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EDUCATION ABROAD & INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS
Students who step outside their comfort zone to learn in cities and towns that are filled with unfamiliar peoples, traditions, and languages change in ways unknown to those who choose to stay behind. Those students who move forward build enormous self-confidence and gain the ability to see the complexity of how their own country fits into the world as a whole.
BGSU students will graduate to become the next generation of political leaders, educators, and scientists. In order for our nation to continue to thrive, our future leaders must know how to successfully participate in the globalized world of the present and of the future. The only way to gain this understanding is to communicate with people of other cultures, religions, beliefs and political perspectives, and experience life outside the borders of the United States.
Bowling Green State University recognizes the importance of globalized study and is committed to international education. By the year 2015, the University hopes 10 percent of its undergraduate students will study abroad. To encourage this, academic study abroad experiences bearing three or more credits will count as fulfilling the International Perspectives requirement for purposes of General Education.
To schedule an appointment with a study abroad advisor, email firstname.lastname@example.org.
Education Abroad & International Partnerships
|Education Abroad Upcoming Events:|
Are you studying abroad for the upcoming summer, fall, or full-year terms? If so, you are required to attend a Pre-Departure Orientation Session!
Learn more about Education Abroad by checking out the latest newsletter!
Visit our Facebook fan page. Keep updated on events & Education Abroad news! Search
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Research & Commentary: Utah’s Parent Choice in Education Act
Today, The Heartland Institute is releasing a Research & Commentary package addressing school choice, using Utah's Parent Choice in Education Act as a case study.
The legislation provides Utah parents a voucher of up to $3,000 for each school-aged child for use at the school of their choice. This universal voucher program represents the most comprehensive voucher initiative enacted anywhere to date.
Inside this Research & Commentary package, you will learn:
- How and why the Utah effort was successful;
- Why it represents a revolutionary change for children's education;
- Why the Utah legislation could serve as a model for other efforts across the country; and
- Ten key principles of school choice.
I encourage you to review the collected materials in this Research & Commentary. You can download the full document by clicking here.
Please contact me if you would like further information, or if I can assist you with expert commentary, testimony, or media matters. I can be reached at 312/377-4000, or by email to email@example.com.
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Some Common Questions About Neighborhood Crime Watch:
Why should city residents get involved and aren't we duplicating services already being provided by the CSPD?
- There are only a limited number of officers available to patrol the community. Other officers are assigned to administration, community and school resources, criminal investigations, family crisis intervention, ID unit, personnel/training, record tactical, traffic, and vice, intelligence and narcotics (VIN).
- Field services (road patrol) officers, in addition to partrolling the community, are involved in report writing, traffic enforcement, mandatory training, court appearances, investigations and administrative duties.
- Patrol officers also assist the Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and respond to other 9-1-1 calls.
- Neighborhood Watchers provide extra eyes and ears for the CSPD
How does Crime Watch work?
- You observe a suspicious person, vehicle, activity or crime in the community.
- You immediately report what you saw to the police.
- The police respond to your call and take appropriate action.
Suspicious Activities To Be Aware Of
Calling in the Report to Police
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Ever worked for a company that was more interested in things related to deck chairs on the Titanic than the more important things? Bosses mired in minutiae?
The story was told during the American Civil War of group of officials who came to see President Lincoln about the rumors of General Grant's drinking. Lincoln is supposed to have said, "If it [drink] makes fighting men like Grant, then find out what he drinks, and send my other commanders a case!"
I’ve always been fond of that story because it hits the nail precisely on the head, from the wisdom of our greatest president, in my humble opinion. Lincoln was about at the end of his rope with do-nothing generals and Grant proved otherwise, ultimately defeating Lee and preserving the Union.
Our global economic times are challenging and yet too many companies seem to be preoccupied going down rabbit holes that lead to nowhere. Keeping things focused on the prize is key.
As one saying goes; In essentials; unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.
Have a great weekend!
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If you're ready to jump into digital photography or would like to increase the skills you already have, David Pogue's Digital Photography: The Missing Manual is just what you need. Bestselling author David Pogue provides a no-nonsense guide to the entire process, including how to: buy and use a digital camera; get the same photographic effects as the pros; manage the results on your Mac or PC; edit photos; and, finally, share the results with your adoring fans -- on paper, online, or on mugs, jigsaw puzzles, and blankets.
After reviewing hundreds of digital cameras and photo services in his weekly New York Times column, David Pogue knows digital photography. With this new Missing Manual you will:
- Get expert advice on how to choose a digital camera, including information on the only specs that matter. (Hint: it's not about megapixels).
- Learn the basics of lighting, composition, and shooting lots of photos
- Understand how to choose the best camera settings for 20 different scenarios
- Unravel the problems of correcting images and storing them
- Learn David's tips and tricks for sharing and printing images
- Get a special troubleshooting section you can turn to when things go wrong
David Pogue's witty, authoritative voice has demystified the Mac, Windows, iPods and iPhones for millions of readers. Now, he offers step-by-step instructions and plenty of friendly advice to help you join in the fun and get real satisfaction from digital photography.
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Design blogs for inspiration and information
11:46 on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 | Design | 0 Comments
As we are a caring and sharing bunch in the design team at Further, we thought we would take this opportunity to serve up a taste of our favourite blogs and online resources for your delectation.
Whether as a means of finding inspiration, food for thought or for assisting directly with the design process, we hope you will find the following list useful.
1. Food for thought
Design Observer www.designobserver.com
A recent (and somewhat perplexing) re-design of this much-loved design blog has not altered its position at the forefront of writing for design on the web. Several Webby nominations and awards testify to the quality of the content provided here. Design Observer is a effectively a hub for all things design (no matter how niche or obscure) and will often champion projects that use design in socially responsible/positive way.
Boxes and arrows www.boxesandarrows.com
A peer-written journal broadly based on the subject of information architecture. Although sometimes a little dry in content and presentation, there is some really intelligent and thought provoking writing on this site. A good place for challenging our own conventions in user interface and design process. Boxes and arrows reminds us that innovation and debate are the principle drivers for design (rather than an over reliance on AB testing – Google look away now).
Noisy decent graphics www.noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com
The blog of Ben Terret (of the Really Interesting Group). Always interesting, often very funny – and quite often controversial. This blog is opinionated, but not in the Jeremy Clarkson sense of that word, if you know what we mean.
Business guys on business trips businessguysonbusinesstrips.com
More of a lunch-break distraction than any deep food for thought, but all the more entertaining for that. You'll laugh like a drain.
2. Inspiration/creative block breakers
At Further, we're not really a huge fan of those CSS galleries as a means of inspiration. They have their place but we find that they tend to have an over reliance on fancy photoshop header illustrations and '2.0' styling.
The following represent a taster of where we like to head for creative re-fuelling
Behance Network www.behance.net
Not a great deal of web-design on offer, but that's no bad thing when it comes to sourcing inspiration. Some really high quality work here.
Random images of loveliness and weirdness.
Design Sponge www.designspongeonline.com
Some beautiful interior design here (hence Annette spends a lot of time on this site!). Great for colour palettes and some lovely vintage graphic design.
It's Nice That itsnicethat.com
A collection of images and inspiration, gathered from all creative disciplines. Simply presented and great for a quick delve.
3. Tools and resources
Grid designer grid.mindplay.dk
Before we happened upon this tool, designing grids for the web was often a laborious task involving a calculator and much swearing.
What the font? new.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont
Genius. Simple as that. Upload a screengrab of a font and this tool will (more often than not) tell you what it is. The better the quality of the image uploaded, the better the chance that MyFonts will guess right.
Adobe® BrowserLab browserlab.adobe.com
Simple, quick, cross-platform, cross-browser testing – need we say more?
Compare type styles for projects with this simple tool which even gives you the CSS for each style as a bonus gift.
A really useful tool for creating and sharing 'clickable' prototypes for web projects. A bit clunky in the online version, worth investing in the desktop version to reduce lag.
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The first meditation tip is to not eat or drink anything besides water for at least an hour and a half prior to meditation. The reason for this is for one, the body will be busy digesting your food making it much harder for it to relax. Second, because meditation is awakening the subtle energy. (also known as Kundalini Shakti or Chi) And for this to happen, you want to keep your physical body as light and clear as possible.
The second meditation tip is to practice a breathing technique for a few minutes just before you meditate. It can be as simple as breathing in and out as fast as you can through your nose for 100 breaths, breathing shallow breaths in and out of your chest. Or you can breathe deeply counting to four on the inhale, hold the breath while counting to 4 and exhaling counting to eight.
Purifying the breath through prana exercises like this is very important if you want to go deep in meditation and attain self realization. So using a prana-breathing technique like this can awaken you into a deep meditation very quickly. Do either of these breathing techniques above for just a few minutes and you will see that meditation pretty much naturally happens after that.
The third meditation tip is to drop all expectations about what you will get out of your meditation. Don’t expect anything from your meditation.
It is important to understand that your natural state is already unconditional peace, love and freedom. It is not something you acquire; it is something you realize you are, something you awaken to. And you awaken to your natural state through relaxing into this moment to the point where you are one with it. You ease into this moment.
But if you are expecting something out of your meditation, you are separating yourself from this moment; you are actually separating yourself from the bliss and peace you are seeking in the first place. You are already putting conditions on how this moment should be and this only leads to frustration.
So take note of this meditation tip because nothing ruins meditation more than expecting that you are going to get a certain something out of it. Meditation knows what to do; it is something you have to allow to happen naturally.
The fourth meditation tip is to fully allow this moment to be as it is, but at the same time give your complete attention to this moment. You want to be completely at ease, but you also want to be completely attentive. Often one may associate relaxation with just letting yourself wander about in your thinking, but in meditation, there must be the focus on this moment. To allow thinking to be as it is, but to be aware of it. To remain present.
But at the same time, you do not want this focus on being present to be about controlling this moment. We don’t want to control our thoughts, we don’t want to control our feelings, we just want to be aware of them. We want to allow them to be completely in full hands off relaxation, but we want to be watchful of them, fully aware of this moment.
The fifth meditation tip will improve your meditation a thousand fold. And the meditation tip is to take full advantage of Kundalini Shakti.
What is Kundalini Shakti? In the terms we are using it here it means the energy vibration one naturally radiates when they have attained full enlightenment. When you sit with a fully enlightened being whose Kundalini is fully awakened, this enlightened energy called Kundalini Shakti is awakened in you, and this effortlessly awakens you into deep meditation.
Just by sitting in the presence of a fully enlightened Guru, you can experience profound states of meditation within minutes that you may not have been able to experience after sixty years of practice on your own.
Often you can instantly feel incredible states of peace, bliss and love, without having to practice any meditation technique at all. Meditation naturally happens when you sit with such an enlightened being.
Because of new breakthroughs in sound recording, you can also receive this same Kundalini Shakti by listening to a very unique CD. Just by listening to meditation music which emits Kundalini Shakti, you will experience incredible states of meditation and bliss. Without the help of Kundalini Shakti, meditation can be a very frustrating experience.
For more information on this Kundalini Shakti Music, visit the “Kundalini Shakti” link below.
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More facilities of affordable housing are on the way for senior citizens and affordable families.
Mayor Brian P. Stack is working hard to secure funds for affordable housing. At the present moment the mayor and the commissioners are looking to build at four different sites with affordable housing. In addition Mayor Stack and the commissioners have changed the rent control ordinance, and they made it fair for tenants. In the past out of town landlords were able to raise rents by 5 percent each year. However, under the administration of Brian P. Stack, landlords can only raise the rent to a maximum of 3.5 percent per year. In addition, multi-dwelling landlords can no longer charge tenants for sewage or property taxes. On average, this change saves tenants $60 per month.
It is clear to me that Mayor Brian P. Stack does not leave anyone behind and is always looking out to see how he can make a difference in the quality of life for all the constituents he represents. A few years ago when Mayor Stack rose to power his opponents tried to deceive the community by spreading the word that Mayor Stack was on the way of making Union City another Hoboken and that he was forgetting the poor families.
Every resident in our community should reflect and ask themselves is Union City better off today than five years ago when Brian P. Stack became Mayor? We need to be realistic; our school system is better, our streets are safer and cleaner, two new schools have been built and a central high school is under way to completion (26th Street, Kennedy Blvd.) In the last five years the residents of Union City have experienced more social events than in the entire history of Union City.
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Will the Doha Round Break Down?
The Doha Development Round is the most current round of negotiations out of the World Trade Organization. The objective of the round is to lower trade barriers, but because the round has been continuing since November 2011, there are murmurs that the WTO might take some alternative measures to salvage the progress that has already been made.
Aside from your traditional news sources, the library subscribes to some publications such as the International Trade Reporter. These trade reporters are terrific for monitoring current events, and they are also tremendous resources for following a discrete topic and for looking for information from a specific jurisdiction.
The reporters are not limited to trade. We subscribe to the Environmental Law Reporter as well as the Investment Arbitration Reporter, just to name a few. While these are often geared towards practitioners, they make a terrific place for students who are looking for paper topics.
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The north and south municipal corporations have slammed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for not allotting new sites for dumping garbage in the Capital.
They have also claimed that the dumping has led to the continued use of the four existing sites, which have reached their saturation.
“Things have now come to such a pass that it is getting difficult to operate the present landfill sites with each passing day. However, since there’s no other option, we have been forced to continue to use these sites despite the risk of loss of human life and property.
"DDA needs to provide us an alternative a site on an urgent basis. They need to consider a large number of new sites we have suggested,” Sumeet Pushkarna, counsel for North and South Delhi Municipal Corporation, told the high court.
The issue has acquired urgency after the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) banned dumping at three of the four existing dumping sites.
However, the three municipal corporations continue to dump garbage at the Bhalaswa, Ghazipur, Okhla and Narela-Bawana sites as the DDA is yet to give them alternative sites despite repeated court orders and demands in 13 years.
The agencies, in their affidavit, also took note of the article in Hindustan Times ‘Delhi staring at eco-disaster: Clogged landfills, mounting loads of waste’ that had appeared on March 15.
Earlier, the Supreme Court had, in an order on February 15, 2000, directed the urban development ministry, Delhi government and DDA to identify landfill sites within four weeks, bearing in mind the requirement of Delhi for the next 20 years.
“It is surprising that the DDA is building colony after colony, but it does not spare a thought for the looming eco-disaster. The garbage disposal issue in Delhi needs urgent attention,” Pushkarna told the court.
The MCD told the court that the Master Plan Delhi 2021 provided for reserving about 1,500 acres of land to cater to the needs of the next 20 years for setting up municipal solid waste processing units and sanitary landfill sites.
The plea by MCD to allow it to use large pits in the sprawling Bhatti mines as landfill sites is already pending before the court. Environmentalists are opposed to the suggestion on the ground that a wildlife sanctuary exists nearby.
Apart from Bhatti mines, other places suggested by the MCD are Ghumman Hera in South Delhi, Tajpur, Bakkarwala, Sultanpur Dabas (Bawana), Puthkurd Hamirpur village as well as additional land in Ghazipur and Palla village on the outskirts of the Capital.
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Babies breathe naturally using their diaphragms. As they age, at some point they start breathing unnaturally using their chest muscles. After years of breathing in this inefficient manner, it is difficult to train students to breathe properly. When learning to punch and kick properly, Taekwondo students experience the same problem; they have done punched and kicked incorrectly for so long it is difficult for them to learn the natural, proper way.
When students first learn to punch, they use their arm muscles and lean or reach with their shoulders; therefore, their power comes from whatever energy they are able to generate with their arm and shoulder muscles, and the mass of their arm. To generate maximum power in a punch or kick, one should sequentially apply power to the technique using all the muscle from the soles of the base foot or feet to the point of impact, and, at moment of impact, apply as much mass as possible to the point of impact. Learning to apply muscle power sequentially is usually not much of a problem for students, but learning to apply mass, using hip snap, tends to take longer to master.
The audible snap of a technique comes from acceleration of the fabric of the uniform at the end of the sleeve or pant leg. No person can accelerate his or her arm or leg fast enough forward to achieve this snapping sound. To achieve a snapping sound, one must retract the technique as quickly as it was extended, just as when a person snaps a whip or a towel. The snap itself is useless; it only provides feedback to the user that the required quickness has been achieved. To make a snapping technique useful, mass must be applied behind the technique. When a snapping towel hits you on the chest, it stings; when a snapping punch hits you on the chest, it breaks ribs.
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The vision for the DoV is a world in which all individuals and communities enjoy lives free from vaccine-preventable diseases. Its mission is to extend, by 2020 and beyond, the full benefits of immunization to all people, regardless of where they are born, who they are, or where they live.
Immunization is one of the most cost-effective means to achieve this vision. Access to safe and effective vaccines is a human right that is currently not enjoyed by everyone, particularly in low and middle-income countries.
Success for the Decade of Vaccines will require:
- Expanding and sustaining broad public demand and political commitment for the use of vaccines and the financing of immunization services;
- Strengthening the equitable delivery of immunization services to achieve universal coverage of safe and effective vaccines by 2020 in order to prevent, control, eliminate, or eradicate vaccine-preventable diseases;
- Creating the right market incentives to ensure an adequate and reliable supply of affordable vaccines; and
- Cultivating a robust scientific enterprise to produce innovation in the discovery and development of new and improved vaccines and immunization strategies for high priority disease targets.
Only evidence-based, country-led prioritization and planning can extend the benefits of immunization services to all people and requires engagement by the diverse communities that are needed to achieve this vision, including civil society, governments, donors, industry, philanthropy and academia. Strengthening regulatory frameworks, particularly in developing countries, is needed to ensure the availability of vaccines of assured quality, safety, and efficacy. Further, only mutually beneficial alliances of public and private sector actors will drive the innovations that will produce new, affordable vaccines for the future.
The Decade of Vaccines Collaboration enhanced coordination across the global community by creating a Global Vaccine Action Plan that outlines the steps necessary to achieve the vision outlined above. The global vaccine action plan also identifies the financial resources needed and articulates a set of measures for assessing progress.
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Die Mercurii, 20 Jan. 1640.
ORDERED, That the Petition of the Inhabitants
of the Town of Richmond in the County of Yorke,
be referred to the Committee, last appointed, for the
Upon Mr. White's Report from the Grand Committee
for Religion; it was
Resolved, upon the Question, That the Statute, made
about Twenty-seven Years since, in the University of
Cambridge, imposing, upon young Scholars, a Subscription, according to the Thirty-sixth Article of the Canons,
made in the Year 1603, is against the Law, and Liberty
of the Subject, and ought not to be pressed upon any
Students, or Graduates whatsoever.
vice lecta est Billa, An Act for the preventing Inconveniences happening by the long Intermission of Parliaments; and, upon the Question, passed.
Message to Lords.
The Lord Digby went up to the Lords, with the Bill
for the Relief of the King's Army, and the Bill for preventing Inconveniences happening by the long Intermission of Parliaments, accompanied with such Gentlemen as were pleased to go.
Carnarvon Election, &c.
The Petition of Mr. Brinker, High Sheriff of the County
of Carnarvon, was read: and referred to Sir Lewis Dives'
Committee; to the which Committee, the Petitions exhibited, concerning the Election of the Knight and Burgess for the Town and County of Carnarvon is referred:
And it is to be considered of at the same time, when
those Petitions are considered of: And the High Sheriff
is to be bailed in the mean time.
The Bill for the Queen's Jointure is appointed to be
read on Wednesday next.
Members concerned in Monopolies.
Mr. Perd to make Report To-morrow, concerning those
Members of this House, that forbear to sit, in regard of
the Order against Monopolists.
Army Pay, &c.
Upon Sir Jo. Hotham's Report from the Committee,
last appointed, to consider of the King's Army, it was
Resolved, upon the Question, That the King's Army
shall be paid from the Tenth of November to the Eighth
of December, according to the Foot of the Muster-roll,
made the Twenty-eight of November.
Resolved, upon the Question, That a new Muster-roll
be made, in the like Manner as it is now reported from
the Committee; that is, That the Commissary-General
do appoint Sixteen Deputy Commissaries; and that Sixteen Gentlemen of the Country be nominated by the
Knights and Burgesses of the County of Yorke, to join
with them; and, in one Day, to muster the Army: And,
according to the Foot of that Muster-roll, the Army to be
paid, from the Eighth of December to the Time of the
Muster; and that this Muster be not made till the
Money come down.
Resolved, upon the Question, That, for the Disciplining of the Army, it is fit that a Commission of Oyer
and Terminer be directed to the Officers of the Field, and
some Gentlemen of the Country, to be nominated by the
Knights and Burgesses of the County of Yorke.
Mr. Treasurer is intreated to move his Majesty, that
such a Commission may be sent.
Ordered, That the Commission of Oyer and Terminer
shall extend only to the King's Army in Pay.
Loan from the City.
Ordered, That, if the City bring in the Threescore
thousand Pounds, that they shall be paid next after Sir
Jo. Harrison has received his Monies.
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The Doctors offer a five-minute health fix for body odor, which is caused by bacteria growing in damp, dark areas such as the groin, underarms and feet.
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Male: We got a five minute health tip to get rid of this next taboo body problem. Who’s got it? Body odor. Male2: BO. Male: Does anyone know what causes body odor? Because it’s not sweat, believe it or not, its bacteria that hangs out in those dark warm areas like your armpit, your groin, even your feet. and what happens is bacteria feed off of those oils coming out in your sweat, they give off a byproduct that’s called volatile sulphur compound, and that’s the odor or whew. And we've smelled that not only with body odor, but with other compound, guys. Volatile sulphur compounds, they're all around us. Male3: And it does smell a lot like this onion that I have right next to me here. Male2: When you cook with onion and garlic and it gets on your hand afterwards. That smell is the same thing. Male3: That’s why chef actually has this special metal bar of soap that they use in the kitchen that gets that onion smell off of them. But we have something that we can use at home that the odor works. Male2: Okay, so I'm going to put it to the test here. I'm going to rub onion on my palm. Male3: And the onion, you have to get it, well you have one there. Male2: Okay, first. Female: So that’s your excuse for the day. Male2: Alright, so then? Male3: You have to get it wet. Male2: You have to get it wet. Male3: Use it like a bar of soap. Male2: And you have to scrub this stainless steel on there for 30 seconds. Male3: And what it’s doing, the stainless steel actually reacts to the bacteria you were talking about Travis. It actually kills the bacteria so they don’t produce those sulphur containing compounds. Male2: Is anybody counting? Has that been 30 seconds? Male3: Keep going. Female: Let's see if it smells. Male2: Yeah, what do you think? Male: Does it really? Male3: Yeah. It cuts it. Male: So what you do in the middle of the day? You're out and you're a little sweaty under here. Do you just grab that thing and go up under your shirt and do a little? Male2: It has to be under running water for 30 seconds. So you pretty much got to do it in the shower. Female: You got to do it in the shower. You're going to clean it anyway. Male: So this is a preemptive strike, once you're showering. Male3: And don’t just flip that on those armpits. Any of those other areas, your feet. Male2: Other crevices. Male: Any dark, cool, warm. Female: Talking about dark, cool, warm crevices which women have. Male2: Don’t go there. Female: I'm going to go there, because a lot of women, a lot of men as well, that there's a fancy out there that women have more of an odor or smell more during their menstrual period. Well, it’s not because of bacteria and things like that or hormones, it’s really more of a hygiene thing. You don’t have to smell any worse in your period than you do any other time. What happens is the sweat glands down there, get the bacteria just like they do under your armpits. But when that's combined with menstrual flow at the same time in the pad and being trap, then you might have more body odor during that time. But it’s actually not a physiological thing. Male: So, what I have to ask is are there any guys and maybe some girls, because I'm going to tell you, I stop using white shirts working out. And actually now use cutoffs, because I would get this. But I used to think it was from my sweat, but it’s actually from the anti-perspirant deodorant that you wear. So one way to prevent bacteria, obviously, just cleaning. The odor works as another option. And you know what? Everyone in the audience is going to home with your own.
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Google's Chrome browser vulnerable
Google has released security update 22.214.171.124 for its Chrome browser, which is aimed at fixing two security vulnerabilities. The first of these is an error when processing bitmap data in the render process. By manipulating information on the number of pixels, it is apparently possible to overwrite memory. Attackers could exploit this to inject and execute code with the user's privileges. Since, according to Google, the data for this must originate from the render process itself, an attacker would have had to first manipulate this via another vulnerability. Despite this, Google classifies the problem as critical.
In addition to Chrome, Skia is also used in the Android operating system for mobile devices. It is not yet clear whether the vulnerability is also an issue for the mobile OS.
A Chrome update to fix multiple critical vulnerabilities was released around 2 weeks ago. Updates for Chrome are downloaded and installed via the automatic update function without further user interaction and become effective after restarting the browser. According to a recent study, automatically updating without requiring user confirmation is the most successful method for ensuring a high rate of uptake of the latest version and consequently a low number of vulnerable browsers.
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Reggae Artist, Dady Pathe Camara
Dady Pathe Camara
Dady Pathe Camara - Long after the legend’s death on May 11, 1981 R.I.P., the music of Bob Marley continues to inspire generation after generation of aspiring reggae artists across the world.
What’s chilling about this is that just four years later on the very same day Bob Marley passed away, Pathe Camara was born miles away from Marley’s birth place in a town called Ziguinchor, located in the southern part of Senegal, a country in West Africa.
Although Camara and Marley’s voices are much different, you’ll find their styles to be very similar. Both Marley and Camara’s music have positive and inspirational lyrics. Dady “Daddy” Pathe Camara’s music is uplifting and often carries politically charged messages in English, French and his native language, Wolof.
Could this be the start of someone who will pick up where Marley left off? You be the judge. Sample Camara’s music on Amazon and iTunes today. Like it, love it, share it!
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It is this appreciation of the moment in every day, in spite of change, pain and at times loneliness, (and what they teach her,) that is so delightful and transformational about Lindsey’s work, through which I could go, to borrow the words of Randall Jarrell, “shouting and pointing.”
However, today I want to focus on consciousness and awareness and what Lindsey teaches me. Quoting Miriam Gates “Bravery is about being conscious of all life,” Lindsey goes on to write “Bravery is staring into the sun, even when the brightness of life – and the brightness is precisely because life’s minutes are burning in front of us – is painful. Bravery is not flinching and not looking away, even when the emotion of a moment overwhelms us. Bravery is not hiding, in a thousand ways little and big, from our own lives.”
Of appreciation of everyday moments of life and phenomena, Lindsey writes: “The most mundane of things, our very own life-scarred hands, are equally as transcendent as the most ornate and soaring cathedral. There is as much power and as much wonder in the simple human hand as in a grandiose cathedral.”
The awareness of the fleeting quality of life runs through Lindsey’s writing, that we are living and dying at the same time. Or, similarly here, where she emphasizes: “My every conscious moment is filtered through this prism of my piercing awareness of how fleeting it is.” She speaks of choice, a willingness to remain aware in spite of difficulty and heartbreak. And how she passes this appreciation on to her children, vastness and imagination, what she sees in an apparently bleak season of winter, as well as the solstice.
This awareness and imagination generate appreciation and endurance, and joy. Through it all, Lindsey, like others I’ve profiled this month, has a remarkable sense of the journey she is on and shares her gifts generously and profoundly.
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Bring your faith to life with the spark of history as told by the pope himself! In his weekly addresses, Pope Benedict XVI expertly and thoughtfully explores the life stories of seventeen holy women. From St. Hildegard of Bingen to St. Catherine of Siena to St. Therese of Lisieux, and many more in between, each one brings a fresh experience and example of faith that is still relevant today. These models of prayer, faith, and action will help you gain a fuller understanding of Church history as well as personal faith. Jacketed hardcover.
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You are here to find out how start-ups get money. We won't waste your time with banter. Let's get started...
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What Are the Federal Securities Laws?
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If you decide on a registered public offering, the Securities Act requires your company to file a registration statement with the SEC before the company can sell its securities. Any information contained in registration statements become public immediately upon filing. But the SEC will not allow you to sell securities to the public until the SEC staff has had a chance to review the registration statement.
If a Company Becomes Public, What Disclosures Must It Regularly Make?
A company can become "public" in one of two ways - by issuing securities in an offering registered under the Securities Act or by registering a company's outstanding securities under Exchange Act requirements. Both types of registration trigger ongoing reporting obligations for a company. In some cases, the Exchange Act also subjects a company's officers, directors and significant shareholders to reporting requirements.
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WARNING: THIS PAGE IS EXTREMELY BORING. ANYONE WISHING TO AVOID THE BRAIN DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE NUANCES OF SECURITIES LAWS AND THEIR OVERLAPPING, PROSAIC RULES SHOULD RUN SCREAMING FROM THIS PAGE. DO NOT SAY WE DID NOT WARN YOU!
The federal government and state governments each have their own securities laws and regulations, so a company selling securities must comply with federal and state securities laws. Thus a particular offering can be exempt under the federal securities laws, but still be subject to individual state laws.
The staff of the SEC's Office of Small Business and the SEC's Small Business Ombudsman will be glad to assist you with any questions you may have regarding federal securities laws. For information about state securities laws, contact NASAA or your state's securities administrator, whose office is usually located in your capital city.
The Small Business Administration publishes a state-by-state directory of the amount of small-business lending done by commercial banks. This information shows the amount of small business lending done during the last year by specific banks. (Small business loans are loans of less than $250,000.)
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Throughout the book, Brookfield and Preskill clearly show how discussion can enliven classrooms, and they outline practical methods for ensuring that students will come to class prepared to discuss a topic. They also explain how to balance the voices of students and teachers, while still preserving the moral, political, and pedagogic integrity of discussion.
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In China, the art and practice of drinking tea is about much more than merely soaking leaves in a cup of hot water. The tradition is rooted in Daoism, and emerged from a philosophy that honoured ...
Praise for The Teaching Portfolio. "This new edition of a classic text has added invaluable, immediately useful material. It's a must-read for faculty, department chairs, and academic ...
A detailed look at the importance of corporate governance in today's business worldThe importance of corporate governance became dramatically clear at the beginning of the twenty-first ...
Where Do You Worship? Not everyone may frequent the church on the corner, but we each have a place of worship. For some, it’s at the office. For others, before the mirror. ...
In recent times, venture capital and private equity funds have become household names, but so far little has been written for the investors in such funds, the so-called limited partners. There is far ...
16th century Hindu theologian Rupa Gosvamin established a technique by which, in imitating significant figures in Krsna's dramatic world, a devotee might actually come to inhabit the world of the ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the ...
This book is a study of design initiatives and policies in five US West Coast cities – Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Irvine and San Diego – all of which have had particularly ...
1986 Winner of the Imogene Okes Award and the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult EducationThe first book to receive both the Imogene Okes Award and the Cyril O. Houle World Award ...
"An important addition to the library of anyone concerned with or interested in the role of the university in today's society. Those of us who have devoted our life's work to improving the delivery ...
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Crises tend to expand the role of government, which then never subsides. The theme of Robert Higgs' Crisis and Leviathon was that wars and great depressions create a ratchet-like movement toward ever bigger government. The process involves government taking on new functions more than expanding traditional ones. In the end a distant set of bureaucrats regulates everything, but nothing well. Most functional units have specialized argot, data, processes, and contacts, and new employees takes months to know enough to be productive. A regulator has a few weeks at best, probably a few days, to review an organization. How is he to find problems, let alone fix them?
In practice, regulators ask for a select set of reports, usually highlighting statistics that would have been useful in the last crisis, and make bland statements about the desirability of 'clear lines of authority' or a 'prioritization of risk management' (see the Fed's new Senior Supervisors Group Issues Report on Risk Management Practices).
I've talked to many risk managers at large financial firms lately, and there appears an increased focus on regulators: what do they want? This is in contrast to asking, what do we need? The latter question draws on the parochial expertise of people who have to create products and services worth more than they cost to produce, the former draws on the results of endless committee meetings by people who are far removed from the front line.
The subprime crisis has discredited internal financial risk management, so now, instead of thinking about how to manage risk better, large firms have taken the understandable course of action in our Brave New World, of deferring such judgments to the regulators. Appeasing regulators determines whether one can, say, hire immigrants under H1B visa program, or pay a dividend, or worst of all, be labeled 'undercapitalized', creating a self-fullfilling death spiral necessitating an acquisition.
Firms, and the individuals therein, are in the best position to better their practices. With this recent crisis, they have strong top-down directives to placate the government, and cease all innovation because that was the kind of thinking that led to CDOs! Talk about a bad take-away. I expect banks to respond to their lack of productivity by increasing lobbying efforts to squelch competition, because that is really the only way for non-innovative organizations to make profits.
There's an East German joke that goes "What would happen if the desert became communist? Nothing for a while, and then there would be a sand shortage." An important part of this joke is the 'nothing for a while'. Bad policies don't usually produce an immediate catastrophe, rather, they weaken the trend, barely observable when initially implemented. Only after a long while do people notice that the new system is a morass of dysfunctional duties that are done mostly out of precedent, no efficiency. For example, the socialist countries started to great enthusiasm by western intellectuals; so too with busing in schools, large scale public housing, the Department of Education. At best these are wasted resources, more often they create unintended consequences at the root of the next crisis.
A friend of mine lost his job in the financial sector. He got a new job with the FDIC. As a country we have decided to allocate more resources to government, more power to government, at all levels. I fail to see how moving more people out of private firms, that create wealth and pay taxes, to regulators, that impose costs and cost taxes, will make our financial system more robust. From the Great Depression, to the Carter Credit Controls of 1980:3Q, to the S&L crisis, to the Subprime Crisis, Government was not standing athwart history saying 'stop', rather, it was encouraging the very behavior that turned out, with hindsight, to be the root of the problem.
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Youll be shooting at space faring notes from your very own spaceship. When you hit a whole note, it will split into 2 half notes. When you hit one of these half notes, it will split into 2 quarter notes. What then? Play the game and find out! For now, lets just say that you can gain extra lives by shooting down comets, and lose them almost as fast if a meteor collides with your spaceship.With its three levels of difficulty (Beginner, Advanced, Expert) and other options, Happy Note! Notes in Space is suitable for players of all ages.
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By PBN Staff
PROVIDENCE – The 2012 New England Common Assessment Program test scores showed significant improvement from 2008 to 2012 in both reading and mathematics proficiency levels, with less significant improvements from 2011 to 2012.
For all NECAP results, according to a R.I. Department of Education report released Friday, the only category that saw a statistically significant decrease for any time period was third grade reading proficiency, which dropped 2 percentage points to 70 percent from 2011 to 2012.
In October 2012, 104,678 Rhode Island students in grades 3 through 8 and grade 11 participated in a total of 17 NECAP tests in reading, writing and mathematics.
Reading proficiency showed statistically significant increases from both the state’s fifth and 11th graders. Fifth grade reading proficiency increased 3 percentage points to 72 percent between 2011 and 2012, and 11th grade reading proficiency rose 2 percentage points to 79 percent during the same period.
Reading proficiency for the state’s fourth and seventh grade students dropped 1 percentage point each year over year, but the decline was deemed not statistically significant in the NECAP report. Fourth graders saw reading proficiency decline to 69 percent and seventh graders saw it drop to 71 percent.
The state’s sixth and eighth graders showed no change in reading proficiency between 2011 and 2012.
Rhode Island’s scores on the math tests improved significantly for grades 7 and 11, but fell for grade 3 by a less than statistically amount, RIDE said.
Math proficiency in the state’s seventh graders rose 2 percentage points to 59 percent from 2011 to 2012.
And although the percentage of 11th graders proficient in math increased 4 percentage points to 34 percent between 2011 and 2012, the percentage of those deemed proficient stood at 34 percent, which was 24 points below the level achieved by eighth graders, the largest drop between grade levels for either math or reading.
Between 2011 and 2012, the number of third graders proficient in mathematics dropped 1 percentage point to 59 percent.
Math proficiency was unchanged year over year for grade 4 (62 percent), grade 5 (62 percent), grade 6 (62 percent) and grade 8 (58 percent).
Although math proficiency increased or remained the same for most grade levels, all grades reported 20 percent or more of its students as “substantially below proficient” in math. The only exception was the state’s fourth graders, which reported 17 percent of its students as below proficient. Forty percent of 11th graders were deemed substantially below proficient in math in 2012.
Over the five-year period, the biggest gains were seen in eighth grade reading proficiency (12 percentage points), 11th grade reading proficiency (9 percentage points) and sixth, seventh and 11th grade math proficiency (all of which increased 7 percentage points).
Most student groups some “notable achievement gains” in reading and math over the past five years, according to the report. In reading, black, Hispanic and white students improved 6, 6 and 5 percentage points, respectively, since 2008. In math, black, Hispanic and white students improved 5, 6 and 6 percentage points, respectively, during the same period.
And for the first time since 2007, Rhode Island results for math and reading in 11th grade were higher than for both New Hampshire and Vermont children.
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Fault Lines’ Seb Walker travels to the Perisan Gulf to look at US policy in the region, and to explore why the United States has taken an interventionist policy in Libya, but not in Bahrain, where there has been a brutal crackdown on protesters. Why does the White House strongly back democracy in one Arab country, but not another?
Fault Lines travelled to Bahrain to hear from those who had been protesting, to ask them what they think about the lack of real US pressure on their country’s rulers. The country is also home to the US 5th Fleet, where Fault Lines gained exclusive access to the USS Ronald Reagan, an American aircraft carrier deployed in the Arabian Gulf.
The film traces America’s response to the protests in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and examines how the stability of oil prices, the steady supply of crude, and concerns over Iran have affected America’s response.
This episode of Fault Lines, “The US and the New Middle East: The Gulf,” first aired on Al Jazeera English July 25, 2011 at 2230 GMT.
Livetweets during last night’s first episode airing from the program staff appear at @AJFaultLines
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In a story regarding federal budget cuts, the Washington Post reports:
‘One of the last presidents to balance the budget was Herbert Hoover,’ [Rep. Peter] King added darkly, referring to the penny-pinching Republican blamed for deepening the Great Depression.
What a loaded and inaccurate statement!
I just finished the fine new biography Coolidge by Amity Shlaes. Hoover plays a major part in the book as a long-time cabinet member of President Coolidge and his successor in the White House. Coolidge was about as frugal a president as we’ve had, and he dreaded that he would be followed by big-spender Hoover, who he knew would probably unravel his years of hard work at budget restraint.
Coolidge fought against many new spending plans pushed in Congress, including flood control projects, farm subsidies, and higher veteran’s benefits. But Hoover worked behind the scenes during the Coolidge years to boost flood control spending. And when he became president, Hoover sadly gave into the farm lobbies and launched the first major subsidy schemes.
In 1929 Hoover signed the Agricultural Marketing Act, which created the Federal Farm Board to subsidize agricultural cooperatives. I’ve noted that the scheme turned into a $500 million boondoggle, harming consumers and disrupting markets.
As president, Coolidge worked long and hard to cut the federal budget to $3 billion and hold it at about that level from 1923 to 1929. But when he was president, Hoover jacked up the budget from $3.1 billion in 1929 to $4.7 billion in 1932.
Shlaes concludes that Hoover “spent like a Democrat. But that spending hadn’t been enough to ensure even Hoover’s own reelection.” And contrary to the implication of the Washington Post, neither did Hoover’s big spending alleviate the Great Depression.
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By Craig Fugate, Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
Ask anyone who has lived through a significant disaster what that experience was like and – without a doubt – one of the things some people are likely to recall is how difficult it was to communicate from their mobile phones with friends, family and emergency services like 911 in the immediate aftermath.
Many of us were reminded of this last month, when both a 5.8 magnitude earthquake and Hurricane Irene struck parts of the East Coast. People immediately reached for their phones to call loved ones or 911. Unfortunately, in some cases, loss of power made communication difficult.
The FCC and FEMA are doing everything we can to empower the public to be prepared for all emergencies (you can visit Ready.gov or Listo.gov to learn more). But one of the lessons learned from that August earthquake was that we can do more to educate the public about the most effective ways to communicate before, during and after a disaster.
Today, we are pleased to release a set of new, easy-to-follow tips to help all Americans prepare their homes and mobile phones for a disaster. These tips are practical things everyone can do to better preserve the ability to communicate effectively during – and immediately after – a disaster.
While we don’t have control over when or where the next disaster will strike, we do have control over what we do to prepare. Check out these tips and please, take one more step and share it with your networks. Use Twitter, Facebook, email or a good old-fashioned phone call to help us spread the word – and help more Americans get ready before the next disaster strikes.
Before a Disaster: How to Prepare Your Home and Mobile Device
- Maintain a list of emergency phone numbers in your cell phone and in or near your home phone.
- Keep charged batteries and car-phone chargers available for back-up power for your cell phone.
- If you have a traditional landline (non-broadband or VOIP) phone, keep at least one non-cordless phone in your home because it will work even if you lose power.
- Prepare a family contact sheet. This should include at least one out-of-town contact that may be better able to reach family members in an emergency.
- Program “In Case of Emergency” (ICE) contacts into your cell phone so emergency personnel can contact those people for you if you are unable to use your phone. Let your ICE contacts know that they are programmed into your phone and inform them of any medical issues or other special needs you may have.
- If you are evacuated and have call-forwarding on your home phone, forward your home phone number to your cell phone number.
- If you do not have a cell phone, keep a prepaid phone card to use if needed during or after a disaster.
- Have a battery-powered radio or television available (with spare batteries).
- Subscribe to text alert services from local or state governments to receive alerts in the event of a disaster. Parents should sign up for their school district emergency alert system.
During and After a Disaster: How to Reach Friends, Loved Ones & Emergency Services
- If you have a life-threatening emergency, call 9-1-1. Remember that you cannot currently text 9-1-1. If you are not experiencing an emergency, do not call 9-1-1. If your area offers 3-1-1 service or another information system, call that number for non-emergencies.
- For non-emergency communications, use text messaging, e-mail, or social media instead of making voice calls on your cell phone to avoid tying up voice networks. Data-based services like texts and emails are less likely to experience network congestion. You can also use social media to post your status to let family and friends know you are okay. In addition to Facebook and Twitter, you can use resources such as the American Red Cross’s Safe and Well program.
- Keep all phone calls brief. If you need to use a phone, try to convey only vital information to emergency personnel and/or family.
- If you are unsuccessful in completing a call using your cell phone, wait ten seconds before redialing to help reduce network congestion.
- Conserve your cell phone battery by reducing the brightness of your screen, placing your phone in airplane mode, and closing apps you are not using that draw power, unless you need to use the phone.
- If you lose power, you can charge your cell phone in your car. Just be sure your car is in a well-ventilated place (remove it from the garage) and do not go to your car until any danger has passed. You can also listen to your car radio for important news alerts.
- Tune into broadcast television and radio for important news alerts. If applicable, be sure that you know how to activate the closed captioning or video description on your television.
- If you do not have a hands-free device in your car, stop driving or pull over to the side of the road before making a call. Do not text on a cell phone, talk, or “tweet” without a hands free device while driving.
- Immediately following a disaster, resist using your mobile device to watch streaming videos, download music or videos, or play video games, all of which can add to network congestion. Limiting use of these services can help potentially life-saving emergency calls get through to 9-1-1.
- Check Ready.gov regularly to find other helpful tips for preparing for disasters and other emergencies.
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||A ridge of high pressure dominated the central and eastern U.S. the last few days of June and into the 1st of July. Records too numerous to mention were broken and in some cases, smashed throughout the eastern half of the nation, many of them all-time records not simply date records. See June Storm Data for the June details in the Blacksburg/Roanoke CWA.
July 1st was the last day of the record-setting heat wave that began around the 27th of June. Records from climate observing sites on July 1st showed 100F at Danville (tied highest for date, records since 1948); 97F at Roanoke (tied 3rd, records since 1912); 97F in Lynchburg (tied 2nd, records since 1893), 90F at Blacksburg (tied 3rd, records since 1952) and 90F at Bluefield (1st, records since 1959).
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Make your own hand sanitiser
I love my kids. Not just in an I-love-chocolate kind of way, but in an earth-shattering, heart-stopping, life-defining way. They are absolutely the apex of my world. And they are also disgusting.
I just spent an amazing weekend away with one of my oldest friends. We shopped, we talked, we shopped, we drank, we shopped, we ate, we shopped (did I mention we shopped?) for three days straight. Despite the bliss associated with a long weekend of freedom, my heart literally skipped a beat when I came home. Chloe who was still up came crashing into my arms and (after asking if I had a present for her) showered me with I love yous. She then picked her nose and wiped it on my knee.
Between exploding diapers, dinners gone wrong, potty training and Belles fascination with all things snail-related (not to mention putting random objects in the loo), there have been a lot of messy moments in our world. Fortunately, we had kids at precisely the same moment the hand sanitiser market boomed, so we have been well equipped to deal with the germs. There was a time when I had it in my bag, the car, the kitchen, the bathroom, at work and I definitely thought we were all better protected with it.
However, Ive since discovered that not all hand sanitisers are created equal. And if you support green living and natural health strategies, then this will interest you. Many of the antibacterial products on the market (including hand washes, but particularly sanitisers) contain something called triclosan. The problem with triclosan is that its thought that overuse can lead to resistant strains of bacteria, especially in relation to MRSA. Its also toxic to aquatic life as it inhibits photosynthesis and functions as an endocrine (hormone) disrupter. That may sound heavy handed, but research shows that its affecting the growth and development in a detectable way of a huge variety of species (ranging from bullfrogs to dolphins).
Further, there are some studies that imply triclosan use may have some possible carcinogenic associations. While the FDA currently states that triclosan is not known to be hazardous to humans, it does have it under review. In addition, its worth noting that they say the agency does not have evidence that triclosan in antibacterial soaps provides any benefit over washing with regular soap and water.
But what about alcohol-based sanitisers? Although the Centers for Disease Control do state that hand washing is still the preferable method for disease prevention, they also support the use of alcohol-based hand sanitisers (especially where hand washing is not a viable option). Those at a 60 percent concentration or more are extremely effective at killing germs as long as there is sufficient contact (ten to 15 seconds). However, while they deal with cold and flu germs, they are not effective against norovirus (the winter vomiting virus) unless they are combined with benzalkonium chloride (which has similar bacteria resistance and toxicity issues to triclosan). And of course, sanitisers cant deal with airborne germs. So if someone sneezes next to you and you get a lungful, theres not much you can do!
After all that, what does this mean to you? How do you find the happy medium between respecting the environment and avoiding harsh chemicals, and protecting you and your family from pesky germs? Well, firstly note that our obsession with germs can sometimes backfire. Exposure to bacteria is thought to reduce the development of allergies and hayfever, and of course helps to build up the immune system. However, there arent many of us that wouldnt do a good hand wash around someone with a bad cold or tummy bug.
My advice for the mainstream would be to take a moderate approach. Obviously, where possible, wash your hands well. If youre around someone with a nasty infection, are travelling on planes or are visiting a doctors office/hospital, you might want to use a sanitiser. When you do, pick one that is alcohol-based and triclosan-free (labelling laws dictate that triclosan must be included on the label, so if you dont see it, it doesnt contain it). For all those other instances, when you are out and about and hand washing isnt practical, either buy one of the more natural brands or consider making your own!
While essential oils are not necessarily clinically antibacterial, medical research does reveal moderate antibacterial and antifungal properties in some. The good news is that some research indicates that the influenza strain may be especially susceptible. This recipe for home-made hand sanitiser includes lavender essential oil — which aside from the obvious benefit of smelling great, also has antiseptic, antibacterial and antimicrobial properties. It also includes witch hazel as a natural antiseptic, antimicrobial, antibacterial, antifungal and anti-inflammatory agent. Rather than being alcohol-based, this uses aloe vera gel — which is naturally moisturising rather than drying. Theres also vitamin E as an extra moisturiser that also helps to keep the product stable.
In terms of practicality, the ingredients for this are very expensive when compared to regular sanitiser. If you like the idea of doing it, perhaps get together with friends and share out the supplies as the lavender oil, vitamin E capsules and witch hazel will go a long way! (Of course they also have multiple other uses so you might find the investment practical regardless.) If you decide to go for it, heres how:
Homemade hand sanitiser
· 4 oz aloe vera gel
· ½ tbs witch hazel
· 1 vitamin E capsule
· 10 drops lavender essential oil
· small plastic squeezable bottles
(I got the gel, witch hazel, vitamin E and lavender from Down to Earth. I also bought small plastic bottles meant for travel from Phoenix. If you would rather use glass, then some of the pharmacies sell small glass dropper bottles.)
Directions: Whisk together the witch hazel and aloe vera. Poke a hole in the vitamin E capsule and squeeze in. Add the lavender oil and whisk again. Use a funnel to fill the bottles. (Go to my Facebook page for pictures of supplies and the end result.)
l The advice given in this article is not intended to replace medical advice, but to complement it. Always consult your GP if you have any health concerns. Catherine Burns BA Hons, Dip ION is the managing director of Natural Ltd and a fully qualified nutritional therapist trained by the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in the UK. Please note that she is not a registered dietitian. For details visit www.natural.bm or call 236-7511. Join Catherine on Facebook: www.facebook.com/nutrifitandnaturalnutritionbermuda
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AT LAST: Male birth control may actually become a reality. And it will (of course) be reversible.
A blast of ultrasound to the testicles can safely stop sperm production for 6 months. BBC News quotes researcher James Tsuruta as saying, "We think this could provide men with up to six months of reliable, low-cost, non-hormonal contraception from a single round of treatment. Our long-term goal is to use ultrasound from therapeutic instruments that are commonly found in sports medicine or physical therapy clinics as an inexpensive, long-term, reversible male contraceptive suitable for use in developing to first world countries." It could eventually spread to third world countries, where the need is great and conventional means of contraception are had to find.
Since most geeks are male, it seems sensible that trials are going forward thanks a grant from Microsoft: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $100,000 to this research.
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Domestic violence is not a private matter, it is a societal one that affects every community. Recognizing, responding and referring to appropriate resources are key components of professional development for members of any workplace, particularly one that involves a large population, multiple ages and both transient and static residential populations.
Members of the Brock Community are trained in Domestic Violence response. The first step is to communicate the problem. We will do all that we can to assist!
- Warning Signs for the Workplace
- How to recognize that a colleague may be involved in an abusive relationship.
- Threat Assessment and Risk Management
- Guidelines for assessing threats and managing risks in the workplace.
- Power and Control Wheel
- The tactics most universally experienced by battered women.
- Keeping yourself Safe
- How to keep yourself safe and supported when domestic violence follows you to the workplace.
- Help for Employers
- Roles and responsibilities as an employer in responding to domestic violence.
- Communication Strategies
- Guidelines for communicating with employees at risk of workplace domestic violence.
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Once you learn how to make pancakes from scratch, you can delight your family with homemade pancakes of every variety.
Truth be told, pancakes are among kids' most-requested breakfast foods, especially when they have friends sleeping over. And my pancakes never fail to satisfy the kids.
Follow these tips, and you'll know how to make perfect pancakes every time:
Dos for Making Perfect Pancakes
- Even though it's a pain, it's important to mix the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients in separate bowls before combining.
- A griddle with a temperature control is the best tool for cooking pancakes. I like to use my electric skillet (compare prices), because as Alton Brown says, it's not a uni-tasker (one trick pony kitchen tool).
Set the temperature to 375 degrees F when preheating, then turn it down to 370 or 360 once you start to cook the pancakes.
- If you don't have an electric skillet or griddle, use a heavy cast iron or nonstick skillet over medium heat.
- Let the batter rest 5 to 15 minutes before cooking.
- For really light and fluffy pancakes, separate the eggs. Add the egg yolk(s) where the recipe calls for eggs to be added in. Beat the egg white(s) separately, and fold in at the very end.
- Use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to make nice-sized pancakes.
- Flip at the right time: Look for bubbles on top and light browning around the edges.
It's okay to peek to see if they are browned on the bottom. If the pancakes are too floppy to flip, they aren't cooked enough. If they are getting brown before they're ready to flip, turn down the heat.
- Try making one test pancake first to see if the griddle or skillet is the right temperature. Invariably, the first pancake ends up being the worst one anyway.
Don'ts for Making Perfect Pancakes
- Don't overmix the batter. This will cause the pancakes to turn out tough.
- Don't let the griddle or skillet get too hot! This will cause the pancakes to burn before they're cooked through.
- Don't add the butter or shortening until after the griddle or skillet has been preheated.
- Don't go overboard with butter or shortening. One tablespoon is enough for 12-16 pancakes. Or leave it out entirely.
- Don't press down on the pancakes while they're cooking.
- Don't overflip. If you let the pancakes cook until golden on the first side, there's no need to flip multiple times.
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Like the googly, the flipper is yet another weapon in the leg-spinner's armoury.
Rather than turn away from the bat like a normal leg-spinner or towards the batsman like a googly, the flipper skids on low and fast after pitching.
You could describe it as a back spinner - and like the "wrong'un", it takes plenty of time to perfect.
The ball is "squeezed" between the thumb and fingers in a way so it spins backwards and skids on low and fast with under-spin after hitting the pitch.
Hold the ball like a normal leg-break with the top joints of the index and middle fingers are across the seam.
Unlike the leg-break and googly, it's the thumb that does most of the work. Imagine you're clicking your fingers when you release the ball.
The ball should be rotating in a clockwise direction with the seam facing the batsman.
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Trains In Canada Add Cameras To View BearsBanff Park News, Bear Hunting Magazine
Trains that run across mountain National parks are the single biggest source of human-caused grizzly bear mortality in these areas, killing more than 10 grizzlies in Banff National Park over the past decade.
Because of this, officials in the area are starting to use technology to try to figure out why so many grizzly bears are not getting out of the way and are killed by trains in Banff and Yoho national parks.
15 video cameras have been mounted on the front on trains to record how bears react and what they are doing when trains come through the area. The overall goal is to explain what bears are doing as a train approaches that leads to either their death or escape, and if their location could influence their behavior.
The last recorded railway mortality in Banff involved two young yearlings, who were killed when they did not get out of the way of a train west of Banff last October.
The research aims to determine if bears are more likely to be killed by a train if there is spilled grain on the tracks or a rich food source available nearby.
Other projects in the area include putting GPS collars on eleven grizzlies last spring so their movements could be closely monitored.
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EDIT: This app has now been updated. For a review of the incredible new version check out the review by Diego
Japanese: The Japanese – English Dictionary
2300 yen / £11.99
Being a student of Japanese, and being a foreigner in Japan, one of the first iPhone apps I looked for was a decent dictionary. Having been disappointed with the limited vocabulary of a dictionary I’d bought for my old DS Lite, I was keen to find one that used Jim Breen’s EDICT as its main database, and (if possible) supplemented by additional dictionaries aimed at those looking to take the Japanese Language Proficiency Test.
‘Japanese’ [app web site - includes demo video] [iTunes], an app developed by codefromtokyo (a one-man-show?) matched these criteria. It contains 127,829 words from the comprehensive JMDICT and KANJIDICT2 databases, as well as a dictionary of the kanji that appear in the JLPT (divided into the four current JLPT levels).
Additionally – and this is pretty sexy – it contains mini-movies showing the stroke order of all kanji taken from the Shodo Project.
As well as appearing in the main dictionary, entries are grouped into various categories to enable easy search / use. These are:
Hiragana & Katakana; Kanji (listed by radical / stroke count / school year / kokuji [native Japanese kanji]); classification (e.g. agriculture, anthropology, architecture, art…); counters; expressions (“I love you” “nice to meet you”…); proverbs; vocabulary lists.
The vocabulary lists are particularly useful as they allow you to build up your own personal word lists for quick reference and review.
Whilst the various categories as listed above may have their uses, I think that they are ultimately of limited functionality when it comes to finding what you’re looking for – they’re more likely to be of use when using your iPhone as review / study tool (although you’d be far better off with iAnki for that).
Searchability is the key to a dictionary’s usability – ‘Japanese’ gives us several options.
1) Browse the catagories as listed above
2) Input your word in Japanese using the regular keyboard. You can use romaji or hiranaga / katakana for this.
3) Use the iPhone’s Chinese handwriting keyboard.
The handwriting recognition function is possibly the most useful thing about this dictionary. It’s figuring out kanji readings that often proves to be the biggest stumbling block for me when I’m out and about in Japan – despite having ‘learnt’ the majority of the basic 2000 when at university, I’ve since found a lot have fallen down the back of the bookshelf in my mind.
Where the app falls down
Whilst it’s a good, solid dictionary app, there’s still several areas where it falls down.
- History function. The most useful thing about my dedicated Sharp electronic dictionary is its history function, whereby when I return home I can see a list of words I’ve looked up recently and transfer them to my flash cards / Anki.
- Dedicated support for Japanese handwriting recognition. Ok, so it’s Apple that needs to act on this one, thus perhaps it’s unfair to include this as a point against the app. Currently, handwriting recognition relies on using the Chinese keyboard (thus throwing up a lot of non-Japanese kanji during the search procress). Let’s hope we see this introduced with the next major iPhone update.
- The price. At 2300 yen / £11.99 dictionary is flying in the face of typical App store pricing, and good reason to not buy the App. Whilst it is cheaper than its nearest competitor (Longmans) it is still way too expensive for what it is. I’d like to see it down in the 300 – 500yen range.
Overall rating: ☆☆☆
‘Japanese’ is a good solid dictionary app with a nice clean iPhonesque user interface. It’s super-fast when searching for words, and has never caused my iPhone to crash (always a bonus!).
Were it not for it being overpriced it would be getting 4 stars – and the final star will be earned when the History function is introduced!
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Ethnic studies battle: a key program architect suggests changes
In doing so, the educator makes a surprising admission
A key program architect for part of TUSD's ethnic studies program admits that protesting students are doing what they were taught, thereby contradicting a long-held TUSD defense. Video by kgun9.comvideo
The march by Cholla High School students reaches TUSD headquarters
Ethnic studies program director Dr. Lupita Garcia attempts to address students for the first time
After being out-shouted by demonstrators, Dr. Garcia gave up trying to have a dialogue and went back insidel
Former state education boss Tom Horne led the ethnic studies crackdown after students turned their backs on his deputy, and raised their fists
TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - One of the major points of controversy in the ongoing battle over the Tucson Unified School District's embattled ethnic studies program revolves around this question: does the program "radicalize" students? That is one of the key accusations lobbed by opponents. It's also one of the central issues in deciding whether the program violates the new Arizona law that makes it illegal for ethnic studies programs to teach "ethnic chauvinism" or to promote resentment toward a race or class of people.
TUSD has long denied it. But now one of the program's founding architects admits that one of the key components of the program all along has been to teach the art of protest to students.
University of Arizona associate professor Julio Cammarota is the brain behind the Social Justice Education Project, which TUSD adopted as part of its ethnic studies program. He is on sabbatical but spoke to KGUN9's Valerie Cavazos on Thursday by phone. Cammarota admitted there is a connection between what the students are learning, and what they are doing now. "This is a great way for them to understand what our country is about by them mobilizing, by them protesting in the streets. It fits into the lessons that exist."
But those lessons originally were intended for college-level students. Cammarota said the TUSD curriculum may need to be adjusted in order to be appropriate for high school students. "We may need to change our approach, change our language a little bit so it doesn't make people think that somehow we are trying to make students become unAmerican or antagonistic towards Americans. We're not doing that at all."
It was the sight of students demonstrating with their fists in the air that led to the entire controversy. When Arizona attorney general Tom Horne was state Superintendent of Public Instruction, he became outraged when TUSD students turned their backs on his deputy, Margaret Dugan, and raised their fists in protest. Horne considered the behavior disrespectful, and concluded that the students learned to do that in ethnic studies class. He then went onto author HB 2281, designed to crack down on those classes.
TUSD has staunchly denied that its classes teach any such behavior.
In May of 2010, a 9 On Your Side investigation documented the striking similarity between what the students were being taught and what they were doing. Mexican-American/La Raza studies manager Sean Arce vehemently denied that there was any connection. "Is it right, or safe to say this book is teaching or telling these kids to do that?" KGUN9 News asked at the time.
"No," Arce replied. "These are historical episodes. We look at all historic episodes in their totality. So I don't believe that we are either promoting. We are presenting a full view of history."
But some of the students themselves see it differently. During Thursday's student walkout and march, KGUN9's Cavazos asked one student whether his coursework had inspired his behavior.
"Is this protest part of the Social justice education you're getting?" she asked.
"Yeah it is," Ramirez replied.
"And what exactly do they tell you to do?" Cavazos asked.
"They told us to -- I know to get my word out. That's the first commandment. We have freedom of speech and the right to come out and protest."
Ramirez is perfectly correct when he says he has a Constitutional right to protest. But the decision by Superintendent John Huppenthal, the ruling by an administrative judge upholding that decision, and this week's vote by the TUSD board do not address whether HB 2281 violates that right of protest or his right to free speech. Those decisions and rulings only address whether the coursework violates the new law.
Cammarota suggests that the district may avoid future demonstrations by reaching out to students. "This is the conversation that needs to happen. And by not having the conversation, the young people are going to step up and express their voices and try to have their voices be heard."
But during the months of controversy, "conversation" has been hard to come by. Shouting, chanting and podium-pounding have been the order of the day.
Thursday's march contained a brief but noteworthy exception that general rule. When the students arrived at TUSD, ethnic studies program director Dr. Lupita Garcia came out to face them for the first time. Her comments were personal. "I want you to have all the opportunities that I didn't have. Or that I could have had. And you have a great opportunity to get a great education. And that is how you fight city hall."
There was a brief exchange between Dr. Garcia and some of the students. But then the chanting and shouting resumed. Eventually, Dr. Garcia gave up and went back inside in frustration.
Most students KGUN9 News talked with after the demonstration say they didn't come away believing that they'd been heard. They vowed to keep trying.
TUSD administrators are not giving up, either, telling KGUN9 News that they'll continue efforts to talk with the students and to learn their perspectives.
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Geoffrey Kabat, Contributor
I write about the science and politics of health risks.
We all want simple and clear answers telling us how to improve our health, but no one number – in this case, body mass index – and no one study can provide the final word.
Last week’s paper in JAMA on body mass index and mortality may have set a record for creating confusion in the public at large and generating a bewildering range of responses among experts – some of them startling in their uncritical acceptance, others in their hostility.
At one extreme, Walter Willett, professor of nutrition and epidemiology at Harvard, denounced the paper, calling it a “pile of rubbish” and saying that “no one should waste their time reading it.” He emphasized that, “We have a huge amount of other literature showing that people who gain weight or are overweight have increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, stroke, many cancers and many other conditions.”
At the other extreme, Paul Campos, a professor of law and author of “The Obesity Myth,” in a New York Times op-ed, attacked the public health establishment for classifying two-thirds of the adult U.S. population as being in need of weight reduction.
How could a dry, scholarly paper have opened up such a Pandora’s box, and how could interpretations of it differ so drastically?
Part of the problem is that the latest paper tends to get highlighted in the public sphere in a way that makes it seem like the final word, as if it supercedes all prior knowledge and delivers revealed truth. Few papers can live up to this kind of billing. This “microscope effect” focuses attention on one study to the exclusion of other considerations. Let’s look at what the study actually entails.
The paper by Katherine Flegal and colleagues presents the results of a meta-analysis – that is, an arithmetic averaging — of the results of studies worldwide that examined the association of body mass index (BMI) with subsequent death from any cause. The sample included 97 studies, nearly 3 million people, and 270,000 deaths. The authors used standard categories of BMI: 18.5-<25 (normal weight), 25-<30 (overweight), and >=30 (obese). The last category was further subdivided into 30-<35 (class 1), 35-<40 (class 2), and >=40 (class 3).
What they found is that, compared to normal weight individuals, those in the overweight category had a lower risk of dying of any cause, and those in the obese category had an elevated risk. However, more than half of those in the obese category were in class 1, and these individuals had no increased risk of dying compared to normal weight individuals. Class 2 and 3 individuals did have a significantly elevated risk of death.
Thus, this analysis correlating BMI with risk of dying found that being overweight actually appeared beneficial and that the ill effects of obesity were limited to the very obese.
While the authors of the paper acknowledged some of the limitations of their study, they devoted only one sentence to the limitations of BMI. Equally striking is the fact that the paper makes no mention of physical activity, diet, or socio-economic status.
BMI, which was first proposed by the Belgian statistician Adolphe Quételet in 1835, is calculated by the formula: weight (in kilograms)/height (in meters)2. Its popularity derives from its simplicity and the fact that weight and height are easily measured.
However, like IQ, the single number for BMI does not tell us all we need to know. This is because BMI does not distinguish between fat mass and lean mass (muscle, water, bone, etc). Someone who is physically fit can have a high BMI due to having greater than average muscle mass. While misclassifying some people as obese (BMI of 30 or greater) who are not obese, using this criterion actually misses more than half of people with excess body fat.
Thus, grouping people by BMI is inescapably crude. Some people with a relatively high BMI, if examined clinically, will turn out to have a good profile in terms of blood triglycerides, cholesterol, insulin, and hypertension, while others will have poor profiles.
In contrast to BMI, which reflects overall fat distribution, waist girth, which measures belly fat, is a better predictor of poor health outcomes such as diabetes and heart disease.
Another problem with the Flegal study is that factors such as smoking and health status influence both body weight and mortality. Some people are lean due to illness or to smoking and are therefore at increased risk of dying. Failure to take these factors into account in the analysis distorts the true relationship.
The other side of the equation is that the study related a crude exposure variable (BMI) to a very crude outcome measure – death from any cause. What one would really like to know is: how do cause-specific mortality and morbidity differ according to BMI level, or, rather, with adiposity, for which BMI serves as a proxy? What is the relationship with risk of heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and cancer? Using all-cause mortality tells us nothing about how long people may have lived with debilitating chronic conditions associated with excess body weight.
A narrow focus on the results of the latest study should not blind us to well-documented facts. First, BMI, while not a perfect indicator, does correlate moderately well with body fat. So, the fact that BMI has increased over the past decades in the U.S. is telling us something. Even more significant is the fact that the proportion of the population in the very obese category has increased. Moreover, the increasing prevalence of high BMI in childhood is a worrying phenomenon, since early onset means living with obesity and its metabolic consequences virtually for a lifetime.
Second, again in spite of its limitations, BMI is a strong predictor of a person’s risk of diabetes. According to the CDC, between 1995 and 2010 the age-adjusted prevalence of diabetes in U.S. adults increased from 4.4% to 8.2%, and prevalence is projected to continue to increase in the future. Prevalence of the pre-diabetic condition referred to as the metabolic syndrome has also increased in the past two decades. These conditions are more common in certain subgroups of the population.
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By Maya Rhodan
NNPA Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Many of the students at Harvard School of Excellence in the Inglewood neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side are the same age as the 20 first- and second graders who were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Aisha McCarthy, the principal of Harvard School, was surprised by how her students reacted to the shooting spree 844 miles away in Newtown, Conn.
“There was no reaction,” McCarthy, principal at Harvard School of Excellence, says. “My own kids were scared and we talked about it, but there was a different reaction when I went to school the next day.”
The different reaction might be because children have been forced to deal with violence when their minds should have been focused on the simpler things in life.
Last year, 21 people were killed in the neighborhood. While the murders in Newtown may have shocked the nation, most of McCarthy’s students were not alarmed.
“A lot of the kids are numb to it, they don’t even have a reaction when things are in the news,” McCarthy says. “They hear about some kind of violence on a weekly basis. If they don’t see it, then they definitely hear about and they know about it.’
A couple weeks into the New Year, a shooting down the street from Harvard forced the school to go on lock down, keeping kids safe for a while after school.
McCarthy hasn’t been hardened by the violence in Chicago. Every day after school, after the last students have trickled out into the neighborhood and on to their homes, McCarthy can’t help but worry about whether she’ll see or hear something about a student on the evening or morning news.
“I don’t want to read in the newspaper that something happened to them,” says McCarthy. “I always tell them to have a safe weekend.”
For kids across the city, at McCarthy’s school and elsewhere, news of a shooting can be as common as a weather report.
There are 438 students in pre-k through 8th grade at Harvard, an Academy of Urban School Leadership turnaround school that just six years ago had been among the worst performing schools in the state.
Now the school, which saw a 34.5 percentage point increase in standardize test results between 2007 and 2012, has improved academically but remains threatened by the environment that engulfs it.
Since 2007, more than 270 school-age children have been killed in Chicago. Since the school year began in September, 21 kids have died from a gunshot wound, including Hadiya Pendleton, a member of King College Preparatory High School’s marching band who just days before had performed at the president’s inauguration.
Pendleton was just blocks away from her school when she was gunned down while walking in a park.
“We wind up dealing with a lot of issues that happen outside of school,” says Nikki Boone-Ross, a social worker at Chicago Public Schools. “If something happens over the weekend, eventually it comes back to the school. Students may get into a fight or altercation, but eventually it comes back to school.”
Ross works out of Dulles and Fisk Elementary Schools in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood. She mainly deals with students with special social and emotional needs; so in a school with 450 students, she may handle a caseload of 30.
Ross says the emotional baggage students often carry around after witnessing violence leads to problems in and outside of the classroom, but there aren’t enough counselors in schools to address the needs of all students properly.
In Chicago Public Schools, one counselor is assigned to every elementary school regardless of enrollment. At the high school level one counselor is assigned to every 360 kids.
“We as educators set the bar so high, but some students don’t even see themselves living that long. They think about today and getting through today,” says Ross. “They carry a lot of baggage—all of that as a result leads to violence inside and outside of schools.
“But in my building of 200 kids, my caseload might be 12 students. There are a lot of children who are not getting mental health services on a regular basis who really need them.”
Ivory Tolson, an associate professor of counseling at Howard University’s School of Education, agrees.
“Children exposed to violence can develop post traumatic stress disorder and can be very fearful in their environment,” Tolson says. “They don’t experience violence any differently than an adult does. They become less productive and less motivated because they are focusing on a lot of other things. We need to see in the inner city, Black neighborhoods the same things we would see at a Sandy Hook or Columbine—more empathetic counselors,” Tolson adds.
An empathetic counselor is what Pam Warner prides herself as being at South Shore High School, where she’s been since 1999.
On any given day, Warner finds herself fighting a myriad of battles-from fighting to keep a student struggling to balance a turbulent home life and a heavy course load in school to working with students in relationships to help them make smart decisions about their futures.
“I tell people all the time, ‘If you came work with me for one week, you’d be running out of the school,” Warner says. But the CPS veteran, who has been working in the school system since 1977, has sprinted toward the school, not away from it.
“There are a lot of good kids, but I’m just seeing fewer and fewer as I get older,” Warner says. “It’s exhausting. You care so much about the kids, you find you can’t sleep at night because you basically are the parent—the only thing we don’t do is birth them.”
It’s that feeling of parenting students that makes dealing with their problems so stressful, according to Warner.
“A lot of kids have no sense of living for tomorrow,” Warner says. “It’s a trip trying to convince someone they have a future when they don’t believe they do.”
But how can they?
According to the Chicago RedEye’s homicide tracker, between 2007-2013, 538 people between the ages of 15-20 have been killed. Between 20-25, the number shoots up to 681.
During the 2011-2012 school year, of the 319 Chicago Public School kids had been shot, 24 died.
There have been many calls for Congress to tighten gun control laws in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting, shootings in Aurora, Colo., and other mass killings. But many feel Chicago’s problem is being underestimated.
“I don’t think they have kids in Chicago in mind or their safety when they have these gun talks,” Warner says. “But they have the kids at Columbine in mind, they have them in mind for Newtown.”
Edelman, who has written on gun control in her weekly NNPA column, agrees.
“Common sense gun laws are a critical first step to protecting all children living in our inner cities, in our suburbs and in rural America,” Edelman says. “Having one set of laws in a city like Chicago, and then another set of laws right outside the city limits or in the next state makes no sense.”
She adds, “We regulate cars, toy guns and teddy bears, why on earth would we not regulate real guns? Those within the community need to stand up and act now, as Hadiya Pendleton’s mother and father are doing. As Trayvon Martin’s mother and father are doing. We need mothers and fathers, grandparents, aunts and uncles, sisters and brothers – we all need to say enough. Our children deserve a vote to make America safer now.”
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Parent Trigger Laws: Why It's Better to Embrace CollaborationSeptember 24, 2012 | Anne OBrien
Parent trigger laws have been attracting a lot of attention of lately. At least 18 states (some say 20) have considered legislation including parent trigger language over the past two years, with seven states enacting some version of a parent trigger. And a major motion picture set to release on September 28 chronicles a fictional account of a parent and teacher "pulling the trigger" to improve an elementary school.
But for all the talk on parent trigger laws, there is little consensus around them. There is even disagreement over the definition of the term. Some consider "true" parent trigger legislation to be laws that give parents the power to petition to privatize a school (typically by conversion to a charter school) with little or no input from others. Others consider a parent trigger law to be one that gives parents the ability to petition to intervene in a low-performing school in a number of ways, including but not limited to privatization, and/or includes voices other than parents.
Advocates of these laws claim that traditional means of turning around low-performing schools are too slow and too political, and they believe that such laws give parents an active role in how their child's school is managed. But others question the need for these laws, pointing to existing ways that parents can get involved in the operation of their child's school. They also worry that these laws are part of a larger effort to privatize public education in ways that benefit the business community at the expense of children.
In addition, they argue that the debate over parent trigger laws distracts us from what should be our primary concern: Ensuring that each child can receive a high-quality public education. When policymakers are debating these types of laws, they are not (for example) talking about how they can provide students and teachers with the tools and resources they need to succeed. They may also view these laws as silver bullets in fixing what ails our education system, using them to abdicate themselves from further responsibility in education. But to date, no community has successfully turned around a school using one of these laws.
Also concerning: These laws can pit educators and parents against each other. Yet educators and parents are on the same team -- we are all responsible for student success. And by working together in meaningful ways, educators and parents can build trust and impact students -- and eliminate the need for a parent trigger law altogether.
There are stories of schools and districts from all across the country that are working with families in productive ways. One successful strategy: community conversations. By inviting conversation with parents and community members, schools gain a pulse on the issues of interest to those outside -- and open doors to building the capacity of all parties to serve students.
For example, at Putnam City West High School in Oklahoma City (a diverse school where 80 percent of students are eligible for free or reduced price lunch), community conversations lead to an outreach program to Hispanic families. The school learned that parents did not feel welcome at the school and that they needed information in Spanish about how the school works. Parents initially asked the school to hire more bilingual staff members, which it has done. In addition, descriptions of courses and college entrance requirements are now available in both Spanish and English.
Parents also requested improvements to the school's English Language Learner (ELL) program (the school has since offered professional development targeted at this population and added specific classes in core subjects for ELL students). The school now holds Hispanic Family Nights quarterly, each dedicated to a specific topic. Many are focused on increasing graduation and college attendance rates, but others have discussed legal rights of immigrants, challenges of raising teens and more. As a result of these efforts, the graduation rate among Hispanic students at the school rose nearly 70 percent. Test scores among this population are up as well.
Learn more about Putnam City West High School and other family-school-community partnerships that have advanced student learning in Family-School-Community Partnerships 2.0: Collaborative Strategies to Advance Student Learning, a publication of the National Education Association's Priority Schools Campaign.
While schools can certainly develop family engagement strategies on their own, district-level initiatives can ensure that it is a priority and a core education reform strategy for all their schools.
Prince George's County Public Schools in Maryland, which serves a student population that is 73 percent African American and 19 percent Hispanic, with about half of students receiving free or reduced price lunch, is one example of a district that is creating "demand parents" who can navigate the system and insist on the best from their schools. For over a decade, the district has housed a Department of Family and Community Outreach (DFCO) that monitors family outreach activities, tracking participation at district-wide events and studying the relationship between Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) and family participation. The district also supervises and provides training and technical assistance to school-level parent liaisons and professional development to principals and teachers. (Unfortunately, some of these efforts, including a number of parent liaison positions, were eliminated during the recession.)
The district partners with community organizations on "Parent Academies" that provide parent education on a variety of topics. They also engage in a variety of outreach efforts including phone calls, visiting community gathering places, radio and blogs to ensure that communications reach most families. For their efforts, they have been rewarded with much higher family participation in district events. In addition, they are seeing results academically - schools with higher family participation have shown greater gains in AYP.
The National PTA and Harvard Family Research Project included Prince George's County as one of several profiles in Seeing is Believing: Promising Practices for How School Districts Promote Family Engagement.
The Bottom Line
Passionate and active parents are a critical component of a successful education system. And while parent trigger laws can provide an avenue for parents to engage, their energy might be better directed at collaborating with educators to meet the needs of their children. They are a number of ways that such collaboration can occur -- and as educators, we need to prioritize and embrace it.
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Today 03/05/10 I did a quick experiment to measure that how much intensity we might have to cut down to snap the beam profile without saturating ccd. It turned out to be roughly 1e-7W, if input is 1W. Later I explored the possibility of using multiple reflections to cut down the intensity. It turned out that 1 plane glass strip cut down the intensity 10%. So 7 consecutively reflection will cut down the intensity up to roughly 1e-7. BUT each reflections contain 2 reflections out of two surfaces (I used 1mm thick), so total 14 REFLECTIONS. If use just an ultra thin may be a glass membrane carefully with one or two NDs than this can be done and beam profile might still be preserved. Still working……
I emailed Mr. Gunn on 03/04/10, about profiling the beam at higher powers, and waiting for his reply.
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June 15, 2009 In a surprise discovery that may help boxed wine shake off its image as a gauche alternative to bottles, scientists in Canada are reporting that multilayer aseptic cartons (a.k.a. 'boxes') may help reduce levels of substances that contribute odors to wine and can lower its quality.
Gary Pickering and colleagues note that trace amounts of chemicals called alkyl-methoxypyrazines (MPs) are generally negative to wine quality, masking the desirable fruity and floral flavors and giving wine an unpleasant green taste. With the wine industry still searching for a way of reducing MP levels, the scientists decided to look at the effects of wine packaging and closures like corks and screw caps.
They added MPs to red and white wines and monitored levels of MPs for 18 months in wine packaged in boxes and bottles with natural cork, synthetic cork, or screw caps. Boxed wine had less MPs — up to 45 percent less — than any other packaging. Bottles sealed with synthetic cork and screw caps performed best, with natural corks associated with the highest levels of MPs.
One concern with the boxed wine, however, was evidence of greater oxidation of the wine, which itself is undesirable during wine storage.
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- Blake et al. Effect of Closure and Packaging Type on 3-Alkyl-2-methoxypyrazines and Other Impact Odorants of Riesling and Cabernet Franc Wines. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2009; 57 (11): 4680 DOI: 10.1021/jf803720k
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In “How the U.S. Treasury Should Auction Its Debt” (p. 3), V. V. Chari and Robert J. Weber argue that the U.S. Treasury should use a more efficient procedure to auction its debt.
Under the current auction procedure, all bidders on Treasury securities whose bids are accepted pay the price they bid; that is, different winning bidders pay different prices. The main problem with this procedure is that it provides strong incentives for each potential bidder to try to find out what others are bidding. The process of information-gathering wastes resources which could be used for more generally productive purposes. The auction procedure also produces lower bids—less revenue—for the Treasury than might be offered otherwise.
These problems could be reduced considerably, Chari and Weber argue, if the Treasury switched to the one-price auction procedure which economic theory recommends. All winning bidders should pay the same price, which is that of the highest bid not accepted, or the price that just clears the market. A switch to this procedure would do more than save resources and produce revenue gains, Chari and Weber point out. As a side benefit, it would reduce the incentives traders now have to attempt to manipulate the securities market.
In “No Relief in Sight for the U.S. Economy” (p. 13), David E. Runkle argues that the U.S. economy will continue to suffer growing pains for at least the next two years. He bases this outlook partly on the predictions of a statistical model developed and used by researchers here at the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank. That model quite accurately predicted the weakness at the start of the current U.S. recovery, and it now predicts no strengthening in 1993–94. Runkle also thinks that U.S. economic growth will necessarily be constrained for some time by problems among consumers, in the commercial real estate industry, and at all levels of government.
Arthur J. Rolnick
The views expressed herein are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis or the Federal Reserve System.
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Pennsylvania's state Supreme Court justices on Thursday aggressively questioned whether the law that requires photo identification from all voters should take effect for the Nov. 6 presidential election and whether it guarantees the right to vote.
With the election just 54 days away, the justices did not say when they will decide -- but lawyers in the case expect them to rule before the end of September.
In Pittsburgh, a group of people gathered at the Allegheny County Courthouse late Thursday afternoon and called for the voter ID law to be overturned. The protesters walked to the voter registration office on Ross Street to hand-deliver their petition.
“I think it’s just a way of keeping Democratic voters away from the polls. I mean, when this thing went through the legislature, there wasn't a Democrat that supported it. It's just a purely Republican thing,” said Bill Ebner, of Forest Hills.
“They are trying to throw this election, just like they did in Florida in 2000. To me, if we lose this fight, then we really are losing what little we have left of our democracy, and the money people will just come and buy every politician there is,” said Rosemary Prostko, of Bethel Park.
The six Supreme Court justices -- three Republicans and three Democrats -- saved their most aggressive questions at Philadelphia City Hall for lawyers representing the state and Gov. Tom Corbett, who signed the law.
Justice Thomas Saylor, a Republican, questioned the state's lawyers about whether the law actually requires the state to ensure that every registered voter be able to vote, even those who cannot get a valid ID.
Justice Debra Todd, a Democrat, flatly suggested the law is unconstitutional.
Justice Seamus McCaffrey, a Democrat, pushed the state's lawyers to explain the Republican rationale used to pass the law and whether the Legislature deserves deference for its decision to pass a politically divisive law that "is now going to trample the rights of our citizens."
In the opening statement by a lawyer for the plaintiffs, justices asked whether it would be acceptable for the photo identification requirement to be phased in over a longer period of time - say, a period covering two federal elections.
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September 30, 2012 By: Lisa Nielsen
Wednesday October 3rd is the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) Banned Websites Awareness Day (#BWAD on Twitter), which provides policy makers, educators, parents, and students with an opportunity to talk about the impact of arbitrary filtering and overly restrictive policy in K-12 learning environments.
The librarian community is championing the initiative, and they're engaged in a conversation about it with authors, policy-makers, bloggers, educators and students and they want to hear from you!
There's a call for all innovative educators, parents, and students to be a part of the bigger conversation by contributing to the Banned Websites Awareness Day collaborative presentation.
Participating is easy!
Share your testimonials and pictures that respond to this question:
"How does filtering constrain your learning, and your personal and professional growth?"
Here's how to contribute:
Check out what's in the presentation below then go add your voice to the conversation. Just click this link to visit the instruction page where you will learn how easy it is to add your testimonial and picture. Can't wait to see what you write!
Lisa Nielsen writes for and speaks to audiences across the globe about learning innovatively and is frequently covered by local and national media for her views on “Passion (not data) Driven Learning,” "Thinking Outside the Ban" to harness the power of technology for learning, and using the power of social media to provide a voice to educators and students. Ms. Nielsen has worked for more than a decade in various capacities to support learning in real and innovative ways that will prepare students for success. In addition to her award-winning blog, The Innovative Educator, Ms. Nielsen’s writing is featured in places such as Huffington Post, Tech & Learning, ISTE Connects, ASCD Wholechild, MindShift, Leading & Learning, The Unplugged Mom, and is the author the book Teaching Generation Text.
Disclaimer: The information shared here is strictly that of the author and does not reflect the opinions or endorsement of her employer.
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Appreciative Inquiry summits
Appreciative Inquiry, often called AI, is a facilitation methodology that asks people, teams and organizations to create the changes they require by creating questions and dialogues that are positive and affirmative. Because the conversations focus on strengths, values, hopes, successes and dreams, they create a positive transformational change.
AI is based on a cyclical process that can be scaled in size from a 1 on 1 through to 2000 plus people summits. It also scales in time from a one hour meeting through to a multi day conference . What ever the scale the core process is always the same and this is known as the 4-D cycle:
To initiate an AI process a topic is required. This topic is expressed in an affirmative way so “super enthuse our customers” rather than “increase customer retention by 8%”.
Discovery – a cooperative search of the “best of what is” and also “what has been”. The search is typically done through 1 on 1 conversations between organizational members with the results being shared with others. Focus groups and large group meeting can also be used. AI discovery conversations often include external stakeholder and “best in class” or benchmark organizations.
Dream – an energizing exploration of “what might be”. Typically they are large group sessions to envision powerful and future possibilities that create creates a collective vision and bonds people together for an elevated sense of purpose.
Design – provocative propositions that outline “what should be” are the focus of this phase. In this part the organizational members craft provocative statements that create a clearer image of how the organizations strategies, processes, systems, decisions and collaborations should be in the affirmative future.
Destiny – A series of inspired actions that support the forward looking innovations in the organisation. Large forums typically provide the “kick offs” for smaller teams to then go away and carry on creating the changes. Innovations that come from the AI process often impact many different parts of the organisation.
AI Summits or conferences can be used to create and sustain a broad range of organisational changes at different scales:
Large i.e. culture transformation, business improvement and customer satisfaction.
Medium i.e. Team development, inter group conflict resolution and process improvement.
Small i.e. Leadership development, performance appraisal and employee orientation.
Andi Roberts can provide support for the whol AI summit process from the initial summit planning through to supporting idea sustainability. For more information contact Andi Roberts using one of the contact methods on the top of the page.
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While several hundred graduating seniors yell and throw their mortar
boards into the air, two girls skulk out of school. They take a moment to give their
classmates a middle finger, and one of them drops her cap to the ground to stomp on it.
"God," she says, "what a bunch of retards."
There's never been a better look at high school malcontents than Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World. Based on Daniel Clowes' comic book, but significantly expanded and improved upon, it tells the story of Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) in the summer after graduation. They're struggling against the complacent lameness they see all around them - they'd rather nurse their grudges and pettiness than risk compromising their sense of cool. If Zwigoff's last film, the masterful documentary Crumb, was a portrait of the artist as an old crank, Ghost World catches that moment when teen alienation starts to calcify into bitterness.
Enid is so mired in self-loathing that her every word is a vitriolic barb. She hides her vulnerability in a fog of superiority and condemnation: nothing is cool enough, nobody is hip enough for her. She can only engage the world through a prism of irony, so only the most gauche cultural artifacts - Indian twist records, faux '50's diners, black leather bondage masks - meet with her approval. She only likes things she can condescend to.
Rebecca is just as nasty, but we sense early on that she's more able to accommodate herself to the demands of the world. Her hostility is tied up with their friendship; Enid is such a creature of spite that Rebecca has notched up her own aggression in a show of camaraderie. Once school ends and people start to head off to college (the girls have decided that college is beneath them and plan on sharing an apartment once they find jobs), she's much quicker to see that staying on to trash your old high school enemies is more than a little pathetic.
Clowes' comic book version was claustrophobic and unsettling. It never strayed far from Enid's perspective, and the stark graphic style (monochrome caricatures washed with pale turquoise highlights) gave the savage jokes a mournful undertow. Zwigoff has opened it up considerably, clarifying the narrative line and punching up the humor. Better yet, he's added a new character that allows him to expand on themes from Crumb. Steve Buscemi's Seymour is a dour loser, a middle-aged record collector with no social skills and no romantic prospects. He's Enid in twenty years (or Robert Crumb if he hadn't become famous), so alienated - "I can't relate to 99% of humanity," he says - that he's substituted his record collection for the relationships he's too inept to maintain.
Seymour and Enid become friends after he sells her an old blues record that cuts through her miasma of kitschy post-modern angst. She actually connects to something real, something she can't distance herself from with contemptuous laughter. It's a relationship that's bound to fail - he's harboring a crush, and she's using him to put off finding a job and settling in with Rebecca - but Seymour's adult concerns allow Zwigoff to put the adolescent struggles into perspective.
In other hands this material might be nothing but condescension and easy laughs. (At its weakest, in two scenes at a Mini-mart, Zwigoff introduces a mullet-headed redneck who tilts the film dangerously in that direction.) But Zwigoff has a deep affinity for people who are too smart to accept the world and too cynical (or reticent) to try to change it, and his performers keep the film from slipping into parody.
It may be Buscemi's best performance. His Seymour is fully aware that he's a dork, but he's too strong-willed to make the small changes (a haircut, clothes that fit) that would let him fit in. He's accepted his lot in life and retreated to a complicated nostalgia: he mourns the loss of a quieter world that respected craftsmanship and blues singers while knowing full well that everyday life is better today. Buscemi conveys all this in beautifully timed reactions to Enid. She is so flippantly caustic that he sees himself in her, and wants to save her while she can still be saved.
Birch is even better than she was in American Beauty, in which she distilled teenaged boredom and disgust into a few precise, iconic gestures. Enid is more complicated. From her wardrobe - ugly thrift store finds worn with implicit air quotes - to her endless barrage of insults, her personality is a defense, an attempt to keep everyone, and especially herself, away from the pain that drives her. As she lurches out of childhood, her defenses are beginning to fail her, and Birch negotiates her increasing inability to cope perfectly.
Though he's only made three films in sixteen years, Zwigoff is a major director. Crumb was arguably the best American film of the 1990's. Ghost World isn't as good as that - its tone wavers here and there, and the ending loses some of the mysterious gravity of the comic book - but it's a remarkable piece of work nonetheless. It's well worth the six year wait. With luck, the next film will arrive sooner.
- Gary Mairs
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U.S. has 100,000 troops in Kuwait
'Ready to conduct an operation'
CAMP DOHA, Kuwait (CNN) -- The commander of coalition forces in Kuwait said Tuesday more than 100,000 U.S. troops are in the country ready to launch an attack if one is ordered against Iraq.
Lt. Gen. David D. McKiernan, who would lead U.S. and British land forces in any invasion of Iraq, told CNN's Bill Hemmer in an interview: "If we are called upon to execute a mission we are ready to do it."
McKiernan said his forces could maintain that level of readiness for "as long as it takes.
"You get to a certain point where you might consider rotating units or doing certain resupply actions, but I'll guarantee you we can stay here ready to conduct an operation for an unlimited amount of time."
If a decision to invade Iraq does not come until hot weather, McKiernan said the operation of equipment will be affected.
But he added, "If it's hot for us, it will also be hot for our adversary, and we will still accomplish our mission."
McKiernan said that getting weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein remains the most important focus.
"If weapons of mass destruction come out of the hands of this dictator, that would be a wonderful, wonderful thing to happen," McKiernan said.
Standing in the 3rd Army's early entry command center, McKiernan said the biggest difference between today and the 1991 Persian Gulf War is the military's advances in technology.
Twelve years ago as a lieutenant colonel, McKiernan said, "I could not talk on the radio with all five divisions of the 7th Corps. The distances were too great."
Now, he said, he can be in contact with all five in multiple ways using satellite imagery and real-time video conferencing.
But he said, "Small units and individuals still fight battles, and that part of it hasn't changed."
Pentagon prepares Turkey backup plan
The U.S. military has at least two backup plans for a military thrust into northern Iraq, if the Turkish Parliament fails to approve a plan to stage 40,000 troops in Turkey, according to Pentagon sources.
If U.S. President George W. Bush orders military action and troops cannot be staged in Turkey, the United States may have to drive thousands of troops and equipment all the way north from southern Iraq and the Persian Gulf region, where troops are staging. That would require a period of some days, plus a "permissive environment," according to sources.
Another option under consideration would be for U.S. troops to seize control of an airfield in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq. Then the United States could potentially land C-130 aircraft and unload troops and heavy combat equipment. Or, the airfield could be used for airborne troops to parachute in, or air assault troops to come in by helicopter.
Administration officials confirmed to CNN that in the past several days a small amount of additional U.S. troops have crossed the border into northern Iraq. They joined a group already there that was acknowledged several weeks ago by Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The U.S. troops in northern Iraq are establishing communications and liaison with Kurdish groups in the north to get a better understanding of their military organization and combat and communications capabilities. The U.S. troops may also conduct reconnaissance on airfields in the region, if they find themselves near any.
Kuwait raises alert level
With preparations continuing for the potential war with Iraq, the Kuwaiti government raised its military alert level Tuesday. Air force and naval units went from a Level 4 alert to Level 2, one step below maximum.
Kuwaiti commanders said in advance that the increase in alert level did not mean they had any advance knowledge of what the United States and its allies were planning.
Troops from the United Arab Emirates arrived at Ali Al Salem air base Tuesday as part of the Peninsula Shield Force that the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council voted to deploy to help protect Kuwait. The loose political and economic alliance includes Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman. Commanders have said the force will not take part in any U.S. attack on Iraq.
In addition, the Kuwait Oil Co. said Tuesday it had stopped oil production at two small northern Kuwaiti fields that produce about 25,000 barrels of oil per day. The company said it was closing the fields as a precaution in case there is a U.S.-led attack on Iraq. In 1990, Iraq set off an ecological and financial disaster by setting fire to a number of Kuwaiti oil fields.
The oil company will increase production at oil fields in the southern part of the country to make up for the lost oil. Kuwait produces about 1.6 million barrels of oil per day.
Meanwhile, U.S. and British diplomats are working on a new resolution that would declare Iraq in material breach of U.N. Resolution 1441. The resolution could be presented as early as this week but may be delayed until next week. (Full story)
A diplomatic source said officials were working on "many versions and there are many suggestions" for its language.
The hope, the source said, is to introduce it soon "unless judging by the basis of soundings" from other Security Council members that it is clear it is "going nowhere."
For latest developments, see CNN.com's Iraq Tracker.
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logging in or signing up Tennessee Williams Biography Powerpoint khill Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: Embed: Flash iPad Copy Does not support media & animations WordPress Embed Customize Embed URL: Copy Thumbnail: Copy The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 5998 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (7) Dislike it (0) Added: December 03, 2007 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 1 Presentation Description This powerpoint presentation focuses on experiences in his life that are directly connected to elements in his plays. Comments Posting comment... By: manr (36 month(s) ago) hello, nice man, could you please let me get it? Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close By: Noonaa (38 month(s) ago) Please , I wish to download it Saving..... Post Reply Close By: khill (38 month(s) ago) Hello Noonaa, Yes you have my permission to download the presentation. Saving..... Edit Comment Close By: khill (48 month(s) ago) Hello acctas, Sorry this took so long...yes, you can download it. khill Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close By: acctash (48 month(s) ago) could you please allow me download this? I need it urgently... Saving..... Post Reply Close Saving..... Edit Comment Close Premium member Presentation Transcript Slide1: A BiographySlide2: The Glass Menagerie is said to be an autobiographical play. As you read the play, compare and contrast its themes with those of Williams’ own life.Slide3: Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams was born in 1914 in Columbus, Mississippi. The Court House Fishing The MarinaSlide4: His Mother… Daughter of a Episcopalian minister Gentle Prim Romantically attracted to life on the Southern plantations Tennessee spent the 1st 8 years of his life at home with her, his religious grandfather, and his sister, RoseSlide5: His Father… Violent Aggressive Served as a lieutenant in the Spanish-American War -traveled around the country as a shoe salesmanSlide6: His Sister… -w Mother dressed her in old- fashioned Southern costumes Received “gentleman callers” -Sensitive -Withdrawn -Committed to a mental institution in 1937Slide7: During the Depression, -Tennessee’s father found him a job as a clerk in a shoe factory -He rose every day to “Rise and Shine!” -He escaped into gambling, drinking, and writing -He hid in the men’s room and wrote poetry -He was discovered and firedSlide8: After suffering a nervous breakdown, Tennessee moved in with his grandparents in Memphis, Tennessee, and wrote his first play…. In many of his plays , Williams ‘ characters are individuals psychologically trapped in the myths, self delusions, and pretensions of the gentility of the agrarian “Cavalier” past.Slide9: Williams’ characters include… * the Southern “wench”: -passionate in behavior -sex-driven -in conflict with Puritan/Victorian values * the “redneck”: -lusty -self-serving * poet-realist”: -trying to find his way in the new South * the dull, unimaginative type: -part of the “herd mentality” of the American “shoe-factory” world Slide10: Williams’ primary genius is his ability to develop compelling characters that transcend the Southern environment in which they are Implanted. These characters include… …the obsessed mother, Amanda, and her overly shy daughter, Laura, in “The Glass Menagerie…Slide11: …the fragile, “displaced” Blanche … …and the raw sexual energy of Stan In “The Streetcar Named Desire”…Slide12: …the vulnerability of Tom in “The Glass Menagerie… …and of Mitch in “Streetcar”… …grow out of the tensions of the post-Civil War South, but their problems and conflicts are a part of all human experience.Slide13: Williams’ dramatic power comes from: The content of his plays The use of non-linear structure The devices of technical support Symbols Music Lighting Set design The vibrant images of his plays’ titles Characterizations Themes All these elements add a haunting “third dimension” to his plays.Slide14: The End You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
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Listen to interview on WFCR, local NPR affiliate >>
Read story in Daily Hampshire Gazette >>
During January term, 16 students working through Hampshire’s Lemelson Center will design and create a solar charging station on campus. Beth Ferguson 96F will co-teach the Jan term course with applied design professor Donna Cohn. Ferguson is the inventor of the SolarPump Charging Station.
Ferguson invented the SolarPump while she was pursuing an MFA in design at the University of Texas. It is now promoted through her company, Sol Design Lab, where she is founding director, designer, and educator.
The SolarPump was born out of administrative confusion. In Austin, Ferguson commuted using an electric bicycle. “The electric bike was legally a bicycle, so campus security asked me to park it at a bike rack. I started to get fines for parking a gas-powered vehicle at the bike racks,” she said. “Then, I started to get fines for bringing a gas-powered vehicle into my studio to charge.”
The confusion gave Ferguson the inspiration to design a public energy station for electric bicycles and other electronics.
SolarPump stations are made largely from recycled materials. In Ferguson's prototype, a refurbished vintage gas pump is set beneath a roof with solar panels. An electronic device or vehicle can be charged in the shade by connecting it to a battery reserve inside the pump.
“I use a gas pump because it’s water-tight and I like the humor of a gas pump being used to promote green energy,” Ferguson said. The stations also include seats and tables made from street signs.
The solar charging station to be built at Hampshire will not use a gas pump. Instead, students enrolled in Cohn and Ferguson's class will choose what they recycle or build to house the battery.
The music festival circuit
Three of Ferguson's stations were commissioned for the South by Southwest Music Festival in Austin after a representative happened to see her MFA thesis presentation on the SolarPump. Since then, Ferguson has added stations to high-profile music festivals like Rosklide in Denmark, Lollapalooza in Chicago, and Coachella in Indio, California. “Music festivals see it as an asset to make their festivals green, and festival goers see it is an oasis to charge their phone,” she said.
Returning to where it all began
As an undergrad at Hampshire College, Ferguson studied ecological design and environmental studies. For her Division III (senior) project, she worked with Green Map, an organization that produces maps with a language of icons that represent good (e.g., public gardens, solar energy sites) and bad (a toxic waste site) ecological locations in a city. She mapped Holyoke, MA.
Ferguson credits Hampshire’s educational approach with giving her the ambition that has informed her career: “My foundation from Hampshire has led me to do research and not wait for others. To go out there and be a problem solver, to be entrepreneurial and have a firm belief in solutions for urban sustainability.”
Urban Eco-Design: Solar Charging Station Design/Build for Campus
What role can design play in finding or promoting solutions to climate protection, clean mobility, renewable energy, waste reduction, and social equality? This course is for students interested in exploring the relationship between design, public art, urban sustainability, and renewable energy. The major focus will be to collaborate in the design and fabrication of an off-the-grid solar charging station for the Hampshire campus. Focus teams will include: station architecture, wiring/engineering, furniture design, info-graphics, and site management. Together, we will address the unsustainability of the current petroleum-based energy production and distribution system with creative and innovative solutions. For example, urban solar charging stations have the potential to help our society transition from gas-dependent cars to electric vehicles by creating an engaging and evocative connection to the way we use electricity. We will cover the basics of small-scale solar energy production, digital design methods, and prototype fabrication with research and hands-on workshops.
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This couscous salad recipe uses the ancient super-grain Quinoa to make a cool, fluffy, high-protein, low-fat dish perfect for the summer months.
Couscous is one of my favorite summer dishes — loaded with fresh vegetables like cucumbers, red onion and tomatoes — and lean protein from chicken breast, it’s a quick, easy and healthy main course or side dish that takes advantage of summer’s bounty of fresh vegetables. This particular recipe for couscous salad uses a surprisingly tasty and nutritious substitute for the normal couscous pasta — Quinoa.
What Is Couscous?
Traditional couscous (or kuskus, in the U.K) is technically a form of pasta, not a dish unto itself. It’s made with tiny, BB size balls of moistened semolina flour that are then coated with a light layer of fine wheat flour. The pasta is then steamed and served under a stew made from meat or vegetables. Couscous is a staple in much of Northern Africa, in the same way that pasta is a staple in Italy and rice is in Asia. It’s also popular in parts of the Middle East, Israel and even Sicily. In the U.S., many people associate couscous with a dish eaten chilled as a salad.
Nutritionally, couscous is pretty much on par with other semolina-based pastas. You can get quick-cooking versions of couscous made with whole wheat flour in the rice isle at the grocery store, which is healthier than the non-whole-wheat couscous. However, eating grains in their original whole-kernel state is even better. But making couscous salad with something like cracked wheat or whole brown rice wouldn’t result in the fluffy, airy texture that makes couscous so delicious.
That’s where the Quinoa comes in.
What Is Quinoa?
Quinoa (pronounced: Keen-Wa ) is an ancient grain cultivated for more than 6,000 years in the Andean region of South America. The grain is actually the edible seeds of the goosefoot plant, which is uniquely suited for high-altitudes and has been a staple in traditional Andean diets for centuries.
The ancient Incas held the crop to be sacred, but European explorers dismissed Quinoa as “food for Indians.” Turns out they shouldn’t have been so quick to write the grain off — it is extremely high in protein (12%-18% protein), is gluten-free and easy-to-digest, is high in fiber and has a complete amino acid profile. The last point is an important one, because traditional European grains like wheat or rice do not contain all eight essential amino acids. This makes Quinoa ideal for vegetarians, vegans or people who are just trying to add more non-meat sources of protein into their diet. It’s also high in minerals like phosphorus, iron and magnesium.
Quinoa also has an extremely fluffy, light texture and a slightly nutty flavor. This makes it a great substitute for rice — or couscous. And it cooks quite quickly — in under 15 minutes — making it convenient and easy to prepare.
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Protecting the environment
25 percent reduction in CO2 emissions – that’s our goal
Entrepreneurial activities always cause CO2 emissions; they can’t be avoided completely. We see it as our obligation to reduce these emissions in areas that we can actively influence and have therefore made environmental protection an integral part of all our processes. ClimatePartner – a counselling body for voluntary climate protection – has carefully examined our company and identified a strategy to reduce emissions and energy consumption. This strategy is based on our CO2 footprint, which does not only show the total amount of emission but also where exactly these CO2 gases are emitted. It is our goal to reduce this CO2 footprint through systematic measures throughout our entire company. By 2009 we aim to reduce our footprint by 25 percent. We are constantly heading for this goal taking many individual steps in all areas of our company. These are our contributions to an environment friendly company:
- Green electricity: in all its subsidiaries Christ Removals uses green electricity from 100 percent renewable sources, e.g. water, wind, biomass or photovoltaics. Besides the positive effects on the environment using green energy increases demand and the number of green energy plants.
- Photovoltaics: Christ Removals invests in photovoltaic systems. On our own roofs and others that we rent we produce approximately 1.5 mill. Kilowatt hours per year – this corresponds to a consumption of about 500 three people households.
- Lighting and computers: Christ Removals uses energy-saving lights in all its offices. This reduces our energy consumption for lighting by 50 percent. To avoid waste through stand-by mode we use detachable connection plug boards.
- Waste disposal: avoiding comes before reducing which comes before recycling. This is our concept for waste disposal. It includes reusing cartons as well as waste separation for a maximal recycling rate.
- Procurement: Christ Removals uses local suppliers who implement a environment friendly company policy. We buy environment friendly products whenever possible – from recycled paper to low energy office equipment.
- Staff: We have produced guidelines for our staff which remind them to purchase environment friendly materials. In regular courses our drivers are trained to reduce the fuel consumption of their vehicles as much as possible.
- Our fleet: Our fleet is maintained at regular intervals to make sure the vehicles are in good condition. In addition, the tyre pressure is checked monthly to reduce fuel consumption and keep emissions at a minimum.
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The truth is the opposite of what our campaigner-in chief claims.
Speaking in Roanoke, Virginia, on July 13, President Barack Obama famously uttered the words that may come to define him and the 2012 presidential campaign: “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”
The truth is the opposite: It is government that is utterly dependent on the private sector, in fact on a small highly-productive subset of the private sector, for its ability to do anything.
Obama says entrepreneurs should be fawningly grateful to government (and implicitly to him) for teachers, roads, bridges, and the Internet. But who paid for that teacher, that infrastructure, and that scientific research?
The answer is not “taxpayers” and certainly not “all of us” but rather “a very small percentage of Americans.”
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released a study on income and tax distribution for the years 2008 and 2009. The imbalance between incomes earned and taxes paid is dramatic — in exactly the opposite way from the claims of President Obama and his supporters. The funding of our government embodies, as Mart Laar so eloquently put it (in remarks I highly recommend you watch), the “grand idea of Karl Marx.”
(“Income distribution” is itself a misleading term, implying that the economy “distributes” a fixed amount of income, like your mother deciding who at the table gets how big a slice of the cherry pie. But wealth is created, not distributed, when people provide goods or services that the purchasers value more than the money they part with to receive them. Outside of monopoly or near-monopoly situations, both parties to a transaction believe themselves better off, which is why we do not get richer by making other people poorer, but rather by making other people richer, happier, healthier, and more productive.)
In 2009, the highest quintile (top 20 percent) of earners, with household incomes over $223,500 before taxes, took in 51 percent of the nation’s income but paid 68 percent of all individual federal taxes. The middle quintile — the oppressed middle class, earning between $64,300 and $93,800 — took in 14.7 percent of America’s income but paid only 9.4 percent of federal taxes. And the lowest 20 percent of earners, making less than $23,500, brought home 5 percent of the nation’s income (much of which was transfer payments from the rest of America) but paid only 0.3 percent of federal taxes.
The effective federal tax rates for these groups were: 1 percent for the lowest quintile, 11.1 percent for the middle quintile, and 23.2 percent for the highest quintile. Keep this in mind when liberals tell you that data showing the rich pay a disproportionate share of all taxes are skewed because they don’t include the fact that lower income Americans pay Social Security and Medicare (payroll) taxes; the CBO data do include those taxes, as well as certain federal excise taxes such as on alcohol and tobacco. (Excise taxes are the only category in which lower earners pay more tax as a share of their income than higher earners because they spend disproportionally more on beer and cigarettes.)
Even these numbers understate the penalty for success in America. The top 1 percent, who earned 13.4 percent of the nation’s income in 2009, paid 22.3 percent of all federal taxes and their average tax rate was 28.9 percent.
By including Social Security and Medicare (payroll) taxes, which — at least theoretically — return to those who pay them as health benefits or cash repayments in the future, the CBO study plays down the degree to which a small section of society is paying the freight for the entire nation. For example, the top 1 percent of earners paid nearly 37 percent of all federal income taxes — down from over 40 percent just a couple of years earlier because the recession hurt upper-earners disproportionately. The top 10 percent of earners pay an astonishing 70.5 percent of federal income taxes.
Looking only at income taxes, as this Tax Foundation report does, other relevant facts jump out:
Even with a CBO methodology which obscures the magnitude of the penalty for success in America, the lessons from the study go beyond debunking Obama’s repeated claim that “millionaires and billionaires” don’t pay their “fair share.”
If all Americans benefit equally from having a strong national defense (I defy the left to argue that the life of a rich person is worth more than the life of a poor person), and with more than two-thirds of federal spending going to the combination of transfer payments (about 43 percent), defense (about 19 percent), and interest on our debt (about 6 percent), one can argue that all — more than all — federal discretionary spending such as on roads, education, and scientific research is funded by the small slice of American society whom Barack Obama and friends most demonize.
The tameness with which the “rich” react to the sucking of their economic blood by the sanctimonious leeches of government is a testament to the generous spirit of Americans, particular of the Americans whom the left most aggressively attacks as selfish and uncaring — as literally pushing granny off a cliff. At least leeches have the good manners not to ask for thanks.
A man of faith in a godless age is hitting Americans where it hurts.
Mr. and Mrs. American Spectator Reader, let P.J. O’Rourke talk sense to your kids.
In Britain, defending your property can get you life.
The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our culture.
It won’t take long for conservatives to scratch this presidential wannabe off their 2008 scorecard.
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it, makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so many people seem to be hostile to it?
Was the President done in by the economy, or by the politics of the economy?
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How do you recognize housing discrimination?
If you are a member of a protected class, it is illegal as a general rule for someone to:
- Refuse to rent to you or sell you housing
- Tell you housing is unavailable when in fact it is available
- Show you apartments or homes only in certain neighborhoods
- Set different terms, conditions, or privileges for sale or rental of a dwelling
- Advertise housing to preferred groups of people only
- Refuse to provide you with information regarding mortgage loans, deny you a mortgage loan, or impose different terms or conditions on a mortgage loan
- Deny you property insurance
- Conduct property appraisals in a discriminatory manner
- Refuse to make reasonable accommodations for persons with a disability if the accommodation may be necessary to afford such a person a reasonable and equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling
- Harass, coerce, intimidate, or interfere with anyone exercising or assisting someone else with his/her fair housing rights
- This list covers most but not all of the discriminatory housing activities which are unlawful.
Examples of behavior that MAY be housing discrimination include:
- You call and get an appointment to look at a house, but when you get there, you are told that the house was just sold.
- You are told that the apartment has been rented, but it is listed in the paper again.
- You are told a higher selling price than what was advertised, or than what you heard others being told.
- You are told that they cannot rent to families with children because the house has lead paint.
- You are given terms of rental or sale which are different than those given to other persons.
- You are directed to or away from certain neighborhoods based on race, national origin, religion, or disability.
What are the benefits of filing a housing discrimination complaint?
If you challenge discriminatory housing practices and your claim is informally settled, or you receive a favorable decision by a court or administrative enforcement agency, you could receive:
- the housing you wanted
- compensation for costs such as temporary housing or moving expenses
- compensation for any emotional damages suffered as a result of the discrimination
- an order prohibiting future discrimination or requiring the owner/agent to rent to other qualified homeseekers who are members of a protected class
- your lawyer’s fees paid (some attorneys will take cases with the understanding that they will only be paid if you win the case)
- the satisfaction of knowing that you challenged discrimination and that other people may not go through the pain and frustration you experienced.
Do you believe you were a victim of housing discrimination?
If you believe your rights were violated, be sure to write down the details (example: include the who, what, when, where, why and how) and then take action. Obtain and fill out a Housing Discrimination Complaint Form and then file your complaint with the Newton Human Rights Commission by completing the Housing Discrimination Complaint Form and emailing it to email@example.com or mailing it to:
Newton Human Rights Commission Health & Human Services Department Newton City Hall 1000 Commonwealth Avenue Newton Centre, MA 02459
Or you may also call Newton’s Fair Housing Complaint Hotline at 617-796-1283. Please leave a message on the hotline and the call will be returned by the next business day. Be sure to leave your name and a number where you can be rached during business hours. If you are hearing impaired please call TDD/TTY 617-796-1089.
There is NO CHARGE for filing a complaint, and it is not necessary to hire an attorney. However, it is your right to have an attorney represent you at your own expense. Income eligible complainants may be able to access representation at area legal aid clinics.
What is the Newton Human Rights Commission?
The Human Rights Commission is authorized under City of Newton Ordinance Article 4 sections 12-50 - 12-59. The Human Rights Commission considers claims of discrimination relating to housing that occur in Newton and that are filed within 300 days of the occurrence of the alleged unlawful practice. The Commission does not represent or advocate for any party in court or before an administrative agency, nor does it have actual enforcement powers. It is a neutral governmental body which receives and investigates discrimination complaints, attempts to resolve them informally, and if necessary proposes remedial actions following a fact-finding hearing.
What happens at the Newton Human Rights Commission after you’ve filed a housing discrimination complaint?
Once you’ve initiated a complaint and have completed the complaint intake form with the appropriate Newton official, the respondent (i.e. the person who committed the alleged act of discrimination) will be contacted and a preliminary investigation will be conducted. The findings of the investigation will be presented at a complaint evaluation meeting of the Commission’s grievance committee. Based upon the findings of the preliminary investigation and on any further investigation the grievance committee deems necessary, the grievance committee will make one of the following determinations: 1) To dismiss the complaint 2) To refer the complaint for formal enforcement processing to MCAD or to HUD, and as appropriate to the Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston 3) To refer the dispute to mediation or to otherwise attempt an informal resolution of the complaint 4) To hold a hearing on the alleged unlawful practice before the Commission, and make findings of fact and recommend remedial actions.
In appropriate situations, your complaint may be referred to the Fair Housing Center of Boston for immediate action or to a service agency. Otherwise, your complaint will be investigated by the Newton Human Rights Commission and an attempt will be made to resolve it informally. At any point in the process, and particularly if an applicable filing deadline is approaching, you may choose to file a housing discrimination complaint directly in court or with either of these two government agencies which have formal enforcement powers:
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) MCAD handles all discrimination complaints that fall under state law as well as violations of the federal Fair Housing Act. Complaints of housing discrimination must be filed with MCAD within 300 days of the most recent violation. For more information contact:
MCAD One Ashburton Place Sixth Floor, Room 601 Boston, MA 02108 Phone: 617-994-6000 TTY: 617-994-6196 Website: www.mass.gov/mcad/
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HUD is the federal agency, which receives and investigates housing discrimination complaints that violate federal law. Complaints must be filed with HUD within one year of the most recent violation. For more information contact:
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Federal Building 10 Causeway Street, Room 321 Boston, MA 02222-1092 Tel: 617-565-5308 or 800-827-5005 Fax 617-565-7313 TTY 617-565-5453 Email: Complaints_office_01@hud.gov Website: www.hud.gov
What is the Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston?
The Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston is a private advocacy organization for victims of housing discrimination. It can assist you with filing a complaint in court or with MCAD or HUD, and may act as an advocate on your behalf. The address and contact information for the Fair Housing Center is:
Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston 59 Temple Place #1105 Boston, MA 02111 Phone: 617-399-0491 TTY users, please call the MA Relay Service at 1-800-439-2370 http://www.bostonfairhousing.org
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Action Now mother Marsha Godard has been in the news lately speaking about her experience with having a son in a charter school that fines parents for students’ “misbehavior.” She has had to pay close to $2,000 in fines and fees to keep her son in class at Chicago Bulls College Prep. The school is essentially making money off of charging kids for petty offenses like carrying a permanent marker, not tucking in a shirt or chewing gum.
Marsha is not alone in her concerns. Dropping him off for detention one recent Friday, she saw hundreds of kids in line. “Each child represents money,” she said. “I was just floored when I saw that.”
Chicago Bulls College Prep is a member of the Noble Network of Charter Schools, which operates a dozen schools serving 7,900 students across the city. Last year, a civil rights group complained after learning that Noble had collected nearly $200,000 in the previous year by fining students. Noble claims that 89 percent of its students are low-income, which makes the fines even more egregious. Noble charters have also received millions of dollars in taxpayer money that is supposed to go to public schools. According to the CPS 2013 budget, Chicago Bulls College Prep will receive $9 million next year, up more than 30 percent from $6.9 million this year.
This policy by Noble charter schools holds children to a ridiculous standard that have no basis in reality or student behavior. The zero-tolerance disciplinary system of Noble schools criminalizes minor infractions and creates a culture that perpetuates and profits from the stereotype of minority students being “badly behaved.” It also reinforces the school-to-prison pipeline. Noble’s policy is another excuse to siphon more money from low-income parents and use schools as a business opportunity instead of a positive learning environment. Godard’s son was required to take a summer behavioral session that cost $1,400 in order to return this year.
Diane Ravitch Blog, “Noble Charters Make Money on Student Fines”
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Insult to Injury
Triumph of the Imaginary Balkans
Last week’s media flurry over the alleged arrest of Gen. Ratko Mladic – reported by certain Serbian media as fact, then denied by officials both in Belgrade and The Hague – coincided with the start of "negotiations" in Vienna between the representatives of Serbia and the separatist Albanians, determined to claim the occupied province of Kosovo as a state of their own. But was it a coincidence? Provided that Mladic has not, in fact, been arrested and that Belgrade and the ICTY aren’t co-conspirators in an effort to hide it from the Serbian public, someone had to start the rumor of the general’s demise. Since the "scoop" can be traced to B92, an outspoken champion of pro-Imperial Jacobins and self-appointed scourge of "Serb nationalism," it seems likely that Mladic’s fictitious arrest was a contrivance aimed at rattling the Serbian government at the start of its futile talks with the Albanians, and ahead of the coming talks with the European Union.
Ratko Mladic stayed on the reporters’ tongues this week as well, as the International Court of Justice in The Hague (not to be confused with the International Tribunal, the infamous ICTY) began hearing the case against Yugoslavia (now Serbia-Montenegro), on behalf of the Izetbegovic regime in Bosnia, which filed the suit in 1993 accusing Belgrade of "genocide."
Another Burlesque at The Hague
As is so often the case, most reports misrepresent the facts from the very first sentence. This isn’t a "Bosnian" lawsuit, but a private undertaking of the Bosnian Muslim ruling party (SDA), from a time when it claimed itself to be the only legitimate government of the country. Bosnia’s Serbs and Croats are adamantly against it and have denied it government approval and funding.
Though framed in the language of international law, the "evidence" the lawsuit invokes consists purely of propaganda (media reports about the Bosnian War) and decision of the Hague Inquisition – a quasi-legal institution outside the framework of international law – that what happened in Srebrenica in 1995 constituted "genocide." Of course, that verdict was handed down in 2001, eight years after "Bosnia" filed the lawsuit.
Even though the ICTY decision in the Krstic case deliberately avoided establishing the exact number of alleged victims, their age, status (as combatants), or manner of death, the mainstream media have no problem describing allegations about Srebrenica as facts. "[C]lose to 8,000 unarmed men and boys were executed and thrown into mass graves," claims Marlise Simons in the New York Times, writing about the ICJ hearing. A paragraph or two earlier, she asserted equally blithely that "Serbian forces, acting in concert with local Bosnian Serbs, set out to create Serb-only regions in a policy known as ethnic cleansing." Neither of these are facts – they are speculations, and malicious ones at that. Obviously "fit to print." If this is what Sarajevo’s "evidence" will look like, the ICJ can save its breath; "Bosnia" has no case.
The litigants, however, have a powerful motivation. "Bosnia" (actually, the SDA, in the minds of its leaders one and the same) is not only demanding billions of euros’ worth of war reparations from Serbia, but – writes Simons in the NYT – "Bosnians [sic] are seeking greater recognition for their suffering and an implicit confirmation of their moral superiority over their neighbors."
If the show trial of Slobodan Milosevic several miles away is all about establishing a falsified narrative of the 1990s Balkans tragedy as a grand conspiracy by Serbia against everyone else, the "Bosnia genocide suit" is all about affirming the victim ideology of the Bosnian Muslims and their resulting self-righteous intolerance. One expects the ICTY to display utter contempt for logic and law – it was, after all, set up as a kangaroo court, with the purpose of show trials – but the ICJ surely ought to know better.
If only that were the case. The court had decided back in 1999 that it could not hear Belgrade’s case against NATO, because then-Yugoslavia was not a recognized UN member. (The original Yugoslavia was one of the UN’s founders in 1945, but its membership was "suspended" in 1992 when the UN admitted the newly seceded Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia. The junta that overthrew Slobodan Milosevic in 2000 applied to UN membership as a new state.) It has declared itself competent to hear this case, though, because… well, because. If this is the highest instance of international justice, then there really is no international law.
The few struggling Serbs in Kosovo have long since stopped believing in such phantoms as "international law," though they still hope and pray for justice. Bishop Artemije of Kosovo visited Washington again this month, pleading with the Imperial government not to reward Albanian ethnic cleansing and genocidal destruction of Serbian religious, cultural, and private property. His words fell on deaf ears, as the State Department waxed happy over the sham "talks" in Vienna.
Imperial media once sang praises to the bishop, back when he collaborated with the occupation authorities and made statements condemning the "atrocities of the Milosevic regime." But when he refused to be an instrument of Kosovo’s separation, and spoke up about the suffering of Serbs under NATO’s occupation, he was viciously attacked.
The destruction of Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban was decried as an attack on world cultural heritage and invoked as justification for the U.S.-sponsored overthrow of the Taliban in 2001. The attack on the Golden Mosque in Samarra last Thursday drew considerable media attention, as it resulted in deadly sectarian violence throughout Iraq. But the "West" has been utterly silent at the systematic destruction of over 150 Orthodox churches, chapels, monasteries, and even cemeteries in Kosovo. That silence is not inexplicable. The perpetrators of this "cultural cleansing" are designated victims of the Kosovo conflict and allies of the U.S. government, and it took place under the noses of NATO occupation troops and the UN government. Bishop Artemije always gets a polite reception in Washington, but no one ever hears what he has to say. To acknowledge it would be too embarrassing.
Jihad, at Last
Earlier this week, however, British TV network Sky News aired a story about the presence of mujahedeen in Bosnia (video). Video footage shown by reporter Tim Marshall shows bearded "holy warriors" – both local Bosnian Muslims and foreigners – on parade, on the march, desecrating churches and torturing Serb POWs. One segment clearly shows a mujahedeen commander shaking hands with Alija Izetbegovic, the "secular" and "tolerant" Muslim leader who personally reviewed the "holy warriors" (and whose presidential decree established their units, under his direct command). Further revelations include the names of several high-ranking international terrorists who fought in Bosnia, some of whom are close associates of Osama Bin Laden.
Arguments that Bosnian Muslim authorities engaged in jihad even as they presented a face of multi-ethnic democracy and tolerance to the West have been dismissed by Muslim apologists as "Serb propaganda" and "revisionism." They will no doubt try to discredit Sky’s report in a similar fashion. Or perhaps not; reactions to the jihad in Bosnia are likely to be similar to those concerning the nonexistent WMD in Iraq: "So what?" And besides, isn’t the victimhood and sanctity of "Bosnians" about to be confirmed by the ICJ? Sky’s revelations may well be the proverbial day late and dollar short.
Though the term "Balkans" refers to the entire peninsula south of the Danube to the Mediterranean, in this column and in the mainstream press over the past decade it has referred mostly to what used to be Yugoslavia. That country has been murdered most foully, and its carcass is now picked apart by Imperial vultures. To add insult to injury, they are declaring those who tried to protest this to be aggressors, murderers, and criminals.
Never mind that the Serb community in present-day Croatia, which survived even the Nazi-sponsored genocide in the 1940s, is now virtually nonexistent. Never mind that the Izetbegovic regime in Bosnia waged a jihad against Serb and Croat "infidels," hiding behind tall tales of quarter-million killed, thousands raped, and "death camps." Never mind that Albanians have systematically cleansed Kosovo of its non-Albanian population; destroyed their property, from homes and shops to churches, cemeteries, and monuments; and even changed the names of cities, towns, rivers, hills, and roads throughout the province. All this so they can claim independence based on being a 90-percent-plus majority, and alleged abuses under the previous Serbian government. The unholy trinity of Imperial government, Imperial media, and Imperial "courts" maintains that a grand conspiracy of Serbs is to blame for the Balkans tragedies of the 1990s. As evidence, they invoke their own propaganda, assertions, and allegations.
The world public swallows it whole. It’s not happening to them, after all. Not yet.
Read more by Nebojsa Malic
- Victory Day – May 10th, 2013
- Consenting to Rape – April 25th, 2013
- An Unexpected Refusal – April 12th, 2013
- Lawless: An Oddly Exceptional Empire – March 28th, 2013
- Illusion of Triumph – March 21st, 2013
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I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat a winner.
The book discusses eight different ailments (coughs, colds, wounds, etc). Each one is presented with three possible cures. You're supposed to guess which one will work and then turn the page to find out which one is right.
Each of the possibilities gets a page description of why or why not it would have worked (and why people in the past thought it would work).
The pictures are a perfect compliment - big, full-color pictures with snaggle-toothed crones, unhappy victims of crazy cures, and lots of very expressive bugs and rodents.
I read this one to Ralphie's girls a few weeks ago and they loved trying to guess the right cures. This book would be a great part of a unit on history or medicine or illness or correlation v. causation.
As for me, I'm mainly just happy that when I get a sore throat, no one tries to make me wear a necklace of worms.
Copy checked out from my local library
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What am I doing?
The title of the talk is "Scratching All Itches Equally" and originally listed Gregory Rosmaita, Liddy Nevile, and Jutta Treviranus as speakers. Gregory and Jutta couldn't make it so I was asked to jump in.
Here is the description in the program guide:
A discussion of strategies for ensuring that Scratch is usable by all, whether one can see the screen, or use a pointing device or an on-screen keyboard. The goal of the panel is to discuss Scratch’s architectural framework to ensure that it is capable of communicating with operating system accessibility APIs, as well as platform-agnostic APIs, such as IAccessible2 and ATK/AT-SPI (Assistive ToolKit/Assistive Technology Service Provider Interface).
Liddy and I realized that the audience was going to be made up mostly of teachers so we decided to turn the talk into less of an engineering discussion, and more of a brainstorm. We framed the storm in the context of Scratch, and accessibility, or disability in the wide definition.
Over lunch, it was cool to hear people from our talk bringing up topics from our brainstorming to groups who hadn't attended.
What interests me most about Scratch is that it is playful programming that kids (well, not just kids) can pick up rather accidentally in order create and express their ideas. It makes a lot of sense to me that this kind of tool should be made accessible to all children, regardless of culture, gender, or physics. When you only allow a subset of people to participate in creating and making, you lose some of the most valuable and insightful influences; you stagnate.
Thanks for reading.
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So what are the Obama tax cuts? There was one program that qualified — sort of — as a “cut,” and several tax credit programs. More information about these programs from the Obama Administration is at Recovery.gov,
The largest item that benefited most people is the Making Work Pay Tax Credit, a two-year program that rebates $400 per year to individual taxpayers, or $800 per year for married couples. This is not a reduction in marginal tax rates, although the program will reduce the average tax rate that people pay. At its core, it is simply a reduction in the overall amount of tax someone must pay.
This tax credit is not associated with any positive effort or activity by the recipients other than doing what they already do. The same criticism applies to the Bush tax rebate in 2008, too.
Besides the Making Work Pay Tax Credit, the Obama tax cuts consist of other tax credits that apply not to everyone, but only to people who qualify.
For example, a child care tax credit pays up to $1,200 per year in child care expenses. Obviously, the only people who can claim this credit are working people with children who chose to place them in daycare. Beyond that, it is not a “tax cut” by any stretch of the imagination. Properly, it is a spending program implemented through the tax system. Sometimes called tax expenditures, these measures often escape the usual scrutiny that spending receives. Since they’re billed as a “tax cut,” they sound like a good thing to most people, as few like paying taxes.
If we need any more evidence that these programs are really spending disguised as tax cuts, consider the description of the child care tax credit as provided by the Internal Revenue Service: “It is a refundable credit, which means taxpayers may receive refunds even when they do not owe any tax.”
That’s right. Even if you have no income tax liability, you can still get a tax credit — that is, a payment from the government.
For tax cuts to be productive in growing the economy, they have to be associated with something positive, namely with work, saving, or investment. What many people positively respond to is a reduction in marginal tax rates, that is, the tax that must be paid on the next dollar earned.
Programs that reduce the average tax rate like Obama’s Making Work Pay Tax Credit and the Bush tax rebates of 2008 aren’t effective because they don’t affect the marginal rate — the rate paid on the next dollar earned. This is not to say that I am not in favor of these programs. Anything that reduces the burden of taxes is welcome. But they are not the type of tax cuts that spur economic growth.
Who responds most positively to reductions in marginal tax rates? As Jeffrey A. Miron explains, it is the most economically productive members of society:
The Bush cuts provided lower taxes on ordinary income, especially for taxpayers at the high end of the income distribution. These are some of the most energetic and productive people in society; raising tax rates would discourage their effort and entrepreneurship. High-income taxpayers also have multiple ways of avoiding high tax rates, so any revenue gain from raising rates would be modest. The Bush cuts also lowered taxes on dividend and capital gains income; maintaining these lower rates is even more important for economic performance. Capital is mobile: when it is taxed heavily here, it flees somewhere else, meaning lower investment and employment in the United States. And because capital income taxes discourage investment or drive it overseas, they generate little if any tax revenue. (Jeffrey A. Miron, “Why the Bush Tax Cuts Worked”)
It is these “energetic and productive” people that are responsible for a great deal of business activity and job creation. When these people take steps to avoid taxes it means less productive economic activity and more unproductive tax shelters.
The discouragement of earning money by working, saving, or investing inherent in any income tax is exacerbated by progressivity. While any high tax rates are economically destructive, high marginal rates are even worse, because high marginal rates particularly discourage productivity and inhibit economic growth. … By lowering potential pay off, high investment taxes especially discourage risky investment. Discouragement of risky investment squelches technological advancement, because new technologies are the most risky. This means our progressive tax system actually reduces progress and inhibits improve quality of life.”
If the goal of the Obama Administration is to create private sector economic growth instead of growth in government, it needs to keep the Bush tax cuts in place and avoid increases in marginal tax rates for everyone, especially the most productive members of society. A better strategy would be to reduce these tax rates farther to create even more economic growth.
There is a lesson to be learned locally, too. Kansas needs to cut its marginal tax rates, both for personal income and for corporations. Miron spoke of capital leaving the United States because of high taxes. It’s even easier for capital — and its accompanying jobs — to move from one U.S. state to another. States with low tax burdens are experiencing growth in jobs and population, while high tax states have losses in both areas. Kansas is in the middle of the pack, but moving in the wrong direction.
The current economic development strategy of Kansas and many of its cities and counties is to offer targeted incentives to attract new industry and keep current companies from leaving. A better strategy in the long run is to join the ranks of low tax burden states.
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Antimicrobial resistance: no action today no cure tomorrow We live in an era of medical breakthroughs with new wonder drugs available to treat conditions that a few decades ago, or even a few years ago in the case of HIV/AIDS, would have proved fatal. For World Health Day 2011, WHO will launch a worldwide campaign to safeguard these medicines for future generations. Antimicrobial resistance and its global spread threaten the continued effectiveness of many medicines used today to treat the sick, while at the same time it risks jeopardizing important advances being made against major infectious killers.
World Health Day 2010
Urbanization and health World Health Day 2010 focused on urbanization and health. With the campaign "1000 cities - 1000 lives", events were organized worldwide calling on cities to open up streets for health activities. Stories of urban health champions were gathered to illustrate what people are doing to improve health in their cities.
World Health Day 2009
Save lives. Make hospitals safe in emergencies World Health Day 2009 focuses on the resilience and safety of health facilities and the health workers who treat those affected by emergencies. Events around the world will highlight successes, advocate for safe facility design and construction, and build momentum for widespread emergency preparedness.
World Health Day 2008
Protecting health from climate change In 2008, World Health Day focused on the need to protect health from the adverse effects of climate change. The health impacts of climate change are already evident in different ways. These impacts will be disproportionately greater in vulnerable populations, which include the very young, elderly, medically infirm, poor and isolated populations.
World Health Day 2007
International health security The theme for World Health Day 2007 was international health security, which is the first line of defence against public health emergencies that can devastate people, societies and economies worldwide. The aim was to urge governments, organizations and businesses to "invest in health, build a safer future".
World Health Day 2006
Working together for health In 2006, World Health Day was devoted to the health workforce crisis. Around the world, there is a chronic shortage of health workers as a result of decades of underinvestment in their education, training, salaries, working environment and management. This is a crisis from which no country is entirely immune.
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Manipulated and Responding Variables
Date: 01/13/2002 at 15:59:11 From: Katie Subject: Variables What are manipulated variables and responding variables?
Date: 01/14/2002 at 14:17:27 From: Doctor Achilles Subject: Re: Variables Hi Katie, Thanks for writing to Dr. Math. Let's say I'm doing some sort of scientific study. The manipulated variable is what I change, and I see how the responding variable reacts. Here are a few examples: 1) In physics. I want to see how the time to go a fixed distance changes with speed. So what I do is I have a 1 mile course. I send one car down the course at 5 miles per hour, one car at 20 miles per hour, and one car at 60 miles per hour. So the thing that I am messing around with (or "manipulating") is the speed. The thing that I'm measuring (i.e. measuring its response) is the time. 2) In politics. I want to see how age relates to voting behavior. So I survey a thousand people who are between 20 and 30, a thousand people who are between 30 and 50, and a thousand people who are over 50. I then see what percentage of each group votes regularly. So the variable that I'm messing with (or manipulating) is age. And the variable that I'm measuring the response of is percentage who vote. I hope this helps. If you have other questions about this or you're still stuck, please write back. If you'd like more help, I can probably give you a more specific answer if you write back with a problem or two that you've been stuck on. - Doctor Achilles, The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
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EPA and TVA Nix Coal Ash Spill Cleanup Efforts
Four years after a coal processing plant operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) accidentally released tons of toxic coal ash into waterways in Kingston, the cleanup has finally come to an end.
But just because cleanup efforts have ceased, that does not mean that the pollution problem is gone.
In fact, quite the opposite is true. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a deal with the TVA to allow the company to stop their cleanup efforts and allow “natural river processes” to dispose of the remaining toxic sludge.
Reports say that as much as 500,000 cubic yards of coal ash sludge remain in the Kingston River, a result of the 2008 dam rupture that released the coal ash from the processing plant. According to the EPA and TVA, it's perfectly fine to allow those contaminants to remain in the river. As the EPA puts it, dredging up the remaining coal ash would actually release even more pollutants into the water – including contaminants left over from previous industrial accidents and Department of Energy projects.
To put it more succinctly: The “leave it lie” mindset occurred in the past, making it impossible to clean up current spills without disturbing previous contaminants that weren’t cleaned. Pollution will now be left piled on top of other pollution, and so on and so on.
To make matters even worse, the industry and EPA managed to convince residents of Kingston and Roane County that this is the best solution at a town hall meeting on the subject Thursday night.
The residents have lost the battle, and the TVA emerged as the clear winner in their own disaster. Had the EPA forced TVA to clean up the entire spill, the company would have paid nearly $180 million for the efforts. Instead, they get to “monitor” the natural river processes for the next few decades, at an estimated cost of $10 million. That’s a savings for the TVA of more than 90%.
While the blame for the actual spill rests upon the shoulders of the TVA, the EPA has put itself in a position now where they can share a part of the blame for the faltering clean up efforts. Over the last few years, the EPA has been reluctant to issue any form of ruling on the toxicity of coal ash, instead opting to hold town hall meetings to get input from U.S. citizens that have been hit with a barrage of misinformation from the dirty energy industry on coal ash.
The dangers of coal ash are well documented. And the decision to allow this sludge to remain in the Kingston River, which is the result of poor decision-making during past environmental catastrophes, shows why it is of utmost importance to prevent future spills. The next time this happens, and under current circumstances that is incredibly likely, it will just be adding more pollutants to the mix, and they’ll sit in the river and wait for the next spill to add to the pile.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
"Must Forsake Gambling God - Steward Refuses to Let Greeks Play with Chance 'New Year'" article - Chicago Daily Tribune, January 14, 1910
Published in the Chicago Daily Tribune, January 14, 1910
MUST FORSAKE GAMBLING GOD
Steward Refuses to Let Greeks
Play with Chance 'New York'
WAS A CUSTOM OF YEARS.
Even Parents Would Give Children
Cash to "Try Their Luck."
Hundreds in the Greek colonies of the city will pay homage today to a new god in celebration of the Greek New Year, which is some fourteen days late.
For many years the Greeks of Chicago have been worshiping at the shrine of the god of gambling, believing that this of all days in the year is luckiest.
It is customary for banana peddlers, guardians of fruit stands, and other latter day Hellenics to save for weeks to have a little fund to hazard on this occasion. Even parents would give children small change to play with fortune.
Chief Steward Refuses Permit.
Today the great god of gambling goes into eclipse. In his place will rule Chief, Leroy T. Steward of the police department, who has issued an order to prevent all forms of gambling in Greek saloons or elsewhere.
Some of the representative Greeks waited upon the chief and asked for the usual special permit for gambling. The chief refused and told them that he would see to it that no games of chance - dice, wheel, or otherwise - would be played.
"I could not grant these men a request which would break a law," said Chief Steward. "If I did I would have to give in to the Chinese and others who expect special privileges in celebration of some sort of an anniversary."
Will Arrest All Caught Gambling.
Policemen will be detailed in the Greek colonies to carry out the chief's orders and arrest those who attempt to gamble. It is understood that a delegation of South Water street commission merchants, who do a large fruit business with the Greeks, complained to the chief against the manner of celebrating the New Year. They said that following the festivities they have been unable to collect bills and have been forced to exchange many bunches of bananas for I.O.U.'s.
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"We want everyone to enjoy the holidays," said Chief Howell. "We all enjoy the lights but we want to do it safely."
Experts like Ed Carrington said electrical wiring in older homes can't withstand the over consumption newer technologies demand.
"It's going to all overheat," said Carrington."Go back into the wall and cause a tremendous heat hazard and something will catch on fire."
Overcrowded power strips with too many extension cords plugged in can overload, we've all seen it.
A serious problem made trivial in movies like christmas vacation, but something they warn is no laughing matter when translated to real life.
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Tag: Education - Latest Releases
New Way to Study Korean Vocabulary - Talk! Talk! Korean Word Book-Basic
May 13, 2013 - Seoul based application development company, Kizmo today introduces Talk! Talk! Korean Word Book-Basic 1.0.2, their easy-to-use education app for iOS and Android devices. Developed specifically for studying Korean language, Talk! Talk! Korean Word Book-Basic contains several features such as flash cards and words quiz that help you to study and memorize Korean words efficiently. This app will be best solution to study Korean vocabularies for you.
Arabic Dictionary 8.0 Released for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch
May 11, 2013 - iThinkdiff today announces Arabic Dictionary 8.0 an update to their popular bidirectional dictionary app for iOS devices. With Arabic Dictionary, users can search both Arabic & English words only by changing keyboard. This dictionary features a large database for English and Arabic words. Version 8.0 introduces a totally redesigned user interface. The app is much more user friendly now with access everything. A new Gestures feature was added so doing tasks are easier via sliding the window.
Animal World Apps Provide Puzzle Joy for Children on iOS and Android
May 11, 2013 - Eggroll Games, makers of award-winning games and apps for children like Princess Fairy Tale Coloring Wonderland, Puzzle Farm Imagination Adventure and Whose Toes Are Those? introduced Animal World Jungle Safari 1.2 for iPhone, iPod and iPad devices and Animal World Puzzle Fun for Android smart phones and tablets. Animal World is designed to capture the imagination of children while encouraging motor control, cognitive skills, shape recognition and animal identification.
GradeBook Pro 2.70 for iOS - Leading Classroom Management for Educators
May 11, 2013 - Independent developer Eric Lombardo has announced GradeBook Pro 2.70 for iOS, a substantial update to his powerful classroom management app, designed to help teachers track and report on grades and attendance. Version 2.70 of GradeBook Pro lets teachers record student behavior and classroom participation. Also new is the ability to assign custom letter grade scales to classes. The app is iOS 6 and Retina display compatible.
PlayFino's Educational Game - Little Farm Preschool 2 Released
May 11, 2013 - PlayFino introduced Little Farm Preschool 2 v.1.0 for iOS, an universal educational app for kids. This is a collection of 8 exciting games for preschoolers that seamlessly blend one into another as children advance in solving puzzles, while learning words in Chinese. Each game focuses on its own aspect of preschool education, by teaching children to identify farm animals with sounds and names, as well as teaching colors, shapes, sizes, differences, counting, matching, the alphabet, and more.
Past and Present: Peru special price cut May 11 and 12
May 10, 2013 - California-based developer Selectsoft is offering the app Past & Present: Peru for the Mac App Store(SM), on sale May 11 and 12. Embark on a video journey through the rich culture and history of Peru! Read along with the text as you watch the videos, then take a fun quiz to find out what you've learned. Travel into the Amazon to meet an isolated tribe before attending a celebration of the Aymara, high in the Andes.
Scottish Gaelic Immersion special price cut May 11 and 12
May 10, 2013 - California-based developer Selectsoft is offering the fun and exciting educational app Scottish Gaelic Immersion on sale this weekend only. Enjoy immersive environments, fun "find it" games and over 700 words and phrases! Scottish Gaelic Immersion is an easy and effective way to learn the language as you listen to Scottish Gaelic words and phrases. Explore realistic settings such as a classroom or house, then match the pictures to the words and see how much you learn while you play.
First additions and subtractions made easy on iPad
May 10, 2013 - Award winning educational software startup, 3 Elles Interactive today introduces Montessori 1st Operations 1.1, their new educational app for iOS. Montessori 1st Operations offers a clear and simple approach to addition and subtraction that will change the way children see math forever. If you want your children to understand the concepts instead of applying them as they are told, Montessori 1st Operations is the app you've been looking for.
Dino Walk - Watch Continental Drift in Action
May 10, 2013 - Vito Technology Inc. has announced the release of Dino Walk - Continental Drift, an illustrative 3D World Fact Book with Time Machine for travelling back to when the dinosaurs inhabited the Earth. By dragging the time machine slider back and forward one can see how the continents moved through time and how they looked billions of years ago. With no Internet connection required users can read facts about animals, dinosaurs and living creatures and memorize the info with the help of quizzes.
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Above is a picture of a strain of Bifidobacterium bifidum, one of the "good guys" we want to increase using the GAPS protocol. I suspect gut bacteria may have a large effect on T2 diabetes for a few reasons: the observed fact that gastric bypass surgery has cured T2 diabetes and that a woman with treated with Clostridium difficile by a fecal transplant from her husband was cured of T2. But the thing that convinced me to try GAPS myself is new evidence that T2 is an autoimmune disorder.
evidence that T2 diabetes is an autoimmune disease
First in 2009, Winer et al found that immunosuppressant drugs reduced T1 cells in VAT (belly fat) and reversed insulin resistance for months, implying the immune system is involved in T2 diabetes:
Obesity and its associated metabolic syndromes represent a growing global challenge, yet mechanistic understanding of this pathology and current therapeutics are unsatisfactory. We discovered that CD4+ T lymphocytes, resident in visceral adipose tissue (VAT), control insulin resistance in mice with diet-induced obesity (DIO). Analyses of human tissue suggest that a similar process may also occur in humans. DIO VAT-associated T cells show severely biased T cell receptor Va repertoires, suggesting antigen-specific expansion. CD4+ T lymphocyte control of glucose homeostasis is compromised in DIO progression, when VAT accumulates pathogenic interferon-? (IFN-?)-secreting T helper type 1 (TH1) cells, overwhelming static numbers of TH2 (CD4+GATA-binding protein-3 (GATA-3)+) and regulatory forkhead box P3 (Foxp3)+ T cells. CD4+ (but not CD8+) T cell transfer into lymphocyte-free Rag1-null DIO mice reversed weight gain and insulin resistance, predominantly through TH2 cells. In obese WT and ob/ob (leptin-deficient) mice, brief treatment with CD3-specific antibody or its F(ab')2 fragment, reduces the predominance of TH1 cells over Foxp3+ cells, reversing insulin resistance for months, despite continuation of a high-fat diet. Our data suggest that the progression of obesity-associated metabolic abnormalities is under the pathophysiological control of CD4+ T cells. The eventual failure of this control, with expanding adiposity and pathogenic VAT T cells, can successfully be reversed by immunotherapy.
Then in April 2011, Winer & Winer et al published showing B cell involvement:
Chronic inflammation characterized by T cell and macrophage infiltration of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is a hallmark of obesity-associated insulin resistance and glucose intolerance. Here we show a fundamental pathogenic role for B cells in the development of these metabolic abnormalities. B cells accumulate in VAT in diet-induced obese (DIO) mice, and DIO mice lacking B cells are protected from disease despite weight gain. B cell effects on glucose metabolism are mechanistically linked to the activation of proinflammatory macrophages and T cells and to the production of pathogenic IgG antibodies. Treatment with a B cell–depleting CD20 antibody attenuates disease, whereas transfer of IgG from DIO mice rapidly induces insulin resistance and glucose intolerance. Moreover, insulin resistance in obese humans is associated with a unique profile of IgG autoantibodies. These results establish the importance of B cells and adaptive immunity in insulin resistance and suggest new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for managing the disease.
The entire articles are available online for a fee; the abstracts and data diagrams are available free; see references.
explanation of research
These researchers noticed that the belly fat of T2 diabetics was inflamed. They hypothesized that as fat cells died, they were invoking an immune reaction.
The way immunity normally works is that some white blood cells (lymphocytes) recognize a protein as foreign (antigen). They "eat" it and then they stick the digested bits on their cell membranes where they can be "seen" by other cells. The type of lymphocytes that do this are called B cells, because they mature in the bone marrow.
T lymphocytes (called T because they mature in the thymus gland) come in several types. The first are helper T cells, which attach to the B cell and help it reproduce itself, and then produce soluble antibodies. Antibodies are proteins that "stick" to antigens.
So the antibodies float around in the blood, sticking to any of "their flavor" of antigen. The antibodies are a signal to another type of T cell, the cytotoxic (cell-killing) ones, that kill the cell with the antibody on it.
Actually, there's a lot more to immunity, but that's a simplified explanation for now.
In a perfect world, antibodies only mark out virally-infected and tumor cells, so only these get killed. In a less-perfect world, the immune system recognizes non-foreign proteins as antigens, thus attacking normal healthy cells; this is what we mean by an autoimmune disease. Type 1 diabetes, in which the beta cells of the pancreas are destroyed, is an autoimmune disorder; another common example is Hashimoto's in which the thyroid gland is attacked by the immune system.
People who need organ transplants are given drugs to suppress their immune systems so they won't attack the organ - these are called immunosuppressants.
So in the first study, they took a strain of mice that they knew they could give T2 easily with a particular diet and gave some of them an immunosuppressant drug, and found they had fewer T cells in their belly fat, and that insulin resistance was postponed for several months.
In the second study, they grew some mutant mice that couldn't make any B cells, so they couldn't make antibodies. They fed them the diabetes-causing diet, but they didn't get diabetes. Then they took antibodies from the blood of diabetic mice and injected them in the mice that couldn't make antibodies themselves, and they got diabetes.
These studies imply that diabetes is an autoimmune disorder. But most of us are more interested in human diabetes than mice diabetes.
But you can't test people this way, as it takes too long to breed them and they complain if you suppress their immune systems willy-nilly (being a lot more whiny than mice). So instead they took a bunch of equally fat guys, some with T2 and some without, and looked at their blood, and found these same antibodies in the diabetics but not in the nondiabetics.
The theory upon which Gut and Psychology Syndrome is based is that peptides (small protein chunks) from gluten and casein leak through the gut into the bloodstream, cross the blood-brain barrier, and act as opiates, effecting the cognition of the individual.
This theory may or may not be correct. However, Dr. Campbell-McBride has been very successful treating patients on the autism spectrum with the GAPS protocol. In the process of treating her patients and their families, she saw a decrease in autoimmune issues such as allergies and asthma.
Because the protocol directly works with the gut, many folks with GI diseases, such as colitis, Crohn's, IBS and celiac, have found relief with the protocol. And because it "heals and seals" the gut, it has relieved many folks of various autoimmune issues.
In the TF community, there have been many reports of people who achieved great success with myriad gut and autoimmune issues using this protocol. Thus my conclusion that it's worth a shot for T2 diabetes.
Winer, S.; Chan, Y.; Paltser, G.; Truong, D.; Tsui, H.; Bahrami, J.; Dorfman, R.; Wang, Y.; Zielenski, J.; Mastronardi, F.; Maezawa, Y.; Drucker, D.; Engleman, E.; Winer, D.; Dosch, H-M. Normalization of obesity-associated insulin resistance through immunotherapy. Nat. Med. [Online] 2009, 15, 921 - 929. http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v15/n8/full/nm.2001.html (accessed Jul 9, 2012).
Winer, D. A.; Winer, S.; Shen, L.; Wasia, P. P.; Yantha, J.; Paltser, G.; Tsui, H.; Wu, P.; Davidson, M.; Alonso, M.N.; Leong H. X.; Glassford A.; Caimol, M.; Kenkel, J. A.; Tedder, T. F.; McLaughlin, T.; Miklos, D. B.; Dosch, H-M; Engleman, E.G. B cells promote insulin resistance through modulation of T cells and production of pathogenic IgG antibodies. Nat. Med. [Online] 2011, 17, 610–617. http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v17/n5/abs/nm.2353.html (accessed Jul 9, 2012).
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Words too Hard? Zynga has New ’With Friends’ Game
NEW YORK (AP) - There’s no spelling required in Zynga’s latest mobile game, "Matching With Friends."
For those who play the popular, Scrabble-inspired game "Words With Friends," the latest title should feel familiar. Instead of using letters to form words, though, players get groups of colorful blocks that they must match with blocks of the same color.
The game is being released Wednesday for the iPhone and the iPad. It will initially be available only in Australia and Canada. It will come to the U.S. and other countries in the coming weeks, though Zynga Inc. isn’t giving dates yet.
Like other mobile games from Zynga, "Matching With Friends" will have a free, ad-supported version. A paid version will cost $2.99, though initially it’ll be available on sale for $1.99.
Paul Bettner created the "Words With Friends" franchise with his brother after working on hardcore games such as "Halo" for more than a decade. Zynga bought their company, Newtoy, in 2010.
"Matching With Friends" is the fourth "With Friends" game available. There’s also "Hanging With Friends," a play on the classic "hangman" game, and "Chess With Friends."
Bettner said that for new game ideas, he likes to think about things that he enjoyed when he was a child, or things outside of the technology world.
"Matching With Friends" originally started out as a picnic-inspired game that had players matching picnic baskets and other little items with each other. It later changed into blocks.
To Bettner, the "With Friends" games present a way to let people interact with each other in a way that’s even lighter and less intrusive than text messaging.
"You know that you have a connection with someone when you are playing a game," he said in a recent interview. "But you don’t have to be talking to them about something. ... You have the opportunity to connect more deeply with them, but you don’t have to."
It’s kind of like playing a board game around the dining table.
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Latrines are vital for community health. They keep local water used for drinking or growing crops free from diseases spread through human feces; and they discourage transmission of diseases by flies that breed in excrement.
In many areas, community acceptance of latrines as an integral part of any home, school, or clinic project may be more important than any other construction ideas in this manual.
Basically, a latrine consists of: a pit dug in the ground for the storage of excrement; a base built over the nit with a small hole in it so that a person can stand over the pit; and a shelter to provide privacy, protect against weather, and to keep flies from breeding in the pit.
Two principal requirements should govern the choice of a latrine's location:
* It should be close enough to the school, clinic, or home to be reached easily; but far enough away to keep the main building free of odors and potential contamination. 30 meters is the distance recommended by many experts.
* It should be situated so that it will not contaminate ground or surface water that may enter springs, wells, or fields. Satisfying this requirement can sometimes be complex.
The most important considerations to keep in mind are:
• the latrine should be high enough so it will not be flooded during the rainy season;
• the latrine should be downhill from any nearby wells or springs; if this is impossible - of if the land is flat - the latrine must be at least 15 meters away from wells or springs (7.5 meters in sandy soil);
• in regions with fissured rocks or limestone foundations (which can carry pollution great distances), get expert advice!
At the chosen location, begin by digging a pit, either round or square, about 1 meter across, and from 1-3 meters deep. The table below shows recommended depths for a latrine for a family of 5. The same depths may be used for latrines in public buildings such as schools or clinics provided there will be 1 latrine for every 15 people who use the building regularly.
On the table, "wet pit type" refers to pits which penetrate the water table in the ground and are constantly wet. "Dry pit type" refers to pits that are 3 meters or more above the highest underground water level.
If the soil is soft and tends to cave in during the digging, line the pit with stone, brick, wood, or bamboo to keep the sides of the pit strong. Even when the soil is firm, it's a good idea to line the upper few feet.
The base is essentially a foundation for the floor. It also helps to prevent hookworm larvae and burrowing rodents from entering the pit.
The best materials for the base are concrete from a 1:2:3 mixture, or stabilized earth with 5-6% cement content. Heavy hewn logs treated for insect resistance may also be used as shown.
Following construction of the base, a mound of hard-packed earth or dry fill should be built up until it is level with the top of the base (at least 15cm above ground level), and it covers the floor area planned for the shelter.
Above this mound must be placed a floor with a built-in hole about 40cm long and 12-18cm wide. Do not make the hole wider than 18cm or children may fall through it!
The shape of the hole can vary according to local preference. Two common shapes are shown.
The floor may be built of several materials. Reinforced concrete is best. Build a form about 100cm x 100cm and 6cm deep. Then cut a piece of wood 6cm high and the size and shape of the hole desired. This piece will act as the mold for the hole in the concrete slab. If you slope its sides slightly instead of making them straight up and down, it will be easier to remove from the concrete after the concrete has set.
Place the wood piece inside the 100cm x 100cm form where you want the hole to be. Then place reinforcement rods (bamboo or iron) in a grid across the formwork.
Mix, pour and cure the concrete as you would for any concrete floor (see pages 154-156), After curing, place the concrete slab over the mound and base so that the hole is centered over the pit opening.
Other materials appropriate for building latrine floors include reinforced brick mortar, wood, and logs with earth.
It may be desirable to add raised foot rests, approximately 30cm long and 10cm wide as shown.
In addition, a simple wood cover can greatly reduce odors and keep flies away from the pit.
The latrine shelter serves several purposes:
• protection from wind and rain;
• protection of the pit from direct light (darkness keeps flies and other disease-carrying insects and rodents from breeding in the pit).
In general, the shelter should be about 1 meter wide, 1.5 meters long, and 1.5 meters high.
It should have a shed roof with a large overhang [about 60l00cm). The roof should be 10-15cm above the walls for ventilation to diffuse any odors which might build up.
If acceptable socially, it is beat to cut all vegetation within 2 meters of the shelter, especially if food is grown nearby. This will prevent contamination of the ground surface resulting from any possible misuse of the latrine.
The illustrations above show two types of latrine shelter. The actual construction of latrine shelters follows the normal procedures for any building.
One final note: The latrine design described in this manual is only one of the many possible designs. See the sources listed in the bibliography (page 227) for information on other designs.
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Abraham of Smolensk was a monk of Smolensk, his birthplace, where he became a monk of the Bogoroditzkaja monastery. He is historically regarded as a miracle worker. As a monk, he engaged in extensive preaching and biblical study. He is considered to be a notable figure in pre-Mongol Russia.
He is described as being a man of stern and militant character, who kept the idea of the Last Judgement in the minds of himself and others. He was very popular among the laity, as he worked for the sick and troubled. He was less popular with the other local clergy, who came to view him with enmity and jealousy.
This animosity led ultimately to several moral and theological charges being brought against him. Based on these charges, the local bishop of Smolensk took disciplinary measures against Abraham, which cast a cloud over his character for five years. He was said to have been later justified by a miracle. At that time, the bishop reopened the case against Abraham, acquitted him against the charges leveled against him, and made him the abbot of the smaller Holy Cross monastery in the area. Abraham would spend the rest of his life peacefully following his calling there, dying there peacefully in 1221. A biography by his disciple Ephraem has survived.
His feast day is celebrated on August 21 in all of the Russian church.
- Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-14-051312-4.
- Holweck, F. G. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924.
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Obama-backed battery maker goes bankrupt
President Barack Obama speaks on the economy and job creation at Smith Electric Vehicles in Kansas City, Missouri.
The White House is taking flack from Republicans, yet again, for wasting government money on investments in clean energy. This time it's over an electric car battery company that took government grants and is now bankrupt. Yet, the criteria for success or failure with government investment in technology, it can be argued, are different than those for individual investors.
Seth Fletcher, an editor at Popular Science magazine, explained the thinking behind green tech investment. His book on electric car batteries, called Bottled Lightning, includes a few stories from the trenches about A123, the American electric car battery company that filed for bankruptcy this week. A few years ago, it lost a bid to make lithium ion batteries for GM, who went with an Asian battery maker instead. Fletcher says the reason is simple. "It was just a safer bet," he says. "You know the big players in Japan and Korea, they have a 20- or 30-year head start, and they got that head start with government support."
He says Asian governments are heavily invested in electric car battery companies, but a lot of that technology was invented in America. "We ceded the advantage that we perhaps could have had there," Fletcher says. By putting billions of stimulus money into green tech, the White House has aimed to gain back some of that ground.
Sam Jaffe at IDC Energy Insights says that's mostly worked. Even though A123 got hundreds of millions in government grants and then went bankrupt, the company has still contributed to the American economy as a whole. "It created jobs, and a new technology was enhanced," says Jaffe. Plus, he says, A123 already has a new owner, Johnson Controls. It will keep making batteries in A123's factory. Hardly, Jaffe says, a waste of government money.
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I started a search engine company and couldn't code a lick. What I did was co-found with an exceptionally strong pair of developers. I was the business and marketing brain, and they were the coding brains. Eventually, one of the coding brains learned the business side as well. It's easier to teach a coder business than to teach a business person coding.
While you don’t have to be a web developer to start a tech-based company, you’ll definitely have to work with one at some point. And no, it’s not as easy as hiring someone to build your vision and just watching it come to life—you’ll be responsible for finding the right person for your team, instructing them on what, exactly, to develop (ideally, working in a collaborative way), and managing the project along the way.
And throughout this process, there are a few things that many entrepreneurs learn the hard way. Here’s what to know, before you get started.
1.Validate Your Ideas Before You Start Developing
Do you have a great idea for a new product or feature? Your instincts might be to find a developer and get started building right away—but first, it’s important to test whether or not your customers actually want it.
To do this, specify what problem you’re looking to solve (e.g., “we want users to return to the site frequently”). Then, create a measurable hypothesis that you can test to see if your users will actually behave in a way that supports your solution. For example, your hypothesis could be: “Allowing users to post status updates is going to generate an increase in user interactions and user retention.”
Once you’ve done this, create a prototype of the feature you’re looking to build. And you don’t need a developer for this just yet—for an early draft, you can make a clickable demo using PowerPoint or Word, or even use a paper sketch. There are also more advanced prototyping and wireframing tools, such as Axure, Mockingbird, and Balsamiq, which you should get comfortable with if you’re going to be managing a product.
Then—still before getting your developers involved—show your prototype to your customers (or potential customers) and get their feedback. (You can schedule in-person interviews or using online tools like Usabilla or UserTesting.com.) Ask them open-ended questions to gauge their thoughts and interest in the feature, and try to really understand if the solution is exciting them or solving a pain point. And if so? Only then is it time to move on to actually building something.
2. Hire and Build a Great Dev Team
Hiring the right people is necessary in any organization, but when you’re hiring someone that’s building your product and bringing your vision to life—well, it’s paramount.
Here is the most valuable hiring lesson I’ve learned: Hire for DNA first, and for work experience second. Make a list of the characteristics that you value as a company, or your “DNA” (i.e., relentless drive, will get the job done no matter what, sense of humor)—then, make sure the person you’re interviewing or talking to matches most of the items you came up with.
What’s equally important is to hire people with aptitude, not a particular skill set. In the tech space, skills become obsolete every two years, so it’s better to hire people who are able to learn new technologies (and ideally, have a track record of doing so) rather than people who happen to know how to do something specific now. Remember, this person will ideally be with you for the long haul, and you want to make sure he or she is a great match both now and later.
3. Manage the Project Every Step of the Way
Finally, be involved in the building of your product. A common mistake I see people make: A founder will ship product specs off to a developer, trusting that everything will be done the way the founder sees it in her head, and only check back in when the final product is ready.
This is a recipe for disaster. If you take this hands-off approach, more often than not you’ll find your site or product not implemented the way you had envisioned. Maybe your directions were unclear, maybe they were actually impossible to implement technically, maybe your developer just misunderstood. But regardless of why it happens—this is a situation you’d rather just avoid altogether. Believe me, it is much easier to stay on top of the development process along the way than it is to have to go back and fix things later—or worse, start over!
A better approach is to use “Agile Project Management,” a common method of planning and guiding a technical project. An agile project is completed in small sections called iterations or sprints (daily, weekly, or within two weeks, max). After a developer or development team completes an iteration, it is reviewed and critiqued by other members of the project team.
The main benefit of agile project management is the ability to respond to issues as they arise. You will be able to keep track of whether or not the project is going according to plan, understand what changes are necessary, and ultimately, help deliver a successful project on time and on budget.
Want to learn more? Join me September 20-21 for the TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs event, where you’ll get the tech knowledge you need start and run your company.
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Written by: Benjamin E. Zeller
ISKCON's community organization is best understood as a series of concentric circles, with the temple at the absolute center. Radiating out from the temple with increasing metaphoric distance are full-time residents of temples, ISKCON-initiated congregational members, non-initiated congregational members, and frequent visitors.
Though ISKCON's temples undoubtedly serve as ceremonial and ritual centers for the movement, they also function as the center of community organization. With few exceptions, members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness live within easy driving distance of a temple, and have chosen to do so intentionally. The movement operates over three hundred temples, spread over every continent except Antarctica, and in most major cities around the globe. It also operates several dozen farming communities and rural communes, which generally function as temple equivalents for purposes of community organization.
In addition to their unmistakable place at the heart of ISKCON's deity worship ceremonies, temples host reading groups, lectures, workshops, and presentations on issues pertinent to Krishna Consciousness. Often they host regular weekly community programs. The most common such programs are lectures, discussions, and classes on the sacred texts of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, notably the Bhagavadgita and Bhagavata Purana. Classes always use the translations and commentaries prepared by founder A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada, which ISKCON devotees consider more reliable and accessible than all other translations. In some cases classes take the form of lectures by gurus (spiritual teachers), and in other cases leading members of the community offer the classes. Depending on the style of the teacher and the norms of a particular temple, sessions might also take the form of discussion. In the United States, temples also host programs on Krishna Conscious parenting, finance, and other topics of relevance to the mostly-congregational members of the community.
The Hare Krishna devotees who live in temple communities serve as the metaphoric center of ISKCON communities. Such individuals are always initiated devotees who have vowed to obey ISKCON's regulatory principles and engage in acts of religious devotion to Krishna. They generally fall into one of two categories: celibate students (brahmacharis [male] or bramacharinis [female]), or celibate renunciates (sannyasis). Sannyasis, or monks, serve as the highest leaders of ISKCON, both of individual communities and the broader movement. They are the spiritual teachers, or gurus, who offer instruction on Krishna Consciousness, initiate new devotees, and in many cases make the central decisions for the organization. In keeping with the Bengali Hindu norms with which Bhaktivedanta was familiar, all sannyasis are male. In the early days of ISKCON, most males endeavored to become sannyasis, and often did so after only a few years in the movement. Many, however, proved unable to maintain their vows and fell from their positions. Today, the sannyasi role is reserved for fewer individuals with longer histories in the movement who understand the ramifications of a life-long vow of celibacy and religious devotion.
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In a speech on the floor of the Senate, George Aiken (R-Vermont), senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urges the Nixon administration to begin an immediate "orderly withdrawal" of U.S. forces from South Vietnam. Aiken said, "It should be started without delay." The speech was widely regarded as the end of the self-imposed moratorium on criticism that senators had been following since the Nixon administration took office.
Nixon responded on several occasions that ending the Vietnam War was his "first priority." His first public act in response to the mounting criticism was to announce in June 1969 that he would begin an immediate withdrawal of 25,000 troops from South Vietnam with additional withdrawals to follow at specified intervals. In order to do this, he instituted his "Vietnamization" program, which was designed to increase the combat capability of the South Vietnamese forces so they could eventually assume responsibility for the entire war effort.
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The collection includes parts of wrecks, ships that have been built by Finnish ship yards, historical items such as seaman’s books and other papers. The museum also allows visitors to lay hand on navigating a ship, since a ship simulator called Jenny is available.
The entire residential building today is a museum and one can enter the world of the locals living in Rauma some 200 years ago. The furniture, stoves and work places, as well as the rooms where people rested have been kept the way as they were in the past.
The residential building is mainly from the 18th century and it depicts the life of owner and tenant families around the turn of the century. The enclosed courtyard has been preserved and include the stables, cowshed, storehouse, cellar and well
Jokela was the house where Hj Nortamo was born, a doctor and author who wrote mainly in the Rauma dialect. He contributed to Finnish literature that included narratives of the life of seamen in the local dialect.
One of the most decorative buildings in Rauma dates back to the early 19th century, it has been converted into Renaissance style. The building is situated in Kauppakatu and today a museum. The building was owned by several ship-owning families.
The legend says that the citizens of Rauma were asked to build Helsinki in 1550 by King Gustavus Vaasa. Those who had to leave were assembled on this square. The main feature of the square today is a statue of a Bobbin Lace-maker as a tribute to the traditional handicraft that was passed on from generation to generation.
The main square of the old town of Rauma is the Market Place surrounded by the old town hall and many other impressive buildings. One can only imagine how busy this place would have been centuries ago with trading from passing ships. During my visit some construction took place to build a kiosk or similar in the middle of the square.
The life story of the Agricultural Councillor Alfred Kordelin is the tale of a poor Rauma sailor’s son who amassed a great fortune and used it to promote education and culture. This house is the birthplace of this generous Rauma citizen.
This former monastery is believed to have been built in the mid 15th century and now serves as the church for the congregation of Rauma. The white spire of the church was not built until 1816 and since then it has served as a landmark for seafarers. A statue of a Franciscan Monk was erected in front of the church in memory of its builders. The statue was carved by Jussi Vikainen.
If you want to explore Rauma on foot the tourism office offers guided tours during the summer months. Alternatively use the tips below to find your main attractions. I spent about two hours in the old town and was able to see almost all attractions and buildings.
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Justice Ismail Mahomed (5 July 1931 – 17 June 2000) was a South African lawyer who served as the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and the Supreme Court of Namibia, and co-authored the constitution of Namibia.
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- The burning of the house of the offender is not a permissible punishment for arson. The rape of the offender is not a permissible punishment of a rapist. Why should murder be a permissible punishment for murder?
- Justice Ismail Mahomed, S v Makwanyane (6 June 1995)
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A raging wildfire that forced tens of thousands to flee Colorado Springs has left at least one person dead and destroyed an estimated 346 homes this week, making it the most destructive fire in the U.S. state's history, officials said.
Police Chief Pete Carey said late Thursday the remains of one person were found in a home where two people had been reported missing. He didn't elaborate or take questions after making the announcement late Thursday.
From above, the fire's destruction was painfully clear: Rows and rows of houses were reduced to smoldering ashes even as some homes just feet away survived largely intact.
At a meeting Thursday night, Rebekah and Byron Largent learned from lists distributed by authorities that their home was among those that burned Tuesday, their daughter Emma's first birthday.
"Our minds just started sifting through all the memories of that house that we lost that can't be replaced," Rebekah Largent said. She remembered her wedding dress, a grandmother's china, the rocking chair where the couple would sit with Emma.
The aerial photos showing the scope of one of the worst fires to hit the American West in decades did little to help ease the concerns of many residents who still did not know the fate of homes.
Amid the devastation in the foothills of Colorado Springs, there were hopeful signs. Flames advancing on the U.S. Air Force Academy were stopped and cooler conditions could help slow the fire.
The fire was 15 percent contained Thursday night. The cost of fighting the blaze had already reached $3.2 million.
Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach said the estimate of 346 homes could change. A fire in northern Colorado, which was still burning, destroyed 257 homes and until Thursday was the most destructive in state history.
For now, Bach said, the news of the destruction would make it very difficult for affected residents in the city about 60 miles south of Denver.
"This community is going to surround them with love and encouragement," Bach said.
More than 30,000 people frantically packed up belongings Tuesday night as the flames swept through their neighborhoods.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation said two people have been arrested in connection with a burglary at an evacuated home. Belinda Yates and Shane Garrett were being held on charges including second-degree burglary and possession of methamphetamine.
Community officials were planning to begin the process of notifying residents Thursday that their homes were destroyed. For many residents, the official notification was a formality.
Residents recognized their streets on aerial pictures and carefully scrutinized the images to determine the damage. Photos and video from The Associated Press and The Denver Post showed widespread damage.
Colorado Springs, the state's second-largest city, is home to the U.S. Olympic Training Center, NORAD and the Air Force Space Command, which operates military satellites. They were not threatened.
Conditions were still too dicey to allow authorities to begin trying to figure out what sparked the blaze that has raged for much of the week and already burned more than 26 square miles (67 sq. kilometers).
President Barack Obama declared a major disaster late Thursday, making federal funding available in Colorado Springs' El Paso County as well as Larimer County, where a fire that erupted two weeks ago killed a woman and destroyed 257 homes.
Obama was to tour fire-stricken areas Friday as hundreds of locals and some tourists who were staying at Red Cross shelters hoped life would return to normal. Others stayed with friends and family.
The weather forecast offered some optimism for firefighters to make progress, with the temperature expected to reach into the mid-80s (27 Celsius) — about 5 degrees cooler than Wednesday.
The fire blackened up to 50 acres (20 hectares) along the southwest boundary of the Air Force Academy campus, said Anne Rys-Sikora, a spokeswoman for the firefighters. No injuries or damage to structures — including the iconic Cadet Chapel — were reported.
Fort Carson, an Army infantry post about 15 miles (24 kilometers) from the academy, sent 120 soldiers along with bulldozers and other heavy equipment to help clear a line to stop the fire on the academy. Rys-Sikora said the academy was not getting a disproportionate share of equipment and firefighters.
The Flying W Ranch, a popular tourist attraction near Colorado Springs, was severely damaged in the blaze. But authorities let people into the area to check on cattle. John Hendrix, who volunteers at the Flying W, said 47 animals were accounted for.
"Some of them are pretty scorched up, but they are still there. We didn't lose one," Hendrix said.
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Jordan exports to Iraq resume after border reopens
Dozens of trucks loaded with Jordanian farm produce crossed into Iraq as exports resumed after Baghdad reopened the border.
Iraqi authorities yesterday reopened the post of Treibel, a key conduit between the two neighbours that was closed on Jan. 9 along with two border crossings with Syria.
Iraqi officials confirmed that cross-border travel and trade are back to normal after the post reopened Friday morning.
Jordan Exporters and Producers Association for Fruit and Vegetables, Zuheir Jweihan, told Petra that about 80 trucks loaded with vegetables had crossed to Iraq on Friday and Saturday.
He said 50 trucks had entered the Iraqi market today reviving Jordanian farmers' hopes of marketing their farm produce in Iraq, Jordan's major trading partner.
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2. Start with hot water. Fill your pot with hot tap water, rather than cold. It'll give you a jump start and get you to the boiling stage about 1 1/2 to 2 minutes quicker, depending on the amount of water in your pot. NOTE: this is not recommended in homes with older pipes as the hot water can leach lead and other funky stuff into the water. Use your judgement.
3. Only use the amount of water that you really need. If you're just boiling a couple eggs or potatoes, there is no need to use a large stockpot. Many vegetables are actually better steamed with just an inch or two of water in the pan, rather than a full boil.
4. Cover your pot. This traps the heat and speeds up the process. Just use a plate if the pot you're using doesn't have a lid.
Bonus Tip! Reuse your boiled water--blanch some veggies in the pasta water after you've fished out the pasta, or hard boil a few eggs for tomorrow's breakfast. You've already used up the water and the energy, you might as well take advantage!
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Web Extra Friday, February 2, 2007
Climate report points finger at fossil fuels
The world is warming, and the burning of fossil fuels is "very likely" to blame, according to a new report released today in Paris by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). IPCC is a nonpartisan group of thousands of scientists from 180 governments that operates under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organization. The report is "a very emphatic reaffirmation" of the seriousness of human-caused global warming, Richard Somerville of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography said today at a press conference to announce the release of the report.
The IPCC report, the fourth in a series of assessments
since the panel was established in 1988 to outline a scientific consensus
on current climate change and humans' role in it, is the firmest yet in
establishing a link between human activities and global climate change.
While the previous 2001 report stated that humans were "likely"
the cause of a global warming trend, the new report changes that language
to "very likely." The new term is not just semantics, but indicates
a quantifiable upgrade in scientific certainty, from 67 percent to "more
than 90 percent," said Somerville, who was lead author on the first,
overview chapter of the report.
In addition to updated model projections of future climate changes, the
new assessment includes observations of currently changing climate, such
as rising ocean temperatures, sea ice melting and retreating glaciers
including data from the last six years, which are among the seven
warmest years on record. "To me, a highlight of the report is the
statement that 'warming of the climate is unequivocal,'" Kevin Trenberth
of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and lead author
of the report's chapter on observations of climate change in the atmosphere
and at Earth's surface, told reporters today.
The observation data are also largely consistent with earlier model projections,
and lend confidence to the new report's projections for future climate
change, Trenberth said. Globally, the models predict more intense and
longer heat waves in summer, shorter winters and more intense hurricanes
(see Geotimes, December 2006).
The observational data, as well as more sophisticated modeling techniques,
have improved the confidence of scientists in the results of the models,
and allowed them to make regional, smaller-scale predictions of climate
change over the next century for the first time as well, said Linda Mearns
of NCAR, who was lead author on the chapter describing model projections
of future climate change. Such changes in the United States include reduced
winter length throughout the country, increasing dryness in the Southwest
and increasing precipitation in the Northeast, where the additional water
vapor is also likely to increase the intensity of both storms and snowfall
in that region, she said.
Although sea-level rise is predicted, the report's models do not incorporate
some of the most recent, controversial scientific findings, including
how melting of the major ice sheets of Greenland and western Antarctica
might quickly and dramatically increase sea levels, prompting some scientists
to state that the report is ignoring the gorilla in the room. Trenberth
denied that the report's writers had overlooked this issue, however, saying
that there was simply not yet enough data to accurately quantify the impact
of the big ice sheets.
While the new report outlines what scientists currently know about global
climate change and includes some projections for the future, two other
IPCC working groups are currently completing additional reports on related
issues. One, which focuses on the vulnerability and impact of climate
change on more specific sectors, such as marine biological systems, coastal
regions and human health, will be released in early April, while a third
assessment, which looks at strategies for mitigating future climate change,
will be released in late April or early May.
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In the constellation Leo
16 million times the mass of the Sun
Diameter roughly the size of the orbit of Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun
At about 16 million times the mass of the Sun, the black hole at the center of NGC 3384 is relatively small -- only about four times the mass of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Also like the Milky Way, NGC 3384's black hole is quiet. It produces little radio energy, suggesting that its surrounding accretion disk of hot gas is thin.
The galaxy itself (which may also have been mistakenly cataloged under a second name, NGC 3371) is a member of a small group of galaxies known as Leo I, which is about 40 million light-years away. NGC 3384 is classified as a lenticular galaxy, which means it is shaped like a lens, with a bulge in the center tapering evenly toward the edges. A "bar" of stars crosses the center of the galaxy, with the supermassive black hole inside this bar. The bar helps funnel gas and dust into the galaxy's central regions.
Astronomers have studied NGC 3384 to learn not just about the black hole, but about the relationship between the black hole and a possible "halo" of dark matter around the galaxy, and about the relationship between the black hole's mass and the mass of the surrounding clump of stars. The studies indicate that the central clump is a "pseudobulge," built by the funneling action of the bar and not by the processes that gave birth to the galaxy.
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“Antonio Vivaldi and Ezra Pound left indelible footprints in their passage through time. The world would be a much less livable place if it weren’t for the music of one and the poetry of the other.
But Vivaldi lay silent for two centuries.
Pound brought him back. The strains the world had forgotten opened and closed the poet’s radio show from Italy, which broadcast Fascist propaganda in English.
The program earned Mussolini few if any sympathizers. But the Venetian musician gained worldwide adoration.
When Fascism collapsed, officers from the United States put Pound in a barbed-wire cage outdoors so that people would lob coins at him and balls of spit, and later on they sent him to an asylum for the insane.”
“…some Swedish petroglyphs of a slightly later date [than those in the Altamira caves] contained so many pictures of men with impressively large erections that their documenter, Carl Georg Brunius, had to consult his colleagues about whether or not the mid-nineteenth century audience was ready to see these early examples of Swedish porn.”
ETA: He ended up showing them, but claimed they couldn’t have been made by prehistoric Swedes, who would have definitely been too mature and refined to show such things, so maybe it was the Laplanders or some other people?
“To judge from the earliest forms of graphic art available to us, it seems that man has always sought to animate his pictures. If only he could breathe the stir of life into his creatures he would share the grand mystery of the gods. The great artists of prehistory, crouching with their rush-lights by the cave walls of Altamira, Lascaux, and the hundreds of other caverns either known to the archaeologists or still to be discovered, were, as far as we can see, urged by some undefined instinct to animate their pictures.
Entering Lascaux is like entering a living zoo. Movement seems to dominate these bodies with their splayed legs and heads bent with the muscular effort of motion. The wonderful figures of the beautiful rearing horse, or those of the dark horse following the mare in foal, the jumping cow, the running and falling hares, the great aurochs, the charging bull, the charging bisons and the disembowelled bison with his head twisted in death all show the success of artists working over 20,000 years ago in the most difficult physical conditions to suggest life caught in arrested motion.
In Altamira the boars and bisons are poised with equal vitality, and curious cinematographic effects are achieved by the superimposition of later paintings on older ones which have been partly worn away. These compound figures with six or eight legs in different positions achieve an additional suggestion of movement.”
We got some updated animation technique books at the library at my request and they’ve been circulating like hotcakes. Or, like something that doesn’t get eaten after it’s handed out once. The point is, if you want to read a book about animation that’s been published since digital cameras and home computers became commonplace, we have some now. I actually really liked this book, because the writing was inordinately beautiful for a book about how animation works, but it was very out of date and missing a bunch of pages, so it had to go.
“In March read the books you’ve always meant to read”
Illinois Art Project, WPA
between 1936 and 1941
Get a head start today, because that’s a lot of books.
Also, it used to be a common library practice to cross out an author’s pen name and handwrite or paste a little sticker with their given name on the cover of the book - hence Clemens instead of Twain on the book in the poster. I still find books like this every now and then and have to get them changed because HOW DID THEY EXPECT ANYONE TO FIND ANYTHING!?! I guess by using the card catalog, but still, it’s so much extra work. Someone had to type an extra card for every author with a pen name (“TWAIN, Mark” see “CLEMENS, Samuel.”) and then deface every volume that passed through the doors. Jeez. Ok, sorry for ranting. Read some books this month. I’m gonna do it.
“In a bed by the Gulf of Corinth, a woman contemplates by firelight the profile of her sleeping lover.
On the wall, his shadow flickers.
The lover, who lies by her side, will leave. At dawn he will leave to war, to death. And his shadow, his traveling companion, will leave with him and with him will die.
It is still dark. The woman takes a coal out of the embers and draws on the wall the outline of his shadow.
Those lines will not leave.
They will not embrace her, and she knows it. But they will not leave.”
“January - A Year of Good Reading Ahead”
Poster for statewide WPA Library Project, between 1936 and 1941.
I set a reading goal for 2013: 50 books! I read 37 in 2012 and I didn’t feel like I spent that much time reading, so might as well go for it. I read a lot of comics, so it’s perhaps not quite as intellectual as it sounds. Also, this poster would be an accurate depiction of me coming home from work every day if I lived in a place with snow.
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Our mission is to educate future change makers — young people with the brilliance to shape the future, and the wisdom to make it one worth creating. Imagine a group of curious, articulate, passionate children. Gifted learners with a diverse set of skills and capabilities. What will they need to fulfill this mission? What foundation can we provide that will stand firm in an era of rapid change? Our answer is that they need a blend of academic (or cognitive) skills — blended and integrated with social and emotional skills. They need to be able to see and solve problems, and also consider the human implications. They need to be able to innovate to break new ground, and also have the restraint to preserve what’s worth sustaining. They need skills to assimilate many forms of data, both logical and emotional, and use this to make better and better decisions.
The Synapse Community
Synapse is a community of unique voices
Inquiring minds and caring hearts
Stirred by the wonders of the world
and the universe;
Untamed by relentless queries and passions.
We probe into depths
of facts, reasons, and reactions.
To understand, we find connections.
Formed by our unique gifts–
New insights open unchartered paths.
Together in this learning community
We explore new meanings and innovate,
Express our values and ideas
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Let’s make our world a better place.
Lead for change.
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We were asked to make
videos that were simple and explicit illustrations of practical experiments
that were routinely set to first year undergraduates in Opthalmology, using the
same equipment and instructions.
4 videos were made of
compounds lenses, telescopes, convex and concave mirrors. Each was a practical
demo of what the student should do, with Dr Heitmar as the performer and a
separate voiceover, describing the action. These were digitally encoded and
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There are many ways to get the message out about hunger in our community and in our world. One class at the University of New Mexico's Department of Theater and Dance put together a play about hunger. Students in the class, entitled "Hunger: A Theatrical Exploration," engaged in discussions, made connections and responded to various perspectives on “hunger” to create a full-scale production, entitled Hungry Machine.
The piece will be presented on Thursday, May 1, at the Out Ch'yonda Performance Space, 929 Fourth St. SW (Barelas) in Albuquerque, at 6:00 p.m. Suggested donation is a bag of non-perishable food.
The class, part of UNM's Research Service Learning Program (RSLP), is taught by Anna Saggese and Riti Sachdeva.
There will be a table to write letters about the Millennium Development Goals and the Global Poverty Act.
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Book Description: Special bestseller price. The Case Study House program (1945-66) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. The program, which concentrated on the Los Angeles area and oversaw the design of 36 prototype homes, sought to make available plans for modern residences that could be easily and cheaply constructed during the postwar building boom. The program's chief motivating force was Arts & Architecture editor John Entenza, a champion of modernism who had all the right connections to attract some of architecture's greatest talents, such as Richard Neutra, Charles and Ray Eames, and Eero Saarinen. Highly experimental, the program generated houses that were designed to re-define the modern home, and thus had a pronounced influence on architecture. With comprehensive documentation, brilliant photographs from the period and, for the houses still in existence, contemporary photos, floor plans and sketches.
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Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after House Republicans voted to disapprove of the Federal Communications Commissions' net neutrality rules preserving the openness of the internet and protecting free speech:
“Instead of putting Americans first and working in a bipartisan way to keep the government operating, House Republicans chose to devote time today to a resolution that undermines the open internet and will not become law.
“An open internet enhances consumer choice, supports entrepreneurship, encourages innovation, and ensures competition in our economy. It is a building block of free societies in the 21st century, and a source for jobs and economic growth nationwide. That's why many of us have fought for net neutrality rules - because no one should guard the gate of our free speech; because the internet strengthens our democracy and opens doors of opportunity, at home and abroad.
“Last year, the FCC issued long-overdue rules for open access to websites and online services. These standards were a step in the right direction; but, standing alone, the rules are not sufficiently clear, consistent, or firm to effectively protect consumers and innovative freedom. But that's not reason to eliminate them; it's reason to strengthen them.
“Today's resolution takes us in the wrong direction - revoking basic consumer protections, eliminating competition, and shutting off outlets of innovation.
“In an era when the internet has the potential to stimulate investment, bolster our economy, and transform lives for the better, Democrats and Republicans should be able to agree that we must tap into this potential for the benefit of all Americans. We must work together to maintain and expand an internet where innovation can flourish, where consumer choice is protected, and where the democratic spirit of our nation remains strong.”
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"We have now established that nVidia's Detonator FX drivers contain certain detection mechanisms that cause an artificially high score when using 3DMark03. We have just published a patch 330 for 3DMark03 that defeats the detection mechanisms in the drivers and provides correct results." this is how Futuremark introduce their latest patch for their popular 3DMark03 software.
Saratoga, Calif.-based Futuremark issued a statement claiming that nVidia tweaked software needed to run its new GeForce FX 5900 chip, in order to distort performance in Futuremark's 3DMark 03 testing application. Futuremark is one of the leaders in software and services for performing PC benchmark tests.
According to Futuremark when the patch was applied a drop of as much as 24.1 per cent was observed in certain nVidia products, while competition products performance-drop stayed within the margin of error of 3 per cent.
An nVidia spokesperson said Since nVidia is not part of the Futuremark beta program (a program which costs of hundreds of thousands of dollars to participate in), we do not get a chance to work with Futuremark on writing the shaders like we would with a real applications developer. We don't know what they did, but it looks like they have intentionally tried to create a scenario that makes our products look bad.
ATI meanwhile are not too keen to capitalize on another, possible, embarassment for their rivals. ATI's Dave Baumann, partly in response to nVidia's statement said:
Despite still being a full Futuremark Beta member, ATI did not make it out of the report entirely unscathed either. There is a performance difference of about 8 per cent in Game Test 4, that accounts for about a 2 per cent difference in the final 3DMark03 score, between the new and old versions, indicating that although not visually different something was occurring on this particular test.
In order to add further validity to the importance of benchmarking tests ATI's Christ Evenden stated:
The 1.9 per cent performance gain comes from optimization of the two DX9 shaders (water and sky) in Game Test 4 . We render the scene exactly as intended by Futuremark, in full-precision floating point. Our shaders are mathematically and functionally identical to Futuremark's and there are no visual artifacts; we simply shuffle instructions to take advantage of our architecture. These are exactly the sort of optimizations that work in games to improve frame rates without reducing image quality and as such, are a realistic approach to a benchmark intended to measure in-game performance. However, we recognize that these can be used by some people to call into question the legitimacy of benchmark results, and so we are removing them from our driver as soon as is physically possible. We expect them to be gone by the next release of CATALYST.
What does all this mean however? Most knowledgeable gamers do not buy a card based, solely, on the score achieved in a benchmarking test. It is reliability, performance and value for money which usually determine which card is bought. Benchmark tests are mainly utilized in order to claim the performance crown, giving the bearer increased prestige and an advantage created by the publicity. All that cheating on tests will achieve is to render such tests useless and to create consumers who do not trust the manufacturers. Unfortunately, this time, the reputation of the biggest graphics chip manufacturers has been questioned and there is little chance that they will make it out of it without some doubt remaining in the publics mind. Doubt which can only be cleared by the release of solid, reliable and high quality products.
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George Melly, 80, jazz and blues singer, author, raconteur.
Liverpool, England, August 17, 1926London, England, July 5, 2007.
The Oscar Wilde of jazz? George Melly, an eccentric Englishman of many careers whose singing style invoked his idol, the blues singer Bessie Smith, died in London after a stretch of emphysema and dementia. He was 80.
Melly was an exponent of the British brand of "trad jazz, a blend of Dixieland, music hall styles and blues. Clad in African robes and sitting in a wheelchair, he gave his last concert a week before his death, and finished his last album the day before he died, on July 5.
"As a surrealist, I quite enjoy having dementia, he quipped in a June interview with Time Out, London. He gave up music in 1962 to become a full-time writer, publishing, among other books, no fewer than three autobiographies. The first, Owning Up (1965) was hailed in July by the British jazz critic Steve Voce as "the most hilarious book ever written about jazz. The writing style is so good and the anecdotes so pungent that it has dated not at all.
Returning to music in 1974, Melly started performing in garish getups with a trad band called John Chilton's Feetwarmers. They played at theaters, colleges and pubs in Great Britain; their Christmas shows at Ronnie Scott's, a London jazz club, grew into a tradition. The group was featured at the 1978 Waterloo Picnic. This New Jersey offshoot of the JVC Jazz Festival evolved into Jersey JazzFest in 1995.
In a 2001 interview with the Scotland on Sunday newspaper, Melly addressed the subject of aging. "Billie Holiday sang what I feel in one verse, he said. "I ain't got no future, but Lord, Lord, what a past.
Johnny Frigo, 90, jazz violinist, bassist, lyricist and wit.
Chicago, IL, December 27, 1916July 4, 2007.
Johnny Frigo, a superb violinist and bassist staple of the Chicago jazz scene, whose earliest recordings with Jimmy Dorsey were made from live broadcasts at Frank Dailey's Terrace Room in Newark, died July 4 in Chicago. He was 90. Both cancer and complications from a fall were cited as causes.
Frigo's legacy of some 81 recording sessions is catalogued in Lord's Jazz Discography CD-ROM 7.0. After playing with the Coast Guard band at Ellis Island during World War II, he toured as a sideman with Jimmy Dorsey. Broadcast recordings in April 1946 from the Terrace Room, with Frigo switching between bass and violin, were released on Navy V-Discs.
Frigo and two fellow musicians in the Navy band, the pianist Lou Carter and the guitarist Herb Ellis, formed the Soft Winds Trio. They are credited for writing in 1972 what became the standard tunes, "Detour Ahead and "I Told You I Love You, Now Get Out. Frigo later confided that he alone had written both the lyrics and music. "Detour Ahead was recorded by Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Irene Kral, Stan Getz and Woody Herman, among others.
He was described by Jim Brown, a recording engineer friend, as "a man of great creative depth and wit. He wrote poetry, from the sublime to the whimsical. He painted, he made what might be called modern sculpture or installation artsome of it was in every recording studio in Chicago, and it was wonderful.
Never a stranger to the Garden State, Frigo played in Edison at a jazz party hosted in 2004 by New Jersey Jazz Society director Frank Nissel. He also made recordings with Jersey favorites such as Bucky and John (Jr.) Pizzarelli, Howard Alden and Bill Charlap. Statesmen of Jazz, with Bucky Pizzarelli on guitar, Earl May on bass and Louie Bellson, drums, was released in 2004 (SOJCD202).
He was a good friend of the Montclair jazz historian Robert Gold (A Jazz Lexicon, Knopf, 1964, and Jazz Talk, Bobbs Merrill, 1975), who told me that Frigo "goes down in my book as one of the five all-time top fiddlersalong with Stephane Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith and Svend Asmussen.
Vincent Giantomasi, 60, businessman, spare-time drummer, photographer, actor.
Newark, NJ, March 14, 1947Parsippany, NJ, June 21, 2007.
Vincent Giantomasi, a spare-time drummer, writer, photographer and actor who played at Cecil's Jazz Club in West Orange and occasionally at other venues, died at home in Parsippany following a long illness. He was 60.
A native of Newark, Giantomasi served in the Navy during the Vietnam War. He earned a bachelor of business degree from William Paterson University in Wayne. For the last two decades he owned and managed Giant Productions, an audiovisual service in Parsippany.
Giantomasi acted the role of 'Wiseguy' in Witness to the Mob, a two-part miniseries about Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano of the Gambino crime family.
"Over the past four years, Vince warmed the hearts of thousands of Cecil's patrons with his quick, witty perspective on jazz and life in general, Adreena and Cecil Brooks III said in a statement that called attention to Giantomasi's photographs of performers on the club's walls. He was an enthusiastic supporter of New Jersey Jazz Society; donations to his memory were welcomed by the society's president, Andrea Tyson, 110 Maywood Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854.
Bill Barber, 87, modern jazz tubaist and teacher.
Hornell, NY, May 21, 1920Bronxville, NY, June 18, 2007.
The first musician to play modern jazz on the tuba, John William Barber was an alumnus of the pianist Claude Thornhill's forward-looking big band. He went on to tour and/or record with Miles Davis/Gil Evans, George Shearing, John Coltrane, Stan Getz and other modernists.
He died at 87, apparently of heart failure, June 18 in Bronxville, NY.
Like his fellow-tubaist, the late Don Butterfield, Bill Barber was a classically trained pioneer of the deep-toned, bulky horn in the modern jazz genre. Both players took their bachelor's in music at the Juilliard School; Barber later went for a master's in music education at the Manhattan School of Music.
After service in the 7th Army band, he joined the Kansas City Philharmonic. He moved to New York and worked for Thornhill in 1947-1948. With the Miles Davis Nonet for the next two years, he took part in a historic series of recordings led by the trumpeter. Birth of the Cool on LP helped usher in the period of cool jazz.
Barber moved to the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra in 1952-1954, when Pete Rugolo then hired him. His association with Davis and Evans was resumed in 1957-1962 when the two combined talents for the acclaimed big-band albums Miles Ahead, Sketches of Spain, and Porgy and Bess. He also worked in 1959 with George Shearing.
Freelance assignments in Broadway shows, on TV and for the City Center Ballet helped keep the tubaist busy, but to make ends meet he earned a master's degree and taught high school music classes from 1960 on Long Island. In 1992 he toured with Gerry Mulligan. The veteran of 90 recording sessions recorded for the last time, with Mulligan, on the album Re-birth of the Cool.
Nellie Lutcher, 94, rhythm and blues singer, pianist.
Lake Charles, LA, October 15, 1915Los Angeles, CA, June 8, 2007.
Sixty years ago, the jazz critic Leonard Feather pictured Nellie Lutcher ("Hurry on down to my house, honey / Ain't nobody home but me ) as "not pretty, or even handsome, but ... a tall, big, somehow striking person (able) to change moods and express a wide range of ideas, both musical and humorous.
Lutcher, a singer and pianist, enjoyed a spate of rhythm-and-blues hits from 1947 until 1952. Four hits on the Capitol label reached the Billboard R&B Top 10, including "He's a Real Gone Guy, "My Mother's Eyes and "Fine Brown Frame. She sang a duet with Nat 'King' Cole, "Can I Come In For A Second?
Lutcher went on performing until nearly age 80, and inspired Nina Simone and other singers. At 94 and in failing health, with pneumonia, she died June 8, in Los Angeles. "She was a fighter to the end, her nephew and manager, Gene Jackson, said. "She had told the family, I'm going to go when I'm ready to go.
Her accepted date of birth in Lake Charles, Louisiana, is October 15, 1915, into a family that eventually numbered 15 children. (Spencer Leigh, of The Independent London newspaper, wrote that she actually was born in 1912, but that Capitol changed the year to 1917 to make her seem younger.) At 11, she played piano for the renowned blues singer Ma Rainey.
The Calcasieu Museum in Lake Charles had already begun a series of events saluting Lutcher's life in music. She once penned "Lake Charles Boogie, a novelty tune about her hometown: "This little ditty / is a song about the city / where I was born.
Dave Remington, 80, pianist, trombonist, bandleader, educator.
Rochester, NY, October 10, 1926Traverse, MI, June 8, 2007.
Musicians across the country telephoned a Michigan hospice to pay respects to Dave Remington, their teacher, whose career spanned a half-century as a freelance pianist, trombonist, bandleader and educator. A member of New Jersey Jazz Society who lived in Beulah, MI, he died June 8 of prostate cancer complications.
He was 80 and worked into May, playing "his usual Mother's Day weekend bandleader job at a Wisconsin resort, a 400-mile drive each way, said his wife, Karen. She is a freelance vocalist who graduated from the Eastman School of Music in 1981, the year her future husband took his M.A. in jazz studies.
Remington worked mainly in Illinois, New York and Wisconsin, never gaining national fame. But his legacy includes 17 recording sessions with releases mostly on smaller labels, and in Chicago-style traditional jazz groups. He recorded with groups that included, at times, the pianist Art Hodes, guitarist Marty Grosz, violinist Johnny Frigo (see obituary above) and clarinetists Bill Reinhardt and Chuck Hedges.
Live at Bourbon Street, recorded at the Chicago club in 1965 and released on Decca, had the trombonist leading the Dukes of Dixieland, with Frank Assunto on trumpet and vocals and his brother, Jac Assunto, on banjo; Jerry Fuller on clarinet; Red Brown on bass, and Barrett Deems on drums.
Born October 10, 1926, in Rochester, NY, David Wilbur Remington was the second son of Emory Remington, professor of trombone and chairman of the brass department at the Eastman School, and his wife Laura, an organist. His older sister, Janet, was principal harpist with the Pittsburgh Symphony.
Enrolled in 1947 at St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, Remington and a bass-playing fellow student, Fradley Garner, formed The Laurentians, the largest dance- and Kenton-style concert band in the university's history. His older brother, Emory Jr., played drums.
Later, Dave Remington led groups in top Chicago clubs like Jazz Ltd., Pump Room, Wise Fools, and at venues in Wisconsin. He fronted his band at both inaugural balls for President Richard Nixon, in 1969 and 1973.
After heading the Rockford (Illinois) College music department in 1970-1974, he moved to New York, joining the trombone section of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band and working as a sideman for Lou Rawls and Paul Anka. He also played in pit orchestras for the Broadway musicals Annie and A Chorus Line.
He moved to Beulah, MI, and taught jazz piano and improvisation from 1999 to 2006 at Interlochen Arts Academy. Bill Cunliffe, a pianist in Los Angeles, credited Remington with sparking his jazz career. Cunliffe had taken a master's in music theory when Remington heard him playing in a practice room and talked him into switching to jazz studies. Another Interlochen student, Jesse Elder, a musician in his early twenties working six nights a week in New York, said: "I would not be here today except for Mr Remington. In a three-hour gig, 80 per cent of it is music I learned from him.
Buddy Childers, 81, trumpeter and composer.
Belleville, IL, February 12, 1926Woodland Hills, CA, May 24, 2007.
Buddy Childers, hailed as "one of the greatest lead trumpet players in the history of big bands by a member of the Stan Kenton Alumni Band, died May 12 of cancer complications in Woodland Hills, California. He was 81.
Childers was only 16 when Kenton auditioned him for the lead trumpet chair, in 1942. "I played about eight or nine things in a row and the adrenalin was really flying, Childers told the British critic, Steve Voce.
"I had this thing in my mind that I had to join a name band at 16 or I'd never be able to make it as a musician. I was thinking of Harry James, so young with Ben Pollack and then with Benny Goodman, and Corky Corcoran who joined Sonny Dunham when he was 16 and then became Harry James's leading soloist the next year. So I made it by three weeks.
Childers said he dropped out of high school a couple of months before graduation to go on the road. He remained mainly a big band trumpeter for the rest of a career that included stints with Benny Carter, Les Brown, Woody Herman, Tommy Dorsey, Georgie Auld, Charlie Barnet, Frank Sinatra, and the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Orchestra.
In 1993 he left Sinatra to form his own big band, continuing to perform into this century. He finished his last, still-to-be-released CD, Haunted Ballroom, in 2005. While gradually cutting back on his own playing, Childers became an even more avid listener. "To play a good solo is a joy, he told the Los Angeles Times in 1995, "but to hear one of my own arrangements played as well as these guys play is an indescribable thrill.
Thanks to Jerry Gordon, Joe Lang, Don Robertson, Mitchell Seidel and the editors of Jersey Jazz magazine for obit tips. And to Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler for The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz (new ed. 2007).
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Date: 20 Aug 1993 09:31:43 -0500
Best way we have ever fixed fish (trout, musky, walleye, etc) is on a grill covered with foil, basting the fillets with a concoction made of melted butter and Watkins (c) Garlic Oil. Salt and Pepper to one's taste, of course. If you need amounts, it would be: (To each) 1 C melted butter (add) 5-6 drops Watkins (c) Garlic Oil Keep the butter in a little sauce pan on the grill. We've prepared fish in almost every conceivable manner, but this one was a hit with my kids and my parents!
Carnegie Mellon's School of Computer Science (SCS) graciously hosts the Recipe Archive. We encourage you to learn about SCS educational programs and research.
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No doubt many people will have made New Year's resolutions for 2012 - and a number of people will already have succumbed to the temptation to temper their original goals or maybe even have decided they don't really need to learn the bassoon.
On the other side of the fence, some of those more successful in keeping on track are likely to be using digital assistance in some shape or form.
For example, there are many excellent running sites where you can plan a route and keep track of your progress – even using your smartphone to keep a GPS recording of how long different stages of your run took.
No doubt there are also some with the knowhow who have created their own app to help them keep progress of their goals, or even developed a tool to scrape the internet for recipes for their low fat/sodium/carb/sugar diet to prevent their tastebuds creating an epetition demanding better conditions for gustatory system workers.
The point is that the more information someone has available to them, the better they can make the most of opportunities – whether this is keeping a New Year's resolution, building a business or comparing different services to find the best deal.
So what is government going to do this year to support this? Well our resolution is the same as last year – to release even more new data.
Our ambition this year is to continue being a world leader in open data. By the end of this year, we want to be regularly publishing more open data that is actually useful to people than any other nation. We believe that the more data that we make available the better people can make choices on health, education, transport and more.
To start the year off we have already released new data on government property. Previous releases of this kind of information led to the development of the real time energy widgets you see on many government home pages.
In January, there will also be releases of better comparative performance information on schools from the Department for Education and data on the performance of the various courts from the Ministry of Justice.
Looking further into the year, the UK will take up a role as co-chair of the Open Government Partnership , an international organisation which promotes transparency and fights corruption. We're already a world leader in releasing data, but we want to work with other countries to share ideas and practices. We will be open and transparent about how we're being open and transparent!
We are also looking to improve our delivery service – with plans to update the data.gov.uk site and we are releasing the findings from the open data consultation that took place last year. We'll be keeping you informed about all this and more on this blog.
Finally, if you are interested in helping us with our work – please get in contact with the team at: email@example.com ... the bit about releasing data obviously, not woodwind lessons.
The Open Data Team, Cabinet Office
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How long your ferret can stay outside depends on a number of factors including his age, his health, and the weather. Younger ferrets will generally want to stay outside longer than older ferrets. Ferrets with health issues should only stay outside for a few minutes at a time.
Taking all of the factors into account, the maximum amount of time you should allow your ferret to play outside in the snow is between 30 and 60 minutes. Older ferrets, or ferrets in poor health, should be allowed no more than 5 to 10 minutes outside at a time. Limit his outings if the temperature is below freezing (32° F) or if there is ice. If the weather outside is excessively windy or cold, save the outing for another milder day.
How will I know if he wants to go indoors?
Signs that your ferret is tired of the snow and wants to go inside and warm up include:
Excessive shivering (to raise his body temperature)
Pawing or standing at the door
Sitting still and not playing
Trying to climb your leg
Standing against your leg with his paws up, looking up at you
It's up to you to keep an eye on him and watch him for signs that he needs to go in, even if he isn't doing any of the things listed above. If you see snow or ice buildup on the pads of his feet, take him inside immediately.
Why doesn't my ferret like snow?
Playing in the snow can be a great time for both you and your ferret, but always make safety your number one priority. Be sure to use a harness and lead every time, as a ferret tunneling through the snow could easily escape. Never force a ferret to stay outside for longer than he wants to, and take him indoors if you see any signs that he may be getting too cold.
Some ferrets will love going outdoors while others want nothing more than to hang out in your nice, warm house. If your ferret doesn't want to go outside, but you want to see if he'll like the snow, try bringing some into the house in a plastic tub. Don't just drop him in the tub; allow him to explore the snow at his own pace. He may want nothing to do with it, or he may have a great time throwing it around, tunneling, and digging. Each ferret will have his own likes and dislikes, and it's important to respect that.
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Component based is neither OO nor not-OO. It's a data design model (by segregation). And in the context of languages which don't support arbitrary containers natively, it's also a design pattern. [SnarkMode]It's yet another great idea from the same brain that came up with Objective-C. Although it was originally termed software ICs. Can't imagine why that didn't catch on.[/SnarkMode] It's a really fine idea. If you're writing, say, banking software..and especially if you choose a language well suited it. In the context of games? Almost always a huge waste of time except in the narrow case of needing to processing massive amounts of entities. At the same time. Which isn't necessarily the same has having a massive number of active entities. And even in that case I'm not sure it's a great idea. Because you can always build your system to use data segregation instead of creating/using some arbitrary container management system. As an aside, my guess is that most libraries are composition by type, rather than composition by name...meh.
The most recent discussion (that I recall) on this subject is here
in which I say this
. Actually Cas started a rant Still hardly any games, why entity systems suck, and why 4k is good
WRT: MappedObject. Faking structures is a great improvement, but you're still stuck for caching hints. And all of this is assuming that one did a good job of figuring out data segregation and maintain aux info to let you traverse the data linearity and not cause cache thrashing is some other core.
WRT: Cylabs pro list:
- flexible ... with respect to the one archtype, one class ultra deep rigid design pretty much only a beginner would do, then yeah...otherwise not really.
- easy to "glue in" third party libs (physics, etc.) ... don't see how this is true
- better "modding" support ... Pseudo-mixins and a basic extension mechanism cover pretty all your bases here and likewise these are 'at runtime' changes. If you wanted to get really fancy, you could add hot-deployment.
- better support for resource driven development ... don't see how this is true.
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“If PG&E wants to demonstrate its good corporate citizenship, it can start by changing the nature of its relationship with the city.”
If anyone from the Bay Area needs a reminder about the big money, bare-knuckle approach PG&E uses when its interests are threatened, they need only look up the road to what’s happening in Sacramento and Yolo counties.
PG&E has so far spent more than $10 million fighting Propositions H and I in Yolo County and Measure L in Sacramento County, which together would allow the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) to annex more than 70,000 customers in Davis and surrounding communities.
The PG&E effort has saturated mailboxes and the airwaves with messages that inflate the cost of taking over its transmission lines, imply threats of a drawn-out legal battle, and make bold claims of its being an environmentally friendly utility (for example, including nuclear power in its calculations of how “green” PG&E is).
“They’re trying to spread fear and confusion,” Davis-based public power advocate Dan Berman told us. “A new thing comes out every day. But we keep citing the message of lower rates and better service.”
In fact, SMUD has rates that are about 30 percent lower than PG&E’s and a power portfolio that includes significantly more energy from renewable sources than PG&E uses. Even King’s claim that PG&E is “the leading solar utility in the county, having hooked up more than 12,000 solar-generating customers” is misleading. The number is large because PG&E has the largest customer base in the country, but the solar rebates were state mandated and SMUD inspired and come from ratepayer surcharges.
Still, PG&E justifies its aggressive campaign in Yolo County in terms of warding off a hostile takeover of its customers. For residents there and new customers in San Francisco that the SFPUC wants to serve, PG&E’s Chiu repeats the mantra that “we have an obligation to provide services.”
Yet critics of the company say the campaign is about more than just holding on to those customers. Right now more than a dozen California communities are pushing for public power, most involving community choice aggregation (CCA) — which allows cities to buy power on behalf of citizens, potentially bypassing PG&E.
“That’s one of the reasons they’re pulling out all the stops in Davis, because if this goes through, it will embolden other communities,” Barbara George of Women’s Energy Matters told us.
San Francisco was an early city to pursue CCA, but plans to implement it have moved slowly, and now other communities — including Marin County and the cities of Oakland and Berkeley — are even further along.
“San Francisco is way behind in community choice,” George said. “The mayor is giving PG&E a lot of time to put out its claims to be green in order to fight this.”
Part of that push involves a slick 16-page mailer sent out in August by “The New PG&E” outlining “a proposal for an unprecedented and far-reaching partnership with the city of San Francisco to create the cleanest and greenest city in the nation.”
Sup. Ross Mirkarimi — a longtime public power advocate — is skeptical. “I welcome it, but I don’t buy it,” he said. “Their desire to work with us is typically predicated on the receding of our efforts to pursue public power.”
In fact, King seemed to say as much in his letter to Newsom when he wrote, “We see the investment of time, money and political capital in the public power fight as a distraction from the real need — providing clean, reliable and safe power to San Francisco.”
Chiu denied that there is a quid pro quo here, saying, “It is our intent to help San Francisco become clean and green, whether or not it comes with the city’s blessing.”
Yet Leal said the company seems more interested in stopping public power than going green.
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DEVELOPMENT OF TRICHODERMA FORMULATIONS FOR THE CONTROL OF CACAO DISEASES
Location: Sustainable Perennial Crops
Project Number: 1245-21220-252-20
Specific Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: Aug 17, 2009
End Date: Aug 16, 2014
The objectives of this research are to test, in the laboratory and in the field, the efficacy of selected biological agents for the selective control of cacao diseases, specifically, Moniliophthora roreri and Moniliophthora perniciosa. The research will focus on endophytic Trichoderma spp. native to Ecuador that were previously identified as having biocontrol potential, but other agents such as Bacillus species may be considered. The development of biocontrol formulations with enhanced disease control efficacy in the field is of special interest. Little is known about how biocontrol formulations influence the establishment and efficacy of endophytic agents in tropical ecosystems, especially as applied to trees such as Theobroma cacao (cacao). The economic sustainability of optimized biocontrol strategies will be determined in order to demonstrate biocontrol’s merit as a “best practice” for cacao farmers.
Candidate endophytes (Trichoderma species) have been screened to demonstrate their ability to colonize cacao and for biocontrol efficacy against cacao pathogens. At present, isolates to be considered for further study include 15 isolates previously screened for biocontrol and endophytic efficacy in cacao by ARS, and several isolates of specific interest to INIAP scientists. Four Bacillus isolates previously collected in Ecuador and screened by collaborators for biocontrol and endophytic activity in cacao may also be considered. The capacity of different formulations to enhance biocontrol efficacy will be determined. The formulations used to date in biocontrol research in cacao have incorporated starches (as carriers), surfactants, or water alone. Lab-based research on formulations with Trichoderma isolates indicate a significant benefit to Trichoderma efficacy in response to added nutrients, humectants, and vegetable oils (corn oil). Initially, these formulations (including nutrients, humectants, and oils) will be evaluated for their abilities to enhance Trichoderma biocontrol efficacy in small scale and short term field studies. Formulation concepts will be optimized as to specific components (for example, readily available nutrient sources), concentrations, and application timing. Standard protocols will be developed for rapid evaluation of biocontrol agents, formulations, and their interactions in the field. In collaboration with cooperating institutions, large scale field trials of promising endophyte formulations with biocontrol potential will be conducted. The economic impact of biocontrol strategies for the control of disease will be determined.
The best cultural practices, integrated pest management (IPM) practices, and cacao clonal material selected for disease resistance and yield will be evaluated. The first three treatment combinations will include control (no management), best cultural practices, best cultural and IPM practices combined, and best cultural and IPM practices combined with superior cacao clonal material. The fourth treatment involves rejuvenation of cacao trees by topping and grafting. Regrowth from the top of cacao tree stumps will be grafted with selected superior hybrid national cacao clones. Twenty-five percent of the trees within the selected plots will be rejuvenated every year.
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06/13/2012 7:00 pm
06/13/2012 8:45 pm
Presented by Deuce Artemis
Many of us were taught about mythologies where the Sun was a god but many cultures around the world celebrated the Sun as a Goddess! What are these Sun Goddesses like? As we head into the broiling heat of summer, how does Sun - as female - affect us?
Deuce Artemis is an active member of Austin RCG and a student at the Women's Theological Institute. Oh! And she has a lot of cats!
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Why German? For me, it was simple: my grandmother on my mom’s side is German and we’ve always gotten along really well. She told me story after story about her culture and what it was like growing up in Germany, and taught me snippets of the German language throughout my childhood. She sparked my interest in the subject.
When I started taking it in school, I realized that I was passionate about it for more reasons than I thought going in. At first, I figured I would just take it to make my Oma happy, but I found myself enjoying the class simply because I enjoyed the language. I took German through high school and ended up declaring it my major in college. I learned, and am still learning, tons about German history, film, and culture. I found enjoyment in learning other languages too, and a whole fascinating world opened up to me, all thanks to my grandma inspiring me to take that first step toward learning a new language.
Now I’m avidly interested in linguistics, and learning as many languages as I can. I want to do more than speak them; I want to understand them the way I understand English. I want to know the history and roots of words so that I really know what I’m talking about, because my ultimate goal is to teach.
So why teach? That’s the tougher question. There are a million reasons one could give for learning any language, all ranging from “it sounded interesting” to “it sounded easy”. I guess my personal reason for wanting to teach is that I think it’s really just one more way to learn, and I want to learn as much as I can. I would argue that it’s one of the best ways to learn, actually, which is why this just had to be the subject of my first blog post.
I would recommend to anyone that when they are learning a new language, they try to teach it to others. The reason for this is simple: if you’re going to teach something, you are forced to know exactly what you’re talking about. There are no excuses when someone asks you a question about grammar. You can’t shove it to the side and tell yourself you’ll study it later if you don’t get it now. When you make the effort to learn so that you can explain something to someone else, you’ll find that it sticks better in your brain.
Nobody wants to look like a fool when they try to teach someone else – so try! The motivation to come across like you know what you’re talking about will result in you actually knowing what you’re talking about, I promise.
Not to mention, it can be fun! If you enjoy German, I urge you to share it with someone else. I guarantee they’ll be impressed, and you both might just learn something!
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I don't like the frequency with which the word "automatically" has been used.
Frequently, the more appropriate word should be "spontaneously".
I have even seen the usage "automatic door" labeled on a door operated "remotely" by a bus driver.
Take the following as an example of the dire situation of the misuse:
A hotel entrance is a wide bi-leaf glass French door. Two gentlemen, one on each side of door would spontaneously open each leaf of the door whenever someone gets near the entrance of the door, to either exit or enter.
The concierge goes on to assure guests that the door will be opened "automatically" by these two gentlemen whenever anyone gets near the entrance.
Another example is of students in a classroom saying,
Mrs D is nice. She always smiles "automatically" when you look at her.
Regardless that spontaneity is implied (though I do not agree) by "shortly", I would encourage the following,
The answer will appear spontaneously, shortly.
A spontaneous answer will appear shortly.
However, if you insist,
An automated response will appear shortly.
Spontaneous, due to spontaneous response to your non-automatic stimulus on the keyboard, perhaps. An automatic response is spontaneous, but a spontaneous response need not be an automatic one.
If an answer is to appear randomly and not as response to stimulus:
The non-spontaneous answer will appear shortly.
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How tragic that the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens (in photo), and three staff members were killed Tuesday as the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was overwhelmed by a mob upset about an obscure film that ridicules the Prophet Muhammad. The violence made Stevens the first U.S. ambassador to die in the line of duty in 33 years. The U.S. Embassy in Cairo also has been targeted by protesters. Boston Globe columnist Farah Stockman watched the trailer on YouTube believed to have inspired the violence, for a movie credited to California real-estate developer Sam Bacile. She found it hard to believe something that “felt like a ‘Saturday Night Live’ spoof” with “terrible acting” and “weird cardboard-looking desert backdrops” could lead to the death of Stevens, a friend of a friend. “The blame for Chris’ death rests squarely with the mob who attacked our embassy. Their actions are despicable, and perhaps were incited by long-standing enemies of the United States. Muslims who are angry at how their religion has been portrayed must stop responding in violent ways that perpetrate the idea of Islam as a dangerous faith,” Stockman wrote. “But shouldn’t people who knowingly incite violence against the United States – as a crude, thinly-veiled publicity stunt – also be held accountable?”
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