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The Tennessee State Library and Archives (TSLA) houses a rich and varied collection of original, commercially published, and microfilmed legal and legislative documents. This material can be of use to legal historians and scholars, as well as to those individuals seeking information about current Tennessee legislation and laws. Listed in this brochure are some of the most frequently requested items. The library owns much more than the few titles listed here, and anyone looking for such material should always consult our website for additional information: www.tennessee.gov/tsla/ .
The listings of material in this pamphlet are arranged by the area of the library where you can request them. If you are a first time visitor, maps are available for each public area in the library.
The Tennessee State Library and Archives is not a law library in the conventional use of the term. It is more than that—it is a repository of unique materials that includes such varied items as the original bills of the Tennessee General Assembly, rare copies of the earliest compilations of Tennessee state laws, the original Acts of Tennessee, and other such resources. A fundamental part of any state's history is the development of its laws, and the Tennessee State Library and Archives holds the history of Tennessee law.
A Sampling of Materials Available in the Tennessee Room
A Sampling of Materials in the Legislative History Area
A Sampling of Materials Available in the Microfilm Area
A Sampling of Materials Available through the Manuscripts Area
The Legislative History Office of the Tennessee State Library & Archives is open Tuesday through Friday from 8:00am to 4:30pm (Central Time). The Tennessee State Library and Archives is open Tuesday through Saturday 8:00am to 4:30pm (Central Time). Legislative History clients are welcome to leave a voice mail message on the 615-741-1549 telephone number 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but the messages will only be responded to during the usual business hours of the office.
Please note: Legislative history and recording materials are available for retrieval between the hours of 8:00 am – 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tuesday - Friday. If you know you will need materials between 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm, please call ahead to the Legislative History section at 615-741-1549 or e-mail Legislative History. We will do our best to accommodate your request.
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Strategies For Not Loosing Design Awards
This Article Explains How Not to Get Eliminated From Design Awards and Competitions, I.e. Strategies For Winning Design Awards
Why designers fail at design awards, competitions and contests? No one joins a design award, competition or contest knowing that she would definitely not win. However, designers still submit designs that would be obviously eliminated. Based on statistics regarding 5000+ design submissions to a design competition, the following are insights explain why designers lose design awards.Not Reading the Brief: Major failure. It has become evident that a significant percentage of designers are indeed not reading the competition briefs at all. The brief of a competition, and its the terms and agreements are the most two important documents that must be definitely read prior to starting a design or its submission. Most design awards would have generic briefs, or simple award categories. Yet many designers, not reading the category definitions or requirements could submit designs that do not fit the competition. This especially happens a lot for free to join competitions, as designers seem to be more careful when registration fees are involved. In any case, for a success in design awards, first thing to do is to read the competition brief or the category descriptions.Poor Presentation: Designers often fail competitions mostly because the graphic communication of their entries are not good or their presentation is poorly made: For many designers, the presentation is an irrelevant or underrated aspect of a submission. Designers most often think that it is the design that is being judged; not its graphic communication. However, in reality, jury members can be biased and favor designs which have better presentation. There are three major reasons for that: firstly, a well-made presentation suggest that the design project itself is also well-made and professional, this is indeed a proven phenomenon and mainly happens because as a good first impression creates an anchoring effect towards positive perception of the design. Secondly, designs that have a better presentation are usually easier to understand and it is again proven that easier to understood designs are evaluated more positively as they create less of a mental burden.Third, presentation is indeed an important evaluation criteria in most competitions, and this mere fact could be missed easier. Thus, designs with better presentation end up getting better results in design awards and competitions. Ambiguous Design: If jury members do not understand the designs they are judging in a reasonable amount of time, they will either simply pass it or fail it or not judge it at all, but more often, to be on the safe side, competition judges will fail any designs that are not clearly communicated. Clear communication is not just about good quality aesthetic presentation; it is more about letting judges understand what the submitted design is, how it works, and how it relates to the environment i.e. In addition to the quality of the graphic visualization; the actual design of the presentation is very important. Within this perspective, it is especially important for designers to communicate their designs very clearly with the submitted presentation, and accompanying descriptions if possible. There are several questions that each design presentation should clearly answer with graphic means, if not possible verbally: Most important of all, the function should be communicated and easy to understand; it is possible to do so by preparing illustrations, showing the design within its context of use, through demonstrating its usage etc.Not Respecting Submission Guidelines: A third important reason why designers fail design awards and competitions is because they forget to read submission guidelines or decide for themselves that the entry requirements would not be relevant. While on one hand, for local competitions and amateur design contests this could be true, on the other hand, for international design awards and prestigious competitions, not respecting submission guidelines usually gets the designs eliminated. Designers are especially required to submit their works in a uniform, standardized manner so that they could be judged on equal grounds; submission requirements of a design competition usually imposes restrictions for presentation format and size, amount of content that could be submitted or requires that specific aspects of the design that is communicated. Thus, for designers to succeed at design awards and competitions, guidelines shall always be respected.Copyright & Intellectual Property Issues: Yet another reason why designers fail design awards and competitions relates to the usage of logos of famous brands and utilization or embedding of others' licensed works without permissions. More often, logo usage is observed for conceptual designs; designers like to relate their designs to that of a famous brand, they do so by incorporating world famous logos. While most competitions would not have a problem with such behavior, professional awards and competitions have big issues when it comes to trademarks especially because good design awards, unlike local competitions, do publicity, publish yearbooks and distribute press releases which could attract the attention of brands, and could potentially cause legal issues and problems if they do not feel the way their trademarked, protected logos are used on designs that they did not have control over. Meanwhile, on the other hand, likewise, artists would not be happy to see their own creations embedded on the background of others designs, or models would not be happy to see themselves on designs that they do not relate to and not paid for. Thus, it is the interest of organizers to remove any copyright infringing material; even if the material is indeed itself not submitted for the awards.Technical & Logistics problems: If the organizers did never receive your design, your chances of winning is none. Designers should make sure that their applications are indeed received and approved by the organizers. In some conditions, there could be some material that is lacking, in others there could be legal documents to be signed or fees to be paid or confirmations to be made.In other conditions, digital files could get corrupt, products could be lost or broken during shipment. No matter what, it is the designers responsibility to make sure that the designs are received by the organizers, has been included in the competition and will appear at results, be presented at the exhibition etc.Overdoing: In some conditions it is seen that some participants do literally send dozens of designs to a design competition. When the projects are good and appealing, this is a pleasure for the organizer. However when the submitted designs are not so appealing but most importantly similar or variations of each other, it could lead to overall elimination of the participant from the event because it really tires the judges to see same things over and over. Given this perspective, it should not be misinterpreted as a suggestion of not to submit multiple projects to an award; indeed submitting multiple varied designs increases your chances of winning. However, submitting variations of a design simply does the opposite. Designers are suggested to choose their best, distinct designs and submit only designs that they are certain of.Identifiable: In most competitions, submissions are blindly judged, therefore adding the name, logo or copyright details to the presentations, pictures and images could lead to elimination of submitted works since it would make the competition not fair. In addition, it has also been observed at competitions that some over enthusiastic participants would try to get contact with judges or organizers to try to communicate their designs earlier. In most competitions, this kind of behavior results with the disqualification, therefore designers are advised to refrain from submitting identifiable works. Eligibility Conditions: This could look obvious, and therefore I almost omitted to mention it, however a significant proportion of entry eliminations occur because the participants do not match the eligibility requirements stated by the organizers. Many competitions are open to students only, others could be local, some might impose an age restrictions, others will ask you to be a member of a professional association, and some will require you have a specific degree. Eligibility conditions shall be read in advance to avoid unnecessary loss of time.I especially did not find the need to mention strategies for winning awards; because in essence such strategies should not be necessary for good awards. When participating a fair design competition, the only think a designer should focus on is doing a good work. In any case competition conditions should be already obeyed.Since the above criteria are the most common reasons why designers do fail competitions, it should be suggested that organizers take some precautions and perhaps some necessary steps to decrease the number of eliminated entries such as providing each participant a submission guide, or actively filtering entries and letting participants know etc.Yet in essence here are the main reasons why designers do succeed in competitions: 1. Good design, 2. Good presentation, 3. Competition brief or category compliance, terms & agreements, eligibility conditions, and entry requirements are matched and fulfilled. If a designer fills all the criteria above, the chances of winning is really great.Exerpt:Why designers fail at design awards, competitions and contests? No one joins a design award, competition or contest knowing that she would definitely not win. However, designers still submit designs that would be obviously eliminated. Based on statistics regarding 5000+ design submissions to a design competition, the following are insights explain why designers lose design awards.Not Reading the Brief: Major failure. It has become evident that a significant percentage of designers are indeed not..
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Multi-speed transmissions were once reserved for heavy trucks, but 8-speed automatics are now available in automobiles and pickups, and soon there'll be even more ratios.
Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. announced Monday that they'll jointly develop a new generation of advanced 9- and 10-speed automatics for cars, crossover and sport utility vehicles, and trucks.
The new transmissions, to be built in both front- and rear-wheel-drive versions, will improve vehicle performance and increase fuel economy by keeping engines in their optimum rev ranges, the companies said.
The collaboration enables both Detroit-based automakers to design, develop, engineer, test, validate and deliver the new transmissions faster and at lower cost than if each company worked independently, they said.
Analysts say the two giant firms are reacting to pressure from Chrysler Group, which now offers an 8-speed automatic in Ram pickups and soon will put them in Jeep SUVs. That transmission is made by ZF of Germany, which also supplies gearboxes to Fiat of Italy, which now controls Chrysler.
"Engineering teams from GM and Ford have already started initial design work on these new transmissions," said Jim Lanzon, GM vice president of global transmission engineering. "We expect these new transmissions to raise the standard of technology, performance and quality for our customers while helping drive fuel economy improvements into both companies' future product portfolios."
"The goal is to keep hardware identical in the Ford and GM transmissions," said Craig Renneker, Ford's chief engineer for transmission and driveline component and pre-program engineering. "This will maximize parts commonality and give both companies economy of scale.
"However, we will each use our own control software to ensure that each transmission is carefully matched to the individual brand-specific vehicle DNA for each company."
This new agreement marks the third time in the past decade that GM and Ford have collaborated on transmissions. As a result, both companies together have built more than 8 million 6-speed front-wheel-drive transmissions for popular cars and CUVs around the globe.
Those collaborations served as models for the new one, the firms said. As before, each company will manufacture its own transmissions in its own plants with many common components.
"With the jointly developed 6-speed automatics we have in production today, we've already proven that Ford and GM transmission engineers work extremely well together," said Joe Bakaj, Ford vice president of powertrain engineering.
"By jointly sharing the development of these two new families of transmissions, both GM and Ford will be able to more efficiently use our respective manpower resources to develop additional future advanced transmissions and bring them to market faster than if we worked alone," said Lanzon.
Further technical details and vehicle applications for these transmissions will be released by each company at an appropriate time before launch.


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Scott B Davis is a Director of Exhibitions and Design at SanDiego Museum Of Photographic Arts. Along with doing a fabulous job at that post he is an accomplished photographic artist working in platinum prints and teaches that technique in private workshops.
Earlier today it was my great pleasure to visit his home and take a tour of the darkroom, which he built over this summer. The work there is still continuing (show me an artist whose vision is done and finished and I'll show you a dead artist) and you may see a few construction tools in some of the images here. His platinum prints are among the finest that I have personally seen. His work and accomplishments can be found by visiting http://www.scottbdavis.com. You can aslo find contact information there in case you are interested in purchasing a print or taking a workshop.
Here is a transcription of our chat, which was conducted in a loose interview format:
(Scott B Davis in his darkroom)
Q. What was your first darkroom experience and how did you become a photographer?
A. Well, I took photography in high school in the '80s and I thought photography was purely for dorks and dweebs and I thought it was not for me. Took a class, passed it and forgot about it. Then I moved to California from D.C. area when I was 18 and I remember a moment when I was driving on the freeway and had an epiphany that I wanted to take black and white pictures. There was no reason for it, but I just knew that's what I wanted to do. I got my fathers camera, took some pictures, went to community college to gain darkroom access and just kept going. That was 1991 and by '97 I sold every piece of darkroom equipment I gathered because I was printing solely in platinum by that time.
Q. What equipment do you use to create your work?
A. I use a Burke & James 8x10 and a 16x20in camera that I designed and built in 2002. I use a 19in Dagor and a 30in Artar, but mostly I'm a wide-angle guy. I used the 16x20 full time for 5 years, but after switching to 8x10 and starting to scan the negatives I found the experience to be a like working with a 35mm – it's just that much easier.
(16x20in camera custom made from cherry wood - folded)
(Meticulous plans for the above camera)
My 16x20 prints are all direct contact from original negatives, while for larger 20x24 prints I scan the 8x10s and make a digital negative to print from. I print the 16x20s in an edition of 10 prints and the big enlargements are editions of 5.
I process my film by inspection method using a number 3 Kodak safe light. It is very accurate – as soon as you see the highlights you know you have about 45 seconds more in the developer. There is still work to be done in the darkroom like building the light baffle, print viewing rack for the 20x24 triptychs and lots more.
For a long time now I have used a UV exposure unit for printing - it's a lot more consistent than the sun and I can print at any time.
For a long time now I have used a UV exposure unit for printing - it's a lot more consistent than the sun and I can print at any time.
Print washer – 22x28in was also designed and built from scratch. I use it mostly when I am making the larger prints and when I'm in full production mode, which means that at most I make three of four final prints a day. Platinum printing is a very meticulous and time-consuming process.
Q. What about your history with platinum printing?
A. I got into platinum in 1996 when I bought the 8x10 from Nelson Photo here in San Diego. I taught myself the process, but after a year or two of printing I took a workshop with Dick Arentz who wrote the book on platinum printing. That workshop taught me two things. One was how to make a platinum print – because there is 'making a platinum prints' and then there is 'Making A Platinum Print'. And also it taught a lot about using the right side of the brain and interpreting work and making more personally expressive prints rather than simply making prints by the numbers.
Q. What makes you stick with platinum through all these years?
A. Truly – I love the actual process of making physical prints. It's a process that, not unlike print making proper, requires a lot of knowledge and experience to master the technique. I love the fat that it has a rich history and heritage. I also like to exploit platinum for the things that most people don't exploit it for – most printers are interested in the mid-tones and the glowing, singing whites, and I love to get a nice white as much as anybody but I love to get these juicy, mysterious, heavy dark tones. I've had master digital printers tell me that they can make a print that looks "exactly" like this pint in front of us, but personally I don't want my next print to look exactly like the last one – I want the next print to be a little different because they stopped making the paper, or I was having a bad day, or I was having a good day and it's the best print I've ever made from that negative. I love the fact that these prints are artifacts that are unique things onto themselves.
The other part of it is that, in essence, nobody can take these materials away from me. Epson can stop making 7800 K3 inks tomorrow, or they make a new printer that doesn't use those and they stop supporting your printer's technology. And, sure, miners in the Ural Mountains can stop mining platinum and I'd be out of business, but really, it's like making your own D-76 developer – the materials are there, in theory I must emphasize again, nobody can take them away and I can continue making prints that I love and work with a historic process that has a lot of character and integrity to it.
Q. What subject matter inspires you most?
A. I shoot at night primarily and LA is where I have done most of my night work. There I make photographs that suggest a different story of a city that is loaded with iconography and are in opposition to people's perceptions of what that city is. LA as a city is very different from what "the industry" and Hollywood wants you to see. For example this image of an alley and a ramshackle house behind a tattered fence – no wealthy people or stars live here, real Angelenos live here and that's what my work is about.
(two 20x24in prints)
Q. Who is your top influential photographer?
A. That would have to be Mark Klett – I took a workshop from him once and that taught me more than three years in a university. I really love what he has done – from the photographic survey project all the way to today. He continually explored the medium, and fused it with history well. He's a really smart visual thinker. What originally drew me to his images is his innovative approach to landscape. For example he started including power lines in his landscapes because that's the landscape of the world we live in today. He painted the most accurate picture of the American West that I have seen – from petroglyphs to graffiti, cars on highways and power lines and all that is the definition of our culture today.
Q. Do you think there is a benefit to new aspiring photographers in learning to use film?
A. I do, I definitely do. That benefit is actually in understanding how to use Photoshop on a much deeper level. It's a slow road to learn, as you know. There's not a lot of people today who have the patience to learn what the film curve is, how to manipulate it by development and do all the testing. However that knowledge the toe and shoulder of a film curve can give people a huge leg-up in understanding what a natural curve looks like in Photoshop. A sensitive eye of someone who went through the process of learning film, 'practicing the scales' is what I call it, will have an understanding of the proper relationship of zone 4 to zone 5 as an example
Q. Do you think film will survive in 25 years?
A. I doubt it. I like to think so, because I like the materials I use and I like the process, but we have already seen it decline to a point that there are very few good films now being made. Even the companies that have their heart in it 100% will come to a point when they will only fire up the coating machine three or four times a year and at that point the quality control will drop drastically, the chemistry will not be fresh and there's not going to be that consistency. It's like making scrambled eggs – if you make them only a few times a year they are probably going to be mediocre, but if you make them every morning you're going to have a good technique down. So that's what I see – there's probably going to be film around, but is it going to be any good? That's anybody's guess. I do think there is a chance of digital resulting in a greater appreciation of a physical print, but whether even that is true I don't know – very few people appreciate newspapers any more…


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1. Re: @XmlType.propOrder required even if schema does not defithomas.diesler Jul 3, 2009 9:09 AM (in response to thomas.diesler)
<xsd:complexType name="TregistrationListener"> <xsd:annotation> <xsd:documentation> <![CDATA[ A registration listener definition. The target registration listener can be either a <ref> to a <bean> or <service> component, or an inline <bean> or <service> component definition. The registration-method and unregistration-method attributes define the methods that will be called for the respective events. For the very common case of using a <ref> to a listener component, the ref attribute may also be used as a shortcut. ]]> </xsd:documentation> </xsd:annotation> <xsd:group ref="targetComponent" /> <xsd:attribute name="ref" type="Tidref" use="optional" /> <!-- ### why are there both required? --> <xsd:attribute name="registration-method" type="Tmethod" use="required" /> <xsd:attribute name="unregistration-method" type="Tmethod" use="required" /> </xsd:complexType>
<xsd:group name="targetComponent"> <xsd:annotation> <xsd:documentation> <![CDATA[ A targetcomponent is one that can be a target for a listener, registration-listener, or type-converter element. This is used in contexts where the requirement is a single provided object that will implement a particular interface. The provided object is obtained either from a <ref> element or inline (<bean> or <reference>). ]]> </xsd:documentation> </xsd:annotation> <xsd:choice> <xsd:element name="bean" type="Tbean" /> <xsd:element name="reference" type="Treference" /> <xsd:element name="ref" type="Tref" /> <xsd:any namespace="##other" processContents="strict" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" /> </xsd:choice> </xsd:group>
2. Re: @XmlType.propOrder required with no schema sequencethomas.diesler Jul 3, 2009 9:13 AM (in response to thomas.diesler)
Associated JIRA
3. Re: @XmlType.propOrder required with no schema sequencealoubyansky Jul 3, 2009 10:51 AM (in response to thomas.diesler)
Again, XSD is irrelevant here since binding is based on Java annotations. That means you have to bind the type to a choice with annotations.
I can't see the class at the moment, i.e. svn.jboss.com is not accessible. To bind to a choice you have to annotate a class with e.g.
@JBossXmlModelGroup(name="pc", kind=JBossXmlConstants.MODEL_GROUP_CHOICE)
Sequence is the default.
4. Re: @XmlType.propOrder required with no schema sequencethomas.diesler Jul 15, 2009 9:49 AM (in response to thomas.diesler)
you might be pleased to hear that I successfully moved BP parsing to XB annotations ;-)
5. Re: @XmlType.propOrder required with no schema sequencealoubyansky Jul 15, 2009 1:41 PM (in response to thomas.diesler)
Yeaaah... Say it again...


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Here's a fall dish that will warm you up with heat, spice and some love on a plate.
Ingredients – goulash
2 large, sweet onions
1 tsp tomato paste
2 ½ lb chuck roast cut into 2" cubes
1 TB caraway seeds
1 TB hot Hungarian paprika (found in 5 oz tins)
2 TB sweet Hungarian paprika (also in tins)
1 tsp minced garlic
2 tsp sea salt
1 carton 26 oz(preferably organic) beef stock
Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
Slice onions thinly and place in a large oven-safe pot over medium heat. Put an oven-safe lid on it and let simmer for 30-40 minutes, until soft and caramelizing. Add tomato paste, let simmer for a couple of minutes. Then add meat and all other ingredients. Stir to combine. Bring to a boil, then place in oven for 2 ½ hours or until meat is tender. While it is cooking, make the pancakes below. When meat is tender, remove the meat to a warmed bowl while you reduce the liquid in the pot to 2 cups. Serve meat and sauce over the pancakes.
Ingredients – pumpkin pancakes
4 oz all-purpose flour
½ TB baking powder
¼ tsp salt
¼ tsp allspice
¼ tsp cinnamon
1 large egg, beaten
8 oz pumpkin puree
1/3 cup half and half
cooking spray and butter for griddle
In a mixing bowl, scale flour, add other dry ingredients and stir with a whisk to "sift". Add the rest of the ingredients and stir until just combined. Spray a griddle or frying pan with cooking spray, heat to medium high and add a small pat of butter to the pan or griddle. Add enough batter to make a pancake 4" in diameter. Flip when golden, remove when the other side is golden. Serve pancakes under the goulash for a special treat.


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In 1950, more than 30 percent of Americans were employed in manufacturing, working at jobs such as welding, machining and assembly. Today, that number has shrunk significantly: Manufacturing jobs make up less than 10 percent of the U.S. workforce. As the country seeks to reinvigorate its job market and move past an economic recession, the state of U.S. manufacturing has become a hotly debated topic.
To examine manufacturing's role in economic recovery, students, faculty and representatives of MIT's corporate partners gathered Thursday afternoon in MIT's Wong Auditorium for a forum on "Rebuilding the American Economy." The event was sponsored by the Department of Political Science and by Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE), a new MIT initiative that seeks to analyze the relationship between innovation, production and job creation. Throughout the forum, participants sought answers to a pervasive question: Can the United States keep its innovative edge if it loses its production capabilities?
MIT President Susan Hockfield opened the forum by harkening back to a similar period of economic malaise in the mid-19th century — when, as it turns out, the country was on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution. At the time, MIT founder William Barton Rogers "lamented" the citizenry's lack of scientific expertise, founding MIT, in part, to cultivate a new generation of scientists and engineers who would develop innovative materials and manufacturing processes.
"Once again, as a nation, we find ourselves at a moment of difficult transition," Hockfield said. "After more than a century of industrial success, America needs to revise its economic assumptions once again."
Hockfield, who has been appointed by President Barack Obama to co-chair (with Dow Chemical CEO Andrew N. Liveris) the administration's new Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, said that in touring the country to talk with people about the state of U.S. manufacturing, she'd heard from two evenly divided camps.
"Half the people I talk to say, 'This is the most important thing for the nation,' and the other half look at me quite quizzically, as if to say, 'Didn't you get the memo? America doesn't do manufacturing anymore' — a very worrying response," she says.
Made in China
Ron Bloom, who until last month served as Obama's senior counselor for manufacturing policy, has observed a similar ambivalence. Bloom, who gave yesterday's keynote address as part of the Department of Political Science's Distinguished Speaker series, cited a recent poll in which only 40 percent of Americans believe the United States is the world's economic superpower. Of the remaining 60 percent, two-thirds believe China holds the top economic spot. By way of explanation, Bloom says people simply responded, "Because China makes everything."
While Bloom said this isn't true — in fact, the United States manufactures about as much as China, and its GDP far eclipses that of China — there is no doubt that China is a major manufacturing force, a fact that has become synonymous with economic power in the minds of many Americans.
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"The political reality is that manufacturing serves as a symbol for the American people for our economic might," Bloom said. "And its decline serves as a proxy for the decline in our economic might."
China's rise in the world economy poses a challenge for American enterprise, according to Edward Steinfeld, professor of political science. Steinfeld, who co-directs the China Energy Group in the MIT Industrial Performance Center, quoted U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, who has referred to China's rise as a "Sputnik moment, to which the U.S. has to respond."
Restarting the U.S. economy
In particular, Steinfeld pointed to the need to invest more heavily in commercial startup demonstrations. He and his colleagues recently interviewed small entrepreneurial firms in the energy sector, both in Cambridge and Silicon Valley. The group found that many firms were unable to find domestic financing to build their first commercial-scale demonstration plants, a crucial step in scaling up new technologies. Instead, Steinfeld said, these firms found financial support and manufacturing capacity in China, where "there's a ready and willing audience."
While there are risks to investing in any and every commercial venture, Steinfeld says the United States can learn from China's economic policy, which fosters innovation, "ensuring that innovation will happen on their soil."
Yet-Ming Chiang, the Kyocera Professor of Ceramics and co-founder of the advanced battery developer A123 Systems, says that initially, he looked to China for opportunities to scale up his company's advanced lithium-battery design.
"There was no advanced manufacturing capability in the United States," Chiang said. "We had the right product, but where to manufacture?"
Chiang's company eventually built six factories in China to manufacture its higher-power, faster-recharging lithium-ion batteries, which at the time powered small devices such as power tools.
A123 Systems has since found significant support in the United States to develop batteries for electric vehicles, and the company has built two manufacturing plants in Michigan — one in Livonia, the other in Romulus — using the knowledge it gained from China.
However, Chiang says there needs to be much more investment in advanced manufacturing to make any appreciable dent in markets like electric transportation. Thirteen million cars are sold annually in the United States; to boost electric vehicles to 10 percent of those sales, Chiang says the United States would have to build more than 40 manufacturing plants on the scale of the Livonia plant, a 291,000-square-foot facility.
Other MIT scientists speaking at the forum echoed Chiang's call for advanced-manufacturing support. Bernhardt Trout, professor of chemical engineering, called for a retooling of the pharmaceutical-manufacturing industry. Trout is developing a system called "continuous manufacturing," which would cut the cost of pharmaceutical production by combining two major processes: drug substance production and drug tablet production.
"Technology-focused manufacturing would open up jobs in the United States," Trout said. "It would require expertise not in operating forklifts, but in understanding technology."
Productivity at all levels
Robert Solow, Institute Professor emeritus and Nobel laureate in economics, offered a counterpoint to the supporters of advanced manufacturing, saying that while manufacturing matters, "other things matter too": specifically, a high and fairly distributed per-capita income. To attain a relatively high income across the country, Solow says it's not necessarily manufacturing, but productivity in general that matters, particularly in non-manufacturing sectors such as the services industry.
However, Solow acknowledged that a modest increase in manufacturing productivity could help the economy.
"Manufacturing will provide employment, [although] we will never go back to having a third of employment from manufacturing," Solow said. "But I'd settle for a couple percent, because it's a way to raise income per head."
Bloom says that regardless of which sector packs the most punch in terms of productivity, innovation is what arguably sets the United States apart from the rest of the world. In order to rebuild the economy, Bloom says it's necessary to examine the relationship between manufacturing and innovation, and to consider the view of analysts who warn that "if manufacturing goes, innovation follows."
"If this is true, where do we go?" Bloom said. "We're kind of left with nothing to bring to the party. Given the consequences if that is true, we ought to be erring on the side of caution."
Other forum participants included Richard Locke, the Class of 1922 Professor of Political Science and Management; Suzanne Berger, the Raphael Dorman-Helen Starbuck Professor of Political Science and co-chair of PIE; and Kripa Varanasi, d'Arbeloff Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
Mark Schuetz
October 3, 2011
At a recent MIT Exec Educ course on launching clean energy ventures the statement was made that innovation is the sum of invention plus commercialization. Given that there is a tight connection between manufacturing and commercialization, the loss of manufacturing will make innovation much more difficult. Invention may still occur, but not innovation. My personal experience is that invention in the absence of real connection to how things get made is usually only academic and needs a lot of work prior to being something that someone can really benefit from.
November 6, 2011
It's understandable that China and other industrial nations produce low cost, less sophisticated products. However, to maintain competitive, our nation needs to retain production of higher-end products. For example, I-phones, automobiles, and alternative energy products should be developed and produced in the United States. There's a website with a directory of everyday American made goods if you're interested to see what's still made here at http://shoprevolt.com/


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By Kate Ruggles
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With crazy traffic and an ever increasing population, Watford City businesses have been doing their best to make sure area consumers do not feel like they have to leave the area or order online to find what they are looking for.
Josslyn Finck states that Barrett Pharmacy & Variety has tried to focus on kids in their holiday ordering, while stocking a variety of gifts that men and women of all ages will want.
"It is so fun ordering this year for Christmas," states Finck. "There are so many things that I would have never thought to order that we are bringing in this year."
Particularly, the Disney Cookie Jars, according to Finck. In addition, Finck states they carry the Woodwick Candles, Leanin' Tree cards, which is a western line of greeting cards, fabrics and home decor.
"We also have a ton of toys, including Melissa & Doug, Mattel and Hasbro," states Finck. "A lot of people aren't able to shop out of town this year, so hopefully, they will find what they want locally,"
Likewise, Larsen Service Drug has maximized their shelf space to make room for their large selection of holiday gift items.
"We have a fabulous selection of toys, which are a big category around Christmastime," states Debbie Larsen of Larsen Service Drug.
Along with toys, Larsen states that the store will stock designer fragrances for men and women, candles, home decor, and board games.
"Board games are always a family favorite, so we try to stock up on those," states Larsen. "Home decor also seems to be a big seller around the holidays, because oftentimes people want to buy something for their home while they are Christmas shopping."
Larsen states that Larsen Service Drug has a wide selection of items for men, women and children, and they have tried to order more items in anticipation of the increased population's holiday needs.
While Meyer's Department Store does not carry toys or items for the home, shoppers just might find the perfect outfit or accessory for the man, woman or child on their list.
"With the addition of the men's room, we have more inventory for men, as well as women and children," states Beth Veeder, owner of Meyer's Department Store.
For men, Veeder states the store will carry FR outerwear, gloves, including FR gloves, Baffin boots for cold weather, Under Armour for men and Under Armour base wear.
Meyer's Department Store will also have novelty vests and jackets embroidered with Watford City and North Dakota.
"For women we have tights to go with several new styles of dresses, Aussie Dogs boots, jewelry, scarves, gloves, purses and wallets," states Veeder. "There is a large variety of sweaters for gifts or to dress up a holiday outfit and we just got in a large shipment of inventory for people to come in and check out."
On Watford City's Main Street, consumers can also find clothing and accessories for men, women and children at Saddle Up Western Wear and guns, ammunition and cell phones and cell phone accessories at Big Boy' s Toys Guns & Ammo.
During the Holiday Season a lot of Main Street businesses have also adjusted their hours to suit the working consumer.
Starting Dec. 3, Barrett's, Larsen's and Meyer's will all be open until 7 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. And, starting Dec. 8, they will be open on Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. Many Main Street businesses will also offer free gift wrapping for their customers.
Though Christmas is a crazy time, Watford City's Main Street businesses have worked hard to stock what the local shopper is looking to buy and take the hassle out of holiday shopping.


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Adults with
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problems than adults who are not obese. These problems include the
People who are obese have an increased risk of:
People who are obese are more likely to develop
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The risk of type 2 diabetes increases as BMI increases. People
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People who are obese may have more digestive problems.2
People who are obese may have difficulty breathing.
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arthritis. Extra weight puts more stress on the joints
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Hiking is a great way to get out of the city and take in nature's beauty. Here are five trails—each three miles or under—for the leisurely hiker.
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1. Kaiwa Ridge, commonly known as the Pillbox Trail
This moderately challenging hike offers 360-degree views of Lanikai, Popoia Island and the Mokulua islands.
How to get there: Drive north on Pali Highway until it crosses Kalanianaole Highway and becomes Kailua Road. Continue onto Kailua Road; turn right onto Kalaheo Avenue, crossing the bridge over the canal to Alāla Road. Turn right onto Kaelepulu Drive. The hike entrance is near the Pacific Country Club.
Distance: 1.3 miles round trip
Hiking time: 45 minutes
What makes it great: "The stunning views of Lanikai," says Ralph Valentino, the public affairs chair of the Hawaiian Mountain and Trail Club.
2. Kuliouou Valley
Hikers will enjoy this easy, shaded trail, which runs along the Kuliouou stream.
How to get there: Drive on H-1 east until it becomes Kalanianaole Highway, then continue onto Kuliouou Road, turn left, and left again onto Kalaau Place; park in the cul-de-sac.
Distance: 1.4 miles round trip
Hiking time: 45 minutes
What makes it great: "This hike offers a really nice valley stroll," says Stuart Ball, the author of three Hawaii hiking books. "It's a great hike for a Sunday afternoon."
3. Kealia Trail
This trail is a dry-forest hike filled with native plants.
How to get there: Take Farrington Highway (Highway 930) through Waialua to Dillingham Airfield. Park near the airfield's third gate, marked by a sign for the trailhead.
Distance: 6.2 miles, but, says Valentino, "You can go however long you want and it's a great trail."
Hiking time: three hours, if hiking the full distance
What makes it great: "There are a lot of switchbacks," he says. "And a great view of Dillingham Airfield."
4. Puu Pia Trail
Puu Pia is an 800-foot mountain surrounded by the Honolulu Watershed Forest Reserve.
How to get there: Drive mauka on East Manoa Road. Turn left onto Alani Drive and right onto Woodland Drive; park alongside the road near the trailhead.
Distance: 1.8 miles round trip
Hiking time: 1 hour
What makes it great: "It's a nice hike in Manoa Valley," says Ball.


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The latest draft of what will become Illinois' new public education policy plan cleared its first major hurdle Wednesday, earning unanimous support from state education leaders.
U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam indicated he supports the measure although he is concerned about the possible impact of the Medicaid rollback. "The Medicaid question, particularly for Illinois, is very challenging," he said.
A coalition of Chicago companies has teamed up to provide free grief and trauma counseling services to people who have lost family members to gun violence.
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Under pressure to send Chicago Public Schools cash following a social media lashing from Chance the Rapper, Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration is intensifying pressure on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Democrats to act.
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Cook the Book: Sweet Potatoes Au Gratin
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say there are few side dishes more decadent and downright enjoyable than a gratin. It's the sort of side were the vegetable seems like an afterthought once baked with copious amounts of heavy cream and nutty cheese. Potatoes are the classic but the preparation works equally well with tomatoes, eggplant, carrots, beet greens, and of course, sweet potatoes.
This gratin from Lyniece North Talmadge's The Sweet Potato Lover's Cookbook takes chunks of sweet potatoes and bakes them with a mix of cream, thyme, parmesan, and gruyère until molten, bubbly, and brown. It's just as rich and creamy as you'd imagine with a list of ingredients like that, with the cream and cheese melding with the potatoes, creating a custard-like filling, and a top and bottom crust with plenty of browned, scrape-able bits—the tell-tale sign of a great gratin.
As always with our Cook the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of The Sweet Potato Lover's Cookbook to give away this week.
Adapted from The Sweet Potato Lover's Cookbook by Lyniece North Talmadge. Copyright © 2010. Published by Cumberland House. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved.
- Yield:6 to 8
- Rated:
- 7 medium sweet potatoes
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon chopped thyme
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 cup shredded Gruyère cheese
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Boil the sweet potatoes in a large pot in water to cover for 5 minutes. Drain, cool, peel, and dice into 1-inch pieces. Preheat the oven to 350°. Spray a baking dish with nonstick vegetable spray. Place the sweet potatoes in the dish and season with salt, pepper, and thyme. Mix the cream and cornstarch together and pour over the sweet potatoes. Bake for 30 minutes. Sprinkle with cheeses. Bake for 15 minutes. Brown under the broiler for about 3 minutes.
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Leading conservation organizations joined six African countries today in a commitment to protect wild elephants in their last strongholds, reduce wildlife trafficking, and dampen consumer demand for ivory. The commitment is supported with a U.S.$80-million action plan to strengthen security for elephants in their range while investing more in intelligence networks, customs inspections, and consumer education.
The Partnership to Save Africa's Elephants was announced at an event convened by the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) in New York. The partnership is led by five "Commitment Makers" — Wildlife Conservation Society, African Wildlife Foundation, Conservation International, International Fund for Animal Welfare, and World Wildlife Fund — with "Commitment Partners" support by the National Geographic Society, African Parks Network, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Frankfurt Zoological Society, Freeland Foundation, Howard Buffett Foundation, International Conservation Caucus Foundation, Save the Elephants, TRAFFIC, WildAid and WildLifeDirect.
Nations joining in commitment include Botswana, Cote D'Ivoire, Gabon, Kenya, South Sudan, Malawi, and Uganda.
"The situation involving Africa's elephants today is tragic," said Terry Garcia, National Geographic Society Executive Vice President for Mission Programs. "National Geographic will work hard to bring attention to the slaughter and the ivory trade that drives it."
The Press Release
Conservation groups announced today a three-year U.S.$80 million Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action that will bring together NGOs, governments, and concerned citizens to stop the slaughter of Africa's elephants, which are being decimated due to poaching for ivory. The Commitment Makers and their partners commit to funding and facilitating partnerships to advance a new three-pronged strategy that will catalyze a global movement to coordinate and leverage influence, constituencies, and resources to protect key elephant populations from poaching while reducing trafficking and demand for ivory. Funding for this commitment has been provided by myriad public and private sources, including U.S., European, and African governments; along with multi-lateral institutions, foundations, and concerned individuals. Nations joining in the commitment include: Botswana, Cote D'Ivoire, Gabon, Kenya, South Sudan, Malawi, and Uganda.
These funds will be used to support national governments to scale up anti-poaching enforcement at the 50 priority elephant sites including hiring and supporting an additional 3,100 park guards. In addition, anti-trafficking efforts will be increased by strengthening intelligence networks and penalties for violations and adding training and sniffer dog teams at 10 key transit points. New demand reduction efforts will be implemented in 10 consumer markets over the next three years.
Further, leaders from African nations led a call for other countries to adopt trade moratoria on all commercial ivory imports, exports and domestic sales of ivory products until African elephant populations are no longer threatened by poaching.
The commitment was announced at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting underway in New York City. CGI's 2013 theme, Mobilizing for Impact, explores ways that CGI members and member organizations can be more effective in leveraging individuals, partner organizations, and key resources in their commitment efforts.
Today's announcement is the culmination of work by Secretary Clinton while serving as Secretary of State, as well as Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton's engagement, who visited conservation sites on a trip with the Clinton Foundation to Africa this summer. Together, they have convened the NGOs and nations to ensure rapid progress to a solution to prevent the extinction of Africa's elephants and the proliferation of the violence caused by the criminal syndicates wiping out the elephants.
In addition to the funds already committed, the partnership urgently seeks additional partners to provide $70 million in financial or in-kind support over the next three years to reverse the decline of Africa's elephants.
African elephants are being lost at an unprecedented rate, and the demand for ivory shows no decline. Tens of thousands of elephants are being killed illegally each year across Africa with some 35,000 lost in 2012 alone.
In addition to uniting national leaders and concerned groups and citizens, the commitment will focus attention on the national and global security implications of wildlife trafficking. As one of the world's most lucrative criminal activities, valued at $7-10 billion annually, illegal wildlife trade ranks fifth globally in terms of value, behind the trafficking in drugs, people, oil and counterfeiting. Notorious extremist groups like the Lord's Resistance Army, the janjaweed, and al-Shabaab poach ivory to fund terror operations.
Commitment Makers include: Wildlife Conservation Society, African Wildlife Foundation, Conservation International, International Fund for Animal Welfare, and World Wildlife Fund.
Commitment Partners are African Parks Network, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Frankfurt Zoological Society, Freeland Foundation, Howard Buffett Foundation, International Conservation Caucus Foundation, National Geographic, Save the Elephants, TRAFFIC, WildAid and WildLifeDirect.
The commitment runs through 2016 and addresses the problem on three fronts: stop the killing; stop the trafficking; and stop the demand:
Stop the Killing: The Commitment will scale up "on the ground" anti-poaching enforcement in African range states to reduce the amount of illegally killed elephants to below 50 percent.
NGO partners will support government efforts to scale up law enforcement in and around 50 key protected areas in Africa that together harbor approximately 285,000 elephants, or some two-thirds of the entire African population. NGO partners pledge to support the anti-poaching efforts of over 5,000 park guards at these sites. Partners project that this investment will reduce the average percentage of illegally killed elephants (PIKE) across these sites from 66 percent to 48 percent, with elephant population decline halted in about half of the 50 sites (PIKE less than 50 percent). Thus this effort will take the commitment halfway to its ultimate goal, reversing the decline in Africa's elephants.
Stop the Trafficking: Partner NGOs will support governments in identifying and implementing priority actions to combat trafficking in ivory. A complimentary range of urgent actions will be used to strengthen enforcement capacity at ports and markets; increase intelligence-led crackdowns on illicit networks; secure ivory stockpiles, and reform laws and penalties can be tailored to rapidly reduce trafficking.
This commitment includes an African government led call for other countries to adopt trade moratoria on all commercial ivory imports, exports and domestic sales of ivory products until African elephant populations are no longer threatened by poaching. Government partners will initiate and support an African range state-led call to other range, transit and consumer countries to declare or restate domestic moratoria on all ivory and ivory product sales and purchases.
The partners commit to helping governments to reduce the number of large scale ivory shipments by 50 percent from 2011 baseline levels (the worst year on record for these ivory seizures) and extrapolating for changes in enforcement effort. In addition, the partners will work with governments to improve the potential detection and prosecution of illegal ivory trade by increasing the number of law enforcement officers and judiciary trained in Africa and Asia by 50 percent compared to 2011 levels by 2016.
Stop the Demand: The Commitment will target key consumer markets to increase awareness about poaching and illegal ivory trade, including generating 10 million actions taken via social media platforms to reduce ivory consumption and highlight the impact of ivory sales on the African elephant.
NGOs will use increased awareness to drive behavioral changes that will reduce consumption as well as result in "grassroots" political pressure on the governments of key consumer countries. Partners will work together to reduce the demand for ivory among potential consumers by both increasing awareness of the issues and providing mechanisms for civil society to take action. Partners pledge to take action, both individually and collectively, to reduce the stated intention to purchase ivory by at least 25 percent in key markets by the end of 2016 as measured by market research conducted at regular intervals throughout the duration of the commitment. This will be achieved by producing awareness content/materials and improving penalties and prosecutions that will spur behavior change and/or online action in key consumer countries. To measure success, standardized, replicable, scalable public opinion polls and surveys will be conducted within priority consumer countries.
Wildlife Conservation Society President and CEO Cristián Samper said: "On behalf of all the NGO partners involved in this initiative, I'm proud to announce that the Wildlife Conservation Society and their partners commit to providing $80 million over the next year to protect elephantpopulations by stopping the killing of elephants, stopping the trafficking in ivory, and stopping the demand for ivory across the world. We thank the Clinton Global Initiative, Sec. Clinton and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton for helping to convene all the partners and for their long-time dedication to end this crisis. I know, together, we can move beyond extinction stats to the solutions to save elephants."
African Wildlife Foundation CEO Patrick Bergin said: "We cannot hope to reverse the dramatic decline in elephant populations in Africa without addressing all three parts of the problem: the poaching of elephants on the ground in Africa, the global trafficking of ivory, and the insatiable demand by consumers for ivory products. This joint Commitment to Action demonstrates how much the resolution of this crisis relies on the coordination of efforts by multiple parties, from conservation organizations to governments around the world. African Wildlife Foundation thanks the Clinton Global Initiative for providing all of us with an opportunity to elevate the visibility of this crisis, and we personally thank Sec. Clinton and Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton for shining a spotlight on Africa's elephants."
Conservation International's Co-founder, Chairman and CEO, Peter Seligmann, said: "We applaud the Clinton Global Initiative for bringing this issue to the world stage, and greatly appreciate the deep and sustained personal involvement of Secretary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, as well as that of our NGO, Foundation and government partners. Wildlife trafficking is directly connected to the global economy and security. It weakens ecosystems, fuels terrorist organizations, and threatens livelihoods. Conservation International is proud to be a part of this Commitment to Action, as it is in all of our enlightened self-interests to put an end to this deadly trade."
Azzedine Downes, IFAW President and CEO, said: "The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) committed to this partnership from the outset because it represents the kind of large-scale and strategic collaboration it will take to save African elephants. Animal welfare and conservation organizations, range states and consumer countries, law enforcement and communities that live around the elephants—we all need to work together on a common plan if there is to be any hope of success."
Carter Roberts, President & CEO of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said: "We know how to solve this crisis. What's been missing is a united front from governments, NGOs and the private sector to scale up resources to stop the killing and crush the demand. Look at what has been done with conflict diamonds and fur from endangered species. The more people are aware of the consequences of what they buy, it changes what they do. We need to do the same with elephant ivory and rhino horn and tiger bone. What person would buy these things if they knew they slaughtered the most magnificent animals in the world? Because when people buy parts of these animals, they are contributing to the catastrophic killing taking place right now."
Increasing consumer demand for ivory, particularly in Asia, is causing the price of ivory to skyrocket and is driving elephant poaching. Today's ivory traffickers are primarily well-organized syndicates that operate as transnational criminal networks and often participate in other illegal activities, including trafficking in narcotics and weapons, and with links to terrorist networks. The poachers not only threaten the lives ofelephants, but at least 1,000 park rangers have been killed in the line of duty over the past ten years, as they try to protect elephants and other wildlife.
David Braun is director of outreach with the digital and social media team illuminating the National Geographic Society's explorer, science, and education programs.
He edits National Geographic Voices, hosting a global discussion on issues resonating with the Society's mission and major initiatives. Contributors include grantees and Society partners, as well as universities, foundations, interest groups, and individuals dedicated to a sustainable world. More than 50,000 readers have participated in 10,000 conversations.
Braun also directs the Society side of the Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellowship.


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Samantha Reinders May 7, 2008Posted by Geoffrey Hiller in Ohio University, South Africa.
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Port Elizabeth, South Africa 2006
Samantha Reinders (b.1977) is a freelance photographer based in her native Cape Town, South Africa. She moved back to South Africa after completing her MA at Ohio University, and interning, in 2005, for US News & World Report magazine. She is not 100% certain when her career actually began – but thinks it was either somewhere in the hills of Appalachia, or sandwiched between two other photographers in the press pool in the Oval Office. Either way, she's glad it did because it has, among other things, allowed her to chase penguins, fly on Air Force One, swim with sharks and meet a collection of interesting people – from business men to homeless men, and from grannies at a bake-sale to a triple murderer behind bars. In this way she thinks the profession of photojournalism is a privilege. Some of Samantha's clients include: US News & World Report, Time, The New York Times, L'Express, Der Spiegel, Park Avenue, The Chicago Tribune, SLAM, National Geographic Books, Smithsonian, Readers Digest and The London Financial Times.
About the Photograph:
"This photograph is from a larger essay on Township Tourism in South Africa – a phenomenon with increasing popularity since the countries first democratic elections in 1994. What is today a million-dollar industry has been the center of much controversy over the years. Is it a voyeuristic, making poverty into a theme park – or does it do much to bring money, jobs and opportunities to areas that need them most? This 2006 image shows a Dutch couple that had visited New Brighton Township in Port Elizabeth in 2000. Overwhelmed by what they encountered, they spent the next few years fundraising back home and sent several ship container loads of furniture and school equipment back to the township. Here they visit one of the schools and meet some of the students. "


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I have, this week, sold a house. It's not the house I live in, which I doubt I will ever sell because I am overly attached to its history and its memories. And because the basement looks like an episode of Hoarders and I expect it will stay like that until they cart me out of here in a pine box, at which time my offspring will probably not only sell the house but all that stuff in it.
No, the house I sold was a rental in New Westminster, an affordable investment property that I bought in the market downturn of 2008 and decided to sell recently because I wanted to buy something else. (More on that in a moment).
I am one of those real estate novices, the lookie-loo hobbyist, who likes to think I know more than I really do, who avidly follows the ups and downs of the Metro Vancouver market, who charts the prices and the mortgage rates and who, at any given time, can accurately assess the price of the average house. At least those in my neighbourhood.
I do this because it's fascinating, not just because real estate is literally the great economic leveller in the hood, but because it is one of the most accurate means to assess the fiscal health and social underpinnings of a local culture.
Over the past 28 years, I have owned three houses, all in New Westminster, which for our one-income family was the only affordable single-family enclave in Metro Vancouver when we first went shopping in the mid-1980s.
The three houses were all old, wood-framed bungalows more given to character than modern functionality. None had dishwashers, one didn't have the wiring for a dryer and all three were scant on such necessities as insulation and updated wall plugs. But they were lovely and homey and, relatively speaking, affordable.
I bought the house I just sold — a 1944 Mission-revival bungalow — because it, too, exuded charm. Hardwood floors. Plaster walls. Coved ceilings. Funky Spanish-style tiling in the kitchen and bathroom. Huge rooms. It was a great family home, a good rental in a terrific neighbourhood and it also had a big lot, which I knew would be a factor upon resale.
I knew, intuitively, that the house would not.
That's because things have changed in the housing market. Buyers don't want old, they want new. They want stainless steel appliances and modern kitchens and new bathrooms. They want neutral colours and mature landscaping and wood floors that don't need refinishing. They want beyond what the market often offers.
But, most of all, they want something that won't make them house poor.
I bought the rental house four years ago with the aid of a 35-year mortgage, a transaction that would never have been made but for that flexibility to lower the mortgage payments over a longer period. I knew that, like many homeowners and investors, I would likely be selling it sooner than later, would likely never be paying that mortgage out over 35 years.
Thousands of home buyers in Metro Vancouver, for whom that 35-year offering meant the difference between owning and renting, between investing or not, did the same thing.
So when the feds banned the long-term mortgage as of July this year, limiting the maximum amortization period for an insured mortgage to 25 years in order to save our debt-ridden souls from fiscal damnation, it effectively priced many prospective buyers, especially first-timers, out of the market.
Too bad. My little house, which at three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 2,450 square feet, wasn't exactly little, was priced under $600,000, purposefully providing a good price point and mortgage-helper opportunity in a cooling market for a first-time buyer seeking a commuter-friendly single-family home in Metro Vancouver.
But without the flexibility to pay smaller monthly payments over a longer term (and, yes, incurring more interest), without even the opportunity for a 30-year mortgage, my house — and I suspect many others like it in this market — attracted interested parties who were decidedly not first-time buyers.
I sold it to an investor.
Scratch any local realtor (and I have) and they will echo the same experience. This is not about the American subprime scare. This is not about young couples getting in over their heads. This is about government as babysitter, and restricting affordability in a market that is increasingly unaffordable for that first-time buyer looking for a few bedrooms and a yard large enough to put up a swing set.
This week, Canadian mortgage economist Will Dunning noted that the newly tightened rates continue to have a "dampening" effect on an already depressed housing market and that resale numbers have been adversely affected by the policy.
Will the house I sold be rented, and eventually torn down and replaced with a new, larger home? Probably. That's what happens to most Vancouver-area old houses on big lots these days. Would I liked to have sold it to a young family that could settle in and make it their own? Absolutely. But that doesn't reflect the new reality.
Meantime, I'm focusing on house No. 4, a little fixer-upper beach cottage south of the border that is sure to show up in more detail in this pages sometime in the future.