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The spokesman for Russia's Federal Migration Service has been fired after issuing a racist rant to the BBC, ITAR-TASS reports.
Konstantin Poltoranin, the agency's chief spokesman, told the BBC: "What is now at stake is the survival of the white race. We feel this in Russia. We want to make sure the mixing of blood happens in the right way here, and not the way it has happened in Western Europe where the results have not been good."
The BBC sought comment from Poltoranin for this great report on Russia's only center for destitute asylum seekers, on the outskirts of the Urals city of Perm. They meet three men from the Ivory Coast and Rwanda who had come to Russia seeking political asylum, only to be shuttered away in the center, facing racist attacks from its administration as well as local residents.(ack: Miriam ElderApril 20, 2011 12:00-global post)
Having seen the BBC program I wonder where all the milk of human kindness has gone to? Reading Turgeniev,Tolstoy I looked up Mother Russia with certain reverence. It was tinged with pity when I read Dosteovsky and I saw the soul of Russia in the serfs and minor officials both noble and ignoble. The system was bad as with any feudal society where man's dignity is measured by what is doled by some at their whims and fancies. Russia was vast as well as strange to me. Then came Stalin and his cohorts and I could still understand the nature of Russia. Man on the street needs lot of assurance and Russians love to be bullied and roughshod by the father (Stalin is seen as such even this day!) whose brutality is only matched by his resourcefulness to create a safe oases from the surrounding hordes of devils. In Stalin was the mantle of Ivan the terrible and the Russian understood the language of jackboots more than any other. Unfortunately jackboot speaks a language that can eat into the soul of the race long lain under some tyrant.
Reading this news of poor devils from Africa being dehumanized by petty officials like Konstantin Poltoranin I can only think the Russian can only speak the language of Jackboots. It was in their genes for eons and they express what is at that atavistic past even when we say dignity of man ought not fear man made frontiers and barriers of language. Respect of man is the only currency and passport any one today needs to have.
Mother Russia ought to have guarded and taught her children with a little more solicitude for their future.
Tailpiece: Some 20,000 Tunisians are like loose cannons and they have fled to Europe. Italy have solved the problem of unwanted migrant workers by passing them on to the rest of Europe. How many of them are 'moles' carrying some hidden agenda for some only to be known in future? No one knows. But one thing is certain. The former colonial masters who had exploited the natives are faced with consequences of their 'wrongs'. Africa is still a 'white man's burden'. There they have democracy and elections are treated as 'Heads I win,Tails you lose'. Nigeria, Ivory Coast are cases in point. Is it not? History is an arena where moral questions of man's actions are unravelled in another time frame than that he is accustomed to.
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The spokesman for Russia's Federal Migration Service has been fired after issuing a racist rant to the BBC, ITAR-TASS reports.


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Villa were only trailing 1-0 to the Barclays Premier League champions at the Etihad Stadium when the hosts were awarded a controversial penalty early in the second half. The visitors were mystified when referee Jon Moss pointed to the spot, having spotted a flag from his assistant, as David Silva swung a corner into the box.
It transpired Andreas Weimann had been penalised for handball as he leapt to reach the cross but the debate over what proved the game's major turning point raged for some time. Lambert said: "That's never a handball. What the linesman saw there I do not know. You have got to be 100% sure to give that and he saw something I think 50,000 other people never saw."
Lambert added there was "no point" complaining to the referee. He said: "We, as managers, are always hauled up - but that is a woeful decision. I haven't clue what he saw. It might not have changed the game but we certainly had a foothold in it."
City took full advantage of the controversy as Sergio Aguero struck from the spot and then added another after Carlos Tevez had scored a second penalty. Tevez wrapped up the scoring with his second of the afternoon.
The first penalty was not the only decision which bothered Lambert, who also felt there had been an infringement in the build-up to David Silva's first-half opener. Lambert said: "Even with the first goal, there might have been a case of dangerous play with the overhead kick in the penalty area."
Despite the issues, City ultimately won convincingly, much to the relief of their manager Roberto Mancini.
City's form has been under scrutiny but they remain unbeaten in the competition and are well on course in their title defence.
Mancini said: "I am very satisfied with this performance. In the first half we played well created a lot of chances but we were too soft when we had chances to score. But we played well and this is the most important thing. In the last two games I think we changed something. In our mind we found a good spirit, like last year.
"For us it is very important we start to play well and in the last two games we have scored six goals with our strikers. I think we have been missing their goals."
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The town of Wiggins will be brimming with excitement as locals ready to host the third annual Pedal the Plains bicycle tour, which will hit the towns of Wiggins, Fort Morgan and Sterling Sept. 19-21.
With its open range, rolling hills and majestic bluffs, Northeastern Colorado has proved a scenic route for riders who join to celebrate cycling culture.
Day one of the 3-Day-Tour route will send riders to Opening Ceremonies in Wiggins at 10 a.m., Sept. 19 where riders will begin a 34-mile ride to Fort Morgan, passing through Orchard, Goodrich, Weldona and Log Lane Village.
Day two, Saturday, Sept. 20, will have cyclists ride Fort Morgan to Sterling through the towns of Brush, Snyder and Willard.
The final Sunday, Sept. 21, will see riders go from Sterling, back to Wiggins, through Atwood, Merino, Hillrose and Brush, before returning for a celebration in Wiggins.
A 'Century Ride' and 'Family Fun Ride' will also have routes available to locals who want to participate.
For Wiggins, this means a great deal of preparation. The town will play host to the riders, families, fans and locals, and are planning a super Sunday celebration complete with vendors, games, entertainment and a beer garden.
During Wednesday's Board of Trustees meeting, Morgan County Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Kari Linker kept citizens up-to-date on how things were going with the Pedal the Plains planning committee, noting that the ballfields may now be utilized for much of the event, including vendor set-up and the beer garden. The original site of the roped-off beer garden was to be nearer to the school. However, school policy states that no alcohol can be served within 1,000 feet of the school premises; therefore a change in site may need to be made.
"We have had very successful planning committee meetings throughout this process," said Linker who noted that representatives from the town and school had been highly involved.
"For the past four months we have managed to come up with quite the itinerary for Wiggins to host both the opening and closing ceremonies," Linker continued. "And although we've had to take a step back and revamp the vendor and beer garden portion right now, we are sure it will come together no matter what. Communities who have hosted in the past also mentioned that this was a lot of work, but that it was also the most amazing thing for the community in the end.
"It will likely be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to showcase Wiggins to nearly 2,000 people including cyclists, Denver vendors, local vendors, families, and community members from throughout the county, and that is what the cyclists really love, to talk with the people who live here, to learn about the community and to learn where their food comes from as well as they peruse the plains."
By Sept. 1, the Pedal the Plains committee plans to have a final itinerary, which will be posted on the Pedal the Plains website at pedaltheplains.com.
As of Wednesday, the town was having troubles with the sprinkler system at the ball fields, but is fixing them in order to prepare the fields and the park, making the area a viable location by September. The adult co-ed softball league has just finished its season on the fields, although many others have also requested use for the fields in the mean-time, including a Sept. 12-14 softball tournament, organized to benefit George Leon.
Also during the board meeting, Fourth of July planning was discussed for the 2015 holiday. According to Trustee Chris Sandoval, a committee for next year's event has already been gathered to address disorganization in the parade and fireworks that citizens complained about this year. The first meeting of the Wiggins Fourth committee was held in July, and the group will meet on the third Wednesday of each month until Independence Day comes closer, and plans for next year will be big as the fourth falls on a weekend.
"We have lots of ideas to make it more of a classical event, with square dancing, car shows and more," said Sandoval, "and we'd like to utilize more of the town to spread out entertainment and activities."
Anyone interested in joining is welcomed. The meetings will occur at 6:30 pm at the Wiggins Town Hall.
Contact Times Staff Writer Katie Collins at 970-867-5651 ext 227 or email@example.com


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Not many will expect Much from our core Since majority think that they are a bunch of mediocre players. But on the other hand Noah, Rose, Lopez, Harris, Beasley, Griffin Gordon all these Young piece that would attract the FA to certain teams are going to have to live up to expectation. Now Clipper, Nets and Bulls all have new Coaches so that means they have to play with in the new system and sometimes that can effect a player game and cause a set back to how they played the year before. But our young core Know what Mike D expect out of them So they don't have to worry about System changes.
I'm certain when BSPN think about the Knicks Roster they think about Marbury Duhon Al Harrington and Curry. That's why they joke about our roster when it comes to comparing them to other teams. Nets only won 12 games last year but they keep talking about their nice young pieces. We won 29 games with less Young talented pieces and with Duhon running the Point.
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Seichan wakes up to find herself in hotel room in Paris; she's been knocked out with something unknown and has no memory of how she got here. Then there's the strange electronic collar around her neck that can't been detached and seems like it may contain an explosive device. In the room is also a stranger, a Scottish boy also wearing a collar who doesn't know how he got there either. Then she gets the call from an old enemy, one who is involved with the clandestine Guild which Seichan used to work for and is now trying hard to bring down and stop. In return for her freedom and an important document, she must find this man's son, alive.
Her journey will take her deep into the catacombs of Paris, filled with history and stories of death, secrecy, and in this case an apocalyptic cult. Using her new friend's knowledge of this cult which his girlfriend is involved with, and the map tattooed on his back, she hopes to find this cult and put a stop to whatever they're doing, before someone decides to trigger the bomb attached to her throat.
Rollins delivers classic action, thrill and intrigue, along with a fascinating history lesson into the dark necropolis beneath beautiful Paris, which will keep readers hooked to the very end. Plus there's some important story hear, as Seichan is provided with an important clue, leading up to Rollins' next SIGMA book, Devil Colony, due out June 21st.
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50. Blue am I and gold in the light of my bride: but the red gleam is in my eyes; & my spangles are purple & green.
51. Purple beyond purple: it is the light higher than eyesight.
52. There is a veil: that veil is black. It is the veil of the modest woman; it is the veil of sorrow, & the pall of death: this is none of me. Tear down that lying spectre of the centuries: veil not your vices in virtuous words: these vices are my service; ye do well, & I will reward you here and hereafter.


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The shooting in Newtown, Conn., caused shock and grief across this country that lingers — as it should — into this new year. We may never know what caused Adam Lanza to take those horrific actions.
By Dan Habib
The shooting in Newtown, Conn., caused shock and grief across this country that lingers — as it should — into this new year. We may never know what caused Adam Lanza to take those horrific actions.
What is possible to determine, based on research, are the educational practices that can help identify and support youth with a variety of emotional and behavioral disabilities.
Although his diagnosis is unclear, reports from Newtown indicate that Lanza was isolated, rarely left his home and was clearly experiencing psychological distress. Many students with emotional and behavioral disabilities — which can include depression, anxiety, ADHD, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and many other diagnoses — feel disconnected from their schools and communities.
Lanza's violence is the exception, not the rule. Students with emotional and behavioral disabilities are more likely to be victims of violent crime than perpetrators. There is a far more widespread crisis for youth in the United States with emotional and behavioral disabilities: low rates of graduation and high rates of incarceration.
Less than 50 percent of students with emotional and behavioral disabilities graduate from high school, and these students are twice as likely as students with other types of disabilities to live in a halfway house, drug treatment center, or on the street after leaving school. A University of New Hampshire study found that 73 percent of the incarcerated youth at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester had a diagnosed disability.
Effective school-based interventions can ease the pain of these students, raise graduation rates, and help students connect with their community through mentors and peer groups.
Unfortunately, many schools still focus primarily on punitive discipline policies such as "zero-tolerance," which emphasizes the use of suspension and expulsion, and neglect to examine the root causes of problem behavior.
Students who are suspended or expelled often drop out of school, which frequently leads to juvenile delinquency, arrests and prison. Zero-tolerance policies do little to improve school safety and disproportionately affect students with emotional and behavioral disabilities as well as students of color.
These grim statistics for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities fueled my desire to create a film that could be a resource to help educators, families and mental health professionals better understand and serve children with behavioral and emotional challenges.
The film, "Who Cares About Kelsey?," focuses on Somersworth High School student Kelsey Carroll. When Kelsey entered high school, she was a more likely candidate for the juvenile justice system than graduation. She had a diagnosis of ADHD and carried the emotional scars of homelessness and substance abuse, along with actual scars of self-mutilation. As a freshman, she didn't earn a single academic credit and was suspended for dealing drugs. Many wrote her off as a "problem kid," destined for drug addiction and jail.
During Kelsey's freshman year in 2006, Somersworth High School had one of the lowest graduation rates in the state (nearly 1 in 10 students dropped out), and discipline issues were rampant. That year, the school implemented a proven approach called Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports to develop a concise outline of the behaviors that were expected of all students, establish clear guidelines for addressing discipline problems, and create systems for identifying students that needed more intensive supports.
For students like Kelsey, who were at the greatest risk of dropping out of school, Somersworth also implemented a youth-directed planning model called Rehabilitation for Empowerment, Natural Supports, Education & Work (RENEW).
The results were dramatic: By 2010, Somersworth High reduced its dropout rate by 75 percent, and behavior problems were down by 65 percent.
"Who Cares About Kelsey?" is the story of Kelsey's transformation from a defiant and disruptive high school student to a motivated and self-confident young woman who is now living on her own and attending college.
It's too late to reach Adam Lanza, who serves as a horrific example of a gap in our society's ability to effectively identify youth in crisis, and intervene with services and support. But it's not too late to reach and support more than 2 million other young people in the United States with emotional and behavioral disabilities.
"Who Cares About Kelsey?" will air on N.H. Public Television at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, and at 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20. For information about the film, PBIS and RENEW, go to www.whocaresaboutkelsey.com. Dan Habib is Filmmaker in Residence at the University of New Hampshire Institute on Disability and created the Emmy-nominated film "Including Samuel."


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Frequently Asked Questions
Before You Buy
Some old hard drives (often low capacity as well) may not work because they use an old IDE standard not supported by the duplicator. Use a newer drive to determine if the duplicator works or if the drive is not compatible.
No. StarTech.com drive duplicators perform a sector-by-sector copy, which means that the target drive must have the same sector size as the drive that is being copied. Source and destination drives must also have the same logical and physical sector size. This means 512n (512 native) and 512e (512 emulated) drives cannot be duplicated to 4Kn (4K native) drives, or vice versa.
Note: An exception to this guideline is that 512n (512 native) drives can be duplicated to 512e (512 emulated) drives, or vice versa, because the logical sector sizes are the same.
Yes, this device supports the TRIM command. If the OS issues a TRIM command, the command will be passed to the connected device.
StarTech.com hard drive and flash drive duplicators perform a sector by sector copy, which means that the target drive must be the exact same size (down to the sector) or larger than the hard drive or flash drive that is being copied. During a sector by sector copy, each individual sector is copied over to the target drive, regardless of whether or not any data is present. A 500 GB hard drive with 50 GB of data on it will take the same amount of time to copy as a 500 GB hard drive with 450 GB of data on it.
If you have two hard drives or flash drives that are listed as the same size but are different makes or models, you need to check how large both drives are down to the sector to ensure that the target drive is the exact same size or larger.
Solid-state drives (SSDs) use SATA connectors to access power and transfer data. Any duplicator that can copy to or from SATA hard drives will work with a StarTech.com duplicator.
Note: If you use a dock to duplicate SSDs, keep in mind that the StarTech.com disk duplicators execute a sector by sector read and write. SSDs are rated by a number of reads and writes. Repeated duplication and sector by sector reads and writes of SSDs can reduce the life cycle of the drive.
Software-level encryption on the drive poses no issue to StarTech.com duplicators, as the duplicators copy encrypted data sector by sector over to the new drive.
Hardware-level encryption or BIOS level hard drive locks cause the duplication to halt and fail, as the drive is unable to read or write the sectors that are encrypted.
Duplication of Hidden Protected Area (HPA) Partitions or Extended Industry Standard Architecture (EISA) cause the duplicator to halt and fail, as the drive cannot read and write the protected partitions on the drive.
Note: Our UNIDUPDOCK, SATDOCK22RE and SATDOCK4U3RE do include the ability to copy HPA partitions, but the duplication is still dependent on how the HPA partition is written to the hard drive, whether or not it is encrypted and how it is encrypted.
StarTech.com duplicators were not designed to recover failing or damaged drives. If the duplicator encounters a corrupt or unreadable sector, the duplication halts and fails. If the source drive has bad sectors, use the Read Error Skip feature if your model of duplicator has it; however, if there are too many errors, it may still halt and fail even with this feature. If this happens, you will need third-party recovery software or custom-built recovery hardware to copy from a failing or damaged drive.
To determine if your hard drive will work in this device, on the product page, click the Technical Specifications tab, and do the following:
- Make sure that the device supports the storage size of your hard drive. If the storage size of your hard drive is larger than what the device was tested with, the hard drive will likely still work with the enclosure.
- Confirm that your hard drive uses the same interface type as the device. For example, IDE, SATA, or M.2.
- Make sure that the device supports the physical size of your hard drive, such as 2.5 inches or 3.5 inches.
- Verify that the power consumption of your hard drive doesn't exceed the power output of the device. If you're using multiple hard drives, make sure that the combined power consumption of all of the hard drives doesn't exceed the power output of the docking station.
USB 3.1 is the most recent version of the USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard for connecting computers and electronic devices. It is capable of data transfer speeds up to 10Gbps, and while it can use the USB-C connector type, it can also use a variety of other connector types. To achieve USB 3.1 transfer speeds, your USB host connection, cables, and device must all support USB 3.1. USB 3.1 is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps).
USB 3.0 is capable of data transfer speeds up to 5Gbps. USB 3.0 is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5Gbps).
USB 3.1 is backwards compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0, except in the following scenarios:
- USB-B 3.1 cables are not compatible with USB-B 2.0 ports.
- Unless you use an adapter, USB-C ports or cables will not work with USB-A or USB-B ports or cables.
- Devices that require USB 3.1 transfer speeds of 10Gbps might not work with USB 3.0 or USB 2.0, or you might experience lower transfer speeds and impacted performance.
- Bus-powered USB devices that requires more power than what USB 2.0 can provide are not compatible with USB 2.0.
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To transfer data at speeds of 10Gbps, you need to confirm that the following components in your setup support USB 3.1:
- The USB host connection
- The USB cable
- The USB device and any subcomponents (for example, a hard drive docking station and the hard drives in the docking station)
Note: USB 3.1 is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps). Devices that support USB 3.1 should have the USB 3.1 symbol on them. If the USB 3.1 symbol does not appear on your USB source or device, refer to the information provided by the manufacturer to confirm whether the USB source or device support USB 3.1.
The included USB cable for this USB 3.1 Gen 2 device has been tested and verified to perform at USB 3.1 Gen 2 speeds of 10Gbps.
How to
It is not possible to duplicate from a larger drive to a smaller one. The capacity of the target drive must be equal to or greater than that of the source drive.
To confirm that Windows detects your USB device, complete the following:
- Press the Windows key+R, type devmgmt.msc, and press Enter.
- In Device Manager, under the appropriate heading, confirm that your expansion card is listed and that there isn't an exclamation mark next to it. For example, a USB controller card would be under Universal Serial Bus controllers.
Your USB device is listed according to the name of the chipset. To determine the name of the chipset of your USB device, navigate to www.StarTech.com and look on the Technical Specifications tab for your product.
To confirm that the Mac OS detects your USB device, complete the following:
- Click the Apple icon.
- Click About This Mac.
- Click More Info or System Report.
- Under the appropriate heading, confirm that your USB device is listed and that there isn't an error. For example, a network card would be under Ethernet Cards.
You may need to refresh the System Information page after you plug in your device. To do so, press Command + R with the System Information page open.
Your USB device is listed according to the name of the chipset. To determine the name of the chipset of your USB device, navigate to www.StarTech.com and look on the Technical Specifications tab for your product.
Ensure there is no USB cable connecting the duplicator to a computer.
- The drive may be damaged. Test with a known-working drive, or test the drive directly to a PC.
- The operating system on the computer may not support reading and writing to the file system on the docked hard drive or SSD. Remember, Windows cannot read Mac or Linux file systems. Also, macOS can read but not write to NTFS drives.
- If the drives came from a RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks), they would not be accessible in our docking stations.
- If the drive uses 4Kn sectors, check the technical specifications of the docking station, and ensure it can read 4Kn drives.
When you troubleshoot issues with a hard drive dock or duplicator, there are some quick tests that you can complete to rule out potential problems. You can test to make sure that the following components are working correctly and are not the source of the issue:
- IDE, SATA, and eSATA cables
- Hard drives
- Hard drive dock or duplicator
To test your setup components, try the following:
- Use the cables, hard drives, and hard drive dock or duplicator in another setup to see if the problem is with the components or the setup.
- Use a different cable, hard drive, and hard drive dock or duplicator in your setup to see if the problem persists. Ideally, you should test a component that you know works in another setup.
When you test the hard drive and hard drive dock or duplicator, it is recommended that you do the following:
Note: For a hard drive duplicator you may need to switch the device to PC mode (if available).
- To check Disk Management, press the Windows key + R, type diskmgmt.msc, and press Enter. Check to see if your hard drive is listed.
- Do one of the following:
- If the hard drive is listed with unallocated space, the hard drive needs to be reformatted. Right-click unallocated and click New Simple Volume. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the reformatting.
Note: Formatting a hard drive erases all of the data on it. Make sure that you back up all of your data before you reformat the hard drive.
- If the hard drive is listed as healthy but does not have a drive letter, for example, C:, right-click healthy and click Change Drive Letter and Paths. Click Add, assign a drive letter, and click OK.
Note: A formatted hard drive will not show up in Computer or My Computer until it has a drive letter assigned to it.
This docking station allows the hard drive to enforce its own power state, as opposed to enforcing a power state that keeps the hard drive active at all times. Since most newer hard drives have low-power energy conservation modes, this will cause the hard drive to enter an idle state if it is not used for a certain amount of time.
You do not need to format your target hard drive before you begin to duplicate it, because the target hard drive is automatically overwritten during the duplication process.
The hard drive duplicator copies the exact partition from the source drive to the target drive. Since it is required that you use a target drive that is equal or larger in size than the source drive a portion of the target drive appears as free space. You can append free space to the live partition on the target drive so that the full size of the drive can be utilized.
Note: A partition cannot be extended on an operating system drive that is in use. You must extend the partition when it not being used by the operating system, and ideally when it is still connected to the duplicator.
Extend a partition on a computer running Windows
Note: Do not extend a System Reserved partition. Only extend the primary partition, which is typically the largest in size and formatted with NTFS or FAT32.
After you have successfully duplicated a drive and the target drive is still connected to your computer system (for example, through the duplicator), complete the following:
- Press the Windows key + R.
- Type compmgmt.msc and click Ok.
- In Computer Management, on the left side of the screen, click Disk Management.
- Find the target drive. It will most likely be at the bottom of the list, have a partition that is the same size as the source drive, and have an unallocated area on the drive.
- On the target drive, right-click the last partition on the right side of the screen and click Extend Volume.
- In the Extend Volume wizard, click Next. By default, the remaining drive area is the amount of space used.
- Click Next > Finish.
The primary partition on the drive now uses the entire drive area.
StarTech.com hard drive duplicators only read from the source drive and only write to the target drives while in standalone duplication mode . A duplication that fails or halts will not cause a problem with the source drive.
You can use this device to duplicate an internal hard drive with the stand alone duplicator function if you remove the hard drive from the computer and connect it directly to this device.
If your setup components support USB 3.1 but you are experiencing slower transfer speeds than you expected, consider the following:
- A USB host connection with multiple USB 3.1 ports might not be able to support 10Gbps on each port simultaneously.
- The type of port on a device does not determine whether the device is capable of USB 3.1 speeds. A USB-C port might not support USB 3.1 speeds, while USB-A and USB-B ports might support USB 3.1 speeds.
- Any other devices that you include in your setup, such as an older hard drive in a USB 3.1 enclosure, might create a point of congestion and slow down transfer speeds.
To confirm the functionality of your USB host connection, its ports, and any other devices in your setup, refer to the information provided by the manufacturer.
Note: USB 3.1 is also known as USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps). Devices that support USB 3.1 should have the USB 3.1 symbol on them. If the USB 3.1 symbol does not appear on your USB source or device, refer to the information provided by the manufacturer to confirm whether the USB source or device support USB 3.1.
You should not upgrade your device's firmware if you do not have any issues with the functionality of your device. The only time you should consider an upgrade is if you are experiencing a problem with the device, and you have confirmed that the firmware addresses this problem. You can confirm this is the case by reviewing the documentation included with the firmware or by consulting with our Technical Support team. Incorrectly upgrading firmware can result in diminished performance so it is best to contact StarTech.com if you would like to perform this operation.
Hard Drives
Windows 10
Before you can access a new or formatted drive in your operating system, you need to initialize it first and then create a partition on the drive. A partition defines an area of the drive to use for storing data. The partition uses a file system (for example, ex-FAT, NTFS, and so on).
Initialize a drive
Note: You typically only need to initialize a drive if the drive is new. If you cannot find an uninitialized drive in Disk Management, skip the following steps and try to partition your device.
Press the Windows key + R, type compmgmt.msc, and click Run to open Computer Management.
Navigate to Disk Management.
When prompted to, initialize your disk(s). If you are running Windows® 7 or later and are using a drive larger than 2TB, initialize the disk(s) with GPT. If you are running an earlier version of Windows, initialize the disk(s) with MBR. For more information, visit the following FAQ: https://www.startech.com/support/faqs/technical-support?topic=hard-drives#mbr-vs-gpt.
Click OK.
Create a partition in a drive
Note: The following steps create an NTFS partition that uses the entire drive space. To use a different file system, select a different option in step 6.
Right-click Unallocated or RAW volume, and select New Simple Volume.
In the New Partition Wizard, click Next.
Select Primary partition.
Leave the partition size set to default, and click Next.
Assign a drive letter or leave it set to the default, and click Next.
Enter the following settings to format the partition:
- In the File System field, enter NTFS.
- Set the Allocation unit size to Default.
- In the Volume label field, enter <your name/reference>.
- Select the Perform a quick format check box.
- Clear the Enable file and folder compression check box.
- Click Next > Finish.
The new drive should appear in Windows Explorer.
Mac OS
Before you can access a new or formatted drive in your operating system, you need to initialize it first and then create a partition on the drive. A partition defines an area of the drive to use for storing data. The partition uses a file system (for example, HFS+, ex-FAT, NTFS, and so on).
Initialize a drive
Mac OSX detects a drive that needs to be initialized and automatically prompts you to initialize the drive. If you are prompted to initialize the drive, click Initialize. If you are not prompted to initialize the drive and you cannot find the drive in Finder, you will need to create a partition on the drive.
Create a partition on a drive
Note: The following steps create an HFS+ (Mac OS Extended (Journaled)) partition that uses the entire drive space.
To create a partition on a new drive, complete the following:
Open Finder.
Navigate to Applications and click Utilities.
Open Disk Utility.
Select the new drive and click the Partition tab.
Click Options and verify that it is set to GUID Partition Table.
Enter a name for the partition.
Click Partition.
The drive should now be accessible in Finder.
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- Product installation and/or mounting should be completed by a certified professional as per the local safety and building code guidelines.
- Cables (including power and charging cables) should be placed and routed to avoid creating electric, tripping or safety hazards.
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Erythropoietin Spinal Cord Compression Randomized Trial
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00220675
Recruitment Status : Terminated (Insufficient accrual)
First Posted : September 22, 2005
Last Update Posted : May 22, 2008
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|Condition or disease
|Nerve Compression Syndromes
|Drug: Erythropoietin infusion
|Phase 2 Phase 3
For patients with malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC) who are paraparetic or paraplegic before initiating treatment, the current treatment options provide a meager to poor chance of neurologic recovery and the prognosis is guarded. Improving the chance of ambulation after treatment for MSCC may dramatically improve patients' quality of life, decrease days spent in hospital and improve survival. Steroids appear to prevent neurologic damage from MSCC and increasing doses appear to have an increasingly protective effect, however, higher doses are limited by an increasing incidence of serious toxicity.
Recombinant human erythropoetin has been shown to improve quality of life in patients with anemia of chronic disease and animal models suggest that r-HuEPO may have a neuroprotective effect. Human studies have demonstrated increased CSF concentrations of r-HuEPO after intravenous administration, including patients with MESCC. Furthermore, there is a suggestion that patients treated with intravenous r-HuEPO, steroids and RT may recover ambulatory function to a greater degree and faster than patients not treated with r-HuEPO.
Ultimately the effect of r-HuEPO in improving neurologic, functional and quality of life outcomes will need to be tested in a properly designed, large, randomized control trial. However, in order to successfully complete this study in a timely manner, a multicenter study will need to be performed. There are logistical issues that need to be addressed when setting up a r-HuEPO infusion program.
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|Actual Enrollment :
|7 participants
|Intervention Model:
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|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Recombinant Human Erythropoietin (r-HuEPO) in the Prevention of Neurologic Sequelae From Malignant Spinal Cord Compression: a Multi-Center, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Randomized Study
|Study Start Date :
|August 2005
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|July 2007
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|July 2007
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Adults (> 18 years old) with histopathologically confirmed cancer
- Patients unable to ambulate independently due to paraparesis or paraplegia from malignant epidural spinal cord compression (categories 2, 3, 4 in Appendix B)
- Radiotherapy offered for treatment of cord compression using 2000cGy in 5 fractions
- Informed consent signed
- Females subjects must be post-menopausal or surgically incapable of childbearing potential, must be practicing an acceptable method of birth control (i.e., hormonal contraceptives, intrauterine device or barrier and spermicide)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Uncontrolled hypertension (systolic pressure > 160 mmHg, diastolic > 100 mmHg) or unstable cardiovascular disease
- Previous DVT/PE or arterial embolic event
- Patients with a Hb > 120 g/L or Hct > 40% (for both males & females)
- Patients with potentially curable disease
- Patients with life expectancy < 3 months
- Patients who have received RT that would overlap with the planned treatment field
- Contraindications for MRI scan
- Women who are pregnant, or who intend to become pregnant, or who are nursing
- Patients with known brain metastases; those with a primary diagnosis of melanoma will require confirmation by CT or MRI
- Patients with a history of poorly controlled seizure disorder
- Patients with a known hypersensitivity to mammalian cell-derived products or albumin
- Patients who cannot receive adequate antithrombotic treatment, who have a hypersensitivity to the active antithrombotic substance or any of the product's excipients
- Patients who have participated in another investigational device or drug trial(s), or is receiving other investigational agent(s) within the previous 30 days
- Patients requiring neurosurgical decompression for the malignant spinal cord compression
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00220675
|Canada, Ontario
|London Regional Health Science Center
|London, Ontario, Canada
|Ottawa Regional Cancer Center
|Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
|Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Science Centre
|Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4N 3M5
|Principal Investigator:
|Andrew Loblaw, MD MSc
|Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Science Centre
|Responsible Party:
|Dr. Andrew Loblaw, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|September 22, 2005 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 22, 2008
|Last Verified:
|May 2008
Malignant extradural spinal cord compression
Spinal Cord Compression
Nerve Compression Syndromes
Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease
Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy
Spinal Cord Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Spinal Cord Injuries
Wounds and Injuries
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases
Nervous System Malformations
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Congenital Abnormalities
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
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This is worth writing about, even though in Jamie Moyer's last game as an Oriole I was still single. I got married a week after Moyer last pitched for Baltimore, back in 1995, his third and final season here. That was before three kids and 16 years of wedded bliss for me.
That's how we mark Moyer's career these days, in our own timeline: where we were when he did what.
His first win, June 16, 1986 with the Chicago Cubs, came as I had just finished my junior year in high school. Orioles' starter Jake Arrieta was three months old; Tommy Hunter was born two weeks after Moyer's debut.
Last night, the soft-tossing lefty threw seven innings against the San Diego Padres, giving up six hits, two walks and two runs (none earned) for the win. He became the oldest pitcher in major league history, at 49 years, 150 days, to get a victory -- passing 49-year-old Jack Quinn, whose final win came in 1932. (Satchel Paige did not win in his lone start when he was 59. His final victory came at age 47, if baseball's records are correct).
You know all about Moyer – who throws his fastball at 78 mph and has defied age and logic in a 25-year career with eight teams.
But did you know this, Orioles' fans?
With his win last night, Moyer has tied Jim Palmer on the all-time wins list at 268 – 34th overall.
With three more wins he will surpass his old Orioles' teammate, Mike Mussina, on the list. If he can somehow win 17 more before he officially retires, he will pass Robin Roberts and have more career victories than any pitcher who ever wore the modern-day Orioles uniform.
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Seems like a long shot, but who thought Moyer would still be pitching in 2012?


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It looks like Ultimate Fighting Championship and the New Jersey Athletic Control Board have not caught on to the changes in marijuana testing thresholds proposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Fighter Pat Healy has been fined, suspended, and his win changed to a "no contest" after testing positive for marijuana after his victory over Jim Miller two weeks ago.
According to UFC president Dana White, his organization will continue to abide by the standards set by various state athletic commissions when it comes to drugs. He does not, however, seem overly concerned with testosterone replacement therapy, which, while legal, can significantly increase the performance of athletes. This means that it is up to state athletic commissions to heed the advice of WADA.
Healy apologized for the incident, saying he made a "very poor choice" and promised to "make a conscious effort to be a better role model within the [mixed martial arts] community."
He shouldn't have to apologize. Not for using a substance that is safer than alcohol and does not overtly enhance performance.
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RIAA's Backdoor Plan For Using 'Six Strikes' Plan To Cut Off Internet Access For People
from the sneaky-sneaky deptFollowing Torrentfreak's publication of a slide from a confidential RIAA presentation, they've now released another damning slide, showing (among other things) that the RIAA did not think that SOPA/PIPA would be effective in stopping music infringement:
To be honest, this "confession" is not a huge surprise. While many people often lump the MPAA and RIAA together, SOPA/PIPA was almost entirely driven by the MPAA. The RIAA basically did the least amount required to officially show its support for the bill -- but all of the pushing for the bill was done by the MPAA. I had wondered if it was just a sign that the RIAA is simply running out of steam as its main members are dwindling, but now it seems clear that even they realized SOPA/PIPA was not an effective plan. Of course, when we explained why SOPA/PIPA wouldn't have been effective, supporters claimed we were behind a misinformation campaign. I guess the RIAA was a part of that campaign as well, huh?
But, perhaps even more interesting was another tidbit later in the TorrentFreak post, concerning how the RIAA views the six strikes plan. For some background, while various "three strikes" plans around the globe are focused on taking away internet connections after accumulating three "strikes" (based on accusations, not convictions), when the "voluntary" (with a big shove from the government) plan was put in place, part of the messaging was that disconnection was not an option.
However, according to the presentation, it appears that the RIAA has a backdoor plan to put in place a disconnection regime. Basically, they're noting (accurately) that the DMCA already requires that service providers who wish to retain safe harbors have a "termination policy" in place. That's true. But here's the sneaky part: the RIAA is ready to insist that a reasonable termination plan under the DMCA would require an ISP to terminate a user once they get to those six strikes. In other words, the plan doesn't require termination -- which was necessary from a PR standpoint -- but the RIAA is going to claim that the law already requires it. Sneaky, sneaky:
Some ISPs do indeed threaten to disconnect users for infringement based on a TOS violation. However, Sheckler says that the responsibilities of Internet companies go further and as carriers they are governed by legislation.This is the RIAA I'm used to. Using misdirection and sneaky language to get what it wants while claiming otherwise publicly.
In order for ISPs to be eligible for safe harbor provision under the DMCA, she writes, they are required to have a "termination policy for repeat infringers" under "appropriate circumstances."
So, although account disconnections aren't specifically included in the list of "six strikes" mitigation measures agreed in the Memorandum of Understanding, the RIAA is clearly aware that if they've issued infringement notices against an account holder six times, then that user has a good chance of being viewed as a "repeat infringer" by their ISP – at least if prompted to do so by the RIAA.
For what it's worth, we've heard that some of the reasons for the delays in launching the six strikes plan has to do with the ISPs pushing back on RIAA/MPAA desire for disconnections to occur. I don't know how accurate that is, but it would fit with what's stated above -- and certainly suggests we haven't seen the last of this. If anything, it sounds like a lawsuit may eventually have to be filed to see if the RIAA can effectively force an ISP to terminate accounts over the six strikes plan...
Filed Under: disconnection, dmca, pipa, six strikes, sopa
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First Volunteer Arrives in Ecuador!
The Projects Abroad Ecuador team are delighted to welcome their first ever volunteer! Sophie Kaiko, from Australia, has arrived in the Galapagos to take part in a Teaching project for two months. She will be joined in the coming days and weeks by fellow new recruits.
Ecuador is a new destination for Projects Abroad and offers volunteers the chance to take part in Care, Teaching or Conservation & Environment projects. Our base is in the world famous Galapagos Islands, known as nature's wonderland. Read more about the exciting opportunities available for volunteers in Ecuador.


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Make Better Use Of Our Legends
This past Sunday at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Parnelli Jones completely salvaged the rather lackluster pre-race festivities in a matter of a few seconds. All he did was shout; "Drivers, Start Your Engines" into a microphone and it immediately sent chills up and down my spine. At seventy-eight, Parnelli is the oldest living Indianapolis 500 winner. He has more than a year and a half over AJ Foyt, although Foyt's first win was two years before Parnelli's lone win in 1963.
Although the passage of time has recently taken many of the legends that I grew up with – Rodger Ward, Lloyd Ruby and Jim Rathmann, to name a few – there are many, many more that I would like to see the IZOD IndyCar Series utilize much more than they do.
Of course, some of the drivers of yesteryear would prefer to be left alone. Based on the last interview I heard with Gordon Johncock, I think he is best left on his farm. Although he carries a legendary name, I get the impression that Gary Bettenhausen would be just as happy if he never visited another racetrack again. He lives very close to Indianapolis, but reportedly doesn't come around much.
AJ Foyt is a fixture. When healthy, he attends every race that he can. His role as a car owner keeps him occupied, although his son Larry makes most of the day-to-day decisions these days. He drove the pace car last year at Indianapolis (as a second choice), but I think he could serve in some capacity to attract fans at various races throughout the year. He's as cantankerous as ever, but most fans still love him.
With Al Unser, Jr.'s demons resurfacing and Big Al's worrisome health issues, it's now a rarity to see an Unser at the track. Uncle Bobby is still going strong, but we hardly see him anymore. Jerry's son, Johnny, now serves in Race Control. Bobby's son, Robby, has all but disappeared. Other than Johnny, the Unser's have little role in the IZOD IndyCar Series these days.
Of course, Mario Andretti, Arie Luyendyk and Johnny Rutherford are still heavily involved. Mario and Luyendyk both drive the Honda two-seater at races, while Johnny Rutherford still drives the pace car at all events. Four-time winner Rick Mears still works for Roger Penske. I saw him a couple of times at Barber zipping by on a scooter. He nods and waves and is very accommodating to fans, but his duties with Team Penske prevent him from any official capacity with the series. I always considered Scott Goodyear to be very underrated as a driver. I'm glad he's still involved even though his talents as a broadcaster don't match up to his skills as a driver.
Other former drivers besides Foyt have stayed close to the sport through team ownership. Michael Andretti, Jimmy Vasser, Robbie Buhl, Sarah Fisher, Bobby Rahal, Bryan Herta, Chip Ganassi and even Dale Coyne were former IndyCar drivers that have found varying degrees of success on the other side of the pit wall.
I saw Tom Sneva at Indianapolis a few times last year, but always in the Media Center huddled up with Robin Miller. Someone with his resume could be used in a lot of ways, but nowadays – his name has become insignificant, except to hardcore fans. One of my all-time favorite drivers to have never won at Indianapolis is Dan Gurney. He is eighty-one now and has a bum knee, but he's still active. Although, his role in writing the White Paper may still irritate a few people at 16th & Georgetown. At eighty-nine, Andy Granatelli may be a little old to still be hanging around the track, but the last I heard, he was still going strong.
Even some of those who were never considered open-wheel royalty could be doing more. What is Roberto Guerrero doing these days? He almost won at Indianapolis in 1987 and was the 1992 pole winner. Kevin Cogan flirted with greatness and disaster more than once at the Speedway. Where is he now? Does he ever come around?
I don't have any suggestions on how to better use former drivers or what they might even do, but I know the small amount that we saw Parnelli Jones on television had Twitter all abuzz before and after the race. Just hearing his name got my attention. Seeing him belt out the command to start engines suddenly took me back to my childhood when he was one of my heroes. The Speedway did a great job in reaching out to as many former drivers as they could find last year during the Centennial Celebration. So what do they plan to do with all the connections they made last year? Just sit on them and wait to bring then around in another hundred years?
Donald Davidson often talks of conversations he's had with former drivers from other eras. He cites Rodger Ward as a wealth of information, who would sit and talk for hours. Ward passed away in 2004, Ruby in 2009 and Rathmann in 2011. All of the icons that are still with us possess fascinating stories of years past. Donald Davidson has done a good job digging those stories out of them, but if they were willing to be more involved – the series should capitalize on their legendary status.
There have been some legendary names that won a lot of races at the Milwaukee Mile. Michael Andretti won there five times, and he's promoting the race. But do you think some fans that are a little long in the tooth might be a little more willing to go this year if they heard that names like Sneva, Johncock, Tracy, Bobby Unser and Joe Leonard might be milling about the place? It would certainly make me sit up and take notice.
The point is, for one reason or another – there are a lot of former stars that are not being used by the series. There is a lot of momentum going on with the IZOD IndyCar Series. Randy Bernard did a great thing when he saw to it that the record books of IRL, Champ Car, CART, USAC and AAA were finally combined. The splits of 1979 and 1996 are finally over. There is a glorious history associated with this series. It would be foolish not to capitalize on it as much as possible. Let's take advantage of these great names from yesteryear and continue to use them while we still can. That is – if they are willing.
George Phillips
Please Note: With no race this weekend and the approaching Month of May, I will take this opportunity to take a short break. There will be no post this Friday April 20. I will return here on Monday April 23. – GP
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I love the documentery idea. May need NASCAR to start their own network and have SPEED get more involved with IndyCar for that to happen. I would also ask they not be so Indy heavy. There were always other races.
Opening Day at "THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY" should have all the legends there for autograph sessions along with the auto show. The opening day ceremonies should have free tickets to the first 500 at the gate. Children 18 and younger free general admission the whole month, with race day the exception based on tickets for reserved seating. The events should be covered by Bob and Tom live on Q95 for listeners nationwide. These ideas are old methods that need to be used if you want an audience. Just my opinion.
Please, please, please keep the new WordPress theme or one like it so that we can read black on white!
I would like to see drivers like Danny Sullivan come back. He was a damn good announcer, in my opinion, and many of us would just plain like to see him around just to say hi.
As for Roberto Guerrero…
Execelent interview by Todd of formula1blog.com
He also does ALMS and Grand Am race broadcasts for SPEED in Latin America
When I starting reading this post, the first two people I thought of were The Gasman and "that damned Coogan". Cogan obviously is known for that wreck at the start in 1982, but also almost won in 1986 (it would have been a great redemption) and had an awful crash against the pit wall in 1989. He had a very full decade. Well, I guess I just explained (to myself) why he doesn't come around anymore. I wouldn't either.
It's sad to think that in 25 years, a lot of the stars today that have rubbed people wrong might not be thought of so highly. We have no Unser or Mears right now. We have Rahal and Andretti, 2 of the cocky stuck up kids out there more worried about their lambos than the fans. Dario and Dixon are very dry, Wheldon was dry (everyone acts like he was the greatest driver but he honestly was just dry and reserved at the track), Power is shy, Briscoe is also, Helio is a crybaby…. shall I go on? I think Hornish was the best chance we had at a legend in our time……
Who is this Hornish?
Talk about dry!
Guess you never met Dan.
Wheldon was dry and reserved? Power did not seem to shy at NH last year. Have you ever been to a track? And no, you shall not go on..
It was the split made in 1970 that most impacted the Indy car series.The removing of the dirt tracks from the national championship the following year was the worst decision ever made in the history of racing.Look what we have today.Drivers we never heard of and up coming drivers from USAC in NASCAR instead of Indy.A complete disconect from most all the tracks in our country that drivers run on weekly making a name for themselfs to go on to bigger things,but no longer Indy Cars. The drivers from the 60s are more rembered than the drivers from ten years ago.
How far back do you go? You may as well go back to the rear engine car. That's what made Sprints and Midgets an obsolete training ground. There is almost nothing that translate from a front engine Sprint car to a rear engine Indy car. Those cars are much more suitable for preparing a driver for a front engine stock car.


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In September the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis organized and hosted, in conjunction with the University of Minnesota's School of Journalism, a program titled "Supply, Demand and Deadlines: A Workshop on Economics for Journalists." At the symposium I described how I prepare for meetings of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the group in the Federal Reserve responsible for monetary policy. What follows is based on those remarks.
Preparing for an FOMC meeting is a mental exercise; it is an attempt to arrive at a comprehensive, coherent view of the U.S. economy, its prospects and the policy stance appropriate under the circumstances. With some obvious caveats, one can think of the exercise as one thinks of cooking. That is, there is an objective, similar to serving "dinner for eight": The ultimate objective of monetary policy is to help the economy achieve maximum sustainable economic growth and rising living standards. To achieve this objective, one needs a plan, a way of organizing activity, similar to the recipe in cooking.
In the long run, real growth of the U.S. economy depends on growth of the labor force and growth of labor productivity. Monetary policy has little direct influence on either of these variables, but evidence and experience suggest that our economy performs best over time in a stable, low-inflation environment. Moreover, there is a considerable body of empirical research which indicates that inflation is a monetary phenomenonthat is, monetary policy determines the economy's long-run rate of inflation. Putting these observations together, the FOMC's proximate objective is to establish and maintain a stable, low-inflation environment, one in which the private sector can thrive. Or, to extend our cooking metaphor, this is the Fed's primary contribution in the recipe for economic growth; what then, are the ingredients that determine monetary policy?
In the short-run time frame of FOMC meetings, and given the volume of uncertainties the committee normally confronts, policymaking frequently is challenging, to perhaps understate things. A series of relevant issues and questions quickly come to mind, for example:
Is the economy currently on the path of maximum sustainable growth?
If it is, is it likely to stay on the path?
Are policy adjustments necessary to keep to or to attain the path?
These questions only scratch the surface, so there is no shortage of things to consider in preparing for an FOMC meeting. Consider the kinds of information and analyses that are required just to address these three questions. Data on the state of the economy are essential to assessing its current path, but some uncertainty will necessarily persist. Moreover, experience in analyzing the data and organizing principles about how the economy functions are required in order to make sense of the statistics.
A forecast of future economic performance is necessary to address the issue of the prospective path of the economy, and this forecast will lead naturally to consideration of appropriate policy adjustments. To develop the forecast and consider alternative policy adjustments, one has to draw on economic theory, empirical estimates of how the economy works and models of the effects of monetary policy on the economy.
At this point, and this is premised on only a subset of issues that might arise, we have a policy objective, a set of organizing principles based on theory and/or evidence and the evidence itselfdata, anecdotes, experience and models of relations between significant measures of economic activity. The task is to turn all of this into a policy position which, over time, will contribute to stability and growth.
Going back to the three questions posed above, a place to start to develop a policy position is with the current performance of the economy. It is difficult to make good policy without a reasonable understanding of the state of the economy. Fortunately, there are lots of ingredients available for this task, including data measuring various business sectors and markets, inflation, financial variables and so forth. These data are not entirely reliable and frequently do not present a fully consistent picture, so it is advisable to try to identify trends persisting over several calendar quarters or more and to avoid the temptation to react (or overreact) to short-term fluctuations in various series.
In addition to published statistics on the economy, we have anecdotes about activity from a wide range of business and community leaders and, from questions asked and issues raised at various public events, we get a sense of what is of relatively broad interest and concern. Commentary in the financial press contributes in this way as well. Anecdotes can be particularly helpful with variables that are notoriously hard to measure accurately, like productivity. We were hearing about large productivity gains from business contacts long before such improvement appeared in the data.
With all this information, it is usually not too difficult to form a comprehensive picture of the current performance of the economy, but the outlook presents a formidable challenge: How would we expect the economy to perform in the future, say over the next one to three years, given its current state, current and anticipated economic performance abroad and given current policies? Several tools are available to assist with this effort, including formal empirical models of the economy and hands-on experience in studying business cycles and in understanding the necessary relations between, say, productivity, wages, nonlabor costs and profits. At this stage, one may want to incorporate previously unexpected developmentschanges in energy prices or equity values, for exampleto understand what they may imply for the economic future. Anecdotal reports can be valuable here as well, in part because models rarely reveal a significant impact from such events.
Let's suppose we have arrived at a reasonable assessment of the state of the economy and at an economic forecast with which we are not uncomfortable. We now come to our third question, and the consideration of monetary policy options, including, of course, the option of leaving policy unchanged. To do this rigorously and systematically, we need to call on many of the same tools upon which we have already relied: economic theory and empirical regularities that characterize the economy. Examples are the central role of productivity in the long-run performance of the economy, the amazing resilience of the economy and the money-inflation relation. Basic economic research also contributes importantly to the framework that guides consideration of policy options. The theory of rational expectations clearly puts boundaries on what monetary policy can be expected to accomplish, and research has also shown, for example, that to the extent policymakers are uncertain about the source of shocks buffeting the economy, they should proceed with caution in making policy adjustments.
The preparation process, then, draws from a mass of data and information about the economy, from organizing principles about how the economy works, from personal experience and from a body of economic theory and empirical models to try to form a thorough understanding of the complex real world. We want a comprehensive picture of the current state of the economy and knowledge of the most likely outlook for the economy, given current policies. Then we can consider if policy changes are necessary to achieve our objective and, if so, of what magnitude and when. And as additional information becomes available and more research is done, we can incorporate these developments systematically and ask if the economy remains on course or if policy changes are required and appropriate.
This last point can be restated by revisiting our cooking metaphor; namely, if what we end up taking out of the oven doesn't quite suit our tastes, we can always tweak the recipe. Monetary policy canand doeschange upon careful consideration of the factors described above.


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Standing an enormous 18 inches tall, the Hot Toys figure will be out in 2013, so you've got time to save up for it.
The figure includes everything except a highly-detailed, miniature kitchen sink. There are three heads, one of which has moving eyeballs and another which has light-up eyes. There are also three faces, each with a different expression.
There's three sets of interchangeable hands, a flight pack, a cape, grapnel gun, sticky bomb gun, EMP gun, three batarangs....yeah, you get the idea.
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Some argue that there's a degree of fandom. Others argue that there are changes in the midst, that Boba Fett is losing his cool. Both are welcome here at the Fan Club.
A recent post on the Sarlacc Bar Message Boards incited some surprise amongst some of the volunteers who running the site.
The response, and the policy here at BobaFett.com, is that "The Boba Fett Fan Club message boards are indeed meant for intellectual discussions," as is the entire web site. It is this opinion that the Fan Club separates itself from other Boba Fett web sites, in order to encourage all degrees of fandom as it twists and turns over the years. The intent is to identify these facets of Boba Fett followers and attempt to understand them.
From this discussion came Eric Cromwell's new editorial: The Anti-Hero With a Thousand Pasts.
There is a full catalog of other editorials and also the Sarlacc Bar message boards.