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<h1 class="hed" itemprop="headline" style="font-family: Bitter, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 2.11765em; line-height: 1.11111; margin: 10px 0px;">Amsterdam's Bold Housing Solution: 10 Artificial Islands</h1><div class="dek" itemprop="description" style="font-family: Oxygen, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.05882em; line-height: 1.22222;">To create the islands, the Dutch use a technique called the “pancake method.”</div><ul class="metadata" style="font-family: Oxygen, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.94118em; list-style-type: none; padding: 0px;"><li class="byline" data-omni-click="r'articleauthor',r'0',@href" itemprop="author" style="display: inline;"><a data-omni-click="inherit" href="http://www.citylab.com/authors/feargus-osullivan/" style="color: black; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase; white-space: nowrap;" title="Feargus O'Sullivan ">FEARGUS O'SULLIVAN </a></li>
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<img alt="Image AP Photo/Margriet Faber" src="http://cdn.citylab.com/media/img/citylab/2015/06/AP1203280110339/lead_large.jpg?GE2DGNBQGQ2DQMJZFYYA====" style="border: 0px; outline-offset: -1px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 620px;" title="Amsterdam's Bold Housing Solution: 10 Artificial Islands" /></ul><figure class="lead-image" itemprop="image" style="font-family: Oxygen, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0px; max-width: 620px;"><figcaption style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.82353em;">Amphibious houses floating in the harbor of the IJburg neighborhood in Amsterdam, in 2012. <span class="img-credit">(AP Photo/Margriet Faber)</span></figcaption></figure><div id="article-body" itemprop="articleBody" style="font-family: Oxygen, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 0.2px; line-height: 1.52941; margin-bottom: 15px;"><div dir="ltr">Right now, Amsterdam’s Center Island (<em>Centrumeiland</em> in Dutch) doesn’t look like much—just an inhospitable sand bar poking out from the city into the huge IJmeer Lake. But there’s far more to it than meets the eye at present. The island, in use for the first time this summer as a <a href="http://www.urbancampsiteamsterdam.com/en/" style="color: #0ab8eb;">campsite-cum-art installation</a>, is in fact an entirely artificial creation, lying at the heart of what could currently be Europe’s boldest engineering and housing program. This sand bar will become one of 10 new residential islands rising from the depths of the IJmeer. In a distinctively Dutch move, Amsterdam is not only planning for future expansion by building a network of model neighborhoods to expand into—it has actually constructed the ground on which those neighborhoods will stand.</div><div dir="ltr">Construction of this new archipelago, called the IJburg, began in 1997, and so far six of the total 10 planned islands are complete. To construct the islands, the Dutch used a technique they call the “<a href="http://www.cobouw.nl/nieuws/algemeen/2014/03/18/pannenkoeken-ijburg-ditmaal-achter-luwtedam" style="color: #0ab8eb;">pancake method</a>.” When an island is built-up this way, porous screens are placed in the water to hold the island’s shape and sand is sprayed into the screens to form a layer of batter-like sludge. As this layer settles and drains through the fine mesh, it hardens and another layer of sand is sprayed on top. Pancake by pancake, the island rises until it is two meters above the water level.</div><figure class="full-width" style="margin: 0px; max-width: 940px; padding-bottom: 1em; width: 940px;"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/posts/2015/06/Screen_Shot_2015_06_11_at_9.48.51_AM/aaacb5820.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 940px;" /><figcaption class="caption" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.82353em;">The islands of IJburg, with Center Island jutting out to the right. (Image courtesy of Amsterdam)</figcaption></figure><div dir="ltr">The first six islands built this way are now inhabited, albeit not entirely built-up and populated to their maximum capacity. Residents first moved onto the islands in 2002, and the city’s tram network was extended to them in 2005, bringing what was once a backwater within 15 minute of Amsterdam’s Central Station. The islands have been covered with an attractive mix of low- and medium-rise housing, threaded with self-build plots and some <a href="http://www.amusingplanet.com/2015/06/the-floating-houses-of-ijburg-amsterdam.html" style="color: #0ab8eb;">floating homes</a>. While the three main islands contain many mid-rise buildings laid out on urban streets (as you can see <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.356724,4.997546,3a,75y,286.98h,90t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sW84AQAYShNK0IeMS_5P4iw!2e0!6m1!1e1" style="color: #0ab8eb;">here</a> on Street View), the three smaller islets between the main islands and the coasts have a more explicitly suburban character. On the islets, low-rise single-family homes are <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.350567,4.997332,3a,75y,332.05h,84.19t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sy036pEgiL2sHHGm8So7ayg!2e0!6m1!1e1" style="color: #0ab8eb;">grouped along the shorelines</a>, which will ultimately be filled in with gardens and reed banks. Each of the six islands is purposely thin in order to maximize water views.</div><div dir="ltr">The construction of the archipelago marked a significant departure for Amsterdam. From the 1960s to the 1990s, finding space for the city’s overflow population primarily meant constructing new towns far from the city core. New settlements such as Almere and Lelystad (both also built on reclaimed land) fed the sprawl that has effectively turned all the major cities of the Netherlands into a single conurbation. By constructing the IJburg, Amsterdam took a new direction. The land is still reclaimed, but it is far closer to the city’s historic center. Instead of treating Amsterdam as complete and starting again elsewhere, the IJburg plan has managed to find more space in a city that thought it had no more left.</div><div dir="ltr">The gradual construction of the final four islands—a project called IJburg II—is finally due to begin after a few years of zoning wrangles that stalled full development on Center Island, leaving it as a bare promontory. What the city of Amsterdam calls a “start vision” (essentially a loose blueprint) was agreed to on March 24 of this year.</div><aside class="pullquote instapaper_ignore" dir="ltr" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 5px; font-family: Bitter, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 2.11765em; line-height: 1.05556; margin: 30px 0px; padding: 25px 0px;">The archipelago will eventually be home to up to 45,000 people in 18,000 homes, 30 percent of which will be earmarked for affordable rent.</aside><div dir="ltr">The last pancake of sand needs to fully settle before Center Island is ready for building, but construction of between 1,000 and 1,200 new homes should begin in 2017. Three other islets called Outer, Middle, and Beach Islands (<em>Buiteneiland</em>, <em>Middeneiland</em>, and <em>Strandeiland</em> in Dutch) are also planned. Should Center Island prove successful, they will emerge soon after in the open waters beyond. If you look on <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/IJburg,+1087+Amsterdam,+Netherlands/@52.3591406,5.0108243,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x47c60ebd9a860733:0xdedc190fa755d732" style="color: #0ab8eb;">Google Maps</a>, you’ll see their names already there, hovering eerily over the water. When fully complete, the archipelago will be home to a <a href="http://www.iamsterdam.com/en/local/about-amsterdam/neighbourhoods/ijburg" style="color: #0ab8eb;">population</a> of up to 45,000 people in 18,000 homes, <a href="http://www.dac.dk/en/dac-cities/sustainable-cities/all-cases/master-plan/ijburg-city-of-islands/" style="color: #0ab8eb;">30 percent</a>of which will be earmarked for affordable rent.</div><div dir="ltr">That pause between phases of constructing the IJburg islands was arguably beneficial because it allowed some key concerns about the program to be heard. Most of these focused on the IJmeer Lake itself. A vital habitat for birds, it’s a wide-open space that a crowded, densely built-up country like the Netherlands can ill afford to spoil. The lake is a place of austere but unmistakable beauty—arriving suddenly at its banks and seeing its great sweep out in front of you is one of the scenic highlights of the Netherlands. If handled poorly, building further along its banks could scare off the birds, disrupt the waters, and ruin the views. The pancake method itself can also be a problem, as it was with the earlier islands. According to <a href="http://www.cobouw.nl/nieuws/algemeen/2014/03/18/pannenkoeken-ijburg-ditmaal-achter-luwtedam" style="color: #0ab8eb;"><em>Cobouw</em></a>, a publication about construction, during bad weather, the screens holding the islands’ shape sometimes ripped and leached sludge onto the lake bottom, requiring repair and threatening mussel beds.</div><figure style="margin: 0px; max-width: 620px; padding-bottom: 1em;"><img alt="" src="https://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/posts/2015/06/Screen_Shot_2015_06_11_at_14.28.45/89afdfdba.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 620px;" /><figcaption class="caption" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.82353em;">Amsterdam’s projections for future home building on the Ijburg’s islands. The four as yet unbuilt islands are shown in the yellow and red sections located offshore. Center Island is the yellow rectangle closest to the shore, flanked by the six already completed islands shown mostly in green. (Screenshot of <a href="http://maps.amsterdam.nl/woningbouwplannen/" style="color: #999999;">this map</a> by author)</figcaption></figure><div dir="ltr">Center Island’s construction should avoid these pitfalls. To give extra protection to the island’s sludge screens by sheltering them from the current, a 600-meter breakwater has been constructed to the east of the island site. And following the input of the public from a year-long consultation at the<a href="http://www.stadinzicht.arcam.nl/eiland/" style="color: #0ab8eb;">Amsterdam Architecture Center</a>, the future islands will probably be leafier and more low-rise than initially envisaged, each with a band of green around their fringe to preserve lake views. The new islands will also be energy self-sufficient. Developers are entertaining the idea of rooftop solar cells and district heating to achieve this goal, in addition to giving more space to self-builders. Based on <a href="http://www.parool.nl/parool/nl/4/AMSTERDAM/article/detail/278240/2010/02/05/IJburg-II-kan-er-toch-snel-komen.dhtml" style="color: #0ab8eb;">experience</a> from the IJburg’s earlier islands, self-builders are more likely to install well-insulated, eco-friendly heating and wastewater systems.</div><div dir="ltr">None of this is likely to happen that fast. The Amsterdam housing plan projections shown in <a href="http://maps.amsterdam.nl/woningbouwplannen/" style="color: #0ab8eb;">this map</a> reveal that parts of the new islands will likely not be constructed until after 2026. That needn’t be a drawback. The refinement of the whole IJburg project over time shows the benefits of gradual development in engaging the public and improving the end product. After all, if you’re going to create a city neighborhood out of what was once just a stretch of open water, it pays to take your time.</div></div>Saintregishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18144722738298504152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595932725860911106.post-46338905599999764862015-05-28T20:53:00.001-04:002015-05-28T20:53:49.311-04:00Bob's hospital playmate - robertjcotter@gmail.com - Gmail<a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/14d9c143e7e55e9f?projector=1">Bob's hospital playmate </a><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/14d9c143e7e55e9f?projector=1">mail</a><br /><br />
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Satellite communications as a set of technologies and as a critical national defense and security<br />
resource and as a commercial industry is in the midst of a disruptive phase that is inspiring a new wave of innovation<br />
that Kratos is uniquely well positioned to capitalize on.<br />
There are several factors driving this disruption, with the primary one being a seemingly insatiable demand for<br />
bandwidth being driven by the rise of UAVs and drones, unmanned systems and the need to communicate and control<br />
with them, including without interfering with other forms of communications, the increasing reliance on GPS for<br />
location targeting and communications, the increasing demand for streaming video, including high definition, data and<br />
ISR, the growing Internet of Things where even the most mundane objects from cars to watches and other devices are<br />
constantly connected to the Net, and the opening of underserved markets in areas such as Africa and South America,<br />
along with increasing demand in established and emerging markets for services such as cellular, backhaul and HDTV.<br />
This growing demand is driving research, development and implementation of new technologies in the satellites<br />
themselves, including for example, high throughput satellites, or HTS, which deliver many beams to multiple locations,<br />
all electric satellites, modular payloads and small sats, which cost a fraction to manufacture and launch than traditional<br />
satellites. Small satellites may be particularly disruptive because this is bringing in an entirely new set of large and<br />
well financed entrepreneurial players to space, such as Google, SpaceX, Yahoo! and similar Silicon Valley type<br />
ventures.<br />
National security requirements are also driving this disruption. For example, I previously mentioned unmanned<br />
systems, where as you know Kratos is currently a major player and we're making a very large investment. There is also<br />
growing demands on bandwidth for other defense and intelligence uses and the threats to these satellite resources<br />
themselves are growing dramatically. Related to this, if you saw the segment on 60 Minutes two weeks ago, you know<br />
that the Department of Defense has become increasingly frank and open about physical, cyber, jamming, electronic<br />
and other forms of warfare that are targeting our ability to communicate over satellites and in space. This has led<br />
senior U.S. Defense leaders to comment repeatedly that one of their greatest interests is to fundamentally increase the<br />
resiliency and the protection of satellite capacity, with spending northwards of an incremental $5 billion being<br />
mentioned.<br />
We believe Kratos is extremely well positioned to capitalize on these disruptions and challenges and opportunities, with<br />
the most important being Kratos' unique place as the leading endtoend enterprise ground systems products and<br />
solutions provider, with Kratos solutions touching virtually every element across the ground segment. We believe that<br />
Kratos is the only solutions provider that has such a broad set of integrated strategic products with enterprise grade<br />
reliability including at the United States Air Force, where Kratos products are used in virtually all key programs.<br />
These are just some of the reasons why we are very excited and optimistic about the opportunities we have in the<br />
SATCOM, signal monitoring and related cyber area. Along with our earnings release today, we included a description<br />
of three of Kratos' newest satellite communications products, which address these new opportunities and we are<br />
looking for this business to be one of Kratos' fastest growing and most valuable going forward.<br />
5/8/2015 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) Eric M. DeMarco on Q1 2015 Results Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking Alpha<br />
http://seekingalpha.com/article/3157966kratosdefenseandsecuritysolutionsktosericmdemarcoonq12015resultsearningscalltranscript?page=1 4/13<br />
On the strategic alternatives review that the Kratos board of directors is undergoing and consistent with what we stated<br />
in our March call, we fully expect to be able to communicate the results of the review, no later than the end of Q2 and<br />
we are unable to provide any further comment at this time. And Kratos' executives remain in a window where we<br />
cannot purchase or trade in Kratos stock.<br />
With that, I'll turn it over to Deanna.<br />
Deanna Hom Lund Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President<br />
Thank you, Eric.<br />
Good afternoon. Our first quarter revenues of $182.5 million came in our expected range of $180 million to $190<br />
million. First quarter revenues were impacted by delays in certain contract awards, shipments of unmanned aerial<br />
drone system targets and delays in shipments of hardened mobile tactical facilities in our Modular Systems businesses.<br />
A number of our production contracts generate revenues as the units are shipped and delivered as opposed to on a<br />
percentage of completion basis. Accordingly, there can be up to a six month or so delay in revenue and EBITDA<br />
generation, after contract award until product delivery occurs. Cash flow is also impacted in these instances, as the<br />
contractual terms under these types of projects typically do not provide for payment until shipments occur.<br />
On a year-over-year basis, revenues increased for our KGS segment from $131.5 million to $132.5 million, inflecting<br />
growth in our Simulation and Training business of $2.6 million, and in our Technical Government Services business of<br />
$4.8 million, in which we support directed energy weapons and electromagnetic railgun efforts, partially offset by a<br />
reduction in our legacy government services revenue of $5 million and reduced shipments of electronic products and<br />
specialized ground equipment.<br />
On a year-over-year basis, as we forecasted, revenues declined for Unmanned Systems segment from $19.7 million to<br />
$12.4 million, as a result of the delay between AFSAT Program Lot 10 production, which we completed in Q4 last year<br />
and AFSAT Production Lot 11 for which shipments begin later this year in Q3, as well as delays in expected<br />
international awards that did not occur until the second quarter of 2015, as Eric mentioned earlier.<br />
On a year-over-year basis, revenues declined for our PSS segment from $48.9 million to $37.6 million, primarily<br />
reflecting the completion or near completion of a number of larger security system deployment programs, which<br />
occurred in the fourth quarter of 2014 and early 2015, as well as the company's shift in strategic focus in this business<br />
to focus on higher margin, typically smaller security programs and only selectively bid on larger lower margin programs<br />
going forward.<br />
As we have mentioned on our last conference call, we made significant personnel and cost reductions in the first<br />
quarter, which we should start realizing the full impact of in the second quarter, specifically in our PSS business, as we<br />
have reduced our cost structure in line with our recent change in strategic focus on lower volume, higher margin work.<br />
Our adjusted EBITDA of $11.6 million for the first quarter is from continuing operations and excludes the following<br />
charges, which have been reflected as adjustments since we either believe the items are nonoperational and/or nonrecurring<br />
in nature. Acquisition and restructuring related items at $1.9 million, which includes employee termination<br />
costs of $900,000 as we continue to rightsize the business and excess capacity cost of $600,000 in our Unmanned<br />
Systems business, $300,000 of increased costs related to pending customer change orders related to scope increases<br />
and additional work performed in our PSS business, $400,000 of transaction, foreign transaction losses and $100,000<br />
related to potential strategic transaction related expenses.<br />
We have now recently submitted change orders for two sizable PSS projects, both of which have been recently<br />
completed. We believe we will be successful in obtaining customer change orders to reimburse us for a good portion of<br />
the additional work we have performed based upon our historical experience. However, for accounting purposes, we<br />
have recorded all the costs we have incurred on these two projects without reflecting any of the anticipated change<br />
orders we have submitted or are in the process of submitting, until actual receipt of the signed change orders or receipt<br />
of the change orders is imminent.<br />
As expected, our adjusted EBITDA was impacted by the continued increased IR&D investments during the first<br />
quarter, which were at $4.8 million or 2.6% of revenues including in the unmanned systems, satellite communications<br />
and electronic product areas. On a GAAP basis, net loss for the first quarter was $16.3 million, which included $4.6<br />
million of expense related to amortization of intangible assets, noncash stock compensation expense of $2 million, as<br />
well as a $2.4 million income tax provision.<br />
5/8/2015 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) Eric M. DeMarco on Q1 2015 Results Earnings Call Transcript | Seeking Alpha<br />
http://seekingalpha.com/article/3157966kratosdefenseandsecuritysolutionsktosericmdemarcoonq12015resultsearningscalltranscript?page=1 5/13<br />
Moving to the balance sheet and liquidity, our cash balance was $34.4 million at March 29, plus $1.6 million of<br />
restricted cash. Cash flow from operations for the first quarter was a use of $2.9 million, resulting primarily from an<br />
increase in DSOs from 102 days at the end of the fourth quarter to 119 days at the end of first quarter. As expected,<br />
the net working capital requirements in the first quarter, primarily related to the build of inventory and product as we<br />
are producing units that are not expected to be shipped and ultimately billed until the second half of the year once<br />
shipments have occurred and contractual billing milestones have been achieved and completed.<br />
As we have discussed previously, our DSOs can fluctuate due to milestones and shipments on our production type<br />
contracts, which will likely continue to impact our DSOs and cash flows from operations in the future. As we discussed<br />
earlier, as the revenue is not recorded and billing milestones on a number of our contracts is not achieved until units<br />
are shipped and delivered, our revenues, EBITDA and operating cash flow will be impacted in the near term.<br />
Our contract mix for the first quarter was 81% of revenues generated from fixed price contracts, 14% from cost plus<br />
type contracts and 5% from time and material contracts. Revenues generated from contracts with the Federal<br />
Government were approximately 61%, including revenues generated from contracts with the DoD and with nonDoD<br />
Federal Government agencies. We also generated 5% of our revenues from state and local governments, 20% from<br />
commercial customers and 14% from foreign customers with our aggregate nonDoD revenues comprising 39% of our<br />
total revenues. Backlog at quarter end was $1.1 billion with $650 million funded and $409 million funded – unfunded.<br />
Backlog at the end of Q4 was $1.1 billion.<br />
Now on to the financial guidance that we are providing at this time. As Eric mentioned previously, we are affirming our<br />
previously communicated second quarter and fiscal 2015 guidance. We currently expect a slight second quarter<br />
sequential revenue increase as we focus on higher margin PSS opportunities and as our business mix in our<br />
Government business improves, including higher margin satellite communications and signal intelligence work, and we<br />
expect second quarter adjusted EBITDA of approximately $14 million to $17 million.<br />
As we communicated on our last quarter call, we recently reached agreement with our UCAS government sponsor,<br />
which includes a onetime $3.5 million Kratos investment, along with certain government provided systems equipment,<br />
access use of government facilities and government personnel and services. The agreement was structured so that<br />
Kratos will retain 100% ownership of the intellectual property, technology and data rights to this unmanned combat<br />
aircraft. Accordingly, we will separately identify and exclude from our continuing results this $3.5 million nonrecurring<br />
IP related investment, which will commence in the second quarter and is expected to be completed by the fourth<br />
quarter. And we will keep you informed of our UCAS initiative progress.<br />
The excess capacity at our Unmanned Systems segment is expected to continue throughout the balance of 2015 due<br />
to the expected timing of production based on anticipated awards compared to total manufacturing capacity. We plan<br />
to continue to exclude the unabsorbed overhead costs through the balance of the year consistent with last year. We<br />
expect revenue and EBITDA to continue to increase in Q3 driven by increased product deliveries and execution on our<br />
under contract programs. And we expect Q4 revenue and EBITDA to approximate or be slightly higher than Q4.<br />
We're continuing to make investments from an IR&D and CapEx perspective in certain of our Electronic Products,<br />
Satellite Communications and Unmanned Systems businesses. Our total estimated CapEx for 2015 is $15 million to<br />
$19 million, with the most significant investment being in our Unmanned business, as we will be manufacturing an<br />
increased number of aircraft for expected customer presentation requirements and includes production of UCAS<br />
aircraft.Saintregishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18144722738298504152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595932725860911106.post-90534617108839652882015-04-24T16:08:00.001-04:002015-04-24T16:08:52.939-04:00Lorenzo's Daggers, a time travel historical adventure novel.<a href="http://www.ronmcgaw.us/#!blog/c112v">Lorenzo's Daggers, a time travel historical adventure novel.</a>Saintregishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18144722738298504152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595932725860911106.post-65460946739389745972015-03-24T13:21:00.001-04:002015-03-24T13:21:47.639-04:002015’s Best States to Be Rich or Poor from a Tax Perspective | WalletHub®<span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"><b><i><u> Tax Burden By State and Income Level </u></i></b></span><br /><br /><table class="cardhub-edu-table center-aligned sortable" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: black; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 620px;"><thead>
<tr><th class="header" style="background: rgb(229, 229, 229); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 13px 8px;"><div align="center" style="line-height: 19px;"><b>State</b></div></th><th class="rank-percentage header" style="background: rgb(229, 229, 229); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 13px 8px;"><div align="center" style="line-height: 19px;"><b>“Low Income” Rank<br />(Tax Burden as a % of Income)</b></div></th><th class="rank-percentage header" style="background: rgb(229, 229, 229); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 13px 8px;"><div align="center" style="line-height: 19px;"><b>“Middle Income” Rank<br />(Tax Burden as a % of Income)</b></div></th><th class="rank-percentage header" style="background: rgb(229, 229, 229); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); cursor: pointer; padding: 4px 13px 8px;"><div align="center" style="line-height: 19px;"><b>“High Income” Rank<br />(Tax Burden as a % of Income)</b></div></th></tr>
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<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Alabama</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">25<br />(9.61%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">20<br />(8.82%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9<br />(6.03%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Alaska</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1<br />(5.40%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1<br />(4.50%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1<br />(3.43%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Arizona</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">48<br />(11.70%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">18<br />(8.75%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">18<br />(7.36%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Arkansas</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">46<br />(11.46%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">49<br />(11.29%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">37<br />(9.16%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">California</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">21<br />(9.49%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">15<br />(8.58%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">39<br />(9.35%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Colorado</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">14<br />(8.68%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">17<br />(8.73%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">16<br />(7.26%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Connecticut</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">34<br />(10.04%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">46<br />(10.77%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">50<br />(11.19%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Delaware</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2<br />(5.43%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2<br />(5.70%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10<br />(6.14%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">District of Columbia</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7<br />(7.76%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">37<br />(10.16%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">43<br />(9.80%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Florida</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">17<br />(9.23%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10<br />(7.67%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7<br />(5.56%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Georgia</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">30<br />(9.87%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">30<br />(9.77%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">30<br />(8.46%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Hawaii</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">50<br />(12.30%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">48<br />(10.86%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">31<br />(8.72%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Idaho</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">11<br />(8.47%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">11<br />(7.73%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">22<br />(7.94%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Illinois</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">49<br />(12.10%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">50<br />(11.30%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">44<br />(9.83%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Indiana</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">44<br />(11.19%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">45<br />(10.72%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">24<br />(8.19%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Iowa</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">39<br />(10.47%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">35<br />(10.03%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">33<br />(8.90%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Kansas</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">29<br />(9.84%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">26<br />(9.50%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">26<br />(8.31%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Kentucky</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">41<br />(10.62%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">40<br />(10.44%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">35<br />(9.10%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Louisiana</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">35<br />(10.05%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">27<br />(9.57%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">14<br />(6.91%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Maine</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">20<br />(9.35%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">28<br />(9.60%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">41<br />(9.59%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Maryland</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">26<br />(9.70%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">47<br />(10.80%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">49<br />(10.40%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Massachusetts</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">32<br />(9.92%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">31<br />(9.85%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">38<br />(9.16%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Michigan</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">22<br />(9.50%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">25<br />(9.50%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">25<br />(8.19%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Minnesota</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">24<br />(9.58%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">33<br />(9.94%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">47<br />(9.92%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Mississippi</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">42<br />(10.77%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">38<br />(10.19%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">15<br />(7.12%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Missouri</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">23<br />(9.51%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">22<br />(9.20%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">27<br />(8.32%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Montana</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3<br />(6.10%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4<br />(6.59%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">12<br />(6.42%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Nebraska</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">36<br />(10.23%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">39<br />(10.41%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">36<br />(9.14%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Nevada</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4<br />(7.00%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3<br />(6.28%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3<br />(4.71%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">New Hampshire</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8<br />(7.99%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8<br />(7.43%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6<br />(5.36%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">New Jersey</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">33<br />(10.03%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">29<br />(9.71%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">48<br />(10.29%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">New Mexico</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">38<br />(10.37%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">34<br />(10.03%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">21<br />(7.87%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">New York</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">43<br />(10.89%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">51<br />(12.41%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">51<br />(12.40%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">North Carolina</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">18<br />(9.32%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">24<br />(9.37%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">29<br />(8.40%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">North Dakota</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10<br />(8.37%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">12<br />(7.92%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8<br />(5.70%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Ohio</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">47<br />(11.46%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">41<br />(10.51%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">42<br />(9.62%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Oklahoma</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">31<br />(9.90%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">23<br />(9.34%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">20<br />(7.77%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Oregon</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9<br />(7.99%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">14<br />(8.51%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">32<br />(8.78%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Pennsylvania</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">45<br />(11.39%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">36<br />(10.10%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">34<br />(8.91%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Rhode Island</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">37<br />(10.28%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">42<br />(10.65%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">45<br />(9.85%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">South Carolina</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5<br />(7.08%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">13<br />(8.01%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">17<br />(7.31%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">South Dakota</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">28<br />(9.80%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7<br />(7.17%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5<br />(5.17%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Tennessee</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">16<br />(9.17%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6<br />(7.02%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4<br />(4.97%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Texas</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">40<br />(10.57%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9<br />(7.55%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">13<br />(6.53%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Utah</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">12<br />(8.60%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">16<br />(8.70%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">19<br />(7.75%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Vermont</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">19<br />(9.34%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">32<br />(9.86%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">40<br />(9.44%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Virginia</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">15<br />(8.81%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">19<br />(8.80%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">28<br />(8.36%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Washington</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">51<br />(13.03%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">44<br />(10.69%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">11<br />(6.38%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">West Virginia</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">13<br />(8.65%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">21<br />(8.93%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">23<br />(8.13%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Wisconsin</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">27<br />(9.76%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">43<br />(10.68%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">46<br />(9.89%)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Wyoming</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6<br />(7.68%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5<br />(6.65%)</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2<br />(3.98%)</td></tr>
</tbody></table><br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><img alt="Best-States-to-be-Rich-&-Poor-from-a-Tax-Perspective-Artwork-v2" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-11459" height="1835" src="http://d2e70e9yced57e.cloudfront.net/wallethub/images/posts/11459/best-states-to-be-rich-poor-from-a-tax-perspective-artwork-v2.png" style="border: none;" width="700" /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="detailed-findings"></a></div><h2 style="background-color: white; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">Detailed Findings</h2><div align="center" style="background-color: white; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;"><table class="cardhub-edu-table center-aligned" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 650px;"><thead>
<tr><th style="background: rgb(229, 229, 229); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 4px 13px 8px;">State</th><th style="background: rgb(229, 229, 229); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 4px 13px 8px;">Income Level</th><th style="background: rgb(229, 229, 229); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 4px 13px 8px;">Sales Tax as % of Income</th><th style="background: rgb(229, 229, 229); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 4px 13px 8px;">Property Tax as % of Income</th><th style="background: rgb(229, 229, 229); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 4px 13px 8px;">Income Tax as % of Income</th><th style="background: rgb(229, 229, 229); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 4px 13px 8px;">Total Tax as % of Income</th></tr>
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<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Alabama</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.26%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.23%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.13%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.61%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.01%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.13%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.68%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.82%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.30%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.10%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.64%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.03%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Alaska</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.44%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.80%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.16%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.40%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.65%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.75%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.10%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.50%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.88%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.35%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.20%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.43%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Arizona</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.22%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.42%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.06%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">11.70%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.66%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.53%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.57%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.75%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.72%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.27%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.37%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.36%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Arkansas</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.06%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.56%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.85%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">11.46%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.13%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.50%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.66%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">11.29%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.93%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.35%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.88%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.16%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">California</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.25%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.81%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.43%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.49%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.47%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.71%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.40%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.58%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.35%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.85%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.15%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.35%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Colorado</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.89%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.10%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.69%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.68%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.07%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.12%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.54%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.73%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.99%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.27%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.26%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Connecticut</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.02%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.81%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.21%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.04%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.81%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.71%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.25%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.77%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.46%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.33%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.40%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">11.19%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Delaware</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.01%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.64%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.78%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.43%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.27%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.40%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.03%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.70%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.72%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.26%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.16%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.14%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">District of Columbia</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.47%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.15%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.14%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.76%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.44%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.72%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.16%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.45%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.15%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.19%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.80%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Florida</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.32%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.91%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.23%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.45%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.22%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.67%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.14%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.40%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.02%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.56%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Georgia</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.32%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.30%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.25%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.87%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.30%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.30%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.17%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.77%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.33%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.20%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.93%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.46%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Hawaii</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.50%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.20%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.60%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">12.30%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.59%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.42%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.85%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.86%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.06%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.26%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.40%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.72%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Idaho</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.10%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.44%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.93%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.47%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.84%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.76%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.13%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.73%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.06%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.60%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.29%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.94%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Illinois</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.62%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.42%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.06%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">12.10%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.37%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.11%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.82%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">11.30%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.48%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.36%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.83%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Indiana</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.31%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.93%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.95%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">11.19%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.73%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.27%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.71%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.72%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.49%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.05%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.66%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.19%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Iowa</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.63%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.65%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.20%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.47%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.50%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.50%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.03%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.03%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.24%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.57%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.10%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.90%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Kansas</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.87%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.53%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.44%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.84%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.12%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.60%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.78%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.50%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.99%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.68%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.64%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.31%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Kentucky</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.14%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.71%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.77%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.62%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.83%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.74%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.87%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.44%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.11%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.83%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.16%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.10%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Louisiana</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.75%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.99%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.31%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.05%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.50%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.90%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.17%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.57%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.39%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.92%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.60%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.91%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Maine</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.20%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.01%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.15%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.35%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.80%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.26%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.54%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.60%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.99%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.20%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.39%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.59%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Maryland</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.25%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.04%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.41%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.70%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.02%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.48%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.30%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.80%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.09%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.68%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.64%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.40%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Massachusetts</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.92%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.77%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.23%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.92%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.95%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.22%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.67%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.85%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.92%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.10%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.15%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.16%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Michigan</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.97%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.01%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.52%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.50%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.58%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.60%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.32%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.50%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.58%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.61%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.19%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Minnesota</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.38%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.64%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.56%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.58%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.21%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.79%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.94%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.94%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.41%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.73%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.78%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.92%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Mississippi</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.17%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.20%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.40%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.77%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.78%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.07%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.34%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.19%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.81%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.60%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.71%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.12%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Missouri</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.14%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.68%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.68%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.51%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.99%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.30%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.91%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.20%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.27%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.30%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.75%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.32%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Montana</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.92%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.22%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.96%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.10%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.16%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.66%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.76%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.59%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.46%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.29%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.67%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.42%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Nebraska</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.82%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.61%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.80%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.23%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.57%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.31%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.53%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.41%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.48%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.66%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.14%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Nevada</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.80%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.60%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.60%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.00%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.59%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.16%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.53%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.28%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.21%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.05%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.46%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.71%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">New Hampshire</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.19%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.20%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.60%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.99%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.65%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.18%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.60%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.43%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.72%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.94%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.70%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.36%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">New Jersey</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.65%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.30%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.09%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.03%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.51%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.80%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.40%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.71%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.02%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.07%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.20%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.29%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">New Mexico</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.98%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.80%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.60%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.37%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.13%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.74%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.16%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.03%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.19%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.46%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.23%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.87%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">New York</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.37%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.30%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.21%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.89%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.75%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.17%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.49%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">12.41%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.58%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.27%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.56%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">12.40%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">North Carolina</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.04%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.66%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.62%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.32%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.65%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.10%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.62%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.37%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.02%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.05%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.33%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.40%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">North Dakota</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.34%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.50%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.53%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.37%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.58%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.57%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.78%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.92%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.50%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.20%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.70%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Ohio</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.88%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.18%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.40%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">11.46%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.57%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.60%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.34%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.51%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.99%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.53%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.10%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.62%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Oklahoma</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.80%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.94%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.16%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.90%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.37%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.53%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.44%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.34%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.15%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.32%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.31%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.77%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Oregon</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.53%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.47%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.99%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.93%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.84%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.74%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.51%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.42%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.64%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.73%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.78%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Pennsylvania</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.85%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.15%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.40%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">11.39%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.40%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.80%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.90%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.10%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.95%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.96%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.91%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Rhode Island</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.59%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.71%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.99%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.28%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.88%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.47%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.30%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.65%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.17%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.39%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.30%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.85%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">South Carolina</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.12%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.09%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.88%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.08%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.61%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.05%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.35%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.01%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.78%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.70%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.83%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.31%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">South Dakota</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.61%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.19%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.80%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.37%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.80%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.17%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.09%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.09%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.17%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Tennessee</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.44%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.73%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.17%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.41%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.51%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.10%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.02%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.27%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.51%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.19%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.97%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Texas</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.72%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.85%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.57%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.88%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.67%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.55%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.34%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.19%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.53%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Utah</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.64%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.96%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.60%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.65%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.70%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.35%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.70%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.14%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.59%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.02%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.75%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Vermont</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.64%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.50%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.20%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.34%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.55%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.71%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.61%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.86%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.87%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.27%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.30%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.44%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Virginia</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.01%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.40%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.41%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.81%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.30%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.49%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.80%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.67%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.53%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.16%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.36%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Washington</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.76%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.27%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">13.03%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.16%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.53%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.69%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.17%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.22%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.38%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">West Virginia</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.48%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.28%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.89%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.65%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.44%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.19%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.29%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.93%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.15%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.30%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.68%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">8.13%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Wisconsin</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.04%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.23%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.49%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.76%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.60%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.52%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.56%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">10.68%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.11%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.34%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.44%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">9.89%</td></tr>
<tr><td rowspan="3" style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Wyoming</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Low</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">5.53%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.16%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">7.68%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">Middle</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">4.65%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">6.65%</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">High</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">2.22%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">1.76%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">0.00%</td><td style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); font-size: 14px; padding: 5px 5px 3px; text-align: center;">3.98%</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div>Saintregishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18144722738298504152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595932725860911106.post-3303571611247374062015-03-20T04:05:00.001-04:002015-03-20T04:05:27.792-04:00CEH: How to Doubt a Consensus<br /><br />
<div class="cat-issues" id="post-headline" style="background: rgb(180, 164, 79); border: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; height: 130px; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="post-headline-content" style="background: url(http://crev.info/wordpress/wp-content/themes/crev/images/interface/noisegrad_03.png) transparent; border: 0px; height: 130px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="post-headline-image" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961) 0px 0px 7px 0px; background: rgb(78, 104, 146); border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961) 0px 0px 7px 0px; float: left; height: 100px; left: 0px; margin: 13px 12px 10px 13px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100px; z-index: 100;"><img alt="" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" src="http://crev.info/wordpress/wp-content/themes/crev/images/interface/headline/philosophyofscience.jpg" style="background: transparent; 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color: #444444; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.0030002593994px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You don’t need to be a “denialist.” Just read the fine print in their own publications, and understand the limits of science.</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There’s a prime opportunity going on right now to observe the behavior of a scientific consensus. On the one hand, a large majority of atmospheric scientists report near certainty that the climate is warming, and man is causing it. This consensus reaches to international proportions, motivating global conferences on how to mitigate catastrophic changes they predict, such as rising sea levels, drought and extinctions of species. Treaties are being written that could have drastic effects on national economies and trade – all because the scientific consensus says disaster is coming unless we act. They typically rely on the authority of science for their confidence.</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On the other hand, there is a substantial movement outside the consensus. Disparagingly called “denialists” by the consensus, this group includes scientists and activists who, just as confidently, criticize the scientific basis for blaming humans for global warming. Interestingly, the two opposing groups are largely divided along political lines: leftists for the consensus, rightists against it. Some on the extreme of this group find evidence of conspiracy on the other side (e.g., the near-sudden nomenclature change a few years ago from “global warming” to “climate change,” funding bias, involvement of the U.N. and leftist NGOs, etc.). What is a citizen to believe?</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Incidentally, Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana and Tennessee have banned the term “climate change” by state environmental officials, according to <a href="http://www.livescience.com/50085-states-outlaw-climate-change.html?" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Live Science</a>. Reporter Tanya Lewis calls this an “attempt to <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">cast doubt on established climate science</strong> in boardrooms and classrooms,” showing her pro-consensus bias.</div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The goal of this entry is not to take a position on the central issue (whether man is causing it, if warming is occurring), but to investigate the way it is reported and, at a deeper level, to see whether this is an issue one can be confident about (see “What is the temperature of the Earth?”, <a href="http://crev.info/2015/01/what-is-the-temperature-of-the-earth/" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1/15/15</a>). The consensus is often so strong, some of its defenders think the “denialists” should be silenced. Yet their confidence is sometimes hard to square with troubling reports about details germane to the theory. Is the consensus a house of cards? The following are all taken from consensus-trusting sources:</div><ol style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px 0px 25px 1.8em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="caps" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 11.6999998092651px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CO</span><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 9.75px; line-height: 9.75px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: -10%;">2</span> emissions may have stalled in 2014 – why?</span> (<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27165-co2-emissions-may-have-stalled-in-2014--why.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">New Scientist</a>). Global <span class="caps" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 11.6999998092651px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CO2</span> emissions stall despite economic growth: <span class="caps" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 11.6999998092651px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">IEA</span> (<a href="http://phys.org/news/2015-03-carbon-emissions-stabilize-economy.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">PhysOrg</a>, <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-31872460" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="caps" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 11.6999998092651px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BBC</span> News</a>). Without significant human intervention, last year’s carbon dioxide emissions went down. This has left climate scientists scrambling for auxiliary hypotheses to explain why. Consensus scientists call this encouraging, but no time for complacency. Others tried to link previous stalls with economic downturns. Some say China’s initiatives must be working. If that is true, what more action is needed? <a href="http://phys.org/news/2015-03-china-falling-short-pollution-premier.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">PhysOrg</a> says China is falling behind on pollution.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Interaction of Atlantic and Pacific oscillations caused ‘false pause’ in warming</span>(<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150226144911.htm" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Science Daily</a>). Yes, there was a 15-year pause in temperature rise, Penn State climatologists admit, but “They do not signal any slowdown in human-caused global warming.” The hiatus was just part of “natural oscillations,” they say. One of the experts in the article is Michael Mann, accused by climate skeptics of fudging data to make his famous “hockey stick” diagram support the consensus. <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6225/952.short" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Science Magazine</a> also admits the hiatus and supported the new explanation. Another piece in <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6225/960.5.full" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Science Magazine</a> assures readers that the hiatus is about to end. If they didn’t expect the hiatus, how can they expect its ending?</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Climate change: global warming could speed up</span> (<a href="http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v519/n7542/full/519132b.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nature</a>). “The rate of global warming<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">could more than double</strong> over the coming decades, as greenhouse gases build up in Earth’s atmosphere,” this short article in Nature warns, based on simulations done in Maryland by climate scientists. They even get more specific: “The Arctic, Europe and North America <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">will probably</strong> see larger increases in warming rates than the global average.” How could this be tested without waiting 40 years? Skeptics might complain this is a <a href="http://crev.info/baloney-detector/#fearmongering" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">scare tactic</a>. Models have been notoriously unreliable, not taking into account various unknowns—and an unknown number of “unknown unknowns”. For instance, <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150310105307.htm" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Science Daily</a> reported that “<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">small eddies produce global effects on climate change</strong>,” and these effects—not previously considered—extend the cooling capacity of the oceans, “<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">effectively delaying the impacts of global warming.</strong>” What other factors have not been considered in the models which, at best, are oversimplifications of reality?</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Climate science literacy unrelated to public acceptance of human-caused global warming</span> (<a href="http://phys.org/news/2015-02-climate-science-literacy-unrelated-human-caused.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">PhysOrg</a>). Consensus supporters cannot blame deniers of being ignorant. “<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Deep public divisions over climate change are unrelated</strong> to differences in <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">how well ordinary citizens understand scientific evidence</strong> on global warming,” the article begins. “Indeed,<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">members of the public who score the highest</strong> on a climate-science literacy test are <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the most politically polarized</strong> on whether human activity is causing global temperatures to rise.”</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Climate leadership in question as <span class="caps" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-size: 11.6999998092651px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">IPCC</span> chief resigns</span> (<a href="http://www.nature.com/news/climate-leadership-in-question-as-ipcc-chief-resigns-1.16988" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nature</a>). “Chairman Rajendra Pachauri stands down amid allegations of sexual harassment.” While sexual misconduct has nothing to do with scientific data about climate, it does speak to character. This revelation creates a climate of mistrust about the integrity of the top man at the <span class="caps" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 11.6999998092651px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">IPCC</span> who purported to assure to the world that humans are blameworthy for the planet’s warming.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Evolving to cope with climate change</span> (<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150306102600.htm" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Science Daily</a>). Is it really possible to tell whether a few fish in a lab can say anything about their capability to adapt to proposed climate changes two centuries from now? Who will be around to prove them right or wrong? This kind of stretched reasoning makes it hard for climate skeptics to take the consensus seriously. Experiments could be concocted to prove either position.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">New carbon accounting method proposed</span> (<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/03/150310104800.htm" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Science Daily</a>). Researchers at Lund University point out a misleading measure of climate remediation. “In some cases, countries are even rewarded for policies that increase global emissions, and punished for policies that contribute to reducing them,” the article begins. “Consumption-based accounting, also known as <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">carbon footprints</strong>, has been suggested as an alternative to today’s production-based accounting.” What does this do to conclusions drawn from the old methods?</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Earth science is not hard science, congressional Republicans declare</span> (<a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/climate/2015/03/earth-science-not-hard-science-congressional-republicans-declare" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Science Magazine</a>). In a debate that bears on philosophy of taxonomy, Jeffrey Mervis quotes advocates of both camps arguing that earth science is, or is not, “hard science.” The answer to that question would obviously impinge on the confidence of the climate consensus, but the article is more concerned about the impact on future funding.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Climate engineering no longer on the fringe</span> (<a href="http://phys.org/news/2015-02-climate-longer-fringe.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">PhysOrg</a>). The headline implies that people who want to engineer the climate were, until recently, considered “fringe” (like their skeptics have been so named). Does bringing the subject up to the National Academy of Sciences move “discussion of the controversial topic into the mainstream science community”? David Keith, a climate activist, presents his ideas on overcoming political and social obstacles to geoengineering. It’s just this kind of tampering with nature by “global governance” that upsets a lot of people.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Whose ox is gored</span>: Recently, a congressional Democrat started investigating the funding of climate skeptic Willie Soon of Harvard. This reminded <a href="http://www.nature.com/news/gone-fishing-1.17028" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nature’s editors</a> of a similar but reverse case by a Republican years ago. They warned against investigators of either party going on fishing expeditions to impugn the motives of scientists on either side. “Scientists must view their funding sources as public information that is always subject to scrutiny, and act accordingly,” the editors acknowledged. “But when <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">politicians</strong> seek to probe beyond<strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">possible sources of external influence</strong> on published work and attempt to expose internal discussions that they find inconvenient, that sends a <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">chilling message</strong> to all academics and to the wider public.”</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Did climate change drive the Syrian uprising</span>? (<a href="http://news.sciencemag.org/climate/2015/03/did-climate-change-drive-syrian-uprising" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Science Magazine</a>). The <a href="http://crev.info/baloney-detector/#suggestion" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">power of suggestion</a> is applied in a short article by Carolyn Gramling that omits the most important factor in Syrian politics: religious ideology. A correlation that the authors of “a new study” drew is limited to the middle east, but omits to consider similar uprisings in tropical Africa and Indonesia. It also doesn’t account for peaceful initiatives taking place in locations with similar climates as Syria. Any philosopher should look askance at such questionable inferences.</li>
<li style="background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Will We Combat Global Warming, Despite Our Nature?</span> (<a href="http://www.livescience.com/50044-will-humans-combat-global-warming-or-fall-prey-to-our-nature.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Live Science</a>). Possibly the most absurd conclusion of all is drawn in this Op-Ed piece by Raghu Murtugudde of the University of Maryland. He draws inferences about human nature from evolutionary theory, then asks if we can overcome them. If our nature evolved, though, to what moral standard can he appeal? By his own worldview, he is a result of evolutionary forces himself.</li>
</ol><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 25px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">These are the kinds of findings and claims that motivate skepticism of the consensus. Data produced by a model are not capable, in and of themselves, of drawing conclusions. Creating models and interpreting them must be done by fallible human beings who are subject to various impulses and influences outside of science. As the articles above show, politics and evolutionary belief play strongly into consensus attitudes about climate change, and the responses of skeptics. In the eyes of many, scientists should act as impartial investigators who report the facts as best they can. What to do about the facts inevitably gets politicians and taxpayers involved.</div><div class="crev_green_large" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #009000; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; vertical-align: baseline;">We wouldn’t be reporting so much on the “climate change” debate if it didn’t have such clear overlap with the way Darwinian evolution is portrayed. How often have we seen the “<a href="http://crev.info/baloney-detector/#bandwagon" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(24, 96, 144); background: transparent; border: none; color: #1c4383; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">all scientists agree</a>” tactic used to defend Charlie? These are two issues that are so broad (involving all of the planet in their domains) that they cannot be defended empirically without major assumptions. Human elements—whether political, moral, or spiritual—need to be factored into the models, too.</div><div class="crev_green_large" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; color: #009000; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; vertical-align: baseline;">It will be interesting to watch if the climate behaves like the consensus expects it will. For 15 years, it has not. “Just wait!” the believers say. “The hiatus is about to end!” But they didn’t factor in the global cooling effect of small eddies (#3 above) and other unknowns. Easterners, shoveling out of record snowstorms one after another, are grimacing at Al Gore. Just a few years ago, the climate consensus predicted record hurricanes, but those have been unusually quiet. Almost any observable weather has been used to support or deny global warming. The reputation of “big science” is on the line. For those interested in the philosophy of science, this is indeed an interesting case to watch. We must all remember, though, that consensus is not science, and science is not consensus. Kick that word out of science; it reeks of politics. Follow the evidence where it leads. The Lone Ranger is sometimes right.</div></div>Saintregishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18144722738298504152noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595932725860911106.post-32449955908740312202015-03-01T12:09:00.001-05:002015-03-01T12:09:17.267-05:00The 2015 Sony World Photography Awards - The Atlantic<div class="above-article" style="background-color: white; font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px auto; width: 1500px;"><div id="article-header" style="margin-bottom: 25px; margin-right: 320px; max-width: 700px;"><ul class="metadata" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><li class="kicker" style="color: #ec1b24; float: left; font-weight: bold; padding: 0px;">In Focus</li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img05" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards-3/w05_130686689644528886/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 999px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;"><em>The Reflection.</em> <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#img05" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">© Sepehr Razmju, Iran, Shortlist, Environment, Youth Competition, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img06" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards-3/w06_130681246221429367/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 994px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">A black-tip reef shark patrols the edge of a recovering coral reef in search of a meal. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#img06" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">© Byron Dilkes, U.K., Shortlist, Travel, Open, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img07" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards-3/w07_130674701631359481/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1000px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Photo taken during Artistic Gymnastics Tournament in Poland. Girls that participated were aged 8 to 12. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#img07" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">© Adrian Jaszczak, Poland, Shortlist, Arts & Culture, Open, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img08" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards-3/w08_130685811618454392/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1200px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">An aerial photograph of the Adriatic coastline between Ravenna and Rimini, Italy. Photographed in August 2014. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#img08" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">© Bernhard Lang, Germany, Shortlist, Travel, Professional Competition, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img09" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards-3/w09_130682269925078476/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1000px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">One in a series of images from the life of the photographer's family. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#img09" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">© Ramil Gilvanov/Rimma Gilvanova, Russia, Shortlist, Lifestyle, Professional Competition, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo" id="img10" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards-3/w10_130682221955835210/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 998px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;"><em>Black days of Ukraine, 1.</em> Part of a series of photos taken in June and July near the city of Luhansk, Ukraine. In 2014, the conflict between rebels and the government army in Ukraine led the country to the full-scale hostilities. The local residents of the strategically located city of Luhansk were left without water and electricity for three months over the summer, while constant gunfire could be heard above their heads. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#img10" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">© Valery Melnikov/Rossiya Segodnya, Russia, Shortlist, Current Affairs, Professional Competition, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards/РИА Новости</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img11" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards-3/w11_130674676744159527/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1169px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;"><em>Der Sozialismus siegt (Socialism is victorious).</em> But the writing is already very faded - perhaps socialism yet does not win? <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#img11" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">© Klaus Wäscher, Germany, Shortlist, Architecture, Open, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo" id="img12" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards-3/w12_130681310386305956/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 999px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;"><em>Blue Room.</em> Omu Fereneh stands over her husband Ibrahim after he fell, knocking him unconscious in an Ebola holding center set up in a school classroom on August 15, 2014 in the West Point township of Monrovia, Liberia. He died the same day. The Liberian capital was quickly overwhelmed by the epidemic in late summer, as the Ebola virus moved from a rural to an urban environment, making Monrovia the Ebola epicenter in West Africa. Only a decade after a long civil war, Liberia's fragile health system was unable to cope, international agencies were slow to react, and fear gripped the nation. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#img12" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">© John Moore/Getty Images, United States, Shortlist, Current Affairs, Professional Competition, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo" id="img13" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards-3/w13_130681487679365466/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1120px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;"><em>Restricted Areas, 1. </em>Part of a project about technological progress and the human striving for Utopia. I travel in search of places which used to have great importance for the technical progress—and which are now deserted. Those places lost their significance together with the utopian ideology which is now obsolete. Secret cities that cannot be found on maps, forgotten scientific triumphs, abandoned buildings of almost inhuman complexity. The perfect technocratic future that never came. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#img13" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">© Danila Tkachenko, Russia, Shortlist, Landscape, Professional Competition, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img14" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards-3/w14_130685119534974987/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1000px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">A fighting cock has a bath given by his caretaker. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#img14" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">© Panom Archarit, Thailand, Shortlist, Split Second, Open, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo" id="img15" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards-3/w15_130681509355938610/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1001px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;"><em>Blue Fields, 1.</em> One of a series of images shot from a light aircraft flying at between 4,000 and 5,000 feet above the Useless Loop solar salt operation situated in Shark Bay, the westernmost point of mainland Australia. The height was crucial in order to flatten perspective by using long focal lengths. Time of day and cloud cover were also critical, the abstract effect being heightened by complete lack of signifying shadow. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#img15" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">© Simon Butterworth, U.K., Shortlist, Landscape, Professional Competition, 2015 Sony World Photography Award</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo" id="img16" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards-3/w16_130681463518259338/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1126px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;"><em>When I Am Laid In Earth, 1.</em> Mapping with a pyrograph, the melting away of the Lewis Glacier on Mt. Kenya. One of a series of fire lines I have drawn indicate where the front of the rapidly disappearing Lewis Glacier was at various times in the recent past. In the distance, a harvest moon lights the poor, doomed glacier remnant; the gap between the fire and the ice represents the relentless melting. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#img16" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">© Simon Norfolk, U.K., Shortlist, Landscape, Professional Competition, 2015 Sony World Photography Awards</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/the-2015-sony-world-photography-awards/386072/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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</ul><h1 class="hed" style="font-size: 2.25em; margin: 15px 0px;">A Year of War Completely Destroyed the Donetsk Airport</h1><div class="byline" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/alan-taylor/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;" title="Alan Taylor">ALAN TAYLOR</a></div><div id="article-content" style="margin-bottom: 25px; overflow: hidden; position: relative;">In Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, the Sergey Prokofiev International Airport has been reduced from a modern transportation hub to piles of scorched rubble in less than a year of warfare. As recently as last May, the airport was still operating and in good condition, though international flights had slowed due to the growing unrest. On May 26, Russian-backed separatist forces of the Donetsk People's Republic seized the airport, losing it to Ukrainian government forces after a brief fight. For months after, battles raged as both sides struggled to hold or retake the facilities, their bombs and rockets destroying practically everything, from buildings and aircraft to roads and trees. This week, as a cease-fire held, rebels (now in control of the ruins) brought Ukrainian war prisoners to the airport to recover bodies of their fellow troops from the rubble, and photojournalists were able to come along and document the scene.</div><ul class="social-icons round color component-social " style="list-style-type: none; margin: 15px 0px 25px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"><li style="float: left; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a class="social-icon facebook" data-omni-click="r'articlefb',r'',l.pathname" data-share="facebook" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="color: #ec1b24; text-decoration: none;"></a></li>
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<li class="photo" id="img04" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a04_488405235/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1000px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Passengers wait for information at Donetsk airport on May 6, 2014, as all flights in and out of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk were suspended amid rising tensions in the region. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img04" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Alexander Khudoteply/AFP/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img06" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a06_488407361/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 971px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Passengers queue at a desk to return their tickets on May 6, 2014 at Donetsk airport, as all flights in and out of the city were suspended. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img06" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Alexander Khudoteply/AFP/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img07" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a07_AP150779557162_4/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 901px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">A June 27, 2012, aerial shot of the airport in Donetsk <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img07" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Irina Gorbaseva/AP</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo" id="img08" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a08_493896193/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 981px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">On May 26, 2014, a pro-Russian militant takes position on the roof of the Donetsk airport terminal. The airport was rocked by explosions and heavy shooting after armed rebels seized the facility. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img08" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Alexander Khudoteply/AFP/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img09" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a09_493897217/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1000px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Pro-Russian militants take positions inside the airport in Donetsk on May 26, 2014. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img09" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Alexander Khudoteply/AFP/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img10" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a10_493895989/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1000px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Pro-Russian militants take positions on the roof of the Donetsk airport on May 26, 2014. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img10" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Alexander Khudoteply/AFP/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img11" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a11_493896469/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1000px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">An armed pro-Russian militant inside the airport on May 26, 2014 <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img11" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Alexander Khudoteply/AFP/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img12" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a12_AP863133986410_1/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 910px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">A Ukrainian military helicopter gunship flies above areas where pro-Russian militias had taken position around the airport, outside Donetsk, on May 26, 2014. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img12" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Vadim Ghirda/AP</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo" id="img13" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a13_493902025/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 998px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Black smoke billows from Donetsk international airport, seen behind a cemetery, during heavy gun battles between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian militants on May 26, 2014. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img13" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo" id="img14" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a14_457299178/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 998px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">A pro-Russian separatist soldier fires through a window in the Donetsk airport during shelling between Ukrainian army forces and pro-Russian separatist soldiers on October 16, 2014. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img14" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img15" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a15_457303966/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1001px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Flames engulf a vehicle during shelling of the Donetsk airport on October 16, 2014. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img15" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img16" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a16_457302368/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 998px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Pro-Russian separatist fighters take a break in a damaged part of the Donetsk airport on October 16, 2014. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img16" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img17" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a17_21054704/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 914px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">This photo taken by a drone on January 15, 2015 shows the destroyed control tower surrounded by craters and debris at the airport in Donetsk. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img17" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">ArmySOS/AP</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img18" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a18_464495492/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1000px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Destroyed commercial airplanes sit scattered at the Donetsk airport on February 26, 2015. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img18" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Andrew Burton/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img19" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a19_464484304_10/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 998px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Shattered and burnt tree trunks stand outside a section of a destroyed airport building in Donetsk on February 26, 2015. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img19" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Vasily MaximovAFP/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img20" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a20_RTR49UQ3/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1007px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">A Ukrainian national flag flies at top of a badly damaged traffic control tower as smoke rises after shelling at the Donetsk airport on October 12, 2014. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img20" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Shamil Zhumatov/Reuters</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img21" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a21_RTR4RAD7/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1000px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Debris covers part of the Donetsk airport, damaged by months of fighting, on February 26, 2015. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img21" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Baz Ratner/Reuters</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img22" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a22_462909324/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 998px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">A picture taken on Febuary 7, 2015 shows a destroyed tank and plane at the Donetsk airport. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img22" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img23" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a23_464488500/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 981px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">A sports bar sits among the wreckage of the destroyed Donetsk airport on February 26, 2015. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img23" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Andrew Burton/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img24" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a24_464495206/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1000px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Destroyed cars sit near the Donetsk airport on February 26, 2015. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img24" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Andrew Burton/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img25" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a25_AP228527219278/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1001px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Inside the destroyed airport in Donetsk on January 21, 2015 <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img25" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Igor Ivanov/AP</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img26" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a26_RTR4RALX/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1017px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">A sign riddled with shrapnel holes stands outside the hulk of the Donetsk airport terminal, damaged by months of fighting, on February 26, 2015 <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img26" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Baz Ratner/Reuters</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img27" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a27_457303546/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 998px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">The carcass of a destroyed airplane on the tarmac of the Donetsk airport on October 16, 2014 <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img27" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo" id="img28" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a28_457299248/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 998px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">A picture taken on October 16, 2014 shows part of the destroyed terminal at the Donetsk airport during shelling between Ukrainian army forces and pro-Russian separatist soldiers. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img28" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Dominique Faget/AFP/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo expanded" id="img29" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a29_AP143520980747/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1001px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Remains of the Donetsk airport, seen on January 21, 2015 <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img29" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Igor Ivanov/AP</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo" id="img30" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a30_AP712498690532/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1028px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Russian-backed rebels sit on an armored transporter driving to the destroyed airport, background, outside Donetsk, on February 25, 2015. Ukrainian troops held captive in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk were brought along to dig through the rubble to retrieve the bodies of fellow soldiers killed last month in a bitter battle for the city's airport. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img30" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Vadim Ghirda/AP</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo" id="img31" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a31_464484680/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1000px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Ukrainian soldier prisoners-of-war are lined up before being forced by pro-Russian rebels to search through the wreckage of the destroyed Donetsk airport for weaponry and dead bodies on February 26, 2015 in Donetsk, Ukraine. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img31" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Andrew Burton/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<li class="photo" id="img32" style="border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 0px auto 35px; padding: 5px 0px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"><figure class="img" style="background-image: url(http://cdn.theatlantic.com/assets/media/img/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-air/a32_464488232_10/main_1500.jpg); background-size: cover; height: 1000px; margin: 0px; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; position: relative; width: 1500px;"></figure><div class="mobile-caption-wrapper" style="position: relative;"><div class="caption" style="margin-bottom: 0.875em; margin-top: 1em; position: relative;">Ukrainian soldier prisoners-of-war are forced by pro-Russian rebels to search through the wreckage of the destroyed Donetsk airport for weaponry and dead bodies on February 26, 2015. <a class="permalink" href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#img32" style="color: #ec1b24;">#</a></div><div class="credit" style="color: #999999; font-size: 0.875em;">Andrew Burton/Getty Images</div></div><ul class="share-flair social-icons round color" style="height: 36px; list-style-type: none; margin: 3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><li class="share-photo" style="display: block; float: left; line-height: 36px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px;"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/02/a-year-of-war-completely-destroyed-the-donetsk-airport/386204/#" style="background: rgb(187, 187, 187); color: white; font-size: 12px; padding: 4px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">SHARE PHOTO</a></li>
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-how-isis-became-the-richest-terrorist-group-in-history-2015-2?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=alerts&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 30px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">Here's how ISIS became the richest terrorist group in history</a></div><div style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="businessinsider.com"></div><br /><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">by <strong>Joseph Sarkisian</strong> on <strong>Feb 5, 2015, 12:01 PM</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; float: right; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding-left: 10px;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Advertisement</span><br /><br /><a href="http://e.businessinsider.com/fl/4ee644415a43876f5c4f83ff54d3a335975910a042b05eb5/4dee8d00bc7e07016000007f/4f5fbbf3a9d6597a0400001c/b53dfa47" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true"></a></div><div style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="e.businessinsider.com"></div><br /><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">ISIS is officially the <a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mosul-seized-jihadis-loot-429m-citys-central-bank-make-isis-worlds-richest-terror-force-1452190?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">richest</a></div><div style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="ibtimes.co.uk"></div> terrorist group in existence.<br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Through its illicit oil sales — worth between $1 million and $2 million a day — as well as kidnapping and extortion networks, robbery, front companies, racketeering, and outside donations, the group has <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/15/iraq-isis-arrest-jihadists-wealth-power?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">amassed</a></div><div style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="theguardian.com"></div> a $2 billion fortune.<br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">A cleverly-structured, disciplined and dynamic <a href="http://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/ISWBackgrounder_ISIS_Annual_Reports_0.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">force</a></div><div style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="understandingwar.org"></div>, ISIS is able to adapt both militarily and economically to an evolving landscape quicker than its terrorist predecessors and competitors, as well as its adversaries like the US. Attempting to defeat ISIS by starving it of funds is a smart approach.<br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">However, a look at the way it generates revenue and the tools America and its allies have available to block its financing shows this is easier said than done.</div><h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong>The Business of ISIS is Business</strong></h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">A comparison of ISIS and Al Qaeda’s initial revenue-generating strategies shows they both shared similar <a href="http://www.cfr.org/terrorist-organizations-and-networks/al-qaedas-financial-pressures/p21347?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1#p3" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">hierarchical</a></div><div style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="cfr.org"></div> <wbr></wbr>structures in their early days and were dependent largely on outside donations.<br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Both have since outgrown their dependence on outside funding and moved into generating their own revenue. Al Qaeda’s finances have never been as impressive as what ISIS has amassed in a much shorter time period.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">The former’s “franchise” model necessitated “Al Qaeda Core” provide seed-funding to its affiliates, which were then encouraged to become self-sufficient thereafter. In contrast, ISIS remains a largely centralized and amalgamated organization that seeks to establish an “Islamic State.”</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">In order to achieve economic independence, for example, ISIS-predecessor Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) sold stolen goods to make up the bulk of their <a href="http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2010/RAND_MG1026.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">earnings</a></div><div style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="rand.org"></div> in 2005-2006, followed by car sales, transfers from other Al Qaeda affiliates, “spoils”–revenue generated from the pillaging of “apostates”–and, last, donations from ideological supporters.<br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Al Qaeda’s fractured, flat structure necessitates crafty income <a href="http://www.economist.com/node/5053373?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">generation</a></div><div style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="economist.com"></div>, even going so far as committing identity theft, stealing credit card data, and engaging in small scale financial fraud. There is little evidence that Al Qaeda has ever been able to generate significant income from illicit oil sales the way ISIS does.<br /><br />
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<blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px;">ISIS is making the majority of its money from the sale of a valuable commodity — oil.</blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">ISIS boasts an elaborate <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/oil-extortion-crime-where-isis-gets-its-money-n200991?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">network</a></div><div style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="nbcnews.com"></div> of oil fields and refineries it has taken by force that allow it to pump upwards of 25,000 barrels per day. That oil is sold at a discount from the market rate ($25-$60 per barrel), given that the group cannot sell it on any legitimate market.<br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">While the oil must be transported, routed around checkpoints, and otherwise smuggled through contested territory at times, vast profits are still earned given that the cost of production for ISIS is so low.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">ISIS does not have to pay taxes or to lease or purchase the fields, nor did it have to invest in the building of refineries or infrastructure. It simply stole them. While Al Qaeda’s more piecemeal approach to revenue generation does not bring in the same amount that ISIS does, its flattened structure makes it more difficult to disrupt.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">ISIS operates out in the open in comparison to Al Qaeda, and disrupting its main source of income – oil revenue — may be an easier task than tracking VIN numbers of Al Qaeda’s illicit car sales.</div><h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Turning off the Taps</strong></h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Extremist groups can make as much money as they desire. But if they cannot move it or spend it, operational capacity to cause harm and motivate members will drastically decrease. Identifying, seizing, and blocking the transfer of funds across regulated banks are obvious ways of achieving this.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><img alt="isis money" border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgKB2TzA9Qam9YcK0b18N124VkcbVnuAoH7ZTiv3Gd-Tz5-XOSy_C2BJGKOx6xFFI25KlNS3kzXcK6S4VcTdfxa-G3VOsmAAfABGz9CfHcYf6ydRqNXeOLJOu8ZPgB4q0kkR6r_hZGbsQtuVL4QFZb3k9N7U3Ac3LUxYBbTVEW1YSDJTAeVzvZUu7XCtpLQuN2BBBT-_HkV7cB5DsWiBKmTtuQPmWgCiyQC7GagHjjqfGUY=s0-d-e1-ft+shot+2014-08-25+at+1.06.45+pm.png" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none;" tabindex="0" /></div><div class="a6S" dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; left: 936px; opacity: 0.01; position: absolute; top: 1498.625px;"><div aria-label="Download attachment " class="T-I J-J5-Ji aQv T-I-ax7 L3 a5q" data-tooltip-class="a1V" data-tooltip="Download" id=":aa2" role="button" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(115, 115, 115); box-shadow: none; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; height: 24px; line-height: 23px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;" tabindex="0"><div class="aSK J-J5-Ji aYr" style="background: url(https://ssl.gstatic.com/mail/sprites/newattachmentcards-7f961476482232d487c7980cdeb07e59.png) -219px -129px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 21px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 21px;"></div></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Over the last ten years, much </span><a href="http://www.economist.com/node/5053373?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">emphasis has</a><br /><br />
<div style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="economist.com"></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> also been placed on </span><em style="line-height: 1.5em;">hawala</em><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> networks that exist for expatriates to send money home from working abroad, but which are also used to move funds for terrorism. They are discreet, hard to trace, and almost completely unregulated. </span><br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><em>Hawaladeers </em>have been used to move small to medium size cash amounts to fund terror operations. But when one looks at the way ISIS and Al Qaeda earn their money, <em>hawala</em> may not be a relevant place to look for the majority of monetary movement.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Looking again at how AQI made most of its money at the height of its power in Iraq — mostly through selling stolen property — it becomes clear that cash for local or regional terror operations does not need to be transferred via banks or remittance networks over thousands of miles and instead can be packed in the back of a pickup truck and driven to its destination without a trace.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">But operations across international borders, such as the Al Qaeda-engineered 9/11 attacks, required frequent movements of operational funds across the globe which, after the fact, created a trail for investigators to follow.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><img alt="ISIS Islamic State" border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhZjZGq1ZJxBQeu04mH5RbBjGXpeJ2KML1ZFY6TzoJwy9n7x73YHmMymb2C76UPz7kGn6kPouEJIq-xwDWeWqs32mfT2jESsdz5aOY52Mm4LGQwteaydwCEKz2yRL-ov7HORg9YjPr3gSLTuvZPxp5b96cSyJfaMXE9x6Urnn0K0gFpQbVDqDatTC8q00MVomLx04-bwle-oAY=s0-d-e1-ft" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none;" tabindex="0" /></div><div class="a6S" dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; left: 1156px; opacity: 0.01; position: absolute; top: 2495.1875px;"><div aria-label="Download attachment " class="T-I J-J5-Ji aQv T-I-ax7 L3 a5q" data-tooltip-class="a1V" data-tooltip="Download" id=":aa3" role="button" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(115, 115, 115); box-shadow: none; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; height: 24px; line-height: 23px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;" tabindex="0"><div class="aSK J-J5-Ji aYr" style="background: url(https://ssl.gstatic.com/mail/sprites/newattachmentcards-7f961476482232d487c7980cdeb07e59.png) -219px -129px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 21px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 21px;"></div></div></div>In contrast to Al Qaeda, as yet ISIS has not focused on funding large international terrorist attacks and has instead concentrated on consolidating an “Islamic State” in Iraq and Syria, though other lone individuals and groups — such as those committing the recent Ottawa and Paris attacks — have pledged allegiance to it.<br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">ISIS is not making large volumes of electronic international monetary transfers that can be traced or interdicted as with Al Qaeda, who had and has affiliates or cells to fund.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Both groups have outgrown dependence on large transfers from outside benefactors and are now generating their own revenue streams.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">ISIS is spending its money on conventional military operations within its territory and its media propaganda machine and is making the majority of its money from the sale of a valuable commodity — oil — for which it receives cash in hand at the point of sale, much as its predecessor AQI did for much less-lucrative sales of stolen goods. Interdicting such direct sales for cash in lawless territory is difficult or impossible.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Other sources of income for ISIS are just as difficult to stop. ISIS fighters have been setting up checkpoints in commercial centers where vehicles are forced to pay whatever they may have to the group. The victims are told they are paying an Islamic charity tax – <em>zakat </em>— and the money is going directly into ISIS’ coffers.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">ISIS racketeering networks have hobbled businesses within their territory much as organized crime syndicates have operated for decades.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">ISIS demands money from businesses with threats of violence if they do not pay up. In Mosul alone, a city that seems to play a central role in the racketeering game, the amount adds up to roughly $1 million a month in revenue for the group.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">While Al Qaeda may be dealing with an identity <a href="http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/09/02/the-islamic-state-vs-al-qaeda/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">crisis</a></div><div style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="foreignpolicy.com"></div> given ISIS’ rapid and forceful maturation into a much stronger competitor, it does not mean that its ability to create chaos is diminished. Western means of waging financial war come down to sanctions and freezing of funds.<br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><img alt="isis wheat" border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEiT-Oz2FXvwHhsqS3b6qqktgDi9gUYI3fAmVLye_5nsjjsJTe14BG7y6aobupiCyo9SXzqiKMNMLTyOYQF5V4NVnlHs8Ug5_PEQsNcSijUMdCPzL1_VooKasa7sIQrlnQdeUTooCLge9pF-ZRKvFsk0rybyFNp_VcPm57RfC9MPBKgmZLEJnyIZiF6Ai-tc89Dw_qeHfV8Jb32A=s0-d-e1-ft+wheat.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none;" tabindex="0" /></div><div class="a6S" dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; left: 1035px; opacity: 0.01; position: absolute; top: 3943.3125px;"><div aria-label="Download attachment " class="T-I J-J5-Ji aQv T-I-ax7 L3 a5q" data-tooltip-class="a1V" data-tooltip="Download" id=":aa4" role="button" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(115, 115, 115); box-shadow: none; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; height: 24px; line-height: 23px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;" tabindex="0"><div class="aSK J-J5-Ji aYr" style="background: url(https://ssl.gstatic.com/mail/sprites/newattachmentcards-7f961476482232d487c7980cdeb07e59.png) -219px -129px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 21px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 21px;"></div></div></div>However, both Al Qaeda and ISIS are well-practiced at working around the denial of access to legitimate commercial markets and banks. Blocking ISIS and Al Qaeda from the international banking system and markets is effective, but they have found ways to work around the restrictions.<br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Tracking down other means, such as <em>hawala</em> transfers, is painstaking and relatively fruitless given that both groups’ fundraising has outgrown sole reliance on outside donations requiring cash transfers.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">And, in the case of ISIS, the group is holding much of its funds close to its chest for its regional operations, rather than attempting to disperse it as seed-money to affiliates worldwide or to fund international terrorist attacks.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">The destruction or denial of the physical assets terrorist groups depend upon for financing is another way to interrupt their revenue stream.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">However, recent attempts to disrupt ISIS financing by bombing oil refineries may have provided the group with a huge PR win, making it possible to frame the debate as “infidels” and “crusaders” trying to starve the people of needed energy. It also causes setbacks for the government in Baghdad which will have to rebuild destroyed oil infrastructure once — if ever — the ISIS threat is dealt with. That will be expensive and time consuming.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">As <a href="http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/142403/louise-shelley/blood-money?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">Louise Shelley</a></div><div style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="foreignaffairs.com"></div> points out, destroying ISIS’ oil assets means they would likely shift to the other, less overt means of revenue generation such as Al Qaeda has depended upon. While this may stem the flow of ISIS’ cash, it carries its own new problems. ISIS has already amassed a large amount of capital — more than Al Qaeda has ever had.<br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">However, without its own boots on the ground or strong local partner forces that can disrupt localized, cash-based oil sales or extortion rings in ISIS territory, much of ISIS’ income is protected from outside interdiction. Disrupting ISIS’ financing is not as easy as it sounds.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><em>Joseph Sarkisian is a policy analyst under private contract and frequent contributor to a number of online publications. His main areas of interest are Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, and Syria.</em></div>Saintregishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18144722738298504152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595932725860911106.post-8950072238093951612015-01-26T20:22:00.001-05:002015-01-26T20:22:57.944-05:00Instant Alert: Amazing Pictures Of Relentless Snow Blanketing The Northeast - robertjcotter@gmail.com - Gmail<br /><br />
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<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">by <strong>Bryan Logan and Matt Johnston</strong> on <strong>Jan 26, 2015, 7:30 PM</strong></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">The first <span style="color: black;">major snowstorm to hit the east coast</span><span style="color: #1155cc;"> </span></div><div style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="businessinsider.com"></div>in 2015 has arrived, and it's shaping up to be just as massive as we thought.<br /><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">The images coming in are staggering.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Here's a look at t<span style="line-height: 1.5em;">he skyline of lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge from the Brooklyn shore.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img alt="NYC Snow" border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEj26FFmqZCVT23vDLpxsOyWZlkbGIoQU4TKbO2NtRrsvkDIfkXiOw88TuL7M_vto8Jjud7IDQZxkGvL-DKeBYIZtiXGt0ZsOutrrn0L3Tfb9mwjoKiF9vRKOr4-zT5rtklHwPvEIojKsu0CUaEBLjTaYUzxKwK3j_2sb0yzBSzSOf4EEJEX6OKK3KGNQ-WX8kKE-bawAqhWO5s=s0-d-e1-ft" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none;" tabindex="0" /></span></div><div class="a6S" dir="ltr" style="left: 1155.63635253906px; opacity: 0.01; position: absolute; top: 1175.06246948242px;"><div aria-label="Download attachment " class="T-I J-J5-Ji aQv T-I-ax7 L3 a5q" data-tooltip-class="a1V" data-tooltip="Download" id=":bm6" role="button" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(115, 115, 115); box-shadow: none; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; height: 24px; line-height: 23px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;" tabindex="0"><div class="aSK J-J5-Ji aYr" style="background: url(https://ssl.gstatic.com/mail/sprites/newattachmentcards-7f961476482232d487c7980cdeb07e59.png) -219px -129px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 21px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 21px;"></div></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Here are some cars slowly making their way down 7th Avenue in falling snow in New York. The whiteout nearly makes them invisible!</span><br /><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img alt="NYC Snow" border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhd97SMUwTRoemc10IEm8FXHbNKEyY7XfxzRwC2cQ83SmCIOgPNbgcbubccELbqkhmKk9z-f-2TsjSxleRrFF1EaW8IieVDxmbdBFvsFcecZD_9qeRGfX6LinZilPs1x3qiabsp4nSj6zLR7Cyr1qm2Ck0g6n9UA4vFp3HUoR-L649OMvgoWsTo5egrtZkK4DAdqjsGJU9AcPI=s0-d-e1-ft" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none;" tabindex="0" /></span></div><div class="a6S" dir="ltr" style="left: 1155.63635253906px; opacity: 0.01; position: absolute; top: 2114.99717712402px;"><div aria-label="Download attachment " class="T-I J-J5-Ji aQv T-I-ax7 L3 a5q" data-tooltip-class="a1V" data-tooltip="Download" id=":bm5" role="button" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(115, 115, 115); box-shadow: none; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; height: 24px; line-height: 23px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;" tabindex="0"><div class="aSK J-J5-Ji aYr" style="background: url(https://ssl.gstatic.com/mail/sprites/newattachmentcards-7f961476482232d487c7980cdeb07e59.png) -219px -129px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 21px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 21px;"></div></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Meteorologists have been </span><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/parts-of-nyc-could-get-up-to-3-feet-of-snow-2015-1?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">warning much of the Northeast</a><div style="cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="businessinsider.com"></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> about the storm the past couple of days. They were right.</span><br /><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">This man was pushing a shopping cart of groceries to his car in a snowy store parking lot in Cranberry, Butler County, Pa. this afternoon.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img alt="East Coast Snow" border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjp7S1q9C80zQNFT26n9VsBs1P7y8NPgx6SGlbS5sug8gfSPljRqyQu_QoVqQql35BcE6J8cOdICyClAK55wWaOsNri4_kX0Hc0oULBeBNNWviojLBkn1wX41MNoIUAJbuC2QEAjnZvi74_LDX5DZD3BIbDPGOhpXrp89u7eSjpZMlPSk9bQC4Q6X3RzyElmi7i-YEf2NJ-U-DZt9tQJg=s0-d-e1-ft" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none;" tabindex="0" /></span></div><div class="a6S" dir="ltr" style="left: 1155.63635253906px; opacity: 0.01; position: absolute; top: 3091.04816055298px;"><div aria-label="Download attachment " class="T-I J-J5-Ji aQv T-I-ax7 L3 a5q" data-tooltip-class="a1V" data-tooltip="Download" id=":bm7" role="button" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(115, 115, 115); box-shadow: none; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; height: 24px; line-height: 23px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;" tabindex="0"><div class="aSK J-J5-Ji aYr" style="background: url(https://ssl.gstatic.com/mail/sprites/newattachmentcards-7f961476482232d487c7980cdeb07e59.png) -219px -129px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 21px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 21px;"></div></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Here's a view from the United Nations building today. That's a tug boat pushing a barge down the East River.</span><br /><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">The NYC skyline is turning white in the background.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img alt="NYC Snow" border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEjiXVlbCLKsBcTELZ3_Zz_y-YH9PT6iLp279o39NWXHfqdO77S3NMYjYWCN2SP9Xi54iJzorNy_LV-F75MX0LbJIRDrgz9Y9LKHQmos3bp6wnsNdzm45_NvONTWwSpYuxM2kt-_Md1SkPBuPzAFTC4PNQdp_F2mtkxZ5MEWHXWHGLRKM_ncjzT4MZpZnWYltyPWwEZ6KENx-tsr=s0-d-e1-ft" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none;" tabindex="0" /></span></div><div class="a6S" dir="ltr" style="left: 1155.63635253906px; opacity: 0.01; position: absolute; top: 4067.09934997559px;"><div aria-label="Download attachment " class="T-I J-J5-Ji aQv T-I-ax7 L3 a5q" data-tooltip-class="a1V" data-tooltip="Download" id=":bm9" role="button" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(115, 115, 115); box-shadow: none; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; height: 24px; line-height: 23px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;" tabindex="0"><div class="aSK J-J5-Ji aYr" style="background: url(https://ssl.gstatic.com/mail/sprites/newattachmentcards-7f961476482232d487c7980cdeb07e59.png) -219px -129px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 21px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 21px;"></div></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Some people have dubbed this, "snowpocalypse." They might be right.</span><br /><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img alt="NYC Snow" border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgpuAqhTQaOCoja_EmwHhxegw6KATzC5okydjBhZPb5cofuK0V8fp5HrGK_UdrFkuRQX9hhKEkCgPXYOZ1XSuSG1miqoFx5OAUevGJ9yPulWy0Qw4guQEmP9uevVEA30pd6p7qDc5UoqnzycG3BtdKRk8QQ9u29KLsoDWsDoVsKlyS7g_4-5tNHynzOc-s8oWc73OAA1Gre3bLT=s0-d-e1-ft" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none;" tabindex="0" /></span></div><div class="a6S" dir="ltr" style="left: 1155.63635253906px; opacity: 0.01; position: absolute; top: 5007.85202026367px;"><div aria-label="Download attachment " class="T-I J-J5-Ji aQv T-I-ax7 L3 a5q" data-tooltip-class="a1V" data-tooltip="Download" id=":bma" role="button" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(115, 115, 115); box-shadow: none; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; height: 24px; line-height: 23px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;" tabindex="0"><div class="aSK J-J5-Ji aYr" style="background: url(https://ssl.gstatic.com/mail/sprites/newattachmentcards-7f961476482232d487c7980cdeb07e59.png) -219px -129px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 21px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 21px;"></div></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">These folks in New Haven, Ct. look prepared.</span><br /><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img alt="NYC Snow" border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEin8zW6s6KUArQJUuhI9weF_Wgx5iY5Lc_jiv8P9CRmBU0YNA5P1Jjr_oAATs_KcDxVpoNRMI74EEZIvXWXwqUUz4RzB4pC9xh6OdxoyLq7LZWSV3JIwGdQXksWyoI13uc-h4f9A4ak0jG2AlDYZesh5DZ54EDmwYygyaP5zCEFdyZyRlOqQiKjcLVb_NfSfMQPN8S26pIxVL3U=s0-d-e1-ft" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none;" tabindex="0" /></span></div><div class="a6S" dir="ltr" style="left: 1155.63635253906px; opacity: 0.01; position: absolute; top: 5948.60485839844px;"><div aria-label="Download attachment " class="T-I J-J5-Ji aQv T-I-ax7 L3 a5q" data-tooltip-class="a1V" data-tooltip="Download" id=":bmb" role="button" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(115, 115, 115); box-shadow: none; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; height: 24px; line-height: 23px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;" tabindex="0"><div class="aSK J-J5-Ji aYr" style="background: url(https://ssl.gstatic.com/mail/sprites/newattachmentcards-7f961476482232d487c7980cdeb07e59.png) -219px -129px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 21px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 21px;"></div></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">You can barely see the Statue of Liberty.</span><br /><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"><img alt="Snow Storm Statue Of Liberty" border="0" class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhJyMxXEopPrDL6E7BZ_7GM_dppKFjlyAh_txSn9gvh19e4XvrtQZLkfmQwzI-U77yWIQSbXH569NynpMDq8IObg2l1Oej7bnUIbReWqclaHsuiQ6oUQr8mFi4piALhC0PX5Na0F09iIkAUbDFCyP6s_LQyC6BG-PvyjbzK5N_kGpObxgZXw4SuVyjO04q_gPOwSMFzCUbJrsiGnb1dol4qpEzD44ILsGouM5M=s0-d-e1-ft" style="cursor: pointer; outline: none;" tabindex="0" /></span></div><div class="a6S" dir="ltr" style="left: 1155.63635253906px; opacity: 0.01; position: absolute; top: 6889.35784912109px;"><div aria-label="Download attachment " class="T-I J-J5-Ji aQv T-I-ax7 L3 a5q" data-tooltip-class="a1V" data-tooltip="Download" id=":bm8" role="button" style="-webkit-box-shadow: none; background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(115, 115, 115); box-shadow: none; color: #444444; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: bold; height: 24px; line-height: 23px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 0px; min-width: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; width: 30px;" tabindex="0"><div class="aSK J-J5-Ji aYr" style="background: url(https://ssl.gstatic.com/mail/sprites/newattachmentcards-7f961476482232d487c7980cdeb07e59.png) -219px -129px no-repeat; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; height: 21px; position: relative; vertical-align: middle; width: 21px;"></div></div></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Some, however, are reveling in the weather.</span><br /><br />
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</tbody></table>Saintregishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18144722738298504152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595932725860911106.post-14840342146974887132015-01-25T14:56:00.001-05:002015-01-25T14:56:36.481-05:00Instant Alert: Here's The No. 1 Predictor Of Career Success, According To Network Science - robertjcotter@gmail.com - Gmail<br /><br />
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<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The article that follows is a simple analysis of what makes something/someone successful. Michael Simmons does an outstanding job of explaining an extremely important variable one's network structure...</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">openness</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span></i></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i>The beauty of its simplicity lies in its applicability to projects, hobbies, individual employees, small businesses, large corporations, governments, societies and yes, even life itself. As a model it can be used to diagnose problems in all of these entities and situations. </i></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i>My personal observation has been that executive management, board members, and most governing bodies have a natural tendency to form small closed networks. This of course leads to important decisions being made in a vacuum and often to failure or underperformance.</i></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><i>RJC</i></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here's The No. 1 Predictor Of Career Success, According To Network Science</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="businessinsider.com"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">by <strong>Michael Simmons</strong> on <strong>Jan 25, 2015, 1:03 PM</strong></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; float: right; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em; padding-left: 10px;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Advertisement</span><br /><br /><a href="http://e.businessinsider.com/fl/4ee644415a43876f5c4f83ff54c5316a897e2cdd520757d6/4dee8d00bc7e07016000007f/4f5fbbf3a9d6597a0400001c/1828f0b4" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true"></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="e.businessinsider.com"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">It has been over three years since Steve Jobs died.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Since then, books have been written and movies have been made.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Each has celebrated his legacy and aimed to share the secrets he used to build the largest company in the world; things like attention to detail, attracting world-class talent and holding them to high standards.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">We think we understand what caused his success.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">We don't.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">We dismiss usable principles of success by labeling them as personality quirks.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">What's often missed is the paradoxical interplay of two of his seemingly opposite qualities; maniacal focus and insatiable curiosity. These weren't just two random strengths. They may have been his most important as they helped lead to everything else.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Jobs' curiosity fueled his passion and provided him with access to unique insights, skills, values, and world-class people who complemented his own skillset. Jobs' focus brought those to bear in the world of personal electronics.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">I don't just say this as someone who has devoured practically every article, interview, and book featuring him.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">I say this as someone who has interviewed many of the world's top network scientists on a quest to understand how networks create competitive advantage in business and careers.</div><h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Simple Variable That Explains What Really Causes Career Success</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">In December of 2013, I </span><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelsimmons/2013/12/03/why-being-the-most-connected-is-a-vanity-metric/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">interviewed one of the world's top network scientists</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="forbes.com"></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 1.5em;">, Ron Burt. During it, he shared a chart that completely flipped my understanding of success. Here is a simplified version:</span><br /><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><img alt="Burt_Success_Final" border="0" class="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEhs2wO6GCF2eGYf2fqAKCf4f6BIb5gCACvsT4wm_kUzoqEwwH3A_gh6yy4ueR9wz40_AhlLEStEneUnbfIu1LZBWaCMUPyfoUGegL54DF1RiAlN1puDAWSTgGpYR-9GywzntLnemqdhCz-1YiS-ksOqq375oc1b6-SP5UPd0PVApiCKbNWkLpsk_tQzl8cAq9MVwA=s0-d-e1-ft" style="outline-style: none;" tabindex="0" /></div><div class="" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div aria-label="Download attachment " class="" data-tooltip-class="a1V" data-tooltip="Download" id=":2sg" role="button" tabindex="0"><div class=""></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">The bottom line? According to multiple, peer-reviewed studies, simply being in an open network instead of a closed one is the best predictors of career success.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px;"><div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">In the chart, the further to the right you go toward a closed network, the more you repeatedly hear the same ideas, which reaffirm what you already believe. The further left you go toward an open network, the more you're exposed to new ideas. People to the left are significantly more successful than those to the right.</span></div><div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></div><div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">In fact, </span><a href="http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/ronald.burt/teaching/pdfs/1brokerage.pdf?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">the study</a><div style="display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="faculty.chicagobooth.edu"></div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> shows that half of the predicted difference in career success (i.e., promotion, compensation, industry recognition) is due to this one variable. </span></div><div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></div><div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">Do you ever have moments where you hear something so compelling that you need to know more, yet so crazy that you'd have to let go of some of your core beliefs in order to accept the idea?</span></div><div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></div><div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">This was one of those moments for me. Never in all of the books I had read on self-help, career success, business, or Steve Jobs had I come across this idea.</span></div><div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;"> </span></div><div><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">I wondered, "How is it possible that the structure of one's network could be such a powerful predictor for career success?"</span></div></div><h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How A Closed Network Impacts Your Career</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">To understand the power of open networks, it's important to understand their opposite.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Most people spend their careers in closed networks; networks of people who already know each other. People often stay in the same industry, the same religion, and the same political party. In a closed network, it's easier to get things done because you've built up trust, and you know all the shorthand terms and unspoken rules. It's comfortable because the group converges on the same ways of seeing the world that confirm your own.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">To understand why people spend most of their time in closed networks, consider what happens when a group of random strangers is thrown together:</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" class="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/proxy/AVvXsEgNCnOd_UCMSVQX1P1wrBXQiWD-c9gFcon2rc_cmWKHobi9-TPjO27vSjL7irOXdu1n3Y8xhI2Nq6B1Sfe5ozXYuZfDnDe3dKT26JXnYdzpKpCu7P32H-G6AU2W9LKCTHcHRwvROrrQVGPUAYFTtmMAfJ4ZU4YvGmCnjD7tEHTiuuyDD65v8IXuebHf6A=s0-d-e1-ft" style="outline-style: none;" tabindex="0" /></div><div class="" dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><div aria-label="Download attachment " class="" data-tooltip-class="a1V" data-tooltip="Download" id=":2sf" role="button" tabindex="0"><div class=""></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">David Rock, the founder of the <a href="http://www.neuroleadership.com/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">Neuroleadership Institute</a></div><div style="background-image: url(chrome-extension://bhmmomiinigofkjcapegjjndpbikblnp/skin/fusion/16_16/plain/r0.png); background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #222222; display: inline-block; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; height: 16px; margin-left: 4px; padding-bottom: 2px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="neuroleadership.com"></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">, the top organization helping leaders through neuroscience research, explains the process well:</span><br /><br />
<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"></div><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">We've evolved to put people in our ingroup and outgroup. We put most people in our outgroup and a few people in our ingroup. It determines whether we care about others. It determines whether we support or attack them. The process is a byproduct of our evolutionary history where we lived in small groups and strangers we didn't know well weren't to be trusted.</div></blockquote><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">By understanding this process, we can begin to understand why the world is the way it is. We understand why Democrats and Republicans can't pass bills with obvious benefits to society. We understand why religions have gone to war over history. It helps us understand why we have bubbles, panics, and fads.</div><h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Surprising Power And Pain Of Open Networks</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">People in open networks have unique challenges and opportunities. Because they're part of multiple groups, they have unique relationships, experiences, and knowledge that other people in their groups don't.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">This is challenging in that it can lead to feeling like an outsider as a result of being misunderstood and under-appreciated because few people understand why you think the way you do. It is also challenging, because it requires assimilating different and conflicting perspectives into one worldview.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">In one of my all-time favorite movies, "The Matrix,"<em> </em>the main character, Neo, is exposed to a completely new world. Once he is, he can't go back. He's an outsider in the new group, and he's an outsider in his old life. He's had an experience that everyone he's ever met would never understand. This same phenomenon happens when we enter new worlds of people.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">On the other hand, having an open network is a huge opportunity in a few ways:</div><ul style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px;"><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><strong>More accurate view of the world. </strong>It provides them with the ability to pull information from diverse clusters so errors cancel themselves out. <a href="http://longnow.org/seminars/02007/jan/26/why-foxes-are-better-forecasters-than-hedgehogs/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">Research by Philip Tetlock</a><div style="display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="longnow.org"></div> shows that people with open networks are better forecasters than people with closed networks.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><strong>Ability to control the timing of information sharing.</strong> While they may not be the first to hear information, they can be the first to introduce information to another cluster. As a result, they can leverage the first move advantage.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><strong>Ability to serve as a translator / connector between groups. </strong>They can create value by serving as an intermediary and connecting two people or organizations who can help each other who wouldn't normally run into each other.</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;"><strong>More breakthrough ideas.</strong> Brian Uzzi, professor of leadership and organizational change at the <a href="http://www.forbes.com/colleges/northwestern-university/kellogg-school-of-management/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">Kellogg School of Management</a><div style="display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="forbes.com"></div>, <a href="http://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/a_virtuous_mix_allows_innovation_to_thrive/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">performed a landmark study</a><div style="display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu"></div> where he delved into the tens of millions of academic studies throughout history. He compared their results by the number of citations (links from other research papers) they received and the other papers they referenced. A fascinating pattern emerged. The top performing studies had references that were 90% conventional and 10% atypical (i.e., pulling from other fields). This rule has held constant over time and across fields. People with open networks are more easily able to create atypical combinations.</li>
</ul><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px;"><h3 style="color: black !important;">The Revisionist Timeline Of Steve Jobs' Success</h3></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">As a result of pursuing his curiosity in different fields throughout his life, Steve Jobs developed an extremely unique perspective, skillset, and network; one that no one else in the computer industry had. He turned these unique advantages into the largest company in the world by having a razor sharp focus. Within </span>Apple<span style="line-height: 1.5em;"></span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">, he cut out people, products, and systems that weren</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">'</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em;">t world-class.</span></div><table style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;"><strong>Curiosity-Based Experience</strong></td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;"> </td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;"><strong>Application</strong></td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;">Tinkering with machinery with his father</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;">Understanding craftsmanship and attention to detail</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;">Dropping out of college and sitting in on a calligraphy class</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;">Appreciation of design (Macintosh's varied fonts)</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;">Exploring India and Buddhism</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;">Apple's simple aesthetic</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;">Living on an Apple orchard</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;">The inspiration for the Mac logo</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;">Pursuing his hobby electronics in the Home Brew computer club</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;">Creating the first Mac with Steve Wozniack</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;">Starting NeXT during his wilderness years.</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;">Using NeXT's operating system as a core in the new MAC operating system</td></tr>
<tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;">Lifelong passion for music (particularly <a href="http://www.forbes.com/profile/u2/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">U2</a><div style="display: inline-block; height: 16px; position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 16px;" wotsearchtarget="forbes.com"></div>, Beatles, John Lennon)</td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;"></td><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;">Launch of iTunes</td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="3" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;"> </td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Many are quick to label parts of Steve Jobs' life as the "lost" or "wilderness" years. However, when we view his life in retrospect, we see that his diversions were critical to his success.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">What is labeled as the magic of Steve Jobs or the quirks of his character become replicable principles we can all follow.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">It is from this vantage point that we can begin to understand the following quote from a Steve Jobs interview for Wired in 1995:</div><blockquote style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they've had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Unfortunately, that's too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">So they don't have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.</div></blockquote><h3 style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.</h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Throughout human history, all societies including our own have created myths that share one common element, the hero's journey.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Here's what the journey looks like according to Joseph Campbell, the originator of the term …</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Things are going great. You feel normal and fit in. Then something happens and you change. You start to feel like an outsider in your own culture. You hide parts of yourself to fit in, but that doesn't help. You feel called to leave and fulfill part of yourself, but that has a lot of uncertainty. So, you hesitate at first.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">Finally, you take the plunge. You go through difficult times as you're learning to navigate the new world. Finally, you overcome the challenges. Then, you go back to your old culture and have a huge impact because you share the unique insights you've learned.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">The hero's journey myth is embedded in everything from our society's classic movies (i.e., "Star Wars") to the heroes we glorify (i.e., Steve Jobs) because it hits on core parts of the human experience.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">The field of network science shows us two things. The hero's journey is the blueprint for creating career success. We can all be heroes. It just takes a little faith as you follow your heart and curiosity into unknown worlds.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;">As Steve Jobs said, "<a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&text=You%20can%27t%20connect%20the%20dots%20looking%20forward%3B%20you%20can%20only%20connect%20them%20looking%20backwards.%20-%20Steve%20Jobs%20via%20%40michaeldsimmons%20on%20%40Forbes&utm_source=Sailthru&nr_email_referer=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonforb.es%2F1CrExSl" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank" wotsearchprocessed="true">You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.</a></div>Saintregishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18144722738298504152noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3595932725860911106.post-21907503514577697282015-01-18T12:37:00.001-05:002015-01-18T12:37:34.350-05:00NYCs Chinatown In The 1980s - Business Insider<div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.5454540252686px;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Mary Lee & I spent many interesting hours in the Chinatown of the early 1980's. As part of a Lions International mission we helped the community organize (community organizers...NOT !!) efforts to improve the local economy, healthcare, and social lives of the citizens. It was interesting, fulfilling, and fun. These pictures clearly show the lives and emotions of Chinatown residents of that time. Great memories of intelligent, hard-working, freedom-loving and proud people.</i></b></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.5454540252686px;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: medium;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.5454540252686px;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Hope you enjoy the the artistic photography and the depiction of an important piece of history</i></b></span></div><br /><br />
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</ul></div></div></div><div class="clear-both one-page" style="clear: both; margin: 0px;"><div class="KonaBody post-content" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><div style="font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span class="KonaFilter image-container float_right no-rightrail" style="margin: 0px 0px 30px; max-width: 480px !important;"><span class="image on-image" data-post-image="" style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="Chinese New Year, Bayard St., 1984" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0869beddce32abc955-1200/chinese-new-year-bayard-st-1984.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="1200" /><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; font-family: Georgia, Times, sans-serif; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span><span class="caption" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;">Chinese New Year on Bayard St. in 1984.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;">Due to the relaxed immigration laws of the early 1980s, New York City's Chinatown underwent a rapid demographic shift.</span></div><div style="font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #196d8d; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Bud Glick</a> was a photographer tasked by the </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;">the New York Chinatown History Project (now the </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.mocanyc.org/" style="color: #196d8d; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none;">Museum of Chinese in America</a>) with documenting this transition from an older, primarily male community to one of young, newly immigrated families.</span></div><div style="font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px;">But looking at the photos now, 30 years later and newly digitized, it's clear that he captured much more than just a demographic shift in a small period in time.</div><div style="font-size: 19px; margin-bottom: 10px;">With his photo series, Glick captured a revolution.</div></div><br class="clear-both" style="clear: both; margin: 0px;" /><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">From 1981 to 1984 photographer Bud Glick worked on the New York Chinatown History Project.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="From 1981 to 1984 photographer Bud Glick worked on the New York Chinatown History Project. " border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0869beddce32abc955-1200/chinese-new-year-bayard-st-1984.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Chinese New Year, Bayard St., 1984</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The New York Chinatown History Project eventually came to be known as the Museum of Chinese in America. They currently have a number of Glick's photos in their archive.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="The New York Chinatown History Project eventually came to be known as the Museum of Chinese in America. They currently have a number of Glick's photos in their archive. " border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a086bb3f74957f525b0-1200/the-new-york-chinatown-history-project-eventually-came-to-be-known-as-the-museum-of-chinese-in-america-they-currently-have-a-number-of-glicks-photos-in-their-archive.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Bachelor Apartment, Mr. Ng, Bayard St.</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Glick was tasked with revealing in his photos a changing Chinatown, one undergoing a rapid demographic shift.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="Glick was tasked with revealing in his photos a changing Chinatown, one undergoing a rapid demographic shift. " border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a096da8115d6deca353-1200/glick-was-tasked-with-revealing-in-his-photos-a-changing-chinatown-one-undergoing-a-rapid-demographic-shift.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Bachelor Apartment, Mr. Ng, Bayard St.</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The primarily older, male generation who lived there were being joined by a much younger one.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="The primarily older, male generation who lived there were being joined by a much younger one." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0869beddcc32abc955-1200/the-primarily-older-male-generation-who-lived-there-were-being-joined-by-a-much-younger-one.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Bachelor Apartment, Bayard St., 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">This younger generation consisted primarily of young families.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="This younger generation consisted primarily of young families." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a08eab8ea656855d9a7-1200/this-younger-generation-consisted-primarily-of-young-families.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Photo: Bachelor Apartment, Bayard St., 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Newly emigrated from China, they were eager to cut out a place for themselves in New York.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="Newly emigrated from China, they were eager to cut out a place for themselves in New York." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a09ecad046b7955d9a7-1200/newly-emigrated-from-china-they-were-eager-to-cut-out-a-place-for-themselves-in-new-york.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Bachelor Apartment, Bayard St., 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The rush of immigration to Chinatown occurred primarily due to a relaxation of immigration laws.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="The rush of immigration to Chinatown occurred primarily due to a relaxation of immigration laws." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a09eab8ea356255d9a6-1200/the-rush-of-immigration-to-chinatown-occurred-primarily-due-to-a-relaxation-of-immigration-laws.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Garment Factory, 1983</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">In order to get the photos, Glick first had to get familiar with the community that was his subject.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="In order to get the photos, Glick first had to get familiar with the community that was his subject." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0ceab8ea686855d9a9-1200/in-order-to-get-the-photos-glick-first-had-to-get-familiar-with-the-community-that-was-his-subject.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Tony, Catherine St., 1981</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">He took long walks around Chinatown, asking random strangers to take their portrait.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="He took long walks around Chinatown, asking random strangers to take their portrait." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0ceab8eaf86655d9a7-1200/he-took-long-walks-around-chinatown-asking-random-strangers-to-take-their-portrait.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Mr. Soo, East Broadway, 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">He wasn't successful at first. But, eventually, Glick was allowed and often even invited in to take portraits of his subjects in their own homes.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="He wasn't successful at first. But, eventually, Glick was allowed and often even invited in to take portraits of his subjects in their own homes." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a08eab8ea646855d9a6-1200/he-wasnt-successful-at-first-but-eventually-glick-was-allowed-and-often-even-invited-in-to-take-portraits-of-his-subjects-in-their-own-homes.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Mrs. Chiu in her apartment, 1981</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">One of the themes that emerged from his pictures was Chinatown's "bachelor society."</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="One of the themes that emerged from his pictures was Chinatown's "bachelor society."" border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0cecad04c07a55d9a6-1200/one-of-the-themes-that-emerged-from-his-pictures-was-chinatowns-bachelor-society.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Produce distributor, Bayard St., 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Restrictive immigration laws created a culture of many single men living alone in Chinatown.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="Restrictive immigration laws created a culture of many single men living alone in Chinatown." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0c6bb3f7c354f525b0-1200/restrictive-immigration-laws-created-a-culture-of-many-single-men-living-alone-in-chinatown.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Grandfather with his grandson, Eldridge St., 1983</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Only recently has Glick started revisiting his work from back then.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="Only recently has Glick started revisiting his work from back then." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a096bb3f7ac53f525b2-1200/only-recently-has-glick-started-revisiting-his-work-from-back-then.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Garment Factory, 1983</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Now over 30 years old, the work has been scanned and digitized. Glick is even creating large prints of his photo series.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="Now over 30 years old, the work has been scanned and digitized. Glick is even creating large prints of his photo series." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a09ecad04ab7f55d9a8-1200/now-over-30-years-old-the-work-has-been-scanned-and-digitized-glick-is-even-creating-large-prints-of-his-photo-series.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Big Tall Chin, Sam Wah Laundry, Bronx, 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">He told us that it is exciting for him to revisit work he has done so long ago.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="He told Business Insider that it is exciting for him to revisit work he has done so long ago." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a096bb3f73d53f525b2-1200/he-told-business-insider-that-it-is-exciting-for-him-to-revisit-work-he-has-done-so-long-ago.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Henry St., 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">"I’m able to give new life to old work," Glick said.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt=""I’m able to give new life to old work," Glick said." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0a6da811606deca353-1200/im-able-to-give-new-life-to-old-work-glick-said.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Columbus Park, 1983</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Glick also said he has been using digital techniques that allow him to get additional detail out of the photos, and actually get closer to his original intention.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="Glick also said he has been using digital techniques that allow him to get additional detail out of the photos, and actually get closer to his original intention." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0aecad04d57955d9a8-1200/glick-also-said-he-has-been-using-digital-techniques-that-allow-him-to-get-additional-detail-out-of-the-photos-and-actually-get-closer-to-his-original-intention.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Senior citizens’ center, Bayard St., 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">The new digital methods include scanning the negatives through a device that can extract way more information than a traditional darkroom.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="The new digital methods include scanning the negatives through a device that can extract way more information than a traditional darkroom." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0a69bedde932abc955-1200/the-new-digital-methods-include-scanning-the-negatives-through-a-device-that-can-extract-way-more-information-than-a-traditional-darkroom.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Mott St., 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Glick then runs them through Photoshop, but doesn't use any kind of photo manipulation. Instead, he uses the program to shift the shadows and lighting to what he originally saw.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="Glick then runs them through Photoshop, but doesn't use any kind of photo manipulation. Instead, he uses the program to shift the shadows and lighting to what he originally saw." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0a69beddd132abc955-1200/glick-then-runs-them-through-photoshop-but-doesnt-use-any-kind-of-photo-manipulation-instead-he-uses-the-program-to-shift-the-shadows-and-lighting-to-what-he-originally-saw.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Chinatown, 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">According to Glick, these photos are much closer to what he had originally envisioned for the project.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="According to Glick, these photos are much closer to what he had originally envisioned for the project." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0aeab8ea216155d9b1-1200/according-to-glick-these-photos-are-much-closer-to-what-he-had-originally-envisioned-for-the-project.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Columbus Park, 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Time has also changed how Glick sees his project.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="Time has also changed how Glick sees his project." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0a6da8116d6deca353-1200/time-has-also-changed-how-glick-sees-his-project.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Columbus Park, 1983</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">He told us that some of the images have taken on a new importance now that he can reflect.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="He told us that some of the images have taken on a new importance now that he can reflect." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0b6bb3f73a57f525b0-1200/he-told-us-that-some-of-the-images-have-taken-on-a-new-importance-now-that-he-can-reflect.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">F Train, 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Though it was always intended to document a historic change in the demographic shift, it now looks much more like a time capsule.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="Though it was always intended to document a historic change in the demographic shift, it now looks much more like a time capsule." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0aeab8eafa6655d9a7-1200/though-it-was-always-intended-to-document-a-historic-change-in-the-demographic-shift-it-now-looks-much-more-like-a-time-capsule.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">PS 1 playground, 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">"What seemed current and normal to me at the time, now feels like a record of a different era," Glick explained.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt=""What seemed current and normal to me at the time, now feels like a record of a different era," Glick explained." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0b69beddd532abc955-1200/what-seemed-current-and-normal-to-me-at-the-time-now-feels-like-a-record-of-a-different-era-glick-explained.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Division St., 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Indeed, Glick called this early 1980s NYC Chinatown a unique time in history, both for the neighborhood as well as immigration.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="Indeed, Glick called this early 1980s NYC Chinatown a unique time in history, both for the neighborhood as well as immigration." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0beab8eafc6655d9a9-1200/indeed-glick-called-this-early-1980s-nyc-chinatown-a-unique-time-in-history-both-for-the-neighborhood-as-well-as-immigration.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">PS 1 playground, 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">"With the passage of time, I see how my documentation of Chinatown life can both communicate what it felt like to live in Chinatown at that time and inform our current societal discussion of immigration," he said.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt=""With the passage of time, I see how my documentation of Chinatown life can both communicate what it felt like to live in Chinatown at that time and inform our current societal discussion of immigration," he said." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0b6bb3f74857f525b0-1200/with-the-passage-of-time-i-see-how-my-documentation-of-chinatown-life-can-both-communicate-what-it-felt-like-to-live-in-chinatown-at-that-time-and-inform-our-current-societal-discussion-of-immigration-he-said.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Rebecca with her children in their kitchen, 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Through rediscovering the work and realizing its new importance, Glick hopes his work takes on new life.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="Through rediscovering the work and realizing its new importance, Glick hopes his work takes on new life." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0becad046c7955d9a8-1200/through-rediscovering-the-work-and-realizing-its-new-importance-glick-hopes-his-work-takes-on-new-life.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Chinese New Year, Mott St., 1984</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">"This work sat in boxes in my closet for years. I don't want it to disappear," he said.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt=""This work sat in boxes in my closet for years. I don't want it to disappear," he said." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0b6da811596deca353-1200/this-work-sat-in-boxes-in-my-closet-for-years-i-dont-want-it-to-disappear-he-said.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Chinese New Year, Mott St., 1984</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Instead, Glick plans to turn the photos into an exhibit or book.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="Instead, Glick plans to turn the photos into an exhibit or book." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0becad04fb0155d9a6-1200/instead-glick-plans-to-turn-the-photos-into-an-exhibit-or-book.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Funeral, 1982</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">"I think that exposure to the reality of other peoples' lives always challenges our preconceived notions and can open our minds to seeing the world from someone else's point of view," Glick told us.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt=""I think that exposure to the reality of other peoples' lives always challenges our preconceived notions and can open our minds to seeing the world from someone else's point of view," Glick told us." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0b6da811736deca353-1200/i-think-that-exposure-to-the-reality-of-other-peoples-lives-always-challenges-our-preconceived-notions-and-can-open-our-minds-to-seeing-the-world-from-someone-elses-point-of-view-glick-told-us.jpg" style="border: 0px; height: auto; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" /></div><span style="margin: 0px;"><span class="source" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: url(http://static3.businessinsider.com/assets/images/back_gradient_20x40.png?1421356676); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: repeat-x; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #eeeeee; display: table; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: italic; height: 40px; line-height: 20px; margin: -45px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 5px; position: relative; text-align: right; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85098) 0px 1px 2px; width: 2904px; z-index: 2;"><span style="display: table-cell; height: 40px; line-height: 14px; margin: 0px; position: relative; top: -5px; vertical-align: bottom;"><a href="http://budglickphoto.com/" style="color: #eeeeee; margin: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none;">©Bud Glick</a></span></span></span><div class="caption" style="font-size: 17px; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 10px;">Catherine St., 1981</div></div></div></div><div class="slide-module clearfix" style="border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 226); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; margin: 30px 0px 0px; padding-top: 30px;"><h3 class="slide-title" style="color: inherit; font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3em; margin: 20px 0px 10px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">You can see some of Glick's work for yourself in person, as select photos are permanently on display in the Museum as part of the historic exhibit.</h3><div class="slide-content on-image" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="KonaFilter image-container slide-image-large" style="font-family: FaktConPro-SemiBold, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 30px;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><img alt="You can see some of Glick's work for yourself in person, as select photos are permanently on display in the Museum as part of the historic exhibit." border="0" class="slide-image-large" src="http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/54b58a0b6bb3f75557f525b0-1200/you-can-see-some-of-glicks-work-for-yourself-in-person-as-select-photos-are-permanently-on-display-in-the-museum-as-part-of-the-historic-exhibit.jpg" style="border: 0px; 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The flight may cost you, but with cheap food and accommodations, and plenty of <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/28/cambodia-travel-phnom-penh_n_2781757.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #239cb7; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">free</a> things do, this is easily one of the best places to go on a budget.</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; direction: ltr; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">2. 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That's if you stay in a budget accommodation and stick to eating the local Nepali cuisine. U.S. tourists must acquire a visa, but it's not too pricey -- they start at $25.</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; direction: ltr; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">3. 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Major cities like Bogota and Cartagena are budget-friendly favorites (if you avoid the tourist traps). Make sure to brush up your Spanish -- English is rarely spoken here.</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; direction: ltr; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Prague<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><img alt="beer prague" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1430848/thumbs/o-BEER-PRAGUE-570.jpg?1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; direction: ltr; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Europe is definitely not a cheap place to travel, but if you're looking for a destination there that won't drain your wallet, Prague is your best bet. Hostels clock in at $10-$15 a night and beer is cheaper than water. Plenty of activity can be had for free -- Prague is an incredibly beautiful city to simply <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-gypsynesters/prague-travel_b_4064310.html" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #239cb7; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">walk and explore</a>.</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; direction: ltr; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">5. 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That's a little more than other options, but with a number of cities to see, deliciously cheap street food to taste and a range of accommodations to choose from, it's a great place for budget travel. In Phuket, budget accommodations can be as low as $10 per night. For a splurge of around $100 a night, travelers can experience the kind of luxury that costs thousands stateside. Areas in Northern Thailand, such as Chiang Mai, are even cheaper.</div><div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; direction: ltr; font-stretch: normal; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">6. 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But Bolivia is also awesome because it's filled with beautiful, natural things to see -- from Lake Titicaca to the Salar de Uyuni salt flats plus beautiful historic cities like La Paz. 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Vilayat Dagestan. Amir Abu Muhammad Agachaulsky: "Our patience is over"</h1>
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Publication time: 16 November 2013, 23:01 </div>
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Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds! Peace and blessings to Prophet Muhammad, his family, companions and all those who followed him till the Day of Judgment.</div>
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Assalamu alaikum wa wa rahmatulahi barakatuhu!</div>
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<span class="">We, the Mujahideen Shamilkalinskogo sector, turn to cowardly infidels.</span></div>
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Today, as always, your main aim is at war with Islam. And the object of your attacks, it is mainly the civilian population of Muslims: women and even children!</div>
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You are fighting against those who can not fight back, who can not answer you the same.</div>
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You think you got power over people and you can do whatever you want, but power belongs to Allah. And you will definitely get good value for their misdeeds.</div>
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We were patient and did not want to hurt your family, but our patience was taken for weakness.</div>
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We declare all infidels and their assistants - we will kill you along with your family members, neighbors, and all who are loyal to your job, just like you are killing Muslims! We will blow up your house, shoot you with your families!</div>
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Previously we did not do this just because of the fact that you are near your home, now we look at it will not. As Allah says in the Quran: "Fight them as well as they fight against you, but do not transgress beyond bounds."</div>
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You do not help your security, armored vehicles, will not help your fortified houses or buildings that you've chosen. We will kill you no matter where you are.</div>
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"Death will overtake you, no matter where you are, even if you will be in high fortified towers." (An-Nisa- 78)</div>
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We are not fighting a war against a certain structure - whether PPP, DPS, etc.We are fighting a war against the system of kufr, which spread on the territory of the Muslims, and we will fight until the Day of Judgment, that whatever you do and no matter how you want the reverse, because Allah says in the Qur'an "Fight them until there is no more Fitnah and until religion is fully devoted to God. "</div>
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Thanks to your selling system at our disposal were database FSB, MVD, FSIN, MIN UST on the taxiway.</div>
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Now we know where you live, what positions occupied and what crimes you commit.</div>
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Now we will apply the pinpoint strikes on residential address, we will capture your family just as you are doing it with the Muslims.</div>
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In Islam, there is no statute of limitations crimes, and if one of us will be martyred, others will carry on with us, and these lists will be passed from hand to hand, Insha Allah. You will destroy until you do not repent and commit publicly Taub.</div>
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In a short time from Rusnya nothing left, and those of you who went out of their to fulfill orders infidels and even exceed it, those of you who have defended haters of Dagestan and its people, which is open in all media claim to hate you , you will have nowhere to go! You will leave here at the mercy of the Mujahideen, and you have been and will remain "chocks" for them.</div>
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We want to appeal to Muslims - this kind of infidels raids will continue until the Day of Judgment. They will oppress Muslims kill imprison and torture, then part of some Muslims will be the ducks, and the other part to dare to condemn the Mujahideen for their operations and look for flaws in the actions.</div>
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Such we want to warn at once - if you do not like this kind of methods of dealing with infidels, because of which allegedly suffer peaceful Muslims can turn tail and make hijra anywhere, for you it is not new.</div>
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You save up their property at a time when help is needed elementary as your brothers and sisters captive. If you are afraid to help the Mujahedeen, the help and redeem from captivity Muslims. But you do not do this. All scientists agreed on the opinion that the haram to save the property, if there is at least one prisoner Muslim. And when you turn the mujahedeen, you ask them for the sake of Allah will no longer come.</div>
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This is your humiliating position that will continue until you correct their religion and will not follow the Qur'an and Sunnah, the only way out of this situation - to go back to the basics of Islam, return to Jihad!</div>
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Captive Muslims want to say be patient brothers and sisters, and trust in Allah!Make dua for us, as we all know the hadith of the Prophet (may Allah be pleased with him) that between the oppressed and by Allah, there is no barrier.We also make dua for you.</div>
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Mujahideen managed to free captives from prison such as "Abu Ghraib", and our prisons InshaAllah will not be a problem for us, and we will liberate you.</div>
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In conclusion, we say that we love our Muslim brothers and sisters for the sake of Allah.</div>
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Whatever happens, we must be united, we must help and support each other.</div>
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How would these infidels did not try to divide Muslims, we must not yield to their provocations.</div>
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We are one Ummah and, Insha'Allah the Day of Judgment, we want as many Muslims eat the fruits of Paradise with the prophets, the martyrs and the righteous.</div>
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And finally, all praise be to Allah.</div>
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<b>Abu Muhammad (Agachaulsky)</b></div>
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