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Dear Kay,
Actually, I'd like to address this note to Canada. Dear Canada: WE'VE GOT YOUR WEATHER DOWN HERE. PLEASE COME GET IT.
The only upside to it being 3 outside is, of course, the knitter's paradise that comes with freakin' cold-ass weather. Bring it on: I am wearing my most industrial gear, grateful for it all: Boreal, Laurel, Donegal, and that dense wonder, the Bubble Wrap Cowl.
This morning I even took a handknit directly off the blocking board and looped it around my neck. Back in the spring when I started it, this Pine Bough Cowl by Dianna Walla seemed like an awfully chunky handknit. I stash-busted some Cascade 220 for this bit of impulse knitting—you know how it is when you see a pattern, stop, drop everything, and cast on? There were moments when I questioned the wisdom of such a heavy cowl, knit in the round to create double-thick Fair Isle. Today, with it being 3 and all, it is doing the trick without a blink. It's a half inch thick, this thing, windproof.
I know I harp on this, but this project illustrates once again the mighty redemptive power of blocking as pertaining to Fair Isle in particular. Before:
I guess I understand literally how this happens—soaking a long while in cold water and soap with puff up just about anybody and anything—but still, it's a sort of magic to see all that lumpy, pinchy, warbly knitting tidy up and behave. It may be my favorite moment in knitting, seeing a piece of Fair Isle turn into itself.
I knit three repeats of the pattern instead of four. Was running short of the light green and was frankly ready to be done. It still doubles around my neck, which is all that matters. Kitchenering this thing was not my favorite activity of the past week—those last stitches are kind of tricky.
No fake chinchillas were killed in the manufacturing of that hat, I promise!
PS Two things I keep meaning to mention. 1) Thank you for your patience re our email notification system. I think it's now functioning properly, but it's like that moment when you're jumping your car battery and you still can't believe you won't blow up your car when you start the engine. Next post, we will try our fancy new system and hope we don't send you an alert every time we edit a comma. Or blow up your car. 2) Those of you who use blog readers to read us: if it looks like we haven't posted since October, please try to re-subscribe to www.moderndailyknitting.com. Of course, this is totally unhelpful if you're not reading this because your blog reader doesn't pick up our new site. Hmm.

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…because I got an assload of discs for review this week and I'm only one man. Of course, sometimes I'm only one woman, but that's another story.
Here we go!
Sonic Bliss "Loved to Death" – In one disc, Sonic Bliss somehow manages to sound like Guns N' Roses, The Proclaimers, Dokken, Kansas, Queen, Blue Öyster Cult, Living Colour and Stone Temple Pilots… and that really makes it up to you to decide if that's a good or bad thing.
Peel "Die in June" – I bet all the kids are gonna go ape-shit for this album that sounds exactly like all the other "Twilight"/"Underworld" soundtrack bands that all the kids are currently going ape-shit for!
Steven Wright-Mark "Sideshow Freak" – When it comes to criticism, I can never do power pop justice because it's just not my cup of tea; but, genre of music aside, Wright-Mark gets points because he wrote every song, sang every lyric, played every instrument, produced the entire album, and handled the disc's artwork.
Clue to Kalo "Lily Perdida" – A clever concept album (each track is "told" by a different character close to the story's main character, Lily Perdida) from a duo who know how to slowly pour acoustic folk over a foundation of synthesized noise, erecting a sound structure that exists somewhere between the ground of Yo La Tengo and the atmosphere of Stereolab.
The Dutch Uncles "The Ghost of Everything" – This disc starts out with the same-old pop you've heard a hundred times over ("Everything"), but halfway through the album a hint of country twang comes into the mix ("A Million Years" and "Safe at Home"); the few times the pop mold manages to break is when things get interesting.
Beast "Beast" – The Lo Fidelity Allstars + Amy Winehouse + The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy + Portishead = BEAST!!! Yes!!! (And yes, I know that was two sentences, but I really liked this disc so LAY OFF!)
Various Artists "Guilt by Association: Vol. 2" – Fourteen cheeseball hits of yesteryear covered by bands of today, like New Edition's "Cool It Now" (Robbers on High Street), INXS' "Need You Tonight" (Cassettes Won't Listen) and Toto's "Africa" (Lowry).
Mr. Meeble "Never Trust the Chinese" – This album fits nicely between the worlds of souped-up tunes from Air and watered-down instrumentals from Nine Inch Nails, but falls just short of being as cohesive as either; still, it's a solid album that avoids unnecessary vocals (i.e. sticking lyrics into every song just to fill space), and I applaud that.
Eulogies "Here Anonymous" – A solid quartet of musicians who produce keyboard-laced melodies that are more spacious and ethereal than they are eye-rollingly arm-huggy, further proving that not all white boy guitar-bass-drum-and-vocal bands have to sound the same… now if they could only spread the word to the rest of the music industry.
The Hot Puppies "Blue Hands" – This Welsh five-piece does have a unique sound, and I think front woman Becky Wood's voice is a nice change from primarily male lead vocals, but I wish they would have stripped all things "eighties" off the album (synthesizer, theremin, etc.) and instead stuck to their conventional instruments (cello, drum, etc.) because they play them well, and that just makes the other stuff come across as being gimmicky and dated.
Kenneth Pattengale "Stories Places" – The press release for this 26-year-old singer/songwriter states that Pattengale hopes to "…follow Tom Waits, Gillian Welch, Chris Smither and Loudon Wainwright in their ability to conjure a unique American voice," and while the road to that goal may be a couple decades and a dozen or so records long, he's definitely at least on the right path.
Gavin Castleton "Home" – In order to deal with the end of a six year-long relationship (bear with me), Castleton created this fifteen-track concept album that tells the story of a doomed boyfriend/girlfriend "team" as they try and survive a zombie invasion; pretty sweet story, and not a bad "soundtrack" to back it up. (EXTRA "MORE THAN ONE SENTENCE" NOTE: Castleton isn't a newcomer to clever ideas, as his previous album was also a concept endeavor that recounted his life backwards, beginning at the moment of his suicide in the year 2054.)
Jeremy Jay "Slow Dance" – Jeremy Jay is a whinier version of all of those eighties crybaby bands that people love (Joy Division, The Cure, etc.) but I just don't get.


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May 7, 1930 - May 2, 2014
Livingston Manor, NY
Andrew Floyd Taggart, 83, a retired contractor and lifetime area resident passed away May 2, 2014 in Roscoe Regional Rehabilitation and Residential Care Center.
Andy was born May 7, 1930 to Andrew and Ida (Avery) Taggart. In December 1953 Andy married Shirley Green, and soon settled in Livingston Manor.
Andy proudly served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. He was a member of the local VFW and American Legion Chapters.
He was involved with the Livingston Manor Little League for more than a decade. Andy was an avid hunter and outdoorsman, but more than anything he enjoyed his family. Whether he was cheering for his kids' teams or cooking hot dogs for the Booster Club, you were sure to see him at all the events.
Andy is survived by his daughter, Teresa LaPointe and her husband, Vic of Unadilla; four sons: Andrew Jr., and wife, Valerie, Willard and wife, Kim, Gary and wife, Claire, all of Livingston Manor, John and wife, Barbara of Virginia; brothers: George Taggart and companion, Linda, Jim Taggart and wife, Kathy; sisters: Lenora Magie and husband, Walter and Agnes Rupp. He also leaves behind 13 grandchildren: Tracy Dolan and husband, Jaime, Victor LaPointe III and wife, Kristen, Lisa Tennant and husband, Andrew, Jessie LaPointe, Jennifer Miller and husband, Chris, Andrew Ryan Taggart and fiancee, Ashley, Joshua Ross and wife, Sinta, Ashley Bowers and husband, Justin, Justin Taggart and fiancee, Wyna, Jessica Taggart, Amanda Taggart, Trever Taggart, Evan Taggart; great grandchildren: Kirkland, Andrew, and Riley Dolan, Sophia Rose LaPointe, Grace Tennant, Brady and Landon Bowers. Andy was predeceased by Shirley, his wife of 59 years; son, David; brothers: Stanley, Bob, Bill and Frank.
The family would like to thank the staff of the Roscoe Regional Rehabilitation and Residential Healthcare Facility for their excellent and compassionate care.
Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 7th at Herbert C. Bryant Funeral Home. His Funeral Service will begin at 5 p.m. with Father Ed Bader officiating, followed by a Military service. Cremation will be privately held at the convenience of the family. Andy and Shirley's ashes will be laid to rest at a family plot in Bon Aire Cemetery, Roscoe NY.
In lieu of flowers or contributions, we would like you to honor our Dad's memory by spending time with your friends and loved ones.
Arrangements were made by Colonial-Bryant Funeral Homes and Cremation Service; for further information please contact 845-439-4333 or visit www.colonialbryantfuneralhome.com


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Jonah Hill Joins Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese in 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'
Hollywood favorite funny man Jonah Hill's Hollywood stock is continuing to rise. The 'Moneyball' Oscar-nominated actor, who is starring in the upcoming comedy 'The Watch' alongside Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn, has now signed on to star in the new Martin Scorsese film 'The Wolf of Wall Street.'
Hill will be joining Scorsese favorite Leonardo DiCaprio in the adaptation of the popular Jordan Belfort memoir. According to Deadline, the movie is about "Belfort's dramatic rise and fall on Wall Street, along with his hard-partying lifestyle and tumultuous personal life, which included drug and alcohol addiction. Hill will play his close friend, who becomes Belfort's business partner when the charismatic stock broker persuades him to quit his job in the furniture business to jump into the lucrative, volatile world of stocks."
Hill will play the close friend of Belfort.
It's a great move for the star who is starting to branch out from raunchy comedies into more dramatic work, although we're pretty sure he's going to have some laughs in this new movie. No word on when shooting will begin. Hill is also expected to do a sequel to the popular comedy hit '21 Jump Street.'


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An All-Star Line Up of Musicians Whose Contributions
Over the Years Have Benefited Special Olympics
Hosted by Award-Winning Actress and Singer Vanessa Williams
Premieres Saturday December 8 and Sunday December 9, 2012 at
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Atlanta, GA - November 26, 2012 - GMC TV, America's favorite channel for uplifting family entertainment, presents the original GMC World Premiere Music Special "A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years of Bringing Joy to the World," a landmark documentary that celebrates a quarter-century of star-studded Christmas albums in support of Special Olympics. Hosted by award-winning actress and singer Vanessa Williams, the show features new performances by Francesca Battistelli, Martina McBride, Jordin Sparks, Train, Lauriana Mae, Grayson Sanders and Jono, memorable musical highlights from the past 25 years and interviews with many of the artists and others who have made the series the most successful music fundraising series of all time. "A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years of Bringing Joy to the World" premieres exclusively on GMC TV, Saturday, December 8 and Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. ET.
"A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years of Bringing Joy to the World" is an in-depth look at the people and moments that have made the series such an astronomical success including interviews with Jimmy and Vicki Iovine, who produced and conceived the first album in 1987, as well as members of the Shriver family - Maria, Tim, Bobby and the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver - who founded Special Olympics in 1968.
Other artists featured in the special include, BB King, Bob Seger, Colbie Caillat, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Darius Rucker, Darlene Love, Eric Clapton, Hootie & the Blowfish, John Mellencamp, Jon Bon Jovi, Madonna, No Doubt, Randy Travis, Ronnie Spector, Run-DMC, Sheryl Crow, Stevie Nicks, Stevie Wonder, Sting, The Pointer Sisters, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, TracyChapman, Train, U2, Whitney Houston and Wyclef Jean.
"We are extremely proud to be the network home of this extraordinary documentary, which weaves together the inspirational stories of Special Olympics and the 'A Very Special Christmas' album series - the most successful continuous charity effort in the history of the music industry," said GMC TV Vice Chairman Brad Siegel. "From the opening note, audiences will be mesmerized by the show-stopping performances from a who's who in the music world and inspired by the extraordinary efforts of the athletes. I'm sure viewers will find 'A Very Special Christmas' to be the most unique, inspiring and fun Christmas special of the year."
Added Tim Shriver, Special Olympics Chairman of the Board and CEO: "Over the past 25 years, seven 'A Very Special Christmas' albums have generated over $109 million in royalties and investment proceeds for Special Olympics and its athletes, making it one of our largest single sources of funding. We are extremely excited that GMC TV is telling the story of this remarkable effort that has changed lives and celebrates the music and musicians that have made it all possible."
"A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years of Bringing Joy to the World" also features an exclusive performance by platinum recording artist Jordin Sparks performing the Christmas classic, "Do You Hear What I Hear?" backed by a choir. "I grew up listening to the 'A Very Special Christmas' albums, which always include some of my all-time favorite artists singing the Christmas songs I love," said Sparks. "I'm truly thrilled to be a part of this anniversary celebration and to support Special Olympics."
"I am deeply honored to serve as host for this delightful musical special chronicling 25years of 'A Very Special Christmas,'" said Vanessa Williams. "I am very passionate about Special Olympics and have had the pleasure of recording songs for two of the albums, including one recorded live at the White House, which remains a highlight of my career."
Created by Jimmy and Vicki Iovine and Bobby Shriver, along with Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, the "A Very Special Christmas" series has brought together top musical artists, who donated their time and talent, as well as publishers and record labels,which gave their consent and waived royalties. Bruce Springsteen, John Mellencamp, Sting, Run-DMC, Madonna, Jon Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Wyclef Jean, Stevie Wonder, Tom Petty, Mary J. Blige, Eric Clapton and Tracy Chapman are just a few of the artists who have recorded songs for the series, including, music videos and three television specials filmed in Los Angeles and at the White House in Washington, DC.
Recalling the time in 1987 when U2 was first approached to participate in the original "A Very Special Christmas" album, Bono said: "When Jimmy Iovine came to us with this idea and I discovered the kind of people who were at the heart of the project, I knew it was something we couldn't turn down."
This year, for first time in the series' history, two albums were released simultaneously. "A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years Bringing Joy to the World" features songs performed by Christina Aguilera, Francesca Battistelli, Michael Bublé, Cheap Trick, Vince Gill, Jewel, Amy Grant, Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz, One Republic, Rascal Flatts, Train, Martina McBride, Jordin Sparks Lauriana Mae, Jono, Grayson Sanders and the Wonder Girls. The second album, "A Very Special Christmas: Bringing Peace on Earth," features songs by Christian artists Meredith Andrews, Chris August, Francesca Battistelli, BarlowGirl, Big Daddy Weave, Building 429, Jason Castro, Group 1 Crew, for KING & COUNTRY, Dara Maclean, Jamie Grace, Mark Schultz, Natalie Grant, NEEDTOBREATH, Point of Grace, and Sidewalk Prophets. Both albums were released on October 16.
GMC TV presents "A Very Special Christmas: 25 Years Bringing Joy to the World" Hosted by Vanessa Williams. Executive produced by Sandy Shapiro and Peter Wheeler. Co-executive produced by Duane Tudahl. Music Producer is Tisha Fein. Editors are Tudor Applan, Andrew Ciancia and Duane Tudahl. Music Consultant is David Wild. Studio Shoot directed by Rex Humbard.
Special Olympics is an international organization that unleashes the human spirit through the transformative power and joy of sports everyday around the world. Through work in sports, health education and community building, Special Olympics is addressing inactivity, injustice, intolerance and social isolation by encouraging and empowering people with intellectual disabilities, which leads to a more welcoming and inclusive society. Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Special Olympics movement has grown from a few hundredathletes to nearly four million athletes in 170 countries. With the support of more than one million coaches and volunteers, Special Olympics is able to deliver 32 Olympic-type sports and more than 53,000 competitions throughout the year. Visit Special Olympics at www.specialolympics.org. Engage with us on: Twitter @specialolympics; fb.com/specialolympics; youtube.com/specialolympicshq, and specialolympicsblog.wordpress.com.
GMC TV (www.watchgmctv.com) is America's favorite network for uplifting music and family entertainment. The Parents Television Council (TM) has twice awarded its Entertainment Seal of Approval(TM) to GMC TV for being "an authentic family-friendly cable network." The network presents original and acquired movies, series, stage plays and music specials. GMC TV also provides gMovies, the first faith-friendly streaming movie service. The GMC TV brand is reflected in "Uplift Someone," the network's successful pro-social initiative. GMC TV can be seen in more than 58 million homes on various cable systems around the country, as well as DISH Network on channel 188, DIRECTV on channel 338 and Verizon FiOS on channel 224. Follow GMC TV on Facebook and Twitter at http://facebook.com/gmctv and http://twitter.com/gmctv.


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Has the long-rumored Robert Pattinson-Kristen Stewart romance been outed by their former director?
Catherine Hardwicke, who directed the young stars in "Twilight," didn't quite say the two were together, but hinted strongly that she'd seen the beginnings of a blooming relationship.
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"After I cast him, I told Rob, Don't even think about having a romance with her," Catherine told TIME magazine. "She's under 18. You will be arrested."
However, she said she wasn't privy to the stars' private moments.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: All Access: Up Close & Personal With The Stars Of 'New Moon' In Los Angeles
"I didn't have a camera in the hotel room. I cannot say," the director said before all but admitting the two are now together.
"In terms of what Kristen told me directly, it didn't happen on the first movie," she said. "Nothing crossed the line while on the first film. I think it took a long time for Kristen to realize, 'O.K., I've got to give this a go and really try to be with this person.'"
Adding fuel to the fire, Kristen and Rob were spotted holding hands in Paris on Wednesday as they headed for their flight to London on the "New Moon" press tour.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: 'Twilight's' Leading Lady Kristen Stewart
Fans will get to see the pair sizzle on screen on November 20, when "The Twilight Saga" sequel "New Moon" – helmed by director Chris Weitz – hits theaters.
Related Content from AccessHollywood.com:
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The SARAH Access Framework
The SARAH Medicines Access Framework consists of the five major pillarsas reflected on the Philippine Medicines Strategy 2011-2015 that these are necessary to ensure that essential and quality medicines are accessible and available towards achievement of the better health outcomes for all Filipinos. SARAH articulates the values and principles that all stakeholders must pursue and adopt in a transparent, participative and harmonious manner to contribute to the achievement health system goals.
The SARAH medicines access framework outlines the five pillars for targeted and sustained action by the health and relevant sectors, namely: 1)Safety, Efficacy and Quality (SEQ) of medicines, 2) Affordability and availability, 3) Rational use of medicines, 4) Accountability, transparency and good governance and 5) Health System Support.
Safety, Efficacy and Quality (SEQ)
Safety, Efficacy and Quality (SEQ) is the first pillar of the PMP which includes all policies and strategies employed by the state and the tools for all stakeholders to constantly assure the safety, efficacy and quality of essential medicines along the supply chain and at all levels of care. This component shall ensure that the manufacturer packaging, procurement, import, export, distribution, supply and the sale of drugs, produc promotion and advertising and clinical trial are carried out according to specified standards of safety, efficacy and quality. FDA shall be the lead agency in the settinf of such standards for medicines and in adopting internationally accepted standards that will apply to the local situation in coordination with other appropriate government regulatory bodies.


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Small spot energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) spectrometer optimized for precious metal testing, for compliance testing, for element line scans and mappings
Accuracy of elemental analysis is often critical — especially in refining precious metals. For other applications speed is even more important: High-volume hallmarking centers demand both fast and accurate analysis. In addition, all users prefer analyzers that are easy to operate, with helpful software and easy transfer of results into a lab network. In dealing with precious metals, of course, users also prize non-destructive sampling.
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The SPECTRO MIDEX is also known to be an all-round talent for the fast, non-destructive analysis of small spots and the rapid mapping of large surfaces (up to 233×160 mm, 9.2×6.3") in research and development as well is in compliance screening applications as many elemental analysis tasks in industry, research and the sciences require a non-destructive measuring system that is extremely sensitive and offers a small measuring spot.
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In their classical paper, Hooper and Thompson 1973 described root phenomena as occurring unembedded and under assertive embedding. Unembedded environments include what would today be unintegrated (Reis 1997) or peripheral (Haegeman 2004) adjunct clauses as well as appositive relatives (see de Vries 2006, Citko 2008). Matrix verbs that allow assertive embedding show interesting parallels to those verbs that embed indicative (as opposed to subjunctive) mood in Romance, a parallel explored early for English parenthetical formation in Bolinger 1968. A helpful recent review of the literature on embedded root phenomena is Heycock 2006.
The workshop is planned as a syntactic enterprise, with a welcome to semanticists. Questions of interest include, but are not limited to: Non-uniformity of embedded root phenomena (e.g. de Haan 2001), Germanic V2 as a root phenomenon (Reis 1997, see Bentzen et al. 2007), root phenomena in non-Germanic languages, modal particles and root phenomena (see e.g. Coniglio 2007), root phenomena and speech acts, more precise characterizations of 'assertive' embeddings, the grammatical representation of root phenomena, the semantic interpretation of root phenomena (see e.g. Potts 2005).


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Coming in second is the media and entertainment sector with their 39.2% growth and in third is the travel and hospitality sector with a 34.4% growth in the same year. This was according to Adobe Insight's report entitled "Best of the Best JAPAC."
In a statement released on Wednesday, Becky Tasker, Senior Managing Analyst of Adobe Insights said, "As smartphone adoption levels increase, India is on the verge of becoming a digital-first nation. In times like these, where opportunities for digital success are in abundance, the need to constantly evolve or provide value has become vital for brands."
It has been reported that differences between industries are getting wider as people are shifting their focus to different industries. Research has shown that more and more people are using the internet to purchase their necessities thus increasing the traffic to retail websites.
The report has also shown that both large and small brands are starting to utilize social media platforms in promoting their propagandas and products. Twitter, Facebook, as well as Instagram are the forefront runners when it comes to marketing choice for retailers.
With the market growing in social media, retailers are now creating their own strategies to get a fair share of web traffics. Some have adopted these Instagram marketing strategies to make sure that their online retail stores are appealing to customers.
"With the growing smartphone's penetration, consumers are establishing their digital presence and gaining more opportunity to interact with brands. Brands that adopt a mobile strategy and offer a compelling and consistent customer experience are driving better business results and will continue to maintain a lead over the competition," Tasker added.
Walgreen, a popular retail website, revealed last June 29 that online consumers come from all ages. Their data revealed that almost 20% of their customers are aged 55 and above. This contradicts the stereotype that the younger generations are the only market for online retailers.
The International Telecommunication Union in 2015 revealed that about 3.2 billion people, or almost half of the world's population, would be connected to the internet by the start of 2016; 2 billion of which are predicted to come from developing countries and 89 million from the poorest countries.
This shows a glimpse of the market size of online retailers worldwide. The report was compiled by analyzing data from 3,000 websites worldwide, and 10 billion site visits.
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Below is Chris's Executive Summary, instead of posting the article I recommend that you follow the link to Chris's site and check out his pretty charts and graphics there:
The Shell Game - How the Federal Reserve is Monetizing Debt
Executive Summary
- The Federal Reserve and the federal government are attempting to "plug the gap" caused by a slowdown of private credit/debt creation.
- Non-US demand for the dollar must remain high, or the dollar will fall.
- Demand for US assets is in negative territory for 2009
- The TIC report and Federal Reserve Custody Account are reviewed and compared
- The Federal Reserve has effectively been monetizing US government debt by cleverly enabling foreign central banks to swap their Agency debt for Treasury debt.
- The shell game that the Fed is currently playing obscures the fact that money is being printed out of thin air and used to buy US government debt.
The Federal Reserve is monetizing US Treasury debt and is doing so openly, both through its $300 billion commitment to buy Treasuries and by engaging in a sleight of hand maneuver that would make a street hustler from Brooklyn blush.
This report will wade through some technical details in order to illuminate a complicated issue, but you should take the time to learn about this because it is essential to understanding what the future may hold.
One of the most important questions of the day concerns how the dollar will fare in the coming months and years. If you are working for a wage, it is essential to know whether you should save or spend that money. If you have assets to protect, where you place those monies is vitally important and could make the difference between a relatively pleasant future and a difficult one. If you have any interest at all in where interest rates are headed, you'll want to understand this story.
There are three major tripwires strung across our landscape, any of which could rather suddenly change the game, if triggered. One is a sudden rush into material goods and commodities, that might occur if (or when) the truly wealthy ever catch on that paper wealth is a doomed concept. A second would occur if (or when) the largest and most dangerous bubble of them all, government debt, finally bursts. And the third concerns the dollar itself.
In this report, we will explore the relationship between those last two tripwires, government debt and the dollar…
BTW, Chris dug up a terrific chart from the Fed on Tic Flows:
Yet another parabolic rise and subsequent collapse...


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Library acquires Welty collection with Ludwig fund
The Princeton University Library has acquired a collection of the works of Eudora Welty through the Richard Ludwig Endowment.
Welty received an honorary doctorate from Princeton in 1988 and served as the first Belknap Visitor in the Humanities in April 1985. The collection of her works includes more than 180 items ranging from first editions of her novels and short stories to items such as drawings for her high school yearbook.
The Welty collection joins the library's strong holdings of writers from the South, a program of collecting first begun by the library together with the Department of English in the 1930s. Over the years, the program has added collections of the manuscripts and books by Allen Tate, Caroline Gordon, Thomas Wolfe and William Faulkner.
The Ludwig endowment was set up in 2001 by Michael Spence, a 1966 Princeton graduate and a winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economic sciences, and his wife, Monica. It honors Spence's mentor at Princeton, the late Richard M. Ludwig, professor of English emeritus and former chair of the Program in American Studies, who died April 28.
For more information on the Welty collection, contact the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections , (609) 258-3184.
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Despite recent market volatility, most high-net-worth individuals own special collectible assets—such as jewelry, art, precious metals and cars—for emotional reasons rather than for purely financial purposes. This situation has prompted some experts to suggest that advisors should treat such personal treasures as part of an individual's total wealth, and not necessarily as a portfolio holding.
Overall, 82% of high-net-worth U.S. investors hold collectible assets, partly for enjoyment; 76% for their heritage value; 59% for social motivations; 28% for their rarity and 7% for monopolization motivations, according to Barclays' latest Wealth Insight report.
Only about one-fifth (21%) of wealthy investors, for instance, hold these assets as security or protection against the risk of problems with their conventional investments, according to a Barclays report released Monday. while just 23% do so for strictly financial reasons.
"The collectibles market has seen a surge in activity — most recently demonstrated by the record sale price of Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' in May," said Daniel Egan, behavioral finance specialist in the Americas for the Wealth and Investment Management division of Barclays, in a press release. "However, while treasure has grown in popularity, it hasn't necessarily translated into strong financial returns for investors and strong caution should be exercised in viewing it as an alternative to traditional asset classes."
Precious metals are largely held for financial reasons (60%), though it is the only "treasure asset class" more likely to be held for financial than emotional reasons. Meanwhile, wine (93%) and classic automobiles (91%) are held overwhelmingly for emotional reasons.
Seventy-one percent of all respondents, including those who do not own treasure assets, report that emotions influence their overall financial decision making, Barclays Wealth explains in the report "Profit or Pleasure? Exploring the Motivations Behind Treasure Trends." This percentage is even higher for those that do own such assets, with 98% of those surveyed agreeing that they hold these objects in part for emotional motivations. The study reveals that the emotional motivations for holding treasure assets are complex and interconnected, with respondents reporting multiple reasons for owning their treasure assets.
Precious jewelry, fine art pictures and antique furniture are the most popular collectible investment types in the U.S., the Barlcays report says.
"Taking into account the layers of emotional motivations that factor into holding treasure assets, these collectibles should be regarded as part of a wealthy individual's personal holdings rather than as a separate asset class in their investment portfolio," Egan said. "Critically, the personal value individuals attach to these assets means that purchase and sale decisions are even more susceptible to emotional biases than usual."
The study also found that 32% of respondents will reduce the number of types of treasure they hold over the next five years for reasons including a desire to liquidate assets, realize returns or carry out estate planning, and many will not follow through on their intentions to "declutter."
In addition, emotional attachment appears to influence the sale of treasure assets, with U.S. investors requiring an average price increase of 62% in the first year of owning an asset to trigger a sale. The exception is those who inherit collectibles, who say they are much more likely than those who acquired such items through other means to say that they have sold them or plan to do so in the future. Sixty-two percent of inheritors have already sold their stamp collection, the asset class most frequently subject to decluttering, compared with 36% of non-inheritors.
"There are multiple behavioral factors at play throughout the life cycle of an investor's ownership of treasure assets," stressed Egan. "Many are initially drawn to buy these collectibles for emotional reasons and then hold onto them because their emotional attachment grows, leading them to assign a higher value to an item than they would have paid to purchase it."
Regional Differences
The Barclays research found differences in collectible trends and motivation by region, including:
- High-net-worth U.S. investors in the West hold 9.7% of their total wealth in treasure, the highest concentration across regions;
- Investors in the South prefer precious jewelry, fine art and antique furniture and only hold 7.9% of their total wealth in treasure, the lowest concentration across regions;
- Heirloom importance and cultural motivations are less important in the West; only 29% of these investors' treasure is held to protect and pass on to their children and grandchildren, and only 28% is held for cultural or family reasons;
- In contrast, 39% of Northeast investors' treasure is held for heirloom reasons and 38% for cultural motivation;
- Just 20% of Southern investors' treasure is held for sharing with friends, indicating that they are fairly private with their treasure and do not feel a strong social motivation; and
- Southern investors are also more likely to report financial motivation compared with other regions; 11.4% of their treasure is held for pure investments or as financial security if conventional investments fail.
"The 'stickiness' of these assets underscores the necessity of viewing collectibles holistically within the context of an individual's total wealth, as they can have a profound impact on their optimal wealth management strategy even if they were not purchased with finances in mind," said Christopher Johnson, director and wealth advisor in the Wealth and Investment Management division of Barclays, in a statement.
"As the estate and capital gains tax landscape in the U.S. is set to shift at the end of 2012," he said, "these financial implications are increasingly top of mind for wealth managers and their clients."


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Zechariah's First Vision
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Zerubbabel, the Lord's Signet Ring
God's promise to exalt Zerubbabel, that is, one of Zerubbabel's sons, is fulfilled in Christ Jesus, who is David's descendant through Zerubbabel (Matt. 1:1–17; Luke 3:23–38). Christ has been exalted to the right hand of God the Father Almighty, fulfilling ...Read More
The Latter Glory of the Lord's House
In one form or another, God's people will suffer under the exilic conditions of pain and difficulty until Christ returns. The exile of the Jews from the Promised Land is ultimately a picture of the exile of all humanity from ...Read More
Final Resurrection and Reward
God's elect will most certainly persevere until the end, and the elect know that they are elect only as they persevere (Phil. 1:6). Daniel shows us how those who truly know the Lord are faithful to Him when they face ...Read More
Kings of North and South
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Seventy More Weeks
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Citizens get chance to speak about possible budget cuts
No final decision has been made
Cincinnati city leaders are trying to balance the budget, but not everyone agrees on what has to go.
Members of the public got their first chance to weigh in about the budget Thursday night. More than four dozen people turned out to voice their opinion.
Mizzan Anderson was one of the people who spoke out about cuts. She is a volunteer at Media Bridges, one of the programs on the chopping block.
"We know there are some cuts that may have to be made, but to shut it down entirely like we never existed, we are the voices of the community," Anderson said.
Anderson started a TV show with Media Bridges after her son was murdered in 2009.
The budget proposal calls for eliminating the city's entire $300,000 support of Media Bridges. Time Warner has already discontinued its $200,000 of support for the program.
Another potential proposal calls for leasing the city's parking garages. A meeting on that topic is scheduled for next week.
No final decisions about the budget have been made.


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Preparing your pipe
Its best to clean your pipe straight after using it, that way the smoke-steam in the metal part of the pipe doesn't have time to dry which makes it easier to clean. Plus the last thing you want to be doing when your looking forward to a smoke with your friends is having to clean your pipe. A dry pipe and hose gives a better smoke. Make sure your pipe is clean or you'll start to get a horrible taste with each smoking session. Use soft brushes to clean the pipe and base bottle.
Fill the glass base so approximately 1 inch of the metal tube is submerged below the water line. The area left above this is where the smoke will mix with air and cool further. Too much water makes it hard to suck the smoke through and leaves little space left for the smoke to mix with air resulting in much stronger smoke. Attach the pipe onto the bottle as above. The metal pipe is not to be confused with the hose, see image above.
To enhance the flavour of the smoke, try mixing cola, lemon juice, orange juice when using the same flavoured tobacco., or some other flavours into the water in your glass base.
Preparing the molasses
Often the juice in the tobacco based molasses can sink to the bottom, give it a good mix before you take any out to put in the clay bowl. That way your not using dry tobacco from the top of the pack. When you open a large pack of tobacco we recommend putting it in an air tight container to prevent it drying out, the tub will also make it easier when you mix it.
If you're new to using a hookah shisha pipe try a small amount of tobacco first to practice getting it right. Place the tobacco into the clay bowl. We recommend about 8-10g of tobacco per smoke if you have a large pipe. Break up the tobacco rather than putting it in and covering the holes in the clay bowl fully.
For beginners we recommend trying tobacco free molasses until your familiar with setting up. Its easy to burn the molasses, whilst a good smoke is heavenly burning the molasses will make you cough like you would with cigarettes. The two most popular tobacco free molasses on the market today are SOEX and High Life Herbal. Ensure the tobacco is not compacted or the air will not pass through and will make the smoke strong and give a burnt flavour to your smoke. Place the charcoal tray on the pipe, the grommet in clay bowl then the clay bowl onto the pipe.
Take a small piece of aluminium foil, big enough to cover the opening of the bowl. Wrap the foil over the top so that the surface is tight. Use a toothpick to punch 5-6 holes in the foil. You may want to suck on the mouth piece to see if enough air flows through the pipe. If its an effort to draw air you may want to make some more hole or ensure the tobacco is not too tightly packed. Try to make one of the holes go right through into one of the the holes in the bowl.
Lighting the charcoal
Quick Light - Light the charcoal and wait about 1 minute after it has stopped sparkling before placing it on the foil if you are using self igniting charcoal on the foil. If you place the charcoal on too early you'll be smoking the charcoal fumes before you get any flavour, wait until it has stopped sparkling or smoking.
Natural Charcoal - Natural charcoal is preferred by experienced shisha smokers as it contains no chemicals which may taint the flavour of the smoke. Natural charcoal takes longer to light but its worth the wait. You can light it on your cooker or using a torch lighter. Wait until it is glowing before placing it on the pipe.
When you first start smoking your hookah, try placing the charcoal on the outside of the bowl and working it around the edges of the bowl. The centre of the bowl should be the last place your charcoal is placed.
Use a large wind cover to prevent the charcoal falling off in case someone knocks your pipe. A wind cover also preserves charcoal by keeping the heat from escaping.
Final Preparation
Place the hose grommet in the hole then attach the hose to the pipe. The hookah is now ready to smoke - we advise sucking gently to start with so the tobacco or molasses heats gently, sucking too hard will result in the top molasses burning which will taint the rest of if with a charred taste. Long gentle draws will help the heat pass through the tobacco.
Don't forget to take in some normal air every now and then to make smoking enjoyable, too much of anything can be sickly. For best effect we recommend smoking with friends, after all the best ingredient to any gathering is good friends.
My hookah doesn't seem to be smoking right. What do I do?
1. Check your bowl. The most common mistake is packing the shisha too tightly. Make sure that you break the shisha apart and lightly sprinkle it into the bowl to the top. Don't fill it past the top because you'll be packing the shisha when you cover it with a metal screen or foil.
2. Check your charcoal. If the charcoal is covered with ash, there may not be enough heat getting to the shisha. Use your tongs to tap the charcoal ash off into your hookah tray and place the charcoal back on your pipe.
3. Check your gaskets. Make sure that all of the components of the hookah are fitting nicely together. A snug fit will make the smoke flow more efficiently. You may check for a burnt gasket. Some hookahs expose the gasket and are easily burnt by charcoal that is moved around in the tray.
4 . Check your hoses. If you have multiple hoses, make sure that all ends are plugged properly. For example, if you have two or three hoses on your hookah and there is only one person smoking, you'll need to remove the hoses and use rubber stoppers or tape to block the hose holes.
Cleaning Your Hookah Pipe
Make sure your pipe is clean or you'll start to get a horrible taste with each smoking session. Use a soft bristle brush to clean the pipe and base bottle.
Its best to clean your pipe straight after using it, that way the smoke in the pipe doesn't have time to dry. Plus the last thing you want to be doing when you're looking forward to a smoke with your friends is spend time cleaning your pipe. A dry pipe and hose gives a better smoke
Cleaning the pipe (metal pipe stem)
Cleaning after each smoke
Use a brush with a dense array of bristles at one end as they clean better than the regular brush's with a thin array of bristles along the whole length of the brush.
Run hot water through the metal stem, wet the brush and push it into one end of the pipe stem. Move the brush back and forth working 6-10 inches of the pipe at a time until full length of the pipe is done. If the pipe is longer than the brush you can insert the brush at the other end and clean the rest of the pipe. Run more hot water through the pipe again and repeat with the brush if needed.
Cleaning every 5-6 smokes
Remove the exhaust valve and ball bearing. Run water though the valve and clean the hole using a cotton bud.
Every couple of months
You can soak the pipe stem in the bath with soda crystals every couple of months and then clean it with a brush to give a burst of freshness and bring the shine back to the metal.
Cleaning the base bottle
Every 5-6 smoke drop 1 tea spoon of washing powder or soda crystals into the base bottle and fill to the top with hot water. Leave for 20 minutes then clean using a bottle cleaning brush. Rinse with water until clean. If you don't wash your bottle at least every month or two it'll collect dirt and mold.
Washing your hose
Not all hoses are washable. Leather hoses tend to be washable to a degree but are usually made with a steel coil which will start to rust after the first month. Look for a washable guarantee from the manufacturer. Modern hoses are sometimes made with rust proof material but can still feel authentically eastern.
None leather hoses -
Washable - Not recommended but can be rinsed out with cold water, this is not recommended more than few times as the water will damage the material
Life Span - 3-4 months if used once or twice a week
Leather hoses -
Washable - Yes, only use cold water, rinse out as little as possible as the coil will start to rust after the first wash.
Lifespan - 6-10 months if you smoke once a week
Washable hoses -
Washable - Yes, rinse with cold water
Lifespan - 1-2 years or longer of you look after your hose
Safety Tips
Make sure the charcoal your using is not crumbly before lighting it or you'll have trouble transferring it from the charcoal pan to the pipe.
Light the charcoal outside or in the kitchen. This will prevent your living room from filling up with unwanted charcoal smoke if your using quick light charcoal. This will also protect your carpet in the unlikely event some sparks fall onto the carpet.
Ensure the shisha pipe is stable before placing the charcoal. It's a good idea to place the pipe on a hard flat surface such as a large tile available from any DIY store. If you have expensive carpets you may want to place a thick cotton sheet around the smoking area in case you knock the pipe over.
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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.101 no.3 Pretoria mar. 2011
Disclosure of child murder: a case study of ethical dilemmas in research
Yandisa Msimelelo Sikweyiya; Rachel Jewkes
Disclosures of unreported incriminating information are rarely documented in research; researchers therefore often do not know how to respond when cases arise. Disclosure may occur when respondents volunteer information, without necessarily being asked, and presents an ethical dilemma. Researchers have to choose between maintaining confidentiality and public protection. Debate on confidentiality in research is ongoing; some advocate for totally preserving confidentiality,1 while others argue that certain situations warrant a breach of confidentiality.2
Although laws and ethical codes guide how we behave in a research context, they may be insufficient to cover complex situations and may conflict or be hard to interpret.3 Breaking confidentiality is a complex issue and needs careful deliberation and sensitive handling. Negative consequences that could result from breach of confidentiality include death (presumably of the participant), expatriation or other severe forms of harm.4 Cowburn2 suggests three issues to consider before breaching confidentiality with a report to authorities. The first is checking whether the disclosure identifies a specific offender, and a specific victim. If so one should consider the nature of the offence, the identity of the perpetrator, the identity of the victim, and when the offence occurred or is threatened to occur. The decision whether to report is based on the balance of these issues. There is little literature on this area of research, and this body of knowledge needs to be documented.
We explore laws and ethical codes that set out researchers' duty to report disclosures of unreported incriminating information by respondents. Ethical and practical reasons for a decision to report or not to report a disclosure are discussed, and implications for research are highlighted.
Case study
An event has occurred of which it is difficult to speak and impossible to remain silent.
Edmund Burke, on the impeachment of Warren Hastings, 1788
A survey was undertaken in a large community in South Africa. During a face-to-face questionnaire-based interview, a respondent disclosed to the interviewer that she had poisoned her two children with the intention of killing them. Four months earlier, she had given the children (both less than 5 years old) poison. The youngest died in hospital, while the other survived with medical intervention. What prompted the disclosure is unclear, as there were no items in the questionnaire that asked about child murder. Yet the respondent voluntarily disclosed the information to the interviewer. We understand that this was the first time she had made such a disclosure to anyone. She explained that she was a struggling woman with limited economic and social support. She lived with her extended family, was HIV positive and was on ART, and had been preoccupied with thoughts of her death. She said she had poisoned the children so that they would not remain alive with her family after her death.
The interviewer reported the disclosure to the research project managers, who concluded that it should probably be reported to the South African Police Services (SAPS). This was discussed with the chairperson of the research ethics committee (REC) that had approved the study. He advised the researcher to seek advice from the REC's legal adviser. All parties agreed that it should be reported to the SAPS, and this was done.
Reasons to report the matter to the police services included that the researchers felt this was a very serious case as it involved murder and attempted murder; the surviving child still lived with the mother and could be at risk; South African law requires the reporting of cases of child ill-treatment; and at the time of the disclosure, the research participant intimated that to her knowledge no police case had been opened and there had been no inquest into the death of the child.
Legislative framework providing duty for researchers to report child victimisation
Section 28 (d) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa provides that 'every child has a right to be protected from maltreatment, neglect, abuse or degradation'.5 Complementing the Constitution, the Children's Amendment Act6 makes it a duty for professionals such as medical practitioners, psychologists, social workers, nurses and others who come into contact with abused children to report child abuse to the relevant child protection organisations or a police official. In a directory of the legal rights of child and adolescent research participants in South Africa, Strode et al.7 interpret legal obligations concerning researchers who work with children, including that researchers have an obligation to: (i) respond in a lawful and appropriate manner, including reporting where required; and (ii) intervene and assist or refer children for assistance where needed. They should tell parents or guardians of children of their obligations at the outset, as reporting may result in breaches of confidentiality.
The Children's Amendment Act6 requires anyone in South Africa to report any suspicion of ill-treatment or injuries inflicted deliberately on children. In section 25 of the Children's Act,8 subsections 7 and 9 stipulate that in all matters relating to the care, protection and wellbeing of children, the child's best interests must be the guiding principle. There is a legal duty to report maltreatment of children.6 Since no legislation deals specifically with researchers' duty to report child maltreatment, this is established through interpretation of various laws.
Why we should report
Violence against children is a concerning and pervasive problem worldwide.9 Age, developmental stage, physical strength and societal status render children vulnerable to various forms of violence, including physical, sexual and emotional.9 Children therefore need special protection to shield them from preventable and deliberate harm.10 South African law requires adult citizens to report child abuse to the authorities. While no specific laws obligate researchers, these laws are phrased generally and so as citizens, researchers must comply.
In this case the disclosure of the respondent was sufficiently comprehensive to meet the criteria, as suggested by Cowburn,2 for assessing whether a disclosure should be reported to the police. A serious crime had been committed by a known perpetrator against known victims, and a child remained at risk. The researchers therefore decided that reporting this case to the police was legally and ethically correct. Furthermore, the confession made to the fieldworker would be admissible as evidence in court and help to bring about justice for the dead child.
Why we should not report
Arguments against reporting relate to the social circumstances of the interviewee, whose situation and perceived vulnerability should be explored and understood.10
Women in South Africa, as in most African communities, occupy a low position in society, characterised by widespread subordination and control by men.11 The same can be assumed for the respondent. She had had a difficult life, had a life-threatening disease, which she had not disclosed to her family, and also had problems at her home. She was therefore highly vulnerable, and may have been psychologically distressed at the time she committed the act. She clearly felt remorse, a punishment in itself, and may not have been an ongoing risk to the remaining child.
Explanations for her disclosure include being overwhelmed by guilt and feeling that uncovering the act would ease her; alternatively she may have wanted some sort of intervention, but not necessarily provided by the criminal justice system. Furthermore, in the consent process, the respondent was promised anonymity and confidentiality of the given information. We can therefore assume that she disclosed in good faith, assuming that her confession would go no further.
The fieldworker to whom the incriminating information was disclosed was on a contract employed for the survey. She lived in a section of the large community some kilometers away from where she conducted the interview. This was her first experience in conducting face-to-face interviews in a gender-based violence study, and the disclosure took place in the early stages (week 2) of data collection.
While fieldworkers are trained for data collection, training does not normally focus on explaining certain types of professional responsibilities of fieldworkers, for example, that in the course of their work, they have a responsibility to report known or suspected cases of child maltreatment, on highlighting aspects of laws obligating reporting of previously unreported incriminating information, or on discussing the risks and implications of this for fieldworkers. The fieldworker may have had an ethical, although not legal, obligation, to try to prevent disclosure, which she did not meet. It seems that she was not prepared for such a disclosure, and it may have been difficult for her to anticipate or even prevent the disclosure as Cowburn describes being able to in his research with convicted sex offenders.2
The decision to report the case was not supported by the fieldworker, who feared for retaliation and her safety, risks she had not considered when taking the job. She felt strongly that her fears should be paramount in the decision to report. Her fears were increased by the fact that she had left a copy of the consent form with the woman on which she had signed her name as witness. She had probably told the woman where she lived as an 'off-script' part of ice-breaking at the start of the interview and was potentially traceable. Furthermore, she was afraid of reporting the incident to the police services, fearing being implicated in causing adverse consequences for the respondent. On being told that her responsibility might extend to giving a statement to the police that a disclosure of this nature had been made to her, and naming and describing the respondent, she had misgivings. She felt that it would be clear to the interviewee who had committed the crime that she had reported the matter to the police.
Preserving confidentiality is crucial in research,12,13 yet fulfilling this obligation is complex.1 Reporting incriminating information about a respondent to authorities could be interpreted as breach of confidentiality by some, including the respondent in question. The Medical Research Council14 (book 1) posits that researchers must ensure that participants' information remains confidential. Also, 'failure to safeguard information may render a researcher liable for breach of confidentiality' and 'legal exceptions may be imposed in terms of the law', because, arguably, the respondent and others may feel that the fieldworker had disclosed information given to her in confidence.
In a survey where data collection is continuing, reporting such an incident could have negative effects on the study. Although some could view this act as morally praiseworthy and a correct response, others may develop mistrust towards research.
The American Anthropological Association15 asserts that the obligation to preserve the welfare of others should supersede knowledge generation in research and that researchers should make choices that maximise benefits for and minimise harm to the greater society. In reporting the case to the police, we perceive that we acted in accordance with this guidance as well as with South African law. We concur with Hearn et al.,16 who argue that although there are principle-based approaches to guide research processes, it is imperative that researchers discuss ethical dilemmas17 and are prepared to open to scrutiny the assumptions and facts on which the choices or decisions made are based.10
In this case, there was a need to strike a balance between safeguarding the participant's privacy and confidentiality and obligations to public safety and protection. While the respondent was young and vulnerable and her mental state may have been unstable at the time she committed the act, she was responsible for her children's care and was still the primary carer of one child. By killing and attempting to kill her children, she committed a very serious offence against the children and society. Because of their vulnerability, children are often unable to express their needs or defend their interests; they therefore need special protection from the law and others.18 While there can be arguments for not reporting the case to the authorities, and there is a need to preserve confidentiality in research,12,13 the law is unambiguous in obligating reporting of child abuse to the authorities.
We further argue that the woman's vulnerability would appropriately be taken into account by social workers in assessing risk to her remaining child and by the courts in passing judgement. Researchers are not trained and equipped to evaluate legal cases,19 and like other citizens have a legal duty to protect children from harm, which includes reporting suspected or known child abuse.7
While considering the interviewer's fears, the research team argued that by working for a research project she had taken on professional responsibilities that placed her responsibility to the child over her own safety. The research team assessed the risk to her as likely to be small and felt that, as an adult, she was inherently more powerful than the child, whose interests should be prioritised. Unlike a child, she could take precautions and protect herself, as she had agency and autonomy. Furthermore, as a citizen, she had a legal duty to report child abuse.19
We believe that reporting the incident to the police services provided justice to the murdered child and protected the remaining child, whose life was potentially endangered. Failure to report such a disclosure to the authorities, as provided by South African law, could amount to a 'criminal offence for which the person [researcher] may be liable to a fine or imprisonment'.19
Implications for research
This case study raises implications for community-based research, especially on sensitive topics.
Interviewer training should include mention of the possibility of disclosures of unreported incriminating information to fieldworkers. It should include discussion of the desirability of warning about the implications of, or preventing, a disclosure when it occurs in an interview, and a general discussion of professionalism and what that entails in research. Fieldworkers must be made aware of laws obligating disclosure of previously unreported incriminating information.
In almost all countries confidentiality is potentially limited and research participants should not be told that it is assured when it may not be. Research participants should be given examples of cases where researchers may be obliged to report disclosure(s) by respondents to authorities. For example, in the initial consent phase it should be mentioned that 'there are laws that compel researchers to report incriminating information, therefore all information you provide will be confidential unless you provide details of serious crimes against identifiable person(s)'. We encourage debate on this question and recommend that this should focus on: (i) whether such a statement would deter respondents from speaking freely and candidly about their experiences; and (ii) whether it would stop respondents from disclosing incriminating information in qualitative face-to-face conversational interviews.
Concerning consent and the signing of consent forms, the fieldworker may have been rendered vulnerable by leaving a signed consent form in the participant's house. We are obliged not to expose fieldworkers to possible recrimination by asking them to sign as witnesses in consent forms. While details of the study principal investigator are usually left in a home, these people generally have more financial resources and are better able to protect themselves. More thought needs to be given to avoidance of exposure of fieldworkers to potential risk at work.
The first author acknowledges the Fogarty International Center, National Institutes of Health, for the training he received on ethics through the South African Research Ethics Training Initiative. We wish to acknowledge Mzikazi Nduna, whose critical reflections helped strengthen this paper.
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Norwich has maintained a kinship with its cavalry heritage through the years.
The University was first established to train officers for the artillery. It was not until 1909 that cavalry training and horsemanship was first conducted informally by Capt. Leslie A. I. Chapman, a professor of military science and tactics and the first cavalry officer assigned to Norwich by the War Department.
Informal training quickly developed into a cavalry troop. Under Chapman's successor Capt. Frank Tompkins, cavalry training was instituted as a part of the military training program at Norwich and within the Corps of Cadets. By 1910, training in infantry and the Signal Corps (communications) were also part of the military training program.
The Corps of Cadets remained a cavalry unit from 1911 to 1950. On Sept. 2, 1950, due to the growing size of the Corps, Commandant of Cadets Col. Briard F. Johnson reorganized the Corps into the regular Army regiment. Norwich has remained true to the cavalry traditions, however. This link to the past can be seen in the crossed sabers worn on the Norwich gray and blue uniform tunics. The dress blue uniform that is worn by all Norwich cadets is similar in design to the uniform worn by cavalry officers in 1898.
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The Norwich University Regimental Drill Team was established in 1937 under the name of Shock Platoon. The platoon was to be a group of cadets who were "highly efficient in personal appearance and soldierly bearing." Admission to this crack platoon was on a competitive basis and each member was required to maintain the highest standards. For a short time, the platoon was called Escort Platoon and provided escorts to visiting teams and distinguished guests. Later, Shock Platoon would accompany the University Glee Club and orchestra on tours throughout New England for the benefit of citizens who enjoyed the "snap and color" of a military drill team.
Today, the high standards required of the original Shock Platoon are still maintained by the Norwich University Drill Team, and they continue to perform in parades, ceremonies and special events on campus and through New England. Drill Team members are required to learn numerous precision drill routines and provide support for special teams such as the Honor Guard, Saber Drill Team and Color Guard.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
F1 Hot Flashes
Yet, I'm finding this to be one of the most enjoyable Formula 1 season's in memory, purely due to the upside-downish, topsy-turvy results to date by the NOT-SO usual suspects... With the winners being from outside the perennial "Top 4" teams; and although not overly impressed by the FIA, I do have to concede that I really like the fact that all of the competitors car weights are now being published after Qualifying, as once again like Shanghai, it was easily apparent that the top two Toyota's were the lightest chassis on the grid, a la Fredrico Suave's Renault the week before.
And perhaps the bid for Toyota to run light had something to do with as Peter Winsor noted; how it was a bit disconcerting to see the overabundance of billboards with Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli's enormous faces plastered everywhere leading into the circuit... Which does seem a tad bit funny to carry out such of a marketing blitz on such a tiny Island Nation, thus I found it interesting to see that young 'ZEBB was totally correct upon his assessment of the Toyota's being lighter, as Trulli (648.5 Kilos) was 10.5k lower then Vettel, (659k) with Glock (643k) being 16 kilos less and the lightest car on the grid... And thus indeed as Glock admitted in the interview room he'd made a mistake on track since he should have been able to outpace his teammate.
Interestingly the BMW Saubers are the heaviest cars on the grid with Kubica weighing in at a massive 698.6 Kilos vs. Heidfeld's 696.3, which sees the tandem 50 Kilos (110.47lbs) heavier then their front row rivals... And thus after being lambasted all weekend, I'm not really sure what their strategy was? Surely not going for a single pit stop were they? As their plans went awry.
Meanwhile interestingly the fourth place Brawn GP of Button and fifth place McLaren of Hamilton were of identical weights: 652.5 Kilos, while Felipe Massa's Ferrari weighed in at 664.5k, while the sausage in an Scuderia sandwich was Nico Rosberg, who's Williams weighed exactly one kilo less then The Iceman's tenth place Ferrari: 670.5 vs. 671.5 kilos respectively. While disgusted McLaren teammate Kovalainen's 11th place chassis was heavier yet at 678.5 kilos.
And I'm guessing that the lack of commentary from Peter Winsor had something to do with him ducking the Desert heat, eh? Although ironically he interviewed some Cat nicknamed "Slow Hand" resplendent in Ferrari cap on the grid... Which seems to be the Scuderia's trademark at the moment... Although it shouldn't have come as a surprise that Eric Clapton was a guest of Ferrari's, since after all, last year he got popped for speeding in his Ferrari... As rumours claim that Robert Plant, Nick Mason and E.C. were all on hand over the weekend...
And although the two Toyota's who had their very first front row lockout after 125 starts, rocketed off into the distance, I enjoyed Vettel's assessment of Louise JAGUAR Hamilton using his "Special Button" (KERS) to catapult himself from fifth to third at the start... Although Button made a brilliant pass upon JAGUAR which would ultimately help him win the race outright, while Vettel and Trulli-Scrumptous fought over second place which the young German wound up taking ahead of the Italian... With Hamilton taking fourth ahead of Rubino, who in turn bested The Iceman, who managed to score Scuderia Ferrari's very first points of the season, under the scrutiny of Ferrari's Luca di Montezemolo...
So let's take a gander at the wacky leader board to date, shall we?
2009 F1 Point Standings
(Round 4 of 17)
Jenson Button: 31; Rubens Barrichello: 19; Sebastian Vettel: 18;
Jarno Trulli: 14.5; Timo Glock: 12; Mark Webber: 9.5;
Lewis Hamilton: 9; Fernando Alonso: 5; Nick Heidfeld: 4;
Heikki Kovalainen: 4; Nico Rosberg: 3.5; Sebastian Boomi: 3;
Kimi Raikkonen: 3; Sebastian Bourdais: 1.
Half Points awarded for '09 Malaysian Grand Prix, as the race was Red Flagged before half distance. First time since the 1991 Australian GP.
Red Bull: 27.5
Toyota: 26.5
McLaren: 13
Renault: 5
BMW Sauber: 4
Toro Rosso: 4
Williams: 3.5
Ferrari: 3
Force India: 0
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Maybe the excess weight in the Beemers is due the the enormous chips on the teams shoulders that they are having to haul around the far east. Seriously Sauber - Cheer up.ReplyDelete
I am still shocked, how well Brawn and Button are doing! Great for British Sport though.ReplyDelete
Yeah, it certainly wasn't expected that the British based team that would be on top of the standings would be someone other than McLaren... As BRAWN GP certainly did their homework...ReplyDelete
As for the BMW Sauber Boyzs... I think perhaps they've been caught a bit off guards... As it does seem a tad bit funny that the FIA told them that the Double Stuff Difusser's were NOT legal when they asked them last year... Yet, it seems that they pulled a Toyota over their race strategy for Bahrain, unless the running extremely heavy had something to do with knowing they had a tyre issue, eh?
I'm pretty sure that they'll be back by the end of the season along with Ferrari...
Methinks I spoke too soon..http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=45755ReplyDelete


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The ex-captain was a surprise attendee at the national side's London base, where they are being put through their paces ahead of the World Cup qualifier against Northern Ireland
Arsenal forward Andreiy Arshavin surprised his former team-mates by showing up at the Russian national team's training session on Monday, according to rsport.
Russia are currently occupying the Premier League side's state-of-the-art Shenley Training Centre ahead of their World Cup qualifier away to Northern Ireland on Friday, before facing Brazil in a friendly at Stamford Bridge on March 26.
The 31-year-old was not called up to the squad by manager Fabio Capello, with the last of his 75 caps coming in a 1-1 draw with Ivory Coast – the Italian manager's first in charge – in August 2012, which saw him become the subject of jeers from the crowd.
The former Zenit St Petersburg attacker has scored just once for the Gunners this season, failing to make a Premier League start in the process, and Goal.com exclusively revealed Reading were interested in the forward during January.
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Arthur Conan Doyle's stories are undoubtedly brilliant, introducing (or at least popularizing) a new genre, a new style of detection. The hero is not a particularly likable or sympathetic chap, but his skills are remarkable. It's no wonder that he has maintained such a high level of acclaim for more than a century.
Sherlock Holmes originally appeared in 4 novels and fifty-six short stories set between 1880 and 1914. His character apparently died in a story written in 1893 (but set in 1891), but fan outcry led to his resurrection in 1901 (in a story set in 1894).
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Another format aimed at young adults and juveniles is graphic novelizations of Conan Doyle's stories.
(These juvenile books include explanations of Holmes's deductive reasoning and the clues that helped him arrive at a solution)
Perhaps the biggest buzz currently centered around the famous detective is the BBC series Sherlock. This take on Holmes has him living in present-day London, not a man somehow removed from Victorian times but simply a brilliant investigator born near the close of the 20th century. This ingenious show delivers unto us a Holmes who has all of the 21st century's miraculous technology at his fingertips. The stories are based in the Conan Doyle canon, but include abundant updating and fast-paced dering-do.
And when you finish this superlative series, be sure to look into some of the other big and small screen depictions of England's most brilliant detective.
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