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Allama Iqbal Open University AIOU – A Brief Introduction
We present Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Islamabad – A Brief Introduction. The Allama Iqbal Open University commonly abbreviated as AIOU, was established in May, 1974. The the main objectives of AIOU is to provide educational opportunities to masses and to those who cannot leave their homes & jobs. During all these past years, the University has more than fulfilled this promise.
AIOU has opened up educational opportunities for the working people and has provided access to the females on their door steps. Pioneered work in the field of Mass Education. Now, it is breaking new grounds in the fields of professional, scientific, and technical education. And is attempting to reach out to the remotest areas of Pakistan. It is also attempting to harness modern information Technology for spreading education in Pakistan.
How the Idea Generated?
The idea of Distance Education was first mooted in UK in late 60s by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Wilson. He was of the view, that educational opportunities must be provided to those who might have missed better education due to early employment and wish to upgrade, their knowledge and skills, in their spare times in the evenings at home.
The UK Open University was, thus established in 1969. Since then it has become a major institution of learning in UK and has opened up opportunities for millions of working people. The gospel of distance and Open Learning has, since then spread throughout the world. More than sixty Open Universities are operating around the world on the basis of Distance Education. Modern information Technology has made the task of Distance Education much more easier and effective.
The AIOU, when established in 1974, was the second Open University in the world and first in Asia and Africa. It, thus, speaks of the foresight of the policy-makers of that time. As these past years of AIOU have proved, Distance Education has opened up new opportunities for millions, particularly women, and supplemented the efforts of the federal and provincial governments in a big way and that too without becoming a burden on their resources.
What are Main Objectives of AIOU?
The main objectives of the University as enunciated in the Act are as under:
Providing educational facilities to people, who can not leave their homes and jobs in such manner as it may determine.
It provides such facilities to the masses for their educational uplift as it may determine.
To provide facilities for the training of teachers in such manner as it may determine.
Also to provide for instruction in such branches of learning technology or vocations as it may deem fit, and to make provision for research and for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in such manner as it may determine.
To hold examinations and to award and confer degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions.
What are Salient Features of AIOU?
Allama Iqbal Open University, since its establishment has been providing and expanding its educational and training facilities to help working people and females to enhance their qualification and occupational skills. Main features of AIOU may be described as under: Institutional Profile
Operating semester system offered twice a year i.e. Spring and Autumn.
The biggest university in the country with average student enrolment of more than 1.2 million per year.
More than 2000 courses being offered.
9 regional campuses, 33 regional centres, 41 approved study centres (for face-to-face programs) and 138 part-time regional coordinating offices.
1172 Study Centres are established throughout Pakistan.
The largest publishing house in Pakistan printing over 1.8 million books annually.
More emphasis on science and technology by introducing programmes in disciplines like Physics, Agriculture Extension, Livestock Management and Nutrition, Forestry Extension, Computer Science. Collaborating with private sector in establishing study centres to provide coaching and practical training in the fields of Computer Science and Management Sciences.
The largest Teacher Education institution in Pakistan with average enrolment of above 400,000 Students
The first university in Pakistan to establish the student Database.
Computerization at main campus and the regions by provision of around 700 PCs.
Provision of networking facilities between the main campus and the region to exchange data/information and redressal of students' complaints.
Provision of Internet service at the main campus.
Collaboration with Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) for providing lab facilities to AIOU students.
Establishment of Resource Centre for Basic Functional Education (mainly for illiterates), Literacy and Post Literacy materials.
Pioneer institution in Pakistan to offer post-graduate level programmes in Special Education.
The only institution in the country offering post-graduate programmes in Educational Planning and Management.
Introduction of Master's, M.Phil and Ph.D. programmes to develop professionals and enhance research capabilities in teaching and research institutions.
Well established Institute of Educational Technology (IET) having in-house facilities for production of TV, Radio and non-broadcast programmes.
"AIOU Magazine" is a regular television programme produced in IET studios and telecast fortnightly from PTV-National on the first and the third Mondays of each month. This feature programme includes reports of latest academic and co-curricular activities happening during the month. The university is having its own FM radio and live FM radio transmission are being made available for AIOU students. (Vice Chancellor's Annual Report 2012 Pg.# 157)
Establishment of Endowment Fund with initial amount Rs.15 million, in 1997, now reached over Rs.4 Billion (Vice Chancellor's Annual Report 2012 Pg.# 194) used for the development activities like:
Staff development.
Purchase of land for regional centres, construction of hostels for students
Construction of buildings of regional centres, academic blocks, multipurpose centre with 43 buidlings (owned/ rented/leased)
Networking of regions with the main campus.
Establishing data base at the main campus.
Purchase of furniture, transport for students.
Establishment of students assistance fund to help deserving students in payment of fees.
Provision of free education in the University for its employees and their sons and daughters
Students Detail of AIOU
More than 70 percent students employed.
Female enrollment more than 50 percent.
The rural-urban distribution of the students 58% and 42% respectively.
No age limit for enrollment in University programmes.
A student can continue at his own pace from semester to semester.
At present a large number of clientele is in SSC, Intermediate, Bachelor and Teacher Education porgrammes. However for the last few years the university has been emphasizing more on higher education.
AIOU has the facility available for learners to enroll for the course(s) of his choice at a particular level.
Awards given to AIOU
Earned UNESCO NOMA award and Raja Roy Sing award for innovative strategies for imparting literacy to the rural masses.
That's all about Allama Iqbal Open University AIOU – A Brief Introduction. For more information, please contact to AIOU officials at this link. In case of any unofficial query, feel free to comment below or contact us.
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The Conjuring 2 Review
By Christopher K House
James Wan returns to his horror roots after helming the blockbuster Fast and Furious 7 with The Conjuring 2. Wan, who began his career with the genre defining SAW has become one of the preeminent modern "masters of horror" but, does The Conjuring 2 live up to his past frights? Absolutely.
The Film picks up after the "true events" of the first film with a young girl in the UK suffering from an unknown anomaly. The assumption is that the girl is "possessed" so, the local priest calls for the help of renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return) to aid and assist the family. The actual real story of what happened is, of course heavily dramatized and the true or false nature of the story is debatable but, let's approach this for what it is, a horror film meant to entertain and scare the audience. Put on your suspension of disbelief hat at the door to fully enjoy the film, don't dissect if it happened or not.
The first film was a surprise box office hit largely due to the couple, Ed and Lorraine. People quickly became fascinated by the real life husband and wife team of ghost busters who did it before it was cool. With their collection of "possessed items" collected from years of investigations the film rekindled the public's fascination for "haunted house" films. The sequel continues that same theme that almost feels like a remake of it's predecessor. The same formula is reused here family in trouble, reluctant Lorraine follows determined Ed to aid troubled family, the couple bond with the family and the climax. Usually this wouldn't work but, Wan and crew were able to make it feel fresh. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga turn in another fantastic performance with great chemistry and a cool vibe as the Warrens.
Janet Hodgson (Madison Wolfe) is the girl at the epicenter of the paranormal activity. She speaks in tongues and is changing rapidly as the Warrens arrive. As in the first film, Lorraine senses the evil presence in the house and calls it "The gate to hell". As if that didn't hook you the "evil presence" is a ghostly nun. The one major fault of the film is the nun is never explained or fleshed out, only a trapped spirit of an elderly man in the home is explained. Whether that was intentional or not is debatable as the nun origin story spin off was recently announced, just like Annabelle the doll in the first film who got her own spin off, The Conjuring 2 will get IT'S own spin off as well.
Great horror films like these from a big studio are rare in these days of PG-13 rated teenage horror romps. The PG-13 rating of course makes more money for the studio with a wider audience but, this film opened to huge box office success which in turn will hopefully pave the way for more great horror films. Of course, with that success will come more sequels and spin offs are inevitable. Sadly, the great things that made the first 2 Conjuring films will fade eventually. Until that time, enjoy this chapter in the saga, it's a hell of a ride....Into the "gates" of hell.
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The Conjuring has alway been one of the most terrifying films I have ever since, and I can feel that everyone will agree with me on that. The modern techniques in creating a horror film was there and it was utilized really well! Even the second part of the move was good too that's why The Conjuring in general, was a good story for me and the hype was worth it! I am hoping that there is a third part of the movie!
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Sector(s): Health and social care, Local services
Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care
National Audit Office report: Care Act first-phase reforms
Care Act first-phase reforms
The first phase of the Care Act has been implemented well, but this places new responsibilities on local authorities whose core funding is being significantly reduced.
"The first phase of the Department of Health's new approach to adult social care has been implemented well. But this places new responsibilities on local authorities whose core funding is being significantly reduced. They may not have enough resources to respond if, as could be the case, demand for care exceeds expectation. This could result in their having to delay or reduce services in the short term. This risk to value for money needs to be managed. The Department for Communities and Local Government has taken steps since November 2014 to improve its understanding of new burdens on local authorities. But it needs to use intelligence from the new burdens regime to improve its understanding of the pressures affecting authorities' financial sustainability."
Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office
The Department of Health has implemented the first phase of the 2014 Care Act well, according to the National Audit Office. Ninety-nine per cent of local authorities were confident that they would able to carry out the Act reforms from April 2015.
However, the spending watchdog warns that the Department's cost estimates and chosen funding mechanisms have put local authorities under increased financial risk given the uncertain level of demand for adult social care. In a challenging financial environment, with pressure on all services, authorities may not have enough resources to respond if demand for care exceeds expectations. The Care Act, which aims to reduce reliance on formal care, promote people's independence and wellbeing and give people more control of their own care and support, will increase demand for assessments and services at a time when local authority provision has been falling and the number of people in need is rising. The NAO estimates that phase 1 of the Act will cost £2.5bn to carry out from 2013-14 to 2019-20, more than half of which is for carers' assessments and services – a new entitlement and the largest single cost.
Today's report, Care Act first-phase reforms, finds that the Department consulted carefully on the Act, to understand the main risks and respond to sector concerns, and there is wide support for the Act. Other departments implementing programmes could learn from this approach. Local authorities identified two big risks: cost and, secondly, uncertain additional demand from self-funders and carers. The Department estimates that there are some 455,000 people paying for care in their own homes.
The Department may, however, have underestimated the demand for assessments and services for carers. It based its estimate of take-up on the number actually receiving Carer's Allowance, which it compared with other sources. The NAO repeated the Department's calculation concluding that it was as reasonable to assume that those carers who have applied for Carer's Allowance and are eligible, but do not receive it because they receive other allowances, are as likely to seek an assessment. This equates to a risk of £27 million (26%) in extra assessments and services if these people also come forward.
Also published today is the NAO's report on Local government new burdens, which considers how well the government has applied the New Burdens Doctrine. This sets out how the government would ensure that new requirements that increased local authorities' spending did not lead to excessive council tax increases. The NAO underlines the importance of departments assessing new burdens on authorities not only rigorously but also transparently. In addition, the Department for Communities and Local Government needs to use intelligence better, to improve its understanding of the pressures affecting local authorities' financial sustainability.
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Export Permit Delays, Cost Gas Companies Millions
Posted by David Arnold on Jun 16th, 2013
Rex Tillerson, the chief at Exxon Mobil said that delays in getting permits for natural gas exports approved has cost and is costing companies in the U.S. millions of dollars each day.
He also said that rival foreign companies are reaping the benefits by increasing their exports.
Tillerson spoke about this only hours after the new Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz told lawmakers in Washington that he would expeditiously start to evaluate the more than dozen applications awaiting approval for the exportation of LNG or liquefied natural gas.
The Exxon chief said the marketplace globally for natural gas is becoming increasingly more competitive each day.
He added the still was not sure when the new Secretary of Energy would approve his application. Exxon Mobil entered into a $10 billion joint venture to export LNG with Qatar Petroleum.
U.S. companies are required to receive authorization from the Energy Department in order to export natural gas to the majority of countries. The exception is the countries that have a current free trade agreement established with the U.S.
Both the countries of Japan and India along with others have shown interest in receiving supplies of the gas from the U.S.
Tillerson said there was not a good reason to start up the process of a gas export process if it took up to five years to just have someone look at its application.
A two-year freeze on reviewing the export application pertaining to LNG was lifted by the Energy Department in May, when it gave approval for gas to be exported from a Texas terminal to all countries.
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Lead based paint is a huge deal because of the health impacts and life-threatening issues it can cause. Lead based paint is common in buildings and structures that were built prior to 1978 and the highest risk is in buildings built before 1950. Commercial structures of all kinds can contain lead paint including schools, banks, apartments and more.
If you need to have lead based paint removed you will need to hire a company prepared to deal with this harmful material. The removal will need to be done correctly to reduce the chances of exposure or contamination. If you do not know if your building contains lead based paint you can have a contractor detect lead to see if you have a lead issue. When dealing with processes like paint removal you will need to be prepared in advance for how the process goes, safety precautions and other important factors.
If you are hiring a professional to deal with lead paint removal you will want to be sure they are trained and certified in the EPA guidelines. If they are not trained with EPA guidelines do not let them work on your lead paint removal.
The abatement process is very important and all stages should be done with the proper safety procedures. The right equipment and proper safety procedures are vital. The proper equipment includes respiratory protection, HEPA attachments for your vacuum, protective eyewear, restriction signs to help inclose the area. Suits and gloves are also needed for crew members and protect them from the harmful materials. Sheeting should also be used to protect the area below and around the area to minimize dust and paint chip deris. There are four basic techniques for dealing with lead paint. The methods are encapsulation, enclosure, removal as well as replacement. The method you use for dealing with lead paint will vary based on the specifics of your building and job. There are methods that allow you to create a seal with special coatings to encapsulate the lead paint and others allow you to enclose the lead based paint by replacing the covering with a new solid covering. Both the encapsulation and enclosure method deal with the lead based paint but do not remove it. Removal is a big process and uses a lot of specialty equipment and techniques to removal the lead pain. Sanders and heat guns are some of the ways you can remove the paint. Hand scraping is also a big part of this process and can be a timely endeavour.
Replacing the walls, window sills or other areas the paint is present is more costly but can often safe a great deal of time. There are still safety measures to be considered when replacing areas affected by lead based paint.
Hiring a professional that understands the safety measures and techniques is very important when dealing with lead paint. This project is about much more than cosmetics and the health implications are very serious.


Islamabad, Nov 30 – Pakistan's rupee has plunged almost five percent to a record low after what appeared to be a sixth devaluation by the central bank in the past year as the country struggles with an acute balance of payment crisis.
The unit sank to 143 rupees against the dollar on Friday, just a day after Prime Minister Imran Khan's government celebrated 100 days in office with a televised conference boasting of its achievements.
The State Bank of Pakistan has indirectly devalued the state-managed unit several times already as it tries to narrow a huge balance of payments deficit.
But traders are concerned that neither Khan nor his Finance Minister Asad Umar laid out a comprehensive plan to address the country's economic woes more than a week after negotiations with the International Monetary Fund ended without a much-needed bailout agreement.
The former cricketer has launched a highly publicised austerity drive since being sworn in, including auctioning off government-owned luxury vehicles and buffaloes, in addition to seeking loans from "friendly countries" and making overtures to the IMF.
"The market was disappointed to see that there was no clear-cut direction of the government regarding raising loans from IMF or taxation policies for the rest of its term," said Hamad Iqbal, director of research at Elixir Securities.
The rupee has lost about a third of its value since the start of the year as Pakistan struggles with chronic inflation as it burns through its dwindling foreign currency reserves, which are down around 40 percent this year.
Pakistan secured $6bn in funding from Saudi Arabia and struck a 12-month deal for a cash lifeline during Khan's visit to the kingdom in October.
With talks with the IMF still ongoing, Khan's new government has been searching for ways to rally its struggling economy. Pakistan has been a regular borrower from the IMF since the 1980s.
Islamabad has received billions of dollars in Chinese loans to finance ambitious infrastructure projects, but the United States – one of the IMF's biggest donors – has raised fears that Pakistan could use any bailout money to repay its debts to China.


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Q: How to implement a simple CNN for 3D data using Keras Conv3D I am trying to implement a 3D convolutional neural network with medical imaging that are made up of 10 contiguous image slices that are 64x64 in shape. They are gray scale images. Therefore my input dimension is 64 x 64 x 10 and my first layer is

model = Sequential()
model.add(Conv3D(32, kernel_size=(3,3,3), strides=(1, 1, 1), input_shape=(64, 64, 10)))
model.add(Activation('relu'))
model.add(MaxPooling3D(pool_size=(2, 2, 2)))

With this code I get the error
Input 0 is incompatible with layer conv3d_1: expected ndim=5, found ndim=4

Therefore I reshaped my input to
model = Sequential()
model.add(Conv3D(32, kernel_size=(3,3,3), strides=(1, 1, 1), input_shape=(64, 64, 10, 1)))
model.add(Activation('relu'))
model.add(MaxPooling3D(pool_size=(2, 2, 2)))

Now I get the error
ValueError: ('Input data in `NumpyArrayIterator` should have rank 4. You passed an array with shape', (128, 64, 64, 10, 1))

I have tried to override this in the Keras code but that leads to more errors and I am pretty sure that a volume of slices can be inputed - I just can't see where the issue is.

A: This is a headache I've had for a few days.
What is happening is that Keras automatically sets the number of channels in an image as the depth, and uses it to set the final filter size. You should use Conv2D instead due to you have 3-dim images (you can understand it as RGB images).
As I have said, Keras fix the depth automatically as the number of channels. So if you use Conv2D an fix the filter size as (5x5) it really will be (5x5xnºchannels).
Replace:
model.add(Conv3D(32, kernel_size=(3,3,3), strides=(1, 1, 1), input_shape=(64, 64, 10)))
To:
model.add(Conv2D(32, kernel_size=(3,3), strides=(1, 1), input_shape=(64, 64, 10)))
You can see really what is happening in this image:
KerasConv2D
In case you want to you want to work combining different channels you will have to create different towers with Keras (that receive different channels) and then put them together.
You can see also what is happening in this link.

A: Input_shape for Conv3D has 4 dimensions (time_sequence, width, height, channels)
In your case:
input_shape = (10, 64, 64, 1)

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POLITICO EU Confidential episode 50, presented by Google: Juncker's Quebec love — EU official's silly side gig — Naked AfD
By Ryan Heath
Our podcast panel discusses the new generation of heads of state and government who've brought the average age of EU leaders under 50 for the first time. But after 15 current and former heads of government and eight European commissioners as guests during our first 50 episodes, this week we turned to three guests from the world of NGOs as our feature interviews.
They talk to us about the joys of their work and their frustrations at dealing with both the EU and national governments. First up is Jana Hainsworth, president of Social Platform, a network of 170 NGOs and secretary-general of one of its members, Eurochild; Patrick Gaspard is the president of the Open Society Foundations, founded by George Soros; and Evelyne Paradis runs ILGA Europe, an LGBTI advocacy group.
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We could all use a hack or two to make our busy lives just a bit easier. The internet is full of great hacks for all types of things. Below we have some great housekeeping hacks to keep your home cleaner and running more efficient.
Wrap paper towel around oil bottles to keep them free of drips.
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Clean a coffee grinder with uncooked white rice.
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Soak mops and sponges in salt water overnight.
Leave sponges and mops in warm salty water overnight to prevent them from filling up with bacteria.
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Report on Bezymianny (Russia) — November 1999
Bezymianny
Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, vol. 24, no. 11 (November 1999)
Bezymianny (Russia) Frequent fumarolic plumes, but no seismicity
Global Volcanism Program, 1999. Report on Bezymianny (Russia) (Wunderman, R., ed.). Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network, 24:11. Smithsonian Institution. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN199911-300250
55.972°N, 160.595°E; summit elev. 2882 m
Fumarolic plumes generally rising 50-300 m above the volcano were often observed during clear weather in August-December 1999, but views were frequently obscured by meteorological clouds. Weak fumarolic activity without a significant plume was detected on a few other occasions during this period. Plumes were observed on the following days: 9-10, 16, and 20-23 August; 2, 12, 22, 26, and 28 September; 22-24, 25-27, and 29-31 October; 1, 5, 11-12, 19, 22-23, 26, and 29 November; 2-3, 24, 25, and 28 December. Depending on local conditions, the plumes often extended 5-10 km downwind, usually E and SE. Others were blown S, NW, or NE. The longest plume during this period was on 26 August when it extended 15 km NE. No seismicity was registered under the volcano from 10 August through the end of December 1999. On October 6, a shallow earthquake was registered under the volcano.
Geological Summary. The modern Bezymianny, much smaller than its massive neighbors Kamen and Kliuchevskoi on the Kamchatka Peninsula, was formed about 4,700 years ago over a late-Pleistocene lava-dome complex and an ancestral edifice built about 11,000-7,000 years ago. Three periods of intensified activity have occurred during the past 3,000 years. The latest period, which was preceded by a 1,000-year quiescence, began with the dramatic 1955-56 eruption. This eruption, similar to that of St. Helens in 1980, produced a large open crater that was formed by collapse of the summit and an associated lateral blast. Subsequent episodic but ongoing lava-dome growth, accompanied by intermittent explosive activity and pyroclastic flows, has largely filled the 1956 crater.
Information Contacts: Olga Chubarova, Kamchatka Volcanic Eruptions Response Team (KVERT), Institute of Volcanic Geology and Geochemistry, Piip Ave. 9, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 683006, Russia; Tom Miller, Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO), a cooperative program of a) U.S. Geological Survey, 4200 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508-4667, USA (URL: http://www.avo.alaska.edu/), b) Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, PO Box 757320, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320, USA, and c) Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 794 University Ave., Suite 200, Fairbanks, AK 99709, USA.


A physical functionality of an object can be understood, but the greater purpose may remain unseen.
This handle is clearly designed for my grip but what do I do with it?
These works are objects that stayed at home as materials of manufacture, straddling the space between commodity and product, drawing from their own materiality a performance of human interaction, forming a constant visualization of re-creation as a worship to utilitarian spirituality. A perceived future value becomes as mystical as a nostalgic past. These are a shrine that exists always on the horizon There is a fetishism of manufacture where the act of making becomes a ritual worship of the perceived final product. A thing may be more pure before it is complete, a half finished skeleton of the production process. A thing may be a token of proof of possible existence, only adding to the reality of a pure idea.
If we build the pedestal the art will appear.


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Watch These Amazon Animals Discover Their Reflections
When a mirror is placed in front of an animal, scientists can learn a lot about that animal's intelligence.
By Richie Hertzberg
A mirror can reveal more than just an image. It can highlight nuanced personality traits like vanity or insecurity. Placed in front of an animal of another species, a mirror can serve as a valuable tool to unlock secrets of intelligence and self-recognition.
Mark Fernley of 'Untamed Photography' set up a mirror and camera traps in various parts of the Amazon rainforest. His hope was to capture and observe the rainforest animals' interactions with the mirror. While he was able to capture the behaviors of numerous animals, like wild pigs and a colorful bird called a trumpeter, he was most interested in the behaviors of the big cats in front of the mirror.
In 2015, Diana Reiss, an animal psychologist at Hunter College in New York and author of The Dolphin in the Mirror told National Geographic that self-recognition "takes a good deal of sophisticated integration of information about yourself and your own movements and what you're seeing in front of you in that glass."
Even human babies take about two years to comprehend what's going on when they see themselves in the mirror.
What Qualifies as Self-Conscious Behavior in Animals?
Philosophers through the centuries have wrestled with the concept of self-consciousness. Some have even gone so far as rejecting the existence of a self. But for the sake of getting things done in this world, let's assume that humans exist and are aware of our own existence. But how can we know if an animal is aware of themselves without verbal confirmation?
There are certain behavioral cues that animal experts have identified as evidence of a creature being self-aware. They will often repeat unnatural movements in front of a mirror—suggesting they are trying to make the connection that the figure in the glass is a representation of themselves. They may also angle their bodies to view hard-to-see places.
These are behaviors that elephants, dolphins, and some great apes have displayed in front of mirrors.
Regardless of what is and isn't considered self-conscious behavior, it's often fun to see how various animals encounter and confront their reflections. Do they see the reflection as a potential rival individual to challenge? Does it pique their interest? Do they understand what they see at all?
Such questions are fodder for online videos of house pets, and pose real questions to scientists in research settings.


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Triplophysa brahui is a species of stone loach in the genus Triplophysa. It is found in Baluchistan, Pakistan and in the Helmand River watershed in Afghanistan.

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Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950, National Security Affairs; Foreign Economic Policy, Volume I
702.00/6–1950: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Douglas) to the Secretary of State
London, June 19, 1950—5 p. m.
3447. In informal conversation with Cecil,1 head Latin American Department Foreign Office, Embassy raised question recent Soviet note re Antarctica. Cecil said Foreign Office did not know what nature British reply would be made. Note now being studied in Legal Department and only recommendation of Latin American Department to date is for prior consultation with US, Australia, New Zealand, possibly France and Norway before reply finally decided upon. Norway has already asked Foreign Office what British will say.
Foreign Office has no idea what inspired Russian note or what next steps Russians contemplate. Cecil felt that remote possibility might be carefully worded resolution, suggesting some form trusteeship, for GA since current Russian tactics vis-à-vis Latins seem to include fomenting Latins' anti-colonial sentiments and USSR has always had greater success in Assembly's Fourth Committee than elsewhere.
Cecil said Foreign Office would be helped in thinking about question by information on two points:
What effect, if any, this note has on current US thinking re Chilean "standstill" proposals—about which Foreign Office does not know officially. Cecil's view is status Chilean note might affect timing of Foreign Office reply since if Russians should hear of Chilean proposals, USSR could use that as excuse either push own views or point out to UN Russian views being ignored, et cetera.
Position US thinking about possibility putting in US claim to parts Antarctica. Foreign Office would not want to have anything in their reply which could embarrass US since its interest in Antarctica on different grounds from that of other interested parties.2
Robert Cecil, Assistant Head of the American Department, in charge of the Latin American Section, British Foreign Office.↩
Telegram 179, July 12, to London, not printed, instructed the Embassy to reply informally to the Foreign Office as follows:
"No US reply imminent. Dept will wish exchange views with other interested govts before making reply. Effect Sov note is to emphasize desirability agreement on territorial status Antarctica. As progress this direction and nature reply to USSR depend partly on Chilean response our proposal re suggested modus vivendi, Dept asked Chilean Emb informally for Chilean thinking, however preliminary. No new developments re question 2." (702.022/7–1250)
Telegram 454, July 21, from London, not printed, reported that the information provided by the Department had been transmitted to the Foreign Office (702.022/7–2150). Despatch 1747, October 13, from London, not printed, reported having been informed by the Foreign Office that the British were discussing with the Australians and the New Zealanders the possibility of making no reply at all to the Soviet communication of June 9 (702.022/10–1350).
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A vital part of Jesus' ministry was his service to the disciples and others around him.
The amazing thing here is that Jesus fundamentally thought of himself as a servant. He did not, like so many leaders, both religious and secular, see himself as a dignitary who needed to do some acts of service to maintain credibility with the people. He saw himself as a servant who needed to lead others to be servants as well. A servant is one who is present to meet the needs of others, and this is the rudimentary role Jesus took for himself.


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Nobel prize-winning economists debunks right-wing economics
Increasing taxes will do more to spur growth than decreasing them.
Kian Malekanian
By now we are all familiar with the usual economic talking points of right-wing politicians. They tell us, with the utmost confidence, that cutting taxes for the rich will incentivize investment and job creation. The lower the corporate tax rate the more people these benevolent corporations will employ. That, in a nutshell, is the mantra of conservative economics.
Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, this year's winners of the Nobel prize for economics, beg to differ. Their work suggests that not only does this strategy intensify economic inequality, it also doesn't do much to induce economic growth.
As Banerjee puts it, "You don't boost growth by cutting taxes, you do that by giving money to people." Modest increases to the taxes paid by the wealthiest could fund welfare programs that put more money into the pockets of average folks. They, in turn, return this money into the economy in the form of consumption. It is their spending which increases demand for goods and services and boosts investment, jobs, and overall growth.
Banerjee and Duflo's advice flies in the face of right-wing economic policy. Conservatives, in Canada and abroad, are reducing taxes for corporations and wealthy elites in the hopes that they will invest some of the cash they are hoarding.
Take the United Conservative government in Alberta for instance. This year they announced plans to slash the corporate tax rate from 12 percent down to 8 percent. They call it the "Job Creation Tax Cut". This year a 1% reduction was implemented, which did indeed cut costs for corporations and leave them with more cash on hand. Husky Energy which had benefited to the tune of $233 million from the tax cuts, then proceeded to lay off hundreds of workers. Far from creating employment, the "Job Creation Tax Cut" did nothing to save Albertan jobs from the chopping block.
Worst yet, the tax cuts resulted in a loss of government revenues. To offset these losses, the Conservative government in Alberta is gutting welfare programs that would have left more money in the hands of consumers. If Banerjee is even slightly correct, these changes will not only do little to attract investment and employment, they will have adverse effects on economic growth and inequality.
So, on one side we have a Nobel prize-winning economists that tell us to increase taxes and give more money to average folks who will spend it. On the other side, we have Conservatives like Jason Kenney that are decreasing welfare spending and giving more money to rich folks who are hoarding it. Take your pick. It's not a hard choice.
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Miami University Middletown was founded in 1966 and was the first regional campus in the state of Ohio. Below you may find resources for exploring the history of the campus, compiled in celebration of its 50th anniversary in 2016-17. The Gardner-Harvey Library also maintains a physical archive of historical materials related to the campus.
First to 50 MUM Digital Archives - A collection of oral history videos and transcripts, photographs, and documents representing the history of the Middletown Campus.
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PI Philip Marlowe has the poet's eye for the softer edges of existence while enmeshed in the hard reality of greed, corruption, and criminal passions. The smell of places, dirt and dust, smog, rain, the sun on baking asphalt, the twilight that has no sunlight lit by dull incandescent bulbs that throw shadows in bars where angst is held at bay for as long as a shot of booze does its job. A respite from the desperate loneliness of men and women in big cities where ethical conduct and loyalty are not rewarded but ridiculed, and get you into trouble, and deep. You give up on true relationships and, well, love, it just doesn't bare thinking about.
Ha, indeed! Well the reference to the French here is quite a provocative one, and the entire psychology of the noir hero (anti-hero) is encapsulated in this brilliant prose. Words rarely convey and describe so much as to the workings of the mind.


"On A Wing And A Prayer" is the name, rock 'n' roll is the game. The first demo from Junkyard 69 is out and it delivers nearly 17 minutes of pure rock to your ears. The band gets straight to the point from the first song entitled "We Want War", preparing you for what's coming up next. "Web Of Seduction" is another classic hard rock blow, reminding a lot of the 80s L.A. glam days, with a small touch of very, very early Bon Jovi. The next song is called "Jane", and this might come as a little surprise, because not many bands choose to record a ballad for their very first demo. A very nice blend of all the self-destructing musical and lyrical elements of such legends as L.A. Guns, Guns 'n' Roses and Skid Row, this is probably one of the best ballads of it's kind, and it won't go unnoticed, even if the 80s hard rock genre isn't your style. Another very good song is the last of the demo called "Jailbreak", where the band simply reminds everyone once more, that it's all about rock 'n' roll no matter what.
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The Boltysh crater or Bovtyshka crater is a buried impact crater in the Kirovohrad Oblast of Ukraine, near the village of Bovtyshka. The crater is  in diameter and its age of 65.39 ± 0.14/0.16 million years, based on argon-argon dating techniques, less than 1 million years younger than Chicxulub crater in Mexico and the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary (K–Pg boundary). The Chicxulub impact is believed to have caused the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, which included the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs. The Boltysh crater is currently thought to be unrelated to the Chicxulub impact, and to have not generated major global environmental effects.

Overview
Boltysh crater is located in central Ukraine, in the basin of the Tiasmyn River, a tributary of the Dnieper River.  It is  in diameter, and is surrounded by an ejecta blanket of breccia preserved over an area of .  It is estimated that immediately after the impact, ejecta covered an area of  to a depth of  or greater, and was some  deep at the crater rim.

The crater contains a central uplift about  in diameter, rising about  above the base level of the crater.  This uplift currently lies beneath about  of sediment deposited since the impact, and was discovered in the 1960s during oil shale deposits exploration.

Age
The Boltysh depression was identified as a fossil meteorite crater by 1975. By 1987, it was dated to 100 ± 12 million years old. Early age estimates could only be roughly constrained between the age of the impacted rocks (the target) and the age of overlying sediments. The target rocks date from the Cenomanian (98.9 to 93.5 million years ago) and Turonian (93.5 to 89 million years ago) epochs. Bore samples of sediments overlying the crater contain fossils dating from the Paleocene epoch, 66 to 54.8 million years ago. The age of the crater was thus constrained to between 54 and 98 million years.

Subsequent radiometric dating reduced the uncertainty. The concentration of  decay products in impact glasses from the crater were used to derive an age of 65.04 ± 1.10 million years. A 2002  analysis of argon radioactive decay products yielded an age of 65.17 ± 0.64 million years. While these radiometric dating measurements place the Boltysh crater hundreds of thousands of years after the Chicxulub crater, a 2010 radiometric and palynological study of fern spore (fern spikes) abundance suggested the Boltysh impact may have occurred several thousand years before Chicxulub. However, in response, a follow-up study in 2021 estimated using argon–argon dating that Boltysh formed about 65.39 ± 0.14/0.16 million years ago, 650,000 years after the Chicxulub catastrophe, and suggested that the fern spike was plausibly a result of the impact itself. The authors of the paper suggested that the impact may have disrupted recovery after the K/Pg extinction.

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Further reading
 Grieve, R. A. F., Reny, G., Gurov, E. P., & Ryabenko, V. A. (1987). The melt rocks of the Boltysh impact crater, Ukraine, USSR. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 96(1), 56–62.
 Grieve R.A.F., Reny G., Gurov, E.P., Ryabenko V. A. (1985), Impact Melt Rocks of the Boltysh Crater, Meteoritics, v. 20, p. 655
 Gurov, E. P., Kelley, S. P., Koeberl, C., & Dykan, N. I. (2006). Sediments and impact rocks filling the Boltysh impact crater. In Biological processes associated with impact events (pp. 335–358). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
 Gurov E.P., Gurova H.P. (1985), Boltysh Astrobleme: Impact Crater Pattern with a Central Uplift, Lunar & Planetary Science XVI, pp. 310–311
 Jolley D., Gilmour I., Gurov E., Kelley S., Watson J. (2010) Two large meteorite impacts at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary  Geology September 2010, v. 38, pp. 835–838,
 Kashkarov L.L., Nazarov M.A., Lorents K.A., Kalinina G.V., Kononkova N.N. (1999), The Track Age of the Boltysh Impact Structure, Astronomicheskii Vestnik, v. 33, p. 253
 Kelley S.P., Gurov E. (2002), The Boltysh, another end-Cretaceous impact, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, v. 37, pp. 1031–1043

Impact craters of Ukraine
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The below is the meditation/story I offered in preparation for Beltaine. Feel free to use any part of it with attribution.
You. You. have been a caterpillar.
You have been not just any caterpillar, you have been a brightly black-and-chartreuse-striped caterpillar, chomping happily throughout your life, ever hungry, never satisfied, ever hungry, never full. Chomp. Chomp Chomping on the milkweed around you. You have been black and yellow, brightly striped. You have been a prize for birds, but you have lived. You emerged from your egg and you have been a caterpillar.
Remember what it was like, somehow remember, what it was like to have so many feet, such a mouth, such hunger.
One day, it all stopped.
Everything, it all just stopped.
The milkweed's delicious leaves, and oh, how delicious and perfect and just exactly what you always wanted, just… stopped being important. Nothing was important except finding a place. Finding a place where you could attach yourself to the underside of a branch, hold on tight under the sheltering safety of the milkweed who had been so delicious for so long.
And then….well…. then you wound and wound and wound around your lovely striped self a lovely new thing. A lovely new thing. See, you made a lovely new thing, a light green, leaf-looking, lovely thing called a chrysalis.
And what was inside the chrysalis thing, the youness, the caterpillar you had been…well, it just stopped too. You just stopped.
Slowly, inexorably, ineffably, your body released itself to the wisdom of cells smaller than even you, when you had been a caterpillar, smaller than you could see.
Slowly, inexorably, ineffably, your body disappeared, didn't it?
Not into thin air, no. The chrysalis still claimed the branch. The wisdom of your DNA was more than the wisdom of your caterpillar body. More than the wisdom of the gnawing hunger for the milkweed leaf or the desire for place.
Well, you did not die. Life remained. Living, even remained. Urge and urge and urge to become and become and becoming something new. Just as you had stopped eating the delicious milkweed leaves, so too now you stopped being you.
Your many legs vanished. Your eyes, gone. Your gorgeous banded body disintegrated, even your most powerful engine, your mouth, all of it, all of the you who was, was gone.
Well, not gone. Not disappeared, exactly.
Still there. Still in the beautiful, light-green chrysalis. Still attached to the sheltering milkweed that had been your breakfast lunch dinner midnight snack.
But you became…no, you did not become…you un-became…what you would have called you disappeared.
And memory ceases here, because how can one remember such a thing as this, so I shall tell you.
You became like the first sea strike by lightning, bringing forth life where there had been only water, oxygen, and energy. You became the primordial. You became the beginning. Your being became a reminder…you became, in a word, mush. A sticky, viscous brilliance of genetic wisdom that only knew how to do one thing.
Before, when you were the you you had known, the one thing was to eat, to eat and eat and eat. And then the one thing was to curl in upon yourself and build the great and delicate chrysalis.
But then the one thing began to be to make something new. Something altogether new.
What had been your you-ness was gone—legs, mouth, striped body, creeping ways and chomp chomp chomping mouth—all gone.
The one thing was no longer to chomp or to build, but to become.
No longer to build, but to become.
Those many, short, creeping legs did not grow into new, slender delicate legs. That chomp chomp chomping mouth did not grow into a gently spiraled proboscis. The body that had been yours did not grow into into a carapaced insect body and grow wings.
Everything was gone into the mush. Into the soup, the stew of life. There was no more you except that where there had been you, now there was mush.
Wise, brilliant, magical, miraculous mush.
Wise, brilliant, magical, miraculous mush that knew how to make delicate, tender legs for alighting on flowers or sitting on a leaf so gently.
Wise, brilliant, magical, miraculous mush that knew how to make a hard-edged insect body from itself, from the mush, from the DNA, so wise.
Wise, brilliant, magical, miraculous mush that knew how to make, oh goodness, what's this? Knew how to make something altogether new. Not simply legs into new legs. Not just a mouth into another way to eat. Not just a body into a new body. But something from nothing.
Nothing but itself, the wise, brilliant, magical, miraculous mush that knew how to make wings. Wet, vulnerable, endangered wings.
And that mush was you. Well, it was sort of you. But mostly it was simply life doing what it does, making more life by destroying, munching, mushing what has come before it.
You did not sleep a caterpillar and wake up, crawling carefully out of your chrysalis, wet and cramped. The caterpillar knew nothing about flying or flowers or drinking water from the cupped beauty of foxglove. But you will know these things because the wise, brilliant, magical, miraculous mush has given you the desire for them.
You crawled so carefully, so tenderly out in search of sunlight. Sunlight and safety, a hard place to find. But you found it, walking tenderly on your new legs, feeling a breeze and the sunlight drying what is left of the wise, brilliant, magical miraculous mush from your wings as you pump them slowly, getting ready for flight.
Yes, wings. You, my dear, have wings.
Slowly, slowly, slowly no…don't go too fast, don't let anyone pull your wings out too fast. Gently, gently, gently and with such delicate and determined persistence you open these wings, and soon you will discover what the mush taught you, what you learn yourself, what the caterpillar's cells knew but the caterpillar who was you did not know.
You have wings, my dear. You are made to fly and drink and sip sweet nectar from the Shasta daisy, the threadleaf coreopsis, the coneflower….the sweet, sweet foxglove.
What is the taste of satisfaction? What is sweetness to you? What is good? Where, my dear winged one, will you go?
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You have got been no longer simply any caterpillar, you have been a brightly black-and-chartreuse-striped caterpillar, chomping fortunately at some stage in your life, ever hungry, never happy, ever hungry, never full. Chomp. Chomp Chomping on the milkweed round you. You have been black and yellow, brightly striped. You got been a prize for birds, but you've got lived. You emerged out of your egg and you have been a caterpillar. Buy Courseworks the entirety turned into long past into the mush. Into the soup, the stew of existence. There has been no greater you besides that in which there were you, now there was mush.


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Digitech exhibition highlights student innovation, entrepreneurship
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New mobile apps, robots and tech start-ups by Florida State University students were front and center March 27-28 at the annual Digitech exhibition, an event thatrecognizes achievement in digital technology and promotes collaboration between disciplines.
"I enjoyed walking around and seeing what the students have accomplished in the last year," Gary Ostrander, FSU Vice President of Research, said. "It really is impressive. Digitech is becoming a recognized word and event on campus and since I heard someone already talking about next year, I can truthfully say it is now an anticipated event on campus."
Florida State College of Communication and Information students showcased innovative projects at this year's Digitech.
Two of CCI's student projects garnered awards at the conclusion of the event, which is presented by the Program for Interdisciplinary Computing (PIC).
"Several of our past exhibitors have gotten work out of showing their products at Digitech," Ken Baldauf, director of PIC, said. "It also gives students a chance to connect with other students and brings together people from all the different colleges."
Information technology students Jon Gluesenkamp, Tyler Kalarchian, Joe Rainer and Connor Widergren won Digitech's Campus Choice Award for their submission "iVisit — Doctor in Your Pocket." Event attendees voted on the award via text message.
The group developed the concepts, services and wireframes for an iOS application which allows users to meet with doctors using video or text, with the purpose of saving time in determining if an in-person doctor's visit is needed.
"It's based on health informatics," Gluesenkamp said. "We found an idea that we realized could help a lot of people and so when our professor suggested we show it at Digitech we saw a great opportunity to let everyone know about the idea we developed. It is a mobile app that would allow doctors and patients to connect virtually to save time so people don't have to go to the doctor as often as they usually do. Digitech is really cool because it's hard to find places like this with so much innovation in one room."
Sophomore Sean Daniels, an Information, Communication and Technology major, received Digitech's Contribution Award for his submission "Who We Play For," which is a non-profit organization helping to save lives and inspire others. Who We Play For's website allows visitors to donate, sponsor and volunteer to help prevent sudden cardiac arrest, especially in student-athletes. The site provides information on their many events and heart screenings.
To kick off Digitech, a panel discussion,"Learning, Innovating and Monetizing,"was held on March 27. Timothy Kinney of TheJim Moran Institutefor Global Entrepreneurshipfacilitated the discussion, which featured distinguished panelists:
David Brightbill, Florida Virtual Campus and Making Awesome
Trish Hanson, MoLab, Inc.
Vincent Hunt, MASSIVE, Corp.
Paul Marty, FSU College of Communication and Information
Micah Widen, DOMI Ventures
"I had a chance to go to the 'Learning, Innovating and Monetizing,' panel discussion," Larry Dennis, dean of the College of Communication and Information, said. "I asked them, what should we be doing at FSU to help encourage this? The first thing they said was to celebrate risk-takers, those people who have the courage to turn their ideas into real products, tool and services that others can use."
During his remarks at the Digitech awards ceremony, Dennis congratulated students for "starting with your inspiration, building enthusiasm for it, having the dedication to see it through, finding collaborators, and all of the hard work you needed to get here today."
Other Digitech award winners:
"acuity" by computer science students Taylor Brockhoeft, Frank Sposaro, Daniel Porrello and John Ngyuen
Description: vision software suite that allows the user to strengthen their vision through the patented and proven methods that the FSU athletic department uses for some of its top athletes; was developed by students at The Mobile Lab at FSU.
Expression Award
"Boy With A Coin" by Marissa Pilolli, Religion and Art History
Description: short stop motion video originally created to fulfill an assignment for the Digital Foundations course at Florida State University. The video been reworked for Digitech. The original video featured a song of the same name as performed by Iron and Wine but been removed due to licensing. The band's frontman Sam Beam is a graduate of the Florida State film school.
Entrepreneur Award
"AstroQueue" by Lawrence Weru, Biological Science and Studio Art
Description: a patent-pending cloud-based app, which allows people to share and manage real-time waiting lists using any device, from anywhere. Astroqueue acts as a digital waiting list for any given site. It is used in sites that function in various ways to achieve the common goal of organizing client traffic.A device can be transformed into a kiosk, which works much like a clipboard to collect custom information from clients as they join the queue.
Other entrants from the College of Communication and Information:
Rx Tracker by Trang Huynh (IT) and Melissa Esther (ICT)
This will provide updates about the status of a patient's prescription order so that he or she does not have to constantly wonder about the status of their prescription.
CPE Digital Zine Library by Chealsye Bowley (Library and Information Studies)
The CPE Digital Zine Library is a curated digitized collection of self-published alternative media resources from the Center for Participant Education, a Florida State University student organization. The collection digitally preserves zines that are from CPE's community zine library, which were created by CPE member authors and external authors. The exhibit aims to educate viewers on zines and how they can be used for activism and education.
The Visual Census by Tom Tricarico (IT graduate), Georgianna Strode (Geography graduate), William Strode (International Affairs)
The Visual Census redesigns population data to achieve a higher resolution. The online mapping format is an easy-to-use planning tool where researchers can ask questions in order to identify target demographics.
Let us Dorm, Michael Iglesias (IT)
This Resident Management System increases the comfort of living for residents through the use of technology. Existing Property Management Systems lack a simple-to-use tenant-facing interface that allows residents to easily handle any property related tasks.
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As Shenmue 3 slowly but surely nears its release, more and more juicy details surface on this long awaited game. The development is well under way, with many of the scenarios nearing completion.
Motion capture advancing steadily, while voice acting has just begun. Yu Suzuki seems to be working day and night on brining fans exactly what they wanted.
There are also three new screenshots. The has a beautiful temple basking the moon light with a mysterious figure on the top of a mountain. The next shows off stylish combat. While the final has a miniature forklift and cows, supposedly a new mini-game of sorts.
The official site, shenmue.link, was recently updated to offer pre-orders of the PC version. All sales will contribute to the stretch goals, promising to bring even more content to the game when it is finally released.


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PETER LLOYD: The Federal Government has a new budget headache to deal with and that's thanks to events in Europe.
The carbon price in the European Union has slumped to less than $4 a tonne, after the European Parliament voted against a proposal to act to reverse the plummeting figure. That is posing a problem for the Federal Government which had planned to move to a floating carbon price in two years, linked to the EU scheme.
Treasury officials here have raced back to the drawing board, as Anna Henderson reports from Canberra.
ANNA HENDERSON: Under Labor, Australia will move from the fixed carbon price of $23 a tonne to a floating emissions trading scheme in two years. It would be linked to the world's biggest emissions trading scheme operating in the European Union. But the EU carbon price has plunged.
In 2008 carbon permits were selling for 25 euros a tonne. But in the past 24 hours the price has dropped below 2.60 euros, after the European Parliament rejected an emergency plan that would have forced companies to pay more for polluting. That's now close to AU$4.
Treasury had forecast the international price in 2015 would be between $29 and $61. The Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey says the most recent figures show that's far from reality. And he maintains the lower numbers have blown a hole in the treasury forecasts.
JOE HOCKEY: In 2015-16 the Government has budgeted $29 a tonne and yet today in Europe it's trading at less than $4 a tonne. That, if the European price today is to be applied to the budget, then there will be a budget hole of at least $7 billion in just one year.
ANNA HENDERSON: The Federal Climate Change Minister Greg Combet says the budget will be amended.
GREG COMBET: This year's budget will include a revised forecast for a carbon price in 2015-16 in Australia.
ANNA HENDERSON: But he says it's the move to an emissions trading scheme is two years away.
GREG COMBET: Once the Australian emissions trading scheme from the first of July 2015 links with the European market that means that we'll have a common carbon price with 31 other countries and so obviously the price in the European market has an influence on the Australian price at that time. But that's two years away and a lot of things can happen between now and then.
ANNA HENDERSON: Just how much the May budget will be affected remains unclear.
The Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Treasurer Wayne Swan aren't prepared to say.
JULIA GILLARD: Look we'll update budget figures and parameters at the appropriate time which is budget night.
WAYNE SWAN: We'll examine that in the context of preparing all of our forecasts for the budget and we can always go back and look at the assumptions that underpin those forecasts and we'll do that in the usual way.
ANNA HENDERSON: The Greens Leader Christine Milne is confident the downturn in the European Union carbon price is not permanent.
CHRISTINE MILNE: I think it would be foolish for people to think the price will stay low indefinitely.
ANNA HENDERSON: Some analysts are warning the uncertainty in the market will stop businesses from heavily investing in technology to mitigate their carbon footprint, but Christine Milne disagrees.
If businesses gambol on a low carbon price in 2015 and don't make the transformation that they could make now, they stand to lose out very badly because the science tells us that this is the critical decade, that we have to reduce emissions much more substantially than is even being talked about at the moment and much faster.
ANNA HENDERSON: The Coalition plans to scrap the carbon tax is it wins government in September. The Coalition's environment spokesman Greg Hunt says the EU slump should prompt the Government to ditch the tax now.
GREG HUNT: If they want to bring legislation into the house, we'll amend it to scrap the carbon tax, that's what we want. And on a day when the carbon tax is in chaos, on a day when the European system to which this Government has tied itself is in chaos, I think they ought to acknowledge they've mucked it up.
ANNA HENDERSON: Julia Gillard remains steadfast about the Government's plan.
JULIA GILLARD: We are doing what we said we would when we legislated for carbon pricing, we are in the fixed-price phase of the scheme and we will move to emissions trading on the first of July 2015.
PETER LLOYD: The Prime Minister Julia Gillard there ending Anna Henderson's report.
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Does Sen. Heller Really Want To Cut Welfare To Pay For Tax Breaks?
By James Packard
Rep. Jacky Rosen claimed Sen. Dean Heller, who she's trying to unseat, wants to cut Social Security and Medicare to pay for tax breaks. Is that true?
The Democrat running to unseat Republican Nevada Sen. Dean Heller has something to say about his record on welfare.
Jacky Rosen claimed at an event earlier this month that Heller "wants to cut programs like Social Security and Medicare to pay for tax cuts to his ultra-wealthy donors."
That stretches the truth, and it certainly needs some context.
There are several parts to this, so stick with me. First, we should break down the accuracy of Rosen's claim that Heller wants to "cut" Social Security and Medicare.
Heller has supported legislation that would slow the projected growth in spending on Medicare. There's some debate about whether or not that constitutes a "cut". That's largely up to the spin machine.
Heller also backed a budget amendment that would pressure lawmakers to scale back Medicare and Social Security spending.
But Heller's campaign argues the senator has voted to protect Medicare spending and opposed changes to the program for current and near-retirees. That qualifier is critical: current and near-retirees.
Since those programs are so widely used and so popular among those who need them, any effort to reign in spending is going to focus on the long term: gradual changes over time for younger people who are decades from retirement.
Now, let's revisit Rosen's statement. She also claimed a "cut" to Social Security and Medicare would pay for tax cuts to Heller's "ultra-wealthy donors".
The Tax Policy Center estimates that 45 percent of benefits from last year's tax cuts will go to the top 5 percent of taxpayers in the first year. Then, it estimates 83 percent of benefits will go to the top 1 percent by 2027.
Another point — Heller has a track record that suggests he favors reigning in spending on welfare, but that doesn't necessarily mean he wants to cut it, and it's not a given that lost revenue from the tax cuts will be made up for by tightened spending on welfare.
So Rosen's claim takes facts and spins them. To understand the truth behind it, you need a lot of context.