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The last time I thought I might be at risk from nuclear fallout, I was in grade school and the air raid sirens in Halifax were wailing in the middle of the school day, either by accident or technical error, and we were looking out the long glass schoolroom windows fearfully, wondering if we were supposed to be hiding under our desks.
In the years since then, the chances of nuclear powers pulling the trigger on each other seemed to be growing smaller and smaller as walls came down and trade opened up.
I mean, for years the chance of a terrorist "dirty" nuclear weapon — a bomb meant to do less damage by exploding and more by spreading nuclear contamination — has been out there as a threat.
But now we're in a standoff between a nuclear rogue state (North Korea) and an American Twitter-rogue president with the attention span of a gnat.
One moment, Donald Trump's attacking football players and their freedom of speech, the next, he's tweeting something that North Korea interprets as a declaration of war.
Puerto Rico may have lost more than 80 per cent of its food production due to a hurricane's direct hit, it may have no electricity (and may not have any for months) and people's lives are in clear danger, but heck, "Murica and the flag."
Meanwhile, a clearly unstable leader (take your pick) is remotely egging on another obviously unstable leader (still take your pick) and they both have nuclear weapons and an addiction to Dirty Harry-like "make my day" statements. I know the first thing I'd do if I was ever given the chance to speak to the United Nations would be to threaten to bomb 25 million people into dust, right? Or else, given the opportunity, I'd lob a few test-drive ICBMs at a country with enough atomic weaponry to wreck the world a few times over.
Didn't we all know Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in high school?
You remember them — their dads were rich and gave them big cars and free gas, and damned if they weren't going to chug Southern Comfort all night and then get in a back-road race until they T-boned a family in a mini-van at a four-way stop.
They'd walk away — not the family, of course, but the rich kids, each blaming the other, and neither one got jail time because of all that limitless opportunity stretched out in front of them.
So they'd go on to their next big car and their next big crash, and really the only guarantee for anyone else's safety would be if they hit a bridge abutment before hitting the next hapless victim. (Come on, bridge abutment.)
Give me leaders who understand consequences, not ones that wrap themselves in flags and want salutes from the military. Jong-un already has military parades, and now Trump wants them too, and the only real reason is to see who has the bigger missiles and the longest parade. And eventually the only way to prove whose car is faster or whose missiles are bigger is to fire a few of those suckers off, even if you have no idea of where or who they're going to hit and kill, and really, what's a family doing out there in a minivan anyway? It's not like they were anyone important or anything, blocking the road like that.
And all I want is for my kids to be safe from men with no understanding of suffering, unless you count the suffering of being the one who's got the least amount of gold gilding their latest particular palace.
What a time to still be alive.
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Ports and rail operator Asciano has increased its first half profit by 74 per cent and forecast more earnings growth in the second half of the financial year.
Asciano made a net profit of $199.9 million in the six months to December 31, up from $114.8 million in the previous corresponding period.
Revenue in the six months to December of $1.87 billion was up 10 per cent from $1.7 billion in the same period in the previous year.
Profit growth was driven by significant growth in volumes in Asciano's Pacific National coal haulage business due to new contracts, the company said on Tuesday.
Its ports business also experienced higher volumes, as activity from the resources sector rose and a record number of cars were imported, Asciano said.
The company said it expects earnings and revenue in the second half of the 2012/13 financial year to be higher than in the same period in the previous year.
Asciano chief executive John Mullen said that, based on the first six weeks of trading during the second half of the financial year, the group expected to report a rise in revenue and earnings before material items.
"We continue to believe that, based on the long-term customer contracts that underwrite all four divisions, we will report long-term earnings growth in line with previous forecasts, albeit the mix and timing will be slightly different from original forecasts given the variable market conditions," he said.
Asciano expects its PN Coal and Bulk & Automotive Port Services businesses to continue their strong performances, driven by new contracts, stronger regional port activity and the contribution from cargo handling unit C3 Ltd.
Improvements are also expected at the PN Rail division in the second half on the back of stronger export grain volumes.
Mr Mullen said that while current market conditions made forecasting volume growth for its Terminals & Logistics division difficult, Asciano did not expect the current flat market growth to deteriorate further.
"The Division will continue to focus on the redevelopment of Port Botany and driving improved customer performance, productivity and cost reduction in general given the uncertain volume outlook at the current time," he said.
Asciano lifted its fully-franked interim dividend to 5.25 cents a share from 3.5 cents.

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This month's Mixology Monday is about niche spirits. From Filip at Adventures in Cocktails:
June's theme will be "favorite niche spirit", so any cocktail where the base ingredient is not bourbon, gin, rum, rye, tequila, vodka etc would qualify. So whether you choose Mezcal or Armagnac get creative and showcase your favorite niche spirit.
You know what bottle I empty the most at my house? I mean aside from Bols Genever. It's Krogstad Aquavit, made here in Portland by House Spirits. It's a very anise-forward spirit flavored with star anise and caraway, and I absolutely love making cocktails with it.
This one, Scandinavian Spring, I'm adding to the menu at Metrovino this week:
1 1/2 oz Krogstad Aquavit
1/2 oz Maurin Quina
1/2 oz lemon juice
1/2 oz honey-lavender syrup
Shake, strain, and serve up in a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with a lemon twist.
Maurin Quina is a product I've been eager to get on the Oregon market and it finally arrived in stores this month. It's a fortified white wine flavored with quinine, cherries, lemon, and cherry brandy. It's delicious stuff, either chilled as an aperitif or as an ingredient in mixed drinks.
There's a lot going on in this cocktail, but the flavors come together really nicely. To make the honey-lavender syrup, combine 1 cup hot water, 1/2 cup honey, and 1/4 cup lavender, let cool, and strain.
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Experimental drug no Methuselah formula
Compound lets mice live healthier, but not longer, lives
An experimental compound helps mice stay healthy longer, but it doesn't extend their lives.
The substance, known as SRT1720, is intended to mimic the effects of caloric restriction. Scientists have found that calorie restriction can greatly stretch the life span of a wide variety of organisms, including dogs, mice, rats, fruit flies, worms and yeast. Proteins known as sirtuins are necessary for calorie restriction's life-span extension, with a protein called sirtuin 1, or SIRT1, getting the most attention.
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Monday, April 11, 2011
2011 NOTY: Bulltron Regional, Part 3
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In any case, we're docking Bunz 200 votes, and we suspect it should be more. Onward.
We love us some Joe Shortsleeve. The surname, as far as we can determine, comes from the French Courtemanche. Classy. But the English translation coupled with the monosyllabic 'merican first name is aurally fantastic. Joe is the "chief correspondent" for a Boston TV station, most recently the subject of interweb anger over a gotcha story in which he "caught" a Boston firetruck parked at a grocery store at lunchtime. Inside, the city's bravest were, um, buying lunch. The point: They were using the truck -- the public's truck! paid for with taxpayer dollars! -- to drive to the store and buy lunch. Which, Joe was told, is perfectly fine.
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Springback in High-Strength Steel Stampings "Compensation is Not Commensurate with Experience"
Some compensation for springback is routinely designed into most forming processes to limit or reduce the number of additional over-bending or restrike operations. The method and magnitude of compensation usually depends on the die designer's experience with similar parts, materials and processes. The arrival of new higher-strength steels dramatically changes the old approach to springback compensation because previous experience with these new materials does not exist.
Today, simulation codes often are employed to study relationships between product geometry, die geometry, material properties, friction conditions and springback. The goal of springback simulation is to provide both compensation direction and magnitude for die tryout. But research has exposed several weaknesses relating to the accuracy of springback prediction in sheetmetal- forming simulations, especially when higher-strength steels are involved. For example:
• Springback results are shown to be very sensitive to anisotropy values (delta-r).
• Very different springback results have been observed when using different workhardening rules.
• Friction coefficients are shown to be highly influential in springback calculations.
• Material models that consider strain-rate sensitivity (m) values predict different springback magnitudes and modes than rate independent models.
With the increasing use of higher-strength steels and the inherent springback problems that come with them, recent research has intensified to achieve improved accuracy in both forming and springback predictions. Still, current springback results provide very useful data for die process planning and initial springback compensation.
Because springback is a major concern in higher-strength applications, it must be addressed as early as possible in the design phase. Springback can be minimized in the product design phase by:
|Fig. 1—Avoid right or acute angles when forming higher-strength steels.
• Avoiding right or acute angles (Fig. 1).
• Using large open-wall angles to allow for over-bending and springback.
• Avoiding large transition radii between two walls.
• Using opened-end stampings instead of closed-end stampings.
• Using stiffeners, darts, step flanges, etc., to prevent the release of elastic stresses.
• Designing punch radii as sharp as formability and product design will allow. Radii less than 2t will help reduce springback angle.
A well-planned stamping process also can minimize springback magnitude and part-to-part variability. Because steel work-hardens as it is pulled over a die radius, the resulting higher strength causes increased springback and side wall curl that can make restrike operations difficult. To achieve the desired channel height while limiting material movement across any radii, the hat section channels in Fig. 2 also can be formed using a
Fig. 2—Sidewall curl in higher-strength steel channel as compared to HSLA. Courtesy of International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI).
The gull-wing process is a multiple-step forming process that can improve part-geometry control as compared to single-step forming processes (Fig. 3). In the first step, all 90-deg. radii and mating surfaces are formed with the required over-bending for springback compensation. Flattening the large radius on top of the hat section takes place in the second operation, which may require additional over-crowning of the flat top section in order to produce parallel walls.
Not all product geometry lends itself to the gull-wing process. When drawing over a draw-die radius is the only practical forming method, post-stretching the side walls of the stamping after forming is an option. In this process, the part is placed into a second tool that is designed to lock out the remaining draw flange. A lower pressure pad with lock beads is designed to engage the sheetmetal blank and upper-die steels approximately 6 mm or less from the bottom of the press stroke. The lock beads prevent material flow into the die cavity and the part is subsequently stretched over
Fig. 3—Two-stage forming process to create hat-section with small radii.
Similar results may be achieved by using active (movable) draw beads in the draw die. Under certain conditions, this approach may eliminate the need for a secondary post-stretch operation. For more detail, refer to the draw forming section in the feature article beginning on page 16.
Another method used to reduce and control springback in draw dies includes employing variable-binder-force controls. In this process, the pressure profile for the binder varies throughout the punch stroke. Other binder technologies include pulsating blankholders and flexible blankholders.
Adding stiffeners, darts, step flanges and other embossments can help prevent the release of elastic stresses and reduce springback variablilty. Work with your customer to incorporate these features where part design allows. MF
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The 2010-12 Chevrolet Camaro has been stolen the most with 1,509 thefts
It should come as no surprise that when the National Insurance Crime Bureau released the newest vehicle theft records, there was a separate "Sporty" classification. According to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) report, among car models made from 2010 – 2012, the Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Mustang, and Dodge Challenger were among the top 5 cars being swiped.
Among vehicle theft records dating between January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2012, 3,780 Sporty vehicles were reported stolen in the United States. There are three classes: premium, mid-sized, and compact. Of the mid-sized class, 3,271 thefts occurred (87% of the Sporty total). Leading the pack of mid-sized cars was the Chevrolet Camaro, taken from its owners 1,509 times. Next up were the Ford Mustang (980) and Dodge Challenger (782). Below is the full list of top-ten most commonly stolen Sporty vehicles.
To make things even more interesting, the NCIC report broke-down the top-five states with the most Sporty thefts. Leading the Union is California with 764, then Florida (443), Texas (381), Georgia (257), and Michigan (187). As for areas within those states, The Golden State takes the cake with the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California, areas having 291 thefts. Next was the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia, area (226); Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida, area (208); New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania area (198); and Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan area (179).
As with any theft story, we should reminder our readers to follow a few basic steps to keep your classic or collectable car safe from thieves. First, remember to always lock your car when you get out. Second, never leave your keys in your car unattended. Third, avoid having anything on the seats overnight; even the most unassuming item could look good for a desperate thief. Last, install an aftermarket alarm of tracking device if you're going to park your car in a rough neighborhood often. We hate seeing these statistics about stolen muscle cars, it breaks our hearts.


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The History of Led Zeppelin's Boston Ban
Early 1975 was an exciting time for Led Zeppelin fans, with an upcoming tour and the impending release of the band's sixth LP, Physical Graffiti. Unfortunately, a particularly passionate contingent of Zep-heads in Boston got a little out of hand on Jan. 6, 1975, unwittingly botching the group's chances of performing in the city again.
As writer Stephen Davis recalled in his book about Zeppelin's 1975 tour, the band was planning winter dates, so tickets for its stop in Boston — scheduled for the classic Boston Garden — went on sale in January. The result? Thousands of fans lined up to spend the night outside the Garden in freezing temperatures.
"For years and years, we had people line up overnight to wait for tickets," said Steven Rosenblatt, the venue's ticket manager at the time. On this night, however, the campers were allowed into the lobby — and they broke into the seating area, leaving Garden officials with a crucial decision to make. "You couldn't have this kind of crowd running around untethered inside the building," Rosenblatt explained, "so we decided to open the ticket windows."
The early ticket sales cleared out the Garden much faster — by 6AM the show had sold out — but it didn't prevent nearly $50,000 in damage. According to Davis, the invaders "broke into all the beer concessions and set fire to the old wooden seats," prompting the arrival of riot police, who showed up with dogs to try and impose some sort of order. Unsurprisingly, Boston's mayor, Kevin H. White, was not amused.
White, a popular political figure who'd ultimately lead the city through four terms, wasn't the anti-rock 'n' roll type; in 1968, he famously helped persuade James Brown to follow through with a planned performance after Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination, and in 1972, he'd actually gotten the Rolling Stones sprung from jail so they could make their Boston date. But the Garden fiasco left him in a less forgiving mood, and he imposed a five-year ban on the band playing anywhere in the city — a decision that meant Zeppelin would skip Boston on what ended up being their final North American tour in 1977.
At the time, nobody had any way of knowing what lay in store for the group, and they shrugged it off in a Rolling Stone tour report published later that year. "It's typical," shrugged their label VP, Danny Goldberg. "What can I say? Sometimes it seems like Zeppelin are now where the Stones once were. The media automatically assumed us to be the bad boys. You know, blame it on Led Zeppelin … " Guitarist Jimmy Page seemed to wear the incident as a badge of pride, quipping, "The last thing I want to be is respectable."
Zeppelin wouldn't be the last band White banned from the Garden. Kiss suffered the same ignominy the following year after violating the venue's pyrotechnics policy, and the Grateful Dead were reportedly kept out for years after getting caught grilling lobsters on a fire escape. As for White, he'd stay in office through the 1983 election, when he declined to run for a fifth term — a decision reportedly influenced by a long and expensive corruption investigation for which, in true rock-star fashion, he escaped any indictment.
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In most respects, Prof. Natasha Neogi's aerospace engineering class is like any other. It's a large, hour-long lecture-style course at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. But at the halfway mark, Neogi's class takes on a new twist. She invites her students to log on to Twitter – the "micro-blogging" service that limits messages to 140 characters – and write in with questions. Neogi sifts through the "tweets," in Twitter-speak, addressing the most common sticking point at the end of class.
Of course, plenty of professors — engineering and otherwise — have long been using Twitter. They tweet about interesting links they've come across; they complain about their flight delays; they keep us updated on their cats. But there are also professors who, like Neogi, have begun to bring Twitter into the lecture hall or seminar room. [snip]
Gordon Snyder, who directs the National Center for Information and Communications Technologies at Springfield Technical Community College in Massachusetts, has also experimented with the back channel. He assigned his class a "hashtag", [snip]
He also has found Twitter useful for getting a read on a room. Professors are familiar with the inscrutable sight of a lecture hall full of mute students. Are they listening? Understanding? Many professors have adopted "clickers," polling devices used to quiz students on a topic recently covered or to gauge students' opinions when venturing into politically sensitive subject matter. Snyder, whose center is funded by the National Science Foundation, considers Twitter a "modern and much more effective" clicker.
Of course, skepticism in academia remains the norm ... . But Twitter evangelists have ready answers for skeptics. Does it erase a necessary distance between professor and student, eroding professional authority? That depends on your view, says McDonald: If you think, "'Well, I'm the teacher, and people just need to listen to what I have to say'... then Twitter is not useful for you." Does Twitter distract students? "I see it as a way to keep students engaged," says Snyder. Besides, some argue, students often are already using these technologies in class; professors are simply co-opting a tool that would otherwise serve as a distraction. "If you can't beat 'em, might as well join 'em," sums up Kathy Schmidt, director of the Faculty Innovation Center for the College of Engineering at the University of Texas - Austin.
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Punya Mishra, associate professor of educational psychology and technology at Michigan State University, notes that ... there is "no such thing as an educational technology." Rather, "there are various technologies, and instructors need to repurpose them for their own needs." Last year, Mishra tried integrating a micro-blogging service similar to Twitter into a graduate seminar, but "I felt two parallel discussions were going on, but they didn't pull together productively at the end." He spent the week considering what went wrong and then designated a block of time near the end of class for students to catch up on the contents of the micro-blogging feed. Afterward, the class reconvened to continue a newly enriched discussion. With this bit of thoughtful tinkering, micro-blogging proved useful.
Mishra followed that experiment with a more ambitious one: using Twitter to join students from different continents. [snip]. He praises Twitter for "this ability to connect people... The sense of community can be very useful and powerful."
But just because Twitter has found success in some classrooms doesn't mean it's right for all engineering educators. After all, most of the experiments have thus far been led by professors of educational technology or social media itself ... .
One common concern is that Twitter currently isn't equipped to deal with engineering's lingua franca: mathematics. [snip]. Though an advocate for new classroom technologies, he doesn't foresee using Twitter in courses heavy in equations and scientific formulas. "There's something organic about a concept flowing from your brain to your hand to the board, and from the board to their hand and their brain," he says. [snip]
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Chuck Carelli, CPA, joined Flagship Pioneering in 2009 with 16 years of experience in financial accounting, reporting, and management.
After obtaining his CPA license while working in the Boston office of Deloitte & Touche, Chuck spent 13 years in various senior financial accounting and management roles at three Massachusetts-based publicly traded biotech companies. From 2004 until joining Flagship, he served in various senior financial roles with EXACT Sciences, most recently as chief financial officer. Previously he was with Alkermes, Inc. serving first as controller then as director of finance. He also served as accounting manager and then director of accounting at Creative BioMolecules.
As CFO, Chuck is responsible for all of Flagship Pioneering's financial and tax reporting, cash flow management, fund audits, and financial administration, as well as the financial operations of the firm's Flagship Labs unit. Chuck holds a B.A. in accounting from Assumption College.


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Mendicant Priest - 僧侶
by Wada, Sanzo (1883-1967) - 和田三造
|Wada, Sanzo (1883-1967) - 和田三造
|Mendicant Priest - 僧侶
|Japanese Vocations in Pictures - Series 3 - 昭和職業繪盡
|1956 September (this artwork: First edition)
|Kyoto Hanga-In - 京都版画院
|Woodblock - 木版画
|Large Oban - 大大判, Sheet size 43 x 35cm
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|This print is from a complete set of 24 prints (including the original album) from the post-war series by the publisher Kyoto Hanga-In. Each print has an English and Japanese scene explanation on a tissue cover that folds over the front of the print (attached on the verso). All prints in the album are edition 150 from the 200-edition run.
The print's title is in the image area. In the left margin are (top to bottom) 1. The series title; 2. The date; 3. The publisher name; 4. The publisher's official round red seal; 5. Printer and carver seal. The artist signature and seal are hand-applied within the image area.
See here for the full series.
This artwork is from my personal collection and is not for sale.
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|Here are some notes from Daiwa Shinagawa (current owner of Kyoto Hanga-In, 2014) regarding the woodblocks and their survival (or not):
He is quite clear in his explanation that all the blocks held by Nishinomiya were *completely* destroyed in an air-raid circa 1945 (including Bakufu's Fish series and Wada's Occupations series). This is quite strong evidence to support the suggestion that the blocks used after the war for these series' reprints were completely recarved.
He goes on to say that, due to the poor economic climate after the war, Kyoto Hanga-In did not have the finances to purchase new cherry blocks for each new print scene. As a result, whenever a new scene was to be published they used a block from a previously published scene (i.e., carving the block flat and then recarving the new scene). That is quite a revelation that I would never have expected. As a result of all the recarving of blocks, there are no surviving woodblocks from prior to the 1960s, so the blocks for all the usual 1950s scenes by Bakufu, Hiyoshi, Wada, etc. no longer exist.
|See more works of art by this artist in my personal gallery and items for sale.
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Environmental and Ecological Economics
Environmental economics is a concentration within the traditional field of economics that focuses on modern environmental issues. Economics is about finding the right balance between how many products can be sold and how much products and services should cost (supply and demand); environmental economics is about trying to balance the needs people have for products and services with the necessity of protecting natural resources and the environment. Many environmental economists today are taking a more ecological and holistic approach to traditional economic theories, creating two different fields in this subset of economics: environmental economics and ecological economics.
Environmental issues have broad social, cultural, and political implications beyond those found in standard economic theory. Environmental economists take these complex and inter-related issues into account when making economic policy with concern for more than basic supply and demand, profit-maximization. Environmental and ecological economists consider the exhaustibility of natural resources, the environmental and health benefits of alternative fuels, and the long-term costs of remediation in economic equations. They hope to make decisions that are sustainable, and ecologically and socially sound.
One distinction that may be made between environmental and ecological economics is the notion of "value": Environmental Economists tend to focus on human preferences (demand-side), while Ecological Economists tend to focus on the science and environmental consequences of economic decisions (supply-side). Whilst environmental economists are concerned with the efficient allocation of natural resources, ecological economists figure out the cost-benefit of preserving or protecting natural resources.
The Academic Requirements
While Environmental and/or Ecological Economics is a fairly common course to find in most interdisciplinary environmental programs, degrees and certificates in the field are not as easy to come by. However, by most accounts, it is a growing field which is becoming more and more acknowledged by academic institutions, with new programs and courses sprouting up every year. Requirements will vary, but you can expect a firm basis in economics, ecology, environmental science, management, and quantitative methods. Classes may include mathematics, modeling, business, and other economics classes, as well as ecology, environmental science, and ecological design.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics states that "graduate education is required for many private sector economist and market and survey research jobs, and for advancement to more responsible positions." Further, BLS states that "aspiring economists and market and survey researchers should gain experience gathering and analyzing data, conducting interviews or surveys, and writing reports on their findings while in college... Those considering careers as economists or market and survey researchers should be able to pay attention to details because much time is spent on precise data analysis."
Here are some courses that we've seen:
Interview: Environmental and Ecological Economics
- Dynamic Modeling of Ecological and Economic Systems
- Integrated Modeling of Industrial & Ecological Systems
- Economics of Sustainability
- Green Accounting
- Economics of Renewable Natural Resources
- Natural Resource Policy
- Environmental Policy
- Land Use Planning & Policy
- Developing Sustainable Communities
- Microeconomic Theory with Applications to Natural Resources
- Risk Assessment
- The Environment, Sustainable Development, and Business
- International Relations and the Environment
Professional Outlook
Environmental economists do the same jobs as traditional economists, except that they focus specifically on environmental issues. They try to integrate aspects of the economy that are not traditionally valued in the market; for example, the value of pristine wilderness vs. developed land, or the value of biodiversity in a forest vs. a tree plantation. They work to minimize the impact of human activities on the environment. Environmental economists address issues in many areas, including; public and private land use, soil conservation, air and water pollution control, endangered species protection, and ocean resources. Economists are usually involved in research for their company or organization; they apply economic principles to current company policy and advise the company. They then prepare and present a report – presenting statistical information in a concise, simple manner is especially important.
Environmental economics graduates find jobs in the business, non-profit, government, and educational fields. There is certainly a need for more ecologically-minded economists in the field of education. Graduates are also needed in the policy-making and government fields, helping to make important decisions regarding resource allocation, wildlife management, and pollution control, to name a few pressing issues. Non-profit companies are also hiring environmental economists to help with sustainable development, sometimes in poor rural areas in other countries, where resource-allocation decisions are becoming a political issue for the first time. Also, consideration of environmental economics is becoming more and more important in traditional scientific fields, including jobs in parks & recreation, wildlife management, species conservation, and environmental planning.
Private businesses employ about 90% of economists, with the government employing most of the remaining 10%. The main government employers are the Departments of Agriculture, Labor and Commerce. Some work for international organization, such as the United Nations and World Bank.
Here are some job titles that we've seen, including some of the organizations that offer them, all of which included a requirement for experience in environmental or ecological economics:
- Agricultural Economist
- Interdisciplinary Economist
- Senior Experimental Economist (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
- Environmental Protection Economist
- Marine Resource Economist
- Restorative Business Manager (Silva Forest Foundation)
- Senior Practice Leader (Stratus Consultants)
- Resource Economists
- Junior Professional Officer (The World Conservation Union)
- Sr. Environmental Economist (World Bank)
- Environmental Specialists
- Staff Attorney (Earthlaw)
- Plan Formulator/Economist (US Army Corps of Engineers)
- Environmental/Natural Resource Economist
- Senior/Associate Program Development Position (The Scale Project)
Salary Forecast
The general category of "Economist," as detailed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos055.htm), inlcudes three general job sectors: Economists, Market Research Analysts, and Survey Researchers. For these categories, median annual earnings were $64,830 in 2000, with the lowest 10 percent at less than $35,690, and the highest 10 percent at than $114,580. The entrance salary for economists in the Federal Government with a bachelor's degree was $21,900 in 2001. Those with a master's degree started out at about $33,300, and economists with a Ph.D. begin at $40,200 per year. Market research analysts earned an average of $51,190 in 2000. Survey researchers earned about $26,200.
Also, according to the BLS, economics teachers (postsecondary education) make $65,000 a year, and economists in upper-level management in the government can make between $60,000 and $80,000. Check out the full reports from BLS on for Economists at www.bls.gov/oco/ocos055.htm.
- Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
- Bureau of Labor, Statistics for 2001
- Department of Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs
- EPA's National Center for Environmental Economics
- FirstGov Job Search
- Interview with Dr. Brian Czech
- Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural Economics
- Oregon State University. "The Field of Environmental Economics."
- Resources for the Future, a research organization
- The Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, University of Vermont
- Tufts University, Institute of the Environment
- University of Maryland


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Satsang is the invitation to step into the fire of self-discovery. This fire will not burn you, it will only burn what you are not!
The live broadcasts of Satsang with Sri Mooji have been recorded and can be watched here on this channel. Click on the 'videos' tab on the right side of this page.


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Savoring the Institutes
There are a very small number of books other than the Bible that have affected the course of history. One thinks immediately of books such as Nicholas Copernicus' Revolutions of the Heavenly Bodies, Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica, Charles Darwin's Origin …Read More
Crossing the Channel
The rapid spread of the Protestant Reformation from Wittenberg, Germany, throughout Europe and across the Channel to England was not spawned by the efforts of a globe-trotting theological entrepreneur. On the contrary, for the most part Martin Luther's entire career …Read More
Not to Us
Our society applauds the rich religious diversity found throughout the world. I know this because the satellite dish on the roof of my house keeps receiving signals from National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and a host of other programs daring me …Read More


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Overnight: Eddie Vedder
The story: Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder's solo show at the Lila Cockrell Theatre on Friday night. Vedder is promoting his latest album, the Grammy-nominated "Ukulele Songs." Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard opened. Friday's concert marked the last Texas tour stop.
Attendance: About 2,300 — sold out
First take: Vedder received a deafening and extended standing ovation when he walked onstage, worthy of his rock icon status. As expected, the first several songs were performed on ukulele. Vedder opened with the emotional "Can't Keep," notable for its hypnotic Jimmy Page-style drone. He showed off an appetite for sophisticated chord sequences on the four-string instrument, beginning with "Sleeping With Myself." After joking about getting the sad songs out of the way, Vedder found himself mid-song forgetting chords to "Goodbye." "Sometimes when you get emotionally involved in a song" is when you screw up, he said.
San Antonio traffic jam: Snarled traffic at sunset just north of town inspired Vedder to write a new song, "5:55 (On Sunset Drive)," which he played with gusto. Vedder is connected stylistically and spiritually to Neil Young and Pete Townshend of The Who. The Young influence can be seen and heard in the raw honesty and in the instrumentation, an assortment of acoustic and electric guitars, ukuleles, a mandolin and pump organ. Townshend's flamenco flourishes and "Pinball Wizard" strumming propelled "You're True" and "Gone."
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By Star Noor, Features Editor
Hunky doctors with a great smile and a lovely disposition is well, the stuff dreams are made of for most of us gals, so it's no wonder that when Dr. Mikhail Varshavski D.O. (aka Dr. Mike) started his Instagram account, we paid attention. His social media fame has brought him media attention, but it is his winning spirit and giving nature that has many of us wanting to know more.
He is tall, dark, and handsome – that is already established, but more importantly he is using his new found fame and skilled mind to do good for the rest of the human community, by volunteering his time and starting a foundation that helps people reach their goals and dreams as well. As the old adage goes, teaching a person to fish is after-all the greatest gift we can give to each other – time, skill, and belief are the ultimate forms of love bestowed upon others. Dr. Mike has no problem offering that to others as is evident both in his social media outreach and in his latest venture, The Limitless Tomorrow Foundation.
For him, being a doctor was like being in the family business. He explains, "My family and I immigrated to the states when I was just 6 years old. My father was a physician back in Russia but in coming to America he had to start medical training from scratch and in a foreign language to boot. I watched him work his way through medical school and residency, an incredibly difficult feat for someone in their 40's. Because of this I was exposed to medicine at an early age. I witnessed how he interacted with his patients. They were more than patients. They came to him for health advice, life advice, and even love advice at times. I grew enamored with the thought that I can go into a career where I didn't have clients but instead had friends, friends who trust me with their lives and the lives of their loved ones."
This way of thinking is indicative in all that Dr. Mike does. His life philosophy is a simple and noble notion as he states; "Know thyself." In any endeavor that you set out upon the first step will always be to be able to understand who you are. You must know your strengths, your limitations, your likes and your dislikes. I see people in horrible jobs or in horrible relationships all the time and it's not because they aren't smart, it's because they forgot to know who they are as individuals first. There are so many people out there chasing dreams that aren't their own. You have to step outside your comfort zone, explore the world around you, and only then can you have some sense about who you are and where you should be going. "
In knowing himself, he is a humble man who in regards to his popularity has this to say, "I'm still in awe of the term "Instagram-Fame". I don't understand how it came about that I am now recognizable on the street in countries all around the world. I'm so grateful for all the doors it has opened in my career. I've always been incredibly passionate about helping others and educating on medical topics. Now instead of teaching one patient in my office I'm able to reach over 2 million people right at home. I am a realist and understand that most follow me because they find me attractive. I don't shy away from that kind of attention. I think that if I can catch a young girl's attention with my looks and in the process convince her to come in for her cancer screening or teach her something about her health, my mission as a doctor has been accomplished. Being popular on social media allows an individual great amount of influence, and I intend on using mine to make everyone in the world healthier and excited about staying that way. "
Helping the world be healthier is a multi-faceted ordeal as being happy, as many of us have found, is directly correlated to being and staying healthy. As such, Dr. Mike and The Limitless Tomorrow Foundation are in fact helping people realize themselves and live happy, healthy lives, by making the playing ground a bit more leveled for those who might otherwise fall through the cracks despite their dreams, skills, and tireless efforts. "Ever since I gained my popularity on social media I've been trying to find a way to use my influence for the greater good. I looked at my own situation and saw a loophole in our system. I was always one of the top 20 or so students in my classes, I was involved in many extracurricular projects, but it was always the top 5 students who got the scholarships. I thought that was ludicrous. I do not believe that grades are the sole aspect that students should be based on when distributing scholarships. As a physician I treat my patients as a whole, so why wouldn't I treat students the same? Now my foundation can gift scholarships and funding based on the whole student and not just their grades. The future world leaders will need to be well-rounded and that's precisely the type of applicants we are looking for. We want to give money to those who have a great vision for the world ahead of them."
He believes that education is the greatest obstacle of our time. He explains, "So many of our worldly conflicts are due to misunderstandings and poor communication. Education is lacking throughout the world. Most importantly the education of common sense. Don't get me wrong, it's incredibly important to have kids learn the basics in the classic subjects (language, mathematics, sciences, etc.). But we often overlook the importance of teaching children how to think on their own. We give them the knowledge that 2+2=4 but never teach them how to question that 2+2=5."
The awe-inspiring physician assures that unlike many others, he did not set out to become web-famous. "I started sharing my journey throughout medical school in the hopes of showing all the naysayers out there that it is possible to get a great medical education, while having fun at the same time. I always made sure my studies came first, but I never slacked off on my fitness or social activities. This shocked many. People thought I was just a model pretending to be a doctor on social media. I put myself out there to break that stigma that you do NOT have to give up your life to practice medicine."
When he's not busy taking care of others, as his Instagram also indicates, he enjoys tennis and competitive training, and he loves to spend time with his dog Roxy. "Roxy, my husky holds a special place in my heart. My father and I had a terrible loss several years ago of my mother, and we were in a very negative place. With both of us being physicians it was hard to lose someone so close in our lives, especially so early in her life. My father and I needed a positive outlet. I decided that I would fulfill my father's childhood dream of getting a husky. I still remember the tears rolling down his face when I brought her home as a puppy. Since Roxy came into our lives, we have had something to look forward to every evening coming home from work. She means everything to us and I really do believe she carries my mom's spirit within her."
What else can be said after that? Our hats off to you, Mikhail.
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My last post was of racing bikes. The bikes I'll describe here deviate from main-stream racing machines, although obviously any bike can be raced, and one here is even for a particular type of race ("gravel race").
Ritchey Tandem Breakaway
Ritchey showed the tandem Breakaway frame they'd showed at NAHBS this February. There was finally a formal promise it was going into production, although they were "still working on pricing". I think the Ritchey bikes all look awesome. This is the only stock tandem I've seen which I thought looked really good. Key question is whether we'd choose to travel with it. Certainly the Breakaway boxes would facilitate transport, but packing and unpacking Breakaways is a time-consuming process, not one for a few hours drive to a century or double.
Velo Orange touring bike
Velo Orange had a very nice touring bike, something which would have been nicely at home at NAHBS if the frame had been custom. I asked about the bike and was told they don't sell complete bikes, although virtually everything on it was the Velo Orange brand. No single spec is going to please more than one customer, they said: everyone has their own preferences. I agree. Curiously, they had the same bike also set up as a "gravel racer". I didn't think loaded touring and off-road racing were sufficiently similar to share the same frame design, but the guy to whom I spoke in the booth said they both worked well.
Salsa gravel racer
Speaking of gravel racers, Salsa had their impressive gravel racer on display. I suppose I could have put this in the racing bike post, but gravel racing hasn't yet caught on in the San Francisco Bay area so it would get different use. A big problem is so many of the appropriate roads are on open space land, and open space policy explicitly forbids timed events. This would be perfect for the Grasshopper series or for the recent San Francisco Randonneurs 200 km dirt brevet. Cyclocross bikes have typically excellent in these events (the brevet was "won" by a Ridley cross bike) but cross bikes are really designed for cross races, which involve carrying the bike up anything steep, and geometry designed for an hour of pain rather than endurance. The bag shown on the show bike seems over the top for one-day events, but a smaller frame bag large enough to hold wet weather gear seems like it would be perfect. This wins my personal "most attractive bike of the show" award, as I love riding dirt roads on my road bike, but obviously the substantially fatter tires and mud-friendly disk brakes on the Salsa are the right tools for the job.
Phil Wood fatty dual-suspension concept
On the subject of mud, the super-fat tire category has really taken off in the past year. These bikes were originally designed for snow riding. Decades ago racers in the Iditabike endurance race in Alaska would mount fat tires on two conventional rims welded side-by-side. First custom, then mass-production builders eventually hopped on the category as an underexploited niche in the over-saturated bike business. Perhaps to the surprise of at least some of the suppliers, people started buying them for anything but snow rising. It makes sense: after all, off-road motorcycles use fat tires, why shouldn't mountain bikers? Phil Wood showed this concept bike, a full-suspension fatty, which I assumed was intended as a joke. After all, why would you need full suspension when you've got tires like these? I noted this to the guys in the booth and I got horrified stares. "You just point this bike where you want to go and it takes care of the details," they said.


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HANG TIME SOUTHWEST — Tuesday's first trade of the NBA season, a ho-hummer in which the Charlotte Bobcats sent shooting guard Matt Carroll to the New Orleans Hornets for forward Hakim Warrick, didn't make news as much as it spawned a Twitterverse comedy hour, a seemingly endless timeline of sarcasm and supposed wit mocking an exchange of low-minute guys.
Few jokes, jabs or barbs, however, likely originated from laptops in the City of Dallas. No sir. You see, in Dallas, Matt Carroll is something of a hero, the final, critical piece to the 2011 championship puzzle — or, more accurately, a facilitator to acquiring said hero and final, critical piece to the 2011 championship puzzle.
On July 13, 2010, the Mavs traded Carroll, Erick Dampier (the linchpin with his fully non-guaranteed $13 million contract) and Eduardo Najera to the Bobcats for a pair of centers, Alexis Ajinca and, drum roll please … Tyson Chandler, hero and final, critical piece to the 2011 championship puzzle.
Of course, no one knew it when it happened. In fact, in Big D, Chandler arrived to a collective yawn that rivaled Tuesday's trade. Fans were banking on the much-hyped Dampier trade chip netting a superstar to pair with Dirk Nowitzki. Who knew?
So Carroll had quite the unique and overwhelmingly valuable existence in Dallas for a player who scored 71 points over 262 minutes in 46 games in a season-and-a-half. Yet every time the name Matt Carroll comes up, it makes Mavs owner Mark Cuban bust out with a smile.
"I do," Cuban wrote in an email. "Because Matt is such a good guy. He makes the NBA better on the court and off."
Carroll's Mavs magic started on July 17, 2007, when Charlotte handed him a six-year, $26.9 million contract after he posted a career season, averaging 12.1 points while shooting 41.6 percent from beyond the arc. He'd have one more pretty good season the next year before basically plummeting.
Meanwhile back in Dallas, on July 2008, the Mavs inexplicably signed free-agent center DeSagana Diop to a five-year, $31 million deal just months after trading him to New Jersey in the Jason Kidd deal. Quickly realizing their miscalculation, Dallas began shopping Diop and found a taker in the Bobcats decision-maker Michael Jordan.
On Jan. 16, 2009, Dallas acquired Carroll and his contract and unloaded Diop and his contract on the Bobcats. By the time memorable July 13, 2010 rolled around, Carroll had just enough dough left on his once-in-a-lifetime contract to make him the perfect fit in the package for Chandler.
And most fortunate for the Mavs, the generous Jordan agreed to bring Carroll back to Charlotte where he joined Diop in enjoying a bit role on the NBA's worst team, until Tuesday.
For Cuban and what's left his almost completely altered Mavs, it was a day to reminisce.