2011年10月28日星期五

I raise a point of order,Mr Speaker

Rt Hon Winston Peters: I raise a point of order,Mr Speaker. You can make any defence for her you like.MrSPEAKER: This Rosetta Stone outlet is not a point of order.Rt Hon WinstonPeters: The reality is that I was making a point of order, Ihad not finished, and you have accused me of rudeness whenthat accusation lies properly with the Prime Minister. Iwant to continue on when you properly do what you shouldhave done and called her to question and accused her ofrudeness, not me.Mr SPEAKER: The member is wrong. He willcarry on with his point of order or he will leave. Would themember please carry on with the point of order.Rt HonWinston Peters: If that is the way I am treated I am notinterested in carrying on with the question.back totopCorrections, Department,Supervision ofPaedophile10. RICHARD WORTH (National,Epsom), on behalfof Hon TONY RYALL (National,Bay of Plenty): to the Ministerof Corrections: Will there be an independent investigationinto the actions of the Department of Corrections withregards to the supervision of paedophile, Lloyd AlexanderMcIntosh, if not, why not?Hon PAUL SWAIN (Minister ofCorrections): No. The offender was being supervised 24 hoursa day by a private provider contracted by the Department ofCorrections. It is entirely appropriate that the Departmentof Corrections investigate the actions of the contractor andreview its own procedures Rosetta Stone Spanish V3 in relation to suchcontracts.Richard Worth: Does the Minister agree with thecomments made by his colleague the Hon Philip Goff: Werefortunate that it was not at the most serious end ofoffending. , if so, is he prepared to explain these commentsto Mr McIntoshs female victim and her family who are copingwith the reality that the State literally stood by while shewas being assaulted?Hon PAUL SWAIN: On most occasions Iagree with the comments made by Philip Goff. I think it isreally important to say that the department did all that itcould. It made sure that McIntosh stayed in jail for as longas possible, it had conditions applied to the release, itnegotiated a 24/7 supervision with McIntosh, contracted twoagencies to carry them out, and took action when theconditions were breached. The department did all that itcould.Ron Mark: Given that the Minister only yesterdayfinally conceded that despite his earlier protestations thatthere was no need for a fully independent inquiry into theDepartment of Corrections emergency response unit, why willhe not now accept that there is quite clearly a need for anindependent inquiry into the departments close supervisionprogramme of Mr Lloyd Alexander McIntosh, or do we just haveto sit here and wait until he gets another kick in the buttfrom the Prime Minister and finally does what we all know heneeds to do.Mr SPEAKER: The first part of the questioncan be answered.Hon PAUL SWAIN: For a start, as Iindicated to that member, I was always relaxed about someform of inquiry but not political grandstanding. That is whywe have taken this course of action, which the membersupports. The difference between the two is that this one isabout contracting arrangements with third parties. That iswhy it should be done by the department.back totopStudents,Achievement Levels11. JILL PETTIS(Labour,Whanganui) to the Minister of Education: What stepsis the Government taking to lift the educationalachievements of school children in New Zealand?Hon TREVORMALLARD (Minister of Education): Our Government is investingheavily in numeracy initiatives, because Rosetta Stone English we see it as a toppriority for lifting educational achievement. Initiativesinclude a nationwide numeracy project involving more than10,000 teachers and the hugely popular numeracy assessmenttool known as asTTle .

Iraise a point of order, Mr Speaker

Those were veryinteresting observations by Rosetta Stone outlet the Minister of Police, but theybore no resemblance to the question. I was starting to getinterested as to whether that crime had been solved.MrSPEAKER: That is an interesting point of order but I thinkthe Minister did address the actual question. Hon RichardPrebble: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. Since youhave decided that the Minister did address the question, Iask in what possible way he did that. The Minister just gotup and told us about an interesting article he had read in anewspaper or some staff magazine. Mr SPEAKER: TheMinister got up and added to the comments about thatarticle, and then added further comments that were made inthat article.Judy Turner: Can the Minister suggest anyreasons, other than the ones he has tendered so far duringquestion time, for the measurable differences betweenclearance rates, and charge and conviction rates?HonGEORGE HAWKINS: Clearance rates are used by the police whenthey believe an offence can be cleared because ofprosecution, warning, diversion, referral to youth aid,mental state of the offender, offender in custody, or other.Those are the areas the police use. Hon Tony Ryall: Doesthe Minister have any concerns that different policedistricts use different definitions of a crimeclearance?Hon GEORGE HAWKINS: The Commissioner of Policehas assured me that checks are built into crime recordingpractices at operational and national levels, using provenmethods.Hon Tony Ryall: How do the police, in calculatingresolution rates, deal with a case like this: a school busdriver was apparently charged early last year with childpornography offences, which he admitted in court lastWednesday, but neither the police nor the school nor theparents were told of those charges by the Department ofInternal Affairs?Hon GEORGE HAWKINS: That is a matter forthe police, not for the Minister.Ron Mark: I seek leaveto table an article containing this comment from GregOConnor of theNew Zealand Police Association: Officers areworking in a statistically driven climate where the processfor solving offences is less stringent than in thepast. Leave granted.Ron Mark: I seek leave to table anemail from Mr Malcolm Ross and his partner, Aura Finch,outlining their dissatisfaction with Rosetta Stone Japanese the polices reactionto solving their burglary problems.Leavegranted.Animal Welfare Act,Animal Welfare Codes8. SUEKEDGLEY (Green) to the Associate Minister of Agriculture:Why has the Government put in place layer hen and pig codesof animal welfare which allow practices that do not fullymeet the obligations of the Animal Welfare Act 1999?HonJIM SUTTON (Minister of Agriculture), on behalf of theAssociate Minister of Agriculture: The codes were put inplace because they are the best animal welfare solutionsthat the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee felt itcould recommend at the time. The Act allows the setting ofminimum standards that do not meet all the requirements ofthe Act, particularly the requirement that the animals beable to exhibit their natural forms of behaviour.SueKedgley: Can he confirm that that can happen only when thereare exceptional circumstances, and how can he claim thatthere are exceptional circumstances that could justifykeeping sows in sow crates until at least 2015, as the newpig code does, when more than two-thirds of the industry hasalready abandoned sow crates without any apparent loss ofincome?Hon JIM SUTTON: I can confirm that I have visitedfarms of all types, and that the farms that use sow cratesdo,at least in the examples I saw,meet high standards ofanimal welfare.Sue Kedgley: Why did the Minister ofAgriculture ignore the advice of the Regulations ReviewCommittee, which advised him that in its view exceptionalcircumstances had not been established to justify anexception to the code, and that the proposed pig code,therefore, was not in accord with the Animal WelfareAct?Hon JIM SUTTON: As required by law, I take advicefrom the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee. It is acommittee of experts. The parliamentary committee the memberreferred to may or may not know anything about animalwelfare.Sue Rosetta Stone Portuguese Kedgley: Does the Government accept that itis cruel to keep millions of animals in cages where theycannot turn round or express normal patterns of behaviour,as required by the Animal Welfare Act,yes or no?Hon JIMSUTTON: I can advise the member that natural forms ofbehaviour amongst animals are frequently far from conduciveto the welfare of their fellow animals.

2011年10月26日星期三

Can you share a preview

One of the high points was myability to get him a meeting and interview with Andreottithe prime minister of Italy. Suzan Rosetta Stone software Mazur: Howlong did you stay at the magazine? Leda Sanford: I worked for John Deuss for one year. His office was at oneend of the 19th floor and ours were at the other. In betweenthere were the offices of traders who could be heardscreaming on the phone along with the churning of telexmachines. Suzan Mazur: Why only oneyear? Leda Sanford: The need to constantlycorrect the belief that Henry Dormann did not have the"true" magazine was very discouraging. It all came to ahead when Dormann sued me for defamation of character forcontradicting his claims when calling on ad agencies. Thesuit was designed to get rid of me. And it did. SuzanMazur. Was there an element of espionage in the officewith Ted Blond Ghost Shackley signing on as advisor toJohn Deuss right after leaving the CIA in the late 70s? Shackley had his own company called Research AssociatesInternational and helped Deuss organize oil shipments toapartheid South Africa. Did you ever meet Ted Shackley,or Michael Corrie who was an executive with Shell Oil inVietnam and later became president of Transworld Oil? Itwas Corrie who introduced Shackley to Deuss,apparently. Leda Sanford: Never met them.Suzan Mazur: What about John Hoey who rented officesfrom Deuss on the 19th floor where he ran the New Yorkheadquarters for the Arab African International Bank? Hoeywas Rosetta Stone Italian also vice president of the magazine, I believe.Leda Sanford: Yes, John Hoey I remember well. Awonderful man. Suzan Mazur: You mentioned to methat you wrote the First Curacao International Bank annualreport for 1978. What were your impressions having reviewedmany of the documents?It is rumored that FCIB may haveserved as some kind of black budget bank along thelines of Australias Nugan Hand bank and that is whythere has been such secrecy over the current Deussinvestigation. Deuss has so far not been charged over theFCIB matter. Leda Sanford: Yes, that year,1978, I was also asked to produce the annual report for theFirst Curacao International Bank. Paul Hardy and I wrote anddesigned the report using materials provided by the Deusspeople. I won't speculate about the veracity of what weproduced.At that point I met Jeno Paulucci, a colorfulentrepreneur who wanted to start a magazine for ItalianAmericans called Attenzione. And so I resigned from Chief Executive. Suzan Mazur: Isthere anything more you remember from putting together theannual report that might shed light on Deusss currentproblems? Leda Sanford: I can't really comment onthe shenanigans of big oil companies. I went there to do ajob. I did it. Suzan Mazur: Youve told methat you are writing your memoirs and that youve includedthe Deuss episode. Can you share a preview? LedaSanford: My memoirs are still in the early stage. John Deuss had Charisma. But after that I losttouch with him. ledasanford.com/ SuzanMazur's reports have appeared in the Financial Times,Economist, Forbes, Newsday, Philadelphia Inquirer,Progressive Review, CounterPunch and Scoop, among others, aswell as on PBS, CBC and Rosetta Stone Japanese MBC. She has been a guest onMcLaughlin, Charlie Rose and various Fox Television Newsprograms.

2011年10月25日星期二

Go down to Dunkin' Donuts have a cupof coffee

Some weremarried to a purchaser, some have downloaded it, some pickedit up second hand or from a Rosetta Stone V3 sibling. But is it not possiblethat among this vast pool we might not actually find a manypeople who disliked Jackson's music as liked it?Yes itis. And although I have not been able to find an Americanstudy that deals with this issue, a fascinating examinationof Japanese adolescent tastes in western music suggests whatwe might discover.Here are the percentages of Japaneseadolescents who liked very much a genre of music followed bythe percentages of those that didn't like it at all:Rock:45, 28Rap: 26, 43Top Forty: 25, 43Classical: 23,48Jazz: 23, 45Techno: 22, 47Soul: 17,53Country: 15, 53Heavy Metal: 12, 48Punk: 11,66Easy Listening: 10, 60Note that rock is the onlycategory in which the percentage of those not liking it atall does not near 50%. Note also that one of the mostdisliked genres is something the media has labeled "easylistening."One of the reasons the media doesn't tell youthings like this is that it would be too embarrassing. Farbetter to using rankings that obscure the fact, for example,that you could fit the entire American audience of CNN intoa place the size of Washington DC.So if you can't standJackson or his music, don't feel bad. You are just part ofthe silenced majority. Go down to Dunkin' Donuts have a cupof coffee like a real American.DRUMMERS TOTALLY RULE -INTELLIGENCE AND RHYTHM LINKEDSCIENTIFIC BLOGGING People who scorehigh on intelligence tests are also good at Rosetta Stone Spanish Spain keeping time,new Swedish research shows. The team that carried out thestudy also suspect that accuracy in timing is important tothe brain processes responsible for problem solving andreasoning.Researchers at the medical universityKarolinska Institutet and Umea University have nowdemonstrated a correlation between general intelligence andthe ability to tap out a simple regular rhythm. They stressthat the task subjects performed had nothing to do with anymusical rhythmic sense but simply measured the capacity forrhythmic accuracy. Those who scored highest on intelligencetests also had least variation in the regular rhythm theytapped out in the experiment. . .According to FredrikUllen, the results suggest that the rhythmic accuracy inbrain activity observable when the person just maintains asteady beat is also important to the problem-solvingcapacity that is measured with intelligence tests. "We knowthat accuracy at millisecond level Rosetta Stone Spanish V3 in neuronal activity iscritical to information processing and learningprocesses, he says.

2011年10月3日星期一

The Left Hand of Darkness

Its influence Scotty, but not influence as we know it ….Innovation and un-influence may well be linked, we Rosetta Stone have some methods in this space, and some of the forthcoming ideas on the software will focus on perspective shifts happening serendipitously, thus enabling self discover rather than direction.Anyone else out there with ideas?PS: not all new thinking is received well the first time. The Left Hand of Darkness is one of the most famous books in Science Fantasy and an all time best seller. However its first reception was not good.PPS: The full text of Corinthians 1:13 follows as its a great text and contains more wisdom in its 13 short lines than many a text book 1: Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. ?2: And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. ?3: And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. ?4: Charity suffereth long, and is kind, charity envieth not, charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, ?5: Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, ?6: Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth, ?7: Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. ?8: Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail, whether there be tongues, they shall cease, whether there be knowledge, it Rosetta Stone Software shall vanish away. ?9: For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. ?10: But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. ?11: When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. ?12: For now we see through a glass, darkly, but then face to face: now I know in part, but then shall I know even as also I am known. ?13: And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three, but the greatest of these is charity.That of course is the King James version which contains more poetry (and meaning) to my mind that the revised standard. Little Simon weighs no more than 50 pounds soaking wet, but his unconscious competence on skis is pure magic to behold.My plan for the coming days is to talk largely about the more practical challenges and questions I have as an internal OD consultant (health care) and a Cognitive Edge practitioner. Specifically, how the role of project sponsors has played into narrative capture projects and how leadership does or doesn t support self-organizing systems. I have thoughts (mostly questions) about sustaining momentum after large scale interventions have taken place. I admit I have only limited experience here. I have a cascading schedule of emergency preparedness meetings this week related to swine flu, so that should be worthy of some discussion. And if I have made it appear that Rossland is nothing more than one big playground, I also volunteer as a commission member for my community s emerging sustainability plan “ a 20 year plan (much too short term Rosetta Stone Japanese a time horizon, or about right??) that is turning out to be a fascinating study of social networks being formally sanctioned by city councils.

For many years now I've made a strong distinction between narrative and story tellin

In IBM days Rosetta Stone Language and afterwards I emphasised anecdotes over stories and frequently evidenced my dislike of the recipe type approaches typified in many a popular writer in this field. Often I have been critical (frequently highly critical) of the business (or organisational) story telling movement. However I have never gone so far as to call them zombies or to suggest that their products are little more than prosthetic devices. In a recent post my former colleague Shawn does precisely that and adds in artificial, forced and clumsy just to rub their noses in it. The link he makes with failure artificial intelligence is a good one and while I might be more circumspect in how I expressed it I am in broad agreement with the points Shawn makes, specifically: We can learn from script writers, novelists etc. but we can't replicate those skills in one or even five day storytelling courses. Anecdotes have more value in an organisational context (I remain flattered by the way that Shawn chose Anecdote as the name of his company, along with unorder as his twitter name). Too many story telling consultants focus on the performance of the story rather than the learning value of the content (I am paraphrasing here, Shawn does not say that explicitly)All good stuff. Its where we got to in the old IBM story group training programmes and having devised it with Cynthia, Sharon and others it would be churlish to reject it! That said I think the linear scale between Little "s" and Big "S" storytelling is too limiting and we need to move on a bit. I've taken Shawn's linear distinction between little and big "s" story telling and placed it as a part of my x-axis which creates a left-right scale of the degree of effort required to create a narrative. On the far left we have micro-narratives of day to day existence. These are the stories we tell as a part of day to day existence and can include photographs, voice etc. etc. They are fragmented in nature and they Language Learning Software just happen. We then have reflective narrative which butts up against Shawn's little "s" stories but is different. Reflective stories are the micro-narratives we recall when prompted by circumstance or question or those we create as mental rehearsal evaluate action (think of Gary Klein's work in Sources of Power here). They can also be other people's stories, or examples from literature than we endorse as exemplars. An interesting sub-class here are stories of failure, or near failure used by trainers and mentors. By telling a story of how you failed, you build confidence in the trainee and you impart learning.x-axis - effort and refinementTo complete the x-axis I've gone beyond anecdotes to the fragmented micro-narrative which is much of my work. I have also added metaphor on the far right. Metaphor type stories such as the Children's Party Story or Longitude take time to construct, lots of experimentation and refinement. They have a lot of detail that people often don't discover or appreciate the value of until after multiple tellings. There are also aspects of Big "S" Storytelling here. Common stories in companies and society as a whole are frequently referenced in day to day conversation, especially those that define key turning points in the organisation's history. Neither is it complete stories by the way, I still use classics like Winnie the Pooh and Wind in the Willows for key phrases that carry complex meaning to people who have also read those books. These stories are the modern equivalent of Spanish Learning Software defining myths, we may not tell stories about Apollo and Athena but we do tell stories about great leaders, key episodes etc.

Medical Transcription Company Offering HIPAA Compliant Services

The on the net platform is distinct from the actual-time options we are so utilized to, only on account of the personal interaction that the latter permits. On the internet opportunities to earn dollars are as, ifRosetta Stone not additional, lucrative than any actual-time venture. You are able to reach out to a wider audience and develop a presence that would otherwise be geographically confined. The business of getting, selling and creating merchandise and services on the net may well involve anonymity, but undoubtedly not insecurity. The domain is like any actual-time space. It too has specific standard specifications that need to be addressed at the really starting. Once network security is taken care of, the on the net opportunities to earn dollars make you a excellent full-time or part-time package. Medical transcription is reasonably a new field, but it is a excellent career selection for those who have excellent listening and writing skills and who have a strong grasp of medical terminology. Medical terminology includes terminology utilized in pharmacology, anatomy, physiology, diagnostic procedures, etc. Medical transcription can be performed from property or from a doctor s workplace. The quantity of medical transcription jobs is expected to rise in the close to future. If you are interested in medical transcription career, then take a look at the medical transciptionist job description.Physicians working in hospitals or private clinics attend the patients. Now all the patients have their medical records attached to the same doctor or hospital. When a patient pays a visit to a doctor, all the proceedings of this visit are in fact recorded over a device known as dicta phone (the most generally utilized 1). The recordings of proceedings are then uploaded over the FTP servers of outsourcing companies in the form of wave files or MP3Rosetta Stone Store files. These companies download the audio files and then method them. The method goes by way of a 3 step method. In the first step, a transcriptionist converts the audio files to text file. In the second step, an professional then cross checked these text files for any mistakes. By now the accuracy of these text files is commonly additional than 98 percent. Now comes the time for third level check. Here the same text file is once more cross checked for any errors. By now the file is supposed to be about 99.9 percent error free. Now the file is prepared to be shipped back to the client. These files in the text form are once more uploadedRosetta Stone Language to the same FTP servers. Administrators in hospitals download these files and tag them across to patient s files.

The Language of Longing

While many people understand the basic concept of longing, it is amazing how Rosetta Stone Language often the basic language of longing is lost. Longing a horse is not simply having it run around in circles. Instead, it is a fine-tuned training process where your horse listens to your aids as carefully as though you were riding.When longing, you should stand so that you are facing your horses shoulder. The hand towards the horses mouth should hold the line, while the other hand should hold the whip. Between the line and the whip, you are forming the two long sides of a triangle, where the short side is your horse.The angle you face is a large part of the body language involved in longing a horse. If your hip and shoulder face the horse directly so that you are parallel to the horse, you are neither asking the horse to move forward, nor to back off.If you angle your hip and shoulder so that you are facing the horses quarters, you are in fact interfering with the horses forward movement. You are effectively blocking him from moving forward, much as if you were standing directly in front of him.If you angle your hip and shoulder so that you are facing the horses head, you are pushing your horse forward. You are now in a position where you are constantly asking you horse to move on, as though you were chasing behind him.This is very important to keep in mind. If you have a horse who is very forward, you will want to keep your body parallel to him, or even slightly against his movement. With a slow horse, or a Language Learning Software green horse, you will want to keep yourself angled so that you are pushing him forward.The longe line is the equivalent of your hand when you are riding. If you hold your line level, you are not applying any aid to your horse beyond a basic contact. If you raise the line, you are acting as though you were pulling on the rein, asking the horse to slow down, or stop. If you drop the line, you are taking away the contact, and allowing the horse to run forward.The whip acts as your leg. If the whip is level, it is the equivalent of riding with your leg on the horse. If you raise the whip, it is the equivalent of putting your leg on him. If you drop the whip, it is as though you have taken off your leg.With this in mind, you can now give your horse aids without using your voice. For an upward transition, you only need to raise the whip and maintain a level hand. For a downward transition, you need to raise your hand and maintain your whip. Green horses benefit if you reinforce the aids by lowering your hand for an upward transition, or lowering your whip for a downward transition.You can go further than that. If you raise your hand while raising your whip, you are in fact asking your horse to push forward from behind while not moving forward more quickly, thus creating collection. Another useful technique is to wave your whip low to the ground along with the movement of the quarters to ask your horse to step further beneath himself.With practice, your horse can learn to lengthen and shorten his stride on the longe line. He can make transitions with minimal aids and no voice at all. Well controlled body language English Learning Software makes a huge difference in training a horse on the longe, and works just as well on green horses as on trained horses.

What does Putin want

Today's question: Should the world prepare for an era of expanding Russia hegemony? How Rosetta Stone should the U.S. and its allies respond? All week, Andrew Meier and Michael C. Moynihan discuss post-Cold War Russia.Putin's push for Western acceptance Also What Putin wants Discuss the first installment of this week's Dust-Up.ments will close after one week. Andropov has not be emphasized enough-- the KGB and it's successors always felt that he died before the USSR could fully implement the KGB's vision of reform. Little surprise then that Putin has essentially steered Russia back toward that concept of state control and organization. capital L 8:57 PM PDT, Aug 30, 2008 Hon you so don't get the Russians. LB 1:29 PM PDT, Aug 29, 2008 Mr. Moynihan wrote: "... that hideous Sting song about Russians "loving their children too."Why "hideous"? The very idea Russians are people makes Mr. Moynihan feel insulted? You told us about yourself so much with just one word, sir! Elena 5:17 AM PDT, Aug 28, 2008 more ments Point: Andrew MeierAren't 21st century geopolitics amazing? Here we are, Michael, in the week that the Democrats will nominate an African American for president -- and we're debating Russia? Even more bizarrely, what's put U.S.-Russian relations back on center stage is a far-off province that, before this month, few Americans other than linguists who study endangered languages and military analysts who track low-intensity conflicts had ever heard of. South Ossetia is so small that you really shouldn't call it a "province." It's little more Rosetta Stone Software than a small town of Soviet cinder block, now nearly leveled, and a patch of sheepherders' villages.And yet the fight there has stolen the headlines, moved Moscow and Washington into their coldest peace since Ronald Reagan's "evil empire" taunt and tipped the balance for Joe Biden -- that brash, young agent of "change."How did we get here? If we can, Michael, figure that one out by Friday, we may begin to answer the second part of today's topic: What should the U.S. do about it?Is Russia really intent on extending its reach beyond its borders and restoring the breadth and might of the Soviet Union? Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin's Russia is resurgent, no doubt about it. But it's not just the triumph in Georgia that's pumped up Russian pride.While the West was averting its eyes, Russia has e back from the lowest depths. A decade ago -- on Aug. 17, 1998, otherwise known as "Black Monday" -- the Russian state devalued its currency, defaulted on its debt and fell into disgrace. Forget about a middle class; the barely sprouting business class -- that new generation of bankers, lawyers, salon-owners and aircraft makers -- sank overnight into bankruptcy. Russians rushed to stores with bags full of near-worthless rubles.What happened in the wake of the crash? First of all, Russia weaned itself off imports, which disappeared almost immediately. Then Rosetta Stone French came the great turn of luck, the skyrocketing price of crude, followed by America's war in Iraq. Now of course, the former KGB lieutenant colonel can claim little credit for either. But the economic revival will not only be Putin's legacy; it stands to go down as one of the greatest ebacks in history.

Finding Neverland's Marc Forster

Ray was underwritten by billionaire businessman Philip Anschutz; Million Dollar Baby, a late addition Rosetta Stone Language to the 2004 release schedule, was developed and underwritten by Tom Rosenberg's Lakeshore Entertainment; and The Aviator was funded largely by investor Graham King. In part because of their hodgepodge financing, the academy has yet to determine who will be named as the three films' official producers. As is inevitable in any Oscar race, there were several major surprises and oversights in the list of nominees announced in Hollywood yesterday. Critical favorite Paul Giamatti, who starred as the wine-swilling novelist in Sideways, was not nominated for best actor. And Javier Bardem's much-praised performance as the quadriplegic at the center of The Sea Inside also was bypassed. There were several upsets among those nominated for best director. Finding Neverland's Marc Forster was not among the nominees, even though the film is in the running for best picture. Alejandro Amenabar, who both directed and co-wrote The Sea Inside, was Language Learning Software not nominated in either category, although the film was selected to pete for best foreign language feature. Kinsey, the drama about sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, was considered a possible nominee in several top categories, including best picture and best actor for Liam Neeson. The film collected but one nomination, best supporting actress, for Laura Linney. Although it was not expected to draw any top nominations, Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ did collect three technical selections, including cinematography. Michael Moore's inflammatory Fahrenheit 9/11 was blanked; the filmmaker had gambled on a bid for a best picture nomination by avoiding the documentary feature category. Several people received unanticipated nominations. At the top of that list was English filmmaker Leigh, who was honored for both directing and writing Vera Drake. Along with Foxx and Freeman, the supporting actor nominees were Aviator's Alan Alda, Sideways co-star Thomas Haden Church, and Closer's Clive Owen. Besides Okonedo and Linney, the supporting actress picks were Natalie Portman for Closer, Aviator's Cate Blanchett, and Virginia Madsen from Sideways. Unlike last year's awards, which crowned global blockbuster The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King with 11 statuettes, there is no huge box-office hit among the best picture selections. Ray is the highest Portuguese Learning Software grossing of the five, with more than $73 million in ticket sales. But two of the year's biggest hits, Shrek 2 and The Incredibles, were named in the animated feature category. The Incredibles also was nominated for original screenplay and two sound awards. The Los Angeles Times is a Tribune Publishing newspaper.

Some Spanish Facts And How To Easily Learn The Language

Spanish courses are available everywhere. Most people still learn Spanish as Rosetta Stone V3 a second language from a university or college to earn a certification as well. There are many benefits how learning Spanish can help you. There are always others who are interested to learn Spanish but would like to learn inexpensively. If you want to help, you can teach them what you have learned.Another thing is you can learn from available internet language software program. You just have to trust your source though, with the tight competition online, there are already many website willing enough to give away learning Spanish techniques. You need to research first before you make your choice.But why are so many people willing to learn the Spanish language as a second language? There are too many people already talking in Spanish, why not stick to English? It's not a matter of competition which language wins by a majority basis. The advantages are credited to you, the student. There are just too many reasons; each depends on your current Rosetta Stone Japanese situation why Spanish suddenly interests your will.Here are the facts: Spanish is now officially considered as the second world language as a vehicle of international communication. It only ranks third as the international language for politics, economics and culture. On top of that, Spanish is also the official language of 21 countries and is spoken approximately by a 100 million speakers as a second language. Whether you know this already or not, learning Spanish is not just a trend happening today, especially in the internet. It's learning a language that is spoken by many people around the globe and officially recognized in many countries.You can start familiarizing yourself with Spanish words. Memorizing it also won't be a problem at all.Spanish word mielEnglish word honeyTry to picture a bee making honey on a mile wide honeycomb.The Spanish word for honey is used in the sentence as the word "mile", to incorporate the idea with the English translation. From this example alone, a person learning the Rosetta Stone Portuguese Spanish language makes it a lot easier to remember the words because ain's attention is focused on what's silly and funny. Pick another Spanish word with English translation, and then plot them the same way how the example appears above. You can start learning Spanish on your own and improve your memory as a plus bonus!

Is Rocket039;s Italian language course worth it?

Through learning different languages such as Italian, there are many ways to Rosetta Stone Outlet do it. One is through Italian software. Yes, there are actually different kinds of programs which are dedicated in teaching you the Italian language. Probably the best type of language program that you can get is Rocket Italian. This program has all the language based activities that you would ever need and more. With this program, you would be able to learn the Italian language. You would also be able to use it in almost any kind of console.If you think about its efficiency, the Rocket Italian software language course is definitely worth it. Rocket Italian is designed to teach you in just well over a couple of weeks. The program is quite easy to understand and it is quite easy to learn. Much like what you would expect in the Rocket series, Rocket Italian has the simplest controls and it allows users to learn in the right pace. Since you will be controlling the pace, there is no hassle of missing out on the topics. You can just return to the previous topics if you forget a word or a phrase.Some of the things that you will learn when using this Italian software is on various topics. The first lesson is on how to speak confidently and naturally. In this Rosetta Stone Chinese lesson you would be able to learn the proper way of speaking Italian. The first lesson covers over 21 audio lessons which you can use on your iPod or MP3 player. The second lesson is about how easy to learn Italian. In this lesson, you will be handling culture lessons as well as the in depth approach in the Italian language. Again, the lessons will be covered in well over 31 language audio tracks.Another lesson that you will be handling would be different Italian words and phrases. You will learn a couple of words which you can use in an everyday setting. Aside from such lessons, there are also the lessons in understanding Italian sentences as well as verbs. Much like in other lessons, you will be given some audio tracks that you can either use in your computer, in your iPod or you can place them on your MP3 player.Through acquiring the Rocket Italian software, you will be able to avail on the teacher on call program. You will be able to call a teacher online and the teacher would be able to answer all your queries. The calls would be unlimited so you can call them often. The unlimited access for teachers is through a forum so remember to post all your queries there if you have some. There is also a lifetime membership to the Rocket Italian lounge added in each package.So if you are looking for a great Italian software application that would teach Rosetta Stone Spain Spanish you all the basics, you can just stick with Rocket Italian. The program is pretty easy to understand and there are a lot of activities for you. There are tons of activities such as audio, video, games, written lessons which you can use in order to learn.

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The Stone Temple Pilots, by most reports defunct, recently recordeda new Rosetta Stone outlet song, "All in the Suit That You Wear," for greatest hitscollection due November 4th on Atlantic Records."It rocks," says frontman Scott Weiland, who insists the bandshiatus has been overplayed in the press. "STPs never broken up . .. we just have made a decision to take time apart and do differentthings. The DeLeo brothers [Dean and Robert] are doing someproducing right now, and Eric [Krz] just built a studio. Weworked for ten years, we made five records, we sold 25 millionrecords around the world, and we felt like we needed a break."Although Weiland is Rosetta Stone Japanese currently singing in Velv Revolver withformer Guns n Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum, hehasnt dismissed the possibility of another STP full-length downthe road. "Theres always hope," he says. "Theres alwayshope."The greatest hits s, so far without a confirmed title orrelease date, will draw from STPs five albums: Core(1992), Purple (1994), Tiny Music -- Songs From theVatican Gift Shop (1996), No. 4 (1999) andShangri-La De Da (2001).In 2000, the band had planned to release a hits compilationcalled Big Bang Babies but scrapped the record after anagement shakeup. Since then, STP have been plagued by more ofthe controversy and turmoil that has marked their career, thelatest episode of which saw Weiland arrested and charged with drugpossession last month. Hell face the Rosetta Stone Portuguese charges in court on July11th.

Andrew Bird Previews St. Vincent Tour, Debuts Anonanimal Video

Months before he released his killer disc Noble Beast, Andrew Rosetta Stone Bird was already at work on the video for "Anonanimal," which the Chicago indie-pop songwriter has been perfecting since last fall with director Lisa Barcy. The track is one of the most personal tunes Bird has ever written, and he wanted an bitious clip to match songs depth. (Fans of Tim Burton will dig the bizarre stop-animation creatures that populate the clip.) "Ive never cared much for the music video medium," says Bird. "But Id seen this short film that Barcy did, which involved a giant squid, and I thought shed be perfect for the song. It has a similar theme with aquatic animal life and Rosetta Stone American English cave-like animals." Rosta Stone has the videos exclusive premiere check it out up top.This week, Bird takes off for a 22-date fall tour with St. Vincent and he promises plenty of surprises. On the dock: new songs like the jmy "Lusitania," which Bird says has " oelig;an African feel to it," onstage collaborations with St. Vincent; and plenty of covers, including a re-worked version of Pink Floyds "Bike." "I really wanted to cover that because Syd Barrts lyrics are so good," says Rosetta Stone Chinese Bird. "The phrasing of the words no songwriter would ever think it was a good idea. Thats what makes it so great."

A Hunter S. Thompson Reading Guide

Okay, ls assume that youre late to the party on this Rosetta Stone software one. Maybe youve seen Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas movie, or youve read bits of Hunter S. Thompsons stuff here and there. You need a heads-up on how to g into the good stuff. Heres what we recommend, in order:The Great Shark Hunt (1979): This classic collection of Thompsons work is the gateway drug: it leads to harder stuff. Shark Hunt contains some of his earliest, relatively-straight stories from the mid-60s as well as his watershed "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" (one of his first experiments with gonzo journalism) and his first two pieces for Rosta Stone -- including his account of running for sheriff of Aspen, Colorado. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971): Abandon all hope, ye who enter. A hallucinatory account of a journalistic enterprise that went horribly wrong, this book changed journalism, made Hunter a star, and has the power, for a time, to re-orient your perception of the world. The opening paragraph is now one of the most fous Rosetta Stone Latin America Spanish in erican modern literature; just pick it up, okay?Hells Angels (1966): After the sensory overload of Vegas, youll be pleasantly surprised by the deep reporting and powerful narrative of Hunters first book. The riving subject matter -- the worlds most infous biker gang still on their ascendance -- doesnt hurt either.Fear and Loathing on the Cpaign Trail 72 (1973): Only Hunter could make theater out of the daily (somimes hourly) machinations of election-year politics and the whiskey-ripped mayhem of life in the press corps. Especially worth reading this cpaign year.The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Rosetta Stone English Gentleman (The Fear Loathing Lters, Vol. 1) (1997): A 683-page smack in the face to anybody whos ever thought of Hunter as some kind of drug-crazed diltante or one-trick pony, his first volume of lters only gs up to the Hells Angels period, but it delivers -- brutally, relentlessly, and hilariously.

The holiday had originated at Arlington in 1868

The structure was dedicated on May 15, 1920, and since then every U.S. presidenthas Rosetta Stone visited the amphitheatre during his tenure. The roofless, white marble structure, which encloses a natural amphitheatre, is copied from both the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens and the Roman theatre in Orange, France. The Fields of the Dead, with their seemingly endless lines of plain stones, follow a pattern adopted in 1872 for use in all national cemeteries. The Women in Military Service Memorial is located at the gateway to the cemetery, and the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial (the Iwo Jima flag-raising statue) is also nearby.Arlington remains an active military cemetery, with an average of 5,400 funerals each year. By the early 21st century more than 260,000 people had been buried on the grounds.B. Philip BiglerCopyright1994-2009 Encyclopdia Britannica, Inc. In the larger cities, while traditional building types are still visible in the older areas, large recently developed sections are dominated by simpler styles in brick and concrete. Downtown areas have an increasingly European appearance. Temple Rosetta Stone Italian of Artemis at EphesusThere was actually more than one Temple of Artemis: A series of several altars and temples was destroyed and then restored on the same site in Ephesus, a Greek port city on the west coast of modern-day Turkey. The most fabulous of these structures were two marble temples built around 550 B.C. and 350 B.C., respectively. The former was designed by the Cretan architect Chersiphron and his son Metagenes and decorated by some of the most celebrated artists of the ancient world. The building burned on July 21, 356 B.C., according to legend the same night that Alexander the Great was born. About six years later, the building of a new temple to replace it was begun. The new building was surrounded by marble steps that led to a more than 400-foot-long terrace. Inside stood 127 60-foot marble Rosetta Stone Korean columns and a statue of Artemis. Archeologists disagree as to whether the building had an open-air ceiling or was topped with wood tiles. The temple was largely destroyed by Ostrogoths in A.D. 262, and it was not until the 1860s that archeologists dug up the first of the ruins of the temples columns at the bottom of the Cayster River.

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Qualification outcomes 5.6 Theaverage credit achievement outcome should be based upon Rosetta Stone software ameasure of learners average total credit achievement onTraining Opportunities and Youth Training rather than yearlysnapshots. 5.7 Learners should be encouraged to acquire acoherent set of foundation skills whilst on TrainingOpportunities/Youth Training, including literacy andnumeracy if they lack these skills, and emphasis should beon gaining credits towards nationally recognisedqualifications such as National Certificates (for examplethe NCEA). Intermediate/personal development outcomes5.8 In addition to educational and employment outcomes,TEC should recognise the intermediate outcomes or lifeskills obtained by Training Opportunities and Youth Traininglearners at the regional level during profile negotiations.5.9 That flexibility in the length of time required toachieve outcomes for some learners is provided in theprofile negotiations with providers. Section 6:AdministrationRecommendationsThe review teamrecomm:6.1 Administration and learning support bemaintained at the regional and local level to assist thecontinuing development of these programmes, 6.2 Dedicatedfinancial provision continue to be made for theseprogrammes, to ensure a continuing focus on the needs ofthis group of learners, funding for Training Opportunitiesshould remain within Vote Work and Income and for YouthTraining in Vote Education, 6.3 For TrainingOpportunities and Youth Training, the introduction of thenew charters and profiles negotiations processes shouldbuild upon existing ongoing regional planning, operationaland monitoring processes and enhance the linkages withemployers, schools, government agencies, and learners at theregional level, 6.4 Enhanced co-ordination of existingregional planning processes, including consultation with keyregional stakeholders (e.g. TEC, MSD, Industry New Zealand,Iwi etc) and taking account of changes in the makeup of thepopulation and of labour market conditions, to determinepriorities for the allocation of expenditure (both at thenational and regional level), 6.5 TEC should play a rolein assisting the development of providers of TrainingOpportunities and Youth Training by leading debate anddiscussion about best Rosetta Stone Latin America Spanish practice for the provision of learning for this group of learners,6.6 Compliance costson providers should be monitored on an ongoing basis by TECwith a view to minimising these costs where practical,6.7 To ensure greater transparency of pricing, TEC shouldrelease information on an annual basis about the bands ofprices it pays for different types of training, anddifferences between regions, 6.8 The split of theTraining Opportunities and Youth Training programmes shouldcontinue as long as it does not unreasonably restrictflexibility in achieving sensible learning solutions at thelocal level, 6.9 Training/employment assistance providedthrough MSDs contracted services budget should continue toconcentrate on shorter term skill development to meetspecific employment opportunities in the local labourmarket, and 6.10 Communication between MSD and TEC andothers during the setting of regional priorities shouldinclude consideration of the interface and any potentialoverlap between the MSD programmes and TrainingOpportunities and Youth Training programmes.Building Futures, Te Aro Whakamua Review ofTraining Opportunities and Youth TrainingGovernmentDecisions Arising from the ReviewThe review team hasmade a number of recommendations aimed at sharpening thefuture focus of Training Opportunities and Youth Training soas to best meet the needs of learners who have lowqualifications and are experiencing difficulties findingemployment, as well as the needs of local employers andlabour markets, and the skill requirements of a moderneconomy. The key directions on which these recommendationsare based are: 61623, programme delivery should beflexible, to meet the changing needs of learners and thelabour market, 61623, programmes should be betterintegrated within the range of educational opportunities andemployment assistance, with the efforts of agencies wellco-ordinated, 61623, programme outcomes should bere-specified to better focus on programme participantsmoving into a regular pattern of employment and/or furthereducation, and The Government endorses the review teamsdirections and int to move as quickly as possible toimplement the changes necessary to achieve this sharperfocus, better integration, and improved measurement ofoutcomes. The key Government decisions and the steps thatwill be taken to implement them are outlined below.FutureFocusThe Government has accepted the view of the reviewteam that there continues to be a need for quality learningprogrammes that assist learners with low qualifications whoface significant barriers in the labour market to acquirethe foundation skills they need Rosetta Stone English to sustain themselves inemployment, to continue to learn over the course of theirlives, and to participate in society to the fullest extent. This view was also widely supported by those consulted inthe course of the review.

DavidSlack, AucklandFor Bullshit, Backlash and BleedingHearts

A Confused Rosetta Stone software Person's Guide to the Great Race Row. Devonport speech writer and columnist David Slack was theauthor of the Treaty Quiz which achieved wide currency onthe internet earlier this year. On the strength of it,Penguin Books asked him to write a book, which they describeas "At last, the book that digs behind the slogans, myths,mudslinging and misconceptions on ALL sides of the currentTreaty and race debate to explain exactly where we are, howwe got here and where we're heading". It is a racy, easy toread commentary that teases out and backgrounds the mainissues in debate and comes to an overall optimisticconclusion about the underlying state of our racerelations.Wellington Conservancy, Department ofConservationFor the Conservation Week exhibition "GlobalEye - Worldwide Perspectives of Conservation and theEnvironment". The theme of this year's Conservation Week(2-8 August) is Conservation with Communities, and therewill be events throughout New Zealand. The WellingtonConservancy has organised an exhibition at Turnbull House,for which artists from twelve different ethnicities andcultures have been invited to create works that reflect thelinks between their cultural identity, the environment andconservation. Artists' backgrounds include Indonesian,Croatian, Colombian, Pacific, New Zealand, Iranian, Lybian,English, American and Iraqi. For more information onConservation Week activities, visit www.doc.govt.nz doc.govt.nz/ .The Rotary Club of Lincoln, CanterburyFor theinaugural Lincoln Multicultural Festival, 19 June 2004. TheLincoln Rotary Club combined with Lincoln and DistrictCommunity Care, the Lincoln Community Committee and theLincoln Business Association, to organise the festival atthe Lincoln Community Hall. Their reason: "Lincoln and theneighbouring areas house a cross Rosetta Stone Chinese section of New Zealandmulti-ethnicity: the university, research centres, schoolsand businesses bring to us the talent and diversity ofpeople from many nationalities and cultures. What a greatopportunity for Lincoln, Christchurch and Canterbury atlarge to enjoy the arts, crafts and food that many of thosecultures now offer us." There were Japanese, African,Korean, Chinese, Indian, Iranian, South African,Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan and Scottish stalls and an evenwider variety of entertainment (including a highly populardose of Bollywood). It was opened by Selwyn DistrictCouncil Mayor Michael McEvedy and all rounded off in thegood old Kiwi tradition of a cup of tea, savouries andcakes. The Dominion Post, WellingtonFor Ethnicity:Celebrating Wellington's Cultural Diversity. Following ameeting of ethnic groups facilitated by the WellingtonEthnic Council and Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast inearly 2002, the Dominion Post researched and published aseries of 52 articles on people from different ethnic groupsin the Wellington region. These have been collated into abook, which was launched in Wellington on 25 June.

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Neighbor MarnaAdair told the FBI that Rosetta Stone outlet the polite, clean-shaven Atta wasfrequently at the home of Abdussattar Shaikh between Augustand early December of 2000. Adair said she identified aphotograph of Atta on Sept. 17 to FBI agents who visited herhome and showed her three pages of photos. Adair, ahomemaker whose door is about 50 feet from Shaikh's houseand gives a clear view of the driveway, said she is"positive" she saw Atta. Another neighbor, DeborahFortner, remembered seeing Atta as well. "He was the onethat was scary. He's got these piercing eyes. That'ssomething you never forget about him." Even the FBI wasforced to admit to the Congressional Joint Inquiry into 911that the hijackers may have known the informant [Shaikh]months earlier than the informant admitted. But somehowShaikhscover held. Clues to the real story about thehijackers who lived in San Diego were visible in the firststories filed from there about the citys role in the 9.11plot. It was a story was about students: ProminentMuslim leader Abdussattar Shaikh said he thought he wasoffering shelter to students from Saudi Arabia studyingEnglish, reported the Sept 15, 2001 San DiegoUnion-Tribune. FBI agents are trying to piece together themany aspects of the hijackers' lives in San Diego. Everynews account quoted Bill Gore, head of the San Diego FBIoffice, denying that Shaikh was a suspect. He was notsuspected of knowingly harboring the terrorists, Gore Rosetta Stone German toldreporters. Who knows? Maybe the FBI was trying to piecetogether some of the many aspects of the hijackers livesx2026, Just not all of them. We'realmost to the fun part of Michael Roy Fugler's lawsuit! He'sgoing to tell us everything he knows about Adnan Khashoggiwhen we ask him questions during our deposition. Probablywe will always be being sued, given the current state ofAmerica's "not too damn free anymore" press. Please help uscontinue by making a donation directly into to our defensefund. madcowprod.com/https.htm- Daniel Hopsicker is the author of Barry & 'the boys: TheCIA, the Mob and America's Secret History. About theauthor. - Email theauthor. IMAGE: Welcome To Terrorland - A NEW BOOK BY DANIEL HOPSICKERORDER YOUR SIGNED COPYTODAY.madcowprod.com/books.htmlSTANDARDDISCLAIMER FROM UQ.ORG: UnansweredQuestions.org does notnecessarily endorse the views expressed in the above article. We present this in the interests of research -forthe relevant information we Rosetta Stone Greek believe it contains. We hopethat the reader finds in it inspiration to work with usfurther, in helping to build bridges between our variousinvestigative communities, towards a greater, commonunderstanding of the unanswered questions which now liebefore us.

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The Daphne Programme, they say, has opened doorsfor them that were closed before they becameEuropeanpartners. The Daphne Programme can already be deemedsuccessful in sustaining NGO mobilisation at all levels,resulting in Rosetta Stone V3 many new partnerships and alliances thatcontribute to the development of more coherent policiesagainst violence at European level. Others refers toTrade Unions, Forums, Associations, FederationsWho arethe beneficiaries reached by these actions? A detailedbreakdown leads to the following categories: Others relates to Prisoners, soldiers,etc.The types of violence addressed by theprojects are the following : Others relates to Self-harm, physical punishment, racism andexclusion.Outputs and OutcomesThe projectssupported by the Daphne Programme have resulted in manydifferent outputs (151 projects in favour of women yielded252 identifiable outputs [1]). An expert meeting wasorganised at month 11 of the project. It brought together 50European FGM stakeholders. The project succeeded in bringingtogether relevant partners in the field across Europe andestablishing the first expert network in this importantfield. The changes brought about in European treatment ofresponses to FGM can largely be traced back from thisinitial project Rosetta Stone Hindi and the commonality across Europe of thoseresponses to FGM is due almost entirely to this project andits subsequent chapters. (Project 1997/096 and subsequently1999/036, 2001/225, 2002/040, 2002/058, 2003/028,2003/099)To have these outputs from the project isalready useful, but to see them being shared is not onlymore satisfying but promises greater and wider impact. Oneof the main objectives of the Daphne Programme is todisseminate the good practices that are developed and havethem used elsewhere in Europe (and often beyond), so thatthey can improve the lives of more beneficiaries and reducethe risk that others will become victims. The impact of theDaphne developments were analysed and can be listed asfollows :Often, one of the main benefits of being fundedby the Commission is that it triggers actions at national orregional level. The project was explained in generalmeetings of CCOO trade union in Spain so that sexualharassment has formed part of union negotiations andagreements. Workers now get a good service and unionrepresentatives now have negotiated clauses to supportprevention from sexual harassment (project1998/152). During the project, partners discussed fourtimes with the head of the police of the city of Frankfurt.The aim was to change the attitude of police and see hatecrime against lesbian women as a phenomenon they have todeal with. As a result, the Frankfurt police has beentrained. (project 2000/021).2001/165: creation of a newinformation/counseling service for victims of familyviolence at a police setting in Portugal. Anotherimportantplus is the transfer of good practice from onepart of Europe to another, or from one group toanother.2000/330: Expansion of the training sessionsaddressing black and migrant groups on domestic violencefrom local level in The Netherlands to Birmingham andIreland.Although having an impact on legislationis not a specific objective of the Daphne Rosetta Stone Korean Programme, it hasbeen estimated that 12% of the projects did have adocumentable impact on legislation and/or on authorities.

As members will beaware, unemployment benefit numbers have fallen from 161,000under National to just under 40,000 last year

I advise theHouse today that with further job-search support servicesprovided through Work and Income, unemployment benefitnumbers have fallen even further,reducing by 5,000 in thelast month alone. The number of people on the unemploymentbenefit has now been further reduced to 32,000, which is thelowest level since 1982.Russell Fairbrother: How aretotal benefit numbers tracking?Hon DAVID BENSON-POPE: Inthe last Rosetta Stone year the number of working-age benefit recipientshas fallen from 293,000 to 269,000. That is a fall in 1 yearof 24,000. That equates to 66 people a day, every day, whoare no longer reliant on a benefit. In the last month alone,all benefit categories saw a reduction. Sickness andinvalids benefit numbers fell by 40, domestic purposesbenefit numbers fell by 850, and unemployment benefitnumbers fell by 5,200.Hone Harawira: Kia ora, MadamSpeaker. Kia ora tx101,tou i te Whare. Is the Minister aware ofthe comments of one of his predecessors, the Hon RickBarker, who said, in December 2003: Of the 8,055 ,oriunemployed for more than 6 months who achieved stableemployment outcomes in the year ending June 2003, 3,556 hadre-enrolled by November 2003. , and does he agree thatnearly 50 percent of the unemployed going back on the dolewithin 6 months confirms the widely held view that thisGovernments grand plans Rosetta Stone Spanish Latin to get ,ori into work have beenan abject and miserable disaster, if not, why not?HonDAVID BENSON-POPE: I am certainly aware of the excellentefforts of my predecessor in part of this portfolio,and Icompliment him on his timely arrival in the House. I say tothat member that he seems to have missed one important fact,which is that ,ori unemployment reduced by 70 percent fromJanuary 1999 to January this year,from 15,174 people tojust 4,525.Judith Collins: Why is the Minister planningto bring in thousands of unskilled foreign seasonal workersto pick fruit, when thousands of able-bodied working-agepeople are sitting on the unemployment benefit in HawkesBay and the Bay of Plenty right now?Hon DAVIDBENSON-POPE: I am sure the member is only too aware of thefact that New Zealanders, especially the unemployed, havefirst call on those jobs. I will read to her the words ofPeter Silcock from Horticulture New Zealand in a pressrelease dated 7 March: The industry and government havebeen working together on ensuring enough seasonal labour isavailable, in Hawkes Bay and around the country, for anumber of years. The industry is very pleased with theeffort government has made to help industry meet itsexpanding labour needs. Russell Fairbrother: Inaddition to the reports the Minister has already told usabout, what other reports has he seen concerning benefitnumbers?Hon DAVID BENSON-POPE: I have recently seen anextraordinary report that inflates the number of people on abenefit by 10 percent by sourcing the statement from old2005 data, that pret there has been no change to thenumber of long-term unemployed, when, in fact, that numberhas reduced from 70,000 under a National Government to13,000 today, which Rosetta Stone American English is an 80 percent reduction, and thatclaims that New Zealand unemployment and incapacity benefitsare tracking in the same way as those of Australia and theUK, when, in fact, New Zealand numbers are reducing at leastfour times as quickly as those of those jurisdictions.

Academicindependence after claims of anti-Americanism

In an opinionpiece in The Canberra Times, Professor Chubb revealed thathe received a Rosetta Stone couple of telephone calls cautioning himagainst publicising the work of four people, including twoANU academics. In a separate letter, Professor Chubbdefended researcher Amin Saikal, who has been criticised forhis views on the Middle East because the research centre inwhich he works is partly funded by a United Arab Emiratesfoundation. Professor Chubb spoke out about academicindependence after claims of anti-Americanism in academefrom former Liberal senator and diplomat, Michael Baume, whois Deputy Chair of a company expected to fund a new UnitedStates Studies centre. Referring to ludicrouslyunbalanced debate about the Free Trade Agreement, MrBaume warned that his company would not renew funding if theuniversity that won the bid succumbed to anti-Americanism.Professor Chubb responded, asking how you could beseriously engaged in an institution where thats theexplicit objective? He said about 50 percent of Americansdid not vote for their President but they weren't calledun-American. A handful of Australians say something aboutthe policies of the President and they're declared to beanti-American, he said.From The AustralianCampaignagainst exploitation of non-tenured US staffThe AmericanFederation of Teachers higher-education division launcheda legislative campaign to address the exploitation ofpart-time and adjunct labour in colleges and universities atits Annual Conference last week. AFT Vice-President,Barbara Bowen, said that a current staffing crisis in UnitedStates universities is a consequence of longtime attacks onthe academy. She stated that that the goals of the campaignare to encourage state legislators to explore the impact ofa Rosetta Stone American English staffing crisis on higher education and the people itserves, to foster public discussion through hearings, topromote the improvement of working conditions and theearnings of part-timers and to reverse the erosion offull-time, tenured jobs. The hope is to have local branchesof the AFT develop and promote prospective legislation intwenty states and the United States Congress, starting inJanuary 2007.Higher-education delegates to theConference also received an update on the AFT response toattacks on academic freedom, the most fevered of them saidto have come from well-funded and loud voices on the farright, such as conservative commentator David Horowitz, andorganisations like the National Association of Scholars andthe American Council of Alumni and Trustees. Boycottlifted at BrunelA year-long dispute between BrunelUniversity management and the University and College Union(UCU) was resolved this week after the parties reachedagreement at arbitrated talks last Friday.The disputestarted last year after University management made a numberof staff, including prominent union activists, compulsorilyredundant. The Union called for Brunel University to begreylisted, which consists of a voluntary embargo of linksbetween the University and union members and a boycott ofthe University by trade unionists across the globe.Aspart of the settlement, the University has restated itsrecognition of UCU as the representative trade union foracademic and academic-related staff at the University. Theagreement also includes agreed facility time for UCUactivists, a commitment that University management will notvictimise UCU members for their trade union activities andan acknowledgment that all parties will Rosetta Stone Chinese work together toimprove industrial relations at the University. Thegreylisting and boycott were lifted after the agreement wasendorsed by Union members at Brunel.

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