Japan to honor late UW professor who helped Hiroshima victims

by LORI MATSUKAWA / KING 5 News

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Posted on September 28, 2012 at 8:09 PM

Updated yesterday at 8:33 PM

SEATTLE -- His name is listed with distinguished visitors such as President Carter, Mother Teresa and the Emperor of Japan. He has near-hero status in the Japanese city of Hiroshima. But Floyd Schmoe, an unassuming UW forestry professor, never thought of himself that way. He thought he was just building houses. In November, Hiroshima will honor him with a museum that he helped build himself more than 60 years ago.

Schmoe's grandson, Tom Schmoe, says his grandfather, a Quaker and conscientious objector during World War I, got to Japan in 1949 determined to build houses. Problem was, he had no idea how to build the Japanese way, with post and beam.? He hired a Japanese carpenter to teach him how? and forged ahead.? With his buddy the Reverend Emery Andrews of Seattle Japanese Baptist Church and others, Schmoe was able to construct 26 houses between 1949-52.

"For him, (what drove him) was a profound sense of guilt and shame at what the U.S. had done," said Tom Schmoe. "He felt that he had to make reparations."

The city of Hiroshima has invited Schmoe's relatives and Rev. Andrews' son Brooks, also a minister at Japanese Baptist, to help dedicate one of the last remaining houses which has become a museum. It was moved to make way for new development to the Eba neighborhood and will be the first satellite museum of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.

Tom Schmoe says his grandfather would probably be surprised by all the fuss. "He didn't go there for the ceremonies. He went there to build houses.? He mentions being bewildered by it all."

Rev. Brooks Andrews agrees. "It wasn't to build monuments to themselves.? It was all about peace and goodwill."

The Seattle delegation will tell their hosts in Hiroshima how Floyd Schmoe so loved the people of that city that at age 90, he used proceeds from a Peace Prize he won to help build a peace park in Seattle with a statue of Sadako, a young atomic bomb victim.? Schmoe died in 2001 at the age of 105.

To support the new Floyd Schmoe Museum, Japanese Baptist Church will host a concert by Mike Stern, performing music inspired by Hiroshima, Sunday September 30 at 3 p.m. 160 Broadway, Seattle.

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Police: Masked teen killed by father had knife

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By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSENBy JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN, Associated Press??

Visitors arrive at the home of Jeffrey Giuliano in New Fairfield, Conn., Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. Giuliano fatally shot a masked teenager in self-defense during what appeared to be an attempted burglary early Thursday morning, then discovered that he had killed his son, Tyler, state police said. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Visitors arrive at the home of Jeffrey Giuliano in New Fairfield, Conn., Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. Giuliano fatally shot a masked teenager in self-defense during what appeared to be an attempted burglary early Thursday morning, then discovered that he had killed his son, Tyler, state police said. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

The home of Jeffrey Giuliano is scene here in New Fairfield, Conn., Friday, Sept. 28, 2012. Giuliano fatally shot a masked teenager in self-defense during what appeared to be an attempted burglary early Thursday morning, then discovered that he had killed his son, state police said. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

A blue tent protects the scene of a fatal shooting in New Fairfield, Conn., Thursday, Sept, 27, 2012. Police say Jeffrey Giuliano shot a masked teenager in self-defense during what appeared to be an attempted burglary early Thursday morning, then discovered that he had killed his son, Tyler. (AP Photo/The News-Times, Carol Kaliff) MANDATORY CREDIT

New Fairfield and state police respond to the scene of a fatal shooting in New Fairfield, Conn., Thursday, Sept, 27, 2012. Police say Jeffrey Giuliano shot a masked teenager in self-defense during what appeared to be an attempted burglary early Thursday morning, then discovered that he had killed his son, Tyler. (AP Photo/The News-Times, Carol Kaliff) MANDATORY CREDIT

State Trooper Matt Losh emerges from the backyard of a home on Meeting House Hill Circle in New Fairfield, Conn., where a fatal shooting took place, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. A Connecticut man fatally shot a masked teenager in self-defense during what appeared to be an attempted burglary early Thursday morning, then discovered that he had killed his son, state police said. (AP Photo/The News-Times, Carol Kaliff)

NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) ? Police say the masked teenager shot to death by his father in a small Connecticut community had a knife.

State police Lt. J. Paul Vance say 15-year-old Tyler Giuliano died of multiple gunshot wounds outside a home in New Fairfield.

Police say Tyler's father, Jeffrey Giuliano, had gone outside with a gun when his sister called from next door early Thursday to say someone was trying to break into her house.

Giuliano saw a masked person dressed all in black and holding a knife. Police say the person came toward Giuliano, and Giuliano shot him, only to realize that he had killed his own son.

No charges have been filed.

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Cisco Blog ? Blog Archive ? U.S. Broadband Deployment: Where ...

By Howard Baldwin, Contributing Columnist

At a time in the United States when political opinions seem to fly to the extremes, with no middle ground, it?s no surprise that the FCC?s recent report on broadband deployment evokes a similarly polarized reaction.

Of the five commissioners who authored the report, three (including chairman Julius Genachowski) seem to believe that 95% penetration of fixed broadband by any technology (see graphic) is cause for alarm, citing the lack of broadband in rural areas and tribal lands. Two of the three commissioners filed dissents to the conclusions of the report.

Larry Downes, an Internet consultant writing in Forbes, called this conclusion ?bizarre? and accused the FCC of an incipient power grab:

?Under section 706 of the 1996 Communications Act, the FCC must make an annual determination of whether broadband ?is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion.? If not, the agency must take ?immediate action? to remove barriers that are keeping network operators from spending their investors? money even faster. Which translates, on the majority?s view, into a vast array of regulatory powers that otherwise aren?t available to the agency.?

According to Troy Wolverton, writing in the San Jose Mercury-News from the heart of Silicon Valley, industry lobbying group Broadband for America called the report ?inaccurate? and focused ?too much on those who lack broadband and not enough on the investments made by broadband providers to improve access and speeds.?

The FCC did acknowledge the private sector?s $1 trillion investment in broadband deployment. ?The private sector continues to do its part,? Wolverton quoted Broadband for America co-chairman John Sununu saying. ?Rather than misrepresent this record, our government should be working with us to identify the best approach to reach the small percentage of rural homes without broadband access.?

Or should it? Is there a third element missing from the FCC report, beyond rural vs. urban? I submit that there is, and that missing element is context. It?s arguably encouraging having government officials admit, ?We can do better,? rather than hollowly touting success. But pointing out the lack of rural broadband, especially when the percentage is in the single digits, misses the bigger picture: where does the U.S. sit in comparison with the rest of the world?

It?s not surprising that nobody wants to talk about that, because among the top 25 countries, the U.S. is 23^rd in broadband penetration ? and that?s down from 22^nd place, according to research firm Point Topic. Only Cyprus and the Isle of Man trail the U.S., according to the latest figures from Q3 of last year.

Look at the graphic again, and note that fiber deployment is way down at 19 percent. The industry has done great at deploying broadband, but as the FCC report rightly notes, technology tends to move forward rapidly. This is one of those situations.

Instead of worrying about the lower 5 percent of Americans who don?t have broadband, why aren?t we worrying about the upper 5 percent of Americans who want to create new start-up companies but don?t have access to the super-fast broadband to do so?

If the FCC wants to make a power grab, why doesn?t it mandate fiber deployment where it will do the most good, rather than insisting that telecommunications companies eliminate demographic data from their determinations of where to deploy fiber?

Why not let ?broadband service providers deploy high-speed fiber in urban downtown areas, where companies will be most likely to happily pay a premium for it, and then use that income to backfill in other areas? And do that in radiating circles, from urban areas to suburban areas, and finally to rural areas.

If I had one message for the FCC, it would be to stop pitting urban versus rural, and start figuring out how to move the U.S. up the international ranks of broadband penetration.

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Fight over canola pits biofuels vs. organics

SALEM, Ore. (AP) ? Oregon's Willamette Valley is off limits to canola crops, to protect farmers growing seeds for organic vegetables from having their crops contaminated by canola pollen, pests and diseases.

But demand for renewable energy has helped fuel a push to start farming canola, which can be pressed to extract oil for food or renewable energy. A proposal to loosen the canola ban has raised a tense conflict between producers of organic foods and renewable energy in a state that cherishes both.

Farmers who grow seeds for broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and a variety of other vegetables known as brassicas fear that expanded canola production would destroy their industry by bringing new pests and diseases.

Canola proponents insist all brassicas can coexist if they're carefully managed.

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PFT: 'It was the correct call,' MNF referee says

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Lance Easley, the replacement side judge who ruled that Seahawks receiver Golden Tate and Packers defensive back M.D. Jennings simultaneously possessed the final pass of the game on Monday night ? handing Seattle an undeserved win ? stands by his call.

?It was the correct call,? Easley told TMZ. ?I didn?t do anything wrong.?

Unfortunately, in defending the call, Easley seemed to indicate that he still doesn?t understand the NFL?s rules on simultaneous possession.

?You have to not only have the ball but have either two feet or a body part on the ground, and that never happened,? Easley said.

But that?s not what the rules of the NFL say. The rules say, ?It is not a simultaneous catch if a player gains control first and an opponent subsequently gains joint control.? So Jennings didn?t need to have possession with either two feet or a body part on the ground. He just needed to have control of the ball first and then possession.

Easley also said he isn?t pleased that he has become the focal point of all the complaints about the officiating in the NFL.

?I don?t appreciate the negative stuff,? he said.

In that respect, I?m sympathetic to Easley?s point of view. For starters, it should be noted that Easley isn?t the only one who deserves blame. He was one of two officials right on top of the play, and the other official didn?t signal either that it was an interception or that it was a touchdown. Just because the other official was too timid to call anything doesn?t mean Easley deserves all the blame for making the call. And, of course, the referee chose not to reverse the touchdown call on replay. The NFL has backed the ref?s decision, but few outside Seattle and the league office agree with that.

More importantly, the reality is that the replacement officials were thrown into a difficult job with inadequate training. If you?ve got a problem with that (and I do), you should have a problem with the people who put the officials in that position (and I do).

Overall, Easley defends the work that he and his fellow replacements did.

?We did a damn good job . . . for the most part,? Easley said.

Maybe. But good for the most part is not good enough.

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Measuring the universe?s 'exit door': For the first time, an international team has measured the radius of a black hole

ScienceDaily (Sep. 27, 2012) ? The point of no return: In astronomy, it's known as a black hole -- a region in space where the pull of gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. Black holes that can be billions of times more massive than our sun may reside at the heart of most galaxies. Such supermassive black holes are so powerful that activity at their boundaries can ripple throughout their host galaxies.

Now, an international team, led by researchers at MIT's Haystack Observatory, has for the first time measured the radius of a black hole at the center of a distant galaxy -- the closest distance at which matter can approach before being irretrievably pulled into the black hole.

The scientists linked together radio dishes in Hawaii, Arizona and California to create a telescope array called the "Event Horizon Telescope" (EHT) that can see details 2,000 times finer than what's visible to the Hubble Space Telescope. These radio dishes were trained on M87, a galaxy some 50 million light years from the Milky Way. M87 harbors a black hole 6 billion times more massive than our sun; using this array, the team observed the glow of matter near the edge of this black hole -- a region known as the "event horizon."

"Once objects fall through the event horizon, they're lost forever," says Shep Doeleman, assistant director at the MIT Haystack Observatory and research associate at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. "It's an exit door from our universe. You walk through that door, you're not coming back."

Doeleman and his colleagues have published the results of their study this week in the journal Science.

Jets at the edge of a black hole

Supermassive black holes are the most extreme objects predicted by Albert Einstein's theory of gravity -- where, according to Doeleman, "gravity completely goes haywire and crushes an enormous mass into an incredibly close space." At the edge of a black hole, the gravitational force is so strong that it pulls in everything from its surroundings. However, not everything can cross the event horizon to squeeze into a black hole. The result is a "cosmic traffic jam" in which gas and dust build up, creating a flat pancake of matter known as an accretion disk. This disk of matter orbits the black hole at nearly the speed of light, feeding the black hole a steady diet of superheated material. Over time, this disk can cause the black hole to spin in the same direction as the orbiting material.

Caught up in this spiraling flow are magnetic fields, which accelerate hot material along powerful beams above the accretion disk The resulting high-speed jet, launched by the black hole and the disk, shoots out across the galaxy, extending for hundreds of thousands of light-years. These jets can influence many galactic processes, including how fast stars form. 'Is Einstein right?'

A jet's trajectory may help scientists understand the dynamics of black holes in the region where their gravity is the dominant force. Doeleman says such an extreme environment is perfect for confirming Einstein's theory of general relativity -- today's definitive description of gravitation.

"Einstein's theories have been verified in low-gravitational field cases, like on Earth or in the solar system," Doeleman says. "But they have not been verified precisely in the only place in the universe where Einstein's theories might break down -- which is right at the edge of a black hole."

According to Einstein's theory, a black hole's mass and its spin determine how closely material can orbit before becoming unstable and falling in toward the event horizon. Because M87's jet is magnetically launched from this smallest orbit, astronomers can estimate the black hole's spin through careful measurement of the jet's size as it leaves the black hole. Until now, no telescope has had the magnifying power required for this kind of observation.

"We are now in a position to ask the question, 'Is Einstein right?'" Doeleman says. "We can identify features and signatures predicted by his theories, in this very strong gravitational field."

The team used a technique called Very Long Baseline Interferometry, or VLBI, which links data from radio dishes located thousands of miles apart. Signals from the various dishes, taken together, create a "virtual telescope" with the resolving power of a single telescope as big as the space between the disparate dishes. The technique enables scientists to view extremely precise details in faraway galaxies.

Using the technique, Doeleman and his team measured the innermost orbit of the accretion disk to be only 5.5 times the size of the black hole event horizon. According to the laws of physics, this size suggests that the accretion disk is spinning in the same direction as the black hole -- the first direct observation to confirm theories of how black holes power jets from the centers of galaxies.

The team plans to expand its telescope array, adding radio dishes in Chile, Europe, Mexico, Greenland and Antarctica, in order to obtain even more detailed pictures of black holes in the future.

Christopher Reynolds, a professor of astronomy at the University of Maryland, says the group's results provide the first observational data that will help scientists understand how a black hole's jets behave.

"The basic nature of jets is still mysterious," Reynolds says. "Many astrophysicists suspect that jets are powered by black hole spin ... but right now, these ideas are still entirely in the realm of theory. This measurement is the first step in putting these ideas on a firm observational basis."

This research was supported by the National Science Foundation.

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St. Cloud Library Hosts Domestic Violence-Through A Child's Eyes

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ST.CLOUD- The Stearns County Domestic Violence Partnership hosted Domestic Violence ? Through A Child?s Eyes (yesterday) afternoon.

The event focused on building connections between those who have experienced domestic violence and service providers. Anna Marie?s Alliance, Benton County Human Services along with 17 other organizations attended the event.

Stearns County Attorney, Janelle Kendall says, ?This event comes after four years of the domestic violence court operation. What we did is we tuned up what we were doing in the criminal justice systems and the civil justice systems to really be more effective for what the victims need. But, we realize that the criminal justice system can?t fix this issue.?

Therapist Mary Linn M.S., LP presented facts on the mental health of children who have been exposed to violent situations. She says that in 2007, as many as half of all households were experiencing some level of intimate partner violence.

?We needed to reach out to the people who are in these situations right now and offer them everything that this community has in one place. We hope that this is the beginning of something? says Kendall.

Those who know of children or families who have been exposed to violent relationships are encouraged to speak to a community provider.

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Agriculture back in focus as growth estimate gets downgraded ...

Source: The Economic Times, Sept 26, 2012

When the country was growing at more than 8 per cent for about a decade, services and manufacturing were the darlings of policy-makers, investors and talking heads. Agriculture, a segment that employs nearly half the hundred crore population of the country, was hardly mentioned even in passing. This year, thanks to a poor monsoon, suddenly the farmers are the centre of India?s growth story, or the lack of it.

Never in the past decade has agriculture seriously rattled economists and investors. Since it contributed less than one-fifths to the gross domestic product, agriculture was considered to be insignificant in the overall scheme of things.

From Morgan Stanley to Citigroup to Standard Chartered and the Reserve Bank of India, nearly every other bank has downgraded India?s growth estimate citing a possible poor farm output which is compounded by the global uncertainty owing to the sovereign crisis. It is a reflection of the hard reality that agriculture, notwithstanding its low contribution to the GDP, will remain significant enough for the overall growth just because of the sheer population that it supports. Indeed, the so-called India story was supported not only by the urban population but also by rural India.

Early last month, American investment bank Morgan Stanley had warned in a research that inadequate rainfall would affect India?s growth by 30-40 basis points (bps) because of the impact of weak monsoons on agri-GDP. Later, several other research firms, banks and brokerages, too, lowered their growth forecasts because of concerns over the outlook for agriculture. This September monsoon arrived with a bang. The water levels in the reservoirs went up enough to take care of the needs of the season. In a small way, this improved the prospects for agriculture. However, with the Kharif crop ? which accounts for almost half the share in the country?s farm output ? not expected to keep in line with the trend growth, even improved rains in September are unlikely to revise the farm sector outlook.

All these developments then raise a question. Why is the market taking this sector so seriously? One of the arguments put forward is that, in the past, whenever agri-GDP failed, it was offset by a better export growth or higher pick-up in services growth. But, this time round, both exports and services, too, have failed to look up. And, hence, the impact of agriculture on the overall economic output is even more conspicuous.

?In the past, whenever agriculture has failed, the impact on the overall GDP used to get neutralised by higher exports, rising investments or fiscal action. But, this time, none of these factors are present,? said Abheek Barua, chief economist, HDFC Bank.

Looking at the sector from a longer-term perspective, in the post-reforms period, agriculture has not got any policy attention that it deserved even though the government has always made a noise about its policy goals for inclusive growth. Even the big-bang reforms that the government announced last week has no policy measure that would even remotely impact agriculture, though the permission for 51 per cent in FDI in multi-brand retail could be seen as the harbinger of good times for farmers.

An analysis of sectoral GDP numbers since the 1950s shows that it is only the services sector that has benefitted from reforms. While the share of industry has slipped marginally since 1991, that of agriculture has halved to 14 per cent in the last 21 years from 29 per cent in 1990-91. And, in the post-crisis period after 2008, the growth of agriculture has further slowed. The Reserve Bank of India deputy governor KC Chakrabarty noted last week, ?The policy focus (in agriculture), so far, has been on using higher MSP (minimum support prices) to generate supply response and public investment on expanding the irrigation potential.?

Despite Indians being among the highest savers, agriculture has seldom been an avenue for investments. Gross capital formation for agriculture is less than 7 per cent of GDP, while 52 per cent of the population depends on agriculture for their livelihood according to the 2001 census data.

Two major developments in the recent past have lifted the importance of this sector from the policy perspective ? rising food and commodity inflation reflecting the poor supplies of agricultural produce, the increase in the potential demand from rural India due to higher wages for agricultural labourers. Most surveys have shown that less than half the rural economy depends on agriculture for its livelihood. But the rest of the rural economy comprises a combination of services and manufacturing that depend on agriculture. Increased incomes within the farm sector are likely to have spilled over to these support sectors largely in the form of increased demand, and pushed up earnings in the non-farm rural sector.

According to Saugata Bhattacharya, chief economist, Axis BankBSE 0.20 %, consumption surveys have indicated that rural monthly per capita expenditures (MPCE) increased from Rs 928 in FY10 to Rs 1,281 in FY12 (a 33 per cent increase over 2 years in nominal terms, broadly in line with nominal GDP growth). One possible explanation is an increase in investments in rural India (including real estate and gold). Besides, some also point out to the rise in the prospects for agro-based industries which are now labeled as a sunrise industry. ?Scalability through value-addition remains huge in agriculture. It works through two levers ? investment in agro-based infrastructure and, second, through direct investment in food-processing industries,? said Shubhada Rao, chief economist, Yes Bank.

These can be looked at seriously since the relative bottlenecks compared to setting up an industrial unit in the non-farm sector could be minimum. Besides, given the huge supply-side constraints for various farm products not only in the domestic market but also in the international market, such investments could not only increase the contribution of the farm sector in generating employment and output, but also address the concerns over food inflation.

Of late, the Reserve Bank of India has also started voicing its concerns on the agriculture prospects giving the subject much more detailed analysis in its various communications. Last week, RBI also put in the public domain, a time-series data beginning 2004 on the average daily wage rates for rural India indicating that it now considers this sector more seriously.

?This dataset on rural wages has been an important component for RBI in determining its monetary policy stance, whose publication now helps in understanding some of the concerns regarding the persistence of demand, particularly in rural areas,? said Bhattacharya. The central bank, which often advises the government on managing its finances, is also now talking aloud on issues in agriculture. ?There is a need for improving the market structure for agricultural commodities, ensuring competitive pricing, enhancing warehouse facilities and improving rural roads for better connectivity with urban markets. Better water management, with an emphasis on water harvesting, would be important for enhancing farm productivity and output,? said Chakrabarty last week.

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A Profusion of Philanthropists | Franklin & Marshall Magazine

Philanthropy thought leaders reveal why all of us have something to give

When Benjamin Franklin arrived in Philadelphia from Boston in 1723, a 17-year-old printer?s apprentice on the lam, the first thing he did was to buy a meal of ?three great puffy rolls.? The second thing he did was to give two of the rolls to a woman and her child. It was the beginning of a lifetime of civic engagement that included the founding of a fire company, a lending library, a scholarly society and more than one college.

?You can make a lot of money and be a great philanthropist. You can make a little money and be a great philanthropist,? said Art Taylor, Esq., ?80, president and CEO of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. ?We can all have an impact on the world.?

Taylor is among a growing number of influential alumni who, inspired by their Franklin & Marshall education and the College?s founding father, have placed philanthropy at the center of their lives. These philanthropy thought leaders insist that all of us have ample opportunity to become philanthropists.

Philanthropy by the Numbers

Andrew Carnegie gave the equivalent of $7 billion to philanthropic causes. Bill and Melinda Gates have contributed $28 billion. Warren Buffet has pledged $31 billion.

Many people probably wish they could offer that level of support. But, according to research into giving trends, a growing number of Americans understand they don?t need to be a John D. Rockefeller or an Oprah Winfrey to be a philanthropist.

Americans gave almost $300 billion to charity in 2011, according to Giving USA, an annual report on U.S. philanthropy published by the Giving Institute. Nearly three-quarters of that total? came directly from individuals, with bequests, foundations and corporations making up the rest.

Total giving grew by 4 percent, or just under 1 percent when adjusted for inflation. That?s on par with historic trends.

?Each year, Americans give about 2.2 percent of their gross national income to charity, and that hasn?t fluctuated much over time,? said Les Lenkowsky, Ph.D., ?68, clinical professor of Public Affairs and Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University.

Giving USA?s research is conducted by Indiana University?s Center on Philanthropy. The center also publishes a periodic panel study that tracks giving by U.S. households. ?The most important factor affecting charitable giving is growth in income or wealth,? Lenkowsky said. ?The economy was modestly better in 2011, and we saw a corresponding modest increase in charitable giving.?

Giving and Receiving

Philanthropy is a Greek term that translates in English to ?love of humans.? ??Voluntary action for the public good? is the definition we use,? Lenkowsky said.

Experts in philanthropy emphasize this emotional element of giving, saying it is about more than handing over large sums of money.

?Philanthropy is a pretty big word,? said Susan Washburn ?73, principal of philanthropic consulting firm Washburn & McGoldrick Inc. ?But philanthropy is simply how you demonstrate that you care about your fellow human beings.?

Talk to those in the philanthropy field about what they do, and words such as ?caring? and ?fellow humans? come up again and again. So does the notion of personal empowerment.

?To me, philanthropy is about helping people to realize their aspirations and to develop fulfilling and meaningful lives,? said Janet Haas, M.D., P?11, chair of the William Penn Foundation.

?Many Americans aren?t in a position to give substantial dollars right now,? Haas said. ?But most can volunteer. At F&M?s graduation this year, [New York City] Mayor [Michael] Bloomberg offered thoughtful comments about finding ways to become involved in solving social problems. I was struck by his NYC Service program, which has mobilized more than 1.8 million volunteers.?

Successfully achieving this level of charitable engagement is distinctively American, according to Lenkowsky. ?Philanthropy is an expression of American pluralism, where people can choose where to give their money and which causes to support,? he said.

Matters of the Heart

No matter how you give, those with experience in philanthropy urge giving from the heart. ?Find something you really care about, that you want to invest your money or time in,? Washburn said. ?Philanthropy is about being engaged in something bigger than yourself. And it?s a joyful process. I?ve heard people use the expression ?Give till it hurts.? But I would say, ?Give till it feels great.??

How can you identify what you care about most?

?First, look at the organizations that have affected you personally,? Taylor said. ?Next, focus on the institutions that need to be around if our society and our communities are to thrive. Then find where those two things intersect.?

There are many paths to such an intersection. After graduating from F&M, Taylor took a job at a Big Eight accounting firm, where his first client was job-placement charity OIC of America. Years later he ran into OIC?s controller, who was about to leave the organization and suggested that Taylor apply for the job. Taylor became controller and later president of OIC, a career move that led to his current position.

Many philanthropists first became engaged in giving while in college. Washburn became involved in philanthropy through her work-study job at F&M. ?I worked in the public relations office, so I had exposure to alumni and others who gave to the College,? she said.

She later took full-time jobs on the development office staff, where she helped raise funds to build the Steinman College Center. Washburn has been involved in higher-education fundraising ever since. But she points out that philanthropy exists beyond the fundraising offices on college campuses and extends into curriculum and student groups as ?more and more colleges and universities are seeking to establish a culture of philanthropy on campus."

Lenkowsky?s early engagement with philanthropy reflects this. ?I was in the College Scholar program, which was an interdisciplinary major,? he recalled. ?My primary focus was government, but I was also interested in philanthropy.? Lenkowsky helped to establish some of the first public- engagement organizations on campus. He has now been teaching philanthropy and nonprofit management for 20 years.

For Haas, it was her upbringing in a family that ?taught me the importance of doing what I could for others,? she said. ?We volunteered for service projects, and I saved a little money from my allowance to give to charity. Later I was introduced to more formal philanthropy by my husband and his family.? She is married to John Otto Haas, grandson of William Penn Foundation co-founders Otto and Phoebe Haas.

But being a philanthropist need not involve a career in philanthropy. ?Young people sometimes believe they have to make a choice to either make a lot of money or save the world,? Taylor said. ?But that?s a false choice. It?s important for both students and alumni to realize that even if they don?t work for a nonprofit as part of their career, there are still many opportunities to be philanthropic.?

Philanthropy Through Education

That may be particularly true for those with a liberal arts education. ?A liberal arts education lets you know there?s a bigger world than the one in which you operate,? Taylor said. ?We?re connected to the fates of people in our community and around the world who have less than we do.?

Such an education brings with it certain responsibilities, in Taylor?s view. ?You have been imbued with this wonderful education, and at some point you will be called upon to lead,? he said. ?It may not be as president of the United States. But it may be as the senior warden of your church, or as the leader of a community group, or as the chair of a charitable board. We expect that of the people in whom we have invested a liberal arts education.?

An example of that principle in action is Jessica Fuhrman ?12, who spearheaded a project that raised funds to build a school in Cambodia. Fuhrman majored in government at F&M and was a champion for human rights during her time on campus.

?The impetus was when [author and New York Times columnist] Nicholas Kristof spoke at F&M,? Fuhrman said. ?I had been reading his columns, and they opened my eyes to gender imbalance in the international community.?

The project was organized through the International Women?s Outreach Committee, of which Fuhrman was vice president at the time (she later became president). The group raised funds for American Assistance for Cambodia, a nonprofit that builds public schools in rural Cambodia. ?Only 25 percent of the population over age 15 in our district in Cambodia is literate,? Fuhrman said.

Fuhrman devoted a year to evaluation and planning before she began fundraising. She also sought guidance from professors

and administrators such as Kent Trachte, F&M?s dean of the College, and Susan Dicklitch, associate dean of the College and director of the Ware Institute for Civic Engagement.

Fuhrman and fellow students held fundraisers, such as Asian-themed dinners, throughout 2010 and 2011. They were assisted by F&M?s Human Rights Initiative, which aims to raise awareness about the need to improve educational conditions worldwide. Donations to the project topped $13,000, which was matched by the World Bank.

The result was a coeducational school in the Kampong Speu province in south-central Cambodia, ?in a tiny village a couple of hours? drive over dirt roads? from Phnom Penh, as Fuhrman described it.

Construction was completed in fall 2011. The following spring, Fuhrman visited the school to meet the principal, teachers and students. Today, 486 children receive their primary education there.

But work at the school is hardly done, which is driving further efforts to fuel engagement through philanthropy. Fuhrman plans to raise money outside F&M, and F&M students continue to raise funds on campus. ?We want to hire an English teacher for the school,? Fuhrman said. ?We also want to acquire computers and better textbooks.?

Fuhrman is an example of the passionate philanthropist who pursues her philanthropic activities independent of her professional work. She is an intern at a Long Island magazine and is applying for graduate-school fellowships. Her plan is to study journalism, with a focus on civil rights.

?Don?t let anyone convince you that you can?t do it,? she advised others who would become involved in philanthropy. ?Had I listened to how impossible it would be to build a school in Cambodia, it wouldn?t be there today. But I was confident I would get it done, no matter how long it took. And now there are 486 students who have a school who wouldn?t have one otherwise.?

Charitable Accountability

Americans are becoming increasingly engaged in charitable giving, many philanthropy experts agree. As their affinity for giving has grown, so has their demand for greater accountability from the causes they support.

?Some have suggested that Americans are becoming less involved in their communities,? said Sue Washburn ?73, principal of philanthropic consulting firm Washburn & McGoldrick Inc. ?But I simply don?t see that. More young people and retirees are getting involved locally. Schools, colleges and universities are emphasizing civic engagement. Younger people want to be more engaged in their giving. They think in terms of being investors in philanthropy. They don?t just want to give; they also want to see the impact of their giving.?

And it?s not just young people. The biggest trend in philanthropy is that donors want to know that their charitable dollars are being put to good use, according to Les Lenkowsky, Ph.D., ?68, clinical professor of Public Affairs and Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University. ?But it can be difficult to measure the impact of charities,? he said. ?If you give toward a new building at F&M, you can watch the building go up. But if you give to support F&M?s overall mission, how would you measure the results??

Evaluating charities is the purview of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, but President and CEO Art Taylor, Esq., ?80, agreed there are limits to what can effectively be measured. ?Our reports tell donors whether a charity meets our standards in areas such as governance and financial management,? he said. ?But we don?t try to evaluate something like how effective a job-placement charity is at placing people in jobs.?

If I Had a Million Dollars

We asked our experts what they would do with $1 million. Here?s what they said:

?First I would give to my college, which gave me my intellectual strength. Second I would give to my church, which gave me my spiritual strength.?

Art Taylor, Esq., ?80 is president and CEO of the BBB Wise Giving Alliance (www.give.org), which evaluates national charities against a set of accountability standards. He is a member of the F&M Board of Trustees and chair of OIC of America, a national nonprofit that offers job training and placement to disadvantaged people.

?I would fund a college course where students could learn how to become philanthropists.?

Les Lenkowsky, Ph.D., ?68 is clinical professor of Public Affairs and Philanthropic Studies at Indiana University. He was appointed by President George W. Bush as CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, a position he held from 2001 to 2003. In 2010 he was awarded the David R. Jones Leadership in Philanthropy Award from the Fund for American Studies.

?I would give to anything that provides greater access to education, because education is transformational.?

Sue Washburn ?73 is principal of Washburn & McGoldrick Inc., an international philanthropic consulting firm specializing in higher education. She is vice chair of the F&M Board of Trustees and former chair of the board of trustees of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

?Sometimes the most important thing philanthropy can do is to take a stand on a thorny issue. The William Penn Foundation is focusing on turning around Philadelphia?s failing schools.?

Janet Haas, M.D., P?11 is chair of the William Penn Foundation, which focuses on improving quality of life in the greater Philadelphia region by supporting educational, cultural and environmental initiatives. She is a trustee with the Wilderness Society, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, the University of Pennsylvania and Morris Arboretum.

?I would invest more in the primary school we built in Cambodia. I?d also like to build a secondary school in the region. I?d also like to offer adult-learning classes at the school. I?d like to create a scholarship fund to allow one student a year coming out of the school to attend F&M. I?d like to start a for-credit program that would allow F&M students to teach enrichment courses at the school. I think I?ve probably already spent the million dollars.?

Jessica Fuhrman ?12 is former president of the International Women?s Outreach Committee at F&M. She is the 2012 recipient of the College?s Muhlenberg Goodwill Award, presented to a senior who is dedicated to improving social conditions in the larger community. During her junior and senior years at F&M, she led an effort to raise funds to build a primary school in Cambodia.

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Petronas of Malaysia, UOP to Cooperate on Gas ... - LNG World News

UOP, a Honeywell company, announced that it will collaborate with Malaysia?s national oil and gas company, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), on natural gas processing technology.

The joint development program is focused on technology to overcome challenges faced by producers of liquefied natural gas (LNG), as they seek to monetize natural gas more economically by moving gas processing from onshore facilities to ships that will moor closer to offshore gas fields.

The program will center on advanced carbon dioxide (CO(2)) absorption technology to improve the reliability of equipment used to remove contaminants from natural gas before it is liquefied, while also reducing the weight and footprint of the equipment onboard ships. Technical improvements developed to better meet LNG specifications may also be deployed in the next generation of onshore and offshore gas processing equipment.

?The joint program with PETRONAS is another example of how UOP is committed to developing gas processing innovations to meet the growing global demand for natural gas, especially in Southeast Asia,? said Rebecca Liebert, vice president and general manager for the Gas Processing and Hydrogen unit of Honeywell?s UOP. ?We look forward to a successful joint effort with PETRONAS, a recognized leader in natural gas in Asia.?

PETRONAS is a fully integrated oil and gas company and its Gas & Power Business is engaged in the processing, liquefaction, transmission, marketing and trading of natural gas and LNG.

As part of the joint program, PETRONAS and UOP scientists will work on designs for next-generation equipment to overcome challenges posed by gas treatment onboard ships, and the two companies will design and build a land-based pilot plant to demonstrate the technology.

Natural gas is the world?s fastest-growing fossil fuel, with annual consumption expected to reach 160 trillion cubic feet by 2035. Nearly 35 percent of the world?s demand growth for natural gas during that time will come from Asia, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Producers are increasingly seeking new technology for liquefying natural gas, which is needed to transport natural gas by ship to regions that cannot be served by domestic production or pipelines. Natural gas extracted from wells often contains a variety of contaminants at levels that must be removed before the gas can be liquefied, stored or transported.

Honeywell?s UOP offers technology, equipment and materials to extract contaminants such as CO(2), hydrogen sulfide, mercury and water prior to liquefaction, or remove trace sulfur compounds from the feed gas to create cleaner-burning natural gas. Honeywell?s UOP has developed solutions for more than 3,600 individual process units for gas processing in a broad range of applications, including new applications such as Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels that recover oil and natural gas from offshore wells.

Honeywell?s UOP has increased business activities in Southeast Asia during the past five years. In June 2008, it established a gas processing design center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that designs and delivers fabricated skid-mounted gas processing plants. In May 2012, it opened a manufacturing and operations center in Penang, Malaysia, to produce natural gas purification membrane elements.

LNG World News Staff, September 25, 2012

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How Long Is It To Hear Back On A Short Sale Offer? | REALTOR ...

Q: We placed an offer on a short sale home in August, and September 10th we got a bank negotiator for our offer. We have heard nothing since, it has now been 2 and a half months since we put the offer in. How long do short sales take?
?Nancy, Arbuckle, CA

A: Dear Arbuckle, CA

Short sales are a very time consuming process that will require tremendous patience from the potential buyer. The lender will be getting another valuation of the home based on the current market, then will be negotiating with the investors of the mortgage. I have done short sales that have taken 6 months to complete. All too often, however, buyers get frustrated an move on. If this is THE property you want, you will need to be patient and ask your Realtor to provide or request updates.

Good luck!

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Joyce Mitchell is a Realtor? with Mitchell & Associates Real Estate in Bigfork, MT.

A: Depending on the servicer (the bank that services the loan) and the investor (the outfit that OWNS the note/loan) short sale approvals can take anywhere from 4 weeks to a year. The best person to find out more details is your agent. If you made the offer through the listing agent, ask if he or she has a negotiator or is handling the bank wrangling herself. If you used a buyer?s agent, your agent should try to find out as much as possible from the listing agent: Is the seller?s short sale package complete? Has the BPO been done? How many liens are against the property?
Sylvia Jonathan is a Realtor? at Coldwell Banker Platinum Properties in Irvine, CA

A: Hi, Sorry to say, short sales take a long time and sometimes even longer than that. If you are in a hurry, do not put an offer on a short sale. There is no way of knowing how long you may have to wait for an answer, and even then, the answer may not be the one you like. Good Luck.
Mary Diaz is a Realtor? with RE/MAX Action First in Tampa, FL.

A: Anywhere from 30 days at the quickest to never hearing back at all.
Paul Aspelin is a Realtor? with Beyond Homes Realty LLC in Victoria, MN.

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ABBYY Launches Lingvo Dictionaries 3.0 with New Language ...

Moscow, Russia ? ABBYY, a leading provider of document recognition, document capture, and linguistic technologies and services, today announced the availability of Lingvo Dictionaries 3.0 for iOS, a versatile dictionary and translation application for Apple(R) mobile devices. The new product introduces Lingvo cards, an interactive tool for memorizing words and phrases while on the go. Its close integration with the extensive dictionary content of ABBYY Lingvo(R) helps iPhone(R) and iPad(R) users learn languages more effectively enjoying the process.

?Over 70 percent users of ABBYY Lingvo use the dictionary for learning foreign languages, and many of them were asking us to create a tool to help them memorize words and phrases? commented Katya Solntseva, Director of Mobile Products Department at ABBYY. ?New Lingvo cards makes a very natural addition to the dictionary, simplifying their task. It also provides people with the opportunity to master a language by taking advantage of any idle moment while on the go.?

ABBYY Lingvo Dictionaries for iOS allows users of Apple devices to access vocabulary of many languages at once, with more than 250 general translation, explanatory, idiomatic and specialized dictionaries available for download and purchase*. It also provides an advanced photo translation function** that offers the easiest way to look-up and translate words by photographing them with the iPhone camera. Its dictionary entries contain various linguistic information, such as: translation alternatives, phonetic spelling, audio pronunciations recorded by native speakers, word-use examples and inflected forms of the headword.

Lingvo cards enables users to create easy-to-use learning cards for memorizing words and checking themselves periodically with simple lessons at any place and time. The lessons offer two most basic and popular tasks: to refresh or remember translations of foreign words (by reading or listening to their audio pronunciation) and remember a word by its translations displayed on the screen. Learning cards can be created automatically from dictionary entries or manually by typing or copying necessary information from other sources. They can be grouped for different languages and translation directions allowing users to learn more than one language on their device. Users can easily manage their cards according to their individual plan: add new cards with additional information and translation alternatives, exclude words from the lessons or delete them from the program when they are memorized. In addition to several translation alternatives, Lingvo ?ards may contain audio pronunciations of words, usage examples and any other information a user may find important.

Unlike traditional paper cards for memorizing words, Lingvo cards will never get lost or missed, they won?t pile up in multiple places overwhelming language learners with their quantity. A truly convenient and user-friendly tool, ABBYY Lingvo helps users to smooth out and enjoy the process of learning and memorizing. To further improve user experience, ABBYY Lingvo now allows iPhone users to work with dictionaries and learning cards in landscape mode.

The basic dictionary set, available for download within the application for no extra charge, includes 56 dictionaries spanning 27 languages. Additional premium content dictionaries can be added anytime, allowing users to expand their translation capabilities. The full list of premium content dictionaries and the list of language combinations available for translation can be found on ABBYY website.

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Google Shopping Changes to Paid Listings ? Small Business News ...

Google Shopping is changing up its page model this Fall by only featuring paid listings rather than organic search results.

At first, Google only included organic results on its shopping page, and it currently features a mix of both paid listings and organic results. But as more and more companies pay to advertise with Google, the company decided that showing only paid listings will benefit both the merchant and the consumer.

In a post on the Google Commerce blog, the company stated that it hopes companies that pay to have their listings featured on the Google Shopping page will be more likely to keep information like prices, availability, and product specifications up to date. And with those improvements, the company hopes that consumers will be more satisfied with the Google Shopping experience, thus benefitting the merchants that advertise with Google.

The new layout will not only impact the page at Google.com/shopping, but it will also impact what shows up on the basic Google search page when users search for a product name or type.

For example, if someone searches ?telescope,? a row of product listings appear below some of the other search results, and there may also be some sponsored listings on the right sidebar in space that was previously reserved for AdWords.

Other Google search results will not be impacted by this change. The page will also include a few other minor changes such as larger product images.

Page ranking for search results will be based on relevancy and bid price, so it will essentially work the same way as the organic search results work now, just with paid ads. Google also said that merchants will be given the opportunity to offer specials like discounts via the shopping page in the future.

Overall, this change could be seen as a mixed bag for businesses. Of course, there will be no more free traffic from Google Shopping results for companies that choose not to advertise, but those who do may gain more control over their listing information and relevancy.

If Google really can make Google Shopping into a better experience for the consumer, then advertisers who purchase product listings may potentially benefit from the change.

About Annie Pilon

Annie Pilon is a freelance writer specializing inmarketing, social media, and creative topics. When she?s not writing for her various freelance projects or her personal blog Wattlebird, she can be found exploring all that her home state of Michigan has to offer.

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Digging the Dirt: RICS Small Business Retail Lease ? Hoping to ...

Its authors say a suite of measures and incentives are required to attract businesses back to the high street.

One of those measures is to address the often complex and time consuming commercial property leasing process, seen as a barrier to letting commercial premises to independent retailers.

The new lease, developed by SNR Denton, is intended for a lock-up shop/high street type property let on a short term basis of no more than 5 years, with no rent review and is particularly aimed at business start-ups.

It aims to allow retail premises to be occupied more rapidly than before and help attract independents back to the high street.

There are versions of the lease for use when granting leases either inside or outside the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954, a useful template heads of terms sheet and guidance notes for tenants and advisors.

Rent is payable monthly in advance and it allows for a tenant?s break right at any time after a fixed period, where the only condition is giving the right length of notice.

There?s no service charge and repairing obligations are limited by a schedule of condition.

The aim is to keep legal costs low for both parties but its authors are keen to point out it?s not a substitute for legal advice.

The lease also reflects current market trends ? the Property Data Report 2012 published in August (which I referred to in Who Owns What?) showed the average length of a new lease in 2011 fell to below 5 years, compared to 8.7 years in 1999, and that 33% of new leases had break clauses.

This new lease seems to me to strike a fair balance between landlord and tenant for high street type properties, so I hope it?s successful.

The RICS website is currently being upgraded, so the links to the new lease may not be available when this post is first published.

Source: http://www.jondickins.com/2012/09/rics-small-business-retail-lease-hoping.html

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