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The Total Economic Costs of the War Beyond the Federal Budget
S. HRG. 110–703 WAR AT ANY COST? THE TOTAL ECONOMIC COSTS OF THE WAR BEYOND THE FEDERAL BUDGET HEARING BEFORE THE JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION FEBRUARY 28, 2008 Printed for the use of the Joint Economic Committee ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 42–773 PDF WASHINGTON : 2009 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:44 Jan 30, 2009 Jkt 042773 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 C:\DOCS\42773.TXT DianeA PsN: DianeA JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE [Created pursuant to Sec. 5(a) of Public Law 304, 79th Congress] SENATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York, Chairman CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York, Vice Chair EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts MAURICE D. HINCHEY, New York JEFF BINGAMAN, New Mexico BARON P. HILL, Indiana AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota LORETTA SANCHEZ, California ROBERT P. CASEY, JR., Pennsylvania ELIJAH CUMMINGS, Maryland JIM WEBB, Virginia LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas JIM SAXTON, New Jersey, Ranking Minority JOHN SUNUNU, New Hampshire KEVIN BRADY, Texas JIM DEMINT, South Carolina PHIL ENGLISH, Pennsylvania ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah RON PAUL, Texas MICHAEL LASKAWY, Executive Director CHRISTOPHER J. FRENZE, Minority Staff Director (II) VerDate 11-MAY-2000 11:44 Jan 30, 2009 Jkt 042773 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 C:\DOCS\42773.TXT DianeA PsN: DianeA C O N T E N T S MEMBERS Hon. -
MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL Fiscal Year 2018 Grants
MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL Fiscal Year 2018 Grants Grant Recipient FY18 City of Boston City of Boston Artist Fellowship Sidi Mohammed Camara, , 6178523641 $12,000 for artistic professional development. P. Carl, , 612/743-3278 $12,000 for artistic professional development. Eben Haines, , 617/817-1516 $12,000 for artistic professional development. Alexis Ivy, , 617/957-9242 $12,000 for artistic professional development. Josh Jefferson, , 617/390-6700 $12,000 for artistic professional development. Daniel Johnson, , 908/415-1213 $1,000 for artistic professional development. Kieran M. Jordan, , 617/322-9889 $12,000 for artistic professional development. Matthew King, , 617/608-7041 $1,000 for artistic professional development. Jesus Matheus, , 617/244-0696 $12,000 for artistic professional development. Jill McDonough, , 617/921-0973 $1,000 for artistic professional development. Anna V.Q. Ross, , 917/204-2720 $12,000 for artistic professional development. Dariel Suarez, , 857/615-2685 $1,000 for artistic professional development. Michael Zachary, , 617/412-1317 $1,000 for artistic professional development. Big Yellow School Bus Samuel Adams Elementary School, Contact: Joanna Mckeigue-Cruz, 617/635-8383 $200 for an educational field trip. Dante Alighieri School, Contact: Glenda Colon, 617/635-8529 $200 for an educational field trip. MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL Fiscal Year 2018 Grants Grant Recipient FY18 Phineas Bates Elementary School, Contact: Rodolfo Morales, 617/635-8064 $200 for an educational field trip. Berea Seventh-Day Adventist Academy, Contact: Rosalind Aaron, 617/436-8301 $200 for an educational field trip. William Blackstone Elementary School, Contact: Jamel Adkins-Sharif, 617/635-8471 $200 for an educational field trip. Boston Collegiate Charter School, Contact: Sarah Morland, 617/265-1172 $200 for an educational field trip. -
Participating School List 2018-2019
School Name School City School State Abington Senior High School Abington PA Academy of Information Technology & Eng. Stamford CT Academy of Notre Dame de Namur Villanova PA Academy of the Holy Angels Demarest NJ Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Acton MA Advanced Math and Science Academy Marlborough MA Agawam High School Agawam MA Allendale Columbia School Rochester NY Alpharetta High School Alpharetta GA American International School A-1090 Vienna American Overseas School of Rome Rome Italy Amesbury High School Amesbury MA Amity Regional High School Woodbridge CT Antilles School St. Thomas VI Arcadia High School Arcadia CA Arcata High School Arcata CA Arlington Catholic High School Arlington MA Austin Preparatory School Reading MA Avon Old Farms Avon CT Baldwin Senior High School Baldwin NY Barnstable High School Hyannis MA Barnstable High School Hyannis MA Barrington High School Barrington RI Barron Collier High School Naples FL BASIS Scottsdale Scottsdale AZ Baxter Academy of Technology & Science Portland ME Bay Village High School Bay Village OH Bedford High School Bedford NH Bedford High School Bedford MA Belen Jesuit Preparatory School Miami FL Berkeley High School Berkeley CA Berkshire School Sheffield MA Bethel Park Senior High Bethel Park PA Bishop Brady High School Concord NH Bishop Feehan High School Attleboro MA Bishop Fenwick High School Peabody MA Bishop Guertin High School Nashua NH Bishop Hendricken High School Warwick RI Bishop Seabury Academy Lawrence KS Bishop Stang High School North Dartmouth MA Blind Brook High -
Observed and Projected Changes to the Precipitation Annual Cycle
1JULY 2017 M A R V E L E T A L . 4983 Observed and Projected Changes to the Precipitation Annual Cycle KATE MARVEL Columbia University, and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, New York MICHELA BIASUTTI Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York CÉLINE BONFILS AND KARL E. TAYLOR Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California YOCHANAN KUSHNIR Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, New York BENJAMIN I. COOK NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, New York (Manuscript received 2 August 2016, in final form 8 February 2017) ABSTRACT Anthropogenic climate change is predicted to cause spatial and temporal shifts in precipitation patterns. These may be apparent in changes to the annual cycle of zonal mean precipitation P. Trends in the amplitude and phase of the P annual cycle in two long-term, global satellite datasets are broadly similar. Model-derived fingerprints of externally forced changes to the amplitude and phase of the P seasonal cycle, combined with these observations, enable a formal detection and attribution analysis. Observed amplitude changes are in- consistent with model estimates of internal variability but not attributable to the model-predicted response to external forcing. This mismatch between observed and predicted amplitude changes is consistent with the sustained La Niña–like conditions that characterize the recent slowdown in the rise of the global mean temperature. However, observed changes to the annual cycle phase do not seem to be driven by this recent hiatus. These changes are consistent with model estimates of forced changes, are inconsistent (in one ob- servational dataset) with estimates of internal variability, and may suggest the emergence of an externally forced signal. -
The Future of Undergraduate Education the Future of America
FOR COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY LEADERS THE FUTURE OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION THE FUTURE OF AMERICA Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Education OVERVIEW AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY LEADER PRIORITIES As one of the nation’s oldest independent policy research The report recognizes the need for willing partners from centers and learned societies, the American Academy of Arts colleges and universities, from federal and state govern- and Sciences convenes leaders to address critical challenges ments, from business and industry, and from philanthropy facing our global society and provides authoritative and and other entities to help achieve these goals. The recom- nonpartisan policy advice to decision-makers in govern- mendations that follow are directed toward college and ment, academia, and the private sector. Since its founding university leaders. The full report and a report brief are in 1780, the Academy has served the nation as a champion available at www.amacad.org/cfue. of scholarship, civil dialogue, and useful knowledge. The greatest benefits of an undergraduate education for COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE students and the country derive from earning a creden- OF UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION tial and not simply from attendance. Students who do not The Commission on the Future of Undergraduate Edu- graduate are often wasting the scarce resources of money cation was created by the Academy to examine the cur- and time. Through investments in providing students with rent state of American undergraduate education, project consistently good teaching and cocurricular experiences, the nation’s short-term and long-term educational colleges and universities can improve student learning, needs, and offer recommendations for strengthening all satisfaction, and completion of quality credentials. -
FYE Int 100120A.Indd
FirstYear & Common Reading CATALOG NEW & RECOMMENDED BOOKS Dear Common Reading Director: The Common Reads team at Penguin Random House is excited to present our latest book recommendations for your common reading program. In this catalog you will discover new titles such as: Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste, a masterful exploration of how America has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings; Handprints on Hubble, Kathrn Sullivan’s account of being the fi rst American woman to walk in space, as part of the team that launched, rescued, repaired, and maintained the Hubble Space Telescope; Know My Name, Chanel Miller’s stor of trauma and transcendence which will forever transform the way we think about seual assault; Ishmael Beah’s powerful new novel Little Family about young people living at the margins of society; and Brittany Barnett’s riveting memoir A Knock at Midnight, a coming-of-age stor by a young laer and a powerful evocation of what it takes to bring hope and justice to a legal system built to resist them both. In addition to this catalog, our recently refreshed and updated .commonreads.com website features titles from across Penguin Random House’s publishers as well as great blog content, including links to author videos, and the fourth iteration of our annual “Wat Students Will Be Reading: Campus Common Reading Roundup,” a valuable resource and archive for common reading programs across the countr. And be sure to check out our online resource for Higher Education: .prheducation.com. Featuring Penguin Random House’s most frequently-adopted titles across more than 1,700 college courses, the site allows professors to easily identif books and resources appropriate for a wide range of courses. -
The Path Forward
UNDERSTANDING BOSTON The Path Forward School Autonomy and Its Implications for the Future of Boston’s Public Schools Prepared by Education Resource Strategies and Center for Collaborative Education for The Boston Foundation and Boston Public Schools June 2014 2014 Autonomy_Cover_ƒ.indd 2 5/28/14 1:53 pm The Boston Foundation, Greater Boston’s community foundation, is one of the largest community foundations in the nation, with assets of close to $900 million. Founded in 1915, the Foundation is approaching its 100th Anniversary. In 2013, the Foundation and its donors made nearly $98 million in grants to nonprofit organizations and received gifts of $130 million. The Foundation is a partner in philanthropy, with some 1,000 separate charitable funds established by donors either for the general benefit of the community or for special purposes. The Boston Foundation also serves as a major civic leader, provider of information, convener and sponsor of special initiatives that address the region’s most pressing challenges. The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI), an operating unit of the Foundation, designs and implements customized philanthropic strategies for families, foundations and corporations around the globe. Through its consulting and field-advancing efforts, TPI has influenced billions of dollars in giving worldwide. For more information about the Boston Foundation and TPI, visit www.tbf.org or call 617-338-1700. Education Resource Strategies (ERS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to transforming how urban school systems organize resources—people, time, technology, and money—so that every school succeeds for every student. Over the past ten years, ERS has worked hand-in-hand with more than 20 school systems nationwide, including 16 of the 100 largest urban districts, to address challenges including restructuring teacher compensation and career path, funding equity, school design, central office support, and budget development. -
Columbia University Task Force on Climate: Report
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TASK FORCE ON CLIMATE: REPORT Delivered to President Bollinger December 1, 2019 UNIVERSITY TASK FORCE ON CLIMATE FALL 2019 Contents Preface—University Task Force Process of Engagement ....................................................................................................................... 3 Executive Summary: Principles of a Climate School .............................................................................................................................. 4 Introduction: The Climate Challenge ..................................................................................................................................................... 6 The Columbia University Response ....................................................................................................................................................... 7 Columbia’s Strengths ........................................................................................................................................................................ 7 Columbia’s Limitations ...................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Why a School? ................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 A Columbia Climate School ................................................................................................................................................................. -
Read the Letter from University Presidents (PDF)
September 13, 2012 President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave Washington, D.C. 20500 Sen. Harry Reid Sen. Mitch McConnell Senate Majority Leader Senate Republican Leader 522 Hart Senate Office Building 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Washington, D.C. 20510 Hon. John Boehner Hon. Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House Democratic Leader H-232, US Capitol H-204, US Capitol Washington, D.C. 20515 Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Mr. President, Majority Leader Reid, Republican Leader McConnell, Speaker Boehner, and Democratic Leader Pelosi: As leaders of universities educating the creators of tomorrow’s scientific breakthroughs, we call on you to address a critical threat to America’s preeminence as a global center of innovation and prosperity: our inability under current United States immigration policy to retain and benefit from many of the top minds educated at our universities. From the industrial revolution to today’s information age, the United States has led the world in creating the inventions and ideas that drive economic prosperity. America’s universities are responsible for 36 percent of all research in the country, including 53 percent of all basic research, and they help keep America at the forefront of the 21st century economy. The Federal Government has recognized the importance of university research by providing roughly 60 percent of all academic R&D funding. American academic research has benefited from the fact that the US remains a top magnet for the world’s best and brightest students and graduates 16 percent of all PhDs worldwide in scientific and technical fields. -
The Rise and Fall of the Millionaire Tax in Massachusetts by David Nagle and Joseph Donovan (July 11, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT)
Portfolio Media. Inc. | 111 West 19th Street, 5th Floor | New York, NY 10011 | www.law360.com Phone: +1 646 783 7100 | Fax: +1 646 783 7161 | [email protected] The Rise And Fall Of The Millionaire Tax In Massachusetts By David Nagle and Joseph Donovan (July 11, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT) In a decision released June 20, 2018, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ended a three-year effort to amend the Massachusetts Constitution and impose an additional tax on individuals with income exceeding $1 million.[1] The court’s opinion addresses the procedure for amending the constitution via initiative petition, as opposed to the merits of a graduated income tax.[2] In analyzing the “related subjects” requirement for such initiatives, and concluding that this initiative failed to contain subjects “which are related or which are mutually dependent,”[3] the court’s opinion strikes a balance between direct and representative democracy, while providing a roadmap for future initiatives and highlighting their importance in lawmaking. David Nagle Background The Massachusetts Constitution has authorized the legislature to levy a personal income tax since 1915 but requires that rates be uniform “upon incomes derived from the same class of property.”[4] “Whatever may be the merits of the system commonly described as the graduated income tax, it is prohibited by article 44” of the amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution.[5] Massachusetts currently taxes ordinary income and long-term capital gains at 5.1 percent, and short-term gains and gains from -
A Content Analysis of University Presidents' Tweets Susan Balcom Walton
University of North Dakota UND Scholarly Commons Theses and Dissertations Theses, Dissertations, and Senior Projects January 2019 Competing By Tweeting: A Content Analysis Of University Presidents' Tweets Susan Balcom Walton Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.und.edu/theses Recommended Citation Walton, Susan Balcom, "Competing By Tweeting: A Content Analysis Of University Presidents' Tweets" (2019). Theses and Dissertations. 2592. https://commons.und.edu/theses/2592 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses, Dissertations, and Senior Projects at UND Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of UND Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. COMPETING BY TWEETING: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS’ TWEETS by Susan Balcom Walton Bachelor of Independent Studies, Brigham Young University, 1979 Master of Arts, Brigham Young University, 1986 A Dissertation Proposal Submitted to the Graduate Faculty Department of Educational Leadership of the University of North Dakota in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Grand Forks, North Dakota August 2019 Copyright 2019 Susan Balcom Walton ii This dissertation, submitted by Susan Balcom Walton in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of North Dakota, had been read by the Faculty Advisory Committee under whom the work has been done and is hereby approved. This dissertation is being submitted by the appointed advisory committee as having met all of the requirements of the School of Graduate Studies at the University of North Dakota and is hereby approved. -
The Scope of Reparations
American University Washington College of Law From the SelectedWorks of Claudio M. Grossman 2009 The cS ope of Reparations: Challenges in Defining their Scope and Guaranteeing their Enforcement - Opening Remarks+Comments on Panel 2+Closing Remarks Claudio M. Grossman Available at: https://works.bepress.com/claudio_grossman/123/ 164 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW [Vol. 59:163 IV. Panel 3: Institutional Challenges Facing Regional Systems for the Protection of Human Rights ....................................... 229 A. Diego Rodriguez-Pinz6n ................................................... 229 B . Pablo Saavedra ................................................................... 230 C . Santiago Canton ................................................................ 235 D . Fatsah O uguergouz ........................................................... 240 E. Andrew Drzem czewski ....................................................... 246 F . D iscussion .......................................................................... 251 C losing R em arks ................................................................................. 256 A . D iane O rentlicher ............................................................. 256 B. Claudio G rossm an ............................................................. 257 OPENING REMARKS A. Claudio Grossman' Dear friends, on behalf of the American University Washington College of Law, good morning and welcome to the MacArthur International Justice Lecture Series Conference on "Advocacy Before Regional