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CLEVELAND - The Bath Township and Summit County Child Response Team will hold a mock child abduction Wednesday.
Response teams will be put to the test in the exercise, which will include two crime scenes and a missing student. One of the scenes will be at a school.
The mock abduction will take place at Old Trail School in Cuyahoga Valley National Park between 9:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m.
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Summit Co. Headlines
Technology meets nature in the Summit County Metro Parks. Visitors now have new tools to enhance their experience.
Unseasonably cold temperatures Friday night and early Saturday morning could put some of your plants and flowers at risk for frost damage.
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Haifa, Israel - As visitors flocked last week to an East Jerusalem mourning tent honoring the late Ala Abu Dheim, much of Israel was seized with an uneasy sense that its capital city has an enemy within. Abu Dheim, the deceased, was identified as the shooter in the deadly March 6 attack on the Mercaz Harav yeshiva, just across town.
The shock, felt across the country, was not just emotional. It was security related. With the nation’s attention fixed for months on rockets bombarding southern Israel from Gaza, Israelis had adopted a mindset that their country’s major threats come from outside the borders.
The yeshiva attack dispelled that comfortable assumption. Within days, the nation’s media were buzzing over the fact that this attacker had come from the heart of Israel and were anxiously pondering just what that meant.
Like all Arab residents of East Jerusalem, Abu Dheim enjoyed freedom of movement throughout Israel and held a blue identity card indistinguishable from those carried by Israeli citizens, both Jewish and Arab. In the eyes of Israelis, he was a resident of Israel. But most Arabs in East Jerusalem scoff at that identity, and consider themselves Palestinians living under occupation.
The confusion stems from the disputed status of East Jerusalem in Israeli and international law. Israel captured the eastern half of the long-divided city in June 1967, during the Six Day War. Unlike the rest of the captured territories, East Jerusalem was formally annexed by Israel three weeks later. The unilateral annexation was rejected by the international community, including the United States, and remains a point of contention.
The uneasy contradiction between the East Jerusalem Arabs’ legal status as Israeli residents and their self-identification with the Palestinian cause has been taken in stride for so long that most Israelis barely remember it. Since the yeshiva attack, however, the open passage between East and West Jerusalem has become a matter of uncertainty and fear.
Labor Party lawmaker Danny Yatom, a former director of the Mossad intelligence agency, called last week for a change in the status of East Jerusalem’s Arabs. “We couldn’t have prevented an attack in which the attacker originates from Israel, because in East Jerusalem there are Palestinians with blue identity cards who can move about freely,” he told journalists. “How many more attacks must we undergo in order to understand that this situation needs to be changed?”
Yatom called for a downgrading of existing freedoms. “We must ensure some sort of oversight, so that those who live in East Jerusalem and have blue identity cards can’t cross into Israel without regulation and monitoring,” he said. Nor was this merely a shocked reaction to the shooting. Contacted by the Forward after Yatom’s remarks were made public, his office confirmed that he stands by his words.
It became clear that the danger of a threat inside Israel was causing unease at the highest levels when Public Security Minister Avi Dichter, a Kadima lawmaker and former Shin Bet director, told an Israeli radio station that he wants to find a way to expel terrorists from Ramallah, the Palestinian Authority capital, and from East Jerusalem.
“There is no intention, on the part of the security establishment, or the government of Israel, or the citizens of Israel, and especially the residents of Jerusalem, to let the terrorists take Jerusalem back to the first years of the intifada,” Dichter said. Days later, he instructed police to demolish the home of the gunman’s family. The order is pending legal approval from the Defense Ministry.
From the opposition benches, Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu said the time had come for “Israeli Arab leaders to take a side. They must condemn the terrorism and… show that they are on the side of the State of Israel.” He added, “Israel cannot afford to have an enemy at home.”
Analysts say that where East Jerusalem Arabs are concerned, Israel is caught between a rock and a hard place. Accounting for almost one-third of the city’s population, they have the status of permanent residents and, in addition to freedom of movement, are entitled to social, economic, health and education services provided by the state. Maintaining this situation is widely believed to have security costs. At the same time, changing it would be considered unethical by many Israelis and would provoke outrage from Arabs and the international community.
“The dilemma is that from one point of view, you have people who are legally defined as part of Israel and carry Israeli ID cards, but from a second point of view defined as a threat,” said Tamar Herman, senior research fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute.
Some experts say the attack shows the urgency of re-examining the status of East Jerusalem Arabs. It is “important to draw a clear distinction between East Jerusalemites and Arabs in the rest of Israel,” said Elie Rekhess, senior researcher at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at Tel Aviv University.
While the security dilemmas posed by the status of East Jerusalem are nothing new, the issue has been thrust to the fore by immediate events, which frequently determine Israel’s public agenda.
The varying reactions have created a sort of role reversal among political camps. Figures on the left, such as Yatom of Labor, are leading the push for closer monitoring and new restrictions on movement. The right has been relatively silent, reluctant to draw public attention to the anomalies of the united capital.
The right’s position is particularly delicate because of the possibility of Jerusalem being placed on the table in negotiations for a final-status agreement. “You cannot say that Jerusalem is completely Israeli and then not let its citizens move around,” Herman said.
Another expert, who asked for anonymity because he is a consultant to several prominent nongovernmental organizations, said that the right wants to remain loyal to the notion that Jerusalem is the “eternal and undivided capital,” but it lacks a clear answer as to how the large and growing Arab population should fit into this.
The expert noted that as a result the right feels that in its discourse it “must ignore” the East Jerusalem Arab population, including the security risks it might pose. “On the other hand, the left is able to raise the existence of this large minority as an issue, and call for action over the radicalization it is undergoing and the risks involved,” the expert said.
Some pundits are predicting that the growing recognition of the security questions raised by Jerusalem’s Arabs will actually help to end the taboo over dividing Jerusalem. Israelis, they say, are coming to favor the security benefits of placing them under Palestinian rule.
“The consensus that existed a few years ago over a united Jerusalem may be cracking even more among Jewish Israelis following this attack,” said Eran Shayshon, a senior analyst at the Reut Institute for Policy Planning. “This is because it is seen as evidence that you cannot rule 200,000 Arabs who see themselves as Palestinians.”
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Biology Professor David Craig and Kaeli Swift '09 discuss crows' ability to recognize people.
Kaeli Swift '09 feeds crows to study their reaction to friendly people.
Research Finds Crows Recognize and Remember Human Faces
Think twice before being mean to a crow — it could hold a grudge against you and tell its friends and family to do the same.
Willamette biology Professor David Craig recently co-authored a study, published in Animal Behaviour, which supports many people's anecdotal claims that birds recognize and remember people they consider to be a threat.
"Crows hold a grudge, and they are big gossips," Craig says. "They spread the information around. If you're bad to one crow, many more may hear about it."
Testing with Masks
Craig joined a team of researchers from the University of Washington to study crows' ability to distinguish among human faces. The researchers wore a caveman mask while trapping and banding crows on the Seattle campus, a traumatic experience for the birds.
From then on, anyone who donned the mask was harassed by the crows. It didn't matter who wore the mask — the crows responded to the face, not the body type or gender of the person.
When the researchers who had done the trapping wore a mask the crows had not seen before, one of Dick Cheney, the birds ignored them. The scientists also conducted experiments with more realistic-looking masks of people's faces and found the same results.
Not only did the crows recognize dangerous people, but they remembered them for a long time. Almost three years after someone initially trapped birds wearing the caveman mask, the crows still responded negatively to the mask.
And they shared their knowledge with other birds. Crows that were nowhere near the trapping incident also harassed the caveman, and young crows that hadn't even been born when the negative event occurred learned about the caveman from their parents.
"One of the most surprising parts of the study was the persistence of the crows' negative reactions over time, that for so long after a single event, they still remembered what they had learned about the caveman," Craig says. "It was also surprising that the crows passed on the information about the negative person to other crows and to their offspring."
Crows and Friendly People
Craig and several Willamette students are conducting a parallel study on the ways crows respond to positive people. Kaeli Swift '09 fed crows on campus while wearing different masks to see whether the birds were more likely to take food from a person they recognized versus someone who was unfamiliar.
The research with the masks is still inconclusive, but when Swift fed peanuts to crows alongside a woman who had been feeding them for years, the birds almost always took food from the woman they knew.
Ben Gutzler '10 and Jeffrey Kitts '10 will continue Swift's research project this year. The three students plan to co-author a paper with Craig on the project and submit it to Animal Behaviour in the future.
"That's the kind of experience that typically you would not get until you're in graduate school," Craig says. "My students are central to my research. Their open-ended questions, their intelligence and their creativity help us find new scientific problems that have not yet been tested."
Adapting to Humans
Next steps in the crow study could include trying to identify which specific facial features crows recognize, or seeing if other animals also distinguish among human faces.
Craig says we shouldn't be surprised that crows pay so much attention to us — we live in such close proximity to the birds that they are bound to observe our actions and react to them.
"Everybody has a crow story, and what we're learning is that crows probably have a story about people as well," he says. "In the long history of people and animals living together in and around cities, there appears to be evolutionary phenomena of crows adapting to us."
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An Addiction to Dahlias:
by Ray Allen
Four famous dahlias, showing the great diversity in the blooms. L to R, pink "Otto's Thrill" is a classic Dutch hybrid, obviously hybridized by a man called Otto. Maroon or dark red "Thomas Edison" is one of the all-time famous dinnerplate dahlias with lavish blooms up to 12" across. Introduced in 1907. "Caribbean Fantasy" is a magnificent white, gold and red "explosion" of color. On the far right is "Kogana Fubuki," one of the fantastic Japanese-named hybrids with a stunning multi-petaled flower, white-tipped red petals and golden center.
A gardening expert once said of dahlias, “Never have so many enjoyed so much with so little time and work” And he was right. There’s probably no plant in the flower kingdom that gives the gardener more spectacular reward than the dahlia.
Dahlias are a little like roses. Or hostas. Most gardeners can’t grow just one. Once you grow a dahlia, you want more. And like roses or hostas, there are seemingly endless dahlias to keep a dahlia gardener happy. Growing them is remarkably easy, so that just adds to the frenzy. If you’ve never grown a dahlia, it’s high time you did.
A beautiful bargain. To begin with, dahlias are inexpensive. There are very few flowering plants that cost just a few dollars and give you a big bush-like plant with constant big blooms all summer and fall. Remember, dahlias range from the miniatures, just a few inches tall, to the huge-flowered “Dinnerplates”—the wonderful big glossy-leaved plants that grow up to five feet and bloom with flowers 10 or 12 inches across. Whatever dahlias you choose to plant, the process is the same. And here, we’ll spell it out step by step.
The original dahlia, and the Black Dahlia. The thousands of dahlias we see today are all hybrids from one ragged wildflower that’s native to Mexico. The Dutch hybridizers got their hands on it years ago, and were thrilled at how easily it took to various crosses, changes and “improvements.” Today there are cactus-flowered dahlias, water-lily dahlias, peony-flowered dahlias, daisy dahlias—the parade is endless, and with new color combinations every year. Most of the larger ones, officially called “Decorative (not dinnerplate) Dahlias” are bi-colors or tri-colors, in an ongoing parade of color and form.
But sorry, there is no Black Dahlia. That’s pure Hollywood, the nickname of a famous starlet who was murdered. Look for the Black Dahlia in Hollywood history, not at the garden center.
Tubers, not bulbs. Even though they’re often called “bulbs”, the roots of dahlias are actually “tubers”. (as in “tuberous begonia”) Dahlia tubers look a lot like a bunch of brown carrots, and the stems sprout directly from the tubers—the little budding sprouts that end up as thick strong stems are called “eyes.”
Soil Prep, Food and Fertilizer. Dahlias respond dramatically to feeding. After all, they are making these fat potato-like roots, and the more food they get, the more root mass they’ll make. This not only increases your growth of leaves and flowers, it also increases your tuber clump for an even bigger show the following summer.
So be sure to dig your holes deep and work the soil all around. Enrich the soil with compost or well-rotted manure, and then work in a good 5-10-15 or 5-10-10 fertilizer according to the instructions. With a well-prepared soil bed, your dahlias will create beautiful growth very quickly.
Spacing and planting. Once you have your tubers, it’s important to space them correctly. If you’re planting a big dinnerplate dahlia, it needs room. When grown (and that’s quickly) it’ll be the size of a large rose bush, so plan accordingly. Follow the instructions on your package, but in general, dig the hole in full sun in “good garden soil” near a water source, and place the tuber in with the “bunch of carrots” points down. Simply firm the soil around and over the clump, water well and you’re done.
Staking. If you’re growing big dahlia plants, staking will be important. The beautiful foliage grows on somewhat brittle stems, and often heavy rain, wind or even the weight of the flowers once they’re open can break the plant. You don’t want that to happen, especially when it’s coming into bloom, so set one or two stout stakes beside each tuber after you plant them, and have the twine or “twist-ems” ready to support the stems as they grow. Don’t ignore this instruction. Believe me, it’s worth it. With a little effort, the stakes will be completely hidden by the leaves, but your plant is going to need them.
Disbudding. You’ll read about this in most gardening books, and it applies to two things about dahlias. Some experts suggest removing the first buds which helps the plant into better form. But who can do that and delay your first bloom? It isn’t really necessary.
The second definition refers only to the dinnerplates, and then only if you’re growing for competition in flower shows. It amounts to this: Like many flowers, dahlias set buds with one large one at the tip of a growing stem, and then smaller buds to the left and right of the tip, usually called lateral buds. Disbudding involves removing all but the terminal bud while the buds are small, obviously throwing all the growth into the one remaining bud. It does make that flower bigger that big, but most gardeners aren’t growing their dahlias for flower shows, so most people don’t do it. (See An Unforgettable Flower Show Memory below.)
Pests. Dahlias are surprisingly free of most pests. Most years I’ve grown them, I”ve needed no spray or other insecticide. But they can be a magnet for slugs. Be ready with slug bait, and watch for them. They can do lots of damage in no time.
One year, Japanese beetles from nearby roses discovered my dahlias, and that had to be handled. They can obliterate not only the leaves, but the dahlia flowers, too. So be watchful, and keep the plants pest free.
Cutting Flowers. You simply won’t be able to resist. When you remove flowers for your arrangements, choose whole stems and try to maintain the basic shape of your plant. It will quickly try to replace the branch you remove, and the buds will keep coming—right up until frost.
Saving the tubers in fall. If you grow your dahlias in a hard-frost area, as I’ve done, there will be that morning in late fall when you walk out to your plants and find them pitifully blackened and dead. Remember, the dahlia is really a tropical plant, so when frost hits them, it kills them instantly.
When it happens, here’s all you have to do. It’s really easy: Pull up the plants, chop off the stems a few inches above the tuber, wash off the dirt, and set the tubers in the fall sun to dry. You’ll be amazed that many of your tubers will be two or three times the size they were when you planted them….which means all the more to plant next spring!
One important note: Be sure to LABEL them with color or type, or you’ll have no idea next spring. They all look alike. It always amazes me that such an ugly mass of roots will be giving me such beauty again next spring!
Once they’re dry, simply put them in some sawdust or peat moss, and toss them in a big paper bag (no plastic!). Then store them in a cool non-freezing spot in the cellar or garage until next spring. At that time, you may want to divide them, keeping at least 3 eyes per clump, or plant the great big clumps for great big growth.
An Unforgettable Flower Show Memory. Years ago, when I was a young person working in New York City, a friend in my office mentioned that the New York Botanical Garden was having a big show of dahlias in bloom. He had read about it in the newspaper, and was going to see them on his lunch hour. He wondered if I’d like to go.
At this point in my life, gardening was not high on my interest list, and I had never seen a dahlia. But the idea fascinated me, and having never been to the famous NY Botanical Garden, I agreed to go. And I’ve never regretted it.
After a gritty subway ride from Manhattan up to the Bronx where the garden is located, we entered the famous institution through an elaborate entrance. In the distance, I caught sight of the grandiose Victorian greenhouse I’d seen in pictures, and we walked past an incredible pond with gigantic lotus blossoms in bloom - something else I’d never seen.
But around a turn on the pathway, we entered a circular lawn. It must have been about 100 feet in diameter, a perfect circle enclosed in a perfectly trimmed, high curving hedge. And in front of the hedge, dahlias. Each plant was six feet tall or more, staked straight with almost no side branches, and at the top of each, one huge, perfect flower. These gigantic blooms were all at least 12 inches across, and were there in stunning solid colors and rainbows of bi and tri-colors. They were literally explosions of color, each held high and directly facing us as we walked around the circle. Spotlights of beauty. Stunning natural masterpieces, coaxed into perfection by talent and dedication. They were truly breathtaking.
I now appreciate the weeks and weeks of feeding, clipping, disbudding, and staking that went into that show at the New York Botanical Garden. In the years since, I’ve grown a lot of dahlias, but never in that spectacular, formal way. But it is certainly a memory no gardener would never forget.
The Twelve Official Divisions of Dahlias.
If you’re the type gardener who likes detail and “official” information, here it is. Like everything else, there are correct names and categories for all dahlia hybrids. The Netherland Flower Bulb Information Center lists the official divisions. The big Dinnerplates are in Division 5, and the trend is toward shorter plants with more and more colorful blooms. (See the latest types at the bottom of the list.)
It’s interesting that the tubers of the 5-foot plants in Division 5 and 8 are not that much bigger than those for the bedding dahlias that grow only about 18” tall. All dahlia roots look about the same; all have the brown, swollen-carrot look. Once they’re out of the ground and the tops are cut off, it’s hard to tell the various types apart.
Division 1. Single-flowering Dahlias. These are some of the oldest types, rarely seen today, and look much like a large daisy or cosmos. Plants grow 16-24” tall.
Division 2: Anemone-flowering Dahlias. These are the beautiful ones with one or more rings of florets, but not really “double.” The central group of petals is tubular. Height: 24 to 48 in.
Division 3: Collarette Dahlias. This group is also daisy-like, but the other ring of petals is flat, while the inner ring is ruffled, creating the “collar.” These are mid-sized dahlias, on mid-size plants, only 30 to 48 in. tall.
Division 4: Water-lily Dahlias. These are some of the most beautiful. Like the name implies, the large flowers resemble the spectacular bloom of a waterlily. Flowers are fully double, but still flattened in shape—really magnificent. Up to 48 in.
Division 5: Decorative Dahlias. These are the big ones. This group includes the “Dinnerplate Dahlias”, while that name is not an official one. Flowers are fully double and the plants are tall. Flower size is the largest, up to 12 inches across. Plants grow up to 60” (5 feet) tall. There is still plenty of work being done on this group of giants. Most of the older hybrids a solid color, with famous names like “Thomas Edison,” (a famous dark red from 1906), Kelvin Floodlight, (the famous pure yellow) and Otto’s Thrill (an unmatched classic pink). Many of the newer ones are bi-colored or tri-colored with names like Caribbean Fantasy and Explosion. There also new ones being hybridized by the Japanese, with names like “Kogana Fubuki.”
Division 6: Ball Dahlias. The flowers for these are rounded, like a ball. They resemble some larger double zinnias, but with the richer dahlia colors and texture. Loaded with petals, these flowers are mid-sized on plants to 48 in.
Division 7: Pom Pom Dahlias. These popular dahlias are also ball-shaped, usually perfectly round. They have smaller flowers than the “Ball Dahlias”. 32-48 in. tall.
Division 8: Cactus Dahlias. These are unique, and carry blooms very similar to cactus flowers. That means they’re fully double, and have tubular petals that are pointed, giving a starburst appearance. This group includes some spectacular color combinations. Big plants, to 60 in. tall.
Division 9: Semi-Cactus Dahlias. This group is similar to the above, but the petals are not completely “Involute” (tubular) and pointed.
Division 10: Peony-flowering Dahlias. The name says it all. These dahlias imitate the fully double, fluffy look of a peony. 35” plants.
Division 11: Mignon Dahlias. These are the small “bedding dahlias” with single or semi-double daisy flowers in strking colors. They are often sold in 6-packs with other annuals in the spring. Flowers are only 3-4 in. wide, and plants are only about 28” tall or less, making them great for planters, patio pots and window-boxes.
Division 12: Topmix Dahlias. More small bedding dahlias like the Mignons above. Roughly the same size, perhaps a bit smaller. These small bedding plants are more popular every year.
The Latest in Dahlias: The Dahlianovas, the Gallery Series, and the Impression Dahlias. Recent hybridizing has resulted in all sorts of shorter dahlias with many of the glamorous qualities of the older, taller ones. The Dahlianova Dahlias have double flowers like the giants, but grow only 8-15 in. tall. The Gallery Series is mid-sized, 12–14 in. with double, often bi-colored flowers that echo the colors of famous painters. For example, there are Gallery Dahlias named “Rembrandt” and “Leonardo.” The Impression Series is a little larger, growing to 12-20 inches, and the flowers are of the classic “collarette” type in very hot new color combinations. The Dutch hybridizers, who have learned a lot about marketing over the years, have named this group with a Spanish flair, and for some reason, all the names begin with “F”. Examples are “Impression Fuego”, Impression “Festivo”, and Impression “Futuro”.
Copyright 2007 Ray Allen 12/2/07 - used by permission
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The James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Center (the Center) is devoted to collecting, preserving, and providing access to material on all aspects of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender experience. The collection is national and international in scope though its primary focus is Northern California. The Center also mounts exhibits and sponsors programs, often in collaboration with other library departments, as well as with community organizations and individuals.
Our audience is anyone seeking information about the GLBT experience. So we acquire material for the adult, teen, and children's collections as appropriate. Most of our collection is in English. There is also material in other languages, especially when it represents work that is important to have in its original language and/or it has not been translated into English. General works on GLBT topics in other languages may also be found in the International Center.
The Center actively collects materials in a variety of formats including books, periodicals and serials, directories, manuscripts, photographs, films, video- and audio- recordings (music and spoken word). Some archival collections contain other formats such as matchbooks, buttons, T-shirts, posters, bar cards, trophies and flyers.
The Center collects published fiction and non-fiction materials covering all aspects of the GLBT experience such as AIDS, women's rights, feminism, transgender issues and bisexuality. We pay particular attention to collecting materials that document the experience of people of color, the disabled, youth, the elderly, and other groups often marginalized within the GLBT community.
The Center maintains a circulating collection of GLBT titles and an
extensive reference collection of novels, poetry, and drama, as well as
GLBT-centered literary criticism, bibliographies and other guides to the literature. Pulp paperback fiction, historically important in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, is one special reference collection. The Eureka Valley Branch maintains a large circulating collection of GLBT interest materials.
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Alternative Print Index (in paper form) has been indexing a few GLBT-related titles for some years and EbscoHost (online) indexes The Advocate, Journal of Homosexuality, and Lesbian News (with full text in some cases) but not retrospectively. Other indexing services like GenderWatch and Contemporary Women's Issues may pick-up queer-related stories but smaller and/or regional publications remain unindexed leaving a wealth of important information virtually inaccessible. Search the Library's collection of online resources by visiting SFPL eLibrary.
The Center's noncirculating collection of GLBT-related audiovisual formats include film, video, LPs, cassettes, and compact discs. This material is available through the San Francisco History Center on the Main Library's 6th floor. The video collection includes a broad range of films, including documentaries, feature films, shorts, and television programs depicting the GLBT community. A special emphasis is placed on films distributed by Frameline, as well as the works of Bay Area film makers This growing collection includes audiobooks (often read by the author), feature films, documentaries, and comedy and musical recordings by historical and contemporary artists. There may be circulating copies of these materials in the library's collection.
The Center collects unpublished materials such as personal papers, organizational records, flyers and other important documents chronicling the history of the GLBT community in Northern California. Selected collections of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society are currently housed in the San Francisco History Center to facilitate public access and research use.
An excellent resource to assist researchers is the New York Public Library, Gay and Lesbian Studies: A Research Guide
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In addition, the Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Eureka Valley Branch serves the neighborhood and the city as a circulating collection of gay and lesbian-interest materials.
Remember: If you don't find what you are looking for, ask a library staff memberfor assistance.
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Millions of smartphone users will soon begin receiving text messages about severe weather from a government system that can send a blanket warning to mobile devices in the path of a dangerous storm. The National Weather Service's new Wireless Emergency Alerts system offers a new way to warn Americans about menacing weather, even if they are nowhere near a television, radio, or storm sirens.
Beginning today, the system will notify people about approaching tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, and other threats. When a warning is issued for a specific county, a short message will cause late-model smartphones in that area to sound a special tone and vibrate. Users do not have to sign up for the service or pay for the text message, and people who prefer not to get the warnings can opt out of the system. All the big carriers have signed on.
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|A U.S. reproduction clinic is advertising sex selection services in a Canadian newspaper. The practice is illegal in Canada.|
A Washington-based reproductive clinic is advertising gender selection services in a Canadian newspaper that targets South Asian communities, CBC News has learned.
Using reproduction medicine to select the gender of a child was made illegal in Canada in 2004.
In its ad, the Washington Centre for Reproductive Medicine, based in
Bellevue, offers to help Indo-Canadian families "Create the Family You
Want: Boy or Girl." It accomplishes that by telling the parents the
gender of an embryo before it is selected for transfer.
"The way I feel about this is that all the American companies that
are using these ads do it for their own greed and business enhancement,"
says Charan Gill, founding president of the Progressive Intercultural
Community Services Society in Surrey, B.C. "They know the Indo-Canadian
community wants more boys.
"Simply, it's an issue of sex selection to which we are totally opposed. We think it is disgusting," says Gill.
This news comes after research was published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal showing significantly higher male-to-female ratios in third-born children to Indian born mothers in Ontario.
Canada's Assisted Human Reproduction Act became law in 2004. It bans the use of in vitro fertilization to select the gender of a child in Canada, except when diagnosing or preventing gender-based diseases.
"Canada has a very strict law respecting gender equity and the difficulty is that they have no way to enforce it due to the extremely porous nature of the border," says Roger Pierson.
Pierson, the director of research at the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan, says he is not surprised American fertility clinics are targeting the Indo-Canadian market.
"From the American perspective this is business, and you are not only creating, you are working to expand your market."
The newspaper carrying the ad, the Indo-Canadian Voice, based in Surrey, B.C., says it didn't know the advertised procedure was illegal in Canada and would contact their lawyers to discuss whether to continue carrying the advertisement.
The paper points out it has turned down advertising in the past from a U.S. clinic that was offering to perform sex selective abortions, something the paper says it is opposed to.
If you have information about this story or sex selection in Canada, please e-mail email@example.com
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Google Now Points To Future Of Mobile
I've been testing Google Now for a few weeks on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone and the Google Nexus 7 tablet. Search innovation is alive and well.
Armed with your mobile phone you are now a mobile sensor, careening along your footpath, reading your email, consuming your information, enriching your journey with timely recommendations as you dodge passersby. Tap. Swipe. Pinch. Zoom. Learn of the world.
And the world quietly learns about you, at least as organized by Google.
Don't be frightened. Soon you won't be wondering what else you can do with your phone, you'll be amazed by what it does for you.
At least that's the promise of GoogleNow.
Google Now is more of a mobile experience than an application, more of a search service than a search action. It could well redefine mobile search.
Certainly its name betrays its ambition.
But we're getting ahead of ourselves. For starters, Google Now is still learning. It gets some things right, and some things oddly wrong. In that sense, it's more like Google Soon than Google Now.
Google Knowledge Graph
I've been testing Google Now for a few weeks on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone and the Google Nexus 7 tablet. Google Now is part of Jelly Bean, the newest version of Google's mobile Android operating system.
It’s powered by Google's Knowledge Graph, unveiled a few months ago. As Google puts it, the Knowledge Graph creates connections between objects (entities) based on observed relationships and patterns--observed, that is, through Google Search.
(Fast Company offers up some insight into Google Knowledge Graph, while Mashable has some excellent insights into how Knowledge Graph could change the future of search.)
Today, for instance, when you search for penguins, Google presents a panel on the right-hand side of the search page showing the Pittsburgh-based hockey team or the animal. A subtle but important shift, Google would say, from being an information engine to becoming a knowledge engine. What's more, the search for "king penguin" provides rich information, including its scientific name, species and so on. The Knowledge Graph attempts to provide the information it thinks you'll want.
If the Knowledge Graph is about delivering the right content, Google Now is about delivering it in the right context.
How Google Now Works
There are three (and a half) ways to access Google Now directly: from the search bar on the Android home screen, from the Google app, and by swiping up from the bottom of the home screen (a bit redundant, frankly). Alerts driven from Google Now can also show up in the Android notifications (this is the half).
The Google Now interface provides a series of "cards," all driven by what Google learns about you, which is to say what you allow Google to learn about you--it's entirely an opt-in experience.
What this means is that your location, your searches, your travel habits (by car, using Google Maps and location services; by air, using your searches for flight status; by public transit using location) and your calendar data all get filtered, processed, and eventually understood (your context) and mapped to pieces of information Google might know (the content).
For example, Google Now follows your searches for restaurants, and as you drive about, it will pop up suggestions based on time of day (like dinner time). It learns your favorite sports teams, and creates cards that follow the action in real time. It knows the flights you've searched and provides flight status automatically. There are cards for currency (when it knows you're in a different country) and language translation.
Much of this capability relies on search, and while it can comb through your searches in the native Android browser, it can also use Google's Chrome. And because Chrome essentially maintains your search session state across devices, something you've searched for with Chrome on the desktop (or on an iPad) gets fed into Google Now on the mobile device. You have to be signed into your Google account for all of this to work, naturally.
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I ran across this article in the Harlan Daily Enterprise and I wanted to share it on my blog. It really doesn’t need an introduction. Pat Bryson’s words say it all. But let me share this quote from Winston Churchill, “We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give.”
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Esther: Example of encouragement
by PAT BRYSON
An e-mail appeared on my computer on March 5 that thrilled my heart; it was one of those “Yes” moments……a perfect example of the kind of one to one encouragement that I had described in the article following the 20/20 documentary. The words were written by Laura Adkisson and sent to Debby Howard, both real encouragers of Esther.
Laura and others from our Cawood Ledford Boys’ and Girls’ Club were in Frankfort with Esther who was competing for the Kentucky Youth of the Year award. Laura wrote:
“It is very early on Thursday morning and Esther hasn’t begun the competition portion yet, but already she has done an amazing thing. During a visit with Senator Brandon Smith yesterday, Esther delivered her speech. He was so taken by her story that he invited her to give her speech at a Senate Republican Caucus meeting yesterday afternoon. It was a pretty intimidating crowd…lots of important people in suits sitting around long tables in leather chairs. The audience was also full with senate staffers and aides as well as three VERY nervous Boys&Girls Club staff. Senator Smith introduced Esther and escorted her to the head of the table. There she stood and spoke for three minutes about the hardships she has faced in life and the ways the club has helped. She spoke with conviction and gave a flawless delivery (without a single note card, I should add).
At the end of her speech, the room erupted into a standing ovation with the senators and audience in tears. Esther, in her Esther way, smiled and began to make her way back to her seat, but she found that difficult as the room of people crowded around her to hug her and shake her hand. Everywhere we went the rest of the day, Esther’s reputation preceded her. At a dinner that night, the lobbyist who works for Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs at the Capitol interrupted Esther as she was eating. He told her that he had never seen an ovation like that in a meeting of that sort. He thanked her for making his job easier. The senator who spoke at the dinner took a timeout from his speech to tell the group what a phenomenal job Esther had done. While it will be hours before we know if Esther will be state youth of the year, I can already promise that, regardless of the winner, Esther is by far the most influential Boys & Girls Club member (out of 36,000 members) in the state right now.
I can honestly say that sitting in that caucus was the most fulfilling moment of my life; our community has built an exceptional child, and your school has been working for Esther longer than anyone has. What a success story for all of us! Thank you for sharing Esther with us and for contributing to her in your own ways! Laura”
What an amazing story! What an amazing accomplishment! What an amazing Esther! Esther, when I knew her as a Sunshine School student, was the shyest, most reserved student that I had ever encountered; she hardly ever spoke, and when she did, it was barely a whisper. Her little eyes, covered with glasses, usually were focused on the floor. We knew that it took all of the reserve that she had just to come to school, and we had to build trust with her very slowly. She was a precious child, but no one could have convinced me that she would ever make a public speech anywhere, especially before senators and representatives
Throughout the years, I have watched Esther with interest. As she grew older I started noticing her name listed on the boards headed “Proficient” and “Distinguished” in the school halls; then I would see her at the gym with friends (some made at Sunshine School). I felt in my heart that one or two of the parents of those children were in the background supporting the interests of this child in many different kinds of ways — the ways that make the difference.
As I have expressed in this column before, I am very interested in how adults in our community can help children who have potential but are at risk financially. I have asked Esther to answer some questions about this subject. Her answers are as follows:
What were three things that kept you going in hard times?
1. “Faith that God would help us through each day and make everything okay.
2. The help and mentors like the people at FRYSC, the staff at my Boys’ & Girls’ Club, my teachers and…….” (she named two individuals who know who they are) and
3. Choosing to focus on the positive things in my life and making the best of the situation I was in.”
Did parents of your fellow students reach out to you to help with expenses or take you to events or on trips? She replied, “Yes, when we had basketball trips or school trips a family would help me pay expenses like food and things. One of the mothers helped raise money for my trip with the Musettes to California and gave me spending money. One Mom takes me shopping each year before camp to get my supplies for Camp Nathaniel. Different parents have offered to help with money at school and on trips even without me asking, and they would insist I take it, even if I didn’t need it.”
What is the best way to encourage a child in your position surrounded by people who don’t see (or maybe don’t want to see) the hard time the child is having? Her answer: “I can tell you the things that encouraged me growing up. The people who treated me well and made me feel accepted, not because of what I had but because of who I am. People believed in me and made me feel valuable, and I wanted to live up to the hope they had for me.”
Do you have anything to tell me about how to get people involved in helping kids? Her reply, “When kids are in a situation like mine, they need hope. Kids can’t believe in themselves unless other people believe in them too. When you show a kid that you have hope in them, it makes them want to succeed. You can’t just do one thing. You have to keep helping and encouraging kids. You don’t just stop. You do as much as you can. Maybe a good way to encourage people to get involved is to share stories like mine with people about how the help of others has impacted me and really made a difference.”
We are all proud of Esther; Esther is our child, easy to love. But Esther deserves much credit herself; she started out even as an emerging preschooler, doing hard things. She wills to succeed and wills to work hard toward goals. Another person could not give her that; that is Esther’s alone.
But the encouragement, others did give every step of the way. One of the things that I love about Harlan County is that the kind of attitude and work ethic and determination to hurdle the odds, like Esther shows, is usually encouraged and applauded and helped. That is what the photographers don’t get, don’t understand.
My desire in all of this is to link those who care with those who need the help and encouragement. There are people out there who are retired or lonely or lacking a purpose who could link up with a struggling student and be his or her adopted grandparent or be the one who writes him a letter once a week or helps with homework. People will react by saying, “But I don’t know anyone like that.”
Schools are full of children who need an encouraging word; I read once of a Holocaust survivor who said that those who had just one person in their lives who really loved them could make it through difficult times. She credited her survival in a concentration camp to a person outside her immediate family who really loved her when she was young. Someone reaching out to help a child who “doesn’t have to” is a mighty instrument in the child’s rescue.
Esther did win! When Esther wins, we all win!
You can reach Pat Bryson at firstname.lastname@example.org
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CNBC Host: Financial Distress Caused by Government, Not Markets
As the media continue their quest to assign blame for the present economic environment – mostly on the free market – some of the most overlooked culprits have been the major credit rating agencies.
The media have mostly blamed laissez-faire capitalism and unregulated markets for problems in the financial sector. But ratings agencies assigned to bring attention to problems were operating outside market competition thanks to government-endorsed oligopoly, according to CNBC “Power Lunch” host Michelle Caruso-Cabrera.
“But it speaks to the fact that ratings agencies are this government-condoned oligopoly,” Caruso-Cabrera said on Oct. 22. “You can only be a rating agency if the government tells you you can be. Then you are legally pushed into profits because you have to be rated if you’re going to issue some of these things. These guys were printing money so easily and not doing their jobs.”
While Caruso-Cabrera suggested a market could decide which ratings agencies were best without government involvement, The Wall Street Journal’s chief economic correspondent Jon Hilsenrath proposed a solution on the opposite end of the ideological spectrum – rating agencies that operate as part of the government.
“Maybe they need to turn the rating agencies into some kind of utility because, you know in the end you can’t have a lot of different rating agencies however we come out of this,” Hilsenrath proposed, also on the Oct. 22 broadcast. “Because, the market depends on just, you know, kind of a few authoritative decisions.”
Caruso-Cabrera asked Hilsenrath why the government had to be responsible in determining which rating agency was the best, but instead allowing choices in the marketplace to determine the better rater.
“Because you need to have an authoritative decision,” Hilsenrath said. “If there are 10 different rating agencies, then issuers are just going to go around and shop for the best opinion they can get and the market isn’t going to have any confidence in the opinion. The market will ultimately gravitate to just a handful of ratings.”
The knock against the rating agencies were that they failed to properly assess the risk of subprime mortgages. As the instruments that contained the risky subprime debt became more and more complex, the rating agencies didn’t adapt and money continued to be invested in the weak sector.
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...an expression of one's inner self in images and color.
...whatever you think is beautiful and want the world to see.
...a safe way to explode in any way.
...beauty and life.
...something someone thinks is cool or beautiful.
...an inspired drawing of an image from one's mind.
...a way to free your emotions.
...you in another form.
Today, I started class by asking my 12 high school students to write a succinct definition of art and the above words are some of their responses. Then we discussed the "official" definition of art as per the American Heritage Dictionary. We talked about how to make objective judgments about whether or not an image or object is art. I filled their tables with famous images, from da Vinci's Mona Lisa to Pollock's Lavender Mist. I gave them all sorts of objects to ponder: a decorative birdcage, carved wooden hands, a wind-up robot, a scary sculpted clown my son made in the fourth grade and more. Next week, we begin to build our artistic vocabulary by exploring the elements of design: line, shape, form, space, color and texture. Now at home, still dazed from all the pressure of recent weeks, I feel an ominous scratchiness in my throat, my feet hurt and my busy, busy head is racing ahead to Friday when I meet my middle school kids for the first time. But as I reread the wisdom of my young flock of artists, I am quiet, content. It was a good first day.
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A TV news photographer shoots the facade of the New England Compounding Center, which has since been linked to a recent deadly meningitis outbreak, in Framingham, Mass, on Nov. 1, 2012. / AP/Elise Amendola
CONSTANTINE, Mich. — Michigan authorities say a national outbreak of fungal meningitis linked to contaminated steroids has infected at least 211 people in Michigan, an increase in 10 in the past three days.
The Michigan Department of Community Health says there have been 67 meningitis cases as of Wednesday. There also have been 128 epidural abscesses, one stroke and 14 joint infections.
The department reported 201 infections Monday.
There have been 13 deaths in Michigan, including three state residents who died after contracting infections in Indiana.
The meningitis outbreak is linked to contaminated steroids produced by a Massachusetts pharmacy used in injections for neck or back pain.
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ONDCP Joins NIDA in Celebrating National Drug Facts Week 2011
As reflected in the 2011 National Drug ControlStrategy, a key ingredient for preventing drug use is ensuring that communities, parents, and especially our youth, have the most up-to-date scientific information about drug use and its consequences. National Drug Facts Week provides young adults with science-based facts and information about drug and alcohol use, and empowers them to make healthy decisions as informed consumers.
By joining forces and bringing young adults and scientific experts together with a common goal, National Drug Facts Week aims to shatter the myths that surround teen drug use and underage drinking, and provides an invaluable opportunity for youth to find out the true facts. The fifth annual National Drug Facts Chat Day on November 1st will provide further opportunities for teens across the country to engage in meaningful conversation and receive honest and factual answers to their questions. In addition, the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA) Sara Bellum Blog highlights people from across the country who are participating in CyberShoutout! And helping to raise awareness about drugs and drug abuse.
Experience shows we can continue to make progress in reducing drug use by supporting balanced and evidence-based approaches, and ONDCP commends the NIDA for providing a free program that encourages science based information sharing. ONDCP encourages you to take advantage of the instrumental and innovative opportunities that National Drug Facts Week provides for young adults, and also parents, educators, and the community at large.
White House Blogs
- The White House Blog
- Middle Class Task Force
- Council of Economic Advisers
- Council on Environmental Quality
- Council on Women and Girls
- Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
- Office of Management and Budget
- Office of Public Engagement
- Office of Science & Tech Policy
- Office of Urban Affairs
- Open Government
- Faith and Neighborhood Partnerships
- Social Innovation and Civic Participation
- US Trade Representative
- Office National Drug Control Policy
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If we do not posit a faculty of memory as storage for memories, maybe we will know better that the facts represented by memories can move free together with the present facts.
The analysis of the role of memory in knowledge and in the use of language should be replaced by a comparison between actual things or words and their pale correspondents from one particular memory or another.
The tedious work to be done in each case seems to not be an efficient means of progressing in knowledge, although our thoughts about things and words usually raise from grasping such faded past images of them. The proposition ‘This apple is a fruit’ is not caused by ‘this apple’ and by the category of ‘fruits’, but primarily by the belief in the existence of a past apple, conceived as shadowy as it is required for discussing and thinking about it. Because no thing allows to be thought of or spoken about in plain light, but only to be perceived.
So, thought is not an illuminating process in the beginning, but the use of the capacity of dealing with shadows.
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Decision 4 (53) on the Democratic Republic of the Congo : Democratic Republic
of the Congo. 17/08/98.
Convention Abbreviation: CERD
COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION
OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
3-21 August 1998
Decision 4 (53) on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,
Reaffirming its decision 3 (51) of 20 August 1997 and decision 1 (52) of 19 March 1998 on the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Reiterating its general recommendations XXI (48) of 8 March 1996 and XXII (49) of 16 August 1996; See"Compilation of general comments and general recommendations adopted by the human rights treaty bodies" (HRI/GEN/1/Rev.3).
Having taken note of the report of the joint mission charged with investigating allegations of massacres and other human rights violations occurring in eastern Zaire since September 1996 E/CN.4/1998/64. and of the report submitted by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, E/CN.4/1998/65.
1. Expresses its deep concern about reports of massacres and other grave human rights violations, including violations of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, by Government forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which, according to the report of the Joint Mission, are of an ethnic nature and could constitute acts of genocide;
2. Further expresses its concern that recent developments have again led to grave human rights violations committed by all factions involved in the conflict which, according to reports, are directed against particular ethnic groups;
3. Deplores the restrictions imposed by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo upon the work of the Special Rapporteur and of the Investigative Team established in accordance with the Security Council decision of 8 July 1997;
4. Calls upon all participants in the conflict to immediately end all fighting and, in particular, cease all attacks on or harassment of particular ethnic groups;
5. Calls upon the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to fully implement its commitment to the democratization process, respect for human rights and the rule of law, in particular the elimination of all forms of racial discrimination;
6. Urges the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to work closely and strengthen further its cooperation with the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Kinshasa;
7. Further urges the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (a) to allow the Special Rapporteur to resume his functions, in accordance with his mandate, and (b) to investigate the allegations made in the report of the Secretary-General's Investigative Team;
8. Calls upon the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to undertake all efforts to provide for a safe return of all refugees and displaced persons to their homes and properties and to offer appropriate compensation for any such property which cannot be restored;
9. Decides to keep the human rights situation with respect to racial discrimination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under review and to discuss it at its fifty-fourth session, in March 1999.
18 August 1998
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The first, crisp hint of fall is in the air. Maybe it's the cool nights, or the subtle autumnal turning of the leaves. Maybe it's the scent of woodsmoke, or the feeling in the air that means that fall is not too far away. And with Autumn comes a time filled with legend, superstition, and myth - Halloween.
One of these superstitions is incredibly prevalent, and often misunderstood - the icon of the black cat. It is often hard to adopt out black cats and kittens due to superstitions held by people. But did you know that not all superstitions about black cats are negative?
That's right. Many have heard the saying that if a black cat crosses your path, bad luck will befall you, or illness, or perhaps even death. The same has been said about white cats in other cultures, particularly Asian cultures, where the white cat is considered to hold the same properties in legend and lore.
The superstition surrounding the ill luck of black cats is relatively recent - arising in western Europe during the middle ages. With stories and rumors of "witches" abounding the countryside, epidemics like the plague, and general financial worries, the black cat was made a scapegoat. Many locales tried to eradicate cats completely from their area, for fear that they were witches in disguise, harbingers of ill luck, or worse, carriers of the Black Plague.
Some areas of the world and some cultures still cling true to these superstitions, and unrightly so. Did you know that some cultures hold the black cat as an omen of good luck?
For example, there is a Celtic superstition that says a strange black cat showing up on your doorstep will bring prosperity and wealth, so long as it is cared for.
In Latvia, a small eastern European country bordering on the Baltic sea, black cats were said to be the spirit of Rungis, a god of harvests. Upon finding one in their barns or silos, joy was to be beheld, for it meant a well and prosperous harvest for the year.
Across the world, fishermen's wives would keep a black cat in the home to ensure no harm would come to their husbands while at sea.
Take a moment to visit Ball.
The theater world has two specific traditions concerning black cats. If a black cat were in the audience on the opening night of a performance, things would go smoothly. Many theaters had black cats in their employ, ensuring them good luck all around, so long as the cat was properly cared for by the cast and crew of that theater.
Southern France has the right idea, I think. They call their cats "matagots" or "Magician cats". They bring good luck to their owners, but only those owners who feed them well, treat them kindly, and give them the respect and love they would accord to a family member.
Have a look at Phoebe!
In the midlands of England, a black cat is thought to be a good omen for marriage. If a black cat is in the house where a young girl resides, she will find many a young many interested. A black cat gotten at the start of a marriage ensures a prosperous and happy one. If a loose white hair is found upon a black cat, groom it out, and keep it, for it is a sign you will find true love.
But perhaps there is an inkling (pun intended) of truth to the legend that black cats bring good luck. King Charles I of England protected his black feline fiercely, believing his companion brought him luck and protection. The day after the cat died of natural causes, Charles I was arrested by Oliver Cromwell, and shortly thereafter King Charles was taken to the scaffold and beheaded.
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Lincoln, Neb. - The National Park Service's Guy Prentice will present a lecture titled "Archaeology at Andersonville: Three Decades of Excavations at the Civil War's Most Infamous Prison Camp" on Monday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Richards Hall room 15 on the UNL city campus. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Prentice's lecture is the fourth lecture on archaeology for The Lincoln-Omaha Society of the Archaeological Institute of America's 2012-2013 lecture series. Prentice is the archaeologist who has led the investigations of Andersonville Prison, the notorious Civil War Confederate military prison located in Andersonville, Ga.
Andersonville was viewed by the Union prisoners who were held at the infamous prison camp as the scene of some of the worst atrocities suffered during the American Civil War. Nearly one in three of the roughly 45,000 prisoners who passed through its gates died of malnutrition, exposure and disease during its 14–month existence. After the war ended, the commandant of the prison camp, Capt. Henry Wirz, was the only Confederate convicted and executed for war crimes as a result of his role in the treatment of prisoners at Andersonville.
Prentice directed the major excavations at Andersonville from 1987-1990, and this lecture highlights the discoveries and findings of his research and includes data on the construction techniques used in the original construction of the prison stockade built by slaves, the extension of the prison enclosure built by prisoners, the north gate, an attempted escape tunnel that failed before completion and some of the “shebangs” or crude shanties that were built by the prisoners for shelter.
For more information on Andersonville, visit: www.nps.gov/ande/historyculture/camp_sumter.htm.
Richards Hall is located at Stadium Drive and T streets, just south of Memorial Stadium. Public parking is available in the Stadium Drive parking garage.
Future AIA lectures:
- Sun., April 25 at 5 p.m.: Susann Lusnia, Tulane University, "Usurping History: The Severan Roman Forum" at Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha.
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Panic Attacks: What Causes Them?
This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart for more than one reason. First of all, my background is in nursing – psychiatric nursing. Additionally, I used to suffer from Panic Attacks.
Panic attacks can be very – VERY frightening. They seem to appear out of nowhere – at the strangest times and in the most inconvenient places! You experience feelings of impending doom – but you have no idea what sort of danger or tragedy you are fearing.
You may start feeling as though your heart is pounding rapidly – because it very well could be. Your breathing becomes difficult. You may simply feel that you are going to die – but you don't know why or how you just have this intense anxiety.
Of course there are many other symptoms that sufferers report but those are the ones that I dealt with on a regular basis. Reportedly the number one cause of panic attacks is anxiety – resulting in a fear of a real or imagined threat, situation, or event.
If you remember anything about the 'Fight or Flight Response' you probably know that when your body – when you – feel threatened a number of things begin happening inside your body to assist you with the threat. A message is sent from the brain to the nervous system.
The nervous system is actually broken into two sub-categories; the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. The latter is responsible for bringing the body back into the state of homeostasis – our normal state.
The sympathetic nervous system is responsible for the Fight or Flight response. So during a panic attack there are lots of things going on inside you. It's important for you to know that the parasympathetic nervous system will eventually kick-in, but you can sometimes learn to stimulate it with relaxation and self-talk. Either way, your body WILL return to normal…usually within 30 minutes or less.The good news is: People do not die from panic attacks. But – for those that suffer with panic attacks they can identify with at least some of the following:
- Fear of leaving the house in case of a panic attack
- Fear of getting stuck somewhere you can
- Making excuses why you cannot make it to a social engagement
- Putting off holiday plans or business travel
- Fear of business meetings or situations where you are asked to speak
- Fear of getting stuck in traffic
- Living in a very trapped existence
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by Anton Shilov
01/25/2008 | 10:16 PM
Advanced Micro Devices revealed some more information about its Fusion microprocessors that combine general purpose processing cores as well as graphics processing engines. The information revealed by the world’s second largest maker of x86 chips is slightly different compared to the data revealed a month before, which may indicate that the company still has no specs of the product set on stone.
Apparently, the first AMD Fusion processors that are named Swift will feature two x86 cores along with a graphics core and will be aimed at mobile computers, it was revealed by Patrick Moorhead, vice president of advanced marketing at AMD, in an interview with InfoWorld web-site. Later on quad-core microprocessor with integrated memory controller is possible. Last month another high-ranking AMD executive said that the first Fusion chip will have two or three x86 processing engines.
“The dual-core notebook processors will be available in the second half of 2009,” said John Taylor, an AMD spokesman.
Back in December AMD said that graphics core of the first-generation Fusion chip will be based on the latest ATI Radeon architecture. However, this time the company indicated that the graphics engine of AMD Fusion will be powered by yet unreleased graphics processing unit.
“Fusion’s graphics processor will be based on a graphics card AMD plans to release in the near future,” Mr. Taylor is reported to have said.
Considering the fact that AMD has just unveiled the whole ATI Radeon HD 3000-series lineup and the fact that it is rumoured to release its code-named ATI RV770 and ATI R700 graphics cards in Q2, its Swift processor may end up with ATI R700-generation graphics core.
AMD’s Swift processor – the first-generation of Fusion family – will become available commercially in the second half of 2009. However, after the company had to reconsider Fusion’s schedule a number of times and still cannot discuss the final specs of the chip, the actual timetable of AMD’s Fusion may flexible.
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The Sleep Education Blog reported on the previous research in October. The U.S. study identified DNA from the “XMRV” virus in the blood of 68 out of 101 people with CFS.
The new study was conducted in the U.K. DNA was extracted from blood samples of 186 people with CFS. They were screened for the XMRV virus and for another closely related virus.
Results published on Wednesday show that neither virus was detected in any of the samples. The authors suggested that the results may be a result of population differences between North America and Europe.
“We used very sensitive testing methods to look for the virus,” study co-author Myra McClure said in a news release. “If it had been there, we would have found it. We are confident that our results show there is no link between XMRV and chronic fatigue syndrome, at least in the U.K.”
But the institute behind the U.S. research questioned the methods of the U.K. study.
“This study did not duplicate the rigorous scientific techniques (used by the U.S. research team),” said a group statement. “Therefore it cannot be considered a replication study… Significant and critical questions remain as to the status of patient samples used in the U.K. study.”
Simon Wessely, another co-author of the U.K. study, also cautioned that their results are not conclusive. He said more research is needed to determine the fundamental cause of CFS.
"It is important to emphasize that today's findings do not invalidate all previous research,” said Wessely. “As ever in science, no single study is conclusive.”
CFS occurs four times more often in women than in men. The CDC notes that CFS is neither a form of depression nor a mental illness.
“There is now abundant scientific evidence that CFS is a real physiological illness,” reports the CDC. “A number of biologic abnormalities have been identified in people with CFS.”
One common symptom of CFS is unrefreshing sleep. This can make it hard to distinguish the syndrome from a group of sleep disorders known as “hypersomnias.”
Read more about hypersomnia.
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Upton Sinclair, ed. (18781968). The Cry for Justice: An Anthology of the Literature of Social Protest. 1915.
Forcible Feeding (From The Suffragette)
By E. Sylvia Pankhurst
(English militant leader)
SHE was then surrounded and held down, whilst the chair was tilted backwards. She clenched her teeth, but the doctor pulled her mouth away to form a pouch and the wardress poured in milk and brandy, some of which trickled in through the crevices. Later in the day the doctors and wardresses again appeared. They forced her down on to the bed and held her there. One of the doctors then produced a tube two yards in length with a glass junction in the center and a funnel at one end. He forced the other end of the tube up her nostril, hurting her so terribly that the matron and two of the wardresses burst into tears and the second doctor interfered. At last the tube was pushed down into the stomach. She felt the pain of it to the end of the breast bone. Then one of the doctors stood upon a chair holding the funnel end of the tube at arms length, and poured food down whilst the wardress and the other doctor all gripped her tight. She felt as though she would suffocate. There was a rushing, burning sensation in her head, the drums of her ears seemed to be bursting. The agony of pain in the throat and breast bone continued. The thing seemed to go on for hours. When at last the tube was withdrawn, she felt as though all the back of her nose and throat were being torn out with it.
Then almost fainting she was carried back to the punishment cell and put to bed. For hours the pain in the chest, nose and ears continued and she felt terribly sick and faint. Day after day the struggle continued; she used no violence, but each time resisted and was overcome by force of numbers. Often she vomited during the operation. When the food did not go down quickly enough the doctor pinched her nose with the tube in it, causing her even greater pain.
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Evangelist and Orphanage Founder, Geroge Mueller:
George Müller, the geat evangelist and coordinator of orphanages said this about reading both the Old and New Testaments concurrently:
"It is of immense importance for the understanding of the Word of God, to read the Bible systematically, so that every day one reads a portion of the Old and a portion of the New Testament systematically." - George Müller
First, this method is important because it throws light upon the connection between the Old and New Testaments. A different method, where one habitually selects favorite chapters, will make it utterly impossible ever to understand much of the Scriptures.
Second, while we are in the body, we need a change, even in spiritual things; and this change the Lord has graciously provided in the great variety that is to be found in His Word.
Third, an orderly reading of the Word honors the glory of God. The leaving out of some chapters here and there is practically saying that certain portions are better than others, or that there are certain parts of revealed truth that are unprofitable or unnecessary.
Fourth, it may keep us, by the blessing of God, from erroneous views, since in reading regularly through the Scriptures, we are led to see the meaning of the whole. We are also kept from placing too much stress upon certain favorite views.
Fifth, the Scriptures contain the whole revealed will of God; therefore, we ought to seek to read from time to time through the whole of that revealed will. I fear that many believers in our day have not read even once through the whole of the Scriptures; yet in a year, by reading about 3 chapters everyday, one can achieve it.
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Heath care has been all over the news and a hot topic of debate since the Supreme Court’s ruling. Regardless of that, here is the problem with health care in the US:
When you have a problem, you go to doctors and see if they can fix it, or kind of fix it, or maybe just fix it enough that you can live with it.
We sit at desks all day and on couches all evening, we eat too much refined food, too much sugar, too much salt, too much meat, not enough fruits and vegetables, we don’t get enough sleep, we create stressful lives for ourselves, and then complain that we get sick.
I often bring these things back to cancer because that’s where I have the most experience.
People walk and run and bike and write checks “for a cure.” Tons and tons of money is poured into research.
There is nothing inherently wrong with that. But most people blow off what the research finds, and that drives me bonky.
There are clear connections between breast cancer and plastics. Doesn’t stop most people from drinking bottled water, steaming their veggies in the bag, eating canned food, or reheating food in plasticware.
There are clear connections between being overweight and some cancers. Not only do people deny the connection, they deny they’re overweight. There seems to be a mentality of “skinny isn’t healthy either!” And while it’s true that skinny, unless that’s your body type, isn’t healthy, that doesn’t justify being 15 pounds — or more — overweight. We’re so used to seeing people who are overweight that when we see people who are a healthy weight, we think they’re skinny.
Why fund research if we’re just going to ignore it anyway?
My impression is that many (most?) people don’t want to know how to prevent diseases — at least not through lifestyle changes. They want science to develop a quick easy way to fix it once they’ve contracted something, or maybe a shot to ward it off in the first place.
Can you imagine most people’s reactions if that’s what their doctor prescribed?
People seem to take better care of their cars than their bodies … but you can buy another car (or get around without one ). You only get one body…
Where are you on preventative maintenance? Do you practice it? Are you for it in theory but haven’t gotten around to doing it? Think it’s bunk? What’s your biggest obstacle?
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This program was designed for candidates who have earned a baccalaureate degree in music and who wish to earn a certificate to teach in the public schools. Candidates who qualify must complete a five-stage formal assessment and will be entitled to apply for teacher licensure in the State of Illinois. Data collected for each benchmark on the path to program completion are used to inform revision of the curriculum.
Assessment is an ongoing process aimed at understanding and improving student learning. It involves both gathering and using information to modify and improve student outcomes. Assessment is the mechanism used to keep standards high while assuring that candidates acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to become effective music educators.
This plan is designed to accomplish an ongoing assessment of the effectiveness of many aspects of the institution: the curriculum, recruiting, teaching, and the musical growth of our candidates. This plan, which is designed primarily to achieve long range assessment of the institution, although it will, in some cases also indicate short term trends, is a combination of instruments that have long been a tradition in the College and new instruments from within and without the institution that enable us to more effectively evaluate and compare our candidates, curriculum, and the results of our policies.
Admission to the College
Admission standards must be sufficiently high to predict the prospect of success in the program. Diversities of previous education, background, and interests of applicants are considered in assessments of potential as appropriate to the specific purposes of the program.
Each TCEP candidate is assessed for admission to the teacher education program through a series of proficiency exams. These tests are not course dependent, but are a measure of the candidate’s preparation during their years of study in their respective undergraduate degree programs and measure a candidate’s musical readiness and basic skills level.
Admission to Student Teaching
The student teaching advanced field experience is the final phase of the teacher education program at VanderCook College of Music. Student teaching is designed to allow for practical application of integrated knowledge and pedagogical approaches to the teaching and learning of music. The candidate must be able to lead students to competency, apply music knowledge and skills in teaching situations, and integrate music instruction into the process of P-12 education.
Completion of Student Teaching
Upon completion of the student teaching experience, the candidate will have acquired essential competencies valued by the profession: ability to teach music at various levels and in a variety of settings; an understanding of child growth and development; the ability to assess aptitudes; knowledge of current methods appropriate to specific teaching situations; and an understanding of evaluative techniques.
Recommendation for Entitlement
Entitlement, the notification sent to the State of Illinois by the College, attests to the fact that the candidate has successfully completed VanderCook’s state-approved teacher education program and has passed the required state certification exams.
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Books in this category include stories about kinds of families and activities that families do, such as celebrating holidays, adopting children and communicating across generations.
This is whichCatvalue: 4
All Books in the Families & Friends Category
Dia's Story Cloth Chue Cha (Illustrator), Dia Cha (Author), Nhia Thao Cha (Illustrator) A book about the story cloth made for the author by her aunt and uncle which chronicles the life of the Hmong people in their native Laos. [Grade Level: K - 6]
The Different Dragon Jennifer Bryan (Author), Danamarie Hosler (Illustrator) Young Noah and his mom create a bedtime story with a fierce and ferocious dragon. As the story progresses, it turns out that the dragon is upset because he just can't be terrifying anymore, so Noah befriends the dragon and shows him that it's okay for him to be different. Noah has two mothers, who are presented as a normal part of his life, and not the central focus of the tale. A lesson plan for teachers to use this story in class is available at www.glsen.org. [Grade Level: Pre-K - 2]
Different Just Like Me Written by Lori Mitchell A young girl notices that everyone looks different from each other, just like the flowers in her grandmother's garden. She learns that despite these differences, there are also similarities and everyone should be liked equally. [Grade Level: Pre-K - 3]
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The U.S. Forest Service’s HistoriCorps program in Golden, Colo., is one of 23 award winners honored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation during its 2011 National Preservation Conference Oct. 20 in Buffalo, N.Y.
Historicorps, a public/private partnership that puts people to work to save long-neglected historic buildings on public lands, were among 12 of the organizations honored with the 2011 National Preservation Honor Award.
“HistoriCorps is an example of the kind of innovative thinking that the Forest Service really values,” U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said. “Combine that with creative partners in the historic preservation and volunteer communities and you see what can get done when we work together.”
The innovative partnership involves experts in historic restoration including Colorado Preservation Inc. and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the premier volunteer organization in Colorado, Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado, said Steve Sherwood, program manager for the Forest Service.
“HistoriCorps is truly unique in its mission and delivery,” Sherwood said. “I know of no other organization in the country that combines the passion for restoring historical structures and the use of volunteers to get the job done”
The National Preservation Awards are bestowed on distinguished individuals, nonprofit organizations, public agencies and corporations whose skill and determination have given new meaning to their communities through preservation of our architectural and cultural heritage.
Colorado’s first project, started in 2009, focused on restoration work at the historic Saguache Ranger house and several historic buildings in Saguache by a team of local and regional volunteers. Last year, HistoriCorps and the Rio Grande National Forest teamed up to fully restore the historic Off Cow Camp, the Fitton barn, and the River Springs work station.
HistoriCorps is modeled after such successful programs as the Civilian Conservation Corps, Peace Corps and AmeriCorps. Through public-private partnerships, volunteers and professionals preserve and rehabilitate special places while engaging in service learning, outdoor recreation and heritage creation opportunities.
“Working with the Forest Service to save these unique buildings has been highly rewarding for our volunteers, many of whom have since volunteered with HistoriCorps on multiple projects,” Jonas Landes, HistoriCorps programs manager, said.
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Polar bears — 10 animals on the verge of extinction
that way it will take less tim eto find what we need and then i wont waste any time waiting for the stupid thing to load and all that stuff i mean really come on get with the program!!!
there ice is melting and that leaves them with barly any place to hunt or find food so they try swimming to another place to get food and they ether dround or dont find any food and with ther eice sheets melting they are shrinking in amount bye alot
You know what- if we don't stop being asses, where going to end the world. Yeh, not in 2012, but soon enough, the world will end if people don't start caring about the environment! We're all gonna die, because some ass doesn't care about the environment! I hope u r all happy with your self, you ignorant litterers! I'm not saying everyone's an ass, because SOME people care about the environment! If u care about our Earth and animals good on 'ya!
It's all becoz of us that animals are going extinct! open ur eyes and SEE! It's all coz stupid dush faces keep littering and being idiots! I feel sorry for the animals going extinct! It's all coz of idiots littering, and, frankly, we aren't the ones that are copping the damage it's THEM- the INNOCENT ANIMALS!!!! So stop being idiots and walk an extra 5 steps to the bin!
All these random facts you find on the internet are not making you any smarter, they're eating off your brain while bombarding you with advertisements you will associate with random stimuli. So next time you're in the crapper and hear someone with that new "call me mr. bedrock" song as their ringtone and you feel like shipping something through fedex, don't blame Obama, it was the illuminati.
The real importance has to be human population control. How will any wild animal survive when the Earth is exploding in people. Consider this: India currently has 1.25 Billion People with a daily population increase of 240,000. They will want products that create pollution. What will there carbon footprint be.??
Angelita...Polar Bears are not growing in population...People are killing these animals for sport in Canada...Canada is the only country that allows this butchering...people and habitat are killing off these beautiful animals...just think when the mother dies her cubs will too...
Global warming is a fact, its our fault. Without the involvment of the human race it would've happened gradually and over 10s of thousands of years, but we just sped it up x100
Yes extinction is a natural element of life, but still, we are talking about forcing into extinction. If we force animals into extinction then we may accidentally disrupt the balance of nature, and then nothing will help. Mankind is trying to survive by any means, that is in our genes, but also in our genes is the ability to think, and make brighter decisions...
This list only contains the big well known animals, but there are also many more small and very important creatures on the verge of extinction. And although it might look as if the human race is the only one who's doing well, what will be left in the end are the Salmonella's, HIV's and Plasmodiums of this world. Good luck with such neighbours.
polar bears are not dieing naturally it is because of human impact that the temperature of the earth is increasing. this isn't really nature doing what it normally does
I can sympathize with Tim. I often feel like there is just no hope, this horror just keeps keeping on. One day I hear that we saved one animal and the next I hear about the deaths of hundreds more. It's insanity and it is beyond my understanding but I promise to fight for them. I will fight until the world winks out for me. That is all I can do... no matter how useless it sometimes seems.
The extinction of species will have a ripple effect on the human race. We HAVE TO preserve and protect wildlife!
No one should kill the animals as the Congress said it was okay to have a rifle in the Natl Parks & I say it is wrong. My uncle, Al Rubano, worked in the Bronx Zoo & we as children loved the animals. Stop the killings.
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The latest EconTalk episode is David Owen talking about how to teach your kids about money. It’s based on his book, The First National Bank of Dad. The last part of the book and the podcast talk about reading to your kids and how wonderful it is for you and your kids. So I thought I’d list some of the books I’ve enjoyed reading to my kids. Feel free to buy them by clicking through and supporting the Cafe (or its owners, anyway.) I’m sure I’ve forgotten a bunch of others I loved. Add your own favorites in the comments.
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson–read it so many times I probably once knew it by heart.
The Adventures of Curious George by H.A. Rey–my wife didn’t like reading these but my kids loved them so it was usually me doing the reading.
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart and David Small–a perfect book–poignant, interesting and beautifully illustrated. It choked me up every time I read it.
All Those Secrets of the World by Janet Yolen and Leslie Baker–Another great story, great illustrations, and another good tear jerker for the reader. (The kids don’t get choked up).
Owl Moon by Janet Yolen, illustrated by John Schoenherr–Another beautiful Janet Yolen book.
The Seven Silly Eaters by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Marla Frazee. Maybe my all-time favorite. A mesmerizing rhymer, perfect story, incredibly beautiful illustrations. I could read this over and over again and my kids loved hearing it.
Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox–This will also choke up the reader. Beautiful book.
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Capital punishment, Death penalty, Capital jurors, Capital jury instructions, Weeks v. Angelone, Mandatory sentencing, Aggravating factors, Capital Jury Project, CJP, Simmons v. South Carolina
Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure
In Weeks v. Angelone, 528 U.S. 225 (2000), the members of the capital sentencing jury asked for clarification of the jury instructions on the essential question of whether they were required to sentence Weeks to death upon the finding of certain aggravating factors. The judge merely informed the jurors to reread the instruction. The jurors returned with a death penalty sentence. The Supreme Court held that these jurors likely understood the instructions and at most Weeks had shown a slight possibility that the jurors believed they were precluded from considering mitigating evidence. However, the results of a mock jury study conducted by the authors strongly suggest that the Supreme Court's conclusion was incorrect. In fact, many jurors receiving the subject instruction do believe that they cannot weigh mitigating evidence. The Supreme Court's finding that the jurors in Weeks' trial understood the sentencing instruction was based on mere instinct and was likely incorrect.
Garvey, Stephen P.; Johnson, Sheri Lynn; and Marcus, Paul, "Correcting Deadly Confusion: Responding to Jury Inquiries in Capital Cases" (2000). Cornell Law Faculty Publications. Paper 286.
Published in: Cornell Law Review, vol. 85, no. 3 (March 2000).
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West Virginia has always had a rich music history and is still creating a rich musical history through Mountain Stage (and Newsong), Vandalia, Appalachian String Band Music Festival, All Good Music Festival, and from every nook, cranny, hill and holler.
Last week the first annual West Virginia Music Hall of Fame inductions occurred in Charleston. It was a all star night event and all the living inductees made it to the event. In attendance were For more on the inductees check out the Virtual Hall of Fame. Also read the insight from The West Virginia Music Hall of Fame at LA Woman by emcee for the evening and West Virginia native, Ann Magnuson.
Included in the class was pianist, Johnnie Johnson (wikipedia entry)who is considered by many to be the father of rock 'n' roll piano. He played with Chuck Berry and was the inspiration for the classic, "Johnny B. Goode."
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Art Through The Eyes of the Soul Oracle
Author: Cheryl Yambrach Rose
Artist: Cheryl Yambrach Rose
U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
“This oracle deck is a vehicle to provide persona
intuitive guidance from the mythic beings and
Divine entities that inhabit sacred sites and spaces.”
~ From “How to Use the Oracle”
“Art Through The Eyes of the Soul” is a 52 card oracle deck, accompanied by a 108 page companion book. The presentation is true quality – the cards and companion book come in a hard cardboard box with a lift off top. The image on the top of the box is that of the Lake”, which is also used on the cover of the companion book. On the back of the box is information on the deck, along with a small illustration of the card back. Did I mention that this deck is gilded? This deck would have been awesome without the gilding, but the gilding adds a sense of magic and “otherworldliness” to it. Kudos to the author/illustrator, and kudos to U.S. Games Systems, Inc.!
The original paintings for this deck were done in oil, giving the cards a stunning depth of color. Many of the paintings in this deck were featured in Rose’s book “Art Through the Eyes of the Soul”. Here she explains her journey as a visionary and Neo-Mythic artist, the four mythic lands that she bases her work on (Narnia, Avalon, Bohemia, and Lemuria), as well as her habit of tuning in to a subject through the eyes to paint a psychic impression. (I am brought to mind Johanna Gargiulo-Sherman, and her deck “The Sacred Rose Tarot”. Here the figures in the deck have black spaces for eyes.)
Rose suggests that meditating with the images connects the Seeker with the energy field of the location where the painting was conceived. The Seeker weaves their own fate by tuning into their higher self and allowing that spontaneous connection to answer their question or suggest advice. Drawing a single card to ask for daily guidance, or to use in meditation, acts as a catalyst to the Seeker’s own thought process.
There are also iPhone and iPad apps for this deck that include music and animation.
It is suggested that the cards be cleared before using them the first time, using either incense, or smudging them with sage. It is also suggested that they be placed on the Seeker’s sacred alter, along with other objects that are charged with significance by the Seeker’s own thoughts and intentions. The cards will absorb the Seeker’s vibration, allowing them to become a powerful personal tool. The bag may then be placed in a velvet bag, or some type of container, to hold the essence of the Seeker close. It is advised that the Seeker not allow anyone to play with the cards, or to treat them disrespectfully.
The companion book shows each card with a black and white scan, card title and date painted, an expanded meaning, and the story behind the card. Card subjects include Anastasia, Ariadne, Sophia, Eriu, the Goddess Sovereignty, the Glastonbury Goddess, the Hermit, Iona, Lady of the Lake, the Lord of Lyonesse, Merlin, Oceana, Redwood Shamanka, the Third Pillar, Wolf Child, and more.
The cards are approximately 3 ½” by 6”, of glossy card stock. The backs show a blue/black cave like setting, showing a path moving into light on the left hand side of the card. At the bottom of the card we see the eyes and forehead of a female figure, wearing a decorative headpiece. There are two thin gold lines around the edge of the card, with gold imagery at each of the four corners. The edges of the cards carry a gold gilt.
The card faces have a ¼” plain gold border, followed by a ¼” gold border with imagery. At the bottom of the card is a cream colored block showing the card title and a key concept.
The card entitled “Lady of the Lake” carries the key concept “find and hold Your Own Power”. The imagery shows a female figure, standing, both hands holding a sword, pointed down, with a waterfall behind her. The expanded meaning reads: “Stop giving away your power to others. Have the self-confidence to stand firm. Others will be Inspired by your strength and commitment.”
The card entitled “Eriu’s Eyes” carries the key concept “Look through the Mist – find the Mystery”. Here we see a body of water, with swans in the foreground. In the background we see an island, with a larger than life head of a Goddess appearing in the sky behind it. The expanded meaning is “don’t cloud your judgment with doubt – believe! The secret of Divine creation is within you. The Goddess is waiting to help yu manifest your dreams.”
The card entitled “Faery Goddessmother” carries the key concept “Magic is Alive – Ask Your Divine Child”. Here we see a female figure, standing, with a bowl of magical orbs in her hands. A young girl in a beautiful dress stands in front of her. In back of them is the forest, with Mt. Shasta in the distance. The expanded meaning is “Ask your question with a sense of lightheartedness. Adopt the unhindered enthusiasm of youth to open the free flow of ideas and answers from your guides and guardians. Keep your child-like wonder and imagination active, while living in the world. Dream …”
The card entitled “The Great Goddess” carries the key concept “Regeneration – Death and Rebirth”. We see a female figure, dressed in a blue gown, her left hand at her side, her right hand held out in front of her. The expanded meaning is “One life cycle ends and another begins. Flow with the cosmic rhythms to become the master of your own fate.” The year listed under this card is 1989.
The card entitled “The Burning of the Sage” carries the key concept “Visualize healing”. Here we see a female figure, facing the left hand side of the card. In her right hand she holds sage. Over her right shoulder we see a white bird/ In the distance, in the left hand corner, we see the pinnacle peaks of the Castle Crags. The expanded meaning is “Address health issues with positive visualizations. Use your intuition to connect into your energy field and identify the causes of your distress. Research may be necessary to get a balanced view.”
The card entitled “The Goddess Sovereignty” carries the key concept “Become Your Own Sovereign”. Here we see a female figure, in a lavender dress and veil, holding a cup in her hands. Behind her we see a lavender rose opening up. The expanded meaning for this card is “Envision and insist upon being treated with integrity and respect.”
The card entitled “Libuse, Prophetess of Prague” carries the key concept “A New Door is Opening – Step Over the Threshold.” We see a female figure, standing, with a falcon on her left arm. In the background we see a castle, as if she is seeing it in her mind. The expanded meaning for this card is “Doors open to allow us the opportunity to reach our fullest potential. Do not fear unknown territory.”
The card entitled “An Cailleach Bhearra” carries the key concept “Break free – Regain Your Youth and fly”. We see a female figure, facing the left hand side of the card, a white bird in front of her, holding up a corner of her cloak. The expanded meaning for this card is “Transcend time and space and all known boundaries. Adopt positive patterns that regenerate your body to begin a new cycle of growth and opportunity.”
The card entitled “Redwood Shamanka” carries the key concept “Retreat Into Nature – Solitude”. We see a female figure, with red hair and a red gown, seatged, facing us. In front of her right shoulder we see an animal allie, in back of her left shoulder we see a second animal allie. The expanded meaning for this card is “Take time out for yourself. Leave the daily routine and return refreshed and renewed.”
The card entitled “Beneath the Veil of Sophia” carries the key concept “Create – Activate Your DNA”. Here we see a figure dressed in a lavender robe, unveiling herself as a creatrix. The expanded meaning is “Let the arts be a catalyst to bringing your inner visions and ideas into form. Anything you can dream you have the power to create.”
There is incredible energy in this deck – I feel that it is a valuable tool for those from all backgrounds, and those of all ages. In these cards we see the world of myth and magic – it become so real to us that is feels like a parallel world, a parallel reality. This is a wonderful deck for these changing times!
© April 2012 Bonnie Cehovet
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March 22, 2011
Forget the buzz words, and the fads. "Nothing has greater impact on the success of a project than the delivery system," said Steve Bannes, program director for graduate studies in construction management at Washington University.
"For example, the people at Walmart understand better than anyone what they need in their stores, so design/bid/build is probably works well for them. But if you are doing something unique that requires a lot of coordination, like a lab building at Washington University, you need time for pre-construction services that design/bid/build doesn't provide. You need to assess the needs of the project, the desired outcomes, and the owner's resources and tolerance for risk to determine the best delivery system and build the team around that," he said.
Greg Kantares, worldwide engineering major project manager at Solutia and chairman of the St. Louis Council of Construction Consumers' Best Practices Committee, said, "No single strategy works for all projects."
Solutia uses the Construction Industry Institute's Project Delivery and Contracting Strategy (PDCS) tool to help find a way through the thicket to the most appropriate contracting strategy for each project, he said. The PDCS incorporates 12 alternatives for project delivery and contracting. As the user selects criteria that would best achieve the owner's project objectives, the PDCS narrows the choices to the three most beneficial alternatives.
"Selecting the team is probably the next most important piece," said Tim Gunn, project director at Alberici Constructors.
"You should do the research and understand that companies are only as good as the individuals who will do the work," said Zachary Hamilton, vice president, Kwame Building Group. "Look at the individuals who will be assigned to your team, not the company history. A great company can have a poor project manager, and a poor company can have a great one," he said.
And interview the specific people who will be working on the job. "You have to get the feeling that you can work with them and they are the right fit for your job," said said Lauren Talley, commercial project manager for Kozeny-Wagner Inc.
Clay Goser, president of Symphony LLC, says talking to the right people is good, but asking the right questions is better. Goser was director of planning and construction for BJC Healthcare for 15 years. When BJC had a project in St. Peters, MO, he experimented with a different way to procure construction services. He was so pleased with the results, he started Symphony to educate the industry about that new procurement method.
"We start every single construction project striving to find the most talented individual team members, but the secret to the success of (BJC) St. Peters is we tried to find the most talented team," he said.
The request for proposals BJC sent out for the St. Peters project was unusual, Goser said.
"It read, 'if you were going to deliver a project differently, tell me how you would do it, and there are no rules'," he said.
BJC invited three architects to assemble teams to respond the the RFP. "They were all good, qualified guys who had designed, built or managed large facilities," Goser said. "From the three teams, we got three very different answers. We graded them on their ability to deliver the project, and they were all good. We then looked at the strategic differences of the teams and the problems they were trying to solve," he said.
"Pratt Design Studio proposed a team with Tarlton and mechanical and electrical specialty contractors. They added in a steel fabricator, a steel erector, a roofer, a glazier, and a mason early on. They said we needed people who did steel, because of OSHA rules about working around an occupied building. We needed envelope people, because we didn't want leaks. The other architects proposed teams consisting of the architect, an engineer, and a general contractor," he said.
"We started getting things in the (Pratt/Tarlton) proposal we had never thought about," he added. They told BJC it wasn't a $13 million job they were contemplating, but a $17 million job. "They told us, 'you haven't thought about how you maxed out your Ameren power or your chiller capacity. And by the way, in the drawings, you can't go up three more stories with steel, you have to go all the way down to the ground with bracing. If these are important to you, here's another plan to get your objective,'" Goser said.
"Tarlton had never done a health care project before. They would not have been pre-qualified to work for BJC, but they knocked it out of the park. That was one of the smoothest running projects integrated into a working facility I had seen in my 15 years.
"It was incredible to see how intellectually nimble they were, how flexible, and how quickly they solved problems," he said.
"What I started to find was that this was a team that was thinking not only about how to operate, they were identifying risk and involving the owner. They were not waiting until they got the contract to spring bad news. They were saying, 'if you have to shelve the contract, do it now.' That demonstrated to me that this is what different looks like. You can't wait until four weeks before starting to sling steel to bring an erector on to see if it feasible," he said.
His experience with BJC St. Peters convinced Goser that, "If there is one thing with the ability to change the industry, it is how to build integrated teams and how owners can provide leadership that allows teams to come forward and do the job differently. A lot of people think if they just bring contractors on sooner, they will get it done. But, if you don't understand how to build teams, you can bring contractors in as early as you want, and you will have as great a monumental failure as design/bid/build," Goser said.
A good team helps with scheduling and avoiding disruptions in the flow of work, said Brian Satterthwaite, president of Brinkmann Constructors. It also enables designing for the exact value the owner wants, "not more nor less," he said.
The Sisters of Mercy Enterprise Data Center offers another example of a successful collaborative team.
Sisters of Mercy initially was looking for a construction manager to guide their data center project. S.M. Wilson went to them with a design/build team that, in addition to S.M. Wilson, included an architect and plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and fire protection design/build contractors. S.M. Wilson and the other contractors had worked together on a previous data center project, the Schneider Electric/APC Technology Center. The project managers all knew and liked each other from that job and worked together well, said Amy Berg, S.M. Wilson's vice president for business development.
"We went to them and said, 'we have this team assembled, so why don't you go design/build'," said Fred Jaeckle, vice president for pre-construction & estimating at S.M. Wilson.
A free-standing data center is basically "a mechanical and electrical project covered by a raincoat," said Jaeckle. Sisters of Mercy "recognized that they had never bought a free-standing data center before, so they changed their mechanism of thinking to buy it differently from how they bought other projects," he said.
The S.M. Wilson-led team, "planned, planned, and planned, and then construction was pretty seamless," said Berg.
For Landco Construction, the owner is a key member of the collaborative team, said President Ron Landoldt.
"We identify options for the owner and we review subcontractor bids with the owner and architect. The owner has a lot to say in this process. Corporate clients who have tried this like it," he said.
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The word cep is a Gascon term for the Boletus edulis mushroom (called ‘porcino’ in Italian). The same mushroom is called the ‘penny bun’ in English. This mushroom is generally agreed by connoisseurs to be among the finest eating mushrooms. Ceps make great eating and are highly valued by chefs and gourmets. They can also be very expensive, particularly when fresh, although dried ceps tend to be better value.
Use fresh or dried ceps in pasta dishes, risottos or to give a deep, woodsy flavour to stews and casseroles.
Type the ingredients you want to use, then click Go. For better results you can use quotation marks around phrases (e.g. "chicken breast"). Alternatively you can search by chef, programme, cuisine, diet, or dish (e.g. Lasagne).
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This School is fantastic academically! Teachers are pretty good except for a few, and Parental involvement phenomenal! Principal seeks his own interest from PTA. PTA has a lot of money. Children are very well-behaved. I could drop my Child to School and felt safe. Only problem: The School majority is Asian and the Parents expect them to study as if they are in college. No real gym program/art program etc. But, your kids will have top test scores if you send them here.
In response to the last post... "Only problem: The School majority is Asian and the Parents expect them to study as if they are in college." That is a negative and stereotypical comment. When did Asians being a majority at a school become a problem? Please stop evaluating schools based on the ethnic background of students! The principal, teachers, parents, and students make Stonegate a great school! To my knowledge, (due to budget cuts) it is the PTA that funds the PE and Music program.
My son ended her kindergarten year with success and is looking forward to first grade.
Best Elementary School in Irvine!! Staff is top notch! And children are well behaved. You really get the Irvine school district experience at this school! The test scores show what's going on at this school!
Size matters! Westwood thrives on it's being half the size of IUSD's targeted '(large) economy of scale.' It's best feature (small enough to be a community) will be gone when moving to the Stonegate compound next year. 4 different principals in 4 years hasn't effected this school as it's community was strong and teacher and parental leadership are good.
We chose WB+ for oldest when she started Kindergarten in 1998 and now my 4th child is in 1st grade. Warm, consistent, developmentally appropriate, academically challenging, creative, and, most importantly, a school that kids look forward to going to every day! Maybe that's why I haven't heard of the discipline/disruption problems that face other schools.
My daughter ended her kindergarten year with success and is looking forward to first grade. Both my husband and I are teachers and was amazed how much we love Westwood in every area. It is the best school, hands down.
For the 4 years that my children have attended Westwood Basics, I have found the experience to be outstanding academically and socially. The teachers and office staff are supportive, encouraging and personable. They provide the best possible learning and growing environment for the children. The PTA, parents and community are deeply committed to the enrichment of the children. I consider ourselves truly fortunate to have a public school of this caliber in our neighborhood. Westwood Basics is a school that all schools should emulate.
The school seems to be more organized and focused since Dr. Thompson arrived this summer.
My daughter started grade K here in 2003. The teachers here have been more that great. Mrs. Garner has made this such a wonderful experience for my daughter, as she loves school. I also love it here, and have also met many many great new friends (other moms). I encourage you to try this school if you have been looking for a great Irvine elementary.
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Posted on November 5, 2010 - by admin
Australia has one of the poorest records of wildlife preservation in the world. A result of this is that many animal and plant species are threatened with extinction. Parrots are by no means exempt from this carnage. There are several factors threatening the survival of these distinctive birds, two of which are outline below.
Huge sums of money are often exchanged on the black market in return for Australia’s unique wildlife. Parrots in particular are favoured across the globes as one of the most sought after types of bird.
Penalties for the illegal trapping of native wildlife are severe – 10 years imprisonment and/or $100 000 fine.
Glossy Black-Cockatoos are highly prized in illicit bird trade, their distinct beauty and threatened status making them prime targets for smugglers. Habitat destruction also presents a grave threat to the survival of these beautiful birds. Widespread removal of casuarina trees, their exclusive food source, has led to population fragmentation and a marked decrease in numbers.
Many of Australia’s native animals require tree hollows for shelter and breeding. Each of the parrots included within this brochure relies upon these hollows. In fact, almost one fifth of Australia’s birds depend on tree hollows as nesting sites.
Hollows are disappearing at a rate faster than nature can replace them.
It may take between 50 and 200 years for suitable hollows to develop. Although many of us may plant one, or perhaps several trees in our lifetime, most of us will probably not live to see hollows develop in the limbs of these trees.
Present rates of urbanization, land clearing and the removal of old growth forests are responsible for the widespread disappearance of animal homes.
The survival of this majestic bird, the Palm Cockatoo, depends upon the preservation of rainforest habitat in tropical far north Queensland, as well as the elimination of illegal smuggling
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Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
Pub Date: August 25, 2009
Translated from the Arabic by Roger Allen
Having lived for years in the west I know that many people here don't "get" the concept of arranged marriages. For many of us, falling in love is the only reason one should get married. Having someone pick a match out for you is more like a business transaction....where's the romance, the passion, in something like that, right? But for many, arranged marriages are a way of life. Falling in love amounts to nothing, it carries no weight as Kamila, a beautiful and impetuous girl from a village in in South Lebanon was about to find out.
Although Kamila was in love with one Muhammad, her family decreed that she should marry her dead sister's aging husband(the sister was bitten by a rabid rat) . Kamila was only 14 years old but was deemed a suitable match because she was strong enough to look after her husband's kids, cook his food and warm his bed. More importantly, her sister's widower was the patriarch of the family and it almost seemed as if Kamila was sacrificed to him for the sake of her extended family who lived under his roof. Kamila's husband, Abu- Hussein Muhammad, was pious and strict whereas Kamila was free-spirited and irreverent. She defied him every chance she got and no matter how hard the family tried, they were unable to tame her.
It wasn't long, however, when she managed to reconnect with the love-of-her-life, Muhammad and very soon the two were planning secret rendezvous in Muhammad's bedroom in the house he shared with his family or in darkened cinemas. I'd love to tell you what happens next, but I can't for fear of giving away the story.
Kamila's story is narrated to us in the first person but written by her daughter, well known Arabic writer, Hanan Al- Shaykh. Al Shaykh says that the first person narrative was a deliberate choice, she said, “My mother wrote this book. She is the one who spread her wings. I just blew the wind that took her on her long journey back in time.” I found this to be a tenderly-crafted memoir and even though the faults of our protagonist Kamila are quite glaring, you cannot help but fall under her spell, and that is a tribute to the writer who has made Kamila an utterly irresistible character.
Although the protagonist's personality towers over the book it doesn't dwarf it. I found myself thinking a lot about different issues that this book bring up, like "First Loves", are they really as special as they are made out to be or they over-romanticized? "Child Marriages", granted, this was Beirut in the 1930's but even they knew better than to allow a man to get his 15-year old wife pregnant? "Child Abandonment", at what point does a mother's happiness become more important to her than her children and how do you ever explain that to your children? "Illiteracy", what role it plays in establishing one's status in the hierarchy of life. Would Kamila's life have been any easier if she could read and write? "Legacy", towards the end of her life Kamila was frantic about having her life recorded, how important is it to us to be remembered fondly and accurately?
The cover art is striking and, to me it looks like a vintage movie poster. Because Kamila could neither read nor write, going to the movies was her only entertainment and the reader will note that she gleaned everything she knew about love and life from the movies. Which brings us to the interesting question of how much does art influence life? You will ponder over all these issues and more in this beautiful memoir, so if you would like your own copy simply write me a line here and I will be happy to put your name in a hat for a draw that will take place in about two weeks from now.
**************WE HAVE A WINNER*************
DRUM ROLL PLEASE........................................
It's Apu of "Apu's World". Congratulations Apu, please send me your address and I would be delighted to put a copy of this book in the mail to you!
What does the title, The Locust and the Bird, refer to?
The Locust and the Bird is a fable about a king who was taking a stroll in his gardens when a Locust flew into the wide sleeve of his robe. A bird, in hot pursuit, flew in after it. The king sewed up the sleeve, sat on his throne and asked his people: “What is up my sleeve?” No one knew the answer. But it so happened that a man named Bird, who was desperately in love with a woman called Locust, was standing in the crowd. He came forward, only the face of his beloved in his mind, and proclaimed to his king:
Wails and Tales.
My life story is one long revelation.
Only the Locust can capture the Bird.
This is a story my mother told me. The locust signifies famine, hunger, destruction and unhappiness. Birds signify spring, love, hope and song. All these states describe my mother’s life.
Why did you finally decide to write and share your mother’s amazing story? Did she read any parts of it before she died, and what did she think of it? Did you sit down with her on a couple occasions right before and while writing the book, or are most of these tales your recollections when she told them to you growing up?
My mother left me when I was seven years old. This was her way of telling me why. As she unburdened, her story became an epic tale.My mother was illiterate, so she couldn’t read or write. But when we knew the book was going to be published, she had second thoughts: she didn’t want people to know how poor she’d been. When she was a child, she had to comb the fields after the harvest to find corn to eat. But after I read her a couple of chapters over the phone, she gave me her blessing.Yes, we sat together many times so she could relate her story, and then we continued over the phone, between Beirut and London . She’d wake up in the middle of the night and remember something and ring me at four in the morning.
Movies play an interesting and pivotal role in the book. What do you think movies represented for your mother? Do you think books played the same role in your own life?
Movies educated my mother. She learned everything about life through movies; about history, wars, countries, love, human bondage and relationships. She mimicked the movies: dressing, walking and talking like the stars she saw on the screen. She even learnt that pearls are found in the sea, and not in the ground. She escaped her stifling world through movies, as I later, entered a magical world through books.
You are primarily a fiction writer, how was it writing a non-fiction book, and one so personal as the memoir of your mother? Was it easy or difficult to find her voice and put it on paper?
I never felt writing The Locust and the Bird, that I was writing non-fiction. I felt all along it was a novel, the only difference being, in that when you write a novel, you don’t necessarily know how it’s going to end. In this book, I knew all along where I was heading. In my fiction I usually inherit the soul of my characters to such an extent that I inhabit them for a while, and the same thing happened when I was writing this, I stepped into her shoes. What made it easy, is that my mother had the spirit of a novelist, she was a natural storyteller, and she remembered small details, like the color of a stone. It didn’t come easily at first. I struggled with her voice at the beginning. I wrote the first chapters with myself as narrator, but that didn’t work, and then I tried writing in the third person, but it lacked immediacy. Then when I realised that my mother had been burdened all her life by her illiteracy, I realised I was her voice in the sense that I was simply a conduit, and I all I had to do was put the pen on the page, something she’d never been able to do.
Though The Locust and the Bird takes place in Lebanon , how is it a universal tale?
The Locust and the Bird is a universal story in the sense it’s about families, and everything that surrounds them: love, divorce, adultery, abandonment, poverty, injustice. But most importantly, for me, it’s a story about forgiveness.
There is a line in the book that your mother, “transformed her lies into a lifetime of naked honesty.” What did you mean by that line, and what does it say about your mother and her life?
My mother lied all her life, she was crafty and deceitful; but of course she did this to survive, and escape the confines of society and home. She used to be called a seductress, and I was worried, when I began the book, that she’d seduce me too, out of bravado, or to cover up the painful parts of her life. But in fact, she told me her story with an astonishing directness and honesty. And that’s when I got to know her for the first time.
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The Dragon is Back!
The original Dragon’s Back Race™ happened just once in September 1992 and was famously won by Martin Stone and Helene Diamantides. Ever since, the race has been whispered about with a mix of awe and trepidation.
With the help of books like Richard Askwith’s ‘Feet In the Clouds’, its growing reputation has reached almost legendary status with many fell, mountain and ultra runners the World over.
Many runners consider the Dragon’s Back Race™ to be the toughest mountain running event ever organised. September next year is the 20th anniversary of the original race and once again the Dragon will be breathing fire on the mountains of Wales!
Race organiser Shane Ohly explains:
“The 2012 course will follow the original route very closely; starting at Conwy Castle in the north and tracing the mountainous spine of Wales southwards, over 5 days with approximately 220 miles and 50,000 feet of ascent, to finish at Carreg Cennen Castle. It’s an incredible route,”
Those wishing to take part next year will be fully supported throughout with tented accommodation, breakfast and evening meals provided, a daily resupply point and transportation of their overnight kit. On completion of this epic race, all the competitors and support crew will share a celebratory feast before return transport takes everyone back to Conwy in North Wales.
For further info visit www.DragonsBackRace.com.
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A comprehensive planning effort for the lower Saluda River was initiated in 1988 by the South Carolina Water Resources Commission (now the Department of Natural Resources, Water Resources Division) and the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism. The 30-member Lower Saluda River Task Force, representing citizens and interest groups from throughout the area, worked for 18 months compiling The Lower Saluda River Corridor Plan which was published in July 1990. This plan presents over 70 recommendations for the long-term management of this 10-mile stretch of river that begins below Lake Murray. It was ten months after the plan was produced that the South Carolina State Legislature designated the lower Saluda as a State Scenic River. The Lower Saluda River Corridor Plan now serves as the management plan for the Lower Saluda Scenic River.
The 40 page corridor plan describes the river's resources and also contains maps and artistic photographs taken by Columbia photographer Will Barnes. Management issues are presented and recommendations provided to address access and facilities, historic and archaeological sites, law enforcement, litter, resource protection, tourism and promotion, and user safety. Conceptual plans for park opportunities and public access points are presented in three color drawings.
Download Corridor Plan Update (24 MB) * The Corridor Plan Update was created using the Adobe Acrobat version 6 program. You will need the Free Adobe Reader version 6 to view this document. Adobe Reader version 5 and lower may experience problems when trying to view this PDF file.
For additional information about the Lower Saluda Corridor Planning Project, or to request a hardcopy of The Lower Saluda River Corridor Plan, please contact:
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 167
Columbia, SC 29202
telephone: (803) 734-9096
fax: (803) 734-9200
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He was a brave AIDS activist who rebelled against Thabo Mbeki's AIDS denialism
14 October 2011
Winstone Zulu, the first Zambian to live openly with HIV and an outspoken proponent for the rights of people with HIV and TB, died on 12 October 2011. The Treatment Action Group (not to be confused with us, the Treatment Action Campaign) has written a moving tribute to Winstone: http://www.treatmentactiongroup.org/winstone-zulu
We express our condolences to Winstone's family and friends.
Winstone was a leading figure in the Network of Zambian People Living with HIV/AIDS (NZP+) and one of the founders of the Pan African Treatment Access Movement.
We wish to pay tribute to Winstone by recalling his struggle with and against AIDS denialism. Winstone was open about his HIV status from the early 90s. In 1997 he started taking antiretroviral treatment. In 2000, Winstone, influenced by Thabo Mbeki as well as his own desire to not be ill, became an AIDS denialist. He stopped taking his medicines.
He was also invited to join the notorious Mbeki AIDS Advisory panel, which he did. He publicly questioned the link between HIV and AIDS and the use of antiretrovirals. But Winstone became extremely ill --at one point he was confined to a wheelchair-- and realised that AIDS denialism was wrong and dangerous.
In 2002, Winstone attended the TAC/COSATU National HIV/AIDS Congress titled Treat the People. There he delivered a poignant repudiation of AIDS denialism. He explained how he had been encouraged by the views of President Mbeki, one of his heroes, to wish HIV away. He stopped taking his antiretrovirals for two years, during which time his CD4 count dropped from 500 to 36. In February 2002, he was very ill and began taking antiretrovirals again. Winstone gradually recovered and it is probable that ARVs gave him nearly a decade more of life. His speech was widely reported in the media and was a blow to Mbeki's deadly agenda.
Winstone's denouncement of AIDS denialism is best told in his own words:
" I’m a person living with HIV, I’ve been living with HIV for the last 12 years, since 1997 I was on antiretrovirals. Until one of the greatest people that I respect very much, one of my heroes Thabo Mbeki made me start doubting, well he didn’t make me start doubting. I’ve always wanted to be HIV negative and he sort of encouraged me to think in those lines. I decided to drop my drugs in the year 2000 and just wished HIV away. And it was kind of very stupid for someone to do but I think you will understand if you are living with HIV and you really want to live, say up to the age of Madiba and someone comes and say HIV has nothing to do with AIDS. It’s very attractive and I got very attracted and decided to start denying that HIV caused AIDS. And that denial has been very costly to me and I’m very lucky to be alive now at least on a wheelchair because some of the people, I was with in the panel, I’m a member of President Mbeki&rsq uo;s Presidential Panel, some of them are dead now. I think about three people, we were together, are dead. And my CD4 count plummeted from 500 when I stopped taking the medications to 36 in February this year, until I restarted and I’m able to stand now and speak to you."
In an interview with Lynn Altenroxel, he said, ""What I went through was some kind of denial ... It was such a waste of time. The last two years were such a waste of time. I know some of the people I was with, they just died in denial."
He also said, "What mattered to me as person living with HIV was to be told that HIV did not cause AIDS. That was nice. Of course, it was like printing money when the economy is not doing well. Or pissing in your pants when the weather is too cold. Comforting for a while but disastrous in the long run."
Winstone's story exemplifies the internal struggle many of us have to overcome when faced with the diagnosis of having a fatal or potentially fatal illness. The wish to deny it is immensely powerful. Tragically, that wish to deny is preyed upon by vultures selling quack remedies and anti-scientists like Mbeki and Peter Duesberg.Thankfully, Winstone overcame this impulse and repudiated Mbeki.
Winstone had a big role in destroying the edifice of deadly nonsense that Thabo Mbeki stood for. When we look back upon the struggle for treatment in South Africa which culminated in the rollout of ARVs in 2004, Winstone's speech at the TAC/COSATU Congress was a seminal moment.
He survived Mbeki's influence and took a decision to go back onto treatment that would give him, his family, his friends and the world of AIDS and TB a powerful and humane activist for almost another decade.
Hamba Kahle Winstone!
1. TAG statement on Winstone Zulu.
2. We need to question the cause of what is called AIDS in Africa.
3. Wish you were right, says Mbeki AIDS man.
4. Beat it! 2002 Episode 12. http://www.beatit.co.za/beat-it-2002/episode-12
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About Aikido, How To Make The Techniques More Combat Ready
When I hear the uninformed speak about Aikido, it is generally a description of how the aikido techniques are graceful, or how they don’t work. This becomes the old disagreement, do you want form or function? This can further be understood as, do you want force or flow?
If one analyzes Aikido History, and here we are looking directly to O Sensei, one needs examine two specific martial arts. One should examine Daito Ryu Aiki Ju Jitsu, and one should inspect the techniques of the sword and spear. These are generally accepted as the two martial arts from which Aikido was created.
Daito ryu Aiki Ju Jitsu was established over 800 years ago. After a tumultuous period in Japan’s history, the samurai who had survive countless wars were gathered and asked for the most efficient techniques. They wound up with a list of over 3,000 highly workable martial techniques.
About Aikido sword and and spear techniques, these are brought together from a variety of martial schools throughout Japan. While a few of the schools could be pointed to, the fact is that techniques are shared, and there will be a commonality here. This holds true for the arts of both the sword and the spear.
The direct result of this combining of Daito Ryu and sword and spear is plain to see. The attacks done in Aikido are drawn from the sword or the spear. They tend to be large and simple, and some people think that this makes Aikido inadequate as it is based on handling types of attacks one would not see on modern streets.
The defenses, again, are large. They are drawn from Daito Ryu, but they are wide arcs and curves, instead of the tight geometry one would need in modern self defense movements. This fact, of wide and large being the faulty geometry, is the key to tightening up Aikido.
Go at a slower rate of motion (in the beginning), and make the geometry of the attack tighter. Instead of the large circle of a chopping hand coming down like a sword, come off the elbow and make the circle of attack tighter, and let the defender adapt to street fast attacks. And, instead of the slow motion of the wrist grab, translate the movement into a quick fist, and let the defender learn to move in a combat manner.
These two things should cure any uninformed person who dares to think that Aikido is less than combat ready. One should, of course, take their aikido training at a slower rate, and take the time to adjust their body harmony so that there are no harmful incidents, and so that Uke can adjust to the fact that he is going to be thrown quick and fast, and not in gentle ballet fashion. These simple things accomplished, no person should ever think less about aikido again.
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Fire alarm systems play an important part in any healthcare facility’s compliance with the Joint Commission and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements for accreditation. Maintaining and inspecting the fire alarm system is required by NFPA 101, the Life Safety Code, which also is the referenced code both the CMS and Joint Commission use in determining life safety compliance. The Joint Commission’s focus on Life Safety Code compliance doesn’t look to be subsiding, as evidenced by fire safety provisions topping the latest list of most-cited standards in hospitals.
Fire safety is so important in a healthcare setting that in 2009, the Joint Commission established its own Environment of Care (EC) standard, which is devoted to “life safety” and based on the NFPA Life Safety Code. This chapter allows hospitals and other healthcare institutions to become more aware of the code requirements they must meet in order to maintain their accreditation with the Joint Commission. In addition to compliance with the Life Safety Code, the Joint Commission expects all accredited healthcare institutions to be in full compliance with state and local fire codes.
Because accredited institutions must maintain their fire alarm systems and because a Joint Commission surveyor can inspect them at anytime, the electrical contractor has the opportunity to provide fire alarm services on a regular basis.
In addition, hospitals are now under a new level of scrutiny. The Joint Commission’s Life Safety Surveyor will review the hospital’s statement of conditions and review any plan for improvement activity. Typically, the surveyor will ask to see inspection and maintenance documentation on the fire alarm system equipment as well as the emergency power systems maintenance, test and inspection records.
Also, the surveyor will ask to see the hospital’s Interim Life Safety Management (ILSM) plans to demonstrate that the hospital develops and implements plans to ensure the safety of occupants during times when the building may have a Life Safety Code deficiency or a temporary change in life safety systems or plans due to construction activities.
NFPA 101 is not normally adopted by jurisdictions that have already adopted a building code, so many contractors are unaware of its requirements as they apply to healthcare institutions. The Life Safety Code states in section 188.8.131.52 “To ensure operational integrity, the fire alarm system shall have an approved maintenance and testing program complying with the applicable requirements of NFPA 70, National Electrical Code, and NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm Code.” And as with any fire alarm system, but especially with healthcare institutions, the records of conducted maintenance and testing and a copy of the certificate of compliance must be maintained.
Additionally, when contractors perform maintenance and testing activities, they will need to take extra care to ensure they comply with the hospital’s ILSM plan to compensate for the period of time the fire alarm system is temporarily out of service. The Life Safety Code requires that, where a required fire alarm system is out of service for more than four hours in a 24-hour period, the authority having jurisdiction must be notified. Also, the building must be evacuated, or an approved fire watch must be provided for all parties left unprotected by the shutdown, until the fire alarm system has been returned to service. As it is used in the code, the term “out of service” is intended to imply that a significant portion of the fire alarm system is not in operation, such as an entire initiating device, signaling line or notification appliance circuit. It is not the intent of the code to require notification of the authority having jurisdiction, or evacuation of the portion of the building affected, for a single nonoperating device or appliance.
The ILSM plan may already have an outline of what must be done. Typically, a fire watch will involve some special action beyond normal staffing, such as assigning an additional security guard or guards to walk the areas affected. The code recommends that such individuals be specially trained in fire prevention and in occupant and fire department notification techniques, and they should understand the particular fire safety situation for public education purposes.
But you as a contractor must understand that the testing of a fire alarm system also impairs that system’s operation during the testing. NFPA 72 states in the annex that “Impairments can be limited to specific initiating devices and/or functions (e.g., disconnecting the supervising station connection during system testing), or they can involve taking entire systems or portions of systems out of service.”
Prior to any scheduled inspection or testing, NFPA 72 recommends that the service company consult with the building or system owner or the owner’s designated representative. Issues of advance notification, including advance notification time, building posting, systems interruption and restoration, evacuation procedures, accommodation for evacuees, and other related issues, should be agreed on by all parties prior to any inspection or testing. This is especially true in healthcare institutions where testing must be coordinated with on-going treatments, coordination to prevent interruption of critical building systems or equipment or operations in the facility. NFPA 72 also requires that before proceeding with any testing, all people and facilities receiving alarm, supervisory or trouble signals and all building occupants shall be notified of the testing to prevent unnecessary response. And, of course, at the conclusion of testing, those previously notified and others, as necessary, shall be notified that all testing has been concluded.
Another service you can provide when marketing to healthcare institutions is to offer to audit the fire alarm system to ensure that it meets both the requirements of NFPA 101 and NFPA 72. For example, unlike other building occupancies, healthcare institutions practice a defend-in-place concept. It is, therefore, very important that the master fire alarm control panel be adequately protected to ensure the integrity of the fire alarm system. The 2009 Hospital Accreditation Standards of The Joint Commission mandate in LS.02.01.34 Element of Performance 2, “The master fire alarm panel is located in a protected environment (an area enclosed with 1-hour fire-rated walls and -hour fire-rated doors) that is continuously occupied or in an area with a smoke detector.”
NFPA 72-2010 now requires that in areas that are not continuously occupied, automatic smoke detection must be provided at the location of each fire alarm control unit(s), notification appliance circuit power extenders, and supervising station transmitting equipment to provide notification of fire at that location. There is no longer an exemption for the smoke detector requirement if the building is protected by an automatic sprinkler system installed in accordance with NFPA 13. There is an exception if ambient conditions prohibit installation of automatic smoke detection; in that case, automatic heat detection is permitted. However, it should be obvious that, if ambient conditions are not suitable for smoke detection, the location should be evaluated as to whether the area is suitable for the control unit.
NFPA 72-2010 also states that, “Where the area or room containing the control unit is provided with total smoke--detection coverage, additional smoke detection is not required to protect the control unit. Where total smoke-detection coverage is not provided, the Code intends that only one smoke detector is required at the control unit even when the area of the room would require more than one detector if installed according to the spacing rules in Chapter 17. The intent of selective coverage is to address the specific location of the equipment.”
As a professional contractor, you certainly can offer more services than simply testing and maintaining a fire alarm system for a healthcare institution. You can review and learn the requirements of NFPA 101 and NFPA 72 so that you will better understand the healthcare institution’s needs as they relate to compliance with the Joint Commission and CMS requirements. That knowledge will make you and your services invaluable to the healthcare institution you are serving.
MOORE, a licensed fire protection engineer, frequent speaker and an expert in the life safety field, is a co-editor of the current National Fire Alarm Code Handbook. Moore is a principal with Hughes Associates Inc. at the Warwick, R.I., office.
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The 2010 Wisconsin State Bike Map is a set of eight (8) maps published
and distributed through the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin with
information provided by WisDOT. This
map classifies state and county roads through out the state in terms
of bicycling conditions. It also identifies bicycle trails
and mountain bike facilities, and provides contacts for local
bicycle route information. Town roads are not rated for their
bicycling conditions but are identified with their road names and
Wisconsin county bike maps
WisDOT also has downloadable bike
maps for each of Wisconsin's 72
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You have made the rounds to Staples, Bed, Bath and Beyond, and Barnes & Noble. The plastic bins are packed with extra-long sheets, blankets, toiletries, clothing for all types of weather, and perhaps a few snacks for those late night study sessions. Your son or daughter is ready to go to college. But are you really ready to send them?
“This is a time for re-invention,” says Rose Mitchell, associate dean of students at Bloomfield College. “Your student is going through one of his or her greatest transformations and parents need to celebrate the fact that their hard work has gotten their student to this point.”
Mitchell conducts parent orientation at Bloomfield College and counsels parents on how to let go and keep in touch. Here are some of the strategies she suggests:
Understand that both you and your student are anxious about this new adventure. “One of the strategies we employ at Bloomfield College with great success is letter writing,” explains Mitchell. “Write a letter to your student about what is in your heart. Reflect on their growing up; let them know how proud you are of them. Recall your family traditions and let them know that you love them and miss them. Try to keep it upbeat, but be real,” she says. “Wait about two weeks after they have started college before mailing it to them. I have students that carry their parent’s letter around with them in their wallets!” Mitchell also notes that in spite of technology, students still get a thrill from discovering something in their campus mailboxes.
Attend parent orientation or at least find out everything you can about the college or university. “Parents want to know that their children will be safe,” says Mitchell. “Talk to administrators, familiarize yourself with the college’s website, find out how they handle emergencies. You could visit the campus incognito to get an idea of what daily life is like for students.” Have the phone number of at least one administrator whom you could call with a question or concern.
Create a list with your student of top ten ways to let go and stay in touch. This is not a list of “do’s and don’ts;” it is a way of defining ways to share what is important. Discover how your student wants to hear from you – weekly phone calls, facebooking, texting, or visits. Don’t forget to celebrate the little milestones along the way.
Talk to other parents who are experiencing the same transition process. “We all have ways of coping; sharing these methods will give us new ideas as well as let us know that we are not alone,” says Mitchell.
Create a plan to discover the new you. Redefine yourself. “You were somebody before you became a parent,” Mitchell says. “Do things for you; pick up a new hobby, take a course or return to school yourself, volunteer with something that has nothing to do with your child’s activities, find your passion!” By engaging in activities that are of interest to you, you become more interesting to your student. “Let them be proud of you, let them know that you have a life separate from them and that you will be ok too.”
Finally, be creative in the ways to communicate. Find those things that are special to your family and let your student know that you are available for them. “Find the humor in situations while your son or daughter is in college,” says Mitchell. “Everything will not go smoothly, but they will learn from their mistakes and college faculty and staff are ready to help at any time.”
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Statements by UN Spokesman Nigel Fisher "False and Deceptive"
For Immediate Release: December 19, 2011
Contact: Dan Beeton, 202-239-1460
Washington, D.C.- The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) owes it to the half-a-million cholera victims in Haiti to take responsibility for having caused the outbreak, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Co-Director Mark Weisbrot said today. Weisbrot also called recent statements by UN's head of Humanitarian Affairs in Haiti, Nigel Fisher, regarding the origins of the epidemic "false and deceptive."
"It is deplorable that a full 14 months after the discovery of the first cholera case, the UN continues to dodge responsibility for having reintroduced a deadly disease that has now killed a minimum of 7,000 people," Weisbrot said. "This is a case of criminal negligence, and the UN, if it is to continue to be worthy of the respect of people around the world, must own up to the fact that it caused this problem.
"Even worse, the UN, through its spokespeople, is attempting to mislead the public about the type of cholera strain that has been identified in Haiti."
Weisbrot noted that in recent comments to the BBC, Fisher claimed that "The cholera strain we have in Haiti is the same as the one they have in Latin America and Africa. They all derive from Bangladesh in the 1960s so they are all an Asian strain."
But this directly contradicts several scientific studies. Even the UN’s own report states: "Overall, this basic bacteriological information indicates the Haitian isolates were similar to the Vibrio cholerae strains currently circulating in South Asia and parts of Africa, and not to strains isolated in the Gulf of Mexico, those found in other parts of Latin America…" and that "A careful analysis of the MLVA results and the ctxB gene indicated that the strains isolated in Haiti and Nepal during 2009 were a perfect match."
In a case that continues to attract international interest and attention, last month, lawyers with the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti and the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux filed for damages from the UN on behalf of 5,000 cholera victims. A Brazilian organization, the Faculdade de Direito de Santa Maria, has also filed a separate petition [PDF], seeking intervention by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and calling for the UN to provide compensation to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and other affected countries, and for a fund of at least $500,000,000 to create a public health system in Haiti.
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I’m working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone’s project will look different, but it’s the rare person who can’t benefit. Join in — no need to catch up, just jump in right now. Each Friday’s post will help you think about your own happiness project.
One piece of advice that I often see, for building happiness, is to “practice random acts of kindness.” I don’t quite agree with this advice.
Now, it’s true that studies show that if you commit a random act of kindness, YOU will feel good. What’s considered a “random act of kindness”? Giving a flower to a stranger, paying the toll for the car behind you, or putting coins in someone’s meter are typical examples.
Doing something thoughtful for someone else does make you feel good. Do good, feel good.
However, if the reason for your happiness is that you’re thinking about how happy you’re going to make someone else (which is, after all, one of the best ways to make yourself happy, that’s the Second Splendid Truth, Part A), you might be misguided.
Another study shows that many people reacted to receiving a random act of kindness with –- suspicion! (See also Larsen and Prizmic’s “Regulation of Emotional Well-Being” in The Science of Subjective Well-Being.) This certainly rings true for me. If someone randomly does something kind for me, I’m on guard. I don’t think that shows a fundamental cynicism or a deep distrust of mankind; it just shows that I think that most people act purposefully, and if I don’t understand the purpose, I question their motives. It’s not the kindness of the act that’s the problem; it’s the randomness.
We don’t expect people to act randomly. A person might feel suspicious when you hand him a flower, for example, because he might think you’re trying to invoke the very strong psychological phenomenon of “reciprocation”: when someone gives you something or does something for you, you feel you must reciprocate. That’s why members of the Hare Krishna Society gave flowers to passers-by in airports. That’s why charities send those complimentary address labels when they ask you for money. (For a fascinating discussion of reciprocation, read the brilliant book by Robert Cialdini, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion .)
Also, the problem with randomness is that your act might not be well-placed. You might be paying the toll for a millionaire, or filling the expired meter for someone who is standing beside you on the sidewalk, digging for her keys.
It’s nice to be nice, of course. It’s not BAD to practice random acts of kindness. But if you want to build your happiness based on the happiness you bring to other people – the noblest ways of boosting happiness – I think it’s more productive to be targeted. Hold the door open for a person pushing a stroller. Give your seat at Starbucks to an elderly person. Help a co-worker even when you’re rushing to meet a deadline yourself.
After all, seeing that a stranger, friend, or colleague is acting out of concern for you is cheering; wondering why someone inexplicably did something for you, however nice, is a bit unnerving.
Maybe some people are attracted to acting randomly because it allows them to be more secretive about their good deeds; some people believe that the fact that you get “credit” for a worthy act somehow minimizes its worth, and along the same lines, some people argue that you can never act with true altruism, because performing good acts bring the pleasure of happiness. My view: all the better!
The fact is, the sight of someone performing a generous or kind act always makes me feel happy. Especially if it’s me! The spectacle of virtue inspires the feeling of elevation—one of the most delicate pleasures that the world offers. As Simone Weil observed, “Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.” That’s true no matter who is performing that real good.
So perform acts of kindness. Randomly, but even better, not randomly.
How about you? What has been your experience with random acts of kindness — whether on the receiving or the giving end?
I always find thought-provoking material on Jonathan Fields’s blog Awake at the Wheel.
Interested in starting your own Happiness Project? If you’d like to take a look at my personal Resolutions Chart, for inspiration, just email me at grubin, then the “at” sign, then gretchenrubin dot com. No need to write anything more than “Resolutions Chart” in the subject line.
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I am trying to stitch together several GEO Tiffs that come in pairs (north -south) but when i load them into QGIS they display completely overlapped. That is the north south pair match up ok (display next to one another) but when I add a second north-south pair they completely overlap the previous layers rather than being positioned next to the previous pair.
I recently found a tutorial that had a command in qgis to lay them out of the canvas correctly but I cannot find it now for some reason.
Has anyone else had this problem ??
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- Bulgarian language
- Bible. New Testament (1)
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This parchment manuscript, of which only a part has survived, is from the first quarter of the 13th century. The year 1221 was written on the manuscript at a significantly later date and may have been copied from an original colophon by a later owner. Known as the Dobreisho Gospel, the manuscript is an important witness to the history and early development of the Bulgarian language. Of particular interest is the rich illumination, including two full-page miniatures of the evangelists Luke and John. The portrait of the latter is accompanied ...
Primer with Various Instructions
Beron’s Primer with Various Instructions is the first modern Bulgarian primer. Used by children throughout the 19th century, it contained, in addition to the rules of grammar, general information about nature and basic arithmetic. The book is better known as the “Fish Primer” for the picture of the whale at the end. Beron is considered the father of modern Bulgarian.
Notable as the first Bulgarian grammar, this book is also culturally significant because of the role that its author, Neofit Rilski (1793–1881), played in the promotion of secular education in Bulgaria and in the establishment of a modern Bulgarian literary language. Neofit, a priest associated with the Rila Monastery, was a leading figure in the 19th-century Bulgarian National Revival and its concomitant education reform. He was the first headmaster of the Gabrovo School, the first secular school in Bulgaria. In the midst of a national debate in the 1830s ...
Arithmetics were a popular genre of textbooks during the era of the Bulgarian National Revival in the 19th century, when it was widely believed that everyone, especially future businessmen, needed to know basic mathematics. Bulgarian Arithmetic was the fourth such text published in this era, in 1845. The author, Khristodul Kostovich Sichan-Nikolov (1808–89), was a monk, teacher, writer, and publicist, often assisted in his scholarly pursuits by the writer, educator, and priest Neofit Rilski. Before writing his own text, Sichan-Nikolov had been involved as the editor of the first ...
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The Jataka, Vol. II, tr. by W.H.D. Rouse, , at sacred-texts.com
"Who rashly undertakes," etc.--This story the Master told while staying in his gabled chamber, about a barber who lived at Vesāli.
This man, as we are told, used to do shaving and hairdressing and cross-plaiting for the royal household, kings and queens, princes and princesses, indeed he did all of that kind that had to be done. He was a true believer, sheltered in the Three Refuges 1, resolved to keep the Five Precepts; and from time to time he would listen to the Master's discoursing.
One day he set out to do his work in the palace, taking his son with him. The young fellow, seeing a Licchavi girl drest up fine and grand, like a nymph, fell in love for desire of her. He said to his father, as they left the palace in company, "There is a girl--if I get her, I shall live; but if I don't, there's nothing but death for me." He would not touch a morsel of food, but lay down hugging the bedstead. His father found him and said, "Why, son, don't set your mind on forbidden fruit. You are a nobody--a barber's son; this Licchavi girl is a highborn lady. You're no match for her. I'll find you somebody else; a girl of your own place and station." But the lad would not listen to him. Then came mother, brother, and sister, aunt and uncle, all his kinsfolk, and all his friends and companions, trying to pacify him; but pacify him they could not. So he pined and pined away, and lay there until he died.
Then the father performed his obsequies, and did what is usual to do for the spirits of the dead. By and by, when the first edge of grief had worn off, he thought he would wait upon the Master. Taking a large present of flowers, scents, and perfumes, he repaired to Mahāvana, and did reverence to the Master, saluted him, and sat down on one side. "Why have you kept out of sight all this time, layman?" the Master asked. Then the man told him what had happened. Said the Master, "Ah, layman, ’tis not the first time he has perished by setting his heart on what he must not have; this is only what he has done before." Then at the layman's request, he told a story of the olden time.
Once upon a time, while Brahmadatta was king of Benares, the Bodhisatta came into the world as a young Lion in the region of Himalaya. Of the same family there were some younger brothers, and one sister; and all of them lived in a Golden Cave.
Now hard by this cave was a Cave of Crystal on a silver hill, where a Jackal lived. By and by the Lions lost their parents by the stroke of death. Then they used to leave the Lioness, their sister, behind in the cave, while they ranged for food; which when they obtained, they would bring it back for her to eat.
Now the Jackal had caught sight of this Lioness, and fell in love with her; but while the old Lion and Lioness lived, he could win no access. Now, when the seven brothers went to seek food, out he came from his Crystal Cave, and made all haste to the Golden Cave; where, taking his stand before the young Lioness, he addressed her slily with these seductive and tempting words:
"O Lioness, I am a fourfoot creature, and so are you. Therefore do you be my mate, and I will be your husband! We will live together in friendship and amity, and you shall love me always!"
Now on hearing this the Lioness thought to herself, "This Jackal here is mean amongst beasts, vile, and like a man of low caste: but I am esteemed to be one of royal issue. That he to me should so speak is unseemly and evil. How can I live after hearing such things said? I will hold my breath until I shall die."--Then, bethinking her awhile, "Nay," quoth she, "to die so would not be comely. My brothers will soon be home again; I will tell them first, and then I will put an end to myself."
The Jackal, finding that no answer came, felt sure she cared nothing for him; so back he went to his Crystal Cave, and lay down in much misery.
Now one of the young Lions, having killed a buffalo, or an elephant, or what not, himself ate some of it, and brought back a share for his sister, which he gave her, inviting her to eat. "No, brother," says she, "not a bite will I eat; for I must die!" "Why must that be?" he asked. And she told him what had happened. "Where is this Jackal now?" he asked. She saw him lying in the Crystal Cave, and thinking he was up in the sky 1, she said, "Why, brother, cannot you see him there on Silver Mountain, lying up in the sky?" The young Lion, unaware that the Jackal lay in a Crystal Cave, and deeming that he was truly in the sky, made a spring, as lions do, to kill him, and struck against the crystal: which burst his heart asunder, and falling to the foot of the mountain, he perished straightway.
Then came in another, to whom the Lioness told the same tale. This Lion did even as the first, and fell dead by the mountain foot.
When six of the brother Lions had perished in this way, last of all entered the Bodhisatta. When she had told her story, he enquired where was the Jackal now? "There he is," said she, "up in the sky, above Silver Mountain!" The Bodhisatta thought--"Jackals lying in the sky? nonsense. I know what it is: he is lying in a Crystal Cave." So he repaired to the mountain's foot, and there he saw his six brothers lying dead. "I see how it is," thought he; "these were all foolish, and lacked the fulness of wisdom; not knowing that this is the Crystal Cave, they beat their hearts out against it, and were killed. This is what comes of acting in rashness without due reflection;" and he repeated the first stanza:--
After repeating these lines, the Lion continued: "My brothers wanted to kill this Jackal, but knew not how to lay their plans cleverly; so they leapt up too quickly at him, and so came by their death. This I will not do; but I will make the Jackal burst his own heart as he lies there in the Crystal Cave." So he espied out the path whereby the Jackal used to go up and down, and turning that way he roared thrice the lions roar, that earth and heaven together were all one great roaring! The Jackal lying in the Crystal Cave was frightened and astounded, so that his heart burst; and he perished on the spot incontinently.
The Master continued, "Thus did this Jackal perish on hearing the Lion roar." And becoming perfectly enlightened, he repeated the second stanza:--
Thus did our Lion do this Jackal to death. Then he laid his brothers together in one grave, and told the sister they were dead, and comforted her; and he lived the rest of his days in the Golden Cave, until he passed away to the place which his merits had earned for him.
When the Master had ended this discourse, he revealed the Truths, and identified the Birth:--at the conclusion of the Truths, the layman was established in the Fruit of the First Path:--"The barber's son of to-day was then the Jackal; the Licchavi girl was the young Lioness; the six younger Lions are now six Elders; and I myself am the eldest Lion."
4:1 Buddha, the Law, and the Order of Brethren.
5:1 i.e. because of the transparency.
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America sells recreation as its tourism figures soar
NEW YORK, March 23 — As the US celebrates a record-breaking year for international tourism, senior administration officials are already planning how to attract more visitors to one thing their country has plenty of — natural beauty.
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a country so large, the US boasts nearly 400 national park units and 556 national wildlife refuges, and in a statement this week Commerce Secretary John Bryson and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar confirmed they would be stepping up efforts to attract visitors.
“A particular focus on strategies for increasing tourism and jobs is by promoting visits to our national treasures,” the men wrote in a blog post.
“From hunting, fishing, hiking, and learning about our nation’s incredible history and cultural heritage, public lands and water provide plenty of recreational opportunities that can attract travellers from around the country and the globe.”
America is currently in the midst of a concerted campaign to attract more international visitors, promoting visits to areas such as national parks, wildlife refuges, cultural and historic sites, monuments, and other public lands and water.
Hundreds of millions of visitors already pour through the country’s national parks every year, spending over US$12 billion (RM36 billion), but a new task force set up by President Barack Obama plans to increase that even further, helping rural economies where parks have a big impact such as Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming.
According to 2010 figures, the most visited national parks in the US were the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Great Smoky Mountains, Yosemite and Rocky Mountain — although visitors who can’t make up their mind about which one to visit got a helping hand this week, in the form of a website which displays them in a Google Streetmap-style interface.
Hikers from Nature Valley TrailView spent two months on the trails of the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone and Great Smoky Mountain to capture over 480km of trails, all accessible at http://www.naturevalleytrailview.com.
Administration officials will have been pleased with last year’s figures, which showed that foreign visitors than ever landed in the United States in 2011, spending more money than ever before on their visit.
A total of 62 million international visitors arrived, up 2.5 million (around four per cent) on 2010, with visitors also spending more money than ever before.
Foreign tourists to the US shelled out a whopping US$153 billion on travel and tourism-related expenditure, the Commerce Department said, which added up to an 8.1 per cent jump when combined with the amount spent by domestic tourists.
The department has not given a reason for the rise in visitors, according to reports. — AFP-Relaxnews
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|Scientific Name:||Mandrillus sphinx|
|Species Authority:||(Linnaeus, 1758)|
Mandrillus sphinx Zukowsky, 1926 subspecies insularis
Mandrillus sphinx (Zimmerman, 1780) subspecies madarogaster
Mandrillus was regarded as a subgenus of Papio by Dandelot (in Meester and Setzer 1977) and Wolfheim (1983), but recent molecular and chromosomal analyses suggest that Mandrillus is less closely related to Papio than is Theropithecus.
Studies suggest there are perhaps two distinct populations within this species (Telfer et al. 2003).
|Red List Category & Criteria:||Vulnerable A2cd ver 3.1|
|Assessor/s:||Oates, J.F. & Butynski, T.M.|
|Reviewer/s:||Mittermeier, R.A. & Rylands, A.B. (Primate Red List Authority)|
This species is listed as Vulnerable in view of the intensive hunting pressure on this species (combined with the habitat loss) across its range, which is likely to have resulted in a decline exceeding 30% over the past 30 years.
|Range Description:||This species is found in moist evergreen rainforest in central west Africa, south of the Sanaga River (Cameroon) through to mainland Equatorial Guinea, western Gabon, and south-western Congo (Brazzaville) to the Kouilou River, and down to the Congo River. Inland, the Ivindo River and Ogooue River in Gabon limit its distribution to the east. In Cameroon, it is not known to occur east of the Dja river. It does not occur in the forests of south-east Cameroon or east of the Congo River. Telfer et al's (2003) study indicate that the Ogooué River, Gabon, bisects the range of the two populations, seperating them into two distinct populations 1) Cameroon and northern Gabon and 2) southern Gabon.|
Native:Cameroon; Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon
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Total numbers of this species are unknown, but it has undoubtably declined in recent years. It is generally rare, and in some places has been locally exterminated. The largest remaining populations are probably to be found in Gabon.
In the mid-1970s, numbers in the Wonga-Wongue National Park were said to be "fair-sized". Mandrills live at relatively low densities.
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Mandrills are found in evergreen rainforest, stretching between 100 and 300 km inland from the Atlantic coast, as well as in montane forest, and thick secondary forest. Mandrills are known to stretch to forest fragments in savanna and have been known to go into plantations. They are semi-terrestrial and forage primarily at less than 5 m off the ground. They are omnivorous and diets are diverse, including fruits, buds, leaves, roots, insects, fungus, and seeds. Mandrills prefer fruits when they are available, although in their primary forest habitat the fruiting of trees and lianas is irregular, leading to periodic fruit shortages: when this occurs they are highly reliant on having abundant herbaceous growth to eat. When food is scarce (e.g. during and at the end of the dry season), they also raid crops from farms.
Mandrill home ranges may be 30-50 sq km.
|Major Threat(s):||This species is affected by the destruction of its evergreen forest habitat since this reduces the capacity of environments to support Mandrill populations. However, the most immediate threat is posed by hunting for their meat (which is highly prized in Gabon). Commercial bushmeat hunters pose a particular threat to populations which are located close to main roads and towns. Mandrills appear to be most seriously threatened in Congo (Brazzaville).|
|Conservation Actions:||Mandrills are listed under Appendix I of CITES, and as Class B under the African Convention. Several reserves are located within the Mandrill's range, the most important of which is Lope National Park in Gabon. Other areas containing Mandrills need immediate protection, both legal and practical, against logging and hunting. Surveys are urgently needed to determine where viable populations exist.|
|Citation:||Oates, J.F. & Butynski, T.M. 2008. Mandrillus sphinx. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2013.|
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ARDSLEY, N.Y.--()--Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACOR) today announced safety data from more than 62,400 people with multiple sclerosis (MS) taking AMPYRA (dalfampridine) Extended Release Tablets, 10 mg during the first two years of availability in the United States. The data showed that the safety profile of AMPYRA is similar to that observed in clinical trials.
“The data also indicate the rate of seizure has remained consistent over time, and is within the range that is expected in the overall MS population.”
This analysis was presented at the 28th Congress of the European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS), being held in Lyon, France from October 10-13. AMPYRA is known as prolonged-, modified, or sustained-release fampridine (FAMPYRA®) in some countries outside the United States.
The analysis examined all post-marketing adverse events (AEs) that were reported to Acorda and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from March 2010 through March 2012. As is typical in post-marking data collection, there is a potential for underreporting of AEs. Key findings included:
- Among the 62,400 patients who were prescribed AMPYRA during the first two years following FDA approval, 160 seizures were reported, or approximately 4.6 per 1000 patient-years of use. This rate is comparable to the rate of seizure seen in the overall MS population. Length of treatment prior to a seizure ranged from first dose to two years, with 20% of the seizures occurring within a week of starting treatment. Because of their disease, people with MS are at a higher risk of seizure than people who do not have MS.
- The most frequently reported AEs from March 2010 through March 2012 were dizziness, insomnia, balance disorder, headache, nausea, urinary tract infection, back pain, and asthenia. These are similar to the AEs most frequently reported during AMPYRA clinical trials.
“AMPYRA has been available for over two years in the United States, providing us with safety data from real-world use by people with MS. These data showed that the safety profile of AMPYRA in clinical practice is consistent with what was observed in clinical trials,” said Enrique Carrazana, M.D., Acorda Therapeutics’ Chief Medical Officer. “The data also indicate the rate of seizure has remained consistent over time, and is within the range that is expected in the overall MS population.”
This poster presentation was sponsored by Acorda Therapeutics, Inc. In markets outside of the United States, AMPYRA is available as FAMPYRA. FAMPYRA is being developed and commercialized by Biogen Idec in these markets based on a licensing agreement with Acorda.
Important Safety Information
Do not take AMPYRA if you have ever had a seizure or have certain types of kidney problems.
Take AMPYRA exactly as prescribed by your doctor.
You could have a seizure even if you never had a seizure before. Your chance of having a seizure is higher if you take too much AMPYRA or if your kidneys have a mild decrease of function, which is common after age 50.
Your doctor may do a blood test to check how well your kidneys are working, if that is not known before you start taking AMPYRA.
AMPYRA may cause serious allergic reactions, including rare occurrence of anaphylaxis.
AMPYRA should not be taken with other forms of 4-aminopyridine (4-AP, fampridine), since the active ingredient is the same.
The most common adverse events for AMPYRA in MS patients were urinary tract infection, trouble sleeping, dizziness, headache, nausea, weakness, back pain, and problems with balance.
Before taking AMPYRA tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if AMPYRA will harm your unborn baby.
Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding or plan to breast-feed. It is not known if AMPYRA passes into your breast milk. You and your doctor should decide if you will take AMPYRA or breast-feed. You should not do both.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
About Acorda Therapeutics
Acorda Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing therapies that restore function and improve the lives of people with MS, spinal cord injury and other neurological conditions.
Acorda markets AMPYRA® (dalfampridine) Extended Release Tablets, 10 mg, in the United States as a treatment to improve walking in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). This was demonstrated by an improvement in walking speed. AMPYRA is marketed outside the United States as FAMPYRA® (prolonged-release fampridine tablets) by Biogen Idec under a licensing agreement from Acorda. AMPYRA and FAMPYRA are manufactured under license from Alkermes Pharma Ireland Limited.
The Company also markets ZANAFLEX CAPSULES® (tizanidine hydrochloride) and Zanaflex tablets, a short-acting drug for the management of spasticity. Acorda also receives sales royalties on tizanidine hydrochloride capsules, an authorized generic version of ZANAFLEX CAPSULES distributed by Watson Pharmaceutics, Inc. under its agreement with Acorda.
Acorda is developing an industry-leading pipeline of novel neurological therapies. The Company is studying AMPYRA to improve a range of functional impairments caused by MS, as well as its use in other neurological conditions, including cerebral palsy and post-stroke deficits. In addition, Acorda is developing clinical stage compounds AC105 for acute treatment of spinal cord injury and GGF2 for treatment of heart failure. GGF2 is also being investigated in preclinical studies as a treatment for neurological conditions such as stroke and spinal cord injury. Additional preclinical programs include rHIgM22, a remyelinating monoclonal antibody for the treatment of MS, and chondroitinase, an enzyme that encourages nerve plasticity in spinal cord injury.
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, regarding management's expectations, beliefs, goals, plans or prospects should be considered forward-looking. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including our ability to successfully market and sell Ampyra in the U.S.; third party payers (including governmental agencies) may not reimburse for the use of Ampyra at acceptable rates or at all and may impose restrictive prior authorization requirements that limit or block prescriptions; the risk of unfavorable results from future studies of Ampyra or from our other research and development programs, including any acquired or in-licensed programs; the occurrence of adverse safety events with our products; delays in obtaining or failure to obtain regulatory approval of or to successfully market Fampyra outside of the U.S. and our dependence on our collaboration partner Biogen Idec in connection therewith; competition, including the impact of generic competition on Zanaflex Capsules revenues; failure to protect our intellectual property, to defend against the intellectual property claims of others or to obtain third party intellectual property licenses needed for the commercialization of our products; failure to comply with regulatory requirements could result in adverse action by regulatory agencies; and the ability to obtain additional financing to support our operations. These and other risks are described in greater detail in Acorda Therapeutics' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Acorda Therapeutics may not actually achieve the goals or plans described in its forward-looking statements, and investors should not place undue reliance on these statements. Forward-looking statements made in this press release are made only as of the date hereof, and Acorda Therapeutics disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this press release.
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One of the distinguishing features of American foreign policy is its claim of moral authority in the field of human rights. Our politicians regularly cite America as a beacon of freedom and as a champion of the cause of human dignity across the globe. Yet, in at least one important instance, America lags behind.
The United States remains the only industrialized democracy not to have ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, a watershed international agreement that protects women and girls from unfair treatment and abuse. In fact, only six other states in the United Nations -- Iran, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia and two Pacific Islands -- have failed to approve the treaty.
Last week, a coalition of more than 100 organizations co-signed a letter urging the Senate to ratify the treaty in the 113th Congress. President Obama endorses ratification, and has identified the Convention as a multilateral treaty priority. The Senate must seize this moment, and ratify the women's rights convention. It must not play the same shameful partisan politics that it did with the disability rights convention, which it rejected just one month ago.
The international bill of rights for women, as it's often called, was drafted in 1979 to help curb worldwide gender discrimination. A decade later, the economist Amartya Sen described the problem best when he noted in an article that more than 100 million women were missing from the world. Sen concluded that men outnumbered women because of disparate access to education, health care and economic opportunity. There was also mounting evidence at the time that gender equality was correlated positively with economic development and democratic reform -- a principle now espoused by economists worldwide. The treaty recognizes that women's rights are human rights and, like genocide and racial discrimination before it, merit their own international commitment.
Countries that ratify the treaty agree to take "all appropriate measures" to ensure that women receive equal and fair treatment. They commit to providing periodic reports documenting their efforts to a 23-member committee, which makes recommendations regarding best practices. The committee has no enforcement authority and its recommendations are non-binding. Its power is persuasive and rests on an unwavering belief that self-evaluation and international dialogue leads to positive change for women and girls. Public reports make states accountable to the world, and empower NGO's and citizens, both at home and abroad, to take action.
Success stories from those countries that have already ratified the treaty abound. In 2005, Kenya ended inheritance discrimination against widows and daughters based on guidance from the committee. In the same year, Kuwait gave women the right to vote following the committee's recommendation. By 2009, each of Mexico's 32 states had adopted language from the Convention in legislation to end violence against women. Bangladesh has committed to eliminating gender disparities in secondary education because of the public dialogue emanating from its periodic reports.
Ratification will allow the U.S. to participate in this international dialogue, and stand up for women's rights. U.S. Ambassador for Global Women's Issues, Melanne Verveer, testified last year that U.S. ratification "would lend much needed validation" to women seeking greater political and economic expression in the Middle East in the wake of the Arab uprisings. As it stands, major human rights violators cite America's failure to ratify the treaty as evidence that women's rights aren't universal.
Approval of the treaty will also aid our own continued progress. According to the World Economic Forum's 2012 Global Gender Gap Report, the U.S. ranks 22nd in the world in gender equity. Domestic violence persists, pay discrimination lingers and the U.S. ranks last among all industrialized nations in maternal health. San Francisco has already profited from the Convention's time-tested processes. The city recently reduced gender discrimination in hiring and retention after passing an ordinance implementing the treaty's self-evaluation process on a local level.
Critics have charged that the agreement undermines national sovereignty. Yet, the Convention relies entirely on voluntary cooperation and advisory recommendations. Should the U.S. ratify the treaty, our elected officials would be responsible for determining what measures are appropriate to advance its goals. The women's rights treaty affirms fundamental American values of fairness and opportunity for all.
In his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, President Obama declared that "America cannot insist that others follow the rules of the road if we refuse to follow them ourselves."
The time for rhetoric is over. If America seeks to promote the cause of women's rights, the Senate must take action and ratify the international bill of rights for women.
Emily Martin is vice president and general counsel at the National Women's Law Center. Arjun Sethi is an attorney based in Washington, D.C., and a frequent commentator on civil rights and social justice-related issues.
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Tourism and Hospitality Management is an international, multidisciplinary journal aiming to promote and enhance research in all fields of tourism and hospitality industry, with a significant contribution to the development of the tourism and hospitality industry in South-eastern European countries. It publishes double-blind reviewed papers and encourages an interchange between tourism and hospitality researchers, educators and managers. The journal has been published regularly since 1995, twice a year (in June and in December) in English language.
Nurturing a scientifically based approach to research, the journal publishes original papers along with empirical research and theoretical articles that contribute to the conceptual development of tourism and hospitality management. Today, it is one of the leading scientific journals in the field of tourism and hospitality management in South-eastern Europe and takes a prominent role in providing information basis for the improvement of tourism and hospitality theory and practice.
Tourism and Hospitality Management is primarily aimed at publishing scientific papers, which are categorized as original scientific papers, preliminary communications and reviews. Conference papers, technical papers, case studies and books reviews will also be published. The editors reserve the right to return improperly formatted manuscripts to the authors, without peer review.
The journal is published by the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Opatija, Croatia in cooperation with the T.E.I. - Alexandreion Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki, Department of Tourism Management, Thessaloniki, Greece. The journal is supported by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia.
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Technology has been marching on and on since development of the "gold standard" of oil analysis. Here's how one British power plant has been benefiting from a leader of that parade.
In modern conventional power stations, the overall condition of the fluids that lubricate large, high-value machinery is critical. In particular, moisture in the oil can wash out critical anti-oxidative compounds, contributing to lubricant oxidation and subsequent loss of lubricant performance. Although Karl Fischer (KF) titrations have been used over the years to measure the degree of water in oil, this analytical method does, in fact, have some limitations. Three years ago, the Ferrybridge C Power Station in West Yorkshire, England, began moving from its use of the KF method to use of Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis to measure and control the level of water contamination in lubricating fluids. The result? Accurate data in less time—and with less complication—than the "gold-standard" Karl Fischer method.
Lubrication monitoring at Ferrybridge
Ferrybridge C Power Station is a 2000MW coal and biomass co-firing power station. Its four enormous steam turbines and main feed pumps produce enough power for two million homes—or 4% of the United Kingdom's daily electricity requirements. The power from one steam turbine would be sufficient to power six Queen Mary 2 cruise liners traveling at full speed.
Each turbine shaft is over 170' long and exceedingly heavy, with 12 support bearings lubricated by mineral oil. This lubricating oil serves more than one purpose: It is also the control oil for operating the turbine governor valves and steam admission valves. Thus, it is mandatory for the oil to be monitored and kept within the required specification. Since the level of moisture in the oil changes over time as a function of environmental and operating conditions, it is also imperative to rapidly obtain accurate analytical information. To do all this, Ferrybridge has turned to the A2 Technologies iPAl FTIR analyzer equipped with the TumblIR transmission cell system (see Sidebar).
Fig. 1. Comparison between FTIR and KF titration in measuring moisture in lubricating oil
As shown in Fig. 1, testing the FTIR analysis against Ferrybridge's KF titration method showed a good correlation between the two techniques. Since the trend in the amount of water present is monitored, absolute values are not necessary. Even with KF measurements, absolute values are not measured, since results may be biased by the amount of sample used and the inherent immiscibility of oil and water. Therefore, repeat measurements are made with both FTIR and KF (many times with the KF). Because FTIR measurements are so quick, repetitive measurements are faster and easier. The small discrepancies between the two methods are not significantly different from those obtained by carrying out two KF tests on the same sample.
Having gained confidence in the accuracy and reliability of the FTIR method, Ferrybridge has largely eliminated KF measurements. An example of how the plant uses FTIR can be seen in Fig. 2, where A2's iPAL system tracked the level of moisture in both the turbine oil and the main feed-pump oil.
Fig. 2. Measurements of moisture in lubricating oil for Unit 1 main turbine and main boiler feed pump, in 2009
When the moisture in the lubricating fluid is greater than the allowable specification, corrective action is taken to remove the water in the oil. There are two methods to adjust the moisture content of the turbine oil:
In addition to monitoring the level of water in oil and alerting plant personnel to take corrective action when necessary, the iPAl FTIR analyzer is used to track the effectiveness of the methods the site uses to eliminate water and return the oil to acceptable moisture limits.
The benefits of FTIR analysis
There are numerous reasons why Ferrybridge has turned to FTIR analysis of its lubricating oils—eliminating much of its KF analyses in the process.
FTIR is quicker and more straightforward than KF, no toxic reagents are required and it's easy to train personnel on its use. As analytically accurate as KF (and in some cases, more so), the iPAL FTIR system can go beyond determining moisture levels in oil. Using pre-calibrated, on-board methods on the same sample, it can measure other important specifications, including additive depletion, overall condition/oxidation and oil in water for discharge purposes.
One of this FTIR system's greatest benefits, however, is the fact that it affords real-time analysis, on site. This, in turn, lets personnel immediately ascertain the condition of a lubricating fluid. If an oil is found to be out of specification, on-site testing allows corrective action to be taken—and the effectiveness of such actions to be determined—virtually in real time. All of this can be accomplished before the initial results from an off-site testing lab could even be reported.
The FTIR system is important for another reason: It increases Ferrybridge's level of confidence in results that it does obtain from off-site testing labs. The plant has found that if lubricants are not sampled, packaged and sealed correctly for shipment, there can be a significant difference in moisture testing reports. In the past, results obtained from outside labs frequently were found to be, at best, suspect and, at worst, completely inaccurate. Carrying out on-site testing with the FTIR analyzer serves as an important cross-check on off-site lab testing.
A2's iPAL FTIR analyzer has become a vital part of the Ferrybridge on-site testing protocol. In fact, the plant has so much faith in this technology that its use is now being extended to more applications at the site. LMT
R.C.J. Wilson, CEnv. IEng. MEI, MRSC, is Environmental & Performance manager at the Ferrybridge C Power Station.
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Unbeknownst to the Russians, their drill had mingled with the uppermost reaches of one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world; a pristine pocket of liquid whose ecosystem was separated from the rest of the Earth millions of years ago. As for what sort of organisms might lurk in that exotic environment today, no one can really be certain.
In prehistoric times the Antarctic continent was much more temperate, with lush tropical foliage and thriving wildlife. But millions of years ago the Earth's extra-flaky crust caused the landmasses of Australia and South America to gradually peel away from Antarctica, creating a ring of open sea around the southernmost continent. This allowed a massive oceanic current to begin encircling the pole, deflecting warmer northerly currents away from Antarctica's shores. Without warm water to moderate the temperature, a scab of polar ice developed over the formerly forested lands.
Roughly forty million years later, in 1996, the men and women of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) urged their Russian colleagues to halt their indiscriminate drilling.
Lake Vostok was found to have approximately the same surface area as the great Lake Ontario in North America, with more than thrice the depth. Separated from sunlight by two miles of solid ice, the subglacial lake is a place of profound darkness and bitter cold. The water temperature is estimated at 3 degrees below zero Celsius, but it maintains a liquid state due to the crushing weight of the polar ice slab; the temperature at which water freezes is significantly lower under such phenomenal pressure. It is also suspected that geothermal heat from the ground below adds some ambient warmth. According to the ice cores extracted by the Vostok Base scientists, the lonely lake has been sealed beneath the ice for at least 500,000 years, but possibly as much as 25 million.
As requested, the Russians temporarily suspended their drilling efforts pending further study. Their borehole-- which was filled with sixty tons of kerosene and freon to prevent re-freezing-- stopped within a mere 300 feet of the lake surface. The anomalous ice they had encountered turned out to be lake water which had long ago frozen to the bottom of the slowly migrating glacier. These ice samples provided a few insights into the lake's anatomy, such as its lack of salt, and its absurd overabundance of oxygen; under extreme pressures oxygen will more readily dissolve in water. If the drilling over Vostok had continued uninterrupted, thereby encroaching upon the liquid portion of the lake, the hapless Russians might have been assaulted by a towering geyser of ancient water and liberated oxygen due to the astonishing pressure of the hidden body of water.
It is not unreasonable to suggest that cold-tolerant creatures could thrive in the waters of Lake Vostok, overcoming the oxygen saturation with extraordinary natural antioxidants. But millions of years of evolutionary isolation in an extreme environment may have created some truly bizarre organisms. This notion is supported by the ice samples drawn from the ice just above Lake Vostok, where some unusual and unidentifiable microbial fossils have been found. But the possibility that they are merely contaminates has not yet been completely ruled out.
At present, a number of researchers are mulling over methods to investigate the lake's unique ecosystem without defiling its pristine nature. The introduction of any organisms or chemicals from the surface could irreversibly pollute its waters, and there is a small but real possibility that the lake's alien organisms could be dangerous to humans. To date, the best candidate seems to be the cryobot, a fittingly phallic penetrating probe designed to gingerly work its way into the virgin lake. Its heated tip would melt a channel straight into the ice as it unspools a power and communications line behind it. The melted water would quickly re-freeze behind the cryobot in temperatures which linger around minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and once it finally reached the water it would eject a small submersible hydrobot to capture images and take measurements.
If science seizes the opportunity to properly explore this perplexing pocket of liquid, it would be equally enlightening whether there is a plethora of life or a complete absence thereof. If the lake is found to be sterile, its desolate waters will provide some measure of insight into life's practical limitations. But if living things do indeed lurk beneath the thick Antarctic icecap-- even if only in microbial form-- their presence will demonstrate that life is made up of truly resilient stuff, with scientific implications well beyond the scope of our planet.
Update 06 February 2012: The Russians seem to have penetrated the ice and reached the upper reaches of the subglacial lake. Further penetration is on hold due to international outcry for more precautions. 07 March 2013: "Russian scientists believe they have found a wholly new type of bacteria in the mysterious subglacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica, the RIA Novosti news agency reported on Thursday. The samples obtained from the underground lake in May 2012 contained a bacteria which bore no resemblance to existing types, said Sergei Bulat of the genetics laboratory at the Saint Petersburg Institute of Nuclear Physics."
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Although I’ve never really experienced it firsthand, I don’t doubt the old adage that “revenge is sweet”. Those of us who don’t have a vindictive nature can still appreciate the art of “payback” as spectators when it involves other people. In plays, novels, movies, in the news when criminals or corrupt public officials are hauled off to jail, most of us take pleasure in retribution for the bad guys. Or if not a “bad guy” per se, maybe just a big fucking jerk who had it coming. In his treatment toward his wife Effie Gray, 19th century art critic John Ruskin was such a jerk. And Effie’s subsequent life choices, one by one, slowly but surely, extracted sweet, sweet revenge.
Euphemia “Effie” Chalmers Gray was born in Scotland in 1828. Her family and the Ruskins were well-acquainted and Effie first met John when she was just twelve years old. He was an only child who was very close with his parents. Some might say abnormally close. As Effie grew into a vivacious, outgoing, very attractive young woman, Ruskin began to court her. He composed romantic love letters and poems and seemed head over heels in love. They married on April 10, 1848.
Painting of Effie Gray by Thomas Richmond:
The union of Effie Gray and John Ruskin disintegrated immediately, and when I say “immediately” I mean it literally, as in their wedding night. To Effie’s great humiliation, Ruskin rejected her sexually and the marriage was never consummated – not that night or any night. But they remained married, for a time.
So what was the problem between the newlyweds? John Ruskin is considered a great “thinker” and “critic”, a brilliant, intelligent man. But he clearly had a very, very stupid and naive streak in his psychology. Apparently he had spent so much time gazing upon artwork that idealized the female form – smooth, hairless, flawless sculptures and glorified figure paintings- that he actually believed that real women were supposed to look that way. So when he first saw Effie’s naked body, he recoiled in horror. What a moron.
Scholars and art historians have speculated as to what the offending bodily characteristic might have been. Most seem to think it was Effie’s pubic hair, something John Ruskin apparently thought women didn’t possess Others suggest it might have been menstrual blood, in which case Ruskin, the so-called “brilliant” man of letters, needed a basic course in human biology.
Effie Gray wrote to her father about their failed marital relationship:
He alleged various reasons, hatred to children, religious motives, a desire to preserve my beauty, and, finally this last year he told me his true reason… that he had imagined women were quite different to what he saw I was, and that the reason he did not make me his Wife was because he was disgusted with my person the first evening 10th April.
“disgusted with my person”. Effete, callow, uppity John Ruskin was “disgusted” by his wife’s body. How pathetic.
And here’s Ruskin’s version in a statement from his annulment proceedings:
It may be thought strange that I could abstain from a woman who to most people was so attractive. But though her face was beautiful, her person was not formed to excite passion. On the contrary, there were certain circumstances in her person which completely checked it.
That statement reeks of arrogance and misogyny. This is clearly a cold, shallow man of superficial values and warped concepts of sexuality. Rather than address his own issues – his sexual orientation or problems with intimacy in general – John Ruskin opted instead to embarrass Effie Gray, and place the blame of his male inadequacy squarely on her. He was neither a man nor a gentleman. He was just an asshat.
Five years of marital misery passed, with Effie trying desperately to make the best of it, all the while feeling shunned and rejected by her husband, trapped in a horrible union. She kept herself busy with travel and social functions. But it wasn’t until John Everett Millais came along that she finally caught a glimpse of what happiness could be.
John Everett Millais was one of the foremost painters of the Pre-Raphaelite school. He was also a good friend of John Ruskin. In 1853, he asked Effie to pose for him. Isolated and denigrated in her marriage, Effie jumped at the opportunity. Even Ruskin himself supported the idea. The result was a famous work entitled The Order of Release, which depicts a woman freeing her husband, a Scottish rebel, from jail while holding their child.
An outstanding painting with a powerful narrative The Order of Release works on many levels – movement, emotion, composition. It was a great hit when exhibited in London that year and solidified Millais’ reputation.
Effie and Millais became close during their work together. She grew comfortable enough to confide in him her marital woes and express her profound unhappiness. When the three of them took a trip to Scotland together, Effie and Millais continued to bond even while Ruskin was around. A bona-fide “love triangle” was in the works. And Milllais, after listening to Effie’s stories about Ruskin’s treatment of her, came to despise his friend and mentor.
Effie couldn’t take it anymore and confronted John Ruskin about their miserable marriage. She wanted out, and was deeply in love with Millais. But dissolving the union would not be simple. A divorce in Victorian England was complicated and costly. With a strong support system of family and friends, Effie decided to pursue an annulment. But even that wouldn’t be easy. Depositions had to be given, papers had to be filed, and accusations would fly. On top of all that, Effie was required to endure the indignity of a physical exam to prove she was still a virgin.
Effie filed for annulment on the grounds of Ruskin’s “incurable impotency”, a perfectly accurate charge in my opinion. Ruskin counter filed by accusing Effie of “mental imbalance”, adding that he feared to have sex with her because if she became pregnant their children risked inheriting her mental illness. What a lying, toxic prick. I hate this guy!
After much ugliness, gossip, and public scandal, the marriage of Effie Gary and John Ruskin was mercifully annulled in 1854. Then in 1855 Effie married John Millais and, over the next 14 years, bore him eight children. EIGHT children. Well, well, well, not bad for a physically “disgusting” woman. Obviously Millais found her capable of arousing “passion”. And as far as we know, none of the children had mental problems.
Given that this was the Victorian Age and therefore oppressive toward women, Effie was barred from most circles due to her annulment, a virtual “scarlet letter” of shame. But in spite of being branded an outcast, Effie’s new life with Millais was a rewarding and successful one, and the social ostracism was a small price to pay for having John Ruskin out of her life for good.
Throughout their marriage, Effie continued to model for John Millais, serving as his artistic muse. Here she is in Peace Concluded, representing motherhood and domestic bliss:
John Ruskin, being the small, petty man that he was, began to give Millais’ work negative reviews after he married Effie. As if motivated purely by spite, he labelled Millais’ art a “catastrophe”. No John, your defective psychology is the “catastrophe”.
But the saga doesn’t end there. Years later, a 50 year-old John Ruskin sought to marry a 17 year-old girl named Rose La Touche. Ew. Just ew. Anyway, Rose’s parents were rightly concerned about Ruskin’s interest and contacted Effie Gray to get inside information on the old pervert who was trying to marry their daughter. Effie Gray told them the truth – that Ruskin was a weirdo and an asshole (probably not the words she used!). Hence the engagement was broken off, and Ruskin never married, or tried to marry, anyone ever again. Praise the lord!
The icing on the cake in this tale of karmic retribution is Ruskin’s final screw up, this time in his professional life. A libel suit was brought against him by the artist James Whistler. The trial and negative publicity destroyed Ruskin’s reputation. He fell into a state of mental derangement and died in 1900. Though Effie died three years earlier in 1897, she still got the last word. What’s that other old adage, about how “the best revenge is living well”? Then well played, Effie. Well played
Effie again, in her later years, painted by her husband John Millais:
The Scandalous Women blog has an excellent, more detailed account of the Ruskin/Gray/Millais affair. I recommend it.
Also, I was pleasantly surprised to discover this article from The Guardian about a feature film in the works. This is incredible! The wonderful Emma Thompson has written the screenplay, and the terrific young actress Carey Mulligan, who was just nominated for an Academy Award for the film An Education, is cast as Effie Gray. I’m loving this! The article is super interesting, so please check it out.
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My focus in this blog is not on the standard medical treatments. You can come see me in clinic or go to your own psychiatrist for that. However, an exploration of antidepressants and weight gain can give us some insight into the processes of obesity and the brain, so I will dive on in. It is a more complicated subject than you might expect, as the mechanisms aren't always clear, and mood disorders themselves can cause weight gain or loss. However, the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry came out with a nice review in October, Antidepressants and Body Weight: A Comprehensive Review and Meta-Analysis.
I don't always care for the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, mostly because they put out "supplements" bound exactly like the main journal which aren't necessarily peer-reviewed and can be high-end academic commercials for drug companies (you will notice that free registration will get you access to the supplements on their website, but you need to pay to read the journal!). If you aren't savvy, you might get tricked. Their supplements usually end up in my trash, but the main journal has some peer reviewed good stuff.
In the antidepressant/body weight review, the researchers screened over 3000 reports, finally settling on 116 that met certain eligibility requirements (published in a respectable journal, used therapeutic doses, weighing patients prior to and at the end of the trials of at least 4 weeks, etc.). Then the researchers configured the data so that it could be more easily compared across the different trials (not always an easy or uncontroversial task), and came up with acute weight change data (trials of 4-12 weeks) and longer-term weight change trials (>4 months).
The results? In acute treatment, the older class of tricyclic antidepressants (with one exception) and mirtazapine were associated with more weight gain, while all SSRIs and buproprion (wellbutrin) were associated with weight loss. Placebo was associated with slight weight gain. In long term trials, the only one that was linked to significant weight loss was buproprion. The SSRIs except paxil were weight neutral (though citalopram had widely varying results), and paxil, mirtazapine, and amitriptyline (elavil) were associated with weight gain. Placebo slightly favored weight gain but was basically weight neutral also.
So what is going on? Well, paxil, mirtazapine, and amitriptyline all have something in common. They all have affinity for the histamine receptor and are anticholinergic. Alpha receptor blockers are also associated with weight gain, and mirtazapine and amitriptyline have that in spades. Drugs that cause weight loss have more affinity for dopamine and enhance serotonin function. Several drugs have a bit of everything (imipramine, for example, is anticholinergic, but also pro-dopamine, so it seems to be weight neutral overall).
Why does histamine promote weight gain? Well, the H1 receptor seems to activate AMPkinase in the hypothalamus (1). AMPKinase reverses the actions of leptin, the appetite-suppressing hormone, and AMPkinase may be activated by orexin, the appetite-inducing hormone. Clozaril, an antipsychotic medication known for its ability to cause huge weight gain, does not cause weight gain in mice that lack the H1 receptor. To make things even more complicated, another antipsychotic, zyprexa, also causes a lot of weight gain through the same mechanism. There's a type of zyprexa that dissolves in the mouth called zydis - same exact drug, only a lot of it may bypass the gut and simply be absorbed into the bloodstream in the mouth - and zydis doesn't seem to cause weight gain. This suggests that it is an interaction with these drugs and the gut that may be the real issue here. That interaction is poorly understood.
The SSRIs are interesting in that they seem to promote weight loss in the beginning, but (except for the strong fat-inducing anticholinergic paxil) are weight neutral in the long term. Remember, when we are low in serotonin, we crave carbs, probably because a high carb diet helps us bring more tryptophan, the serotonin precursor, into our brains for conversion to serotonin. At the beginning of treatment, SSRIs seem to increase serotonin, which will decrease appetite and decrease carbohydrate cravings (possibly via orexin). After a few weeks, however, the post-synaptic serotonin receptors get sucked back into the cell, more or less reducing the overall serotonin effect. The timing of the receptor down-regulation matches the timing of when the medicine usually starts to take effect for depression or anxiety (one piece of evidence that it is not serotonin per se, but another effect of the medicine that is actually antidepressant or anti-anxiety - perhaps because they are anti-inflammatory and anti-kyurnetic?) All of these medicines also have histamine and mild anticholinergic effects to some extent, so the serotonin weight loss effect may counterbalance the histamine.
At the far end on the weight loss side is buproprion, or wellbutrin, which isn't really a serotonin drug at all. It maximizes norepinephrine and dopamine, and has almost no histamine or anticholinergic effect at all. Buproprion has actually been proposed as a treatment for obesity, though given that it went generic several years ago, it may never be FDA approved for that indication. Buproprion isn't all giggles - it can cause anxiety, anger, and seizures.
I don't want to distract from the fact that if we live a healthy life, eat "real food," and take steps to reduce our stress, and exercise, we are less likely to get depressed in the first place. In addition, by avoiding the inflammation of depression and other mood disorders in combination with the SAD, we don't have to worry too much about weight gain, either. But, as I said at the beginning, understanding how these medicines affect weight gain and loss can give us some insights into how the brain (and possibly even the gut nervous system) works, and that is interesting. At least to me.
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A couple of Lewis quotes from Mere Christianity that lend us to thankfulness…
“As Dr Johnson said, ‘People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.’ The real job of every moral teacher is to keep on bringing us back, time after time, to the old simple principles…” (Mere III.3.1)
“We have to be continually reminded of what we believe. Neither this belief nor any other will automatically remain alive in the mind. It must be fed…” (Mere IV.2.4)
Being reminded is important. A student must be reminded of his/her assignments. Children and husbands must be reminded of their chores. At Thanksgiving, we should remind ourselves of the blessings we have been given. We often live in cultures of griping and complaining. Certainly the current economic crisis (it is NOT a downturn) is bringing great hardship to families worldwide… But there is still the godly inclination to help and to give… as a farm in Colorado did… thousands turned up to glean the fields (click here for the full story)… so we need to be reminded to be thankful for what we have. Be reminded to be willing to give what we can… and reminded to help where we are able, where ever we are.Happy Thanksgiving
[(Mere III.3.1) means book three, chapter 3 and paragraph one - this is a system I devised to use with students as they have varying editions of the book in class and thus the page numbers are not uniform, this way we can find and discuss a given quote...]
Well, I think its amazing. I was searching for a specific qoute in Mere and I found a website that surprised me (I guess I had an expectation).
Google has Mere Christianity online and it is searchable… wow. Click here
Much of Lewis’ life was lived in Oxford. All of his adult life, really. It has been my good fortune to have been to Oxford for visits over a dozen times. This last summer I was at an apologetics conference in Lewis name and lived for a week at Oriel college… But Lewis was a fellow and tutor at Magdalen College. I spent my last afternoon in Oxford at Magdalen and here is a quick film I made for a look at where Lewis lived and worked for much of his adult life…
In this short, you will see St. John’s chapel where Lewis worshiped nearly every morning of the school term, the green that is surrounded by the cloister of the original college, the New Building (18th c.) in which his rooms were found, and a bit of the Deer Park. In a place like this, it is no wonder that he was inspired to do so much writing…
During C. S. Lewis week (which is Thanksgiving week in the USA, so, presumably, we in the USA have more time for the celebration), so, it would be good to see a film. Thus, I reccomend the film Shadowlands. It is about the later life of Lewis when he meets Joy and she turns his life around. The direction is great, the cast is amazing, a great deal of it was shot in Oxford where it takes place, and this film gives a pretty accurate picture of his life as a fellow at Magdalen College… click here for the trailer.
Lewis was a fellow at Magdalen for many years… I spent an afternoon there this summer, here is a minute view…
I thought that on day two I would think about the writing of Lewis (nickname Jack) that I have found helpful. The first one that comes to mind is the book I talk through with my students every year – Mere Christianity. This is not one but actually four books in one. This had its origin in radio talks during WW2 which were transcribed and edited and then in 1952(?) combined into one volume. I know college courses which use it for teach logical argument (presumably the five chapters of book one) but I find that the practical section of book three is most thought provoking. Within book four one finds theological musings. Two specific lessons that I can quickly offer from this book are “we need more reminding than teaching” and “pride is the great sin.” Probably one of the most famous things from Mere is the “Liar, Lunatic, Lord” theory.
Screwtape Letters would be next in my list because Lewis makes me think about my life in practical terms. I think the main thing that I remember from this work is that fact that one of the Enemy’s best tools is distraction. And he (the Deceiver) knows that if he can get me a little off course from God, it is easier and more sustainable than trying to get me way off course… “cards are better than murder, if cards will do the trick”
The Space Trilogy has much to be offered, but the one point I would take from it is that we are “bent.”
The Chronicles of Narnia are great to read. I read them through a couple of summers ago and found that they were amazingly full of spiritual lessons thorugh this rich story telling. Yes, they are great for kids, but man do they read chock full of theological musings.
The Weight of Glory is a sermon transcribed and turned into essay which then becomes a title for a group of essays and sermons. This is ‘thicker’ reading than what I have mentioned above. Once this small volume has been consumed, the next step up is God in the Dock which is even ‘thicker’ both in size and in depth of writing.
The last book I would mention (this is not meant to be exhaustive) is Till We Have Faces which is an interesting retelling of a Greek myth.
Last year I read the Collected Letters (3 thick volumes) which do as advertised, give a window into the soul. But this is for those who wish to invest time into a more serious understanding of the heart amd mind of Jack.
So that is what I think are some of the more (though I would never presume to claim that I know better than others, these are just my entries in line with C S Lewis week) helpful writings of C.S.Lewis.
Happy C. S. Lewis week!
Forty-five years ago today, C. S. Lewis died at the age of 64. 110 years ago next Saturday he was born. So, my posts in the next week will be about C.S.Lewis. If one needs details of his life because you don’t feel you know enough about him, I have, over on my teaching website a couple of accurate collections of information, click here for that. Herein, I wish to think about why he is so important via the consideration of his impact on my own thinking as a follower of Jesus.
Because Lewis’ journey was from adolescent (I refer to his age) atheism. Lewis moved from a pretty pronounced atheism (as his letters of that era clearly demonstrate) into a more agnostic approach. Then through the influence of friends into a theism and then into a full faith in Jesus. This resonates with me as I rarely thought about God as an adolescent, only to reject the very few attempts at including me in church, but as a young adult, I warmed to it and was fascinated by the religions I saw during my four years in Asia while in the Air Force. I enjoyed visiting all kinds of temples and wondered at them in my early twenties. And similarly, as it was his friends who pointed him to Jesus, I made a friend who pointed me to Jesus. As I have read Lewis, it seems that the Gospel just made sense to him and he awoke to it. My own experience was like that, I reasoned through the Gospel being challenged by my friend Dave with the juxtaposition of life offered in Col. 3. I resonate with Lewis, because I see in his life a somewhat similar path of awakening to the reality of Jesus. As his spirituality developed, Lewis sought the higher church experience, he was a frequent confessor – for a good while seeking the regular spiritual direction of his pastor and he sought the solace found in the communion and chapel nearly every morning. Could one say he had mystical tendencies? Looking at the reasoning and logic of Mere Christianity, one might say no, but when one realizes that his heart came through his fiction, the space trilogy and the Chronicles, I would say that the “baptized imagination” that he talked about had some clearly mystical tenants. This resonates with me as well, a baptized imagination with tendencies toward the mystical in the worship of Jesus… in both head and heart.
Happy C. S. Lewis week!
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Spring cleaning season has arrived and for many Kentuckians it means burning unwanted debris. The Kentucky Division for Air Quality reminds you to learn before you burn.
Smoke from open burning is a health problem that affects everyone but especially children, the elderly and those with existing ailments like asthma. Children also breathe 50 percent more oxygen per pound of body weight than adults do, so their lungs are exposed to more harmful pollutants.
Many people may not realize that burning trash is illegal in Kentucky. “Today’s trash is different than the trash our grandparents used to burn,” said DAQ Director John Lyons. “Plastics, chemicals and other synthetic materials are far more common in the things we throw away. Burning this trash releases high levels of toxic pollutants such as dioxins, sulfur dioxide, lead and mercury.”
State law prohibits the burning of many materials including plastic, tires, cans, coated wire, carpeting and food waste. The burning of trailers, buildings, and construction and demolition debris is prohibited. Painted, stained or treated wood products are illegal to burn because they release dangerous toxins into the air. Items that cannot be recycled should be taken to a state-permitted landfill.
Open burning isn’t just unhealthy, it’s also dangerous. A small fire can quickly spread, resulting in widespread damage. According to the Kentucky Division of Forestry, 21 percent of wildland fires in Kentucky in 2011 were caused by debris burning.
“Kentucky’s forestlands have suffered extensive damage over the past few years due to storms,” said Leah MacSwords, director of the Division of Forestry. “Ice, wind and most recently, tornadoes have left a path of downed trees and broken limbs. With so much fuel on the ground, it doesn’t take much for a fire to spread out of control.”
Some open burning is legal with restrictions. Campfires, fires for cooking, and fires to dispose of tree limbs are permitted in most counties, except when a county-wide burn ban has been declared. During fire hazard season, which runs through the end of April, it is illegal to burn anything within 150 feet of any woodland or brushland area between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Restrictions may also apply during summer months for certain counties whose current pollution levels exceed air quality standards.
Use common sense before burning anything:
·n Do not burn within 50 feet of any structure
·n Do not burn near streams or sinkholes
n Do not burn near landfills or under utility lines
To report illegal open burning or to learn more about open burning restrictions in your area, call the Division for Air Quality’s open burn hotline at 1-888-BURN-LAW (1-888-287-6529) or visit http://air.ky.gov.
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- The pinion nut on the rear axle could loosen, causing an axle to lock up.
- Loss of control or a crash could result.
- About 44,300 2009-2010 Ram 1500 and Dakota pickups are included.
During a five-month period in 2009, Dodge left an important component out of some of the 9.25-inch rear axles fitted to its 2009 and 2010 Ram 1500 and Dakota pickups. Without an adhesive patch properly in place, the rear axle pinion nut might loosen, potentially causing a crash. The latest Dodge recall includes inspection of 44,300 potentially affected vehicles and installation of a retainer to keep the nut tight.
The voluntary safety recall campaign is expected to begin next month, and all repairs will be performed at no charge to owners.
In a defect notice to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Chrysler (Dodge's parent company) says that a loose rear axle pinion nut might cause the axle to lock up, which could result in a loss of control and, potentially, a crash. But Chrysler's notice mentions no such incidents.
It does mention reimbursing those who have already paid out of their own pockets for repairs to the component. Axle failures have been widely reported in these vehicles, and Chrysler has determined that a loosening axle pinion nut is to blame. Owners who paid for repairs related to the issue before the recall should submit documentation to be considered for reimbursement.
NHTSA provides more information on this recall on its Web site, SaferCar.gov. For information on the Dodge recall, search for campaign ID 12V47400. Chrysler also can answer questions at 1-800-247-9753. The automaker's reference number for the 2009-2010 Dodge Dakota and Ram 1500 recall is M34.
Used-vehicle shoppers interested in the 2009-2010 Dakota or Ram 1500 should be sure that the rear axle pinion nut has been inspected under this recall. If not, a Dodge dealer can handle the service at no charge. Recalled vehicles eligible for certified pre-owned sale are required to be inspected and repaired before being sold.
Automotive recalls help to make the roadways safer by identifying and addressing safety hazards that result from substandard components or manufacturing. As in this case, recalls can sometimes result in owners getting money back for related repairs performed before a recall begins.
What it means to you: Shoppers interested in the 2009-2010 Dodge Dakota or Ram 1500 should be sure that the rear axle has been repaired under recall. If not, a Dodge dealer can handle the work at no charge. Owners who paid for the work themselves will be reimbursed.
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Monrovia — Liberia's disarmament programme will be extended until the end of this year, the United Nations said on Wednesday, dashing hopes that all former combatants would hand in their weapons before the UN starts to bring refugees home in October.
"We are hoping to conclude the entire disarmament process by December," Joseph Owonibi, the deputy commander of the UN peacekeeping force in Liberia, told reporters.
His boss, Force Commander Daniel Opande, had said last month that he wanted to see disarmament wrapped up by October when the UN refugee agency UNHCR is due to begin the repatriation of some 300,000 people from neighbouring countries.
The United Nations has poured 15,000 peacekeepers into Liberia, which this month celebrated one year of peace after 14 years of civil war.
But vast tracts of the heavily-forested West African country remain inaccessible to UN patrols and officials admit that only one in three people registering for the disarmament is actually handing in a weapon.
In February, the UN Special Representative Jacques Klein estimated that there were around three weapons per combatant in Liberia.
However, figures released by the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) in July showed that on average, only one rifle, rocket launcher, pistol or mortar round was being handed in for every three fighters stepping forward to claim their US$300 resettlement grant and assistance with education or vocational training.
Liberia's national disarmament commission said on Wednesday that 68,730 ex-fighters had been disarmed to date, but it could not provide details about the number of weapons they had handed in.
However, Owonibi had a word of warning for anyone thinking of squirrelling away a weapon, promising that authorities would be keep a watchful eye beyond 2004.
"After the programme, we have our plans made up to go around to search areas for weapons and anyone found with weapons would be prosecuted," he said.
The UNMIL deputy force commander said that disarmament centres established last April in Gbarnga in north central Liberia and Buchanan, a port city 120 km east of Monrovia, had already closed.
But he stressed that UNMIL was continuing to open new cantonment sites in remote parts of the country where former combatants have not yet had an opportunity to disarm.
Last week, a new disarmament camp opened in Ganta, a stronghold of forces loyal to former president Charles Taylor in Nimba county, near the Guinean border.
Owonibi said two more sites would open soon.
One at Voinjama in the far northwest of Liberia, would demobilise fighters of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel group who still control most of Lofa County - the area to which most refugees in neighbouring Sierra Leone and Guinea are expected to return.
The other at Harper, a port town near the Ivorian border, would target attract combatants from the Movement for Democracy in Liberia (MODEL), another rebel group which still controls much of the southeast.
Five other disarmament sites in rural Liberia were still taking in former-combatants, Owonibi said.
These are situated in Tubmanburg, a LURD stronghold 60 km north-west of Monrovia; VOA camp on the outskirts of Monrovia and Ganta, which are mainly dealing with former Taylor fighters; and Zwedru and Tappita which are disarming MODEL combatants near the eastern border with Cote d'Ivoire.
UNMIL kicked off the disarmament programme on 15 April after a false start in December.
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A Traveling Tribute
Established in honor of a beloved UA professor, the prestigious John Fraser Ramsey Award gives top students a unique chance to traverse the continent where Western civilization took root.
By Lisa Frederick
According to late UA history professor John Ramsey— one of the most legendary, admired figures ever to teach at the University—the best way to appreciate the Old World foundation of our culture was to see its birthplace firsthand. Known for his boundless generosity and love of helping others, Dr. Ramsey served as a mentor to several generations of students during his 42 years on campus, which included advising (and even, in some cases, financing) overseas trips so students could view for themselves the places they’d discussed in his classes. And today, the University’s John Fraser Ramsey Award preserves that legacy for a handful of outstanding undergraduates.
One of five annual Premier Awards, the highest honors given by UA, the Ramsey Award recognizes a junior who exemplifies versatility of gifts and attainments as well as excellence in mind and character. In addition to the winners receiving a substantial financial stipend, what makes the award unique is the offer of a summer-long sojourn in Europe, with an open-ended itinerary of their choosing. Dubbed the Great Ideas Tour (GIT) in honor of Dr. Ramsey’s signature course, “Great Ideas of Western Civilization,” the trip allows participants to explore the breeding ground of much of the world’s great art, culture and history. Honorees are given round-trip airfare, a Eurail pass and a barrage of support and advice from the Ramsey Family—the collective name for award recipients, former students, longtime friends and others dedicated to upholding the professor’s ideals.
“It all starts with the Ramsey Family, a collection of people you won’t find the equal of anywhere else,” says Alex Flachsbart, the 2008 award recipient. “Their collective experience is your reference point. From the beginning, you get all these emails from past participants.” Each student constructs his or her itinerary based on personal interests, course of study and more, and GIT alumni offer suggestions born of hindsight, from tourist traps best avoided to obscure restaurants worth seeking out.
For many recipients, the pinnacle of their journey abroad is a stay at the Vienna home of John Harris, a UA alumnus, Ramsey Award trustee and co-creator of the GIT. Dr. Ramsey worked closely with the young Harris to plan his first trip to Europe in 1973, and the two remained lifelong friends. In establishing the GIT, Harris wanted to pass that spirit of generosity along. “He symbolizes what the Ramsey Family is all about,” Flachsbart says. Genial and hospitable, with a wide network of friends and colleagues within Europe, Harris is known for his enthusiasm in helping students make their GIT experiences as rich and productive as possible.
From the outset, Harris and the other GIT founder, Jim Caldwell, recommended that participants travel solo, which they felt would encourage them to connect with new acquaintances rather than rely on familiar travel companions. In some ways, the solitude can feel isolating. But GIT tourees say that it profoundly changes the filter through which they experience other countries and cultures.
“Two or three months of silence is an awfully long time, and you can only have so many meals alone,” says Andy Todd, another past Ramsey Award honoree. “Eventually you force yourself to get out there and talk to people. That’s when you start having the real million-dollar memories, I think. It’s much harder to do that with a partner or in a group—not only are you less likely to feel pushed to make experiences happen, but you also make yourself slightly less accessible to others.”
Flachsbart, who made a point of immersing himself in the local scene of every city on his itinerary, says his favorite experiences sprang from the friends he made as a result. On the Croatian island of Hvar, for example, his host threw a spur-of-the-moment dinner party for him, with a massive spread of wood-grilled meats, salads, olives and wine from his own vineyard. Similarly, Todd’s best memories came through chance encounters and new friends: a sightseeing drive through rural Provence with an enthusiastic native; cheering for Germany while watching the World Cup final with a group in Berlin; an impromptu pub crawl in Munich with a Hungarian man he’d just met on the subway.
Attuned to the rhythms of local life, both Todd and Flachsbart say they felt an unusual sense of connection to many of the places they visited. “You stop being a tourist and start to see things not quite as a resident, but through a different pair of eyes,” Flachsbart says. Adds Todd: “When we think of the ‘touristy Europe’ of cafes, art museums and tinkling fountains, it’s easy to forget that it’s a functioning place with its share of headaches, commuter hassles, family dramas and social problems.”
For Todd, in fact, those details figure into daily life, as Europe is now his permanent home. The year after his GIT, he returned to travel the British Isles with his brothers, then taught English for a time in French schools. Still searching for a career path—“I wasn’t ready to just go home, and wasn’t sure what I would do if I did,” he says—he enrolled in graduate school in the United Kingdom, which led to a series of jobs in Asia, the former Soviet Union and, ultimately, London.
“The Great Ideas Tour gave me an idea of how accessible Europe is and began a series of travel and work experiences that made the notion of sticking around less preposterous,” Todd says. “Europe no longer [seemed] ‘way over there,’ prohibitively expensive to get to and full of nice old buildings, interesting history and smartly dressed people.”
No doubt Dr. Ramsey would consider it a mission accomplished.
For more about the John Fraser Ramsey Award and the Great Ideas Tour, visit http://bama.ua.edu/~jfraward.
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The homie Ashton Lattimore–NewsOne editor, Harvard grad, thug–has a little take on the phraseology of War herself. Peep game.
Reading Jon’s rumination on the newly capitalized Afghan War, I was naturally reminded of the larger fight that got us into this in the first place: The War on Terror.
Here in the good old US of A, we can have a “war on” just about anything (except widespread lack of health insurance, apparently). There was Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty, the Reagan era War on Drugs (also known as the War on Un-incarcerated Black People) and today, the burgeoning War on Obesity.
In each such “war,” the name evokes the image of the American people valiantly and metaphorically fighting against social ills with the most powerful metaphorical weapons in our metaphorical arsenal: government policy, TV ad campaigns, and personal responsibility. There is no particular front or battlefield—we will simply find the coke, the cookies, and the poverty wherever they exist, and stamp them out. These “wars” are entirely bloodless, with the phrasing chosen to engender warm and fuzzy pride about the nobility in standing tall against uncomplicated forms of evil.
So how did the global fight against terrorism score an invite to the “War On X” party? There is nothing bloodless or warm and fuzzy about the War on Terror. Its entire premise is that we systematically hunt down and kill people who hate our country so that they can’t hunt us down and kill us first. The weapons are not metaphorical—they are guns, bombs, and torture. And these weapons aren’t mowing down, blowing up, and psychologically breaking down “concepts” like getting high or getting chubby; they’re doing all that to actual people in specific places: Iraq, Afghanistan, and likely Pakistan any minute now.
But thanks to the power of language, the “War on Terror” sounds as nebulous and non-threatening as its social policy brethren. Since we’re so accustomed to the sound of it (“We have wars on things all the time! No big deal.”) people are much more easily lulled into uncritical complacency. War on Terror? Who could argue with that? What killjoy wants to start asking needling questions like “where are the WMDs?”, “are we attacking the correct people?”, or “what’s the strategy and end date on this little escapade?”
Instead of perpetuating the use of the name “War on Terror,” and acting as though we’re fighting against a free-floating idea, let’s call a spade a spade. The United States is currently embroiled in the Afghan War and the Iraq War. And until people start speaking with some clarity, I’m officially fighting one of my own. It’s called “The War on Phrases That Obscure What’s Actually Going On.”
Morehouse College is instituting a new dress code and, for the most part, it seems reasonable–although the inability to wear womens’ clothes or carry a purse is already screaming to be a good leftist ‘sex and gender’ argument.
What’s wrong with wanting to instill a bit of professionalism on a campus? If you don’t want to comply, you are free to explore alternate institutes of higher learning that may suit your wardrobe needs.
So I say bravo!
Bravo to president Benjamin Michael Franklin Jr for having the courage to set an agenda at Morehouse. The way we dress affects the way we see the world and vice versa.
Dress codes are important.
Just one question: Why are you letting people who shot other students graduate?
Another installment of the Get-Right Gang.
This week’s gang goonie: MELISSA HARRIS-LACEWELL
I had the pleasure to meet this Princeton professor, commentator and all-around G via twitter (@harrislacewell). She’s quite, quite official. Below is an article she wrote yesterday regarding Skip Gates for THE NATION.
Skip Gate and the Post-Racial Project
Over the past several days a strange characterization of Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has emerged. Many are portraying him as a radical who easily and inappropriately appeals to race as an excuse and explanation. This image of Gates is inaccurate. In fact, more than any other black intellectual in the country Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was an apolitical figure. This is neither a criticism nor an accolade, simply an observation.
Gates is the director of the nation’s preeminent institute for African American studies, but he is no race warrior seeking to right the racial injustices of the world. He is more a collector of black talent, intellect, art, and achievement. In this sense Gates embodies a kind of post-racialism: he celebrates and studies blackness, but does not attach a specific political agenda to race. For those who yearn for a post-racial America where all groups are equal recognized for their achievements, but where all people are free to be distinct individuals, there are few better models than Professor Gates.
Gates is largely responsible for the institutional investment in African American studies made by premier universities over the past two decades. Student activists and faculty advocates led the massive black studies movement of the 1960s; a movement that created substantial changes in course offerings, faculty recruitment, administrative structures, and student retention at many state universities. But the country’s most privileged institutions remained largely untouched by this populist era of race and ethnic studies.
Rather than relying on techniques that mimicked the Civil Rights Movement, Gates helped innovate and perfected a market strategy for African American studies.
Gates used the inherent competitiveness of Ivy League institutions to create a hyper-elite niche for the very best black academics. His strategy improved the market value of black intellectuals throughout the academy and the public sphere. At one point Gates assembled a “dream team” at Harvard that included professors Cornel West, K. Anthony Appiah, Michael Dawson, Lawrence Bobo, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Lani Guinier and William Julius Wilson.
For a fleeting moment Gates was the curator of the world’s best living museum of black intellectual life. His Harvard cohort sent other prestigious schools into a competitive scramble to assemble their own collection, initiating a gilded age of black academia.
Some individuals would have approached this task as a racial mission; a chance to influence public policy and discourse toward progressive racial ends. This was not how Gates approached it. His style is more deliberate and more detached. By my reading, Gates is tremendously proud of his racial identity, history, and legacy, but he has no particular political agenda beyond the collection and display of black greatness, regardless of its political valence. For example, although their ideologies are profoundly oppositional, Gates finds both Colin Powell and Louis Farrakhan emblematic of black manhood and greatness.
Gates frequently compares himself to W.E.B. Du Bois for whom his institute is named. Aspects of the comparison are apt, but Du Bois, unlike Gates, was first and foremost, a race man with a political agenda. In the course of his long, prolific, academic and activist life Du Bois pursued every imaginable strategy to address America’s racial inequality. He advocated education, research, patriotic military service, interracial coalitions, direct advocacy, legal strategies and journalism. He was first a staunch integrationist and later a socialist. His self-exile to Ghana was a final expression of his disillusionment with the American project.
Professor Gates is not disillusioned with the American project. He is enamored of it. His home casually mixes classic Americana with protest art of the black Diaspora. His dinner table is rarely segregated and his Rolodex certainly isn’t. Even his more recent commitment to genealogy and fascination with the human genome project is prompted by his delight in uncovering the messy, unexpected, deeply American stories embedded in black life.
Du Bois was a product of the American racial nadir. He lived at the hardest moment in our history for black citizens. He was deeply suspicious of white America and constantly vigilant in his interactions with white Americans. Gates is possible only in our present moment.
Du Bois deplored the double consciousness the ripped at the black soul. Gates is remarkable, in part, because he doesn’t wear a mask during interracial interactions. Gates is precisely the same man with an all-black crowd as with a predominately white one. Though he certainly perceives color he does not make the subtle rhetorical, political, or self-presentation adjustments that most African Americans consider both necessary and ordinary.
Gates is invested in black life, black history, black art, and black literature, but he has managed to achieve a largely post-political and even substantially post-racial existence.
Then he was arrested in his own home.
The Cambridge police and Professor Gates tell somewhat different versions of the story. But both sides agree that Gates came home to find his front door jammed. He used his key to enter by the back door. He and his driver then pushed at the front door until it opened. Witnessing this, someone called the police and indicated there may be a breaking-and-entering in progress. While Gates was on the phone with a property management company a police officer arrived. The officer requested identification. Gates produced it. Even after ascertaining that Gates had not illegally entered the property, the officer arrested him for disorderly conduct. The police report asserts Gates yelled and behaved aggressively. Gates denies this. The charges have been dropped. In short, Gates was arrested even though the police officer was fully aware that Gates lived in the home.
In a moment of overzealous policing a young officer in Cambridge managed to handcuff and detain the living embodiment of post-racial possibility.
And although Gates maintains “I thought the whole idea that America was post-racial and post-black was laughable from the beginning,” as if in a testament to his apolitical sensibilities Gates said in an interview to TheRoot.com “I would sooner have believed the sky was going to fall from the heavens than I would have believed this could happen to me.”
It is hard to imagine many other African American men who would indicate such surprise. Even President Obama has spoken of the difficulty in hailing a cab and First Lady Michelle Obama has expressed her understanding of black men’s vulnerability to random violence. But Gates seems genuinely surprised and deeply hurt. His sense of violation and humiliation evokes great empathy, but also some incredulity about his astonishment with racial bias in the criminal justice system.
I like and respect Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Although we have had intellectual and political disagreements he has always welcomed dissent and encouraged individuality. Our personal connection is not why I was so devastated to see his mug shot or images of him handcuffed on his front porch. I was not even distressed because of class implications that reasoned, “If this can happen to a Harvard professor then no one is safe.”
My distress is squarely rooted in feeling that I watched the police handcuff American possibility.
So this one time, a Harvard professor had a hard time getting into his house…
In the American nomenclature, ‘Black’ and ‘African’ aren’t the same.
But the Ivy League doesn’t know that. Or, at least, they’re acting brand new in that regard.
A recent article in the HUFFINGTON POST outlines the “overrepresentation” of African immigrant students in the Ivy League . In the article, some attributed this disparity between immigrant Africans and West Indians and the Black students whose families had been in the United States for generations to differences in acculturation. It was argued that the immigrants’ commitment to academic excellence was stressed more in the home and the culture overall. On Twitter, some opined that often, these African students are from the more well-heeled classes of their varying nationalities.
My years as a son of Eli cause me to add a wrinkle to the first argument that is often overlooked in the discussion of the Black immigrant and (archetypal) African-American achievement gap.
I call it the Bottom of the Best Barrel theory. Think of each country as a barrel in which people live–some at the top, some at the bottom. The United States is, for the time being, still the best barrel to be in, top to bottom. It’s bottom is better than the bottom of any other barrel. Those who leave other barrels to come into the US’, even if they have to start at the bottom, are, more often than not, improving their situation and that of their families. More importantly, they have the perspective of life in their previous barrel to aid them along the way.
But what if you’re at the bottom of the best barrel? Is there not some disadvantage to having no other barrel to jump to? Is it not reasonably more difficult to appreciate the possibilities within the barrel if you’ve only known its depth?
Is the above meant to explain away the gap? Hardly. Besides, there are far more elements not taken into account regarding the problem’s complexity. Still, the question must be raised: How powerful is perspective with regard to acculturation?
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These are great paintings
In another detail of Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights, to the left of the Prince of Hell, leaning against a leg of the Prince’s throne, sits a nude woman. She faces the glass buttocks of an arborescent creature, whose right rear leg, which is in fact a set of branches, embraces her body. Next to her, to her right, there is a donkey, whose face is reflected in the glass buttocks of the arborescent creature. On second glance, the glass buttocks, appear to be a mirror, and the face of the young nude damsel is reflected in it, next to that of the donkey.
Originally posted by art-mirrors-art.
Liz Phair - Ant In Alaska - Girlysound (by snesjenn)
It is a headless, armless and footless ivory statuette, showing a clear incision representing the female pudenda. Her skinny and breastless body shape shows a remarkable contrast to other Venus figurines such as the Venus of Willendorf.
Image via Venus Observations
picasso, two nudes.
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The Library of Congress has recently digitalized a collection of over 10,000 photographs, taken by the "American Colony" in Jerusalem, a group of Christian utopians who lived in Jerusalem between 1881 and the 1940s. The photographers returned to the US, and bequeathed their massive collection to the Library of Congress in 1978. The collection includes Winston Churchill's visit to Jerusalem, Jewish expulsions from the Old City during Arab riots, and the building of Tel Aviv.
Beneath the Old City of Jerusalem, not far from the Damascus Gate, is the entrance to an enormous cavern, one of the largest man-made caves in Israel. The American Colony photographers visited the cavern 100 years ago.
From the cave's entrance to the end is 300 meters; its width is 100 meters, and its height in some parts is 15 meters tall. The total size is estimated to be five acres. And the cavern, which was used to quarry limestone blocks, dates back 3,000 years.
According to legend, King Solomon may have taken blocks from the cave to build the First Temple (circa 950 BCE). While archaeologists are sceptical, there is little doubt that King Herod (circa 50 BCE) quarried stone for building his massive expansion of the Second Temple, including what we call today the Western Wall.
Another legend claims that King Zedekiah of Judah (circa 586 BCE) fled from the Babylonian conquerors through the cave. Talmudic literature dating back to the 2nd - 3rd century CE refers to Zedekiah's Cave.
The quarry was used throughout the Middle Ages, but it was sealed in the 16th century by Suleiman the Magnificent to prevent enemy infiltration under the Old City.
Open & shut, open & shut...
The cave remained sealed and undiscovered until 1854 when, according to another legend, missionary Dr. J. T. Barclay was walking his dog outside of Damascus Gate. The dog ran down a hole that had been opened after heavy rains. Barclay followed him in and discovered the massive cavern.
In the 1880s a German cult took over the cave until they were removed by Turkish authorities. In 1893 the Turks sealed the entrance once again.
To secure stones for a clock tower the Turks were building at Jaffa Gate they reopened the quarry in 1907. Presumably, the American Colony photos are from that period because the cave was sealed again in 1914 during World War I.
An advertisement announcing tours and admission rates to the Cave appeared in a Hebrew paper Hatzvi during this period, in April 1909.
During the British Mandate Zedekiah's Cave was reopened and actually converted to a bomb shelter during World War II. The cavern was closed again in 1948 by the Jordanian authorities because of its location along the Jordan-Israel armistice line.
In 1967, after the reunification of Jerusalem, Israel reopened the cavern.
Read this excellent description of the cave written by Thomas Friedman when he was serving as The New York Times' Jerusalem bureau chief in 1985.
More photos can be viewed at http://www.israeldailypicture.com.
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The Khmer Rouge: They Did It Because They Were Communists
The four surviving leaders of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge have been indicted for genocide by a UN-backed Cambodian tribunal.
City Journal's Guy Sorman makes a point that cannot be made often enough: The Khmer Rouge did not slaughter one and a half million of their countrymen because the United States provoked them to do it. They did not do it because of their distinct Khmer history. They did it because they were communists, and that's what communists do.
What the Khmer Rouge brought to Cambodia was in fact real Communism. There was no radical distinction, either conceptually or concretely, between the rule of the Khmer Rouge and that of Stalinism, Maoism, Castroism, or the North Korean regime. All Communist regimes follow strangely similar trajectories, barely colored by local traditions. In every case, these regimes seek to make a blank slate of the past and to forge a new humanity. In every case, the “rich,” intellectuals, and skeptics wind up exterminated. The Khmer Rouge rounded up urban and rural populations in agricultural communities based on precedents both Russian (the Kolkhozy) and Chinese (the popular communes), and they acted for the same ideological reasons and with the same result: famine. There is no such thing as real Communism without massacre, torture, concentration camps, gulags, or laogai. And if there has never been any such thing, then we must conclude that there could be no other outcome: Communist ideology leads necessarily to mass violence, because the masses do not want real Communism. This is as true in the rice fields of Cambodia as in the plains of Ukraine or under Cuban palms.
Parentheticallly, note that for once the UN is playing an entirely appropriate and salutary role. Let's not forget this when we denounce them (rightly) for their more characteristic record of pusillanimity, profligacy and uselessness. This is what the UN should be doing.
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Teachers may consider the ways in which these activities may be linked to other Big Read community events. Most of these projects could be shared at a local library, a student assembly, or a bookstore.
1. Have the students create a photo gallery of St. Petersburg in the late 19th century, with both exterior and interior scenes, to give a sense of what the outer circumstances of life were like in the world that Tolstoy is describing. If possible, try to include scenes and persons reflective of the novella: an apartment of a well-to-do family, a law court, a judge in his uniform, and so on. Display the gallery in the classroom or school library.
2. Show your class the DVD of the 1979 British television drama A Question of Faith, which draws upon both The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Tolstoy’s own life. Following the screening, lead a class discussion to explore the accuracy of the portrayals of the novella and the novellaist, in both detail and spirit.
3. Divide the class into groups, and have each group prepare one of the following: a speech by one of Ivan Ilyich’s colleagues at a testimonial dinner for him; a eulogy to be delivered at his funeral; a detailed New York Times-style obituary of him. In each instance, the idea is to give a serious and respectful summation of his life and character as he appeared to the outside world, not the private man that Tolstoy portrays for us.
4. Have the students write and stage a skit in which Ivan Ilyich is the judge on a television program along the lines of Judge Judy or The People’s Court (have him portrayed, however, as he is described in the novella, not in the smirking and hectoring manner of many TV judges). The skit should include not only the presentation of the case and the verdict, but also the exit interviews with the winning and losing parties.
5. Have the students draw a series of portraits of Ivan Ilyich at various stages of his life: the happy child; the idealistic adolescent; the young man just embarking on his career and marriage; the prominent and prosperous judge; the middle-aged man troubled by the onset of his illness; the gaunt and agonized sufferer at the point of death; the dead man in his coffin whose expression was “a reproach or a reminder to the living” (p. 35). Display these “Stages of a Life and Death” in the classroom.
6. If your class has previously studied Greek or Shakespearean tragedy, and is familiar with the conventions of the genre, select two teams of three students each and stage a formal debate with the following topic: Resolved, Ivan Ilyich Is a Tragic Hero.
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The armor is comprised of a round helmet with a neck protector and a crescent-moon shaped ornament; a mask with fake mustache; an upper-body protector with sleeves from waist down and paulownia crest in the middle; a thigh cover; two metal leg protectors; two arm and hand protectors. The suit is stored in a black lacquered box with the gold crest.
The helmet is made of red-painted metal lined with indigo-died cotton fabric and deer skin leather trim, which is attached to the metal helmet. The cotton is quilted with indigo-dyed cotton threads. There are two loops on side and one loop in the back, to hold a code for tying below the wearer’s chin. The code is indigo-dyed and then plaited; there are some fading areas. On the outside of helmet, the paulownia crest is on side flaps (to protect ears). There is a hole in the middle of the helmet for a head ornament. The metal leaves are interlaced with cotton strings. Ceremonial knots of yellow code on the back. It weights about 10 pounds.
The helmet ornament is in crescent moon shape and made of lacquered wood in gold color. There is a slot on the back to place the ornament in the helmet. The slot is nailed to the wood; it looks like a later creation.
The mask covers below the wearer’s eyes, ears, nose and mouth, and down to front neck. The upper part is made of metal; the neck is in metal pieces and cotton codes. The mustache is made of animal hair. The mouth has fake teeth painted with gold.
The arm and hand protectors are made of red-painted metal shell and silk fabric with small flower motifs lined with deerskin and indigo-dyed cotton fabric. The shell is consisted of small metal panels connected with chains. The hand protectors have three different crests. The protectors are tied with indigo dyed cotton codes on back.
The leg protectors are also made of red-painted metal with silk fabric lining. On the metal surface of each piece, there are the artist’s signature and seal.
The body is consisted of metal panels, lacquered with gold in design of peonies and vines. The family crest appears in the middle. Metal knots are in chrysanthemum design. Inside is lined with leather printed with lions and peonies. The shoulder pads are made of cotton quilt in tortoise shell design.
The apron for thighs is made of silk fabric quilt and metal panels. The metal panels protect thighs. The apron belt is made of cotton kasuri; the back is lined with indigo dyed cotton.
The thick belt for the body is made of padded silk fabric.
Hirado ware blue-and-white water covered jar with design of Chinese sages
Artist Unknown Hirado ware, Japan
This white porcelain jar has the design of six Chinese sages and an attendant boy with blue underglaze in delicate brushwork. One sage is reading a book, while another is listening. The attendant boy is standing next to the sage with a book. Other four sages are looking at a long hand scroll. Some sages hold staffs on their hands. One sage has a string instrument. The jar has a broad shoulder and an inverted mouth, where the lid is placed. The knob of the lid is in a shape of a reclining boy (unpainted), surrounded by books, hanging scrolls, a cane, and a fan, which are painted with blue underglaze. It also has a shallow foot.
This plate has durable body and protective glazed surface. Seven brown ring-like patterns (said to be modeled after horse eyes) decorate the inner rim of the large plate. The outermost edge is ringed in brown.
late 18th-19th century
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stoneware, gray with iron and white slip painting with clear glaze
An elegant writing box, which originally came with a paperknife, a water-dropper, and a stone for grinding the ink. Black laquer with poetic motifs formed out of abalone shells, gold, silver and corroded lead.
Here, caught in a sudden downpour, people rush along the steep hillside. Bamboo bends under the force of wind and rain, and the people in the foreground mimic this downward motion in order to shield their eyes from the water streaming upon them in torrents. Masterfully depicted, the viewer can almost feel the bullets of rain, and sense of sympathy for these unfortunate travelers.
Eight Views of Ômi: Night Rain at Karasaki (Karasaki no Ya-u) Number 2 of the "Omi Hakkei No Uchi" series (Eight Views of Lake Biwa)
Vertical lines stream downward across the print indicated torrents of rain. The dark color pallette and black strip across the top indicate that the image is set at night. A giant pine looms over the image.
Eight Views of Edo Suburbs: Fishing Boats Returning to Gyôtoku
The pyramid shaped hills in the background of this print are those of the boiling houses and salt piles of Gyôtoku’s salt industry. A ferry boat, or watashi-bune, carries passengers in the foreground of this picture. In this print a shipman steers using the large rudder located in the back of the boat.
Autumn Wind, from the Furyu rokkasen (The Six Elegant Poets) series
A young woman hurries across a bridge, using one of her sleeves to shield her head from the strong wind. Plants around her bend in the force of the wind, and tree branches lose their leaves. An Uta poem by Bunya-no-Yasuhide graces the top register.
Artist Life Dates
(1725? - 1770)
Object Creation Date
Medium and Support
chûban (medium size) nishiki-e (full-color woodblock print) on paper
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Sorry for the delay on this one. I've been swamped with work and still have some projects that need to get out the door. Anyway... This piece is for YRB Magazine to accompany a short blurb on Japanese Human Vending Machines.
Since I didn't know that I was going to use this piece for my post on coloring, I deleted the sketch layer from my Illustrator document before I sent it off to YRB. So I'm going to start this off with finished line art. I've noticed that my backgrounds and props have been pretty weak overall after looking back on my past work. This time I wanted to make sure the non-character elements got some love and had more life to them.
After my initial sketch was approved I spent some time really trying to make the vending machine itself look fun. I also decided that I would finish the line art for the machine first and then print it out and throw it on the light box to draw the characters on separate pieces of paper above. This worked out well since I could draw the characters a bunch of times and have a better idea of how they should work with the machine.
Once I was happy with the characters I scanned them in and placed the sketches on top of the machine line art on its own layer. Then I went through my usual digital inking process in Illustrator.
Once the line art is completed I create the layers for the color. In this case I made separate color layers for the characters and the machine. I like to keep my files organized and easy to alter later if I need to make changes. At this point I use the pen tool to draw each color shape on a layer below the line art. In the above pic you can see the final colors with the line art layers turned off.
Here's the layers palette for this piece. Missing are the two layers with the background sketch and character sketch. The border layer is so I can save out a jpeg that will crop to the size of my composition rather than right up to the edge of the artwork.
Here's the final piece! Before I send it off I switch the color mode to CMYK for printing. In Illustrator and Photoshop I always work in RGB first and then switch it to CMYK before it goes off to print. That extra color channel can really add to your file size as well as make Photoshop and Illustrator work harder.
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A play within a play, "Invisible Threads" is set in motion when a pair of down-at-heels actors and their clueless stage manager are asked to apply their theatrical skills to a real-life crisis. They enter the lives of a family beset by problems, and complications ensue when the actors — or is it their characters? — become emotionally entangled.
"In the play, the woman who hires the actors and stage manager is sort of a spiritual guru with mysterious links to the family," says theater-arts professor David McCandless. "As the actors assume their roles as a Southern maid, an Oxford-educated tutor and a New Age guru, they begin to actually become these people ... to become emotionally involved with the family and each other."
McCandless directs this premiere of his new play. Performances are set for 8 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, Feb. 28 through March 2 and March 7-9, and for 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, March 9-10, in the Center Stage Theatre on the Southern Oregon University campus, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. Tickets cost $21, $18 for seniors and $6 for students.
What: "Invisible Threads"
When: Opens at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28
Where: Center Stage Theatre on the Southern Oregon University campus, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland
Tickets: $21, $18 for seniors and $6 for students
McCandless says he got the idea for "Invisible Threads" from his graduate studies of the Theatre of the Absurd, a French designation for plays of absurdist fiction written in the late '50s by a number of European playwrights — especially Russian playwright Nikolai Evreinov.
"Evreinov harbored a similar interest in confounding the boundaries between theater and life," McCandless states in a press release. "One of his plays, 'The Main Thing,' intrigued me. I found the premise so tantalizing that I resolved to write a new play based on it, putting my own spin on the irresistible idea of actors using their talents to rescue the afflicted."
McCandless is a faculty member of SOU's Shakespeare studies and dramatic literature. He taught at University of California at Berkeley and Carleton College in Minnesota before joining the SOU faculty in 2010.
McCandless describes "Invisible Threads" as "a real ensemble show."
"We have a cast of nine with all the characters having equal stage time," he says. "These are nine fully developed characters. The actors also get to play multiple characters, in a sense.
"I see this as a play about reality versus imagination. It's the left brain versus the right brain. It also has a lot of comic whimsy."
McCandless directed SOU's productions of "You Can't Take It With You" in 2011 and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in 2012.
The cast includes Mackenzie Bizon, Gavin Douglas, Jeffrey Hayes, Olena Hodges, Ayla Kearns, Shadee Vossoughi, Daniel Walker, Mig Windows, Grace Wolcott and Russell Yamamoto. Scenic design is by Sean O'Skea, light design by Andrew Trent and sound design by Kevin Burnette.
Call 541-552-6348 or see www.sou.edu/theatre for tickets and information.
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Profiling UK HE Use of Popular Web 2.0 Services
Following on from recent posts on Planet Facebook Becomes Less of a Walled Garden and What Are UK Universities Doing With iTunesU? the next question should be How is the UK HE Sector Using YouTube? It can be useful for the higher education sector to be able to identify institutional adoption of new services at an early stage so that institutions across the sector are aware of trends and can develop plans to exploit new dissemination channels once the benefits have been demonstrated. I am aware, for example, of failures of institutions to sport the ‘weak signals’ of the importance of the Web in the early 1990s. I have recollections of institutions committing themselves to locally-developed Campus Wide Information Systems (as they were called) or moving to use of Gopher (an Internet technology which was felt to provide benefits of openness which were eventually materials, though with an alternative Internet standard!) but failing to respond to decisions of a small number of institutions who adopted Web technologies in around 1993. Adopting the wrong technologies will, in hindsight, be seen to have been a costly mistake, not just for the individual institutions but also, as we are now very aware of, the tax-payer who ultimately pays for the decisions institutions take.
This recent series of posts therefore aims to identify technologies which are starting to be adopted by institutions, so that we can have a snapshot of how such services are being used. Such an understanding of the trends within the sector can help to inform decision-making, sharing of best practices and also ways in which the return on investment use of new approaches can provide. Such information will be of importance in demonstrating the value of the decisions the sector makes to politicians, policy makers and the general public.
ALT’s YouTube Channel
The need to identity ways in which YouTube is being used within the sector occurred to me after received a tweet about a video of a talk on “When worlds collide – revisiting experiential learning” given by Martin Hall, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Salford presented at the ALT-C 2010 conference. From the page about this video I discovered the ALT’s Not-for-profit YouTube channel. This channel is “edited by Matt Lingard, web participation specialist on the ALT Publications Committee. Videos are uploaded and links made that serve to support ALT’s charitable objective, which is ‘to advance education through increasing, exploring and disseminating knowledge in the field of learning technology for the benefit of the general public’.“
At the time of writing (7 October 2010) there are 10 video clips from the ALT-C 2010 conference hosted on this channel, the most popular being the ALT-C 2010 Sugata Mitra (457 views) followed by ALT-C 2010 Donald Clark (320 views).
YouTube provide various metrics for channels, including information on the numbers of views of the video clips and numbers of subscribers.
In addition, as can be seen in the accompanying image, ranking information is provided, and we can see that the ALT channel is the fourth most viewed non-profit channel in the UK of the week.
You can also view details of the traffic rankings for the various YouTube categories, which indicates that theRSAorg, practicalaction and royalbritishlegion channels had the highest viewing figures for the week in which I captured the statistics.
UK University Use of YouTube
The lists of YouTube categories unfortunately doesn’t include Universities, instead having the following rather eclectic lists: Comedians, Directors, Gurus, Musicians, Non-Profit, Partners, Reporters and Sponsors. I therefore had to use YouTube’s search facility in order to identify how UK Universities are using YouTube. Note, however, that I was subsequently informed that there is a directory of University accounts on YouTube Edu. I have commented on this directory at the end of this post.
A search for “UK university” revealed the Bath University (my host institution) is in first place with a video in which “Jojo Mayer performs a Masterclass at the Rhythm Course at Bath University” – there have been 199,331 views of this video clip since it was uploaded 3 years ago.
There is a need, however, to be suspicious of searches which reveals that your particular interests are to be found near the top – I suspected that this result reflected my location or profile, although others based elsewhere had similar findings.
Another nearby university, Bristol University, is found in second place. This example, “Bristol University, UK – Study at Bristol – An introduction to one of the very best and most exclusive” has been provided by the official unibristol YouTube account and there have been 18,025 views. This was the first official University page I found. I have looked through the search results looking for what appear to be official university accounts. I have excluded individual’s clips about universities and also channels such as TOEFL Destinations: University of Northampton which aren’t about a specific university, although I have included what appears to be departmental accounts if they appear to have an institutional user name. Note that the results given in the following table were found in the first five pages of results for a search for “UK University” – note that many of the results were for the University of Kentucky, which has the abbreviation ’UK University’!
|Institution||Channel Views||Total Nos. of
|1||University of Bristol||915||18,171||27||1||16 December 2008|
|2||Coventry University (CovStudent)||82,375||1,036,671||1,139||42||26 November 2007|
|3||RHULLibrary||347||3,847||10||0||08 January 2009|
|4||Aston University||19,552||89,080||132||2||17 October 2007|
|5||UoL International Programmes||32,162||74,017||499||17||14 February 2008|
|6||University of Greenwich||971||9,254||19||1||16 July 2010|
|7||Northumbriauni||521||6,226||23||1||7 January 2010|
|8||Huddersfield University International study||1,220||24,195||22||0||15 May 2007|
|9||The University of Leicester||16,382||246,986||320||1||22 May 2008|
|10||University of Kent||7,725||26,996||102||7||12 May 2009|
|11||Canterbury Christ Church University||2,050||25,439||36||0||18 December 2006|
Note that ’Channel views’ is the number of users who have visited a channel page (which contains information about the channel) and the ‘Upload views’ is the total number of views for uploaded videos.
Although I have tried to provide a list based on an objective criterion, I feel it would also be useful if I included details for the University of Bath, my host institution and the Open University, which I know is a significant institutional user of a variety of Web 2.0 services (note that the Open University has three additional official institutional YouTube channels: OU Learn, OU Life and OU Research).
|Institution||Channel views||Total Upload Views:||Subscribers:||Channel Comments||Date Created|
|1||University of Bath||5,011||252,850||93||3||9 August 2007|
|2||Open University||257,497||391,625||2,936||56||5 July 2007|
Official Directory of University Accounts on YouTube Edu
After writing the first draft of this post I realised that it would be useful to find ways of automatically obtaining statistics of institutional use of YouTube across UK Universities. I asked for suggestions on ways of doing this on the Quora question and answer service and received a response for YouTube which provided information on the directory of accounts on the YouTube Edu service. As this directory provides different information from that listed above (the University of Bath account, for example, isn’t included) I have left the details I collected in the above table.
The following 18 accounts are listed in the YouTube Edu directory of UK Universities (and as three are from the Open University this represents 16 institutions, one of which, Said Business School, is part of the University of Oxford):
Adam Smith College - Cambridge University - Coventry University – Cranfield School of Management – Edinburgh University – Imperial College London – LSBF (London School of Business and Finance) – Leeds Metropolitan University – Nottingham University – Open University (together with Open University – Learn – Open University – Life – Open University – Research) – Oxford Saïd Business School – St. George’s, University of London – University College London – University of Derby – Warwick University
Let’s now summarize the usage statistics for this official list of UK University accounts on YouTube Edu. Note, however, that only a single Open University account is included in the following table.
|Institution||Channel views||Total Nos. of
|1||Adam Smith College||4,076||25,606||39||?||April 25, 2009|
|2||Cambridge University||221,280||1,189,778||6,921||?||September 19, 2006|
|3||Coventry University||82,937||1,039,817||1,147||42||November 26, 2007|
|4||Cranfield School of Management||5,189||20,607||82||1||October 12, 2009|
|5||Edinburgh University||31,388||236,884||1,280||?||November 08, 2008|
|6||Imperial College||48,307||353,355||859||7||April 24, 2008|
|7||LSBF (London School of Business and Finance)||6,999||96,212||244||7||August 25, 2008|
|8||Leeds Metropolitan University||67,014||589,659||512||19||January 07, 2008|
|9||Nottingham University||35,643||284,820||596||10||February 11, 2009|
|10||The Open University||258,309||392,720||2,944||56||July 05, 2007|
|11||Said Business School, University of Oxford||56,066||660,541||1,808||60||December 17, 2007|
|12||St George’s, University of London||41,983||338,276||825||12||August 20, 2007|
|13||UCL||47,773||287,198||810||27||May 15, 2009|
|14||University of Derby||8,578||117,906||106||5||September 22, 2006|
|15||University of Warwick||17,362||90,608||276||6||March 30, 2009|
The first institutional YouTube channels seem to have been created in September 2006 (Derby University) followed by Canterbury Christchurch (December 2006). The next set of institutional accounts were created in May 2007 (Huddersfield University), July 20087 (Open University), August 2007 (St Georges and Bath University), October 2007 (Aston University), November 2007 (Coventry) and December (Said Business School).
The institution with the largest number of upload views is Cambridge University with 1,189,778 views and Coventry University with 1,039,817 views. Note that such statistics will be skewed in institutions make use of a single institutional YouTube channel or use several (as the Open University does).
It should be noted that the Coventry University account, which has the second largest number of downloads, is provided by students.
Having more comprehensive data on the provision and usage YouTube across the sector can be useful in informing decision-making on use of YouTube as a delivery channel and how use of YouTube may relate to the institutional provision of video streaming services in-house (such as the LUTube service provided by the University of Leeds).
There might also be the need to clarify ownership of an official YouTube Edu account – in some cases the account listed in the YouTube Edu directory is used as an e-learning delivery channel (such as the St. Georges Clinical Skills Online channel, in others as a channel to provide a students’ perspective on University life (e.g. the CovStudent channel) whereas others, such as the University of Edinburgh, provide a more traditional official University view with, as in this case, an official welcome from the University Principal.
There may also be the need to share examples of best practices and policies. For example the University of Edinburgh channel states that “Please note, the University does not monitor YouTube comments. Please direct any queries via our website“. Is this a well-established approach and what are the benefits and possible risks of adopting this approach?
Anyone have any comments or observations on the initial set of data listed above or thoughts on how the HE sector might make use of YouTube Edu?
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itwbennett writes "Exploding iPhones may be a thing of the past. Researchers at Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute have developed a new polymer, STOBA (that's self-terminated oligomers with hyper-branched architecture to you and me), that is added to the cathode material inside a lithium-ion battery to keep them from overheating. 'Fires or explosions in these batteries are caused by short circuits,' said Wu Hung-chun, a researcher at ITRI, explaining that even minor mishandling such as dropping the handset could result in damage causing a short circuit. 'The technology is ready for lithium-ion batteries used in electronic devices, mobile phones, laptops,' said Wu. And ITRI has started testing STOBA on electric car batteries."
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The History of Santa's Candy Castle
Once Upon a Time in a Place Called Santa Claus...
So begins the real-life fairy tale of Santa’s Candy Castle, located in the picturesque town of Santa Claus, Indiana. It is the story of how this magical castle was created, became loved by thousands, then closed and was all but forgotten. It is a story of ordinary people making extraordinary efforts to restore and preserve a special part of American history. To tell this story – the whole story – requires us to go back to the time before the town was called Santa Claus. And so our story begins, more than 150 years ago...
How Santa Claus, Indiana got its Name (and Post Office!)
In the early 1800’s, pioneers settled a small town in the gently rolling hills of Southern Indiana, originally naming it Santa Fee. In the 1850’s the town’s application for a post office was denied, because another town with the same name already had a post office. On Christmas Eve, as services concluded in the small log church, the townspeople decided to stay and hold their final town meeting of the year. The only order of business, selecting a new name for the town, was not going very well. Suddenly a gust of wind blew open the door to the church, and sleigh bells were heard in the distance. “Santa Claus!” exclaimed the excited children, providing the inspiration for the town’s new name. On May 21, 1856, the U.S. Post Office Department approved a post office in the newly-renamed town of Santa Claus, Indiana.
The Santa Claus Post Office becomes Famous
The town’s unique name went largely unnoticed until the 1920’s, when Postmaster James Martin promoted the Santa Claus postmark as a festive way to adorn Christmas cards. A growing volume of holiday mail began to flow through the otherwise tiny post office each year, ultimately becoming so substantial that it caught the attention of Robert Ripley. In 1929, Ripley featured the town’s post office in his nationally-syndicated “Believe It or Not” newspaper cartoon. The feature thrust Santa Claus, Indiana into the national spotlight and the following Christmas its little post office was flooded with over a million pieces of mail. The town would never be the same again.
Creating the Dream of “Santa Claus Town”
By 1932, Santa Claus, Indiana’s national fame had caught the attention of a visionary named Milton Harris. Harris dreamed of creating a themed attraction called “Santa Claus Town”. No one was exactly sure what Harris had in mind though, since places like Knott’s Berry Farm’s Ghost Town (1940) and Walt Disney’s Disneyland (1955) were still many years away. But Harris’ vision was clear: Santa Claus Town would be a magical place where Santa would live and work year-round, and where it would be Christmas morning every day of the year. Harris secured leases on most of the land in the town of Santa Claus, and began seeking sponsorship from American toy and candy manufacturers.
Santa’s Candy Castle: The Nation’s First Themed Attraction
The first building in Santa Claus Town was Santa’s Candy Castle, a red brick building with all the elements of a real castle that looked as though it had been lifted from the pages of a fairytale. It was sponsored by The Curtiss Candy Company, creators of the Baby Ruth and Butterfinger candy bars, who were famous for their larger-than-life advertising campaigns. Santa’s Candy Castle was dedicated amidst tremendous fanfare on the cold, snowy day of December 22, 1935. With broadcast television still years away, the formal dedication ceremony was broadcast live by radio station WGBF of Evansville. Thousands attended the dedication including national business leaders, politicians, and most importantly, many very excited young children. The grand affair marked the opening of Santa Claus, Indiana’s first tourist attraction and the first themed attraction in the United States.
Santa’s Workshop and Toy Village
Santa Claus Town expanded in 1936 with the addition of Santa’s Workshop and the Toy Village. In Santa’s Workshop, children could experience the magic of watching Santa Claus make toys in a fully functional wood shop. The Toy Village featured miniature fairytale buildings sponsored by America’s leading toy manufacturers including Daisy (air rifles), Lionel (electric trains), Buddy L (steel trucks), Wyandotte (pop guns), and Strombecker (doll furniture). No admission was charged to enter these buildings and nothing was for sale. Children could simply play and have fun with all the popular toys of the day. As America struggled through the Great Depression and many families did without, the Toy Village offered thousands of children the Christmas morning they otherwise wouldn’t have had.
All But Lost and Forgotten
But just before Christmas in 1941, everything changed as the attack on Pearl Harbor brought America into World War II. Sponsors were lost as companies shifted from production of toys to war goods. Tourism stopped due to limited gasoline supplies and the rationing of tires. Santa Claus Town became a shadow of what it once was. After the war, Santa Claus Town creator Milton Harris began working to try to return the attraction to its original glory. Sadly however, Harris passed away unexpectedly in 1950; his dream never fully realized. Others attempted to carry on variations of Harris’ vision, but the magic had been lost. In the 1970’s, Santa Claus Town closed to the public and the attraction became vacant and sat in disrepair. The magical fantasyland that had once been loved by thousands was seemingly lost and forgotten.
Recapturing the Magic
As the years passed, it appeared unlikely that the story of Santa Claus Town would end “Happily Ever After”. But in early 2005, newspapers reported that a private family had purchased the properties that comprised the original attraction, and had begun a restoration effort. The stories described an average family, whose love for history, tradition and the spirit of Christmas was anything but average. Those traveling down Candy Castle Road in Santa Claus, Indiana soon began to see steady progress being made on the property. A Santa sighting at the castle in late 2005 led many to believe that the magic was gradually returning to this special place.
Happily Ever After
In July 2006, “Happily Ever After” began to come true for Santa Claus Town. Santa’s Candy Castle re-opened to the public for the first time in over three decades, and a whole new generation began to experience its magic. And just like it was in the beginning -- over 70 years ago -- admission to the castle is still free. But the final chapter is far from over. Restoration efforts continue on Santa’s Workshop and the Toy Village, offering the promise of many more exciting new experiences to come. In the meantime, we invite you to come and experience the magic of Santa’s Candy Castle for yourself.
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Cordoba-d: The Plymouths of 1975
In 1975, a long-standing promise was broken. Early in the 1960s, when Oldsmobile and Buick were coming out with their F85 and Special compacts, Chrysler boasted that there'd never be a junior Chrysler. "Never" ended in 1975.
Tardy as usual at entering a specialty car market, the Number Three automaker was intent on making a big splash with its new personal luxury car. Ford had long had its Thunderbird, and Chevrolet its hot-selling Monte Carlo since 1970, but the best Plymouth had was a gussied-up Sebring. Naturally, it would seem, Plymouth should have been in line for its own four-place luxury coupe. But it wasn't to be.
Back in 1961, as Chrysler discovered when the Chrysler-badged Newport was entered in DeSoto's market niche, it far outsold the floundering nameplate. In fact, Newport killed it off. Customers were saying, essentially, "Why buy a DeSoto when I can get a Chrysler for the same price?"
The '61 Newport, though selling for just under $3,000, was still a full-sized car. The promise was kept: it wasn't smaller, just cheaper. But 14 years later, wanting to give its new car a leg up on the competition, the automaker decided to draw on the allure of the Chrysler name once again, even if it meant breaking a promise. Plymouth never got its personal luxury car and, starved once again by its corporate parent, Plymouth would continue on its long, slow slide to eventual oblivion.
The short-term effect of the Chrysler Cordoba was that Plymouth got a new mid-sized B-body coupe.
Having invested highly in a new sport utility vehicle and a completely redesigned C-body for 1974, and badly needing a new compact to meet the burgeoning fuel crisis-induced economy market, the corporation would likely have been inclined to soldier on with its mid-sized offerings introduced in 1971. That's exactly what they did with the B-body four-door sedan and station wagon. But, because of the Cordoba, Plymouth got a brand new B-body coupe, an off-shoot of the Cordoba (which really was a continuation of the existing B-body coupe platform).
The trade-off was that Plymouth had to share its new coupe with Dodge right down to the last square inch of sheet metal. Previously, though the Plymouth and Dodge bodies were essentially the same, they each had their own fenders, hoods, quarter panels and deck lids to provide somewhat distinct identities. Now, even that, was gone and each marque had to rely on its own grille and taillight patterns to forge a semblance of unique identity.
Unlike Plymouth, Dodge did get a version of the Cordoba. Carrying on with the famed Charger nameplate--now dubbed Charger SE--its formal, squared-off profile was a far cry from sleek and hunkered high-performance predecessors. Then again, the formal look with upright, radiator-shaped grilles and opera windows was in vogue and Dodge had already been attempting to formalize the sporty Charger body with opera windows and a formalized grille within its looped bumpers. Although a bit cheaper than a Cordoba, the Charger SE had customers once again asking, "Why buy a Dodge when I can get a Chrysler for a few dollars more?"
Realizing the bottom had fallen out of the big car market, Plymouth sought to downsize. Unable to do so with a car, they did it with a name. The popular Fury nameplate was now being affixed to the mid-sized line, making the "New Small" Fury, on paper at least, seem more fuel efficient.
There was still a big Fury, carrying on with bodies that were brand new in 1974. To distinguish this car from the new "smaller" Fury, Plymouth dubbed it the Gran Fury. Applied' to the top-trimmed Fury the previous three years, Gran Fury moniker now identified the entire full-sized line.
The new "small" Fury (huge cars by today's standards) line consisted of the aforementioned 115-inch wheelbase coupes and the carry-over 117.5-inch wheelbase sedans and wagons with new front clips restyled to accept the coupe's grille and headlight panel. As such, these cars would carry on until the B-body's demise at the end of the 1978 model year.
Single-unit headlights returned to the B-body Plymouths for the first time since 1966. Once considered down-scale from dual-headlight systems, these headlamps were enjoying a resurgence, perhaps because they evoked a certain formality auto designers were then seeking to convey. As such, the top-of-the-line Gran Fury Brougham was also given single-unit headlights while lesser Gran Furys had to make do with the out-of-fashion duals. In 1976 the whole Gran Fury line would get these headlamps and keep them through the line's final year in 1977.
The only mid-sized Plymouth not to be called a Fury was the Road Runner. With its new squared-off styling and mild 318, 360, and 400 cubic-inch engines (the latter two available with either two- or four-barrel carburetion), it was a far cry from its fire-breathing predecessors. Perhaps most notable about this car was the tunnel decal that could be applied to the squared "spare tire" bulge on the trunk. This was Road Runner's final year in the B-body line.
Valiant efforts start to fade
The star of Plymouth's lineup continued to be its redoubtable Valiant. It was getting quite long in the tooth with sedan and hardtop coupe bodies introduced on the Dodge Dart in 1970 (which, in turn, were restyled 1967s) and the Duster coupe also of 1970 origins. Although the A-bodied Valiant easily outsold its B- and C-bodied siblings combined in 1975, its sales dropped almost a third from 1974 when one in four compact cars sold in the United States was a Valiant.
A new fine-mesh grille was designed for all Valiants. Since the compact was attracting normally larger car buyers seeking improved fuel economy, Plymouth loaded the premium Brougham sedan with even more luxury appointments. A new Valiant Custom sedan offered a trim level between the Brougham and the base sedan.
The Duster Custom brought similar luxury to the sport coupe line. The full-length rocker and taillight panels that decorated fhe Custom were optional on other Dusters. The Gold Duster returned as a special trim packaged car. The Space Duster Pak continued to provide fold-down rear seat access to the trunk. For the second year, the high-performance coupe was called the Duster 360 after its four-barrel, 245 net-horsepower engine.
Radial tires, a fuel-pacer system, a tighter torque converter helped increase the fuel economy of the Valiant as well as the rest of Plymouth's 1975 line.
Without Cordoba's sales total of 150,105, Chrysler Corporation's 1975 sales performance would have been truly dismal. At that, corporate sales dropped by 24% from 1974 totals. Plymouth did even worse, with output down 26.5%, which dumped it into the No. 6 industry sales position.
Would a Plymouth "Cordoba" have helped? Possibly, but Dodge sold a mere 30,812 of its "Cordoba," the Charger SE, compared to the Chrysler Cordoba's 150,105. But if the car bore a Plymouth nameplate rather than Chrysler's? Who knows?
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In the summer of 1945, an of?cer of the British Army of Occupation and conductor Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt went in search of musicians to play in a newly formed orchestra. Several months later, this ensemble gave its ?rst public concert and the NDR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA was born. Under its Chief Conductors – Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, Moshe Atzmon, Klaus Tennstedt, Günter Wand, John Eliot Gardiner, Herbert Blomstedt, and, currently, Christoph Eschenbach – the Orchestra has dedicated itself intensively to cultivating the great Classical and Romantic works while at the same time making a name for itself as an interpreter of contemporary music. The NDR Symphony has performed world premieres of works by Bussotti, Henze, Lachenmann, Ligeti, Nono, Penderecki, Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and Zimmermann. Christoph Eschenbach, who had a long prior history of successful cooperation with the orchestra, became Chief Conductor of the NDR Symphony at the start of the 1998/99 season.
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I’ve recently finished working my way through Dewey Lambdin’s series of novels following the career of his character Alan Lewrie. I stumbled onto the first by accident, was captured in the first paragraph, back in November and to a certain extent that novel, The King’s Coat, crystallized some ideas that had been floating around in my head about providing a researched resource covering life at sea, particularly life in the British navy, in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
It seems that I have nearly a year to wait until the next installment arrives, so I’ll close this chapter with my perspective on the novel and the character.
Captain Henry Trollope with the moratlly wounded Marine Captain Henry Ludlow Strangeways on the deck of HMS Glatton
We’ve observed on several occasions that many of the incidents in novels set during the Age of Sail are heavily influenced by actual events. In most cases, the novel’s protagonist expands on the accomplishments of the actual character. In Ramages’s Diamond
, Lord Ramage manages to turn the battery later known as HMS Fort Diamond
into a combat multiplier that enables his mini-squadron consisting of his frigate, a prize frigate, and a prize sloop to snap up a French convoy and its escorts.
Alexander Kent, on the other hand, perhaps feeling that the actual event was too improbable, actually downplays Nelson’s use of one Spanish ship of the line as a bridge to board and take a second, larger Spanish ship of the line and has Richard Bolitho use a friendly brig as a bridge to board and take a French frigate.
Every once in a while, though, the novel’s protagonist makes out worse than the actual character.
One of the interesting thing I’m encountering in this project is teasing fact out from fiction. In reality, we don’t know a whole lot about life on an man o’ war of the Age of Sail. Some accounts have come down to us but they don’t talk about a lot of the details because that information was self evident to people of the time. Novels by people like Frederick Marryat can provide us with a lot of insight but we are hampered by the fact that they are fiction and we know how well our own fiction reflects modern society and current events.
Obviously, a novelist writing of this period must use his imagination and knowledge to fill in blank spots much as a modern archaeologist works to fill in the historical record based on clues, intuition, and deduction. The better the author, the harder it will be to tell where the seams are between what is known and what is guessed. For an excellent example of work in this genre, read Frederick Forsyth’s Day of the Jackal
So where is this going?
One of the most interesting aspects of the naval fiction set in the wars of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is that the majority of actions described actually happened in one form or another.
Following the tradition of American radio legend Paul Harvey, I’ll try to tease some of these incidents out of realm of fiction and show how, in some cases, the fictional version is more believable than the actual event.
In our first episode, Alexander Kent’s Richard Bolitho takes the role of Horatio Nelson at the Battle of St. Vincent.
English Harbor and the shipyard there, known as Nelson’s Dockyard, figures prominently in the novels of Dewey Lambdin, Dudley Pope, and Alexander Kent.
English Harbor was a focal point of British power in the Leeward Islands with the dockyard repairing and refitting British ships beginning around 1725. With the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 the dockyard fell into gradual decline until it was finally closed in 1889.
Wikipedia has a very in depth biography of C. S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower but the entries for Dudley Pope’s Nicholas Ramage, Alexander Kent’s Richard Bolitho, and Dewey Lambdin’s Alan Lewrie are much less developed.
I took an initial cut at improving the Lewrie entry today and will continue. Help is always appreciated.
So much of the personal life of Alexander Kent’s Richard Bolitho centers around his home in Falmouth and Carrick Roads.
This is one view:
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In Guyana, nine public and private sectors sites provide blood collection and storage services, and 10 sites perform blood transfusions. The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is working in partnership with the Guyanese Ministry of Health to ensure a safe blood supply in the country. With Emergency Plan support, the Ministry of Health reports that 100 percent of the blood supply is tested for HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis and malaria.
Eaton London, a young man suffering from sickle cell disease, puts his life in the hands of the Ministry of Health National Blood Transfusion Service every time he gets a blood transfusion. He noted, "Just last evening, I was a recipient of two units of blood, and I feel very comfortable receiving that blood. I can stand here today and speak about it because I know that six months down the road from now, the chances of me actually being tested HIV-positive as a consequence of that transfusion are next to zero."
Dr. Clem McEwan, Medical Director of the National Blood Transfusion Service, explained, "Guyana, being one of the countries within the Caribbean that is experiencing an increasing incidence of HIV/AIDS, has been a beneficiary of the PEPFAR initiative, which is going to be used to enhance not just ... the infrastructure, but improve human capacity, improve training, ensure that there are materials and the requisite equipment, so we can continue to carry out the job of trying to ensure the safety of our blood supplies."
Dr. McEwan added, "As an impoverished country within the Americas and within the world, we would have been really, really hard pressed to provide the level of heath care and to fight this condition without the contribution from the United States. Because without it, we would have been losing this battle. As it is right now, we are there fighting and winning."
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Doctors recommend immunizations against whooping cough
Posted at: 09/12/2012 7:31 PM
By: Stuart Dyson, Eyewitness News 4
Whooping cough cases are spiking in New Mexico and across the nation - the worst outbreak in half a century.
'Doctors all it pertussis. Most of us call it whooping cough or "hoopin'" cough. Any way you say it, it's a pretty annoying long-term hack job of a cough for grownups and teenagers, but for babies it's much more serious - even fatal.
One New Mexico baby has died from whooping cough so far this year, in San Miguel County.
There have been 467 cases statewide in 2012, with four months left in the year. Last year, the state saw 277 cases. Nationwide, the caseload is about 25,000 right now.
Disease doctors said the answer is immunization.
"This is what we really want to drive home," said epidemiologist David Selvage of the New Mexico Department of Health. "Everyone needs to get vaccinated against pertussis, to protect themselves, sure, and to protect their families, - but more importantly to protect the infants in our communities."
"There is a vaccine called T-dap," said Dr. Paul Ettestad of the Department of Health. "It's the usual tetanus vaccine that you're supposed to get every ten years, but it also contains a part of it that helps protect you from pertussis also."
Whooping cough is highly contagious. It is bacterial, so antibiotics can be used to treat it. But it loves to linger. The Chinese call it the "hundred day cough."
Remember, this really is not so much about you. It is about the babies you may come into contact with. That is why doctors recommend immunization and boosters.
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The government owns all domestic media, appoints all editors, and approves all content, noted Farid Tukhbatullin, director of the independent Vienna-based Turkmen Initiative for Human Rights (TIHR). Nonetheless, in a January address, the president heavily criticized Turkmen media for poor content quality, the state news Web site Turkmenistan reported. Berdymukhammedov said print and broadcast media were unable to depict the "true life and being of Turkmen people," and he urged journalists to report on "stability, which prevails in all spheres of life, including state governance."
The day after his critique, Berdymukhammedov fired Minister of Culture and Broadcasting Kakageldy Chariyardurdiyev, the second culture minister to be dismissed in a year. In October, the president also sacked Annamukhammed Akmedov, head of the state TV channel Turkmenistan, for poor performance, according to local press reports. The same month, Berdymukhammedov established a state commission to assess and approve all domestic art and literature. Critics immediately noted that the commission's main duties would entail censorship.
At various times during the year, authorities in Ashgabat removed satellite dishes from some residential blocks, thus cutting citizens' link to international media and the outside world. The president had decreed that the mushrooming number of dishes "aesthetically damaged" the image of the capital, RFE/RL reported. Authorities began connecting some residential buildings in Ashgabat to a state-run cable television network that offered a limited number of channels, according to TIHR.
The president's initial promises to connect Turkmen people to the Internet went largely unfulfilled as authorities continued to censor the Web. TurkmenTeleCom, the state Internet service provider, routinely blocked access to dissident and opposition Web sites, while it monitored e-mail accounts registered with Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail, TIHR said in a September report. Russian telecommunications company MTS, which entered the Turkmen market in 2005, started offering Web access from mobile phones in June, according to the state-owned information Web site Turkmenistan: The Golden Age. But service agreements required customers to avoid Web sites critical of the Turkmen government, TIHR said in its report, and relatively high-priced subscription rates dissuaded many customers.
The government targeted RFE/RL journalists throughout the year. In June, agents with the National Security Ministry (MNB) seized RFE/RL contributor Sazak Durdymuradov from his home in the western city of Bakharden and forced him into psychiatric detention, the broadcaster reported. A history teacher at a local school, Durdymuradov commented on social and political developments in Turkmenistan, even praising the new leadership at times for education reforms. Durdymuradov had felt comfortable using his real name on the air--most RFE/RL correspondents do not because of safety concerns--in the belief that real reforms were taking place, RFE/RL Turkmen Service Director Oguldzhamal Yazliyeva told CPJ. School officials fired Durdymuradov the same day as his arrest, leaving his family without a source of income. Authorities kept Durdymuradov in a psychiatric hospital in the eastern Lebap region for two weeks, freeing him only after pressure from international rights groups, including CPJ. Upon his release, a security officer warned Durdymuradov to "go and tell the truth" about his treatment in detention, and not to "slander" the government in his broadcasts, RFE/RL reported. School officials reinstated Durdymuradov in August, and the journalist resumed his radio work as well, Yazliyeva told CPJ.
Two other RFE/RL contributors--Osman Halliyev and Gurbansultan Achilova--reported harassment from security services. In June, Halliyev told RFE/RL that MNB agents had placed his home under around-the-clock surveillance and that agents followed him wherever he went. The same month, the Turkmen State Institute of World Languages in Ashgabat expelled Halliyev's son in reprisal for the journalist's reporting, the broadcaster said. MNB agents interrogated Achilova three times, warned her not to report without government accreditation, and forced her to sign a document saying she would stop working. Yazliyeva said that RFE/RL had applied for accreditation for its reporters, but that the Foreign Ministry had ignored its application.
Authorities also ignored continuing requests for an independent investigation into the September 2006 death in an Ashgabat prison of RFE/RL correspondent Ogulsapar Muradova. Before dying under mysterious circumstances, the 58-year-old reporter had spent three months in state custody on spurious charges of possessing ammunition. Although Muradova's body showed severe head and neck bruises, authorities claimed she had died of natural causes and refused to release the results of an autopsy.
The fate of human rights activists Annakurban Amanklychev and Sapardurdy Khadzhiyev--arrested together with Muradova on specious arms charges in 2006--remained unknown. Amanklychev and Khadzhiyev, who were affiliated with the Bulgaria-based Turkmenistan Helsinki Foundation, helped French and British journalists film a documentary about social and political conditions in Turkmenistan, according to international press reports.
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St. Cloud Post Office Established On – ‘This Date In Central Minnesota History’
ST. CLOUD – August 16th, 1855 – 1st Post Office in St. Cloud was established
Though St. Cloud had begun to be settled in the early part of the 1850s, it wasn’t until 1855 that it got its first post office. This happened when Frank Sisson was appointed postmaster on August 16, 1855. Frank kept the post office at his clothing store that was located on the bank of the Mississippi River, just north of 10th Street South in the part of town that was called Lower Town.
This first postal system was different than what we experience today with postal service. Mail was delivered twice a week from St. Paul in a two-horse hack and left at a hotel on the east bank of the river. Anyone traveling from the east side would pick up the mail and bring it with them on the ferry when they crossed the river, and brought it to Sisson’s store. This store/post office was a small log building, measuring 16×24 feet. Sisson kept the mail in a box under the counter. To get their mail, people had to go to the store and look through the box to see if they had received anything.
Frank Sisson wasn’t postmaster for very long. He received less than $25 for the 8 months he served as postmaster. St. Cloud had begun as three separate settlements, but it incorporated into one city in March of 1856. Sisson’s post office was discontinued on May 2, 1856. At this time, all mail service was transferred to the Acadia post office that was located in Edelbrock’s store on the corner of St. Germain Street and 5th Ave South (where the Press Bar is today). On September 5th, 1855, Joseph Edelbrock had been appointed postmaster of Acadia, less than a month after Sisson had been appointed in Lower Town. Edelbrock moved the post office headquarters to his store where he built a wooden case with 24 slots for the mail. His salary for the first year was $90.69.
St. Cloud wouldn’t get a daily mail delivery until the fall of 1858. Correspondence has come a long way since these early days of communication. Though there are new ways to connect, the U.S. Postal Service is still relied upon today.
Thanks to Sarah Warmka and the Stearns History Museum for their help with our series, “This Date In Central Minnesota History” on WJON.
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|Luton First Faith Map Launch|
|Wednesday, 25 November 2009 23:47|
England celebrated its First National Inter-faith week (15th to 21st November 2009) with the Launch of the event on the 12th at QE11
London. In Luton among the different events, Luton Council of Faiths launched the first Faith Map of Luton and Wayside Pulpit on Herald & Post at the Dallow Learning Community Centre on Saturday the 21st.
This exciting publication, Launched by the Deputy Mayor, Cllr Morel Bernard is hoped to be improved and developed in the future, subject to funding by LBC. Another launch during the event was the first Wayside Pulpit in the Herald and Post presented by Gulie Butcher, Co-Chair of LCOF, Who explained that Contributions on the theme of Interfaith from LCOF members will appear monthly.
Peter Adams from Churches Together Luton explained the philosophy behind the map and its significance for the cohesion of the town. This was followed by Sarah Allen, LBC Social Inclusion Manger, who congratulated LCOF for its hard work and great collaboration with her unit and the council and also the importance of interacting with those of no-faith. The day saw also brief talk of the Brahma Kumari’s spiritual organisation. Those present had the privilege to hear melodious and spiritually uplifting songs by Members of the Bahai Choir, (from Northamptonshire at the request of Luton’s Bahai Community).
The map met with the approval of those present. Jaswant Bola, a Sikh woman from Luton’s Guru Nanak Gurdwara, said, “It will be good to circulate this to all RE teachers and to SACRE. If a brief introduction of the faith and background of the place of worship could be added, it might become a very good educational tool for schools to use prior to their visits to places of worship.” The University of Bedfordshire (Luton Campus Chaplain) Revd Andrew Goodman said, “We expect almost 600 overseas students passing through our doors looking for information regarding their respective faith communities and places of worship in Luton. We would like to have as many copies as possible and, once online, I am sure it will be an asset for the University to market itself overseas by providing information on Luton’s religious landscape.
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Lead Poisoning Prevention
What is lead poisoning?
Lead poisoning is caused by swallowing or breathing in lead.
Lead is a metal that can harm children and adults when it gets into their bodies. There are many sources of lead. Lead can be found in dust, air, water, soil, and in some products used in and around our homes.
Lead can harm a young child's growth, behavior, and ability to learn. Children under six years old are more likely to get lead poisoning than any other age group. Most often, children get lead poisoning from breathing in or swallowing dust from old lead paint that gets on floors and windowsills, hands and toys. Lead can also be passed from mother to baby during pregnancy.
Although lead poisoning is preventable, lead continues to be a major cause of poisoning among children. Thousands of children are still at risk. Find out how you can protect the children in your life.
How can you know if a person has lead poisoning?
The most common test for lead is a blood test. It measures how much lead is in your bloodstream. A person with lead poisoning usually does not look or feel sick.
Because children continue to be at risk, New York State requires health care providers to test all children for lead with a blood lead test at age 1 year and again at age 2 years. At every well-child visit up to age six, health care providers must ask parents about any contact their child might have had with lead. If there's been a chance of contact, providers are required to test for lead again. Parents can ask their child's doctor or nurse if their child should get a lead test, and what the lead test results mean.
What is New York State doing to end childhood lead poisoning?
Great progress has been made, but lead is still a threat to many children. The Department of Health has strong programs, plans and laws working to prevent childhood lead poisoning statewide. These programs also help those children who have lead poisoning. The Advisory Council on Lead Poisoning Prevention provides guidance to the Department of Health concerning development of these programs, plans, and laws.
In June, 2009, Governor Paterson issued Executive Order No. 21 to establish the Governor's Task Force on the Prevention of Childhood Lead Poisoning. The Task Force is composed of state agency representatives. Its purpose is to reduce childhood lead poisoning through increased inter-agency collaboration and coordination.
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“No!” That’s the word many in marketing hate to hear. But the fact is, they get paid for those noes. Do the math. How many noes do you have to hear to get to a yes? The savvy salesperson figures out that number and pursues those noes with a passion. They know that the noes are the inevitable path to the yes that pays.
Apparently, telemarketers have figured out that they can significantly increase their number of noes by calling my house. It’s efficient, too, because they don’t even have to finish their pitch.
Between solar, refinancing and home security, I get at least five calls a night. And I’m on the do-not-call list! At the risk of encouraging those in the industry to continue calling me, allow me to attempt to turn this negative reality into a positive rationale.
There seems to be much debate now over a city’s role in local economic development and the methods that are appropriate to employ. In each case, naysayers point out the noes as evidence of a lack of progress, proving a city’s waste of time and money meddling in the free market. As a result, to them, anything that is not instantly successful is suspect. Trips overseas, domestic marketing programs and budgets that focus on the long-term return are vilified. They don’t believe in noes.
But you get paid for those noes. You may debate the strategy employed, but not noes' efficacy. Without them, you will never hear a yes. If a city wants to thrive, it needs to strategically seek out the noes. That strategy demands an international perspective. To that end, cities that are not players in that game will see the yeses come only by osmosis, lucky to be in the vicinity of those cities that are in the game.
This is beyond antiquated sister city socials. Local government needs to personally, purposely and consistently engage decision makers around the world to set the stage for the yeses our local businesses need.
Unfortunately, the only no many local leaders listen to are those of the short-sighted protesters who either don’t get it or, sadly, simply have their own self-serving political agenda. But if a city wants economic success, those are the noes you must ignore as you legally and ethically pursue the noes you must embrace.
There are no shortcuts to yes. In order to bring the investment home that will create the jobs here, a prudent economic development strategic plan will include mutual interaction with governments and businesses at home and abroad. In a world that is flat and only getting flatter, this reality is aided by technology. But only aided, for nothing replaces the face-to-face encounter, an ageless reality that is undeniable if you’re serious about economic success.
I am not a fan of telemarketers calling me incessantly. But I get it. They need the noes to get to the yes. It is the same with cities. Economic development strategies take time, cost money and attract noes on the way to yes. Rather than avoid them, let’s embrace them. For you get paid for the noes.
Doug McAllister is a Murrieta resident and former member of the Murrieta City Council.
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The story of the friendship between a Jewish-American conductor and Pope John Paul II
This book offers the inspirational story of an unlikely friendship and the two men who collaborated in an extraordinary way to begin to help heal centuries-old wounds. For two decades Sir Gilbert Levine and Pope John Paul II collaborated on symbolic acts of reconciliation: a series of internationally broadcast concerts designed to bring together people from all religious backgrounds under the auspices of the Vatican. These concerts broke new ground and demonstrated the Vatican's desire for rapprochement and even atonement in its relationships with Jews around the world. And it resulted in Sir Gilbert recovering his own Jewish faith in a deeper and more meaningful way.
Details the extraordinary collaboration between a world-renowned musical maestro and an innovative Pope
Shows how music can act as a bridge between people of different faiths
A moving, inspirational, and personal story that appeals to music lovers and to people of all faith traditions
This is a compelling tale of faith, friendship, and the healing power of music to bring people together.
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Given that this is the first U.S. presidential election since apps have made their way onto most electronic devices, you might think there would be dozens of worthwhile products available on the topic designed for students. Think again.
Sure, there are plenty of apps devoted to November’s election, there just aren’t that many that explain the process to those too young to cast a ballot. Those listed here should get the conversation rolling about how we elect a President and the men who have held that the office.
For older students look for apps produced by mainstream media outlets with a focus on election coverage. Start with the major newspapers. In addition to hourly news updates, The Washington Post’s W P Politics includes “campaign files,” an interactive polling map, and a fact checker that “accesses the veracity of candidates’ statements,” awarding “one to four Pinocchios” when deemed necessary. Viewers can also watch videos of candidate’s ads—these alone will generate some lively classroom conversations. It doesn’t get much better than this one, and it’s available for free.
The NY Times Election 2012 (The New York Times) app promises all readers access to a half dozen “top” news stories. However, only subscribers can view candidate pages and videos and photos from the campaign trail, read the latest polling news, and receive live election results. High school students who love politics are probably already following Mike Allen’s Politico Playbook (Politico) on their iPhones or iPads. Right now the daily news from this Washington insider is full of election-related coverage, and it’s all for free.
To drive home discussions about the Electoral College consider downloading the Electoral-Vote.com (Dubbele.com; Gr 9 Up; Free) app, which will bring users to the website. The site, which has been tracking elections for a number of years, includes detailed maps and commentary (sometimes snarky) on the presidential and senate races. It includes current poll results, graphs, and news features, and links to articles from a range of periodicals and blogs. The 2012 Map: The Presidential Election App is a better choice for younger students (Cory Renzella; Gr 5-9; $1.99), and it’s available in 12 languages. The projected electoral map is easy-to-read and there are daily updates and brief notes on where current presidential polls are in place. Users can create maps with their own Electoral College projections and share them with friends via Facebook, Twitter, and email. As they scroll through the archive of electoral maps from 1789 through 2008 they’ll see the borders of the country change, watch as third parties pop up, discover the shrunken map of 1864, and read the embedded notes on each election. For a simple Electoral College map that can be manipulated for classroom use Election Map 2012 (Teq; Gr 4 Up; $1.99) will also work. A look at the last four election maps is included.
Most of the apps for younger students feature lists of the men who have held the office of Chief Executive and provide a few facts about each of them. U.S. Presidents (Encyclopaedia Britannica/MEDL Mobile; Gr 3-6; $1.99) opens with a rendition of “Hail to the Chief” and a photo of President Barack Obama. Beyond this screen viewers can access a page of images of the presidents in chronological order. A tap to any portrait brings up information on the subject along with additional tabs leading to facts about that president’s vice president, First Lady, and birth date, and a bit of trivia. Information on national landmarks, and the lyrics of “Hail to the Chief” are also provided. After exploring the app viewers can take a quiz to test their knowledge of presidential facts answering such questions as “Who was the first U.S. president to be elected with no prior political experience?” and “Who was the only president to serve two terms that weren’t back to back?”
The “clear interface” of The American Presidents and First Ladies (Multieducator, Inc.; Gr 4-8; $.99) allows users to sort the lists of leaders and their spouses either alphabetically or chronologically. Each entry includes personal facts, along with a page of information on the president’s early years, family, election, “presidential promises.” The full text of each man’s inaugural text is also included. Information on the First Ladies includes the years before and after each woman’s spouse was in office. Highlights of the app are the embedded videos, which include photos and audio clips. Unfortunately, some out-of-date information and typos mar the overall presentation.
What Does the President Look Like? (Kane Miller; Gr 4-8; $2.99 ), based on the book by Jane Hampton Cook and illustrated by Adam Ziskie, takes a different approach to presidential history. It offers a visual survey of the men who have held that office, along the way providing “succinct history of visual media, from portrait making through digital imaging.” Here’s what our reviewer, Erin Sehorn, had to say about the app’s options: “The “timeline” chronicles major events in presidential history, as well as the technological evolution of photographs, movies, television, and the Internet. On each page, glowing stars allow users to learn more about the technological advances of presidential image making through pop-up pictures, early political cartoons, and newsreel footage. “Resources” links to the websites used as source material. There are a few glitches—for example, in the “Gallery” portraits appear only briefly, making it difficult to study an image. Overall, though, kids will enjoy this production.”
Our youngest students may not know the ins and outs of how someone makes it into the White House, but they do know that a visit to that famous abode is cause for excitement. While conversation of the election swirls around them, share Marc Brown’s Arthur Meets the President (ScrollMotion, Inc.; $2.99), based on the author’s picture book. In this story, the aardvark’s essay on “How I Can Help Make America Great” wins him and his classmates a trip to the White House to meet the president. En route the characters (and viewers) see and learn about a few other famous Washington, DC landmarks, and perhaps, take a moment to ponder what their contribution to our country might be.
Eds. note: After a brief hiatus during the transition to our new website, our app reviews are back. —moving from School Library Journal’s blog roll into a column, and pushing out in our Extra Helping enewsletter. Archived reviews can be found on the SLJ website under “Blogs and Columns.” However, to ensure you receive all of our postings, be sure to add “Touch and Go” to your RSS feed.
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Xenology: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Extraterrestrial Life, Intelligence, and Civilization
© 1975-1979, 2008 Robert A. Freitas Jr. All Rights Reserved.
Robert A. Freitas Jr., Xenology: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Extraterrestrial Life, Intelligence, and Civilization, First Edition, Xenology Research Institute, Sacramento, CA, 1979; http://www.xenology.info/Xeno.htm
7.5 Nucleic Acids and DNA
In the previous section it was mentioned that there are two requirements for the production of proteins. First, there must be amino acids, and second, there must be a way to hook them together to form polymers.
There is, however, a third requirement for the origin of living systems on Earth. It will be recalled from the discussion of the definition of life that "it is the business of life to accumulate information and complexity." Let us consider this mandate in view of the problem of building proteins.
To abiogenetically produce a living system, that system must be capable of accumulating information and order from its environment. The proteins constructed by a cell must have the proper architecture for whatever job needs to be done. So our third requirement may be stated: There must be a way to hook the amino acids together in the correct sequence. Any old proteins will not do -- they must be the right ones.
There exist simple chemical techniques to achieve this kind of ordering. One common example is called "autocatalysis" by chemists. Autocatalysis is a way for a process to catalyze its own production. Once a tiny bit of it has been produced, that bit catalyses the rate of reaction to yield still more, and faster.
Aside from this simple selective feedback effect, the development of molecular self-replication was probably the most critical single event in the origin of life on Earth. The origin of replication and the genetic code, as opposed to the origin of proteins and cells, allowed natural selection to begin to operate on stored information. And once evolution begins, selective advantages of superior membranes and of multicellular colonies can be expressed in the form of increased organismal complexity.
DNA -- the primary information-carrying molecule used by all lifeforms on this planet -- is a polymeric nucleic acid (Figure 7.4). We’ve already seen how easy it is to get amino acids and their polymers. But what about nucleic acids? Can they be demonstrated in prebiotic synthesis experiments, along with their polymers?
Figure 7.4 The Role of Nucleic Acids in Terrestrial Biochemistry
Chemical Structure of Nucleic Acid (from Glasstone72)
DNA Content (figure from Britten and Davidson2568, in Kohne1654)
In 1963, Dr. Cyril Ponnamperuma managed to synthesize adenine (one of the two most important nucleic acid purine bases) under simulated primitive Earth conditions. The NASA scientist and his three colleagues used a Miller-type apparatus, and began their synthesis with nothing more than methane, ammonia and water in the system. The mixture was bombarded with energetic electrons, and about 0.01% of the carbon in the methane was converted into adenine.304 This is highly significant because adenine is useful, not only for making DNA, but also RNA, ATP, ADP, FAD, and a host of other critical life-molecules.
In a related experiment two years later, Dr. John Oró of the University of Houston and A. P. Kimball produced adenine is a closed reaction system which included ammonia, water, and hydrogen cyanide. Heat was supplied as the energy source, and this time the production of the purine base rose to 0.5% of the available carbon.303 This value was observed over a wide range of chemical conditions, indicating the relative ease with which this complex molecule must arise in a plausible prebiotic environment. The synthesis of the other important purine, guanine, has also been convincingly demonstrated.
There have been various attempts to fabricate the three major varieties of pyrimidine bases which are also necessary in the production of nucleic acids. However, the appearance of these substances under conditions similar to the primitive Earth has not been investigated as thoroughly as the purines.
One experiment that yields a hefty 20% of cytosine requires a three-step process involving methane and nitrogen initially to create a cyanoacetylene intermediate, which then goes on to produce the pyrimidine when combined with cyanate ion. Uracil, another pyrimidine, is obtained in very good yield by the direct hydrolysis of cytosine -- a prebiotically reasonable reaction. All the pyrimidines have been synthesized in environments at least arguably analogous to that of the early Earth.
Prebiotic assembly of purines and pyrimidines into full-fledged nucleotides has proven more difficult, and intensive investigations are now underway to determine and eliminate the problem. The main obstacle to success seems to be the formidable complexity of the nucleotide molecules themselves. While bases and sugars are relatively easy to produce, combining them together is a much harder task.
Nevertheless, demonstrations of nucleotide synthesis under geologically plausible constraints have been made. One such technique involves the use of a mediating mineral called apatite, which contains phosphates and oxalate ion, in an "evaporating pond" scenario.
We are not quite home yet. Just as amino acids needed polymerization to become protein, so must nucleotides by polymerized into DNA. What progress has been made in the prebiotic synthesis of polynucleotides?
The experimental record is admittedly spotty. When adenine nucleotides were heated in the presence of polyphosphate for 18 hours at 55 °C, adenine polynucleotide polymers were obtained ranging from 20-30 nucleotides per chain. However, in the words of the experimenter, "the concentration of the reactants had to be as high as possible when the formation of high polymeric material was desired."1625
That is, unless quite artificial conditions were contrived, the adenine nucleotides could not be forged into very long chains. In another experiment, solutions of adenine nucleotide were irradiated with UV light. Long chains were again obtained, but only when extraordinarily high concentrations of polyphosphate were maintained.1628 Under similarly unrealistic conditions, uracil polynucleotides with chain lengths ranging from 10-50 units have been found.1626,1627
One good experiment has been performed by John Oró and E. Stephen-Sherwood, using a plausible "evaporating lakebed" scenario and temperatures from 60-80 °C. Uracil two-unit chains were formed with a yield of 23%, and three-unit segments with a 12% yield. Cytosine polynucleotide chains were obtained by these experimenters with up to six nucleotides in straight-line linkages. Thymine polynucleotides 2-12 units long were produced when an unreasonable chemical environment was used; with more closely matched prebiotic conditions, five-unit chains were obtained in yields of 1% or less.1429
The polymerization of some nucleotides has proven unexpectedly difficult, partly because of the inevitable formation of unnatural side chains and partly because the reaction just doesn’t seem to want to go. Various solutions to these problems have been suggested. For instance, there are enzymes -- ordinary proteins -- that are capable of catalyzing these polymerization reactions with ease. These enzymes, or enzymes like them, could have arisen by nonbiological means. If this is the case, claims one researcher, "such catalysts may have been responsible for the first polymerization of nucleotides on the primitive Earth."72
So at present, here is where we stand. Purines and pyrimidines are comparatively simple to manufacture abiogenetically. The assembly of nucleotides has also met with some limited success, but to date it has proven difficult to synthesize more than six-unit polymeric chains in a prebiotically plausible way.2370
Can these short strands alone make a stab at primitive replication? Dr. Leslie Orgel at the Salk Institute in San Diego, California, mixed up a solution of nucleic acids that might be considered prebiotically reasonable. He then placed some of the six-nucleotide polymers in his specially-enriched "soup." The short-chain DNA polymers correctly replicated themselves once out of every ten tries.
Last updated on 6 December 2008
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WASHINGTON -- A plan to put a statue of former President Gerald R. Ford in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda has received federal approval.
U.S. Rep. Vernon Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids, said Thursday that the plan had been approved by a committee which oversees the placement of the statues. Ehlers said it would help "commemorate the life and service" of Ford, who died in late 2006.
The Gerald R. Ford Foundation will fund the statue's design, creation and transport. It's unclear when the statue will be unveiled.
The Ford statue will replace one of Zachariah Chandler, an opponent of slavery who represented Michigan in the Senate around the Civil War. His statue will be moved to the Detroit Historical Museum.
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This archived Web page remains online for reference, research or recordkeeping purposes. This page will not be altered or updated. Web pages that are archived on the Internet are not subject to the Government of Canada Web Standards. As per the Communications Policy of the Government of Canada, you can request alternate formats of this page on the Contact Us page.
Reverend Dr. Michael Willis (1799-1879), Principal of Knox College and later a Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, was the first President of the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada.
C.S. Ogden, Autograph Letters
Mary Ann Shadd (1823-1893) was an educator, abolitionist, author, publisher and journalist. She became a leader and spokesperson for refugees who had left the United States for Upper Canada after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850. In 1852, she published A Plea for Emigration to encourage American Blacks to emigrate to Canada. She was the first woman in Canada known to have published a newspaper, the Provincial Freeman. During the American Civil War, she was an enlistment recruiter for the United States Army.
In the years prior to the American Civil War, there were several court cases initiated by American citizens who attempted to reclaim as their property refugees who had fled to Canada. This memorial to Queen Victoria, entitled "Coloured Inhabitants of Upper Canada," protested against the return of refugees to the United States.
RG 5 B 3, vol. 12, item 1553
This popular book by Harriet Beecher Stowe had a profound influence on the development of the anti-slavery movement in Canada. Dr. Alexander Milton Ross later wrote that "It excited the sympathies of every humane person who read it in behalf of the oppressed. To me it was a command; and a settled conviction took possession of my mind that it was my duty to help the oppressed to freedom."
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Toronto, 1853
The Reverend Dr. William King (1812-1895), a minister in the Presbyterian Church in Canada and a founder of the Elgin Settlement in 1849, was recognized as one of the foremost leaders of the anti-slavery movement in Canada.
Daniel G. Hill fonds
This book, published in the United States, described the life of refugees in Canada.
Benjamin Drew, The Refugee, or, The Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada, 1856
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The NFL Players Association is negotiating a $100 million, 10-year deal with the NFL to "diagnose, treat and prevent injuries and illnesses" in players, according to a proposal obtained by CNN. The study would be awarded to Harvard University if it goes through.
"No one has ever studied these players before," said Dr. Lee Nadler, dean for clinical and translational research at Harvard Medical School and co-director of the proposed study. "There have been postmortem studies looking at the brains of previous players, but not the players today."
Nadler said that what distinguishes this study is that it will look at the "whole player across his whole life, not just the brain."FULL STORY
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Tag Archives: Communication
[ November 1, 2012 12:00 am to November 30, 2012 12:00 am. ] The conference theme centres on whether and how the current economic crisis and its attendant gales of “creative destruction” may serve to reshape the geo-political and communication orders. Will this crisis prompt or enable multi-dimensional change in the prevailing forms and modes of mediated communication on the one hand, and in global power structures and [...]
[ July 8, 2012 12:00 am to July 12, 2012 12:00 am. ] The objective of the 2nd International Communication Studies Conference is to deliberate on the advances in academic, business, and professional communication in the global community. Organised by the Communication Studies Skills Unit, Centre for Academic Development, University of Botswana, the conference will be in two parts: a pre-conference workshop and the communication conference.
From their historical origins games have provided us with dramatic models of the fundamental activities of humankind, such as sowing and harvesting (mancala games), war (chess) and construction (puzzles). However, games based on the same activity change significantly depending on the place and time they belong to, and therefore a comparative analysis between traditional games [...]
Wide Angle Youth Media is a 501c3 non-profit that provides Baltimore youth with opportunities to tell their own stories using video technology, public speaking, and critical thinking skills. Through after school programs, community events, our annual Who Are You? Youth Media Festival, and our youth-run television show, Wide Angle strives to make media make a [...]
Communication for Peace in Action: Journalisms, Conflicts, Media Literacy and Alliance of Civilizations
Article from a book edited by ELOÍSA NOS ALDÁS, FATUMA AHMED ALI and JOSÉ IGNACIO MARTÍN GALÁN, and published by Universitat Jaume I. —————–
The UNESCO Chair of Philosophy for Peace-Interuniversity Institute for Social Development and Peace-IUDESP (Jaume I University) recently presented in Spain the new book Communication for Peace in Action: Journalisms, Conflicts, Media Literacy [...]
Highest Common Denominator Media Group is convinced that a growing market for more enlightened, smarter media exists. We believe that society is calling out for stories that define us not as enemies but as humans, that celebrate our universal sacred values – those values that unite all of humanity – and that given the increasingly [...]
[ March 16, 2012 12:00 am to March 17, 2012 12:00 am. ] The Celebration of Teaching & Learning continues to grow and flourish. Thanks to the collective wisdom of our partners and the 10,000+ educators who attend, it truly has become the “Davos” of education, gathering every quarter of the education workforce and shining the brightest possible spotlight on solutions rather than confrontation.
Celebration VII is off [...]
In December 2011 a two-day pilot workshop on Media Literacy was organized by the Mediainstitute Fojo (city of Kalmar, Sweden) in cooperation with the Swedish centre in Minsk. The seminar was coordinated and hosted by Ms. Carmilla Floyd and Marita Lindqvist, both journalists and writers.
The main goal of the past pilot workshop was to make [...]
Over 70% of teachers, students and parents involved in the Educational Netbook Pilot agree that the use of netbooks for school related activities has a positive impact on learners’ motivation in school and for learning. This result is part of the final evaluation of the Acer-European Schoolnet Educational Netbook Pilot that looked at the use [...]
The European Commission represents the general interest of the EU and is the driving force in proposing legislation (to Parliament and the Council), administering and implementing EU policies, enforcing EU law (jointly with the Court of Justice) and negotiating in the international arena.
The 2009 Safer Internet Work Programme sets out the priorities for activities to [...]
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Delhi - A Revisitation
That I am returning to you, mother city, after twenty years,
I look at your broad, bereft streets, mater,
Through which emperors, prime ministers cavalcaded,
In victory and defeat, through gates and triumphal arches,
That murmur of the pains of your rape and impregnation.
The sudden shock of your poverty upsets me,
It is evident in the desperation of the cycle-rickshaw puller,
His eyes intent on the ground, standing on his pedals,
He pulls his woes, as if there is no halcyon tomorrows.
Your grimy streets are dusty, high walled, impenetrable,
As if you wish to guard the gory secrets within.
Is this where histories, dynasties were made, and fallen?
A dynasty now rules by proxy the city of the great Akbar,
And a fratricide of a potentate now fills you with awe,
When you are the city of kingly fratricides and parricides.
Remember how Dara Shukoh was marched and beheaded, by his kin
In your own street of Chandni Chowk, of not long ago?
The secrets of the present and past mingle,
Where now stand glitzy malls, I know, blood had flowed,
In your dark corners soldiers, spies, princes plotted to kill,
You witnessed stoically the dethroning of emperor Shah Jehan,
And the ascendance of his wily progeny, Aurangazeb,
As you watched, your face covered in the folds of your veil.
Yet, now, mother city, your tears are dry, your sobs silent,
Slowly you die, spent and ravaged by your many lovers.
Though it is kitsch melodies that you hum today, you were once,
Serenaded by Tansen, and Amir Khushro Dehlavi,
In your parlor once, poets and artists did conclave,
Over the “daughter of grapes” and the smell of tobacco!
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Our panel explores the benefits and challenges of historical database construction, offering practical lessons from The Guadalajara Census Project, 1791-1930 (GCP), funded by the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities, Division of Preservation and Access, from 1999 through 2006. The project datasets derive from manuscript census returns from three centuries, making it one of the largest urban census databases currently available--nearly 150,000 cases, mainly individuals, their families and households (thirteen million pieces of data). The point here is not the quantity, but the extensive experience the GCP gained in database design and implementation. Forging this project in the midst of changing computer technology, from floppy disks to DVD-ROM, the GCP staff constantly revisited basic procedures and policies. It is that practical experience which will be the focus of this practicum.
Our session has little to do with Guadalajara but rather deals with issues common to all historical database construction. In particular, this session is aimed at a new generation of young historians who come to the craft already comfortable in computer and digital technologies, but who might think that database construction requires a background in quantitative methods. In fact, windows technology has led to a vast simplification of analytical procedures, resulting in a “deskilling” of quantitative methods. Now scholars with little or no quantitative training can easily incorporate data sets into broader qualitative objectives.
Each panelist will cover a different aspect of the project: planning, variable construction, data coding and entry, verification, and preliminary research findings. In covering these topics, we will focus on what we regard as a set of “best practices” in historical database design, and point out the pitfalls inherent in the process. The papers will illustrate hands-on procedures through on-the-screen examples, emphasizing how software tools work, and why certain procedures were adopted over others. We will highlight the interdisciplinary nature of database design, including how Geographic Informational Systems (GIS) function in a historical database format. We will also present tentative findings relevant to many historiographic problems and to a variety of historical approaches. We will show, for example, that census manuscripts may be deconstructed as cultural text. Among social and cultural patterns relevant to current historiographic debates, we will illustrate how tracking mechanisms provide clues to kinship and social networks, and how aggregate data analysis disguises important variations in the real-time experience of individuals.
In brief, historians pursue research in a variety of venues, and from many different methodological approaches. In this practicum, our objective is to show that database construction can be a useful, easily learned, tool in much of that research.
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Available in 2013
|Callaghan Campus||Semester 1|
|UoN Singapore||Trimester 2|
Previously offered in 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004
Introduces students to the writing of feature articles as practised in professional journalism. Students will develop their research, interviewing and writing skills through a variety of assigned tasks and produce journalistic articles for publication in text and online forms. Students may be asked to attend guest lectures.
|Objectives||At the successful completion of this course, students will have:
1. Expanded their knowledge and understanding of the role of journalism in society.
2. Developed their professional writing and research skills as applicable to features journalism in print and online forms.
3. Advanced their skills in critical reflection on professional practice.
4. Further developed their professional communication skills.
|Content||The course consists of one lecture in which students are made aware of the course content and requirements followed by workshops in the remainder of the term in which students discuss and critique their own and fellow students written projects. Students are introduced to the work of prizewinning Australian and international journalists. Students will also be required to undertake class exercises exploring the theory and practice of features journalism in print and online formats.|
|Assumed Knowledge||CMNS1090 Introduction to Professional Writing, and CMNS1280 Introduction to Journalism.|
|Modes of Delivery||Internal Mode|
|Teaching Methods||Problem Based Learning
|Contact Hours||Workshop: for 2 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Lecture: for 1 hour(s) per Week for 1 weeks
|Timetables||2013 Course Timetables for CMNS2280|
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(MCT) — WASHINGTON — Lost in the campaign arguments over who’s to blame for a weak economy and sluggish hiring is what has and hasn’t been done to improve home sales and housing finance, key causes of the nation’s severe financial crisis and ones that continue to drag against a robust recovery.
Two factors still bedevil housing: a huge inventory of foreclosed homes in the hands of banks and the federal government, and a huge number of homes that carry mortgages that are valued more than the dwellings are worth now — “underwater” mortgages.
The foreclosure problem is improving, albeit slowly. The Mortgage Bankers Association said in August that about 11.62 percent of all outstanding mortgages were in foreclosure from April through June or at least 30 days late on payments. That’s still high by historical standards, but it’s almost a full percentage point lower than during the same period a year ago.
Most vexing are the “underwater” mortgages. Many of these homeowners can neither sell their homes nor take advantage of refinancing programs. The Obama administration has relaxed the rules so that underwater borrowers can refinance, but the problem remains that many owe far more than their homes are worth now, regardless of what interest rates they pay on their mortgages. It’s why foreclosure rates, although falling, remain unusually elevated.
As a candidate in 2008, Barack Obama supported revamping bankruptcy laws in order to let homeowners have the courts order that the underwater portions of their mortgages be wiped out, similar to how companies that file for bankruptcy protection can shed their debts. This would have put banks on the hook for losses.
But as president, Obama has never fully pursued this, bowing to Republican opposition. The bankruptcy proposal is important, its backers say, in part because a mortgage often isn’t a borrower’s only debt. Many of these borrowers got so-called liar’s loans, accepting high-rate mortgages in exchange for being able to simply state their incomes.
Consequently, these borrowers have too much overall debt that needs restructuring relative to their incomes, said Michael Calhoun, the president of the Center for Responsible Lending, an advocacy group in Durham, N.C. A loan modification isn’t enough, given their high debt, he said.
“The big part still missing is principal reduction” on the mortgage, said Calhoun, whose group has advocated more aggressive debt forgiveness.
Instead of initially pursuing principal reduction, Obama launched voluntary programs that provided financial incentives for mortgage servicers — who collect payments on behalf of the investors who own mortgages — to modify troubled mortgages. The administration hoped to modify up to 4 million mortgages, a goal that’s fallen short at around 1 million permanent modifications to date.
The number looks better when servicers’ own modifications are counted. Many servicers didn’t participate fully in the government programs but designed their own. Since September 2009, servicers have approved 2.6 million permanent mortgage modifications outside the government programs.
If mortgage modifications haven’t completely lived up to hopes, the Home Affordable Refinance Program gets higher marks. It involves allowing underwater homeowners to refinance, with the new mortgages purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance titans that the government took over in the summer of 2008. More than 1.6 million homeowners have been able to refinance under the program since April 2009, more than 600,000 of them this year alone.
“I think it’s fantastic. When I look at the national numbers and see 600,000 who otherwise wouldn’t have (been able to refinance) … that is helpful,” said Faith Schwartz, the executive director of the HOPE NOW alliance.
HOPE NOW is a private-sector response to the housing crisis, created at the end of the George W. Bush administration. With the benefit of having tried to fix housing in two administrations, Schwartz gives Obama praise for some efforts, criticism for others.
Schwartz praises efforts by the Federal Housing Administration, the Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve to provide liquidity in the housing market. That’s a fancy way of saying they’ve kept money flowing into an impaired housing sector.
“I’m pretty thankful for the FHA. … Private markets won’t provide that today,” she said.
But Schwartz agrees with GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s call for a clear plan to get Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which had operated as private companies, out of government conservatorship. The Obama administration released a plan in February 2011 for reducing their footprint but it amounted to discussing broad choices without advocating any one path.
“We have now passed the four-year anniversary of the government takeover … and the Obama administration has failed to come up with anything more than noncommittal options to reform these institutions,” says Romney’s campaign report on housing, itself offering no concrete measures on how it’d revamp Fannie and Freddie.
Fannie and Freddie’s outsized role in mortgage finance today is crowding out the private sector, said a Romney aide who’s involved in formulating the campaign’s housing policy.
“That impacts the whole market. … If you are pricing out the private capital, how on earth could they” compete, asked the aide, who demanded anonymity in order to discuss the campaign’s thinking. “As long as you are artificially under-pricing everyone, nobody else can get in.”
Fannie and Freddie were created in 1938 and 1970, respectively. They purchase mortgages underwritten by banks, operating a secondary market so the banks don’t have to retain loans and can pass them off in order to keep lending. The purchased mortgages are pooled together, a process called securitization, and investors buy mortgage bonds. A homeowner’s monthly mortgage payment becomes the revenue stream that flows to investors.
From the late 1990s on, Wall Street banks moved aggressively to securitize mortgages and compete with Fannie and Freddie. Fueling this was a push by the Clinton and Bush administrations to drive up America’s homeownership rate, which reached record levels in 2004 and 2005 at above 69 percent.
But this explosion of mortgage lending had a dirty secret. Underwriting standards fell sharply, and inflated home prices rose by percentages unseen in American history. It all started unraveling in 2007, and the government stepped in to help rescue a big Wall Street bank, Bear Stearns, in March 2008. President George W. Bush declined to do the same for investment bank Lehman Brothers in September 2008, and a financial crisis ensued.
Since then, private-sector securitization has all but vanished, as investors no longer trust these financial instruments. It’s left Fannie and Freddie the only game in town, now backstopping about 90 percent of new mortgage lending.
It’s why the question of what to do about Fannie and Freddie looms so large in this election.
The Romney plan calls for the sale of 200,000 foreclosed properties in government hands, alternative measures to foreclosure — such as short sales — and an aggressive push for what’s called shared appreciation. This is when banks forgive underwater portions of a mortgage in exchange for capturing the upside of future profits when the home is sold.
The Obama administration is already doing all these things, but the Romney aide said they’d be done more efficiently, and that a Romney administration would allow for the shared-appreciation agreements providing the future profits to be traded among investors.
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A target-driven approach to leadership is less likely to result in a strong performance compared to a more people-centred one, research has highlighted, says The Work Foundation.
By Nick Howard
The study saw managers at six high-profile employers, including Tesco and BAE Systems, interviewed about their leadership philosophies and practices over a two-year period.
It emerged that there were three common themes among ‘outstanding’ leaders; thinking and acting systematically, seeing people as the route to performance and being self confident but not arrogant. ”Outstanding leaders focus on people, attitudes and engagement, co-creating vision and strategy,” commented lead author Penny Tamkin. ”Instead of one-to-one meetings centred on tasks, they seek to understand people and their motives.”
She added that such leaders manage their teams “holistically” and focus on the mood and behaviour of employees in addition to organisational objectives.
Research presented earlier this week by the British Psychological Society highlighted that managers are more likely to alter their leadership style if they receive feedback from their staff.
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As mentioned previously,
I made small cakes known
as “Apees” this past month
for use at the Israel Crane
House during the annual
Essex County (NJ) Holiday
Historic House Tour. They
seemed to be a big hit with all the folks who came
to visit, as there were no leftovers. HUZZAH!
Here’s the receipt (recipe) I followed. It’s from the first
edition (1828) of Seventy-Five Receipts, for Pastry, Cakes,
and Sweetmeats, by “A Lady of Philadelphia” (otherwise
known as Eliza Leslie):
A pound of flour, sifted.
Half a pound of butter.
A glass of wine, and a tablespoonful
of rose-water, mixed.
Half a pound of powdered white sugar.
A nutmeg, grated.
A tea-spoonful of beaten cinnamon
Three table-spoonfuls of carraway seeds.
Sift the flour into a broad pan,
and cut up the butter in it. Add
the carraways, sugar, and spice,
and pour in the liquor by degrees,
mixing it well with a knife. If the
liquor is not sufficient to wet it
thoroughly, add enough of cold
water to make it a stiff dough.
Spread some flour on your paste-
board, take out the dough, and
knead it very well with your hands.
Put it into small pieces, and knead
each separately, then put them
all together, and knead the whole
in one lump. Roll it out in a sheet
about a quarter of an inch thick.
Cut it out in round cakes, with
the edge of a tumbler, or a tin
of that size. Butter an iron pan,
and lay the cakes in it, not too
close together. Bake them a few
minutes in a moderate oven, till
they are very slightly coloured,
but not brown. If too much baked,
they will entirely lose their flavour.
Do not roll them out too thin.
Interestingly, I frequently made Apees decades ago (eeegad!)
when I worked at the then-living history museum Conner Prairie.
They were baked in the cast iron stove and served with afternoon
tea at the Campbell House. Now, at this stage of the game, I really
only remember two things about making them all those years ago:
that they should be nearly all-white when taken out of the oven;
and that they were made with sour cream.
So, then, um, uh…wait a minute…made with what?! Sour cream?!?
Nooooo, that can’t be right! Can it? Surely the…what? Why?!?
NEXT: Got sour cream?!?
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What's in the pipeline? Tests that could detect many kinds of germs simultaneously instead of hunting one at a time - and within hours of reaching the lab - without first having to grow a culture. Those tests are expected to be approved as early as next year.
This isn't just a science debate, said Shari Shea, food safety director at the Association of Public Health Laboratories.
If you were the patient, "you'd want to know how you got sick," she said.
PulseNet has greatly improved the ability of regulators and the food industry to solve those mysteries since it was launched in the mid-1990s, helping to spot major outbreaks in ground beef, spinach, eggs and cantaloupe in recent years. Just this fall, PulseNet matched 42 different salmonella illnesses in 20 different states that were eventually traced to a variety of Trader Joe's peanut butter.
Food and Drug Administration officials who visited the plant where the peanut butter was made found salmonella contamination all over the facility, with several of the plant samples matching the fingerprint of the salmonella that made people sick. A New Mexico-based company, Sunland Inc., recalled hundreds of products that were shipped to large retailers all over the country, including Target, Safeway and other large grocery chains.
The source of those illnesses probably would have remained a mystery without the national database, since there weren't very many illnesses in any individual state.
To ensure that kind of crucial detective work isn't lost, the CDC is asking the medical community to send samples to labs to be cultured even when they perform a new, non-culture test.
But it's not clear who would pay for that extra step. Private labs only can perform the tests that a doctor orders, noted Dr. Jay M. Lieberman of Quest Diagnostics, one of the country's largest testing labs.
A few first-generation non-culture tests are already available. When private labs in Wisconsin use them, they frequently ship leftover samples to the state lab, which grows the bacteria itself. But as more private labs switch over after the next-generation rapid tests arrive, the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene will be hard-pressed to keep up with that extra work before it can do its main job - fingerprinting the bugs, said deputy director Dr. Dave Warshauer.
Stay tuned: Research is beginning to look for solutions that one day might allow rapid and in-depth looks at food poisoning causes in the same test.
"As molecular techniques evolve, you may be able to get the information you want from non-culture techniques," Lieberman said.
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This week in rock history, Bruce Springsteen trespassed on Elvis's property, Joy Division played in concert for the final time, rock critic Lester Bangs died, the Eagles reunited in style and TLC diva Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes passed away.
April 30, 1976 - Bruce Springsteen hops the fence at Graceland
Anyone who's attended a Bruce Springsteen show knows that the man can talk a blue streak: his legendary three-hour sets are littered with long anecdotes, and there's no story the Boss loves telling more than the time he got booted from Elvis Presley's front porch.
In 1976, while in Memphis on their hugely successful Born to Run tour, 26-year-old Springsteen and his E-Street Band cohort Steve Van Zandt decided to pay a 3 a.m. visit to Graceland. When he saw lights blazing inside the mansion, Springsteen climbed over the wall and ran to the front door; just as he was about to ring the doorbell, he was intercepted by security. Explaining his newfound rock fame and his recent covers of both Time and Newsweek, Springsteen poured on the charm and begged to be let inside – but instead, the unimpressed guards told him that Presley was out of town (which was true) and escorted him promptly to the sidewalk.
Elvis died at Graceland the following year. Regardless, he is united forever with Springsteen on the cover of Born to Run, where the Boss's guitar strap proudly bears an Elvis fan club button.
May 2, 1980 - Joy Division play their final concert
The meteoric rise of young English post-punks Joy Division reached its untimely end when singer Ian Curtis committed suicide on May 18, 1980, the eve of their first American tour. Two weeks prior, the band played Birmingham University in what would become their final show. The concert was taped and released as the second half of Still, Joy Division's 1981 double album of previously unreleased studio sessions and live recordings.
Joy Division formed in Manchester in 1976 and released their first record, the seminal Unknown Pleasures, in 1979. Their follow-up, Closer, was released in July of 1980, two months after Curtis's death. The surviving members of Joy Division – guitarist-turned-singer Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook, and drummer Stephen Morris—regrouped later that year as New Order, and their 1981 debut single, "Ceremony" was an unreleased Joy Division cut that the defunct group performed just once: at that very last Birmingham University gig.
April 30, 1982 - Lester Bangs dies
"The difference here…is in the hype, the thick overlay of teenage-revolution and total-energy-thing which conceals these scrapyard vistas of clichés and ugly noise," Lester Bangs wrote of rockers MC5 in Rolling Stone in 1969. Just as easily, the passage could have been describing his own complex, self-deprecating genius: Bangs, a widely influential music critic, analyzed rock & roll with verbose, acidic passion, lauding the raw intensity of punk and railing against what he perceived to be the growing sterilization of rock in the late Seventies.
A prolific writer, Bangs was infamous for writing all night in cough syrup-infused, gonzo benders. His work appeared in Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, NME and Creem (where he was an editor) before he died from an overdose of painkillers in his New York City apartment at age 33. He remains the subject of numerous article compendiums and biographies, including Jim DeRogatis's Let It Blurt, and was portrayed by Philip Seymour Hoffman in Almost Famous.
To read the new issue of Rolling Stone online, plus the entire RS archive: Click Here
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