Wednesday, December 5, 2012

1 in 5 children live in poverty -- A new report examines effect of poverty on children

1 in 5 children live in poverty -- A new report examines effect of poverty on children [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 4-Dec-2012
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Contact: Sarah Mancoll
smancoll@srcd.org
202-289-7905
Society for Research in Child Development

While most children are looking forward to getting gifts during the upcoming holiday season, it is worth noting that one in five children live in poverty. Poverty is a major risk factor for children's development and deep poverty is linked to a range of physical-biological, cognitive-academic, and social-emotional problems. These problems persist into adulthood. Poverty also contributes to a growing health and academic achievement gap, declining college attendance and graduation rates, and an increasing workforce skills gap.

A new Social Policy Report from SRCD on Children, Families and Poverty: Definitions, Trends, Emerging Science and Implications for Policy provides an overview of the research evidence on the development of children who live in poverty. According to the report:

  • Poverty's impact on children's education achievements and health results in lower economic productivity in adulthood and higher health care costs.
  • Chronic stress associated with living in poverty changes children's responses to everyday challenges in their schools and communities.
  • Substandard housing and the physical and social hazards in many poor neighborhoods are detrimental to children's development.

The report also looks at research on U.S. programs and policies related to poverty. According to the report:

  • Besides temporary upturns in the economy, it is a collection of public policies that has helped lower child poverty rates.
  • Programs that work directly to improve young children's development through high-quality early care and education show positive effects, though often only in the short term.
  • Programs that provide cash to families for their economic needs and children's well-being (if they fulfill such requirements as children's school attendance) are showing some positive effects.

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The authors of this Social Policy Report are Lawrence Aber, Distinguished Professor of Applied Psychology and Public Policy; Pamela Morris, Professor of Applied Psychology; and C. Cybele Raver, Vice Provost for Academic, Research, and Faculty Affairs and Professor of Applied Psychology, all of the Institute of Human Development and Social Change at New York University.



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1 in 5 children live in poverty -- A new report examines effect of poverty on children [ Back to EurekAlert! ] Public release date: 4-Dec-2012
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Contact: Sarah Mancoll
smancoll@srcd.org
202-289-7905
Society for Research in Child Development

While most children are looking forward to getting gifts during the upcoming holiday season, it is worth noting that one in five children live in poverty. Poverty is a major risk factor for children's development and deep poverty is linked to a range of physical-biological, cognitive-academic, and social-emotional problems. These problems persist into adulthood. Poverty also contributes to a growing health and academic achievement gap, declining college attendance and graduation rates, and an increasing workforce skills gap.

A new Social Policy Report from SRCD on Children, Families and Poverty: Definitions, Trends, Emerging Science and Implications for Policy provides an overview of the research evidence on the development of children who live in poverty. According to the report:

  • Poverty's impact on children's education achievements and health results in lower economic productivity in adulthood and higher health care costs.
  • Chronic stress associated with living in poverty changes children's responses to everyday challenges in their schools and communities.
  • Substandard housing and the physical and social hazards in many poor neighborhoods are detrimental to children's development.

The report also looks at research on U.S. programs and policies related to poverty. According to the report:

  • Besides temporary upturns in the economy, it is a collection of public policies that has helped lower child poverty rates.
  • Programs that work directly to improve young children's development through high-quality early care and education show positive effects, though often only in the short term.
  • Programs that provide cash to families for their economic needs and children's well-being (if they fulfill such requirements as children's school attendance) are showing some positive effects.

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The authors of this Social Policy Report are Lawrence Aber, Distinguished Professor of Applied Psychology and Public Policy; Pamela Morris, Professor of Applied Psychology; and C. Cybele Raver, Vice Provost for Academic, Research, and Faculty Affairs and Professor of Applied Psychology, all of the Institute of Human Development and Social Change at New York University.



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Rental Property in Greater Kailash Apartment in South Delhi | Rental ...

We are pleased to offer on lease a old but totally refurbished apartment in G.K-1, W-Block on 500 sq.yds plot with a built-up area of 3100 sq.ft on second floor with terrace surrounded by similar properties. Greater Kailash ? I has the M-Block market which is considered to be one of the most popular markets in Delhi. It has a wide range of products, brands, and restaurants; it is home to famous brands such as Esprit, EDC, Giovani, Next, Sisley, Lee, Puma, Addidas, Reebok, Bizzare, Artileore, Lacoste.

This property in question is uniquely located few houses away from M-block G.K-1 market and Outer Ring road which connects the Domestic and International airport, less than 1.2 kms from the nearest metro station East of Kailash and Nehru commercial center, just a Km away from 5 star Hotel Hilton. It is 3 kms away from famous Saket mall. The recreational facilities like Beauty center-VLCC and gymnasium are walking distance from the property. The apartment with 4 rooms including 3 Bed rooms with attached large toilets.It has a modular kitchen which is fully equipped . The other room in the building include a drawing room, TV room. The house annexe has 2 car parking, 1 staff quarters.


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R-1719

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Builder Floor

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New Delhi ? South Delhi

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Greater Kailash ? I

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Rs.1,20,000

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Semi Furnished

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4500 Sq.Ft.

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3100 Sq.Ft.

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3

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3

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2nd Floor

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3

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Old ? Refurbished

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South


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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

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Copyright Unbalanced

Virginia Postrel has a good piece on free market copyright reform:

Making the intellectual case, the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, a hub of free-market scholarship, has just released ?Copyright Unbalanced: From Incentive to Excess,? a collection of libertarian and conservative critiques. The book doesn?t oppose copyright per se, but it excoriates the current system?s lengthy terms and expansive enforcement powers.

?Whatever your philosophical position, if you are skeptical of government power, you should likewise be skeptical of the copyright system that has developed over the last century,? writes Jerry Brito, the volume?s editor, in the introduction.

?Consider how the law applies to Robert Frost?s classic poem ?Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,? first published in 1923. Back then you only got copyright privileges for works officially registered with the copyright office, and only for a term of 28 years, which could be renewed if you filed again, as Frost did in 1951.

Requiring such simple procedures reserved copyright privileges for creators with strong commercial or sentimental interests in limiting the publication of their works. Today, by contrast, copyright automatically applies to every eligible work, including your vacation snapshots and your 4-year-old?s handmade Mother?s Day card.

Under the law when Frost wrote his poem and renewed the copyright on the volume including it, it would have presumably entered the public domain in 1979, more than a decade after its author?s death in 1963. That?s not what happened. Beginning in 1962, Congress gradually extended copyright terms, and in 1976 it passed a new copyright act that gives works already under copyright a new term of 75 years from their first publication. That meant ?Stopping by Woods? wouldn?t go into the public domain until 1998.

That?s not what happened either. Just as the poem?s copyright was about to expire, Congress passed the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, which gave existing works a new copyright term of 95 years. (The 1923 Frost volume including the poem was one of the works cited in a lawsuit unsuccessfully challenging the act?s constitutionality.) So Frost?s poem won?t enter the public domain until 2018 ? assuming that Congress doesn?t pass yet another extension.

Fifty-six years of copyright was clearly enough to encourage Frost to write the poem. Anything further is just a windfall for his estate and his publisher. The Constitution, reformers are quick to note, gave Congress the right to grant copyrights ?to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts,? not to benefit producers.

You can get Copyright Unbalanced which includes excellent papers by Reihan Salam, David Post, Tom Bell and others here (amzn) and read the first chapter (pdf).

Source: http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2012/12/copyright-unbalanced.html

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As fuel prices rise, motorcycles have become far more than just recreational vehicles. Great fuel efficiency has led many people to begin commuting with their two-wheeled vehicles instead of just taking them out for a cruise on the weekends. Spending more time on a motorcycle, especially in city traffic, puts a rider at higher risk for a minor accident. Purchasing the right motorcycle accessories can help riders stay safe. High-quality motorcycle accessories also make the ride more comfortable, which is crucial if you climb on your bike every morning for your ride to work.

Motorcycle gloves are often overlooked by new riders. They assume that their hands do not need protection because the handlebars come with comfortable rubber grips. However, in a sharp curve, you may reflexively throw your hand out if the bike starts to tip. Resting your hand on the asphalt as your bike slides will take most of the skin off of your palm. A sturdy set of gloves will also improve your grip on the handlebars. You won?t have to worry about your hands slipping off the handbrake because of sweaty fingers. Choose gloves designed specifically as motorcycle accessories to get the best protection. An online motorcycle shop will carry a greater range of different glove sizes and styles than a retail store.

Most states require riders to don an approved helmet, making it is the most important of the many motorcycle accessories. This prevents serious brain damage or skull fractures that can occur during accidents, even if the bike is traveling at low speeds. The best helmets offer face protection as well to keep debris and insects from leaving welts on your face. Your head gear should be approved by the Department of Transportation to ensure it offers adequate protection, but it must also be comfortable. The next time you need to buy helmets, try out a few different brands at a retail store, then shop online to find discounted prices.

Many new riders purchase all of their motorcycle accessories at the same motorcycle store that sells them the bike. While this is an acceptable way to pick up a convenient starter kit, you should upgrade your equipment as soon as you decide to stick with motorcycle riding. Some of these motorcycle stores sell mediocre gloves, helmets and boots because their main focus is on the bikes. These accessories will work for your first few rides, but you will increase your comfort and safety level by upgrading soon after that.

Some motorcycle accessories belong on the bike instead of the rider. Improved speedometers, tire pressure monitoring systems and motorcycle exhaust systems all help you upgrade your favorite ride. Many of these accessories are easily installed by the bike owner, while others require a quick stop at your local bike shop. This equipment helps turn a normal street bike into a full-fledged commuting machine. If you ride your bike every day, adding the right motorcycle accessories to it is just as important as regular maintenance. Shopping online for this equipment will help you upgrade your bike without spending a fortune.

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Monday, December 3, 2012

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Why Are Our Form Leases Designed To Pick A Fight? Or, How To ...

It strikes us that a lot of lease forms have provisions that never make it to the end of the process. Basically, even the people who put the form ?on the table? know the changes that will be made. Before decrying this part of the negotiating process, we?ll begin with some (ever) familiar examples (the ?low hanging grapes?).

Our hope is that after you?ve read this pretty simple posting, you?ll go back to your own ?sacred? forms and modernize them by making them say what they are goin to say anyway. Your reward may be a more quickly made deal at a lower transaction cost.

  • How about the default clause that gives a party (usually the tenant) merely 20 days (or less) to cure a humdrum breach? Doesn?t that always get changed to 30 days?
  • That same lease provision often ?forgets? that a breach shouldn?t be a default if the (allegedly) breaching party has timely begun its cure and is still diligently prosecuting that cure. Doesn?t that always get changed?
  • How about where the form lease says that failure to pay rent within 3 days after it is due will be an event of default? How often does ?3? remain when a tenant objects? Isn?t this commonly 10 days? And, why don?t form leases speak of ?after tenant?s receipt of notice that rent has not been received?? Yes, we know the arguments that (some, mostly, but not exclusively, junior) attorneys and other negotiators make: essentially, why should my client or company have to make the effort? We also know that every landlord will send a notice anyway. No one is evicting a tenant when the rent is only 3 days (or 10 days) late.
  • And, since almost every lease holds off on a late charge for 10 or 15 days after notice is sent (perhaps with an annual limit of two such notices), why don?t form leases just start that way?
  • How about rules and regulations (and for a discussion of that topic on a stand-alone basis, click HERE)? Why do negotiators have to spend time on having the lease say that they will be uniformly applicable (with some specific exceptions) and uniformly enforced?
  • Should form leases recognize that tenants are going to use some hazardous materials for cleaning and maintenance and might be selling some (think of a supermarket)? Of course they should.
  • Do landlords really intend to materially impair visibility of a tenant?s premises and signs? Tenants are going to (or should) ask for this protection. So, why doesn?t the form lease just come right out and says so?
  • Everyone knows that a tenant isn?t going to pay for damage that is covered by its landlord?s insurance. [After all, the tenant is actually paying the premium.] So, why do some landlord lease forms start off by saying that tenants will do so?
  • How about tenant forms that ?forget? to give the landlord any self-help rights (after notice and opportunity to cure)?
  • Then, there are the tenant forms that ran out of room for the landlord exculpation provision that will certainly be added.

ENOUGH FOR NOW. We could list at least a dozen more. So can nearly every one of our readers.

Readers may ask: ?what?s the big deal?? After all, negotiating parties work these things out all the time. And, if a landlord or tenant isn?t sharp enough to ask for these things, ?tough cookies.?

Well, here are some of the reasons why we think it is bone-headed and short-sighted to have a form that invites such overwhelmingly common changes.

  • It just plain wastes everyone?s time, including that of the ?word processor.?
  • Doing so sets the wrong tone for an ?adoption?; it sets a tone more commonly associated with a ?divorce.?
  • Yes, it starts negotiators off on an adversarial trail. Even little things matter.
  • Using such forms makes it seem that the party initially reviewing a proposed lease has ?hacked it up to shreds,? when that?s just not the case.
  • Inexperienced negotiators are fooled into thinking that the form ?must be right? and are fearful of making such simple and common changes, let alone dealing with meatier issues.
  • Starting out this way gives everyone the false belief that they have ?already compromised? their company?s or client?s positions. So, they have to be leery of ?giving in? any further.
  • The process leads to legitimate lease provision that, at a minimum, look like they were drafted by a committee and, at worst, are incomprehensible.
  • Basically, it frustrates the negotiating parties, especially those who long, long ago realized how wasteful the process of getting a lease to the ?real? starting point can be.

We?ve said enough for today. We?ve spoken our piece. Now, we invite you to challenge Ruminations on today?s blog entry. Our guess is that most readers have their own gripes to add to our (intentionally) limited list of examples. If you are inspired to do so, just add your comment by right below the headline where it says ?Leave Your Comment.?

Source: http://www.retailrealestatelaw.com/2012/12/why-are-our-form-leases-designed-to-pick-a-fight-or-how-to-further-slow-down-the-negotiating-process/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-are-our-form-leases-designed-to-pick-a-fight-or-how-to-further-slow-down-the-negotiating-process

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