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Friday, September 21, 2012
Club sports criticize admins' handling of space issues
With the many varsity and club sports at Columbia, sometimes finding practice space can be an issue. This was no more evident than last week, when one club team was left in the dark?literally.
A new policy that prohibited clubs? use of Baker Field during the first week of the fall semester left members of the women?s rugby squad with limited time to practice. With many varsity and club teams sharing the space, the policy signifies a larger problem regarding resources and recognition to some club players.
?We have to book our own practice space way ahead of time, and even then, sometimes it gets messed up because of football games,? women?s rugby treasurer junior Sophie Lieberman said. ?And we have to share with the lacrosse team for an hour a week out of our four hours. We don?t have our own field, so during our preseason, the football team wouldn?t let us go on their fields even though we were supposed to have it.?
But when the women?s rugby team was finally able to get up to the tip of Manhattan to practice, the conditions were less than ideal, as unlike Motel 6, Facilities hadn?t left the lights on for them.
?Turning on the lights is often an issue,? women?s rugby coach Jodie van Ogtrop said in an email. ?Most recently it occurred when we didn?t have lights for our Thursday practice last week, and therefore we couldn?t do the type of contact that the coaching staff had intended to do, so we lost another two hours of quality practice time before our first Ivy League game.?
According to Lieberman, the team called the club sports office that night and the office didn?t know what to do.
Yet for other club teams, the allocation and efficiency of resources is not an issue. Senior Josh Tobin, president of both the Club Sports Governing Board and men?s rugby team, said the lights weren?t on for his squad?s practice either, but the problem was easily remedied.
?It?s happened a couple of times. Usually, it?s just kind of a simple administrative oversight and it usually gets worked out in time for practice to start,? Tobin said, adding that the lights were turned on within seven minutes after he made a phone call to Director of Intramural and Club Sports Brian Jines.
Jines is charged with scheduling practice space for all club teams. The process begins when teams submit a recreation space request at the end of each semester and Jines assigns each team slots at the beginning of the following term.
?The spaces that we do have obviously need to be shared by clubs, but I feel that the amount of times they normally want to practice are accommodated,? Jines said. ?I think they understand that they are privileged to be able to utilize the space that they?re able to use. A lot of other club sports at other colleges and universities aren?t allowed to use varsity fields.?
The need to share varsity fields comes partially from the constraints from Columbia College?s position as a formerly single-sex school.
?Columbia did not go co-ed until 1983, so really these facilities were built for one gender,? Athletic Director M. Dianne Murphy said in a recent interview. ?And so now all of a sudden, you have a small number of men?s varsity sports and then, with no new facilities being built, we also added women?s sports. We?ve got lots of people trying to do lots of things in our facilities, so we?re obviously very crammed.?
Developing new facilities and resources for sports isn?t easy, given the University?s location.
?Obviously, all clubs wish they had more practice space, but it?s just the nature of the beast that is living in New York City,? Jines said. ?We don?t have all the facility space that can be solely allocated to one club.?
For some club athletes, the schedule at Baker Field isn?t exactly clear. One of junior Savannah Wood?s duties as match-secretary of the women?s rugby team is to submit the recreation space request to Jines, but she isn?t sure who or what ultimately dictates allocating the space.
?Brian?s great, and I don?t think it?s up to him who gets what,? Wood said. ?I think it?s higher in athletics or something like that. But it?s really difficult for us to have consistent field space and the resources that we need to practice and play at the level that we want to be playing at.?
Still, many club athletes at Baker Field laud Jines for a tremendous job in scheduling club practices, while blaming the hierarchy of the athletic department.
?I feel like maybe at Columbia, in terms of its larger pre-bureaucracy, poses the greatest challenge for club sport,? Mike Escobar, president of the men?s lacrosse team, said. ?But I think that the club sports office really does a good job of doing what it can for the club sports in the greater Columbia bureaucracy.?
But what really might be missing from the process is communication between all the parties involved.
?I think both the University and the women?s rugby team could benefit from a meeting where we discuss the issues we both face in terms of the field space allocation, among other things,? van Ogtrop said. ?I feel the lack of communication about these issues is a hindrance to our progress as a team, and having an opportunity to discuss our concerns with the people who make the final decisions may go a long way towards helping us understand the university?s decisions.
?Until we open the lines of communication, we?ll likely continue to feel that our concerns are being ignored, even if that isn?t anyone?s intent,? she added.
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Created: Thursday 20 September 2012 02:10am
Updated: Thursday 20 September 2012 11:39am
Source: http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2012/09/20/club-sports-criticize-admins-handling-space-issues
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Sector Snap: Homebuilders
NEW YORK (AP) ? A strong third-quarter report from KB Home provided the latest tailwind for the housing sector Friday whose fortunes, after a string of surprising economic reports, appear to be turning.
For KB Home reported net income of $3.3 million, reversing a loss of $9.6 million for the same period a year ago.
KB Home is seeing orders for new homes rise and it is completing more construction projects. Company shares jumped 14 percent, hitting levels not seen since early 2011.
CEO Jeffrey Mezger also tweaked optimism about the year ahead, saying Friday that the housing recovery is building momentum across the U.S. as inventory levels drop and home prices climb.
However, KB Home's great quarter follows other hints at an industry on the mend.
On Wednesday, a pair of reports, one from the government and the other from an industry group, revealed a jump in sales of previously occupied homes and further gains in home construction.
Sales of previously occupied homes rose 7.8 percent in August from July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.82 million, the National Association of Realtors reported. And U.S. builders broke ground on 2.3 percent more homes and apartments in August than July, according to the Commerce Department.
The annual rate of construction rose to a seasonally adjusted 750,000, driven the best rate of single-family home construction since April 2010.
Mortgage rates are part of the reason. On Thursday mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said that the average rate on the 30-year loan declined to 3.49 percent from 3.55 percent last week. That matched the lowest rate since long-term mortgages began in the 1950s.
The average on the 15-year fixed mortgage, a popular refinancing option, plunged to 2.77 percent, a record low.
In afternoon trading, KB Home shares rose $1.83, or 14 percent, to $14.94. Elsewhere in the sector, Standard Pacific Corp. rose 35 cents, or 4.7 percent, to $7.81; PulteGroup Inc. rose 63 cents, or 3.8 percent, to $17.35; Ryland Group Inc. added $1.10, or 3.4 percent, to $33.71; and MDC Holdings rose $1.11, or 2.8 percent, to $40.72.
Investors will have additional glimpses at the health of the market next week. Case-Shiller releases its 20-city index Tuesday and on Wednesday, the Commerce Department reports on new home sales. Pending home sales come out the following day.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/sector-snap-homebuilders-170820325--finance.html
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Two bionic ears are better than the sum of their parts
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Bilateral cochlear implants may restore binaural sound processing in the brain, says a Tel Aviv University researcher
Cochlear implants electronic devices surgically implanted in the ear to help provide a sense of sound have been successfully used since the late 1980's. But questions remain as to whether bilateral cochlear implants, placed in each ear rather than the traditional single-ear implant, are truly able to facilitate binaural hearing. Now, Tel Aviv University researchers have proof that under certain conditions, this practice has the ability to salvage binaural sound processing for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
According to Dr. Yael Henkin of TAU's Department of Communication Disorders at the Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions and Head of The Hearing, Speech, and Language Center at Sheba Medical Center, and her colleagues Prof. Minka Hildesheimer, Yifat Yaar-Soffer, and Lihi Givon, the brain unites incoming sound from each ear at the brainstem through what is called "binaural processing." "When we hear with both ears, we have an efficient auditory system," she explains. Binaural processing provides improved ease of listening, sound localization, and the ability to understand speech in noisy surroundings.
In their study, the researchers looked at children who had lost their hearing at a young age and were not born deaf. Those who were provided with bilateral cochlear implants exhibited true binaural processing, similar to that of their normal hearing peers. In contrast, deaf-at-birth children who received their first cochlear implant at young age and their second after long delay, did not exhibit binaural processing.
The research was recently reported in the journal Cochlear Implants International.
Pairing up
More than a matter of symmetry, our two ears function together to create a whole picture of the sound that surrounds us. The integration of information from both ears not only saves neuronal energy, it is the key to different aspects of hearing, such as locating the source of individual sounds and being able to differentiate between different sounds in a noisy room.
Dr. Henkin and her fellow researchers set out to determine if bilateral cochlear implants were able to restore some binaural processing in the brain. Their study included three groups: children who had lost their hearing as toddlers due to illness and received bilateral cochlear implants soon afterwards; children who had been born deaf and received their first implant at around the age of four and a second approximately six years later; and a control group with normal hearing.
The researchers measured the brainwave P300, associated with auditory discrimination, while participants were asked to listen for the syllables "ta" and "ka" and were told to press a button when they heard the syllable "ta". The sounds were delivered in turn to the left ear, the right ear, and both ears at once. By comparing the P300 brainwaves identified when both ears were stimulated to the sum of brainwaves identified when each ear was stimulated separately a binaural interaction component was identified.
The researchers found a binaural interaction component in participants who had not been born deaf and had received bilateral implants at a young age. This suggested that "auditory experience prior to cochlear implantation is critical for binaural processing," says Dr. Henkin. But in the children who had only one implant for many years, the researchers found no evidence of binaural processing. It appears that the auditory deprivation that results from a long delay between implants may render the system incapable of restoring itself, explain the researchers.
Synchronized technology?
This study adds to the body of literature on how brain function is impacted by both deafness and rehabilitation, says Dr. Henkin. Currently it is not possible to coordinate the operation of separate bilateral implants, but in the future these implants may be designed to synchronize with each other, providing the hearing-impaired patient with the cues required for binaural processing, she says.
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Bilateral cochlear implants may restore binaural sound processing in the brain, says a Tel Aviv University researcher
Cochlear implants electronic devices surgically implanted in the ear to help provide a sense of sound have been successfully used since the late 1980's. But questions remain as to whether bilateral cochlear implants, placed in each ear rather than the traditional single-ear implant, are truly able to facilitate binaural hearing. Now, Tel Aviv University researchers have proof that under certain conditions, this practice has the ability to salvage binaural sound processing for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
According to Dr. Yael Henkin of TAU's Department of Communication Disorders at the Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions and Head of The Hearing, Speech, and Language Center at Sheba Medical Center, and her colleagues Prof. Minka Hildesheimer, Yifat Yaar-Soffer, and Lihi Givon, the brain unites incoming sound from each ear at the brainstem through what is called "binaural processing." "When we hear with both ears, we have an efficient auditory system," she explains. Binaural processing provides improved ease of listening, sound localization, and the ability to understand speech in noisy surroundings.
In their study, the researchers looked at children who had lost their hearing at a young age and were not born deaf. Those who were provided with bilateral cochlear implants exhibited true binaural processing, similar to that of their normal hearing peers. In contrast, deaf-at-birth children who received their first cochlear implant at young age and their second after long delay, did not exhibit binaural processing.
The research was recently reported in the journal Cochlear Implants International.
Pairing up
More than a matter of symmetry, our two ears function together to create a whole picture of the sound that surrounds us. The integration of information from both ears not only saves neuronal energy, it is the key to different aspects of hearing, such as locating the source of individual sounds and being able to differentiate between different sounds in a noisy room.
Dr. Henkin and her fellow researchers set out to determine if bilateral cochlear implants were able to restore some binaural processing in the brain. Their study included three groups: children who had lost their hearing as toddlers due to illness and received bilateral cochlear implants soon afterwards; children who had been born deaf and received their first implant at around the age of four and a second approximately six years later; and a control group with normal hearing.
The researchers measured the brainwave P300, associated with auditory discrimination, while participants were asked to listen for the syllables "ta" and "ka" and were told to press a button when they heard the syllable "ta". The sounds were delivered in turn to the left ear, the right ear, and both ears at once. By comparing the P300 brainwaves identified when both ears were stimulated to the sum of brainwaves identified when each ear was stimulated separately a binaural interaction component was identified.
The researchers found a binaural interaction component in participants who had not been born deaf and had received bilateral implants at a young age. This suggested that "auditory experience prior to cochlear implantation is critical for binaural processing," says Dr. Henkin. But in the children who had only one implant for many years, the researchers found no evidence of binaural processing. It appears that the auditory deprivation that results from a long delay between implants may render the system incapable of restoring itself, explain the researchers.
Synchronized technology?
This study adds to the body of literature on how brain function is impacted by both deafness and rehabilitation, says Dr. Henkin. Currently it is not possible to coordinate the operation of separate bilateral implants, but in the future these implants may be designed to synchronize with each other, providing the hearing-impaired patient with the cues required for binaural processing, she says.
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American Friends of Tel Aviv University (www.aftau.org) supports Israel's leading, most comprehensive and most sought-after center of higher learning. Independently ranked 94th among the world's top universities for the impact of its research, TAU's innovations and discoveries are cited more often by the global scientific community than all but 10 other universities.
Internationally recognized for the scope and groundbreaking nature of its research and scholarship, Tel Aviv University consistently produces work with profound implications for the future.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Yummy Food: Restaurant Review: Trader Vic's
When I got a mail from Prachi, inviting me for an Blogger?s Round Table at Trader Vic?s an Legendary Style Food and Service Restaurant at Phoenix Market City Mall on Saturday, I thought it will be an good idea to accept the invitation as the only reason was the food is HALAL (confirmed by asking the chief chef at Trader Vic?s). ?I have never been to that part of Bangalore anytime?.and I have heard a lot about the Phoenix Mall from my friends. So I thought it will be great going out? Ever since the Phoenix Market City Mall has come up?it has turned to be an hottest destination for the Bangaloreans?who love to spend some time in leisure away from city?s hustle-bustle. Spread across 1.4 million sq.ft., this lavish mall gives you an world class shopping, dining and entertainment attractions. I am always very curious to know about the history behind food and food places. I strongly believe there is always something remarkable behind every food. When asked to the Chief Chef, about the place?he told us?the whole theme behind the Trader Vic?s?is something like a person by name Victor J. ?Trader Vic? who wants to inject the spirit of islands into everyday lives?gave birth to Trader Vic?s. Mixing, jumbling and experimenting with flavours this person has found a new way to coddle your senses?.
It was mentioned in the mail?.the restaurant is an Polynesian themed restaurant and one of it?s first in Bangalore. A Family restaurant united by four cornerstones: Decor, Food, Drinks, and Service. Combined, these define the Trader Vic?s Brand and create the Trader Vic?s experience.?
As I mentioned earlier, it?s an Polynesian themed restaurant and the d?cor signifies it in all the possible way?.good number of Tiki?s with different colours, shapes and sizes are kept in such a way to add glamour to the restaurant. Small roof lights enhance the wooden d?cor of the restaurant along with Tiki?s on wall give an impressive and warm look to the place. Huge amount of natural light coming form the side window gives a new glow to the place?.I think the place might look more beautiful under the star light night sky?.
Coming to the food?I found the menu at Trader Vic?s quite interesting?it?s for the first time I have seen Chinese Oven. It?s huge and Chef has graciously explained about the cooking process in that oven. You can see it in the picture?s below??
We have ordered Peachtree Punch No and Honolulu Bay for drinks which are mocktails?. I just loved their mocktails. The combination of flavours was very delicate and nicely chosen?.The presentation of the mocktails was so appealing?I can drink trough my eyes?
I fell in love with this mocktail Honolulu Bay...it has got pineapple in it....
Next to hit the table was an assorted platter of Island Tidbits, Pyramids and Kung Pao Chicken. Island Tidbits is an assorted platter of Crispy prawns, Crab Rangoon, Chicken Wings and Jalapeno Cheese Balls. These were served with signature Canton Catsup and Mandarin Mustard. Jalapeno Cheese Balls took my heart away?they are crunchy from outside and very soft and cheesy inside?.just melt in mouth?.Pyramids are very delicate and delectable?made with fried Wonton and stuffed with Asian vegetable filling?love these too?Kung Pao Chicken was an Chinese Classic and Trader Vic?s style chicken recipe which was saucy and juicy and served with Jasmine Rice. I felt the recipe is quite mild and lacks that hint of spiciness what we Indian normally search for?Digging into main course?it was an elaborate spread with Vegetable fried rice, All in Vic?s fried rice, Green Curry Prawns and 9 Spice Half Chicken. ?
When we were waiting for the main course to arrive, the chief chef at Trader Vic?s paid his visit to our table enquiring about food?.and giving us the details about the restaurant, food and place. When asked by me about his personal favourite in the menu, he said all are close to his heart but if he has to choose one then it would be 9 Spice Half Chicken.?
As we have already ordered it?we waited for the platter to arrive to indulge and see what made the recipe so special?.slowly cooked chicken is served with Asian Slaw, sweet onion dressing and roasted potatoes?.one of it?s kind recipe?flavours are clear?taste was good?
Vegetable friend rice had babycorn, green beans and broccoli?.the flavour was mild and even my toddler loved to had some spoons?.and All in Vic?s fried rice came with prawns, fish, chicken and poached egg on top?.along with Soy sauce and Chilli oil as entremets ?..?
Thai Green Curry Prawn has got Thai green chilli, coriander and coconut?the medley of flavours were good?.but I felt the recipe is slightly sweeter?.As everything especially related to food has to end on sweet note?.we have ordered Chocolate Nut Tiki, Rum Top and Passion Cheesecake. I tasted Chocolate Nut Tiki, which was simply wow?.out of the world?Chocolate Nut Tiki is something between cake and brownie?.it?s gooey and loaded with good amount of chopped walnuts?.served with generous scoop of Vanilla Ice cream. It was a heavenly dessert to me?.There was a complimentary Tiki Bowl drink from the restaurant?which you can see in the pics?
Service was prompt and the food was served neatly. Warm greetings from attentive and knowledgeable staff made an excellence service team. Chosen ingredients, mostly imported from US?..fine quality food products and good hygiene is maintained?these key features kept them running in the business.
FINAL VERDICT: If you want to steal sometime with your loved ones or on planning an business meet or just planning to hang out with your buddies on weekends?then this could be the place...a place where you can sit back, relax, absorb the surroundings and feel the island mood?a place where time stops and memories are made?.Food was good, ambience was very good, servings were very good, d?cor is something different and unique which you will love at sight?.the d?cor takes you on joy ride of inland world?.fair value for your money?The USB of the restaurant is the good ambiance?. An average for two may come around RS.2, 500 /- drinks & taxes extra. So now you know where to hit this weekend with your gang?isn?t it?? Do drop by to feel the tiki touch island mood?.
VALUE FOR MONEY: 3 1/2 /5
I thank Prachi and Priyanka for sending across the invite for Blogger Round Table. I really had good time reviewing Trader Vic?s.
DISSIMILAR: This is not an paid review. Review is done by tasting the food all by myself.?
Source: http://kitchenflavours.blogspot.com/2012/09/restaurant-review-trader-vics.html
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Macy's NYC flagship getting $400M makeover
In this undated artist rendering by studiorendering.com and provided by Macy?s shows the expected design for the women?s shoe department once renovations are completed. Macy?s New York flagship store is being transformed from old-fashioned, warm and fuzzy to a sleek, white 21st century style. The transformation will cost $400 million and is expected to take four years. (AP Photo/Macy?s)
In this undated artist rendering by studiorendering.com and provided by Macy?s shows the expected design for the women?s shoe department once renovations are completed. Macy?s New York flagship store is being transformed from old-fashioned, warm and fuzzy to a sleek, white 21st century style. The transformation will cost $400 million and is expected to take four years. (AP Photo/Macy?s)
FILE- In this Dec. 11, 1931 file photo, shoppers fill the ground floor at Macy?s in New York. A $400 million makeover is giving New York?s iconic Macy's store a sleek, new 21st century style. (AP Photo/File)
This Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 photo shows the newly-renovated fine jewelry department at the Macy's flagship store in New York's Herald Square. A $400 million makeover is giving New York?s iconic Macy's store a sleek, new 21st century style. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
This Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 photo shows the newly-renovated Herald Square cafe at the Macy's flagship store in New York's Herald Square. A $400 million makeover is giving New York?s iconic Macy's store a sleek, new 21st century style. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
This Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 photo shows the newly-renovated shoe department at the Macy's flagship store in New York's Herald Square. A $400 million makeover is giving New York?s iconic Macy's store a sleek, new 21st century style. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
NEW YORK (AP) ? A $400 million makeover is giving New York's iconic Macy's store a sleek, new 21st-century style.
And some preservationists aren't happy about it. They see the overhaul of America's biggest department store as scrapping classic Beaux Arts and Art Deco touches in favor of the latest trend in retail design ? something like an Apple computer store.
"Macy's has Apple fever," said Theodore Grunewald, a New York preservation activist. "Everyone is jealous of Apple, and thinks the secret to the company's success is this beautiful, elegant minimalist design vocabulary they have. But this is about protection of our heritage."
Macy's reconstruction, to be completed in 2015, will add 100,000 square feet to the 1.1 million square feet of existing retail space. Floor-to-ceiling fabric shrouds areas under renovation. But some sections already have been finished, including the world's largest women's shoe department, which offers 280,000 pairs of shoes ? several thousand displayed in white settings.
Macy's spokeswoman Elina Kazan gushes that the store will be a "spectacular place to shop at an iconic New York City destination."
About 20 million shoppers a year visit Ohio-based Macy's flagship store. The building has nine floors of retail space and covers nearly an entire city block, from West 34th Street to West 35th Street, between Seventh Avenue and Broadway.
It is best known as home of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and as the setting that inspired the beloved 1947 Christmas film, "Miracle on 34th Street."
Originally constructed in 1902 in the Beaux Arts style, it was expanded in the 1930s with plenty of Art Deco details. Most noticeable was a jazzy, geometric coating of marble, encasing more than 100 columns that soar to the ceilings.
Grunewald said the columns will now be simplified, losing the marble and the ornamental toppings that give the space "its pizazz."
While Macy's has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978, it has not been given landmark designation, allowing its owners to make architectural changes.
"I was stunned they were doing this, making it look like everywhere else in America when they have a little treasure here," said preservationist Christabel Gough of the Society for the Architecture of the City.
Macy's officials said it was premature to compare the renovation to Apple since it is still a work in progress. They said, too, that the plan actually revives some of the building's distinctive features.
Originally, the interior street floor "was one great retail hall, and Macy's asked us to bring it back as one grand space," said Jay Valgora, chief architect for the renovation. "Macy's asked us to bring back the grandeur of the original store, and whenever there's true historic fabric, to restore it."
Also, the original, ornate entrance on 34th Street will return, and some huge old windows that were painted over have been opened again, lighting a new chocolate-and-champagne cafe. Forty-two of the store's original wooden escalators will stay.
Valgora said the old and the new Macy's will "complement each other" in the same light-filled venue.
"I like it ? how organized and open it is," said Rosie Pina, a Manhattan schoolteacher. "Change is good."
Brian Williams, a sports club technician from Queens, joked, "I'm a male, and I don't really care how it looks when I'm shopping."
But standing by the jewelry area near some aging, cream-colored pillars and looking over at a gleaming, snow-white new section, he added: "I like the older better ? it feels warmer, more at home."
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World Bank: Palestinian fiscal crisis is deepening
JERUSALEM (AP) ? The World Bank warned Wednesday of a deepening fiscal crisis in the Palestinian territories and appealed to donors to act urgently to prop up the Western-backed Palestinian Authority.
The bank said the finances of the Palestinian Authority, which governs Palestinian areas of the West Bank, have been hurt by reduced donor funding; higher-than-expected spending on pensions and loans; and a revenue shortfall sparked by an economic slowdown, primarily in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.
In a new report, the bank concluded that sustainable Palestinian economic growth requires strong private sector investment. But it warned that such development is hampered badly because Israel heavily restricts Palestinian access to 60 percent of the West Bank.
Much of the West Bank's farmland and land reserves are located in that territory, which remains under full Israeli control.
"Donors do need to act urgently in the face of a serious fiscal crisis facing the PA in the short term," said Mariam Sherman, World Bank Country director for the West Bank and Gaza.
"But even with this financial support, sustainable economic growth cannot be achieved without a removal of the barriers preventing private sector development," she added.
State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland, speaking to reporters in Washington, said that the United States had seen the report and would urge donors to help. "I would expect that in our bilateral interactions with some of the traditional donor countries, we will be encouraging them to give as generously as they can because the situation is very, very difficult," she said.
But donors, including the U.S. and some Arab states, have not met their funding pledges to the Palestinian Authority, which relies on that money to pay salaries to 150,000 civil servants who gobble up half of the government's nearly $4 billion budget. But even if they do, the pledges will still fall $400 million short of what the PA would need to close its budget gap, the World Bank said.
Economists say the cash crisis is the worst in the Palestinian Authority's 18-year existence and threatens to set off a chain reaction of business failures, layoffs and economic downturn. Some warn that the Palestinian Authority, key to negotiating and implementing any future peace deal with Israel, will not survive without a major infusion of cash.
A report released Wednesday by the International Monetary Fund echoed the bank's findings, citing a slowdown in growth and rise in unemployment in both Gaza and the West Bank. The report said growth declined to 5 percent in 2011 and the first quarter of 2012, from 9 percent in previous years, while unemployment rose to 19 percent in the first half of 2012 from 16 percent in the same period last year.
In a separate report, the Israeli government claimed the Palestinian crisis was caused by a donor shortfall and overspending. It said the Palestinians owe $160 million to the Israel Electric Corp.
Israel said the economic slowdown in the West Bank posed a major challenge to Palestinian stability, but said it has taken a number of steps to try to help the Palestinians.
It said that it has expanded by 40 percent the number of Palestinians allowed to work in Israel since early 2011, sent advance tax transfers to the Palestinians to facilitate the payment of salaries to civil servants, taken steps to ease movement and facilitate trade in the West Bank and approved dozens of development projects in the sections of the West Bank under Israeli control.
The Israeli report was prepared for the international donor nations that support the Palestinian Authority.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/world-bank-palestinian-fiscal-crisis-deepening-054706445--finance.html
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Usher, Shakira to join NBC's 'Voice' in spring
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Monday, September 3, 2012
Home Invasion Phoenix, AZ | Home Security AZ | Arizona Business ...
A Tempe man is lucky he survived a home invasion on Thursday!
The Tempe man was home waiting for a roofing company to arrive. When the home invasion suspects knocked on the door, the victim assumed it was the roofing company and opened the door.
The first Home Burglary and Home Invasion?Safety Tip to remember and follow is to NEVER open your door just because someone knocks or rings the doorbell. If someone comes to your door, keep the door closed and locked; ask them who they are and why they are there. If you have a home video surveillance camera installed by the door, use it to get a visual on them. Before opening your door, get some identification, especially if they say they are with a business or the police. Then, call the company or police department to verify the identification or badge number. If they don?t check out, immediately call 911.
Home invasion thieves use a lot of trick to get us to open our doors to them: they pose as repairmen, delivery men, say they just hit your car, as well as using young children saying they are selling cookies or raising money for their school. Be extremely careful; it?s better to be safe than sorry!
In the case of the Tempe man, not only did the home invasion suspects knock him to the floor and steal items from his home, but, they forced him to drive to a convenience store and withdraw money from an ATM. Fortunately, after the home invasion suspects got the money, they let the victim go. Many times home invasion results in serious injury, physical assault, rape and murder.
After the home invasion suspects released the victim, he returned to the convenience store and the police were called. The suspects were found and are now in custody.?Read the entire story here.
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Sunday, September 2, 2012
JW Marriott thanks Romney for bringing spotlight to faith
BOSTON - The head of the prominent Marriott hotel chain and fellow Mormon J.W. Marriott thanked Mitt Romney today during a Mormon church service for bringing "positive attention" to the religion, which is often considered to be shrouded in mystery.
"There has never been as much positive attention to the church, thanks to the wonderful campaign of Mitt Romney and his family," Marriott said during a service at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Wolfeboro, N.H., the lakeside town where the Romney family has a home.
Marriott's remarks come after a noticeable shift in the campaign to highlight Romney's faith, a subject that has been rarely spoken about publicly by the candidate and his wife until last week, when both mentioned Mormonism in their speeches at the Republican National Convention. Additionally, several speakers arranged by the campaign to appear at the RNC highlighted the candidate's strong ties to his faith.
Romney and Ann Romney, who sat six rows back in the church this morning, showed little reaction to Marriott's testimony, according to a small group of reporters who accompanied the couple inside.
Marriott spoke about an interview he did in the 1990s with CBS News' Mike Wallace for "60 Minutes," retelling a story about the undergarments many practicing Mormons wear, another subject the Romneys have never discussed.
"Of course the one question that they put on the air was, I understand Mormons wear different underwear, and I said yes, and he says, "Do you?'" Marriott recalled.
Marriott explained that he told Wallace at the time that the underwear looks like a "T-shirt and a pair of boxer shorts" and that it prompted him to tell a story about an instance he believes the garments saved his life.
"I'd been involved in a very serious boat accident, here in New Hampshire. I caught fire; my polyester pants had burned off all the way to my waist. But my undergarments from my waist down to my knees had not even been singed. There was not a mark on them. And I said, these holy undergarments saved my life," Marriott said.
"And after the interview we walked out together, and he looked at me, and said, 'I wish I had the faith of the Mormons. I lost my 19-year-old son while he was rock climbing a few years ago, and I don't know where he is and I don't know if I'll ever see him again,'" Marriott said.
The Romney family and the Marriott family have a long standing friendship. Romney's father, George Romney, was so close to John Willard Marriott, the founder of the Marriott enterprise, that he named Romney after him. Romney's first name is actually Willard, and Mitt is his middle name.
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Anticipating a Blended Classroom Boom Led by Education Startups
As kids head back to school this month and next, some will find a rather new arrangement greeting them: blended classrooms. These don't feel like the ways that many of us attended class, with a single teacher lecturing at students from front and center ("Bueller?"). As it's difficult--if not impossible--for cash-strapped schools to develop their own original learning products in house, startups are at the forefront of these changes. Thanks to many of them, more instruction is now being simultaneously delivered--by a live teacher, via web-based curricula, and in the form of students teaching one another, among other forms--within?the walls of traditional classrooms.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/G4TPDpiKSIA/
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Saturday, September 1, 2012
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'Doctor Who' season promises tears, terrors
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Matt Smith and Karen Gillan arrived at the Ziegfeld Theater in DeLoreans on Aug. 25 in New York.
By Lisa Granshaw, TODAY
Spoiler alert! The following contains?minor spoilers and speculation about the upcoming season of "Doctor Who." If you don't want to know any details before the premiere, stop right here.
The end is near for Amy Pond and Rory Williams, the faithful companions of the eleventh Doctor. BBC America's top-rated show, British-science-fiction-classic-turned-U.S.-cult-hit "Doctor Who," returns Saturday, Sept. 1 for?an all-new season?and the start of a five-episode arc that leads up to the couple's exit from the series.
?Just wait until you see their goodbye,? Matt Smith, who plays the Doctor, said during a Q&A session after the New York City screening of season's first episode. ?It's going to be tough!?
The companions, who have been with Smith since he started as the Doctor in 2010, will make their final appearance in episode five, "The Angels Take Manhattan." During the Q&A Karen Gillan, who plays Amy Pond, admitted leaving the show was sad and just watching the season premiere during the screening made her cry, but she believes this is the right time for Amy's departure.
The end of Pond and Williams definitely starts off with a blockbuster episode in "Asylum?of the Daleks." When we left the Doctor last season, he had faked his own death in order to step back from events in the universe and River Song finally told Amy and Rory the truth that the Doctor was still alive.?This season?starts with the Doctor being summoned to the planet Skaro, the home of his deadliest foes, the Daleks. He, Amy and Rory are reunited and find themselves facing more Daleks than we have ever seen before. The scene is truly terrifying and awe-inspiring as we see every generation of Dalek and every Dalek that has ever appeared on the show in it's 49 year run in one place.
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The promo image for "Doctor Who" season 7 has fans worried about what might happen to Amy Pond when she makes her exit from the show.
?We have made the Daleks scary again, something I am not sure we got right before,? Smith told TV Guide in an interview.
The trio ends up on an asylum planet, where the Daleks that are too insane for their own kind to deal with are dumped, which results in lots of the running and classic back-and-forth banter from the Doctor and his companions as they try to escape.
Fans who have kept up with the season prequel web series, "Pond Life,"?will have a?heads up on some of the?action where Amy and Rory are concerned,?thanks to a cliffhanger leading up to the premiere. But for those who haven't tuned in online, one reveal will come as a shock. Expect?scenes featuring the couple to be especially bittersweet knowing their exit from the series is soon to come. And of course, as?regular viewers?now expect from an episode written?by executive producer?Steven Moffat, there will be?lots of unexpected twists that will tug at heartstrings.
Between a western with cyborg gunslingers and dinosaurs on a spaceship, there is definitely a lot to look forward to this season. Moffat revealed during San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year that this season?will have a bigger variety of episodes than ever before, and from a look at some of the newly released?promo posters,?it seems to be true. This could be due to the fact that there will be less of an arc this season and no two-part episodes, leading to more standalone adventures. Still, Moffat promises some exciting new developments, if this June tweet from him is anything to go by: "See this new monster I've invented? This is a GOOD one. This will SCARE you. Oh yes."
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The Q&A panel after the screening was moderated by Nerdist host Chris Hardwick.
Until then though, it's all about the final farewell of Amy and Rory. Looking back at their time with the Doctor, it's definitely been a long and often hard road, especially for Amy. The Doctor has been an influence on Amy since her childhood. He's helped her face her fears and get married, found her child who had been kidnapped by his enemies, and then married her daughter!
Amid all the fun of traveling through time and space, the couple's adventures have cost them a lot too --?from the lack of a normal married life, to the constant danger of death, to the heartbreaking realization that they would never have the chance to raise their child. How exactly the pair will exit the show has everyone curious, especially since past frights the Weeping Angels are involved. As fans of the show know, no one is quite the same after traveling with the Doctor and not all companions leave his side as whole as they were when they started. We'll just have to wait and see exactly what Amy and Rory's exit from the Tardis will cost them.
"Not everyone gets out alive," Moffat said at the press conference announcing Amy and Rory's replacement. "And I mean it this time!"
Are you looking forward to the season premiere of "Doctor Who"? What do you hope to see from Amy, Rory and of course, the Doctor when the show returns to BBC America? Tell us on our Facebook page.
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