Analysis: ASEAN path to economic union muddied by South China Sea

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Discord in Southeast Asia over how to deal with Beijing's claims in the South China Sea comes as the region struggles to overcome competing national interests and form a European Union-style economic community by 2015.

Political leaders and officials say the row may not directly affect plans by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for the economic integration of countries ranging from wealthy Singapore to impoverished Myanmar.

But what doesn't help is China's growing investment in the bloc's poorer members, which critics say gives it influence that it has effectively used to block a unified ASEAN stance in the South China Sea dispute. The South China Sea, which stretches from China to Indonesia and from Vietnam to the Philippines, lies atop what are believed to be rich reserves of oil and gas.

"It's not going to hold progress (on integration) hostage," ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan told diplomats in Jakarta, referring to a recent meeting in Cambodia, where rifts over the South China Sea prevented the group's foreign ministers from issuing a communique for the first time in its history.

"It is an early warning sign ... this will not be the last."

Southeast Asia is a hot destination for investors seeking returns that are drying up in Europe, still to recover in the United States and slowing in the rest of Asia.

Estimated net flows into offshore ASEAN funds stood at $1.4 billion in 2012 through June, according to data reported until July 10. By comparison, China and India offshore funds saw net outflows worth $1.6 billion and $185 million respectively.

Investors have high hopes for plans by the 10-member ASEAN for a single market and production base for a combined economy of $2 trillion, with free movement of goods, services, investment and skilled labor among 600 million people.

While there is consensus in ASEAN for economic union, the group struggles with political differences ranging from a land border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia to a cultural spat between Malaysia and Indonesia. The most destructive is the inability to deal with claims by four of its members, and China and Taiwan, in the South China Sea.

Since only some elements of the economic plan will be in place by 2015, such as zero tariffs, more developed members may have to push on with integration in a two-tier model, just as the European Union did, leaving the others at risk of missing out on regional investment.

ASEAN's older and more developed members are Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Brunei. Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar joined later.

The two-tier model could leave fringe members further exposed to influence from China -- and the United States -- as they seek influence through investment and diplomacy in a "Great Game" played out in the tropics.

China is already the top investor in Cambodia and Myanmar and is catching up with investment by Europe, Japan and the United States in the region overall.

"The difference is that China is giving something that Cambodia needs, while ASEAN is promising something that is abstract," said Aleksius Jemadu, dean of the school of political and social sciences at Pelita Harapan University in Jakarta.

"ASEAN countries will act based more on their domestic needs ... When this community is built we can't expect them to be in unison, just like what happened to the South China Sea."

ACRIMONY

At the Phnom Penh meeting of foreign ministers, some diplomats said Cambodia blocked the South China Sea dispute being put on the agenda at China's behest. Cambodian diplomats in turn accused the Philippines and Vietnam of trying to hijack the meeting.

China has maintained it wants to deal with the issue bilaterally.

The Philippines has said it deplored ASEAN's failure to address the row and criticized Cambodia for its handling of the issue.

Cambodia had GDP per capita of $900 in 2011 and foreign direct investment (FDI) of $800 million in 2010, according to World Bank figures. That compares to Singapore's $46,241 per capita and $39 billion in FDI.

The China Daily has said Beijing's investment in Cambodia from 1994 until 2011 was $8.8 billion.

Even without the economic and political differences, a lack of capacity among some of ASEAN's members is making it hard to implement economic agreements.

Completion of measures towards a single market in its 2010-2011 phase was only 49 percent overall, according to ASEAN's latest scorecard, with reform lagging in food and agriculture.

"Early achievements were based on low hanging fruit ... The process of transposing regional commitments into national laws is the biggest (challenge)," said Subash Pillai, ASEAN's director of market integration.

The Philippines struggles to send officials to meetings sometimes and can be slow making decisions, insiders say, and may even risk falling into the weaker group of Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar. These four are already being given more time to fully reduce tariffs.

"They might not be up to the same level," said Pillai.

A recent Reuters visit to Myanmar's central bank found just a few idle computers, a stark contrast to the soaring towers that control banks and policy in Singapore and Indonesia.

ASEAN MINUS X

The bloc's ASEAN Minus X mechanism allows "flexible" implementation of commitments, by enabling members to opt out of economic schemes if they are not ready.

This has already been used. Singapore and Laos are the only members pushing ahead with an agreement on education services. Six countries including Vietnam signed an agreement to link their stock markets by the end of 2011, to spur electronic cross-border trading, but only Singapore and Malaysia are implementing it.

"You cannot expect all countries to be moving ahead at the same time. The ones lagging behind will suffer," said another senior ASEAN official, who declined to be identified.

The South China Sea spat also shows the problems ASEAN has resolving major disputes. Unlike the European Union, an inspiration if not a model, ASEAN lacks elected members of a central parliament, a powerful executive body or a regional court to make law and enforce its will.

Instead, it has the Jakarta-based ASEAN Secretariat, a body with little clout.

"Without a strong central mechanism it is very difficult to coordinate and survey all the issues that could become big issues," said Surin.

The bloc will face further challenges as it tries to standardize customs procedures and open up protected industries such as financial services to competition from within. It has implemented free transfer of profits and dividends but needs to remove further barriers to intra-regional investment flows.

"They are behind schedule (on the economic community) and clearly not going to make it ... they are not going to see much action on services," said Hal Hill, professor of Southeast Asian economies at the Australian National University.

And China's expanding influence looms large.

"The Phnom Penh meetings in July were significant not just because China sought to divide ASEAN by leaning on Cambodia, but because China was happy to do so, so brazenly," said Bryony Lau, a researcher on the South China Sea for the International Crisis Group think-tank in Jakarta.

(Additional reporting by Olivia Rondonuwu and Martin Petty; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-asean-path-economic-union-muddied-south-china-210609274--business.html

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Israel approves austerity package

The Israeli cabinet voted 20-9 in favor of austerity measures, Haaretz reported. The plan includes cuts in the state budget and an increase in taxes. It was widely assumed that the Defense Ministry budget would stay the same, but even that was hit with budget cuts.

Under the reforms, the Value Added Tax will rise by one percentage point to 17 percent, the Jerusalem Post reported.?

The cabinet also voted to raise income taxes by 1 percent for people who earn 8,881 shekels ($2,198) a month. And taxes on salaries over 67,000 shekels a month will rise by 2 percent, Reuters reported. Income taxes in Israel generally range somewhere between 10 an 48 percent.?

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the measures are ?harsh" but necessary, the Post reported.

?Governments that did not act in time, did not take determined action, and did not act responsibly, caused great harm to their people, both in terms of mass unemployment and in terms of crumbling social systems,? Netanyahu announced.

But Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid criticized the cuts. ?The Prime Minister just discovered last week that Israel was facing a crisis, but his gigantic and wasteful government continues to burden citizens with an exhausting bureaucracy that costs billions,? Lapid told Arutz Sheva.?

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Illinois shoulder injury screwed up by insurance company

We got a call from a guy that hurt his shoulder while lifting a patient at the hospital he works at. He did all of the right things. He was honest. He got medical care right away. Reported the injury to his supervisor. He actually went to their doctor right away. That doctor recommended that he get a MRI and said he probably tore his rotator cuff. This was four months ago. He?s still waiting for that MRI.

What happened is the insurance company assigned a nurse manager to the case. She didn?t like the MRI recommendation and got the case assigned to a new doctor at the company clinic who hasn?t ordered the test. See, MRI?s are expensive and the company clinic depends on the insurance company and employer for business. So everyone was happy to play ball and screw the worker because you know, it?s just his arm.

The bad news is that he?s been in pain and it?s possible that the delay in getting the right care will screw up his arm or lead to a surgery that could have been avoided.

The good news is that he has the right to stop seeing their doctor and go see an independent, reputable doctor that will look out for his best interests.

I can?t imagine that a MRI won?t be ordered and there would be no basis for the insurance company to deny paying for it. So now that he?s been told his rights, he?s on his way to making a medical recovery. And shouldn?t everyone involved want that? You?d think that they would, but the reality is that the only person you can count on to look out for your health is you.

As someone who tore their rotator cuff, I know a little about this injury and I?m optimistic that our caller can still make a good recovery. But I?d have felt a lot better for him if they took good care of him from the beginning. He did all the right things. They did everything wrong.

We are workers' compensation attorneys who help people with Illinois work injuries anywhere in IL via our statewide network of attorneys.?Contact us?and we will answer your questions or find the right lawyer for your situation.

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Tunisia: Hardline Islam threatens democracy gains

In this June 30, 2012 photo Mohammed Moncef Ouerghi, who developed an Islamic form of martial arts called Zamaqtel favored by Salafis, twists the wrist of his assistant during an interview in his office in Tunis. Tunisia's hardcore Salafis' frequent protests against perceived insults to Islam, especially by artists, have rocked the country and succeeded in mobilizing disaffected and angry youth much more effectively than secular opposition parties. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm)

In this June 30, 2012 photo Mohammed Moncef Ouerghi, who developed an Islamic form of martial arts called Zamaqtel favored by Salafis, twists the wrist of his assistant during an interview in his office in Tunis. Tunisia's hardcore Salafis' frequent protests against perceived insults to Islam, especially by artists, have rocked the country and succeeded in mobilizing disaffected and angry youth much more effectively than secular opposition parties. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm)

In this Wednesday March 7, 2012 photo an ultraconservative Muslim demonstrates with a Quran at the Manouba university in Tunis after scuffles erupted between Salafists students and members of a leftist students union. In the birthplace of the Arab Spring, the transition from dictatorship to democracy has been mostly smoother than in neighboring countries, with no power hungry military or armed militias to stifle the process. But as a moderate Islamist party rules with the help of secular forces, an unexpected threat has emerged: the increasing boldness of ultraconservative Muslims known loosely as Salafis, who want to turn this North African country of 10 million into a strict Islamic state. (AP Photo/Amine Landoulsi, File)

In this Thursday, July 26, 2012 photo a man points at the empty art gallery in La Marsa, Tunis. The Spring of the Arts exhibit in the wealthy Tunis suburb of La Marsa triggered June riots that left one dead and 100 injured. Many of the paintings questioned religion's role in society, including some clearly skewering Salafis .(AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

In this June 30, 2012 photo Mohammed Moncef Ouerghi, who developed an Islamic form of martial arts called Zamaqtel favored by Salafis, explains in his Tunis office that democracy is of little importance since it was never mentioned in the Quran. Tunisia's hardcore Salafis' frequent protests against perceived insults to Islam, especially by artists, have rocked the country and succeeded in mobilizing disaffected and angry youth much more effectively than secular opposition parties. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm)

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) ? Thousands of hardcore Muslims chant against Jews. Youths rampage through cities at night in protest of "blasphemous" art. A sit-in by religious students degenerates into fist fights and the desecration of Tunisia's flag.

In the birthplace of the Arab Spring, the transition from dictatorship to democracy has been mostly smoother than in neighboring countries, with no power hungry military or armed militias to stifle the process. But as a moderate Islamist party rules with the help of secular forces, an unexpected threat has emerged: the increasing boldness of ultraconservative Muslims known loosely as Salafis, who want to turn this North African country of 10 million into a strict Islamic state.

Tunisia's hardcore Salafis are estimated to number only in the tens of thousands. But their organized and frequent protests against perceived insults to Islam, especially by artists, have rocked the country and succeeded in mobilizing disaffected and angry youth much more effectively than secular opposition parties.

Experts warn that an economic downturn could turn these spasms of religious-tinged rage into the new language of the opposition. Tunisia's economy shrank by 2 percent last year and unemployment stands at 18 percent ? even higher among young people.

"There's no question that unemployment aggravates the situation," said William Lawrence, the North Africa representative for the International Crisis Group. "They go to Salafism because they have nowhere better to go socially, politically and spiritually."

As Salafis thrive in the new atmosphere of freedom of expression, they are aggressively attacking the free expression of those they see as insulting Islam. Their main target: artists who themselves have used democratic upheaval to raise sharp, often provocative, questions about the relationship between religion and society.

Tensions that were bottled during the regime of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali are bubbling to the surface.

A film called "Neither Allah nor Master" about secularism by an atheist director, an animated film portraying God as an old man that was broadcast on TV, and most recently an art exhibit dabbling in religious themes have all provoked the wrath of the Salafis.

The Spring of the Arts exhibit in the wealthy Tunis suburb of La Marsa triggered June riots that left one dead and 100 injured. Many of the paintings questioned religion's role in society, including some clearly skewering Salafis. There were images of veiled women hanging from punching bags in a boxing ring, veiled women buried in stones, and paintings of demonic bearded faces.

The Islamist-led government has tread carefully around Salafi demonstrations, conscious that they themselves were once victims of government oppression and fearful of further radicalizing the Salafis.

That has exposed the government to accusations by the liberal and leftist opposition that they are unable to preserve stability, or even worse ? complicity in the extremist violence.

For Tunisian authorities, grappling with the Salafis is made all the harder by the fact that they have not coalesced into an articulate, united movement but are rather comprised of different groups, some which may even be under manipulation of secular remnants of the old regime. That contrasts with Egypt, where Salafis have formed political parties and participate in politics.

Salafis did not pop out of nowhere in Tunisia after the revolution. The movement grew quietly under Ben Ali, who vigorously repressed the moderate Islamists of the now dominant Ennahda Party, heirs to Tunisia's own indigenous tradition of reformist Islam.

Under Ben Ali, imams were appointed by the state and religious schools closed. Many of those alienated by the official secular culture of the French-speaking elite turned to the strict Salafi Islam of the Arabian peninsula.

"They were influenced by the Salafi discourse coming out of the Gulf countries and diffused by the Salafi satellite channels all through the 1990s," explained Slaheddine Jourchi, a Tunisian writer and human rights activist who has closely studied Islamist movements. "They saw the Salafi discourse as the most pure in Islam."

With the fall of the dictatorship, Salafis are now free to spread their message to the rest of the country.

One of the biggest flashpoints was Manouba University near the capital where conservative students and their allies staged a months-long sit-in protesting restrictions on the Islamic veil and lack of prayer halls on campus. They fought with secular students and in one case tore down the national flag and replaced it with a black one bearing the Islamic profession of faith.

"Our current benefits from the new climate of freedom to get out its message and preach to people," said Bilal Chaouachi, a bearded theology student who describes himself as a follower of Salafi Islam and gives religion classes in his local mosque.

Redha Belhaj, head of the recently legalized Hizb al-Tahrir, or Liberation Party, which calls for the restoration of the Islamic Caliphate, said that Ennahda betrayed the country when it declined to enshrine Islamic law as the basis of all legislation in the new constitution.

Speaking from his modest offices at the edge of Tunis' medina, Belhaj claimed that Tunisians long for an Islamic state.

"People want Islam as a solution, they want Shariah as a system and a regime," he said. "Ennahda deceived public opinion."

Belhaj does distance himself from the riots, such those in June, emphasizing that his party rejects violence of any kind. "They are all young and without education and lack understanding," he said of the rioters, hinting that these youths were being manipulated into violence to make Islamists look bad.

For Tunisia's secular-minded elite, the Salafis represent everything they fear with the fall of the dictatorship and the rise of Islamist politics.

A rally in May by the group Ansar al-Shariah, or the followers of Islamic law, led by a veteran of the fight against the Soviets in Afghanistan, alarmed many Tunisians. Some 4,000 Salafis gathered outside the revered main mosque in the city of Kairouan to voice calls for an Islamic state, chanting about conquering the Jews and cheering speeches calling for an Islamic state.

Especially popular were four masked men performing martial arts moves known as Zamaqtel, a kind of Islamic kung fu. The discipline's founder, Mohammed Moncef Ouerghi, developed the martial art during 16 years in Ben Ali's prisons. While happy to be out of prison and enjoying the new freedoms, he was dismissive of Tunisia's embrace of democracy: "Democracy was conceived of by humans, not Muslims, before the time of the Prophet Muhammad ? if democracy is important, why is it not in the Quran?"

In many cases, people joining Salafi demonstrations may have been motivated less by piety than a chance to loot or express dissatisfaction over a lack of jobs for young people. Some of the June rioters broke into shops and attacked courthouses and police stations.

The Interior Ministry has also alleged that some of the rioters were being paid by wealthy businessmen loyal to the old regime.

The La Marsa art exhibit violence appears to have been provoked by a former member of Ben Ali's political party who had grudge against the gallery unrelated to the exhibit. He snapped pictures of some of the more provocative paintings and showed them at a nearby mosque. He also uploaded them onto a Facebook page ? along with some paintings that weren't even in the exhibit ? with captions condemning them as blasphemous.

Sami Brahim, an expert on Islamist movements in Tunisia and who runs a cultural center right near the art gallery in La Marsa, expects the whole Salafi movement to subside with time because it is a cultural import funded by the Gulf states.

Since the movement was nurtured under the oppression of Ben Ali, he said, it should eventually wither in the face of greater freedom of expression and debate.

"Salafism doesn't yet have the courage to take part in politics since from the beginning it hasn't been an organized movement and it doesn't have a very well elaborated discourse," said Brahim. "It would just need a healthy atmosphere, real freedoms and a relatively successful economy for the Tunisian Salafi movement to be marginalized."

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Associated Press writer Bouazza ben Bouazza contributed to this report.

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Ottawa's deficit shrinks as tax income rises ? Financial Press

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OTTAWA ? With much of the world paralyzed by debt and sinking into recession, Canada is continuing down a different path of deficit reduction and modicum growth.

So far, the federal government?s balancing act is tilting favourably toward its budget estimates ? even though the economy is still slowing and leading to calls for Ottawa to consider spending more and cutting less.

Two months into fiscal 2012-13, the budget deficit stands at $832-million, down from $2-billion for the same period a year earlier, according to initial estimates released Friday by the Finance Department.

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Revenue rose by $2-billion, or 5%, to $42.2-billion during April and May as income from personal and corporate taxes rose, along with employment insurance premium increases. Expenses during the same period were up by $1.2-billion, or 3.4%, to $37.8-billion, with transfer payments accounting for much of the increase.

Avery Shenfeld, chief economist at CIBC World Markets, said ?you have to be a little cautious about comparing a short number of months to a short number of months. The timing of when you make major purchases, and when tax revenues come in can shift a bit from year to year.

?Nevertheless, there?s lots of reasons to believe they?re positioned well to meet their targets for deficit reduction.?

Ottawa finished fiscal 2011-12, which ended March 31, with a $23.5-billion deficit, and it expects a shortfall of $21.1-billion for 2012-13.

In its March budget, the government projected the 2013-14 deficit at $10.2 billion, falling to $1.3 billion the following year.

The government expects to return to a surplus, of about $3.4-billion, in 2015-16 and see that increase to $7.8-billion a year later.

To balance the books, Ottawa is cutting programs and reducing the public service, while relying on economic growth ? though tepid ? to do the rest. The plans call for $5.2-billion in spending cuts and the elimination of 19,200 jobs over three years.

Those austerity measures have come under fire by organizations that say the cuts will lead to many more jobs losses than thought and pose a threat to economic growth.

The Canadian Centre of Policy Alternatives has calculated that more than 68,000 public sectors positions could be lost by 2015-16. As well, two of the world?s biggest rating agencies ? Moody?s and Fitch ? have warned the measures were unnecessary, and that cuts made too quickly and too deeply will actually hurt the economy.

This week, the London-based Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, said a survey on the state of the global economy found its Canadian members ?feel that Canada is increasingly pursuing an unsustainable austerity program.?

?Whatever the debate internally in Canada, the country is seen as really quite safe from the outside, as far as bond markets are concerned,? said Emmanouil Schizas, the group?s senior global policy advisor.

?The argument that you get in these situations is: You know that yields are quite low. We might not have it this good for a while, so why not borrow now and invest in infrastructure or other sorts of public investments? Why not do that now while we can afford it?? Mr. Schizas said in an interview from London.

CIBC?s Mr. Shenfeld said the government is making ?tremendous progress? reducing the deficit, ?in part, because of the interest costs they?re paying on their debt are giving a pleasant surprise.?

?Should the global economy falter, it does give Canada room to increase infrastructure spending by borrowing at very low rates and putting Canadians back to work again.?

Still, Mr. Schizas said a ?fiscal sustainability outlook shifts very, very quickly and countries find themselves moving from the safe zone to the danger zone virtually overnight.?

?[But] the kind of scrutiny the bond markets have put on more troubled sovereigns in Europe and elsewhere, Canada is very unlikely to see [that] in the near future.?

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I Feel Like My Sixteen-Month-Old is King of the House

The Family & Parenting Forums Family dynamics can be exactly that - dynamic! Post here about family related issues such as parenting, blended families, step-families, new relationships with children involved, family of origin issues, in-laws or sibling issues.

Yesterday, 09:25 AM	? #1 (permalink)
Member ? Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 192	I need advice. I'm at my wit's end with my sixteen-month-old son. As a mother of four children, I really thought I'd been through it all with my three older kids (3, 4.5 and 7). But this little one has really thrown a fast ball on me. What has worked with my other kids has not worked with him. He thinks it is funny to hit, pull hair, and even bite. An example: I was working in the basement for a few hours last night (I work part-time from home) while my husband watched the kids. When I came upstairs, my son ran up to me with his little chubby arms reached out. Of course I picked him up. Then he promptly hit me in the face and tried to pull my hair while laughing. I do not tolerate this behavior. I promptly firmly grasped his little hand, said "no" and put him in his room. Of course he screamed and pounded on the door. After a few minutes, I went and picked him up again. He tried to hit me again and we repeated the process. I go through this with him all the time. He hits the other kids, pulls their hair, etc... I have tried to avoid spanking my kids throughout my parenting years. There have been a few instances where we've spanked our kids, but we've never used a belt (I will never do that), and it has always been with our hand. I have tried firmly "bopping" my little one's diapered bottom, but he just thinks that's funny. Should I resort to a stinging swat? I'm trying to teach him to be gentle, so I'm not sure if that is the best approach either. At any rate, I am exhausted. He is everywhere. He learned to climb out of his crib, he climbs on the table (I of course don't tolerate this) and if someone forgets to close the bathroom door it's a disaster. It's not like he has no attention span. He will sit on my lap and listen to a story. But what I'm doing does not seem to be getting through to him. Does anyone have advice/ideas?
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Member ? Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 9,768	He sounds like my nephew. ALLL BOY! My older daughter was a biter. Omg. She broke skin on me TWICE (ages 1-2 years), bit a kid at school (almost got kicked out of her daycare!), bit my mom...we tried time outs, etc, but she wasn't getting it...until I bit her back one day (she bit my shoulder and drew blood). Not my proudest moment, but it worked. I didn't bite hard, but enough to where she was shocked and said, "OUCH!" and after that, she didn't bite another person. I don't know about the other stuff...other than he's just a rough little guy. Maybe some other posters have suggestions.
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Member ? Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 376	[QUOTE=that_girl;941380]My older daughter was a biter. Omg. She broke skin on me TWICE (ages 1-2 years), bit a kid at school (almost got kicked out of her daycare!), bit my mom...we tried time outs, etc, but she wasn't getting it...until I bit her back one day (she bit my shoulder and drew blood). Not my proudest moment, but it worked. I didn't bite hard, but enough to where she was shocked and said, "OUCH!" and after that, she didn't bite another person. QUOTE] LOL, this was the first thing that occurred to me, but I thought I'd probably be accused of savagery. I was apparently a biter, too. I'm told I bit my grandfather (who I probably loved more than any other person growing up; I mean, I worshipped this man). My grandfather promptly bit me back, and that was that. Never bit anybody again. Anther thing is to figure out what he considers a punishment. Every kid is different. You've already established that spanking is a non-starter, and that sending him to his room is effective, so continue to explore that. Take away (for a week or so, not forever) a toy that he values. No treats, maybe. In other words, determine what pushes his buttons. But seriously, biting back (not too hard) may do the trick. It apparently did for me.
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Member ? Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Portugal Posts: 654	He doesn't know what hurting is, for him it's all one big joke where he gets the other one all upset (that's so much fun). Swat him in the hand the second he pulls that crap and he'll get the message. Quote: don't use the spanking route, "Violence is okay if you are bigger" is the message you will convey. He's only 16 months and has no comprehension of future consequences. That's false. He has no comprehension of future consequences if they are not immediate and clear enough. Quote: Just remain consistent, when he hits you tell him no hitting and place him in the playpen or other safe zone he can't escape from. One swat is 10x more efficient than that for a 16 month old child that won't even comprehend the link between what he has done and the punishment. I come from a big family. Lots of cousins. Nobody would beat on each other because we all knew how that would be handled by our parents. When our parents stopped having control over us we were old enough to understand how to behave. I know that the new age says corporal punishment this and that. Thing is, i never saw a single scientific article explaining why a responsible parent can't dish out a swat on an misbehaving kid. The articles that do exist are philosophical and use unsubstantiated sentences like the one you used here: Quote: "Violence is okay if you are bigger" is the message you will convey. Given that the older generations basically all had been beaten by their parents why did society just not crumble in a spiral of violence? I'll tell you why, because the message you pass is not that unless you act like an idiot and hit the kid over nothing. The message you pass is that behaving like a wild animal has very clear consequences. Want a clear view of this? Compare the way kids behaved in school back then and how they do now. Were they more violent in the past when they were being belted everyday? Did they do more crimes? Were there more teenage murderers? Of course not, so, where does that leave that idea that dishing a swat is going to turn a kid into a violent person? Lets face it. That idea that a swat is that much of a trauma for a kid was made up by certain psychologists who spend their lives in offices thinking about how to raise a child and not nearly enough time actually doing it. I would take an old father or mother advice on how to do things over some guy/girl who spent years to have a diploma on the wall while avoiding actually doing the stuff that are supposedly experts at.
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Meteor shower peaks tonight, hampered by moon

An annual meteor shower peaks this weekend, but skywatchers shouldn't expect too much, experts say.

The Delta Aquarid shower should reach its zenith overnight from Saturday to Sunday (July 28 and 29). Unfortunately, many streaking meteors will likely be drowned out by the bright glare of the moon, which will be nearly full at the time.

The Delta Aquarids should be underwhelming this year, "as the peak will be only 4 days from the August 2 full moon," Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., told SPACE.com via email.

That's not to say there'll be nothing at all to see. The moon will set after midnight local time around the globe this weekend, so stargazers who stay up late could be rewarded for their efforts. The Delta Aquarids are expected to generate a peak meteor rate of about 16 per hour in a dark sky, Cooke said.

The shower is visible from around the world, but observers in the Southern Hemisphere tend to get a better show. That's because the Delta Aquarids seem to radiate from the southern part of the sky ? specifically, a region near the star Delta Aquarius (in the constellation Aquarius), which is how the shower got its name.

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Meteor showers like the Delta Aquarids result when Earth barrels through streams of debris shed by comets on their path around the sun. These icy particles burn up in the atmosphere, leaving brief, bright streaks in the sky to commemorate their passing.

Scientists aren't quite sure which comet gives rise to the Delta Aquarids, but they suspect that it may be 96P/Machholz, a comet discovered in 1986 by amateur astronomer Don Machholz.

Skywatchers who don't feel like burning the midnight oil this weekend need not despair, for another meteor shower is just around the corner. The Perseids, considered by many observers to be the best annual shower out there, are expected to generate 80 meteors per hour when they peak on the night of Aug. 11, Cooke said.

If you take any great pictures of the Delta Aquarids this weekend and would like them to be considered for a SPACE.com story or gallery, please send them to managing editor Tariq Malik at tmalik@space.com.

Follow SPACE.com senior writer Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall or SPACE.com @Spacedotcom. We're also on Facebook and Google+.

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Harvesting new business ideas from customers

Akio Morita, co-founder of Sony, once said:

We don?t ask consumers what they want. They don?t know. Instead we apply our brain power to what they need, and will want, and make sure we?re there, ready

It seems that?Domino Pizza is following another path. When the company set out to find fresh ideas on improving its business they opened their doors for suggestions to those who know their brand the best: their customers.

They launched Think Oven, a Facebook platform where customers and fans can submit their suggestions.

The Think Oven Facebook tab has two sections: Projects and Idea Box. Projects is where Domino?s solicits feedback on specific projects.

Idea Box is more open-ended and accepts any ideas people want to submit.? After all, the pizza chain?s latest product, Parmesan Bread Bites, was created by Brian Edler, a Domino?s store owner in Ohio.

Of course, you could argue that branded Facebook pages are already used as suggestion/feedback boxes, but this approach organizes the suggestions in one place.

Domino?s is no stranger to public opinion, The Pizza Turnaround was considered a success story?and a model of transparency, with a CEO admitting the company?s flagship product wasn?t very good and soliciting brutally honest criticism to improve it.

Will? Domino?s Think Oven be as successful as My Starbucks Idea? ? the first community forum from the coffee lifestyle brand which set the bar high and received close to 75,000 ideas in less than six months, thousands of votes and hundreds of comments. Let me know what you think.

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Calendar 07/26/12-08/05/12 | The Sag Harbor Express

The Demato Gallery features Harriet Sawyer?s solo show ?The Juxtaposition of Fantasy and Reality? in Sag Harbor on Saturday, July 28 from 7 to 9 p.m.

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SAT JUL 28

Beebe Windmill Tour with Bridgehampton Historical Society. 10 a.m. to noon. Meet at the southeast corner of Ocean Road and Hildreth Avenue. Bridgehampton. Free. 537-1088.

Northwest Ramble Hike with East Hampton Trails Preservation Society. 9 a.m. Meet at the Schoolhouse Plaque, Northwest Road about 2 miles north of Old Northwest/Northwest Road intersection. 283-4591.

SUN JUL 29

Barcelona Neck with Southampton Trails Preservation Society. 9 a.m. Meet at Sag Harbor Golf Club off Route 114, Sag Harbor. 725-2888.

Save the Ranch Architectural Walking Tour. 11 a.m. Corner of Corrigan and Hills Streets, Southampton. $10, free for Southampton Historical Museum members. 283-2494.

TUE JUL 31

Lost Ladybug Project. 10 a.m. to noon. Capture, identify and release ladybugs. Also July 31. Quail Hill Farm, Deep Lane, Amagansett. Free, rain cancels. 283-3195.

SAT AUG 4

Whiskey Hill Perambulation with Southampton Trails Preservation Society. 10 a.m. Meet on Mill Path off Lopers Path, Bridgehampton. 599-2391.

Peconic Jitney Ferry Jaunt with Southampton Trails Preservation Society. 8 a.m. to noon. Meet at Long Wharf, Sag Harbor. Bike Greenport to Orient. $20 round trip ticket. Call for reservations. 646-221-8225.

Guided Walking Tour 10 a.m. Bridge Gardens, 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton. $10 garden admission. 283-3195.

SUN AUG 5

Mulvihill Preserve Loop with Southampton Trails Preservation Society. 9 a.m. Meet at Sag Industries, Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike, Sag Harbor. 725-2888.

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For the Kids

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THU JUL 26

Journal Writing Young Adult Writing Workshop. 5:15 p.m. For ages 12 to 18. Also meets August 2. John Jermain Library, 34 West Water Street, Sag Harbor. Free. 725-0049.

?Cinderella? Puppet Show. 11 a.m. Also Friday and Saturday. Goat on a Boat, 4 Hampton Street, Sag Harbor. $5 to $10. 725-4193.

Create Punched Tin Candle Holders.? 1 to 3:30 p.m. For kids entering grade 7 and up. The Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. Free. 537-0015.

FRI JUL 27

?You?re a Good Man, Charlie Brown? Production by Stages. 7:30 p.m. Also 7:30 p.m. July 28 and 3 p.m. July 29. Pierson High School Auditorium, 200 Jermain Avenue, Sag Harbor. $15. 329-1420.

Children?s Art Lessons. 1:30 or 3:30 p.m. For ages 6 to 12. Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street, Quogue. Free, must have Quogue Library card, registration required. 996-2404.

SAT JUL 28

Jackson Pollock Family Drip Painting Workshop. 10 to 11:30 a.m. Jackson Pollock House, 830 Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton. $35. 324-4929.

Birds of Prey Demonstration. 1 to 3 p.m. Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton. Free. 537-3700.

SUN JUL 29

Games Unplugged! 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Family board games for ages 3 to 9. John Jermain Library, 34 West Water Street, Sag Harbor. Free. 725-0049.

MON JUL 30

Camp Shakespeare! From Hamptons Shakespeare Festival. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Daily through August 3. Also August 6 to 10. For ages 8 to 15. St. Michael?s Lutheran Church, 468 West Montauk Highway, Amagansett. $400. 267-0105.

TUE JUL 31

Crafty Camp. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. For ages 5 to 11. John Jermain Library, 34 West Water Street, Sag Harbor. Free, registration requested. 725-0049.

WED AUG 1

Aesop Bops! 5 p.m. Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton. $11 to $16. 324-4050.

Native Stories & Dream Catcher Craft. 10 a.m. to noon. For ages 5 to 10. Mulford Farm, James Lane, East Hampton. $20. 324-6850.

FRI AUG 3

Zoppe Italian Family Circus. 7 p.m. Additional performances August 4 and 5. Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach. $25/$50. 288-7898.

Children?s Art Lessons. 1:30 or 3:30 p.m. For ages 6 to 12. Quogue Library, 90 Quogue Street, Quogue. Free, must have Quogue Library card, registration required. 996-2404.

SAT AUG 4

Family Day at the Farm. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ag Center, Charnews Farm, 3005 Youngs Avenue, Southold. Free, donations accepted. Rain cancels. 283-3195.

SUN AUG 5

Cirquetacular! Aerial, Acrobatic and Variety Show. 1:30 and 5 p.m. Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton. $11 to $16. 324-4050.

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Stage and Screen

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THU JUL 26

?Men?s Lives? 8 p.m. Additional performances through July 29. Bay Street Theatre, Bay Street, Sag Harbor. $55/$65. 725-9500.

?South Pacific.? 8 p.m. Performances through August 12. North Fork Community Theatre, 12700 Old Sound Avenue, Mattituck. $20. 298-4500.

?The Graduate? 8 p.m. Additional performances Thursday to Sunday through July 29. Southampton Cultural Center, 25 Pond Lane, Southampton. $12/$21.

?Peter and the Wolf.?? 7 p.m. With Hamptons Ballet Theater School and Hampton Chamber Orchestra. Montauk Playhouse Community Center, 240 Edgemere Street, Montauk. $15. 668-1124.

FRI JUL 27

?Heaartbeat? Documentary Screening on John Chamberlain. 5 p.m. Art Southampton, Southampton Elks Lodge, 605 County Road 39, Southmpton. $500. Watermillcenter.org.

?Babette?s Feast? Screening and Discussion. 8 p.m. Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton. $20/$22. 324-4050.

?Raiders of the Lost Ark? Outdoor Screening. 8:30 p.m. Mulford Farm, 10 James Lane, East Hampton. $5/Free. 324-4050.

?The Wizard of Oz? Outdoor Screening. Begins at dark. Marders, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton. Free. 702-2306.

SAT JUL 28

The Lion King Musical Revue. 2 p.m. Also July 29 at 6 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, 977 Bridgehampton-Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton. $15 donation. 275-1851.

SUN JUL 29

Rosamond Bernier: Some of My Lives. 11 a.m. Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton. $15/$13. 324-4050.

?Broadway to Main Street: Comedy Tonight!? 7:30 p.m. Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton. $38 to $65. 324-4050.

MON JUL 30

?Zookeeper? Outdoor Screening. 7 p.m. Coopers Beach, 268 Meadow Lane, Southampton. $40 per car, $15 per person. 283-0402.

TUE JUL 31

?Peter and the Wolf? 6 p.m. With The Hampton Ballet Theatre School at Children?s Museum of the East End, 376 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton. $15/$17. 537-8250.

?One Summer Love? Screening. 5 p.m. East Hampton Library, 159 Main Street, East Hampton. Free. 324-0222.

?Where Do We Go Now? Screening. 8 p.m. Also August 1 and 2. Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, 76 Main Street, Westhampton Beach. $10/$7/$3. 288-1500.

THU AUG 2

?The Wizard of Oz? Screening and Talkback. 8 p.m. Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton. $12/$10. 324-4050.

?A Midsummer Night?s Dream? Outdoor Performance by HITFest. 7 p.m. Thursday to Sunday to August 19. Bridgehampton School, Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton. $20. 525-2995.

SAT AUG 4

?How to Survive a Plague? Hosted by Alec Baldwin. 8 p.m. Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton. $22/$20. 324-4050.

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Galleries/Museums

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THU JUL 26

Art Southampton Contemporary & Modern Art Fair Opening Night VIP Preview. Show open noon to 10 p.m. daily through July 30. Southampton Elks Lodge Fairgrounds, Route 27A, Southampton. $10 to $30. info@art-southampton.com.

Light and Sea Photography Show. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Handwerlab, 36 North Ferry Road, Shelter Island. Free. On view to August 13. 294-2765.

Women Painters of the Pre-Contemporary Era. Davenport & Shapiro Fine Art, 37 Newtown Lane, East Hampton. Exhibit on view through August 20. 604-5525.

SAT JUL 28

Art for ARF. 4 to 6 p.m. Goat Alley Gallery, 200 Division Street, Sag Harbor. 537-0400.

?The Juxtaposition of Fantasy and Reality? Opening. 7 to 9 p.m. Richard J. Demato Gallery, 90 Main Street, Sag Harbor. Free. 725-1161.

?Celestial Bodies? Opening. Noon to 6 p.m. Eric Firestone Gallery, 4 Newtown Lane, East Hampton. Free. 604-2386.

?Midsummer Views? Reception. 5 to 7 p.m. Ashawagh Hall, 780 Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton. Free. On view to July 29. 324-5671.

Rare Photographs of East Hampton after the 1938 Hurricane. 10 a.m. Clinton Academy Museum, 151 Main Street, East Hampton. Free. On view through October 8. 324-6850.

FRI AUG 3

Charles Addams and Student Cartoon Exhibit Opening. 4 p.m. On view to August 6. Bridgehampton Historical Society Archives, 2539A Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton. Free. 537-1088.

SAT AUG 4

Marc Dalessio, Nelson White, Paul Rafferty. Grenning Gallery, 19 Washington Street, Sag Harbor. On view through August 19. Free. 725-8469.

SUN AUG 5

?Men of Fire: Jose Clemente Orozco and Jackson Pollock? Reception and Talk. Pollock-Krasner House, 830 Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton. Free. Exhibition on view through October 27. 324-4929.

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Music & Night Life

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THU JUL 26

Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Opening Concert. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Performances through August 19. Bridgehampton Historical Society, Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton. This performance free. Bcmf.org.

Twilight Thursday with Black & Sparrow. 5:30 p.m. Wolffer Estate Vineyard, 139 Sagg Road, Sagaponack. Live music, wines by glass, bottles for purchase. 537-5107.

Late Night Thursdays. 6 to 10 p.m. Live music and dancing. Raphael Vineyard, 39390 Route 25, Peconic. Free. 765-1100.

Brews Cruise. 6 p.m. Sample Long Island beers while cruising the Peconic River. Long Island Aquarium & Exhibition Center, 431 East Main Street, Riverhead. $60/$70. 208-9200.

Perlman Works in Progress Concert. 7:30 p.m. Camp Campus, Prospect Road, Shelter Island. Free. 749-0740.

The Jam Session. 7 to 9:30 p.m. Bay Burger, 1742 Sag Harbor Turnpike, Sag Harbor. $5 suggested donation, musicians free. 899-3915.

FRI JUL 27

Sunset Friday with The Majestic. 5 p.m. to sunset. Wolffer Estate Vineyards Wine Stand, Montauk Highway, Sagaponack. Live music, wines by glass, bottles for purchase. 537-5107.

SAT JUL 28

Summer Music Series: Dick Johansson & The Highlanders. 5 to 7 p.m. Guest Caroline Doctorow. Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum, 200 Main Street, Sag Harbor. Adults $20, open bar Under 21 $10. 725-0770.

Sunset Saturday with The Red Hot Swing. 5:30 p.m. to sunset. Wolffer Estate Vineyards Wine Stand, Montauk Highway, Sagaponack. Live music, wines by glass, bottles for purchase. 537-5107.

Branford Marsalis & Joey Calderazzo Duo. ?8 p.m. Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton. $38 to $100. 324-4050.

Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival Benefit Concert. 6:30 p.m. Atlantic Golf Club, 1040 Scuttle Hole Road, Bridgehampton. $1500. Bcmf.org.

SUN JUL 29

Mark Thallander Organ Recital. 3 p.m. Old Whalers? Church, 44 Union Street, Sag Harbor. Donations welcome. 725-0894.

MON JUL 30

The Lone Sharks Concert. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Montauk Green, Montauk Highway, Montauk. Free. 668-2428.

TUE JUL 31

Sag Harbor Community Band Concert. 8 to 9 p.m. American Legion, Bay Street, Sag Harbor. Free, bring chair or blanket.

21^st Century Jazz. 7 to 9 p.m. Page Restaurant, 63 Main Street, Sag Harbor. No cover charge. 725-1810.

Folk, Gospel and Bluegrass Music with Found Wandering. 7:30 p.m. Community Bible Church, 2837 Noyac Road, Sag Harbor. Free.

WED AUG 1

The Jam Session House Band Concert. 4 to 6 p.m. Windmill, Long Wharf, Sag Harbor. Free. 725-0011.

Who Dat Loungers Concert. 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Agawam Park, Jobs Lane, Southampton. Free. 287-4377.

FRI AUG 3

Music in the Garden with Joe Hampton Quartet. 6 p.m. Bridge Gardens, 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton. Free for members, $10 per person, $20 per family. 283-3195.

SAT AUG 4

?An Evening of Song? with Melissa Errico. 7:30 p.m. Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton. 443 to $100. 324-0806.

Contra Dance. 7:30 pm. Sylvester Manor, 80 North Ferry Road, Shelter Island. 749-0626.

SUN AUG 5

Walter Kaluss Organ Recital. 3 p.m. Old Whalers? Church, 44 Union Street, Sag Harbor. Donations welcome. 725-0894.

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Readings, Lectures & Classes

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THU JUL 26

?Deferred Action? Information Session. 7 to 9 p.m. Incarnation Lutheran Church, 1553 Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton. Free. 524-5371.

Uncovering Treasures of Quogue?s Architectural Past. 5 p.m. Quogue Village Hall, Jessup Avenue, Quogue. Free, reservations suggested. 996-2404.

?The High Line? Talk. 6:30 p.m. Parrish Art Museum, 25 Jobs Lane, Southampton. $5/$10. 283-2118.

FRI JUL 27

Fridays at Five: Dava Sobel discusses ?A More Perfect Heaven.? 5 p.m. Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. $15. 766-3687.

Friday Night Dialogue with Bill Evans. 7 p.m. Shelter Island Library, 37 North Ferry Road, Shelter Island. Free. 749-0042.

SAT JUL 28

Anna Maria Alfieri reads from ?Invisible Country.? 5 p.m. Canio?s Books, 290 Main Street, Sag Harbor. Free. 725-4926.

Authors After Hours: Carl Safina. 6 p.m. Amagansett Library, 215 Main Street, Amagansett. Free. 267-3810.

Sea Sand Sky: The Beaches of Sagaponack Book Signing and Display. 5 to 8 p.m. Bloom, 43 Madison Street, Sag Harbor. Free. 725-5940.

Composting Overview. 3 p.m. Rogers Memorial Library, 91 Coopers Farm Road, Southampton. Free. 283-0774.

SUN JUL 29

?Reorienting Pollock.? 5 p.m. Pollock-Krasner House, 830 Springs Fireplace Road, East Hampton. $5/Free. 324-4929.

FRI AUG 3

Fridays at Five: Lynn Sherr. 5 p.m. Hampton Library, 2478 Main Street, Bridgehampton. $15. 766-3687.

Friday Night Dialogue: Jeff Baron. 7 p.m. Shelter Island Library, 37 North Ferry Road, Shelter Island. Free. 749-0042.

SAT AUG 4

Authors After Hours: Roger Rosenblatt. 6 p.m. Amagansett Library, 215 Main Street, Amagansett. Free. 267-3810.

SUN AUG 5

Conversation with Chef Tom Colicchio. 8 p.m. Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton. $15/$13. 324-4050.

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Events, Workshops & Meetings

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THU JUL 26

Southampton Chamber Networking Night. 5 to 7 p.m. Bridge Gardens, 36 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton. $15. 283-0402.

Caregivers Support Information Seminar. 5 to 7 p.m. Bridgehampton Senior Center, 585 Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike, Bridgehampton. Free, registration required. Light supper served. 725-1235.

FRI JUL 27

Master Writers Workshop with Carl Safina. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Canio?s Books, 290 Main Street, Sag Harbor. Fee and registration required. 725-4926.

SAT JUL 28

LVIS Fair. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. LVIS Grounds, 95 Main Street, East Hampton. Free admission. 324-1220.

Piping Plover & Friends Day. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Morton National Wildlife Refuge, 2595 Noyac Road, Sag Harbor. Free.

Old Fashioned Fish Fry. 4 to 7 p.m. Eastville Community Historical Society, 139 Hampton Street, Sag Harbor. $20. Take out only.

Using Social Media in Your Job Search Workshop. 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Rogers Memorial Library, 91 Coopers Farm Road, Southampton. Free, registration required. 283-0774.

Montauk Ocean Swim Challenge benefiting Montauk Playhouse Aquatics Center. 7 a.m. Start locations vary by swim distance. 1/2 , 1 and 2 mile courses. $25/$35. 668-1124.

Chefs Dinner Benefit. 5:30 p.m. Hayground School, 151 Mitchell Lane, Bridgehampton. $35 for children, $150 cocktails, $750 dinner.? 537-7068.

Perlman Summer Music Annual Benefit. 6 p.m. Home of Sidney and Morgan Stark, North Haven, Sag Harbor. $500/$250. 212-877-5045.

Antique Fire Truck Show and Volunteer Fireman Recruiting Day. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Southampton Historical Museum, Rogers Mansion, 17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton. Free. 283-2494.

SYS/AHRC Suffolk 5K Run/Walk. 8 a.m. Agawam Park, Pond Lane, Southampton. $20/$25. 585-0100.

SUN JUL 29

Terra Cotta and Tea Benefit for Sag Harbor Tree Fund. 4 to 6 p.m. Cormaria, 77 Bay Street, Sag Harbor. $20 at the door.

Hamptons SUP Race for Humanity. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. All ages. Benefits The Retreat. Sammy?s Beach, Sammys Beach Road, East Hampton. $55/$25. 537-2716.

THU AUG 2

House Tour & Design Symposium Benefit. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Marders Gallery, 120 Snake Hollow Road, Bridgehampton. $60 to $150. 537-1527.

SAT AUG 4

Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team Against Hampton College Baseball League. 1 to 5 p.m. Mashashimuet Park, Jermain Avenue, Sag Harbor. Zude.com/warriorsoftball.com.

Ice Cream Social. 5 to 7 p.m. Ice Cream, Hot Dogs, Games, Raffles. Old Whalers? Church, 44 Union Street, Sag Harbor. $3/$4/$6. 725-0894.

Shellfish Harvesting Workshop. 10 a.m. to noon. Lazy Point Launching Ramp, Amagansett. Free. 668-4601.

Clothesline Art Sale. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Guild Hall, 158 Main Street, East Hampton. Free admission. 324-0806.

SUN AUG 5

Southampton Antiques Fair. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. White House, 159 Main Street at Jagger Lane, Southampton. Free. 283-2494.

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Welsh Mormon Family History Website

Were you bursting with Welsh pride as Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins asked the Mormon Tabernacle Choir if any of them had Welsh ancestry? (You can watch the entire Pioneer Day Concert 2012 at LDS.org.) If so, there?s a fantastic free website where you can explore your heritage: Welsh Mormon History.

Many early members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, as you?re probably aware, were from Wales. Even today, in answer to Katherine Jenkins? question, most choir members raised their hands to show they had Welsh ancestors.

On the Welsh Mormon History website, you?ll find photos, journals, and biographies for many of the more than 6,000 Welsh men, women, and children who were part of the great Mormon migration from the British Isles to Utah and Idaho in the nineteenth century. The project, under the direction of Dr. Ronald Dennis, professor emeritus of Portuguese and Welsh languages at Brigham Young University, is sponsored by the Center for Family History and Genealogy at the same institution. Dr. Dennis led tour groups to Wales for many years and photographed homes where early Welsh Mormon converts had lived before migrating.

The ten most popular Welsh surnames are Jones, Williams, Davies, Evans, Thomas, Roberts, Hughes, Edwards, Lewis, and Morris.

Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah is one of the only institutions in the United States that offers Welsh language courses. In the Winter 2012 semester, for example, an evening class from 4:00-5:50 on Tuesdays and Thursdays is available.

There are also some amazing organizations that celebrate the Welsh heritage of Americans, such as the Welsh-American Genealogical Society who say Croeso (Welcome!) to all who wish to join. Perhaps you have cousins who ventured to the Welsh colony of Patagonia in Argentina. You can read more about this region on Wikipedia.

So come, celebrate your Welsh ancestors!

Source: https://familysearch.org/blog/welsh-mormon-family-history-website/

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Business Article: Retail Store Supplies: Let Your Customers ...

Billions of dollars a year are spent on marketing and advertising in the United States. You may watch the latest commercial from McDonald's and wonder why a company that everyone knows about needs to spend money making people aware of them, but it all serves a purpose. If it didn't work, the money wouldn't be spent. But there are ways of marketing beyond television and the rest of the media. Savvy companies have their own customers on the pavement, getting the word out. One way to do this is through the use of retail store supplies like bags, boxes, pens, and other items that can be branded with the store logo.

Branded Bags

One of the best ways to get your customers to do your advertising is through the use of branded bags and boxes. To take their purchases out of your store, your customers are going to need some type of bag or box. These retail store supplies are commonplace, but it is surprising how many companies miss the boat when it comes to branding. If you're still handing your customers a plain brown sack or a bag that says "Thank You" on the front, you're missing out on a golden opportunity for marketing. Put your logo on the front of these bags and boxes and your customers will immediately become walking billboards for your brand.

Pens

This is one marketing opportunity that many companies have grabbed onto. Still, that doesn't mean it's any less effective. Buying pens with your logo on the side is extremely affordable and you can simply give them away. Every time a customer writes with that pen, they will be consciously or subconsciously reminded of your company. As long as you pick quality pens that won't break or dry out in a day or two, it should be a positive connection. You never know when it could be just the tiny connection you need to create repeat business. Of all the retail store supplies you can brand, this is one of the easiest and most effective.

Mugs and Travel Cups

For the most part, when a customer is looking for a mug or travel cup, they don't particularly care what it looks like. They just want something that will get the job done. Why not make it something with your brand and logo on the front of it? Every time they drink from that container, they will be reminded of your brand. This promotes familiarity and comfort, something they will always associate with your business. These retail store supplies can be sold to your customers, which means they will actually pay you to let them be your amateur marketing agents. What could be better?

Source: http://pioneerwomancooksfans.blogspot.com/2012/07/retail-store-supplies-let-your.html

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ByOwner.com relaunches as free classifieds site New owners ...

BY?INMAN NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2012.

The new owners of the ?for sale by owner? website ByOwner.com have revamped it by expanding its coverage beyond real estate, eliminating fees for users placing classified ads, and syndicating inbound and outbound postings from other classified portals.

Under the ownership of Boca Raton, Fla.-based Wild Wild West Group LLC, ByOwner.com will generate revenue by selling ads to nonclassified advertisers such as apartment communities and auto dealerships, President Greg Sullivan said. For now, paid advertising is limited to ads served up by Google?s AdSense program.

ByOwner.com, which previously served homeowners selling their properties ?FSBO? ? without the help of a real estate broker ? is not getting out of the real estate business. In addition to offering free classifieds advertising properties for sale or rent, the site also plans to offer a ?flat fee? listing program for sellers who want their homes advertised in a multiple listing service (MLS).

As it branches out of its FSBO niche into consumer classifieds, Sullivan said ByOwner.com will attempt to differentiate itself from the competition by being ?database driven.? Most classified websites that accept ads in multiple categories don?t collect detailed information in database fields, he said.

When users?submit a classified ad?for a single-family home to ByOwner.com, Sullivan said, ?many of the fields we collect are similar to what a broker would collect to enter a property in the MLS,? including the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, year built, square feet, lot size, and school district. Users advertising single-family homes on the site ? including brokers and agents ? can also include descriptions of up to 1,000 characters and eight photos.

All real estate, auto and boat postings will be database-driven, Sullivan said, making it easier for users to search and filter ads. The sites? six main categories are broken into more than 90 different subcategories that allow site users to look for specific characteristics.

?Sullivan said ByOwner.com has syndication partnerships with Owners.com, Rentalads,com, GoSection8.com, PopYachts, Oodle and Indeed, and currently features 115,000 real estate listings, including rentals and properties for sale. There are more than 200,000 classified ads on the site in six main categories: real estate, rentals, cars and trucks, boats, jobs, and ?everything else,? he said.

Source: http://www.keyrealty.us/2012/07/26/byowner-com-relaunches-as-free-classifieds-site-new-owners-expand-coverage-to-include-rentals-autos-boats-jobs/

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OS X Mountain Lion: The best features (and everything else you need to know)

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Rosa Golijan

Mountain Lion?? the latest version of Apple's OS X?? is now available in the Mac App Store for $19.99. And it's definitely a worthwhile operating system?upgrade.

Here's why.

Hello, Mac! Hello, mobile!
Mountain Lion is basically a way for Apple to bring its mobile and desktop operating systems closer together. Now your iPad, iPhone and Mac will get along better than ever.?Your documents, notes, calendars,?messages, reminders, Safari tabs and more will?sync across devices smoothly thanks to Mountain Lion. (And things will get even cozier when iOS 6 arrives in the fall, of course).

• Messages: Thanks to the new Messages app?? which replaces iChat?? you can sync your iMessage conversations across devices. Start a conversation on your MacBook Air, continue it on your iPhone, and then wrap it up from your iPad. All the great features you might have loved about iMessage on iOS?? such as delivery receipts, read receipts, typing indicators, encrypted messaging and more?? will be available on the desktop. (You can also the desktop app with AIM and other traditional IM services.)
• Notes: Oh, yes. All your quickly tapped notes will sync now.
• Reminders: The new Reminders app will bring a fantastic iOS feature to the desktop. You'll be able to create and manage tasks and have them automatically update across devices.
• iCloud Tabs: Thanks to iCloud Tabs, you can start a browsing session on one device and continue it on another. Whatever tabs are open on one will appear on the other.
• Documents in the Cloud: Several apps?? such as those Keynote, Pages, Numbers, TextEdit and more?? have iCloud support built right in. This means that you can create, edit and view documents created by those apps in the cloud?? from any of your OS X or iOS devices.

Everything in its place ...?and a place for everything
A brand?new Notification Center will help keep you organized in Mountain Lion. It's a pane that slides out from the right-hand side of your screen, displaying a selection of alerts and banners which allow you to track activities easily.

Alerts (meeting notices, for instance)?are little pop-ups which will linger in the top-right corner of your screen until you dismiss them while banners (announcing?incoming emails, etc.)?will disappear after five seconds.?

If you want to see anything you've missed, just slide open the Notification Center with a two-fingered swipe?and look at a list of up to 20 recent notifications per app. These can include activity from Calendar, Mail, Messages, FaceTime, Reminders, GameCenter, Twitter and many third-party apps. In the fall, there will be support for Facebook as well.

You can configure the type of notifications?? alerts or banners?? that'll appear for each app as well as associated sounds and the like in your settings. Everything can be tweaked on a per-app basis. And if things get too overwhelming, there's a little toggle that'll silence all pop-up?notifications until the next day.

Safety first
Mountain Lion has a security feature?called Gatekeeper intended to keep your computer safe from the dangers of the wild wild Web. Gatekeeper basically prevents you?from inadvertently installing malicious software. The security feature checks every app to see if it came from the Mac App Store or a developer who has been issued a unique Developer ID by?Apple. This way there's some assurance that the apps you're installing are coming from a known entity with a decent track record.

Sharing is caring
Mountain Lion encourages sharing more than any prior version of Apple's desktop operating system. There's even a "Share" button built into most Mountain Lion apps, allowing you to easily share links, photos, videos, and more using Mail, Messages, AirDrop, Twitter, Facebook, Vimeo or Flickr. (How an item can be shared depends on the file type and app, mind you.)

Thanks to the way sharing is baked right into Mountain Lion, you'll rarely ever have to leave an app in order to share an item. It's one less step or distraction to deal with.

Be more social
Considering how much emphasis there is on sharing and communication within Mountain Lion, it should be no surprise that there is also built-in support for the two most predominant social networking services. The Facebook integration won't be available until the fall?? when it will arrive in the form of a software update?? but?you can already enjoy some great Twitter-related features in Mountain Lion.

You only have to sign into the services once, within the "Mail, Contacts & Calendar"section of your settings, and you'll be all set to go. You'll be able to tweet or post to Facebook using the Share menu found in many Mountain Lion apps as well ??and even from a special box at the top of the Notification Center.

Your Facebook friends and Twitter contacts can be imported directly into your contacts as well, so you can always have up-to-date info on your pals. Birthdays listed on Facebook profiles can also be automatically added to your Calendar.

You'll also be able to get alerts or banner notifications for status updates from?either social network.

Mirror, mirror on the ... TV?
Thanks to AirPlay mirroring, you can wirelessly send whatever's on your Mac to an HDTV, via the $99 Apple TV box. There's support for 1080p video (if you have the latest Apple TV)?and content will be scaled to best fit your TV, so everything should look as good as possible.?Of course, everything's encrypted, so you can feel secure when you beam things to your TV.

Not all Macs support the AirPlay mirroring, but Apple says that the following models are compatible:

• iMac - mid-2011 revision?or newer
  
• Mac Mini -?mid-2011?revision or newer
  
• MacBook Air -?mid 2011 revision?or newer
  
• MacBook Pro - early 2011 revision or newer
  

If?you are unsure of your model's age, call the Apple Store and ask them for help.

Nap time
Many of us leave our computers on, just snoozing through out the day. Power Nap is a feature which will help keep everything up to date when your computer is sleeping. It works silently?? receiving email, syncing calendar invites, downloading software updates, keeping Find My Mac running, and more. Whenever you're ready to wake your computer up, you'll find that it's perfectly synced to your iOS and other OS X devices.

And don't worry about Power Nap draining your battery. It'll automatically shut itself off if your power level dips below 30 percent.

Surf's up!
Say what you will about Safari's past, in Mountain Lion it makes surfing the Web a pleasure.

There's one spot?? dubbed the "smart search field"?? in which you can enter searches as well as Web adresses. (You can pick your favorite search engine, of course.)

A quick pinching gesture will reveal a new tab view, which will allow you navigate between open (and live) tabs by swiping back and forth. This may not sound like much, but it is quite possibly one of our favorite little tweaks in Mountain Lion.

The big little things
There are a lot of features and changes?within Mountain?Lion which you won't even realize exist until you really need them for a task or stop to think about why something "just works." They're the big little things that make life simpler or more fun.

• Game Center -?Mountain Lion has a Game Center app now, meaning that you can track leaderboards, compete against friends, receive game notifications, and more. Just like in iOS.
  
• Dictation - Wherever you'd normally type, you can now talk. Just select a text field and tap a keyboard shortcut to start the dictation feature. Mountain Lion will understand you fairly well and even get what you mean when you say "all caps," "new paragraph," or "comma."
  
• VIPs -?You can tell Mountain Lion which people are most important to you by marking them as "VIPs." This will make their messages rise to the top of Mail and allow you to set separate notifications for these important individuals.
  

Will this kitten scratch?
As with any operating system update, it's not all sunshine and snuggles when it comes to Mountain?Lion.?Some folks?will feel as if all the little changes don't add up to a decent upgrade; others will be disappointed that Mountain?Lion isn't a perfect mirror of iOS for the desktop, and so on.

But let's be realistic: You're paying $19.99 for an operating system upgrade which contains over 200?new features. Yes, some of them are minor, but there is some strength in numbers. And besides: You'll have an excuse to make purr-fectly?silly?cat-themed puns?after updating.?

Getting your computer ready for Mountain Lion
Convinced that this is the update for you? Great! There are a few things you should do before rushing off and attempting to download Mountain?Lion though:

• Check if your computer can handle Mountain Lion. You should be running OS X 10.6.8 or higher, have 2GB of memory and 8GB of available space. (You should be using recent Mac model. Check this list to see if yours is supported.)
  
• Update your third-party apps. Odds are that many of your favorite apps will get updates to make them compatible with Mountain Lion, so just go ahead and take care of those now.
  
• Backup your files. We can't emphasize the importance of backing up your files enough. Plenty of things can go wrong on an ordinary day, but you're just asking for trouble if you're upgrading your operating system without a backup.
  

Got all those little things checked off? Wonderful! Head over to the Mac App Store and grab Mountain Lion. Use it for a while and then come back here and tell us what you think about it.

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Source: http://www.gadgetbox.msnbc.msn.com/technology/gadgetbox/os-x-mountain-lion-best-features-everything-else-you-need-910447

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