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Death and the Civil War
How the US dealt with the unprecedented number of dead in the Civil War.
Episode: Death and the Civil War
How the young United States dealt with the unprecedented and overwhelming number of dead in the Civil War, premiering on PBS Sept 18, 8/7c. The Ric Burns film is based on the book "This Republic of Suffering" by Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust.• Visit the Death and the Civil War webpage
Episode Expires: Wed 17 Oct 2012
TV Rating: NR
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Whether in a general, special ed, or inclusive classroom, teaching is a challenge. Handling 30 different kids with individual needs—and varying attention spans—can confound even the best teachers. One way teachers can help their students with LD is to create a well-managed, structured classroom environment. We have put together a variety of articles to help teachers do everything from arrange furniture to manage behavior issues.
There are 24 articles in this section.
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Classrooms can be perilous in a number of ways for students with learning disabilities. Here are some tips to remember when working with students with LD.
As you prepare for the upcoming school year, read this article about what you need to do to get ready for the 'Saturday kids.' These children are competent and happy on weekends and vacations, but have a lot of difficulty in school. In this article written exclusively for LD OnLine, expert Rick Lavoie shares nine concepts to help you bring out their best side of these children in your class.
Research indicates that children with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders are more likely to be bullied. This article defines bullying and tells you how to help. Read about resources from The Stop Bullying Now! Campaign.
Children who are socially rejected by their peers often are preoccupied with their isolation and can't concentrate on their schoolwork. Here are some ways teachers improve kids "social stock" and help them build friendships.
Rick Lavoie brings teachers information on how to integrate children with special needs into their mainstream class. The Council on Exceptional Children asked students with good social skills for their suggestions to school staff. Here are some of their requests: a) time to "hang out" with peers with disabilities, b) taking a stand against bullying and teasing of students with disabilities, and c) choosing peers to work with students with disabilities carefully.
The United States Department of Health and Human Services reported that an estimated 528,000 youth reside in foster care. Thus, it is imperative that child welfare accounts for the important voice of special education teachers in the lives of foster children it serves.
Strategies that promote success for students with ADD and ADHD are described including behavior management, modification, preparing your students to learn at the beginning of the lesson, keeping the students on task, making the lessons more interesting and homework.
A valuable resource educators of children with ADHD. The U.S. Dept. of Education shares and easy-to-read outline of tips and legal considerations. Causes, legal requirements for evaluations, treatment options, and hints for effective educational performance are included.
Management of APD should incorporate three primary principles: (1) environmental modifications, (2) remediation (direct therapy) techniques, and (3) compensatory strategies. All three of these components are necessary for APD intervention to be effective. Learn more about what can be done in the classroom to help students with auditory processing disorder.
The effective use of behavioral and cognitive strategies in the classroom may appear daunting even to experienced teachers. However, changing your behavior and strategies is often the most efficient and effective means of improving all types of classroom behaviors, both disruptive and non-disruptive. This article describes how understanding these problems and seeing the world through the eyes of your students, and then developing and using a set of intervention strategies on a regular basis, problems of emotions and behavior can be effectively managed and changed in the classroom.
Good communication between schools and parents is crucial for children with ADHD. In this article, there are many ideas to facilitate the home-school collaboration and help students succeed.
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These days, more and more of us watch video in a variety of different ways. The ease and versatility of modern media can leave you looking at your old collection of videos and DVDs with some annoyance. While you can play DVDs on your notebook or desktop, you can’t insert them into your smartphone or tablet, and what happens if they get scratched or damaged?
Never fear, because we’ve put together a list of useful tools – many of which are completely free to use – to help you not just rip and capture video from archaic sources, but to access it from other devices too. You should carefully check your own country’s copyright laws before following this tutorial because even with Blu-rays, DVDs and videos you legally own, you may find you’re prohibited from making personal copies, even for backup purposes.
Let’s get ripped
The first thing you need to do is work out what format you want to store your ripped video in. If you’re simply backing up your DVDs, or you’d like to access them in the same way via their original menus and interface, then the best thing to do is convert them into a single ISO file.
Be warned that DVDs routinely consume 8GB or more per disc of drive space, so it’s definitely only an option if you have the space to spare. Windows users can use BDlot DVD ISO Master for free, but Mac users will have to pay $20 for the privilege: try the free trial of Mac DVDRipper Pro, which lets you rip up to five discs before a purchase is required. Both tools can handle copy protected DVDs (but not Blu-ray discs), while Mac DVDRipper Pro can also convert selected titles to MP4 format.
It's by far the best conversion tool out there, but you're limited to Apple-friendly formats.
Rip and convert
Things are much better – and free – if you simply wish to rip your video into a compressed format. If you’re a lover of all things Apple, including Apple TV, iPad and iPhone, then the best tool to use is Handbrake, which is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. This can rip both DVDs and Blu-ray discs or convert from other video formats into the MP4/MKV container using H.264 video codecs or – in layman’s terms – a format compatible with all Apple devices. Encrypted DVDs may throw up an error about libraries, but just follow the prompts to download and install said libraries, and you should have no further problems.
Another free cross-platform tool worth looking at is MakeMKV. This beta allows you to rip both DVDs and Blu-ray discs (the latter will be free only while the beta lasts) to the MKV container format, with the disc structure – including menus and chapters – left intact.
If you’d like a wider choice of output formats coupled with a simpler – if less customisable – experience, then Windows users should take a look at Freemake Video Converter. Another freebie worth checking out – which is also cross-platform and again supports Blu-ray as well as DVD – is DVDx.
And what of your older analogue video collection? The simplest thing to do is use the software that came with your capture card or USB device, but if you’re looking for an alternative, then VirtualDUB or Windows Live Movie Maker should suffice if you’re running Windows.
VLC Media Player lets you browse your UPNP servers for content to stream.
Access from your mobile device
So, your media is backed up, and now you’d like to access it from another computer or mobile device on your network. A good choice if the media is stored on a computer’s hard drive is Plex: install Plex Server on the computer hosting the media content, and Plex Media Center on your other PCs and Macs, then purchase Plex 2.0 for Android and iOS if you want access from your mobile.
Plex is versatile – you can even configure it to give you access to your media over the internet – but it relies on you storing your media on a computer that’s always on when required. Far easier to store it on a central networked hard drive with a built-in UPNP media server. Then all you need is client software, such as VLC Media Player for your computer, Media Link Player Lite for iPad and iPhone, or aVia for Android.
So there you have it: all the tools you need to rip, convert and access your backed up media content from any device you own. Now you’ll be able to watch your favourite movies and TV shows from wherever you happen to be…
This article originally appeared at softwarecrew.co.uk
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Music & arousal
> Dan Ellis:
> Dr. Al Bregman said you might be able to help me, or at least send out a
> post on your "auditory" e-mail list. I'm involved in a discussion over
> the topic of "rock music". It's being said that the syncopated beats of
> rock music create physiological desires for sex and violence which
> completely offsets any altruistic message that a rock song might
> contain. Does this reasoning have any credence whatsoever? My
> understanding is that, apart from the lyrics, music's effect on thoughts
> and moods vary greatly from person to person and culture to culture.
> What is your insight on this? Do you know of any related research?
Well, I worked on the problem of sexual arousal in music off an on for
about a decade, primarily physiological effects of the sort of high intensity
sound used in rock, rhythmic theory, etc. I think I can say two things
about this: the current level of theorization/research on these matters is
more than crude; the number of people interested in such matters is
negligible. Too bad.
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Luxembourg: Year In Review 2000Article Free Pass
|Area:||2,586 sq km (999 sq mi)|
|Population||(2000 est.): 439,000|
|Chief of state:||Grand Dukes Jean and, from October 7, Henri|
|Head of government:||Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker|
Luxembourg celebrated a new chief of state as Crown Prince Henri was sworn in as the new grand duke by the parliament on October 7. His father, Grand Duke Jean, formally abdicated at the age of 79 to hand responsibility over to his son. Henri began his official duties on October 9 with visits to Paris, where he met with French Pres. Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Lionel Jospin, and then to Berlin, where he met with German Pres. Johannes Rau and Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. The country also welcomed the news that Prince William, the youngest son of Grand Duke Jean, regained consciousness in early October. He had been in a coma since September 10, when he incurred serious injuries in a car crash near Paris.
The crime rate in Luxembourg had been so low that the country had been considering closing its only prison because it was usually standing empty. The quiet was broken on May 31, however, when a gunman with a history of mental illness took hostage some 40 children and teachers at a day-care centre, demanding money and an airplane to fly him to Libya. After a 30-hour standoff, police stormed the centre, shot and wounded the gunman, and rescued the children and their teachers.
In May Luxembourg announced that it was freezing eight accounts containing more than $600 million belonging to the late Nigerian dictator Gen. Sani Abacha and was referring the case to the current Nigerian government, which believed that billions of dollars had been embezzled and smuggled abroad.
What made you want to look up "Luxembourg: Year In Review 2000"? Please share what surprised you most...
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Originally Posted by Buzzer Beater
I'm curious what you define as mainline Christians.
I've heard the word used and used it myself without really thinking through what it means. I ended up looking it up.
It refers to the major, long standing denominations in the US that are neither super liberal nor super conservative (fundamentalist, for example, are not mainline). The major denominations usually included are
- The United Methodist Church
- The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- The Presbyterian Church, USA
- The Episcopal Church, USA
- The United Church of Christ
- The American Baptist Churches, USA
- The Disciples of Christ
- (many other smaller denomantions)
The hallmark of mainline churches is moderation. Their theologies tend to be moderate and influenced by higher criticism. This term refers to an approach to biblical scholarship in which critical scholars have used the tools of historical research and textual analysis to separate the Bible’s earliest historical elements from later, often mythological, additions and even intentional distortions
As it relates back to Bill Gothard, these demonstrations emphasis GRACE and LOVE, and value social justice. They are also realist.
While I was reading up on this, I also found this interesting quote (on a page about mega churches)
The Christian churches of America have de-emphasized the central message of the Gospels—social justice and concern for the poor. Today, Christianity has largely become a personal and private religion. Individual (usually sexual) morality has become far more important to church leaders than the immorality of an unjust society...
Jesus spent most of his ministry in the company of "sinners," such as prostitutes and tax collectors. While the Pharisees and religious leaders of the day condemned Jesus for his emphasis on forgiveness and his association with these so-called sinners, Jesus in turn condemned the Pharisees and their supporters for their emphasis on judgment, their apparent self-righteousness, and lack of compassion. He told them “Woe to you Pharisees, because you give God a tenth of your garden herbs, but you neglect justice and the love of God.” (Luke 11:42)
My family of origin is Southern Baptist, which is too conservative to be considered mainline christian. I think the whole quiverfull movement doesn't have a leg to stand on biblical or historically. I'm not knocking someone's decision to have a bunch of kids *because they want to,* I'm just saying that I don't believe there is a biblical mandate to "trust god with family size." I find it appalling that teenage girls in the quiverfull movement are encouraged to make vows to allow god to determine their family size, and then young couples include it in their marriage vows, having been taught that this is "god's best."
It's just made up stuff that that completely looses track of what Jesus taught was important.
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In Season: Grapefruit by Toby Amidor in In Season, February 6, 2009
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With National Grapefruit Month upon us (yes, even fruit get a month of celebration), we thought what better time to introduce this refreshing tropical citrus, which is in season now.
The grapefruit as we know it today was first introduced to Florida in the 1820s. The name stems from the way the fruit grows — in grape-like clusters. Today, you can find grapefruit from Arizona, California, Florida and Texas. Those from Arizona and California are in markets from January through August. Florida and Texas grapefruits are available from October through June.
Grapefruits come seeded and seedless. The seeded grapefruit are turned into juice and varieties include white, pink/red, and star ruby/rio red. White grapefruit has a yellowish-white flesh; the other types range from a pale yellow-pink to the brilliant ruby red (hence, the Ruby Red product name). All grapefruit sport a mix of sweet and tangy flavors. The skin should be glossy, round and smooth, and the heavier your grapefruit, the juicer it will be.
The Nutritional Facts
With only 80 calories, fiber and no fat or cholesterol, grapefruit is a great addition to your diet. They’re famous for having tons of vitamin C — one medium fruit contains about 73% of your daily need. Grapefruit also contains a whopping 24% of your vitamin A needs — pink and red varieties have more than the white ones. Besides being an antioxidant, vitamin A helps maintain healthy skin and hair.
A Note of Warning
Certain medications interact with fresh grapefruit and grapefruit juice. To find out about specific medications, ask your doctor, and for more infromation, check with the CDC.
Ways to Enjoy Them
Slice a grapefruit in half and eat it for breakfast or as a refreshing snack. Having a hard time scooping out the flesh? There are special serrated grapefruit spoons. You can also juice them for a vitalizing morning drink.
Too tart to eat plain? Top grapefruit halves with a teaspoon of brown sugar or strawberry marmalade. You can also toss grapefruit segments in spinach or mixed green salad or use grapefruit juice for a seafood marinade or in homemade vinaigrette. I enjoy adding a grapefruit salsa to fish or pork. You can even broil grapefruit for a warm and tangy treat.
Shopping Tip: When picking them out, look for fine-textured, brightly colored skin. Fruit should be firm, yet spring back to the touch. For best results, keep wrapped in a plastic bag and place in your refrigerator drawer for up to two weeks. And remember, the heavier, the juicier the fruit will be.
- Grapefruit recipes to try:
- Broiled Grapefruit with Vanilla Ginger Sauce
- Grapefruit, Onion, and Basil Salad
- Ruby Red Mimosa
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The future of newspapers
Newspapers: The Future by Frank Ahrens at the Washingtonpost.com
A future written in electronic ink? by Ben Vershbow at if:book
In Frank Ahrens' article, he talks about a scene from the futuristic movie Minority Report, and how a concept device shown in the scene could be a preview of devices to come:
In the scene we're interested in, a Metro passenger is reading a USA Today. It LOOKS like a USA Today in that it's a full-page newspaper (called a "broadsheet") but instead of a handful of papers, it's a paper-thin video screen, thin enough to fold up and put under your arm. Instead of static photos and text, it's constantly changing text, video and perhaps sound. Think of it as a combination paper, television and Internet, presumably wirelessly connected to a futuristic Wi-Fi, perhaps the next generation of the new Wi-Max super hotspots that are rolling out and cover several square miles instead of several square feet.
Is such a device in our near future? Will technologies like e-ink, RSS feeds, Wi-Max, and streaming media make newspapers of the future that bear little resemblance to current formats?
Related: Newspapers feeling the heat in the digital age, E Ink goes color with new advanced electronic paper
Reading: Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing
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Mobile Ministry Magazine
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC
Device: Nokia N75/N800 Internet Tablet
As much as I want to see things go eInk and PDA-like, the fact is that paper has an emotional attachment to the fabric of many people's lives. It would be more likely to think that change would occur first on the side of content providers, giving lower amounts of print info, or giving a complelling reaosn to have dynamic info in front of them (maybe that typo of "see the video above" when talking about a news story). Places like CBS news are already looking to revamp their entire media news structure to have dynamic content a fabric of their news, instead of the report nature; I think this would have to happen before eInk and other tech gives us reason to stay with the change.
Of cource, TX's priced at $50 wouldnt hurt the cause either.
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A recent study found that chronic job stress contributes to lack of exercise, unhealthy eating habits and a general sedentary lifestyle, oftentimes leading to obesity. The study suggests that the only way to combat these negative effects of stress on your health and life is with exercise.
This study further proves the argument that businesses and companies need to devote some of their time, energy and resources into wellness programs for employees. During the current economic downturn, employees who survive layoffs don’t escape from the stress surrounding these changes in staff. Employers need to incorporate wellness programs, including good nutrition options and opportunities for employees to take part in physical activities during the day.
Everyone is feeling the added pressure these days and this stress can take its toll on your mind and body. Finding simple, effective ways to control this stress and prevent it from leaving a lasting, negative impact on your life is crucial.
I find that when I am sitting at my desk all day, consumed with a stressful task or job, the last thing I am thinking about is exercising or eating a nutritious, well-balanced meal. Typically, what I am thinking is, I hope I make it out of here at a reasonable hour and what can I buy/eat that will be quick and easy. Unfortunately, quick and easy foods tend to be the worst ones for you. I have recently been reading Michael Pollan‘s writing on food and nutrition and one piece of advice he distills in Food Rules is, “It’s not food if it arrives through the window of your car.” But there are many things that you can put into your daily diet that are quick and nutritious. For example, have vegetables cut and waiting in a ziploc baggy in your refrigerator. Pair carrots, celery, mushrooms and cucumbers with dips and it easily replaces a bag of chips. Another simple dish that I find works extremely well if I am pressed for time or getting home at later hours is pasta with fresh parmesan cheese, oil and pepper. It only takes about 8 minutes to boil water and that is all this dish requires. Plus, the added benefit of the serotonin boosting power of carbohydrates might just help ease your end-of-day stress.
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“I understand,” she murmured, and hid her face in a tuft of thick grass, placing her hands upon her ears.
Ralph bowed his head for an instant in prayer. Then he lifted it and there was no fear upon his face.
“Come on, murderer,” he said, addressing Swart Piet, “and do your butcher’s work. Why do you delay? You cannot often find the joy of slaughtering a defenceless man in the presence of his new-made wife. Come on then and win the everlasting curse of God.”
Now Swart Piet glanced at him out of the corners of his round eyes; then he ordered one of the Kaffirs to go up to him and shoot him.
The man went up and lifted his gun, but presently he put it down again and walked away, saying that he could not do this deed. Thrice did Van Vooren issue his command, and to three separate men, the vilest of his flock, but with each of them it was the same; they came up lifting their guns, looked into Ralph’s grey eyes and slunk away muttering. Then, cursing and swearing in his mad fury, Swart Piet drew the pistol from his belt and rushing towards Ralph fired it into him so that he fell. He stood over him and looked at him, the smoking pistol in his hand, but the wide grey eyes remained open and the strong mouth still smiled.
“The dog lives yet,” raved Swart Piet; “cast him into the sea, and let the sea finish him.”
But no man stirred; all stood silent as though they had been cut in stone, and there, a little nearer the cliff edge, lay the silent form of Suzanne.
Then Van Vooren seized Ralph and dragged him by the shoulders to the brink of the precipice. His hair brushed the hair of Suzanne as his body was trailed along the ground, and as he passed he whispered one word, “Remember,” into her ear, and she raised her head to look at him and answered, “Now, and always.” Then she let her head fall again.
Stooping down, Swart Piet lifted Ralph in his great arms, and crying aloud: “Return into the sea out of which you came,” he hurled him over the edge of the cliff. Two seconds later the sound of a heavy splash echoed up its sides; then, save for the murmur of the waterfall and the surge of the surf upon the beach, all was still again.
HOW RALPH CAME BACK TO THE STEAD
For a few moments Swart Piet and his black ruffians stood staring now at each other and now over the edge of the cliff into the deep sea-hole. There, however, they could see nothing, for the moonbeams did not reach its surface, and the only sound they heard was that of the dripping of the little waterfall, which came to their ears like the tinkle of distant sheep-bells. Then Swart Piet shivered and laughed aloud, a laugh that had more of fear than of merriment in it.
“The Englishman called down the everlasting curse of God on me,” he cried. “Well, I have waited for it, and it does not come, so now for man’s reward,” and going to where Suzanne lay, he set his arms beneath her and turned her over upon her back. “She has swooned,” he said; “perhaps it is as well,” and he stood looking at her, for thus in her faint she seemed wonderfully fair with the moonbeams playing upon her deathlike face.
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Imagine someone writing this for a British political magazine before World War II:
"The Berlin regime . . . has a leader — Adolf Hitler — who has sprung from being an underground revolutionary gunman to perhaps the first visionary European statesman since Napoleon.
"Dining with an old man in a cafe in central Berlin, I discovered that he inadvertently embodied the history of modern Germany. He had been imprisoned in 1913 for opposing Kaiser Wilhelm II, again in 1927 for hostility to Wilhelm Marx and finally in 1934 by the present regime.The last of these had, he said, been easily the worst. He was personally interrogated by Heinrich Himmler, then head of the secret police. There had been torture and brutality of a far worse sort than his previous incarcerations. And yet he declared that he thought the present government the best German Administration he had seen. Why? ‘Because it has made us strong and respected.’ There seems no getting round this point. From the festeringly poor and politically dependent nation of a generation ago, Germany has become a power in every sense — military, economic and ideological.
"Adolf Hitler will rise more clearly to the top. Make a note of the name."
Then imagine that this same scribe eventually changed his tune, turned violently against "the first visionary European statesman since Napoleon," advocated regime change, slandered anyone who didn't share his gusto, but failed to mention in all of his outbursts that he once wrote favorably about the fascist regime, providing juicy pull quotes that had anyone else written them, he would use as a club every time the subject arose.
Imagine no more -- the self-described anti-fascist Christopher Hitchens wrote such a piece, only about Saddam Hussein's Iraq in 1976. No doubt this will be excused as some kind of youthful indiscretion (Hitch was just turning 27, after all). But still, considering all of the bile he has heaped on those who differed with him over Iraq, not to mention the many lies he's told about his political past, it makes sense that Hitchens would ignore this part of his collected work. His upcoming rationale for once publicly hailing Saddam as "perhaps the first visionary Arab statesman since Nasser" should be amusing.
(Tam tip to Hitchens Watch.)
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Today's chart of the day comes courtesy of one of the greatest and most famous artists of all time. It's Andy Warhol's 1984 "U.S. Unemployment Rate, and it's up for auction at Christie's, where it's expected to go for $20,000 to $30,000. The chart documents the early 1980s recession, and Amy Cappellazzo of Christie's told CNNMoney that the piece is "a pretty typical Warhol image of the period" and makes a statement about how the Reagan era saw the rise of economic data as pop culture. She added: "Economic data has become popular culture. While we used to think of it as being some kind of verified information only for people who are really knowledgeable about the economy, it's popular culture now. You can talk to a taxi driver about it."
Warhol's medical inflation chart is also available for bidding.
News broke in September that the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts would be getting rid of its entire collection. Some of their pieces, included this one, are set to be sold at Christie's in a series of auctions. That said, these two pieces captured the heart of the policy-minded at places like the Washington Post and Slate.
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The new school is expected to be built at the school district's Spring Mills campus off U.S. 11 near W.Va. 901 as part of a long-range growth plan that includes the new Spring Mills High School, Arvon said.
"It is our plan to run a bond call next spring to secure the funding for the Spring Mills High School," Arvon said.
He credited the county's prior commitment of local tax dollars and general revenue to building schools, more than $80 million since 1990, as a reason for the School Building Authority award.
"We do have a good partnership with the SBA," Arvon said.
Arvon also noted the Eastern Panhandle ties of two School Building Authority board members, Connie Perry and Tom Lange, which he said helps "a great deal."
The county is using 106 portable classrooms, Arvon said.
In Jefferson County, Pete Dougherty, president of the county's Board of Education, also touted his board's good relationship with the SBA.
Some people have questioned whether there were good relations between the authority and Jefferson County, but those concerns have been put to rest with the authority's decision to fund an entire $6.4 million request to help build a new elementary school next to the Breckenridge subdivision north of Charles Town, W.Va., Dougherty said.
Dougherty said the new school is needed to accommodate growing residential development in Breckenridge, Halltown, Bakerton and other nearby areas, and to help relieve crowding in other elementary schools.
Dougherty has said the school will cost about $10 million and would be paid for through local school impact fees and funding from the state SBA.
Dougherty has said the school could be completed within 18 months.
The new Jefferson County elementary school will allow school officials to do away with most portable classrooms at primary schools across the county, said Superintendent of Schools Susan Wall.
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|Iraqi children head to schools in Damascus at the beginning of the new school year. Their families fled the conflict in Iraq, and schools in Syria are now overcrowded.|
DAMASCUS, Syria, 25 September 2008 – It is the beginning of the new school year in Syria, but a majority of the students are not Syrian. They are Iraqis whose families have fled conflict. When the lives of children like these are turned upside down, going to school can provide the stability they need.
But the education system here is under pressure. During the last school year, more than 50,000 Iraqi youngsters were studying in Syrian schools. And the Ministry of Education expects new enrolments to rise again this year.
The Syrian Government has given all Iraqi children access to education, but the sheer numbers of students involved make this goal difficult to achieve.
Challenge of overcrowding
One school on the edge of Damascus, which has recently doubled in size, now operates a double shift. Students from the morning shift leave through one gate at lunchtime, while the afternoon shift enters through another.
“The Directorate of Education has changed some schools into two shifts to enrol the Iraqi children, but this did not really solve the problem. Sometimes, the number in one class can reach 50 or 55,” said the Director of Planning and Statistics for the Ministry of Education, Abdulsalam Salameh.
The double shift is a challenge for teachers and school administrators. Large class sizes make it difficult to improve the quality of education and bring in new curricula. School yards are crowded, and facilities are overused.
Another challenge stems from the fact that Syrian children start studying English in the first grade, but Iraqi students are new to it when they enter school in later grades. These different experiences create a large gap in the classroom, causing difficulties for both teachers and students.
“When the teacher slows down the pace of the class, it has a great impact on the progress of the class,” said one head teacher, Mayas Ahmar.
Creating child-friendly schools
In response to this situation, UNICEF and the European Union have been helping to upgrade facilities in more than 200 Syrian schools by providing computer equipment, desks and other supplies. Over the summer, many buildings were renovated to be more child-friendly.
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|More than 50,000 Iraqi children like these are studying in Syrian schools today.|
“They are repairing the toilets, making sure that there is drinkable water and making sure that the school is more appealing to children. This is very tangible support,” said UNICEF Damascus Programme Officer Marc Lucet.
Teachers and other staff are also attending workshops on how to make their schools more child-friendly. (To help countries such as Syria improve the quality of education – a key UNICEF priority – the organization will launch a new 'Child-Friendly School Manual' this year. The manual will provide governments with a framework to design and implement child-friendly schools.)
Despite all these efforts, though, maintaining a sense of normalcy when they are far from home continues to be a daily struggle for many Iraqi refugee children.
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What is gum disease?
Gum disease is an infection of the tissues and bones that surround and support the teeth. It is also called periodontal disease.
The two types of gum disease are called gingivitis and periodontitis. Reference Gingivitis Opens New Window Reference Opens New Window (say "jin-juh-VY-tus") is mild gum disease that affects only the gums, the tissue that surrounds the teeth. Reference Periodontitis Opens New Window Reference Opens New Window (say "pair-ee-oh-don-TY-tus") is more severe gum disease that spreads below the gums to damage the tissues and bone that support the teeth.
- Gingivitis causes red, swollen gums that bleed easily when the teeth are brushed. Because gingivitis usually doesn't cause pain, many people don't get the treatment they need.
- Periodontitis causes the gums to pull away from the teeth, leaving deep pockets where germs called bacteria can grow and damage the bone that supports the teeth. Gums can also shrink back from the teeth. This can make the teeth look longer. Teeth may become loose, fall out, or have to be pulled out by a dentist.
What causes gum disease?
Your mouth constantly makes a clear, sticky substance called Reference plaque Opens New Window that contains bacteria. The bacteria in plaque make poisons, or toxins, that irritate the gums and cause the gum tissues to break down. If you don't do a good job of removing plaque from your teeth, it can spread below the gums and damage the bone that supports the teeth. With time, the plaque hardens into a substance called tartar that has to be removed by a dentist or Reference dental hygienist Opens New Window.
You are more likely to get gum disease if you:
- Do not clean your teeth well.
- Smoke or chew tobacco.
- Have someone in your family who has gum disease.
- Have a condition that makes it harder for your body to fight infection, such as:
What are the symptoms?
It may be hard to tell if you have a mild case of gum disease. Healthy gums are pink and firm, fit snugly around the teeth, and do not bleed easily. But mild cases of gum disease (gingivitis) cause:
- Gums that are red, swollen, and tender.
- Gums that bleed easily during brushing or flossing.
In more severe gum disease (periodontitis), the symptoms are easier to see, such as:
- Gums that pull away or shrink from the teeth.
- Bad breath that won't go away.
- Pus coming from the gums.
- A change in how your teeth fit together when you bite.
- Loose teeth.
How is gum disease diagnosed?
To find out if you have gum disease, your dentist or dental hygienist will do an exam to look for:
- Bleeding gums.
- Hard buildups of plaque and tartar above and below the gums.
- Areas where your gums are pulling away or shrinking from your teeth.
- Pockets that have grown between your teeth and gums.
Your dentist or dental hygienist may take X-rays of your teeth to look for bone damage and other problems.
How is it treated?
If you have a mild case of gum disease, you will probably be able to take care of it by brushing and flossing your teeth every day and getting regular cleanings at your dentist's office.
If your gum disease has become worse and you have periodontitis, your dentist or dental hygienist will clean your teeth using a method called root planing and scaling. This removes the plaque and tartar buildup both above and below the gum line. You may also need to take Reference antibiotics Opens New Window to help get rid of the infection in your mouth. If your gum disease is severe, you may need to have surgery.
How can you prevent gum disease?
Gum disease is most common in adults, but it can affect anyone, even children. So good dental habits are important throughout your life:
- Brush your teeth 2 times a day, in the morning and before bedtime, with a fluoride toothpaste.
- Floss your teeth once each day.
- Visit your dentist for regular checkups and teeth cleaning.
- Don't use tobacco products.
If you think you have a mild case of gum disease, make sure to take care of it before it gets worse. Keeping your teeth and gums healthy and getting regular checkups from your dentist can keep the disease from getting worse.
Having gum disease may increase a pregnant woman's risk of having a premature, low-birth-weight baby.Reference 1 Also, studies have found a direct link between heart disease and the bacteria that cause gum disease.Reference 2 So taking good care of your teeth and gums may have benefits beyond keeping your mouth healthy.
Frequently Asked Questions
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|Medical Review:||Reference Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine
Reference Steven K. Patterson, BS, DDS, MPH - Dentistry
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Child Honouring Principles
The words of A Covenant for Honouring Children suggest nine guiding principles for living. Taken together, they offer a holistic way of restoring natural and human communities, thus brightening the outlook for the world we share. They form the basis for a multi-faith consensus on societal renewal.
is key. It speaks to the need to respect children as whole people and to encourage them to know their own voices. Children need the kind of love that sees them as legitimate beings, persons in their own right. Respectful love instills self-worth; it‘s the prime nutrient in human development. Children need this not only from parents and caregivers, but from the whole community.
is about abundance: of human dreams, intelligences, cultures, and cosmologies; of earthly splendours and ecosystems. Introducing children to biodiversity and human diversity at an early age builds on their innate curiosity. There‘s a world of natural wonders to discover, and a wealth of cultures, of ways to be human. Comforted by how much we share, we‘re able to delight in our differences.
refers to the ”village“ it takes to raise a child. The community can positively affect the lives of its children. Child-friendly shopkeepers, family resource centres, green schoolyards, bicycle lanes, and pesticide-free parks are some of the ways a community can support its young.
can be taught from an early age; it begins with empathy for newborns. Elementary and secondary schools could teach nurturant parenting (neither permissive nor oppressive) and provide insight into the child-rearing process. Such knowledge helps to deter teen pregnancies and unwanted children. Emotionally aware parents are much less likely to perpetuate abuse or neglect.
sums up what early life is about: a time for exploring emotions in a safe setting, learning about feelings and how to express them. Those who feel loved are most able to learn and to show compassion for others. Emotional management builds character and is more important to later success than IQ. Cooperation, play, and creativity all foster the “EQ” needed for a joyful life.
is central to emotional maturity, to family relations, to community values, and to the character of societies that aspire to live in peace. It means more than the absence of aggression; it means living with compassion. Regarding children, it means no corporal punishment, no humiliation, no coercion. ”First do no harm,“ the physicians’ oath, must now apply to all our relations; it can become a mantra for our times. A culture of peace begins in a nonviolent heart, and a loving home.
foster a child’s feeling of security and belonging. The very young need protection from the toxic influences that permeate modern life-from domestic neglect and maltreatment, to the corporate manipulations of their minds, to the poisonous chemicals entering their bodies. The first years are when children are most impressionable and vulnerable; they need safeguarding.
refers not merely to conservation of resources, renewable energy development, and anti-pollution laws. To be sustainable, societies need to build social capacity by investing in their young citizens, harnessing the productive power of a contented heart. The loving potential of every young child is a potent source for good in the world.
is fundamental to a child-honouring world. It includes a revolution in the design, manufacture and sale of goods; corporate reform; ”triple bottom line“ business; full-cost accounting; tax and subsidy shifts; political and economic cycles that reward long-term thinking. Ethical commerce would enable a restorative economy devoted to the well being of the very young.
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This past weekend I was privileged to share in the ceremonial celebrations of a couple of collegiate graduations; one unpretentious and the other more of a true European tradition. Both revered as a milestone where a life-stage concludes yet an new life-chapter "commences". Listening to the two different addresses the life meaning was relevant, the message often embodied from a Keller Williams Realty associate partner. For me a deja vu, an AHA.
Move forward with passion, energy and more importantly-goals. Love what you do and the fruits will follow. Define who you are, and make a difference. College purpose was not to lecture to be technical, understand the B.S. of "science" or to B.A- literary but to "launch your learning journey" through real life assignments in other words to provide a foundation of learning to be learning based ("Mastery")-"Knowledge grows into wisdom" accomplished through experience. Also delivered were four key ideals that could define character, display strength and allow perseverance ultimately leading to achievement.
Number #1: To be RESPECTFUL of others. Learn to work as a team. (How many times have you heard that through your professional career?) #2 COMMIT to being the best you can be. Apply yourself. Pledge to doing it better; #3 Be a life long LEARNER and #4 the more you GIVE the more you receive. Learn to serve. There is a particular similarity between the messge to a collage of academic degree candidates, and the address delivered to masterminded real estate professionals of Keller Williams Realty. Mastery of professionals who instill PASSION in all that they do; practice an on-going learning based mindset, and conveys a genuine care fo those around. We know these values as a culture and a belief system.
It is illustrated that through teamwork everyone achieves more, and success is a result of working through people. Commitment in all things. On the cover of the National Best Sellers "The Millionaire Real Estate Agent is "It's not about the money...it's about being the BEST you can be".
Educators, professors, and leaders of a high-minded outlook share a proclamation throughout various life stages - Drive your own bus. Deliver through passion and energy. Adversity is a test of strength the result of the choices presented may lead to consequence or effect constructive change. The outcome is designed by you. Mindset is fundamental. Success is 90% mindset. Your mindset affects us all. Everyday can be a transformation of momentum into lifelong accomplishments. Click the picture for "A Model of Opportunity".
Don't be afraid of growing, be afraid of standing still.
Renee Ferrera, Team Leader
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[Talk-GB] building shapes from OS Street View
nomoregrapes at googlemail.com
Mon Apr 5 23:22:52 BST 2010
An example of the StreetView building quality:
The West side of St Aidan's College curves round, but (as you can see on
OSM) it actually curves with sharp angles so each bedroom still has a flat
wall. It's important to have this local knowledge, I've heard the building
is supposed to be the fingers of God curved round and holding the chapel
that didn't get built in the middle.
But surrounding buildings I could trace. Van Mildert College I lost my GPS
traces for. Durham Business School I'm just too lazy to go around but could
later give it a quick check that OS was correct. Then there are places like
Durham Cathedral (a bit North, across the river) which I don't have access
to walk round the whole perimeter, plus the GPS signal gets terrible against
the tall stone walls.
We are all coming to the same conclusion. This stuff will be great for
tracing where the mapper has local knowledge (or is verifying it, maybe via
a GPS-less friend/relative).
It's like lakes and Yahoo! imagery. I map the paths in a park, but I don't
want to walk across the grass and get the pond outline (possibly along a
muddy/dangerous bank in parts) as it would confuse my traces. Instead I
trace the imagery and align it up to the footpaths I added, knowing at what
sections I went next to the water and where there was an island but tree
cover makes it look connected.
On 5 April 2010 13:28, Richard Bullock <rb357 at cantab.net> wrote:
> > I don't think the "we shouldn't sully OSM with OS data" argument stands
> > as looking at my area (Devon) most of the coastline + almost all names of
> > natural features and numerous other stuff has come from the NPE and 1st
> > Edition maps. The StreetView coastline and waterways data is way better
> > than what we currently have here and unless there is better data coming
> > the near future then we should trace this stuff in asap.
> The BoundaryLine dataset should contain the mean-high-water and
> mean-low-water coastlines as vector data.
> I wouldn't therefore copy the StreetView raster for coastlines.
> If we're going to import any of it, something like the coastlines might
> sense (the original coastlines were largely done via import - and there is
> probably no better source - e.g. even areas with Yahoo imagery will only
> show the coast at one particular snapshot in the tide-cycle).
> Talk-GB mailing list
> Talk-GB at openstreetmap.org
osm at livingwithdragons.com
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From White Buffalo Naming Ceremony, a Conversation With Lakota Medicine Man Steve Stonearrow
Lakota Medicine Man Steve Stonearrow traveled to northwestern Connecticut along with a group of Lakota elders to perform a naming ceremony for a white buffalo born June 16. This interview took place the night of July 29, the day after Stonearrow named the white buffalo Yellow Medicine Dancing Boy in ceremony.
How and why did you become a medicine man?
How and why are really hard questions because you don’t become one, you’re born that way. In Lakota culture, men follow a lineage system; their ancestors are medicine people, they become medicine people. I didn’t come to this till late in life after a couple of stays in federal prison, including one long stay where I began to learn these ways. You’re given a choice to become a medicine person by the spirits and you’re only given the choice once. They never come back and ask you again.
They ask you?
They ask you if you want to accept this (responsibility). The spirits that work with us in a good way are not invasive. They don’t come unless asked and they don’t make you do anything without asking you first, because it’s a choice. So I was asked. I took it to my cousin’s altar and he verified what they wanted and I accepted that responsibility at the age of 46. I’m 50 now.
How did you know what to do in terms of particular ceremonies and knowledge of healing medicine?
I am a heyoka medicine person and in Lakota heyoka is translated as is sacred clown. The sacred clown in our tradition is the person who is upside down, sideways, backwards, goes against the norm and is there to help the people see themselves. He’s the mirror of the people but his teachers are the Thunder Beings, his teachers are spirits. In Lakota thought, all ceremony comes from the west where the Thunder Beings live and they give us ceremony. So each medicine person is given his own ceremony through dreams, visions, vision quests, sweat lodge, and sun dance. There’s a progression, You have to start sweating and you have to come into the caretakership of a chunupa, a pipe. From there you go on vision quests and then you start to sun dance. I’ve yet to meet a medicine man who is not a sun dancer. And once you become a medicine man, a healer, then you have your own ceremonies. So I have my own ceremonies. I have my own particular brand of healing ceremonies, I have a sun dance, I have a children’s dance that I take care of. They’re not mine.
Do you have a day job or do you do this all the time?
This is all that I can do. I see around 100 people a year and 95 percent of them are women and 90 percent of them are abused in some way who need healing, Last year I traveled 50,000 miles.
People get caught up in the idea that a medicine man is this other worldly being or as my friend Ed here says, as a kind of rock star. But people who know, know that the medicine man is someone who knows how to open the door to the spiritual realm.
I know medicine men here in the east whose traditions are different.
They should be different because people have differences in where you live, in different spirit helpers. In the Lakota tradition I am given many ceremonies to take care of.
And do you pass them on?
Maybe. I’m teaching my daughter but in our tradition women tend not to become medicine women until after their moon cycle stops.
Is (Lakota elder) Marian White Mouse a medicine woman?
No, she’s a spiritual leader. And in our language she's known as a winunhcala, which is a term of respect. She’s chosen. You don’t become a leader in our culture unless people chose to follow you! There’s the story about the chief who was bad and he woke up in the morning and his whole village was gone because the people decided when he went to bed that they weren’t following him anymore. In Lakota belief, you follow someone that you trust, you follow someone whose medicine you believe in. That’s why there are so many altars, so many different medicine people because you do not have to be stuck with one medicine man. If you don’t like him you are free to go find someone that you believe in and that you want to be part of. I would never say that (another medicine man) is doing something in a wrong way, I’d say he’s doing something in a different way. So when you go to different altars they should be different. When you start to see altars that are all the same, somebody’s not following their dream.
Do you see that often?
I see that in a lot of places -- people not following their dream. They see something somewhere and they pick it up and take it as their own. As a medicine person you’re given dreams and visions for each of your ceremonies and how they should be conducted and how they should look in the smallest detail.
It felt like I was putting my life in your hands when I went into the sweat lodge and into the lowampi.
In a way you are. You know, people very seldom die in the sweat.
What about the guy in Sedona, Arizona who killed those people?
People want to talk about Sedona, Arizona, and the man (James Arthur Ray) who caused three people to cross over through his ignorance and his altered belief system. People are so hungry for these ways that they want to jump in with anyone who claims to have any knowledge. But where we come from, in order to become a sun dancer or a spiritual leader or a medicine man, whatever you become comes through the knowledge and the experience of “pouring lodges.” I’ve been pouring lodges for over 20 years. Pouring lodges – running the ceremony.
Does your authority to do that comes from your relationship with the spirits?
I don’t call it authority, I call it permission. Because anyone can go into this lodge and pour a lodge – you could do it -- but are you going to run a ceremony?
No, I’d run a sauna if it was me. . .
The certain knowledge that you acquire comes through being a in relationship with spiritual helpers – that’s what a medicine man is made of -- the helpers that surround him spiritually, that’s where all his knowledge comes from, where his protection comes from, where ceremonies come from – everything that he knows comes from the spirits. And he’s entrusted – the good ones I know -- to be a human being who has no prejudices, no discrimination, no racism. They see all people as equal regardless of who they are. We’re humble people. We love to laugh at ourselves and to make the peoples laugh. We’re not about laughing at people we’re about laughing with people
Are sweat lodges ever bad?
If they’re run in a bad way or if someone with medicine they’re not using in the right way goes in there. The guy in Sedona – that was a tragedy. He helped people pass over in a bad way. He had no experience, he didn’t know what he was doing, put them in a lodge that had that black plastic underneath and when the steam hit the black plastic it released vapors that were toxic and that’s what sent people on the other side. So now he’s in prison. And those people paid $9600 apiece for a weeklong seminar on how to become a spiritual warrior! The man wasn’t Lakota. What he did have was Oprah Winfrey’s book club. He was on Oprah Winfrey’s show more than once. She believed him up until he killed people.
The sweat is the first ceremony. So before you do any other ceremony you have to have a sweat – so if we do lowampi or sundance – we sweat in the morning, we sweat at night. Before any major undertaking, we want to go and purify ourselves
That’s what it is, right, a purification, a preparation, not in and of itself a ceremony for a particular purpose?
It’s a purification ceremony. The first round is purification, the second round is prayer, third round is pipe round, the fourth is the going out. There are four doors, four directions, four ages of man – four is a sacred number. And we prepare our mind, our body, our spirit and our emotions to go forward into whatever ceremony we’re about to undertake in a good way. Because the sweat is a place where you drop it, you let go of what you have, you don’t have to carry it any more when you go into the lodge. In the lodge you are given the ability to let go and be forgiven for everything you’ve done till that moment – if you believe in the lodge. You come out a new human being, if that’s what you believe.
Maybe even if it’s not what you believe!
You can come out altered, you can come out with a clean slate. That’s not to say I’m going to run out and do bad things and think that the lodge is going to clear them because as common human beings we are going to make mistakes that we will hold ourselves accountability for. The lodge is the place to let go of them. The lodge is the womb of the earth and in the metaphysical thought, the lodge is a round (sphere) so half of it is underground.
Have you had people come in who’ve had a bad experience?
They wanted to have a bad experience. Releasing negative emotions is not a bad experience. They had a preconceived notion that nothing could take care of whatever was affecting them. And they come in and they struggle with the heat and they struggle with the steam. So if you have people who are really struggling, you can use your medicine and your knowledge to help them and bring everyone out. My goal has always been whoever comes in the lodge with me is going to go out the lodge with me. You have to adjust the lodge to the person with the least experience and work from there. There are some of us who’ve been sweating for 15, 20 years and we can sit in that thing till it melts your ear off, but if your prayer is strong it’s okay. It’s not a test of endurance, it’s not a test of strength, and it’s not a test of my spiritual power or my ability to withstand heat. It’s a place for me to pray in a safe comfortable way and to know I will not be judged. That’s why it’s dark. I can’t see anyone, so who do I have to rely on? No one except my connection with spirit. Also, if you’re black, red, yellow, white or blue – I think they’re called smurfs – I don’t see your color either, it doesn’t make a difference.
Lakota people have managed to sustain these traditions through a lot of hardship.
They took everything from us – they took our land and put us on reservations, they killed our leaders and our people, they took our language, our ceremonies, but they couldn’t get rid of us or kill our spirituality. Lakota people are resilient. We still have our ceremonies and our prayers and spirituality. We’re still here.
What do you think would happen if Lakota people didn’t do ceremony?
Our people would die. My Lakota people would die and that would be a very sad thing.
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Rush Limbaugh is denying that any new jobs have been created, because if they had been, "You'd sense it."
This denial came the same day that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its monthly jobs report, which showed the unemployment rate dropping to 7.8 percent and employment increasing by 114,000.
Limbaugh cited these findings and then immediately claimed that no evidence exists to prove actual job creation. Limbaugh stated:
So what we're being told here is, thanks to a measly 114,000 jobs, the unemployment rate for September fell from 8.3 to 7.8. That's a full half-a-percentage point. Meanwhile, manufacturing jobs down six and a half percent last month. There's no evidence of any job creation. You'd sense it. You would know it. You would feel it.
Setting aside instinct and conspiracy theories, simple statistics show that Limbaugh is wrong.
As BLS wrote, "Since reaching an employment trough in February 2010, the private sector has added 4.7 million jobs."
Here is a chart that uses BLS statistics to show job creation since February 2010:
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Tumors that originate in the spine (primary tumors) are rare. They can be either benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous) and are caused by the abnormal growth of cells that reside in the spinal column or neural tissues. Some spinal tumors are the result of cancer that has spread from other parts of the body (secondary or metastic tumors). Secondary tumors are, by nature, malignant as they have arisen from cancerous tumors elsewhere in the body.
For more information on this and other related conditions, or to contact us directly, please visit the Spine Center.
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A new study by The Nature Conservancy has identified a series of landscapes across New York State that are predicted to have good chances of being resilient to the growing impacts of climate change.
Many studies suggest that increasing severe weather events like floods and droughts, along with rising temperatures and changes in rain and snow threaten to destabilize natural areas in New York, across the United States and around the world. Scientists at The Nature Conservancy suggest that New York has resilient landscapes that capture critical characteristics necessary for habitats to respond to climate change. These habitats are predicted to support many plants and animals while also serving as sources of clean drinking water, clean air, and fertile soils that people rely upon for survival. The authors of the study, however, warned that these natural strongholds must be protected from damaging development, pollution and other negative actions, or they could lose their ability to shield nature from climate impacts.
“This news gives us hope that – with a little help – some of the most critical natural resources in New York can endure climate change,” said Tim Tear, Director of Science for The Nature Conservancy in New York. “If we work to keep these special landscapes strong, they will help keep nature strong – which is good not only for wildlife but for people too.”
Tear added: “These strongholds will be critical to all life as the stresses from climate change continue to increase. They could serve as breeding grounds and seed banks for many plant and animal species that otherwise may be unable to find suitable places to live due to climate change. They could also serve as essential resources for food and water as society deals with the consequences of climate change.”
The study analyzed 156 million acres of land stretching from Virginia to Maine and into adjacent portions of Canada. Scientists looked at individual landscapes – such as forests, wetlands and mountain ranges – as collections of neighborhoods in which plants and animals could live. Two key factors combine to estimate the ability of these neighborhoods to respond to climate change – what they call “resilience.” First, areas with the most “complex” neighborhoods – those with diverse environmental settings including topography, geology and elevation ranges – were estimated to offer the greatest potential for plant and animal species to “move around the block” and find new homes as climate change alters their traditional, historic neighborhoods.
Second, the study looked at the “permeability” of these same landscapes – by developing a measure of the ability for local movement to occur. This measure of permeability was estimated by assessing whether roads, dams, development or other fragmenting features have created barriers that prevent plants and animals from moving around and finding new neighborhoods. Together, the combination of complexity and permeability defined a landscape’s resilience – its ability to respond to climate change.
Among the most resilient landscapes found in New York were those in the Adirondack region.
“We’ve always known that the Adirondacks were special places,” said Tear. “Now we know that these lands can play a critical role in keeping nature strong and healthy in the face of climate change, both for New York and beyond.”
Other resilient landscapes found by the study were limestone flats in northern Maine and nearby areas of Canada; floodplains in northeastern New York; coastal plains with oak-pine forests in New Jersey and Virginia; and highland forests in West Virginia. The Appalachian mountain chain that runs through Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and Tennessee was found to be especially important for helping nature survive climate impacts.
The Nature Conservancy has also been working to identify important areas that link these resilient landscapes together.
“It’s not enough to have separate islands of these climate-resilient landscapes,” said Tear. “We must make sure that more resilient landscapes are connected. To survive the changing climate, some species will be able to relocate to local neighborhoods while others will need to move great distances to entirely new landscapes. Just as people use roads to move from town to town, we need to make sure species have a way to move from one landscape to another.”
But Tear added: “Unfortunately there will be many species that will not be able to relocate as climate change makes their neighborhoods more unlivable. That is why the ultimate goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stop climate change impacts from worsening. Until that happens, these resilient landscapes offer a much needed safety net to allow many species to survive, interact and ensure that healthy natural systems in New York will be around for the benefit of our grandchildren and their grandchildren .”
Scientists for The Nature Conservancy are now conducting similar studies across the United States to identify other natural strongholds that have the potential to overcome impacts of climate change. Already the study is being used by government agencies and others to create a roadmap of where conservation activities should take place.
The study was funded by The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, and The Nature Conservancy.
“We are excited about this cutting-edge work by The Nature Conservancy and have begun to use it to guide our land conservation grant-making," said Andrew Bowman, program director for the environment at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. "In an era of accelerating climate change and scarce dollars for land conservation, this work will be very helpful to us and others in selecting the most important places to protect.”
The Nature Conservancy is a leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people. The Conservancy and its more than 1 million members have protected nearly 120 million acres worldwide. Visit The Nature Conservancy on the Web at www.nature.org.
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Good habits for good
1. Exercise most days, even if itís just to take a walk.
2. No caffeine after 7:00 p.m.
3. An hour before bedtime, avoid doing any kind of work that takes alert thinking. Addressing envelopesóokay. Analyzing an articleónope.
4. Adjust your bedroom temperature to be slightly chilly.
5. Keep your bedroom dark. Studies show that even the tiny light from a digital alarm clock can disrupt a sleep cycle. We have about six devices in our room that glow bright green; itís like sleeping in a mad scientistís lab. The Big Man's new pet, a Roomba (yes, he loves his robot vacuum), gives out so much light that I have to cover it with a pillow before bed.
6. Keep the bedroom as tidy as possible. Itís not restful to fight through chaos into bed.
If sleep wonít come:
1. Breathe deeply and slowly until you canít stand it anymore.
2. If your mind is racing (youíre planning a trip, a move, Christmas shopping; youíre worried about a medical diagnosis), write down whatís on your mind. This technique really works for me.
3. Slather yourself with body lotion. It feels good and also, if youíre having trouble sleeping because youíre hot, it cools you down.
4. If your feet are cold, put on socks.
5. Stretch your whole body.
6. Have a warm drink. Some people claim that warm milk contains melatonin and trytophan and so helps induce sleep, but in fact, a glass of milk doesnít contain enough to have any effect. But itís still a soothing drink. My nighttime favorite: 1/3 mug of milk, add boiling water, one packet of Equal, and a dash of vanilla. A real nursery treat.
8. Stretch your toes up and down several times.
9. Tell yourself, ďI have to get up now.Ē Imagine that you just hit the snooze alarm and in a minute, youíre going to be marching through the morning routine. Often this is an exhausting enough prospect to make me fall asleep.
Re-frame your sleeplessness as a welcome opportunity to snatch some extra time out of your day. I get up and tackle mundane chores, like paying bills, organizing books, or tidying up. Then I start the day with a wonderful feeling of having accomplished something even before 6:45 am.
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Back before you were born--in fact, before you were even conceived--nobody knew you were going to develop into the sort of sophisticated individual who reads Slate. For all anyone knew, you might have been born without enough skills to boot up a computer--or to earn a decent living.
If your unborn soul could have bought an insurance contract, then you'd probably have snapped up some kind of "skill insurance" in which everybody pays premiums, and those who land in the shallow end of the gene pool split the pot.
If this did exist, just how much insurance (or how much safety net) would there be? You'd have to know the risk of being poor and the difference between the rich and the poor. Once you know that, then you know what percentage of the population should be getting assistance:
If you take the insurance metaphor seriously, then 23 percent of the population--the 23 percent with the fewest skills--should be permanently unemployed and on welfare.
Based on those numbers the welfare state should be bigger. That is, unless, you take into account the inefficiencies created:
Factor that into the equation, redo the calculations, and you end up concluding that the fraction of the population on welfare should be just 0.6 percent--in other words, practically zero.
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One of the most inspiring examples of a person using prosthetic limbs is Oscar Pistorius (aka the "Blade Runner") -- who will be the first leg amputee to compete with carbon fiber feet at the London Olympics. Pistorius was previously disqualified from the 2008 Olympics, but he'll be allowed to compete this year, potentially paving the way for other athletes to move over from the Paralympics. Here are just a few technological advances for artificial limbs that could create some cyborg-olympic athletes.
- Connecting severed nerves with robotic limbs needs a direct neural-prosthetic interface that could be made out of biocompatible polymers. The research could create prosthetics that are directly controlled by a user's thoughts, but such a system is still many years away from being a reality. [url]
- Paralyzed rats with spinal cord damage were given robotic legs that could respond to commands from the rats' brains, and these rats re-learned how to walk with several weeks of training. Maybe someday these little cyborgs will be as big as the Zhu Zhu pet craze... [url]
- Brain-computer interfaces are improving quite a bit, and one patient named S3 has 96 hair-sized electrodes implanted in her brain that can control a robotic arm well enough to lift a glass for a drink. The device used by S3 is a new version of Braingate that requires extensive training, but presumably, the technology will get even better and allow more quadriplegic people to have robotic help. [url]
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This guest posting is by permission of the author, Alan Forkosh, who writes:
Here are some observations on how the Vélib community bike system in Paris works.
My thoughts on the issue crystallized after a trip to Paris in the fall of 2009 and stemmed from 3 observations:
- The heavy use of Vélib and the high density of Vélib stands;
- The lack of Vélibs parked in the wild;
- The fact that the common way of obtaining a Vélib was to swipe an authorized Navigo transit pass at the stand holding the bike.
By the way, I have some pictures of Vélibs and other bikes online.
A community bike sharing program is not about the bike: it’s about overcoming the shortcomings of the mass transportation system and making it better serve the users without increasing congestion. The problem with mass transit is that unless you are very lucky, it doesn’t quite serve your needs. The inefficiencies in waiting for trains or buses, waiting for transfers, and not going exactly where you want to go add up. In many cases, you get very frustrated just attempting the trip. A community bike system alleviates that by giving you an almost instant way to cut the delays and straighten routes to go from place to place without the intra-system delays. You go to a bike station near your origin, swipe your pass, and take the associated bike. When you reach your destination, you click the bike into a stand and are done with it. The grid is dense, so that these stations should be no more than 1000 feet from the origin and destination (I think that Vélib stations are spaced no more than 300 meters [about 1000 feet] apart).
In Paris, it is rare to see an unattended Vélib away from a bike station; the stations provide more convenient and secure parking than trying to manipulate the lock provided on the bike. Also, if you leave the bike unattended away from a station, you are responsible for it; once you secure it to its post at a station, you’re done with it. Note that Paris is only about 6 miles across and there is no extra charge for a Vélib for the first 30 minutes. So you should be able to complete almost any trip without charge. I’d be surprised if there is any measurable keeping of a Vélib over 30 minutes.
So, the intention of the program is mobility: the bike is only an instrument to promote that. The bike should be used when it makes sense to travel that way. You don’t need to plan. This idea would fail if the user were required to provide any bulky personal equipment (helmet, gloves, etc.) to use the bike.
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Look around you. The room you’re sitting in. Is it reasonably tidy?
I’m in our TV/play room. At first glance I’d say, “Yeah, it’s tidy. The usual pillows on the floor, drink bottles, toys and blankets. Tidy-ish.”
But I want you to look. Really look at each surface in that room. Each table, each shelf, each piece of furniture, the floor. Under the table, under the lounge, on the floor. Little piles of things that have nowhere else to go. Or that have been left out of place for so long, you figure that must be where they belong.
Our tidy-ish room is, in fact, strewn with clutter. Clutter that I didn’t even see at first.
We become so accustomed to being surrounded by it, that we struggle to even identify clutter. But it’s there. Subtly stressing us out. Quietly creeping over the flat surfaces in our homes. Stacking up in corners or drawers or behind books on shelves.
If we can’t see it, then it’s not a problem. At least, that’s what we tell ourselves.
How are we expected to rid our lives of this clutter we’re blind to?
There are two ways to identify and clear this invisible clutter:
1. Take a photo.
Take photos of the room or space you want to declutter. Spend a few minutes capturing the room from different angles, as well as specific shelves, cupboards and flat surfaces.
Then study the photos for clutter.
You will be shocked by how much clutter we simply don’t see in our daily lives. For whatever reason, when we look at a photo of the exact same space, we can clearly spot the clutter.
Once you know where it is, tackle one small part of the room at a time. And don’t move on until that space is completely clear of crap.
2. Use the laundry basket method.
Grab your basket, find a cluttered corner, cupboard or shelf and take away absolutely everything that does not belong there. Everything.
Once the basket is full, take it to your dining table and sort the contents into:
- room-by-room (ie a pile for your bedroom, the bathroom, linen cupboard etc)
- parts of a set (use the opportunity to put the pieces back together)
Then put everything in place before moving on to the next part of the room.
Both of these methods will help banish that invisible clutter. And you will feel inexplicably light. Because even the clutter we can’t see weighs us down.
So what room do you most need to clear of invisible clutter?
These posts have some great tips for decluttering, if you’re in need of some additional motivation:
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The more secretive or unjust an organization is, the more leaks induce fear and paranoia in its leadership and planning coterie. This must result in minimization of efficient internal communications mechanisms (an increase in cognitive “secrecy tax”) and consequent system-wide cognitive decline resulting in decreased ability to hold onto power as the environment demands adaption. Hence in a world where leaking is easy, secretive or unjust systems are nonlinearly hit relative to open, just systems. Since unjust systems, by their nature induce opponents, and in many places barely have the upper hand, mass leaking leaves them exquisitely vulnerable to those who seek to replace them with more open forms of governance.
That's how Assange said WikiLeaks was supposed to work. How does it work in practice? Leaving aside corporations and individual political candidates, WikiLeaks has released leaks from the governments of Kenya, The US, US, Peru, Iran, Great Britain, the US, US, Germany, the US and the US.
If the United States pegged Secretive Injustice at 11, then Assange would have a pretty good argument. If you believe that there are some countries that are actually rather more secretive and unjust than the US who have yet to be troubled by even a single WikiLeak, you are led to question the thesis.
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Another little book from D. Richardson's 'Introductions to Citizenship' series published in the 1930s by Ginn and Company of Queen Square, London. Another book about work.
I sought this from a British bookseller. It arrived at my house in New Zealand in a little protective envelope of thick cardboard. Postage can't have been more than a couple of pounds – moving things is marginally more expensive than moving information these days. Yet I am old enough to remember the special thin note-paper and the light envelopes one used to send letters by air without incurring a surcharge. Back when you still had to weigh your words carefully.
(But in fact the most expensive words of all were the ones you sent electronically. In the countries where they even still exist, nobody sends telegrams anymore – except when somebody is born, or dies. It's not hard to find ritual and symbolism in our use of communications technologies.)
About Postmen takes us back to those times, when 'the Postman [was] everywhere' (8), and 'every home in Great Britain [had] an address' (9), but still relatively few of them had a phone number, and so the postal service was the nervous system of the nation, and ensuring its smooth operation was one of the key functions of the state. The postman really had to be everywhere, go everywhere. His reach was the reach of society itself.
Across the suspension bridge and up and down 403 stone steps goes the Holyhead postman, when he delivers the post to the South Stack Lighthouse, Anglesey.
Richardson lets us briefly savour some of the implications of this ubiquitous presence when he observes in passing that '[t]he postman’s work sometimes takes him into strange and lonely places' (9). But mostly his focus is in the Taylorist efficiency of the postal service, as measured by time: in the minute that it takes a novice postman to sort 25 letters, or an expert one, as many as 50; or the nine days it takes to be trained on the job; or the rigorous demands of next day delivery, prompting the occasional reminder to please post your letters early.
Timeliness is next to godliness, and the first rule of the postman's rule book – informs us the author – is that he must be punctual.
To help him to be punctual, he is not allowed to call anywhere when he is on duty, except to collect and deliver letters and parcels.
Letters bringing important news might be seriously delayed if the postman were to stop to talk to his friends.
The postman never stops long at your house, does he? (25)
Nowhere is this need for speedy, synchronous and silent operation exemplified more sharply than in the exchange of mail bags at train stations when the train in transit is travelling at full speed.
The apparatus on both the carriage and the line side consists of a rope net for picking up the pouches, and iron arms for dropping them.
The man in the Travelling Post Office and the postman on the line side have to be ready for the exact moment to work the apparatus so that the pouches can be exchanged.
A moment too late and the train will have rushed past; a moment too soon, and the pouches may be lying on the wayside. (73)
The TPO apparatus
When you are deciding what kind of work to do when you grow up, it is a good idea to enquire if that work will give you a pension when you grow old and have to stop working. (34)We may read into this advice outdated ideas about job security for life – with the attendant social immobility – and a sense that the present can be seamlessly projected into the future, without disruption, for the five of six decades that separated the book's readers from retirement age, and this at no less than the eve of World War II. As if to emphasise this point, Richardson includes the facsimile of a National Savings Certificate issued in 1935 that, for an investment of 15 shillings, would accrue a further 5 shillings in value by the end of its ten-year term. One pound in ten years, and nothing but a war in between.
It's hard to fault the book in one principal respect, namely that the British postal service was a well-oiled machine that operated very efficiently and one could say – the pride it took in its royal livery notwithstanding – almost invisibly. Richardson makes this point by implication when he asks the reader to spot the postman in this picture.
Or tells us about the Royal Mail's own dedicated tube that shifted the mail underneath the Londoners' feet.
And what's a mail sorting office if not the city's double, a three-dimensional map in which each address has its own pigeon hole, and blocks of pigeonholes together track the movements of a postman in the course of his shift? This highly complex human-made system was perhaps the apex of the centralised state, operating not only as an efficient and cost-effective public service but also as a blueprint of a particular idea of the orderly society. And so the postman – like the dustman, the fireman and the policemen who complete the Introduction to Citizenship series – becomes an agent of this order, a function that is reflected in the decorum expected of him
A man who wants to be a postman must be clean, neat, and well mannered. (15)as well in the uniform, which in the copy in my possession was just as neatly coloured-in by the original owner.
By contrast with all this I am fascinated by, and an assiduous collector of, instances of postal services failing to deliver, either by sending the mail to the wrong destination or, more pointedly, to the right destination but with immense delay. These stories never fail to make the papers, like the one about the postcard sent by a World War I Bosnian soldier that reached his family 95 years later; or the one about an almost identical case in Norwich: or the one about the Christmas card that took 93 years to cover the distance between Oberlin, Nebraska and Alma, in neighbouring Kansas. It is not so much that all of these messages trapped in time and space undercut the myth of postal efficiency – by and large, they don’t. It’s rather that they are like little tears in the fabric of modernity itself, and on the ideal of rational, timely and transparent communication on which it is founded.
When an Italian inmate at the German labour camp of Stablack writes home to reassure his family that he is okay, and the postcard reaches his widow 66 years later, it creates its own little painful hauntology. ‘I want to tell you about my health, which is excellent’, lies the man, but there is nobody to be comforted at the other end.
Richardson’s postmen are also something of an anachronistic relic, and not just because the profession has evolved, or because the Royal Mail is about to be privatised after holding out for so very long, but chiefly in terms of what they stood for, of the idea of society for which they acted as silent and efficient messengers for as little as 34 shillings a week. Postmen everywhere is the title of the first chapter of this little book, and it contained a promise of which the state itself was guarantor: that every message would reach its destination. But the book’s own message was about work itself: work for deserving men only – clean, neat and well mannered, no less than five-foot-four in height – but work with a dignity nonetheless, and a specificity of rhythms and gestures worthy of description and to form part of an education. That idea too is stuck in its time, like a lost message that can no longer be delivered.
D. Richardson. About Postmen. Ginn and Company: London, 193?
See also About Dustmen.
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I started this week with A for Arneis, and now midway through it’s B for Barbera. We also get a chance to look at region we haven’t seen before, Mudgee in New South Wales. Our wine for today is the Robert Oatley Vineyards Montrose Omaggio Barbera 2006.
Barbera is a red grape of northwest Italy. It’s often found in areas with plantings of Nebbiolo and Dolcetto, sitting comfortably between the two in terms of the esteem with which it is generally regarded. It is the primary grape (at least 85%) of Barbera d’Asti DOCG, Barbera del Monferrato DOC, and Barbera d’Alba DOC, and has been historically been a blending partner for Nebbiolo, but has also been turned into some very cheap wines as well. In addition to Italy, there has been some migration of the grape east into Slovenia, Greece and Romania, but it has been more widely planted in California and Argentina. Within Australia, where the vine arrived in the 1960s, Vinodiversity.com lists almost 100 producers working with the grape. While in many of those cases it is still regarded as experimental, that number is likely to increase.
One reason is that Barbera does well in dry climates and low fertility soils, both of which are in great supply within Australia. Also, it is highly productive and capable of very large yields, though strict pruning to prevent overcropping is generally required for quality wines. The vines are susceptible to a number of vineyard diseases, though modern clonal selection has mitigated that to some extent, and plantings in warm, dry areas suffer less from disease pressure. The grape is prone to high acidity and good colour, but low tannins.
Traditionally the grapes were picked after Dolcetto but before Nebbiolo, to produce a drink-now style without maturation. However, there has been a recent, but not universal, trend toward lower yields, later harvesting for higher sugar and more fruit, and time in oak barriques. This push in the direction of higher quality Barbera wines has met with some success, but there is some difficulty in overcoming consumer associations of the grape with cheaper wines.
Mudgee is an area of New South Wales, northwest of Sydney and roughly 200km from the coast. While the Hunter Valley is a neighbouring region on a map, Mudgee is on the opposite side of the Great Dividing Range, and has a different climate. The altitude of 450m combines with a great deal of sunshine for warm to hot days during the growing season but cool nights. Rain is generally confined to spring and summer, with little during ripening or harvest. While generally thought of as a warm region, the Nullo Mountain vineyard recorded the coldest ripening period in Australia this past vintage between December 2011 and February 2012, based on degree days. There is “ice wine” made in Mudgee, but by “non-traditional methods”. I’m fairly certain that means they stick the grapes in a freezer before pressing them, which seems like a bit of a cheat to me. The region is described as a nest in the hills, and there are mild slopes throughout. The soils vary, though sandy loam over clay is common. Water retention is an issue, and irrigation is the rule rather than the exception.
Vines were first planted in the region in 1858 at Craigmoor (which is now part of Robert Oatley Vineyards) and the region has one of, if not the, longest uninterrupted histories of viticulture in Australia. It is best known for its red wines, though it has also historically been a home to Chardonnay, including a well regarded clone that was unknown to the rest of the country for at least 40 years, and is thought by some to go back to the original set of cuttings brought to Australia in 1832.
Robert Oatley Vineyards is run by the eponymous founder, who built the business in conjunction with interests as diverse as cattle stations and luxury tourism. His first vintages were with Rosemount Estate in the Hunter Valley in the 1970s, and now his company produces wine from vineyards in both New South Wales and Western Australia. The company now offers a collection of ranges, largely varietal, of Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc (also in a Semillon blend), Pinot Grigio, Traminer, Cabernet Sauvignon (also in a Merlot blend), Shiraz (also in a Viognier blend), Tempranillo, Sangiovese, and this Barbera. They also release a Shiraz from South Australia and Pinot Noirs from Victoria. The wines are widely available on the export market, particularly within the USA.
Montrose Vineyard itself was planted in 1972 on red clay-loam at an altitude of 500-550 metres, largely with Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon, though also with some Sangiovese and this Barbera. Grapes for this wine were picked at 14.0 degrees baumé which is at higher end of the ripeness spectrum for Barbera. It saw a year in older French hogshead before bottling.
In the glass this wine is clear and bright, with a very deep garnet colour – opaque to the rim, and even then just deep brick – with thick legs when swirled. On the nose it’s clean and fragrant, with a developing character and spicy black fruit – blackberries and black cherries – with some sweet spice and liquorice. On the palate it’s dry, with medium plus acidity, medium body, medium plus alcohol, medium plus tannins, and medium plus intensity. There’s more black fruit, a hint of blueberry, liquorice, sour plum, and a bit of jam, along with some cedar wood notes. It has a medium length, with a chocolate finish.
I tasted this wine consecutively over two days (the note is an amalgamation) and I liked it much better on the second day after some air. I’m happy to call this wine good, but I would suggests decanting and some time for it to breathe. It had a fair amount of complexity of fruit, but the secondary characters have yet to fully present themselves so perhaps some further improvement is in store.
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Martha Elementary hosts safety day
BARBOURSVILLE -- Martha Elementary was recently visited by first responders and law enforcement as part of a safety day.
The Oct. 10 event was coordinated by several parents and community members, including Stacy Collins, who is a flight nurse and a parent, and West Virginia State Trooper W.G. Hash.
Students were able to climb into the medical helicopter and get up-close looks at other emergency vehicles.
Collins was accompanied by the pilot Darcy Engeman, flight nurse Brett Wellman and flight medic and Chris Black.
Hash showed students his patrol car, backpack in which he carries everything needed on a crime scene to collect and label evidence and what items he keeps on his belt.
The Huntington Police Department's K9 Unit also talked to students about the dogs and how they are trained.
And, the bomb technicians from the state police demonstrated their remote-controlled robot, and they showed them the bomb suit and helmet.
Lt. Andrew Frazier from the Barboursville Volunteer Fire Department and two emergency medical technicians also visited with students and urged safety, particularly with October being Fire Prevention Month.
Paramedics from Cabell County EMS also were on hand to hand out safety booklets and pencils and talked to students about the importance of wearing seat belts and bicycle helmets.
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Hi everyone, I have a problem I hope someone can help me with.
I've just started teaching in China and have very large class sizes (between 55-75) to myself. The students are grade 9 (15/16 years old).
I've been told to teach the students pronunciation; I have been given no lesson plans and am told that the Chinese teachers will teach all the students everything from the textbooks - I'm just there for oral lessons. This is where I have a problem... The students are very good at English (but a little shy) so if I'm not teaching them anything new I'm just going over stuff they already know and they look a little bored. Furthermore, I teach 14 different classes a week, once each, so it's over 700 different pupils each week so I'm finding it near impossible to learn any names and also means that printing out 700 different resources like wordsearches or fill in the blanks each week will probably be frowned on.
I suppose my question is, has anyone else been in this situation and how do I teach so many Chinese pupils, who seem to be very good at English, anything if their pronunciation is already very good and I'm not to teach them anything new until the Chinese teacher has done it first.
Thanks for any suggestions!
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on 06 Sep 2010, 06:59, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: more useful title
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The country's demographics are slowly changing such that ethnic "minorities"--Hispanics, blacks, Asians, etc.--will eventually make up a majority of United States residents. The shift is glaringly apparent in schools that are catering to more diverse populations, which poses challenges for teachers who must cope with language and cultural differences in their classrooms. But it also presents unique opportunities for young kids to grow, particularly as they hone their language skills.
National Council of La Raza released new research last week showcasing organizations that do a good job of preparing Hispanic children for school. NCLR's work echoes an array of education experts who say that investment in early childhood development (pre-school through kindergarten) offers the most bang for the buck. For minorities or disadvantaged students, early tutoring in reading and math basics can be a ticket out of poverty.
For Hispanic students, NCLR points out that early instruction in English is essential. Nearly one-fourth of Hispanic students (23 percent) live in households where only Spanish is spoken by adults. Most kids can learn English without difficulty, but NCLR says family engagement matters too; Spanish-speaking parents may have trouble figuring out how to help their kids in school. "Parents are afraid to speak to their children in Spanish because they think the kids should be learning in English," said NCLR senior policy analyst Erica Beltrán.
The truth is that a robust vocabulary in any language is good for a child. It's easy to focus on the English language learners as an isolated group in schools, but the distinction makes little sense when it comes to early learning. All young children are learning English; it just so happens that some of them are learning other languages as well. A toddler's language skills--be it in Spanish, English, or Chinese--can mean the difference between being ahead of the curve or behind it in the teen years. "Children who come from parents of lesser education enter kindergarten with a smaller vocabulary," said Rich Neimand, president of Neimand Collaborative, a public relations firm that advocates for education. "The achievement gap starts at that point and it's very hard to close."
How can educators and families focus on increasing vocabulary and literacy among all pre-school children? Can the techniques used for English language learners be employed among young native English speakers? What should non-English-speaking parents know about interacting with their bilingual children? What should English-speaking parents understand about improving their children's vocabulary? Does it make sense to teach other languages to English speakers at the pre-school level?
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Researchers report good and bad news from their work on pigeon pea, a very drought-tolerant, tropical annual legume.
The good news: Pigeon pea has the potential to fill the gap in late summer and early fall when graziers run short of forage. In USDA-ARS studies, its yields ranged from 1,000 lbs of dry matter/acre in July to 11,300 lbs in early October.
The bad news: Pigeon pea seed that's adapted to the U.S. is hard to find.
“The University of Georgia has produced over 14 tons of pigeon pea seed from four varieties developed here,” says Sharad Phatak, a horticulturist at the university. “However, these varieties, which are adapted to the southeastern U.S., have not been officially released. So seed is not available to the general public.”
Pigeon pea seed can be imported, but those varieties may not do well in the U.S., says Phatak.
He's collaborating with University of Georgia animal scientists and area farmers to learn more about the legume.
“Cattle will graze pigeon pea when it's 1' to 18" tall,” he reports. “After that, they'll leave it alone for awhile. Then they'll come back and graze again after pods are formed.”
At the USDA-ARS Grazinglands Research Laboratory in El Reno, OK, agronomist Srinivas Rao and his colleagues have studied the crop extensively.
“High-quality forage is often unavailable for Great Plains cattle producers from late July through late November because the quality and quantity of warm-season grasses declines and winter wheat forage isn't ready yet,” says Rao. “Pigeon pea could fill that void.”
The Oklahoma researchers evaluated seasonal production patterns, yield and quality of three varieties obtained from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics in India. Those varieties boast medium to long growing seasons and flower in 180 to 220 days.
“Those longer-duration varieties could be grazed or made into silage or hay, while shorter-duration varieties that flower in 120 days could work for both forage and seed production,” says Rao.
The researchers agree that pigeon pea seed could be fed to livestock as a replacement for other protein sources, such as soybean meal. The seed has 22-25% crude protein and forage can reach 20% protein.
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Cancer As a Turning Point A Handbook for People With Cancer, Their Families, and Health Professionals (Paperback)
|Author: Lawrence Leshan|
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|Widely considered the father of mind-body therapy, LeShan has spent more than 35 years working with cancer patients. In this book, he presents 29 exercises that involving reflection, discussion and writing that are designed to help cancer patients define their goals and questions and come to terms with their fears.|
From the Publisher:
Helps those dealing with cancer to find a "turning point" or spiritual understanding that can be used to promote healing and to find the unrealized dream within that can provide inspiration
Lawrence LeShan is a practicing psychotherapist and has served at Trafalgar Hospital as the chief of the Department of Psychology at the Institute of Applied Biology, and as a lecturer and research psychologist at the Union Theological Seminary.
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The Arab bath or hammam has its origins in Greek and Roman baths Arab conquerors found in Syria.
Arabs adapted and endowed with religious significance the bath and was often found as an annex to the mosque to accomplish the Islamic laws of hygiene and purification.
While Roman baths were huge buildings, Arabs preferred having small baths in many parts of the city. In both cases they also become places of socialization.
Granada has rescued the tradition of the hammam as a meeting and relaxation place. The environment, smells, tastes and the staff of these baths conform an experience that takes you to other time and makes your visit to the city unforgettable.
One of these establishments is the Aljibe de San Miguel where you can enjoy an authentic hammam in Granada.
Relax your senses through the water, massage and natural essential oils in a hamman in Granada.
Sessions at: 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 18:00, 20:00 and 22:00
· Bath (without massage) 23 €
· Bath (with massage, exfoliation or chocolate): From 32 €
· Towel service, lockers, tea and candies included in the price.
One and a half hour, including time for changing clothes, massage and other services if hired.
By credit card.
Service offered by
Aljibe de San Miguel S. L.
· Hammam consists of baths alternating hot and cold water at different temperatures in an atmosphere of moist heat.
· There is a room to sit and rest, drink tea and have some candies.
· Special services: massages (legs, special for athletes and skiers, chocolate massage), body exfoliation (with tropical ingredients like coconut or Mediterranean ingredients based on olive oil.
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I’m starting a new job fairly soon. I’ll be teaching English. (Wait, again?) This time, though, it won’t be to surly, unwilling Spanish high school students, but to hyperactive elementary school children, mainly from Mexico. As a part of my job, I also work as the school liaison to the Spanish-speaking community.
This Monday, as a part of my job, I worked for new student registration. My principal had asked me to do so, just in case any families came that couldn’t speak English. Only one did, but I soon realized I am very Spanish in my Spanish. (Confused yet?)
You see, in high school, they taught us Mexican / South American Spanish. So, when I went to Spain in the first time (2008), I had a lot to learn. After having spent a long stretch of time there, as well as having a Spanish boyfriend, my Spanish has been transformed. I speak Spain Spanish. While talking to this mother and her little boy, I tried (if somewhat unsuccessfully) to speak Mexicano and not Castellano (Spain Spanish). No go.
Here’s how I know:
- I use vosotros all the time. I like it; it’s useful; why don’t Mexicans use it? It makes no sense.
- Ceceo. It’s not a lisp, and I hate it when people make fun of others for using. That’s how it’s done in Spain. It’s not being pretentious to mimic their accents. It’s how you sound good, near native. I don’t think it’s odd when non-native speakers mimic American accents if they live in the U.S. or English ones if they live there. It’s just what you do.
- Leísmo. This one I know is grammatically incorrect, but when I hear people doing it daily, it’s hard not to mimic. (If you don’t know Spanish at all, you probably won’t get this.) Le veo…wrong, but oh so right (at least in Spain).
- Coger. That word is another example of extreme usefulness. Coger el bus, coger una idea, coger una cosa. In Spanish, they mean get, catch, capture…in Latin American, the F-word. Yeah, so I’m going to try desperately to avoid using that one. Ever.
- La jota. The J in Spain Spanish is very strong. I loved it when my students would pronounce ham like chhhhammmm (like in Chanukah – you have to haaack when you say it!). I tend to overdo it, even in Spain, so imagine what my hacking sounds to Mexicans. Ha.
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Natural weapons are weapons that are physically a part of a creature. A creature making a melee attack with a natural weapon is considered armed and does not provoke attacks of opportunity. Likewise, it threatens any space it can reach. Creatures do not receive additional attacks from a high base attack bonus when using natural weapons. The number of attacks a creature can make with its natural weapons depends on the type of the attack—generally, a creature can make one bite attack, one attack per claw or tentacle, one gore attack, one sting attack, or one slam attack (although Large creatures with arms or arm-like limbs can make a slam attack with each arm). Refer to the individual monster descriptions.
A creature’s primary natural weapon is its most effective natural attack, usually by virtue of the creature’s physiology, training, or innate talent with the weapon. An attack with a primary natural weapon uses the creature’s full attack bonus, and its damage includes its full Strength modifier (1-1/2 times its Strength bonus if the attack is with the creature’s sole natural weapon). Attacks with secondary natural weapons are less effective and are made with a –5 penalty on the attack roll, no matter how many there are, and add only 1/2 the creature’s Strength bonus to damage. (Creatures with the Multiattack feat take only a –2 penalty on secondary attacks.) This penalty applies even when the creature makes a single attack with the secondary weapon as part of the attack action or as an attack of opportunity.
Natural weapons have types just as other weapons do. The most common are summarized below.
The creature attacks with its mouth, dealing piercing, slashing, and bludgeoning damage.
Claw or TalonEdit
The creature rips with a sharp appendage, dealing piercing and slashing damage.
The creature spears the opponent with an antler, horn, or similar appendage, dealing piercing damage.
Slap or SlamEdit
The creature batters opponents with an appendage, dealing bludgeoning damage.
The creature stabs with a stinger, dealing piercing damage. Sting attacks usually deal damage from poison in addition to hit point damage.
The creature flails at opponents with a powerful tentacle, dealing bludgeoning (and sometimes slashing) damage.
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Bokeh: A photography term, derived from Japanese, that refers to the out-of-focus backgrounds, which are often used to reduce distractions and emphasize the primary subject.
In English: When the backgrounds of a photograph are all blurry but the subject is in focus.
Examples: Visit here. Yep, that Bakerella has bokeh down. There are tons of examples out there, her stuff was just fresh on my mind because I’m experimenting with her cake pops (but that story is for another day!)
This week in my photography class we are experimenting with depth of field. Well, I’ve learned a few things. I have a point & shoot camera but it has a manual setting. (I can adjust the f-stop and aperture.) So I thought getting a shallow depth of field would be manageable. After a gazillion photographs, not one with a blurry background, I went to the web for help. (I had already read my manual and it was no help.)
This is what I learned from Sam. “…If you WANT to defocus the background, you are going to have to work pretty hard at it. You would have to zoom to the longer end of the lens and set the aperture open as wide as it will go… and get pretty close to your main subject while having the background a fair distance away.”
So I set up my tripod, picked a subject matter (pincushion on fabric stack), put it far away from the background matter (bolts of fabric), zoomed in and managed to get a little bokeh. (Other issues of this photograph I won’t address here!)
Yep, honey. I’m gonna need a digital SLR sometime.
PS That little contest is still comin’ up. I’ve just been obsessed with cinnamon rolls and bokeh lately. I’ll get on that post soon!
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Young Adolescents' Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: South and Southeast Asia
International agreements affirm that adolescents have a right to age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health information, education, and services that enable them to deal in a positive and responsible way with their sexuality.1 Programs and policies are typically designed for older adolescents, however. This brief—part of the International Women’s Health Coalition’s series on young adolescents—uses evidence on their sexual and reproductive knowledge and behaviors to argue for more responsive policies and programs in South and Southeast Asia as well as globally.* We define all boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 14 as young adolescents.
The countries of South and Southeast Asia encompass a richly layered mix of cultures, religions, languages, racial and ethnic groups, and economic and political systems. Although South and Southeast Asia are very different settings with regard to many aspects of adolescent sexual and reproductive health, there are also important commonalities. Most young adolescents throughout the region have little if any accurate information about their bodies and their sexual and reproductive health.2 Known or suspected sexual contact of any kind by unmarried girls and women in some parts of South and Southeast Asia may result in personal censure, loss of family honor, or forced marriage.
Premarital sexual intercourse remains generally taboo, meaning that timing of first intercourse is often assumed to correspond with marriage and that direct evidence on premarital sexual relations is scarce.
- In South Asia, 26% of all Bangladeshi girls ages 15 – 19 were married at age 14 or younger compared with 14% in India, 9% in Nepal, and 7% in Pakistan (see table). Arranged marriages of girls before age 15 do appear to be declining in these countries.3
- In Bangladesh and India, 6% and 2% of all girls ages 15 – 19 became mothers at age 14 or younger, most without the help of a skilled birth assistant.4 Maternal and newborn deaths and complications for these girls are common.
- In Nepal, 20% of all 15 – 19-year-old boys say they had heterosexual intercourse before age 15, often with sex workers, compared with very low proportions elsewhere.5 Although evidence is scarce, ethnographic studies suggest that some boys in India, Bangladesh, and other South Asian countries engage in same-sex intercourse during adolescence.6,7
- In Southeast Asia, very few girls ages 15 – 19 were married or say they had intercourse before age 15—from 3% in Indonesia to virtually none in Vietnam—and almost no girls had babies this young.
- In a survey of unmarried adolescents ages 15 – 19 throughout Vietnam, only 14% of boys and 19% of girls report ever having a girlfriend or boyfriend. Norms of sexual purity remain strong, resulting in very low reported levels of premarital sex before age 18 and virtually none before age 15.8
- In a metropolitan region of the Philippines, adolescents begin dating in groups at ages 13 – 16. Romantic relationships and physical intimacy are postponed to later adolescence: at ages 17 – 19, 30% of boys and 20% of girls report having intercourse, and higher proportions report engaging in kissing, petting, and other intimacies.9
- Among vocational students ages 15 – 21 in northern Thailand, approximately 2% of girls and 15% of boys report having sexual intercourse before age 15 and about 30% and 40%, respectively, by age 18.10 Early sexual initiation is associated with other risk-taking behaviors among both male and female students.
- In India, more than one-quarter of women in one sample who had been sexually abused were exposed to the abuse between the ages of 9 and 12. Half were abused by more than one person and almost all were abused repeatedly.11 Similar patterns of incest and sexual abuse are reported throughout the literature, but it is challenging to provide representative data because of the hidden nature of the practice.
- Throughout South and Southeast Asia, girls from poor families are susceptible to being recruited or sold into prostitution by their families, which places them at high risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).12-16 Boys are also vulnerable: in Sri Lanka, for example, a majority of child prostitutes are boys.17
WHAT DO YOUNG ADOLESCENTS KNOW?†
Sexual and reproductive health information, education, and services for adolescents are viewed as unnecessary or even morally dangerous throughout much of South and Southeast Asia.2 Widespread sexual taboos and the high value on premarital virginity, especially for girls and young women, means that little if any information is passed on from mothers to daughters until “needed.” Boys may also be uninformed.
- Young brides in India are often shocked and frightened by their (sometimes forced) sexual initiation on their wedding night because they lack even the most basic knowledge of sexual relations.18
- A sample of young adults ages 18 – 25 in Pakistan reported that the information they received about puberty and sexual development when they were younger often led to confusion and stress. Young women learned most from female family members; young men from friends, family members, religious sources, magazines, and films. Some young women said they had no information about sexual relations prior to their marriage.19
- In Bangladesh, adolescents ages 12 and over enrolled in a non-governmental reproductive health program were eager for information about their bodies, romantic relationships, sex, pregnancy, family planning, and STIs.20 Much of what the boys already knew came from pornographic videos which they secretly watched with friends.
- In Bangladesh, India, and Indonesia, only 5% of married girls ages 15 – 19 know without prompting that condoms prevent HIV, and only 9% in the Philippines. In contrast, 24% of married girls ages 15 – 19 in Nepal and 65% of married boys know this. Far higher proportions of all 15 – 19-year-olds in Cambodia and Vietnam know that condoms prevent HIV, although many need prompting.21
POLICY AND PROGRAM RESPONSES
Evidence shows that withholding information and services from young people only increases the likelihood that if and when sexual initiation occurs, it will be unprotected.22 Young people require not only basic information about their bodies, preventing HIV/STIs, and pregnancy, but also programs that address gender equality, empowerment, rights and responsibilities, and sexual and reproductive negotiation and decision-making. The meaningful participation of adolescents in the design of programs, laws, and policies that affect their sexual and reproductive lives should be guaranteed.
Policies and programs to eliminate the marriages of girls 14 and younger and to promote delayed marriage and informed consent among older adolescents are urgently needed.
Sexuality education: High proportions of 10 – 14-year-olds are currently attending school in most countries in the region (see table). Providing sex education in schools will require overcoming entrenched cultural conservatism and securing parental and community support at state and local levels. In India, in 2007, several states banned sex education, in spite of a national HIV/AIDS policy that supports such programs for young people.23
Sexual and reproductive health services: Awareness-raising is required among public health providers and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) of the need for special clinics or programs for adolescents, especially where premarital sex is increasing.24 Laws prohibiting the provision of family planning services to unmarried adolescents should be eliminated in Indonesia, Vietnam, and wherever else they exist. Health care providers need to be trained to work with young adolescents and to be sensitive to the possibilities of incest and sexual abuse of both boys and girls. In countries where a substantial number of girls marry and give birth at 14 or younger, special efforts are needed to ensure that secluded, newly married girls obtain contraception for birth spacing and good prenatal care, and that their deliveries are assisted by trained birth attendants prepared to deal with emergencies such as hemorrhage and obstructed labor.
Other approaches: Some NGO programs and special government projects across the region (especially UNFPA-supported) are developing innovative methods of reaching young adolescents with accurate and nonjudgmental sexual and reproductive health information—such as media sources, out-of-school programs, and the Internet. These and other approaches need to be evaluated with respect to their impact on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young adolescents and their potential for adaptation in other settings.
*There is little evidence on the sexual and reproductive knowledge and behavior of 10 – 14-year-olds. Except where noted, this brief is largely based on reports by 15 – 19-year-olds of their knowledge and behaviors before age 15, drawn from available Demographic and Health Surveys in the region. The region stretches across southern Asia from Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka into Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the southeast.†Data on older adolescents are used here, based on the assumption that 10 – 14-year-olds would know even less about sex and reproduction than their older counterparts.
†Data on older adolescents are used here, based on the assumption that 10 - 14-year-olds would know even less about sex and reproduction than their older counterparts.
We are grateful to reviewer Shireen Jejeebhoy (Population Council, New Delhi).
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1. Paragraphs on adolescence in the Plan of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 1994 and the five-year review by the United Nations General Assembly; and the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995 and the five-year review by the United Nations General Assembly.
2. S. Bott, S.J. Jeejebhoy, I. Shah and C. Puri (eds.). 2003. Towards Adulthood: Exploring the Sexual and Reproductive Health of Adolescents in Asia. Geneva: World Health Organization.
3. Cynthia B. Lloyd (ed.) 2005. Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries. Washington DC: National Academies Press:453-67.
4. World Health Organization (WHO). 2006. Skilled attendant at birth 2006 updates. Dept. of Reproductive Health and Research Factsheet. Geneva: WHO.
5. AnnDenise Brown, Shireen J. Jejeebhoy, Iqbal Shah and Kathryn M. Yount. 2001. Sexual Relations among Young People in Developing Countries: Evidence from WHO Case Studies. Geneva: WHO:13.
6. Hamkhothang Lhungdim and Ravi K. Verma. 2005. "Risk-taking and sexual behaviours of the unmarried male youth in rural India." Paper delivered at the IUSSP International Population Conference, Tours, France, July 18-23: http://iussp2005.princeton.edu/programSummary.aspx, Session 7.
7. Radhika Chandiramani. 1998. "Talking about sex," Reproductive Health Matters 6(12):76-86.
8. Barbara S. Mensch, Wesley H. Clark and Dang Nguyen Anh. 2003. "Adolescents in Vietnam: looking beyond reproductive health," Studies in Family Planning 34(4):249-262.
9. Ushma D. Upadhyay, Michelle J. Hindin and Socorro Gultiano. 2006. "Before first sex: gender differences in emotional relationships and physical behaviors among adolescents in the Philippines." International Family Planning Perspectives 32(3):110-119.
10. Alice Liu, Peter Kilmarx, Richard A. Jenkins et al. 2006. "Sexual initiation, substance use, and sexual behavior and knowledge among vocational students in Northern Thailand." International Family Planning Perspectives 32(3):126-135.
11. Anuja Gupta and Ashwini Ailawadi. 2005. "Childhood and adolescent sexual abuse and incest: experiences of women survivors in India," pp. 171-185 in Shireen J. Jeejebhoy, Iqbal Shah and Shayam Thapa (eds.), Sex Without Consent: Young People in Developing Countries. London: Zed Books.
12. Brian W. Willis and Barry S. Levy. 2002. "Child prostitution: global health burden, research needs, and interventions," Lancet 359: 1417-1422.
13. United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). 2007. "The State of the World's Children 2007." New York: UNICEF.
14. United Nations. 2000. "Sexually Abused and Sexually Exploited Children and Youth in Vietnam." New York: United Nations.
15. Kamalesh Sarkar, Baishali Bal, Rita Mukherjee, Malay Kumar Saha, Sekhar Chakraborty, Swapan Kumar Niyogi, Sujit Kumar Bhattacharya. 2006. "Young age is a risk factor for HIV among female sex workers-An experience from India." Journal of Infection 53: 255-259.
16. Jay G. Silverman, Michele R. Decker, Jhumka Gupta et al. 2007. "HIV Prevalence and Predictors of Infection in Sex-Trafficked Nepalese Girls and Women." Journal of the American Medical Association 298 (5): 536-542.
17. UNICEF, UNAIDS, WHO. 2002. Young People and HIV/AIDS: Opportunity in Crisis. New York: UNICEF.
18. K. G. Santhya and Shireen J. Jejeebhoy. 2005. "Young women's experiences of forced sex within marriage: evidence from India," pp. 59-73 in Jeejebhoy et al (see note 11).
19. Monique Hennink, Imran N. Rana and Robina Iqbal. 2005. "Knowledge of personal and sexual development amongst young people in Pakistan," Culture, Health and Sexuality 7(4):319-332.
20. Sabina Faiz Rashid. 2003. "Communicating with adolescents about sex education: experiences from BRAC, Bangladesh," in Bott et al (see note 2).
21. Demographic and Health Surveys, HIV/AIDS Survey Indicators Database, http://www.measuredhs.com (accessed 22 Aug. 2007)
22. Douglas Kirby, National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, Emerging Answers: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy, 2001, http://www.teenpregnancy.org.
23. "Sex education creates storm in AIDS-stricken India," Reuters, July 14, 2007.
24. Karl L. Dehne and Gabriele Riedner. 2005. Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Adolescents: The Need for Adequate Health Services. Geneva: World Health Organization:25-38.
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Campaign Signs in State Right-of-Way are Illegal
By WestKyStar Staff
WESTERN KENTUCKY - The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has a friendly reminder for the campaign season - keep the campaign signs out of the state right-of-way.
Campaign and other temporary advertising signage illegally placed in those areas will be removed to maintain safety. According to Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials, signs show up along state highways in greater numbers in the month prior to an election.
“Political signs and other advertising signs can limit sight-distance, especially near intersections, blocking the view of drivers attempting to spot oncoming traffic. The signs also create a safety hazard for highway mowing crews,” said Jim LeFevre, chief district engineer for KYTC District 1, based in Paducah.
Wire supports from political signs are especially hazardous when they are hit by mowers and become airborne. Removal also costs Kentucky taxpayers when highway personnel spend time picking up signs ahead of mowing crews.
Kentucky law and Transportation Cabinet policy prohibit the placement of political or other advertising signs on state rights-of-way, including signs attached to utility poles or fences within the area. Homeowners who maintain their lawn to the pavement edge should also keep yard signs behind the right-of-way line.
Enforcement of the sign prohibition can be difficult because boundaries can vary by highway and location. All signage should be behind sidewalks. In areas without sidewalks, all signs should be behind the ditch line and outside areas commonly mowed or maintained by highway crews. Often, utility poles will mark the edge of highway rights of way. On four-lane highways with controlled access or limited access, no signs should be placed on the highway side of the fence line or the fence.
Illegally placed signs picked up by highway crews will be moved to the state highway garage in each county and kept for five working days. Owners may claim them by showing identification and completing a claim form. Unclaimed signs will be discarded.
“Employees who are removing signs are acting in the best interest of all motorists and of maintenance crews,” State Highway Engineer Steve Waddle said. “We appreciate the public’s cooperation and understanding.”
Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District 1 is responsible for 2,800 miles of roadway in Ballard, Carlisle, Hickman, Fulton, Graves, McCracken, Livingston, Marshall, Calloway, Trigg, Lyon and Crittenden counties.
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SRD:How Combat Works
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How Combat Works
Combat is cyclical; everybody acts in turn in a regular cycle of rounds. Combat follows this sequence:
- Each combatant starts out flat-footed. Once a combatant acts, he or she is no longer flat-footed.
- Determine which characters are aware of their opponents at the start of the battle. If some but not all of the combatants are aware of their opponents, a surprise round happens before regular rounds of combat begin. The combatants who are aware of the opponents can act in the surprise round, so they roll for initiative. In initiative order (highest to lowest), combatants who started the battle aware of their opponents each take one action (either a standard action or a move action) during the surprise round. Combatants who were unaware do not get to act in the surprise round. If no one or everyone starts the battle aware, there is no surprise round.
- Combatants who have not yet rolled initiative do so. All combatants are now ready to begin their first regular round of combat.
- Combatants act in initiative order (highest to lowest).
- When everyone has had a turn, the combatant with the highest initiative acts again, and steps 4 and 5 repeat until combat ends.
The Combat Round
Each round’s activity begins with the character with the highest initiative result and then proceeds, in order, from there. Each round of a combat uses the same initiative order. When a character’s turn comes up in the initiative sequence, that character performs his entire round’s worth of actions. (For exceptions, see Attacks of Opportunity and Special Initiative Actions.)
For almost all purposes, there is no relevance to the end of a round or the beginning of a round. A round can be a segment of game time starting with the first character to act and ending with the last, but it usually means a span of time from one round to the same initiative count in the next round. Effects that last a certain number of rounds end just before the same initiative count that they began on.
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The Museum Collection
Anna Estelle "Stella" Lewis Letter to Martin Van Buren Moore
Description:In this letter written nine years after Edgar Allan Poe's death, his acquaintance, Stella Lewis, provides an unflattering depiction of Poe's mother-in-law, Maria Clemm. Lewis (1824-1880) was a regular visitor to the Poes' cottage in Fordham, New York. Although Poe wrote a poem for her and wrote flattering reviews of her work, he is said to have fled his house when informed of her approach. Lewis provided financial support for Poe, and, after his death, assisted his mother-in-law, who occaisionally stayed with the Lewises.
In 1858, the year this letter was written, Stella Lewis divorced her husband, and, by 1874, she moved to London, where she met Poe's English biographer, John Henry Ingram. The recipient of the letter, Martin Van Buren Moore of Taylorsville, Tennessee, (1837-1900) was preparing an anthology and had apparently asked Stella's assistance. The recipient's grandson, Mr. Otis Smith of Richmond, Virginia, donated the letter along with the manuscript for an essay Moore had written about Poe. The donor retained the envelope, which had housed this letter, for possible sale to a stamp dealer.
The letter reads: "Dear Van,/ I had not time to reply to you [sic] letter which reached me the day before I sailed for Europe. I called at Mr. Scribner's on my way to the vessel and told his brother to say to you that I would write the notice of Poe--I will if you can wait. It was his last request of me-- "Write my life--you know better than anyone else." he said. If any one else should write it do not permit the name of that old woman who calls herself his mother-in-law to appear in it. I have heard that she is not his mother-in-law--That she has something else on him. Any how. I believe that she was [the] black cat of his life. And that she strangled him to death. I will tell you about it when we meet. If you get the work out before I return to America put Poe first, and Stella next in the Poets of Maryland. You cannot get it out till next year as it ought to be-- do wait--that is a good Van./ I intend to drop the name of Lewis--but cannot do it at once--What do you think of La Stella or Anna Stella. Call me Stella on all occasions--ring on it in biographical notice-- You know that the Divorce was all in my favor--That is after trying for a year they could not get anything against me--and gave it up--say this in the notice--say that I stood unscathed against the treachery of a half dozen Lawyers. Let me hear from you the moment you get this. Direct to care of Mr. John Monroe, Banker, no 5, Rue de La Paix, Paris--/ Ever Yours/ Stella"
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Isn't it interesting that these two quotes are used so often by non-theologians when speaking of love? "The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved." (Victor Hugo). And, "Love is the first requirement for mental health." (Sigmund Freud).
But from the beginning of time, "Love" was revealed by God, The Creator, as He laid out His wondrous plan for mankind. He created Adam (man) is His own image, then placed all creatures of the earth, sea and air under his dominion. He even spoke and interacted with mankind in person, like a Father-son relationship. In His own image, Adam was given the capacity to commune with God as none other has! But Adam was also given the choice of good and evil. He failed his first test!Subscribe to Read!
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Another ghost hunting adventure led me to Sacramento,CA and the historical Sacramento City Cemetery located at 1000 Broadway on the corner of 10th Street and Broadway.
The cemetery is one of California’s oldest and was established in 1849 with a ten-acre gift to the city from John Sutter. The earliest known burial in the cemetery was of Captain James Homans in 1849. The expansion of the cemetery continued and was finally complete in 1880 with a donation from Margaret Crocker that brought the city land holdings to 60 acres. Currently, the cemetery covers only a portion of that and contains over 25,000 graves of pioneers, immigrants, and many people important in the early days of California’s history.
One poignant spot in the cemetery is a mass grave for almost 1000 people that perished in the 1850 cholera epidemic and then a separate commemorative marker for the 17 doctors that lost their lives caring for the cholera victims. There is also a marker that states over 3,000 pioneers were buried in unmarked graves somewhere within and around the cemetery. The area surrounding the cemetery is all residential and built before careful excavations would have taken place, so it’s quite likely there are many remains under the homes in close proximity to the cemetery.
While I was in the cemetery I took numerous photos, but never captured anything except some interesting grave markers and monuments. Another person was managing a recorder in the hopes of picking up some EVPs, but we didn’t get anything when we listened later. I personally didn’t experience anything out the ordinary while I was at the cemetery, but one person did feel like something grabbed her and then quickly let go. She wasn’t scared, but she was definitely caught off-guard and stayed in the area for a while to see if she heard or felt anything more. Over the years, I’ve heard stories that people have had many different encounters while visiting the cemetery. While I didn’t experience anything paranormal on the particular day I went I did see some amazing monuments and get a little glimpse into California’s history and some of the people that figured prominently in it. Maybe next time I’ll have a different tale to tell.
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Mapping of resources for women human rights defenders
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AWID and the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition reviewed a broad range of urgent responses available to women human rights defenders Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) at risk around the world. This report describes the types of resources and strategies available to respond to urgent situations of violence against WHRDs as well as some of the organizations that offer them.
Urgent Responses” presents the tools used by a broad range of human rights organizations to support WHRDs respond to the risks they face. The organizations interviewed for this report operate at different levels—international, regional and national—as well as groups with differing thematic priorities, including those working on women’s rights, human rights, and sexual rights. After a brief overview of the risks that WHRDs face, “Urgent Responses” outlines the different types of responses that are available – from urgent appeals to temporary relocation, from engaging with international institutions to stress management and medical assistance. In order to help WHRDs identify the resources and tools available a quick reference table provides an overview of the responses that exist and the organizations that offer these services followed by detailed information on each response.
This publication is part of a new series that AWID is producing with the WHRD International Coalition. The aims of the WHRD series is to increase awareness of resources that exist to support and defend WHRDs and to ensure that women’s rights activists around the world have the necessary information to easily access these resources.
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I can’t believe that the Joplin mosque was burned to the ground. Some prayer rugs didn’t just get burned, we didn’t lose a few Qur’ans. The whole masjid was razed.
Someone came to the Joplin mosque last night at 3:30 am with the intention of wiping it off the map. The loss would be felt even if this was an accident, but we know that the pain is magnified under these hateful and bigoted conditions. During our most holy month, the Islamic community of America has lost a place to pray and a place of peace. But what these arsonists don’t understand is that the real mosques and the foundations of Islam are not in mortar or brick, but wherever the believers are. The foundation of Islam is in over one billion people in this world, in every state, country and language. You might be able to get rid of a mosque, but you can’t get rid of Islam.
”But since we are people of faith we just can remember that this is a thing that happened because God let it happen, and we have to be patient, particularly in the month of Ramadan, control our emotions, our anger.” - Imam Lahmuddin of the Joplin Mosque
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The Triumph Of Commerce
Peter Buchanan -- Interior Design, 11/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Modeled on the Arc de Triomphe, the Gate was the first completed building at the Dubai International Financial Centre, a mixed-use urban quarter master-planned by Gensler. A serene anchor among the sky-thrusting towers springing up in this booming free-trade zone, the 15-story Gate is clad largely in greenish-gray granite to evoke sobriety and permanence—counterbalanced by glazed sides that project a more outward-looking transparency. The 500,000-square-foot structure straddles the pedestrian avenue that forms the quarter's spine, framing a view of the Dubai World Trade Centre, the city's first office high-rise. (Built by the father of the current sheikh, it marked the launch of the city's drive to become a global financial hub.) "Acting as a portal to the district, the Gate symbolizes Dubai's ambition to follow in the tradition of New York, London, and Tokyo," says managing principal Christopher Johnson.
The Dubai International Financial Centre's buildings appear freestanding, but they actually rise from contiguous podiums sharing a landscaped roof that constitutes an artificial ground plane. Below the garden are garages for 35,000 cars and shopping malls, which are also primary pedestrian pathways. Rising 11 stories above one of the podiums, the Gate's two legs are served by passenger elevators at one end and service cores at the other. Express elevators, which run along the curtain walls facing the central avenue, serve parking and retail areas as well as the top five levels bridging the supports. Two of these floors are fully glazed with large open floor plates, a rarity in Dubai. On the very top floor, offices have only slit windows on exterior walls, but executives do enjoy an interior view, onto an Arabian-style central garden that's planted with grass and shrubs.
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SOUCHERAY: Iron out back-to-school transitionCan you believe the school year started yesterday? It seems nearly impossible to believe that the summer has come and gone and that we have begun another year back in the classroom. So if you had to write the familiar essay, “What I did on my summer vacation,” what would you say were the highlights of the past three months?
By: Kate Soucheray, columnist, Woodbury Bulletin
Can you believe the school year started yesterday? It seems nearly impossible to believe that the summer has come and gone and that we have begun another year back in the classroom. So if you had to write the familiar essay, “What I did on my summer vacation,” what would you say were the highlights of the past three months?
Would you include something about how hot the summer was, with more above 90 degree days that we have had in years? Or perhaps you would include something about a trip on which you went, where you tried something new you had never done before? Or maybe you would relate something about visitors whom you have not seen in years who came to spend a week with you?
Making the transition from summer back to school is always difficult. So as our children or grandchildren, as well as ourselves, get back to the books, the schedules that demand more sleep, lunches packed, homework completed and overly-tired parents, what can we do to assist in helping this time be as smooth as possible?
To begin, being more attentive to organization will be of utmost importance. Begin with the kitchen, the room that always seems to be the hub of the home, where all the papers, picture forms and calendars will land in the next couple of days. Do you have a system for attending to all that will arrive from various backpacks, so that you will not misplace or recycle something important? Do you also have a means of communicating to your children the importance of bringing home their planners and the homework that has been assigned, preventing you from having to make an extra trip up to school after supper to gather the missing items?
Attending to adequate sleep and nutritious meals will also provide your children, as well as yourself, with the energy necessary to manage the extra stress you will have to manage. When our bodies lack the proper amount of rest, in order that our body clock can be reset, and the proper food to stabilize our sugar levels, we may find we are less tolerant and patient with children, spouses or significant others, such as teachers, neighbors or other drivers on the road. Making sure our bodies are in good working order, so we can better withstand the extra stress, is not only important, but can set the tone for the upcoming year.
Being sure to include daily exercise will also help us maintain a clear and healthy mental attitude and will help us roll with the surprises we will face on a daily basis. If you have not exercised in a while, start slowly so you do not hurt yourself. Build a little more each day and you’ll find that the time you spend walking the dog or jogging with a friend brings a lightness to your step that will provide a sense of peace and fun to your life that you may have missed over the summer months.
Transitions are always a bit of a challenge for most people. They can also often take us by surprise because we are so busy paying attention to making the transition and not to how it is affecting us. Realizing that times of change affect most people in ways that they did not expect can help us move through the time more smoothly.
So after all the hustle and bustle of preparing your kids for school, take a breath. Pause and take stock of the summer and how great it was to have everyone home, but now how good it is to have the schedule and routine back in place. Sit back, close your eyes and breathe in a sense of calm that is being whisked in on the coming autumn breeze. And remember to be thankful for your wonderful kids and grandkids and for the summer you just experienced.
Soucheray is a Woodbury resident and a licensed family therapist.
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Malawi on Tuesday increased fuel prices by an average 27 percent but legal experts said the move, which will likely stoke inflation in the southern African nation, may be illegal.
The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera) said the pump price of petrol had increased by 31 percent, diesel by 38 percent and paraffin by 10 percent to reflect higher world commodity prices since its last revision in January.
“This fuel hike is illegal because under section 9(C) of the Energy Regulations Act, only the Board of the Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority has the powers to approve prices of energy sales and there is no board at Mera at present,” Wapona Kita, one of the country’s leading lawyers said in a posting on Facebook.
President Mutharika dissolved the Mera board in December last year and he is yet to appoint another one.
Those increases have been exacerbated by a 10 percent devaluation of the kwacha introduced in August to counter a chronic lack of dollars in the domestic economy.
Fuel shortages and the soaring cost of imported goods caused unprecedented demonstrations in July against President Bingu wa Mutharika, whose security forces killed 20 people in an ensuing crackdown.
Following the adjustments, petrol will now sell at $2.3 per litre, up from $1.8, and diesel at $2.1, up from $1.6 per litre.
Year-on-year inflation stood at 7.7 percent in September, up from 7.6 percent in August. The Economists Association of Malawi (Ecama) welcommed the increase hoping that this may help ease the fuel shortages that have hit the country and paralyzed production in most industry.
Ecama president Naomi Ngwira cited the increase in the cost of borrowing for purchasing fuel by government as one other likely factor that might have pushed the increase in fuel prices.
Said Ngwira: “There is justification because petrol price could have even gone higher [than the new price of K380].”
She expressed hope that the increase in the prices of fuel will lead to the stable availability of fuel particularly diesel.
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The Beach Experience
The Elephant Coast has a number of exquisite golden beaches - three of them near Hluhluwe.
The warm Indian Ocean forms the eastern border of the region and this protected area, with its long empty beaches and sand dunes covered by coastal forest, is truly remarkable.
One of the richest reef ecosystems in the world exists here with over 1250 fish species, 95 identified species of coral and a vast array of plant life. Here you will also find one of the world's few remaining breeding grounds for the rare Leatherback and Loggerhead turtles.
The water is clear (visibility is generally over 20m) and water temperatures range from around 29 degrees celsius in mid-summer (December/January) to around 19 degrees celsius in mid-winter (June/July).
You can dive the numerous reefs, snorkel among some of the rocky outcrops close to shore, swim in the surf or enjoy some fishing.
Sodwana Bay beach
is one of South Africa's best known ski-boat and diving attractions and is an hour's easy drive north of Malala on recently tarred roads.
is a popular scenic bay known for its sport fishing and snorkelling at low tide and is also about an hour's drive from Malala.
has a variety of attractions, including a long stretch of white beach with designated swimming areas, and is a 45 minute drive from our lodge.
For a clearer picture of where these beaches lie in relation to Malala please have a look at the
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Matte painting is a technique that filmmakers use to create backgrounds for scenes that can’t or don’t exist in real life. In the early days, matte paintings were actually painted onto glass. Today, modern filmmakers use digital applications such as Photoshop to produce the backdrops that they need. We have published many matte painting tutorials on this site meant for intermediate and advanced users. This tutorial is part of a series of tutorials that we will be publishing on this meant for those of you who may be relatively new to Photoshop or matte painting in general.
Today’s tutorial, Matte Painting 101: Basic Extraction and Composition Techniques will teach you some quick ways to extract objects from their background and combine them with other images to produce the scene that you need. Let’s get started!
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This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display. ****************** Think and Grow Rich is a motivational book written by Napoleon Hill and inspired by a suggestion by Scottish-American billionaire Andrew Carnegie. It was published in 1937 during the Great Depression. It remains the biggest seller of Napoleon Hill's books, selling a claimed 30 million copies over the next 70 years (although Alice Payne Hackett's 70 Years of Best Sellers suggests the figure was lower). The text of Think and Grow Rich! is founded on Hill's earlier work The Law of Success, the result of more than twenty years of research based on Hill's close association with a large number of individuals who achieved great wealth during their lifetimes. At Andrew Carnegie's bidding, Hill studied the characteristics of these achievers and developed 15 "laws" of success intended to be applied by anybody to achieve success. Think and Grow Rich! condenses these laws further and provides the reader with 13 principles in the form of a philosophy of personal achievement.
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President Bush says his administration is actively engaged in resolving conflicts in Africa, but he says the United States is also involved in many of the continent's successes.
Mr. Bush, who is on a five-nation African tour, told reporters in Cotonou, Benin Saturday that highlighting success stories will help other nations understand what is possible. But he said his trip also is aimed at finding ways forward in trouble spots on the continent.
The president made the comments after brief talks with his counterpart, Thomas Boni Yayi, before arriving Saturday in Tanzania for the second leg of his tour.
President Bush, in his remarks today, praised Mr. Yayi, saying the African leader believed in "certain truths and values," including rooting out corruption and upholding democracy. Mr. Yayi said his U.S. counterpart had shown great concern for Africa, especially through his initiatives in fighting malaria and AIDS.
Mr. Bush also defended his decision not to send U.S. troops to Sudan's troubled Darfur region, saying he relied on advise from his military advisors, but he said his administration has played an active role on the issue.
While in Tanzania, Mr. Bush is expected to sign a pact with President Jakaya Kikwete that will provide the eastern African nation with nearly $700 million.
Mr. Bush will also visit Rwanda, Ghana and Liberia during his seven-day trip. He says the goals of his mission are to promote democratic reform and economic advancement, and review progress in public health campaigns against malaria and AIDS.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
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- (Image: NASA)
The space shuttle Atlantis will end its mission journey to the International Space Station (ISS) when it lands on Kennedy Space Center on Thursday July 21 at about 6 am ET.
According to PCMag.com, the 12-day mission objectives included maneuvers such as stocking the ISS with 9,403 pounds of equipment, food, spare components, and other supplies, and returning to Earth with 5,700 pounds of defective equipment, other supplies and trash the space crew has been using.
Once it re-enters from space and lands Thursday morning, it will wrap up the 30-year space shuttle project that has been re-using space shuttles such as the Atlantis.
After Atlantis, NASA will depend on companies such as Boeing, SpaceX, Sierra Nevada Corp. and Blue Origin to develop its commercial rockets and spacecraft to fly to the ISS, a venture that will cost NASA $270 million.
NASA also announced that the end of the shuttle program does not mean the end of NASA or better yet the end of NASA-manned missions to space.
The space agency communicated its high ambitions for space explorations, saying it will be "designing and building the capabilities to send humans to explore the solar system, working toward a goal of landing humans on Mars," and also engaging in deep space exploration studying Mercury.
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Police: Rush Hour Helicopter Crash In London Could Have Been Much Worse
Originally published on Fri January 18, 2013 6:16 am
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:
Investigators are trying to figure out why a helicopter crashed in Central London today. Two people were killed including the pilot. Yet the death toll could have been much, much worse. As NPR's Philip Reeves reports, the aircraft came down in the heart of the British capital during rush hour.
(SOUNDBITE OF SIRENS WAILING)
PHILIP REEVES, BYLINE: The crash happened as Londoners were beginning their working day. It was a freezing morning. The city lay beneath a blanket of very low cloud. Andrew Beadle was nearby when the helicopter hit a crane.
ANDREW BEADLE: I heard an almighty bang, which really shocked me. You could feel the actual floor move. And I looked and I literally saw the helicopter and just the blades, just evaporate and it hit the center of the crane. And the chopper just came down.
REEVES: The crane was on a huge luxury residential tower block being built on the south banks of the Thames. Wreckage from the aircraft fell into the street.
(SOUNDBITE OF MAN SHOUTING)
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Oh, mate. Your car's on fire. Get out of the car.
REEVES: Passersby, using mobile phones, captured footage of flames engulfing the street and setting several cars alight. Bernie Bullen was delivering material to a nearby building site.
BERNIE BULLEN: It nosedived just over there, and then a big explosion. And then we heard metal falling. That was the jib of the crane falling down. And everybody was running.
REEVES: The twin-engined helicopter came down around 8 a.m., at peak commuting time. It crashed close to Vauxhall rail station. The area is a major transport hub. The main rail line to Waterloo runs through it. There's an underground station. The headquarters of Britain's foreign intelligence service, MI6, is close by. Britain's parliament is about a mile away.
NEIL BASU: It is something of a miracle that this was not many, many times worse, given the time of day that this happened.
REEVES: That's Police Commander Neil Basu. He briefed the media.
BASU: At this stage what we believe has happened is that a commercial helicopter on a scheduled flight has collided with a crane on top of a building under construction in 9 Elms Road, South West 8.
REEVES: Reports say one of the two dead was killed on the ground. The other was the pilot, Peter Barnes. Barnes was a highly experienced aviator, who's flown in Britain and the United States. He's flown air ambulances and in the movies, including the James Bond thriller "Die Another Day." Today, he was heading for an airfield north of London but diverted, possibly because of bad weather. This is London's first recorded fatal chopper crash.
There are many hundreds of helicopter flights every month over this densely populated capital. Aviation authorities say strict rules apply. They say they regularly warn pilots about tall structures. Kate Huey is the member of parliament for the area where the crash happened. She says those rules may need reviewing.
KATE HUEY: We will need a real inquiry into the increasing numbers of helicopters that are flying around London coupled with the fact that there are so many new tall buildings.
REEVES: Philip Reeves, NPR News, London.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
CORNISH: This is NPR. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.
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MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) – Sixteen areas in the Visayas and Mindanao have been placed under public storm warning signal numbers 1 and 2 as tropical cyclone "Quinta" intensified into a storm.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said signal no. 2 has been hoisted over Eastern Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, Dinagat Islands and Siargao Island.
Signal no. 1, on the other hand, has been hoisted over Northern Samar, Western Samar, Biliran, Bohol, Cebu, Camotes Island, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Agusan Provinces, Misamis Oriental and Camiguin.
Areas under signal nos. 1 and 2 should expect winds of 30 – 60 kilometers per hour (kph) and 61 – 100 kph, respectively.
As of 10 a.m., Quinta was spotted 260 kilometers east of Guiuan, Eastern Samar. It was packing maximum winds of 65 kilometers per hour near the center and gusts of up to 80 kph.
Quinta was moving west at 19 kph. With this speed and direction, the storm is expected to be within the vicinity of Leyte on Wednesday morning.
PAGASA forecaster Alvin Pura told ABS-CBNnews.com that the storm, based on current numerical models, will spare Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental, the two provinces heavily battered by Typhoon Pablo.
Pura said the eye of the storm was moving towards Eastern Visayas. However, with the storm expected to hover over the southern portion of the Philippines, light rains are still expected over the two provinces still reeling from Pablo's devastation.
Estimated rainfall amount is 10 - 20 millimeters per hour (moderate - heavy) within the storm's 350-km diameter.
Residents living in low lying and mountainous areas under signal nos. 1 and 2 are alerted against possible flash floods and landslides.
Fishing boats and other sea crafts are also advised not to venture into the seaboards of Luzon and the eastern seaboard of Visayas and Mindanao due to strong waves brought about by the combined effects of Quinta and the northeast monsoon (amihan).
Quinta is forecast to be within the vicinity of Coron, Palawan on Thursday morning and 450 kms west of Coron on Friday morning.
In an earlier interview, PAGASA forecaster Fernando Cada said the new weather disturbance, the second to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) this December, is unlikely to intensify into a typhoon as it was already near land.
"Hindi na ito magiging ganap na typhoon sapagkat malapit na siya sa kalupaan. Kung lumakas ito, nasa kategorya lang ng tropical storm," Cada told dzMM.
Another PAGASA forecaster, Chris Perez, noted that the arrival of two tropical cyclones in PAR during December is a rare occurrence.
"Once in every 10 years dapat [ang ganitong pangyayari]. Pero kung titignan natin, last year we have Sendong, then this year we have Pablo and Quinta… Posibleng may abnormalidad sa panahon, kailangan nating i-update ang climatological records natin," he said.
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The author of the following article is a teacher who is also a graduate of a prominent school of education. We have agreed to withhold the author's name in light of the plausible prospect that revealing it would damage this high school teacher's professional career. The article is based on a public lecture the author presented to students interested in issues of campus free speech.
I often tell my high school students that I nearly got kicked out of the ed school here. They are duly impressed. After all, they think, college requires much more work than high school, so getting kicked out of college must require some really bodaciously bad actions that dwarf the piddling trifles that get you kicked out of high school, and that’s information they want to have. I tell them that they can google me, read up, and ask any questions after they’ve done their due diligence.
The first student to do so, a freshman named Alex, came up to me in class and said, "Hey, I read that article about you."
"You did? What did you think?"
He hesitated. "It was weird. I couldn't figure out what it was you did wrong."
I laughed. In fact, that’s why many people wonder if there was some other problem—maybe I had really bad body odor, or maybe I just smelled of booze all the time, even if they couldn’t catch me drunk. Maybe I dropped to the ground in spasms and started speaking in tongues, or read the sports page to my cat. There had to be some reason other than what was reported, because what was reported just didn’t make sense.
So what I'm wondering is, does anyone feel the same way Alex did? [At this point I pause and confirm that several people share that confusion.]
Okay, so I'll give the background needed to answer Alex's question.
But be warned that what I'm about to explain is something that is a monstrously big free speech red zone in and of itself. If I had come here to talk about this, there'd be picketers and I'd be shouted down. So please believe me: I am not trying to advocate for one view here, but rather describe the situation as objectively as I can to give you a better understanding of why I had trouble, and why people who know about the larger context were so interested in my story.
First, you have to understand that educational policy is consumed by the achievement gap, which is the disparity between groups of students on most educational measures, particularly the groups of race and socio-economic income—and, if I'm going to be honest, it's race that generates the most intensity. I don't just mean that this is the number one priority. It's the only priority. The achievement gap pervades every corner of American educational policy discussion. Nothing else matters. No Child Left Behind was entirely about the achievement gap and measuring schools to see if they'd closed it. Obama's Race to the Top is just another take on the achievement gap—again, focusing on testing and this time holding teachers responsible if they can't get low-performing students to improve.
In the public domain, you'll hear two contrasting views about the achievement gap, its cause and solution. The first is the progressive view, the one associated with "progressive education," which holds that social injustice, institutionalized racism, white prejudice, and other societal ills cause the achievement gap. Progressives want to fix the achievement gap by moving underachieving students closer to high-achieving students whenever possible, arguing that tracking and sorting are evils that create underachieving “ghettos” that perpetuate, or even cause, the gap. In schools with a majority minority population of underachievers (i.e., inner city urban schools or charter schools specifically created for these populations), progressives push for community involvement, encouraging teachers to support their students in every aspect of life and seek to make the curriculum "relevant."
So progressives push for underachievers to spend more time with achievers who will model desirable behavior. When achievers aren't available, progressives seek to create the value system within the child and the community by demonstrating their involvement and cultural acceptance. This is incredibly oversimplified; I'm just trying to give you a general sense. Notice, though, that a large part of the progressive view involves changing the students' values with sympathetic teachers who understand how to develop "accessible" curriculum for students who aren’t performing at grade level.
Those who have this progressive view are also generally well left of center. More importantly for purposes of this discussion, teacher education programs do not readily tolerate any deviance from the progressive view.
The second view, what I'll call the conservative view of the achievement gap, also focuses on student values. But instead of encouraging teachers to respect the student's culture, conservatives say that parents and teachers of low-performing students are the cause of the gap, by failing to give the students the correct cultural values. Hard work, family values, commitment to the importance of education, and "no excuses," to quote the Thernstroms, who are major proponents of the conservative view, will close the achievement gap. The conservatives believe that higher standards are the order of the day, and that everyone can achieve if they just work hard. Conservatives hold ed schools in extremely low esteem, and feel that the progressive push to “understand” students and teach simplified (as they see it) curriculum contributes to the problem. The conservative view is held by most politicians of any ideology. Both NCLB and Race to the Top are based on this viewpoint—which comes along with a hefty dose of blame for the teachers, the ed schools that produce them, and the unions that represent them.
To illustrate the difference between conservative and progressive viewpoints on the achievement gap, consider how each discusses Asians. (Note: I am well aware that "Asian" is a ridiculously large population about which you can't generalize. I'm just telling you the conversation.) Those with a progressive view of education almost never mention Asians. I often joke that in ed school, you only read about white boys in special ed class, white girls in the eating disorders unit, and Asians make a brief cameo in the ESL course. The conservatives, however, never miss an opportunity to mention Asians who, in their view, are the ideal culture, or the "model minority"—they value education and they work hard.
If all you watched were the shout shows, you'd never know there was another way of assessing the achievement gap. And in fact, while progressives and conservatives have many adherents and could even be described as "groups," those holding the third view don’t get together much. They don’t hold meetings, they don’t have organizations, and in general, they avoid the field of educational policy. People holding this third view—again, not a group—don’t talk much in public. Let's call this third view the Voldemort View: the View That Must Not Be Named.
To introduce you to the Voldemort View, here's an exchange between Steven Pinker, one of the foremost cognitive scientists (and not, I hasten to observe, way out there on the Voldemort ledge), and Malcolm Gladwell, a trendy writer whose writing on education and achievement pleases both conservatives and progressives and who, in the interests of full disclosure, I must tell you I can't stand.
Pinker reviewed Gladwell's newest book for the New York Times. After patting Gladwell on the head like a cute little puppy for his charming essays, Pinker annihilates Gladwell's writings on achievement and intellectual ability, saying,
The common thread in Gladwell’s writing is a kind of populism, which seeks to undermine the ideals of talent, intelligence and analytical prowess in favor of luck, opportunity, experience and intuition. ... Unfortunately he wildly overstates his empirical case. It is simply not true that a quarterback’s rank in the draft is uncorrelated with his success in the pros, that cognitive skills don’t predict a teacher’s effectiveness, that intelligence scores are poorly related to job performance or ...that above a minimum I.Q. of 120, higher intelligence does not bring greater intellectual achievements.
Gladwell replied loftily in his nytimes.com blog, "It is always a pleasure to be reviewed by someone as accomplished as Stephen Pinker, even if he is unhappy ... with the fact that I have not joined him on the lonely ice floe of IQ fundamentalism."
Pinker shot back, "What Malcolm Gladwell calls a 'lonely ice floe' is what psychologists call 'the mainstream.'" (pause while I snorfle appreciatively)
What, no one gets the joke? Well, it loses something in the translation, but let me explain.
Did you notice that neither progressives nor conservatives ever mention cognitive ability in their diagnosis? Ask either group about this omission, and they will vigorously assure you that it has no relationship to the achievement gap—but they’ll also look at you with narrowed eyes, wondering why on earth you’re bringing up cognitive ability in the first place. What on earth does cognitive ability have to do with education? You aren't one of those people out there on the ice floe, are you?
And that's why I laugh at the Pinker/Gladwell exchange, because when Gladwell tried that line on Pinker, Pinker didn't backpedal or equivocate, but rather told Gladwell, in public—in the New York Times, even!—that he was a dilettante without a clue. To Pinker and other experts, Gladwell and the intelligentsia (progressive and conservative both) are simply ignorant about the impact that cognitive differences have on academic outcomes and indeed many major life measures—data that have been well-established and beyond scientific dispute (although the causes and solutions are a long way from settled).
And so, the Voldemort View: academic achievement is primarily explained by cognitive ability, and therefore the achievement gap is also most likely caused in large part by differences in cognitive ability. People with this view don’t promote solutions, primarily because in order to even start thinking about solutions one has to be able to discuss the possible cause and mentioning this cause is politically unacceptable. People who think it likely that the achievement gap is primarily cognitive don't usually risk mentioning it in public because it's a career destroyer. Please do not infer any other opinions about those with a Voldemort View, because I promise you, most of what you're likely to assume is simply wrong.
You might be wondering whether I’m a conservative or a Voldemort. Here’s the really funny part—it doesn’t matter. I would have run into trouble at ed school regardless. The real problem wasn’t conservative vs. Voldemort—although I sense most ed schools would, if forced, say they preferred a conservative. The real problem is that elite ed schools don't want either type to darken their doors.
Why? I think ed schools see the public rejection of affirmative action, its embrace of welfare reform and crackdowns on illegal immigrants, and all the other rollbacks of the liberal agenda as profoundly wrong and evil acts. They see education as a means of rectifying the injustices committed by an ignorant society, with themselves as one of the last bastions of protection for under-represented minorities.
Ed schools don’t get much respect within the university, and even less in the political arena. But they are the gatekeepers of elite credentials within the education community. These credentials don’t matter so much for teaching jobs per se, but do matter for educational policy jobs and doctoral program applications that come after teachers "do their two" in public schools and move on to jobs in which they can influence policy.
It’s much easier to move from teaching to an education think tank or a doctoral program if you’ve got a degree and credential from, say, Columbia Teacher’s College than if your degree has the local state diploma mill stamp. Elite ed schools use the one area where they reign supreme to withhold legitimacy from dissenters.
Someone who provided essential support during my troubles told me a funny story. He was posting information about me on Facebook, and up popped an ad for USC's online Masters of Arts in Teaching program. On impulse, he called the recruiter to see if they had any sort of ideological requirements and (quoting from his note) "asked him if USC enforces belief in specific values like 'equity' or that 'everyone can learn,' and [the recruiter] assured me that one of the admission essays is precisely on this point and that people with unsuitable views are weeded out!"
And so when the head of my ed school became aware that I already had opinions about educational policy, and that these views weren’t progressive, no further information was needed. Anyone who knew enough to disagree with progressive education was either a conservative or a Voldemort. This professor wasn't a fragile flower who couldn't tolerate disagreement, and wasn’t even slightly concerned that I would be a terrible teacher. What was imperative to the head of my ed school was that someone with my views could not be given the imprimatur of this university. I should not be able to wear the tee-shirt with the school’s logo on it. I should not be able to apply for a government policy job with a resume mentioning I got my M.Ed. here. I’m having an op-ed piece published sometime soon, and the bottom caption is going to say I got my teaching credential from this school and that, too, is something that should not have happened. The head of the ed school will read that caption with gritted teeth and white knuckles but remember, as small consolation, that every effort was made to prevent this dire and horrible outcome.
I knew—or thought I knew—what I was getting into. I understood the politics. I understood that progressives controlled ed schools, and I was under no illusion that I'd have anything approaching academic freedom.
What I didn't understand until that point, however, was how impermeable the barrier was. I figured that a few had gotten in before, they'd be chagrined that one other had slipped in, and oh well. Instead, the blockade had never been breached—or if it had, the other intruders had taken the hint and left. I had underestimated both their determination and their prior success at keeping non-progressives out, and how one seemingly minor comment had set off klaxons and red lights throughout the education complex.
Many people think this is entirely reasonable behavior for a private university. I’ll merely observe that the universities themselves don’t think so, and adamantly deny that the behavior exists. Moreover, the federal government provides loan forgiveness to teachers who meet certain categories, and the ed schools that benefit most from loan forgiveness are the elite schools who charge a small fortune. Should ed schools impose an ideological litmus test when their income is reliant on federal loan forgiveness? I would argue no. In any case, I think the associated university should openly acknowledge the ideological demands that ed schools—which are usually university cash cows—impose on their applicants.
So to answer Alex's question, this is what I did that was wrong: I revealed that I probably didn’t view the achievement gap through the progressive lens. This ed school, like all elite ed schools, wants neither conservatives nor Voldemorts to benefit from its elite status. No ed school can publicly admit to the ideological requirements, but thanks to state credentialing rules, an ed school can withhold a credential for any reason at all. Thus, the program tried to get rid of me with laughably trivial reasons—reasons that would nonetheless ordinarily work, except I fought back. That brought their efforts to light, and left the uninitiated scratching their heads at the absurdly minor charges that the school tried to use.
Now, you can accept my interpretation of what happened or not. But certainly many people do believe ed schools are engaging in this behavior, and that is the subtext of the articles about my problems. This is why my story got attention. What happened to me is something that the elite ed schools have long been suspected of doing, and that is in direct violation of every known principle of academic freedom—which thus embarrasses not only their own program, but the universities they operate within.
Does that clarify anything? (Emphatic nods). Phew. Consider yourself initiated and stop scratching your heads. Now let's go onto something easy like the free speech implications of my case.
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Involved in a play and want to develop a character? The library is the best place to start your research.
I’m in the play Little Women, based on the book by Louisa May Alcott. Books on late 19th century recipes, knitting, fashion, history, Christmas ornaments, etiquette, and Louisa May Alcott herself, all help to bring the Civil War era to life. I always thought Little Women was Louisa May Alcott’s autobiography, but I’m finding out that’s not true. I’m also amazed by how quickly railways became such a lifeline to our country and its development. So while I’m struggling with a hoop skirt, and trying to remember when to stand or sit, I know I can go back to the books to make sure my performance is as realistic as possible.
Platte City Branch
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The Bourgeois, Catholicism vs Capitalism
by Bernard Groethuysen, translated by Mary Ilford, with an Introduction by Benjamin Nelson
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 268 pp., $5.95
Bayeux in the Late Eighteenth Century
by Olwen H. Hufton
Oxford, 328 pp., $10.10
Since it was published forty years ago, Bernard Groethuysen’s book has enjoyed a modest subterranean reputation, greater perhaps in sociological than in historical circles. But it has always been a rare book, mentioned in the bibliographies of specialists in eighteenth-century French thought, but rarely read. It has now been excellently translated by Mary Ilford, and will be widely available. I expect that it will again be used mainly by sociologists and occasionally by historians of ideas, but by straight historians, quite rightly, hardly at all.
It is a poor book, highly intelligent in concept, feeble in execution, and like so much sociological literature even weaker in technical method. It is not surprising that the Introduction, also by a sociologist, makes claims for it that border on the ridiculous. Apart from linking Groethuysen’s name with Weber, Dilthey, and Tawney, Mr. Nelson compares his creative imagination with that of Charles Darwin! And what of this:
…no historian or sociologist of culture before Groethuysen and hardly any since—have managed so well to evoke the puzzling land-scapes of the everyday sort of man who claimed center stage when the secularizing virtuosi of the Renaissance and the religiously orientated virtuosi of the Reformation had spent themselves.
At no point in his book does Groethuysen mention any bourgeois by name, analyze individual beliefs, describe their religious or charitable activity, nor does he give a collective description of the middle class in any city or region of France. Anyone going to this book for a careful, scholarly analysis of the French bourgeois of the eighteenth century and their attitude to religion or their precise relationships with the Church would be sadly disappointed. Far better to turn to Olwen H. Hufton’s Bayeux in the Late Eighteenth Century, which, plundering the rich archives of a single town, gives one a cross section of French life, as rich in detail as the Bayeux tapestry itself. In this book we are told precisely who the bourgeois were, their economic, cultural, and charitable interests, their relationships with an actual church.
And how different is the actual Church. The conservatism of the Church was, at Bayeux, economic as well as spiritual. Although the greatest and richest landowner of the district, it bitterly opposed innovation in farming, scorning improved techniques or increase of profit and posed as the protector of the small farmer, but this attitude was rooted in one simple economic fact. Innovation in farming in Normandy meant change from arable to pasture, to the high profits on meat and dairy farming, which meant a loss of clerical income, for arable paid tithe and pasture did not. The most active, successful, and rich bourgeois involved in commerce were the men who dealt in cattle and dairy products.
Also the Church of Bayeux was bitterly divided: the poverty of the village curé was as great as the riches of the bishop and cathedral chapter. Innovation and change did not worry the parish priest as it did the rich, well-born canon …
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1. I've been bitten by a tick. What should I do?
2. I was bitten by a tick and I still have it. Where can I take it to be tested?
3. How can I protect my property against ticks?
4. How many cases of Lyme disease were reported in my state?
I've been bitten by a tick. What should I do?
There is no right and wrong way to handle a known tick bite. There are differing points of view but no hard evidence at this point to support either approach. You as a health consumer will need to work with your own doctor regarding this matter.
Some physicans and many Lyme groups support a prophylactic approach. This is where the patient is given treatment in case the tick did transmit the infection into the victim's blood stream. For specific drugs, dosages, and length of treatment, please see Dr Burrascano's protocol for diagnosing and treating Lyme at: http://guidelines.LymeNet.org/ . This protocol appeared in the 1997 volume of Conn's Current Therapy a well respected, peer reviewed medical journal. Keep in mind that this is not the more popular approach so you will probably meet resistance from your doctor. The major concern to this approach is overexposure to antibiotics. While this is a valid argument, there seem to be many inconsitencies. Doctors still give antibiotics for things like the flu which will not help and for acne which is merely a cosmetic concern. In addition, the benefits of prophylaxis has not been proven.
The second approach is to wait and see. Not all ticks carry the disease. In addition, not every bite results in transmission of the bacteria that causes Lyme. The patient who chooses to wait and see needs to look out for any type of skin eruption. The classic rash is a bulls-eye type rash. Keep in mind that not all rashes will appear at the site of the bite and may not resemble the target like rashes shown in those pictures. Some patients will get no rash and others may have many satellite rashes. The rash phase can last only a few hours so photographing this rash in natural light is important.
It is believed that as many as 50% may not see a rash. This group may go directly to the flu-like phase. Here the patient feels achy as if he/she is coming down with something. Other possible symptoms may be fatigue, stiffness, sleep pattern changes and a low grade fever. In young children, the only symptom may be irritability and changes in sleep habits. It may help to know that runny noses do not usually accompany early Lyme and may help to distinguish between possible Lyme and a virus. Both the rash and the flu-like phase will go away without medical treatment. This does not indicate cure. It is just a dormant phase. Failure to treat Lyme properly can result in future problems including chronic Lyme. If the bulls-eye rash develops, medical treatment is necessary.
I was bitten by a tick and I still have it. Where can I take it to be tested?
Check with your local health department first to find out if they do tick testing. Some do; others do not. If not, you can mail it to one of several reliable tick testing centers. Below is a list of several centers in the country. You need to contact each one regarding price, response time, and proper procedure for mailing. Some centers can not test if alcohol is used. Others require it before mailing.
Tick Testing Centers
North American Laboratory
New Britain, CT
New Jersey Laboratories
New Brunswick, NJ
Palo Alto, California
Tick Research Laboratory
Kingston, Rhode Island
How can I protect my property against ticks?
Whether to use chemicals on ones property is a personal decision. The risks and benefits must be weighed. Keep in mind that the effects of the most aggressive application is limited if no one else in the area takes preventive action.
Terry Shultze, epidemiologist for the New Jersey State Health Department, used granular diazinon on 5 towns in central New Jersey during a recent study. His findings showed a reduction of the tick population by 80%.
The following recommendations were developed by the Lyme Disease Coalition of New Jersey and adopted by several towns including Jackson and Livingston:
May 1-15 - Granular diazinon, sevin (carbaryl), or dursban against nymphs. If a sensitive area, liquid permethrin(4 Week Tick Killer) may be good.
July 31 - Damminix against larvae and nymphs. Will help control ticks and infection rate next year.
August 1-21 - Like May 15 against larvae and nymphs.
November 1-10 - Liquid permethrin or liquid/granular diazinon, sevin, or dursban against adults.
Whenever you use liquid sprays, apply after 10:00 or 11:00 A.M. This will expose the most questing ticks. Avoid windy days.
How many cases of Lyme disease were reported in my state?
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA, maintain a count of Lyme disease cases as reported by each state health department. These numbers rely on physicians to report the cases to their county health departments, usually via a form. Most experts consider these figures a gross underestimation of the actual count, due to lack of physician reporting and the unrealistically stringent reporting criteria. The rule of thumb is to multiply the total counts by 10.
The CDC's publication Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report prints a weekly count of these figures in the "Notifiable Diseases/Deaths in Selected Cities Weekly Information" section. You can see the current figures at:
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By: Thom Williams, Animal Healings, animal communication & Reiki Master
As humans we tend to think of our pets' emotional maturity and intelligence level as being the same as our children's, but animals actually can be considered our soul peers, with the same wide range of maturity as adult humans. If we lock our pets into a stereotypical behavior model (a dog is just a dog, a cat is just a cat) it can be a great disservice, setting them up for failure in trying to solve any behavioral issues.
Everyone recognizes unique personality traits within their pets, especially the way they play with us and respond to our love. Pets from the same litter will all have very different personalities, varying from the extravert, to the introvert, the comedian, the caretaker, the instigators, the shy one who is the last to venture off unto the world from the mother. All these personalities can only be explained by emotional intelligence. In a recent published article Dr. Meghan E. Herron, a veterinarian who runs the Behavioral Medicine Clinic at Ohio State’s College of Veterinary Medicine was quoted " animals feel emotions the same way humans do — their limbic system, which controls feelings such as anger, fear and pleasure, is very similar to ours."
Amazingly, behavior issues aren't a matter of being a "bad pet." Animal Healings has successfully handled cases, often uncovering that the pets just didn't understand their behavior was unacceptable to their human. Sometimes it was simply a miscommunication or misperception between the pet and pet parent. The Williams begin by first never making assumptions (what communicators call removing filters) and then learning what the pet's motivation behind the behavior might be. Then, using a counseling-style approach, they negotiate better choices for your pet.
Understanding your pet and what is driving the behavior bridges the gap between non-personal behavior modification and their unique needs, which strengthens your bond with your pet, and reduces frustration. One pet was willing to change his aggressive, protective behavior when he learned that he was scaring his human by his barking and jumping up on people. He simply didn't understand his large size was so overwhelming to everyone. He was just trying to make everyone happy, a total miscommunication and misunderstanding that was solved in one session.
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Even to say, “It is very close,” is not right; it is you. Closeness also means a little distance. When you want to see things you need a certain perspective. If you put your mirror just on your nose you will not see anything; you have to keep it a little away from you, then you can see your face. But the truth is closer than anything. In fact, the word closer gives the idea of distance. That’s why I say, Ta Hui is just one step away. One step more and he will disappear.
Truth is you.
He has almost reached the end of his pilgrimage:
Just because it is so very close you cannot get this truth out of your own eyes. When you open your eyes it strikes you, and when you close your eyes it is not lacking either.
When you open your eyes it is really the truth opening its eyes, and when you close your eyes it is the truth that is closing its eyes. One who has realized knows that the seeker himself is the sought. That is the trouble: the pilgrim is himself the goal of the pilgrimage.
There is a Sufi story about al-Hillaj. He was a poor man, but very sincere in his search. Mohammedans think that if you go to their holy place, Kaaba, just once in a lifetime, that’s enough for your liberation. So he collected money, sold his house, his land, whatsoever small things he had – and the village gave him a good send off.
But just outside the village under a tree was sitting a great master, Junnaid. Al-Hillaj had no idea who he was, but Junnaid said, “Listen, where are you going?”
Al-Hillaj said, “I wanted to ask you which way I should go. I am going to Kaaba.” Al-Hillaj looked at the man more carefully. He was so radiant – he was not an ordinary man.
Junnaid said, “Forget all about Kaaba. I am here. Just make seven circles around me, the way you would be doing if you reached Kaaba, and put all your money in front of me. Don’t waste it!”
The man was so authoritative that poor al-Hillaj gave him all his money and made the seven circles. Then Junnaid said, “I have found the truth within myself. In Kaaba there is only a stone; I am a living truth! Your pilgrimage is fulfilled, but just one step more….”
Al-Hillaj asked, “What is that step?”
He said, “The step is when you start making the circle around yourself. Still, my truth is my truth. You will be blessed, you will feel great, you will have ecstatic moments, but still it is my truth. You should learn to circle yourself.”
Al-Hillaj said, “That seems to be a very difficult job. How one can circle oneself?”
And Junnaid said, “Just whirl…whirl in the same place seven times, and wherever you are is the truth.”
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CINCINNATI - Chris Fridel is an experienced electrician, loves his work, and loves to pitch jobs in the construction industry.
Last month, for the first time since the Great Recession, he actually had new jobs to talk about at a regional jobs fair.
But he's worried. So few young people entered apprenticeship programs during the economic downturn that he and other recruiters fear the building trades could run short of skilled workers.
"When the economy picks up, we'll have this big hole," he said.
The implications are huge: A full economic rebound won't be possible without a robust comeback in the construction industry.
New home construction leads to spending on furniture, lawn equipment, appliances and residential upkeep. Commercial construction leads to new retail and entertainment venues. And construction jobs tend to pay well, giving those workers the ability and confidence to spend money on their own homes, fueling the economy more.
But restocking the talent pool can't be done overnight. Apprentices need three to five years of classwork and on-the-job training to become the expert masons, electricians, iron workers, insulators and painters needed to build a house or a skyscraper.
Younger workers, too, have more options than a decade ago. As service industries have become a bigger part of the nation's economy, workers can choose from more jobs that don't involve strenuous physical labor and long hours outdoors.
"There's definitely a need for people," said President Pete Chronis of Reece-Campbell Inc., a Cincinnati construction company. Many of the contractors he works with are worried about having enough skilled laborers in the training pipeline.
"There's a certain amount of ruggedness required," he said. "We need to glamorize working with your hands."
See Canadian imports Mike Holmes of Holmes on Homes, Holmes Inspection, and Holmes Makes It Right; Scott McGillivray of Income Property; and Jonathan Scott of Property Brothers along with the supporting cast of many other HGTV and DIY Network shows and perhaps the original reality-show tradesman, Massachusetts carpenter Norm Abram of PBS' This Old House.
Recruiters try to fill void left by recession
In a January survey, 51% of National Association of Home Builders members said they were concerned about having enough skilled workers this year, up from 13% in 2011. That's why Fridel, president of the Greater Cincinnati Apprenticeship Council, worked with urgency during the fair.
For three hours, he and other recruiters handed out pamphlets and explained the years of classroom and training needed to become expert in the trades. Fridel made pitches to young men straight out of high school, to unemployed people with some construction experience, and even to a mother of five girls who came looking for new career opportunities.
He and other recruiters promised a shot at a good career to anyone willing to work hard and put in the time. However, the work is challenging, and the most physically demanding specialties tend to struggle more than others to find apprentices.
"We have trouble getting them," said Jeff Garrett, an instructor for apprentice masons. "But once you're in, it sucks you in. At the end of the day, you get to see what you've built."
He's overseeing 12 full-time apprentices now, compared to two or three immediately after the recession, he said. Fridel's seen an increase in electrician apprentices, too, from about 30 a year after the recession to about 70 today.
Those numbers still are about 20% lower than before the recession when recruiting was easier and plenty of jobs were available.
Training and keeping good apprentices is tough when the economy is lousy. In good times, apprentices work while completing their classwork and training, giving them a steady income while they master a trade.
But in bad times, apprentices often have to keep up studies without benefit of on-the-job training or paycheck.
"We've been saying, 'Come in, stay in training, but keep your day job,' " said Pat Bready, an apprenticeship council consultant. "The programs can last five years, so when the building trades really come back, they're really going to have a huge need. I think this may be the year they have full employment in the program."
With better economy comes more opportunity
At least some job seekers were feeling better about their prospects, too. More than a hundred showed up for the jobs fair, and many said they expect to give apprenticeship a try.
"You have to work hard to earn it, but you can make good money in the trades," said Dominique Green, the mother of five who listened to Fridel's pitch. She said she and her husband came to the fair in hopes of finding something for both of them. "You've got to keep striving."
Fridel said apprenticeships still attract young people because of the physical nature of the work. But he said they're not as young as they used to be: The average age of applicants has risen to 24, compared with 18 or 19 a decade ago.
The education level of applicants also is up, probably because more people with college educations, or at least some college experience, have found the job market in service industries tougher than they expected, he said.
"It's a gateway to a career," Fridel said of the apprenticeship programs.
That was Sam Cole's thinking four years ago when he quit his job pouring house foundations to become an electrician apprentice. Cole, 35, took a pay cut at first, from about $18 an hour to $10.50, but he figured he would be better off in the long run.
Now he's a year away from completing his apprenticeship and earning $28 an hour as a journeyman electrician.
"It was hard at first," said the resident of Norwood, Ohio. "But it was about having a job versus having a career."
More houses, offices to be built
The latest Labor Department figures suggest more people might soon have an opportunity to pursue construction careers. Nationwide, the construction industry added 28,000 jobs in January and has grown by almost 300,000 jobs since its low point in January 2011.
Construction jobs still lag about 2 million behind the peak level from April 2006, so they have a long way to go.
Cincinnati's casino that opened last week helped keep workers on the job immediately after the recession, and now other projects may pick up the slack.
Work is under way downtown on a new $122 million headquarters for retail and brand analysts dunnhumbyUSA, and the city just announced plans for a 30-story tower with apartments, a grocery store and a parking garage.
Chad Day, executive secretary of the Cincinnati Building Trades, said more construction means more opportunity for apprentices and firms that hire them.
"There are some great projects coming up," Day said, surveying the jobs fair. "There's an opportunity for a lot of people here."
Is an apprenticeship right for you?
You can't just pick up a hammer and walk onto a job. Skilled laborers must spend years in apprenticeship programs to become expert electricians, masons, ironworkers and other jobs.
How long do apprenticeships last? Generally, three to five years. Full-time apprentices earn wages for their work and, upon completion of the program, are qualified to perform all the work of the trade.
How do I prepare? A high school education with a strong background in math and science is a good start. A strong work ethic and good attendance are crucial.
How do I get selected? Candidates take standardized tests and a committee of specialists from both management and labor organizations interview them.
Source: The Greater Cincinnati Apprenticeship Council
Copyright 2013 USATODAY.com
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The Government has unveiled plans to create a vast hub of technology companies in east London - stretching from the existing 'Silicon Roundabout' cluster in Old Street right up to the Olympic Park - to rival Silicon Valley as a centre of innovation. Steve Evans looks at the project
"Right now Silicon Valley is the leading place in the world for high-tech growth and innovation. But there's no reason why it has to be so predominant. Question is: where will its challengers be? Bangalore? Hefei? Moscow?" That was the question Prime Minister David Cameron asked as he launched the East End Tech City (or UK Tech City, or Silicon Roundabout, or Silicon Old Street as it has also been called).
Why not London? asked Cameron. All the ingredients are here, he added. The aim is to extend the current hub of technology start-ups around Old Street, Shoreditch and Hoxton right out to the Olympic Park in Stratford to create a credible alternative to Silicon Valley, which occupies the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area and now features the likes of Apple, Google, HP, Facebook, eBay, Oracle, NetApp, Juniper Networks and Cisco as well as many others.
"Our ambition is to bring together the creativity and energy of Shoreditch and the incredible possibilities of the Olympic Park to help make east London one of the world's great technology centres," he said at the launch.
And why this part of the capital in particular? "Something is stirring in east London. Only three years ago, there were just 15 technology start-ups around Old Street and Shoreditch," Cameron explained.
London's tech scene is burgeoning around the Silicon Roundabout
Fast forward to today and there are now more than 100 high-tech companies in the area. This on its own is incredibly exciting. "But combine that with the possibilities of the Olympic Park," said Cameron. "Just a few tube stops away, there's the potential for nearly one million square feet of flexible office and research space, which our technology companies could expand in to.
"Add to that the Olympic Park's green spaces, cafes and sports facilities, the quick access to City Airport and St. Pancras International and the fact that London has more outstanding universities than any other city in the world and it's clear that in east London we have the potential to create one of the most dynamic working environments in the world," Cameron said.
Plans for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park after 2012, as it will then become known, include turning the press and broadcast centres into an 'accelerator space' offering office space and expertise to help companies develop.
Some of the companies namechecked by Cameron forming the new wave of tech success stories in east London includes Songkick, which lets users organise and track their favourite bands and receive alerts about concert dates, business card maker Moo.com, and online music site Last.fm, which was sold to media firm CBS for around £140m.
Other companies based around the famous Old Street roundabout (where the Silicon Roundabout moniker comes from) include travel site Dopplr, sold to Nokia for between €10m-€15m, and TweetDeck, the social media app that was recently sold to Twitter itself for a reported $40m-$50m.
These recent deals suggest that the long-established tech hub - before we factor in the Government-backed Tech City - is having plenty of success and that companies in the US are casting their eyes further afield than Silicon Valley. "It feels like a really big win for London," TweetDeck's founder and CEO Iain Dodsworth told The Guardian.
"It feels like there's something meaningful there. It's quite a big deal that we were even bought in the first place. We are now Twitter, and we happen to be in London - it's significant that Twitter understands the benefit of having something outside of San Francisco," he added.
It's not just companies with a start-up mentality such as Twitter that are focusing their attention on Silicon Roundabout. Part of Cameron's pledge was the involvement of some of the world's biggest technology firms.
BT has said it will speed up the roll-out of its superfast broadband in the area, consultancy McKinsey & Company will be on hand to help nurture start-ups there, as will Qualcomm for matters relating to IP.
More controversially, Intel will establish a research lab in the Olympic Park, while Google will set up an Innovation Hub, "which will be a creative space for their researchers to come together with developers and academics to create the next generation of applications and services," as Cameron put it.
Facebook too will be there: its Developer Garage will have a permanent home to bring together developers and entrepreneurs from around the UK.
But that element has not met with universal praise by all Silicon Roundabout ventures. Chris Downs, founder of Levelbusiness.com, a start-up that offers free data on Companies House accounts and director information, tells CBR that having tech giants on the doorstep may not be beneficial to smaller firms.
"We're already losing people to the big guys such as Google," Downs says. "Is it wise to invite them in? It's tough to attract developers as it is. Do we need them there? It sounds great politically but may not help us much. We're not there because of what David Cameron says, we're there because other start-ups are there and we're all being disruptive."
It's an issue Eric Van der Kleij, CEO of the Tech City Investment Organisation, is aware of. "We're addressing it," he tells CBR. "What we're saying to our large corporates coming to Tech City is that yes, this is a great place to hire smart talent, but that we ask you to embrace a policy of training up two more developers or engineers from the local area for every developer or engineer that you hire. If everyone does that we'll never run out of talent in the area."
Van der Kleij adds that from his experience of speaking to the community, they are generally in favour of having these companies around, as "they want to innovate and sell to them and with them. They need to be on the doorstep for that. The [big] companies like to be in the community as well because they believe the next generation of innovation that will fuel their growth will come from the area. It's a very symbiotic relationship."
Downs' point about being at Silicon Roundabout because other start-ups are there echoes one of the reasons why Silicon Valley became such a Mecca. The creative minds coming out of Stanford University start their own businesses, and so the venture capital (VC) firms flock there to find the next big thing. That prompts more start-ups to head there, and the circle continues.
Can the same thing possibly happen here? David Scott, SVP & GM, HP Storage is a Brit who moved to Silicon Valley back in 1991. He then went on to lead storage firm 3PAR when it was acquired by HP in 2010.
"Once an enabling ecosystem develops it's very challenging for others to match it. The reason for Silicon Valley's success is that it initially acquired a lot of entrepreneurial spirit and talent and around that built an entire set of supporting services," he tells CBR. "It'll be a big challenge to replicate that anywhere in the world. It's not because there are not brilliant entrepreneurs and engineers in the UK, because there are, but it's more of an uphill struggle to get those businesses up off the ground."
Tech City will extend up to the Olympic Park
But there are signs that that sort of required ecosystem is developing in east London. "The magic of Silicon Valley is the cafes and bars, people meeting other people and discussing ideas and that is starting to happen here, it helps breed optimism," Levelbusiness.com's Downs points out.
His firm originally began life down the road in Farringdon but saw the benefit of moving to Old Street because of the other companies there and the support they could offer each other. Another attractive aspect is the cheap office space on offer. Levelbusiness.com is based in the same building as TechHub, a community space offering small tech start-ups desks, Wi-Fi, the ever-present flow of coffee and, most importantly, support.
Put together by tech journalist Mike Butcher and entrepreneur Elizabeth Varley it will, as Butcher put it when announcing it on TechCrunch, "be at the heart of the London tech start-up scene. It'll be funded through membership, sponsorship and other partners. It won't be an 'incubator' or have its own venture fund or anything like that, it'll just be a space."
"There's a buzz and excitement around the UK tech scene at the moment, and TechHub feels very similar [to Silicon Valley]," says Victoria Ransom. Ransom is the co-founder and CEO of social media marketing firm Wildfire Interactive and has plenty of experience of Silicon Valley and the tech start-up scene having founded a number of companies before Wildfire.
"The thing about Silicon Valley is that everyone is thinking about entrepreneurship," Ransom continues, echoing David Scott's comments. "If you go into a coffee shop in Palo Alto everyone in there is either an investor or an entrepreneur. You get so sucked in that you think, 'Why wouldn't I be an entrepreneur?', plus for people living there it's the same in terms of getting jobs - the only thing they'll do is work for a start-up. I think here there's probably not the same critical mass as in Silicon Valley, where if you've got lots of people around you taking that risk then it feels much easier doing it yourself."
Ransom goes on to explain that one of the other benefits is the easy access to VC money, another element that Eric Van der Kleij is working hard to get right for Tech City. He also suggests that Tech City may actually have an advantage over its US counterpart when it comes to VC funding.
"At the moment we're taking one big VC fund around Tech City each week," he says. "They're not stupid; they've got their scouts out and their radars are up. They know there is opportunity here. They tell us that in Silicon Valley they are competing for every good deal against the world's best venture capitalists, so the entry values are high. Here, because there is still a scarcity of capital they think they can get much better entry deals. And they are right, they can."
The people behind Tech City will point to the fact that everything is in place in London to create a hub of technology companies - the office space, the infrastructure, the funding and perhaps most importantly the support and mentorship. But how will Tech City define success? Is it creating the next technology giant to rival Facebook, Google, Twitter and the others? Is it selling them for vast sums of money?
Van der Kleij, who suggests that the next Facebook, Google or Twitter is already up and running in east London, says success will be when his Tech City Investment Organisation can take a step back: "Our role is to see what's needed here and nurture it so it's sustainable. Success for us is when we don't need to do that, when it's up and running by itself.
"There are two goals," he continues. "For it to be acknowledged internationally as the digital capital of Europe, and to have a thriving tech community from Old Street right up to and including Stratford and beyond in the years following the Olympic Games. That to me is proper success."
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America's housing giants
Don't free Fannie and Freddie
Letting them grow is no solution and could even be dangerous
THE news from America's housing market is getting no better. This week's helping of woe was a further sharp drop in pending home sales, an indicator of where the market is heading next. As sales plummet and defaults and foreclosures climb, pessimists fear that over a million Americans could be turfed out of their homes as adjustable-rate mortgages are reset (see article). What should policymakers do? An expansion of the Federal Housing Administration, which guarantees mortgages to iffy borrowers, is on the cards. But Congress is itching to do more: hence the calls to expand the role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the giant government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that tower over America's mortgage market.
Fannie's and Freddie's political allies want two things. The first is the raising of the $417,000 limit on the size of loans that the pair may handle. This would allow the GSEs into the “jumbo” mortgage market, where interest rates jumped in August. The second demand is the lifting of caps on the amount of mortgages they may buy and hold for themselves, put in place after accounting scandals a few years ago. Fannie and Freddie could then, as they portray it, ride to the rescue of struggling borrowers, injecting liquidity into parts of the market that have seized up. Their arguments are winning support, and opposition from the Bush administration and the GSEs' regulator—which has already raised the caps a little—is softening. Unfortunately, the ideas are likely to do more for Fannie and Freddie than for the mortgage market.
Start with the $417,000 limit. Lifting this—Freddie Mac suggests $650,000—could help if Fannie and Freddie scoured the upper bracket for borrowers who were struggling but viable. But their history suggests that they would cherry-pick those who could get refinanced elsewhere. And the jumbo-mortgage market may be correcting itself anyway: spreads over GSE-backed loans, though still unusually high, are falling.
There are two reasons not to let the GSEs' portfolios expand. First, it would be redundant. Whatever good Fannie and Freddie can do with bigger portfolios, they can already do through their other main business, guaranteeing and securitising others' mortgages, on which there are no limits. Fannie and Freddie would prefer to hold mortgages rather than guaranteeing them for a simple reason: it is more profitable.
It is also riskier. When they hold a mortgage, they take on not only credit risk but also interest-rate and prepayment risk. The loans they guarantee, in contrast, carry only credit risk (the other risks are borne by the investor in the securities). So as well as being just as effective, the guarantee business is also safer—and thus better for the taxpayer who unwittingly stands behind the GSEs. It is worth recalling that when Fannie and Freddie were caught mis-stating earnings by a combined $11 billion a little while ago, the mismanagement of interest-rate risk, not credit risk, caused their problems.
The dangers of privilege
Moreover, even if they grow no more, the mortgage giants pose a clear systemic threat. Their portfolios of retained mortgages and mortgage-backed securities add up to no less than $1.4 trillion. It is bad enough that this is concentrated in two institutions. Worse, they lack discipline because of the implicit guarantee. No matter how much risk they take or how they manage it, they can borrow at rock-bottom interest rates. If they got into trouble, banks as well as taxpayers would be on the hook. Banks may hold as much GSE debt as they want. Many have amounts that exceed their regulatory capital.
It would be better if instead of letting Fannie and Freddie become even more bloated, politicians saw the GSEs for the anachronism they are. They were set up decades ago to help banks pool concentrated regional mortgage risk and to make housing more affordable. But as the market has grown deeper and more sophisticated, history has left them behind—hence their desire to get into any bit of the business that will turn a profit. The eventual aim should be to turn them into normal private-sector companies, by stripping them of the charters that give rise to the implicit government guarantees, and break them into smaller pieces. Encouraging another growth spurt, even in today's sagging market, is asking for trouble.
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North Carolina has a huge public health infrastructure, and they have done a lot at the state and local level. RWJF has also invested a lot of resources there. It was a good lens through which to look at public health communications."
—Project Co-Director, Claire Reinhelt
Dates of Project: December 2010 to May 2011
Field of Work: Social network analysis of the public health communications network
Problem Synopsis: RWJF staff recognized a need to strengthen the capacity of the public health network in North Carolina to spread innovations and evidence-based practices by using social media more effectively and better connecting online and offline advocacy efforts.
Synopsis of the Work: Evaluators from the Leadership Learning Community used social network analysis to develop an understanding of the public health communications network and the connections among those who are creating and disseminating public health content online. The team focused on the 2011 launch of the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program in North Carolina for the project, which included analysis and mapping of three network datasets: a North Carolina action network of public health initiatives identified by the evaluators and two online social media channels, Twitter and blogs.
North Carolina Action Network Findings:
- The core of the North Carolina public health action network includes 34 initiatives, with connected organizations, that work closely to build a movement for healthy communities in the state.
- The initiative with the highest capacity to bridge to other initiatives and organizations in the network is Eat Smart, Move More.
- The @CHRankings account does not attract many individuals who are not connected to the account's core community.
- The 2010 and 2011 health rankings conversations attracted only people who are connected to each other.
- Blogs that cover the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps tend to address state or local news, while those that talk about RWJF generally discuss broader topics, such as health policy and social justice.
- The blog research uncovered three topical clusters:
- Urban angle (city planning, urban development, etc.)
- Food angle (including discussions of food deserts)
- General public health angle
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Google has released some information about the search behavior of iPhone users. Many of the searches are longer than 3 words and more diverse than other mobile devices. In fact, many searches are longer than typical computer searches!
Typical mobile searches tend to average around 2.5 words and be centered around the Adult and Entertainment niches.
Google attributes the phenomenon to what it refers to as "bar-bet" searches. The idea is that you're out with your friends debating some obscure piece of trivia and you pull out an iPhone to look up the answer.
They've even devised a mathematical equation to determine the intent of a searcher over time. It's called entro-percent and it looks like this:
What do you think of entro-percent and the iPhone search data? Share your thoughts by leaving a comment.
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Synthesis of oligos with a 3' N
Ransom Hill Bioscience
visla at ix.netcom.com
Fri Sep 26 10:02:43 EST 1997
One additional note. The loadings on the various CPGs vary wildly. You can purchase small quantities of CPG in bulk, i.e., not in columns from your supplier and these will list the "micromole/gram" loading. Then you can use these to bias the mixture of "N" CPG you prepare.
It is not uncommon to find an "A" CPG, for example loaded at 15 micromoles/gram and a "G" loaded at 35. In such a case you would be best served by mixing a 2:1 ratio of A to G.
For the remainder of the bases, what we do is actually mix the amidites and use the "alien base" port. This is best for two reasons: (1) No synthesizer can mix as well as you can, (2) the kinetics of incorporation vary, due to steric effects that not only derive from the difference between pyrimidine and purine, but among the protecting groups. T, for example requires no protecting group (no primary amine), is a pyrimidine, and is therefore incorporated at a rate slightly higher than expected. A and C are the slowest (bulky benzoyl protecting groups). We bias our amidite mixtures when we do this, and as a rule of thumb you could very closely approximate the empirically derived ratios by increasing A by 2%, C by 3%, and decreasing T by 5%. G will be the remainder.
I hope this helps, and if not, maybe it was interesting.
Michael MacDonell, Ph.D.
In article <+3gXsMAFB3K0Ewtq at demon.co.uk>,
"Dr. Duncan Clark" <duncan at genesys.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>What's the easiest or most reliable way to synthesise in house an oligo
>with a 3' N - combine four columns, A C G & T, in one or synthesise 4
>separate oligos and combine. What's the general approach for
>synthesising random hexamers or nonomers?
>The problem with being on the cutting edge is that you occasionally get
>sliced from time to time....
More information about the Methods
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Most pundits have written on how a Mitt Romney victory in Iowa would score him a knockout blow in the Republican presidential primary contest. The basic logic being that Romney has New Hampshire all but locked up, and a victory there and in Iowa would propel him to victories in South Carolina, Florida, and beyond.
A Romney loss in Iowa would give the caucus winner the "conservative" standard bearer badge to Romney's more moderate candidacy.
If current conservative flavor of the month Newt Gingrich won for example, he could easily win South Carolina in his native south. Combine this Gingrich win with the likely Romney win in New Hampshire, and we would be in for an extended nomination process.
Indeed, pretty much of the punditry on the early states revolves around a conservative candidate (whether it be Gingrich, Cain, Perry, etc.) emerging to challenge Romney. The only way Romney can avoid such a scenario is to win Iowa. But a different more interesting solution for Romney may be emerging.
There are signs
(see the great Selzer & Co.'s
Bloomberg poll) in some Iowa polling that Ron Paul is capable of garnering 20% support of Iowa caucus goers. In a field that includes six other viable candidates (Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich, Perry, Romney, and Santorum), 20% could conceivably win the caucus. Check out a possible outcome below.
If Romney were then to win in New Hampshire, the two early contests would be split between Ron Paul and Mitt Romney.
Considering the momentum effect of Iowa and New Hampshire, it would seem likely that conservatives in later states would line up between one of these two candidates. That is, there would be no "traditional conservative" (as described by the mainstream media) to challenge Romney.
While Paul supporters would argue that he is the "true conservative" in the Romney-Paul pair, most Republican primary voters would disagree.
Paul's positions on foreign policy, national security, drugs, and a host of other issues do not line up with what most Republican primary voters believe. Although Mitt Romney does not exactly have a long track record of "true conservative" stances, his current policy positions on most issues are closer to the core of the Republican party.
That is the reason why Romney not only has a higher favorability
among Republicans nationwide, but also has Republicans more enthusiastic
about his candidacy. One would think that the great majority of conservative voters in later states would quickly line up behind Romney as the only viable conservative and propel him to the nomination.
In other words, a Paul victory in Iowa is about as good for Romney as Romney winning the state himself.
Keep in mind that the chances of a Paul victory in Iowa are not great, and I certainly do not expect it. But for a primary season that has had more ups-and-downs than an episode of General Hospital, a Paul victory and its repercussions are something we should all keep in the back of our minds.
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Experts say Texas would be among the biggest beneficiaries of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The state stands to gain coverage for nearly 4 million uninsured residents.
But Gov. Rick Perry opposes the health law, and he's blocked moves to lay the groundwork for expanding coverage.
It's not clear what he would put in its place. Among the alternatives he's supported is an untested regional solution.
With Perry running for the Republican presidential nomination, health care in Texas and his own ideas as governor will be scrutinized on the national stage.
Texas boasts world-renowned facilities such as the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Texas also has the highest proportion of uninsured residents of any state - 26 percent.
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Mark 8 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)
Jesus Feeds the Four Thousand
8 During those days another large crowd gathered. Since they had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said, 2 “I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. 3 If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, because some of them have come a long distance.”
4 His disciples answered, “But where in this remote place can anyone get enough bread to feed them?”
5 “How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked.
“Seven,” they replied.
6 He told the crowd to sit down on the ground. When he had taken the seven loaves and given thanks, he broke them and gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people, and they did so. 7 They had a few small fish as well; he gave thanks for them also and told the disciples to distribute them. 8 The people ate and were satisfied. Afterward the disciples picked up seven basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 9 About four thousand were present. After he had sent them away, 10 he got into the boat with his disciples and went to the region of Dalmanutha.
11 The Pharisees came and began to question Jesus. To test him, they asked him for a sign from heaven. 12 He sighed deeply and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to it.” 13 Then he left them, got back into the boat and crossed to the other side.
The Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod
14 The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. 15 “Be careful,” Jesus warned them. “Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.”
16 They discussed this with one another and said, “It is because we have no bread.”
17 Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked them: “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Are your hearts hardened? 18 Do you have eyes but fail to see, and ears but fail to hear? And don’t you remember? 19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”
“Twelve,” they replied.
20 “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of pieces did you pick up?”
They answered, “Seven.”
21 He said to them, “Do you still not understand?”
Jesus Heals a Blind Man at Bethsaida
22 They came to Bethsaida, and some people brought a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. 23 He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus asked, “Do you see anything?”
24 He looked up and said, “I see people; they look like trees walking around.”
25 Once more Jesus put his hands on the man’s eyes. Then his eyes were opened, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. 26 Jesus sent him home, saying, “Don’t even go into[a] the village.”
Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah
27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
28 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”
29 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”
30 Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.
Jesus Predicts His Death
31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. 32 He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
33 But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.”
The Way of the Cross
34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 35 For whoever wants to save their life[b] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it. 36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? 37 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? 38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
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A violence prone-minority with a bad attitude and no sense of humor. Yep. Seems like you’ve met the Muslims before…
Yes, the humorless Muslims are back and protesting in a city near you. Not only in the nascent pan-Islamic caliphate, but in London, England. That darn YouTube video seems to really be getting under their skin. Ten thousand Muslims descended on Google’s office in London as part of a lead up to a “million-strong march in Hyde Park” to demand a ban of the video.
We shouldn’t be too surprised. We know that Muslims have no sense of humor and expect the rest of us to play along with their lack of understanding of basic human rights. Free speech is still free speech whether it offends them or not.
The best part of this protest is that they call on other religions – Jewish and Christians – to join in a call for civility.
“Organisations like Google are key players and have to take responsibility for civility. You can’t just say it doesn’t matter that it’s freedom of speech. It’s anarchy.”
Sheikh Siddiqui, a barrister from Nuneaton, said he wanted to form a coalition with the Church of England, Catholics, Jewish groups, Trade Unions and even Conservatives to encourage their ranks to join his “campaign for civility”.
“We want everyone in society to recognise these people are wrecking our fragile global society. We want the Church, the Synod, Jewish groups and establishment figures involved,” he said.
It’s a bad joke. Muslims calling on other religious groups that are regularly terrorized in Muslim countries. Christians are murdered and churches are burned all over the Islamic world. Jews, as well, are a hated minority – terrorized and murdered regularly – with the Muslim hope of complete annihilation.
The Muslims are not to be underestimated – they are flexing their muscles in the streets of London. They are testing the limits of a liberal democracy – in the country that gave the world the Magna Carta and John Locke – by calling for limits on freedom of speech, but at the same time using that same freedom to march by thousands in the streets attempting to impose their 7th century sensibilities onto our modern world with the implicit threat of violence.
Self-employed businessman Ahmed Nasar said he was worried the video could lead to violence in Britain in the same way as it had abroad. “If you push people too far,” he said, “You will turn the peaceful elements into violence.”
The western world is under siege in the name of tolerance and “civility”. To accept limits on free speech simply because that speech offends a particular group – to self censor due to fear – is where we are headed by not countering this march. In essence, we are destroying our own freedoms in order to avoid conflict – but unfortunately acquiescence is appeasement. Rather than bringing peace, we are bringing conflict by not making it clear that our western freedoms are not negotiable.
Barbarians are in the streets. Where is Charles Martel?
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Buying a good neighbourhood not easy when it comes to stocks
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I am not a real estate expert but years of home ownership have taught me one important rule. It is better to own the smallest house in a good neighbourhood than to own the biggest house in a bad neighbourhood.
A similar rule applies to equity investing. Better to own any stock in a strong sector that to own any stock in a weak sector.
In the North American equity investing world stock sectors are like neighbourhoods and Standard & Poor’s has organized them into ten distinct (primary) investable stock groups. They are Energy, Materials, Industrials, Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Health Care, Financials, Information Technology, Telecom Services and Utilities.
So far this year the strongest TSX sectors have been the Consumer Staples, Consumer Discretionary and the Health Care sectors. That means that the holders of stocks like Dollarama Inc. (DOL), Tim Hortons Inc. (THI), Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (ATD.B) or SXC Health Solutions Corp. (SXC) have likely had a positive investing experience so far this year.
So far this year the weakest TSX sectors have been the Energy and Materials sectors. That means that the holders of components Encana Corporation (ECA) and Teck Resources Limited (TCK.B) have likely had a negative investing experience so far this year.
Earlier I noted that Standard & Poor’s has organized the North American equity markets into ten distinct (primary) investable stock groups. The problem for North American investors is that none of the ten distinct or primary sectors are investable because you can’t buy an index.
In the U.S. the investable problem has been solved by the exchange traded fund (ETF) manufactures such as the Select Sector SPDRs people (visit sectorspdr.com) who have replicated nine of the ten primary sectors.
Here in Canada the investable problem is far from being addressed by our domestic ETF manufactures most likely due to our smaller tradable inventory of mid- to large-cap stocks.
Several years ago iShares ETFs (visit ca.ishares.com) was first out of the gate in Canada with sector ETFs that replicated the TSX financial, TSX Energy and TSX Materials sectors. The move made sense because these three sectors represented about 70 per cent of the total TSX Composite index by weight.
Lately there have been iShares offerings replicating the favoured “risk off” sectors such as the Consumer Staples and Utility sectors.
A new arrival to the ETF offerings landscape is the innovative BMO Financial Group which has a series of ETFs that cover most of the major global asset classes. Unfortunately, aside from some specialty Canadian offerings only the Equal Weight Banks Index (ZEB), the Equal Weight Oil & Gas Index (ZEO) and the Equal Weight Utilities Index (ZUT), offer exposure to any of the ten primary stock groups.
Market historians know that in the U. S. no bull market can operate without the participation from three groups of sectors, the interest sensitive financial sector, the economy sensitive technology and industrial sectors and the cyclical materials sector. In Canada no bull market can operate without the participation from three sectors, the interest sensitive financial sector, the economy sensitive industrial sector and the commodity sensitive materials sector.
Note the sectors common to both bull markets; financials and industrials.
Apparently Brian Belski, chief investment strategist at BMO Nesbitt Burns, is a big fan of the U.S. industrials sector. He argues that the recent retreat - driven by depressing news out of Europe, weak U.S. economic performance and signs of trouble in China - simply provides another reason to load up in anticipation of better days ahead
The U.S. industrials include the likes of FedEx Corp., General Electric Co, Boeing Co. and Union Pacific Corp. - which are definitely companies that tend to rise and fall with the global economy.
No mention is made of the 21 components of the Canadian industrial space that includes the likes of Bombardier Inc., CAE Inc., Canadian National Railway Company, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. and Westport Innovations Inc,
Our chart this week is that of the weekly closes of the TSX S&P/TSX Capped Industrials Index plotted above its U.S. peer the SPDR Industrial ETF (XLI). I had to use the TSX Industrial index because there is currently no ETF product in Canada replicating the sector. Note the high price correlation along with the recent corrective lows well above the mid 2011 lows.
I agree with Mr. Belski but unfortunately the opportunity to enjoy the industrial sector is limited to the U.S. equity space because Canadian investors have no way to buy into the TSX Industrial sector unless they engage in stock picking.
Bill Carrigan, CIM is an independent stock-market analyst. He can be reached at: firstname.lastname@example.org
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By Peter Marcus, DENVER DAILY NEWS
Congresswoman Diana DeGette joined U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer yesterday at Denver Health to highlight the impacts of federal health care reform legislation.
The visit to Denver Health comes as Colorado voters must decide this November whether to repeal portions of the legislation. Libertarian leader Jon Caldara is sponsoring a ballot initiative that would exempt Coloradans from being “forced” to carry health insurance or pay a penalty.
But DeGette, D-Denver, and Hoyer, D-Md., said health reform is helping, particularly when it comes to safety-net hospitals and community health centers. Denver Health is considered Colorado’s primary safety-net hospital.
“The Affordable Care Act dramatically decreases the number of uninsured Americans, meaning that no longer will a significant portion of our population use the ER as their primary care physicians,” said DeGette. “This will allow emergency rooms, such as the one at Denver Health, to more quickly provide their outstanding care to the individuals that need it most, while those with less pressing concerns can seek refuge in our burgeoning community health centers.”
Supporters of the reform effort point out that Denver Health alone is expected to spend more than $350 million this year to treat the uninsured.
Community health centers are expected to receive increased funding under the health care overhaul, and are expected to double their capacity within the next five years.
But Caldara believes Coloradans will reject what he and other opponents of the legislation call “ObamaCare,” named because President Obama so passionately pushed for the overhaul of the nation’s health care system.
Caldara says the majority of Coloradans agree that people shouldn’t be “forced” into buying health care. He submitted more than 130,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office earlier this month to get the measure on the ballot.
“We’re going to make Colorado a sanctuary state for quality health care,” Caldara said recently. :How they can argue that Coloradans should not have choice in their health care, in that somehow it’s good to force people into health care plans they do not want, is mystifying to me.”
But Dr. Patricia A. Gabow, chief executive of Denver Health, said yesterday that the federal legislation will help her hospital to bring better care to all of its patients, especially indigent patients.
“Once uninsured families receive coverage, they will be able to see actual primary care physicians for their ongoing well-being and their periodic illnesses like colds and sore throats,” said Gabow. “This will help the entire Denver Health system care for all our patients, by ensuring they always receive the right care, at the right place, at the right cost.”
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The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail is a series of championship golf courses across Alabama that are based on the designs of legendary American golf-course architect Robert Trent Jones Sr. The system is part of a massive financial investment and economic development project sponsored by the Retirement Systems of Alabama and includes resorts, spas, and dining facilities. The Trail has been praised widely by critics and players alike for the affordability and the quality of play. It has been cited in the media as one of the world's top-ten trips and was featured prominently in the book Fifty Places to Play Golf Before You Die by Chris Santella.
The plan for the golf trail was originally conceived by David G. Bronner, a Minnesota native who in 1973 took over as chief executive officer of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, the pension funds for public employees. Bronner, who earned both a law and doctoral degree from the University of Alabama, initially concentrated on traditional investments. But by the mid-1980s, facing the challenge of diversifying a now-$8 billion pension fund and bringing more business and industry to an underdeveloped state, Bronner embarked on a highly unusual strategy. Inspired by Field of Dreams, a 1989 Hollywood film in which a farmer builds a baseball field to attract tourism, Bronner decided to fund construction of a series of championship-caliber public golf courses in the state. He envisioned the courses as a fulcrum for boosting tourism, attracting retirees, and spurring economic growth within the state. Bronner first brought in Robert "Bobby" Vaughan, the former director of golf at Tanglewood Golf Club in Clemmons, North Carolina, to put together a design team for the project. Vaughan formed the SunBelt Golf Corporation and, with Bronner's assistance, began forming alliances with municipalities, corporations, and private developers throughout the state to secure donations of prime land for the courses along the state's interstate highway system. When all the property was secured, SunBelt began hiring experts from throughout the U.S. golf industry to develop, construct, and operate what would be the largest single golf-course construction project ever undertaken at one time anywhere in the world.
Early on, Bronner and Vaughn seized on the idea of establishing a "trail" of golf courses that would meander across the state, from the foothills of the Appalachians in north Alabama to the Gulf of Mexico in the south. In this conception, winter residents of the Gulf Coast heading south could play golf as soon as they crossed over the Tennessee line and continue all the way down to Mobile Bay. The next challenge was to decide upon a name for the trail that golfers from around the world would instantly recognize and associate with championship golf. They settled on Robert Trent Jones, arguably the premier golf-course architect in the world. In a career that spanned nearly 70 years, Jones had designed or redesigned nearly 500 top-flight golf courses in 45 states and 35 countries. Jones's belief that every golf hole should be "a hard par but an easy bogey," had exerted a profound impact on American golf in the second half of the twentieth century.
Early in the planning process, Jones visited the state and inspected several of the sites, and although he was in semi-retirement, Jones agreed to tackle the project, although he left most of the detailed design work to his principal associate, Roger Rulewich. Still, the Trail courses reflected all the essential elements of Robert Trent Jones's personal design philosophy, in which "risk-reward" shots became a staple of modern golf. The golf courses on the Trail would live up to Jones's highest standards, offering genuine championship layouts designed to stand the test of time and pose major tests for generations of golfers. Aspiring to a level of difficulty that even surpassed the expectations of Jones himself, SunBelt president Bobby Vaughn encouraged Jones's associate Roger Rulewich to make the trail courses as difficult as possible, while at the same time offering value to players at various skill levels. A wide variety of teeing locations, pegged to ability level rather than age or gender, enabled golfers to play the courses at varying distances. This flexibility was absolutely needed to make the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail a satisfying golfing experience for a mass market, an experience that would challenge the best golfers in the world yet at the same time allow an enjoyable outing for casual and beginning golfers. Adding to the flexibility was the inclusion of so-called short courses, highly challenging circuits located at seven of the 11 trail facilities. At least three of these courses have merited consideration as the most challenging par-3 courses in the world.
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail opened in 1992 with four courses: Grand National (Opelika, 54 holes), Hampton Cove (Huntsville, 54 holes), Magnolia Grove (Mobile, 54 holes), and Oxmoor Valley (Birmingham, 54 holes). The following year, three additional courses opened: Highland Oaks (Dothan, 54 holes), Cambrian Ridge (Greenville, 54 holes), and Silver Lakes (Anniston/Gadsden, 36 holes). The Bronner-Vaughn strategy worked: The golf trail earned nearly universal acclaim, winning accolades and awards from numerous golf and tourism magazines and quickly transforming Alabama into one of the world's top golf destinations. With green fees initially starting at less than $50 for a round of golf, the Wall Street Journal cited the trail as one of the best bargains in the nation.
The system has since expanded to include four additional sites: Capitol Hill (Prattville/Montgomery, 54 holes), Ross Bridge (Hoover, 18 holes), Lakewood Golf Club (Point Clear, 18 holes), and The Shoals (Florence, 36 holes). Three of the sites are also host to on-site Marriott hotels offering deluxe resort amenities and services. The trail has hosted a number of major golf championships, heightening awareness and bringing it even wider publicity. In 2000, the Grand National in Opelika hosted the NCAA Men's Division I National Championship, followed by the Women's Division I National Championship in 2004. From 2002 through 2005, the Ladies Professional Golf Association held its Tournament of Champions at Magnolia Grove in Mobile. From 2004 to 2006, the culminating event of the Nationwide Tour took place at Capitol Hill in Prattville.
Although the golf courses themselves are only marginally profitable when compared with other aspects of the $25 billion-plus
Alabama retirement system, the overall trail initiative and accompanying hotel development served as the centerpiece of a
successful effort to bolster tourism and attract industry to Alabama, bringing about a billion dollars to the state between
1995 and 2005. Indeed, the RSA became the largest hotel developer in the state. The trail has spawned several state-financed
projects in other southern states, including Tennessee's "The Bear Trace" (a series of Jack Nicklaus designs) and Louisiana's
"The Audubon Golf Trail."
Golf Digest's Places to Play in the Southeast. New York: Fodor's Travel Publications, 1998.
Santella, Chris. Fifty Places to Play Golf Before You Die. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2005.
Segrest, Michelle. Alabama, Northwest Florida Golf: The Ultimate Guide to the Region's Public Courses. Birmingham: Seacoast Publishing, 1994.
James R. Hansen
Published August 4, 2008
Last updated March 29, 2012
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I realize that Halloween is a week behind us, but thinking of some of things I saw last week I still get the creeps. For example, we had a pumpkin decorating contest here in our building at SAS. Well, one contestant called their pumpkin “The Rat” – and on the outside of the pumpkin there were two, large plastic snakes. You were invited to lift the lid off this pumpkin and look inside, but honestly, those snakes were so realistic they gave me the creeps and I couldn’t get near it (looks gross, doesn't it?).
Every now and again, I see ways of programming creeping into my everyday life and sometimes it makes me laugh, while other times I just have to shake my head. You know you might be “enjoying” programming a little too much when you start sending if – then scenarios written in SAS code in personal emails!
Our assignment this week was to cover Chapter 2 in the Certification Prep Guide and the correlating chapter in Ron Cody’s book, Learning SAS by Example which was chapter 4. The main topic of these chapters were referencing files and creating permanent data sets. While the consensus was that the Prep Guide was just a tad dry, we found Cody’s book to give us the clarification that I know I needed. Thanks Ron for writing a book that makes learning SAS a little bit easier.
This week in our study group session we spent some time discussing data null. There was some confusion as to whether or not this step was used that much in the real-world, so today we are asking you to give us a simple example of when you use this step. It was later explained to me by someone with years of programming experience the benefits of using this step; mainly, the fact that by using data null you are not using disk space to generate a new dataset. While the creation of a new dataset isn’t that big of a deal in a classroom environment when our data is small, I image that when your data sets are larger it makes a huge difference.
So, share with us your simple, real-world application for data null and let us know how SAS programming is creeping into your life outside of work.
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Ohio Senate passes bill to restrict ownership of exotic animals
The Ohio Senate recently passed a bill that would restrict the ownership of exotic animals, including tigers, lions and other species. The bill, which cleared the Senate by a 30-1 vote and now goes to the House for consideration, would ban Ohio residents from acquiring new exotic animals and place strict regulations on those who currently own exotic species. Sanctuaries, research institutions and other facilities accredited by national zoo groups would be exempt from the bill.
If the bill gets signed into law by the governor, current owners would be allowed to keep their exotic animals but would be required to obtain a state-issued permit by 2014. In addition, these owners would have to meet other strict conditions, including passing a background check, posting warning signs and obtaining liability insurance.
The measure follows the October release of dozens of exotic animals by their owner, Terry Thompson of Zanesville, Ohio, who subsequently committed suicide. The release ultimately resulted in the death of 48 of the animals by authorities. Five of the surviving animals were quarantined and underwent health evaluations for infectious or contagious diseases.
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) has since lifted the quarantine and the animals will be returned to Marian Thompson, the widow of the man who released them. According to ODA, Mrs. Thompson has indicated that she intends to take the animals back to the farm in Zanesville and return them to the cages they were originally housed in.
"This raises concerns, as she has indicated the cages have not been repaired, and has repeatedly refused to allow animal welfare experts to evaluate if conditions are safe for the animals and sufficient to prevent them from escaping and endangering the community," said Erica Pitchford, spokesperson for ODA, in a prepared statement.
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Do you immediately crave comfort food when stress hatchets your happiness? Reaching for your preferred foods—whether they are high-carb, sugary, fatty, salty, creamy, or crunchy—can certainly make you feel better in the short-run, but if your level of stress has you frequently noshing on high calorie comfort foods, you’re going to create another source of stress: weight gain. Here are five healthy stress-busting foods that offer long-term comfort without the need to worry about your waist.
Despite your stress-driven proclivity for large helpings of pasta, make a small pasta side and partner it with a fish fillet, particularly tuna or salmon. Not only is fish a lean quality source of protein, it will help stabilize your blood sugar levels, which rollercoaster in response to stress. The tasty abundance of omega-3s in cold-water fatty fish also offers anti-inflammatory factors that can protect your stress-strained heart. Ditch the high-carb comfort foods and try a tuna sandwich, broiled salmon with fresh fruit salsa, or tilapia cakes with yogurt sauce.
When stress strikes and you get the shivers, soothe your soul with a warm, wonderful curry dish. Not only is curry a delectable combination of flavorful spices, it is also considered a heart healthy and brain-boosting condiment, perfect for protecting your heart against stress and giving you dietary support to stay focused when stress threatens to leave you scatterbrained.
Bananas, rich in B-vitamins and potassium, are super convenient to pack in your purse and peel when your stress levels start ratcheting upward. Research shows that B-vitamin deficiencies can lead to feeling stressed, anxious, and even depressed while a deficiency in potassium can lead to heart problems.
When stress launches your supercharged carb cravings, reach for whole grain breads before the jumbo bakery muffins or, worse, the box of highly-processed baked goods. Whole grain bread is higher in healthy complex carbohydrates, including fiber, as well as B-vitamins, which can help you deal with stress. For a quick and easy comfort food treat, spread almond butter on a piece of toast and top it off with fresh fruit for an extra dose of smart-carb nutrition.
If your everyday level of stress is high, just wait for PMS to hit and your ability to manage stressors may just plummet. The calcium and vitamin D in dairy-rich foods have been shown to ease PMS symptoms, such as mood swings and irritability, and can do double-duty by helping you fight fat and stay slim and trim despite your seemingly uncontrollable desire to emotionally (over)eat. The rich, creaminess of Greek-style yogurt may be all you need to soften the sharp edges of a stress-fueled bad mood.
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Thinking of voting Green? Before you do you should look into their practices in the bush.
In an article entitled Green philosophy burns bright once again by Roger Franklin the Green’s disregard for the people who live and work in the bush, for their lives and for their assets is fully explained.
As for reducing fuel levels with controlled, “cool” burns during spring and autumn, the cultists will always fight that tooth and nail, as they did for years in and around Nillumbik. A procession of fire experts visited the district and saw nothing but disaster in the making, but their reports and warnings were rejected by a council whose officers were busy ticketing residents for collecting fallen wood from the verges in front of their properties, amongst other offences against green goodness. Dare to cut down a tree, even on private land, and the fines were ruinous.
Lives lost to the Green Goddess but still they force their insane and dangerous practices on the country, most recently in Tasmania, and what amazes me, people still vote for them.
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Serving up all the latest food news, cool foodie products, gossip, and good deals that are fit to print!
5 Food Superstitions for Friday the 13th
Typically, Friday is a day to be celebrated, a pseudo-holiday of sorts representing the end of the workweek. Friday the 13th, however, is different known by Western superstition as being particularly unlucky. In honor of Friday the 13th, here are five food superstitions to avoid, or perhaps debunk (depending on your own superstitions) on this notoriously unlucky day.
1. Bananas On a Boat: Bringing a banana on a boat has long been thought to be unlucky. The superstition started with fishermen who believed that the presence of a banana would bring bad luck for that day's catch. Others take the myth more seriously, thinking that a banana on a boat will bring death. According to the Los Angeles Times, modern day sailors and boaters are still extremely superstitious when it comes to bananas. Many captains go a step further than banning the yellow fruit, and also prohibit Banana Republic and Fruit of the Loom clothing.
2. Salt: Spilling salt is possibly the most popularized food superstition. Luckily, this one has an easy remedy. While spilling salt is thought to be unlucky, throwing a pinch over your left shoulder is said to counteract the bad luck. Eatocracy reports that the toss over the left shoulder is based on historical mythology that the Devil sits on your left shoulder and an angel sits on your right. Thus, tossing salt over the left wards off evil.
3. 13 People at a Dinner Party: Having 13 guests at a dinner party is also thought to be unlucky. The superstition has been a part of French culture throughout history. According to the Huffington Post, there are French socialites called quatorziens (fourteeners), who are available to fill in as a 14th dinner guest to rescue the other 13 attendees from bad luck. Franklin Delano Roosevelt also believed in this superstition, and refused to have 13 guests at dinner parties.
4. Cutting Noodles: While noodles are thought to bring good fortune and a long life in Chinese culture, cutting those same noodles brings about a different fortune. According to WishGoodLuck.com, cutting noodles (especially those served on the New Year and at birthday parties) causes bad luck and a shortened lifespan.
5. Hot Peppers and Friendship: While there are several versions of this myth, many believe that pepper (the spice) or hot peppers can bring discontent among friends. One version of the superstition says that spilling pepper can cause disagreements between friends. According to MyRecipes, when working in the kitchen, handing a hot chili pepper directly to a friend will cause disagreements in your relationship. However, the bad luck can be avoided by putting the hot pepper down on a surface and allowing said friend to pick it up as a separate action.
Do you believe in food superstitions? Which ones?
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It was unnecessarily elitist, since the amount of math you described is not even necessary to get through Einstein's own Relativity: The Special and General Theory
"The present book is intended, as far as possible, to give an exact insight into the theory of Relativity to those readers who, from a general scientific and philosophical point of view, are interested in the theory, but who are not conversant with the mathematical apparatus of theoretical physics. The work presumes a standard of education corresponding to that of a university matriculation examination, and, despite the shortness of the book, a fair amount of patience and force of will on the part of the reader. The author has spared himself no pains in his endeavour to present the main ideas in the simplest and most intelligible form, and on the whole, in the sequence and connection in which they actually originated. In the interest of clearness, it appeared to me inevitable that I should repeat myself frequently, without paying the slightest attention to the elegance of the presentation. I adhered scrupulously to the precept of that brilliant theoretical physicist L. Boltzmann, according to whom matters of elegance ought to be left to the tailor and to the cobbler. I make no pretence of having withheld from the reader difficulties which are inherent to the subject. On the other hand, I have purposely treated the empirical physical foundations of the theory in a "step-motherly" fashion, so that readers unfamiliar with physics may not feel like the wanderer who was unable to see the forest for the trees. May the book bring some one a few happy hours of suggestive thought!"
- Albert Einstein - from the introduction
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Well, I saw and experienced first-hand some of what makes for “quality of life” potential last Saturday.
The “Pirates of the Trail Day” celebrated the opening of walking/jogging and biking trails along the “rail trails” in Farmington and Clinton, and showcased other trails in the cities in between.
Young and old could be seen walking the trail on what, thankfully, was a warm but largely overcast day – lessening the chances for sunburn.
There were roller bladers, skateboarders, young families and many of us older folks, either riding bikes or walking all or part of the trail.
Scavenger hunts, historic displays about the Denver, Rio Grande & Western Railroad, as well as prizes and water/information stops along the way made for a festive atmosphere at points along the way.
The DRG&W Railroad, as it was commonly called, operated to varying degrees through Davis County for more than 100 years.
As explained to me by Bill Sanders, curator of the Heritage Museum in Layton, a narrow gauge line was built through the county, south to north, in 1882. He manned a booth with lots of pictures and information about the railroad, with the freight portion folded into the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1988, and passenger service taken over by Amtrak.
“It’s amazing how we lose track of history,” Sanders said. “Some people asked me, ‘What does DRG&W stand for?’”
Along the trail, on the Layton/Kaysville portion that I walked, there were old signal boxes and even some iron rails visible, discarded by crews as the rail line was disbanded, years ago.
Reporter/photographer Louise Shaw caught the action in Farmington, where city dignitaries were on hand to open a new trail.
Mayor Scott Harbertson was there for the ribbon cutting near the Legacy Events Center. He praised the efforts of George Chapman, who has long been involved in working to make the community a better place.
Chapman said the city reportedly has 105 miles of trails, stretching from the hillsides on the east to the Great Salt Lake. That’s believed to be about the highest number of miles in the state.
In Kaysville, which Louise also visited, the recreation department ran a booth that even included doggie treats, along with bananas, Frisbees, and more.
Long after the official celebration was open, there were plenty of people making their way along the trail. Even the mom with two very tired youngsters that I encountered heading north from Kaysville back to north Layton appeared relieved at finishing, but glad they’d done it.
There’s really a lot to this quality of life thing. It’s alive and well, and growing.
Thanks to all who have worked so hard to make these trails happen!
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|November 15, 2012 02:03 AM EST||
LONDON, November 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
And launches free guide to help them plan for the future
As the Association of British Insurers warned last week that living beyond 100 will become the norm by 2100*, research from later-living experts McCarthy & Stone reveals many over-60s have no idea how they are going to cope financially.
McCarthy & Stone, which has launched a free mini-guide to financial planning for later life to help people plan for their retirement, conducted research among 1,000 retired people aged over 60 and found:
- Nine per cent of respondents have no idea how they are going to cope in the future, which if compared to the population of over-60s living in the UK, equates to over 1.2m people**
- 25 per cent have not made a will
- 48 per cent have never talked to their family about their money, pension, savings or future housing and care needs
McCarthy & Stone's new financial planning guide provides a variety of information, including a financial planning checklist, advice on state benefits that people might be entitled to and options to help them fund their retirement, including equity release and downsizing. It also gives advice on issues such as making a will and appointing a power of attorney.
Ali Crossley, Executive Director of McCarthy & Stone, said: "As experts predict that life expectancy will continue to increase, people cannot afford to bury their heads in the sand about the way they will manage financially in their retirement years. They need to discuss these issues with their family and put clear plans in place.
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The guide follows a number of financial services that have recently been launched by McCarthy & Stone including a Pension Annuities Service, an Equity Release Service, a Lasting Power of Attorney Service and a Guaranteed Funeral Plan.
The guide can be obtained by calling +44(0)800-919-132 or by e-mailing email@example.com.
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McCarthy & Stone Money provides financial planning services to people in later life. The company offers a range of financial services that are tailored around the customer to enable them to make the right choices when making important decisions about how to support their retirement lifestyle:
- An annuities comparison service.
- An equity release service in partnership with Age Partnership.
- Later Life Planning services such as Will writing and the preparation and registration of a Lasting Power of Attorney (Property & Finance), as well as thoughtful and cost-effective support with planning a funeral.
- A Free Benefits Advice that offers customers support to help understand which benefits they are entitled to and how much financial support they can expect to receive.
*Otto Thoresen sets out a five point plan to tackle the UK savings gap in his speech to The Actuarial Profession Life Insurance Conference in Brussels (PDF). http://www.abi.org.uk
**14,275,000 over 60s in the UK in 2011 (Office of National Statistics, UK Population Report, 29 March 2012). 9% of this group equals 1,284,750.
The research was conducted for McCarthy & Stone by OnePoll
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Re: Retroposon evidence for an explosive radiation of Neoaves
They've got Paleognaths grouping together, then chicken-ducks (not
that this is controversial, I just like saying chicken-ducks).
And then like said a very comby Neoaves. They show the Turaco and
Cuckoo as sisters as are Swifts and Hummingbirds. They find that New
World Vultures are definitely not closely related to storks. Owls and
Falcons show as very close, but not in a sister group relationship, I
think that there used to be a lot of people that argued for this.
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Quinn Yarbro's seventieth book, and her third e-book, Alas, Poor Yorick, is unique even for a Yarbro work. Opening two decades before the events of Shakespeare's play Hamlet, this is how it began. It's told by Yorick, jester and conscience to the elder Hamlet, King of Denmark; and it's told as it happens. We know what will happen to young Hamlet, the Prince, in the tale of Shakespeare; here are the friendships, the enlistments, the first betrayals, and the treasons that led to tragedies that we see on the stage.
This is a tale of sex and politics. And duty and betrayal, and war and love. And what happens when those closest to youthe ones you depend onmust choose between fate and friendship.
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Apparently only at the concept stage now, but one advantage over wind turbines is that it eliminated the rotating blades, with their consequent noise and risk to birds:
New York design firm Atelier DNA has an alternative concept that ditches blades in favor of stalks. Resembling thin cattails, the Windstalks generate electricity when the wind sets them waving...Further details at Discovery News.
The proposed design calls for 1,203 "“stalks," each 180-feet high with concrete bases that are between about 33- and 66-feet wide. The carbon-fiber stalks, reinforced with resin, are about a foot wide at the base tapering to about 2 inches at the top. Each stalk will contain alternating layers of electrodes and ceramic discs made from piezoelectric material, which generates a current when put under pressure. In the case of the stalks, the discs will compress as they sway in the wind, creating a charge.
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STS-132: Astronauts Practice Launch Countdown
In preparation for liftoff of space shuttle Atlantis on the STS-132 mission, the six-member crew arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The astronauts flew to Kennedy to conduct the prelaunch training and countdown dress rehearsal, officially known as the Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test.
The training began with the standard instruction on driving the M-113 armored personnel carriers as part of their emergency escape training.
They rehearsed evacuation procedures at Launch Pad 39A, where Atlantis is undergoing launch preparations.
Crew members had an opportunity for a final fit check of their familiar orange launch-and-entry suits, and a chance to answer questions from media representatives who gathered for a news conference at the launch pad.
Ken Ham/STS-132 Commander: There’s an incredible amount of activity going on right now in the space world and we should all be enjoying it. I can tell you for sure the six of us are.
The centerpiece of the crew's most recent training was a launch dress rehearsal and practice countdown with the look and feel of a real launch day.
This sets the stage for Atlantis and crew to fly a 12-day mission to the International Space Station.
With the exercises behind them, the astronauts will continue training at their home base, NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, before returning to Florida for their targeted May launch.
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Chapter Three of Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon is titled, appropriately enough, “Three Women.” It opens with Sam Spade chastising his exhausted secretary, Effie Perine, for allowing Iva Archer, his dead partner’s widow, into the office. Spade is impatient with the woman–his secret lover–and extricates himself from her clutches as soon as possible. He later attempts to track down the elusive Miss Wonderly, who has checked out of her hotel in the wake of Miles Archer’s death.
As with much of the original novel, “Three Women” is translated almost verbatim into John Huston’s screenplay for the 1941 film. And of the three screen adaptations of The Maltese Falcon, Huston’s version best captures each of these women in the cinematic flesh. Through astute casting and subsequently strong performances, the film fleshes out three very different (yet familiar) female archetypes: the helpmate, the “spider,” and the conniving bitch. Spade’s interactions with the three women whose lives are intertwined with his own–Effie, Iva, and Wonderly (soon to be revealed as Brigid O’Shaughnessy)–reveal much about his character, and also illuminate how the über-masculine Spade rejects the very notion of femininity, even while he is, in some ways, very much at the mercy of the so-called “weaker” sex.
Effie (played by Lee Patrick) is the woman who knows all of Spade’s faults and accepts him for who he is (for the most part). Though he is somewhat affectionate in his regard for her–more so than with any other woman in the film–there is little indication that their relationship is, or has ever been, sexual. If anything, Effie treats Spade almost maternally. But theirs is ultimately a business arrangement: as his secretary, she keeps his life in order and follows his instructions to the letter, the very definition of a “Girl Friday.” Perhaps because of this, Spade does not treat her with the same shrouded contempt and judgment with which he views the other female figures in the film–though he still objectifies Effie, much as he does Iva and Brigid, by calling her “angel” in lieu of her given name.
Of the female characters, Iva (Gladys George) comes closest to stereotype as the prototypical “woman scorned.” She thinks enough of herself and her charms (the “web” in which she believes she has trapped the man) to assume that Spade killed Archer just to be with her. But his reluctance to see her after Archer’s death, and his disgusted facial expressions when she throws herself into his arms, indicate that Spade has lost interest in the woman. Spade finds Iva’s weeping–put-on though it may be–a nuisance, and she becomes an albatross around his neck when her fury over his short-sighted rejection of her (and the drama surrounding her) leads to Iva informing the police about their affair. In this case, Spade underestimates the trouble that a woman could cause him, and it ends up putting even more pressure on him as he tries to unravel the mystery of the black bird.
And then there’s Brigid O’Shaughnessy. Of any character in the film, she most matches Spade in both wits and manipulative prowess–as I stated in yesterday’s entry on the film, Brigid and Spade are, in some respects, two sides of the same damaged coin. But Brigid is somewhat more transparent than her male counterpart; her breathless speech and inability to look Spade directly in the eyes (notice how she’s always looking past him or to the side or up at the ceiling in many of their scenes together) mark her as a liar almost from the start. And Spade sees right through what he calls Brigid’s “schoolgirl” act; he does not believe her initial story when she hires him, and he does not believe anything she subsequently says. Knowing Spade distrusts her, however, does not stop Brigid from using her feminine wiles to try and ensnare Spade … and it works, to a degree–the man simply can’t help himself. One could argue that, with the two of them, the attraction is merely sexual, and an extension of Spade’s aggressive nature. The first time he kisses her, Spade grabs her face roughly and practically forces her lips to meet his–it’s an act of pure, possessive lust, not affection. And yet it works, because Brigid instinctively understands and accepts his aggression, because it’s an equally important part of her own nature. The fact that Spade even appears to entertain the thought, however briefly, of allowing Brigid to get away with Archer’s murder indicates the level to which she got to him–when he offers to wait for her, and hopes aloud that they don’t “hang [her] … by that sweet neck,” it’s the biggest concession Spade will allow in regards to the weakness of emotional attachment. Of course, that’s pretty much ruined with his next statement: “If they hang you, I’ll always remember you.” Quite the romantic, that Sam Spade.
It’s also worth noting that these women are not the only “feminine” characters whose paths cross Spade’s in the film. Just as there is a trio of female foils, there is a triad of male figures whose masculinity–at least in the eyes of Spade himself–is so negligible that they could be considered another “womanly” group within the film (in fact, there seems to be a theme of “threes” within the film–three women, three male criminals, three identities for Brigid, etc. … though the significance of that may be minimal, at best). Peter Lorre’s character, Dr. Cairo, can also be considered a feminine influence on Spade–and a decidedly unwelcome one, at that. Spade’s ire is raised from the moment Effie hands him Cairo’s gardenia-scented calling card, and is heightened when the foppish man enters the detective’s office. Spade takes a great deal of pleasure in bullying the effeminate Cairo, first by essentially emasculating the criminal by disarming the man of his (phallic) weapon, and later through physically imposing his brute strength on Cairo with a solid punch to the jaw. In Spade’s mind, Cairo is the epitome of weakness–a man whose appearance and demeanor are overtly feminine–and the man must thereby be punished. That same mindset extends to the gunsel, Wilmer (Elisha Cook, Jr.); Spade enjoys teasing Wilmer, casting doubt upon his abilities and then taking visible delight when Wilmer attempts to “man up” by threatening to kill Spade. And Gutman (Sydney Greenstreet), though in many ways the most masculine of the film’s evildoers, is, by virtue of being Wilmer’s supposed lover, included in Spade’s derision. When the detective tries to turn Gutman against Wilmer, he does so by reminding Gutman that there is always another “son” (read: lover) out there, but only one gold-encrusted falcon. Spade’s expression during this scene hints at his distaste at the relationship between Gutman and Wilmer, but despite his own rejection of the very concept, Spade is not above using it as a means to an end.
The movie ends with Brigid being taken away to jail, but the book revisits the other two women in Spade’s life, ending with his return to his office, where he must face Effie’s disapproval and Iva’s continued presence in his life. There is a sense, however, that Spade will reject both–that he will ignore Effie’s feelings about what he has done to Brigid, and that he will, at some point, cast Iva out for good, for ultimately, Spade’s rejection of the feminine is an essential part of his character. His rough-hewn exterior–crude, hard-boiled, sometimes cruel–exists, in part, because it differentiates him from the “weaknesses” that affect others. He doesn’t demonstrate outward compassion after Archer’s death because doing so would mark him, too, as somewhat weak. The same goes for his final confrontation with Brigid; to allow her to get away with murder, all in the name of love, would be the action of a soft man, not a strong one. After all, sympathy and emotion are feminine traits, not to be tolerated in a “real” man. The most Spade can manage without compromising his self-made image is an occasional pat on the head for Effie, whose non-sexualized persona is no threat to Spade’s seemingly hard-won masculinity.
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Vegetarian Times – Oct.2008, Warren Kramer quoted in the “Macro-Minded, Holistic Holiday At Sea” Article
Link to the article: Article-Vegetarian Times
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“From Junk Food to Whole Foods”
Growing up in New York my diet centered around pizza, bagels, chicken, cookies, candy and my vegetable of choice was ketchup. Due to my high activity level I was able to maintain my weight in spite of my poor food choices. I continued eating these foods through college even as an athlete on a tennis scholarship. I did not make the connection between my performance on the court and what I was eating.
Upon graduating college I met a woman teaching macrobiotic cooking classes at the tennis club I was working at. She had very thought provoking answers to questions I had about nutrition, health and cravings. She easily persuaded me to try the natural foods she was preparing. The truth is that I wanted a date with her so I was willing to eat whatever she put in front of me! I enjoyed some of the food however I found some dishes to be quite bland. I was told that my taste buds needed to adjust to the true taste of the food. I decided to be patient and give this new way of eating a try. As I stopped the pizza and French fries and other greasy foods I noticed myself gravitating towards lots of nuts, nut butters, tahini and seeds. It was very helpful to try and replace the poor quality fatty foods with a healthier quality oil from the nuts and seeds. I still had a difficult time being satisfied with vegetable dishes. When I discovered the use of different natural salad dressings that can be used on steamed, blanched and pressed vegetables I was able to enjoy vegetables more. Lemon-tahini dressing for instance brought vegetables and myself together! I found that tofu could also be transformed into a delicious creamy sour dressing as well.
There are two things that made a big difference for me as I pursued this healthier way of eating and living. First, I continued to go to cooking classes each week. Not that I really practiced the dishes we were shown, but I had the opportunity to taste natural foods cooked really well. I now had an image of what the food can be like. I realized that I could not get that from a cookbook.
Secondly, I was taken to my first natural foods restaurant by a friend and sample some very delicious meals. My cravings for nuts and seeds were diminished by ordering stir-fried brown rice and vegetables with deep-fried tempeh. Tempura vegetables were a superb replacement for French fries. Pan-fried udon noodles with vegetables and tofu was just the richness I was looking for. Hearty sandwiches made with sourdough bread made me forget about cream cheese on bagels and cold cuts on rolls. Hummus (chickpea spread) and falafel was a great substitute for fried chicken and oily pizza. At a cooking class I was introduced to fruit compote. The sweetness and richness from stewed dried apricots garnished with toasted chopped almonds helped me get refined sugar out of my diet. I learned about amasake (fermented sweet brown rice beverage), rice syrup, carrot juice and a natural remedy called sweet vegetable drink. I became satisfied on these mild sweets.
During the first year of my practice of macrobiotics my body was going through big changes as I stopped eating the food I grew up with. My body was eliminating those old foods through chills, slight fever now and then, some aches and pains but they would just come and go. I just gave myself the permission to rest more, get extra sleep and let my body adjust to these changes. I noticed a greater sense of vitality, more stamina on the tennis court, improved flexibility, my skin became clearer and I looked more youthful even though I was only 21 at the time. I became clearer mentally and I felt happier! I was very excited about my new relationship with whole grains and vegetables. To my surprise I did not miss my pizza and bagels.
Twenty years have passed and I now am a macrobiotic counselor and cooking teacher, traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe educating people about the benefits of natural foods.
Warren Kramer, Senior Macrobiotic Counselor & Teacher
Article published in “Cause & Effect”, Premier Issue, Spring 2008
“How foods influence our Health, Emotions, Behavior and Appearance”
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A survey from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Small Business Outlook showed a majority of small business owners feel the national economy is "on the wrong track" and 80 percent of respondents feel the current debt and deficit situation poses some level of threat to their business.
With the U.S. House and Senate at odds in a race to solve the debt problem, President Barack Obama is pushing for answers before the Aug. 2 deadline when the debt ceiling will be reached. Ongoing problems of this nature taking place in Washington have caused reason for concern from business owners across the nation.
Jeff Watkins, as partner at White, Choate and Watkins and chair of the Cartersville-Bartow County Chamber of Commerce Governmental Affairs Committee, is concerned with many of the same items found in the recent survey. The topics of top priority for small business owners, according to respondents and Watkins alike, were economic uncertainty and excessive government regulation.
"Small business is affected by the economy and I think the economy is not performing like small businesses want because there's so much uncertainty out there. ... Until the economy gets jump started, we're going to have problems in our small business community," Watkins said. "Regardless of whether you are Democrat or Republican, I think you can agree that if you want to see small business thrive in this community, in this state and then nationwide, we've got too much regulation and too much government."
Rob Adkerson, co-owner of Eagle Systems and an active member of the local Tea Party movement, agreed with survey results pointing to uncertainty as a cause for small business concern. Debt and deficit debates exacerbate the situation, said Adkerson, who, like Watkins, favors a balanced budget amendment for federal government.
"The reason the debt and deficit and the spending affects small businesses is because the more they spend, the more they'll have to tax," Adkerson said. "So, if they're spending out of control, then businesses look and know that taxes are coming down the pike and it stagnates growth.
"When businesses make moves in the direction of growth in terms of hiring, they look long term, they look over the next five years ... Fears with uncertainty of tax increases stifle growth."
The U.S. House of Representatives passed Tuesday the so-called Cap, Cut and Balance Act, calling for a constitutional amendment for a balanced budget plus a $2.4 trillion deficit ceiling increase. In the Senate, however, a bipartisan group known as the "Gang of Six" have been working on a plan which, according to the Associated Press, could result in an overall tax increase totaling more than $1 trillion over the next 10 years. Through a restructuring of the tax code and a reduction in tax breaks coupled with spending cuts, the plan aims to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion over the next decade.
U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., released a statement Tuesday following the passage of the House's Cap, Cut and Balance Act commending lawmakers for passage of the bill.
"I am proud to be a co-sponsor of the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011, and I applaud both my Republican and Democrat colleagues in the House for supporting this legislation to fundamentally change our government's spending habits. By the end of this year, our national debt will grow larger than our entire economy. The actions set forth in the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act will help to stabilize our economy by enacting long-term spending cuts without raising taxes on over-burdened and hardworking Americans," Gingrey stated.
With the deadline fast approaching, the Senate will decide upon these opposing arguments and move them along toward a solution. For now, with uncertainty hindering the confidence to invest, Adkerson sees a dark time for small businesses. Comparing the political scene to a marriage during tough financial times, he feels the stress of fiscal strain is causing a political divide.
"Just like in a marriage, when the money is tight, the marriage gets stressed. The same thing is going on in this country -- everyone is hurting, the money is not there and everyone is on edge," Adkerson said. "It's a terrible atmosphere, it's a terrible time for anyone to even consider growing a business because everyone is scared to death of what they're going to do."
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Mark Schapiro measures the influence of the EU, David Moberg details what unions did right--and wrong--in the election and Michael Wood reviews V.S. Naipaul.
Click here to order copies of Moyers on America: A Journalist and His Times, recently released by The New Press.
Those conservatives who think that "UN Reform" means the dissolution of the United Nations are now calling for the resignation of Kofi Annan.
NYC's media have been looking into allegations of far more consequential transgressions.
We may never reach a consensus on just what it was about George W.
The gentle essayist E.B.
In order never to convey
A tolerance for going astray,
Republicans, who now hold sway,
He is using his art to publicize the injustice of the drug laws that put him away.
What unions did right--and wrong--in the 2004 election.
The EU is an emerging geopolitical force that corporate America must reckon with.
A critic of US-Chile policy paid the price.
In 1958 John Ashbery sailed for Paris to gather materials for a thesis he intended to write about Raymond Roussel, who at the time was an all-but-forgotten French poet, playwright and novelist.
At the end of Eighty-eighth,
across from the museum and as west as east
will take you to the park from Gracie Mansion.
Before the lightning brought it down,
It's hard to resist the misery of V.S. Naipaul's late fiction, hard not to surrender to its bleak and wary authority.
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Skip to comments.Significant storm damage in Hattiesburg, Miss.
Posted on 02/10/2013 5:27:39 PM PST by rdl6989
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - An apparent tornado passed through the heart of Hattiesburg on Sunday as part of a wave of severe storms that caused injuries and significant damage.
Forrest County Fire Coordinator Chip Brown said there is major damage in Hattiesburg and to the northeast in Petal, including on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi. He couldn't confirm injuries.
(Excerpt) Read more at wdam.com ...
I’ll take 2 feet of snow over a tornado any day
I think this is the entrance to campus off Hardy Street.
Prayers up for all in the path of this weather pattern.
The American Red Cross center in Hattiesburg, Miss. was completely destroyed by a tornado that moved through the Pine Belt Area on Sunday afternoon. Photo/Bryant Hawkins
me too. 2 feest of snow is just annoying at best.
Wow the Baraqqi Crescent pattern....
A tornado warning remains in effect until 800 pm cst for west
Central clarke...EAST Central wayne...NORTHERN Washington and
Southern choctaw counties...
At 714 pm cst...A Tornado has been confirmed and was located 6 miles
Southeast of waynesboro...OR 6 miles northwest of buckatunna...MOVING
East at 40 mph. This tornado has caused damage just south of clara.
Take cover immediately.
Locations impacted include...
Silas... Coffeeville... Millry...
Amen to that. I cannot imagine what they are going through right now.
Did Chad Myers of CNN blame the tornado on the “lack of ice” in the Arctic? Seriously, my prayers are up for everyone affected by the storm. I know you can’t judge a tornado’s winds by the funnel shape, but I wouldn’t be surprised by see that one rated as an EF-3.
Word is none of the dorms on campus were hit, just academic buildings.
Wow! Look at that classic low pressure rotation in the upper midwest. Textbook.
Down here on the Coast, we’ve been watching the radar all day and cringing with all the tornado box warnings.
God help those in the path of those storms.
High winds expected tonight and tomorrow here in southern Michigan. Nothing but rain right now.
Ditto...the snow in the northeast will melt. A tornado can destroy your entire neighborhood in a minute...
Up in north Texas, part of that same front moved through late last night. Short duration but very intense.
Later I noticed an "EAS" message code on my cable box, but I couldn't view the on-screen message. The stupid Emergency Alert System broadcast locked up the tuning box so hard that it was showing an Operating System error code on the TV. It took a hard reset to clear it.
I hope the alerts worked better in the H'Burg area.
Oh my Lord..prayers for the folks in the area of these storms.
As much as those EAS systems are “tested,” we would think they would function when needed!
Buckatunna has a population of only 20 or so, and I know someone who lives there.
Thanks for the heads-up.
Glad to do it.
Amazing video...came right up onto damaged area right after tornado passed through...
It’s a red state in the Bible Belt. Don’t worry about it.
Sure is amazing. What’s great about it is that the one shooting managed to hold the camera steady throughout. Usually, these vids are shaking all over the place but not this one. Fantastic job to whoever did it.
Other than seeing Jesus Christ come back, this is one thing that would strike awe in me. The sheer unadulterated power in one of those beasts IS awe inspiring. Prayers for those touched by this beast.
WOW! USM is my Alma Mater and it looks like it got trashed.
Stay warm, stay safe.
Thanks for posting this. I don’t even know what to say.
Good thing it’s a holiday weekend for the students and most of them weren’t around. I wonder about the rest of town though.
Yeah I got an “Emergency Update” message from the Alumni association earlier and did not pay attention to it till now:
As many of you know, the Hattiesburg campus of Southern Miss was hit by a tornado this afternoon. Most of the damage was along the southern border of the campus aligned by Hardy Street. The severity of the damage is still being assessed, although it is known that the Ogletree Alumni House was heavily damaged. No injuries have been reported at this time, however emergency personnel request that all visitors stay clear of the campus until further notice. The Alumni Association will provide another update on Monday.
There was significant damage to several buildings on the campus of the Univ. of Southern Miss., including the Alumni House, which was only recently remodeled. The storm went right across the Southeast corner of the campus. Our son had finished up his 'on campus' studies at USM, just before Christmas, and is now home. I'd have been crazy with worry if he'd been there!
Yes, that bottom picture is the entrance to campus. The Alumni House is to the right, out of the frame. That was the building that seemed to have incurred the most damage. The first picture is of Elam Arms, an old set of dorm buildings, which has been empty for a few years, and I think was slated to be demolished this year. All the windows in both buildings were blown out by the storm.
Actually, that video was done by John Sibley, a stormchaser who had been following that storm all the way from Marion County, two counties to the West of H'burg! It had gone in almost a straight line, just South of Hwy 98, and started moving North and east after it crossed I-59. That's when you see it start moving toward Hardy St. (which is the street on which he's driving), and as it crosses the street, THAT is the moment it hits the USM campus. The winds on the edge of it damaged the Fine Arts Building, which is right across the street from Elam Arms, which is the two building complex on the right with all the windows blown out. That complex is an old dorm for USM, and it has been vacant for several years. This is what you see when he pulls to a stop where the light pole is across the road.
Ironic that the Red Cross center was destroyed!
That’s the Alumni House, which had been remodeled within the past two years.
Glad you were able to connect with your family and while it’s not GOOD news, it’s nowhere near as bad as it might have been or a bad as you might have worried about its being if you hadn’t talked to them. Property can be fixed. People can’t be replaced.
Just got an email from friends who live a few miles south of Hattiesburg. They said there were 3 tornadoes in the area—they were lucky and did not have any damage.
I know. but people that didn’t realize what it looked like before it was destroyed may not have appreciated the scope of the destruction.
The pictures and videos look just horrible, so it’s a blessing that there are relatively few injuries, and no deaths reported.
Folks in the Hattiesburg area are in my prayers tonight.
Thanks for the ping and post!
I was going to call you tomorrow to check on Mr. penelopesire’s family. Lots of devastation, but Praise God, no deaths reported. We just had intermittent, severe t-storms, that caused lights to flicker and TV reception to go haywire.
I had no idea ...one of my best pals ever from my youth lives there
did the whole Prep, Riverside Park early 70s, Matthews Brake, Ole Miss roomie, mountains out west traveling thing together
he’s a lib lawyer and we have obviously drifted apart...hope they are ok..wife and kids and an adopted grandkid too
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Sometimes the simplest, most basic exercises are the best ones for people who are intent on remedying self-neglect of their bodily health. Jogging is an extremely popular exercise because it’s easy and because, yes, it works. In fact, it works better than many other exercises that require intensive training to figure out how to do properly, and it doesn’t cost you a dime. Before you start looking at expensive equipment, gym memberships, or other pricey investments, you should give the freebie of exercise routines another glance. Chances are it has something to offer you, if you’re not into it already.
Jogging is a more relaxed form of running, slowed down enough to relax potential strain and stress, but also staying fast enough to be significantly more of a workout than walking for the time put into it. This allows you to jog longer with less pressure and less vulnerability. While jogging looks like a definitive speed limit, it is commonly defined as being a run below six miles an hour. Jogging has numerous benefits to offer to anyone, including aiding in growth of muscle and bone. But of course, the primary benefit and the one most people will care to focus on is the cardiovascular improvements. Jogging is an excellent way of improving one’s endurance, allowing you to go through routines in your everyday life while getting less tired in the process. When kept up over prolonged periods of time, it will also help practitioners lose weight, although this doesn’t replace the need for a balanced, healthy diet. Most people find that the increased activity provided by jogging allows them to eat many of their favorite foods with less worry of retaining pounds, since the food is converted into readily-usable stores of energy.
For exercises with minimal financial investment, jogging is perhaps the king. It requires no real training to perform properly, and needs no special equipment. All it really needs is an open space to jog through, which is easily available to most people simply by stepping outdoors. Jogging can benefit from some extent from extra money piled into it, but this is definitely not necessary. Many joggers like to buy cheap jogging clothes to keep themselves unencumbered and comfortable. Sweat bands for the forehead are favored for some, and may be particularly useful if you live in a hot climate. For the more extreme who want to challenge themselves more without directly putting more time into their jogging, there is the possibility of incorporating leg and arm weights, which allow the muscles in one’s limbs to build more effectively without changing the essential fitness routine at all. All these tools are helpful, but many people get by without them just the same.
Don’t look on a simple exercise with scorn just because it’s easy to do! Jogging has retained its immense popularity because it’s effective despite being easy to do. Look at the accessibility as a benefit, not a mark of ineffectiveness. With that in mind, maybe you’ll be able to give this great exercise a balanced and fair look.
Dr. Michael Allen
Fitness Instructor & Fat Loss Factor Founder
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Getting ready for some fan measurements using my propellor-comparison method of achieving equal (but unknown) airflows on two fans, and then measuring the noise level up close (*real* close) on both fans. This should provide noise/airflow figures of merit for each fan.
I have a sample or samples of five of the 120mm fans SPCR has reviewed, four from roundup 4 and one from roundup 2.
120mm fans that I own sample(s) of: their RPMs at 25CFM as measured by SPCR , my dBA measurement at that RPM and 0.25" from the center of the fan's hub, SPCR's dBA measurement at 1 meter, from SPCR Fan Roundup 2 or 4 (*n), and the fan identification:
590RPM 35.8dBA (<19, *2) Scythe SFlexE
820RPM 44.2dBA (20, *4) SilenX
880RPM 40.2dBA (20, *4) YL D12SM-12
950RPM 44.2dBA (28, *4) Enermax UC12EB
970RPM 46.4dBA (20, *4) GW NCB
(my ambient noise level <30dBA, SPCR's ~18dBA)
SPCR measured a high 28dBA noise level on the UC12EB, noting a single tone noise. My UC12EBs (two of them) were purchased when the fan was first introduced and don't have that single tone noise. SPCR got 25CFM from the SFlexE at *what* RPM
To these 5 fans, I'll add the Scythe SlipStream 800 and do some one-on-one airflow comparisons, noting the noise level at 0.25" from the hub on each. This should be interesting!
As I proofed the above words, the parts arrived. The $17 tachometer works, but in the interests of haste, I didn't use it for these first measurements. I'm gonna have to move the sensor propellor back - it tried to sync on the GW NCB RPM (but not other fans).
These measurements were made quickly but not carelessly. I've taken pics of the fixture, and will add them later as an edit. Here's the results I got for 4 fans:
As my standard fan I selected the GW NCB fan, at 970RPM. SPCR sez that's what it takes to get 25CFM. I measured 971RPM on the propellor - as I said, it was trying hard to sync (probably same pitch).
GW NCB 970RPM 971prop 46.4dBA (from above)
UC12EB 880RPM 971prop 41.8dBA (a sweet-sounding fan)
SFlexE 852RPM 971prop 42.3dBA (quieter than NCB!)
9blade 686RPM 971prop 40.5dBA Scythe SlipStream
My comments: aside from the 9-blade, the other 3 fan blades (by visual inspection) seemed to have very similar pitches. The SFlexE pitch was higher *near the hub*, but not at the edges of the fan, which is probably why its RPM is lower than the other two 7-blade fans.
How in the world SPCR got 25CFM out of the SFlexE at 590RPM I dunno. Either SPCR or I made a huge mistake. As I understand it, the only way for a 120mm fan to have that RPM advantage over another 120 is by having a drastically higher pitch... which the 9-blade fan does have and the SFlexE does not. Even the 9-blade needed almost another 100RPM beyond "590" to get the same sensor prop rotation rate.
Based on the highest RPM, the GW NCB fan has the highest measured noise and, presumably, the lowest pitch of these fans. I've always believed (and in one case, measured) that lower-pitch fans have an advantage in a typical PC case. My high regard for the NCB has always been for its performance in my cases.
Thus the caution: these are open-air measurements!
SPCR's fan noise measurements are very close to their room ambient noise, and perhaps below that for a fan or two. So differences of a couple-dBA get masked by the high ambient. I "close-miked" to avoid the room ambient problem. I had to block the sensor prop when making noise measurements; it was slightly unbalanced.
edit: added the following:
This fixture is made of white styrene .06" sheet. Note the small angle-brackets that locate all 25mm fans in the same spot, also styrene:
The $17 tachometer was not in use for these tests; I used my Extech stroboscope in the interests of getting done quickly. The fan is mounted on a 3/16" rubber strip and the entire fixture is supported by 9ea 3/8" square by 1/4" high "feet" made of very soft polyeurethane foam weatherstripping.
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Accepting that this isn’t really about my usual topic of London, I still think the below panorama drawing of New York City as it was in 1855 is still rather impressive to look at.
Whether, as predicted in the news article that accompanied the drawing, New York has indeed rivalled London is a matter which both sides of the Atlantic continue to debate even to this day.
Image and article below taken from my collection of the Illustrated London News.
The rise and progress of the commercial metropolis of the United States may be included among the marvels of modern history. That part of the American coasts which comprehends the State of New York was discovered by Sebastian Cabot in 1497 ; but he made no claim to it on behalf of King Henry VII of England, by whom he was employed. In 1608 Henry Hudson sailed up the river which bears his name. The Dutch made a settlement by building some stores and cottages in 1620, and called the district in which they planted a colony the New Netherlands. On the island which the Indians called Manhattan they built a city which they named New Amsterdam. When Charles II. of England gave to his brother James, Duke of York, Long Island, Hudson’s .River, and other contiguous possessions, New Amsterdam became New York. In 1697 the population cf the city was 4302; in 1784 it had increased to 23,614; and at the present time it exceeds 600,000.
Seated on a river navigable for 160 miles from the sea, and possessing a sheltered harbour where a ship can ride in safety, it has become the emporium of trade between Europe and America. Its progress has been rapid since its independence was recognised; and it may almost be asserted that, while Liverpool has built New York, New York has built Liverpool.
It is within the last thirty years that improvement and enterprise have advanced with the steps of a giant. It is within that period that the first line of sailing packet-ships was established between Liverpool and New York; and it was deemed so doubtful an experiment that it was only undertaken with two vessels of 450 tons each. Complete success rewarded the adventurers; and very quickly similar lines were established from nearly all the Atlantic cities.
In 1819 a steamer sailed from Savannah having the same name as the port from which she sailed, and reached Liverpool in safety ; and in 1833 the Royal William, of 180-horse power, sailed from Quebec to Picton, and thence to London. But these voyages seemed to have been overlooked, or only regarded as lucky accidents, for scientific men had declared the navigation of the Atlantic by steam impracticable. In 1838, however, the problem was solved by the arrival of the Great Western from Liverpool, and of the Sirius from Bristol in New York harbour. The Canard line of steamers was then established, followed by the Collins line; the former British North American, the latter United States, but both running to New York. Then were added lines to Southampton, Havre, and Bremen.
While rapidity of intercourse was thus promoted between America and Europe, a net of railways and of electric telegraphs brought into almost immediate contact all the main points of the United States, and an extended system of canalisation brought all the lake districts into juxtaposition. From these multiplied improvements New York derived incalculable benefits as the great port of distribution for the products of the Old and New World. Mr. William Chambers, in his recently-published tour in America, states that in one single establishment for the sale of “dry goods”—that is, clothing and haberdashery of all kinds—the annual returns exceed seven millions of dollars. It is called Stewart’s Store, a huge building of white marble. This alone gives a vast idea of the traffic of New York.
The churches, theatres, and especially the hotels, are magnificent. One of the most remarkable objects in the neighbourhood of the city is the Croton Aqueduct. In the second volume of the ” First Report of the Commissioners for the Health of Towns” the height of the water is described as 115 feet above tide, about 105 feet above the lowest, and 60 feet above the highest grade of streets. There are 150 miles of mains, besides 40 miles of aqueducts. The sizes vary from 36 inches to 6 inches. They are always charged, and the water is kept at high pressure in all the streets and at all times—a most valuable aid in case of fire. This splendid work cost 14,000,000 dollars. There are numerous educational establishments in New York, and some noble libraries. One of the most splendid is the Astor Library, called after its munificent founder, John Jacob Astor, who bequeathed 400,000 dollars to erect a suitable building and fill it with books.
Should the United States remain at peace with the world, New York may rival London at the close of the present century, for it must continue to flourish as the Far West is peopled and cultivated.
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Future Forum - How will science shape what it means to be human?
What makes us human? It's a question that has intrigued us for thousands of years. As scientific advances push the boundaries of life and death, they challenge our understanding of ourselves. But as we learn more about who and what we are, does this actually change what it means to be human? What new technologies are on the horizon and how will they affect us? As we make these rapid scientific discoveries, are we opening Pandora's Box? Leading ethicists, scientists and thinkers meet in Canberra to debate these issues in front of an informed audience.
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armed forces have long been interested in cutting their reliance on foreign oil
and moving to alternative fuel source, such as
homegrown biofuels. The U.S. Navy revealed in October that it purchased 20,055 gallons of algae-based biofuel at
a cost of $424/gallon to power its ships at sea.
Rand Corp., a leading U.S. think-tank, chimed in on the Navy's biofuels program
this month, with its National Defense Research Institute arm
report criticizing how fast the Navy hopes to deploy the
James Bartis, a senior policy researcher at Rand Corp, authored the report.
In it he writes, "The Department of Defense consumes more fuel than
any other federal agency, but military fuel demand is only a very small
fraction of civilian demand, and civilian demand is what drives competition,
innovation, and production."
The federal government consumes 2 percent of the nation's total annual fuel
budget. Of that, the Defense Department consumes 80 percent.
The report targets many of the types of biofuels the Navy believes are the most
promising, such as algae. It states, "[Algae fuel
is a] research topic and not an emerging option that the military can use
to supply its operations."
The report also attacked the use of plant-based camelina oil. That
oil comes from Camelina sativa, a false flax plant, which produces oil
seeds. Advantages are that it is fast growing and can thrive on marginal land
that couldn't be used for food crops. The Navy successfully test-flew a
F/A-18 fighter jet powered by the biofuel last month. Still, the Rand
report claims this effort to be useless and says that the Navy should stop
pouring money into it.
Tom Hicks, deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy for energy, fired back
with a conference
call to reporters. In it he labeled the report
as "factually inaccurate" and "a misrepresentation" of
the state of the biofuels industry. He reiterated his belief (and the
Navy's belief) that the biofuel industry would reach a mature state between
2012 and 2016. Presumably with that mature state would come steady
supplies and lower costs.
Mr. Hicks points out the armed forces are one of the biggest individual fuel
consumers after the commercial airlines, and that airlines didn't have the resources
or focus to push biofuels. He states, "We feel that our approach to
attractive energies - specifically biofuels - is the right one."
Mr. Hicks patently rejected that the think-tank paper would have an effect on
the Navy's course.
He has the backing of Navy Secretary Ray Mabus who has stated that by
2016, the Navy will have set sail a "green fleet" powered solely on
alternative fuels, and that by 2020 fifty percent of the Navy's fuel supply
would come from biofuels. Secretary Mabus emphasized in a blog post that a critical milestone occurred
when recent tests showed biofuels performing on par with their fossil fuel
equivalents. He writes, "Just as importantly, neither of these fuels
impacts food supply, the carbon footprint in terms of production is low, and
the cost of each is rapidly falling."
One thing that the Navy doesn't explicitly say is that the biofuels program may
have far less to do with being "green" than removing the security
risk of depending on a source of fuel from unstable foreign nations like the
Middle East or Venezuela, many of which have expressed hostility to the U.S. or
are home to factions hostile to U.S. interests. The Rand report almost
entirely overlooked this factor. After all, if the Air Force is willing
to spend billions per stealth bomber, is $424 per gallon
really that high a cost to secure the fuel supply of our nation's fleets?
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The interior of the Museum of Glass features state-of-the-art facilities, including:
- 13,000 square feet of exhibition space
- A glassblowing hot shop
- A high-tech resource center
- A 140-seat theater
- The Museum Café
- The Museum Store
Visitors can watch glass artists at work in the hot shop amphitheater, which is located in the metal-clad cone attached to the museum. Museum exhibitions feature more than glass art. Contemporary paintings, sculpture, ceramics, and installations comprise the majority of the art on view in the museum's gallery.
In addition to viewing the museum's exhibitions and collections, you can enjoy specialized education and outreach programs, including:
- Family Day programs
- Classes and lectures
- A hands-on art studio
- Films and performances
- Workshops and symposiums
- Gallery talks
A pedestrian bridge - the Chihuly Bridge of Glass - links the waterfront Museum of Glass to the attractions on the south side of Interstate 705, including the Washington State History Museum, Union Station, and the Tacoma Art Museum. The bridge was developed by a partnership between the City of Tacoma, world-renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly, and the Museum of Glass. The 500-foot bridge features one of the largest outdoor installations of Chihuly glass, valued at approximately $12 million.
The Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art is located on the Thea Foss Waterway in downtown Tacoma, Washington.
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Youth mental health suffers
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Re: Adult drugs blamed in kids' deaths, Dec. 8
I read with interest regarding psychiatric drug use in children and teens. While the article touches on the main problem — the lack of access to children’s mental health — it doesn’t provide enough background
I have been a family doctor in Port Elgin since 1995. I was a nurse before that and have worked in health care for 30 years. I have struggled with children’s and teens’ mental health issues as there are virtually no children’s mental health resources in Grey and Bruce counties.
We have no child psychiatrist and attempts to refer to our major tertiary care centre fail over and over. They will not accept a referral in a timely manner.
CPRI in London has a 10-page referral form that, once completed, is usually returned to me with a refusal to see my patient and his/her family. They suggest we refer to a local agency, which, again, offers a brief assessment and very little followup. I have had this local agency ask me if I am aware of children’s mental health resources as they have very little available.
More recently, I have turned to sending case reports to my local MPP, Lisa Thompson, of course, with identifying data blacked out. She has referred these on to Health Minister Deb Matthews, who provided a less than adequate response.
The gist of the message that I get from the minister is that the Ontario government is going to hire registered nurses to identify high-risk children in schools. When I pointed out to her that we already are aware of these needy kids, that what we needed was services for them, I got a list of local agencies. Again, none of these agencies can manage the seriously mentally ill child.
So, what do I do? I do ongoing assessments and frequent visits. I put on my social worker hat, because there are no social workers available, and try to help families problem solve on a weekly or biweekly office visit.
I don’t give 6-year-olds antipsychotics but I do prescribe anti-depressants and anti-anxiety agents to teenagers with their parents present. Both the child and their parents are made aware of side effects, including the possibility of increase suicidality and we monitor the child closely.
Honestly, when Dr. Juurlink suggests that “the next time a girl is in your office crying that her boyfriend broke up with her” that it is an inappropriate response to give her medication. No kidding Sherlock. What an insult to my profession.
We do the best we can, with kids and families in crisis. Yes, we review diet, exercise, stress-relieving measures, drug and alcohol use — probably more than a child psychiatrist does — but, honestly, sometimes we just need a specialist. There are none.
So, my frustration aside, please look at this issue, particularly in rural areas where these children are getting lost. It breaks my heart and the continued efforts of myself and my family medicine colleagues go unheard. Ask us what we need; we know on a patient level.
Dr. Susan Gundrum, Port Elgin
Thank you to the Star investigation for helping to raise awareness of youth mental health. In Ontario, an estimated 530,000 children and adolescents have treatable mental illnesses, but only 150,000 are getting care, and many of those are under-treated or treated inappropriately.
The key problem here is access to mental health services. Child and youth mental health makes up the smallest proportion of the Ministry of Health budget, and, as highlighted by the Star article, wait lists for specialist psychiatric services for children and youth can be up to a year.
Psychology services, which have some of the strongest empirical support for children and youth, have been cut in nearly every hospital in the province. Access to private psychological services requires insurance, and wait lists for these services are similarly high. This means that the vast majority of children and youth suffering from mental illness receive treatment from their family physician.
By their own admission, general practice physicians lack the specialized training to even make an accurate psychiatric diagnosis in children, and certainly do not have the time or training to provide the sort of intensive inter-disciplinary treatment that is supported by research and best practices for youth.
Children with depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia who lack adequate treatment grow up to be adults with chronic mental illness. Mental illness costs the Canadian economy $51 billion per year, and are the highest classes of disease in terms of economic burden.
The single most effective strategy to lowering this cost is to prevent the chronic and often lifelong course of mental illness by improve access to effective treatment in childhood and adolescence.
This will take public education and, most importantly, political will. I urge everyone to contact their MP and MLA to advocate for mental health services for our most vulnerable citizens.
Kate Harkness, Professor, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Queen’s University, Kingston
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