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Steve Pope/Getty Images(LYNCHBURG, Va.) — Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., the conservative firebrand and former presidential candidate, gave the keynote address Wednesday at Liberty University’s weekly Convocation.

It was Bachmann’s third time speaking at Liberty, the world’s largest private Christian college and home to over 100,000 students. In her speech, the self-proclaimed “Constitutional Conservative,” who is retiring at the end of the year, urged her young listeners to focus on the “things that really matter” politically and personally.

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Bachmann named three factors that make Iran an especially dangerous opponent; their fissile material, their delivery system and the possibility of weaponization. She also listed Libya, Egypt and Lebanon as countries that pose a threat to the United States and Israel.

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“Never before has Israel been in this situation where literally all nations of the world have come against her,” Bachmann said, adding: “I never thought I would see our country be in a position where we, too, are lining up against Israel.”

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“I’m not running again,” Bachmann told her audience, but God “is opening doors for you, too […]. Be ready for those doors of opportunity!”

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5) “Never despise small beginnings”

Bachmann also drew upon her personal background. After her parents split up “we literally lost everything overnight. We moved into a tiny apartment. We qualified for public assistance. We had nothing.”

But, she assured: “The crucibles of suffering will be the greatest blessing God will ever bring to your life.”

As an example, Bachmann told the story of how she had worked three years as an adolescent in order to be able to afford contact lenses. When she finally had saved enough money to buy contacts and wore them riding her bike, she lost one of them. Coming home devastated, her mom drove her back and found her lens.

Bachmann concluded: “I was able to get back what I thought I’d lost; never despise small beginnings […]. That suffering and that work taught me the value of a dollar. I put myself through college, law school, postdoctoral program and working […]. It taught me servanthood and love for people and a broken heart for people in a challenge.”

After nearly eight years in Congress, Bachmann will retire at the end of 2014. She ended her speech with the words: “When we come together, when we contend for what matters, when we walk through that door of opportunity: That’s how a nation changes […]. I’m ready to hand off the baton, and the question is: Are you ready to take it?”

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Leicestershire's decision to bowl first backfired as Kent racked up 406 all out on the first day of their LV= County Championship Division Two match at Grace Road.

Brendan Nash, Geraint Jones and Matt Coles hit half-centuries and more than half the Kent total came in boundaries as a young Leicestershire attack struggled to keep control in the windy conditions.

Their misery was added to by the fact today represented the second successive game in which they have conceded more than 400 runs after putting the opposition into bat, having suffered the same fate last week against Hampshire.

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Geraint Jones top-scores with 67 as Kent enjoy a fruitful day with the bat against Leicestershire in the Division Two clash at Grace Road

The hosts' cause was not helped when Matthew Hoggard, their most experienced bowler, trudged off the field after a five-over spell before lunch and did not reappear for the rest of the day.

Nathan Buck, Alex Wyatt and Anthony Ireland had already been ruled out because of injury, leaving the home side's seam attack seriously weakened.

Kent cashed in, scoring at well over four runs an over throughout the day as boundaries flowed following the early run-out of Sam Northeast.

Rob Key also departed before lunch, top-edging a bouncer from Robbie Williams to Shiv Thakor at fine-leg for 41.

With Nash, Mike Powell, Darren Stevens and James Tredwell back in the pavilion by mid-afternoon, leaving Kent at 207 for six, Leicestershire looked to have a chance of keeping the total to a respectable level.

But a 104-run partnership between Jones and Coles put Kent well on top; the former reached his fifty off 70 balls with five fours and Coles hit a six and eight fours in reaching the landmark from just 51 deliveries.

Coles was stumped attempting one big hit too many off Jigar Naik for 59 and Jones trapped lbw for 67 by the same bowler - yet still Leicestershire were unable to bring the innings to a close.

Calum Haggett hit 40 and Mark Davies 41 as the last two wickets added 89 runs to give Kent maximum batting points, before the former was caught at midwicket off Naik - who finished with 4-97 off 21.5 overs.

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I'm sure you have heard about that rather silly vote in Oklahoma advocating banning the use of international law and shariah law in Oklahoman courts. Well, the ban passed but is now the case for a lawsuit:

Days after Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to prohibit its courts from considering Sharia or international law, CAIR's Oklahoma director filed a lawsuit asking for an injunction against the law.

Muneer Awad, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations' Oklahoma chapter, filed suit against the Oklahoma Board of Elections in federal court on Thursday. In the suit, he alleges the law both violates the First Amendment and harms his family's ability to carry out his will after he dies.

The proposition, which will go into effect once votes are certified on Nov. 9, amends the Oklahoma constitution and "forbids courts from considering or using international law [and] forbids courts from using or considering Sharia Law."

Awad said in the suit that in his will he directs that his possessions be divided "in accordance with the guidance contained in the prophetic teachings" of Islam.

As for the First Amendment, Awad contends that he will "suffer official disapproval of his faith communicated to him by Oklahoma through the document that organizes the state's existence: the constitution. The Shariah Ban, because the text only mentions and restricts the religious traditions upon which [Awad] draws his faith, will imply to Oklahomans that there is something especially nefarious about the Koran and the teaching of Mohammed that justified its exclusion from the state courts."
I'm not certain if there is anything "especially nefarious" about the shariah laws when compared to other religious laws created during the middle ages, and that's when most of them seem to have been created. They all tend to give women fewer rights than men, though. Considering that will of Awad:

"Allah commands you regarding your children. For the male a share equivalent to that of two females. " [Quran 4:11]

This first principle which the Quran lays down refers to males and females of equal degree and class. This means that a son inherits a share equivalent to that of two daughters, a full (germane) brother inherits twice as much as a full sister, a son's son inherits twice as much as a son's daughter and so on.

If there are any sons the share of the daughter(s) is no longer fixed because the share of the daughter is determined by the principle that a son inherits twice as much as a daughter.
Couldn't Awad just make a will leaving twice as much to his sons than to his daughters and not letting his wife inherit too much? I'm pretty sure that this is feasible.

Religious freedoms often clash with women's equality simply because religions do, and it's my job to point that out. This does not mean that I support the oppression of any religious group or islamophobia, in particular.


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Factory Orders Decline, -0.5% for June 2012

The Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories, and Orders report shows a -0.5% new orders decrease for June. The last three of four months in manufacturing new orders have shown declines. May revised down, from +0.7% to +0.5%. This Census statistical release is called Factory Orders by the press and covers both durable and non-durable manufacturing orders, shipments and inventories. Manufactured durable goods new orders, increased +1.3% and May durable goods showed a +1.5% increase. Transportation equipment had a blow out, with a +8.0% increase for June. Services, on the other hand, dropped -2.0% and explains why June overall showed a manufacturing new order decline.

Most of durable goods new orders increase was due to transportation. Computers & electronics new orders declined -4.4%. Machinery dropped -2.1% and electrical equipment declined -2.0%.

Transportation equipment new orders increased 8.0% with non-defense aircraft increasing 14.2%. Defense aircraft new orders increased 22.6%. Ships & boats had an unbelievable new orders increase of 223.5%. This is the 3rd month the ship building industry has come alive, but never like this, which is good news. Motor vehicle body, parts new orders declined, -0.7%. New orders for all manufacturing, minus just transportation, declined -1.8% for June.

Core capital goods new orders decreased -1.7% for the month. This is bad news for April declined, -1.5%, in essence wiping out May's +2.3% gain. Core capital goods are capital or business investment goods and excludes defense and aircraft.

Graphed below are the revised durable goods news orders. Notice that Durable goods new orders have still not recovered to pre-recession levels.

Shipments decreased -1.1% with core capital goods shipments increasing +1.0%. Below is a graph of core capital goods shipments.

Inventories for manufacturing overall barely budged, an increase of +0.1%. Inventories of manufactured durable goods increased +0.4%. Transportation equipment inventories are up 0.8% while nondurable goods inventories declined -0.5% after dropping -1.0% in May. Petroleum and coal inventories, which are part of nondurable goods, dropped -2.3% and one must wonder why considering the price of crude has now dropped. This report is by price, not adjusted for inflation, yet by volume oil & gasoline inventories have dropped. Core capital goods inventories as a whole increased +0.6%. The inventory to shipments ratio is 1.29, a bump up from May's 1.27 implying an increase of inventories to completed sales.

Part of this report goes into GDP. The BEA takes this report, called M3, and uses the shipments values to calculate investment in private equipment, investment in software. Manufacturing inventories also goes into the changes in private inventories GDP calculation. At the bottom of this post is a little more information to estimate part of the GDP investment component.

This report isn't alleviating, despite the increase in durable goods new orders. The ISM manufacturing survey showed contraction.

The St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED graphing system has added individual NAICS data series from this report. If you're looking for a graph of some particular NAICS category, such as light trucks, autos & parts, or machinery, it might be found on FRED.

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August Durable Goods -13.2% monthly decline

Economists and analysts are aghast at the plunge in durable goods for August. I just wanted to give a heads up that is the advance report number and the next release will be October 4th. We will make a point to really cover durable goods new orders and shipments in great detail, along with graphs against other economic indicators (GDP, payrolls, PCE). Look for it, we don't like covering the advance report because durable goods manufacturing is so often revised in the space of 7 days between the two economic statistical releases.

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Abstract:We experimentally study behavior in a simple voting game where players have private information about their preferences. With random matching, subjects overwhelmingly follow the dominant strategy to exaggerate their preferences, which leads to inefficiency. We analyze an exogenous linking mechanism suggested by Jackson and Sonnenschein (2007) as well as repeated interaction in different settings, which could allow endogenous linking mechanisms to evolve. We find that applying the exogenous mechanism captures nearly all achievable efficiency gains, whereas repeated interaction leads to significant gains in truthful representation and efficiency only in a setting where players can choose their partners.
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Abstract:This article studies the use and impact of a firm-sponsored training (Employability-miles) voucher scheme that aims to stimulate employees to develop a more active attitude toward their own employability. Using data from two surveys of the firm's workforce, we find that voucher use is related to various personality traits and personal characteristics. In particular, a worker's ambition, goal setting, and education level are positively related to voucher use. In addition, women and those with longer tenure spend their vouchers more often. Conversely, workers with a more positive self-image as well as those who are negatively reciprocal spend their vouchers less often. The negative relation between voucher use and negative reciprocity suggests that workers who are more negatively reciprocal perceive the voucher as an HR tool for outplacement. Further, we find that voucher use positively affects worker employability awareness and willingness to train. Remarkably, participation in non-voucher training shows little relation to personality traits. From a human resources perspective, this finding suggests that by employing a voucher scheme, the firm makes training participation more dependent on employee personality and individual characteristics instead of the human resources development strategy of the firm.
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Publishing Technology, PLC appointed Kevin Haskins to senior business development executive. He will work on sales of advance, the company's enterprise applications suite, in the U.S. and Canada. Haskins will be responsible for developing new leads for the advance modules Product Manager, Contracts, Rights & Royalties, Order to Cash, and Relationship Manager within publishing and related industries.


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With the fourth season of AMC’s Mad Men currently underway, crazed fans are likely slipping back into a boozy, chain-smoking haze punctuated by bouts of swearing and, well, you get the picture. Wandering eyes aside, one of the biggest draws of the series can be found in its spot-on depiction of impeccable, early ‘60s fashion and the celebration of the female form.

Nowhere is that more apparent than with Christina Hendricks’ mightily praised womanly physique, which has earned her Esquire magazine’s Sexiest Woman Alive title. The actress – who portrays secretary Joan Holloway – has graced the cover of endless magazines as a direct result of her high profile gig, but lately, she’s been popping up in an unassuming corner of the internet…on Etsy.

Modeling the handcrafted fashion accessories of Blackbird Design House artist and friend, Tamara Mello, the red headed beauty has no doubt enabled page views and sales to reach new heights. Hendricks can be seen sporting four different hand knit, wet felted and molded wool, lama and satin ribbon scarves priced at $130, which, while not vegan, are certainly eye-catching.

As for Mello’s eco-perspective, she says that she “believe(s) strongly in a thing never outliving its usefulness or beauty”, hoping to “leave our world just a little better than the way I found it or at least to do no more harm.” DIY crafters who also try to tread as lightly as possible while creating their art should probably take a moment to peek at her offerings and then solicit the modeling skills of their very own best celeb buddy — hey, whatever works to spread the handmade battle cry!


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Last night the Empire State Building in New York City went orange for animals. Why orange, you ask? Yesterday was the 147th(!) birthday of animal protection powerhouse, the ASPCA, and their color is definitely orange.

The organization writes on their website, “We’re thrilled to celebrate 147 years of our work for animals, beginning when our founder, Henry Bergh, first spoke up for animals in Civil War-era New York. Bergh, a gifted speaker with friends in high places, rallied people to the cause and succeeded in getting the New York State Legislature to pass the charter incorporating the ASPCA on April 10, 1866. Nine days later, the first effective anti-cruelty law was passed and, with a team of three, the ASPCA began working to enforce it.”

For those who would like to say happy birthday to the ASPCA, consider going orange this month, or do as I did and sign their puppy mill pledge to never buy anything from a pet store that sells puppies.

Happy birthday and congratulations to the ASPCA for 147 years of service and thank you to the Empire State Building for bringing much needed attention to animals.

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“Made in the Dark” Scented Jewelry Helps Blind Artisans Earn a Living

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The Made in the Dark team worked with the nonprofit Andh Kanya Prakash Group School and the Blind People’s Association in Ahmedabad to develop a unique “color-scent language” that associates individual colors of beads with specific aromas, say lime for bright green or sandalwood for burgundy.

Using the art of “scent-beading,” blind artisans are able to manipulate the products they create.

Using this new art of “scent-beading,” blind artisans, particularly those with prior skills, are able to manipulate the products they create to communicate both visually and olfactorily.

“By combining different aromas with colored beads, a relationship between color and scent can be developed which gives craftspeople the opportunity to discover and control color in their work,” write Jon Fraser, Hal Watts, and Ruby Steel in their project report. “By initializing the craft in local NGOs, we hope to develop an artform that will be free to grow and evolve throughout the blind community.”

The impact of the brand, once established, could have far-reaching consequences. Growing demand for products would not only encourage veterans of the craft to train other blind people, but also create a sense of community and camaraderie. “The blind craftsmen would pick up new materials and drop of their latest designs on a set day so that they maintain social contacts with other blind people if they are working from home,” they add.

Made in the Dark also sees itself as a voice for promoting awareness about preventable blindness. A sunglass chain that encourages people to wear sunglasses, for instance, could help reduce cases of cataracts or macular degeneration that frequently result in vision loss.

“Our team is currently in discussions with a major ethical Indian retailer, which could secure a wide release for Made in the Dark jewelry,” Fraser, Watts, and Steel say. “This would allow production to be greatly expanded and provide a sustainable income to more blind craftspeople. Hopefully this will allow the craft to grow organically and for more blind people to benefit, both in Ahmedabad and in the rest of India.”

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  1. Khushbu Dublish says:

    Made in the Dark Designers:

    Khushbu Dublish and Deepen Toppo from National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad (INDIA)
    Ruby Steel, Hal Watts and Jon Fraser from Royal College of Art, London (UK)

  2. britt says:

    A friend of mine is blind and when I told her about ‘scent-beading’, she asked me where she can buy the scented beads.

    Are those beads available and if they are, where can I buy them?

    Thank you for your reaction.

    Greetings from Belgium

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Dear Friends, Supporters and Families with Autism,

The Autism Project (TAP) is no longer providing programs or activities for our Central Texas families. We have had a wonderful run of 8 years and we thank you for your interest, support, and inspiration. Unfortunately, the administrative hurdles and mounting financial burden have overcome our capacity to continue the program. (The cost to reopen TAP for one year of service is $170,000).

TAP has existed since 2006 on The University of Texas campus. We have provided an estimated $800,000 of programming value to the community and more than 40,000 hours of Academic Service Learning and volunteerism.

TAP has traveled to communities, school districts and Region Education Service Centers throughout Texas. We have met children and adults with Autism, their parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, teachers and therapists. You have given our University of Texas students the opportunity to create and teach outdoor education, interdisciplinary games, and how to put research into practice. We have learned with you, laughed with you, listened and even shared a few tears.

Your support and trust in TAP has enabled us to spend adventure weekends camping with your children, many of whom had never spent the night away from home much less slept in a tent. We watched as your kids soared through the air on zip lines, and fearlessly rode horses. We watched stars with them, sang around campfires and watched friendships form. We ran the length of the UT football field during an on-campus overnight event and sang the Eyes of Texas at the Student Activity Center during a football watch party. We offered summer camps, themed weekends and art classes. We danced and sang with Austin songwriters and performers during our music programs and showed a movie in the courtyard during a social skills event for adults. We guided teenagers as they put down their computers and engaged in team sports, and encouraged both adults and children as they embraced fitness. This list is endless.

You have been our motivation to continue for so many years, and if not for the growing demands for financial support, we would still be offering programs. In the past, TAP has been run and managed by volunteers and without a budget, but University protocol demands have become too cumbersome to manage without employing staff.

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July 9, 2008

(WASHINGTON, D.C., and WILMINGTON, Del. – July 9, 2008) In an effort to expand the global accessibility of the Nano Risk Framework, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and DuPont today announced the release of new translations of the Framework in three additional languages – Mandarin, French and Spanish. (The Framework executive summary also is available in Portuguese.)

The Framework – available online at www.NanoRiskFramework.com – was jointly developed one year ago to assist with the responsible development and use of nanotechnology and to help inform global dialogue on its potential risks. Since then, it has been downloaded over 3,000 times by visitors from nearly 100 countries around the globe.

Over the past year, the Framework has been applauded by a wide range of stakeholders. Industry associations like the American Chemistry Council’s Nanotechnology Panel and the NanoBusiness Alliance have publicly welcomed the Framework as an important tool for their member companies to consider. Government officials from numerous countries have commended the Framework as important input into the policy development process for nanotechnology. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has said it has benefited from the Framework as practical input into its programs on nanotechnology and nanomaterials.

Companies ranging in size from global leaders to small startups are starting to use the Framework in actual practice. For example, General Electric has endorsed and recommended the Framework in a public briefing, while the startup company Nanostellar has publicly announced its use of the Framework on its nanocatalyst products. In addition, DuPont has made the Framework mandatory for all of its nanotechnology work and published three case studies demonstrating its use on actual products. In December, Lloyd’s of London, the world’s leading specialist insurance market, encouraged insurers “to seek evidence of whether projects they are covering have followed this Framework.”

“We’ve seen strong global interest in the Nano Risk Framework over the past year from companies and organizations of all shapes and sizes,” said Gwen Ruta, vice president of corporate partnerships at EDF. “By translating this tool into multiple languages, we’ve made it easier for organizations around the world to address the potential risks of nanotechnology while embracing its powerful benefits.”

“We are very pleased with the number of companies and organizations that have indicated their interest and support for the usefulness of this document,” said Terry Medley, DuPont global regulatory affairs director. “The translation of the Framework and its website will certainly continue to drive further interest and use on a global scale.”

EDF and DuPont launched their partnership on nanotechnology in September 2005 to develop a systematic and disciplined process for evaluating and addressing the environmental, health and safety risks of nanomaterials across all stages of a product’s lifecycle – from initial sourcing through manufacture, use and recycling or disposal. The resulting Framework, launched on June 21, 2007, offers a thorough and usable six-step process for organizations to identify, assess and manage potential risks.

To download the Framework in Mandarin, French or Spanish, visit the following sites:
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To download a copy in English, visit www.NanoRiskFramework.com

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A somewhat charmless lunch in a High Street cellar

Reviewed by Euan Andrews

Monday, June 13, 2011 - 3:27pm

As I wander down the Royal Mile on a sunny spring lunchtime, I’m filled with hope and expectation for my first, and, as we shall see, probably only visit to Monteiths. Although situated slap in the middle of the High Street’s tartan tat zone, this little hideaway has managed to earn a seriously good reputation as restaurant and wine bar for the cream of Edinburgh’s schmooze elite.

Surrounded on all sides by Jimmy Hats and Scotch Pies, Monteiths would be easy to miss were it not for the glittering entrance through which you pass. The narrow tenement wynd which leads to the restaurant is festooned with branches and small glowing lights, giving a sense of crossing some kind of portal into a mythical Scotland crafted from Brigadoon and The Wicker Man.

Unfortunately, following this brief digression into Fairyland, we then find ourselves crashing back down to reality with a resounding clunk. At 1pm on Friday lunchtime, Monteiths is deserted. In fact, not simply deserted, it looks as though they’ve forgotten to even open. The darkly lit chamber, filled with old-style furniture with the odd modern twist, is like the Marie Celeste. Service cupboards lie wide open and Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits thunders out from across the bar. I actually find myself wondering whether we’ve stumbled into some new variant on Edinburgh’s Ghost tours.

A somewhat flustered waitress appears, not looking especially pleased to see us, and tells us to sit wherever we like. M and I are here to sample the a la carte menu today, as we’d requested when booking. This seems to be slightly problematic as they’re still printing out the menus, but they’ll be along shortly. I begin to wonder whether someone at Monteiths has made a monumental cock-up. Were they actually supposed to be closed today? Is the a la carte menu not actually offered usually during the day? So many mysteries left unexplained.

Finally we are presented with our freshly minted menus. I certainly can’t accuse them of slouching when it comes to the food on offer. This is refined modern Scottish dining using excellent traditional ingredients. While the sun blazes outside, we sit here in the dim shadows and give our orders. It feels as though we’re in some restaurant sepulchre, cloistered away from the light and warmth just feet away from us. I feel like a vampire getting ready to dine.

Our starters arrive to the incongruous musical backdrop of Bob Dylan crashing out “Like a Rolling Stone”. My grilled queenie scallops in a fennel and sorrel sauce are pleasantly sweet, though it seems oddly over-fussy to serve them in their shells and then place them on a bed of green leaves. A pointless and needless garnish. M’s seared rabbit parfait is a most peculiar creation. Instead of the expected silky-smooth pate, a massive lump of rabbit meat appears on the plate. Parts of the rough textured meat are the wrong side of pink, and in the centre of this bizarre edifice to dead bunnies is a large chunk of what seems to be coarse and nastily unpalatable rabbit offal. A strange Frankenstein’s monster of a dish which really needs returning to the operating table.

Mains are a slight improvement. My roast rump of Ayrshire lamb comes swimming in mint jus with sautéed cabbage and sprouting broccoli. The lamb is technically perfectly cooked, yet lacking in flavour. The generously proportioned sweetbreads which accompany the lamb easily steal the dish. Don’t turn your nose up at good sweetbreads; they’re a thing of melt in the mouth joy.

M seems happy enough with her red mullet fillet with creamed peas, leeks and smoked bacon lardoons, but I can tell she is somewhat lacking in enthusiasm. So am I. It’s hard to get enthusiastic about an experience which feels like sneakily having a meal in someone’s private apartment while they’re out.

Bob is now nasally whining his way through “Lay Lady Lay” for the third time since we entered this lifeless crypt. We decide to cut our losses, skip dessert and grab the bill. It’s clear the waitress wants to get on with the hoovering (note to restaurant staff: getting the Mr Sheen out and doing a major furniture polish will not make your two sole customers feel welcome). Maybe they had a big party the night before.

Maybe someone was ill. Maybe they took our booking by mistake or maybe they just didn’t really give a shit on the day. Who knows? Monteiths have a fine upstanding name in Edinburgh and on a good night with the right company it’s probably a smashing place to be. But first impressions define one’s opinion, and my first impressions of Monteiths mean I won’t be going back.


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Bonaire, GA 31005
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  1. University of Nevada-Reno

    Reno, Nevada 89557

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  2. Truckee Meadows Community College

    7000 Dandini Blvd, Reno, Nevada 89512-3999

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  3. Pima Medical Institute in Las Vegas

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Nevada Vs. National Veterinary Employment

Nevada 2,800
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Of all of the veterinary professionals that work in the US, approximately 1% work in Nevada state.

Employment Growth for Veterinary professionals In Nevada

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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In Nevada, the field of veterinary is growing. In 2010 there were 250 more veterinary professionals working in Nevada than there were in 2006. Thus, the field of veterinary has grown by 10% in Nevada. This growth is slower than the national trend for veterinary professionals which shows a 13% increase in the number of veterinary professionals working around the nation.

Veterinary VS. All Professions salaries in Nevada

$43,905 $45,318 $40,628 $39,738 $42,412
$45,390 $46,413 $47,635 $49,555 $51,254
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
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The amount earned by veterinary professionals is decreasing in Nevada. The mean salary for veterinary professionals in 2006 was $43,905 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $42,412 per year.

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Thus, veterinary professionals' salaries declined by 4% in 4 years. This decline is quite different from state trends for all professionals. In the state of Nevada, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of veterinary. The pay differential between the highest paid veterinary professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 166%

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Veterinary programs available for each degree type for all schools in Nevada

The number of students graduating from the 3 accredited veterinary schools in Nevada is increasing. In 2006, 94 students graduated from veterinary courses in Nevada. And in 2010, 111 students graduated.

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[Editor’s note: This piece originally appeared in the Washington Post [1] on Feb. 16.]

Rebuilding our economy for the long haul — not just to meet today’s needs — requires investing in education. President Obama rightly has called for immediate investments to build the classrooms, laboratories and libraries our children require to meet 21st-century challenges and to increase funding for crucial educational programs. But to address the challenges and seize the opportunities of this new century, we must do even more.

From my office in Washington, I can see beyond the Capitol to Virginia. I can ride a few stops on the Metro and be in Maryland. These three jurisdictions are so close in miles yet have very different standards for what their students should know and be able to do — just as every state in the union has its own standards. The result is 51 benchmarks of varying content and quality.

There are many areas in education around which we need to build consensus. A good place to start would be revisiting the issue of national standards. Abundant evidence suggests that common, rigorous standards lead to more students reaching higher levels of achievement.

The countries that consistently outperform the United States on international assessments all have national standards, with core curriculum, assessments and time for professional development for teachers based on those standards. Here in the United States, students in Massachusetts, which has been recognized for setting high standards, scored on a par with the highest-performing countries in both math and science on a recent international assessment. After Minnesota adopted rigorous math standards, students there ranked fifth in the world on the mathematics portion of that assessment. Academic standards for students in the rest of the country, unfortunately, are a mixed bag.

Imagine the outrage if, say, the Pittsburgh Steelers had to move the ball the full 10 yards for a first down during the Super Bowl while the Arizona Cardinals had to go only seven. Imagine if this scenario were sanctioned by the National Football League. Such a system would be unfair and preposterous.

But there is little outrage over the uneven patchwork of academic standards for students in our 50 states and the District of Columbia. And the federal government has tacitly accepted this situation by giving a seal of approval to states that meet the benchmarks for improved achievement established by the federal No Child Left Behind Act — even if their standards are lower than those of other states (which might not fare as well when measured by NCLB’s yardstick).

Should fate, as determined by a student’s Zip code, dictate how much algebra he or she is taught? Such a system isn’t practical: Modern American society is highly mobile. And it’s just not right — every child attending U.S. public schools should be taught to high standards, regardless of where he or she lives.

I am not talking about federal standards for every subject taught in American public schools, nor am I proposing that state and local education authorities lose all say on curriculum. I certainly am not suggesting that teachers be forced to provide instruction in a scripted, lock-step manner, unable to tailor lessons or draw on their own expertise. Just as different pianists can look at the same music and bring to it unique interpretations and flourishes, various teachers working from a common standard should be able to do the same.

Education is a local issue, but there is a body of knowledge about what children should know and be able to do that should guide decisions about curriculum and testing. I propose that a broad-based group — made up of educators, elected officials, community leaders, and experts in pedagogy and particular content — come together to take the best academic standards and make them available as a national model. Teachers then would need the professional development, and the teaching and learning conditions, to make the standards more than mere words.

I’m not so naive as to think that it would be easy to reach consensus on national standards, but I believe that most people would agree that there is academic content that all students in America’s public schools should be taught, and be taught to high standards. And I would expect near-consensus on the fact that, today, we are failing in that important mission. A national agreement about certain aspects of what every well-educated child in every American public school should learn won’t be easy to arrive at, but that is no reason to give up before we even try.

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