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The Gender strategy of the IMF: The way to go towards gender equality or a mere instrumentalisation of feminism?
Due to the IMF's focus on gender budgeting, this essay will mainly examine its gender budgeting recommendations as an example of its general inclination towards gender issues and its conception of gender equality. What does the IMF's focus on gender equality really mean from a critical feminist perspective? What are its main objectives? What does it seek to change and to maintain? What concept or idea of women does it follow and what are the underlying theoretical foundations?
Lisa Weinhold and Carolin Brodtmann
Education, Gender and Development
Education policy seeks to ensure equality in access, equality within the classroom and in teaching- learning processes, and equality in outcomes. This course encourages students to assess and evaluate the extent to which these objectives are met in practice and the ways in which educational outcomes are shaped by, as well as alter, gendered social norms.
Ratna Sudarshan
National University of National Planning and Administration, New Delhi
Sustainable Gender Equality - a film about gender mainstreaming in practice
Snow removal, ambulance transport, and school performance -the film aims at illustrating the principles of gender mainstreaming through concrete examples.
Sveriges Kommuner och Landsting
YouTube - UN Women
Economic crisis and austerity: challenges to gender equality
Departing from an analysis of women's employment and changing gender regimes in the pre crisis period, Jill Rubery illustrates how the crisis affects men's and women's employment differently. Afterwards, she discusses the crisis' impact on gender relations. Based on empirical findings, she shows how men were more affected by the recession and women more by austerity and presents possible explanations. Those are furthermore linked to women's employment decisions and prevalent gender regimes. In particular, Rubery discusses cut backs in public spendings on care, flexibilization and the role of conservative gender ideologies.
Jill Rubery
Netzwerk Plurale Ökonomik
The impact of Austerity on Gender in Tertiary Education: A Theoretical Analysis
This essay draws on several analyses on the gender impact of the recession and of austerity policies, in which authors acknowledge a threat to women's labour market integration and a potential backlash to traditional gender labour structures. We contribute to that literature by asking whether recession and austerity convey a gender effect on educational attainment. Our aim in this essay is to portray the likely effects of austerity measures on gender equality with a focus on women's participation in tertiary education and to hypothesize the implications of these scenarios for labour market effects, to be tested in future empirical research.
Zeynep M. Nettekoven and Izaskun Zuazu
From Here to Equality
Racism and discrimination have choked economic opportunity for African Americans at nearly every turn. In From Here to Equality, William Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen confront these injustices head-on and make the most comprehensive case to date for economic reparations for U.S. descendants of slavery.
William A. Darity Jr., A. Kirsten Mullen
The University of North Carolina Press
Could gender equality help the economy?
Although sometimes used as synonyms, economic growth and economic development refer to different processes. While economic growth refers to an increase in real national income and output (i.e., GDP growth rate), economic development refers to an improvement in the quality of life and living standards (i.e., life expectancy).
Ximena Perez
Gender Relations and Economics
This course introduces students to the relevance of gender relations in economics as a discipline and in economic processes and outcomes. The course covers three main components of gender in economics and the economy: (1) the gendered nature of the construction and reproduction of economic theory and thought; (2) the relevance and role of gender in economic decision-making; and (3) differences in economic outcomes based on gender. We wil touch on the relevance of gender and gender relations in at least each of the following topics: economic theory; the history of economic thought; human capital accumulation; labor market discrimination; macroeconomic policy, including gender budgeting; household economics; basic econometrics; and economic crises.
Alyssa Schneebaum
Vienna University of Economics and Business
End of Equality
Has neoliberalism destroyed gender equality Advocate author and broadcaster Beatrix Campbell examines the emergence of a new model of patriarchy and proposes solutions Beatrix Campbell iai
Beatrix Campbell
Feminist Economics
This course introduces students to the relevance of gender relations in economics as a discipline and in economic processes and outcomes. The course covers three main components of gender in economics and the economy: (1) the gendered nature of the construction and reproduction of economic theory and thought; (2) the relevance and role of gender in economic decision-making; and (3) differences in economic outcomes based on gender. We will touch on the relevance of gender and gender relations in at least each of the following topics: economic theory; the history of economic thought; human capital accumulation; labor market discrimination; macroeconomic policy, including gender budgeting; household economics; basic econometrics; economic history; and economic crises.
The effect of austerity on unpaid work and gender relations in Europe
Due to the economic crisis of 2008/2009, households faced drastic decreases in their incomes, the availability of jobs. Additionally, the structure of the labour market changed, while austerity measures and public spending cuts left households with less support and safeguards provided by the state. How have these developments affected the burden of unpaid labour and what influence did this have on gender relations?
Lotte Maaßen
Gender Development and Globalization
Gender Development and Globalization is the leading primer on global feminist economics and development. Gender is a development issue because social considerations are not easily incorporated into institutions such as policies, regulations, markets and organizations. This process is often referred to as the mainstreaming of gender in development institutions.
Terryl Blackwell
Illuminating the role of gender in the economy
This chapter discusses the role of gender in economic relations, processes, and outcomes. Gender differences in economic outcomes such as labor force participation and wages have received growing attention from economists in the last several decades – a positive and much needed development in economic thinking.
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Gender and the Economy
In this course we will critically analyze both economic theory and economic life through the lens of gender. Topics covered include: a critical examination of gender patterns and trends in the household, labor market, and the firm; issues concerning gender inequalities in the economy.
Şemsa Özar
Boğaziçi University
This lecture course, which will be taught in English, will deal with gender issues in developing countries. After providing an overview of the gender differences in various aspects of welfare and economic life, the course will then tackle a number of specific issues.
Stephan Klasen and Teaching Assistants Bumi Camara and Merle Kreibaum
Department of Economics University of Göttingen
The Exclusionary Politics of Digital Financial Inclusion
Focusing on Kenya's path-breaking mobile money project M-Pesa, this book examines and critiques the narratives and institutions of digital financial inclusion as a development strategy for gender equality, arguing for a politics of redistribution to guide future digital financial inclusion projects.
Serena Natile
What is Gender Responsive Budgeting
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Gender and Microeconomics
This course is intended to present some of the main ideas underlying the micro aspects of gender economics. The courses will tackle issues as fertility, marriage, women labor force participation, wage gap, gender inequality, violence against women and women empowerment within her household and within the society where she lives.
Hanan Nazier and Racha Ramadan
Cairo University - Faculty of Economics and Political Science
Economics of Gender (Woman in the U.S: Economy)
By the end of this course, students should understand the basic economic theories of the gender division of labor in the home and at the workplace, and theories of gender differences in compensation and workforce segregation.
Prof. Elaine McCrate
Your Behavior Creates Your Gender
What does it mean that gender is performative? In this short video, Judith Butler illustrates that gender is a culturally formed norm that is permanently produced and reproduced.
Labour market: Applicable Labour Market Models and Gender Issues
An essay of the writing workshop on contemporary issues in the field of Nigerian economics: Labour and all the dynamics, such as laws, mobility, gender participation, regulation etc., that are associated with it cements the need for this paper which seeks to objectively review, analyse, and if deemed necessary, give plausible recommendations.
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Gender in Latin American Development
The goal of the course is to deepen students' understanding of the Latin American development experience by viewing it through a gender lens.
Prof. Carmen Diana Deere
Aim: to work out jointly with students a systematic perception of how the gender factor can impact on economic and demographic development. This course is pioneering: it is the first time that such a course has been introduced into the curriculum of a Russian higher educational institution with a focus on economics.
I. E. Kalabikhina
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Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
Intro To Marxian Economics
Capitalism cannot fulfil the promises of the French revolution: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity. Why? Richard Wollf elaborates on Marx's analysis of the distribution and organisation of surplus in society and his conclusion that there is something inherently wrong in capitalist class structure that still causes economic crisis in our modern times. Change requires changing the organisation of the production. This goes far beyond a discussion of 'more-state' vs. 'less-state'.
Richard D Wolff
Green Capitalism
Smith contends that there is no possible solution to our global ecological crisis within the framework of any conceivable capitalism. The only alternative to market-driven planetary collapse is to transition to a largely planned, mostly publicly-owned economy based on production for need, on democratic governance and rough socio-economic equality, and on contraction and convergence between the global North and South.
Richard Smith, World Economics Association
Feminist economics focuses on the interdependencies of gender relations and the economy. Care work and the partly non-market mediated reproduction sphere are particularly emphasised by feminist economics.
Gender, Development, and Globalization
Gender, Development, and Globalization is the leading primer on global feminist economics and development. Lourdes Benería, a pioneer in the field of feminist economics, is joined in this second edition by Gunseli Berik and Maria Floro to update the text to reflect the major theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions and global developments in the last decade.
Lourdes Benería, Günseli Berik, Maria Floro
Gender and Globalization
In this class we will explore how globalization shapes and is shaped by gender norms with a particular focus on questions related to 'work,' mobility and well-being.
Prof. Jennifer Olmsted
Drew University - Dept. of Economics
After completing the module, participants should be able to understand the economic consequences of gender inequality. They should be able to explain the contradictions between capital and care, analyze the labor market with a gender perspective and develop the ability to describe phenomena such as public policies taking into account "gender" as a category of analysis.
Micaela Fernández Erlauer, Lucía Espiñeira and Justina Lee
Summer Academy for Pluralist Economics
A fresh perspective to economic theory: Social preferences and their impact on gender and policy
As opposed to the conventional over-simplified assumption of self-interested individuals, strong evidence points towards the presence of heterogeneous other-regarding preferences in agents. Incorporating social preferences – specifically, trust and reciprocity - and recognizing the non-constancy of these preferences across individuals can help models better represent the reality.
Sheral Shah
Economics of Gender
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Hood College
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Anyone who watched the Tokyo Yakult Swallows play this past week probably still has the Tokyo Ondo stuck in their head. When they close their eyes, they might still see a sea of small, mostly green umbrellas bobbing up and down in rhythm to the tune.
These are things Yakult fans do when the team scores runs, and the Swallows have been doing plenty of that lately.
The Yakult lineup caught fire last week, punishing opposing pitchers to the tune of 54 runs over six games, more than the Hanshin Tigers (51), Chiba Lotte Marines (48), Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (47), Hiroshima Carp (45) and Orix Buffaloes (41) have scored all season.
Overall, Yakult, which scored a staggering 12 runs in the 10th inning against the Carp on April 10, leads NPB with 85 runs scored.
It's too early to know if Yakult only had a fortunate week or actually laid groundwork for a machine that could rival the 2018 Seibu Lions, who scored 792 runs.
It took those Lions 19 games to score in double digits twice. The Swallows just did it four times in a week, putting up 10 and 15 against the Carp and twice scoring 11 against Yomiuri.
Seibu rode its offense to the pennant last year, a roadmap Yakult could possibly follow.
It was only six games, but the Swallows should still be enthused by the contributions from outside their core stars.
That includes promising young infielder Munetaka Murakami, who had a three-hit night, including a homer, against the Carp on April 9. He also had hits in all three games against Yomiuri, including a tiebreaking homer in Sunday's win.
"His batting average isn't high, but he's showing a knack for hitting home runs," manager Junji Ogawa told reporters.
The second-year player is only hitting .192 overall (he hit .269 last week), but has three homers already.
"I'm going to do my best to keep contributing to the team in the future," Murakami said.
In addition to the hitters, Yakult's relievers allowed just two runs in 23 innings last week.
"It's an offensive battle, you just gotta do your best to keep the ball down," reliever David Huff said the mindset he's pitching with. "Make them pound it into the ground or don't let them get extended. You get that strike one and then expand and make them look out over or reach for something off the dish. Or pound them in and get them sped up in, and then (throw) something away. Just any type of those combinations.
A good bullpen is a luxury the Lions didn't have last season. Relief pitching was a big part of the Swallows' run to the pennant in 2015. So continued production there would be a big boost during the inevitable lean periods at the plate.
Those cold spells will come too, as evidenced by the way the Hanshin Tigers held down Yakult in their season-opening series and the control Giants ace Tomoyuki Sugano displayed over the Swallows on Friday.
Balentien wasn't ready to say the team had the top lineup in the CL yet, but didn't sell Yakult short either.
"I mean, the Giants have a great lineup," he said. "They have power from top to bottom. Yokohama has a good hitting team too.
Lately, though, the big guns have been leading by example. This past week saw the team's Nos. 3-5 hitters Tetsuto Yamada, Balentien and Yuhei Takai combine for five homers and 25 RBIs. Norichika Aoki has also been coming up with big hits out of the No. 2 spot.
"It's not just us three, it's the whole team," Balentien said. "Everybody is doing a great job. Aoki gets on base and makes things go and Yamada, like always, is a great hitter. I'm coming along right now, my swing is getting better and I feel better and more comfortable in the batter's box. Yuhei has started getting hot too.


Spikes are the mounting fasteners used to attach a gutter to the fascia of a house. They typically consist of a long nail driven through the front and back of the gutter and encased in a sleeve called a ferrule.
FAQ from Silver Spring, MD roofing contractors: What are the different types of gutter guards available?
There are many types of gutter guard systems available on the market these days. The most common are mesh, reverse curve, bottlebrush, nylon and foam. Each type comes with its own pros and cons. Some are expensive while others can offer superior protection but also make maintenance far harder and more time-consuming. It's important to learn about each type before deciding on one over another.
Cleaning and maintaining a gutter system is very important to the life expectancy of the roof. Clogged downspouts or valleys lead to ice and debris jams that can cause rainwater to back-up and leak into the home. It's important to keep these obstructions cleared out so water can flow freely from the roof system and down to the ground. Most of the Silver Spring Roofing solutions must be properly cleaned, repaired and maintained in order to function at their peak efficiency and to avoid premature failure.
Fortunately for the homeowner, annual gutter maintenance is a relatively easy process with just a few simple steps involved. The first and most important step is to clean and evaluate the system.
Gaining access to the roof or using a tall ladder is a necessity to ensure that the gutters and valleys are completely clear of all debris or obstructions. With gloves and eye-protection, make sure all straight runs of guttering are clean and any downspouts are clear of obstacles. The valleys should be open and allow water to freely shed from the roof and into the gutter system.
After all the gutters, downspouts and valleys have been cleaned, the homeowner should run water through the system. This will not only clear out any remaining debris, but it will also allow for a visual inspection.
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While running water through the system, it's important to look for any leaks or broken parts and repair them. Leaks can be stopped by applying a silicon sealant to the holes or cracks. Check the downspouts and ensure they are connected properly and all rivets are securely fastened. Finally, replace any broken mounting spikes so that the gutters work with minimal sagging.
Preventative maintenance can make the cleaning associated with a gutter system even easier. The best way to prevent debris build-up or obstructions is with a gutter guard. These protective add-ons can keep large items like leaves and limbs from falling into the gutter. However, most types of guards cannot keep seedling pods, evergreen needles and smaller items from getting into the system. They may also make it harder to clean the gutters when the time comes. It's important to evaluate the pros and cons before adding this type of preventative product to a gutter system.
Properly maintained gutters will ensure the longevity of the roof they're supposed to protect. Keeping them clean and free of obstructions should be a priority for every homeowner.


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Lenard's back in founder's control after Blue Sky takes flight
By Nick Nichols
Lenard's Chicken is back in the hands of founder Len Poulter after he struck a buyout deal with minority stakeholder Blue Sky Alternative Investments (ASX:BLA).
The Brisbane-based asset manager has confirmed its EC2010 fund had exited its decade long investment in the embattled retailer.
Under the terms of the sale, Blue Sky has also provided Poulter with a working capital facility to get the deal over the line.
The chicken retailer, founded by Poulter 30 years ago, has been struggling with profitability in recent years.
It was revealed in March that it had only just broken even in the first half of FY18, down from a normalised profit of $400,000 a year earlier.
Blue Sky had revealed that Lenard's revenue was steady at $3.3 million over the period, although costs had risen sharply.
Blue Sky had previously put the business up for sale before settling on the deal with Poulter.
The private equity group took a 42 per cent stake in Lenard's in 2008.
Plans for a major expansion of the business were announced in 2015, with targets of 30 per cent revenue growth and a doubling of store numbers to 400 by 2017.
However, Lenard's has struggled in recent years in the face of a competitive retail environment and high shopping mall rents. Profitability has also been weighed down by debt.
It is understood to be weighing up its options on underperforming stores. The Lenard's network, which boasted 200 stores in 2015, currently comprises 80 stores.
Financial details of the sale to Poulter have not been disclosed.
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Article: Sandara Park Clarifies Rumors Surrounding 2NE1's Disbandment
Written by oh dara!
On March 30, Sandara Park opened up about 2NE1's disbandment during an interview for her upcoming movie "One Step."
The actress said, "About three years in, I realized it wouldn't be possible for 2NE1 to last forever and worried about it. It was really sad when our disbandment became a reality since we had been together for 10 years."
"Even up until a couple months ago, I was just always at home. But now, the members come to show their support for me, like they did yesterday. So now it just feels like we just won't be promoting together for a while and I've been able to work happily again."
In response to a question about rumors of bad blood between Gong Minzy, who left 2NE1 in April of 2016, and the other members, Sandara Park clarified, "If you only know about what happened through news articles, I think it's easy to misunderstand what happened. But we haven't really noticed a huge change in our own personal relationships."
She continued, "Although Gong Minzy couldn't come to the exclusive screening event for 'One Step' due to schedule conflicts, she has been supporting me. I started learning how to play guitar when I was a trainee after watching the Japanese movie "Midnight Sun." Gong Minzy told me at the time that playing the guitar fit me and that's when I realized that she was a friend that really knew me well."
Source: Soompi
Q. "One Step" is your first ever Korean film. Don't you feel pressure about debuting as a movie actress?
Sandara: I didn't feel any pressure about it because I tried my best at every moment and I was confident in myself. However, I couldn't sleep well after having a movie premiere yesterday. I don't know why, but I was so nervous.
Q. CL and Park Bom attended the movie premiere. What did they tell you about the movie?
Sandara: I was so happy because they said my singing has improved a lot.
Q. How about Minzy? She didn't attend the movie premiere.
Sandara: Even though she couldn't attend the event due to her busy schedule, she called me to support me. There seems to be some misunderstanding, by the way. Some people say there was some discord among us when Minzy left 2NE1. It's not true. We're still in a good relationship.
Q. Tell me about the breakup of 2NE1. Didn't you have any choice except to disband the team?
Sandara: Actually, I've been thinking about it since we were a 3rd-year girl group. I didn't want to part with them, but I knew we have to say good bye one day or other. It was very sad to part with them because we've been great friends for about 10 years.
Q. So, as a solo artist, will you focus on your activities as an actress?
Sandara: No, even though 2NE1 has been disbanded, I will still sing. I will sing and act at the same time, and that's why I'm preparing for my solo album.
Q. Tell me about your solo album.
Sandara: I think my solo songs will be totally different from 2NE1's songs. I want to try different things. For example, I want to sing very cheerful dance music. I hope I will release the album this summer.
Q. Don't you feel pressure to achieve a success as a solo artist?
Sandara: When I was a member of 2NE1, so many people came to our concert. However, it seems like many people don't even know about my movie. Well, I'm just trying to be positive. I'm not sure I can become as popular as 2NE1, but I know life is a succession of failures. I'll challenge myself and never give up.
Q. There are some people who say you have poor acting skills.
Sandara: I think it's because of my high voice tone, and it's true I was once frustrated when I heard such a criticism. Actually, when 2NE1 released a ballad music, my part was very small because music producers said my voice tone didn't fit such a music. So I tried to lower my voice tone, but it was not easy. However, I've changed my mindset after 2NE1 was disbanded. As I said, I'm trying to be positive, and I'll try to strengthen my strength instead of worrying about my weakness.
Q. Your new movie "Cheese in the trap" will begin shooting in April. Tell me about the movie.
Sandara: As it was already made into a drama last year, I think we need to make it into a totally new version. The director of the movie wanted me to be myself, and I'll try to show real me in the movie. I'm really looking forward to the movie.
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Little dissent over EU recovery plan in Finnish parliament debate
The joint plan is to pay for recovery from the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus.
Minister of Finance Matti Vanhanen said a common EU recovery plan is in Finland's interest. Image: Petteri Bülow / Yle
A majority of parliamentary groups have expressed their support for Finland's participation in the EU's Covid recovery plan.
Minister of Finance Matti Vanhanen (Cen) said that EU's joint plan supports Finland's and the EU's recovery from the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
SDP MP Johannes Koskinen brought up the broad view of economists that Finland, Europe and the whole world now need a stimulatory economic policy.
"The report on Finland's sustainable economy discussed today is precisely this recovery," Koskinen said.
Government parties' MPs seem to have fallen into line behind the plan, with no opposition from those groups expressed during the debate. Opposition NCP expressed its support too.
Finns Party questions effectiveness of EU recovery plan
Lulu Ranne, who spoke on behalf of the Finns Party said that EU's common debt recovery plan would not work.
"Since 2015 alone, the European Central Bank has added 2.8 trillion euros in debt in the EU economy. Investment has not increased much since then, but the anaemic growth in GDP has been based on the constant pumping of borrowed money into the economies of EU countries," Ranne said.
Ranne criticised the government report stating that the recovery plan would cost Finland 6.6 billion euros.
"It is more than twice as much as we would get for our own use. If we imagine that debt relief works, we should use the entire 6.6 billion euros ourselves directly for the benefit of Finland, as we see fit," Ranne said.
National Coalition Party: Agreement better than division
Juhana Vartiainen (NCP) said that the recovery fund is an imperfect compromise, but suggested that he thinks a compromise is better than deepening division in Europe.
"Even the imperfect outcome of the negotiations shows that Europe is capable of acting and agreeing. The advantages for Finland outweighs the flaws in the outcome," Vartiainen said.
Vartiainen added that the NCP would have liked the government to have demanded conditionality in the talks, with member states required to undertake structural reforms to benefit.
According to Antero Laukkanen from the Christian Democrats, the introduction of a new funding mechanism is not wise.
"The government has opened the door to new financing mechanisms that do not build an economically sustainable and stable Europe. If we enter through this door, a future filled with debt lies ahead of us," Laukkanen said.
Harry Harkimo from the Movement Now party also questioned the rationality of European debt recovery plan.
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Vets advocate, Bronx Times columnist Paul Golluscio, 80
Paul Golluscio was an active and devoted American Legion member and Williamsbridge native.
Photo courtesy of McNulty Funeral Home
A beloved veteran, who was born in Williamsbridge and fought to help his fellow service members, passed away recently.
Local Army Reserves veteran and dedicated veteran advocate Paul Golluscio died on Monday, September 10 at 80-years-old after battling a series of bouts with cancer.
Golluscio was one of two children born to Armond and Antoinette Golluscio on March 11, 1938.
He attended school at P.S. 21, DeWitt Clinton High School and Long Island University Brooklyn.
Golluscio earned his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from the Chiropractic Institute of New York in 1959.
He proudly served his country during his 27-year career in the Army Reserves as a sergeant major.
For 29 years, he served as the Samuel H. Young American Legion Post 620's secretary and executive committee senior member.
Living up to his childhood nickname 'Buddy,' Golluscio shared stories and jokes with customers while serving them drinks every Friday at Post 620.
Affectionately known to many as 'Doc,' Golluscio opened his chiropractic office at 3000 Middletown Road in January 1960.
He ran his practice there for 44 years before retiring in March 2004.
According to his stepdaughter Lucia Franchini, Golluscio met her and her mother, Marion, when they moved into the same building at the corner of Barnes Avenue and East 231st Street in 1964.
He was their neighbor down the hall and they would marry a decade later.
Golluscio penned a weekly column for Post 620 in the Bronx Times Reporter sharing his wit and wisdom, as well as news that was important for veterans.
His weekly column also included the very popular Trivia Time, which recounted the historical significance of the week's upcoming dates.
Each year he got a chuckle from his loyal readers when he would announce that he had once again been bypassed for that year's St. Patrick's Day parade marshal.
He signed off his column with the following sentiments: "Keep the troops in your prayers, hug a vet, and God bless!".
He visited veterans at the Montrose Veterans Hospital, planted flags on veterans' graves, assisted veterans with their benefits and mailed care packages to troops stationed in Afghanistan.
In 2017, the Chippewa Democratic Club presented Golluscio a Lifetime Achievement Award for his work with veterans.
Golluscio, who had lived in Throggs Neck for most of his married life, moved to Scarsdale in 2000, but stayed active with his post.
His favorite hobbies included watching 'Jeopardy' and true crime shows, surfing the internet, playing golf and hunting with his friends.
In his last few months, Golluscio's health was failing and was using a cane for support.
One day while Franchini was driving him to a doctor's appointment he noticed a weathered flag flying outside a plant nursery.
He gave her a new flag and asked her to give it to the nursery's manager to replace the worn one, which the manager obliged.
Golluscio took the discarded flag and properly retired it during a Sam Young Post flag-burning ceremony.
Golluscio was laid to rest at Calverton National Cemetery in Riverhead, NY.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in his honor to the Samuel H. Young American Legion Post 620, 1530 Hutchinson River Parkway, Bronx, NY 10461.
Golluscio is survived by his wife Marion; his stepdaughters Lucia, Rosemarie and Kim; his granddaughter Loren and his great-grandson Isaiah.
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I am the editor at Forbes who puts together our annual Fictional 15, a list of fiction's richest characters. AMA!
David M. Ewalt
is an American journalist. He is currently deputy editor of special projects at Forbes.
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This morning an /r/todayilearned/ post about Forbes annual list of the richest people in the realm of fiction hit Reddit's front page. I'm one of the two guys who has edited that list for the last six years (proof), so when I saw all the questions about how the list gets made, I figured I'd start an AMA to answer them.
So hit me -- what are your questions? And better yet, what are your suggestions for the newest version of the list, which is coming soon? Who have we missed?
Comments: 489 • Responses: 24 • Date: 2013-07-03 14:47:47 UTC source
t3rrapins380 karma 2013-07-03 15:20:15 UTC
Do you take credit score into account? I hear that Tywin Lannister always pays his debts, which should count for something.
utherdoul320 karma 2013-07-03 16:11:21 UTC
They say that Tywin Lannister shits gold.
Liquor_Lotto132 karma 2013-07-03 15:04:35 UTC
When you determine the value of Smaug's gold do you also consider the lower price of gold that would be caused by such a glut on the market if Smaug were to actually sell it all at once?
You're working on a whole different level here, and I salute you. On a related note, some people have made the argument that Smaug is far and away the richest character because he holds so much gold at a point in history where not that much gold has been mined and minted; that he holds a disproportionately large proportion of all the world's wealth during that period.
On the other hand, it's just a goofy list about dragons and talking ducks, we probably shouldn't overthink it.
yeahnahmaybewhatever106 karma 2013-07-03 15:00:16 UTC
Where the hell is Scrooge McDuck?!
From last year's edition of the list: "Scottish-South African diamond mining magnate successfully steals the title of "world's richest duck" from archnemesis Scrooge McDuck after winning controversial round-the-world race."
I wouldn't count Scrooge out though -- he's been #1 many times in the past, and you can't keep a good duck down.
CherrySlurpee100 karma 2013-07-03 14:51:31 UTC
If Batman (Bruce Wayne) and Iron Man (Tony Stark) got into a legal battle, who would be able to win said legal battle?
Tony Stark has much better lawyers. Do you know how many DWI offenses they've had to get him out of?
Sampwnz94 karma 2013-07-03 15:08:51 UTC
Why not Zoidberg?
Nobody likes Zoidberg.
dcfcblues75 karma 2013-07-03 15:41:11 UTC
A better question, why not Mom from Futurama?
She would definitely out earn C.M Burns
Mom ranked #4 back in 2007!
notsoobviousreddit84 karma 2013-07-03 14:57:24 UTC
How did you calculate Smaug's fortune?
utherdoul98 karma 2013-07-03 15:08:46 UTC
My co-editor Michael Noer has created a whole world of nerdy scholarship on this particular subject -- see his blog posts on the subject. In short, he's trying to figure out how big Smaug is, how big his lair is, and how much gold and jewels are inside the cave.
crankymole62 karma 2013-07-03 14:55:47 UTC
Just, how do you come up with the list? What about those characters whose books/comics/shows have already ended? How do you predict their future earnings?
We start by making a long list of candidates, which consists of all the characters that have ever been on the list in the past, plus any good suggestions we've gotten over the last twelve months. We always try to see if there were any new big books, tv shows or movies that came out since the last list that had rich fictional characters --it keeps the list fresh.
Then we go down the list and remove characters who don't meet a few key criteria. One of the first is that each character on the list must be from an authored work of fiction; generally speaking, we don't want mythological figures or folk heroes, because they're too hard to analyze (how do you calculate the net worth of Zeus? Or King Midas? We also remove characters that aren't known within their fictional universe for being rich; we want their wealth to be a defining characteristic. Someone like Princess Ariel might be wealthy because she's a princess, but nobody thinks of her as a rich person.
Then once we have a few dozen good candidates, we look at where their wealth comes from, compare them to real-world analogues (like Charles Foster Kane to William Randolph Hearst), and value their possessions against real-world equity and commodity prices. This can sometimes get really complicated: for several years my co-editor Michael Noer has been trying to perfect a formula to calculate the value of all the stuff in Smaug's horde.
Finally, we exercise a certain amount of editorial judgement to keep the list fresh have 10-30% turnover each year; last year, for instance, we had Flintheart Glomgold "steal" Scrooge McDuck's gold --an event which actually occurred in the fictional universe-- just because Scrooge had been dominating the list for years, and we wanted to shake things up.
Thanks! Any major protest over a character's placement (or lack therof)?
Every single year. It's a big part of what makes this list fun -- on some level, publishing the Fictional 15 feels a lot like sitting at a bar with my friends arguing over whether Iron Man could beat Batman in a fight. (Answer: No, he could not.)
HymenAnnihilator-2 karma 2013-07-03 15:06:14 UTC
This. I'm in finance and there's fucking no way these numbers aren't completely pulled out of someone's ass.
JXDB18 karma 2013-07-03 15:07:27 UTC
I'm not in finance and of course they're pulled out someones ass.
I'm in financial journalism and they're only partially pulled out of my ass.
Rhana6 karma 2013-07-03 18:41:49 UTC
Definitely just tagged you as Sometimes poops finances.
I'm going to put that on my business cards.
Jonapth57 karma 2013-07-03 15:28:18 UTC
Forbes is generally considered amongst the more "serious" or "scholarly" of the major business publications. Is there ever any negative feedback either via your readership/viewership or within the company itself about something that the rest of the world considers silly/fun?
No, people really enjoy it. We only do the Fictional 15 once a year, and I think our readers appreciate that we have a sense of humor about ourselves --the list got its start, in part, because we were poking fun at our coworkers who publish Forbes' annual lists of real-world billionaires.
lex_ceja53 karma 2013-07-03 15:11:13 UTC
Was there anyone on the list you personally wanted but didn't make it?
The Illusive Man from the Mass Effect series.
jacqueofalltrades18 karma 2013-07-03 17:56:14 UTC
Had no luck convincing my co-editor that he wasn't too obscure to include. Feel free to email him and tell him otherwise! [email protected]
destinybond48 karma 2013-07-03 15:02:18 UTC
How do you deal with fictional currency? Do you use conversion based on certain staples, like bread and water?
Man, that's a good question. In those cases we try to figure out the value of the currency based on commodity prices (for instance, the coinage of Westeros is roughly tied to real-world metals; gold dragons, silver stags and copper stars) or try to work around the problem by examining the person's business and overall holdings, not just how much cash they have.
Generally speaking, it's not a problem, because very few fictional characters actually have their net worth defined by the author in terms of a specific currency.
Grapedrink_x47 karma 2013-07-03 14:57:21 UTC
What about Dethklok from Metalocalypse? They're the seventh richest economy!
I love Metalocalypse (and everything else Brendon Small does, for that matter). But the show hasn't been on the air in years (yes, I know about the special coming out this fall), and even when it was, it was on a relatively obscure cable channel.
So Dethklok is one of the cases where we've had to exercise some editorial judgment and say that someone simply isn't well known enough to make the list. If we put any (or all) of them on there, 95% of our readers would say, "who?!" And nobody's served well by that.
It sucks sometimes not to be able to include really cool cult characters like that, but absolutely necessary; if we don't close the door at some level of fame, we'd have to consider every evil billionaire villain from a thousand different crappy novels and movies.
TodayI_Yearned24 karma 2013-07-03 15:22:43 UTC
Which character would you be? From all of em, and why?
Always be Batman, no matter what the situation.
bennybruin7721 karma 2013-07-03 15:03:03 UTC
Which character acquired his/her wealth by the most creative means? And which is your favorite? And what inspired this list to be published in the first place?
Tony Stark's pretty creative. Who doesn't wish they could build a super suit? As for favorites, I'm a big Simpsons fan, so I love having C. Montgomery Burns on the list. Last year I even got one of the writers from the show to let me do an interview with Mr. Burns!
The list began almost 8 years ago as a bit of self-parody; Forbes is famous for publishing lists of the world's richest people, and a few of us wanted to poke fun at our own sometimes too-serious style. Over the years, though, it's grown into something bigger, and now we really put a lot of time and thought into the valuations for each fictional character.
edit: I accidentally a word.
JustAMinuteAnHourAgo15 karma 2013-07-03 15:02:35 UTC
A bunch of people in the comments of the article were suggesting other people who are really rich, such as Captain Nemo and Marc Spector/Moon Knight. The question is, how exhaustive your search and evaluation of wealthy fictional characters? Have you analyzed other characters that people are suggesting?
Every time we do this list we go through all the comments about the previous edition, and that means making huge lists of new suggestions, which often include people like Captain Nemo and Moon Knight and a million other people.
Our preliminary search is surprisingly exhaustive-- it's fun, so we spend way more time on it than we probably should. We always at least consider and debate every new character suggestion, even if the debate is just a few words between myself and the list's other editor. Some new characters get a lot more attention --sometimes, that's hours of research on a single suggestion-- if we think they might actually qualify for the final list.
HelpMeLoseMyFat15 karma 2013-07-03 15:15:31 UTC
Do you believe that a villain could be placed in the list like Emperor Palpatine?
The funds to maintain an entire galatic empire would be pretty astronomical, wouldn't you say?
A fleet of star destroyers, a death star or two, a few thousand TIE Fighters and possibly a 100 million or more standing army of clone storm troopers...
His bank account and wealth is probably more fast than any other fictional character I can think of...
Emperor Palpatine (and Darth Vader, mentioned elsewhere in this discussion) don't have a high personal net worth -- they simply have access to the full financial resources of the Galactic Empire, which aren't technically "theirs."
To say that Palpatine is one of the richest fictional characters would be like saying that Barack Obama is the richest man in the United States, because he's the chief executive of an organization with a $3.8 trillion budget.
Thinc_Ng_Kap10 karma 2013-07-03 14:53:27 UTC
Which character would you say was the most corrupt, and who was the least corrupt?
On the last edition of the list, definitely Charles Foster Kane. ""You provide the prose poems; I'll provide the war!"
littledogbigheart6 karma 2013-07-03 15:01:30 UTC
Why do you exclude characters like Thor? Are there any other characters who are excluded due an incalculable fortune?
Gods are one of the main reasons why we try to limit the list to people from a specific authored work (Today we think of Thor in the context of Marvel comics, but the character is of course much older than that).
Think about it this way -- if we include Thor, then do we also have to include Odin, who presumably is even richer? What about Zeus? Or for that matter, Buddha, Yahweh and Lord Xenu?


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Warren Charles Campbell M.D. went peacefully to be with his Lord Saturday, March 16th, 2019, surrounded by his family. He was 91 years of age. Warren is survived by his wife of 68 years, Lucy Parent Campbell, and their children: Daniel Warren Campbell, (wife, Cynthia Jensen Campbell) Susan Campbell Skidmore (husband, Jay Vyn Skidmore, PhD.), and grandchildren, Robert Vyn Skidmore and Nathan Skidmore. He was preceded in death by his parents, Homer Edgar and Beulah Florence Campbell, and a brother Homer Edgar Campbell Jr.
Warren was born in Nebraska in 1927 and as a child moved with his family to Arvin, California where his father established the "Valley Mercantile" store. After graduating from Bakersfield High School, Warren enlisted in the Navy (This was near the end of WWII). After the Navy he pursued his dream of becoming a doctor. He did his undergraduate work at UC Berkeley, then completed Medical School at what is now UC Irvine. He interned at Los Angeles County Hospital, completed three preceptorships including anesthesiology, obstetrics, and orthopedics to specialize in rural medicine. He is a lifetime member of the American Academy of Family Physicians.
After receiving his medical license, he devoted several years to the development and staffing of a small hospital on the Navaho Indian Reservation at Rock Point, Arizona. In Quito Ecuador, he served at Hospital Vozandes, a teaching hospital where he took part in medical missions reaching people in the High Andes Mountains and in the remote Amazon jungle. Returning to the United States, he completed a General Practice Residency at Contra Costa County Hospital in Martinez, CA.
He accepted the invitation of Dr. Leavenworth, Director of the Sutter County Hospital and moved to Yuba City to work with the Sutter County Migrant Clinics associated with the county hospital. In the early 1970's the estate of a local physician, Dr. Arthur Jones and his wife who had gone missing in a boat incident, approached Warren to take over his existing private medical practice, which he did and it was a happy match.
Due to his love for flying and all people that shared his passion, he chose to enlist in the USAF and was sworn in as a Lt. Colonel, flight surgeon. He could not find another Dr. to fill his practice, so mercifully the USAF let him off the hook. Later, Dr. William Dabney joined his practice for a period of time and Warren continued his practice in Yuba City until his retirement.
After retiring from his Yuba City practice but maintaining his residence in this town, Warren worked in many other medical practices throughout the US as a "locum tenens" professional. During this period he also worked in Yuba City with Sutter North Health. He retired permanently in 2010.
In addition to Warren's professional life, he was passionate about flying his own airplane, loved gardening, cross-country skiing and bicycling. He and Lucy were often found biking around Lake Tahoe in the summer or skiing the mountains in winter.
Above all, Warren's passion for healing extended beyond the physical, as he keenly felt God was the Great Healer, and that a person's spiritual condition was equally or more important to the healing process. We will remember Warren for his loving challenges to live right, love well and follow God.
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LITTLE GOOD ABOUT "ALL GOOD THINGS"
In 2005 I received an unsolicited email from Andrew Jarecki, who introduced himself as a film director pursuing a movie about Robert Durst. He wrote that he had read my book "A Deadly Secret" and wanted to talk to me about optioning the book.
We had a couple of phone conversations and he sent me a copy of his critically acclaimed documentary "Capturing the Friedmans." I watched it, liked it, and after a few more pleasant phone calls I met with Jarecki at a diner off Route 3 in New Jersey just outside Manhattan. With him were his co-producer Marc Smerling and screenwriter Marcus Hinchey. We spent three hours at that diner talking about Durst, my book, his movie, his plans and how much he wanted to see my two years worth of research. He wasn't convinced that Durst was a serial killer, but he thought the book was the deepest, most complete study of Durst and the various investigations that surrounded him.
I left the diner believing his next call would be to my agent to option the book. I previously met with reps from CBS and Showtime in Los Angeles in 2002 when producer Gary Smith owned the rights, but nothing materialized so I thought this could work out. I was intrigued. Jarecki called my agent, but not to buy the book. Instead, he threw us a curveball saying he wanted to hire me as a short term "consultant." In Hollywoodspeak, it was a far cheaper way for Jarecki to gain access to all my research, including the NYPD files on the Kathie Durst investigation, without having to credit the book or pay for the privilage (consider this is a guy who made a few hundred million in 1999 when he sold Moviefone to AOL).
Of course I said no.
Fast forward to 2010. Jarecki's thinly disguised Durst movie, "All Good Things," is now available on pay per view ahead of a theatrical release in December. The film was finished a couple of years ago but has been in film-hell waiting for a distributor. I heard all sorts of rumors as to why the long wait but hoped the film would eventually see the light of day. After all, a successful film would regenerate interest in the Durst story and perhaps help tie a few loose ends, maybe even draw additional interest from law enforcement. I also figured you couldn't really screw up a story that featurers three murders, two investigations, a super-wealthy New York real estate family and a cross-dressing protagonist who dismembered a guy and chucked his body parts in to Galveston Bay, right?
I ordered "All Good Things" last night, sat down with my wife and when it was over we were both somewhat disappointed, and puzzled. Jarecki did a very good job humanizing a pedophile in "Capturing the Friedman's" but his attempt at adding depth to someone like Robert Durst missed the point entirely. You can't explain away Durst's horrific actions because he smoked pot and was browbeaten by his powerful father, whom Durst blamed for the suicide of his mother. And in trying to humanize Durst, Jarecki ignored his truly terrifying secrets. Though fictionalizing the Durst story (using different names) he did follow the basic script, particularly his early relationship with Kathie. But there's little character development, a lot of stretching of the truth (Morris Black DID NOT kill Susan Berman) and an unsatisfying ending. Knowing Jarecki and his partners read the book from cover to cover (and marked it up with a few thousand Post-Its) I figured there would be a few scenes taken directly from the book (I already had conversations with my attorney). Yes, there were plenty of those, and my reporting on the death of Durst's mother was hijacked, but at the end of the day this is less a Durst movie and more of a sensationalized two-hour version of Law and Order. Jarecki also took liberties with Seymour Durst, portraying the real esate powerbroker as a silent partner in prostitution and porno houses. The Durst family owned buildings that were home to porn theaters, but I never heard anything about them getting payoffs from them. The Durst's weren't thrilled with the portrayal and have threatened a law suit.
Given the all-star cast "All Good Things" will probably generate a little more attention and buzz during its most likely very brief theatrical release in December (supposedly for Oscar consideration).
My advice? Skip the film. Read the book.
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GOP Image Net-Positive for First Time Since 2005
Democratic Party's favorable rating is improved from last year
PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans' opinions of the Republican Party have improved to the point where now more have a favorable than unfavorable opinion of the party. The last time more Americans viewed the GOP more positively than negatively was in 2005.
These results are based on a USA Today/Gallup poll conducted Jan. 14-16.
For the early part of the 2000s, Americans had a net-positive image of the Republican Party. That changed in 2005, as Americans soured on the Bush administration over the ongoing Iraq war, the federal government's response to Hurricane Katrina, and rising gas prices, among other issues. After the 2006 midterm elections, which saw Americans remove the Republicans as the majority party in Congress, the Republicans' ratings were 35% favorable and 58% unfavorable.
The Republican Party's image remained negative over the next two years as the economy worsened, except for a 47%-47% reading after the party's well-received national convention in 2008, which ended days before the financial crisis intensified. Just after Americans elected Barack Obama to replace Bush later that year, the Republicans' net-favorable score was -27 (34% favorable, 61% unfavorable) -- the worst Gallup has measured in this trend dating to 1992.
Americans' opinions of the Republican Party improved in late 2009 and early 2010 before falling back in a May 2010 poll, but have steadily improved since then.
Democratic Party Image Divided, but Improved
Americans' current 46% favorable and 47% unfavorable rating of the Democratic Party is among the worst for Democrats since 1992, but is an improvement from last year.
In March, just after President Obama signed the healthcare reform bill into law, 41% of Americans had a favorable view and 54% an unfavorable view of the Democratic Party, the worst Gallup has ever measured. Three other 2010 measurements showed similar scores.
Those ratings are a significant departure from what Gallup has historically measured for the Democratic Party, with generally more than 50% of Americans holding a favorable opinion, and ratings more positive than negative in all but a few polls.
After a rancorous election year in 2010, Americans' opinions of both political parties are improving in early 2011. If the Republican Party is able to sustain its net positive image, this will indicate the party has completely recovered from the downturn it took beginning in 2005.
The Democratic Party's image, though improved, remains low for the party from a historical perspective.
The two parties' ratings are now generally similar, suggesting they are starting off on relatively equal footing as a Democratic president and Senate, and a Republican House of Representatives attempt to govern the nation over the next two years. The parties made a show of bipartisanship at Tuesday's State of the Union by having their members sit together rather than in separate sections. Such attempts at working together likely would have a positive impact on how Americans view the two parties.
Results for this USA Today/Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Jan. 14-16, 2011, with a random sample of 1,032 adults, aged 18 and older, living in the continental U.S., selected using random-digit-dial sampling.
Interviews are conducted with respondents on landline telephones (for respondents with a landline telephone) and cellular phones (for respondents who are cell phone-only). Each sample includes a minimum quota of 150 cell phone-only respondents and 850 landline respondents, with additional minimum quotas among landline respondents for gender within region. Landline respondents are chosen at random within each household on the basis of which member had the most recent birthday.
Samples are weighted by gender, age, race, education, region, and phone lines. Demographic weighting targets are based on the March 2010 Current Population Survey figures for the aged 18 and older non-institutionalized population living in continental U.S. telephone households. All reported margins of sampling error include the computed design effects for weighting and sample design.
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Democratic Party ID Drops in 2010, Tying 22-Year Low
The percentage of Americans identifying as Democrats dropped to 31% in 2010, tying the low in the last 22 years of Gallup polling. While Democrats still outnumber Republicans, at 29%, the percentage identifying as independents increased to 38%, making it the most common identification of all.
All 10 States Losing Congressional Seats Tilt Democratic
Each of the 10 states losing congressional seats as a result of the 2010 census reapportionment process is more Democratic than Republican, based on Gallup political identification data from the first six months of this year. Five of the eight states gaining seats are more Republican than Democratic.
Republican, Democratic Party Images Stable After Midterms
Americans' views of the Republican and Democratic parties are little changed after the midterm elections, a departure from recent midterms, in which at least one party's ratings changed after voting took place. Americans continue to view both parties more negatively than positively.
Biden's Proposed Budget and American Public Opinion
The $5.8 trillion Biden administration budget proposal can be profitably analyzed in the context of American public opinion.
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