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Some say if you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life. That's exactly how we want our team to feel at Spader Freight. Our employees are valued, trusted, and a part of a true work family.
We appreciate our associates and their work, including client communication, loading docks, warehouses, and delivery personnel. We pride ourselves on getting to know our clients, their product, their market, and their goals so we can truly understand their business and build an incredible relationship.
At the end of the day, it's important to us that working for the Spader Freight team feels like a career choice you were always meant to make. We can't wait to have you join our team.
As a full time Regional Company Driver you will be expected to regularly work within the Hours of Service set forth by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. Our trucks operate within the states of OH, MI, IN, IL, KY, WV, and PA. The company understands family needs and will accommodate every effort to have home time on the weekend. The company operates 7 days a week; there may be times when customer demands dictate the need for weekend work. You must possess a good working knowledge and operating ability of a tractor/trailer combination unit; the knowledge and ability to perform minor repairs on the road; and the knowledge and ability to maintain equipment in a good condition consistent with company policy and local, state, and federal laws.
As a full time Local Company Driver you will be expected to regularly work within the Hours of Service set forth by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. Our local trucks operate within an area that allows that truck to return to the same terminal from which it began that work day. Local company drivers are expected to be available to work all manner of hours as needed to meet the demands of our customers. The company operates 7 days a week; there may be times when customer demands dictate the need for weekend work. You must possess a good working knowledge and operating ability of a tractor/trailer combination unit; the knowledge and ability to perform minor repairs on the road; and the knowledge and ability to maintain equipment in a good condition consistent with company policy and local, state, and federal laws.
Drives tractor and dry van trailer combination units, no touch freight and delivering products.
Complies with all regulations, rules, and company policies and procedures while performing job duties.
PULLING: Possibly 2 to 50 times per day up to 50 lbs.
PUSHING: Possibly 2 to 50 times per day up to 50 lbs.
Spader Freight Services is looking for experienced and motivated Drivers.
EMAIL: Please email your resume to recruiting@spaderfreight.com to see if you would make a good fit.


What's the trick to managing long-term transitions? The Office Furniture Warehouse team worked with a regional transportation management company over the past 18 months to coordinate a workplace expansion and office furniture rental at their Tennessee office.
The company's main space is on the third floor of an office building in the eastern part of greater Chattanooga. In 2017, they were awarded a contract in another state. They needed to expand, and made the decision to do so in their building when a tenant on the fifth floor announced intent to vacate. However, the time it would take to negotiate a new lease, renovate & transition created the need for a temporary workspace reconfiguration.
The representatives in the workspace coordinate rides to doctor appointments for disabled and elderly patrons around the clock. This expansion would end up adding roughly 90 cubicle workstations, a boardroom, a break room & two private offices to the newly acquired space. To accommodate the addition of employees during the renovation of the fifth floor, the company leased temporary space on the first floor of the office building.
Between the lease negotiations & finish schedule, the company was looking at an interim of nearly a whole year. In May of 2017, we delivered an assortment of training tables to their temporary space on the first floor. The temporary workspace office furniture rental housed a combination of about 40 call center representatives and managers. We configured the training tables in rows around the space's electrical access.
The interim period ended up taking too long to keep their employees in the temporary table solution. Around October 2017, the company made the decision to partially purchase the office furniture that would accompany them to their new workspace. This helped spread out expenses preceding what one could anticipate to be a rough year.
We installed 48 call center cubicles on the first floor in November 2017. As part of this expansion, the company wanted to make the move to shorter cubicle panels. The purpose of diverging from the workplace strategy in their other offices was to decrease noise within individual cubicles and increase visibility. By moving to 2′ x 4′ workstations, we were able to increase number of workstations by 10% and get the ball rolling on the workplace expansion.
Temporary space on 1st floor with partially-purchased cubicles to end up on 5th floor. Runs of cubicles with an adjustable height manager workstation at the end, and a partitioned cubicle for the call center coordinator.
Once the fifth floor was substantially complete, we planned a two-phase installation. During the first phase, we installed 50 cubicles, two offices, a break room and boardroom on the fifth floor. After our installation, we relocated employees from the temporary space on the first floor to the fifth floor.
Once the employees were situated on the fifth floor, we returned to complete the second phase of our installation. After disassembling the cubicles in the first floor temporary space, we moved them up to the fifth floor. Then, we integrated the cubicles purchased earlier into the final layout.
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Shirts With Random Triangles: Penn State is bowl eligible. When does the rest of the Big Ten join it?
All bowl projections, unless otherwise noted, Is via Jerry Palm of CBS Sports.
What's standing between Penn St. and the CFP? The three other big programs in the B1G East division. The Nittany Lions have a bye in Week 7, then host Michigan on Oct. 21, followed by back-to-back road trips against Ohio State on Oct. 28, and Michigan State on Nov. 4.
Chances of Penn St. surviving this gauntlet unbeaten? Not good.
Earning a sixth win over the next three weeks is doable, but won't be easy during in October. The Buckeyes travel to Nebraska on Oct. 14, then has a bye in Week 8. What could be the biggest game of the year follows on Oct. 28 , when Ohio St. hosts Penn St. That's followed by the Buckeyes traveling to Iowa on Nov. 4.
Clemson vs. Ohio St. is the more probable matchup of Palm's most recent CFP semifinal projection.
Wisconsin earning its sixth win of the season over the next three games should be a lock. The Badgers host Purdue on Nov. 14, then host surprising Maryland on Oct. 24. Wisconsin visits Illinois on Oct. 28.
A resurgent Michigan St. scored a big win over hated in-state rival Michigan in Week 6. The Spartans' search for postseason eligibility continues in October as it travels to Minnesota on Oct. 14. Michigan St. returns home to hose Indiana on Oct. 21, followed by a road trip against Northwestern on Oct. 21. The Spartans host Penn State on Nov. 4.
Michigan suffered its first loss of the season to in-state rival Michigan St. in Week 6. The Wolverines will try to get back on track when it travels to Indiana on Oct. 14. The road trip continues on Oct. 21 with a chance to knock Penn St. out of the CFP. A home game vs. 1-4 Rutgers on Oct. 28 looks like the only chance for an "easy win." for the rest of the season.
The Holliday Bowl is probably not the bowl game that neither Michigan nor Stanford wanted.
Iowa has a bye in Week 7. The Hawkeyes visit Northwestern on Oct. 21, then host Minnesota on Oct. 28. Ohio State comes to Iowa City on Nov. 4.
Iowa's 2016 Rose Bowl appearance seems distant memory now.
Despite Maryland's success in the first half of the season, bowl eligibility isn't guaranteed. There is a winnable game on Oct. 14, when the Terrapins host 2-3 Northwestern on Oct. 14. A road meeting with Wisconsin on Oct. 21 has a somewhat possibility of success. Maryland returns home to host 3-2 Indiana on Oct.28.
Facing Notre Dame in a bowl game isn't as exciting as it used to be.
Indiana's road to bowl eligibility doesn't look good over the next two weeks Indiana hosts Michigan on Oct. 14, then goes on the road to face Michigan St. on Oct. 21. A more winnable game comes on the road against Maryland on Oct. 28.
I had to go to my backup Jason Kirk when Palm didn't project Indiana going to a bowl.
Nebraska is having another less-than-stellar season. Things don't get easier when the Cornhuskers host Ohio State on Oct. 14. Nebraska's bye week comes in Week 8, then it's back to the B1G West division to host Purdue on Oct. 28. November 4 brings Northwestern to Lincoln.
Remember when Nebraska vs. Florida in a bowl game meant something? A bigger note: USA Today was the fourth site I went to in looking for a bowl projection that included Nebraska.
First-year Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm was named by ESPN's Mark Schlabach as his choice at midseason for Best First Year Coach. Despite that, It looks doubtful that Purdue will be bowl eligible following the three-game stint. The Boilermakers travel to B1G West division leader Wisconsin on Oct. 14, then its off to Rutgers on Oct. 21. Purdue returns home to face Nebraska.
I'm not sure if I'm more surprised with Palm's pick for Purdue making it to a Jan. 1 bowl, or for his pick of LSU going to the same bowl.
The hiring of PJ Fleck as Minnesota head coach made a lot of headlines during the offseason. The headlines being made now involve the Fleck-led Golden Gophers being 0-2 in conference play. It doesn't look like the boat will get righted enough to win two of Minnesota's next three games.
Minnesota hosts a resurgent Michigan State on Oct. 14. The home stand continues when Illinois comes to Minneapolis on Oct. 21. The Gophers go on the road to face Iowa on Oct. 28.
No one should have expected Fleck to take Minnesota to a New Year's Six bowl in his first year, but the Foster Farms Bowl does seem to be a good start.


Does decentralisation foster regional GDP convergence?
The growth pattern of OECD countries and their sub-national entities is puzzling. Between-country differences in GDP per capita are declining, yet the differences across jurisdictions within those countries tend to rise. Put in other words, countries' GDP converges, while the output of their sub-national jurisdictions tends to diverge (Figure 1). Today differences across countries are smaller than, on average, within a country, which is quite different from the situation 20 years ago.
What could explain the puzzle? Agglomeration economies and the unequal geographical impact of globalisation could play a role. Trade and other forms of international exchange are dominated by firms that tend to be located in large agglomerations. Convergence of countries could hence be driven by the convergence of agglomerations that are well-integrated into global value chains. The picture looks different if one looks at a single country. When productivity is underpinned by agglomeration forces, regions with large agglomerations will pull ahead of regions without, and differences in growth rates become self-propelling. As a result, countries converge while regions diverge. Indeed, decomposing GDP suggests that differences in sub-national productivity are the main driver of GDP per capita disparities.
Yet rising GDP disparities are no fate. They depend on a country's intergovernmental framework and can be tackled by policy. Assigning more fiscal power to the sub-national level – e.g. for spending on education or infrastructure – can contribute to a more balanced development across a country. According to new OECD research, GDP disparities tend to be smaller in more fiscally decentralised countries, and tend to grow more slowly or even to decline there. The type of fiscal decentralisation matters: Assigning more taxing power to the sub-national level underpins convergence, while a large intergovernmental transfer system has the opposite effect. Interestingly, catching-up regions tend to benefit more from decentralisation than the frontier regions. They appear to adopt policy innovations more rapidly and those seem to have a stronger impact. Conversely, intergovernmental grants tend to fuel disparities, probably because they do not provide lagging regions with the right incentives to catch up. The channel from decentralisation to convergence has yet to be investigated; i.e. whether productivity trickles down faster or whether capital and labour moves more swiftly across jurisdictional borders.
Blöchliger, H., D. Bartolini and S. Stossberg (2016), "Does Fiscal Decentralisation Foster Regional Convergence?", OECD Economic Policy Papers, No. 17, OECD Publishing, Paris.


Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven has signed a contract with Lürssen on the delivery of a 100m-explorer vessel for a non-disclosed customer.
Lürssen acquired a stake in Kleven in March 2017, after a 40% stake was sold to a group of companies.
The new 100m explorer will follow a similar construction route to Kleven's Ulysses yachts ©Martin Hauge-Nilsen.
According to Kleven, the vessel will be built, partly outfitted and technically finalised at Kleven Verft in Norway, before her final outfitting at Lürssen's Blohm+Voss facility in Hamburg, Germany. This follows a similar route to that undertaken by the commercial shipbuilder with its two Ulysses yachts, built for New Zealand's richest man Graeme Hart.
Stále Rasmussen, CEO of Kleven, said, "We are proud to announce this first result of the cooperation between Kleven and Lürssen. With their more than 140 years of history in the luxury yacht business, Lürssen is unrivalled in its experience and knowledge, and we are proud of the fact that they have chosen Kleven as their long-term partner.
News of the partnership follows Lürssen's attainment of a stake in the Norwegian shipyard earlier this year, after Kleven sold 40% of its equity to a group of companies for a little over €30 million.
For more information, visit Kleven or Lürssen.


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Today, I finally had a chance to return back to see the Giant Robot Biennale 3 (September 23rd – January 20th) at JANM (Japanese American National Museum). I was there for the opening night, but was DJing the entire time till closing. I ran into Eric Nakamura of Giant Robot as he was filming a short documentary on artist Sean Chao. Featuring the works of Rob Sato, Deth P. Sun, Ako Castuera, Eishi Takaoka, Saelee Oh, Sean Chao, Albert Reyes, David Horvath, Jeni Yang and Zach Gage. Included was the Project Remix Art Works created by Eric Nakamura, a collaboration customizing of David Horvath Ugly Dolls and the Giant Robot Big Boss vinyl figure, with over 80 artists from 7 countries involved. Too much walking today, to be continued.
Sean Chao and DJ Tony Jr.


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Q: self.view insertSubView .... not supposed to be self.view, but what? I have a UIViewController which shows different UIViewController sub-classes. In the main UIViewController.m, I have a sub-class called 'Home' load on app start.
Now, which the Home view loaded, I have a button which I want to use to switch to another view called 'PreGameInfo'. I'm trying to use the code below:
- (IBAction)showPreGameInfo:(id)sender {
    [self.view insertSubview:preGameInfo.view atIndex:0];
}

It doesn't work, and I know it's because the 'self.view' needs to refer to the main UIViewController rather than the self of the 'Home' view. Does anyone know how to insertSubView to the main UIViewController when using a UIButton whilst in a SubView???
Thank you!

A: You can use a delagate. It very easy
So implement this in your information view controller;
In the InformationViewController.h
@protocol InformationViewControllerDelegate;

@interface InformationViewController : UIViewController {
    id <InformationViewControllerDelegate> delegate;
}

@property (nonatomic, assign) id <InformationViewControllerDelegate> delegate;

- (IBAction)returnBack:(id)sender;

@end

@protocol InformationViewControllerDelegate

- (void)InformationViewControllerDidFinish:(InformationViewController *)controller;

@end

in the InformationViewController.m
- (IBAction)returnBack:(id)sender {
    [self.delegate InformationViewControllerDidFinish:self];
}

And use the delegate in any view controller you need it like this :
In the HomeViewController.h
#import "InformationViewController.h"
@interface HomeViewController : UIViewController <InformationViewControllerDelegate> {

}

Write the method to change the view from Home view to Information view
- (IBAction)goToInformationView:(id)sender;

In the HomeViewController.m
- (IBAction)goToInformationView:(id)sender {
    InformationViewController *controller = [[InformationViewController alloc] initWithNibName:nil bundle:nil];
    controller.delegate = self;
// You can chose the transition you want here (they are 4 see UIModalTransitionStyle)
        controller.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleFlipHorizontal;
        [self presentModalViewController:controller animated:YES];
        [controller release];
    }

And the last but not least the delegate method it inform the HomeViewController when the InformationViewController had finished
- (void)InformationViewControllerDidFinish:(InformationViewController *)controller {
    [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

I hope it helps

A: - (IBAction)showPreGameInfo:(id)sender {
    [superview insertSubview:preGameInfo.view atIndex:0];
}

A: Does this code work?
[self.parentViewController.view addSubview:myView];

A: Just do it in the modalView:
[self presentModalViewController:preGameInfo animated:YES]

or you can do something like this...
This line will add your new view to windows rootViewControllers view
[self.view.window.rootViewController.view addSubview:preGameInfo.view];

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This CrossFit long sleeve tee brings a brushstroke of bold style to your next WOD warm-up. An ergonomic shoulder construction and a shorter, split-hem back let shoulders move the way they need to. Speedwick fabric pulls the discomfort of sweaty wetness out of the mix.


As we count down the days till Spring Break, there are still many things going on that might get overlooked during the excitement of the upcoming relaxation days. Here's a highlight some of these upcoming and past events.
On March 5 and 6, the drama students did CF proud in their comedies Boy Meets Girl and The Niki Taylor Project. In the fast-paced production of Boy Meets Girl, audience members were kept on the edge of their seats, roving their eyes on the stage, trying to keep up with all the action. This play, based around the film production industry, in all its complicated glory, broken hearts and sparkle, was a worthwhile experience, and let's not forget about the one-act play, "The Niki Taylor Project." A play, written by students, was a comedic dream of what would happen if you were stuck in Facebook. Filled with plot that avid Facebook fans could understand, the play was highly successful and entertaining.
This week on Tuesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., the wing symphony, symphonic band and jazz bands will perform in the annual pops concert titled "A Red Carpet Kinda Deal" with tickets sold at the door. Young and old audience members alike will not be disappointed with this year's selection of songs including "Disney at the Movies," "Les Misérables," "Shrek Dance Party," "Titan Spirit," and more, so don't miss this performance.
Yesterday evening, if you missed the speech team's recital, there is still a chance to see them at State performing at Starmont High School this Saturday. With 22 performances, this should be an amazing experience.


It has taken me a while to get a new blog going – a lot of projects going on at the moment. But I hope to resume more regular posts now I have sorted out this infrastructure which is more easy to manage. Anyway, it looks as though things are working.
Note: January 2009: Hope springs eternal! The infrastructure was only partially sorted out. It took longer than I thought to get all the code completed and the back up systems in place on the linux servers.


All-in-one customer paging system for calling waiting customers. use the advantages of the customer paging system and avoid a full shop with waiting people and offer the possibility to shop while waiting.
How to use a customer paging system?
When a customer or visitor arrives at your store and they have to wait, give them a pager. With the pager the customer can proceed doing their shopping, be active while shopping and have a look at you products or wait where ever it suits best. No more irritated waiting customer!
For your organization it also has a positive effect. Staff can work under less pressure. Customers don't have to wait in the shop which causes that staff can do their work without customers watching them.
A pager is simply notified by entering the pager number on the keyboard of the transmitter.
Direct communication to customers wireless over long distance.
Increase turnover by stimulating impulse purchases.
This transmitter has room for thirty pagers which functions as charging station. Pagers are called by entering the pager number on the transmitter. If more pagers are needed, an additional charging station for fifteen pagers can be connected to the transmitter. Optionally, the transmitter can be linked to the internal system so that it can be called from your own (POS) system.


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Mike Eruzione: 'It Wasn't a Miracle'
Captain of the 1980 U.S. Olympic men's hockey team reveals what really led to the gold medal win.
No one expected the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team to beat the Soviet Union, much less win the gold medal.
But that so-called "Miracle on Ice" happened—and there are clear reasons why it did, according to team captain Mike Eruzione.
"I always tell people it wasn't a fluke. We weren't lucky," Eruzione told attendees of the 2015 CSCU Solutions Conference in St. Petersburg, Fla. "Like any successful business or team, success is a process and it doesn't happen overnight."
What enabled the team to succeed?
Willingness to be uncommon. The team's legendary coach, Herb Brooks, was fond of saying, "The common man goes nowhere," Eruzione said. The team did things differently. The U.S. practiced for six months together, instead of the two weeks which was normal in previous Olympics. And the players embraced a new style necessary to compete on the Olympic-size rinks, which were larger than the ice sheets on which they typically played.
Checking ego at the door. All the players understood their responsibility and role on the team. "Mark Johnson was our best hockey player, but how good would Mark be if the left wings and the right wings weren't doing their job?" Eruzione asked rhetorically.
Respect for self, the team, and the competition. The players on the 1980 team had "good, old-fashioned values" such as pride, respect, and commitment that they brought to practice every day."They brought more to the table than just their hockey skills. They brought their values, too," Eruzione said.
Staying positive. Shortly before the Olympic tournament, the U.S. team lost 10-3 to the Soviets in an exhibition game at Madison Square Garden. It led the media to proclaim the U.S. had no hope of winning a gold medal. Brooks, however, urged his team to focus on the two periods of the contest where the Americans hung with the undisputed best team in the world. "He turned a negative into a positive right away," Eruzione said of his coach.
Enjoying the journey. Eruzione's teammates had a knack for defusing tense moments with jokes. The opportunity to play a game they loved at the Olympics wasn't lost on them. "You have got to have fun in what you are doing. If you are not enjoying yourself, you have got to find something else to do," Eruzione said.
Perseverance. The Americans made several comebacks en route to winning the gold medal, including in the final period of the final game, against Finland. Heading into the third period, the U.S. trailed 2-1, but rallied to score three goals and win 4-2. "When you are in front, it is easy. But the true test of a team, the true test of character, the true test of leadership, is how you respond when you are behind the 8-ball," Eruzione said.
"When I think about our story and how it ended with victory, I think what enabled it to happen is the best part of the story," Eruzione said.
Eruzione's favorite part of telling the team's story is when people realize hard work led to the gold medal.
"We weren't lucky. It wasn't a fluke. It wasn't a miracle," Eruzione said. "It was a process of a group of athletes that, day in and day out, strived to be the best and to be successful."
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Sarah Thomas turned out to be the ideal spokesperson for the idea of taking control.
Dannon reintroduced its probiotic yogurt brand Activia with a multichannel campaign labeled, "It Starts Inside." The campaign conveyed the brand's new message, designed to encourage the female buyer "to overcome her inner hurdles, both physically and mentally, to unlock her potential and be her best self." Its success has won Activia and its PR partner, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, first place in the "Press Event or Media Tour" category of PR Daily's 2017 Media Relations Awards.
Hill+Knowlton Strategies managed a weeklong media tour with the NFL's first female official, Sarah Thomas, immediately following the release of the brand's new TV commercial in mid-January. Combined with the imminent Super Bowl and all the buzz it was generating, the tour of national and local top-tier media headed to Houston, host city of the Super Bowl.
A satellite media tour and audio news release kicked off the week and connected Thomas and Activia. Thomas's story of what it took to break through the NFL officiating glass ceiling is truly inspiring, and is undoubtedly the reason why nearly 50 interviews were scheduled during the tour.
Activia experienced the side benefit of affiliation with sports, a first for the brand. The campaign produced 1,896 media placements and more than 226 million impressions, along with 68 posts and 31.4 million social media impressions. That represented half of H+K's goal for annual PR impressions in the first month of the campaign.
We congratulate the team of Jennifer Mylett, Jennifer Ribeiro, Meghan Hodgdon, Joanna Scott, Caroline Foley and Emma Cullen.


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1966 Ferrari 275 GTS
S/N 07967, 1 of 200 Produced Main Attraction
From a Private Collection
3.3/260 HP
S/N 07967
1 of only 200 produced over a two year span
Owned by a former Skip Barber Midwest series physician since 1983
Mechanically sorted by marque expert Terry Myr in 1983
Cosmetically refreshed in 1983 by Mike Kleeves
Body stripped to bare metal and finished in Rosso Corsa Italian lacquer
Interior and top replaced at time of refresh
Pininfarina design
3.3L Colombo V-12 engine
Three Weber twin-choke carburetors
Rated at 260 HP and 217 ft/lbs of torque
5-speed manual gearbox
Independent front and rear suspension with unequal-length a-arms and coil springs
4-wheel hydraulic drum brakes
Black leather upholstery
Wood-rimmed steering wheel
Veglia instruments
Restored Borani wire wheels
One of the most rare and desirable of the front-engined V-12 powered Ferraris, this 1966 275 GTS has been in the care of a former Skip Barber Midwest series physician since 1983. Introduced at the Paris Auto Show in October 1964, the Ferrari 275 GT in both Berlinetta and Spyder configurations represented a significant leap forward in Ferrari's road-going grand-touring cars. Replacing the 250 LWB Tour de France coupe and 250 GT California Spyder, respectively, they were the first production Ferraris to employ all-independent suspension. The ladder-style chassis, with large-diameter main tubes connected by smaller-diameter crossmembers, offered improved rigidity while still adhering to long-term Ferrari convention. For the first time in a Ferrari, the transmission, now a fully synchronized 5-speed manual, was mounted in unison with the rear end, and the engine was located slightly rearward, both in service to improving front-to-rear weight distribution. The clutch remained bolted to the flywheel, and a central bearing supported the driveshaft. The new independent suspension and improved weight distribution had a significant effect on ride quality, road adhesion and overall handling characteristics, and 4-wheel disc brakes using separate front and rear circuits supplied more than sufficient stopping power. The V-12 engine powering the 275 GT was the final iteration of the famed Colombo "short block" design employed in road and racing Ferraris dating back to the original design in 1946. Displacing 3.3L with an oversquare bore-stroke ratio of 77mm by 58.8mm, it was rated at 280 HP in the Berlinetta and 260 HP in the Spyder when equipped with the standard three Weber downdraft twin-choke carburetors, delivering an improved 217 lb-ft of torque.
While the 275 GTB's voluptuous coachwork was designed by Pininfarina and constructed by Scaglietti, the all-steel GTS bodies were entirely a Pininfarina product. They differed completely from the GTB design and proved a skillfully rendered replacement for the lovely California, the front end combining elements of both the California and the 400 Superfast and the rear capturing the essence of the 330 GT 2+2's rear treatment. The quarter section "hips" of the Berlinetta were traded for the merest hint of that feature and a single long character line, both of which softened its overall shape. The addition of front fender louvers in early 1965 did nothing to harm the overall design, instead adding a dramatic visual element recalling those of the 400 Superfast. The Spyder's interior appointments made for a more luxurious environment that that of the 275 GTB, with fully adjustable and more comfortable bucket seats, more luggage space and a well-designed soft top that was not only easily raised and lowered, but could be completely hidden from view under a crisply-styled boot as well. In addition, the GTS featured slightly softer suspension settings that further contributed to a thoroughly enjoyable driving experience.
One of only 200 produced from 1965 through 1966, the gorgeous Ferrari 275 GTS offered here was mechanically sorted by marque expert Terry Myr in 1983. It was also cosmetically refreshed by Mike Kleeves, who stripped the car to bare sheet metal and repainted it in Rosso Corsa; the interior and top were replaced at the same time. Rendered in black leather, the interior incorporates such classic Ferrari features as a wood-rimmed steering wheel, gated shift plate and Veglia instrumentation set into the wood-trimmed dash. Michelin radial tires mounted on desirable Borrani chromed wire wheels complete this timelessly beautiful Ferrari 275 GT Spyder, one of the greatest V-12 grand-touring automobiles of its era.


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Home Local News MoH, WHO boost journalists' capacity in monitoring, reporting on COVID-19
MoH, WHO boost journalists' capacity in monitoring, reporting on COVID-19
A cross-session of journalist at the workshop
MONROVIA – The Ministry of Health (MOH) in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners through the National Risk Communication Pillar have concluded a two-day intensive media capacity building workshop for some 50 media practitioners.
The workshop is intended to provide knowledge on monitoring and reporting Covid-19 rumors.
Speaking at the closed of the training Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at the Lutheran church in Sinkor, the WHO team lead for health emergency, Dr. Monday Julius called for a stronger media partnership.
He said such partnership is to provide the media with relevant information as a mean of educating the public regarding the increase in Coronavirus cases in Liberia.
Dr. Julius said the media has a critical role to play in providing factual information to the public especially with the partnership as a result of the training.
The WHO team lead for health emergency used the occasion to urge local media practitioners to ensure that their stories have objectives, noting, "In an area where there is an emergency lot of things are expected, people will want to know if there is proof on what they are facing, with efforts to encourage them to see light in the end."
The health expert further said the teams at both the WHO and the MoH and other partners expect the media to help play a vital role by ensuring that the people get the facts in the simplest way.
Additionally, Dr. Julius said the country is faced with the second wave of COVID-19 and there is a need for a collective fight in defeating the pandemic.
The WHO Executive among others further said the training was the test of their unity and solidarity, emphasizing that no single government will go alone to defeat COVID-19.
Also speaking at the occasion was Press Union of Liberia (PUL) Vice President, Daniel Nyakonah, who expressed gratitude to the participants for taking key interest in acquiring knowledge that will allow them provide credible information to the public concerning the COVID-19.
He reaffirmed the media continual partnership in the fight against COVID-19.
Two participants representing the over three dozens journalists, Princess Howard–Gould and Jarp Davis, extolled the Liberian Ministry Health and WHO for conducting what they referred to as a rewarding training conducted through the National Risk Communication Pillar.
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A VILLAGE trader has dismissed suggestions from a councillor that Davenport Green could soon be left without any shops.
Angry Ken Adams, 60, owner of Knutsford Road's Village Stores, hit back at Fulshaw member Basil Hanson, after he claimed all the shops could soon be closed down.
"There is no chance whatsoever of this shop closing, we are a highly profitable business that is continuing to expand, what he said was ill-informed, and completely wrong," said Ken, who employs seven staff.
"Other shops may have closed in Davenport Green but the services that were offered, from the butcher and grocer are now catered for at this shop, so people have not lost out.
"It is now more convenient for shoppers and this is what shoppers want, both in Wilmslow and other towns."
Ken, who is retiring and has put his shop on the market, was responding to Coun Hanson's comments, in which he spoke of his fears for the Davenport Green community.
Mr Hanson, speaking after the recent closures of the post office and butchers, said: "Four years ago there were seven shops along this row in what was a thriving local community. Now it is just a commuter village.
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Illinois House Democrats propose immigrant protections from ICE raids
By Jean Lotus Staff reporter — February 27, 2017
State Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch (D-Hillside) talks about his proposed Immigrant Safe Zones Act on a Feb. 23 Facebook "Town Hall." (Courtesy: Facebook)
Two Illinois House bills are taking on President Donald Trump's threats to give immigration agents more power to round up undocumented immigrants in Illinois. Meanwhile, government lawyers for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency are appealing a federal judge's ruling that local law enforcement agencies in Illinois and other Midwestern states do not need to turn over suspected persons with unclear citizen status to ICE without a warrant.
The proposed "Immigration Safe Zones Act" (HB0426) sponsored by State Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch (D-Hillside) provides that schools, hospitals and churches are not required to comply with "detainer" requests from ICE without a criminal warrant. The bill also says that "safe zone" space employees do not have to turn over registries or information about patients, clients or students to local law enforcement officials known to be working with ICE, without a warrant. (View State Rep. Chris Welch town hall)
"This is very different from a sanctuary city bill," Welch said. "This bill creates safe places for people to exist without the fear of deportation in schools, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and places of worship. People shouldn't be in those places and be afraid that federal agents would bust in and deport them."
Chicago Public Schools are already pushing back against the possibility of ICE raids. CPS announced Feb.22 that ICE agents were not welcome in CPS buildings without a warrant and permission from the administration and law department.
"To be very clear, CPS does not provide assistance to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the enforcement of federal civil immigration law," said Chicago Chief Education Officer Janice Jackson in a CPS memo. "Therefore, ICE should not be permitted access to CPS facilities or personnel except in the rare instance in which we are provided with a criminal warrant."
Welch's bill passed out of the Human Services Committee Feb. 9 on a party-line vote of seven Democrats "for" and for Republicans "against." Welch said the bill's language has been amended to "listen to the concerns of Republicans to hopefully get more support." The bill may be on the floor for a vote the first week of March, Welch said. "Then we're hoping it will pass in the Senate and get onto the Governor's desk."
Even in spite of President Donald Trump's executive order denying federal funds to "sanctuary cities" Welch, an attorney, said, "lawyers do not believe [the bill] places institutions in jeopardy of losing funding."
The Illinois Trust Act (HB3099), sponsored by Elizabeth Hernandez (D-Cicero), says no law enforcement agency can detain a person eligible to be released from custody solely on the basis of an immigration detainer from ICE or an administrative warrant. Hernandez's bill, proposed Feb. 9, has not left committee yet, and may not advance at all.
Local law enforcement cooperating with ICE is already under scrutiny because of a Nov., 2015 ruling in a Northern Illinois District class-action lawsuit.
Judge John Z. Lee ruled that without a criminal warrant, ICE agents had no expectation that local law enforcement agencies should hold on "detainers" persons in custody, charged but not convicted of a crime. Plaintiffs Jose Jimenez Moreno, a U.S. citizen of Illinois, and Maria Jose Lopez, a lawful permanent resident in Florida, along with two others, sued the federal government in 2014 for illegally holding them in custody on Department of Homeland Security "retainers" and beginning deportation proceedings.
Judge Lee ruled ICE's practice of issuing immigration detainers without warrants overstepped their authority. Lee ruled that all law enforcement agencies in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky and Kansas be advised that they were not permitted to hold persons with questioned immigration status who would otherwise be released from custody. Federal lawyers for ICE are appealing the ruling.
Dept. of Homeland Security Director John Kelly released a memo Feb. 20 saying that ICE would be cracking down on more categories of immigrants suspected of having illegal citizen status. The memo announces new enforcement priorities including immigrants charged — but not convicted — of a crime and immigrants who have "committed a criminal offense" but have not been charged. The order also prioritizes deportation for illegal immigrants who have given false information to the government or sought to defraud public benefits agencies. The new enforcement memo also says ICE may take into custody anyone who "in the judgment of an immigration officer, poses a risk to public safety or national security." The memo also seeks to expand deputizing local law enforcement officers as immigration police.
In the face of these events, Welch said his bill would signal that Illinois does not agree with expanding ICE raids.
"I think this is good policy. Having these safe zones will show to the rest of Illinois and the rest of the country that Illinois is a welcoming state," Welch said in a Feb. 22 Facebook "town hall" broadcast. "We want people to come here and feel safe. Instead of people fleeing our state, this is something we can do to help people come back to our state because we're sending a signal that Illinois is a welcoming place to go to school, to go to church, to go to a hospital and take care of yourself."
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Affirmative action for conservatives?
Yesterday it was my pleasure to hang out with Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist working at NYU Stern. Many interesting things were discussed. Much yummy Japanese food was eaten.
One thing we briefly discussed was Haidt's complaint that social psychology has been hijacked by political interests. This is interesting, because a lot of people say that about economics, but in social psych the political types seem to have made much more headway (though politicization probably matters a lot less in social psych, because the fates of millions of jobs and trillions of dollars don't hinge on psych policies the way they hinge on economic policies).
Anyway, the question is what to do about it. Haidt recommends "affirmative action for conservatives":
I'd like us to set a goal for [the Society for Personality and Social Psychology] that we become 10% conservative by 2020. Yes, I am actually recommending affirmative action for conservatives. Set aside any moral arguments; my claim is that it would be good for us.
Just Imagine if we had a true diversity of perspectives in social psychology. Imagine if conservative students felt free enough to challenge our dominant ideas, and bold enough to pull us out of our deepest ideological ruts. That is my vision for our bright post-partisan future.
This is an interesting idea. But I have a couple of problems with it:
1. Unlike, say, race, political affiliation is a matter of choice. If we start giving preferential treatment to people who say they're conservative, won't people just pretend to be conservative in order to get a leg up in the brutal academic job market? Incentives matter.
2. Affirmative action type programs never perfectly cancel out bias. Instead, they partially counteract bias in some ways and create bias in others. If you start giving jobs preferentially to conservatives, it seems like you could end up with a lot of low-skill conservatives. Conservative researchers might be quietly ignored and disrespected, with the assumption that "he checked the box to get in". This is one of the big problems with race-based affirmative action, and it seems like it would work for political affiliation just as strongly.
3. What are "conservative" ideas anyway? In econ, "conservatives" (or "libertarians", as economic conservatives insist you call them) want to cut government intervention in the economy. In social psych, it seems like "conservative" means something totally different. What if the "conservative" ideas in a field just suck? Shouldn't we be afraid of permanently enshrining bad ideas?
Academia is about ideas. If you treat a package of ideas as if it were an identity group like race or gender, and offer it permanent shelter within academia, I feel like you're restricting the ability of ideas to improve.
But that leaves the question of how to fight against political hijacking of an academic field. Maybe the best way to do it is simply to fight ideas with ideas. If conservative ideas aren't getting enough play in social psych, start giving them play. Write some papers on conservative topics - if you're famous, who cares if no one publishes them, just post them as working papers on your website. Or start a blog, like Scott Sumner did in econ. Gather like-minded academics, using tools like the internet and human networks. Eventually, people will read your ideas and join your movement. If that group reaches critical mass, you can start new conventions, new societies, new journals, etc. As Gandhi said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world."
In fact, this is exactly why academia has tenure in the first place. It's so you can speak out against consensus and not be afraid for your career. The system isn't broken - just use it!
Author: Noah Smith Posted at 10:17 PM
Michael Foster 11:04 PM
The problem is, before you get tenure you need to spend years kowtowing to the status quo and the political beliefs of journal reviewers, professors, tenure commitees, thesis opponents, etc. etc. By that time, your own political convictions may have been bogged down; or maybe you just get tired. Or even likelier: maybe you get sick of the bullshit and quit.
Additionally, what about those people who don't identify on the two-dimensional right-left political spectrum? Before I left academia, I'd been accused of being a radical conservative and a radical liberal by different people, both when discussing the same and different issues.
I suppose a much happier situation would be when we assess ideas on their own merits instead of constantly fretting over what is the best ideological "fit" with whatever belief system you hold. Of course this will never happen, since human beings are horrible.
Dave 12:14 AM
I don't doubt this point of view. I'm sure within this field he probably feels politically oppressed. But as Noah points out, there probably aren't a lot of people dying as a result as it can happen in economics.
Social psychology is a strange beast. Some experts have decided that the only thing that matters is one-on-one relations, and the variations of those. These talk about dyads, they try to push different kinds of dyads on children, and the results are unknown to most.
I think this subject is probably the most democratic in nature than all others. If most of us don't like the results, isn't the theory dead? Why not?
This is an odd thing. I don't have an answer to this person. If he doesn't want to be a rebel for life, perhaps a different subject is in order?
Robert Vienneau 6:28 AM
Haidt probably does not consider himself either a conservative or oppressed.
Consider research that has shown that conservatives are more fearful than liberals. Does the way one describes the result depend on one's views. Perhaps, it would be just as accurate to conclude research has shown that liberals are more reckless than conservatives. And, no, there are no completely neutral words for describing the results of this research.
The keywords you want, if you want to know more, are "motivated social cognition". In addition to Haidt, John Jost is a leading scholar. A popular overview, in addition to Haidt's book, is Chris Mooney's The Republican Mind.
Britonomist 12:21 AM
What exactly are the controversial topics in psychology that conservative and liberal psychologists might disagree on these days? Genuinely curious. I had a brief interest when I took a module years ago as an undergrad, then there was some controversy over psychology between genders.
Jeffrey Johnson 3:15 AM
"But it's politically unpopular."
I'm not sure what this means. How is IQ testing "politically unpopular"? How is it even a political issue?
Dan 2:02 PM
"The Blank Slate" by Steven Pinker does a great job of getting to the root of the problem in social sciences.
The starting axiom across many fields is the assumption that the tabula rasa model is correct. If the tabula rasa model is correct, then social scientists would be reasonable in their obsessions with racism, sexism, and so many other forms of bias as the root of difficulties for so many groups.
But the tabula rasa model happens to be incorrect. Liberal academics cling to tabula rasa against overwhelming evidence because the world would appear more just and fair if it were true. However, the evidence is not on their side.
Conservatives are better able to accept this fundamental reality and are therefore less likely to spin their wheels obsessing over differences that will always be with us. Perhaps we fear that these truth-seeing academics would become mean spirited bigots. Instead we should be optimistic that they could move social science on to more fruitful territory and where it could really make a positive difference rather than be stuck on what are essentially np complete problems.
And yet to question tabula rasa is to risk being hounded out of polite company. Good luck to any young academic who dares to question the empirically false foundation of their field. For fun and giggles, try veering away from blank slatism in gender, even though there is a whole chromosome with tons of content on it that only one gender has. (Fun fact, that chomosome was discovered by a woman!)
This makes it understandably difficult for the public to have respect for academics, especially in the social sciences.
Fangz 3:59 PM
This is a ludicrous strawman - no one that is credible rejects genetically differences. What reasonable people believe in is a complex mix of nature and nurture. The black and white notion of nature *vs* nurture is decades out of date.
But the argument doesn't even make sense. You do not need an acceptance of a tabula rasa model to be concerned with addressing issues of sexism and racism. You simply need to reject the idea that genetic differences are 100% determinate of individual success, and the notion that discrimination has no social costs.
Yeah, the one legged guy is never gonna be better at walking than the two legged man, but we can give him prosthetics nevertheless. There's no taboo that enforces tabula rasa, people just don't see the extremist position that nurture has no effect whatsoever as at all reasonable scientifically or consistent with how we act socially. Historically moves to address the race and gender gap has been very fruitful. That's why the US has a black president and women have the right to vote, with, surprise surprise, no apparent ill effects.
You don't have to believe in tabula rasa to face that reality.
Daniel 4:29 PM
Harvard President Larry Summers hinted that genetics may have a part to play and that genetic differences were one of the factors that could result in disparities in numbers in the sciences.
He was thrown out of Harvard. I wish my argument were a strawman, but in that instance a majority of Harvard faculty rejected genetic differences. His statement was hedged and couched in complexity. It did not matter.
In social psychology can two different researchers examine the same model and the same data and reach conclusions that differ merely because of their political views? I too wish I had some examples of how social psychology might be improved by an injection of practitioners who favor conservative political positions.
In the sciences it's hard to see how politics matters. Certainly political viewpoints can't change the evidence in climate science or evolutionary biology. Yet a vast majority of scientists happen to be liberal, in numbers that differ greatly from the general population. Surely this isn't because of political bias in the academic field.
Maybe conservatives just self-select themselves out of academia because they tend to be more concerned about making money, so they just have preferences that lead the vast majority of them naturally into business oriented careers. Which makes me wonder: if affirmative action for social sciences and humanities departments were a good idea, would it also be a good idea for corporate boardrooms?
Fangz 7:17 AM
Race, sex, IQ yadda yadda have been and continue to be studied. They aren't this mysterious taboo you imagine. Unfortunately the answers for these topics are ambiguous and complex in a way that is unacceptable to conservatives.
By 'why don't you study IQ', you people really mean 'why don't you accept completely the concept of IQ tests as an objective measure of intelligence, and also just stop the moment you see some kind of racial difference.' When actual researchers acknowledge these differences exist and then decide to go beyond that and try to *explain* these differences, refusing to assume without proof these differences are permanent and immutable, and refusing to simply ignore the very serious issues with IQ methodology that have appeared over time. (For example, the degree to which IQ tests are *trainable* is a fatal flaw with most naive comparisons.)
The notion of conservative social science is fundamentally about turning the field into yet another propaganda outlet, and rejecting real academic questions. People go into research to ask questions, conservatives don't because they assume they already know all the answers.
Personal perspective: I was in an university department which the US republicans went to to commission research from. Everything went well, until we affirmed that we would publish even if we got a result that went against what they thought we would get. They immediately cancelled the project.
"Race, sex, IQ yadda yadda have been and continue to be studied. They aren't this mysterious taboo you imagine."
LoL. Try telling that to James Watson, the discoverer of DNA and the greatest living biologist. He has a lot of free time these days.
I don't know much about social psychology, but I think that Dr. Smith makes a lot of sense with his point #1. How will one know that the candidate for conservative thinker is truly conservative? In every ideological movement there are division about who is truly pure enough. Every church has a holier than thou contingent. Further, in the sciences new ideas are the goal, the raison d'être, and yesterday's rebel becomes today's stodgy stuffed shirt defending old ideas.
ShaunP 11:32 AM
"What if the "conservative" ideas in a field just suck? Shouldn't we be afraid of permanently enshrining bad ideas?"
I think this is accurate. Conservatives always whine about some sort of conspiracy and bias, but never once consider that maybe their model of the world is wrong. Given the overwhelming bias in the field, it's not unreasonable to assume the data and research lead them to become liberals. Doubtful they all entered the field being red-blooded, true blue, liberals.
Krzys 9:55 PM
Their ideas suck? Lol:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/aug/1/liberal-majority-on-campus-yes-were-biased/
Interestingly enough the suck is very much concentrated in social sciences and humanities, the most objective sciences where the value of an idea is so easy to ascertain.
Lord 12:20 PM
A more serious problem is even if there were stronger conservative scholarship, political conservatives would just ignore them or treat them like liberals anyway. No one cares for more of what they don't respect in the first place.
Yeah, so like if you appoint a conservative, and this guy, as a good scientist, does some research that ends up changing his position... What do you do? Do you sack him and replace him with a guy who held the original viewpoint?
dilbert dogbert 12:45 PM
This: "Academia is about ideas. If you treat a package of ideas as if it were an identity group like race or gender, and offer it permanent shelter within academia, I feel like you're restricting the ability of ideas to improve."
Like a bad penny the name, John Yoo popped into the little pea brain. Is he a twofer?
For what it is worth, the trend towards "liberals" (noting that many libertarian economists call themselves by that term, invoking the older and accurate "classical liberals," which remains the meaning of the word in most other nations), in academia is somewhat recent. I think that certain disciplines, particularly sociology and probably its close relative, social psychology, have been dominated by "liberals" for a long time. But many others were not half a century ago or more, especially in the hard sciences and engineering, and even in some of the humanities.Why there has been this shift over time in those discplines is an important and interesting question not obviously answered in my mind, with recent studies arguing that "conservatives" are either narrow-minded or stupid not all that convincing to me, even as I see many such people who appear to be so.
Jazzbumpa 11:01 AM
Conservatism has changed. A Ronald Reagan clone wold not survive Republican primaries in 2016.
Presumably, an academic is searching for objective reality - or as close to it as one can get in her/his chosen field. The modern conservative is not interested in that. All they want is confirmation of their pre-existing biases. Hence birtherism, creationism, science denial in general and climate change denial in particular. Remember the New Deal denialism of a few years back? And to this type of conservative, everyone who doesn't think and feel as they do is THE OTHER. This type of conservative has always been with us, as a minority. Now they have taken over a major political party.
So, yes - they are either narrow minded or stupid, or alternatively simply pandering to those who are.
Fundamentally, they are at best indifferent to the truth.
Sorry, what about liberal obsessions such as GMO's, green revolution in Africa, vaccines and actually the perfect example of the New Deal, which had nothing to do with the recovery from the great depression?
Again, conservatives are so indifferent to the truth, especially in the humanities, where the truth is so obvious.
I like your scientific bigotry.
Krzys,
I agree that current liberals are irrationaly anti-GMO and vaccines (although some conservatives are also anti-vaccines). But on the anti-New Dealism, most of those making the case have ended up falling on their faces with completely silly argumens. That stuff is a joke on the level of creationism.
Why does Noah Smith keep calling gold a bubble? Is it an arrogant belief that because he has a Phd in economics, therefore he is smarter than the market?
gnscott 4:43 AM
Whether you've got a PhD or not, you can notice that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it may be a duck. If you observe traders operating on the "greater fool" model, you've got a duck, no matter how high prices are right now.
Gold peaked 4 years ago, and is currently at about 2/3 of peak value. The dollar is strong and getting stronger. You think gold has a bright future short to medium term?
You don't need a PhD in anything to observe these facts.
There has been a series of bubbles in this century. Commodities peaked in '08.
There's nothing arrogant about it.
Fangz 11:55 AM
Is the belief here that Noah is not smarter than the market, because no one is? So it's impossible to declare *any* asset a bubble?
Plainly many people think gold is overvalued. If people didn't, why are they trying so hard to *sell* gold to people?
To compare the fact conservative self select out of academia to the history of oppression and segregation is obscene. There would need to be evidence of deliberate discrimination. If there were you'd hearing it. Iy's like they're not already.
Also, when someone says put morality aside, red flag.
Evidence you say:
http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/social-psychology-biased-republicans
The irony is that conservatives are against affirmative action for anyone else. It's a principle that they simply don't believe in... unless we're talking about a job that they want.
I keep forgetting that the only real oppression that exists in the US is against white males! Republicans aren't against affirmative action in principle - they just think that those black women who own everything shouldn't be the ones to benefit!
Carl 10:08 PM
Haidt is not a conservative. Oops!
Also should add that the linked article shows that Haidt is really talking about *partisan* conservatives, as in Republicans, not conservatives in any other sense of the word.
Considering the various anti-intellectual, anti-science, and anti-education positions that Republicans hold, it's not that hard to imagine that voluntarily labeling oneself as a Republican might make others think that you're not a very rational person (I believe that one can be both intelligent and irrational - not in the economic sense - so this isn't about IQ or performance in schoolwork), that you're not someone who lets the facts speak for themselves, and that your "gut" (as we so often heard during the Bush years) knows more than any of those point-headed intellectuals out there.
Another way to look at it is that maybe we'd see more Republicans in research and education if Republicans didn't believe that school teachers and college professors were destroying America.
BradK 9:25 AM
The link does a good job illustrating that hidden bias exists. Given that, an affirmative action proposal, while problematic, at least is an attempt to address the problem. Noah's assertion that the system is fine does not address the problem.
It seems to be a very human problem. Humans simply are not objective. The most biased person is likely the one that thinks they are objective! The goal should be to minimize subjectivity in the system. Blind review is one way to reduce subjectivity.
Daniel 9:36 AM
I agree. Affirmative action for conservatives would not work. Instead the solution is ridicule. American academia needs to be ridiculed for being intellectually inferior by far to its own towering past, intellectually inferior to the levels of the world, and intellectually inferior even to the low American average.
American academia is intellectually inferior not due to literal intellectual deficits but because it fears honest discussion and open debate on innumerable topics. When faculty are forced under enormous pressure by their own peers to recant statements that are simple statements of fact, we must act what American academia really resembles.
Those who would smear Republicans as "anti-intellectual, anti-science, and anti-education" have their facts wrong. Republicans score as more scientifically knowledgeable than Democrats on average based on the United States General Social Survey (GSS). I am politically joined with neither side, but this worth noting:
http://anepigone.blogspot.com/2011/03/republicans-are-more-scientifically.html
Fails to correct for income or educational levels. Yawn.
Daniel 10:26 AM
If Republicans are more scientifically literate because they are better educated, wouldn't that support my point?
It would in fact not. Academic selection is not a matter of randomly picking from the general population of Americans. Instead, academic placement candidates are picked out of people who have attained a certain level of tertiary education. This is a much smaller, and not representative subset of the overall population.
If university educated republicans are more stupid than university educated democrats, it doesn't matter one slight bit that there's a lot more democrat voters who will never afford to go to university than republicans. The democrats would simply be more able candidates.
Daniel 12:13 PM
@Fangz -- Your biases are extreme. I think you have demonstrated Haidt's points amply.
I've got plenty of additional points to make but this exchange appears to be regressing. "More stupid?"
Fangz 12:23 PM
I'm sorry, I pointed out a very basic statistical point about why general population survey results without correction for income or educational level is meaningless in this context of recruitment into academia, and all you come back with is a moaning about ~bias~, and a laser eye focus on my use of the word 'more stupid' in a hypothetical example?
This is extremely standard Simpsons' paradox stuff. It's maths, not politics, and no you don't get to pick a conservative to give you a different more convenient answer.
Actually my comment about the GSS was in response to Anonymous @ 7:25 AM, who was ignorantly reciting incorrect stereotypes about Republicans in the broad population.
It is true that I do not have data regarding the scientific competency of conservatives and liberals seeking entry into academia specifically, but neither do you.
That said, your theory that conservatives seeking entry into academia are so 'stupid' is unlikely considering that conservatives in the greater population are, on average, more scientifically knowledgable.
It is good that I am engaged in this discussion virtually, so as not to be covered in spittle.
It's not unlikely at all. There are abundant examples of Simpson's paradox in the literature. *The article you linked to actually links to a guy who did the corrections and found that all those differences were no longer statistically significant after correction for background.* Oh except for belief in evolution, where republicans did substantially worse. So plainly you just saw the title and decided to not investigate further. I'll leave the reader to infer whether this is ~bias~ or not.
In any case, anti-science/anti-intellectual/anti-education etc positions refer to not in fact belief in astrology, but to a large number of anti-scientific and anti-educational policy positions espoused by republican politicians. For example, cuts in science funding and putting people like Inhofe in charge of anything except his stationery cupboard.
But whatever, you have steadfastly refused to engage with the intellectual content of any arguments and directed only insults at me. I'm sure that in your mind you have made a great case for partisan discourse, but I have had enough.
Yes, let's engage on content. ;-)
"Oh except for belief in evolution, where republicans did substantially worse. "
The left scores a zero on evolution, almost across the board. People of the left insists that they believe in evolution when asked, but they are blank slatists almost without exception. Spare me the preening on evolution when the left tries, convicts and excommunicates for heresy anyone who follows its implications. Such as the discoverer of DNA, the greatest living biologist.
Ah, Inhofe and Climate Change. I can only laugh. I don't have a strong opinion on it one way or the other, but climate scientists brought this on themselves. Michael Mann's infamous hockey stick fraud and his subsequent efforts to silence those who criticized his fraud using lawfare have been a riot, but atrocious PR for his field. The poor chap now can't even find a friend to file a single supporting brief in his case. If you place a data fabricator at the center of your field and your support dries up, should you be surprised?
Wow, you are ignorant.
Can you point to any part of the last comment that is incorrect? Be specific please.
Mann, a longtime spokesman on Climate Change, finds himself in the crosshairs of the of the right wing extremists at the ACLU, the Washington Post, NBC News, the LA Times among others in his court case. The fraud occurred in the misrepresentation of historical climate data. Among other things he made the widely documented Medieval Warm Period vanish using dubious tree ring data (dubious because tree rings may reflect moisture more than temperature). Then when the tree ring data showed cooling in recent times he dropped it and spliced other data to his graph. A little fraud in science wouldn't be such a big story if it hadn't been used so centrally in IPCC efforts to educate the public, and if Mann didn't take to suing his critics.
Triclops 2:36 AM
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Frankly, it isn't a bad idea. One of the main reasons diversity matters is because it brings other perspectives to the table that enable you to better challenge ideas. You certainly get a variety of perspectives from demographic diversity, but to pass up on such a major source of diverse opinion as politics seems silly.
I heard a rumor that a couple of the top law schools are starting to treat conservatism as a diversity factor in admissions. I'm not sure if that is true, but I think it would probably be a good idea. Most the top law schools have literally only a handful of conservative students these days.
I actually prefer the alternative, let sociology and the others make themselves as irrelevant as they wish to be.
Maybe if racial affirmative action had some evidence to validate itself, I might have some faith in conservative affirmative action.
It is also silly to think that having some token of someone's idea of conservative orthodoxy means ideological diversity. That is checklist diversity, and is meaningless to actual intellectual growth.
Mike Toreno 3:53 PM
" In econ, "conservatives" (or "libertarians", as economic conservatives insist you call them) want to cut government intervention in the economy. "
That's not true. They want government to favor those they define as Übermenschen. They are not in the least opposed to massive government intervention in the economy - for example privatization, the transfer of government resources to private entities, followed by government payments to the private entities to run functions performed by the resources.
Privatization is just government intervention; hilarious parody of a deranged progressive there Mike.
And I am sorry you cannot comprehend the difference between a conservative and a libertarian.
If you weren't an ideological hack, you would care more about the cost and quality of the service than about whether your deity or the private sector performed it.
Mike Toreno 7:14 AM
There isn't any difference between a conservative and a libertarian. There isn't actually any such thing as a libertarian, actually. Privatization isn't the performing of a service by a private entity, privatization is the transfer of government functions to a private entity that is being paid by the government. For example, Blackwater, paid by the government to provide security for the United States Army (seriously?) And private prisons.
Oh, and I forgot the example that demonstrates perhaps more than any other that Noah is living in Retarded Bizarro World. Banking. The essence of banking in the United States is the operation of institutions by persons who shoulder none of the risks for the decisions they make with respect to their institutions. Banking management makes decisions calculated to show illusory profits, they collect payment based on the illusory profits, and when the institution goes bankrupt as a result of the decisions, the government bears the cost of the bankruptcy.
Noah, you really teach economics? And a school pays you money to do this? Why?
B b but.... I was "Born That Way"..
Krzys 11:56 PM
Scientific and academic cliques are hard to fight. Especially with affirmative action, which introduces perverse incentives. The best solution is just to defund the fields dominated by ideology. Let the liberals (and conservatives) form their schools of social research and move around in their self-referential universe. Just, don't give them public money for "science".
Thanks Noah,
This is an excellent post on why affirmative action is a bad idea in general.
Noah, why the cheap shot at libertarians?
If they are economically conservative, but disagree with conservatives on everything else, then they are libertarians.
I am sure you would object to being called a communist for having positions that overlap with actual communists.
4. conservatives won't choose social science, there is no money in it. Instead, they will choose economics or financial engineering.
Actually, economics and finance are only second choices. They would only go into those fields if they cannot get jobs eating babies at Goldman Sachs.
Kudos to Noah for a helpful analysis of affirmative action
Social sciences is the March Madness of victimhood, except that every year more teams compete. The presence of conservatives unhelpfully noticing things would ruin the safe spaces the teams need to compete.
Why do we even have to know what political party or ideology a professor subscribes to? No ideology or poliitcal party has a monopoly on the truth, and as a substitute for market competition it is a good thing for political parties to periodically exchange places as a minority party. Professors that wear their politics on their sleeves, or force some form of ideological conformity on their students are demonstrating their inability to think on the higher level that is expected of them.


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The Mexican consulate in Phoenix refused to comment on these photos, which appear to show a Mexican military unit planting drugs on the south side of the international border in 2017.
Ray Stern | May 31, 2018 | 11:38am
A well-known borderlands activist said photographs taken by Phoenix New Times likely show a Mexican military unit planting drugs for smugglers.
New Times took the photos at about 4:30 p.m. on January 28, 2017, while reporting on the Tohono O'odham Nation.
The uniformed men's activities were very suspicious and looked like drug-smuggling activity. The Mexican Consulate in Phoenix blew off questions about the photos, never providing any alternative explanations for what was happening in the photos.
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Still seeking answers, New Times showed one of the photos to activist Laiken Jordahl on Wednesday. He agreed they seem to show criminal activity.
"It wouldn't surprise me if they were helping move pot (usually dried-up low-quality ditchweed) across the border by staging it there for others to move north," Jordahl said in an email.
Jordahl is currently a fellow with the National Park Service, and is a former Legislative Fellow for the U.S. House of Representatives. He's a passionate advocate "for communities, critters and culture in our borderlands," as online bios state, and his recent focus has been on Trump's planned border wall and "militarization" by U.S. border authorities.
The unusual incident occurred at the San Miguel Gate, a border entry point only Native Americans can use. As New Times watched, two military-style vehicles rolled up near the small house standing about 200 yards south of the gate, in Mexico. Carrying assault rifles, several of the men in camouflage formed a cordon and appeared to be providing security. Others proceeded to load green bags or backpacks into the house. The house itself seemed unoccupied.
Whether the men saw photos being taken could not be determined. The men seemed unconcerned about anything on the north side of the border. Yet a Border Patrol van was parked on the north side of the border. Also, TV journalist Pedro Ultreras of Univision was also at the San Miguel Gate at that time, conducting an interview of a local Tohono member. Univision apparently didn't see the uniformed men, and didn't include anything about the incident in their broadcast report, which can be seen on YouTube. Ultreras didn't respond to a request for comment.
New Times asked several Tohono members about the photos while on the reservation last year. They agreed it was probably "the cartel."
The bags carried by the soldiers to the apparently unoccupied house seemed very heavy, judging by how they were carried.
U.S. border authorities who didn't want to be quoted on the matter told New Times that the men didn't just look like soldiers — they were Mexican military. But the source would not speculate on the nature of the activity.
Jordahl added that "Mexican military, just like our own customs and border patrol agents, often get paid off to help ferry loads through."
While that's true, U.S. Border Patrol agents typically don't operate as a group while conducting corrupt acts. More importantly, such corruption gets investigated in the United States, whereas in Mexico, police and prosecutors don't typically investigate cartel activity out of fear of being murdered.
Jordahl agreed with that, too, in a follow-up email:
"It definitely is suspicious that an organized military unit was working together to move those bundles, but not really surprising," he said. "From what I have learned, the scale of corruption in Mexico runs all the way to the top. And of course no one will investigate … it's far too risky and the truth wouldn't really surprise anyone."
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency in Phoenix didn't immediately respond to questions about the U.S. government's knowledge of how closely Mexican military units in northern Sonora work with drug-trafficking organizations.
Maybe there's an alternate reason for the men's activities: Were they planting food and water for migrants? Were they stashing bomb material to blow Trump's wall, should it ever get built?
The Mexican government won't say, leaving the public to speculate whether the photos show something other than a criminal act.
A U.S. border official said that this is an actual Mexican military unit, but didn't want to be quoted.
Ray Stern has worked as a newspaper reporter in Arizona for more than two decades. He's won many awards for his reporting, including the Arizona Press Club's Don Bolles Award for Investigative Journalism.
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