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SBA Recognizes Women's Business Centers at CEI for their Commitment to Entrepreneurs in Maine
Women's Business Center at CEI business advising client Dianna Pozdniakov, owner of Lewiston, ME-based Sofia Fima, with the "Maine Squeeze" bag that was just recognized by Fast Company as "best in class."
2018 Marks the 30th Anniversary of H.R. 5050
October 25th marks the 30th anniversary of H.R. 5050. On this day in 1988 President Ronald Reagan signed H.R. 5050 into law, offering women business owners access to a multitude of critical resources to help build their businesses. H.R. 5050 was also known as the Women's Business Ownership Act and established the Women's Business Center program, created the National Women's Business Council, and required the U.S. Census Bureau to include women-owned C-corporations when reporting data. It also eliminated state laws requiring women to have a husband or male relative cosign their business loans.
The Small Business Administration's Office of Women's Business Ownership was established in 1979 and in 1988 established the Women's Business Center Program now with over 100 centers throughout the United States. Each WBC provides services specifically designed for their community including training in financial management and marketing as well as individualized business counseling services.
In 1995, funded by the SBA Office of Women's Business Ownership, the Women's Business Center at CEI was founded. In 2006, CEI received additional funding from the SBA to establish the Rural Maine Women's Business Center targeting many of Maine' s most rural, sparsely populated and distressed counties.
"The State of Maine is fortunate to have two exceptional Women's Business Centers," said SBA Maine District Director Amy Bassett.
"In the past 15 years, they have helped 380 businesses start, aided in the creation or retention of 1,425 jobs and leveraged $33 million in capital. The SBA is extremely thankful for the commitment and service provided by the business advisors at CEI and for the valued small business resource they have become."
The Women's Business Centers at CEI offer experienced, knowledgeable business specialists who provide assistance at any business stage: from start-up to expansion. Within a setting that respects each entrepreneur's experience, skills, and learning style, WBC staff help build business skills through access to timely, accurate, tailored information and resources. WBC clients include lawyers, lobsterwomen, daycares, restaurants, hair dressers, environmental engineers, truck drivers, consultants, doctors, gardeners, and so many more. It's amazing what women can do with the proper support and financing. The Women's Business Centers at CEI programs span all 16 counties providing much of their assistance virtually to ensure entrepreneurs are helped regardless of where in Maine they live.
Elevating Racial Equity to Expand Economic Opportunity
Sea Meadow Marine Foundation Acquires Yarmouth Boatyard to Launch its Mission of Waterfronts that Work with assistance from CEI
CEI Releases 2021 Impact Report: Helping Entrepreneurs Build Pandemic-Resilient Businesses, Growing 400+ Jobs
Purchase Power! CEI Women's Business Center Launches Maine Women's Business List
Baltimore's First Zero Energy Multifamily Development Supports Penn North Community Vision For Affordable Housing, Small Business And Nonprofit Space
OPEGA Releases Positive Review of the Maine Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit
Coastal Enterprises Inc. (CEI) Leads $2 Million Debt Facility for Cleantech Startup Standard Biocarbon's First Manufacturing Facility
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New Student Housing Supports University Of North Carolina Pembroke Goal To Increase College Access
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Fearless Friday: Babes on a Budget — Hello, Clementine!
I was raised equal parts you can't take it with you, and smart saving. That's why those who know me know that I'm an agressive saver, but am not afraid to buy a new dress... or 5 new books... when the occasion calls for it.
So this song goes out to all the ladies (and gentlemen) out there who are following their passions while trying to build a future. First (after you've determined your income), find out what your necessities are. The basics like rent, bills, and groceries. If you drive a car, factor in insurance and gas. Then, figure out your non-negotiables. This could look like trying out a new restaurant each week, ballet tickets, live music. What activities make you happy, and are deposits into your bank of life?
Here's where it gets tricky... sometimes the necessities leave no room for your non-negotiables. For example, I can't wait to try qui but August was a big month for me: rent, car insurance, and my final (!) tuition payment. Obviously qui is on the back burner, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy a new meal. Thanks to the internet and library (seriously, thanks), I have a few new recipes that will be sure to surprise and delight the fiance.
While these financial tips are nothing new to any of you, they are solid reminders to think outside the excel sheet. You're all-stars and have great ideas, so put them to use in your financial life. I put my aggressive saving to use and collect all the loose change I collect. I'm honest with myself in knowing it will probably go towards my J. Crew habit, but there is the potential it'll go towards my garden. I've also started riding my bike so much more often. The benefits include my daily sweat sesh, awesome parking spots, and I spend less on gas.
Let's work together! What are your tips for saving dollars and having fun while doing so?


Are Cell Phones Dangerous? Or, more to the point, is the radiation emitted from a cell phone a hazard to your health and well being? Last fall I didn't know much, if anything, about the risks of cell phones and wireless devices.
Since then I've spent hundreds of hours researching the effects of the radio frequency radiation that our smart devices emit. The results of my inquiry are somewhat frightening. Why? Because a growing body of evidence shows that wireless radiation, even at low levels, can be harmful to our health in many ways.
Recently I have become aware of the growing body of literature linking long-term cell phone use to possible adverse health effects including cancer. Although the evidence is still controversial, I am convinced that there are sufficient data to warrant issuing an advisory to share some precautionary advice on cell phone use.
In 1977, Berkeley became the first American city to ban smoking in restaurants. Who have the cell phone companies enlisted to fight this battle? The same lawyer that defended Big Tobacco for decades.
I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2006. After that initial MS attack, I was highly functional until 2014. That was around one year after we moved into our new house.
I was involved in every aspect of building the house, other than the electronics. Our contractor recommended a smart house. I did not research the implications, let alone the potential impacts that hundreds of wireless access points in one's living space could have.
As time passed in our new home I became sicker. I also spent more time at home, which I later learned made me even sicker. Finally, I hired two building biologists (Riun Ashlie and Risa Suzuki) to investigate the complex systems we installed. What did we find? Something rather frightening.
Smart meters contain a device that communicates wirelessly using radio frequency radiation. This is called a zigbee chip. We had more than 200 zigbee chips in our new home and it's taken months to remove all of the smart technology. If you look at the list above, we had a large portion of the devices on it.
We removed the last smart technology from our house in February. For three and a half years I lived in a home that contained radio frequency radiation levels well over 1,000 times those recommended by the Building Biology Association. It's now been eight weeks since we removed the last of the smart lighting system and other devices.
I'm starting to feel better, but I know it may take more than a few weeks to get well after sleeping with 3 zigbee chips within a meter of my head as well as all around my living space. I'll keep you posted on my progress and will continue to discuss the health ramifications of wireless technology and the radio frequency radiation that accompanies it. For more information on steps you can take to reduce your exposure to radio frequency radiation see my post called, Simple Steps to Reduce EMFs.
Thank you Elana for writing this! It is so incredibly important to raise awareness for this issue and start this discussion in all of our communities.
Elana – my son has MS – was diagnosed 18 months ago. He is a communications/media major and spends a lot of time at a computer. His MS is worsening and I am trying to educate myself about the EMFs. I remember reading about a meter you suggested to measure the radiation but I cannot seem to find the info when I search your site. Can you recommend a meter I should purchase to be able to assess how we are doing as we work on modifying our house as you did. Thank you! I am glad you found the reason for your MS exacerbation and are feeling better!
It has been super helpful in measuring radio frequency radiation!
Elana – I'm interested in the device to measure microwaves but that link seems to just take me to Amazon but not a specific product… Am I doing something wrong?
Thank you so much for your website! I wonder how you deal with your kids and their phones. I have a college student and a high school student at home and it's very hard not to be overwhelmed by the dangers of their addiction to their phones. Do you have any advice for how to handle this. They don't believe they are harmful.
I didn't read all of the above comments, only some, so I don't know if anyone else has a similar issue and you already addressed it.
I know that I am effected by EMF. I can feel it. But I also know how food effects my body, and I do my best to take care of myself, but I am married to a computer programmer who is obsessed with smart homing. He does it himself. Luckily, he has to research each thing thoroughly, so he is still working on it. He loves computers and all things related. I have tried to address the issue, but I don't really know what to do. He is very stubborn, and as he is the computer expert = I am not. He pretty much rolls his eyes at the mention of negative frequencies. He won't believe me, and honestly, he won't believe any source unless it's one of his approved sources. Is there anything economically reasonable that I can do without removing all of the smart sensors, and light bulbs, etc? Nutrition is in a similar conundrum for us, but at least with that I can eat what I eat, and be a good example hoping he'll recognize the benefits. Radio wave? Not so much.
Keith Black M.D. is a brain surgeon at Cedars Sinai here in Lo Angeles … he does not think they are safe.
Sorry for your troubles but glad you are starting to feel better. Thanks so much for publicizing this important issue. As someone who has done environmental work for near 50 years I consider wireless proliferation the most important toxics issue of our time. Not only does it harm people but wildlife and plants as well.
We litigated the smart meter issue in Maine for over 4 years and lost despite overwhelming evidence in our favor . One thing that came out in a survey we conducted in an international survey was that 42% of our more than 200 respondents began suffering radiofrequency radiation symptoms for the first time or, if previously sensitive had their symptoms worsen AFTER smart meters were installed but BEFORE they knew their electromechanical meters had been replaced.
People have had to sell their homes of many years because even though they were able to opt out they were impacted by a neighbor's meter. Thousands have lost their jobs and relationships have suffered when one or both partners become electrically sensitive. This is a tragedy and for those who care about their privacy, smart meters census your electrical activities generally at 15 minute intervals [although they can transmit microbursts up to 190,000 times/day.
All of our expert testimony as well as many good resources on health effects are available to anyone needing more information at our Maine website: http://www.mainecoalitiontostopsmartmeters.org . Thanks again for getting the news out there!
Ed, I'm so grateful to hear from an expert like you. Thanks for your comment and for all you are doing to raise awareness of this important issue!
On the topic, here's a good background on the dangers of the growing new 5G technology and Silicon Valley's attempt to create a state of constant connectivity of everything (Internet of things). Where do we run away to? We either somehow find latent superhuman powers that allow us to defend ourselves, or we must create our own communities. I honestly see no other solutions to the proliferation of these ever-expanding powerful technologies.
Anna, I agree it's very frightening.
Did you know that having heavy metals in the body, whether in dental amalgams or accumulated in the organs from past amalgams or other form of intake, amplifies the effect of radio radiation on the body as the metals have antenna-like properties that amplify electro-magnetic & radio frequencies . Did you also look into dirty electricity in the home? This is a different type of radiation (electro-magnetic) but also disruptive to the nervous system, cellular transport, immunity, etc.
Anna, yes I did know that. The same can happen with braces. And yes, we had a severe dirty electricity problem that we have only partially remediated.


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Frank Hinkelmann (* 23. Oktober 1967 in Kusel, Pfalz) ist ein in Österreich lebender deutscher Kirchen- und Missionshistoriker, seit 2014 Präsident der Europäischen Evangelischen Allianz und seit 2018 Rektor des evangelikalen Martin Bucer Seminars.

Leben
Frank Hinkelmann wuchs in Deutschland und Indonesien auf, seit 1994 lebt er in Österreich. Er studierte Theologie an der Freien Theologischen Akademie in Gießen und an der Theologischen Universität Apeldoorn in den Niederlanden. Dort schloss er 2006 sein Studium mit Schwerpunkt Kirchengeschichte mit einem Master of Theology ab. 2014 promovierte er an der Freien Universität Amsterdam zum Dr. theol. mit einer Untersuchung über Die Evangelikale Bewegung in Österreich (1945–1998).

Tätigkeiten
Hinkelmann ist Mitarbeiter beim überkonfessionellen Missions- und Hilfswerk Operation Mobilisation International. Er leitete den österreichischen Zweig von 1998 bis 2007, anschließend den Bereich Zentraleuropa von 2008 bis 2010. Von 2011 bis 2017 war er europäischer Direktor von OM International und leitet seit 2018 die internationale Abteilung für Vorstandsentwicklung. Hinkelmann ist Pfarrer im Ehrenamt der Evangelischen Kirche A.B. und engagiert sich in der Evangelischen Pfarrgemeinde A. u. H.B. Melk-Scheibbs.

Hinkelmann war von 2003 bis 2015 Vorsitzender der Österreichischen Evangelischen Allianz, über deren Geschichte er 2006 eine Gesamtdarstellung publizierte. Es gelang ihm aufzuzeigen, dass es bereits um 1864 zu ersten Anfängen einer Allianztätigkeit in Österreich kam.

Im Herbst 2014 wurde er zum Präsidenten der Europäischen Evangelischen Allianz (EEA) gewählt. Zusätzlich ist er auch stellvertretender Vorsitzende des Internationalen Rates der Weltweiten Evangelischen Allianz. Seit Herbst 2018 ist Hinkelmann Rektor des Martin Bucer Seminars, einer theologischen Ausbildungsstätte evangelikaler Prägung, und lehrt Kirchen- und Missionsgeschichte sowie Konfessionskunde an verschiedenen theologischen Einrichtungen. Gemeinsam mit anderen Kirchenhistorikern baut er ein Archiv zu christlichen Bewegungen reformatorischer Tradition in Österreich auf. Gesammelt werden Zeitschriften und Dokumente aus den Bereichen Pietismus, Freikirchen und Evangelikale Bewegung.

Veröffentlichungen (in Auswahl)
 Geschichte der Evangelischen Allianz in Österreich (= Studien zur Geschichte christlicher Bewegungen reformatorischer Tradition in Österreich. Bd. 1). VKW, Bonn 2006, 22012.
 Evangelisches Leben in den Bezirken Melk und Scheibbs. Von der Reformationszeit bis zur Gegenwart. VTR, Nürnberg 2010.
 mit Dorothee Hinkelmann: Mehr als Studenten, Klapperkisten und Traktate. Operation Mobilisation in Österreich 1961–2011 (= Studien zu Spiritualität, Transformation und Gemeindebau in Österreich. Bd. 2). VKW, Bonn 2011.
 Die Evangelikale Bewegung in Österreich. Grundzüge ihrer historischen und theologischen Entwicklung 1945–1998 (= Studien zur Geschichte christlicher Bewegungen reformatorischer Tradition in Österreich. Bd. 8). VKW, Bonn 2014.
 Kirchen, Freikirchen und christliche Gemeinschaften in Österreich. Handbuch der Konfessionskunde, Böhlau Verlag, Wien 2016, ISBN 978-3-205-20400-8.
 Von Österreich in alle Welt. Geschichte der österreichischen protestantischen Weltmission. (= Studien Geschichte christlicher Bewegungen reformatorischer Tradition in Österreich. Bd. 10). VKW, Bonn 2017, ISBN 978-3-86269-134-0.
 Evangelikal: in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Ursprung, Bedeutung und Rezeption eines Begriffes, Verlag für Kultur und Wissenschaft, Bonn 2017, ISBN 978-3-86269-141-8.
 Bibliographie zu Freikirchen und Evangelikaler Bewegung in Österreich, Verlag für Glaube, Theologie & Gemeinde, Petzenkirchen 2021, ISBN 978-3-902669-49-0.
 Die Anfänge der Pfingstbewegung in Österreich 1919–1945 in zeitgenössischen Dokumenten. Evangelisation und Gemeindegründung in schwieriger Zeit, Verlag für Kultur und Wissenschaft, Bonn 2021, ISBN 978-3-86269-222-4.
Hinkelmann verfasste zahlreiche Artikel im Biographisch-Bibliographischen Kirchenlexikon (BBKL).

als Herausgeber
 mit Franz Graf-Stuhlhofer und Thomas Schirrmacher: Studien zur Geschichte christlicher Bewegungen reformatorischer Tradition in Österreich. VKW, Bonn ab 2006.
 Ruth A. Tucker: Bis an die Enden der Erde. Missionsgeschichte in Biographien. VTR + OM Books, Nürnberg + Linz 2007.
 mit Heiko Barthelmess und Thomas Schirrmacher: Studien zu Spiritualität, Transformation und Gemeindebau in Österreich. VKW, Bonn ab 2011.
 mit John Corrigan: Return to Sender. American Evangelical Missions to Europe in the 20th Century (Reihe: Theologie: Forschung und Wissenschaft, Bd. 63), Lit-Verlag, Münster 2019, ISBN 978-3-643-91083-7.

Aufsätze
 "Über Mission und Missionäre": Österreichs Beitrag zur protestantischen Weltmission. Von der Reformationszeit bis zum Anbruch des 20. Jahrhunderts. In: Friedemann Walldorf u. a. (Hrsg.): Mission und Reflexion im Kontext. VTR + VKW, Nürnberg + Bonn 2010, S. 148–175.
 OM in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. In: Ian Randall (Hrsg.): Gewagt. Gelebt. Die OM-Geschichte. VTR + OM Books, Nürnberg + Linz 2011, S. 283–322.
  Die Bedeutung der volkskirchlichen Reformation für die Theologie von Österreichs Freikirchen. [mit Franz Graf-Stuhlhofer]. In: JGPrÖ. 132/133 (2016/2017), S. 287–297.
 Die Evangelikale Bewegung in Österreich: Ihre historische und theologische Entwicklung seit 1945. In: Freikirchenforschung. 27 (2018), S. 82–100.
 Die Österreichische Missionsgemeinschaft. Das erste österreichische. evangelische Missionswerk. In: Klaus W. Müller u. Elmar Spohn (Hrsg.): Interkulturelle Theologie versus Missiologie: Beiträge zu Geschichte - Mission - Theologie. Festschrift für Bernd Brandl zum 65. Geburtstag. VTR, Nürnberg 2019, S. 139–148.
 Die Pest – die Pandemie des Mittelalters: Was können Christen aus der Geschichte lernen?. MBS-Texte 195 (2020).
 The Founding of the European Evangelical Alliance as a Counter Movement to the World Evangelical Fellowship. In: Evangelical Review of Theology. 44.2 (2020), S. 101–114.
 Die ekklesiologischen Entwicklungen der österreichischen Gemeinschaftskreise zwischen 1975 und 2000. In: Frank Lüdke u. Norbert Schmidt (Hrsg.). Alter Wein in neuen Schläuchen? Gemeinschaftsbewegung und Gemeindeaufbau seit den 1970er Jahren. SEHT Bd. 10. LIT-Verlag Münster 2020, S. 33–54.
 The First Youth for Christ World Congress on Evangelization and Its Impact in Missions in Europe. In: European Journal of Theology. 29.2 (2020), S. 179–199.
 Evangelisch in Österreich: Der Konflikt zwischen Evangelischer Kirche und Freikirchen um die Verwendung des Bergriffs evangelisch. In: Freikirchenforschung. 29 (2020), S. 106–116.
 The European Evangelical Alliance: A Historical Sketch. In: Evangelical Review of Theology. 45.1 (2021), S. 14–27.

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 Frank Hinkelmann bei ITG Österreich

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«Робокоп» () — американский научно-фантастический боевик режиссёра Пола Верховена 1987 года по сценарию Эдварда Ноймайера. Главные роли исполнили Питер Уэллер, Нэнси Аллен, Ронни Кокс и Кертвуд Смит. Фильм получил пять премий «Сатурн», две номинации и одну премию «Оскар», и ещё ряд наград, и впоследствии дал начало развитию одноимённой франшизы.

Действие кинокартины происходит в охваченном преступностью Детройте в ближайшем будущем. Сюжет повествует о полицейском Алексе Мёрфи, погибшем в ходе выполнения задания и впоследствии возрождённом инженерами корпорации Omni Consumer Products в виде киборга, получившего имя Робокоп. Изначально не подозревая о своём прошлом, Робокоп проводит жестокую кампанию против преступников города, в то время как его начинают беспокоить фрагменты воспоминаний из человеческой жизни.

Бюджет фильма составил около $13,6 млн долларов, сборы в прокате — $53,4 млн долларов. Коммерческий успех и последующая высокая популярность фильма привела к созданию нескольких сиквелов, сейчас франшиза насчитывает 4 полнометражных фильма, несколько мультсериалов и телесериалов, комиксов, видеоигр и пр. Слоган фильма гласит: «Part man. Part machine. All cop. The future of law enforcement.» («Частично человек. Частично машина. Целиком полицейский. Будущее охраны правопорядка».)

Словенский культуролог Славой Жижек в одной из своих публикаций отметил, что фильм имеет мощный философский подтекст.

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Преступность и насилие захлестнули город Детройт. Ситуацию осложняет сильнейший финансовый кризис. Городские власти заключают контракт с могущественной корпорацией «Omni Consumer Products» (OCP), которая обязуется наладить работу полиции и муниципальной инфраструктуры. Но на самом деле OCP жаждет заменить Детройт современной корпоративной утопией под названием Дельта-Сити, «город будущего», полностью подконтрольный OCP. Для запуска этого проекта, OCP первым делом нужно покончить с преступностью в городе. Правление корпорации понимает, что эту задачу невозможно возложить на недоукомплектованное полицейское управление и недовольных своим положением полицейских.

На встрече руководства OCP вице-президент Дик Джонс представляет новое средство охраны правопорядка: робота ED-209, который по мнению OCP должен покончить с преступностью в Детройте. На демонстрации у робота заедает программа и он, на глазах у всех, расстреливает из крупнокалиберных пулемётов младшего руководителя Кинни. В это момент молодой Боб Мортон предлагает главе OCP, «Старику» свою программу «RoboCop», тот соглашается. Мортон и Дональд Джонсон, начинают поиски добровольца для проекта.

Полицейский Алекс Мёрфи, недавно переведённый в Западное Управление, и его новая напарница Энн Льюис преследуют банду Кларенса Боддикера (причастного к убийству 30 полицейских) после неудавшегося ограбления банка. На заброшенном сталелитейном заводе Мёрфи попадает в ловушку, бандиты расстреливают его а Боддикер добивает выстрелом в голову. Медики безуспешно пытаются спасти жизнь смертельно раненому Мёрфи. Согласно договору полиции с OCP, тело Мёрфи становится собственностью корпорации.

Команда Боба Мортона, возглавляемая доктором Мэри Лазарус, в рамках программы «RoboCop» восстанавливает объявленного мёртвым Мёрфи в виде киборга. По сути, всё, что осталось от Алекса — его лицо, скрытое шлемом, мозг и некоторые внутренние органы. Корпус защищён титановой бронёй, конечности из кевлара могут проламывать бетонные стены.  На презентации своего проекта Мортон нарекает его «Робокопом». У него есть три основные директивы, написанные самим Мортоном: «Служить обществу. Защищать невиновных. Соблюдать закон». Директива № 4 остаётся засекреченной.

На стрельбище Робокоп показывает феноменальные результаты к недовольству полицейских, опасающихся, что корпорация планирует заменить их на роботов. Робокоп выходит на патрулирование города и эффективно борется с преступностью. Робокоп становится основой политики OCP по улучшению города, а Боба Мортона повышают до вице-президента корпорации. Мортон встречается с Диком, который открыто высказывает недовольство выскочкой, который «пошёл против Старика» и нарушил планы Джонса по контракту на поставки ED-209 полиции и армии.

К Робокопу постепенно начинают возвращаться воспоминания о его прошлой жизни и о банде Кларенса Боддикера. Он арестовывает грабителя на бензоколонке, бандит и полицейский узнают друг друга. своего убийцу в арестованном грабителе. Робокоп отправляется в свой старый дом в районе Примроуз-Лэйн. Дом выставлен на продажу, семья Мёрфи покинула его. Мёрфи вспоминает сына Джеймса и жену Эллен, которую он любил всем сердцем. Разъярённый Мёрфи клянётся, что найдет банду Кларенса Боддикера. На дискотеке он ловит ещё одного бандита. В тот же вечер Боддикер проиникает в дом Боба Мортона, простреливает ему ноги и оставляет бомбу с часовым механизмом и видео-обращение Дика Джонса, который «вычёркивает Боба из списка живых». Раздаётся страшный взрыв.

Робокоп выходит на Боддикера и громит завод по очистке кокаина. Киборг истребляет почти всю банду, хватает главаря и жестоко избивает его. Кларенс признаётся, что все это время работал на Дика Джонса. От слепой мести Боддикера спасает Директива № 3. Робокоп приводит своего убийцу в полицейский участок, где уже все офицеры говорят о грядущей забастовке, несмотря на весомые доводы сержанта о том, что без копов на улицах Детройт погрузится в хаос.

Робокоп направляется в небоскреб OCP, чтобы поговорить с вице-президентом Джонсом, его уже успел предупредить Боддикер. Робокоп объявляет Джонсу, что собирается арестовать его, но внезапно механизмы Робокопа дают сбой, он падает на колени. Торжествующий Джонс раскрывает киборгу смысл Директивы № 4 — «Высшее руководство OCP неприкосновенно». Джонс признаётся, что поручил Боддикеру убить Мортона. Появившийся ED-209 атакует Робокопа, тот едва успевает уйти. Преследующий его ED-209 падает с лестницы и не может подняться. Робокоп спускается на нижний этаж, где его встречает шквальным огнём прибывшее спецподразделение. Энн Льюис спасает Робокопа. В новостях рассказывают о начавшейся забастовке полицейских и различных мнениях общества о ней. Предприниматели возмущены, что их оставляют без защиты, простые люди скептически отзываются о переизбытке свободы.

Льюис привозит Робокопа на тот самый заброшенный сталелитейный завод, где бандиты Боддикер расстреляли Мёрфи. Она забирает в полицейском участке оружие и питание для Робокопа. Робокоп снимает шлем, Льюис видит лицо Алекса Мёрфи. Льюис рассказывает что после похорон Мёрфи, его семья переехала, чтобы начать новую жизнь. Мёрфи понимает, что у него остались одни воспоминания.

Из-за забастовки полиции Детройт погружается в хаос и беспорядки. Бандиты Боддикера, заполучив при посредничестве Джонса крупнокалиберные винтовки с взрывающимися снарядами, свободно расхаживают по улицам, устраивают грабежи и погромы. Шайка Боддикера отправляются на завод на поиски Робокопа. Робокоп и Льюис истребляют банду и главаря. Робокоп из под груды металлолома, сброшенного подручным Боддикера, подбадривает раненую Льюис, говоря, что их обоих «починят».

Робокоп отправляется к небоскрёбу OCP, у входа разбивает ED-209 выстрелами из винтовки Боддикера.  На заседании руководства OCP Дик Джонс рассказывает о провале программы «Робокоп». Робокоп открыто обвиняет Джонса в сотрудничестве с бандой Боддикера и убийстве Боба Мортона, после чего показывает записанное на видео признание Джонса в убийстве Мортона. Разоблачённый Джонс берёт «Старика» в заложники и требует немедленно предоставить ему вертолёт. Директива № 4 не позволяет Робокопу действовать но «Старик» объявляет Джонсу, что он уволен, Директива более не защищает Джонса. Обрадованный Робокоп прошивает очередями Джонса, преступник выпадает из окна. «Старик» хвалит Робокопа за меткую стрельбу и спрашивает его имя, Робокоп уходя отвечает «Мёрфи».

В ролях

 Оригинальные идеи и создание сюжета фильма
Эдвард Ноймайер работал на съёмках фильма «Бегущий по лезвию» в качестве простого ассистента. Находясь под большим впечатлением от увиденного там, он задумал идею фильма про мир будущего, в котором правят корпорации, главным героем которого был андроид-полицейский, который первоначально был создан могущественной корпорацией, владеющей Детройтом, как хладнокровный страж порядка, но по ходу развития сюжета в электронном сознании робота постепенно стало возникать сострадание и способность к критическому мышлению, таким образом первой идеей для сценария являлась альтернатива фильму Ридли Скотта.

Первоначально Робокоп во многом напоминал Человека-машину из комиксов Marvel. Детройт как место действия был выбран не из-за своей криминогенной и заброшенной обстановки: Ноймайер считал, что Детройт это как символ американской промышленности, а Робокоп — его детище, подобно красивому автомобилю. Ноймайер хотел изобразить Детройт будущего подобно городу из «Бегущего по лезвию», так как для Детройта такой индустриально-футуристический ландшафт был гораздо актуальней, чем для Лос-Анджелеса, а самая первая сцена для сценария, которая возникла у него в голове, представляла собой Робокопа, выходящего из голубого Спиннера, машина в итоге всё же появится в мультсериале «Робокоп» 1988 года. Но Эдварду нужна была помощь: за пару лет он сумел написать лишь 40 страниц, но полноценного сценария не получалось. В 1984 году он, работая редактором на Universal Pictures, повстречал начинающего оператора и режиссёра Майкла Майнера, который в то время придумывал и снимал клипы для групп, играющих в жанре хард-рок и металл. В следующем видео Майкл хотел задействовать робота и рассказал об этом Эду, тот понял, что это их творческая судьба. Пригласив Майнера на обед, он выложил ему весь свой материал. Майнеру очень понравилась вселенная, придуманная его новым знакомым, но он считал, что персонаж должен быть кем-то вроде Тони Старка, служащего в полиции, он сообщил, что незадолго до того, как они встретились, сам хотел сделать фильм, который будет сочетать в себе основные идеи Железного Человека и Капитана Америки, но в полицейском сеттинге. Он назвал рукопись «SuperCop», но сюжет ничего особенного не представлял, поэтому актуально будет поместить этого героя в мрачное будущее Ноймайера и продолжить работу над сценарием вместе. Благодаря этому в сюжете появилась актуальная тема коммерциализации искусственных органов и механических протезов.

Майкл Майнер также развил в сценарии тему краха Детройта в соотношении с реальностью и тем, что может произойти с городом в ближайшем будущем. Он придумал разделить город на Дельта Сити — центральную его часть для богатых и Старый Детройт — оставшиеся окраины для бедных, в которых всё по-прежнему очень плохо. В итоге в полной мере эту идею удалось реализовать лишь в сериале «Робокоп» 1994 года.

Когда Пол Верховен пришёл на проект, он изменил две вещи в сценарии: появилась любовная линия между Мёрфи и Льюис, а Боддикер и Джонс оказались в одной связке. Данная версия истории являлась уже третьим вариантом сценария, но, прочитав, Верховен понял, что столь близкие отношения киборга с напарницей будут выглядеть слишком неправдоподобно и глупо, поэтому был написан четвёртый вариант, в котором из нововведений были только повязанные Джонс и Боддикер, а между Робокопом и Льюис вновь не было никаких любовных чувств и интимных сцен.

 Саундтрек
Главная тема из кинофильма была написана Базилем Поледурисом, который использовал и синтезируемую, и оркестровую музыку как зеркало к теме человека против машины. Музыкальная тема фильма основана на музыке из фильма «Невеста Франкенштейна» 1935 года. Музыка из кинофильма доступна на компакт-дисках и была переиздана несколько раз.

В сцене из фильма, когда Робокоп арестовывает Нэша Леона в ночном клубе, была исполнена песня «Show Me Your Spine» группы PTP. PTP был недолгим проектом, состоящим из членов группы «Ministry» и «Skinny Puppy». Однако эта песня долгое время не была доступна в официальном релизе и могла быть услышана только в фильме. В конечном счёте она была выпущена лишь в 2004 году на альбоме «Side Trax».

 Награды и номинации
BAFTA, 1989 год
Номинации (2)
 Лучшие визуальные эффекты
 Лучший грим

Оскар, 1988 год
Победитель (1):
 Награда за особые достижения — «за монтаж звуковых эффектов»
Номинации (2):
 Лучший звук
 Лучший монтаж

Сатурн, 1988 год
 Победитель (5): лучший режиссёр (Пол Верховен), лучший сценарий, лучшие спецэффекты, лучший научно — фантастический фильм, лучший грим
 Номинации (3): лучший актёр (Питер Уэллер), лучшая актриса (Нэнси Аллен), лучшие костюмы

 Съёмки

Съёмки проводились в период с августа по октябрь 1986 года. Фильм снимали в Далласе, Детройте, и в ряде городов штата Пенсильвания. Многие городские сцены сняты в центре Далласа, что обусловлено футуристическим видом зданий. В качестве здания корпорации ОСР было снято здание мэрии Далласа, которому художники по спецэффектам «нарастили» этажность. Сцены на заброшенном металлургическом заводе снимали в городе , в штате Пенсильвания. Вид полицейского участка изнутри снимали в здании , которое также находится в Далласе. В качестве средства передвижения Робокопа и всех полицейских Детройта использовался Ford Taurus SHO.

 Различия между фильмом и сценарием
Из-за того, что в силу разных причин съёмки проходили медленно, многие важные сцены так и не были сняты. Главным образом из сценария была полностью выброшена сюжетная линия о том, как во время забастовки полиции мародёры во главе с панком по имени Айк Бэндер грабят магазины, они, в частности, издеваются над владельцем одного из них, прострелив ему ногу и подвесив кверху ногами. На эту улицу вскоре и приезжают Робокоп с офицером Льюис, они разгоняют мародёров и обезвреживают Бендера с его сообщниками. Собравшись ехать дальше наводить порядок, они видят, как к ним на машинах приближается банда Боддикера, которая обнаружила Робокопа по навигатору. Дальше следует большая перестрелка со взрывами и погоня до закрытого металлургического завода, на котором и произойдёт финальная схватка. Здесь надо также отметить, что в сценарии фигурируют три места в Старом Детройте (заброшенные городские окраины), это брошенные складские помещения, где погиб Мёрфи, индустриальные развалины, где Робокоп снимает шлем, и закрытый металлургический завод, в фильме же эти три локации слились в одну — в металлургический завод.

 Ремейк фильма и новое продолжение

В 2012 году компания MGM начала работу над ремейком «Робокопа». Новую версию фильма срежиссировал бразильский кинорежиссёр Жозе Падилья — победитель Берлинского кинофестиваля 2007, известный по фильмам «Элитный отряд» и «Элитный отряд 2». На роль Алекса Мёрфи/Робокопа был утверждён Юэль Киннаман''.

Фильм вышел на экраны в мире 30 января 2014 года и получил смешанные отзывы критиков.

В январе 2018 года было объявлено, что оригинальный автор «Робокопа» Эдвард Ноймайер заявил, что пишет сценарий к продолжению классического фильма 1987 года, который будет игнорировать как продолжения, так и ремейк 2014 года. В июле 2018 года было подтверждено, что новый фильм под названием «Возвращение Робокопа» будет режиссировать Нил Бломкамп и Джастин Роудс, переписывающие оригинальный сценарий Ноймайера и Майкла Майнера. Однако Питер Уэллер отказался возвращаться на роль Робокопа.

В 2020 компания MGM начала работу над созданием сериала-приквела. Главным героем должен стать Дик Джонс.

Примечания

Ссылки
 Обзор и критика фильма сайт Роджера Эберта

Фильмы о Робокопе
Фильмы о реинкарнации
Фантастические фильмы 1987 года
Фильмы-боевики 1987 года
Фильмы США 1987 года
Фильмы Orion Pictures
Криминальные фильмы США
Фильмы о технологическом влиянии
Фильмы об искусственном интеллекте
Фильмы-технотриллеры


unable to install a gobi card on this.
when installed on CF-19KDRAG6B, gobi cards show up in BIOS.
You might need to enable it by running a small software program called SPGOBI2. I have had to do it on a CF-19 and a CF-31 before.
I checked into spgobi and I found a post that said it was for a mk4. Maybe that post was wrong.
here is how it got solved.
installed it in the CF-19KDRAX1M powered up and there you go.. BAAAM!!! (all this time, the wwan was NOT showing up in the BIOS , but now, there it is ) . right there, wwan (gobi) showing up in the bios.
and the WWAN /USB card , which came out of the CF-19KDRAX1M , installed in the other machine *(CF-19KDRAG6B ) AND BAAM!!!! wwan shows up in the bios .
solution found by gods grace.
sharing this post out here. so that some one out there can do this procedure and get a solution.


I've been out of town quite a bit lately without the chance to highlight press articles on Social Security that may be of interest. Here's a recent run-down.
The Academy co-hosted a convening on August 25 with the National Urban League Washington Bureau, as part of an ongoing partnership centered on the Academy's public education initiative and older workers' toolkit, When to Take Social Security: It Pays to Wait. Academy Members Bill Spriggs, Chief Economist of the AFL-CIO, and Monique Morrissey, Economist at the Economic Policy Institute, as well as the Academy's Kristen Arnold and Ben Veghte, presented information on the importance of the program to communities of color, things for older workers to consider before taking Social Security benefits, and policy options to strengthen the program. A robust discussion followed by attendees from prominent labor, African American, financial, and women's organizations. The Academy looks forward to future work with the National Urban League Washington Bureau. Contact Kristen Arnold (karnold@nasi.org) with questions about the initiative or for free copies of the Academy's toolkit resources.
In order to better accommodate the schedules of students and professors, the Academy has extended the deadline for nominations of its two writing awards, which recognize superb scholarship on social insurance issues. Each award is $2,500.
Nominations for both are now due by October 1, 2015. The awards will be bestowed at NASI's annual policy research conference in Washington, DC on January 27, 2016.
The National Academy of Social Insurance seeks a mid-level Policy Analyst to work on a wide range of social insurance issues involving Medicare, Medicaid, long-term services and supports and health care reform implementation. The analyst provides direct research, program and administrative support to the Vice President for Policy and other Academy members and staff as needed. Please spread word of this opening to your networks. Read the full posting.
It depends on how you measure them. Check out the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's whole discussion here.
For myself, I tend to think a replacement rate (properly measured) is a better measure of relative generosity than absolute dollars, both because it captures retirement income adequacy and because it implicitly looks at tax rates, which are also a percentage of earnings. For instance, when we compare pension taxes we tend to look at rates rather than absolute dollars. All that said, these are issues that don't get nearly enough attention – and I'm glad the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is adding that.
The Bipartisan Policy Center convened the Disability Insurance Working Group in 2014. The group includes individuals from across the ideological spectrum with a variety of backgrounds and viewpoints, including academics, policy researchers, advocates for people with disabilities, representatives of the labor and business communities, and former congressional and agency staff. Working group members share an urgent concern to address the impending exhaustion of the Disability Insurance Trust Fund and to improve the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program to better meet the needs of Americans with disabilities. There is shared recognition that a bipartisan approach will be necessary and that there are ways in which the program could be improved. While many members of the group would not endorse every provision herein on a stand-alone basis, they have agreed to support the complete package.
Republicans Mum on Social Security Privatization?
been mysteriously silent about one issue that many conservatives support: privatization. Instead of calling for private accounts that give seniors the ability to invest their Social Security benefits, with all the potential for reward and risk that implies, many of this year's Republican candidates are calling for maintaining the structure of the popular federally-managed retirement program. Their plans for saving money: Making benefits less generous.
Read Kapur's whole article here.
Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, writes that future generations can afford higher Social Security taxes, so long as reduced earnings inequality means that their annual incomes will rise.
Read Jed Graham over at Investor's Business Daily.
In 2016, for only the third time in 40 years, Social Security beneficiaries are not expected to receive a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA).
No COLA means that Medicare Part B premiums cannot increase for most beneficiaries, so a minority has to bear the full burden of rising costs.
Beyond this immediate flap, a broader issue is that Medicare premium growth is not fully captured by the inflation measure used to set the COLA.
As a result, when Medicare premiums rise rapidly, older Americans cannot maintain their non-Medicare spending.
In short, even the Social Security COLA does not fully insulate older households from the erosive impact of inflation.
"IRA Withdrawals in 2013 and Longitudinal Results 2010-2013"
The Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) developed the EBRI IRA Database, which includes a wealth of data both by calendar year and longitudinally on IRAs, including withdrawals or distributions, allowing for the examination of IRA asset holdings both at a point in time and as the individual ages and either changes jobs or retires. The EBRI IRA Database is an ongoing project that collects data from multiple IRA-plan administrators. For year-end 2013, it contains information on 25.8 million accounts owned by 20.6 million unique individuals, with total assets of $2.46 trillion. This paper examines the percentage of Traditional- and Roth-IRA owners in the EBRI IRA Database that made a withdrawal in 2013. In this study on withdrawals, only those individuals owning either Traditional or Roth IRAs in the database are examined, a total of 16.9 million individuals with $2.14 trillion in assets. In addition, the amount and the proportion of the account this withdrawal represents are investigated, by IRA type and account balance, as well as by the gender and age of the account owner. Furthermore, this withdrawal activity is examined longitudinally over the years 2010-2013, with a particular focus on owners ages 70 or older (the point at which IRA rules on required minimum distributions become effective) in 2010. Just over 22 percent of individuals who owned a Traditional or Roth IRA took a withdrawal in 2013. The overall IRA withdrawal percentage was largely driven by activity among individuals ages 70-1/2 or older owning a Traditional IRA -- the group required to make withdrawals under federal required minimum distribution (RMD) rules for IRA owners beyond that age. In contrast, among individuals under age 60, 10 percent or fewer had a withdrawal. For those at the RMD age, the withdrawal rates at the median appeared close to the amount that was required to be withdrawn, though some were significantly more. For instance, looking at the consistent sample in the EBRI IRA Database, approximately 25 percent of those 71 or older took a withdrawal amount in excess of that required by law for Traditional IRAs. Among those ages 70 or older, withdrawal rates over a four-year period showed that most individuals were withdrawing at a rate that was likely to be able to sustain some level of post-retirement income from IRAs as the individual continued to age. Further study is needed to see if these individuals are maintaining those withdrawal rates over longer periods of time.
"The Relationship between Automatic Enrollment and DC Plan Contributions: Evidence from a National Survey of Older Workers"
Automatic enrollment has been widely embraced for raising employee participation in 401(k) plans. However, the empirical evidence is based on data with limitations that, up until now, have prevented researchers from extrapolating the effects of automatic enrollment to the broader population of workers. This paper reexamines the determinants of 401(k) participation and contributions in the presence of automatic enrollment using nationally representative data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) for 2006 through 2012. The results confirm previous findings that automatic enrollment is associated with a higher proportion of workers included in DC plans; however, automatically enrolled workers are less likely to contribute to their DC plans than voluntarily enrolled workers. Auto enrollment is also associated with lower employee contribution amounts and rates. However, the employers of auto-enrolled workers are more likely to contribute to their employees' accounts than are the employers of voluntarily enrolled workers. Additionally, employer contribution amounts and rates are higher among workers who are automatically enrolled. Even so, the combined effect is that the retirement accounts of automatically enrolled older workers receive, on average, $900 less in combined annual contributions and have contribution rates that are 1.6 percentage points lower than those of voluntarily enrolled workers.
The paper found that: Automatic enrollment is associated with a higher probability of being included in a DC plan. On average, workers who are automatically enrolled in a DC plan tend to be less likely to contribute positive amounts than those who opt in. However, the employers of automatically enrolled workers are more likely to make contributions and to contribute, on average, higher amounts and a higher percentage of their employees' earnings. The correlation between automatic enrollment and combined (employer and employee) contribution amounts and contribution rates, however, is still negative, despite controlling for a range of factors.
The policy implications of the findings are: Auto enrollment could do a better job of boosting overall contribution levels among participants. Possible ways to achieve this might be by offering a more generous employer match and by using auto escalation. More research and better data are needed to assess the potential impact on retirement plan contributions of implementing automatic enrollment features in DC plans on a national scale.
"Will the Average Retirement Age Continue to Increase?"
Using Health and Retirement Study (HRS) data, this paper examines how changes in individual workers' past and present pension coverage, retirement incentives in Social Security, and retiree health insurance have contributed to retirement decisions for the 1931-1953 birth cohorts. It then uses these findings to project retirement behavior for the 1955-1987 cohorts in the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP). A key assumption is that younger cohorts will have no defined benefit (DB) pensions or retiree health coverage in their future jobs. A key limitation is the assumption of a stable relationship in each successive cohort between each factor and labor market decisions.
The paper found that: The decrease in DB pension coverage from previous jobs and the decline in retiree health coverage between the HRS and SIPP cohorts each push the retirement age up by approximately one year, all else equal. The one-year increase in Social Security's Full Retirement Age is associated with a 0.3-year increase in the retirement age, all else equal. After accounting for other differences between the HRS and SIPP cohorts, the average retirement age is projected to rise by one year over the next three decades, from age 61.8 to 62.8.
The policy implications of the findings are: We anticipate that changes in pensions, retiree health benefits, and Social Security that are already in motion will continue to increase, albeit slightly, the average retirement age. Nonetheless, policies aimed at extending retirement ages may still be necessary, given that a one-year retirement age increase is likely to be insufficient to permit future cohorts to achieve a sufficient standard of living.
"The Challenge of Pension Reform in Georgia: Non-Contributory Pensions and Elderly Poverty"
"The Effect of Housing Wealth Shocks on Work and Retirement Decisions"
We exploit the large geographic variation in the magnitude and timing of the 2000s housing boom and bust to explore the relationship between unanticipated changes in housing wealth and retirement behavior. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, 2000 to 2010, we calculate unanticipated zip code-level shocks to home values and find evidence that they are incorporated into decisions on retirement, retirement reversals, and the claiming of Social Security benefits. Women experiencing large negative housing price shocks are 25% less likely to retire relative to those experiencing positive shocks. We find no such effect for men. Already retired homeowners are 50% more likely to reenter the workforce or increase their hours when they experience more negative housing shocks. Regardless of the direction or magnitude of any housing market shock, homeowners with mortgages are less likely to retire (if not yet retired) or reverse retirement (if already retired). We also find that homeowners experiencing more negative housing shocks delay initial receipt of Social Security benefits. This is especially true for men.
"Tactical Asset Allocation for U.S. Pension Investors: How Tactical Should the Plan Be?"
Following the recession in the early 2000s, U.S. corporate and public defined benefit (DB) plans faced unprecedented uncertainty with respect to their funding requirements going forward. Just as capital market performance started helping plan sponsors improve the health of their DB plans, the financial crisis of 2007-2009 delivered another serious blow. Consequently, plan sponsors turned their focus on improving their risk management practices and determining whether asset managers with proven track records should be given more broadly defined mandates, specifically designed to allow for more effective navigation in more volatile markets. Tactical asset allocation strategies seek to add value by deviating from a plan's policy mix based on the manager's view on the attractiveness of various asset classes, regions and sectors within the investment opportunity set. Although tactical asset allocation can add value to a portfolio, manager skill and risk taking are required to achieve reasonable risk adjusted performance. The timing and magnitude of shifts from the policy mix can have a significant impact on the portfolio outcomes. Therefore, it is essential for investors to assess the appropriate role of tactical asset allocation in their portfolio management process and evaluate the risk-return tradeoff of tactical deviations from policy. Our study uses a sample of historical returns from the global financial markets and simulation methodology to investigate the relationship of tactical band size and rebalancing practices to various measures of portfolio performance. The results show that providing investment managers with limited flexibility in making asset allocation decisions may allow DB plans to weather down markets better. For DB plan sponsors who are considering giving managers less constrained mandates, manager skill in adding value through tactical asset allocation decisions should be considered.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee defended the program, saying that of the 60 million Americans receiving Social Security benefits, one-third rely on it to provide 90% of their income. Mr. Huckabee challenged members of Congress to give up their own retirement benefits first.
New paper: The Transition from Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution Pensions: Does It Influence Elderly Poverty?
The transition from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) pension plans has left workers forced to make choices that may decrease their financial resources in retirement: taking lump-sum distributions before retirement that divert funds that could support consumption in retirement, not annuitizing DC benefits, or choosing a single-life annuity over a joint-and-survivor option so that their surviving spouses are left susceptible to income loss. This study examines pension coverage, lump-sum distributions, annuitization, and annuity life options among Health and Retirement Study households observed at ages 65-69 and 75-79 and relates these pension provisions to poverty incidence and the risk of falling into poverty at older ages. The results indicate that households with pensions that are annuitized with the joint-and-survivor life option and that do not take lump-sum distributions before age 55 are best able to avoid income and asset poverty. The results emphasize the importance of making DC plans operate more like DB plans, because the opportunities for these poor financial choices are likely only to grow given the reliance on DC plans as the sole source of employer pension income for future cohorts of retirees.
Did George W. Bush 'borrow' from Social Security to fund the war in Iraq and tax cuts?
Short answer: No. But click here to read more from Politifact.
Today, the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative will be hosting an all-day solutions conference. The conference will feature 12 policy proposals to improve the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program, written for the initiative by authors from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives.
The conference will also feature opening remarks by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT), mid-day remarks from Bob Greenstein, president of the Center for Budget and Policy Priories, and a wrap-up panel including Congressmen McCrery and Pomeroy alongside Social Security experts Mark Warshawsky and Alan Cohen.
We invite you to watch the SSDI Solutions Conference live, today from 8:45 am to 5:00 pm on our livestream. You can find a full agenda on our website.
Also, in case you missed, it please check out Congressmen McCrery and Pomeroy's op-ed on SSDI in The Hill.
To watch the SSDI Solutions conference live, click here.
View the agenda and register. There is no charge to attend the meeting.
Can't attend in person? The event will be streaming live.
Register for Thursday's webcast. Register for Friday's webcast.
Is Bipartisan Social Security Fix-Lite in the Works?
National Journal's Dylan Scott reports on prospects for a deal to delay the insolvency of the Social Security Disability Insurance program, which is projected to occur in late 2016.
Congress is working on legislation that would package together various reforms to the Social Security disability program with the aim of avoiding a big benefit cut next year, according to lawmakers, congressional aides, and lobbyists interviewed by National Journal.


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Bevan Lawrence - a sense of belonging through sport
He's been a prominent barrister and lawyer and a City of Nedlands councillor, but it's Bevan Lawrence's contribution to the sport of hockey and to the local community that have occupied much of his spare time over many years.
He loves hockey and has done so since he played for Aquinas, his alma mater. He won Old Aquinians Hockey Club Fairest and Best award in 1971, and while playing for Aquinas, the team won the A1 Grade premiership in 1974. He then went on to play at state level a couple of times.
Bevan has been instrumental in establishing hockey at primary and high schools around Nedlands and Dalkeith for many years.
It all started when his son started playing junior hockey at the Cricketers Hockey Club, at the time the best hockey club in WA and based at Melvista Oval. He was asked to coach a junior team in 1985 and he didn't look back.
Later he was asked to coach minkey at Loreto Nedlands - minkey being a modified form of hockey designed for primary school children, and originating in Australia. He loved coaching minkey and began to develop some very good players.
When they were old enough to move onto junior hockey they joined Westside Wolves, Cricketers' successor, which had its home ground in Swanbourne and was then a very large junior club.
Bevan felt that some of the juniors weren't progressing in this large club, and decided to start his own junior team. The Riverside Lions junior team was made up of 13 players (12 boys and one girl) from Loreto. Three short years later that team won the under 11A boys' competition.
He was instrumental in developing players at Lions from East Claremont Primary, Dalkeith Primary, Nedlands Primary and St Thomas's. He also recruited players from MLC, Christ Church and Scotch Unsurprisingly, all this took its toll – he was exhausted and running out of steam. In came Garry Fitzpatrick, who took over much of the development work. Garry is currently president of the Suburban Lions Hockey Club, and between them, they have established 16 boys' teams and 15 girls' teams based around the schools and playing at Melvista Oval, Highview Park and Lemnos Turf in Shenton Park. It's the second biggest junior club in the state.
"Garry was critical in all this. He's is a good organiser and a good manager," says Bevan.
While hockey is his passion, it's the sense of community that being involved in any sport brings that inspires him.
Bevan believes team sports give people a sense of belonging to their local community.
"Once you get to know your community, it's a very nice thing. You feel like you belong. It feels like home," he says.
He also believes it teaches children to cope with adversity.
"In team games, you've got to compromise, you're not the centre of attention and you've got to be able to give and take," he says.
"And at a basic level it keeps them fit and healthy. You can't play hockey unless you're fit."
And it's not just the players who benefit – he says the mothers will do anything to help out with things like raising money and organising social events. The mums and dads even have their own teams now and on Friday nights in summer at Highview Park they have a program that involves the whole family. Adults play a modified game with their children and everyone socialises afterwards at dinner.
Marion Granich, City of Nedlands Manager Community Development, said, "Few people have done more for the sport of hockey in the City of Nedlands than Bevan."
"He's a wonderful man and continues to push the boundaries on local sporting facilities," she said.
He's now in charge of the women's program at Suburban Lions. His aim was to get the women's team promoted to A Grade, which is exactly what he did – they got there in September this year. His job is to fundraise, find coaches, assist the juniors into senior hockey, scout for good talent and find people who will support the club and its players in many ways including managers, mentors and general administrators.
He has only just retired from the legal profession. Bevan says the law was never his great love, though he has had an interesting and fulfilling career. He was a founder, in 1989, of People for Fair and Open Government, the activist group which campaigned for political reform in Western Australia during the "WA Inc" era. People for Fair and Open Government played a significant role in persuading the government led by Carmen Lawrence, who also happens to be his sister, to request a Royal Commission into "WA Inc".
He stood for Council in back in 1999, primarily on a hockey ticket – in pursuit of the perfect hockey playing surface he wanted the grass cut shorter on ovals where hockey was played. Just as he put his nomination form in, City staff started cutting the grass shorter anyway, but under the Local Government Act, you can't withdraw your nomination. He ran and was elected.
Of course in his four years as a councillor it wasn't all about hockey. Heritage and development were very much issues that interested him. He's not tempted to return to local government though.
He still lobbies Council to upgrade hockey playing surfaces and loves a carefully tended lawn – on his own tennis court and on the hockey pitch.
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A new Folio collector's edition of Herman Melville's evergreen classic, Moby-Dick, featuring Rockwell Kent's original illustrations and bound in rich cloth.
'I think that the book which I put down with the unqualified thought "I wish I had written that" is Moby-Dick.'
Following the huge success of our 2009 limited edition, Folio has reproduced Moby-Dick in a new collector's edition. Featuring Rockwell Kent's illustrations and bound in rich cloth, this is a fine presentation of what is regarded by many as the greatest American novel.
Herman Melville's tale of the hunt for the white whale, Moby-Dick, is a sublime work of the imagination, an American Odyssey. It is at once an adventure story of the high seas, and an exploration of the uncharted regions of the soul.
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'In that wild, beautiful romance, Melville seems to have spoken the very secret of the Sea.'
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Foreign ministry tasked to follow up on dust storms
June 22, 2016 - 10:8
TEHRAN — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has tasked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to follow up on the issue of dust storms which has led to serious health problems and environmental damages in western parts of the country.
Iraq, Syria, and Saudi Arabia are the three countries which have always been a source of such unpleasant storms for Iran. Unfortunately recurrent periods of drought and climate change and wars have worsened the situation over the past years.
Over an emergency meeting attended by ministers of interior, health, agriculture, defense, and transport, as well as some other high ranking officials, the crisis management organization's director, Esmaeil Najjar, announced that as 80 percent of the dust storms hotspots are mostly located in neighboring countries, the issue must be dealt with internationally.
Additionally, over a phone discussion on Monday, the chief of Iran's Department of Environment, Masoumeh Ebtekar, urged Iraqi Environment Minister Jassim Abdul-Aziz Hamad to take action against the current situation.
Ebtekar asked the Iraqi minister to join hands with Iran to combat the crippling challenge of dust storms.
Abdul-Aziz Hamad, for his part, noted that they would help Iran to fight with this phenomenon as soon as they succeed in getting back their occupied territories from the ISIS and extremist groups.
Moreover, he pledged to send a delegation of Iraqi experts to Iran in order to renew the previously signed environmental memorandum of understanding between the two countries and put those measures to effect to tackle the crisis.
Khuzestan, Ilam, Lorestan, Kermanshah, Kordestan, Bushehr, Kohgiluyeh-Boyerahmad, and even Tehran, Isfahan, and Alborz are of the provinces which have been dealing with this unwelcomed guest to different extents these days.
Ebtekar has announced that based on online maps the newly unwanted guest is coming from Iraq.
Currently Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia each have 3 million, 8 million and 11 million hectares of dust sources respectively.
There have been researches and all the dust hotspots are recognized in Iran and now measures such as planting trees and reviving the wetlands are underway.
Attempting to revive a regional fund, Ban Ki-moon's global report on the condition of the dust storms, and a resolution to develop local and regional cooperation and collaboration to combat the dust storms approved and adopted in the second United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) would hopefully sets ground for a future collaboration between different countries which have priority for the issue of dust storms.
But most significantly as Ebtekar has recently pointed this matter gravely relies on the fate of the clashes and wars in the region more specifically in Syria and Iraq.
Due to the war Syria and Iraq don't have access to a great part of their lands. Therefore, they cannot do much to fight desertification and take environmental measures.
So long as the wars are ongoing those countries' priority is to put an end to the conflicts and establish peace in their territories.
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Tehran urges co-op to fight dust pollution
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Movie Review: 'Homefront'
by Nat Almirall, Nov 25 2013 // 10:30 AM
Among Jason Statham movies, Homefront is right above the middle: It does what you'd expect, but it does it a bit better than what's been done before.
Statham is Statham, so he's the secretive outsider with his own code of ethics, and everyone around him is obsessed with violating that code. It's not much different from The Transporter series or Parker, which came and went without struggle earlier this year in that it provides a venue for Statham to whollop, whomp, blow up, and canoodle with the film's other residents. He still has his accent. He still kicks ass. He still has that weird charisma that really has yet to be explored.
Specifically, here he has a hit put on him by the drug-lord father of a kid who died in a DEA raid on a meth lab. Even though Statham was clearly trying to keep the kid alive, and the father watched as everyone but Statham gunned his son down, Statham has the rotten luck of being the one marked for death. Go figure.
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'Assassination of a High School President' Comes to DVD
by Matt Raub, Aug 5 2009 // 9:30 AM
About a month ago, we brought you news about the little indie movie that could in The Assassination of a High School President and it's fight for a theatrical release, or at the very least, a distributor. Fortunately, the film's fight appears to be over now with its distribution being picked up by Sony Pictures for an expected DVD release.
The film is about high school newspaper reporter Bobby Funke (Rocket Science's Reece Thompson), who uncovers a series of conspiracy plots going on in his private school. The film also brings in Bruce Willis, Mischa Barton, and Michael Rapaport to fill in the supporting cast for what most critics are calling "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in high school".
This is the directorial debut of Brett Simon, with a script from Tim Calpin and Kevin Jakubowski, former production assistants on South Park. The film's special features include plenty of alternate and extended scenes, including an alternate opening sequence and a slew of deleted scenes. The Assassination of a High School President hits DVD and Blu-Ray on October 6th. You can check out the trailer for the film after the jump.
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Help Save 'Assassination of a High School President'
by Matt Raub, Jun 30 2009 // 1:30 PM
Screened at last year's Sundance Film Festival, Assassination of a High School President, by relative unknown Brett Simon, is already making quite a few waves, and could become a memory before you ever even see a theatrical release.
The film is about high school newspaper reporter Bobby Funke (Rocket Science's Reece Thompson), who uncovers a series of conspiracy plots going on in his private school. The film also brings in the likes of Bruce Willis, Mischa Barton, and Michael Rapaport in the supporting cast for what most are calling "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in high school".
With the film's positive reviews, that may not be enough to get a theatrical release. The film's distributor, Yari Film Group, was recently forced into bankruptcy, which has put Assassination, as well as a few other titles, up on the shelf. This means that the audience may never see Simon's high school noir. How can you help? By becoming a fan of the film on Facebook, you can help bring awareness to what looks to be a funny and quirky independent film, and save it from direct-to-DVD obscurity. Once studios like Sony Pictures Classics see that there is a built-in audience for the film, they are more likely to distribute to theaters. Check out the first trailer for the film after the jump.
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Tagged: Assassination of a High School President, Brett Simon, Bruce Willis, Michael Rapaport, Mischa Barton, Reece Thompson, Yari Film Group


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Midsomer Murders, Set 20 is part of a famous British TV mysteries where Midsomer County's Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) has been with the county for decades but he is now ready for retirement but before he hands over the job to his cousin, DCI John Barnaby (Neil Dudgeon), he takes on his final cases in these four mysteries.
We see it all in this set, such as murders, blackmail, betrayal and greed. Barnaby investigates a public scandal that is 20 years old, violent plans to stop the development in a quaint village and a murder at a local spa.
1.   Master Class – There is competition over a prestigious music class that uncovers a long kept secret.
2.   The Noble Art –A Championship boxing match becomes deadly while it is being reenacted.
3.   Not In My Back Yard – A String of murders seem to pop up when there is a clash over property development.
4.   Fit For Murder – The Barnaby's weekend at the spa is interrupted after a gruesome discovery is made.
Midsomer Murders was first aired in the U.K. in March 1997. There has been more than ninety feature length episodes and there are new episodes in production still. It has been seen here in the U.S. on A&E and The Biography Channel, but episodes in Set 19 are the second part of Series 13 which never was broadcasted in the U.S.
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goog.setTestOnly('goog.html.safeUrlTestVectors');

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      {input: 'mailto:foo@example.com', expected: 'mailto:foo@example.com', safe: true},
      {input: 'ftp://example.com', expected: 'ftp://example.com', safe: true},
      {input: 'ftp://username@example.com', expected: 'ftp://username@example.com', safe: true},
      {input: 'ftp://username:password@example.com', expected: 'ftp://username:password@example.com', safe: true},
      {input: 'HTtp://example.com/', expected: 'HTtp://example.com/', safe: true},
      {input: 'https://example.com/path?foo=bar#baz', expected: 'https://example.com/path?foo=bar#baz', safe: true},
      {input: 'https://example.com:123/path?foo=bar&abc=def#baz', expected: 'https://example.com:123/path?foo=bar&abc=def#baz', safe: true},
      {input: '//example.com/path', expected: '//example.com/path', safe: true},
      {input: '/path', expected: '/path', safe: true},
      {input: '/path?foo=bar#baz', expected: '/path?foo=bar#baz', safe: true},
      {input: 'path', expected: 'path', safe: true},
      {input: 'path?foo=bar#baz', expected: 'path?foo=bar#baz', safe: true},
      {input: 'p//ath', expected: 'p//ath', safe: true},
      {input: 'p//ath?foo=bar#baz', expected: 'p//ath?foo=bar#baz', safe: true},
      {input: '#baz', expected: '#baz', safe: true},
      {input: '?:', expected: '?:', safe: true},
      {input: 'javascript:evil();', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
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      {input: 'data:blah', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'not-data:image/png;base64,z=', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: ' data:image/png;base64,z=', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'data:image/png;base64,z= ', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'data:image/;base64,z=', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'data:ximage/png', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'data:ximage/png;base64,z=', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'data:image/pngx;base64,z=', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'data:audio/whatever;base64,z=', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'data:audio/;base64,z=', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'data:video/whatever;base64,z=', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'data:video/;base64,z=', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'data:image/png;base64,', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
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      {input: 'data:video/mp4;,z=', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'data:text/html,sdfsdfsdfsfsdfs;base64,anything', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'data:image/svg+xml;base64,abc', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
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      {input: 'wtai://wp/mc;+1234567890', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'rtsp://example.org/', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'market://details?id=app', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'geo:37.7,42.0', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'skype:chat?jid=foo', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'whatsapp://send?text=Hello', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: 'ssh://cloud.google.com', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
      {input: ':', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
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      {input: 'java\u0000script:evil();', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
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      {input: 'data:image/png;base64,abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789+/=', expected: 'data:image/png;base64,abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789+/=', safe: true},
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      {input: 'data:image/webp;base64,abc===', expected: 'data:image/webp;base64,abc===', safe: true},
      {input: 'data:audio/ogg;base64,abc', expected: 'data:audio/ogg;base64,abc', safe: true},
      {input: 'data:audio/L16;base64,abc', expected: 'data:audio/L16;base64,abc', safe: true},
      {input: 'data:video/mpeg;base64,abc', expected: 'data:video/mpeg;base64,abc', safe: true},
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      {input: 'data:video/mp4;base64,z=', expected: 'data:video/mp4;base64,z=', safe: true},
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    {input: 'ssh:cloud.google.com', expected: 'about:invalid#zClosurez', safe: false},
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Do You Have Something Sweet In It For Me?
As the year heads into its final quarter, finance executives are searching for--and finding--new ways to leverage their IT budgets with high-impact technology
By John Labate | September 01, 2005 at 08:00 PM
Use it or lose it? Isn't that what executives used to say about technology budgets? As the beginning of the fourth quarter approaches, it's time for finance executives to tally up what's left and uncommitted and decide whether there is anything out there
'There Will Be Movement': What to Expect for National Privacy Legislation
Dan Jaffe, group executive vice president of the Association of National Advertisers in Washington, D.C., discusses the push for national privacy laws, and the obstacles faced by the effort.
Lawsuit Seeks to Abolish LIBOR
William Shaw & Joel Rosenblatt | January 12, 2021
Bank defendants argue that sudden elimination of the benchmark would be 'a catastrophe.'
Transfer Pricing Considerations in Light of Covid-19
Susan Fickling-Munge & Zachary Held | December 10, 2020
Whether or not they've taken drastic steps such as restructuring, U.S. businesses are facing a changing environment that requires them to revisit transfer pricing policies.