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Last decade Intel decided to change the wireless industry by putting its considerable might behind WiMAX, the first of the so-called 4G standards. That was a bet that didn’t pay off. But Intel apparently hasn’t given up on its dreams of becoming a powerhouse in mobile networking, though it’s now casting its gaze much further into the future.

The silicon giant has created a group called the Intel Strategic Research Alliance (ISRA), bringing university labs and carriers together to focus on the development of 5G technologies. Other 5G exploratory groups like METIS have sprung up recently, funded by euros from the European Union, but ISRA is the first U.S.-company effort I’ve seen emerge. Intel is kicking off ISRA with $3 million in funding, which is pretty small considering the billions in R&D dollars it will take to fully develop future 5G technologies. But trust me, Intel has plenty of time to invest more.

cell tower illustrated5G is really just the merest of concepts today. Many engineers would argue we’ve yet to see our first 4G network, making the idea of 5G a lab rat’s fantasy. We’re talking technology well beyond LTE-Advanced (which itself is much further away than the mobile industry would have us believe) on the 2020 horizon if not more distant. I applaud Intel for not abusing the term 5G, though. Unlike other mobile vendors — cough, Samsung — Intel in its blog post announcing the initiative positioned 5G exactly as it should be: an aspirational and still unidentified set of technologies, not a network that is being developed today.

What would 5G networks look like? Intel has some ideas. According to Intel Principal Engineer Shilpa Talwar, 5G networking would move debate beyond the tired discussion of raw speed and focus on pervasive connectivity — getting a fast, resilient link to the internet whether you’re in a subway tunnel, at the top of skyscraper or in a conference center vying with 50,000 other people for a network connection.

Talwar believes 5G networks should scale to support billions of devices, not just our smartphones and tablets but the billions of appliances, sensors and objects that make up the internet of things. Finally, Talwar proposes 5G networks adapt to the tasks that they’re given, tailoring their speeds, latencies and quality of service to the applications and devices that connect to them at any given moment. Your HD video conference call needs extremely low latency and adequate bandwidth to work properly, but your wearable’s upload of health data to the cloud does not. Why give the same type of connection to each?

education moneyThose are all lofty goals, but there’s one thing Talwar failed to mention that I believe really belongs front and center in any mobile networking conversation: 5G networks need to make the cost of mobile data dirt cheap. If we’re still paying $10 to $20 a gigabyte to connect to the mobile network in 2020, then what’s the point of innovation? Our current networks can handle that load easily, and the mobile carriers are free to become broadband equivalent of electrical utilities. If driving down the cost of mobile data isn’t one on ISRA’s goals, then Intel is just throwing its $3 million investment away.

ISRA has already attracted an impressive array of research institutions including the USC, NYU, Princeton, Stanford, the University of Illinois, the University of Texas, the University Fabra Pompeu, Purdue, Cornell, IIT Delhi, UCLA, Rice University, and Macquarie University. Verizon has also signed on as its first carrier member.

I’m curious to see how far Intel takes this effort. Usually these kinds of standards initiatives are spearheaded by the big wireless equipment vendors – the Ericssons, Huaweis, Alcatel-Lucents and Nokias of the world – but Intel seems dead set at becoming a company that matters in the world of mobile networking. WiMAX may have been a bum investment, but it’s pursued multiple other mobile avenues since then.

Intel bought Infineon in 2010, making it an instant player in mobile device radio chipsets. And it’s been trying to position as its Xeon processors as the brains of the mobile radio network. Maybe with 5G, Intel’s luck will change.

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Malawi High Court weighs overturning anti-gay law

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Malawi’s anti-gay law faced a new challenge this week as the Malawi High Court decided to review the constitutionality of the country’s ban on  homosexual intercourse.

That law has been on hold since November 2012, when Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara has called for a moratorium on arrests and prosecutions related to homosexual activity.  He later denied reports about that decision, but no arrests have been reported since then.

Earlier in 2012, President Joyce Banda called for the repeal of the law, but she later announced that Malawian legislators were not ready to go along with her on that plan. Continue Reading

Millennium Challenge Corporation Places Operational Hold on Malawi Compact

Millennium Challenge CorporationFor Immediate Release
July 26, 2011
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Millennium Challenge Corporation Places Operational Hold on Malawi Compact

The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) is a U.S. Government agency that provides development assistance to countries that demonstrate a commitment to good governance.  At the core of an MCC partnership is the expectation that countries maintain a demonstrated commitment to political pluralism, human rights, and the rule of law throughout the life of the program.  MCC is deeply concerned by recent events in Malawi and is placing an immediate hold on all program operations in order to review its partnership with Malawi, including whether to recommend to its Board of Directors to suspend or terminate its assistance.

MCC signed a five-year, $350 million Compact with the Government of Malawi on April 7, 2011.  The Compact is focused on Malawi’s power sector and is expected to benefit nearly 6 million Malawians.  By reducing power outages and technical losses, enhancing the sustainability and efficiency of hydropower generation, and improving service to electricity consumers, the Compact is designed to reduce energy costs to enterprises and households; improve productivity in the agriculture, manufacturing and services sectors; and support the preservation and creation of employment opportunities in the economy.

MCC’s operational hold will bring to a halt all ongoing Compact activities during the review.

Related article: In Malawi, LGBT rights activists ‘in hiding’

U.S. Condemns Violent Disruption of Protests in Malawi

July 21, 2011

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U.S. Condemns Violent Disruption of Protests in Malawi

The United States strongly condemns the use of force by Malawian authorities on July 20 to prevent their own citizens from exercising their constitutional right to demonstrate peacefully as well as the ban imposed on media reporting of the confrontations.  Denying the right of people to protest peacefully is unacceptable. We are disturbed by reports of violence targeting individuals on account of their political or social affiliations.  We are also troubled by the announcement from the Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) banning all private radio stations from covering the demonstrations. In light of continued rioting and rumors of retaliation, we urge restraint from both sides.

The Malawian people are guaranteed the right to peaceful association and freedom of expression in their constitution.  The Government’s attempt to prohibit its citizens from marching, and the regulator’s ban on independent media coverage undermine democracy and the rule of law that Malawians cherish and are seeking to protect.  We recall the words of President Mutharika at the April 7 Millennium Challenge Corporation signing ceremony in Lilongwe, that he “will continue to adhere to and uphold democracy and good governance, freedom of expression, freedom of association” and other fundamental freedoms enshrined in Malawi’s constitution.

The United States calls on the people and the Government of Malawi to remain committed to the principles of democracy and to express disagreements through peaceful means.

Related Posts: In Malawi, more scapegoating of LGBT as riots erupt

Malawi Government Targets NGOs Working for LGBTI Human Rights

Council position on suspension of $350 million in development assistance to Malawi

Sex Between Women Now a Crime in Malawi: New Law Violates Human Rights Obligations of Malawi

In Malawi, more scapegoating of LGBT as riots erupt

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Last week the British government announced that it was withdrawing budget support from the Malawian government. The move followed a diplomatic spat but the UK Foreign Office (FCO) blamed Malawi’s increasing authoritarianism for their decision.

Germany, Denmark and other countries have cut their aid to Malawi citing a poor governance record.

Malawi has form on blaming LGBT for aid withdrawals, and some governments and bodies have cited concerns on LGBT rights in their consideration of aid to the country – but they have never been more than a footnote to the same sorts of issues cited by the FCO.

Now Malawi’s government and media has labeled an opposition protest a “gay rights rally”. It banned today’s protest against the state of the economy, which resulted in riots and at least one death. Yesterday, ruling party supporters, who have been encouraged to violence by President Bingu wa Mutharika, threatened anyone who would dare join the protests and attacked two independent radio stations.

Of the two civil society leaders who have been most outspoken in support of LGBT human rights who took part in the protests, Undule Mwakasungula Human Rights Consultative Commitee (HRCC) chairperson was beaten and and executive director of Centre for Development of People (CEDEP) Gift Trapence arrested then released.

Mark Bromley of the Council for Global Equality said:

“Once again we see that an increasingly authoritarian government is trying to deflect attention away from legitimate public grievances and economic hardships by blaming the protests on gay rights supporters. The protests today were not about gay rights, they were about good governance and human rights for all citizens. Continue reading ‘In Malawi, more scapegoating of LGBT as riots erupt’

Malawi Government Targets NGOs Working for LGBTI Human Rights

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In less than 20 days after the United States unfroze $350 million in foreign aid to Malawi, the government is claiming that Norwegian and Dutch funding of NGOs working for LGBTI human rights is “being used by external forces to destabilize the government…These are the people who are being used as agents from the government’s enemies.” Information and Civic Education Minister Vuwa Kaunda and Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Dr George Chaponda handed the media a document with information about the donations.

The government is targeting two NGOs specifically: Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) and Center for the Development of People (CEDEP).Continue Reading Story.

Related: Millennium Challenge Corporation signs $350 million development assistance compact with Malawi

Council position on suspension of $350 million in development assistance to Malawi

In February the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. government-funded development institution, suspended an agreement with Malawi, focused on energy sector development, based in part on concerns over a new law criminalizing consensual relations between women. (See news reports here.)

Read the Council’s position here

Sex Between Women Now a Crime in Malawi: New Law Violates Human Rights Obligations of Malawi

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Sex Between Women Now a Crime in Malawi: New Law Violates Human Rights Obligations of Malawi

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) expresses grave disappointment at Malawi’s recent enactment of a law criminalizing sexual relations between women. Such a law is an affront to human dignity and seriously undermines Malawi’s human rights commitments under international law.

The ICJ urges that the Parliament undertake an immediate review with an eye to repealing all laws that currently criminalize sexual activity on the basis of the sex of the partners.

In December 2010, the Parliament passed a bill amending the Penal Code of Malawi. In late January 2011, President Bingu Wa Mutharika assented to the bill, thus completing its enactment into law. The new Section 137A, captioned “Indecent practices between females,” provides that any female person who, whether in public or private, commits “any act of gross indecency with another female” shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a prison term of five years.

“The criminalization of private sexual activity between consenting adults of the same sex, whether women or men, runs counter to Malawi’s obligations to protect the human rights of all citizens of Malawi, regardless of sexual orientation,” said Alli Jernow, Senior Legal Advisor for the Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Project. “If used to prosecute women for their private consensual sexual relationships, the new law threatens the universal rights to privacy and freedom from discrimination.”

Speaking in Geneva last September, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stated, “Laws criminalizing people on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity violate the principle of non-discrimination. They also fuel violence, help to legitimize homophobia and contribute to a climate of hate.”

The Republic of Malawi has turned a deaf ear to the calls of UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu and many others. Indecent practices between males are already criminalized in Malawi. Last May Tionge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza were convicted of this offense and were sentenced to 14 years in prison before receiving a presidential pardon. By adding “indecent practices between females” to the Penal Code, the Republic of Malawi has not only acted contrary to its own human rights obligations, it has contributed to the severe stigmatization and discrimination experienced by gay and lesbian Malawians. All laws criminalizing consensual sexual activity between adult same-sex partners should be repealed.

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131Taxi deregulation

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      My name is Robert. I own a taxi in Canberra Australia. Our local government is trying to convince our taxi company that deregulation is good. We have yet to be persuaded. Do you have any information on deregulation with regards the Spanish experience especially in Madrid and Barcelona. I'm also interested in the shortcomings or good points relating to the taxi radio system and how it can be improved. Perhaps you could email me at your convenience? If I have contacted you by mistake and you cannot help me, could you possibly pass my request on to the relevant person with a CC to me? Thanks Robert

      Paris, Monday, December 23, 2002

      Dear Robert,

      The best I can do for you today is to forward your request for help to several groups with background in these matters.  Which I am doing with this note.

      Less usefully perhaps, I can also offer you the following brief comments based on some years of studying and working with taxi issues, always in a broader overall transport and community context.  And often with an eye to what we can do with better information and communications technology.

      • When you hear the word deregulation, you do well to reach for your evolver (sorry).  Not least because enough of the experience with deregulating transport over the last decade-plus has been extremely disappointing, for a variety of reasons.

      • As much as anything else, I would say that the problem resides in the fact that all too often the approach taken is simplistic, mechanistic, rhetoric-driven, and rushed. The results have largely born this out.

      • I have looked in taxi operations in a couple of dozen places over the years and on just about all of the continents, and I have to say that upon reflection one of the words that comes not at the top of my list is: flexibility.  Not that the taxis themselves are not flexible – and indeed this should be included in one of the underlying targets of anything we do to change their guiding framework, i.e., more and not less flexibility --; rather that the structures of ordinances and laws within which they perform their functions tend to be stodgy and unnecessarily constraining.

      • So, the goal has to be not to deregulate, but to improve, to create (and how I hate the expression) win-win situations in which the owners, drivers, their clients and the community all come out with big gains.  And indeed it is possible (though that has to be the topic of something a bit more substantial than this off the cuff reply).

      • The key to successful transportation policy is, has to be, deep analysis and dialogue.  Moreover, in the case of a public service function such as taxis, the entire process of dialogue needs to be inclusive, broad and probably slowish.  This can prove irritating for go-getting politicians and administrators looking to hold up the bull’s ears and tail, but hey we are looking at one of the older professions and in many cases the ordinances governing them stretch back a couple of centuries, including, ironically, in cities that have themselves not been around that long (as a result of copycat regulation in the first place).

      • You gotta know what you want as the bottom line.  To me it seems pretty simple: more taxis, more people in them, better wages for drivers, increased earnings for the industry, greater accessibility for all, higher priority in the traffic stream, better driver safety and working conditions, more versatility, greater flexibility, and a greater contribution to the community as a whole.

      • One real enemy to avoid is that of sub-optimization on any score.  This has been the bane of transport policy and practice in the past, sector by sector, and has almost invariably led to a situation of feeding further decline and future problems, usually at enhanced scale and impact.

      • One barrier we find in many places is that it is next too impossible to organist demonstration or pilot projects to test out and prove new approaches and principles.  SO, if one of the handmaidens of so-called ‘deregulation’ is that the new context will permit more and better trial projects, then someone is starting to do something right.

      • Finally, let me share an opinion with you as to what is quite possibly one of the worst ways of setting a new policy in this area:  And this is to hand the job over to some consultants (hey! I am a consultant) who then work with vigor, timeliness and gratifyingly under the whip of their public sector and political masters to come up with the answer package.  Oops.

      To conclude: You have to know what you want.  And process is all.

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      We seem to have gotten through the first five sections. The reworked
      sections IV and V are in the "files" section of this group. I will
      put together a new "in-progress" file shortly that takes into account
      the changes we have made to the entire document.

      Next is Section VI - Removal of Officers. I have done a cut-and-paste
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      Thank you!
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      The vote of removal will be published in the newsletter in the same
      manner used for the election of officers, as described in IV.
      Elections. The vote of removal will be taken from the paid members of
      the Populace.
      The vote of removal will be a closed ballot format. Each paid member
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      be allowed as long as the required information is included. Proxy
      ballots will be due the day of the election. In the case of an officer
      being removed from office, or stepping down prior to the end of
      his/her term, the deputy, if one exists, will assume the office until
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      An election will be conducted three months following the removal or
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      Dear Andrius and All,
      Hello and thanks so much for the exciting and content-rich emails on the "My Food Story" project!  I have needed to be very focused on Global Learn Day, which is turning into a rather large event ("e"-vent, haha!), so apologies for not answering sooner about leading a team, or coordinating one at HH.
      Below is a "food story" about KAIPPG, which forms part of my own story about what would be most helpful for me to work on, given the needs of those with whom I am partnered at the grassroots in rural areas of Kenya and beyond. I have many contacts in other parts of Africa in this regard too--which I could draw into our work here--and further afield, especially in India now.
      Much of the food and/or agricultural production which happens in these rural communities (as I have knowledge of it, anyway) stays local or is distributed at the national level, but there are certainly some exports (tea, coffee, chocolate, flowers) happening already, hence a "chain" which can be identified and traced.  It would be interesting to me to know if beans, maize, and sweet potatoes--all crops which KAIPPG clients grow--are exported at this time, or have the potential to be.
      Right now, my challenge is "time", and the timing of this project as regards my own schedule.  During October and November, I am preparing to donate my large folk-art collection for public and permanent display, and the museum to which it is going will be picking this up in early December. There is a lot involved in my own preps of the items ahead of time, and I have several major work-related projects going too, including for World AIDS Day on December 1st.
      Therefore, it will not be easy for "me" to lead a project during the next few months, though I am happy to "host" and help to coordinate a team at HH, and perhaps take a more active role--if and as needed--starting in Feb 2007. I see that you (Andrius) have mentioned something to Samwel abt working with Shannon:  Sam would be one of those who I consider to be a "natural" choice for a team leader or field agent at HH, so a review of other choices might need to be made.
      I am thinking that Kennedy and I might work together on this, because it relates to our GRASSUP partnership. I am also thinking abt Benter Oballa--who has an agricultural background and focus--and Actwid Kongadzem in Cameroon, as they have a strong nutrition and agriculture focus. One of their specialties is "artemisia", which is used for a variety of nutrition and medicinal purposes, including (on the latter score) easing symptoms of malaria and HIV/AIDS.
      Of some pertinence may be this linkage:  KAIPPG has a partnership with a Kenyan "tea" business in Oakland, CA, USA, so that would be one possible focus of interest for my/our (at HH) "Food Story" participation. This company buys tea from smallhold farmers in Kenya (in particular because of a focus they have on sustainable development); tin fact, the company was started by a Kenyan who now lives here, but wanting to make a difference back home.
      They package and sell the tea in the USA, giving some of the proceeds to KAIPPG, for a fund we have jointly established which gives small grants to people who are considering the adoption of HIV/AIDS orphans. Oftentimes, it is only because prospective parents lack the $200 for school fees per year that orphans do not get adopted, so this fund aims to fill that gap, making local adoptions easier.  For more on this business, called Zawadi African Tea (http://www.zawadiafricantea.com.
      "Chocolate" is also a big business in Kenya--as has been mentioned--as is "coffee", and "farmed flowers".  As the article below indicates, there is much agricultural activity revolving around "sweet potatoes", as well as "beans" and "maize".  So there are a number of choices, and perhaps in HH we could discuss which one has the most resonance and familiarity for our members, and focus on that. "Artemisia", for the reasons mentioned above, is also a compelling focus.
      I would like to see the integration and/or intersection of various topics in this investigation:  sustainable development, ICTs, specific crops, nutrition as well as an agricultural focus, food chain (ie from grower to table), health and HIV/AIDS, poverty alleviation and income-generation.  The arts and creativity would, for me, be an exciting part of this focus (ie how arts are being used, or could be used, to communicate abt these topics, how arts and/or creativity could be used to package products or think about new directions in exploring these subjects, how they could be used for "infectious good").
      So, where does this lead, and/or what are next steps?  Let me enumerate a few:
      1)  I/we need to figure out how HH can be involved, who will lead a team, how I will be involved--and when.
      2) What food(s)/crop(s) we would want to focus on, and what other issues are connected to same.
      3) Timeframe (see above)
      4)  Money/community currency issues/concerns:  I do have some of these, which I may explore a bit in a "My Money Story" format at Cyfranogi  (I have not had a chance yet to write that up...my responses there were about the "power of story" generally).  I have some discomfort with the way the money aspect is being set up, who will benefit and how this will be decided and distributed. Some of that discomfort or questioning relates to introducing money into the mix at all; some of it to the "logistics" of its disbursement.
      I have some of these concerns specifically because of what happened with the chocolate project in this regard, an experience which--despite its many positive aspects-- left questions for me regarding the effects of introducing money (and "competition") into our mutual work, especially as regards trust, teamwork, camaraderie, cooperation. The need for money, esp. at the grassroots in developing countries, is also quite clear; and even I have trouble finding web help, for example as I cannot pay someone to help me on a regular basis.  So I'm not opposed to "money" per se...it's more the way it is introduced and used.
      In any case, the particulars and specifics of the questions, concerns, and considerations above can be addressed as we go along. For now the primary question is:  "how can Holistic Helping be involved, and if we do lead a team in this forum, who will do that and who will it be composed of?"
      I look forward to addressing this during the next few weeks, and greatest thanks to Greg, Andrius, OVF, Steve, Dante, Sam, and all who are thinking, dreaming, planning, and working in such valuable ways. I'm humming "Food (Story), Glorious Food (Story)" even as we speak, and I will definitely want to ask for more, haha!   All best wishes and blessings, Janet

      Kenya: The health and agriculture community radio network of KAIPPG  (www.kaippg.org)

      AIDS remains a major problem in Kenya, and it is often women and girls who bear the brunt of the pandemic. They have no rights to own property such as land, and are physiologically at greater risk of catching HIV/AIDS. They are generally less well educated and only a handful are employed, and so are socio-economically more vulnerable to HIV/AIDS infection. Many women also suffer from malnutrition.
      To help address these problems, the Kenya AIDS Intervention Prevention Project Group (KAIPPG) has established community-based informal learning centres, called nutritional field schools, in six of its 28 project sites in western Kenya.
      Each field school caters to 30 participants, giving priority to orphans, widows, low-income women and older vulnerable children from HIV/AIDS affected households. The participants are taught about nutrition, and receive training in relevant skills and techniques to enable them to care for people living with AIDS, to maximize crop yields and generally to become economically and socially empowered.

      Using the GenARDIS grant, KAIPPG organized a health and agriculture community radio network for women who had completed the training. The participants were organized into six radio listening groups, and were trained in the use of audio and video recording equipment to enable them to exchange information such as on farming techniques, and to raise public awareness about HIV/AIDS. The groups were also trained in photography and the use of drama and traditional oral storytelling as tools for learning, education and development.
      A radio cassette player and a mobile phone was distributed to each of the groups, and the participants were encouraged to communicate with national FM radio stations, to respond to programmes, obtain information, and share their experiences with a wider audience. Each group prepared and recorded on tape a presentation, song, poem, role-play or story on a relevant topic of their choice.
      One women's group, for example, performed a play about farming and the preparation of nutritious food for people living with HIV/AIDS. Another group sang traditional songs on planting, harvesting and the preparation of sweet potatoes. The tapes were then exchanged among the groups so that each group was able to learn about the work of the others. Each group also set up an information kiosk stocked with the tapes they had produced and other information.
      KAIPPG hopes to translate the tapes into English and French, and to release the content also on diskettes and CD-ROM.
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Finger Stretching Exercises- Want to span the fretboard?

Bottle Cap Method

Back in my day, I would use bottle caps to help my reach on the guitar. I would go digging through the garbage, find old pepsi bottles, and take off the caps.  Then as I was watching tv, I would take three bottle caps and put them in between the fingers on my fretting hand.  It was great. I was helping my guitar playing even without a guitar.  And it worked.  My hand could span much more of the fretboard than before.  If you want to try this method, please proceed with caution.  Though if you do it carefully its not harmful at all, the danger of doing this is pretty obvious.  If you feel pain stop.  You don’t want to cause any serious damage to you hands and put your guitar playing out of commission for a few months.

Move Your Thumb

Before you start trying to build a bigger reach, look at how your fretting hand is positioned.  One major hindrance to a big stretch is a high fretting hand thumb.  To give yourself the most reach, you’re going to want to have your fretting hand thumb at about the middle of the neck.  This will give you a lot more reach then you would have with a thumb hanging over the top of the neck. There are times, though, when a high thumb is appropriate.  For example, if your playing some soulful blues lick and you need to put some power in the bend that you’re about to do. You’ll probably want your thumb all the way around, at the top of the neck in this situation to give some the power and leverage that you’ll want.  If you look at guys like SRV and Hendrix, their thumbs are always hanging over the top.  Experiment with different thumb positions and find whats most comfortable for you for a particular lick. As a rule of thumb,  a higher thumb gives you the power, while a lower thumb gives you the reach.

Using a Great Exercise

If you want a more conventional way to stretch out your hands and promote better finger independence, then try this family of exercises from John Petrucci’s instructional video, Rock Discipline.  There is a main exercise followed by a couple variations.

All of these can be done in any position you want.  When you start practicing these however, you will probably want to start higher up on the fretboard since the frets are closer together there.  As you’re fingers stretch out, you can then move farther and farther down the fretboard.  Keep track of the position which you can no longer reach to do the exercise anymore.  That way you can track your progress as you get better.

How to Do the Exercise

The main exercise is simple to do.  When you start it your fingers should look like a descending staircase on the fretboard. Then after the first four notes, you will switch your 2nd and 3rd fingers. After the next four notes, switch your index and pinky fingers.  Finally after the next four, switch your 2nd and 3rd fingers again. In the first variation you move the exercise to different groups of strings. In the 2nd variation, you skip some frets to get bigger stretches between fingers. In the final variation, you skip some strings to get huge stretches. You can use different combinations of the variations to come up with your own exercises.

If you have any questions about anything covered in this lesson, any other lesson, or anything you else about guitar, please email me at

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9 Responses

  1. Good lord my hand is now officially broken..

    another really good lesson…

  2. awsome site! congrats! Definately added to favorites. Check mine out when you get a chance: http://www.bluesand jazz
    happy holidays and regards

  3. Here is another great stretching exercise: I find it even more challenging than Petrucci’s. Should take a while to go all the way to the nut.

  4. […] to find any at the moment, there is one on my DVD and I know a few more, but I did find one here which tells you to put bottle caps between your fingers – I’m going to give that a […]

  5. Thanks MD, I was looking for some finger exercises but everyone kept giving me notesto play and I’ve only just started learning so I don’t know how to play them!

    I can use bottlecaps though! I’ll give that a try now as I’m struggling to get my little finger across.

  6. […] Finger Stretching Exercises- Want to Span the Fretboard […]

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Class of '79
October 1999

With the new millennium upon us (at least I’ve bought into it, I want to begin by sharing some of the campus news from Gustavus:

Campus News:

The 1999-2000 academic year opened with a record enrollment of 2,492 full-time students (compared with the previous record of 2,474 set last year), including 660 first-year students. Students returned to the new Campus Center housing the Evelyn Young Dining Room, the new BookMark, post office, health service, and printing service. Renovation of the old dining service building will continue with expected completion in February. The renovation project will provide office space for student organizations, Office of Admission, specialty dining areas, Dean of Students office, and a faculty and staff center. Summer construction also included the landscaping of parking lots on the north end of campus. The landscaping provides a welcoming appearance to the College and helps breakup the "frozen tundra" between Norelius Hall and the Campus Center.

Gustavus Adolphus College Ranked Among the Best Liberal Arts Colleges

Gustavus Adolphus College is once again ranked among the best of all national liberal arts colleges in U.S. News and World Report's 13th annual "America's Best Colleges" rankings. Gustavus is again in the top 80 of the overall quality listings for national liberal arts colleges. Ranked again in the second tier in the national liberal arts college category, Gustavus is one of only two Minnesota colleges included in the 38-college tier two listing and one of four Minnesota colleges ranked in the top 80. Gustavus is also included in the Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine list of "100 great values" among the nation's 1,600 private schools. The "Private Colleges Worth the Price" article appears in the September 1999 magazine. Gustavus is one of only four Minnesota colleges named a Top 100 Value in Private Colleges. The list is based on academic and financial measures.

Some exciting changes are in store for class reunions. Starting next year, all class reunions, except for the 50-Year Club and the 50th Anniversary Class will be held in the fall at Homecoming, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, September 29 & 30, 2000. Classes celebrating reunions at Homecoming will include ’55, ’60, ’65, ’70, ’75, ’80, ’85, ’90 & ’95. Reunion dates for the 50-Year Club and the Class of 1950 are May 26 & 27, 2000, Commencement Weekend.

Alumni Chapters will be meeting again this year so mark your calendars today: Washington, DC, November 5; Boston, November 6; Chicago, December 11; Atlanta, January 31; Marco Island, February 5; Tucson, February 7; Phoenix, February 8; Sun City, February 9; Seattle, March 3; Bay Area, March 4; Los Angeles, March 5; San Diego, March 6; Denver, March 7.

ALUMNILLENNIUM 2000 - The Gustavus Artist Series -- For 30 years, the Artist Series has brought world-class artists to campus for performances, exhibitions and residencies. This year the tables turn as the Series features and celebrates the accomplishments of our alumni artists as they enter the new millennium, ALUMNILLENNIUM 2000. In February; a concert by Neal Hagberg ’81 and Leandra Peak ’83 on February 19; pianist Stephen Carlson ’92 on March 4; and Peter Krause ’87, better known as Casey McCall on ABC's SPORTS NIGHT, will be in residency in April. Other events may be scheduled through the fall of 2000 as well. Ticket information and complete schedule will be posted to the Fine Arts Calendar on the Gustavus website.

SMARTERsource is a new Web-based resume service exclusively for the students and alumni of Minnesota Private Colleges. The site is a job-searching tool for current students seeking internships or part-time employment, new or recent graduates launching a career, or alumni seeking new positions or career changes. The service lists resumes in more than a dozen categories. Check out this site at

As we look forward to the New Year, century, and millennium, it is exciting to ponder the future…what it might bring to you, friends, and family. However, I think it is also fun to take a look back. The following info might jog some memories from our senior year of 1978-79 at Gustavus:

Top 10 Albums

  1. Bad Girls – Donna Sommer
  2. Blondes Have More Fun – Rod Stewart
  3. Breakfast In America – Supertramp
  4. A Briefcase Full of Blues – The Blues Brothers
  5. The Cars
  6. Dire Straits
  7. Get the Knack – The Knack
  8. In Through the Out Door – Led Zeppelin
  9. The Long Run – Eagles
  10. Minute By Minute – The Doobie Brothers
Top 10 Movies
  1. Kramer vs. Kramer
  2. Star Trek: the Motion Picture
  3. The Jerk
  4. Rocky II
  5. Alien
  6. All That Jazz
  7. The Amityville Horror
  8. Being There
  9. Breaking Away
  10. The China Syndrome
Top 10 Television Shows
  1. 60 Minutes
  2. Three’s Company
  3. That’s Incredible
  4. M*A*S*H
  5. Alice
  6. Dallas
  7. Flo
  8. The Jeffersons
  9. The Dukes of Hazzard
  10. One Day at a Time
Top 10 Singles
  1. "My Sharona" – The Knack
  2. "Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?" – Rod Stewart
  3. "Le Freak" – Chic
  4. "Bad Girls" – Donna Sommer
  5. 5. "YMCA" – Village People
  6. "Reunited" – Peaches & Herb
  7. "Ring My Bell" – Anita Ward
  8. "I Will Survive" – Gloria Gaynor
  9. "Too Much Heaven" – BeeGees
  10. "Hot Stuff" – Donna Sommer
Miscellaneous "Best" Entertainment
  1. Actor – Dustin Hoffman (Kramer vs. Kramer)
  2. Actress – Sally Field (Norma Rae)
  3. Pop Instrumental – "Rise" – Herb Alpert
  4. Rock Performance – "Heartache Tonight" – Eagles
  5. Children’s Recording – "The Muppet Movie"
  6. Male Rock Vocal – "Gotta Serve Somebody" – Bob Dylan
  7. Female Rock Vocal – "Hot Stuff" – Donna Sommer
  8. New Artist – Rickie Lee Jones
  9. Rhythm/Blues Instrumental – "Boogie Wonderland" – EWF
  10. Country Song – "You Decorated My Life" – Kenny Rogers
Misc. Sports
  1. Pittsburgh defeats Dallas in Super Bowl XIII
  2. Yankees beat Dodgers in World Series
  3. Rick Mears wins Indy 500
  4. Fuzzy Zoeller wins Masters
  5. _______ is men’s champ at Wimbledon
  6. ________is women’s champ at Wimbledon
  7. Michigan State wins NCAA basketball title
  8. Montreal Canadians take the Stanley Cup 0
  9. Seattle tops Washington for NBA title
  10. Twins John Castino is rookie of the year
Bits & Pieces
  • Mother Teresa wins Nobel Peace Prize
  • 3 Mile Island nuclear disaster occurs
  • Sony introduces the walkman personal stereo
  • First test tube baby born (in Great Britain)
  • Pope John Paul II is first pope to visit the U.S.
  • Chrysler Corp. asks federal government for $1 billion loan after their largest quarterly loss
  • Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran after 15 years of exile to establish socialist Islamic republic
  • 900+ American followers of cult leader Jim Jones commit suicide in South America
  • U.S. Embassy in Tehran is seized, 54 Americans are taken hostage with all but 2 held captive for 444 days
  • Egypt’s President Sadat and Israel Prime Minister Begin sign a peace agreement at the White House
Missing in GACtion

The Gustavus Alumni Office would appreciate our assistance in locating the following fellow classmates. Feel free to contact the Alumni Office (addresses below) with any information…

  • William C. Allen
  • William Babcock
  • Sara Barnes
  • Felipe Bernstein
  • Nancy Borchard
  • Paul R. Brown
  • Blanche Skar Cathcart
  • Thabo Chipane
  • Nancy Corcoran
  • Robert Dehnke
  • Stephen Dingler
  • Jane Dosser
  • Steve Ellingson
  • Laurenbrook Swanson Ellingson
  • Marcia Friedrick
  • Daniel Graham
  • Mark Halvorson
  • Kevin Johansen
  • Dave Kunz
  • Steven M. Larson
  • Thomas Michael Leirdahl
  • Barb Engel Lueck
  • Fred Meine
  • Kwame Mends
  • Ruth D. Nelson
  • Fjaere Nilssen
  • Bob Pellikka
  • Diane Gummeson Roth
  • Susan Carroll Saunders
  • Randy Schmalz
  • Jim A. Schmidt
  • David Schubert
  • Peter Sebald
  • Laura Skauge
  • Harry Van Gelder
  • Candis Rosenbrook Kapsner

Finally, I would like to thank everyone who has financially supported Gustavus Adolphus College in the past year. In the 1998-99 year, 3

6 percent of our class (171 of 431 graduates) donated money to the College, with a total of $25,359 given (an average of $148 p

er gift.).

I am setting the following goals for the coming year and encourage you to seriously consider either continuing your present support, increasing your current support, or make that first donation to Gustavus:

  • 50% participation by the class of 1979 (that equates to 44 new participants)
  • $30,000 in total annual giving by the class of 1979 (an increase of 18%)
-based on the current 171 participants, their annual giving in 1999-00 would have to increase from $148 to $175

-a better scenario is to consider the goal of 215 participants with an annual giving needing to be $139 per donor (that’s less than $12/month)

I seriously believe we can do this and I look forward to keeping you posted on the progress in meeting these goals!

Hope your New Year is a great one!

Reid Katzung
1361 LaSalle Street
Wayzata, MN 55391

(612) 475-3322


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Results from the military match are in

December 17, 2008 at 11:20 pm (Military medicine)

There are a few people who were using my website to find the military match results that were released on December 17. The results from the Air Force and Navy are available on publicly accessible websites. However, I believe in the privacy of the applicants. Therefore, I will not post those links—although I’m sure you can find them elsewhere. The Army will not publicly release the results at this time. I will, however, list the number of people at matched into each specialty for the Air Force. These numbers include both medical students as well as physicians who are transferring into these fields.

Anesthesiology 23
Emergency medicine 35
Family medicine, flight medicine 6
Family medicine 46
General surgery 29
Internal medicine 34
Neurology 4
Neurological surgery 1
Obstetrics and gynecology 17
Ophthalmology 6
Orthopedics surgery 13
Otolaryngology 6
Pathology 7
Pediatrics 31
Psychiatry 10
Radiation oncology 1
Radiology 18
Urology 7

There were 63 people who matched into PGY-1 years only. Most of these people will be forced to go into flight surgery or GMO routes in the future. There are several specialties that I did not include in this list such as aerospace medicine and dermatology because medical students are not allowed to apply for these positions.

  1. Joe P said,

    I know of two who did PGY-1 last year and matched to dermatology yesterday. Which is great because they couldn’t even apply for it last year. So not everyone goes straight to flight surgery which is a good thing to know. What did you match to? If so, was it your first choice? I hope it turned out well, congrats to all those who matched to what they wanted!!

  2. LaurenL said,

    Is the AF the only military branch that does not allow med. students to apply to dermatology?

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Noregur, also known as Einrikinn (“The One Kingdom”), is the realm of Haraldur Einkonungur (The One King, King of Noregur, “Emperor of the North”). The One King has claimed sovereignty over all the tribes of the Northmenn, and it is rumored he intends to extend his domain to encompass the entire North of Midhgardhur.

According to legend, the land and tribes of Noregur were established by the ancient hero Norr Thorrason (son of Thorri, son of Snaer the Old, son of Frosti, son of Kari). Norr and his brother Gorr were searching for their lost sister Goi, and in the course of his explorations Norr and his followers claimed and settled Noregur, taking the land from the more primitive Kvenir.

Noregur consisted of many petty kingdoms before the rise of King Haraldur. The One King himself hailed from the petty kingdom of Vestfold. It is said by people there that his cousin Ragnvald Olafsson, known as “Ragnvald the Mountain-High,” was the legitimate heir to the kingdom of Vestfold, and that Haraldur has no right to the throne at all. People that say this too loudly are silenced. Ragnvald is believed to have been killed long ago, but his daughter Asa disappeared, and many say that Haraldur will never rest easily until Asa is found and . . . dealth with.

One of the ways in which the One King maintains his power is an institution of secret police or spies, a secret organization – almost a cult – made up of members of the One King’s retinue who roam Noregur looking for signs of rebellion and treason . . . and getting rid of troublemakers.

The great city of Kaupangur in Vestfold is one of the great markets of the North (along with Heidhabyr in the Jutland peninsula of Denaland). The southernmost tip of the land has a mix of deciduous and coniferous forests forests, but most of the country is exclusively coniferous forests and tundra.

The Petty Kingdoms

These are some of the petty kingdoms united by the One King’s rule:

  • Agdhir – the southeast tip of Noregur
  • Grenland – the land of the Grenir, around Lake Norsjo
  • Hadhaland – the land of the Hadhar, in the southeast of Noregur
  • Halogaland – the land of the Haleygir – “people of Hel’s fires” and the Kvenir (a scraelingar people), along the west coast of Noregur. One of the most important chiefdoms is that of Torgar Island.
  • Hardhangur – the “hard fjord” in the southeast of Noregur
  • Heidhmork – the land of the Heidhnir, in the Upplond of Noregur. The mountain Dofrafjall forms the natural border between this land and Throendalog
  • Hordhaland – the land of the Hordhar
  • Hringariki – The kingdom of the Hringir
  • Land – a small petty kingdom near the Upplond
  • Naumudalur – the valley of the river Nauma in central Noregur
  • Nordmoerr (Nordmore) – northern Moerr, the north coast of southern Noregur
  • Orkardalur – the valley of the river Ork, on the northern tip of southern Noregur
  • Ranriki – The Vik – The Bay, The Kingdom of Ran – southeast bay area of Noregur
  • Raumariki – The kingdom of the Raumir. the tribe descended from Raumur inn gamli, Raumur the Old
  • Raumsdalur – the valley of the river Rauma, and the district called Raumur, on the west coast of Noregur
  • Rogaland – the land of the Rygir (originally Rygjaland), the southwesternmost tip of Noregur
  • Sogn – the land of the Sygnir, named for the tidal current of their fjord (from “suga” = “suck”), on the west coast of Noregur
  • Soloyjar – land of the mudflats (“sol” = “mud,” “oy” = “flat”), formed by the river Glaumur (“noisy”), a heavily forested region inhabited by many Kvenir
  • Sunnmoerr (Sunnmore) – southern Moerr, south of Nordmoerr
  • Thelamork – the land of the Thelir, on the southern coast of Noregur
  • Thotn – in eastern Noregur
  • Throendalog – originally Throenda-lagu, the law of the Throendir, on the central west coast of Noregur. Ruled by the Jarl of Hladhir (a settlement east of Nidhaross). The One King was hailed at the Thing held at the mouth of the river Nidh. The mountain Dofrafjall forms the natural border between this land and Heidhmork.
  • The region of the Upplond – the “up-lands” district of south-central Noregur, home to several petty kingdoms
  • Vestfold – a tiny kingdom of southern Noregur, with an ancient Thing held at Haugar, called the Haugathing. The city of Kaupangur, known for the Skiringssalur (“Shining Hall”) is in Vestfold (established in the 780s N.Y.)
  • The region of Vikin – “The Bay” – including Grenland, Ranriki, Vestfold, and Vingulmork
  • Vingulmork – a tiny kingdom in southern Noregur, named for the inner part of Oslofjord called “Vingull” (“turn”), for it is shaped like a hook. Contains Ostfold. Half of this kingdom was part of the inheritance of the One King, the other half he had to take from King Gandalfur Alfgeirsson.
  • Vors – “of Vorr” = “of the sea/wave”, a tiny kingdom on the southwest coast of Noregur, in the region called Hordhaland.

Regional Assemblies

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Why should taxpayers face the risk?

February 21, 2013

Solid Energy’s shareholding ministers, Finance Minister Bill English and Minister for State Owned Enterprises Tony Ryall confirm the Government has been advised that Solid Energy is in discussions with its banks.

“The Solid Energy board is working with Treasury, advisors and the banks with respect to further restructuring options, with the aim of returning the company to a sustainable financial position,” Mr English says.

“World coal prices have dropped significantly which has contributed to the deteriorating financial position that Solid Energy is in now.

“These discussions are required because the position of the state-owned enterprise has continued to deteriorate despite the restructuring that has already taken place,” Mr English says.

State-owned Enterprises Minister Tony Ryall says a number of factors have weighed against the company, in particular world coal prices dropping by 40%.

 “It is facing very serious financial challenges,” Mr Ryall says. Solid Energy’s debt stands at $389 million and its interim result, which is due shortly, will show additional losses.

“The new chair and board are focusing on a return to a core coal business which is viable at current world prices. The public is aware that there had already been restructuring at the company, but more may be required,” says Mr Ryall.

“The Government appreciates this is a very unsettling time for employees and suppliers and the company’s wider stakeholders but it is a process which must be worked through carefully and properly,” the ministers say.

Opponents of government plans to sell  a minority shareholding in a few state assets talk about what will be lost.

They don’t talk about what will be gained nor do they talk about the risk that comes with running a business which includes loss of capital.

Why should taxpayers face this risk for something that isn’t core government business?

Word of the day

February 21, 2013

Confabulate – to chat, discuss, talk casually; fill in gaps in one’s memory with fabrications that one believes to be facts.

Rural round-up

February 21, 2013

Fish war on canals :

”Greedy” salmon anglers threatening to turn a salmon bonanza in the Waitaki hydro canals into a free-for-all are being accused of ignoring catch limits and using illegal methods to catch easy prey.

Following the release of 36,000 salmon smolt from the Mt Cook Alpine Salmon hatchery at Ohau 18 months ago, anglers have reported being able to hook a fish on every cast at some spots on the Tekapo and Ohau canals.

However, Central South Island Fish and Game field officer Graeme Hughes said the easy fishing had resulted in more people fishing illegally and ignoring the two-salmon quota. .  .

Tarras scheme reprieve – Rebecca Fox:

Potential irrigator Tarras Water Ltd has had a reprieve, but it has come with a stern warning from the Otago Regional Council.

The council voted 7-3 to overturn its own hearing panel’s recommendation not to amend the long-term plan to allow for investment in the irrigation scheme at a meeting in Dunedin yesterday. Instead, the ORC is proposing the amendment go ahead.

As the decision gives the council the option to invest in the scheme, a meeting will be held, possibly as early as next month, when councillors will make the decision whether to invest – with conditions attached – or not. . .

Cautious steps in goat milk expansion:

An Australasian goat milk company, CapriLac, is looking to expand “in a cautious way” in the Waikato.

Co-owner Rupert Soar said the family-owned company was advertising for goat farmers who were interested in selling their goat milk or leasing their operations to the company.

The company had received “quite a bit of interest”, and was following up leads, Soar said.

Farmers did not need to buy shares to get involved, as the company was not a co-operative. . .

Mining rights unlikely to affect farm sales – Terri Russell:

Solid Energy’s decision to sell farmland and keep mineral rights for mining would not turn away potential buyers, a Southland rural agent says.

About 1000 hectares of farmland near Mataura have been put on the market, and the mining giant plans to retain rights to lignite resources under the surface for about 30 years.

Last year, the company reviewed its land holdings after a drop in coal prices and a $40m loss for the year ending June 2012.

Southern Wide Real Estate director Philip Ryan said potential buyers would not be put-off if it were reserved for mining because about half of Southland had mineral rights. . .

A finalist but best still home – Gerald Piddock:

Doug and Jeannie Brown have made the final of the 2013 Glammies.

The North Otago farmers made the cut in the best of breed – traditional for one of his romney lambs grown on his farm at Maheno.

It was the third time they had entered the Golden Lamb Awards and the first time they have made the finals. This year four sheep were entered into the competition.

Their entry was one of 20 finalists which made the cut out of 180 entries from around the country. . . .

Thursday’s quiz

February 21, 2013

It’s your turn to set the questions again.

Anyone who poses one which stumps us all will an electronic bunch of gladioli.

Govt is doing something

February 21, 2013

The opposition keeps calling on the government to do something.

The announcement of a small improvement in the operating deficit before gains and losses in the last half of last year shows it is doing something and it’s doing it right.

It’s being very careful with public finances which is what it’s supposed to do.

. . . both Core Crown tax revenue and Core Crown revenue were slightly lower (0.1%) than forecast, but Core Crown expenses came in $273 million lower (0.8%) than expected, helping reduce the OBEGAL deficit by $158 million to $3.2 billion.

“These figures confirm that the Government’s determination to control its spending and get better value from taxpayers’ money is paying off,” Mr English says.

Careful and responsible stewardship doesn’t get headlines, but it does get results:

Todd McClay: What steps has the Government taken to manage its finances and get back to surplus?

Hon STEVEN JOYCE: The Government has put spending and revenue initiatives in place to balance the books. On the spending side, we have delivered two consecutive Budgets showing zero net new expenditure, while maintaining increases in health and education spending. We have launched the Better Public Services programme and reprioritised $4.4 billion over 4 years to ensure New Zealanders will see better results without new resources. On the revenue side, the Government has increased income while improving the fairness of the tax system by shutting down loopholes. These things include tightening the tax treatment of property, increasing GST, making it harder for people to avoid paying tax through trusts, and making resources available for the Inland Revenue Department to target tax avoidance.

All of which is far better than any alternatives being proposed.

Todd McClay: What alternative proposals has he seen for managing the Government’s finances?

Hon STEVEN JOYCE: I have seen any number of alternative proposals. These measures include putting a capital gains tax on every productive business and farm, encouraging tax avoidance by increasing the gap between the top personal income and company tax rates, discouraging all sorts of private investment in the New Zealand economy, printing money, and so on. That is the Greens-Labour prescription for the New Zealand economy.

And that is a prescription for economic woe not economic growth.

Many factors in manufacuring malaise

February 21, 2013

Reserve Bank Governor Graeme Wheeler says the decline in manufacturing is much more than an exchange rate story.

In a speech to the New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association in Auckland, Graeme Wheeler said factors such as globalisation, outsourcing and international supply chains, along with competition of low cost producers and rising global demand for services meant that the relative importance of manufacturing had been declining in all but the poorest countries for the past 40 years. New Zealand was no exception.

Mr Wheeler acknowledged the New Zealand dollar was significantly overvalued in terms of economic fundamentals, and this was a headwind for some in the manufacturing sector. But he said there are no simple solutions available to the Reserve Bank.

“Some of the strength in our real exchange rate is due to global financial imbalances and the weakness of the US dollar in particular.”

Near-zero interest rates and quantitative easing by other central banks have pushed up currencies like the New Zealand dollar, and domestically, New Zealand’s poor savings record is also to blame. . .

There’s little we can do about globalisation, outsourcing and international supply chains, competition from low cost producers and rising global demand for services.

But improving our savings record is entirely in our own hands.

That probably won’t have much impact on manufacturing because it won’t counter all the other factors which are making it difficult, but it would be much better for us as individuals and for the economy.

February 21, 2013

“How did you know you and Grandpa know you loved each other enough to get married?” she asked.

“It wasn’t so much knowing as deciding and once we decided it was up to both of us to make it work,” she said.

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Can English Language Media Connect with Ethnic Audiences? Ethnic Minorities' Media Use and Representation Perceptions

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    With the size of ethnic minority groups expanding and their disposable income increasing, the consumption landscape and media environment are constantly evolving. It is important for advertisers to understand how ethnic minority group members feel about being targeted by current multicultural marketing communication practices and if English language media for the general market are still a good way to reach these consumers. Past research has often employed a content analysis technique to gauge instances of ethnic minority representation in advertising. However, a void exists in the literature with respect to examining how ethnic minorities actually feel about tactics and messages directed at them. Therefore a cross-cultural survey of adults in three ethnic groups in the United States was carried out to examine these attitudes and also to assess current media use patterns. The results suggest that English broadcast media are still a good way to reach people across the various groups. The study further reveals that attitudes toward the frequency and accuracy of these groups as portrayed in advertisements are somewhat different from the negative viewpoints historically found in the literature. In fact, the results suggest that today s advertisements are not considered inadequate or inaccurate by many and that efforts toward targeting ethnic minorities are potentially welcomed. However, a bi-modal distribution across several representation issues indicates that advertisers must still be cautious in the minds of some ethnic minority consumers. Implications for advertisers and media planners are discussed as well as suggestions for future research.

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    Volume (Year): 45 (2005)
    Issue (Month): 01 (March)
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Do Tighter Restrictions on Density Retard Development?

  • Jyh-Bang Jou

  • Tan Lee

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    Williams ( 1991 ) builds a real-options model to investigate the timing and the scale decisions of property development. Williams asserts that tighter restrictions on density retard development. This article finds that there are some typos in Williams’s article such that his assertion does not hold in general. In particular, his assertion will not hold as long as the density restrictions are not set too low relative to the density level that would be chosen by landowners in the absence of any regulation. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007

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    Volume (Year): 34 (2007)
    Issue (Month): 2 (February)
    Pages: 225-232

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    1. Ko Wang & Yuqing Zhou, 2000. "Overbuilding: A Game-Theoretic Approach," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 28(3), pages 493-522.
    2. Titman, Sheridan, 1985. "Urban Land Prices under Uncertainty," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 75(3), pages 505-14, June.
    3. Turnbull, Geoffrey K., 1991. "A comparative dynamic analysis of zoning in a growing city," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 29(2), pages 235-248, March.
    4. Williams, Joseph T, 1991. "Real Estate Development as an Option," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 4(2), pages 191-208, June.
    5. Capozza, Dennis & Li, Yuming, 1994. "The Intensity and Timing of Investment: The Case of Land," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 84(4), pages 889-904, September.
    6. Paul D. Childs & Timothy J. Riddiough & Alexander J. Triantis, 1996. "Mixed Uses and the Redevelopment Option," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 24(3), pages 317-339.
    7. Joseph T. Williams, 1997. "Redevelopment of Real Assets," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 25(3), pages 387-407.
    8. Bar-Ilan, Avner & Strange, William C., 1999. "The Timing and Intensity of Investment," Journal of Macroeconomics, Elsevier, vol. 21(1), pages 57-77, January.
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Cost Savings From Generation and Distribution with an Application to Italian Electric Utilities

  • Giovanni Fraquelli

  • Massimiliano Piacenza

  • Davide Vannoni

In the last decade, the European Commission promoted a new regulatory framework aiming at a gradual liberalization of the energy markets. The introduction of competition among generators implies the need to separate generation from transmission and distribution activities. However, if savings can be reached by operating at different stages, vertical separation would increase the costs of providing power. This paper tests for the presence of economies from vertical integration on a sample of Italian local electric utilities and finds evidence of both multi-stage economies of scale and vertical economies. Even if the hypothesis of global subadditivity is not supported, our evidence suggests that a complete divestiture policy would entail efficiency losses. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2005

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Volume (Year): 28 (2005)
Issue (Month): 3 (November)
Pages: 289-308

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  1. Ivaldi, M & McCullough, G J, 2001. "Density and Integration Effects on Class I U.S. Freight Railroads," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 161-82, March.
  2. Gilsdorf, Keith, 1994. "Vertical integration efficiencies and electric utilities: A cost complementarity perspective," The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 34(3), pages 261-282.
  3. Piacenza, Massimiliano & Vannoni, Davide, 2004. "Choosing among alternative cost function specifications: an application to Italian multi-utilities," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 82(3), pages 415-422, March.
  4. Michele Polo & Carlo Scarpa, 2003. "The liberalization of energy markets in Europe and Italy," Working Papers 230, IGIER (Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research), Bocconi University.
  5. Primeaux, Walter J, Jr, 1977. "An Assessment of X-Efficiency Gained through Competition," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 59(1), pages 105-08, February.
  6. Pulley, Lawrence B & Braunstein, Yale M, 1992. "A Composite Cost Function for Multiproduct Firms with an Application to Economies of Scope in Banking," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 74(2), pages 221-30, May.
  7. Nemoto, Jiro & Goto, Mika, 2004. "Technological externalities and economies of vertical integration in the electric utility industry," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 67-81, January.
  8. Giovanni Fraquelli & Massimiliano Piacenza & Davide Vannoni, 2004. "Scope and scale economies in multi-utilities: evidence from gas, water and electricity combinations," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(18), pages 2045-2057.
  9. Garcia, Serge & Moreaux, Michel & Reynaud, Arnaud, 2007. "Measuring economies of vertical integration in network industries: An application to the water sector," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 25(4), pages 791-820, August.
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Are price-based capital account regulations effective in developing countries?

  • Antonio David

In this article, we evaluate the effectiveness of policy measures adopted by Chile and Colombia aiming to mitigate the deleterious effects of pro-cyclical capital flows. In the case of Chile, according to our GMM analysis, capital controls succeeded in reducing net short-term capital flows, but did not affect long-term flows. As far as Colombia is concerned, the regulations were capable of affecting total flows and also long-term ones. In addition, our cointegration models indicate that the regulations did not have a direct effect on the real exchange rate in the Chilean case. Nonetheless, the model used for Colombia did detect a direct impact of the capital controls on the real exchange rate. Therefore, our results do not seem to support the idea that those regulations were easily evaded.

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Volume (Year): 41 (2009)
Issue (Month): 26 ()
Pages: 3375-3388

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  1. Cordella, Tito, 2003. "Can short-term capital controls promote capital inflows?," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 22(5), pages 737-745, October.
  2. Forbes, Kristin J., 2003. "One Cost of the Chilean Capital Controls: Increased Financial Constraints for Smaller Traded Firms," Working papers 4273-02, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.
  3. Sebastian Edwards, 1999. "How Effective are Capital Controls?," NBER Working Papers 7413, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
  4. Mody, Ashoka & Taylor, Mark P, 2003. "International Capital Crunches: The Time-Varying Role of Informational Asymmetries," CEPR Discussion Papers 3757, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  5. Mohammad Hashem Pesaran & Richard J Smith & Yongcheol Shin, 1999. "Structural analysis of vector error correction models with exogenous I(1) variables," ESE Discussion Papers 38, Edinburgh School of Economics, University of Edinburgh.
  6. Hernán Rincón, 1999. "Efectividad Del Control A Los Flujos De Capital: Un Reexamen Empírico De La Experiencia Reciente Reciente En Colombia," BORRADORES DE ECONOMIA 002412, BANCO DE LA REPÚBLICA.
  7. Gertler, Mark & Lown, Cara S, 1999. "The Information in the High-Yield Bond Spread for the Business Cycle: Evidence and Some Implications," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 15(3), pages 132-50, Autumn.
  8. Francisco Gallego & Leonardo Hernández & Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel, 2002. "Capital Controls in Chile: Were They Effective?," Central Banking, Analysis, and Economic Policies Book Series, in: Leonardo Hernández & Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel & Norman Loayza (Series Editor) & Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel (Se (ed.), Banking, Financial Integration, and International Crises, edition 1, volume 3, chapter 12, pages 361-412 Central Bank of Chile.
  9. Antonio David, 2005. "Do controls on capital inflows insulate domestic variables against external shocks?," Money Macro and Finance (MMF) Research Group Conference 2005 9, Money Macro and Finance Research Group.
  10. José Antonio Ocampo & Camilo Ernesto Tovar, 1999. "Price-based capital account regulations: the Colombian experience," DOCUMENTOS DE INVESTIGACION 003372, CEPAL NACIONES UNIDAS.
  11. Jose De Gregorio & Sebastian Edwards & Rodrigo O. Valdes, 2000. "Controls on Capital Inflows: Do they Work?," NBER Working Papers 7645, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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