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Italy migrant death toll rises to 275
LAMPEDUSA, Italy (AP) ? Italian divers on Tuesday recovered the bodies of more migrants from the wreck of a smugglers' ship that sank off the tiny island of Lampedusa, raising the death toll to 275.
Coast Guard Commander Filippo Marini said 43 bodies were recovered from within the ship's hold, while one was spotted by a helicopter floating near the wreck, before the operation was suspended for darkness.
Just 155 migrants, most if not all from Eritrea, survived Thursday's shipwreck. Survivors said there were some 500 would-be asylum seekers aboard when the ship capsized and sank in sight of land.
A disproportionate number of the dead are women: So far the bodies of 81 women have been recovered, while only six of the survivors were female. Eight of the dead are children.
"Inside, we're finding more women than men," Gianni Dessi, the coast guard official coordinating the diving operation, told Sky TG24. "We hope not, but we expect to find more children."
He said the scene inside the ship's hold is tough for divers, but that "maintaining cold blood is a quality that helps the operation."
The survivors were helping with the identification of the bodies, mostly through photographs. In some cases, divers also have recovered documents.
Thursday's shipwreck has one of the highest verified death tolls among migrant ship disasters in the Mediterranean Sea. Humanitarian organizations have had reports of large numbers of migrants being lost at sea, including one boat with 300 that disappeared in 2011, but the bodies in such cases are never recovered.
Also Tuesday, prosecutors in Agrigento, Sicily, said they had detained a 35-year-old Tunisian man who is believed to have been the captain of the ship. The suspect faces charges of aiding illegal immigration and multiple counts of homicide.
Tens of thousands of migrants from Africa and the Middle East try to cross the Mediterranean Sea each year, seeking a better life in Europe. Hundreds die in the process.
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AP correspondent Colleen Barry contributed from Milan and Nicole Winfield from Rome.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/italy-migrant-death-toll-rises-275-180954392.html
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U.S. Fed ships new $100 bills with anti-counterfeit features
By Ian Simpson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve began supplying banks on Tuesday with billions of redesigned $100 bills that incorporate advanced anti-counterfeiting features, the U.S. central bank said.
The notes, which retain the image of American statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin, include two new security features - a blue three-dimensional security ribbon with images of bells and 100s, and a color-changing bell in an inkwell, the Fed said in a statement.
The $100 bills, the biggest U.S. denomination known in American slang as "Benjamins," also keep security features from the previous design, such as a watermark.
"The new design incorporates security features that make it easier to authenticate, but harder to replicate," said Federal Reserve Board Governor Jerome Powell said in a statement.
U.S. officials have said the $100 note is the most frequently counterfeited denomination of U.S. currency outside the United States due to its broad circulation overseas. In the United States, the $20 bill is the most frequently counterfeited note.
Sonja Danburg, program manager for U.S. currency education at the Fed, said about 3.5 billion new $100 bills had been stockpiled. There are about $900 billion in $100 notes in circulation, with half to two-thirds outside the United States, she said.
The United States has about $1.15 trillion in genuine currency in circulation, and less than 1/100th of 1 percent of that value is counterfeit, Danburg said.
Benjamins are the highest-denominated notes issued by the Federal Reserve since the United States stopped issuing $500, $1,000 and $10,000 notes in 1969.
The new bills have been in development since 2003. The new bills cost about 12.5 cents each to make, 5 cents more than the previous notes because of the greater complexity of the design, Danburg said.
The average $100 bill lasts about 15 years before wearing out and being pulled from circulation. The more frequently handled $1 note lasts about six years, Danburg said.
The Fed said people with old bills did not need to trade them in for new ones since all designs of U.S. currency remained legal tender.
(Reporting by Ian Simpson; Editing by Scott Malone; Editing by Gerald E. McCormick and David Gregorio)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/federal-ships-100-bills-anti-counterfeit-features-144057920--sector.html
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Information and Education Services Manager, Icahn School of ...
Reporting to the Library Director, the Information and Education Services Manager ensures that the Gustave L. and Janet W. Levy Library actively and creatively serves as a partner in the educational, research and clinical missions of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai by providing responsive and innovative information services. This role oversees and evaluates existing programs and develops new services focusing on the effective use of information resources by students, faculty, and staff. The role is also responsible for engaging and providing leadership to the entire library staff in the delivery of reference and instructional services. The Levy Library is part of Academic Informatics and Technology, which also includes Archives & Records Management, Instructional Technology and the IT Academic Support Center. The Information and Education Services Manager supervises one FTE.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides leadership, vision, and planning for all reference and instructional services, including library course content integrated into the Medical and Graduate School curricula; virtual and in-person reference assistance, instruction sessions and one-on-one consultations
- Delivers classroom, online and point of care educational sessions to faculty, students and staff on identifying, evaluating and using evidence-based resources for decision support in patient care
- Creates and maintains content on the library website, including tutorials and resource user guides
- Evaluates biomedical resources and tools for potential library acquisition
- Leads staff development and training initiatives in the effective use of the biomedical literature
- Consults with faculty on search strategies for bibliographic databases; managing information retrieval; and preparing manuscripts and presentations
- Monitors and stays abreast of reference trends and practices in academic health sciences libraries
- Develops, presents and evaluates in-person and web-based instruction in database searching and information management to support evidence-based practice, life-long learning and scholarly research
- Collaborates with staff on developing reference policies and procedures to ensure consistency and efficiency in workflow and a high level of customer satisfaction
- Compiles and evaluates usage statistics for reference and instruction services
Required Experience:
- Master's degree earned from an ALA-accredited Library/Information Science program
- Extensive experience searching the biomedical literature, including PubMed and Web of Science
- Minimum of five years working with students and faculty in an academic health sciences library
- Strong background in evidence based medicine concepts and approaches to effectively using clinical resources
- Excellent communication and leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to mentor staff and work collegially across departments
Email cover letter and detailed resume to [email?protected]. Indicate the job title "Information and Education Services Manager" in the subject line.
Please visit the Levy Library website to learn more about the library.
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Oklahoma Senator Inhofe recovering at home after heart surgery
By Karen Brooks
(Reuters) - Senator James Inhofe was recovering at home in Tulsa on Tuesday from emergency quadruple bypass heart surgery, but expects to return to Washington "soon and even stronger to continue the fight," according to a statement from the Oklahoma Republican.
Inhofe, 78, had the surgery in a Tulsa hospital on Friday after doctors found a blockage during a routine visit, he said. He was released from the hospital on Tuesday afternoon, a spokeswoman for the senator said.
"The discovery shocked me as I had no visible symptoms that something was wrong," said Inhofe. "Today, I am feeling great and am fully engaged with my work here in Oklahoma."
The senator has not been given a date when he can expect to return to Washington, said spokeswoman Donelle Harder.
"They told us it would be just a few weeks," Harder said.
Inhofe, one of the most conservative U.S. senators, said his absence may cause him to "miss some upcoming votes" in the battle over funding the government, increasing the debt ceiling and funding President Barack Obama's health reform law, which has forced a partial shutdown of the federal government.
He urged colleagues on Capitol Hill to "work with vigilance to reopen the government with a bill that represents Oklahomans and all of Americans."
"My doctors agree I will return soon and even stronger to continue the fight to protect Oklahomans' freedoms," he said.
(Reporting by Karen Brooks in Austin, Texas; Editing by Greg McCune and Peter Cooney)
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Sexist ?KFC? Hillary Clinton buttons at GOP event
Campaign buttons comparing to Hillary Clinton to a ?KFC special? surfaced over the weekend at a?GOP event in California.
An unidentified vendor displayed the sexist flare reading ?KFC Hillary Special: 2 fat thighs, 2 small breasts? left wing? at Saturday?s Republican Party Convention in Anaheim.
A reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle spotted the buttons available for purchase near the VIP reception area and tweeted out a photo during the annual meeting.
State party officials thanked reporter Carla Marinucci?for ?bringing the matter to our attention,? in an emailed statement to MSNBC.
?The first time CRP leadership and staff became aware of these buttons was as a result of Chronicle reporter Carla Marinucci?s tweet,? said Mark Standriff,?Director of Communications for the?California Republican Party. ?After identifying the vendor who was displaying the buttons, CRP staff had them removed. For your additional information, the vendor had brought only 5 of the buttons to convention, none of which had been sold.?
While Clinton?s 2016 ambitions remain unknown at this time, a new Quinnipiac University poll shows she?s dominating the early horse races across the board.
The former secretary state leads potential star Republican candidates in hypothetical mash-ups: Clinton tops New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, 49%-36%, she beats Kentucky Sen,?Rand Paul, 53%-36%,?and shuts down a Ted Cruz candidacy,?54%-31%.
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Saturday, October 5, 2013
Tropical storm forms between Cuba, Mexico
A hurricane watch is in effect for parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast after Tropical Storm Karen formed in the southeastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday.
A hurricane watch covers the area from Grand Isle, Louisiana, east to Indian Pass, Florida. A tropical storm watch is in effect from west of Grand Isle to Morgan City, Louisiana, an area that includes metropolitan New Orleans.
Karen formed between Cuba and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. It's producing winds of 60 mph.
The storm is moving north-northwest up the Mexican coast, the hurricane center said.
"Locally, heavy rains could affect portions of Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula during the next day or two," according to the center's advisory.
The storm has a high chance -- "near 100 percent" -- of becoming a hurricane or cyclone in the next two days, it said.
In the central Atlantic Ocean, Tropical Depression Jerry has sustained winds of 35 mph as it moves northwest at 9 mph. It poses no threat to land.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Justice Kagan visiting University of Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - University of Kentucky law students will get to spend some time hearing insights from the nation's newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Justice Elena Kagan is scheduled to speak on the Lexington campus Thursday evening.
Kagan, at age 53, is the youngest member of the nation's highest court. She was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama. She previously served as solicitor general of the United States and dean of Harvard Law School, among other accomplishments.
Her visit is part of a UK College of Law lecture series.
Justice Clarence Thomas spoke at UK last year.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2013
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Fox Sports: San Jose State hires Craighead
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San Jose State has hired Jamie Craighead as its women's basketball coach.
Spartans athletics director Gene Bleymaier made the announcement Monday. Craighead replaces Tim La Kose, who resigned for personal reasons Aug. 30.
Craighead spent the past four seasons coaching Sacramento State, where she guided the Hornets to the Big Sky Conference tournament for just the fifth (2012) and sixth (2013) times in program history. Sacramento State earned its first tournament wins and reached the semifinals both years.
Craighead's fast-paced offense led the Big Sky in scoring in each of her four seasons. She also played basketball at Oregon and was an assistant at Seattle Pacific University for three years.
She spent the 2007-08 season as an assistant for Sacramento State before being named coach the following year.
Saturday, September 14, 2013
NPR offering buyouts to cut staff by 10 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) ? NPR said Friday that it was offering across-the-board buyouts in hopes of cutting its staff by 10 percent and eliminating its deficit.
The buyouts, which are to be offered across the entire public radio organization, were approved by NPR's board of directors to help with a projected operating deficit of $6.1 million.
NPR, formerly known as National Public Radio, also announced Friday that Paul Haaga Jr., a board member since 2011, will take over as acting president and CEO effective Sept. 30. A search committee has been appointed to find a permanent replacement.
"I am thrilled to have the opportunity to lead one of the world's leading providers of news, music and cultural programming on an interim basis and I look forward to working with my colleagues on the board and senior leadership team to help this great organization build on its success," Haaga said in a statement. He was not available for an interview Friday, NPR said.
Haaga has served as chairman of the board at the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History and is the retired chairman of the Board of Capital Research and Management Company.
He succeeds Gary Knell, who is leaving after less than two years to become president and CEO of the National Geographic Society.
The leadership change was announced as the board approved a fiscal 2014 budget that includes $178.1 million in operating and investment revenues and expenses of $183 million. NPR says its voluntary buyout plan is intended to reduce the deficit of $6.1 million.
NPR distributes news, information and music programming to 975 public radio stations, reaching 27 million listeners a week. It also has focused heavily in recent years on expanding its digital presence.
In April, NPR moved to a new $201 million headquarters with all digital equipment in Washington. The organization consolidated its staff in one building north of the U.S. Capitol after being spread across several sites for years.
In late 2008, NPR announced it was laying off 7 percent of its staff, the first time it had downsized in 12 years, after experiencing sharp declines in funding, especially from corporate sponsors. The layoffs affected 64 full-time staff, of which half came from news and programming.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/npr-offering-buyouts-cut-staff-10-percent-174909609.html
Friday, September 13, 2013
Jonathan and Alistair Brownlee prepare for World Triathlon Series Grand Final in London
By Laura Williamson
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In London's Hyde Park on Sunday, two brothers will compete in the World Triathlon Series Grand Final.
On the course where he won Olympic gold last summer, Alistair Brownlee will bid to wrest the world title from Jonathan, two years his junior.
It is a fascinating battle between two Yorkshire-born brothers who share so much and yet remain such talented individuals.
VIDEO: Scroll down for a a video interview with the Brownlee brothers
Back to the scene: Jonathan (left) and Alistair Brownlee return to Hyde Park for the World Triathlon Series Grand Final on Sunday looking to repeat their heroics from 12 months ago
Medal success: Jonathan (left) won bronze in the Triathlon at the 2012 Olympics, while Alistair (right) won gold
Jonny won Olympic bronze in London behind Alistair and Spain?s Javier Gomez, who could steal the world championship from both brothers on Sunday.
The younger Brownlee was given a 15-second time penalty and collapsed after the finish line, ending up ?in bed with a thermometer stuck up my a***?, such was the toll the final 10km run had taken on his wiry frame.
WATCH: Interview with the Brownlee brothers ahead of the World Triathlon Series
Chasing Alistair is something Jonny has had to cope with all his life, from the ?five or six-hour walks? the Brownlee family used to take, to Sunday?s race for the world title. Jonny laughs as he admits it is ?almost forgotten? he is the world champion, such was the brothers? focus on London 2012.
He believes he can beat Alistair on Sunday, having seen his older brother endure a ?nightmare year? in which he has suffered recurrent knee and ankle problems.
Yet Jonny freely admits Alistair has made him a better athlete, and speaks almost reverentially about his older brother.
Rival: Spain's Javier Gomez (left), who won silver last summer, will provide stiff competition again on Sunday
?It still shocks me,? he says, ?that, on the most nerve-racking day in our life as sportsmen at the Olympics, I was standing on the start line next to my brother. It was a bit weird, like my first day at junior school when Alistair came with me on the school bus. It was like, ?He?s there again?. It was quite a nice, comforting feeling, but it?s also a strange feeling. I still haven?t quite got over it.
?But Alistair has definitely made me a better athlete. I would not be here without Alistair. For a young athlete, to see your brother win the junior world championships in 2006 was like, ?Wow. My brother?s a world champion. World champions aren?t weird people who have scary skinny legs?. That?s when I thought I could be really good at this as well.?
There is a modest acknowledgement, however, that Jonny has played his part in Alistair?s? success, too. ?Alistair wouldn?t like to say,? adds Jonny, quickly, ?but I think I definitely have. Sometimes more than he appreciates.
?It?s hard being the older brother because you?re constantly getting chased all the time, but I?m definitely the person who, every time he slacks a little bit, pushes him on.
Ahead: Jonathan doesn't just have Gomez in his sights on Sunday... the Brownlee brothers want individual victory
?When I?m behind him, does he run two per cent harder because he doesn?t want to get caught? Every time he slackens off a bit he learns things from me.?
Alistair?s response to the same question is much more measured: Jonny has helped him only? ?to an extent?, although he concedes the pair have ?pushed each other?.
Alistair adds his Olympic experience would have been ?tinged with disappointment? had Jonny not been alongside him on the podium.
The extraordinary high of victory at a home Games was followed by a period of soul-searching but Alistair now believes his Olympic title gives him an ?underlying satisfaction and calmness? to carry on. This enables him to shrug his shoulders and say that, if he does not win on Sunday, ?there will be other years?.
All yours: Alistair is congratulated by Gomez in Hyde Park after his gold medal win last summer
However, the? Olympic champion is leading the race for the world championship by 55 points. It is this ability to perform when you are not at your best that, he says, is the difference between a good athlete and a great one.
?We talk so much about wanting to have your best day at the Olympics or the World Series final, but the question to me actually is, ?What happens when you haven?t had the perfect build-up and you haven?t had the perfect day? Can you still perform on that stage on that day??.
?I think that is what distinguishes people from being good and really good.?
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Aoun: Cabinet blocking oil extraction
BEIRUT: MP Michel Aoun criticized the Cabinet Tuesday for failing to convene to take action on oil-related decrees needed to award companies contracts and begin lucrative oil extraction off Lebanon?s coast.
?The deadline to issue the decrees to assign the maritime blocks to certain companies expired yesterday [Monday] and this indicates unwillingness on the part of the Cabinet to extract oil,? the head of the Change and Reform bloc told reporters after his bloc?s weekly meeting in Rabieh.
Aoun said the Cabinet would have another chance to fix the situation, noting that caretaker Energy Minister Gebran Bassil will set another deadline for the Cabinet to convene and pass the decrees.
The decrees, demarcating 10 maritime oil exploration blocks and establishing a revenue-sharing model, require Cabinet approval before oil and gas contracts can be awarded to bidding companies.
The delay could postpone offshore drilling and exploration, Aoun said.
Earlier this year, Lebanon officially launched its first oil and gas licensing round with 46 international energy companies prequalifying to bid for offshore exploration contracts.
Aoun also said the delay was a ?loss of morale? for the Christians, saying: ?They don?t want us to succeed in this ministry and this is a big loss for us.?
?No one has ever been able to achieve anything in this ministry in terms of electricity, water, or energy,? he said.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Spain's registered jobless inches lower in August
By Paul Day
MADRID (Reuters) - The number of Spaniards registered as jobless in August fell marginally from July, marking a sixth month of falling unemployment in what the government said was the latest sign the economy had turned a corner.
Just 31 fewer people signed on as out of work, data from the Labour Ministry showed on Tuesday, the first time since 2000 that registered unemployment had declined during August.
Spain's seasonal jobs market, where many people rely on the busy tourist season for a few months of work in the country's holiday resorts, often prompts a spike in unemployment at the end of August as hotels and restaurants begin closing.
"There's a stabilization in the jobs market, and I'd say this is a reason for hope. There's a great deal more to do ... but I'd say we've hit bottom. In the second part of this year we'll see slight (economic) growth," Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said during an interview on Cadena Ser radio.
Spain's economy has been in and out of recession since 2008 and the jobless rate has soared far beyond the European Union average as millions of laborers were laid off after a property bubble burst.
The quarterly unemployment rate, taken from a survey and considered a more accurate picture of Spain's jobless situation than the monthly figure of those registering with the government, stood at 26.3 percent in the second quarter.
Around half of the nearly 6 million without work have been out of a job for more than a year, and many long-term unemployed stop registering at government offices once benefits run out.
Almost a third of all those unemployed in the euro zone live in Spain, while some 56 percent of under 25s in the jobs market were unable to find work in July, according to official European data.
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A visitor to China today will be overwhelmed by China?s domestic tourism. The economic power unleashed by Deng Xiaoping?s reforms, decades ago, has generated an affluent middle class hungry to travel. Within China this has created a massive industry.
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Like any other service or manufacturing industry, attracting visitors from foreign markets must be developed, on a sound domestic market. Otherwise the development is unsustainable; in tourism China has this in spades. It is conceded that standards and cleanliness, etc. can be improved (the old joke of locating the toilets using your sensory glands!) but the base is in place.
The international hotels are of world class, with expatriate non-Chinese managers at the first and second tier level and expatriate chefs. In 2002, the World Tourism Organisation has forecast that China would be the largest destination for international travellers and the largest source of travellers to other countries. In terms of total outbound travel spending, China is expected to be the fastest growing, in the timeframe 2006 to 2015. It is estimated that China will be number two for total travel spending by 2015. In 2009 China?s total tourism revenue was US$ 185 billion.
After the Communists took over in China ii 1949, until 1974, the People?s Republic of China was closed to all but selected visitors. It was that pragmatic visionary Deng Xiaoping who decided to promote tourism vigorously. Analysts have compared the role played by the onetime Minister of State J.R. Jayewardene (later Prime Minister and President) in deciding to promote Sri Lanka?s tourism industry in the 1965 to 1970 Government and in preparing the 1968 Master Plan for Tourism in Sri Lanka, stating that it was similarly groundbreaking.
Of course once Deng decided, it was a done deal. Unlike in our ?five star democracy,? I recall one Opposition candidate in the Bentota area declaring on an election meeting platform in 1977 that he would convert the renowned architect Geoffrey Bawa designed prize-winning, Bentota Beach Hotel, then under construction, into a hospital, once his political party took power! Like all election promises, after they won, it did not happen!
China embarked on a major hotel construction program and invited renowned architects and hotel brands to come and design and manage the hotels. Historic and scenic spots were developed into traveller-friendly locations. Professional guides and other service personnel were trained.
Tourism spend
The UN World Tourism Organisation has stated that Chinese tourists spend more in total on tourism than any other nationality; in 2012 they spent US$ 102 billion on trips abroad. According to the China Tourist Academy, a national think tank, the number of Chinese tourists going abroad is set to rise from 83 million in 2012 to more than 200 million by 2020. Research also has shown that more and more Chinese tourists are increasingly willing to travel independently.
A survey by Hotels.com of 3,000 Chinese travellers and 1,500 hotels shows that foreign travel has stopped being the preserve of only the very rich Chinese. The average annual salary of the Chinese international tourist is about US$ 17,750, which is more than double the average annual salary in China, according to the Hotels.com survey. However, about of quarter of all Chinese tourists of today earn less than US$ 11,300 a year.
Nigel Pocklington, the Chief Marketing Officer at Hotels.com, says: ?The income group that takes these trips is broadening. Yes, there is elite that the luxury goods retailers are interested in, but the Chinese tourist is now genuinely middle class.?
The survey also showed that the majority of Chinese travellers now go abroad on independent trips, rather than in organised groups. Only 30% travels as a part of a group, with a guide with the traditional megaphone and a flag held aloft to indicate his position to his group. The balance 70% travel independently.
The impact of Chinese tourism can be measured by how the Maldives, Mauritius and the Seychelles compensated for the drop in European tourists after the 2007-?08 global financial crisis, in 2012, 255,000 Chinese tourists visited these islands in the Indian Ocean, double the number in 2010. In 2013 it is estimated 300,000 Chinese tourists will visit. For the Maldives, already in the first half of 2013, Chinese arrivals are up by 50%. This shows the potential.
Visas
One factor which features high on a Chinese tourist choosing a destination abroad is the ease of obtaining tourist visas. The main reason why Chinese outbound tourists go disproportionately to Thailand is simply because it is easier to get visas, says Pocklington.
The UK travel industry is up in arms on restrictions imposed on the issue of visas to the UK, saying that the difficulty and uncertainty in obtaining a tourist visa has resulted in the British economy losing over Pounds Sterling 1 billion of extra spending by Chinese tourists.
This is confirmed by Michael Ward, Managing Director of Harrods of London, the high-end department store in London?s fashionable West End, who says that the Chinese tourists were the most significant and fastest growing set of customer for his store. He further said: ?This trend is set to continue, with consistent rises in average transaction values for our Chinese customers. We would still like to see greater access granted for our Chinese visitors, nor just for the benefits to the luxury industry but for the British economy as a whole.?
The downside and the reason for the British restricting tourist visas is due to human smuggling, where organises criminal gangs smuggle is Chinese labour in the guise of tourists, who are later put into the labour market, at the bottom end, doing, dirty, dangerous and repetitive jobs for which there are no indigenous takers, controlled by criminal gangs. British hotels are making efforts to improve their offering to Chinese customers, with a variety of steps such as accepting more Chinese credit cards and hiring more Mandarin speaking staff.
Reaching the 100 million mark
On the outbound tourism side, the China Outbound Tourism Research Institute (COTRI) has predicted that China will surpass the 100 million outbound travel mark in the next 12 months. COTRI predicts 106 million border crossings in the second half of 2013 and the first half of 2014. The total spend by outbound travellers from China is estimated to be US$ 129 billion during this timeframe.
However, similar to the definition problem Sri Lanka is having of who a ?tourist? is, and the questions being raised regarding the disparity between the official tourist ?arrivals? numbers that the occupation statistics of star class resorts, some of the Chinese outbound tourists are just overnighters to Macau and Hong Kong.
Notwithstanding this definition conundrum, with which we are very familiar, in 2012 China overtook America and Germany as the source of the world top tourism spenders. Factually any country with the ?Approved Destination Status,? a bilateral tourism arrangement with the Government of China, has large numbers of Chinese tourists arriving. Even countries like South Korea have reported that the Chinese have overtaken the Japanese as the largest number of inbound arrivals.
Groundbreaking steps
Countries have to adapt to this welcome invasion of big spending Chinese tourists. Other than the standard things of promotional material and brochures, Mandarin speakers as interpreters, sign boarding and guide books in Mandarin, etc., lots of unconventional groundbreaking steps are being taken.
For example, The Ritz in Paris has a Mandarin speaking Chinese national as a concierge. Both the Shangri-La and the Peninsular in Paris have separate restaurants serving Chinese style buffet breakfasts. In New York, the renowned Waldorf Astoria, once they know that the client is from China, provides a complimentary green tea kettle and a pair of Chinese ?comfort? slippers.
The Four Seasons in Jakarta Indonesia has Chinese menus, guides and guest ambassadors. However COTRI?s surveys have shown that Chinese tourists are not satisfied with the level of service they receive. This is said to be especially true outside East and South East Asia, in areas where there are not many Chinese. COTRI says: ?Chinese tourists often say they feel treated like second class people, even when they spend a lot of money.?
There are also issues of the compatibility with tourists from other locations like Europe and America, mixing up with Chinese tourists. Indeed, reports coming out of the Maldives, speak of separate Atoll resorts being demarcated for Chinese tourists, because they are far from being good mixers.
A new phenomenon in Chinese tourism, already referred to, is that all Chinese tourists do not travel in groups. The leisure industry refers to a category called ?new Chinese tourists,? people who are better educated, with more travel experience.
Most have been students abroad, (many Chinese have got post graduate qualifications from Sri Lanka universities ? including a onetime Ambassador) so they know their way around. They are self organised. It?s these new categories who are interested in trying out the local cuisine and resent being stereotyped as an ignorant traveller from the country side that can?t live without his instant noodles.
Opportunities for Sri Lanka
Chinese tourism provides many opportunities to Sri Lanka?s leisure industry. Government to Government relations between Sri Lanka and the People?s Republic of China are currently on a good footing. We have a user friendly online visa system operating. China is making huge investments in Sri Lanka?s infrastructure through, grants, concessional and commercial loans. Large numbers of Chinese construction workers are employed on projects n Sri Lanka. But a great deal of work has to be done to develop the potential.
Tour guides with knowledge of Mandarin are essential. There should be training programs launched for this. Already there is a shortage, the bazaar talk is that Sri Lankan doctors of medicine who have qualified on Chinese Government scholarships in China and know Mandarin are moonlighting as Mandarin speaking tour guides; so also former garment industry executives, who worked with Hong Kong investors during the 200 garment factory boom.
Chefs must be trained and specialty restaurants set up to provide Chinese food. There is no one type of Chinese food, each province has its own sociality and these varied palates must be catered for. Sign boarding in tourist resorts and preparation of Chinese language documentation, brochures and such must be done.
Most importantly you must have a promotion campaign for Sri Lanka as a leisure destination in China. Air connectivity is already in place. SriLankan Airlines flies to China, but it is said that the vast number of Chinese travelling on SriLankan are on their way to the Maldives. A Chinese carrier also flies to Colombo. Connectivity through hubs such as Hong Kong and Singapore are also good, but have to be improved.
Chinese credit cards must be accepted in Sri Lanka. The pricing issue also must be addressed. It is said that Sri Lankan charges are higher than the competition in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia without a comparative competitive quality of service. There seems to be some activity going on in this respect. A China mega promotion campaign was held from 29 August to 1 September, this year, at a leading shopping mall in Beijing ??The Place?. This was organised by the Marketing Division of Sri Lanka Tourism.
More action needed
But much more is needed. A Dedicated Task Force of committed people from a cross section of the leisure industry and related fields including independent thinkers must be established, including ?out of the box? creative thinkers, who will put in place the building blocks of attracting more and more Chinese tourists who are travelling out of China, to Sri Lanka. People like A.C.H. De Soyza, H.W. Jayewardena Q.C., Dr. P.R. Thiagaraja and such, who were involved in the 1968 Master Plan for Tourism.
The marketing and promotion strategies, the financial services, the interpreters, the dietary requirements, the chefs and the sign boarding in Mandarin, etc. ? this should be on lines of Minister of State J.R. Jayewardene?s Tourism Master Plan of 1968, which laid a solid foundation for the leisure industry in Sri Lanka.
There are ancient historical connections to build on. Admiral Cheng Ho and his visit to Galle in 1410 and the plaque he left behind (presently at the Galle Maritime Museum), for example. The Chinese type lions (guardian stones) at Yapahuwa are another.
The Buddhist culture is one more. Many Buddhist scholars, like Fa Hsien from China, visited ancient Anuradhapura as students of Buddhism. Ancient Anuradhapura was a trading hub for Chinese merchants who came in from the East, in their sea going Sampans, riding the North East monsoon winds to Gokanna (Trincomalee) and returning home with the South West monsoon winds.
The economic benefit and job creation advantages will be huge. All projections indicate that more and more Chinese will opt to travel abroad as tourists, both in groups and individually. Sri Lanka has to make use of this economic opportunity.
(The writer is a lawyer, who has over 30 years of experience as a CEO in both government and private sectors. He retired from the office of Secretary, Ministry of Finance and currently is the Managing Director of the Sri Lanka Business Development Centre.)
Source: http://www.ft.lk/2013/09/03/chinese-tourism-an-opportunity-for-sri-lanka/
TV and movie schools that don't make the grade
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It's back-to-school time, and kids from kindergarten on up are preparing for pencils, books, teachers' dirty looks ... you know the drill. Not all real-life schools are great, but a whole heckuva lot of movie and television high schools are kind of terrible. Here are a few at which we'd never want to enroll.
Meadowbrook High School, 'Pretty in Pink'
We imagine Meadowbrook can be a nice place to study, if you are a blue-eyed blonde model with a Rockefeller-sized trust fund. Poor Andie Walsh (Molly Ringwald) came from a working-class home with no mom and was mocked relentlessly by Stef (James Spader) and his rich-kid pals, except for Andrew McCarthy's Blane. It actually seemed like you'd have a lot more fun at Meadowbrook if you weren't a rich model type ? you could hang out behind the school with the New Wavers and other unaccepted folks, go see the Rave-Ups at Cats, and buy records at TRAX, where Andie worked. But then you might be forced to wear a prom dress that looks like Andie's homemade pink monstrosity, and well, not even Duckie (Jon Cryer) developing a mad, ride-his-bike-past-your-house-100-times-a-day crush on you would make up for that. ?Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
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Rydell High from 'Grease' was not your typical high school.
Rydell High, "Grease'
Rydell High had its moments. John Travolta was pretty cute, and who could resist the chemistry he had with Aussie transfer Olivia Newton-John? Their summer nights sounded pretty good, wella, wella, wella, UH! But life at Rydell could also be flat-out terrifying ? like when Danny took his life into his hands in that car race and almost lost Greased Lightning, and when pink-haired Frenchy had an unnerving encounter with guardian angel Frankie Avalon. (What did he have against beauty school, anyway?) And we wouldn't want to land on Rizzo's bad side. But mainly, we fear we're just not good enough at the hand jive to go to any dances at this school. We'd just end up Stranded at the Drive-In, watching the animated hot dog jump into the cartoon bun, and ... wait a minute, NOW we finally get the double entendre there. ?G.F.C.
Sunnydale High School, 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'
As if trig homework, cafeteria food and oh-so-exclusive cliques didn't make high school unpleasant enough, there were far bigger reasons to want to want to transfer right out of Southern California's fictional Sunnydale High ? things like hungry vampires, ancient curses and all manner of deadly dilemmas. That's because the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" institution was situated on a portal of evil known as the Hellmouth and packed enough death and destruction to make normal high-school tortures seem downright pleasant. At Sunnydale, bullies weren't just mean; they were possessed by demonic hyenas and apt to eat the principal. And local politicians didn't just serve as boring graduation speakers; they were eager to bring the school down to a pile of rubble (and again, apt to eat the principal). ?Ree Hines
Lee High School, 'Dazed and Confused'
It?s tough to come across as one of the cool kids and still be critical of the setting for this 1993 stoner classic ? after all, it looks like a kind of fun place if you're not the one getting eggs and flour smashed on your face. But in case Mom's reading, let's have it be said: The smoky haze of marijuana and the violent hazing of students has no place in a civilized society. Both are celebrated in Richard Linklater?s comedy about the last day of school in 1976 Texas and we think young people can do better. Wait, what else is there? Aerosmith, hot rods, Ben Affleck, and Parker Posey ... and Matthew ?Wooderson? McConaughey ogling young co-eds? Hey, that is better! We?re transferring to Lee High School. ?Kurt Schlosser
West Beverly Hills High School, '90210'
Going to school at West Beverly Hills High, near tony Rodeo Drive and a few miles from the ocean, might seem like a wonderful dream. It's not. This is why: Your classmates look like they're at least 100 years old. Your deejay is?this guy and these are your?dance moves. While you?re summering in Paris, your best friend steals your man. Forget the mall or the back seat of a car: your guy and your BFF carry out their affair in fancy places like the Bel Age Hotel. The seemingly all-around sweet guy who will later jump inside a shark with a chainsaw during a tornado is a racist pig. As the only member of the middle-class in the 'hood you get a part-time job at the retro diner where your friends hang out only to have one of them ruin it by bringing in Color Me Badd.?When you get drunk and lose the right to graduate with your class, your friends lose their minds and start chanting.?Try another ZIP code, people. ? Maria Elena Fernandez
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Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Dustin Diamond, Mario Lopez may have been "Saved By the Bell," but we wouldn't want to enroll at Bayside High.
Bayside High School, 'Saved by the Bell'
Planning on running for class president? Hoping to be voted head cheerleader? Forget it if you go to Bayside High School. The only kids from Bayside High on ?Saved by the Bell? who had any shot of doing anything cool were the members of Zack Morris? uber-popular gang. Not only did Zack?s six-pack of friends snag all of the most-coveted roles at the school? homecoming queen, captain of the football team, writer of the school song ? but they also basically ran the school, relegating everyone else who wasn?t lucky enough to be pals with Zack to the background. Sure, you might have a shot to make the cheerleading squad, but everyone knew that Zack?s girlfriend, Kelly Kapowski, was always going to be on top of the pyramid. ?Ashley Majeski
Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/back-school-tv-movie-classrooms-dont-make-grade-6C10974057
Mississippi indictment highlights pitfalls of power for sheriffs
The indictment of a sheriff in Mississippi highlights?a long-simmering debate about how long the arm of the law really is. Some sheriffs think they have more authority than the president.
Jackson County, Miss., Sheriff Mike Byrd, right, walks to the Ocean Springs, Miss., Police Department with his attorneys on Friday. Byrd turned himself in to be served with a 31-count indictment including charges of embezzlement, fraud, hindering prosecution, tampering with a witness, and perjury.
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EnlargeMany American lawmen believe, in part because of the way the Constitution is written, that there is no higher power than the office of the sheriff, with even the President of the United States being penultimate to the badge. Miss. Sheriff Mike Byrd, however, may have forgotten the flip side of that power ? that the sheriff is expected to be a ?minister of God for good," as the National Sheriffs' Association describes the obligation.
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A state indictment against the four-term Jackson County, Miss., sheriff claims Mr. Byrd used the power of his office in unseemly and illegal ways, including refusing to pay for lawnmower repair, ordering a detective to file murder charges against a seemingly innocent man for political purposes, and sending deputies to stake out a Mexican restaurant that refused to take one of Byrd?s checks.
Mr. Byrd, a Republican, was released on bond, but he has not yet entered a plea as to his innocence or guilt. He joins dozens of sheriffs from New Mexico to Georgia who have faced indictments for malfeasance while in office over the last decade for everything from destroying incriminating court documents to murder.
Many of the slights included in Byrd?s indictment that came down Friday may be criminal, but also somewhat mundane. But they actually play into a long-simmering debate in the US about the how long the long arm of the law really is when it comes to sheriffs.
That debate has intensified recently as hundreds of US sheriffs have publicly said they?ll subvert, even physically resist, federal gun control laws, and that they?ll turn their deputies on federal agents if they come to take anybody?s guns.
Far from Washington, sheriffs control vast tracts of US territory in places like northern New York, southern New Mexico, and Utah.
There are 3,083 elected sheriffs in the US, unique holdovers of the British system that dates back to the 9th century ? the Sheriff of Nottingham ? that have always wielded vast powers over the vassals.
?In many areas ? sheriffs are the most powerful political force that people have to deal with," Stephen Bright, the director of the Southern Center for Human Rights, in Atlanta, once told the Monitor. "You have people who become local J. Edgar Hoover types, who have a little bit on everybody."
As the sole elected peace officers in America, sheriffs wield power on their own terms, managing small platoons of deputies, holding sway over county jails, and operating largely on independent budgets.
More critically today, sheriffs have resurrected the specter of the posse comitatus movement of the 1970s, which suggests that the federal government is legally impotent.
Remarking on "worrisome times," Sheriff Stacy Nicholson of Georgia's Gilmer County wrote on Facebook earlier this year that "I, along with a large number (which is growing daily) of Sheriffs across the state of Georgia as well as the entire United States, have no intention of following any orders of the federal government to perform any act which would be considered to be unlawful or a VIOLATION OF ANY PART OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, nor will we permit it to be done if within our power to prevent it."
Today?s sheriffs at least suggest that Washington politicians are more their enemies than friends.
?We?re very frustrated with politicians who present to all of us that they?re smarter than the Founders, and I guarantee you there?s not one politician for whom that actually holds true,? says Richard Mack, the former sheriff of Graham County and founder of Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association.
The sheriff first emerged in 9th century England, making the office ?the oldest continuing, non-military, law enforcement entity in history,? according to the National Sheriffs Association. They began as shire guardians called reeves, then became royal appointees as the term shire-reeves morphed into sheriff. Sheriffs historically kept the peace and served writs, which remain the cornerstones of the sheriff?s duties today in the US.
But while the English sheriff eventually became ceremonial, the office retained its power in America, in part because the idea of the sheriff became associated with pure democracy, with the sheriff having no other bosses than the voters, which made him personally responsible to folks in his county.
But from the rise of the sheriff especially in the American West, the office has had corruption problems, according to Sheriff Roger Scott of DeKalb County, Illinois. ?A few [sheriffs] did not live up to the standards of the badge,? he writes, and some ?were indicted for abuse of power, drunkenness and/or corruption.? In 1864, Sheriff Henry Plummer of Bannock, Mont., was hung by his own constituents because he allegedly commanded a ?gang of robbers? as he meted out justice, Mr. Scott points out.
Over his four terms, Sheriff Byrd has certainly made his mark on Jackson County. The Mississippi Supreme Court last week quickly moved to bring a state judge out of retirement to hear the case, after all the judges in Jackson County recused themselves.
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Jets sign Brady Quinn to add depth to QB spot
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) ? Brady Quinn is the newest member of the New York Jets' quarterback carousel.
The Jets signed the veteran Monday to give them an experienced backup behind rookie Geno Smith, who appears likely to start the season opener against Tampa Bay on Sunday.
Quinn, a first-round draft pick of Cleveland in 2007, was cut by Seattle on Saturday. His signing also clouds the future of Mark Sanchez, who is sidelined with a shoulder injury and could miss at least the first few weeks of the season.
Quinn was on the field at practice with the other quarterbacks, while Sanchez was off to the side on a stationary bike during the 30-minute window the media were allowed to watch.
"It's a great opportunity," Quinn said. "The Jets are a historic organization. I think just to be able to work with a guy like (QBs coach) David Lee and coach (Marty) Mornhinweg, is a great opportunity for me."
Sanchez appeared in good shape to win the starting job over Smith, the team's second-round pick, until he took a hard hit to his right shoulder from the Giants' Marvin Austin late in the fourth quarter of the third preseason game. The Jets have said only that Sanchez is "day to day," but Quinn's arrival could indicate that there are concerns about Sanchez's short-term availability.
The move could also be insurance for Smith, who had an up-and-down preseason and showed he was still quite raw.
"It was just an opportunity for us to get a good football player," coach Rex Ryan said.
Quinn said he wasn't sure what his role with the Jets will be, but added that he wasn't told anything definitively about the status of Sanchez or who would be starting the season opener.
The Jets also cut recently signed quarterback Graham Harrell, and released quarterback Greg McElroy with an injury settlement. McElroy, dealing with a knee injury, had cleared waivers and reverted to the team's injured reserve list. The only other quarterback on the team is the inexperienced Matt Simms, who had a terrific preseason but has never thrown a pass in a regular-season NFL game.
Quinn was once considered the quarterback of the future for the Browns, but has bounced around the league while never living up to those expectations. He has 12 touchdowns and 17 interceptions in six seasons with the Browns, Broncos and Chiefs.
He was expected to be a top-10 pick in 2007, but slid to No. 22 and dealt with injuries and inconsistency during his time with the Browns. Quinn was traded to Denver in 2010, but never played in any games for the Broncos. He signed with Kansas City as a free agent before last season and appeared in 10 games, including a two-touchdown performance in a win against Carolina on Dec. 3.
"I think it's like anything else in life," Quinn said. "I'm extremely blessed to have the opportunities I've had. For anyone who feels that it hasn't gone the way it's supposed to, I just feel blessed to have the opportunity. ... It hasn't gone the dream way that you envision, but I'm still playing and still doing what I love to do."
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