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Sunday, February 19, 2012
French President Sarkozy: not afraid of record
France's President and candidate for the Presidential election 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy, gestures as he delivers as speech during a rally in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Sarkozy has thrown himself into what may be the toughest fight of his political career: unpopular for years and running a feeble economy, the divisive French president announced he's running for a second term. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
France's President and candidate for the Presidential election 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy, gestures as he delivers as speech during a rally in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Sarkozy has thrown himself into what may be the toughest fight of his political career: unpopular for years and running a feeble economy, the divisive French president announced he's running for a second term. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Supporters wave flags as France's President and Candidate for the Presidential Election 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy, gestures as he delivers as speech during a rally in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Sarkozy has thrown himself into what may be the toughest fight of his political career: unpopular for years and running a feeble economy, the divisive French president announced he's running for a second term. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
France's President and candidate for the Presidential election 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy, gestures as he delivers a speech during a rally in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Sarkozy has thrown himself into what may be the toughest fight of his political career: unpopular for years and running a feeble economy, the divisive French president announced he's running for a second term. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
Supporters of France's President and candidate for the Presidential election 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy, waves flags during a rally in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Sarkozy has thrown himself into what may be the toughest fight of his political career: unpopular for years and running a feeble economy, the divisive French president announced he's running for a second term. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon, left, wife of the French President Carla Bruni Sarkozy and general secretary of French ruling party Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) Jean-Francois Cope attend a rally of France's President and Candidate for the Presidential Election 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy, in Marseille, southern France, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. Sarkozy has thrown himself into what may be the toughest fight of his political career: unpopular for years and running a feeble economy, the divisive French president announced he's running for a second term. (AP Photo/Lionel Bonaventure, pool)
MARSEILLE, France (AP) ? President Nicolas Sarkozy defended his unpopular policies as insulating France from the worst consequences of Europe's debt crisis, declaring in a nationalistic speech to thousands of supporters Sunday that "the truth doesn't scare me."
In the first major speech of his re-election campaign, Sarkozy lashed his opponent and election front-runner, Socialist candidate Francois Hollande, painting him as a liar who would say anything to get elected.
Just two months ahead of the two-round spring elections, Sarkozy finally threw his hat into the ring on Wednesday, as expected. But with unemployment nearing 10 percent and the economy barely growing, Sarkozy has trailed Hollande in the polls for months, and many observers have said the gap may be insurmountable.
On Sunday in the southern French city of Marseille, Sarkozy noted that the French were suffering, that many were out of work and struggling to stay in their homes. He acknowledged that he'd raised the retirement age, was slashing the number of state employees and that all were facing a future with fewer benefits.
"These decisions, I take responsibly for them because they were difficult, but if I hadn't made these decisions, where would we be today? That's the question!" he shouted to an eruption of cheers and applause.
The answer, for Sarkozy, was clear: He pointed to astronomically high unemployment in Spain, painful budget cuts in Italy and Greece and even to Americans forced from their homes because they were unable to pay their mortgages as proof that the crisis was global, but that France had escaped the worst of its consequences.
"France wasn't carried off by a crisis of confidence," he said, referring to countries, like Italy, that have seen their borrowing costs skyrocket as investors demand higher interest rates to lend to them. "There hasn't been the despair or violence that has touched so many other countries."
While Sarkozy's opponents have used the poor state of the economy to hammer him, the president said Sunday he was prepared to stand by his record and even vowed that he was looking forward to the campaign ? which analysts have said will be an uphill battle.
"The truth doesn't scare me," he declared.
Hollande, in an interview later with BFM television, contested that France was better off than its neighbors, noting that Germany is faring well and that doing better than Greece was hardly cause for celebration.
Sarkozy's speech was remarkably nationalistic, beginning with meandering praise for all that Sarkozy loves about France and mounting to a defense of his record in which each point was introduced by "to love France is to."
His opponents' ideas, by contrast, were labeled as springing from those who had forgotten French values. Though Sarkozy didn't refer to him by name, he sought to paint Hollande as a waffler.
"Where is the truth ... when one pretends to be (Margaret) Thatcher in London and (Francois) Mitterrand in Paris?" Sarkozy asked, referring to the union-busting, conservative British prime minister and the iconic Socialist French president.
That dig appeared aimed at an interview Hollande gave recently to British and American journalists in which he was quoted as saying that London's financial center should not fear him.
Sarkozy has already balked at that reassurance, noting that Hollande has also called the world of finance his "real adversary."
In the television interview, Hollande said he stood by his comments but tweaked them, saying that finance must be made to serve the real economy.
"The adversary is when finance lives off the economy" rather than nourishing it, he said.
With his trademark equanimity, Hollande brushed off questions about Sarkozy's criticism, saying that "insults are a sign of weakness."
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Associated Press writers Sarah DiLorenzo and Syvlie Corbet contributed to this report from Paris.
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Payroll tax bill heads to Obama's desk (Politico)
Congress easily passed a sweeping package that would extend the payroll tax holiday for 160 million Americans until the end of the year, sending President Barack Obama a middle-class tax cut that was considered one of his top domestic priorities.
The vote in the lower chamber was 293-132. On party lines, 91 Republicans and 41 Democrats opposed the package. The Senate quickly cleared the bill on an 60-36 vote less than an hour after the House voted. In that chamber, 30 Republicans and five Democrats, as well as independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, rejected it.
Continue ReadingAside from allowing workers to keep a little more of their paychecks, the bipartisan deal also extends jobless benefits and pushes off a scheduled 27 percent pay cut to doctors who treat Medicare patients. The agreement, led by the two top tax writers in Congress, came on the cusp of a weeklong congressional recess but well before those programs were to expire at the end of this month ? marking a rarity for a legislative body that constantly ran up against the brink of deadlines.
?I said then, I say now: Everything doesn?t have to be a fight,? Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters Friday afternoon.
Obama has promised to sign the bill ?right away.?
?There are a number of positive aspects to this agreement, including preventing a tax increase on hardworking Americans and the spectrum initiative, which will help create jobs, spur innovation and economic investment, and support public safety,? Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said in a statement.
The turning point in the arduous negotiations came Monday when the top three House Republican leaders ? Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) ? announced they were willing to extend the payroll tax cut without offsetting its $100 billion price tag. The cost of the full package approved by the House, including the jobless benefits and ?doc fix,? is roughly $143 billion.
Last-minute snags in the negotiations, such as disagreements over spectrum auctions and a late-night protest from Democrats on targeted federal pension funds, tripped up the talks but the majority of conferees finally signed off on the agreement Thursday afternoon.
The agreement had the blessing of all 13 House negotiators and the four Senate Democratic conferees, but the three Senate Republicans ? Jon Kyl of Arizona, John Barrasso of Wyoming and Mike Crapo of Idaho ? did not sign the deal. The lawmakers grumbled Thursday that they were frozen out of the negotiations. All three senators ultimately voted against the agreement.
The agreement?s path to Obama?s desk was never going to be smooth. A swath of the Republican conference, as well as many Democrats, opposed the payroll tax cut because the money generated from the tax contributes to the Social Security trust fund. Democrats ? particularly those who represent districts near the nation?s capital ? despised the additional contributions that future federal workers will have to pay into their pensions.
A furious House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) took to the House floor Friday morning to lambast the provisions in the deal that calls for federal employees hired after Dec. 31 to pay an extra 2.3 percent into their pensions.
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Many Liberal Lawmakers Support Legalized Online Gaming ? Blog ...
?We?re working closely with the lead partners at the Emelina Prier and Woodgate Patience Law firm to develop our new legalized online gaming law curriculum,? said Klaiber Watry, Pre-law advisor at Charlotte Morgensen University, ?in hopes to provide real world insight for our studies that will prepare students adequately for the future.? Plans were also being made to work with a number of other area legalized online gaming law firms, but at this time, no further contact with these groups has been made. ?We did a great job on summations,? said paralegal Ines Fausset, when commenting on the legalized online gaming v. Krugman Fieck class action suit, ?which probably means that we?ll win this case handily. The case put forth by my boss, Plyler Fecteau, was so convincing that we believe the jury will only be out for a couple days before they render their decision.? Any final verdict in this legalized online gaming litigation will of course be subject for appeal to a higher court, in this case being Grange Marz County Superior Court located in Benavente Whetstone City. ?I?m excited to be litigating this legalized online gaming case with my colleague Susy Seajack, a distinguished attorney with more than 25 years experience,? said lead parter Earwood Mizelle, ?and we firmly believe that the legalized online gaming case we have prepared for the 3 judge tribunal is rock solid.? Other partners in the Lafata Settler Ltd Law firm were tasked with creating mock counter-plaintiff case scenarios, which allowed the lead case team sufficient practice and preparation to face anything that might be thrown at them. ?With students working hard on their legalized online gaming law mid-term exams, I?ve been able to assist the Benauides Yeubanks and Napps Lumbra Law team in the recent legalized online gaming class action case. This is proving to be a very good experience for me, and it will dynamically boost the breadth of my curicular offerings as my pre-law department advances,? remarked Brierly Vandewerker, a tenured professor of law at Cherise Werderman University. Following the winning verdict for the legalized online gaming plaintiffs, the opposition legal team held a brief press conference in which they thanked local Prof. of law Zumba Schuetze for contributions to the case. No appeal will be filed with Superior Court, since the team from Twyla Riliford Partners believes that the jury rendered verdict is about equal to the settlement number set from the get-go. ?The only reason we took this legalized online gaming case to court was so we might avoid having to pay settlement fees. Now, however, we will be paying out to the plaintiffs, though no more than our risk team originally budgeted,? said Bolduc Bowdish, Asst Legal Counsel in the landmark case. The first of its kind legalized online gaming class action suit will be debated by students Mackler Brust and Rhonda Mozee at Venus Vanscoik University next Monday, and then put to a panel of law professors to render a mock verdict. This new, dramatized aspect of the legalized online gaming law curriculum allows students to get a taste of what civil court feels like, while at the same time challenging them to create compelling arguments for their respective law professors. A similar program was instituted at nearby Weigand Singler College, where select pre-law students faced a jury of both peers and professors in order to practice opening remarks and summations in a real legalized online gaming class action law case. Judge Viggiani Wymer, who originally was a prosecutor for the county, began practicing legalized online gaming law after studying under esteemed Prof. Penland Bormann, at Kotcher Trippi University. ?The Judge has a great law pedigree, and this will allow us greater scope when the legalized online gaming case is argued. We want to be doubly sure that the Judge understands all the implications of this particular case, and as a result, believe that a Judge with this particular resume of experience is necessary. ?I?m really happy with the verdict in the recent legalized online gaming case, which was argued by my mentors Benoist Reed and Henning Brownstein, who work at the prestigious Kyoko Nordlinger INC law firm downtown,? said Rowlette Wagemann, an enthusiastic paralegal studying for the local bar exam. ?Once I have a better grip on how to construct convincing legalized online gaming arguments, I?ll be able to apply for my legal license with the state in no time.? Typically, the state takes about 6 months to process applications, and any special certifications, as in the case of those planning to practice in the legalized online gaming sector, take an additional month.
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Friday, February 17, 2012
Puzzle play may help boost learning math-related skills
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Children who play with puzzles between ages 2 and 4 later develop better spatial skills, a study by University of Chicago researchers has found. Puzzle play was found to be a significant predictor of spatial skill after controlling for differences in parents income, education and the overall amount of parent language input.
In examining video recordings of parents interacting with children during everyday activities at home, researchers found children who play with puzzles between 26 and 46 months of age have better spatial skills when assessed at 54 months of age.
The children who played with puzzles performed better than those who did not, on tasks that assessed their ability to rotate and translate shapes, said psychologist Susan Levine, a leading expert on mathematics development in young children.
The ability to mentally transform shapes is an important predictor of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) course-taking, degrees and careers in older children. Activities such as early puzzle play may lay the groundwork for the development of this ability, the study found.
Levine, the Stella M. Rowley Professor in Psychology at UChicago, is lead author on a paper, Early Puzzle Play: A Predictor of Preschoolers Spatial Transformation Skill, published in the current early view issue of Developmental Science.
The study is the first to look at puzzle play in a naturalistic setting. For the research, 53 child-parent pairs from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds participated in a longitudinal study, in which researchers video-recorded parent-child interactions for 90-minute sessions that occurred every four months between 26 and 46 months of age.
The parents were asked to interact with their children as they normally would, and about half of the children in the study were observed playing with puzzles at least once. Higher-income parents tended to engage children with puzzles more frequently. Both boys and girls who played with puzzles had better spatial skills, but boys played with more complicated puzzles than girls, and the parents of boys provided more spatial language during puzzle play and were more engaged in play than the parents of girls.
Boys also performed better than girls on a mental transformation task given at 54 months of age.
Further study is needed to determine if the puzzle play and the language children hear about spatial concepts is causally related to the development of spatial skills and to examine why there is a sex difference in the difficulty of the puzzles played with and in the parents interactions with boys and girls. Levine explained. We are currently conducting a laboratory study in which parents are asked to play with puzzles with their preschool sons and daughters, and the same puzzles are provided to all participants.
We want to see whether parents provide the same input to boys and girls when the puzzles are of the same difficulty, Levine said. In the naturalistic study, parents of boys may have used more spatial language in order to scaffold their performance.
Alternatively, the difference in parent spatial language and engagement may be related to a societal stereotype that males have better spatial skills. Our findings suggest that engaging both boys and girls in puzzle play can support the development of an aspect of cognition that has been implicated in success in the STEM disciplines, Levine said.
Levine was joined in writing the paper by Kristin R. Ratliff, project director for research and development at WPS Publishing; Janellen Huttenlocher, the William S. Gray Professor Emeritus in Psychology at UChicago, and Joanna Cannon, New York City Department of Education.
The research on puzzle play is part of a series of studies based on observations in naturalistic settings Levine has led. In previous papers, she and colleagues have shown the importance of using words related to mathematics and spatial concepts in advancing childrens knowledge.
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The study was funded by the National Science Foundation (Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center) and by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
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Public release date: 16-Feb-2012[ | E-mail |
Share ] Contact: William Harms
w-harms@uchicago.edu
773-702-8356
University of Chicago
Children who play with puzzles between ages 2 and 4 later develop better spatial skills, a study by University of Chicago researchers has found. Puzzle play was found to be a significant predictor of spatial skill after controlling for differences in parents income, education and the overall amount of parent language input.
In examining video recordings of parents interacting with children during everyday activities at home, researchers found children who play with puzzles between 26 and 46 months of age have better spatial skills when assessed at 54 months of age.
The children who played with puzzles performed better than those who did not, on tasks that assessed their ability to rotate and translate shapes, said psychologist Susan Levine, a leading expert on mathematics development in young children.
The ability to mentally transform shapes is an important predictor of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) course-taking, degrees and careers in older children. Activities such as early puzzle play may lay the groundwork for the development of this ability, the study found.
Levine, the Stella M. Rowley Professor in Psychology at UChicago, is lead author on a paper, Early Puzzle Play: A Predictor of Preschoolers Spatial Transformation Skill, published in the current early view issue of Developmental Science.
The study is the first to look at puzzle play in a naturalistic setting. For the research, 53 child-parent pairs from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds participated in a longitudinal study, in which researchers video-recorded parent-child interactions for 90-minute sessions that occurred every four months between 26 and 46 months of age.
The parents were asked to interact with their children as they normally would, and about half of the children in the study were observed playing with puzzles at least once. Higher-income parents tended to engage children with puzzles more frequently. Both boys and girls who played with puzzles had better spatial skills, but boys played with more complicated puzzles than girls, and the parents of boys provided more spatial language during puzzle play and were more engaged in play than the parents of girls.
Boys also performed better than girls on a mental transformation task given at 54 months of age.
Further study is needed to determine if the puzzle play and the language children hear about spatial concepts is causally related to the development of spatial skills and to examine why there is a sex difference in the difficulty of the puzzles played with and in the parents interactions with boys and girls. Levine explained. We are currently conducting a laboratory study in which parents are asked to play with puzzles with their preschool sons and daughters, and the same puzzles are provided to all participants.
We want to see whether parents provide the same input to boys and girls when the puzzles are of the same difficulty, Levine said. In the naturalistic study, parents of boys may have used more spatial language in order to scaffold their performance.
Alternatively, the difference in parent spatial language and engagement may be related to a societal stereotype that males have better spatial skills. Our findings suggest that engaging both boys and girls in puzzle play can support the development of an aspect of cognition that has been implicated in success in the STEM disciplines, Levine said.
Levine was joined in writing the paper by Kristin R. Ratliff, project director for research and development at WPS Publishing; Janellen Huttenlocher, the William S. Gray Professor Emeritus in Psychology at UChicago, and Joanna Cannon, New York City Department of Education.
The research on puzzle play is part of a series of studies based on observations in naturalistic settings Levine has led. In previous papers, she and colleagues have shown the importance of using words related to mathematics and spatial concepts in advancing childrens knowledge.
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The study was funded by the National Science Foundation (Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center) and by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
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AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
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Sham Shui Po in Mongkok is an incredible place to visit for those interested in computers and technology, there is a huge amount of small stores selling the latest cameras, mobile phones and computers on both sides of Nathan Road, one has the famous Apilu Street market selling all kinds of electronic goods and the other has the Golden Shopping Centre selling video games upstairs and computer equipment and software in the basement. There is another entrance on the other side of the building where there are more floors upstairs and even more computer stores! They do not allow any filming inside the Golden Shopping Centre but I sneaked a few scenes, so mostly this video is around Apiliu Street where you can also find store selling cameras even cheaper than in Mongkok!
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