part of families and greater equity for everyone
Willem Buiter Citi's Chief Economist
Use the tax-transfer mechanism (e.g. through a guaranteed minimum income for all, or an ambitious negative income tax, public funding of health care and long-term care etc.) to support those left behind by technological advances.
Guy Standing University of London Professor, co-founder of the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN)
It is very much the belief of us who favour a basic income that 99 per cent of people want to improve their lives. If you do not have basic security you cannot be rational
Jeremy Rifkin American Economic and Social Theorist, Author, Political Advisor
Basic income is not a utopia. It's a practical business plan for the next step of the human journey
Lord Robert Skidelsky Economist
An unconditional basic income would make part-time work a possibility for many who now have to work full-time at minimum wages; it would also start to give all workers the same choice as to how much to work, and under what conditions, as is now possessed by owners of substantial capital.
Pranab Bardhan Berkeley Economics Professor
India should consider replacing inefficient subsidies with a basic monthly income for all citizens
Martin Ravallion Economist
A basic-income guarantee would dominate net workfare earnings in terms of the impact on poverty for a given budgetary outlay.
Ailsa McKay Feminist Economist
A Citizens Basic Income (CBI) would ensure that the financial gains from paid work were always positive and would provide a more secure base for individuals to opt in and out of the labour market, thus promoting greater flexibility with respect to individual life choices.
Philippe Van Parijs Professor at the Faculty of Economic, Social and Political Sciences of the University of Louva
Basic Income: a simple and powerful idea for the twenty-first century
Angus Deaton British microeconomist
The government should take care of people with low income and should be pushing basic income grants
Disagree:
Joseph Stiglitz Nobel laureate economist based at Columbia University
You want your government to think more carefully about targeting programmes that help those in need, rather than universal. That's a trade-off given the budget constraints on the public sector
Bill Mitchell Professor of Economics and Musician
A basic income guarantee is a neo-liberal strategy for serfdom without the work ... In addition to a Job Guarantee we also demand a Services Guarantee. It is no good having a bare minimum income if the dentists and doctors and shops in your town are closed and the public transport system is deficient.
Tony Atkinson Research Fellow at Oxford and Professor at the London School of Economics
I don't in fact favour a basic income as such, what I favour is what I call a participation income
Randall Wray Professor of Economics at U. Missouri–Kansas City, Senior Scholar at Levy Economics Institute
I do not support sending a BIG check to everyone. It is a devaluation of the currency, as prices rise so that the BIG payment essentially becomes the entry price to the marketplace. So we will need to target the BIG to those who do not (or cannot) work. Yes there's some stigma. But, first we implement Employer of Last Resort so that anyone who is ready and willing to work has a job in the Job Gua... See More
Richard D. Wolff Marxian economist. Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
UBI creates a new difference between those people who work and earn a living and those people who, for wathever reason, don't work but still earn a living. This is going to create two classes of people (...) and for me the big issue is why do that?. I like the idea of community building by not having people that are extremely wealthy or extremely poor, but I don't like this way of doing it, becau... See More
Pavlina R. Tcherneva Economist. Chair of the Department of Economics at the Levy Economics Institute, Bard College,
There is almost a 'neoclassical market equilibrating assumption' behind most BIG analysis that says: "as long as people have cash, the market will magically provide the goods for them, allow them to acquire assets, provide them with the freedom to do what they please, etc. etc." If the market hasn't solved these problems now, why would it do so just because people get cash? All structures that ma... See More
MIchael Hudson Economist. Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City.
The problem's not only income, but what people have to spend it on. Paine didn't talk about universal income, he talked about everybody should have the right to a place to live, a means of their own self-support. That's independent from income. Once you economize and financialize it, you put in a distortion. You don't want to give people income to buy what really should be public goods and servic... See More
Ha-Joon Chang Economist. University of Cambridge
The right-wing version of UBI (...) is that the government should provide its citizens with a basic income at the subsistence level, while providing no (or little) further goods and services. As far as I can see, this is the version of UBI supported by the Silicon Valley companies. I am totally against this. There are left-wing libertarians who support UBI, who would set its level quite high, whi... See More
Jared Bernstein Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Are the good, effective anti-poverty programs currently in place fully funded? I'm quite certain they're not, and thus the question for progressives is what gets us the bigger inequality-and-poverty-reducing-bang-for-the-buck: a dollar to UBI, or a dollar to things like quality pre-school, the EITC and CTC (wage subsidies for low-income, working families), expanding Medicaid, SNAP (food stamps), a... See More
Heiner Flassbeck Economist
(Pro UBI) argument is that, today, the technological evolution is destroying so many jobs that there is no longer any other choice than to decouple income from work. This argument is absurd for many reasons, but mainly because productivity nowadays is rising much slower than several decades ago. If, one day, productivity would increase substantially again, it will be both possible and necessary to... See More
Tyler Cowen Professor of Economics, George Mason University & author of Average is Over
"Let's send a check to everyone" is an appealing idea, but I've come around to the view that doing so would do more harm than good. [...] It eventually would choke off immigration to the U.S. Voters don't like sending money to immigrants.
Paul De Grauwe Economist. Professor in European Political Economy at the London School of Economics
A universal basic income that has the ambition to ban poverty from the world, is then immensely expensive. That doesn't need to surprise you. To give the poor (a minority in society) a basic income, you have to also provide a basic income to the large majority that doesn't need it. This leads to new problems. The working majority receives a basic income that stands loose from labor efforts, bu... See More
Thomas Piketty Compte officiel de Thomas Piketty, chroniqueur @lemondefr, directeur d'études @EHESS_fr et @PS
I have difficulty in understanding those who insist on wishing to pay a basic income of 500 Euros per month to those earning a salary of 2000 Euros, and then deduct the same sum by raising their taxes deducted at source.
Bryan Caplan GMU econ professor, blogger, author
The Universal Basic Income is indeed worse than the status quo. In fact, all the fundamental criticisms of the welfare state apply with even greater force.


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Carol Armstrong, newly appointed to the faculty of the Department of the History of Art at Yale University, teaches and writes about 19th century French painting, the history of photography, the history and practice of art criticism, feminist theory and the representation of women and gender in art and visual culture. She received her PhD from the Department of Art and Archaeology at Princeton University in 1986, and has taught at the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned tenure in 1990; the Graduate Center of the City University of New York; and Princeton University, where she was professor of Art and Archaeology and Doris Stevens Professor of Women's Studies from 1999 to 2007, as well as Director of the Program in the Study of Women and Gender from 2004 to 2007. She has published books and essays on Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Paul Cézanne, and 19th and 20th century photography, and has curated exhibitions at Princeton University Art Museum, the Drawing Center in New York, the Yale Center for British Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum. She has been a frequent contributor to October and Artforum magazines, and continues to be an active art critic. She is also a practicing photographer. Her current projects include a book on Cézanne, modern physics and schizophrenia, a book of dialogues about the uses of the past and the functions of art in the present, and a series of essays about still life, description, and the "feminine" principle.


I have often written about how I have found meaning in the Jewish books I read to my kids when they were small. We specifically looked for books that had a lesson about important Middot (character traits) or holiday customs. An added bonus was that the lessons that we were trying to teach our kids were reinforced to usthrough the books as well. When Rosh Chodesh Elul1came around and we began to blow the shofar at the end of davening every morning, I was reminded of my all-time favorite Rosh Hashanah book "Showfy and Blowfy" by Malka Danzinger. Even though my girls are already "big" I still pulled out this book this week and read it to them while they were getting ready for school one morning. Without spoiling the whole plot of the book, Showfy and Blowfy are two shofars that are blown on Rosh Hashanah. When one is blown, the congregation not only hears the shofar sounds, but they also hear "Hashem2is King, Hashem is King, Hashem is King over heaven and earth." When the second shofar is blown the next day the congregation not only hears those shofar sounds, but also hears "Time to do Teshuvah3, Time to do Teshuvah, Time to do Teshuvah, time to say I'm sorry and I'll be good." How powerful is that? I actually now think those things when I hear the shofar sounds. Those are the real messages of the shofar. Although we are thinking about all the things we need to do, and all the food we need to prepare for Rosh Hashanah, this simple children's book helps us to think about the true meaning of the holiday.
We love Showfy & Blowfy!!
But "real life" happens and we do need to think about the preparations, and guests (all 50 gajillion of them), and all the things that "real life" encompasses. Did you ever reach the point when you just can't do one more thing? Not one more thing!!! You are on complete overload and putting one more thing on your plate will just push you over the edge? Right over the edge. Juggling somany things that you're afraid that one of the balls you have flying in the air will come crashing down and hit you in the head???!!! Yup. That's me. Passed that point a while ago. That's when survival modekicks in. Ok kids, you want chips, cupcakes and Pirate Booty for lunch…no problem – can you please just add a fruit to it so I don't get called from the school? Oh, and we need to replace our toaster oven that shorted out so the kids can have frozen pizza slices for dinner (BTW – we did pay 53¢ for the new toaster oven…I may be overloaded but I'm still a greatshopper!). Things are always a little crazy around here, but we've just reached a whole new level of insanity!!! When we left my mom (KIH4) in the hospital last night at 3:30 AM after an emergency trip, we were amazed that things have actually got more challenging! We weren't sure that was even possible…but it was! My consolation is that hopefully this wild roller coaster ride is temporary, and that life will revert to "normal" crazy at some point. So, when life gets really crazy you call for backup right? Hopefully, I help you a little when yourlife is crazy with the recipes and fun anecdotes…but for now I'm calling for backup. HELP!!
In the world of a food writer, freelance pastry chef and super busy Mom/Daughter, backup comes in the form of a really great baking cookbook. One of the huge perks of being a food writer is that I have the privilege of getting advance copies of the latest and greatest kosher cookbooks to review. Last week I got an awesome one, "The Kosher Baker" by Paula Shoyer. Thanks Paula!! She really is a baking expert, and the book tells us about her interesting background and experiences. It's packed with great baking recipes, from the simplest one-bowl variety to those for the more ambitious. Fabulous cookie, biscotti & bar cookies – all in one bowl! There are great pictures that show how to make more complicated recipes step by step. Even the more complex recipes are presented in a way that makes them approachable. It's my life preserver – right in the beginning of the book were three recipes I immediately wanted to make this week (and I didn't have to come up with them myself either- whew)!! How great is that?! Reviewing the rest of the book didn't disappoint either. I wanted to make nearly every recipe – and as a freelance pastry chef that's a big deal! Many of the recipes have instruction about preparing in advance and freezing (like the fabulous Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse Cakes – YUM!), which is incredibly helpful especially when cooking for Yom Tov. You can actually make the dessert in advance. Now, last Shabbat, with 20 minutes before I had to go upstairs, shower and get ready for Shabbat , I grabbed "The Kosher Baker" and whipped up two of the three "one bowl" recipes I had planned to make. I made the Honey Cake with Pecan Swirls and the Apple Upside-Down Cakein no time at all. In my rush I didn't realize that the Honey cake was supposed to go into a loaf pan (it's got a gorgeous crumb topping) and did it in a bundt pan instead – but you know what? It came out great!! And pretty too!! The crumbs created a pretty decorative border layer on the bottom of the cake (phew!). I followed the directions for the Apple Upside-Down Cake and layered the apples in three rows as specified. I think I needed to make the apples a little thicker though, sadly most of them got lost in the batter, but the cake was impressive anyway. The Honey and Apple cakes are perfect for Rosh Hashanah dessert – I'm freezing both the cakes and will be serving them to my Rosh Hashanah guests. I'm sure the cakes will get rave reviews. It was all I could do the keep the ravenous hoard from digging into them. I'm saving the powdered sugar toppings for when I serve them on Rosh Hashanah.
And now I have to get back to life….Time to do Teshuvah….
Here are some more of my Rosh Hashanah recipes/articles. Have a Happy & Healthy New Year!!
Rosh Chodesh Elul: The beginning of the Hebrew month of Elul, the month before Rosh Hashanah.
KIH: Kein Iyna Hara – Yiddish for without an evil eye.
You can find "The Kosher Baker" on Amazon.com.
Grease and flour a 12-inch loaf pan.
Place the pecan halves in a bag and crush them with a rolling pin until the largest pieces are between ¼ and ½-inch long.
Add the ½ cup sugar and 1 tablespoon cinnamon to the bag and shake to combine.
In a large bowl, whisk together the coffee and honey.
Add the oil, 1/3 cup of the white sugar, the brown sugar, and eggs and whisk well.
Add the flour, cloves, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder, and baking soda and beat with a stand or hand-help electric mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes, or mix vigorously by hand until you have smooth batter.
Scoop up 1 cup of the batter and pour into the pan.
Tilt the pan in a circle so the batter covers the entire bottom.
Sprinkle on 1/3 cup of the nut mixture, covering the entire batter.
Repeat with another cup of batter and 1/3 cup of the nut mixture.
Pour the remaining batter on top and spread gently to cover the nuts.
Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan and then turn out onto a rack to continue cooling.
This cake is good either warm or at room temperature.
Grease a 9x13-inch pan with spray oil.
In a small bowl, mix the cinnamon with 3 tablespoons of the sugar.
Sprinkle on the bottom of the prepared pan.
In a large bowl, beat the flour, remaining 2 cups of sugar, eggs, oil, and vanilla with a stand or hand-held electric mixer on medium-high speed or by hand until well mixed.
Peel and core the apples, halve them and cut into ¼-inch-thick slices.
Place the slices on top of the cinnamon and sugar in the pan in 3 long rows of overlapping slices.
Pour the batter over the apples and spread evenly.
Bake for 1 hour, or until the top is browned and a skewer inserted comes out clean.
Let cool for 30 minutes and then turn over onto a large serving platter or tray.
Just before serving, sift the confectioners' sugar over the top.
The sugar will seep into the apples and heighten the taste.
Store covered in plastic at room temperature for up to four days or freeze wrapped in plastic for up to three months.
Line a jelly roll pan or large cookie sheet with parchment.
In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder salt, orange juice, eggs, oil, and vanilla until it forms a dough.
Add the chocolate chips and mix again to evenly distribute the chips.
Divide the dough in half and shape each half into a log about 10 to 12 inches long by 3 to 5 inches wide.
Place the 2 loaves on the prepared pan, about 5 inches apart.
Place in an airtight container or freezer bags and store at room temperature for up to five days or freeze up to three months.


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Tigo Tanzania Facebook followers hit 1m mark
Tigo Tanzania's Facebook followers recently clocked a staggering 1 million, giving the company the highest number of Facebook followers in Tanzania.
Tigo says this feat, which was achieved on 27th December 2015, effectively cemented its position as the foremost digital lifestyle telecoms company in the country.
Tigo's Facebook page was created in June 2011 and has grown to become the most ideal platform for interaction for its customers where they get to learn about the company's new products and services and latest innovations.
In a recent Tanzania Leadership Awards ceremony that honors Tanzania's best organizations and individuals, Tigo won two trophies for: "The Hall of Fame in Brand Excellence", and "The Best use of Social Media in Marketing".
The upsurge in the use of social media in Tanzania has spurred the use Facebook in the country in recent years and a special interest to use Tigo Facebook due to its innovative products and services.
According to Socialbakers, a social marketing company that analyses and monitors the use of social media and is also a member of Facebook Marketing Partners, Tanzania currently has 4,144,40 Facebook users. These numbers effectively mean that of all Tanzanians who use Facebook, and with the Tigo Facebook following having hit the 1 millionth mark, over 41% of the total Facebook users in the country are Tigo Facebook followers!
Commenting on Tigo Facebook recently, Tigo's General Manager, Diego Gutierrez had this to say: "Our platform on Facebook and our official twitter handle (Tigo_TZ), have become essential tools for us to listen and learn from our growing technology-savvy customers and the public in general. We are proud to have reached this milestone and thank our customers for their evangelistic loyalty to us. Tigo Tanzania will continue to cater for its customers' digital needs and offer even richer and more interactive digital content."
The sustained interest by Tigo Facebook followers has undoubtedly been buoyed by the launch, in 2014, of Facebook in Kiswahili, Tanzania's national language - an innovative collaboration between Tigo Tanzania and Facebook. In this unique partnership that is the first of its kind in the country; Tigo customers are able to access Facebook in both English and Kiswahili through their mobile phones without incurring additional data charges.
Tanzania, the largest East African country by land mass, has over 130 ethnic groups that constitute its 45 million population; over 80% of whom speak fluent Kiswahili in addition to other local dialects.
Spoken by between 120 to 150 million people globally, Kiswahili is the national language in both Tanzania and its northern neighbor, Kenya but it's also widely gaining ground in the other East African countries of Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. Being the lingua franca in much of Southeast Africa, the language has been adopted has one of the working languages of The African Union (AU) and one of the languages of The East African Community (EAC).
By launching Tigo Facebook in Kiswahili, Tigo Tanzania has therefore, not only enabled most Tanzanians to access the Facebook in a language they can fully understand, but it has also contributed immensely to the regional growth of the language that Tanzania, and indeed the rest of the countries in the region, have been working hard to develop.
"Tigo is committed to digital lifestyle transformation and its leadership in delivering cutting edge technology and innovation in the telecom market is guaranteed", say Gutierrez and adds that the telecom has recently launched the 4G LTE technology in the country; the fastest internet connection available in the market; and a new offer of Techno Y3 Smartphones with a fully-embedded Swahili menu.
Tigo Tanzania is the leading innovative telecommunication company in the country, distinguished as a fully-fledged digital lifestyle brand. Offering a diverse product portfolio in voice, SMS, high-speed internet and mobile financial services, Tigo has pioneered innovations such as Facebook in Kiswahili, TigoPesa App for Android & iOS users, Tigo Music (Deezer) and East Africa's first cross-border mobile money transfer with currency conversion.
Between 2013 and 2014 alone the company launched over 500 new network sites, which translates to over 2000 network sites and plans to double its investment by 2017 in terms of coverage and additional capacity networks for deeper penetration in rural areas. With over 10 million registered subscribers to their network, Tigo directly and indirectly employs over 300,000 Tanzanians including an extended network of customer service representatives, mobile money merchants, sales agents and distributors.
The company has also announced an increased annual investment of US $120 million per year on infrastructure improvement and expansion which is 20% higher that Tigo's annual spending in the past three years.
Tigo is the biggest commercial brand of Millicom, an international company developing the digital lifestyle in 12 countries with commercial operations in Africa and Latin America and corporate offices in Europe and the USA.
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Alex ChapmanChico RamosJack PorterJames Quinn
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Stepped in to assist the Club at the beginning of December 2021, following the resignation of Jack Porter, and guided the team to a welcome victory at Chipstead in his first game. He has previously coached and managed at Walthamstow FC and, most recently, Arlesey Town, and had a long playing career as a 6'3" goalkeeper, which included promotions to the Isthmian Premier with both Maidenhead United and Leatherhead, an Isthmian championship with Dulwich Hamlet, and spells with Yeovil T, Dorchester T, Molesey, Weymouth, Forest Green R, Burnham, Walton Cas, Hampton & RB, Waltham Forest, Walton & H, and Tilbury, as well as SL Benfica and Amora in his younger days in Portugal. He is 38, and has Cape Verdean / Portuguese nationality.


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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced a new initiative it claims will "improve the clinician experience with the Medicare program," the agency announced via a press release.
"As we implement delivery system reforms from the (Patient Protection and) Affordable Care Act and the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA), this new long-term effort aims to reshape the physician experience by reviewing regulations and policies to minimize administrative tasks and seek other input to improve clinician satisfaction," the release read. The initiative will be led by senior physicians within CMS who will report to the Office of the Administrator.
CMS noted that Slavitt is appointing Dr. Shantanu Agrawal to lead the project, which will cover documentation requirements and existing physician interactions with CMS, among other aspects of provider experiences. To ensure that CMS is hearing from physicians in the trenches of modern healthcare, each of the 10 CMS regional offices will oversee local meetings to take input from physician practices within the next six months and regular meetings thereafter, the agency added.
These local meetings are expected to result in a report with targeted recommendations to the CMS Administrator in 2017. Three of CMS's regional Chief Medical Officers – Dr. Barbara Connors in Philadelphia, Dr. Ashby Wolfe in San Francisco, and Dr. Richard Wild in Atlanta – have agreed to serve as regional champions of this initiative, the agency said.
The initiative will begin with an 18-month pilot program intended to reduce medical review for certain physicians while continuing to protect program integrity, CMS explained. Under the program, providers practicing within specified Advanced Alternative Payment Models (AAPMs) are to be relieved of some scrutiny under certain medical review programs (advanced APMs were identified as a potential opportunity for the pilot because participating clinicians share financial risk with the Medicare program).
CMS noted that two-sided risk models provide "powerful motivation" to deliver care in the most efficient manner possible, greatly reducing the risk of improper billing of services. After the results of the pilot are analyzed, the agency will consider expansion along various dimensions, including additional advanced APMs, specialties, and provider types.
Clinicians participating in Medicare serve more than 55 million of the country's seniors and individuals with disabilities, according to CMS.
"Through this new initiative, CMS is focused on supporting and empowering those clinicians through a flexible, modern Medicare program informed by clinician expertise and experience," the agency concluded.
For more information about the new initiative, go online to https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2016-Fact-sheets-items/2016-10-13.html.


With all these surprise albums and collaborations coming out, we at 4E have noticed that we've been having a hard time keeping up with who's who in the music world. Take FKA Twigs, for example. She has suddenly blown up and all we find ourselves doing is scratching our heads at the mention of her name.
Times like these are when we wish we were back in the glory days of the early 2000's, when we all listened to Hannah Montana on our Disney Mix Sticks and 'N sync on our Hit Clips.
Aaron Carter. This little stud first gained popularity because of the fact that his older brother Nick Carter is in the Backstreet Boys. His first studio album had the hits "I Want Candy" and "Aaron's Party (Come and Get it)" that had us all bouncing in our seats and jamming to our Walkmans. We miss how it felt to be carefree kids, going to house parties at 10 years old that we thought were so cool. The feeling of pure ignorance as a kid is what made Aaron Carter so successful, and as college students struggling through midterms, I'm sure we could all use some of that right now.
The Cheetah Girls. Who didn't love this dynamic pop group? Their songs were filled with messages of girl power and staying true to yourself, and their movies took us on adventures through Spain and India. Everyone had the lyrics to "Strut" and "Cheetah Sisters" memorized (we're sure you still do) and in all they were just a feel-good group that reminded us all that we have friends that have our backs through the good and the bad.
Aly and A.J. If you don't remember this duo, you're lying. These are the pop princesses that brought you "Potential Breakup Song" and "Chemicals React" (which we still jam to these days) and were part of the few Disney Channel stars that could actually sing and were not just thrown a recording contract for being on a hit T.V. show. We loved them for their electro-pop influences and their ability to act as well (remember Phil of the Future?) and we need more of their sassy/sweetness in our lives.
Jesse McCartney. This hunk was in the hearts of all teenagers who had a radio/eyes during the 2000's. He appeared in shows like Summerland and All My Children, and was in the boy band Dream Street, but really captured our hearts when he went solo and released his first album "Beautiful Soul". This album won him multiple Kids Choice Awards (throwback!) and paved his Disney career until 2007. We miss his dreamy eyes and gorgeous hair and wish he would call our pretty faces sometime.
Lizzie McGuire/Hilary Duff. The epitome of the 2000's was without a doubt, Lizzie McGuire. The TV show and following movie inspired preteens and adolescents everywhere to follow your dreams and that it was okay to have an alter ego that was a cartoon character. Her music was equally uplifting, and we still haven't gotten over the fact that Paolo set her up to be embarrassed in front of Italy. But who else would show us what dreams are made of?
There you have it, our wishlist for surprise albums from our (and your) favorite artists of the early 2000's. Feeling nostalgic yet?
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In his practice Philip Metten freely moves between the respective media and regimes of sculpture and architecture, purposefully suspending disciplinary differences. Bringing together sculpture, drawing, interior and building design with kaleidoscopic intensity, the artist develops a visual language that espouses future with prehistory. As he draws upon references from ancient sculpture, modernist and postmodernist architecture, to science-fi film and experimental cinema, Metten presents us with works that can be read as either mask or architectural model, heraldic sign or urban topography, ancient emblem or futuristic insignia.
A daily drawing practice serves as the systemic foundation of Philip Metten's work. It engenders the basic schemes for his sculptures, prints, and wall reliefs, as well as for larger architectural projects, such as his solo show at Z33 art space in Hasselt, BE, Innercoma, 2010, the much-praised renovation of a bar in Antwerp, BE, Bar, 2013, the scenography for a group show in Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp, BE, The Corner Show, 2015, as well as for the facade of the Kai Matsumyia gallery in New York, 153. Stanton, 2015. Most recently in Netwerk Aalst, 2016, the artist showed a preliminary stage of ESSEN, an interior design for a restaurant in Borgerhout (BE) that is currently being constructed and will open its doors in 2018. ESSEN sees Metten returning to a drawing made in 2008, which he implements both sculpturally and architecturally while using the specific space of the prospective restaurant as his point of departure.


Our comprehensive academic and research precinct planning helps owners plan buildings and create exterior spaces that work in concert to enliven a campus. A dynamic campus evolves to accommodate new people, programs, and technology. To implement successful long term campus planning, we use five key guiding principles.
The Research Drive Precinct Master Plan is a joint project between Duke University and its Medical School. The Study develops a long range plan, with a 15-year horizon, for a critical parcel of land between the Medical Center area and the rest of the University. The Study scope includes 37 existing buildings, totaling 3.5M GSF, on a parcel of land that measures 100 acres and represents approximately 517 existing faculty, from the Arts & Sciences, Pratt Engineering, the Nicholas School of the Environment, and the Medical School.
During the 4-month study, both short- and long-term concepts for the future of the campus were discussed with Duke leadership with the goal of reaching a collective vision about the research and teaching enterprise, as it relates to science, math, engineering and medicine.
The goal is to guide Science and Engineering renewal so that it responds to and reflects Lehigh's academic priorities as they are identified and evolve. The Framework Plan advances the 2009 Campus Master Plan as it pertains to S&E facilities and programs and the potential for overall campus improvements.
The Framework Plan emerges as a set of options – building possibilities – that will advance Lehigh's academic priorities. The Plan is a tool for decision making over time, not a prescriptive chain of interlocked events.
Define a Long Term Vision: Precinct planning should reflect an institution's long term strategic goals for growth, recruiting and academic/research focus. This vision should underpin decision making and bring consensus-driven solutions to prospective projects on campus.
Understand the People: Total headcount – faculty, group size, bench position, space per person – and program diagram impact the character of a community and the nature of its neighborhoods.
Create Campus: Outdoor space, connections within the educational or research community, and building context create a sense of 'place' that strengthens the campus quality and experience.
Build Community: Campus planning defines the community in which students and researchers interact and grow relationships.
Define Infrastructure Needs: Campus growth and renewal requires a clear understanding of the utility loads needed to support it and the defined pathways for delivery of these utility loads. Determining the siting and design of these systems is as important as the buildings and greens spaces.
Over the past ten years at Vanderbilt, we have designed four major buildings and numerous renovations for chemistry, biology, medical research, and engineering. Collectively, these projects define a new identity for science and engineering at Vanderbilt.
Since 1998, we have worked on seven new and renovated buildings along Oxford Street at Harvard University. Many of these projects were the result of feasibility studies which considered alternate locations. As the campus precinct evolved, it created better open space, improved pedestrian flow, and established a below grade loading facility serving five buildings.


Can you sneak into the high security lab to get the antidote in time?
Your cousin has been working as a test subject for the enigmatic Cybortek Corporation. Things have gone wrong and he's now dying. Can you sneak into their high-security underground lab and find the antidote?


The headline in the New York Times: The detective also learned that Taylor was wanted on felony welfare fraud charges in Michigan. Tumors were discovered in his lungs and stomach along with multiple lesions on the brain.
But then when I went back for my son, he was gone.
In combination with her natural, seemingly endless curiosity, the result was an inquisitiveness rare for a politician. You must believe that Jesus died on the cross for you and resurrected from the grave. That war claimed at least 50 million lives worldwide, most of them civilians, and produced a raft of international institutions—from the United Nations to the International Monetary Fund—aimed at preventing anything like it from happening again.
Signup now and receive an email once I publish new content. During my travels I met my husband. The newspaper also directed its ire at the sclerotic bureaucracy that allowed her schemes to flourish.
Her analytical, cerebral approach to governance has brought Merkel closer to U. When a person believes that they can be saved because of their personal merit without Christ or by keeping the law, they are in error.
A Christian does not live for his church; he does not live for his pastor and he no longer lives for himself. Your experience of someone who has hurt you, while painful, is now nothing more that a thought or feeling that you carry around.
On the surface, the CDU was not a natural fit. But if you come to think about it, even your milkman or the security guard in your office building might have an inspiring story to tell you out of their own lives.
This image has been Flagged as inappropriate Click to unflag Image 1 of 1 clyoon Student There aren't many people who inspire me in my life. President Clinton happened to be at the same restaurant having dinner.
Thirty-five when the Wall fell, Merkel was all of 36 when she took office as a minister in the first government of a united Federal Republic of Germany.
In her youth, Tempel says inviting the neighbors over for a meal required formal invitations and elaborate preparation.
The trial of the welfare queen finally began in Marchtwo-and-a-half years after Det. Syrians had been coming to Germany for months, even years, in a steady trickle that also included Afghans, Pakistanis and other nationalities.
When Taylor went to probate court to press her claim to the Wakefield fortune, even more of her story fell apart. If you are having problems contacting your representative, you can report the problem using the Contact Webmaster formwrite or call your elected representative, or visit the member's website for alternate contact information.
We are not saved by keeping the law or by our own works.Essay about The Person Who Most Influenced Me Words 4 Pages It is easy to say that a parent has had the most influence on your life, they taught you how to walk, talk, drink and among many other things hopefully right from wrong.
The person who has inspired me to achieve in life is my mom. She always told me to chase my dream and to be who I want to be. She tells me everyday to do my best at school. When I was a little. I believe that the person who inspires me the most would be my mother because of what she has been through growing up in a state of poverty and what she has taught me while I.
But as you mature and become more sophisticated, you realize that you are in fact limited to specific opportunities based on the direction you chose to take, and the decisions you make.
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Citation: LAWRENCE LESLY EKANAYAKE (2006-05-24). Interface conflicts and regulatory decision making process on power projects in Sri Lanka. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.
Abstract: Sri Lanka has a comprehensive EIA model in resolving environmental-related interface conflicts on infrastructural projects. The evidence suggests that the EIA model is partly responsible for escalating conflicts. Thus, this study attempts to identify drawbacks in the Sri Lankan EIA model to propose measures to resolve environment-related interface conflicts on power projects. Three case studies on proposed major power generation projects were analysed. The findings revealed that interface conflicts are intensified due to the drawbacks in the EIA model provisions, practices, and its enforcement. Amendments to the existing EIA model were suggested and validated. AHP model and pairwise questionnaire analysis revealed the stakeholdersa?? preferred option was a??conditional-acceptancea?? and the least preferred option was a??non-acceptancea?? for all the cases. The results suggest that EIA-related interface conflicts on power projects in Sri Lanka can be resolved by facilitating wider stakeholder involvement. The proposed model is capable of promoting stakeholdersa?? consensus on project options. Thus, it can be used to mitigate EIA-related interface conflicts in Sri Lanka.


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Google and Disney partner to bring storybooks to life
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A new Google and Disney partnership brings Disney Storybooks to life. When reading out loud select Disney Little Golden Books, Google Home will add sound effects and soundtracks to accompany the story as it is read aloud. The new feature uses voice recognition to be able to tell when a reader has skipped ahead or gone back, and adjust the sound effects accordingly. If the user pauses reading, ambient music will play until the user begins reading again. This feature works on Google Home, Home Mini, and Home Max speakers in the US. To activate the action, say, "Hey Google, let's read along with Disney."
During the story, unlike with other typical commands, the smart speaker's microphone will stay on so the device can follow along and add sound effects. When the device is in story mode, commands, searches, and answers are disabled. Here are the books currently available:
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Alica in Wonderland
Jack Jack Attack
Mickey Mouse and his Spaceship
Mickey Mouse Goes Christmas Shopping
I privacy concerns due to the microphone needing to stay on, Google wrote,
Though the mic is on throughout the read along experience to allow this feature to work, Google will not store the audio data after the story is completed.
KEEPING THE MIC OPEN IS CRITICAL FOR THE SMART SPEAKER USE CASE
Voicebot readers will recognize that this concept isn't new. Novel Effect has implemented a similar capability through an iOS app and is said to be working on an Amazon Alexa integration. The company has appeared on the television series Shark Tank and participated in the first Alexa Accelerator in 2017. In June, Novel Effect announced a $3 million funding round which included participation by the Amazon Alexa Fund. However, the company still does not have an Alexa skill and that likely is due to limitations around maintaining mic persistence throughout the activity.
DISNEY INCREASES ITS REACH IN VOICE
Disney, in particular, has increasingly been adding more voice applications, often choosing to do so with the Google Assistant. After the negative reaction to their 2017 Google Home audio ad for Beauty and the Beast, Disney learned that new voice applications are a more user-friendly and less disruptive way to go about content advertising and engaging with its target audience. Disney Games on Google Home were announced in September, and a Mickey Mouse speaker base was announced in October. Google Home also offers several adventure game and storytelling Disney actions, such as Cars, Moana, Mickey Mouse, and Disney Princess adventures.
VOICE ASSISTANTS ARE FOCUSING ON KIDS
This announcement follows a trend of voice assistants' focus on applications for kids. In October 2017, Google announced 50 kid-friendly Google Assistant apps in addition to a Family Link feature to enable parental oversight. In April, the Amazon Echo Dot for Kids Edition was released, featuring parental controls, and also announced Free Time Unlimited. Free Time Unlimited offers age-appropriate books, music, television shows, movies, apps, and games. Both Google Assistant and Alexa have been capitalizing on voice's rising popularity and user base in order to drive more household interaction. Household interaction, in turn, might drive new consumer loyalty as children move into adulthood, not to mention make voice interaction a larger part of everyday family life.
Tailoring content for children is a smart move considering the market data. Google's own research has shown that parents use smart speakers more frequently than non-parents, and 72% of parents said they were likely to use the devices to make a purchase in the next month, compared to only 51% of non-parents.
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Coldwell Banker Real Estate debuted a new ad today in the company's series that highlights the value of working with a real estate agent—and advocates for shelter animals.
The spot titled "Old Dog, New Dog," is set at a local pet adoption event where a real estate agent is a volunteer. The agent asks a shelter worker about an older bulldog named Cooper and the person explains that older dogs have a harder time getting adopted. Then, a young girl sees the old dog and is immediately drawn to him. Later, the girl is having a tea party in her home and toasts to her new best friend, Cooper, the rescue dog. Both Cooper and the girl are beaming as they take in the joys of their new home.
The ad is the latest in the company's annual "Homes for Dogs Project" with Adopt-a-Pet.com, a campaign that will extend into the fall with the Coldwell Banker national pet adoption weekend, Oct. 13-14.
This latest ad received the highest rating in the real estate ad category in 2018, according to Ace Metrix, which measures the impact of television and digital advertising. The ad earned top marks for likeability and is the second highest rated real estate ad ever, behind Coldwell Banker's "Somebody to Love" 2017 ad.


In an interview given to the EasyBourse website on August 26, 2010, Nicolas Fragneau, a global commodity advisor with Amundi––the asset management group formed by combining the expertise of the Crédit Agricole and Société Générale banks––said it was urgent to set up a global mechanism to regulate agricultural commodities in financial markets.
In fact, the manager indicates that regulation must apply to all commodities. "The issue concerns all commodities […] There is a genuine willingness to try to regulate". And when asked about his thoughts on the current debates in France and in the U.S., the analyst answers that "a framework must be implemented at the global level. Limiting the number of contracts to be held must be done at the international level." These affirmations are thus confirming the need for a regulation system enforceable to all commodities worldwide; otherwise it would not be effective.
Nicolas Fragneau's statements were made in response to the wheat crisis that destabilized a segment of the global economy this summer. Confronted with unprecedented drought, Russia's wheat production severely withered. The consequences? A sharp increase in wheat prices––that was as swift as it was unexpected––and Russia's decision to ban exports, while at the same time creating havoc in global markets.
This position shows that mindsets are starting to shift and that it is imperative to proceed further in the study and implementation of common governance principles for the financialized commodity markets, especially for agricultural commodities.


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The new kits to be worn by Liverpool, Man Utd, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea, and Spurs - where you can save £15 on them
If you're a new Topcashback customer you can save £15 on 2018/19 kit purchases made through Kitbag
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With the World Cup over, attentions shift to next month and the start of the new Premier League season.
Manchester United kick proceedings off against Leicester City on Friday August 10 and Mourinho's men, along with a host of other clubs, head into the 2018/19 campaign with fresh new hope and a fresh new kit.
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Manchester City won the league last season setting a record points total and there's absolutely no doubt that Guardiola's men are the team to beat.
Their new kit, announced at the beginning of May prior to the end of the 2017/18 season, is a clean, classic design.
It's safe to say that Manchester United's new home kit - designed with black stripes at the base of the shirt - has divided opinion. The design is said to have been inspired by 19th century railways as a throwback to the club's Newton Heath LYR roots.
United's new away shirt is a simpler classic design in navy blue.
Tottenham's new kits have yet to be officially unveiled, although rumours abound on social media - as ever - over what their new kit designs are expected to look like.
Mauricio Pochettino's men move into their state-of-the-art stadium in mid-September. Whether the move will help them elevate themselves from nearly-men to a team capable of lifting titles, only time will tell.
Extravagant away shirts have become Liverpool's thing in recent years and this year's purple number is certainly no different.
Along with this, they also go into the 2018/19 season with a new home and third kit.
A new season, a new manager, a new kit.
Chelsea's new shirt, decorated with red and white, draws inspiration from classic shirts in the club's past.
Their new away kit, which has yet to be officially announced, is said to be an all-yellow design similar to that worn by new boss Maurizio Sarri's former side Napoli last season.
Arsenal prepare for the upcoming season with a new manager for the first time since 1996 - and they will do so with a new array of kits.
Above, you can see - in order - their new goalkeeper, home and away kits. The designs for their new home jersey in particular has split opinion on social media and their new third kit - if online leaks are to be believed - are set to do the same.
Cambridge United FCCambridge United chief executive says it won't be hard to identify 'unacceptable' booing fansChief Executive of the club Ian Mather said it won't be very hard to identify who booed as many had messaged him directly on Twitter
Cambridge United fans who booed players taking the knee face ban as head coach speaks out
TwitterHead coach Mark Bonner said he hopes the people who booed "reflect long and hard" because they have "embarrassed" the club
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The Santa Barbara Barristers are hosting a CLE event on June 1, 2015, presented by Terrence Pricher of Marathon-Records. The event will be held at the Santa Barbara College of law from 12-1 pm.
Mr. Pricher is a lawyer and practitioner who specializes in auditing lawyers trust accounts (IOLTA accounts) and real estate escrow accounts, litigating cases involving IOLTA/escrow accounts, and teaching classes on handling client funds, maintaining proper trust accounts records, establishing a law practice, and real estate law for bar associations, CLE credit, and title insurance companies.
Marathon-Records provides IOLTA One, the only application designed specifically to address the rules-compliant IOLTA record keeping needs of attorneys and title insurers.
UPDATE: This CLE will be valid for 1 hr of Ethics Credit.
When: Monday, June 1st, from 12-1 pm.
Price: $25 for SB Barristers members who RSVP to Andrew Alire ([email protected]) by Friday, May 29th, 2015. $40 for non-members and those who do not RSVP by May 29th.
Lunch will be served; Please RSVP to Andrew ([email protected]) to ensure lunch availability.


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Adventure, Family
Last-minute escapes for Easter
The Easter long-weekend is a great time to reconnect with family, but what if you haven't made plans in time? Try your luck at these lesser-known reserves, where you should be able to find a spot.
This spot in the Klein Karoo is an ideal escape as it is within half a day's reach of Cape Town and there are lots of fun activities to try.
Activities: We recommend Anysberg for its quiet and incredible night skies. The reserve has recently acquired telescopes and trained guides help point out constellations and planets. There's a dam for kayaking (kayaks are available to hire). There's also a jungle gym for kids and a pool for cooling off. Horse riding is another favourite activity and guests can choose from either a two-hour or two-day horse trail.
Contact: Reserve +27 (0)23 551 1922, CapeNature Central Reservations +27 (0)21 483 0190
A horseback ride offers a new perspective on Anysberg's open plains. Picture by Tamlin Wightman
Augrabies Falls National Park
This is the place of the thundering waterfalls also known by Khoi people as 'Aukoerebis', or place of great noise.
Areas of interest: The falls, Moon Rock, Swart Rante, Oranjekom and Ararat, and Echo Corner. Try the Dassie Nature Trail – a 5km self-guided hiking trail that leads you on a circular route. Night drives can be booked and mountain bikes are allowed.
Contact: Park +27 (0)54 452 9200, SANParks Central Reservations +27 (0)12 428 911, book online
The magnificent Augrabies Falls when the Orange River runs at full spate. Picture courtesy of SANParks
Bon Accorde, Albert Falls Dam
This resort is located on the Eastern shores of the Albert Falls Dam and Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal. It's a quick 20 km drive from Pietermaritzburg. We love Bon Accorde for its large dam and campsites situated along the water's edge. Campsites are still available for the Easter weekend.
Activities: The nearby Albert Falls Game Reserve gives you the chance to go game viewing, there are nature trails, a squash court, jungle gym for kids, fishing, birdwatching and plenty of watersports to enjoy.
Contact: Resort +27 (0)33 569 1643
The chalets at Bon Accorde overlook Albert Falls Dam. Picture by Kate Collins
Golden Gate Highlands National Park
Golden Gate is a place where you can completely relax, surrounded by beautiful golden grasses, sandstone formations and herds of zebra, eland, blesbok and wildebeest. The reserve is nestled in the rolling foothills of the Maluti Mountains of the northeastern Free State and is only 350km away from Johannesburg, Bloemfontein and Pietermaritzburg.
Actvities: Hiking trails, short nature trails, game viewing, horse riding, absailing, canoeing, bowls, tennis, table tennis and snooker.
Looking for a mountain adventure? Golden Gate Hotel and Chalets puts you at the heart of the Maluti Mountains. Picture by Rita van den Heever
Ithala is a 400 km drive from Durban and just 500 km from Johannesburg. The reserve is steeped in history and evidence from Stone and Iron Age people can be seen. It has a rich diversity of vegetation and hosts a wide selection of insects, reptiles, amphibians and mammals.
Activities: This reserve is a game viewer's delight. Look for kudu, blue wildebeest, eland and giraffe amongst many others (commonly seen). Animals on the reserve, but not often seen, include buffalo, leopard, honey badger, elephant, brown hyaena, serval and black-backed jackal. Picnic sites are available.
Contact: Ezemvelo Central Reservations +27 (0)33 845 1000
Keep your eyes peeled for plains game at Ithala Nature Reserve. Picture by Eva Gutschmidt
The Swartberg Nature Reserve offers guests incredible mountain scenery in the historical valley of Die Hel. Overnight in Gamkaskloof (Die Hel) in cottages that once belonged to a small farming community. The traditional cottages are named after the people that used to live there and were restored with careful attention to detail.
Activities: There's a 4×4 route and two hiking trails to choose from, mountain biking and lots of sightseeing to do… Angling is allowed in the Gamka River.
Curious succulents, mountain fynbos, endless views, gorgeous kloofs… The Swartberg Nature Reserve has it all. Picture courtesy of CapeNature
This reserve is situated just outside of the small town of McGregor in the Western Cape. It's a favourite destination for birders and for enjoying long walks. The reserve has two comfortable self-catering units that sleep four people each.
Activities: If you enjoy hiking then you'll love this reserve. There's a leisurely 3km walk that takes you to the reserve's dams or a longer 19km hike through the Elandsberg. Vrolijkheid is a star destination for bird watching, boasting as many as 193 different species.
Vrolijkheid is a serene place to relax and recharge your batteries. Picture by Kate Collins
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Lung resections for pulmonary malignancies offer the best chance of survival for patients, but these procedures carry a significant burden of post-operative morbidity and mortality. Patients are particularly at high risk for post-operative atrial fibrillation (a condition involving irregular heart rhythm). Atrial fibrillation with symptoms can increase the risk of stroke - a blockage in a major blood vessel in the brain, which can potentially result in a disability or even death. The objective of this study is to establish the feasibility of using ambulatory heart rate monitoring to determine the total incidence of atrial fibrillation in the peri-operative period before and after anatomic lung resection for malignancies. The study will also investigate the correlation between atrial fibrillation and rates of stroke and other adverse events, as well as serve to identify the patients that are at a higher risk of developing atrial fibrillation.
Novel literature suggests that atrial fibrillation that is asymptomatic may just be as problematic as atrial fibrillation that presents itself with symptoms. The objective of the study is to establish the feasibility of tracking the total incidence of atrial fibrillation in the peri-operative period, including both symptomatic and asymptomatic events, using an ambulatory heart monitor. Additionally, the study aims to estimate the overall incidence of peri- and post-operative atrial fibrillation. These will be accomplished through usage of iRhythm ZIO XT, a small pebble shaped device that will be adhered to the patient's chest for 14 days before and after surgery, to measure how often atrial fibrillation occurs.