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Analemma image taken over the course of a year by Robert Price in Bethanga, Victoria, consisting of 48 images of the Sun superimposed on a single background image.
Image: Robert T. Price
Source: Robert T. Price
Question: Why is the day with the latest sunset not the same as the longest day?
Answer: The latest sunset and earliest sunrise do not happen on the longest day because sun time is not the same as clock time. The longest day has the longest time between solar noon and sunset, while the latest sunset has the longest time between clock noon and sunset.
Solar noon, also called local noon, is when the Sun reaches its highest point in the sky for the day. Clock noon happens at 12 o'clock every day, halfway through the 24 hour period. Clocks use 24 hours for a day because 24 hours is the average length of a solar day over the entire year. However individual days can be longer or shorter than 24 hours.
There are two factors which make the length of the solar day vary: the Earth's orbit is not perfectly circular, and the tilt of the Earth's axis relative to its orbit around the Sun. The combination of these gives the total amount by which solar noon is earlier or later than 12 noon and is known as the "Equation of Time".
At both the summer and the winter solstice, the solar day is shorter than 24 hours, and so the time of solar noon gets earlier each day. As a consequence, the day with the latest sunset – the longest time between clock noon and sunset – occurs about two weeks after the summer solstice, and the day with the earliest sunrise occurs about two weeks before it.
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6/23/2000 -- -- Contact:
Steve Moyer, Vice President for Conservation Programs, Trout Unlimited, (703) 284-9406
Maggie Lockwood, Press Relations Director, Trout Unlimited (703) 284-9425
June 22, 2000. Arlington, VA...Trout Unlimited applauded the Senate Appropriations Committee's passage of $2 million for continued whirling disease (WD) research today. Led by Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) and Senator Max S. Baucus (D-MT), the committee restored $1 million in federal funding for WD research that the Administration proposed cutting earlier this year. WD is caused by a microscopic parasite, Myxobolus cerebralis, that attacks the cartilage of juvenile trout and salmon. The effects of the disease include frenzied tail chasing or "whirling" by fish when they are feeding or are alarmed, skeletal deformities, and heavy mortalities of young fish.
Once considered just a problem in hatcheries, WD became a national crisis in 1994 when researchers discovered that the disease in the Colorado River, Colo. and the Madison River, Mont., where the disease killed up to 90 percent of the wild rainbow trout populations. WD is now found in at least 22 states. Since 1994, the federal government has spearheaded a public-private partnership to understand how the disease operates in the wild and how it can be stopped.
"The Administration's proposal to cut funding ignored the extensive damage the disease has caused as it has spread through some of our nation's finest rivers and fisheries," said Steve Moyer, TU's Vice President for Conservation Programs. "The committee's passage will likely allow desperately needed whirling disease research to continue."
The Senate Committee passed $2 million for the continuation of activities begun in FY97 to combat WD and related fish health issues. This is an increase of $8,000 above the funding provided for FY00. Within the total amount provided for WD, $700,000 is for the National Partnership on the Management of Wild and Native Cold Water Fisheries and $1,300,000 is provided to expand the National Wild Fish Health Survey to expand WD investigations and to recruit and train health professionals. The Committee's bill now goes to the full Senate for consideration, and then to a House/Senate Conference Committee.
"Whirling disease is nothing to play Washington budget games with," said Moyer. "Past research has made great strides in influencing the practices of responsible fishery management and has allowed states infected with whirling disease to protect themselves from further spread. But we are a long way away from taking back America's blue ribbon fisheries from the wrath of whirling disease."
In 1999, Trout Unlimited published a comprehensive report on "Whirling Disease in the United States" (see below) detailing the parasitic infection that has been linked to the dramatic declines in wild trout populations in several Western rivers. To date, TU has raised and dedicated $250,000 and countless volunteer hours to fight the spread of WD.
Founded in 1959 in Grayling, Michigan, Trout Unlimited is America's leading coldwater fisheries conservation organization. TU's 125,000 members in 500 chapters nationwide are dedicated to the conservation, protection, and restoration of North America's trout and salmon and their watersheds.
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Finnish company is trying to prevent Mecca from being inundated with garbage
Waste left in holy city by pilgrims is to be suctioned away by underpressure to waste collection stations
The Finnish CleanTech company MariMatic Oy is to deliver and install the world’s largest Automatic Solid Waste Collection system (AWCS) in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The system is said to be worth tens of millions of euros.
At present, the company is looking for dozens of employees for the gigantic AWCS project.
Helsingin Sanomat did not manage to reach anyone at the company to comment on the venture.
The person behind the invention is the Tuusula-based inventor and entrepreneur Göran Sundholm, whose earlier invention, a fire extinguisher system, earned him as much as EUR 80 million in 2007 when his company Marioff was sold to an American buyer.
MariMatic is to start the equipment deliveries and installations of the AWCS system in the spring of 2012. The system is scheduled to be handed over to the customer on the spring of 2013.
A total of up to 13 million annual visitors leave a mass of waste in the holiest city in Islam, and the deluge can no longer be controlled.
During the Hajj, the annual prilgimage, the amount of solid waste produced is about 600,000 kilogrammes, which equals around 4,500 cubic metres per day, the company reports on its website.
Currently, an army of hundreds of people and garbage trucks are required every day to transport the waste away from the area.
The aim is to get rid of all smell and hygiene problems by building in the area MariMatic’s MetroTaifun system, by which the garbage is gathered to waste transfer points from where underpressure will automatically suction it through a pipe system to a waste collection station. At the station all waste is squeezed in containers and transported to a waste disposal site.
Mecca is undergoing an extensive development process to improve safety and pilgrimage operations in the entire area. The automation of garbage processing is a part of the overall renovation of the area.
MariMatic Oy belongs to the MariCap group of companies.
MariMatic press release 8.11.2011
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Watch highlights from the first teacher training in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The LIAISON program is a project of the World Studies Institute of Louisiana that is funded primarily by the Centre de la Francophonie des Amériques. LIAISON provides a project-based curriculum that encourages curiosity through discovery of what joins and separates participant communities. Through online collaboration students discover human ecology by investigating their own and partner LIAISON communities. This investigation incubates a work force with a world vision to apply its skills in a myriad of new careers in cultural economy, health-care, humanitarian aid, and the sciences.
By identifying and linking the schools of cultural partners in different countries, LIAISON encourages positive cultural identity and offers opportunities to develop empathy, dignity, hope and the motivation to improve the state of their own and partner communities.
The current LIAISON pilot connects schools in Lafayette and St. Martinville (Louisiana), Clair (New Brunswick, Canada), Providence (Rhode Island) and Jacmel and Port-au-Prince (Haiti); all sharing a cultural, historic and linguistic heritage. These schools are collaborating with project-based curricula that include language, social studies and science. The fact one pilot school is located in Jacmel (Haiti) offers unexpected opportunities. The pilot also includes the development of a curriculum wiki, adding yet another tool for the teachers in each school.
LIAISON has a developed curricula and a methodology for connecting culturally similar and diverse classrooms. LIAISON currently uses the Google apps education edition as its work product platform provided by Lafayette non-profit, Lafayette Commons.
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The recent Christchurch earthquake may have prompted many to consider their options in a disaster, natural or otherwise. Fortunately, Swiss programmers have developed a Linux platform for swarms of flying robots that could facilitate communication in disaster-afflicted areas.
Researchers have also made another breakthrough that could be invaluable in a similarly catastrophic situation. Studies at Tufts University have revealed that a sodium ion deficiency might be the one thing standing between us and the ability to regenerate parts of our bodies if we are injured.
Recently, Nokia broke records when it filmed Dot, the smallest movie ever made. Now in another publicity stunt the company has projected a film straight from the HDMI port of the Nokia N8 mobile phone onto the world's largest cinema screen.
Finally, the latest news in our changing world could be that we will be changing worlds in the not-too-distant-future. Astrologists believe they have discovered a planet that's "just right" for life in the Goldilocks Zone of a solar system similar to our own.By Rachael McKinnon Email Rachael, Rachael Darcie McKinnon
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Parents, myself included, will often complain about the distractions that fill their children’s lives, including Xbox, Wii, texting, the internet and television. All are a sort of electronic escape.
We can either stand in the middle of the room and shout at the darkness or find a way to meet our children where they live.
Over the last few years, I have highlighted some extraordinary programs in area schools. Few have the ability to challenge children and meet them where they are most comfortable like the National History Day program, designed to ask large questions and then step aside to let the students answer them in whatever medium they choose.
Students can team up with other students of like interest to create documentaries, websites, performances and exhibits, or they can create on their own. There is the research paper option as well that is exclusively for the solo historian.
At Highland Christian School, Rick VanderWoude recognized immediately the value in allowing the students to guide the project. As he has said many times, students are capable of doing great things when left to organize on their own and ask for help when needed.
This, of course, includes parental prodding and encouragement. Like any extracurricular program that takes a great deal of time outside of the classroom, parental support is essential.
VanderWoude had a bright core of students to start out with this year. His National History Day class started out with five students who had participated in this program before: Jack Barth, Noah Holderman, Caleb Last, Ethan O’Riley, and Matt Vargo, all eighth graders. Sixth-grader Cate Peerbolte joins seventh-graders Jeff Kroll and Jashawn Rogers to round out the group.
This year's topic is "Turning Points in History: People, Ideas and Events."
Much like the athlete that practices his shots over and over again and the runner that logs miles of open road on her way to competitive glory, these students labor in obscurity for long stretches of time. They might forego that television show that they really want to watch or that lazy Saturday morning for a trip to the library to pick up research books.
All are quick to tell you what they are working on, whether it be the effect of the mechanized plow to the future of farming in America or the effect of electricity on the development of America in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Another might say that what is really interesting is the effect Title IX had on women’s sports and the drive for equality. What of the influence of Walt Disney on modern American culture, or the Tuskeegee Airmen and their influence on the civil rights movement?
The students are not in the least shy about what interested them and were able to dig so much deeper than they would have on a typical history class assignment. They were a team that came together at the end to critique each others’ work and offer sound, constructive feedback.
The stamina, drive, determination and hours of research are skills that will serve them well in their futures, which are as bright as an arc light (Thomas Edison pun).
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What would you do if you got word that someone in your workplace had a bomb?
In the end it was much ado about nothing, but for a few very tense hours last week, the drama that unfolded at Parkland High School had a lot of people on edge.
Parkland volleyball coach Mike Krause says he still has trouble sleeping at night when he thinks about what could have happened to the 200 people in the gym.
"It was so real to us," said Krause. "That you didn't know and in the back of my head 'what if, what if'."
Last Friday Krause had just finished talking to his varsity volleyball team after a match with Easton.
He wasn't expecting to hear what came next.
"She explained that there is a sighting of someone out by the flag pole, wearing a vest with pretty full pockets and they blessed themselves. So I interpreted that as someone saying good-bye," he said.
He immediately thought the person had a bomb.
Krause and others only told people there were reports of a possible armed intruder in the building to prevent a panic.
Then students, parents and fans gathered by a door in the gymnasium.
Two hundred people fearing the unknown.
"When you hear of the things happening at the embassy in Libya," said Krause. "It was 9/14 and we just recognized 9/11. In the back of your head you have martyrs, and you're thinking 'what is this guys intent'."
"We didn't know what was going on," added Taylor Krause, a player on the volleyball team. "We didn't know if he had a bomb on him or something and that was probably the most concerning part."
Because the door they were gathered by went outside, police gave the okay to get all the people out of the building.
They then went to the practice football field and eventually home.
The coach credits practice drills like the one on August 8th.
"To see the kids holding each other and not knowing," said Krause. "Still to be able to believe in you and the trust. I commend the practice drills."
Coach Krause says he also was pleased with the way people handled the situation.
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Every Wednesday I offer tips for adulthood.
This week’s list is inspired by the front page article in the New York Times magazine over the weekend by Daphne Merkin, which provides an account of the author’s life-long search for the perfect psycho-therapist.
I have a feeling that this article could serve as another great example of the age-old “there are two types of people in the world…”. On the one hand, there are undoubtedly people who will be turned off by this five-page, detailed meditation on Merkin’s ongoing relationship to psychotherapy, using it as confirmation that psychotherapy really is just an extended exercise in (pointless) narcissism. On the other hand, there are people (like me) who – while acknowledging the self-indulgent nature of therapy – find both the process and analysis…of analysis…endlessly fascinating. Which is another way of saying that I couldn’t put the article down.
Wherever you fall on the “therapy as literature” debate, I do think that seeing a therapist of any sort can be extraordinarily useful at certain points in your life. And, apparently, more and more of my adopted country’s citizens agree with me. While talk therapy has long been an important part of American life, more and more Brits have gotten on board with psycho-therapy in recent years. A a recent survey suggests that 94% of people in the U.K. now consider it acceptable to have counseling and psychotherapy for anxiety and depression, compared with just 67% in 2004.
If you’re a therapy skeptic or just haven’t felt the need to see a shrink, here’s a layman’s perspective on five ways talk therapy can help you (But be sure to read my “five things not to do in therapy” before you go!):
1. It gives you a narrative. Whether of not you actually pay someone to help you do this, most of us spend a good portion of our adult lives trying to figure ourselves out. Therapy is a useful tool in that process because – if you stick with it long enough – you gradually acquire a story that you can tell yourself to make sense of your past. At the risk of dumbing things down, think of this as a sort of “thesis sentence” (remember 9th grade English?) about your life. It might be something as simple as “I was put on this earth to accompany my sister” or “I was invisible to my parents.” Whatever it is, having a framework about yourself is helpful for moving forward.
2. You identify patterns. As you begin to unearth your own narrative, you’ll discover that you have a habit of repeating certain behaviors. In my own case, a shrink once casually observed that “freedom of movement” is a defining characteristic of who I am. And in one fell swoop, I made sense of about five different things going on in my life, from relationship issues to living overseas. It’s not until you can clearly see the patterns that you can think about change.
3.You normalize your problems. “Ordinary Misery” or “Ordinary Unhappiness” (to generously paraphrase Freud) is the goal here, folks. Which is another way of saying that if you stay inside your own head too long you run the risk of thinking that your problems are worse than they are. Conversely, by talking to someone else about your problems you come to see that a.) you aren’t insane b.) lots of other people share your issues and c.) all of these things are fixable. This does not mean that you’ll necessarily end up “happy” (whatever that is). But in converting your demons into ordinary problems, you’ll be happi-er, which is probably enough for most of us mere mortals.
4. You change your life. Or at least you have the tools to do so. In my own case, I can point to several major life changes that wouldn’t have happened without therapy, ranging from the profound (career change) to the seemingly-trivial-but-in-fact-hugely-consequential (yoga). Provided that you do it the right way, therapy offers you a chance to take abstract insights about yourself and apply those towards concrete changes in your life.
5. It offers hope. See 1, 2, 3 and 4. And in an era where suicide rates are up among middle-aged Americans, that’s nothing to sneeze at.
I’m over on Politics Daily today talking about the new trend towards early puberty in girls and what it might mean for everyone else.
Image: Week Five – Face of Depression by Jessica Hime via Flickr under a Creative Commons license.
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Remote observing from the Keck Headquarters in Waimea, Hawaii, has been implemented for both Keck Telescopes. The network in use between Headquarters and the observatory on the summit of Mauna Kea has slowly evolved to its current form, a T-3 (45 Mbit/sec) fiber link. This bandwidth is more than sufficient to allow remote control of the instrument, image data downloading, and eavesdropping operations. The instrument control software is networked in the same way as for our remote satellite-based system: remote display of windows using X Window System protocols.
Every attempt has been made at Headquarters to emulate on-site observing at the telescope, including separate remote control rooms for each telescope, identical software environments, and astronomer quarters. A single T-1 of bandwidth is used by an advanced PictureTel videoconferencing system, which keeps the observers and OAs in video and audio contact for the entire night. Although a primary benefit of remote observing from California is not realized, namely the reduction of travel time and costs, the proximity of technical observatory staff and the freedom from altitude-related difficulties has made remote observing from Keck Headquarters a very popular mode of observing. As much as 75% of the observing in a given month currently takes place remotely at Headquarters (depending primarily on the complexity of the instrument being used).
A separate project has been undertaken by Bob Kibrick and others at the University of California Observatories (UCO/Lick) and Keck Observatory to enable remote observing from California over terrestrial networks. Initial experiments have used the Internet, with the eventual goal to acquire the necessary bandwidth in the form of a guaranteed-bandwidth leased line. The key to this project has been the decision to remove the instrument control interface to the remote computer, with only low-level command packets and image data packets being transferred over the network. This minimizes the traffic over the network, while enabling a quickly responding interface. This separation of the user interface from the underlying instrument control software has proved relatively easy to implement because of the modular construction of the Keck Telescope control system. Figure 11 illustrates that this separation of the ``observing control computer'' and the ``LRIS control computers'' already exists, and was in fact used to our advantage in the ACTS project as well, to create a separate remote observing control computer connected to the ATM network.
The other advantage to this approach is that it enables the large image data files to be transferred to the remote host while the instrument CCD is reading the data from the hardware itself. Since this operation currently takes one or two minutes with the LRIS instrument (depending on the instrument mode), the result is that the remote user will see exactly the same image ``read-out'' rate as the local user, provided that the bandwidth is at least 8 Mbytes per 60 seconds, or 1.1 Mbit/sec, less than a T-1. Although this is an instrument-specific number and the required bandwidth will certainly increase as instruments become more complex with larger detectors, this allows us to implement an initial remote observing system with little software or hardware expense. This remote observing technique was successfully demonstrated at the SPIE meeting in July of last year . A similar test in October has demonstrated the ability of this technique to multiplex several remote users at different locations, a capability of great benefit to large observing teams. We expect remote observing from the mainland U.S. to become increasingly common with Keck Observatory in the next few years.
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THE KOCH BROTHERS: FUNDING $67,042,064 TO GROUPS DENYING CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE SINCE 1997.
Billionaire oilman David Koch used to joke that Koch Industries was "the biggest company you've never heard of." Now the shroud of secrecy has thankfully been lifted, revealing the $67 million that he and his brother Charles have quietly funneled to climate-denial front groups that are working to delay policies and regulations aimed at stopping global warming, most of which are part of the State Policy Network.
Today, the Kochs are being watched as a prime example of the corporate takeover of government. Their funding and co-opting of the Tea Party movement is now well documented.
Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch have a vested interest in delaying climate action: they've made billions from their ownership and control of Koch Industries, an oil corporation that is the second largest privately-held company in America (which also happens to have an especially poor environmental record). It's timely that more people are now aware of Charles and David Koch and just what they're up to. A growing awareness of these oil billionaires' destructive agenda has led to increased scrutiny and resistance from people and organizations all over the United States.
We continue to expose the connections between climate denial front groups and the secretive billionaires who are funding their efforts.
Case Studies: How Does Koch Industries Influence the Climate Debate?
See our 2012 update Koch Brothers Exposed: Fueling Climate Denial and Privatizing Democracy, demonstrating how the Kochs are part of a 40-year old blueprint to dominate democracy. This update was relesed in conjunction with the release of Brave New Foundation's Koch Brothers Exposed movie.
From Greenpeace's Toxics campaign: Toxic Koch: Keeping Americans at Risk of a Poison Gas Disaster
From our 2011 report update:
From our 2010 report:
Download our full reports:
The Koch brothers, their family members, and their employees direct a web of financing that supports conservative special interest groups and think-tanks, with a strong focus on fighting environmental regulation, opposing clean energy legislation, and easing limits on industrial pollution. This money is typically funneled through one of three "charitable" foundations the Kochs have set up: the Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation; the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation; and the David H. Koch Charitable Foundation.
How can you help?
By spreading the word to your networks on sites like Facebook and Twitter, you can make more people aware of who the Kochs are and unmask the "experts" who take money from them to write reports and appear on TV questioning the wisdom of taking action to save the climate.
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A digest of important news from sources selected by our local editors. Delivered weekday mornings.
For years, the maternal medicine industry has been waiting for a test that can accurately screen fetuses for genetic conditions, without the need for an invasive amniocentesis.
Now, the holy grail is here. A slew of companies, including some local ones, are beginning to commercialize their products and raise substantial amounts of funding to create simple blood tests to detect conditions such as Down syndrome. The tests could someday replace amniocentesis procedures, which carry a risk of miscarriage. It’s also creating a competitive space in a $1.3 billion prenatal testing market.
Pregnant women today regularly undergo basic screening, involving a blood test or ultrasound, said Dr. Ken Song, CEO of San Jose-based Aria Diagnostics Inc., one of the companies in this field of medicine. If that test raises concerns, the woman would then get an amniocentesis, in which a doctor inserts a needle into the womb and collects amniotic fluid to analyze.
The early tests are not very accurate and lead thousands of women every year to get the more invasive amniocentesis tests, even if they don’t need them. And amniocentesis carries a miscarriage rate of one half percent to 1 percent, Song said.
“That actually translates to a couple thousand or so normal, healthy pregnancies where the fetus is adversely affected, where there’s fetal death,” Song said. “We just think that’s appalling.”
Aria and other companies are now developing tests that can pick out the tiny amount of fetal DNA that is in a mother’s blood and analyze it, and it looks to be as accurate as an amniocentesis, Song said.
Diana Samuels covers technology, cleantech, biotech and venture capital. Her phone number is 408.299.1835.
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Huawei denies spying, calls for global security standards
'We're not the ones throwing malware around'
Even as execs of the Chinese telecom giant Huawei prepare to testify before Congress over concerns that the company's networking equipment may pose a security threat to US infrastructure, the company issued a public statement claiming that it has never participated in cyber espionage or any other illegal act, and that it would never do so.
That claim comes in a new report written by John Suffolk – a former UK government CIO who now serves as Huawei's global cyber security officer – with the rather tongue-tying title of "Cyber Security Perspectives: 21st century technology and security – a difficult marriage."
Huawei, like its Chinese competitor ZTE, has been under investigation by the House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for nearly a year, after multiple US government and military officials raised concerns about both companies' ties to the Chinese government.
In the report, which Suffolk describes as "an open and frank perspective" on Huawei's views regarding cyber security and its impacts, the company asserts that the negative attention it has received is unfair and that espionage would be against its business interests:
For our survival, we have never damaged any nation or had the intent to steal any national intelligence, enterprise secrets or breach personal privacy and we will never support or tolerate such activities, nor will we support any entity from any country who may wish us to undertake an activity that would be deemed illegal in any country.
That's a line Huawei will no doubt repeat when it appears before the House Intelligence Committee in hearings that are expected to commence as early as this week. But critics in the US and elsewhere maintain that "Chinese actors" are among the most active perpetrators of cyber espionage, and that Huawei's equipment could be rigged to make such attacks easier.
That's just politics, Suffolk says.
In his paper he describes Huawei as "a global organisation doing business in over 140 countries." Furthermore, he questions whether, in the era of the global supply chain, it is valid or even helpful to label a company's products as "foreign developed":
Alcatel-Lucent has one third of its global manufacturing done by Shanghai Bell; Ericsson's joint-venture Nanjing Ericsson Panda Communications Co. has become the largest supply centre of Ericsson in the world; at the end of 2011, Nokia Siemens Networks had 10 manufacturing facilities worldwide: 5 in China (Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Hanghzou and Suzhou), and 2 in India – is what they do "foreign developed"?
Suffolk goes on to criticize the lack of laws, norms, standards, and protocols with regard to cyber security, and says the current environment allows nearly anyone to use malware and other internet-based attacks with impunity.
"If we accept this route, then we must stop complaining and accept the consequences of the cyber race to the bottom of the pit and the return of the Wild West," he writes.
In an apparent jab against the US and its allies, which have all but admitted using state-sponsored malware in recent attacks on Iran and other targets, Suffolk warns that the lack of international law governing cyber security may soon have severe consequences.
"If governments are indeed involved in the acquisition of zero-day exploits or are developing or 'weaponising' attack software, such as Flame and Stuxnet," Suffolk writes, "the phrase 'what we sow we reap' springs to mind."
Suffolk says the correct approach would be for governments and companies to collaborate on international standards of data protection on a global basis. In the current regulatory environment, he says, Huawei and other companies must comply with different standards for each jurisdiction, which can be prohibitively difficult.
As to the issue of cyber espionage, Suffolk points out that no amount of international regulation or actions by vendors are likely to prevent governments from conducting intelligence activities over the internet, now that it has become central to so much of daily life.
"It is important to keep in mind that throughout history, spying and espionage have continually played a role in diplomacy, for better or for worse," Suffolk writes.
How much weight such arguments will carry in Congress is questionable, however, and for Huawei the stakes are high. In a statement issued last November, House Intelligence Committee chair Mike Rogers cautioned American businesses not to buy more Huawei kit "until we can fully determine their motives." ®
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A complaint filed over twelve years ago continues to divide some residents in Wells County.
In 1999 an odor complaint was filed about the area known as the McKinney Paxson Watershed. Testing determined that E. coli levels were well above standards, leading Indiana's Department of Environmental Management to issue Wells County a formal enforcement action in 2005.
While the ball has moved slowly, 74 county homeowners say they are now looking at being required to connect to a public sewer line at a cost of $1.7 million or $200 per month as an estimate.
We met with a number of homeowners who said they don't have a problem paying, but they're concerned about their voices being heard and the uncertain price tag of the project.
"great frustration that the government that you trusted to provide a solution has created such a tremendous problem to where people are literally leaving our meeting in tears", said Lee VonGunten, a Wells County homeowner since 1979.
Wells County Councilman Phillip Stoller isn't among the 74 homeowners impacted, but is concerned that a non-elected Regional Sewer district board is making a major decision along with IDEM on past testing, feeling it's bad government policy.
Heath Butz, an Environmental Health Specialist with the Wells County Health Department said the last test from 2008 showed the same high levels of E. coli, he also said records show only 9 of the homes have a contained septic system on site.
"we do know that there's a lot of discharging homes out there and visually on inspecting the ditch when I've been out there, I've seen human wastewater", said Butz.
We spoke to IDEM about the concerns in Wells County and they provided us with a lengthy timeline for the project, going all the way back to 1999. They said the testing levels continue to show E. coli levels well above water quality standards, but they also said it's extremely important that the project selected is "economically feasible".
IDEM also said its not advocating a specific plan, instead they're asking the sewer district board a plan and a timeline, they feel their marching orders are clearly defined in the "Clean Water Act".
Glenn Ryan is the president of the Sewer district board, which is made up of appointed volunteers. Last year the board submitted a letter to IDEM stating the project wasn't cost feasible, but they were told to do more research and find grants to lower the cost for homeowners.
"I don't want people to lose their homes, I don't feel like the rates are prohibitive if we can get the grants. We're following the law of the land essentially and the agreed order that the County and Commissioners have agreed to with IDEM", said Glenn Ryan.
The board expects to submit a plan by March 31st to IDEM and says with grants, the monthly cost would $60-70 per month, not including the cost of a sewer hook-up.
However, the homeowners we met with are concerned many won't qualify. Concerns about pollution have played out in a number of Indiana communities and critics feel anyone with a septic system could find themselves in this position.
"if you have a septic system this is a situation that could impact you at some point. All it takes to be on IDEM's radar is for someone to file a complaint", said Stoller.
Residents have lobbied for a new round of testing and those tests are being scheduled, whether the results will slow down this 12-year-process is an entirely different question. The homeowners have decided to acquire legal representation to make sure their rights are protected.
Continue the discussion on this story on Ryan's Facebook page.
Here's the timeline provided to us by IDEM on the issue:
1999 - The Wells County Health Department samples multiple locations of the McKinney and Paxson ditches. Levels of E. coli are well above the water quality standard, which is 235 cfu/100 ml (colony forming units per 100 milliliters)
2001 - IDEM issues a Warning of Noncompliance to the Wells County Commissioners, indicating improperly treated sewage from local septic systems are a major concern.
2002 - A feasibility study is conducted locally to investigate possible solutions. Connecting to the City of Bluffton sewer system is one of the options explored.
2005 - (March 22) IDEM initiates a formal enforcement action, sending a Notice of Violation to the Wells County Commissioners and Wells County Council. http://www.state.in.us/idem/oe/cause/NOV/11499-W.htm
2005 - (September) An Agreed Order is signed. One of the options outlined under Part II Section 3 is for the formation of a Regional Sewer District. http://www.state.in.us/idem/oe/cause/AO/11499-W.htm
2006 - A petition for the formation of a Regional Sewer District (RSD) is submitted to IDEM.
2008 - The county amends the RSD petition to include all unincorporated areas of Wells County
2008 - The Wells County Health Department samples the McKinney and Paxson Ditches again. E. coli levels remain well above the water quality standard.
2009 - (June 3) The Wells County Regional Sewer District is formed.
2011 - (June) The District submits a district plan to IDEM, identifying connection to the Vera Cruz sewer as the selected project. The plan indicates that sewer rates would become extremely high as a result.
2011 - (July 22) IDEM sends a deficiency letter to the District. The submitted plan did not include an implementation schedule for a solution, which is required. The District is told to choose a viable project, and resubmit a complete plan.
2011 - (July 28) IDEM sends a letter to the Wells County Commissioners and Wells County Council. IDEM requests the Commissioners and Council to commit to determining a workable solution to water quality issues. IDEM requests a response in 45 days.
2011 - IDEM receives a response to the July 22/28 letters. The Regional Sewer District requests a six month period to develop a district plan to address water quality standard violations. IDEM approves this request.
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You will want to get in the garden and start digging after you read this great article!
The garden beds at the Lewis House in Colonial Williamsburg are being seeded right now with heirlooms. Larkspur, corn poppies, wallflowers and many other flower seeds need this early start. Stephanie Oberlander photo for The New York Times
Calendulas, or pot marigolds, like many early bloomers, need sufficient periods of cold for their seeds to germinate. They are accents in not only the garden but also the kitchen; high in vitamin C, they can be used in soups and salads. Barbara Temple Lombardi photo.
THE quince hedge was already covered with salmon-pink flowers the day Lawrence Griffith, the curator of plants at Colonial Williamsburg, planted 19 varieties of heirloom flowers from seed. Read more...
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As 9/11 approaches, we look back with a solemn demeanor and with pride in our hearts. America is resilient. For those that lost their lives on that dreadful day and those whose lives were forever changed, we offer our gratitude and our condolences. It is because of the people of America that we are strong.
As America reflects on the events of the past, do not be lured in by heartless hackers and thieves. These malicious individuals are preparing to release malware attacks by taking advantage of your curiosity and your giving heart.
They are targeting social networking sites as well as More >
Big news for us here at INVISUS! Our flagship service, InfoSafe, now has an official home of its own on the Internet. InfoSafeCertified.com went live this week making it much easier to find and learn about the InfoSafe program and InfoSafe Certification. I am personally excited about this new site because it will be the primary driver of our global brand building and marketing efforts for InfoSafe. Look out world – here comes InfoSafe! If you are not familiar yet with the InfoSafe Certification, check out the info below – or, of course, just go to www.infosafecertified.com!
About InfoSafe: InfoSafe is the industry’s leading information More >
Every week I get a message from Microsoft that pops up next to my clock . It says that updates are ready for my computer. Mostly this message is just annoying and I click the ‘X’ to get rid of it. I don’t have time to do whatever Microsoft wants, in fact I don’t want to have anything to do with Microsoft. Have you found yourself having the same thinking process?
Well, let me put this in perspective. Yes Microsoft can be overbearing sometimes and we don’t have to do half of the things they want us to do, but updates More >
FBI Director Robert Mueller gave a speech to an Internet security conference yesterday where he voiced his concerns over Internet threats and gave a bold warning of the importance of security at all levels, from the government to the home user.
“Terrorists have shown a clear interest in pursuing hacking skills and they will either train their own recruits or hire outsiders with an eye toward combining physical attacks with cyber attacks,” Mueller said.
He noted a cyber attack could have the same impact as a “well-placed bomb.”
Mueller did not specify a particular government, but did state that there are nations out More >
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Community Area: Central
Photo of Open Space Bounded by Miramar Marine Corps Air Station to the north and west, SR-52 and Mast Boulevard to the south, and the city of Santee to the east, East Elliott is a portion of former Camp Elliott, purchased by the United States Government in 1941 for use as a Marine Corps training camp. In 1961, approximately half of Camp Elliott-including present day East Elliott, Tierrasanta, and a portion of Mission Trails Regional Park--was declared surplus and sold. The 1962 Elliott Community Plan applicable to this area was updated in 1971, and in 1982 a separate community plan for Tierrasanta was adopted.
In 1997, the Multiple Species Conservation Program identified the majority of East Elliott as Multiple Habitat Planning Area (MHPA), where preservation of the natural habitat would be pursued. The East Elliott Community Plan (PDF) was amended at that time to designate the MHPA as open space. Areas outside of the MHPA include the 474 acre Sycamore Landfill; a 117 acre area bordering the city of Santee, which was designated for low density residential development; and an 8 acre area at SR-52 and Mast Boulevard, designated for office use. The community plan was amended in April 2002 to add aggregate processing as a permitted use at Sycamore Landfill, and a long range master plan is currently under review for the landfill.
East Elliott remains undeveloped, with the only uses being the Sycamore Landfill and a few telecommunication antennas. It is dominated by native vegetation, including sage scrub, chaparral, native grassland, and oak and sycamore woodland. It constitutes one of the largest and biologically most important remaining open space areas in San Diego with a number of endangered and threatened wildlife species.
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News: News Archives
Children and families explored the interaction of the five senses at the AAAS station at the 2nd USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C.
[Video produced by Carla Schaffer]
AAAS Brings the Science of Our Senses to Science Festival
Most kids, when they’re about to eat a jelly bean, anticipate the taste of it, not the smell. But those who visited the AAAS station at the 2nd USA Science and Engineering Festival joined in an experiment: They held their noses while chewing the jelly bean, and found that, without their sense of smell, the flavor became simply sweet or sour.
AAAS helped families experiment with all of their senses at the festival in Washington, D.C., which opened to the public for a free weekend 28-29 April following a Sneak Peak Friday for students, teachers, and military families. Over those three days, 150,000 people joined AAAS and other science organizations from across the country in science festivities.
“The Science of Our Senses” interactive stations, hosted by AAAS Education and Human Resources, gave visitors a chance to learn more about how their senses work together. Visitors stopping by the AAAS booths were challenged to activities that tested their senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.
One of the most popular booths tested expo visitors’ sense of taste. Kids were drawn to the table by the candy machines full of jellybeans, but they walked away with a better understanding of how their sense of taste connected with their sense of smell.
Festival attendees also interacted with researchers at the AAAS Meet the Scientists! stage show. After the scientists’ presentations, audience members had the chance to talk with them and ask questions one-on-one.
“Providing opportunities for scientists to engage directly with the greater Washington, D.C., community, including families, teachers, and adults, was a highlight of AAAS participation in this event,” said Tiffany Lohwater, AAAS public engagement manager.
15 May 2012
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Rules and Policies
Posted on 02/08/2013 in The Coonhound Advisor.
With exception to those lucky southerners, many of us will be denned up for another month or two, so this might be a good time to brush up on some rules and policies before the hunts are back in full swing. This month’s topics come by way of the Advisor archives that you’ll find in debated conversations amongst many handlers. Maybe some of them would be better off by doing less talking and more reading?
Remember, the latest edition of the Advisor book is a great source of valuable information. It is available for only $15 through the UKC Magazine Department, email@example.com, and on the UKC website store at www.ukcdogs.com/cgi-bin/commerce.exe?preadd=action& key=C-BA-4353-CA.
Biting or Attempting to Bite
Q: Why is there no rule punishing dogs that bite handlers? Last year at Plott Days, I was bit by an English dog. The hunting Judge scratched the dog, and the Master of Hounds put the dog back into the hunt because he said there is no rule that concerns this issue. The dog was tied about five to seven feet from the tree and the dog was pulling the chain towards the tree they were treed on. I walked behind the dog. It turned, saw me and came at me and stretched the chain and grabbed my hand. I DID NOT walk between the tree and the dog. It left teeth marks in my hand and a lot of slobber, and the Judge had seen the dog do it.
I think something should be done about this because not only did the dog bite me but also another handler in the same cast. If a dog bites another dog it’s scratched. Why isn’t the penalty the same when a dog bites a handler? MC
A: Although we hear about this problem from time to time, it is really not reported very often considering the number of hunts held each year. It is true that the Nite Hunt rules do not address the problem of dogs biting people. It most likely was never enough of a problem that past rules committees felt the need to address it. (At least the committees that I’ve sat in on have not discussed it)
UKC’s interpretation of the situation is as follows. Dogs are not scratched for “aggressive behavior”. They are scratched for “fighting or attempting to fight”. Fighting or attempting to fight is clearly defined as when dog is interfering with other dogs through aggressive behavior. According to the current rules, the MOH made the right call.
When the rules are that clearly defined, my hands are tied. I’m not against scratching a dog for biting a person. I don’t like the idea of it either. I do have some questions as to how it would be enforced. If it were decided by a rules committee that a dog would be scratched for biting a person, what would you use as criteria to make sure it was legit and not just someone saying a dog bit them simply to put the dog out of the cast? Most of the time this situation occurs when handlers are handling dogs at the tree, or when the cast is spread out shining the tree. Will there be enough people to witness the situation? Would the bite have to be bad enough to draw blood or would you scratch them even for nipping someone? What about snapping at their own handler? I do see some problems with enforcement.
I do agree that a club is certainly within its rights to refuse entry to any dog with a history of such action. (See the Entering Dogs portion of the UKC Coonhound Rulebook.)
Scoring Trees/Sending Handlers to Tie Dogs at Split Trees
This topic never gets old so let’s spend just a moment with a discussion of scoring trees. There are a couple important things to remember when scoring trees. First, in order to score plus or minus, it takes a majority of the cast decision to do so. A Judge’s vote holds no more weight than anyone else when it comes to voting on how trees should be scored in a hunting Judge situation. Sure, in a non-hunting Judge situation, it’s solely the Judge’s decision. But in a hunting Judge situation, trees are scored by a vote of the cast members, and each cast member has equal say. It takes three people on a four-dog cast to plus or minus a tree. Can you believe this question still gets called into the office almost every week?
Also, it is mandatory that all cast members go to each tree to participate in the scoring. In split tree situations, it is not permissible to send two handlers to one tree to score it while the remaining two handlers score the other tree. Even in the essence of saving time, this is not acceptable. The rules say points will be plus when coon is seen by a majority of the cast when hunting a Judge is used. This is much different than saying, “by a majority of the cast members present at that tree.” All cast members must vote on how to score each tree, and those votes must be made in good faith after having searched the tree in question for the allotted time.
The Implied Scratch
True or False: There are things that you can be scratched for during a UKC licensed Nite Hunt which do not appear in Rule 6 (The Scratch Rule). Think about it. What is the penalty for doing something that the rules plainly state cannot be done?
If you answered yes, you can scratch a dog for violations other than those specifically listed in Rule 6, then you are correct and you can skip to the next topic. For those of you who answered false, and I know there are some because of the calls we have received, then read on and I’ll bring you up to speed regarding UKC’s interpretation of the implied scratch.
Basically, anything the rules specifically say you can’t do, you can be scratched for doing. For example, you won’t find in Rule 6 anything that says you will be scratched for squalling at a tree when a dog that has been declared struck is still out on trail. However, Rule 17 says, “No squalling nor any action deemed to be interfering with dog(s) to be done during the first seven minutes of shining time unless all dogs declared struck are at tree and leashed.” What do you do to someone who insists on squalling even though there are hounds on trail? You’re right, scratch him.
There are many examples of things that various rules tell you cannot be done. Some (not all) examples of rule violations that will get you scratched, even though they don’t appear in Rule 6, are listed below:
• Climbing or cutting trees or killing coon.
• Refusing to stay with the cast.
• Shining split tree before Judge arrives.
• Arriving at a tree before the Judge.
• Failure to leash dogs at the tree.
• Encouraging or discouraging dogs. (Does not mean you can’t pet your dog at the tree.)
• Squalling at a tree with other struck dogs on trail.
• Shining the tree during the two minutes the handler with first tree wished to shine alone.
• If your spectator shines tree before it is officially scored.
• Refusing to vote on a question.
• Threatening or intimidating others.
There are situations where the rules tell you what to do other than scratching the dog, if you violate that particular rule. For example, Rule 17 also says, “Judges are not to let hunters call dogs off trail without counting those points minus.” If it wouldn’t have specified, “…without counting those points minus,” then I would be inclined to say that you would be scratched for calling dogs off trail. But the rules are very clear as to what you should do in that situation.
Many of the situations outlined above admittedly are rather minor offenses even on a strictly judged cast. You know and I know that at the Forks-Of-The-Creek Coon Club this Friday night, at their UKC licensed event, someone will get off with only a warning that his spectator is not allowed to shine trees. But the only way to be consistent with final interpretations, if it gets to that level, is to say this. The penalty for doing something that the rules specifically state cannot be done, in cases where the rules do not offer a different specific penalty, is to be scratched from the cast. I think that’s about as simple to interpret as we can make it.
It is acceptable to allow a handler to go to a split tree to tie his or her dog after the five minutes is up or trees are closed; however, that handler must then return to the original tree to help score it. And trees must be scored in that order. The dog that was declared treed first, will have his tree scored first. Can that be an inconvenience sometimes? You bet it can. Trees must be scored in the order that they were declared, and those trees must be scored by all cast members. Sorry if it takes more time, but that’s what the rules call for.
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Give a certain percentage of your earning to universe by helping those who needed it the most.One is never poor to help out.Give according to ur capacity.Take care of Gods poor family too.The Fakir by Ruzbeh N. Bharucha
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Mahatma Gandhi is a renowned figure in world history. His dedication to the principles of peacefulness is legendary and he was able to accomplish many great things in his life. He is the man who led his Indian people to gain their independence from British rule in 1947, and the philosophy of the man lives on in the hearts of many to this day. Gandhi’s ideas were simple and came from a positive place in his heart, mind and soul. Below we list the ten best ideas or pieces of advice we can glean from Gandhi to change our world for the better.
This is a principle you can find in many religions, and the intent and concept behind it come from love and a desire to abstain from violence and negative thoughts. When you are wronged or hurt by another the natural response may be to lash out or seek revenge. So many times we hear of jilted lovers doing terrible things in the heat of passion or friendships ending due to misunderstandings.
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is an attribute of the strong.”
It does take a certain strength to forgive someone who has wronged you. Realize that revenge will not erase the wrong that was done, it will only create more hurt. Do not let yourself become a part of a vicious cycle of revenge. Listen to these famous words from Gandhi himself:
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
Revenge is a cyclical thing. Once you carry out your vengeance, you will bring more negativity and wrong down upon your head. If you can search within and find the strength to forgive your friends and foes alike, then that is far more admirable and better for the world.
Perfection is an ideal that no man can realistically attain. We are all flawed beings despite our best intentions. It takes a humble spirit to continue to become better and better. The way to achieve this is through admitting your mistakes and learning from them as best you can.
“I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.”
With a spirit of humility you can see where you went wrong. You can’t let pride blind you in this regard. To do so would be to never truly evolve. The same mistakes would continually pop up in your life because you never properly learn your lesson.
Yes, that line was from the famous Shakespeare play Hamlet. The words of Gandhi speak to us and say that we would do well to align our thoughts, actions and words. In doing so we stay true to ourselves.
“Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.”
If more people were truly happy it would make the world a better place. Negativity in the world often comes from a bitter spirit, jealousy and hate. Happiness embodies all of the great things about the world such as love, prosperity and justice. When you are not afraid to do what you are thinking and the words coming out of your mouth ring true you are living your life as you see fit. To be true to yourself is a great thing. Follow your heart and let all facets of your being be guided by it.
Sometimes people blame others for their misfortune. They try to find a convenient scapegoat so that they don’t have to feel bad about their failures. This isn’t a healthy way to think of things though and it leads to a bad place. It must be understood that each human is in control of his or her life. Certainly other people can influence you in many ways. Even if others lead you down a bad path the choice was yours to follow that individual.
“Nobody can hurt me without my permission.”
Gandhi understood that ultimately each person is responsible for their choices and actions in life. Be mindful of this when living your life and it will help you to want to make the best decisions possible. If you follow the crowd and do not like where you end up, you were still in control of what you were doing. Forge your own path in life, and have a smile on your face when you reach your destination.
The world is not always exactly how we want it to be. Sitting at home and hoping things will get better one day will do little or nothing towards making that a reality. In order to change the world people need to change themselves. The healing starts at home so to speak.
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”
If the world were to change and you were to do nothing to change yourself, you would still be a part of the problem. We must seek to continually change our world by making it a little bit better as time flows forward. By inspiring change in your person you can inspire those around you. Simple things such as treating others with kindness, being slow to anger and accepting others for who they are regardless of personal prejudices are great ways to start.
Ideas are an incredible thing. Concepts such as democracy, freedom and justice look great on paper or in an individual’s head. What if those ideas had never come to fruition though? Without action the ideas are just pretty thoughts floating in the air. Action is what can bring an idea to life and help change our surroundings for the better.
“An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching.”
Letting your ideas be known is positive in its’ own way, but showing people how they work through individual action is the way to go. Dialogue is a part of the process of initiating changes, but ideas must be put into practice. Get out there and start that neighborhood watch to try to deter the heightening crime rate in your neighborhood. Put your ideas and words to good use.
The past and future are great concerns for many. People look to the past longingly for times that they cherished. They worry about the future for the sake of their children, wondering what type of world we are leaving to them. In order to honor the memory of the past and ensure the future is a great one to leave to our children, we must live in the present.
“I do not want to foresee the future. I am concerned with taking care of the present. God has given me no control over the moment following.”
The present moment in time is the one we have control over. We can change the way things are now by living our lives as best we can. We can mold the future through our actions now, but if we do nothing but think about times past and times to come the moment will pass us by. There is no going back to a moment in time. Let your mind live in the here and now.
Things in life that are worth achieving often do not come in the blink of an eye. Having a spirit that is willing to endure tough times and continue to strive forward is an important quality in achieving great things in this world. One cannot give up due to not getting the result they want the first time out of the gate.
“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
Being an individual who will persist in the pursuit of your ideals or goals can win you the day. Those who oppose your progress will fall by the wayside while you remain unwavering. It is the person with the most resolve who gets their desire.
No person is without their faults. Understanding that all human beings are prone to being imperfect, we must see the good in our fellow man. By helping one another and promoting good will the whole world’s situation can improve.
“I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won’t presume to probe into the faults of others.”
By understanding that we all have things we wish to improve on, we can help each other live fuller lives. Humanity never would have come as far as it has if not for men working together to build civilization to this point. Our continued partnerships and relationships will propel us forward for years to com. It is important to get along with each other and to be accepting. When you are with a person understand the goodness within them. Don’t judge them for what they aren’t, form a bond with what they are.
We possess the abilities to learn, increase our skills and come to a better understanding of so many different things. It is important not to be stagnant in life, because only by continuing to improve one’s self can one keep up with the changing world around us.
“Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position.”
If you are a man who is unwilling to adapt you will not last in the world. Certainly elasticity is a great quality to possess. Rigidity of belief and expectations can be a person’s undoing. Continually be willing to learn new things and change accordingly.
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CUSTOM, LOW-COST SEED MIXES AIMED AT ENHANCING QUAIL HABITAT
Seed available for the amount of acres to be planted;
mixtures vary according to area's annual rainfall
Adequate nesting and brood rearing cover are critical needs throughout much of the bobwhite range, according to Quail Unlimited (QU) National Habitat Director Roger Wells, Americus. “Wildlife biologists have identified the need for creating and planting additional quality nesting and brood rearing cover as the number one objective for quail recovery,” says Wells.
To meet this need, QU and Sharp Brothers Seed Company, Healy, have joined forces to provide low-cost quail nesting and brood seed mixes for landowners, quail enthusiasts, and wildlife observers. The native grass and forb mixes are designed to provide the short, bunch-grass growth preferred by bobwhites. In addition to the grasses, a variety of preferred forbs are included to provide overhead cover and attract insects ideal for quail chicks. These grass and forb mixtures can be planted along field borders, small non-farmed areas, forest openings, and abandoned crop fields. They may also replace non-native species -- such as fescue and Bermuda grass -- that provide poor quail habitat.
“One of the biggest mistakes when planting native grasses is to plant too much seed,” says Wells. “Native grass cover for bobwhites should be relatively thin to allow ease of quail travel at ground level. We have designed these mixes so that if the landowner or manager tells us how many acres they need to plant, we will send them the right amount of seed to make ideal quail cover on those acres.”
Two mixes are available at this time. The Eastern Mix is designed for areas receiving more than 35 inches of rainfall per year. This mix contains grass varieties that remain at preferred quail height even in areas of higher rainfall. The Western Mix has a small amount of taller grass varieties added and is adapted to sites receiving less than 35 inches of rainfall per year. The cost of each mix is $45 per acre plus shipping and handling, with a one-acre minimum order. Orders can be placed by writing the Quail Unlimited National Habitat Office, 868 Road 290, Americus, KS 66835; phoning 620-443-5834; or emailing firstname.lastname@example.org or email@example.com.
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sandstorm, strong dry wind blowing over the desert that raises and carries along clouds of sand or dust often so dense as to obscure the sun and reduce visibility almost to zero; also known as a duststorm. Such a wind is usually the result of convection currents created by intense heating of the ground. The wind is strong enough to move dunes, and it often interferes with travel, sometimes obliterating roads in flat dry regions such as those of the W United States. The simoom (or simoon) is the dust- and sand-laden desert wind of N Africa and Arabia that contributes largely to the atmospheric dust over Europe; evidence of the dust from simoon winds has also been found on the seafloor at considerable distances from shore. The haboob is a sandstorm prevalent in the region of Sudan around Khartoum. Sandstorms, the leading edges of which often appear as solid walls of dust as much as 5,000 ft (1,525 m) high, also occur, although less frequently, in the SW United States. One that occurred near Tucson, Arizona, on July 16, 1971, was extensively documented by meteorologists. Similar duststorms from windborne particles are evident on the planet Mars and are thought to be seasonal.
More on sandstorm from Fact Monster:
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Who are Patriot Ancestors?
Qualifying ancestors for SAR membership are men or women
who rendered military or civilian service to the Revolutionary
Cause between the Battles of Lexington & Concord (April 19, 1775)
and the signing of the Treaty of Paris formally ending the War
(September 3, 1783). You must be a bloodline descendant from
the Patriot Ancestor. "Collateral descendants" (descendants of
siblings of the Patriot) or descendants by adoption are not eligible
for membership. Full membership is open to males age 18 or older
who can document their lineal descent from a Patriot Ancestor.
Examples of military service include: Regular Army; Militia; Navy;
Minuteman. Examples of patriotic civilian service include:
providing supplies to troops; giving or lending money for military needs;
clergy preaching against Great Britain; signing oaths of allegiance
to the new country.
Descent from the Patriot Ancestor may be through either the mother's
or father's side of the family. Direct-line descent is not necessary:
the line may zigzag through the various generations, where the
surname changes. The goal is to document the linkage between each
generation. Many men have more than one Revolutionary ancestor.
Once you are a member, you are encouraged to submit "supplemental"
applications for those additional ancestors: by doing so, you are
potentially opening up membership to relatives of yours through that
How do I identify a Patriot Ancestor?
In some families, there is already a tradition of descent from
one or more Revolutionary ancestors. Talk to your oldest
living relatives to see if they can help. In other cases,
you will identify a Revolutionary ancestor in the course of
doing your own genealogy research. Published genealogies or
family histories may also help.
How do I document my lineage to the Patriot Ancestor?
As with all genealogical research, we work backwards from
ourselves through the previous generations, being careful to
document births, deaths and marriages, so as to provide an
unbroken chain of descent. Never skip over a generation that
you happen to be stuck on: if you are at the proverbial "brick wall,"
try researching the siblings of the individuals in that generation for clues to
their common ancestry. Both the SAR and the DAR have all old applications
on file: these can be obtained from the respective organizations, and may
provide part of the road map back to your ancestor.
You may find a genealogy computer program to be helpful in
organizing and recording your information. These programs also
allow you to print out charts of direct descent from any ancestor
to yourself. Doing this with your Patriot Ancestor will give
you a clear picture of which individuals you must document.
You can obtain an Application Worksheet from us by sending a request to our
or you can download a Lineage Worksheet
from our Forms and Brochures area.
You can, of course, just do your charts by hand on pre-printed pedigree
charts, or use an online genealogy program such as found at Ancestry.com.
Online genealogy sites can be very helpful in providing you with
clues to connecting generations. These sites contain family trees
done by others and contributed for the benefit of researchers.
Be aware: this information does not suffice to document your
lines of descent, but, again, it can provide you with a "road map"
back to your Revolutionary ancestor. The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints (Mormons), for whom genealogy is a part of
their religious beliefs, has put its largest databases online for
use by anyone free of charge: www.familysearch.org. A good subscription
site can be well worth the expense: more and more, these sites are
posting scanned images of valuable reference sources, fully searchable.
In addition to Ancestry.com,
Genealogy.com, the site for the providers
of the popular Family Tree Maker software, has thousands of scanned
books available for research. Be sure to check
out the large, free sites that have compiled much useful information:
and Cyndi's List.
Revolutionary War military and pension files for many of the
states were long ago turned over to the National Archives and
Records Administration (NARA). These files can be obtained from
NARA via mail, or examined personally on microfilm at a regional
branch of the Archives. Original document files are at NARA
headquarters in Washington, DC. Check their web site for details:
In other cases, the files remain with the states
and can usually be researched at the state archives or at larger
Don't overlook your local libraries. These repositories may
contain county or regional histories, family histories, census
records, etc., all of which can be of help to you in your research.
It may be necessary to retain professional genealogical researchers
in a particular locale to help if you are stuck at a particular
point in your lineage.
Retaining a genealogical researcher requires you to do a bit of
homework first. Be sure to ask for references. National genealogical
publications contain advertisements for researchers around the country,
some of whom specialize in helping with lineage society applications.
It is essential for you and the researcher to agree on just what the
goal of the research is, how much time you are authorizing, and what
the cost will be.
What type of proof and documentation is acceptable?
For yourself, your parents and your grandparents, you should be
able to provide birth, marriage and death certificates. For
generations earlier than your grandparents, such vital records
should also be obtained if they are available for the particular
area where those persons lived. For example, in most of New England,
vital records exist back to the 1600's. In other areas, vital records
are a fairly recent innovation. In New York State, for example,
there was no statewide requirement for filing death certificates
until 1882; for birth certificates, 1910.
Once you have moved back earlier than vital records are
available, then other records may be used as substitutes.
For example, baptismal records may substitute for birth
certificates. Wills and other estate proceedings can document
deaths as well as confirming the link between two or more
generations. Many compilations of church records have been
made and published. Census records showing a couple with
children can be used to imply a marital relationship in the
absence of an actual marriage record. Deeds, too, often
explicitly document the relationship between generations.
Family bible records are acceptable, so long as the title
page is available to document that the bible was contemporaneous
with the events documented in it. The DAR has transcribed
thousands of family bible records and these are available
for research and are acceptable as documentation of family
relationships. Gravestone inscriptions and photographs can
provide valuable information. Again, the DAR has recorded
the inscriptions on thousands of cemeteries around the country.
You can check the various state health department sites on
the Internet to find out where to write for copies of vital
records, fee information, etc. In many cases, vital records
can be obtained at both the state and local level. Mail
requests, for example, to the New York State Health Dept.
have taken as long as 16 months to be fulfilled; the same
request could be processed in a week or two by writing to the
local Registrar of Vital Statistics or Town Clerk.
Sometimes one document can serve as proof for two events:
for example, a death certificate may also include a birth
date/place and parents' names. Marriage records often include
the names of the parents of the bride and groom.
How do I prove my ancestor's Revolutionary War service?
If you have identified a male ancestor who was born between
approximately 1740 and 1760 and was living in this country at
the time of the Revolution, he is of prime age to have served.
However, in our own chapter, we have a member ancestor born in
1700 who provided Patriotic Civilian Service as an old man.
One member from another state is descended from a Patriot Ancestor
who was born in 1770: this ancestor served as a drummer boy at age 12.
The first step would be to check the DAR and SAR Patriot Indexes.
These are compilations of every qualifying ancestor used by a woman
or man to join the respective societies. You can obtain copies of
the related applications from DAR or SAR for $10.00. Many states
made their own compilations of military service. In New York the basic
source is New York in the Revolution As Colony and State, compiled in
1898 by the NYS Comptroller and subsequently reprinted. For Massachusetts,
the 17-volume Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary
War contains a brief paragraph about each man, when he served and in
which units. Part of the huge series of books entitled The Pennsylvania
Archives contains information on men who served from that state.
Many Virginia records are available online at Ancestry.com.
Check with the National Archives to see if they have a military
file for the man.
Where do I go for help?
has access to many of the resources referred to
above and can do lookups for you. For instance, our Chapter Genealogist
owns the set of books summarizing every Revolutionary War pension file
that is in the National Archives, and the companion set for military files.
While our Registrar and Genealogist cannot undertake major genealogical
research for you, the Registrar
is available to advise you on how to deal
with the inevitable roadblocks that we all face in genealogical research.
How do I submit my paperwork?
The first step in the application process is to complete an
application worksheet. The front of this depicts your descent
from the Patriot Ancestor, with a line for birth, death and
marriage for each person in the bloodline. Where possible,
include city/town, county/state for each event. Go down the
worksheet and make a check mark next to each event for which
you have documentary proof (vital record, church record, census,
will, etc.): the unchecked events will highlight where additional
work may be needed. It is only necessary to document the
individual in the direct bloodline in each generation, but it
you can provide documentation for the spouse, please do so.
The reverse of the application includes lines for each generation,
on which you list the various pieces of documentation that you
are using for that generation.
When you think you have everything in order, send the worksheet
and 2 good photocopies of each piece of documentation to our
He will prepare your application in duplicate for filing with the
state society and National headquarters, using the required archival
paper and approved application software.
What does membership cost?
The initial fees to join our chapter total $140. This includes the
one-time application fee of $90 ($80 National and $10 State); first
year's National dues of $30; first year's State dues of $10; and first
year's Chapter dues of $10. Thereafter, annual dues currently total $50.
The National Society offers a "Family Application" process, whereby
2 or more closely related men, joining at the same time under the same
qualifying ancestor, can receive a substantial discount on the National
application fee. The first applicant pays the full $80, but all additional
ones pay only $30. So, if you have sons, brothers, uncles, etc.
who would be interested in joining, it can be highly beneficial to join
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BRUSSELS (JTA) — The European Union launched an online survey into how Jews experience anti-Semitism in nine member states.
Results will be published in an EU report next year, Henry Nickels of the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency said Tuesday at a European Jewish Parliament conference in Brussels.
Nickels’ Vienna-based intergovernmental body and the Institute for Jewish Policy Research, an independent organization from London, commissioned the British market research company Ipsos MORI to conduct the survey.
The study “investigates firsthand examples of anti-Semitic harassment and violence as well as the extent to which Jews feel safe in Europe,” a statement by the institute said.
To participate, respondents must be older than 16 and residing in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Romania, Sweden or the United Kingdom.
“This type of robust evidence will assist EU institutions in taking measures that will ensure that the rights of the Jewish people are fully protected,” Ioannis Dimitrakopoulus of the Fundamental Rights Agency said.
Joel Rubinfeld, the European Jewish Parliament’s co-chair, told JTA that the situation in Hungary is particularly worrisome “because we are seeing signs that official institutions there are condoning anti-Semitism.”
Laszlo Banay, chief adviser for the Budapest municipality and an EJP member, said at the conference that the right-wing Hungarian political party Jobbik has two Internet home pages: “One official page, and another unofficial and openly anti-Semitic one which operates from the US.”
Hungarian authorities are not prosecuting the website’s operators for hate speech, he said, even thought their identities are known.
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Genealogy hit prime time television last month with NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? I haven’t been writing about it here, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been watching! At first, many genealogists were dismayed that the show didn’t highlight more of the “how to” of genealogy. But, that’s not its purpose. First and foremost, the show is meant to entertain. But hopefully non-genealogists will get interested in tracing their family’s history after seeing some of the amazing discoveries that the stars made about their own families.
We are now just past the midway point of the show’s schedule. In just four episodes the show has highlighted various record sources and periods of history, and each story has had a powerful emotional impact. Despite the fact that WDYTYA doesn’t highlight actual research techniques, there are still many lessons to be learned for those already involved in genealogical research. Or at least reminders of things we’ve already learned but occasionally forget. Here is what I have learned so far:
Episode #1 – Sarah Jessica Parker
In SJP’s search for more information on her mother’s family, researchers uncovered her 3rd great-grandfather’s obituary that also cited his father’s year of death. But the information was later proved wrong with additional research. Lesson: Don’t trust everything you read in the newspapers; try to find primary sources for vital information. How many of us have been led down the wrong path by following a family story or second-hand information? Try to verify information using primary sources if possible, which means a record created at the time of the event.
Episode #2 – Emmitt Smith
Emmitt’s story about his ancestors born into slavery was powerful. He not only learned about his fourth great-grandmother, Mariah Puryear, who was born a slave, but he was shocked to discover that her father was likely her owner. Lesson: We may learn things about our ancestors that we won’t make us proud. Upon learning this information, Emmitt had a great response: the man is his ancestor, but he is not like that man. Lesson: If you uncover something distasteful about an ancestor – and who among us has not – you might want to consider you have become something better. We should also remember that the “black sheep” ancestor also has ancestors, and some of those may be worthy of admiration. Genea-blogger footnoteMaven provides the proper perspective with this insightful quote:
It is the wise Family Historian who understands that we can no more take credit for the accomplishments of our ancestors, than we can take blame for their failures.
Our knowledge of them is merely insight into ourselves. You can not change history, take care not to misrepresent it.
Episode #3 – Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Kudrow’s episode was an emotional tear-jerker as she learned about the death of her great-grandmother by the Nazis. However, the lesson I learned from this episode came from an event that struck me as humorous. At the Polish State Archives in Gdynia, a document reveals that Lisa’s presumed-dead cousin had a child in Gdynia. Lisa became so excited at the prospect of finding a descendent. She asks what records they could look to find the family – census records, tax records, surely there is something? Archivist Krzysztof Dzieciolowski smiles and plops a large telephone book on the desk. Lesson: Don’t overlook the obvious when searching for relatives! Occasionally research can be as simple as looking in the phone book!
Episode #4 – Matthew Broderick
Broderick wanted more information on his father’s family, and he discovered war heroes from World War I and the Civil War. It was interesting that his grandfather was described as “ill-tempered” and the family didn’t talk much about the past. Perhaps his grandfather’s ill temper came from his experience fighting in the Great War – he was a battlefield hero, but never talked about it. Broderick also discovered that his 2nd great-grandfather died in battle during the Civil War. Until the research for this episode, Broderick’s ancestor was buried in an unmarked grave. Lesson: Just as we can uncover things we’d rather not know, we also can learn about great deeds. It becomes our responsibility to honor our ancestors by remembering them.
I look forward to the remaining episodes of Who Do You Think You Are? What other lessons shall we learn?
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There’s nothing new about bullying, but the consequences seem to have become more dire as the act no longer stays within the schoolyard, but extends to the 24-hour world of social media.
It’s this lack of escape that’s pushed people into action from the international It Gets Better campaign to more local initiatives.
And now a performing youth troupe, Richmond in 3D (Diversity, Dialogue and Drama) wants to offer schools an additional resource to combat the problem.
A Journey to Action, which will be premiered this evening (Wednesday) at the Richmond Olympic Oval, was filmed throughout the past year as the group delivered workshops on how to tackle bullying, discrimination and racism to various schools across the city.
The documentary will be part of a toolkit delivered to schools as an anti-bullying initiative.
The other components include a facilitation guide for teachers and strategies for students to confront the issue.
“It has to do with sustainability,” said project director Mark Pawson. “It’s not part of the curriculum or anything, but it can be a resource or a guide for action.
“Depending on our funding, we might start focusing on other issues next, like immigration, so this documentary is something schools can always use to deal with bullying.”
Funded by the province and Richmond Multicultural Community Services, the troupe, of about 23 members from 14 to 20-something years old, conduct workshops to schools and community organizations about diversity and racism.
In the past year, they received funding to address bullying in schools. Through performance and dialogue, the members share their stories with Richmond classes and suggest ways to create a more inclusive environment.
They also encourage students to talk about their own experiences with bullying and present alternatives through playback theatre — where they act out the shared experience with other possible resolutions.
“It’s surprising how many students really do open up and share,” said Pawson. “We were at a school a week ago, and one student shared his story about being bullied. Even though he broke down a little, he said he felt relief and hope in the end.”
Students’ stories often extend past the schoolyard, from being bullied by family members to contemplating suicide or mourning the loss of a friend who committed the act.
Many of the students approach the members after a workshop and continue to keep in touch with them. Some even decide to join the group.
“We want the youth to feel empowered, and we do that by providing youth models,” said Pawson. “I hope people can see that youth and individuals can make a difference. People don’t have to suffer and be lonely. All it takes is the power of one — one person who befriends someone.”
Directed and produced by one of the trainers Ana Carrizales, the documentary switches from visuals of the troupe performing for classes to interviews with the members and students about the experience.
A Q&A with Pawson, Carrizales and the troupe members will follow the screening and Pawson hopes to open the dialogue to the audience.
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UNION and UNION II
This is not an official USMC combat operations page, but my personal attempt to recover as much info as I can about the operations participated in by the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines in Vietnam. I will be posting recollections and pictures (when available) from Marines and FMF Corpsmen who participated in Operation UNION and UNION II. Comments are from informal emails, phone calls, and other correspondence to Brad and I. All related pictures and information is greatly appreciated.~DR
Throughout this period, the 5th Marines (Reinforced) was assigned the mission of destroying the enemy forces, their supplies and equipment. With the initiation of a heavy engagement by a Marine rifle company in the vicinity of La Nga (2), the 5th Marines deployed to exploit the contact. Unable to disengage while being subjected to relentless pressure, the 21st North Vietnamese Regiment finally made its stand at the hamlet of Phouc Duc (4).
For four days commencing 12 May, 5th Marines attacked the fortified enemy positions. Valiantly withstanding heavy enemy mortar barrages and repelling fierce enemy counterattacks, the Marines shattered the entrenched enemy. Operation UNION II was launched on 26 May with a helicopter-borne assault to destroy the withdrawing remnants of the 21st North Vietnamese Regiment.
UNION and UNION II inflicted over three thousand enemy casualties and eliminated the 2nd North Vietnamese Army Division as a combat force to be reckoned with for many months. The entire 5th Regiment received the Presidential Unit Citation awarded by President Johnson. ( Source of information: "United States Marines" published by the United States Marine Corps Division of Information, Feb. 1969)
Action of 21-25 April 1967
Maps photocopied from "U.S. Marines in Vietnam - Fighting the North Vietnamese 1967" by Major Gary L, Telfer, USMC, Lieutenant Colonel Lane Rogers USMC and V. Keith Fleming, Jr. One of the "U.S. Marines in Vietnam Operational History" Series.
The first photos of the first med evac's at the start of Operation UNION (that was when the M-16's didn't work!). The fighting was so heavy and intense that it was 4 days before any wounded could be brought out. Gen. Westmoreland took one look, and gave up his helicopter to be used for evac's. "Doc" Vic Perez
of first casualties
3RD BN. 5TH MARINES Commander Lt. Col. D.E. Esslinger
Lt. Col. C.B. Webster took command 28 MAY 67
James R. McElroy, Jr.
I served with "M" Co. 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines from 15 Dec 66 to 24 June 67. Participated in Operations SPOIL, DESOTO, UNION (hospitalized 13-21 May 67), UNION II, and ADAIR (until transferred to 2d Combined Action Group, III MAF). Had an additional tour as an advisor to VN Marine Corps from 9 Dec 70 to 1 Dec 71.
Capt. J.R. McElroy's
Silver Star citation on Mike 3/5 site
Denny Dinota joined the Marine Corps at age seventeen. Here he was, in combat for the first time as a twenty-five year old Staff Sergeant. He had missed going to combat as a rifleman. There just hadn't been a war and he couldn't do anything about it. He was with Mike Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines for six months. Here are some of my memories of Denny.
In his first large operation, Operation DESOTO, Staff Sergeant Dinota distinguished himself as a platoon commander by ensuring the destruction of a series of six mutually supporting enemy bunkers connected by a number of trenches. While sprinting over open terrain to direct fires of machine guns and rocket launchers, he marked enemy positions for air and artillery. His skills were obvious. He knew how to look out for his men and he could lead; and, his knowledge of infantry weapons, support arms, offensive and defensive tactics, and map reading was superior.
Denny received a meritorious promotion to Gunnery Sergeant just prior to to Operations UNION and UNION II and became Company Gunnery Sergeant. Additionally, he served as Company Executive Officer in the field. During Operation UNION, Denny was continually picking fragments from his red, largely swollen left arm. It was obviously infected. He wouldn't turn himself in and wasn't about to leave in spite of the Battalion Commander's expressed concern to me. It seemed combat to him was both a mental and physical challenge. He fought aggressively, but with control. Denny constantly checked lines at night for security. He was keenly aware of ammo, water and supply requirements and kept up with them at all times. On the move, his major effort was to detect ambushes or surprises.
In mid May after an all day encounter with NVA forces, the company set up nighttime defensive positions. At dusk and into darkness, Gunny Dinota had the right flank of the company lines moved back and new positions dug in. At midnight when the company again came under intense NVA mortars, the bugles sounded and a ground attack followed. The main thrust of the NVA ground attack was where Denny had moved the lines and the enemy advanced right into our machine guns, rifles and M-79s firing down their flank. The NVA assault met with disaster. Several days later, Gunny Dinota became aware of two Marines (found to be mortally wounded) in front of the company perimeter in danger of being captured by the NVA. Amid mortars and small arms fire, he quickly organized and led a squad along a trench through an exposed rice paddy. From there the Marines and their weapons were evacuated back to the company perimeter without a casualty.
Throughout these operations Denny possessed a unique ability to quickly and accurately diagnose the strength, disposition and size of an enemy force. He was a superb leader who looked out for his men.
These are a few of my memories of Denny. After Denny was transferred from Mike Company, he received a Battlefield Commission in August. J. R. McElroy, Jr.
I served with Mike Company from about Dec. '66 through Operation DESOTO - end of Jan. through Feb. '67, and through Operations UNION and UNION II spring and summer of '67. Transferred out after ADAIR to DaNang area the end of June early July (?)
I was platoon sergeant and platoon commander of 2nd platoon (and another platoon for a short while), and was the company gunny during UNION and UNION II. During UNION and UNION II 3/5 engaged in three pretty big battles. Mike Company was up front in all of them.
On May 12-13, we got what you might call Banzai-ed after an all day fight. We were out-numbered by several hundred. The NVA did manage to break through our line, but died for their efforts. During times like that you don't see officers and staff getting up running about the area giving directions and displaying leadership and all that stuff. You couldn't stick your little finger in the air without getting it shot off. The skinny kids in the fighting holes did what they were trained to do, and did it.
My point man was the first to come upon what was left of Fox 2/1. He first came up on a Marine machine gun squad still around their gun. Because they still had their gun means to me that they fought until they died, and the enemy never got the gun. About 10 yards further, we came upon the rest of the company. They were on line, halfway across a rice paddy, dead. Most of them anyway. Very few emergency evacs. Officers still had their radio hand sets to their ears. All very surreal.
During that time earlier in the day as we were losing people we received replacements from the rear. They were cooks, bakers and candle stick makers who probably earlier in the day were fat and happy and getting a sun tan. Boy, were they in for "It." Anyway, when the sun came up in the morning we were all in a daze.
I didn't count the dead NVA, but the rumored number was 167 that they left on the field. We don't know how many they managed to take with them.
Combat experience is all relative to each individuals own experience. During January and February we had been in some pretty good scraps. I knew I had experienced combat. I could have left the war and felt satisfied. The company had seen the elephant. On May 12-13 and the rest of Union I realized that I (we) hadn't seen shit.
And it never stopped for six weeks.
About a week after Union we were still in the field on yet another operation. I was standing at the bottom of a hill when a company runner came running down and with excitement told me that I was getting transferred. I felt bad about leaving, but at the same time I couldn't believe that I just might get out alive. As I started up the hill to the C.P. Bill Vandegriff stopped me to tell me thanks. I'll never forget that. Coming from a man like Vandegriff it was like getting the Medal of Honor.
There is no way to describe what goes on, and everybody while going through the same experience remembers it differently. Strange life we have here. Denny
Frank Jurney, M/3/5
Arrived in RVN-Chu Lai Nov. 66- assigned M/3/5 status 03 infantry Nov. to May -I participated in all operations and duties of a front line Marine. May to 2nd week of Dec. I was picked by Captain McElroy to be a noncom assistant -job break down in the rear I was driver-rear secured zones. I also participated in all operations that M/3/5 was involved in. After Skipper Mac tour I remained on the same job.
Kevin Kelly, 3rd platoon, Mike 3/5
1 May 1967
About 10-10:30 a.m. on May 1, 1967, I was shot while on an operation. I was carrying a radio for Lt. Johnson of the 3rd Platoon. Around 11 a.m. I was picked up with some other Marines and medevaced to a field hospital where they removed the bullet and tended to me and others.
Just after dark, two helicopters came to take us to the hospital ship, the USS Sanctuary. The helicopter I was on was equipped to hold stretchers, and was loaded with all Marines on stretchers. The other helicopter took Marines on stretchers, and also those who could walk.
A short while after we took off, I saw tracers going up and our window gunners firing down. I also saw the muzzle flashes from the gunner on the other chopper, so I know they also received fire. This lasted only a short time. We continued out over the ocean to the Sanctuary. The helicopter I was on landed on the Sanctuary first. While we were being unloaded, the other helicopter circled. Before the helicopter I was on took off, the other one crashed into the sea.
A few days later, some of those from that helicopter were recovered from the ocean by sailors from the Sanctuary. I always thought that the details of that tragedy had been passed on to relatives. I did not know it was listed as mechanical failure till I saw it on your page (May 1, 1967 Memorial page). I believe that it was due to enemy fire. Kevin Kelly
"Ski" Tylinski, Roger Gaughan, Bob S.
Gaughan (center) was one of the wounded Marines killed in the helicopter
crash 1 May '67.
Served as Forward Observer with Mighty Mike from March through September 1967. Then served with 3/5 Hdqtrs. until January 1968. Was proud to serve with Captain McElroy; Gunny Denny Dinota and a bunch of other great Marines during Operation UNION, UNION II; COCHISE; SWIFT; and several smaller operations. Semper Fi, Byron
our tent on Hill 65.
Some mortar fins which the bad guys had tossed at us on one of the operations.
Byron Hill Silver Star
Doc Dan Link (left)
How the hell are all you jarheads after 34 years?? I'm like the the rest of you guys, I can't remember names or faces. If anyone remembers me, please give me an email. I think I remember Bowers, not sure. I was on Operation DESOTO, UNION I/II, and patched a lot of you grunts up.
I remember an ambush I went on just outside of Hill 69. I carried a 12-gauge shotgun and accidentally shot it off while trying to remove a rock from under my butt. We had just set in and I had given off our position by discharging the shotgun. The squad leader called in to get permission to return to base but was refused because we had just got out there. The rest of the night was a little on edge. Give me a shout. When I can scan my pictures, I will. DOC (Dan) Link
T. Carota, K/3/5
Hello 3/5. My name is Domenic Carota. My brother John Thomas Carota was WIA on Union May 13, 1967 with Kilo Company. He was KIA on Swift 9/6/67. My family would appreciate hearing from anyone who knew my brother. Thank you.~Domenic
Christopher K. Mosher, K/3/5
Lawrence B. Caine III, India 3/5
Served with Kilo 3/5 and know for sure that Kilo Company was there though no mention has been made. I don't remember much other than a lot of fighting, a lifer hiding behind a rock during a firefight, a sniper bullet that traveled between myself and another Brother at one time (we both heard it zoom between us - can't remember who he is), and loading bodies onto choppers.
Melecio Ortiz, India 3/5
I don't remember a whole lot about UNION. I was with H&S then and was keeping track on casualties. I was wounded about 2 weeks or less after it commenced. Col. Esslinger and I were wounded on the same blast. Ran into Col. Esslinger at PI after I returned in '68, I assume he may have been medically retired, he wasn't there long. Helluva guy, always liked him.
I was with Mike Co. from Dec. 1966 until Nov. 1967. I was a Sgt. serving as Machine Gun Section Leader, Weapons Plt. Sgt. and 2nd Platoon Sgt. I was on Operation DeSoto, Union I, Union II and several others. In Nov. ' 67, I was transferred to Security Platoon, Hqs. Co., Hqs. Bn. providing security around the Command Bunker at Freedom Hill. I rotated back to the states in Jan '68.
Hey! fellow UNION Brothers, this is Terrapin India here. Like this site a lot. Hope some India UNION guys check in along with our brothers from Mike and the rest of the Bn. This is where I cut my teeth on in the Nam was UNION and pow! we was out on UNION II. Was incountry from March '67 to April '68. Company radioman after UNION II. Thank God for that. Great site, and I'll be checking in on it often.
I was with India company beginning with a rough rider from Chu Lai to Da Nang (just after HASTINGS) UNION I and UNION II, and SWIFT. There were some lesser known, but no less deadly operations in between.~Sgt. George "Hap" Hazzard, I/3/5
My name is Ted Randolph, but everyone in the Nam called me Randy. I was with 3/5 H and S Company from March '67 to April '68, 81mm platoon.. I was on UNION and UNION II, ADAIR, CALHOUN, and a bunch more. I would like to get in touch with some of the guys.
I was a 3/5 Marine 81's from 3/67-3/68. Ops include UNION-UNION II, COCHISE, PIKE, and ADAIR. Looking to hear from our fellow brothers.
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The government on Tuesday said that the recent drop in the prices of Nile perch (sangara) in the country has been caused by lack of a market in Europe.
The Minister for Livestock Development and Fisheries Dr David Mathayo told the National Assembly that over 95 percent of the fish from Lake Victoria were being processed and sold outside the country.
His statement followed a dispute which emerged between fishermen in the Lake Victoria Zone and factory owners who reduced fish prices.
He mentioned other factors which led to the drop in the prices as instability of the Euro, economic and business slump in some countries including Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece which are the main markets for fish from East African countries.
The Minister said other factors were unemployment facing the country thus affecting its capacity to buy items including food thus forcing people to eat other foods like pork and chicken because they are cheaper.
Dr Mathayo said the presence of other types of fish whose prices are cheap from the Far East countries of Vietnam, China and Australia has caused the prices of Nile perch to drop.
According to reports from FAO GLOBEFISH OF April 2012 the prices of Nile perch in European countries started to drop from 2009/2010 when one kg fetched euros7 dropping to euros4.50 in 2011/2012, he said.
In the past two weeks, he said, prices of Nile perch in the East African countries have also dropped. In Tanzania it fell from 4,500/- per kg to 3,000/-, while in Uganda it dropped from 6,000/- to 4000/- which is Tsh2600/-, while in Kenya the prices went down from KShs 210 to KShs 120 which is equivalent to TShs 2,300/-.
He said the government has discussed the price issue with the factory owners, fish agents and fishermen who sell fish to fish processing factories on the possibilities of improving the business and prices.
He said it has been agreed that fish agents and fishermen should meet with factory owners to discuss the possibilities of compensating the loss caused by the suddenly drop of prices.
The Minister said the Tanzania Industrial Fishing & Processors Association (TIFPA) should submit to the government the proposed price before July 5, this year.
“The prices which will be used during the transitional period from June 21 to July 5, this year will result from the agreement entered between the factory owners and the fish agents,” he said.
He said currently each factory has agreed with its agents as per their contracts, for example, Tanzania Fish Processors to buy a kg of fish at between 3000/- and 3100/- while Omega should buy at between 3000/- and 3200/- and Vic Fish should buy at 3000/- per kg.
He said the government has directed its embassies in the countries which buys Nile perch from Tanzania to make follow ups on the prices so that the prices are known to fishermen and agents so that it can continue advising the factory owners.
Last week Ilemela MP Highness Kiwia asked the Parliament to discuss the dispute between fishermen and fish factory owners who he alleged had lowered the fish prices to the extent that they had affected the fishermen.
However, Speaker of the National Assembly Anne Makinda ordered the government to issue a statement on the dispute.
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Because of this, the mixing time for producing SCC lies in the range of standard vibrated concrete. Productivity can be increased considerably by significantly reducing mixing time, eventually reducing production costs.
In addition, SCC could be produced in a total mixing time of 60 seconds by using hybrid mixing sequences. Separating the mixing process into an intensive mixing phase in the plant mixer and following homogenizing in the ready-mix truck is conceivable for the production of ready mixed concrete. Thus, reducing effective mixing times in the plant mixer down to 30 seconds can be achieved by changing tool velocities.
This entire paper is included in the SCC 2005 Proceedings, published by the Center for Advanced Cement-Based Materials. The two-volume collection contains more than 170 articles in 10 themes: Case Studies and Applications; Chemical Admixtures; Durability; Fiber Reinforced SCC; Fresh State Properties; Mechanical Properties and Performance; Mix Design; Powdered Materials and Aggregates; Structural Performance; and Test Methods and Processing.
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If you are interested in learning more on SCC research, consider attending the 5th International RILEM Symposium on Self-compacting Concrete. Organized by the faculty at Magnel Laboratory for Concrete Research at Ghent University in Belgium, the conference takes place Sept. 3–7, 2007. To learn more, contact Professor G. De Schuttert at Labo.Magnel@UGent.be, or fax 32 9 264 58 45.
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Late ‘80’s on a farm in Nadi – By Seema Singh
By Seema Singh
When in the islands, growing up at my grandparents’ place, we were surrounded by food as our farm was in a rural area. Despite living on the leased land that was soon to expire, my grandparents encouraged growing our own food and becoming self-sustainable (even if the time was short).
I clearly remember my family’s attempt to grow everything that came in their way even an apple tree was propagated from its seeds (6 inches high), which eventually died because of the tropical heat. This was the spirit of people in my family in those days.
We had on our farm nearly all the vegetables that we ate .. from peanuts to chillies, to curry leaves, to beans, to spinach to corn to cassava and so much more … meat was just cooked once or twice a week. We were also self sufficient with milk.
Not many women worked outside in those days and by staying at home my grandmother passed some great tips on herbal medicine and vitamins in food to us as well while we played in the fields. Everyone at home had to spend some time in the farm every afternoon and this helped us learn about the relationship between home grown organic food and our health – how our health was the result of what we ate.
Fruits were in abundance … those sweet pawpaws that needed minimum care, mangoes in all colours, some of those big bunches touching the ground in the fruiting season, coconuts, pineapples, lemons, tamarind, guavas, and what not. Many people from the community were invited to come and harvest the vegetables and fruits to take them home and put them to good use. They did.
We were also able to barter our goods with other things from people in the community. This exchange created understanding and care for the people in the community. My grandfather was of the belief that if we have to live in the community, we will have to deal with people and have good relations with them because a community encompasses of many people and not just us.
Because of such an upbringing we always respected the earth since it gave us food. We were self-sufficient and not having a market in the community was not a big deal. If we wanted something to eat and we knew that someone down the road had it, we would get it from him or her – it was this simple. Everyone in the community knew my grandparents and vice versa. We attended with our grandparents, meetings, festivals, meetings and so on.
Such good learnings have had a great impact on my life and now when I am living in New Zealand I am still associated with organic gardens and self-sustainability
projects where we need the whole community to pitch in learn and grow together. I still use some of those food growing and caring skills in my small garden today and seeing my vegetables makes me appreciate my grandparents even more for instilling in me the love for this ever-giving earth.
Some things are just meant to last forever and should not die out; and in my case what my grandparents taught us about universal values of growing your own
food, sharing, and creating community spirit hopefully will never grow old.
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St.Vincent Women’s Hospital offers Integrative Therapy as a part of our holistic approach to patient care and healing environment. Integrative Therapy uses a combination of techniques to re-energize, relieve stress, and help you heal more quickly. Techniques include light massage for hands and feet, breathing techniques for relaxation, clinical aromatherapy and the labyrinth.
Touch is one of the most basic forms of communication. Sometimes, a simple touch from a friend, loved one or care giver is comforting, reassuring and helps relieve stress. Yet, often times we are afraid to touch those who need it the most. The nursing staff at St.Vincent Women’s Hospital have been trained in light touch massage for hands and feet as part of our holistic approach to patient care. New moms receive a relaxing 15-minute postpartum massage from our certified massage therapists.
Breathing Techniques for Relaxation
Just like other comfort measures, rhythmic breathing can enhance relaxation and relieve pain. Through practice, experimentation and adaptation, you and your Care Partner will find the best way for you to use breathing as a relaxation tool.
There are two basic types of breathing used for relaxation:
- Slowly inhale through your nose, and exhale through your mouth.
- Allow all of the air to flow out; pause briefly, then inhale again.
- Repeat breaths about six to ten times per minute – half your normal breathing rate. This is a guide; it is not necessary to count or time your breaths. Remember to keep your mouth slightly open and relaxed during slow breathing. Also, try to keep your shoulders down in a natural position to make breathing most comfortable.
- Use normal chest breathing; inhale through your nose, and exhale through your mouth.
- Allow any discomfort to guide the rate and depth of your breathing.
- Repeat breaths about twenty to thirty times per minute – one and a half your normal breathing rate. This is a guide; it is not necessary to count or time your breaths. Light breathing is very useful if and when you find you can no longer relax with slow breathing, or you are instinctively speeding up your breathing rate. Again, remember to keep your mouth and shoulders relaxed.
Hyperventilation occurs when the balance of oxygen and carbon dioxide in your blood is altered causing you to feel lightheaded, dizzy or have a tingling sensation in your fingers, feet or around your mouth. Breathing too deeply, too fast, or experiencing increased tension can lead to hyperventilation.
To avoid hyperventilation:
- Re-breath your own air—breath into your own cupped hands
- Relax and reduce tension
- Set a slower and more shallow breathing pattern
Tips to Remember:
- Begin using breathing techniques when relaxation alone no longer keeps you comfortable.
- Change your breathing pattern as it becomes less effective.
- Inhale through your nose (unless your nose is congested) and exhale through your mouth.
- Place the tip of your tongue behind your upper teeth to reduce dry mouth.
Remember, there is no “right way” to breathe for relaxation. Use whichever technique feels right and works for you.
Adapted from Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn, The Complete Guide by Penny Simkin, Janet Whalley and Ann Keppler. 2001.
Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils for a therapeutic purpose. It is an ancient treatment which allows us to use the therapeutic properties of the essential oils to treat physical disorders, such as arthritis or migraines, and mental disorders, such as stress or depression. Aromatherapy is a holistic therapy that can promote and maintain health and vitality; it is not meant to replace medical advice or care.
What are essential oils and where do they come from?
Essential oils are the steam distillates obtained from aromatic plants. They are found in the flowers, leaves, bark, wood, roots, seeds, and peels of many plants. However, it is important to note that essential oils and “fragrance oils” (found in perfume) are not the same. Essential oils are pure, natural plant extracts which have been found to provide both physical and psychological benefits; whereas, “fragrance oils” contain synthetic chemicals and do not provide therapeutic benefits.
What can essential oils do for you?
Essential oils can provide relief from nausea, headaches, insomnia, anxiety, stress, inflammation, muscle/joint pain, fatigue and sinus pain. Essential oils are for external use only; avoid contact with eyes.
The Labyrinth is an ancient Greek pattern which has come to symbolize an inner journey. It is characterized by a single path which weaves an intricate pattern before reaching a center point. Tracing the path of a labyrinth is thought to stimulate the part of your brain which reduces tension and stress.
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Christmas is the time for giving. But you don't want to give your friends and family the same gift every year. So, you strive for fresh Christmas gift ideas every year. Wines make very thoughtful gifts. And when it comes to Christmas, wines also have a special significance. Wine is had on Christmas because it symbolises the blood of Christ. What better way to cherish the spirit of Christmas than to gift your near and dear ones some delicious wine.
But not everyone is a wine connoisseur. So, how do you know which will be the best wines to gift your friends? There are some factors that you must consider before choosing a wine as a Christmas gift. Firstly, it should be a winter wine. There are summer wines (mostly white wines) and winter wines. Since you are looking for a Christmas gift, you must choose the latter.
Secondly, the wine should match the kind of food you are eating. Wine accompanies the Christmas dinner. So, the wine you choose as Christmas gift should go with your menu. Some wines are best for poultry items and some are good with seafood. Thirdly, the wine you buy must fit your budget. After all, it is not just one bottle of wine that you have to buy for Christmas.
If you have run out Christmas gift ideas this year, buy some good wine. Boldsky has handpicked 10 affordable and suitable wines for Christmas.
Conde de Valdemar Crianza 2004 Rioja
A good solid red wine to start the Christmas party. It can be best described as a spicy wine with tinges of soothing vanilla flavour. It is Spanish in origin.
Gunderloch 2007 Riesling Kabinett Jean-Baptiste
Want to raise a toast to someone or something? This is the perfect white wine to raise one. This wine from New Zealand has the refreshing taste of young grapes.
Mumm Napa Brut Rose
This is the appetiser wine. If you are serving fried foods like potato fries, crisply fried chicken or fin chips, then you can serve this sparkling red wine.
One of the known names globally, this wine is of French origin. But this oak-flavoured wine is produced in India. So, it will be easily available to you.
Clos La Coutale 2008
This is an average man's French wine. Very delicate tastes of chocolate and plums dominate this wine. A great companion for beef and duck platters.
Central Otago Pinot Noir 2009
Another wine that hails from New Zealand. This is the best suited wine for a turkey dinner. So if you roasting your Thanksgiving turkey late, buy this delicious wine that smells like dried roses.
Domaine Luneau-Papin Muscadet Sur Lie 2009
If you want to have shell fish or other fish delicacies for Christmas, then this is the perfect white wine.
Layer Cake 2008 Malbec
A food wine through and through. You must serve this smokey flavoured wine when you have dinner. Goes very well with both poultry and red meat.
12-year-old sweet Pedro Ximenez
This is a dessert wine and thus a very safe gift. If someone invites you for dinner, you can always bring this wine to pour over ice-creams and puddings.
Sula Rasa Shiraz
It is one of the best red wines produced in India. If you are a wine lover, then you must taste this wine on Christmas. It is as good as any French wine.
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Lesser Celandine or pilewort, as it more commonly known, grows freely in woodlands and other moist, shaded places and brightens the way whenever you pass it by. It’s Latin name, Ranunculus ficaria, refers to the resemblance of its tubers to figs and an old common name for it was figwort (not to be confused with the plant more commonly known as Figwort, Scrophularia nodosa). Piles, or haemorrhoids, for which the plants got its modern common name, also used to be known as figs, so this usage for our pretty spring friend is nothing new.
In Mrs Grieve’s classic, A Modern Herbal, she tells us, “Wordsworth, whose favourite flower this was (in recognition of which the blossoms are carved on his tomb), fancifully suggests that the painter who first tried to picture the rising sun, must have taken the idea of the spreading pointed rays from the Celandine’s ‘glittering countenance.’ “
It is true that this little flower arrives early in the spring, appearing almost like a symbol of hope for the warmer days to come.
Used mainly to treat non-bleeding haemorrhoids and a sore or itchy anal area, it is oft quoted that the main indication for this plant came about from the doctrine of signatures as its bulbous tubers are not dissimilar to the appearance of piles. Many years of use however, as well as a modern understanding of its constituents, back up this traditional insight. Pilewort contains tannins and saponins and is both astringent and demulcent, so toning and soothing to inflamed or irritated membranes.
In the past an infusion of pilewort was commonly taken internally as well the the ointment applied topically but these days it is mostly the ointment that is favoured.
Bartram recommends making an ointment by macerating one part whole fresh plant whilst in bloom to three parts of benzoinated lard. I stuck to making an infused vegetable oil via the heat method.
After harvesting the whole plant – roots, leaves and flowers – I washed them thoroughly to get rid of the tenacious clay soil that stuck between each nodule and then spread them out to dry off in the dehydrator for a couple of hours. If you don’t have a dehydrator then just blot them dry as best you can and leave to wilt slightly overnight. This reduces the water content of your herb and helps prevent rancidity. I then infused the herbs in sunflower oil in a bain marie for several hours on a low heat. You can read my detailed instructions on how to make an infused oil here.
Many people combine the infused oil with horse chestnut oil or tincture to make a nice astringent ointment but, as I have none at present, I came up with this alternative.
40ml pilewort infused oil
20ml plantain infused oil (just use extra pilewort if you have no plantain oil).
20 ml calendula infused oil
5ml self heal tincture
5ml witch hazel
10 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops geranium essential oil
Melt the beeswax in a bain marie and add the infused oils, stirring until fully mixed. Add in the tinctures and witch hazel and whisk or blend with a hand blender until fully incorporated. Stir in essential oils and leave to set.
Apply liberally several times a day to affected area.
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Despite only having been identified some 25 years ago, Legionella pneumophila (the causative agent of Legionnaires' Disease) is no new organism. Medical history is littered with evidence that this organism has wreaked havoc long before people knew its identity. Every year about 5 - 10% of pneumonia cases are caused by this creature, and the mortality rate can soar to as high as 30% if untreated.
Despite its modern-day infamy, Legionella pneumophila might never have been found, if not for a celebration that took place in Philadelphia a quarter of a century ago...
The Philadelphia Tragedy
It is 21 July, 1976. The place is Bellevue Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia. The occasion is an historical one - the US Bicentennial Convention of the American Legion - although, by an ironic twist of fate, it would go down in the annals of history as one of the biggest medical tragedies of the 20th Century.
More than 4000 World War II Legionnaires, along with their families and friends, have assembled here to participate in the 58th American Legion's convention, about 600 of whom are staying at the hotel at which this convention is hosted. It is a joyous, merry-making occasion that is all about reunion, fellowship, even a parade of sorts.
The day after the opening of the convention, some of the participants begin falling ill. The symptoms are the same: fever, coughing and breathing difficulties - all of which are dismissed as the celebration carries on at full swing. On Tuesday 27 July, four days after the convention, however, things begin to turn sour. There is one death at a hospital in Sayre - that of an Air Force veteran who attended the Philadelphia convention.
And for no explicable reason, the American Legionnaires start dying, one by one, of a mysterious illness...
Prelude to Disaster
1976 was not a good year for everyone. It started in January with an influenza epidemic which claimed the life of a soldier at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Nine unidentified influenza viruses were isolated and sent to the Centre for Disease Control (CDC). Five were identified as the common influenza A virus; four, shockingly, were swine influenza viruses. The last time a pandemic was caused by human-to-human transmission of a virus of this sort was in 1918, and it had caused more than 20 million deaths. To everybody's dismay, the results from the tests carried out on the paired sera1 from Fort Dix clearly indicated that this, too, was a human-to-human transmission case.
Meetings carried out between the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Army, the National Institutes of Health, and the New Jersey Health Department eventually led to a meeting between Jonas Salk (of the famous Salk vaccine), Albert Sabin and a number of other members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices with President Ford in March. Ford was advised to request $135,000,000 from Congress to develop and mount an immunization campaign against a virus that possibly threatened an outbreak on the scale of the 1918 pandemic. They justified this course of action with the following arguments:
That emergence of totally new influenza A viruses occurred about every ten years to replace the current strain, each time causing a pandemic.
That the last two cycles had been 1957 and 1968, and that it was high time for a new cycle.
That old influenza viruses could return, and this one could be the 1918 swine flu virus-like pathogen coming back.
That since nobody was an oracle where predicting swine influenza pandemics was concerned, the public health agencies had better get ready.
This campaign was met with mounting criticism in the summer of 1976 when further evidence of the virus had failed to appear2, leading to a new host of troubles. The insurance companies refused to insure the manufacturers of the vaccine because of possible side effects; the manufacturers themselves in turn refused to produce the vaccine without insurance. In an attempt to ameliorate the situation, President Ford introduced the Tort Claims Act3; the bill failed to move through Congress, however, and things became increasingly hostile for those who were caught in the middle.
And then came the reports of three deaths from Pittsburgh. Deaths that were caused by influenza-like illness.
A Basic Misunderstanding
By Monday, 2 August, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg and Philadelphia were crawling with Environmental Information Systems (EIS) officers and CDC epidemiologists, all of whom were seeking answers to this strange disease whose victims were American Legionnaires who had attended the 21 July American Legion convention. All the patients had the same complaint: chest pains, high fever, lung congestion and pneumonia. Epidemiological studies and laboratory data did not suggest influenza; however, the members of Congress who read the papers got it into their heads that it was and consequently passed the Tort Claim Act in a hurry because they didn't want to be made responsible for holding up the immunization campaign should anything awful happen.
With no more juicy news about the swine flu 'pandemic', attention was shifted to the peculiar disease that had struck the American Legionnaires in July (by then 221 people had been infected, and 34 had succumbed to it). Come September, however, things were starting to get nasty again because the CDC, who had initially been revered as a hero in this cause, had failed to identify the elusive aetiological agent responsible for this peculiar disease. The only thing the CDC had to report was that the only thing they were sure of was that what had happened in Philadelphia had happened either in the lobby or just outside the Bellevue Stratford Hotel. Needless to say, this was met with general derision and disbelief.
A Twisted Plot?
With the CDC as confused as the general public, crackpot theories regarding the origins of the disease began to emerge. Some insisted that nickel carbonyl intoxication was the cause. Wilder allegations included conspiracy theories - that communists or pharmaceutical companies were conspiring to wipe out American veterans. Others, in their eagerness to find fault, claimed that the agent was obviously a toxin, that the wrong specimens had been taken, or that there were just not enough of them. In fact, as Scott Robertson MD claimed, the only real consensus to develop among scientists was that this was not a bacterial disease!
The vaccination programme began on 1 October, amid meetings, arguments and congressional hearings. Within ten weeks, nearly 50,000,000 doses of vaccine had been administered to both young and old. In fact, this programme had run into an enormous trouble when three elderly people died ten days after being vaccinated - it was in danger of being aborted until the CDC managed to convince the media that 80 and 90-year-old people died every day, with or without the vaccination. Eventually, however, this immunization programme had to be stopped when the CDC discovered that the vaccine was associated with the late November and early December reports of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS).
Workaholic to the Rescue
The world has Dr Joseph McDade to thank for the discovery of the bacteria responsible for Legionnaires' Disease. He was a rickettsiologist at the CDC, whose team eventually discovered the evidence for the existence and pathogenesis of the Legionnaires' Disease bacteria from clinical specimens in early 1977. This was what happened...
McDade had been asked to rule out Q-fever as a causative agent. Thus, in his search for the Legionnaires' Disease bacteria, he used the same techniques for isolating rickettsial pathogens. Guinea pigs that were inoculated with material from victims all died of a febrile illness. Peering into a microscope, McDade observed several cocci and several small bacilli, none of which seemed significant at the time. He decided to inoculate embryonated eggs with suspensions of the guinea pig spleen tissue that had been treated with antibiotics to inhibit the growth of contaminating bacteria. The eggs grew nothing, causing McDade to suspect that the rickettsiae had been killed along with the rest of the microbes.
28 December, 1976, saw a year-end party that Joseph McDade did not particularly desire to attend. Uncomfortable with the crowd, he decided to return to the laboratory to wrap up some things before the end of the year. He took out his guinea pig slides again and put them under the microscope for review. This time he noticed something he had not noticed before: a cluster of the bacilli he'd seen previously were engulfed by a white cell.
Excited, McDade and his team of researchers plunged into the mystery afresh. New batches of inoculated eggs were prepared, this time without the antibiotics. Guinea pigs were then injected with yolk sac extracts, and developed the typical symptoms of Legionnaires' Disease. Blood samples taken from the survivors were mixed with the yolk sac isolates, and subsequently reacted. The Legionnaires' Disease bacteria had been found.
Why it Took so Long to Find the Bacillus
The Legionnaires' Disease bacillus, later named Legionella pneumophila, was no ordinary microbe. It could not be grown under typical conditions, being dependent upon ridiculous demands: high levels of the amino acid cysteine and inorganic iron supplements, low sodium concentrations, as well as activated charcoal to absorb free radicals. In addition, it preferred elevated temperatures, which was highly abnormal among pathogens, who preferred near-body temperatures. It did not help that the team of CDC researchers had been using the wrong animal model at the start, and had only gotten results when they switched from mice to guinea pigs4.
Once the etiological agent had been determined, however, another question popped up: where exactly was this bacteria from, and how did it come to infect the World War II veterans?
Dr Carl Fliermans solved the first part of the puzzle when he discovered that L pneumophila lipids resembled those of the thermophilic bacteria he'd found in the thermal regions of the Yellowstone National Park, and that this bacteria tended to live as biofilm (scum) associated with certain species of algae. Subsequently, Fliermans began poking around aquatic habitats and found - guess what? - this bacteria residing in thermal waters discharged from a nuclear reactor at Savannah River Laboratory. This bacteria was later found to be living in natural hot springs all over the United States and, most importantly, in air-conditioning cooling towers.
The Mystery Solved
One very important clue pertaining to the nature of the cause of Legionnaires' Disease, one that would have pointed researchers in the right direction, had earlier been overlooked. The clue was this: of the 221 people who became sick, 72 were people who were not involved in the American Legion convention - people who had either been inside the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, or had walked past it. Later when it was discovered that the organism resided in the water of cooling towers, the pieces fell into place. The Legionnaires' Disease bacillus was actually being spread by the air-conditioning system itself, in aerosolised water droplets. People who inhaled the aerosols inevitably inhaled the micro-organisms, which were subsequently brought into the respiratory tract. Here, they multiplied in patrolling macrophages, safe from other hostile mechanisms of the human immune system, causing flu-like symptoms and, where untreated, pneumonia that resulted in death.
Once this fact had been discovered, it struck scientists that this Legionnaires' Disease bacteria, that bred unchecked both in natural freshwater sources and in that of manmade containers, could not possibly be a new organism5. Scientists scrambled to dig through the medical archives in pursuit of evidence that this bacteria had wreaked havoc before. Sure enough, they discovered that a number of previously unresolved outbreaks, including the one in 1968 where 95 out of 100 people working in a building in Pontiac, Michigan contracted respiratory disease, had been actually caused by Legionella pneumophila. They would later find that although L pneumophila was responsible for 90% of sporadic outbreaks, other (later discovered) species were also fully capable of assaulting the immune system. Other outbreaks and epidemics occurring throughout the world since then would eventually show them that occurrence of Legionella in manmade environments was not restricted to cooling towers alone - that wherever on earth there was a machine that could produce mist, there was Legionella and Legionnaires' Disease.
1 'Sera' is plural for serum.
2 Interestingly enough, a new influenza virus did appear eventually; however, it was not swine flu virus, and did not cause a pandemic or displace the current influenza A virus. But that's altogether a different story.
3 This was to indemnify the pharmaceutical companies against claims arising from the swine flu programme.
4 The team had initially used mice, which are commonly used in laboratory studies. However, L pneumophila was an intracellular parasite that resided and multiplied primarily inside macrophages, and it was highly unfortunate for the team that mice macrophages are highly inefficient at ingesting L pneumophila. Oh, and in case you're wondering, macrophages are a white blood cell component of the immune system that destroy invading micro-organisms by gobbling them up. The mechanics are much more complicated than that, but this isn't an immunology class.
5 Indeed, it was because Fliermans realised that L pneumophila was probably not a new microbe that he found it in the thermal waters from Savannah River Laboratory. Prior to his discovery, he had been reading the Bible, and Ecclesiastes 1:9 kept on jumping out at him: 'The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done, is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.' He believed it to be true, and let it lead him.
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In the second of our series of posts looking at the Coalition government’s Improving Outcomes – A Strategy for Cancer, published in January, we take a more detailed look at what the strategy says about cancer drugs, chemotherapy and surgery (we’ll cover radiotherapy later in the series).
Cancer is the number one fear for the British public, and people understandably want to know that if their fear became reality they would have access to the best available treatment. As a result, stories about cases where this doesn’t happen often grab the health headlines.
Aiming to improve the situation, the Coalition’s strategy sets out ways to
- increase access to cancer drugs
- drive up access and quality of chemotherapy services
- make sure that people have access to the latest techniques in surgery
To do this, they plan to make more money available for cancer drugs and introduce a new pricing system; monitor data on access to and quality of chemotherapy in the NHS; and encourage surgeons to train in the latest surgical techniques.
Let’s look at some of these methods, and how they might work in practice.
Improving access to cancer drugs
Cancer drugs – and their availability on the NHS – probably generate more column inches than any other aspect of cancer treatment. The strategy document outlines two schemes – the Cancer Drugs Fund and Value Based Pricing – designed to improve the availability of new drugs, (although neither is technically a ‘new’ announcement). Both measures aim to make access to cancer drugs more straightforward.
As we blogged about last year the Government’s Cancer Drugs Fund set aside £50m to be spent between October 2010 and April 2011 (the “Interim” Cancer Drugs Fund) and a further £200m per year from April 2011 to April 2014. The fund aims to provide access to drugs which doctors recommend, but that would not otherwise be funded by the NHS. The Interim Cancer Drugs Fund is already up and running across England.
Value Based Pricing – which applies to all drugs – will be introduced from April 2014 and has three aims:
- Better access for patients to drugs
- More innovative drugs
- Better value for the NHS.
This all sounds very wise but we need to look at the detail to make sure that it works for cancer patients. The government have asked for views on the Value Based Pricing system and we’re working on our response to this consultation now.
Naturally, we’re in favour of moves to increase access to cancer drugs – but access must be fair. It’s vital that both of these measures result in all cancer patients getting equal access to drugs, to guard against widening the gap in access to treatment for cancer.
In response to their consultation on the Cancer Drugs Fund, we recently shared our views with the Department of Health. We made a few suggestions, including putting in place a national process for identifying drugs that should be routinely prescribed under the Fund. We also want a process to be put in place to scan the market for soon-to-be-launched drugs.
We think this will help ensure that, no matter where you live in England, those holding the drug fund purse strings have the most up-to-date information about potential treatments.
Chemotherapy – carrots and number-crunching
When it comes to chemotherapy, the new cancer strategy focuses on delivering safe, high-quality chemotherapy services. The plan is to use financial incentives (carrots rather than sticks) to improve quality and choice of chemotherapy services for patients, and reward improvements in patient experience. Another important aspect is improving the collection of data on chemotherapy use across the nation, which would then be used to improve variations in access and quality.
We agree that collecting data on chemotherapy is a really good idea and will be useful in monitoring the availability and quality of chemotherapy services. But it’s vital that there are no delays in publishing the data – we’ve already seen delays in the publication of similar data for radiotherapy.
There need to be clear incentives to make sure the data is collected and published by the deadline of April 2012.
Surgery – not just a number
The strategy’s focus here is on finding ways to encourage the use of the latest techniques, with hospitals being rewarded for training surgeons in the most up-to-date methods. This builds on the lessons learned from the success of LAPCO – a national training programme in laparoscopic (‘keyhole’) techniques for bowel cancer.
Keyhole surgery is less invasive and patients often recover quicker. LAPCO was set up by the Government’s National Cancer Action Team to ensure that all suitable patients have access to laparoscopic surgery, and as the strategy highlights, it has achieved that aim.
There is also a particular interest in increasing the number of older people being given surgery for cancer. Evidence suggests that older people are less likely to have their cancer operated on than younger people, which may be affecting on survival rates.
The Strategy aims to address this by ‘testing tools to help clinicians assess patients according to their biological rather than chronological age and offering tailored packages of support to older patients’.
In other words, decisions about operations would be based on a person’s general health and fitness, rather than their age alone, and would provide the necessary aftercare.
In our opinion, national surgical training programmes like LAPCO are to be welcomed, and we’re keen to keep the impetus going for these national schemes, where there is a need.
But we’re very concerned that older people are still missing out on cancer surgery, even when they are fit enough for it. Cancer can develop at any age, but is most common in older people – around three-quarters of cases occur in people aged 60 and over. As more of us live longer it is vital that the option of having surgery for cancer is based on physical fitness and not just on age.
It will be important to look at the impact of the proposed ‘tools’ in tackling this issue.
Keeping an eye
We’ll be monitoring the way the Government puts these plans into practice over the coming months. And we’ll shortly be looking at what the strategy says about radiotherapy in an upcoming post.
There’s more about our views on a number of policy issues affecting cancer services, visit the policy pages of our website.
Kate Aldersey is a policy researcher at Cancer Research UK
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Hit-By-Car Cat Swims His Way to Recovery
It seems to be a week for cats-in-the-water stories.
Unlike Tuesday's Kitty News Network post about a feral who fled across a river to avoid being rescued by the RSPCA, this story is about a cat whose aquatic antics are hastening his recovery from a tragic accident.
Tootsie, a 2-year-old black cat, was hit by a car and left for dead by the side of the road. His caretaker, Sue Wilson, rushed him to the vet, where she was told that her feline friend was unlikely to recover from his injuries and that the most humane thing to do would be to have him euthanized.
Wilson refused to give up on Tootsie. She asked what else could be done for her beloved cat, whose right front leg had been shattered.
The vets gave her a surprising answer: hydrotherapy.
"My initial thought was 'Cats can't swim,' but I was assured it would do him good," Wilson said.
She took Tootsie to the Hydrocare Centre in Hereford, England, where he began his treatment program of daily swims in a 2-foot-deep pet hydrotherapy pool.
The cat took to his treatment right away. Helen White, a partner at the center, said Tootsie swam naturally from the minute he got in the water.
His therapy began with 90-second swims while wearing a harness that allowed White to easily get him into and out of the pool. The gentle exercise built up Tootsie's muscle strength without putting excessive pressure on his damaged leg.
Now, after six weeks of daily treatments, the cat swims without a safety rope or harness for 20 minutes at a time. He's even learned to kick off the side of the pool to give himself extra momentum.
Tootsie's recovery is almost complete. The only reminder of his almost-lethal run-in with a car is a slight limp. He's back home and is even being allowed to take small strolls in Wilson's backyard.
Although Tootsie is the first cat ever to use the Hereford hydrotherapy center, he's not the first British cat to benefit from the water treatment.
Earlier this year, a Cornwall cat named Mog, another victim of a hit-and-run driver, began using a hydrotherapy pool in hopes that he could recover the use of his front legs, which had suffered severe nerve damage in the accident.
Mog, too, has made a big improvement as a result of his treatment — although he still has a ways to go before he's fully recovered.
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But by the time he reached the starting line, it was clear that temperatures could reach record highs, and race directors had already started to issue heat warnings.
Hundreds of people opted to not even start the race, and Ciesco left the starting line expecting a slower-than-usual finish time.
Four hours later, he was glad to just get to the end of the 26.2-mile course and survive temperatures that reached the upper 80s.
“Most marathoners start getting uncomfortable in conditions over the 50s. This was an absolutely oppressive marathon,” he said.
The Boston Globe reported that about 2,100 people out of the 22,480 who started the race were treated on the course or at the finish line for heat-related ailments.
“Within the first five miles, I knew the object was just to finish,” Ciesco said, adding that even the elite runners took it slower than usual.
Ciesco, 43, finished the race in 4 hours, 2 minutes, which placed him 1,263rd out of 2,445 men in the 40-44 age group and 9,023rd overall. The Boston Athletic Association, host of the annual race, reported 21,554 runners finished the course.
Also running the Boston Marathon this year was Tracy’s Betty Topping, who had previously competed in the race. She finished 588th out of 1,567 women in the 40-44 age group. Her time was 4:08.31.
Ciesco, a Tracy resident for the past seven years, has been a distance runner since his days as a youth in Michigan.
Today, despite being vice president for finance with Levi Strauss in San Francisco and a member of the citizens committee overseeing Tracy’s Measure E sales tax, he trains constantly, either before or after work in the city or around Tracy, and covers 50 to 60 miles a week.
He intensifies his training schedule for the 12 weeks leading up to a big race, and set a target of 3:05 for Boston, which would have been a big improvement over the 3:15.39 he ran at the Los Angeles Marathon in March 2011, a race in which he set his personal best and qualified for Boston.
Part of Ciesco’s determination came from having his family with him on the trip to the East Coast, including his father, who ran the race 30 years earlier.
Instead of a memorable finishing time, he can think back on the extreme conditions.
Among the heat-related effects he experienced were leg cramps within the first nine miles, which nagged him for the rest of the race.
“The thing with marathon training — and anyone who has done it more than once knows — is that it all boils down to the weather on race day,” he said, adding that he ran the Los Angeles Marathon in cold, wet and windy conditions. “Honestly, I was surprised at how fast I ran it.”
He added that marathon runners tend to embrace such challenges.
“I’ll run in any conditions,” Ciesco said. “I travel all over the world and run wherever I travel.”
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- Health & Beauty
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Any woman who has tasted double chocolate chip cookies or delighted in the sight of a cheese and dip platter understands the pull-power of food as a form of comfort.
And let's face it, when it comes to feeling sorry for ourselves at the end of a long and emotional day nothing seems more welcoming than a fully-stocked fridge or a supermarket trolley full of endless possibilities.
The image of a bleary-eyed pyjama-clad woman seeking comfort in a block of chocolate is so ingrained in popular culture that commercials advertising the latest sweet treat seem to capitalise on our tumultuous relationship with sugar-laden foods. But why is it sweets that we turn to? And why don't men seem to comfort eat?
According to a 2005 study conducted by Cornell University comparing the difference between male and female eating patterns, women are slightly more likely to turn to comfort foods high in fat and sugar when they're feeling lonely, guilty and depressed - whereas men are more likely to pick steaks, pasta and soups when motivated by positive emotions. The same study found that women were 50 per cent more likely than men to admit feeling guilty about indulging in comfort foods.
Research suggests that comfort eating is a learnt behaviour instilled in us from childhood. "As children, if we're crying or need soothing, adults will often offer comfort food and because of this, comfort eating is a learnt reaction that we link to feeling better," says DAA [Dietitians Association of Australia] dietitan Susie Burrell.
As adults, sweet treats replicate the same feeling of comfort triggered by a lollipop from the doctor or a Freddo Frog from our parents as a reward for good behaviour. But as adults, we use food to salve bigger and deeper problems. "Comfort eating is linked to an emotional response, whether it be a sadness, a loneliness, a depression or a guilt and the food is being used as the soothant for that," says Burrell.
"It's not a physiological reaction, such as craving carbohydrates at 4pm, but rather an emotional one."
To overcome comfort eating we must first address the root of our problems. "The first thing is to try and identify the trigger," suggests Burrell. "In what situation are you comfort eating? Is there a set pattern? Is it happening on a Saturday night? Is there something wrong at work? Have you had a fight with your boyfriend?"
Essentially, it's about taking the problem away from the food and identifying the trigger. The next step is to find an appropriate way of managing it. This may mean enlisting the help of a counsellor or psychologist to help you address your problems.
Many people will admit to comfort eating but when you ask them why they seek comfort in food they're not entirely sure. Heather Mckinierny, a self-described partially-reformed comfort eater says that the first step for her was recording her eating habits in a food diary. "My psychologist suggested it - and at first I was mortified. I felt as if my power had been completely taken from me, but it turned out to be extremely helpful."
Heather identified that she was most likely to turn to food on the nights when her husband was entertaining clients or working late. "I felt insecure in my relationship and instead of discussing my fears with my husband I subconsciously turned to chocolate. I never got to the point of binge eating [which is characterised by secretive, excessive and planned outings], but it completely undermined my hard work at the gym and my efforts at making healthy dinners. Come 9pm, I'd grab a handful of Tim Tams and would be back for more in the next ad break," she says.
Heather sought marriage counselling and says that she now has greater control of her eating habits and is a lot happier in her relationship.
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Until yesterday, I’d never seen a film by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Feeling a need to rectify that, and suspecting that I couldn’t stomach Salo, I watched The Gospel According to St. Matthew last night.
If you have any sense of film history, you can’t watch this stark, low-budget, black-and-white, telling of the life of Christ without seeing it as a reaction to the Biblical blockbusters of its day. It was, after all, made in 1964. That’s five years after Ben-Hur, three years after King of Kings (AKA: I Was a Teenaged Jesus), and one year before The Greatest Story Ever Told (more accurately described as the most boring movie ever made).
Then there’s the issue of Pasolini, himself. How could the most reverent, spiritual, and faithful life of Jesus movie (and I mean faithful in both the religious sense and as an literary adaptation) be made by a self-proclaimed atheist? Perhaps his rejection of religion allowed him to see the story without sentiment or melodrama.
Pasolini stayed as close to the original text as cinematically possible, using only Matthew’s dialog (in Italian translation), and no dramatic embellishments. In the Italian neo-realistic tradition, he cast regular people instead of professional actors. He shot the film in the Italian district of Basilicata–a place that’s visually striking and looked–at least in 1964–like it hadn’t changed in millennia. The performers wore vaguely biblical costumes. I would guess that about two thirds of the film is comprised of close-ups.
The result is simply Matthew’s Gospel, illustrated with moving and talking photographs. It’s as if Pasolini is daring the audience, stating that this is what the Bible says happened. Deal with it.
I dealt with it, and I overall liked it, but I didn’t fall in love with Gospel the way many others have. (Consider, for instance, Roger Ebert’s opinion. Ebert, like Pasolini, is a former Catholic.) While I liked the audacity of the movie, and was captivated by the series of fascinating faces Pasolini puts on the screen, I found it difficult to completely throw myself into the story.
But then, I’ve always found Jesus wanting as a dramatic protagonist. He’s too perfect and all-knowing to allow much identification, or concern. That’s true even in a film that eschews drama.
Pasolini forces us to consider everything about Matthew, even the parts we’re not comfortable with. Raised Catholic but converted to Marxism, he simply puts the story that millions of people believe in front of us, and dares us to react.
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Union Workers March in Labor Day Parade
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Hundreds of members from dozens of unions representing workers in our area, took part in the Labor Day Parade Monday, celebrating the day that celebrates them.
The parade started on East Ave. and Alexander St. and made its way through downtown Rochester.
Union leaders say this year they were calling for what President Franklin Roosevelt wanted in 1944, a second Bill of Rights. That would give Americans the right to quality education, medical care and retirement security. Most of all, it called for the right to work and a living wage.
"We are right now in a recession, a depression of consumer demand and consumer spending," explained Jim Bertolone, President of the Rochester & Vicinity Labor Council, AFL-CIO. "Workers need a raise, and they need jobs and that's the only thing that will get the economy going."
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that in 2011 nearly 15 million Americans were members of a union. That number is down from nearly 18 million a decade ago.
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For users on Linux and Unix, KDE offers a full suite of user workspace applications which allow interaction with these operating systems in a modern, graphical user interface. This includes Plasma Desktop, KDE's innovative and powerful desktop interface. Other workspace applications are included to aid with system configuration, running programs, or interacting with hardware devices. While the fully integrated KDE Workspaces are only available on Linux and Unix, some of these features are available on other platforms. In addition to the workspace, KDE produces a number of key applications such as the Konqueror Web browser, Dolphin file manager, and Kontact, the comprehensive personal information management suite. The list of applications includes many others, including those for education, multimedia, office productivity, networking, games, and much more. Most applications are available on all platforms supported by the KDE Development. KDE also brings to the forefront many innovations for application developers. An entire infrastructure has been designed and implemented to help programmers create robust and comprehensive applications in the most efficient manner, eliminating the complexity and tediousness of creating highly functional applications.
DotNetWikiBot Framework is a full-featured client API with a console interface that allows you to build programs and Web robots easily to manage information on MediaWiki-powered sites. DotNetWikiBot Framework is intended to help with many complicated and routine tasks of wiki site development and maintenance. Any .NET language can be used to access DotNetWikiBot library functions. Only minimal programming skills are required to make bots with DotNetWikiBot Framework.
The goal of Hilbert II, which is in the tradition of Hilbert's program, is the creation of a system that enables a working mathematician to put theorems and proofs (in the formal language of predicate calculus) into it. These proofs are automatically verified by a proof checker. Because this system is not centrally administered and enables references to any location on the Internet, a world wide mathematical knowledge base could be built. It also contains information in "common mathematical language".
Piggydb is a flexible and scalable knowledge building platform that supports a heuristic or bottom-up approach to discover new concepts or ideas based on your input. You can begin with using it as a flexible outliner, diary or notebook, and as your database grows, Piggydb helps you to shape or elaborate your own knowledge. Piggydb is a Web application provided as a self-contained package that contains a Web server and database engine.
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware is a full-featured, Web-based, multilingual, tightly integrated, all-in-one wiki, CMS, and groupware. Tiki can be used to create all kinds of Web applications, sites, portals, knowledge bases, intranets, and extranets. Tiki offers a very large number of features "out-of-the-box". It is highly configurable and modular. All features are optional and administered via a Web-based interface. Major features include a robust wiki engine, news articles, discussion forums, newsletters, blogs, file and image galleries, bug and issue trackers, a link directory, polls/surveys and quizzes, FAQs, a banner management system, calendar, maps, mobile access, RSS feeds, a category system, tags, an advanced themeing engine (Smarty), spreadsheet, live support, shoutbox, inter-user messaging, menu generator, advanced permission system for users and groups, internal search engine, external authentication support, and more. It was formerly named TikiWiki.
Foswiki is wiki software, supporting the editing of Web pages in an ordinary Web browser by end users. What makes Foswiki special is that it supports the embedding of active and passive macros that enhance the page content (e.g. with global or dynamic information) and allow end-users to build applications that store and process data in a structured manner.
Plone is a content management system that is simple to set up, maintain, and modify. It is designed to be a corporate-ready content management system. It is ideal as an intranet and extranet server, as a document/Web publishing system, and as a groupware tool for collaboration between separately located entities. It aims to be a proper content management and publishing system, sharing the same qualities as Teamsite, Livelink, and Documentum.
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This site is full of interactive language arts activities.
Great for grammar practice!
This site contains different songs dealing with Language Arts concepts.
Here you will find some different language arts skill building games by topic. You will also find some math games by topic available.
This website contains all different content area games. There are also spelling games created from the spelling list you type in. Great website!
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Ever since Google blitzed the blogosphere with their Android and OHA announcements, we’ve been waiting on news of manufacturers tooling up their Android-based wares. It looks like Willcom, our favorite wacky-mobile-phone manufacturer in Japan have an Android-based reference board up and running. The image you see above is the Willcom reference board running Android on a FreeScale CPU.
What’s interesting is that the image shows an incoming call while running Google Maps. Multitasking may not be as spectacular as we’ve come to expect from other OS’s but at least we have some pretty good evidence that Android will be able to do some multitasking.
[Via: Digital World Tokyo]
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July jobs report: What does it mean?
The US economy added 163,000 jobs last month -- far more than expected, but not enough to keep the unemployment rate from rising.
Defying expectations, the U.S. economy added 163,000 jobs in July, according to a Labor Department report released Friday. Most analysts had predicted monthly growth of just 100,000 jobs, but surprising growth in the education and health services sectors -- which lost jobs in June, but gained 38,000 jobs in July -- helped tip the balance.
Meanwhile, manufacturing added 25,000 posts, and professional and business services added 49,000. Still, the unemployment rate crept up to 8.3%.
A closer look at what the numbers mean:
1. The July numbers are the best in months
Last month's gains are the best since February, when the economy added a whopping 240,000 jobs. The July stats also break a somewhat dismal three-month streak in which the economy added only about 75,000 jobs per month.
2. But overall, the U.S. economy is still stagnant
Step back from July's gains, look at the first seven months of the year, and you'll see that the economy has only added about 151,000 jobs a month on average, on par with last year's sluggish pace. That's "enough to keep up with population growth," says Christopher S. Rugaber of The Associated Press, "but not enough to drive down the unemployment rate." Remember, 12.8 million Americans are still unemployed.
3. The unemployment rate keeps ticking up
The much-watched jobless rate, which had steadily fallen to 8.1% in April -- the lowest rate since January 2009 -- is climbing again. The unemployment rate hit 8.2% in May and June, and in July, it jumped to 8.3%. Why is it inching up despite solid job gains? Mostly, says Phil Izzo at The Wall Street Journal, "because the two numbers come from separate reports. The number of jobs added -- the 163,000 figure -- comes from a survey of business, while the unemployment rate comes from a survey of U.S. households. The two reports often move in tandem, but can move in opposite directions."
4. The Federal Reserve may be forced to act
Earlier this week, the Federal Reserve declined to take any new steps to help the struggling economy, saying only that it would "closely monitor" the situation, and provide assistance "as needed." But "should the recovery remain weak," say Jeffrey Sparshott and Tom Barkley at The Wall Street Journal, the Fed looks "poised to launch a new round of stimulus." By the time the board meets again in September, it will have two more jobs reports -- July and August -- to ponder when deciding its next move.
5. This gives the GOP ammo to fire at Obama
While the 163,000-jobs figure would seem to be good for President Obama's re-election effort, "the unemployment rate has been above 8% since his first month in office," says Rugaber. That's the longest stretch on record, and no president since World War II has successfully faced re-election with an unemployment rate over 8%. GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney responded swiftly to Friday's report, calling the 0.1% increase in the unemployment rate a "hammer blow"to the middle class.
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This cracks me up?? Why is this supposed jump in jobs viewed as positive spin. What about the over 600,000 that lost their jobs and what about the fact that unemployment went from 8.2% to 8.3%?? The unemployment keeps going up and more and more people are out of a job ... but the media makes it sound like the country and the morons in Washingtone are doing a good job?? Unbelievable!!
Are people seriously that stupid?
In total, there were 195,000 fewer Americans employed in July than in June--with 175,000 of those people being women.. And 150 thousand left the labor force entirely while the unemployment rate actually ticked up a tenth of a percent. . Oh, i guess the reporters missed those parts of the report.
If most households are deocrat or it seems that all polls taken are at least 60% democrat, won't they say that they have jobs and lower the rate? Drink koolaid, see your job prospects get more miserable and let us make mor money off the so called Obama recovery.
what does the jobs report have to do with oil jumping,
(as they said it did) ?
And especially since it did not rise enough to even make the Unemployment rate go down.
But the oil speculators and oil companies jumped the price of oil up ( I think because of Labor day coming soon).
If you are reporters, its time you find the honor on being one, and report the whole data, truth and facts so USA citizens know how to respond to the economy events and demand from the Government steps to fallow solutions to get us out of the mess they have not done anything about for so long (International Trade deficit)<>"The U.S. economy lost 1.2 million jobs between June and July. But that’s not how it got reported. When the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
for July, it said the economygained 163,000 jobs. So what gives?"
Also note: "the unemployment rate has been above 8% since his first month in office."
This ship was already sinking before the new captain came aboard.
The unemployment rate percentage relies on a household survey which means they call households and ask about employment. What's to stop anti-Obama households from lying so as to hurt Obama's chances of re-election? The Republicans are dirty-triksters afterall and would easily sacrifice the best interests of the country to come to power.
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Independent security consultant Stefan Esser made waves earlier this year when a technique he developed for hacking iPhones was adopted by JailbreakMe and other mainstream jailbreaking services. The Register caught up with the German researcher at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas just ahead of his scheduled talk …
"At the moment I'm just evaluating other options"
Brilliant. The starting salary from Apple just had to increase there..."
removal of debugger from IOS.
How will that stop someone with the version of IOS that still has a debugger in it from making a cable and using in to create an exploit? they already said that it is only used to create the exploit, not to deploy it.
Removing the debugger...
OBVIOUSLY it means they will only be able to debug older IOS versions that still have the debugger. Taking it out of later releases will mean it's harder to crack those versions of IOS.
Probably because they would remove the functionality with a Kernel update. That way any exploits gleaned with a debugger wouldn't work right away, and without the debugger it would be more difficult to make them work. Not impossible, just more difficult.
This is the sort of article that makes El Reg shine. Thank you, Mr. Goodin.
As for the debugger and kernel exploits, I can certainly imagine how an organization would avoid spending resources to remove functionality from a core code base when it is so obscure--especially something as critical and delicate as an OS kernel. It is a high risk endeavor when the actual risk of leaving it there is mitigated by many factors.
That said, now that light has been shined on it, I'm sure they'll remove the debugger and patch the kernel as necessary very soon.
All this talk about IOS
How come Cisco doesn't sue? Give Apple a taste of it's own medicine.
Because of this:
Cisco doesn't sue...
...because Apple licensed the iOS name from them.
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Diaper Research Tracks Infant Estrogen Levels The method, previously used in nonhuman primates, will allow researchers to learn more about the association between estrogen levels in human infants and their long-term reproductive development as well as the development of sex-specific behaviors, such as toy preference or cognitive differences. What’s more, the method will also allow researchers to look at how early disruption of the endocrine system affects long-term maturation, a growing concern among researchers and physicians. [Medical News Today]
Taryn and I recently hit Toy Fair in New York to find out which playthings are going to be big in '09. I don't want to ruin the surprise, but I will tell you to expect lots of dragons and giraffes popping up everywhere this year. During our great-gift search, we also managed to learn some truths about ourselves–like Taryn apparently has a thing for guys made entirely out of LEGOs and I'm a master of mind control (Now if I could just figure out how to harness this power without the embarrassing headgear!) Come along with us for a sneak peek of the show.
Instead of letting your kids loose in the wild world of YouTube, send 'em over KideoPlayer. It's a new, super-simple site that only plays kid-safe YouTube vidoes. There are no complicated controls, you just hit the spacebar to move to the next one. Warning: You and/or your children may become totally entranced by the zen-like sight of rolling toy trains, sunrises, and frolicking bunnies. (Or maybe that's just me.)
Far away from your family or friends this holiday season? Send a video holiday greeting instead of the usual card. TokBox, which offers free video calling and mail, is a super-easy and fast way to share your holiday wishes. (Not to mention you know that Grandma would be delighted to see a video of your little ones.) To sweeten the deal, for every holiday greeting sent between now and December 25, TokBox will donate 5 cents to the Child Foundation. Nice! If Grammy and Gramps aren't down with the Internet, your kids can "send" a letter to the newly-tech savvy Santa.
After months and months of toy mania, it’s all come down to this. We’re finally walking our bosses through the top kid-tested toy picks. Come along for the whirlwind toy show, or check out previous episodes by clicking here.
But wait! There’s more! The toy fun doesn’t stop here. Next week, pick up the toy guide in our November issue, and come back to GoodyBlog for the start of a super-cool (and HUGE) giveaway.
In this week’s episode, Selin and I (okay, mostly Selin) schlep all of our testers’ favorite toys down to the casting room to set up for the big show with our bosses. The grunt work never ends! (For Selin)
Watch now, or click here to see the toy test and other vlogs.
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New Chipset: Intel P55 Express
The launch of Lynnfield processors resulted into serious changes in platforms structure. Since they are positioned solely for single-processor systems they don’t have QPI interface that is also used in LGA1366 systems to connect the processor and the chipset. That is why Core i7-800 and Core i5-700 processors received their own core logic set called Intel P55 Express.
The main peculiarity of this chipset is its simplicity. Nehalem microarchitecture allowed to remove the memory controller from the chipset and now time has come for the PCI Express controller to follow. Since from now on the CPU is responsible for supporting this bus, all functions that have traditionally been performed by the chipset North Bridge have now migrated to the CPU. As a result, there is no need for the North Bridge chip anymore and Intel P55 Express became the first Intel core logic set made of only one single chip – Platform Controller Hub (PCH).
The processor and the chipset in LGA1156 systems are connected with the Digital Media Interface (DMI) bus with 10 Gbps bandwidth in each direction, which used to be employed to connect the chipset North and South Bridges before. That is why the new Lynnfield processors in LGA1156 systems can be used just fine not only with the new Intel P55 Express chipset but also with the old ICH10 South Bridge.
At the same time, we can’t say that P55 PCH is very different in functionality from ICH10. In fact, they simply updated the existing interfaces and extended their number. The following table gives you a better idea of the innovations:
We need 8 PCI Express 2.0 lanes in the P55 chipset in order to ensure that additional devices can also be connected to the platform besides the graphics cards. The CPU in LGA1156 systems can only provide connection with the PCI Express graphics cards and the P55 PCH is responsible for supporting other devices. In fact, we saw almost the same implementation in X58 Express, where the chipset North Bridge was only responsible for work with graphics cards. An important improvement in P55 Express was the introduction of PCI Express 2.0 bus support. It means that devices supporting this specification can exchange data with the chipset twice as fast as they used to before.
Moreover, the USB controller has also been changed. It doesn’t support new or faster protocol versions, but delivers more ports. Besides, it also allows hardware disabling of individual ports, which is valuable for security purposes.
Mainboard makers have prepared a lot of solutions on Intel P55 Express by the LGA1156 processors launch. As an example of a platform like that we would like to offer Intel’s own offering – DP55KG mainboard – and point out some of its primary architectural peculiarities.
In fact, besides the presence of only one core logic chip, we also notice immediately that it is topped with a pretty “weak” heatsink, which has nothing in common with those sophisticated solutions usually offered by the manufacturers of the enthusiast mainboards. However, Intel didn’t try to save some money here, because P55 Express PCH simply doesn’t need any state of the art cooling. Even though it is manufactured with 65 nm process, its typical heat dissipation is only 4.7 W. For example, the typical heat dissipation of the X58 Express North Bridge is 24.1 W. That is why those mainboard makers who will still use massive chipset cooling systems on their products, will simply increase the cost of their solutions without any reason and thus mislead the users.
The second peculiarity of the LGA1156 platform is the simplified processor socket design. Compared with LGA1366, the processor retention mechanism is fastened to the mainboard with three screws instead of four, and the lock is catching on to one of the screws and doesn’t require an additional metal frame around the socket. However, this is barely a serious modification: they must be simply trying to save some metal here.
I would also like to mention the design of the second PCI Express graphics card slot. Since in case of a dual-card configuration it will only work in 8x mode, Intel removed its second half, which can anyway serve only aesthetic purposes under any circumstances.
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Do teachers need to be good at spelling? Is it a good idea for a school to hire proofreaders to spelling in reports?
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LaLa asked me to draw her a mermaid to colour in. So I did. And then I made some mermaid printables for everyone (over at www.tag-illustration.co.uk)
The school choice debate. Why I don’t think I could choose private education for the girls.
Michael Gove wants to institute a wholesale reform of the exam system and the national curriculum without actually taking on board the conclusions of the experts he’s asked to look at it
Review of the Read Write Phonics app – created specifically for children learning to read using phonics (as is used in most UK schools).
A survey conducted by the NAHT suggest that 93% of parents feel welcomed in their children’s school. Surely that can’t right?
I am so happy that RoRo has made the important jump into enthusiastic independent reading.
I was reading The Tickety Tale Teller to LaLa last night and it always gives me a warm glowing feeling, because at its centre are reading and books and being read to and how wonderful these all are. Then I wondered what other children’s books there are about reading and …
My Phonics Kit is a pack from Oxford University Press for parents to help their children with phonics and which ties into the new Year 1 Phonics Test (see last week’s Sunday Reading post for my concerns about the test). My Phonics Kit contains three workbooks (Kipper’s Phonics Workbook, Chip’s Phonics …
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Create your future. Shape your world.
Utah's rugged Uinta Mountains are the site of this expedition. It is a spectacular range of alpine meadows, rocky summits, and glacial lakes. On this course, you'll receive an introduction to the essentials of wilderness travel in addition to learning more about yourself, your new peers and leaders, and Earlham College. You'll cover a wide range of skills including minimum impact camping, mountain travel, map and compass navigation, and outdoor leadership. There will be classes in geology, environmental ethics, and natural and cultural history (among others). You'll work hard traveling over steep, rocky terrain with a pack on your back and you'll find strengths you never knew you had.
Our hikes will be between five and fifteen miles a day at elevations ranging from 8,000 to 12,000 feet. We will make our way through narrow stream valleys, travel broad glacier-carved basins, and ascend some of the highest peaks and passes in Utah. As the program progresses, you will take on increasing responsibility for yourself and for the group. There will be opportunities for contemplative activities of varying lengths where you will have the chance to spend a period of time in solitude and reflection. Near the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to test the skills you have acquired during supervised independent travel where the instructor role is reduced and students travel together in smaller groups.
This experience is a college-level, three-credit course (EDU 110). As such, there will be assigned reading and you will be expected to participate in all course discussions and related activities. In addition, there will be several assignments to complete in the form of journal essays and presentations. Evaluation and grading on the course will be Pass/No Pass. Students will be given a written and oral evaluation at the mid-way point and at the conclusion of the course.
A typical day might involve the "leader of the day" rousing everyone at 6:00am and then your tarp group of four divvying up morning chore responsibilities including camp breakdown and cooking breakfast. After packing up your packs, you reconvene with the other tarp groups in a central clearing just through the trees and get a morning briefing from the instructors and leader of the day as to the day's route and general schedule (which involves a pass and an afternoon lesson). After the briefing, a buddy helps you put your pack on (its still heavy!) and you begin hiking down the trail. After a couple of miles, you take a packs-off break to fill up water bottles and assess the mountain pass that is in front of you (it looks very intimidating!). Your instructors spend some time talking about how to safely travel over passes in alpine country and then you're off. It starts off easy but soon becomes quite steep and the going gets tough. You take one step at a time and, with lots of encouragement from the group and leaders, you are soon at the top of the pass with an amazing view unfolding all around you. It is just before lunch and, with the weather cooperating, you break for a lunch of bagels, cheese, peanut butter, and dried, fruit. One of your instructors uses the great view to teach an impromptu lesson on glaciology and the geological formation of the Uinta mountains, showing how the glaciers formed vast moraines and talus slopes. After lunch, you carefully make your way down the other side of the pass and head toward the gorgeous alpine lake you see thousands of feet below. You are really looking forward to getting to camp early for some rest and relaxation!
But, just as you come down from the steep mountain pass, a thunderstorm appears almost out of nowhere (your instructors warned you this happens a lot in the mountains). Your group responds well and you all don rain gear and scatter into the lower treeline to wait out the storm. After 20 minutes of rain, lightening, and even some hail, you all emerge wet but unscathed. You arrive at your designated camping area an hour later than anticipated but confident about making it through both the pass and the storm. You and your tarp mates set out to look for a suitable place to string up your tarp- far enough from the other groups to maintain the "minimum impact" camping ethic you have learned. You still have some time before dinner so you head down to the lake where you journal for a bit and watch another student try their hand at fly-fishing for trout. Soon, your other tarpmates call you for dinner and you sit down to a nice meal of rice, stir-fry, and pita bread. After dinner, the whole brigade congregates near the lake to talk about the day and have another lesson (this time on judgment and decision-making skills). As the last light of the sun hits the peaks above you and sets them on fire in orange and yellow color, you wonder at the magic of this place. After the group check-in, you wander back to your tarp, catch up on some readings, and, after a few stories and jokes about the day, fall asleep, ready for whatever the next day will bring. Of course, remember that a "typical day" may vary widely course to course and year to year!
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Rigoletto : Work information
- Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi ( Music, Images,)
- Performed by
- Chorus of the Romanian Opera of Bucharest, Orchestra of the Romanian Opera of Bucharest, Jean Bobescu (Conductor)
- Work name
- Work number
- 1851-01-01 02:01:00
- Boris Schidu
- Recording date
- 1961-01-01 02:01:00
Giuseppe (Fortunino Francesco) Verdi
Verdi was born into a humble family of small landowners and taverners. At the age of seven he was helping the local church organist, with whom he later studied in nearby Busseto. He became the organist’s assistant in 1829. He already had several compositions under his belt when, in 1832, he was sent to Milan. Unfortunately, Verdi was refused a place at the Conservatory and instead studied with Vincenzo Lavigna, a composer and former La Scala musician. In 1835 Verdi returned to Busseto where he was passed over as maestro di cappella but became town music master in 1836. There he married Margherita Barezzi, his patron’s daughter.
Verdi had trouble getting his works performed or published, but he decided to settle in Milan in 1839 where the opera Oberto was finally performed at La Scala and further operas commissioned. It went well, but his next opera, Un Giorno di Regno, failed totally, and his wife died during its composition. Their two children had died as babies, and the combined effect brought Verdi’s composition to a halt. However, he read the libretto for Nabucco and decided to write an opera on it. It was performed in 1842 and over the next five years his fame spread across Europe and America.
Following more successes, the period Verdi later called his “years in the galleys” now began. His success meant a lot of work, with a long and demanding series of commissioned operas to compose and usually direct. Between 1844 and 1850 Verdi wrote 11 operas which were performed in Paris, London, Rome, Milan, Naples, Venice, Florence and Trieste, with a break in 1846 when he became ill. Between 1851 and 1853, Verdi produced his most popular operas, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore, and La Traviata, the most personal and intimate of Verdi’s operas. The first two were well received, but La Traviata was a failure in Venice.
Verdi had been living with the soprano Giuseppina Strepponi for several years, and they moved to Paris, where another opera, Les Vêpres Siciliennes was performed. Verdi and Giuseppina married in 1859.
Back in Italy, Verdi was involved in politics (The movement for Italian unity) as representative of Busseto (where he now lived). He was later elected to the National Parliament, and ultimately he became a Senator. In 1862 La Forza del Destino had its premiere at St. Petersburg. A revised Macbeth was performed in Paris in 1865, and after Don Carlos in Paris in 1867, Verdi returned to Italy, to live at Genoa.
In his last years, Verdi composed less and less opera, preferring to write works such as his 1873 string quartet and the Requiem , though he did write Aida, performed in 1871, and Otello , completed in 1886. He spent his last years in Milan, rich and happy. When he died in 1901, 28,000 people lined the streets for his funeral. Altogether he composed 32 operas, many of which hold high positions in the world of opera today. Verdi founded the Rest Home for Musicians in Milan which he opened a few weeks before his death.
MIDI FILE - From "Nabucco": Overture (7'37'')
- Preludio 2:42 min
- Act I Scene 1 - Introduction: 'Della mia bella incognita...' 1:44 min
- Act I Scene 1 - Ballade: 'Questo o quella...' 4:08 min
- Act I Scene 1 - Chorus: 'Grannuova! Che avvenne?' 2:41 min
- Act I Scene 1 - Scene: 'Ch'io gli parli...' 4:45 min
- Act I Scene 2 - Duet: 'Quel vecchio maledivami...' 4:31 min
- Act I Scene 2 - Recit: 'Pari siamo, io la lingua...' 3:50 min
- Act I Scene 2 - Duet: 'Figlia!...Mio padre!' 6:57 min
- Act I Scene 2 - Duet: 'Già da tre lune son quì venutra...' 5:42 min
- Act I Scene 2 - Scene: 'Giovanna? ho dei rimorsi...' 6:34 min
- Act I Scene 2 - Scene: 'Che m'ami, deh ripetimi!' 1:45 min
- Act I Scene 2 - Scene and Aria: 'Gualtier Maldè! - Caro nome che il mio cor...' 7:14 min
- Act I Scene 2 - Scene: 'Riedo!...perchè?' 2:17 min
- Act I Scene 2 - Chorus: 'Zitti, zitti moviamo a vendetta...' 3:15 min
- Act II - Scene: 'Ella mi fu rapita!' 5:08 min
- Act II - Scene: 'Duca, Duca? Ebben?' 6:10 min
- Act II - Scene: 'Poverto Rigoletto!' 4:10 min
- Act II - Aria: 'Cortigiani, vil razza dannata...' 4:29 min
- Act II - Scene and Chorus: 'Mio padre! Dio! mia Gilda!' 9:22 min
- Act II - Recit: 'Schiudete, ire al carcere, Monteron dee!' 3:02 min
- Act III - Prelude and Scene: 'E l'ami? Sempre...' 2:10 min
- Act III - Canzona: 'La donna è mobile...' 3:12 min
- Act III - Quartet: 'Un dì, se ben rammentomi...' 1:33 min
- Act III - Quartet: 'Bella figlia dell'amore...' 4:23 min
- Act III - Scene: 'M'odi! ritorna a casa...' 5:13 min
- Act III - Scene: 'Ah più non ragiono!' 5:10 min
- Act II - Scene: 'Della vendetta alfin guinge l'istante!' 6:56 min
- Act III - Duet: 'V'ho inganato, colpevole fui...' 4:57 min
One of Verdi's best-known operas, Rigoletto was first produced at the Teatro La Fenice on 11 March 1851. Based on Victor Hugo's play Le roi s'amuse, Piave's libretto is a tragic tale of love and deception.
Verdi's wonderful music, influenced possibly by the style of Donizetti and French opera, is almost universally loved. Particularly popular are the Duke's aria La donna e mobile and the quartet Bella figlia d'amore, later used by Liszt in a concert paraphrase. This Act IV Quartet, which Verdi referred to as an "excellent dramatic moment", manages to combine the contrasting emotions of the Duke's infatuation, Maddelena's mockery, Gilda's desperation, and Rigoletto's fury in a remarkable manner.
The heart of the opera is found in the character of Rigoletto himself. His Act II aria, Cortigiani vil razza dannata, is an emotional tour de force that pours out hatred, vulnerability, and love for his daughter, Gilda. The eventual tragedy of the opera's ending becomes more horrific as a result.
The opera was well received at its first performance, one critic claiming it was "a truly new kind" of opera. Some thought the character of Rigoletto, a hunchbacked jester, was distasteful and others attacked the offensive nature of the story, but all agreed that Verdi's music was a success.
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Samui Island is part of Surat thani Province and is the third largest island in Thailand (The first is Phuket and the second is Chang Island). This is one of the most amazing marine attractions to be seen in Thailand and is very well known all over the world. Cha Weng beach and La Mai beach are the most popular beaches because of the attractive white sand and long beaches. Cha Weng Beach has a reputation as the longest, most admired, and most striking beach on Samui Island. The white sand slopes to the shallow sea. This is the reason why there are so many visitors at this beach. You can see a marvelous sunrise because the beach is located in the east. If you love snorkeling, this beach provides plentiful corals and various kinds of fish.
When people talk about La Mai beach, they always mention the popular attraction called Hin Ta Hin Yai (Grandfather and Grandmother Rock). What\'s more, white sand, abundant coconut trees, and blue sea awaits. There is no doubt that this is a wonderful spot and the most splendid time to visit is around December to April.There are several interesting beaches in the north of Samui Island such as Na Thon Bay, Bo Put Bay, and Phra Yai Bay where are quieter than Cha weng and La mai and suitable for relaxing in beautiful scenery.
For cultural attractions, Hailam Shrine at Na Thorn Bay is a large long established community on Samui Island. This shrine is the center of the Hilam people who immigrated here about 150 years ago. Nowadays, you can see antique wooden houses that were build in the Chinese style. There are two temples that you can pay respects which are Na Phra Lan Temple and Phra Yai Temple (Fan Beach).
At Samui Island, there are numerous activities to enjoy such as Samui Monkey Center proving clever monkey and dog shows. There is the Island Safari proving elephant rides and outdoor shows (farming, riding buffalos, and training buffalos). If you want to ride a buffalo and wear a farmer dress, this is a great opportunity available here.
For visitors who do not like swimming in the sea, there are two waterfalls in elegant surroundings with coconut trees and an orchard called the 1st Namuang Waterfall and the 2nd Namuang Waterfall. The first one is more popular because of the convenient transpiration and availability of elephant rides.
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A type of ranged weapon that usually causes only physical damage and, like all ranged weapons, doesn't need ammo to use. Thrown weapons do not have durability. Cannot be used on targets within 5 yards.
Rogues, Warriors, and Hunters start with the Throw ability. Rogues can later gain the ability , which requires an equipped thrown weapon. This is currently the only ability for any type of character (other than Trolls) that requires a thrown weapon be equipped. The Warrior ability does not require a thrown weapon.
Throwing differs from shooting in several ways.
- The shoot ability requires more time to cast than the throw ability, regardless of the weapon's cooldown spec. For this reason, some Warriors and Rogues tend to prefer thrown weapons over other ranged weapon types. A good player can typically throw three or four times at a pulled mob at maximum range vs. only one shot with a shooting weapon. However, there are more types of bows, guns, and crossbows that offer higher dps and better attributes than thrown weapons, so the choice of which type to equip depends on individual preference.
- Throw does not suffer as much pushback as Shoot.
- Unlike with Shooting weapons, Thrown weapons cannot be Disarmed by players, pets, or mobs.
- Thrown weapons cannot be improved by enchantments or other enhancement effects, in contrast to shooting weapons which can be enhanced with engineer-crafted scopes.
- For Hunters, the Auto-Shot ability only applies to bows, crossbows, and guns. It does not apply to Thrown weapons. In addition, an equipped Thrown weapon cannot be used with the Hunter's various ranged abilities, such as Arcane Shot or Concussive Shot.
- Rogues must equip a thrown weapon to use the Deadly Throw ability.
- Hunters, because of their Auto-Shot class ability, typically will never need to use thrown weapons.
- For PvE, the thrown ability for Rogues and Warriors is almost always used to pull mobs.
- In PvP, thrown can have a couple of uses:
- Many Rogues and Warriors choose to equip thrown over shoot weapons because of the short casting time. If a player is rooted in place, such as with , melee weapons are often not an option, so only a ranged weapon will be of any use. Because thrown weapons will cause a caster to suffer pushback just as much as with shooting weapons, it offers a quick way to slow down or even interrupt a cast even if the player is immobilized.
- Because thrown weapons can't be disarmed, it is a pre-emptive way to maintain dps ability if players find themselves without a melee weapon.
- Battlegrounds: Thrown weapons will interrupt the capture of a flag (or base) in a similar manner to shooting weapons.
Thrown weapons benefit from the same ranged stats as shooting weapons, including Haste and Agility. They can also be thrown through terrain objects under certain conditions, similar to shooting weapons.
Shoot and Throw are different abilities. If switching between a shoot and throw weapon, the ability for the weapon equipped must be present on an action bar in order to use the weapon. That is, the "Shoot" button will not work with a thrown weapon, and vice-versa.
For all players, there is currently no way to make Thrown into an auto-attack so each invididual throw must be cast.
Some Throwing weapons can be crafted using the Blacksmithing profession, such as .
Although Thrown weapons never used ammo, there had been attempts to impose limits on thrown weapons, similar to how ranged weapons were limited by ammo. However, with the release of Patch 4.0.1, all ammo was removed from the game, making shooting weapons behave more like thrown weapons instead.
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So I’ve been here about a week in Florence, Italy . Its absolutely beautiful here, everything and everyone within the city is embedded with so much history and culture. If you don’t know about Florence I encourage you to check out the above link (you can never know enough).
This first week has been amazing! What do I mean by amazing? Let me tell you! Everyday I walk to school (CAPA-Florence ), I’m blessed enough to walk past piazza’s, museums, works of art, Cathedrals, and people that have a long history that has literally affected the entire world! I literally breathe in the same energy as many great artists -Leonardo, Michelangelo, Botticelli. Walking some of the same Via’s as they did in their day. It’s humbling, thoughtful, and energizing.
Life is all about experiences, whether that’s sharing a two-minute conversation with the l’barista in the al bar, asking someone for directions, or even sitting in the museo with a complete stranger admiring the same piece of art The Birth of Venus (one of my favorites) in complete silence. “My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?”
― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas I truly believe in this quote. After all what’s a life with spoils, without friends to share them with? During this time I have meet some amazing people with so many diverse backgrounds. Creating relationships with these people is a great experience within itself. We may come from different sides of the globe, but we all share the same idea collectively-TRAVEL! “Traveling isn’t only about exploring physical places, but also about exploring the unknown places in oneself.”
So while I am here in Italy, I will make the best of sharing, learning, and developing relationships with these amazing people who have chosen to step from their known space into a unknown place.
See you next week boys and girls! We are going a field trip!
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Cashless apps: Shopping without a wallet
New apps are allowing consumers to use their smartphones to shop and not have to carry a dime.
Kai Ryssdal: We're live today at The Citadel Shopping Outlets in Commerce, Calif., because, in a lot of ways, as goes our shopping, so goes the American economy.
Our shopping now increasingly is going high-tech with online discounts and daily deals in your email and technology that lets you buy stuff from pretty much anywhere -- and in a whole lotta different of ways.
There are actually several products out there that allow you to use your phone to shop and not have to carry a dime. That's where my colleague Tess Vigeland comes in. She hosts our personal finance show Marketplace Money, and she took some 'cashless apps' out for a road test.
Tess Vigeland: So we're downtown Los Angeles here at 6th and Spring, walking into Sustain Juicery and I feel very strange not having any money on me. I don't even have a wallet.
Vigeland: Now I've never been to this juice bar. But I decided to pay a visit because the store name appeared on an app I was using on my phone called Card Case. It figures out where I am using GPS, then shows me a list of retailers that will let me buy something using the app.
Vigeland: So what do you recommend?
Employee: The Green Monkey's great for the morning. It's got lots of fruits and spirulina and kale added to it.
Vigeland: Let's try that. The Green Monkey.
Employee: Green Monkey? OK.
I wanted to see what it was like to make a purchase without handing over any form of payment. Not cash, not a credit card. And so while the -- what do I call her, a juice barista? -- made my Green Monkey, she typed up my order on an iPad.
Vigeland: OK, now what do I owe you?
Employee: Comes out to $7.50.
Vigeland: And my name is Tess Vigeland. Am I there on your system?
Employee: Yes it is right there, first visit.
She had a picture of me on her iPad from the moment I walked in. Card Case told her I was there. The app is connected to my credit card. All she does is tap on my photo, and my card gets charged $7.50 for the smoothie.
Creeped out yet?
Farhad Manjoo: It is kind of creepy, I mean it feels almost like shoplifting.
That's Slate's technology writer Farhad Manjoo.
Manjoo: You know, you're used to even the most kind of painless way we're used to paying for stuff is by handing over a credit card.
Vigeland: Right. I mean, for time and memoriam, even the cavemen I'm sure handed each other something.
Manjoo: Yeah. And now the currency just passes through the Internet and you don't have to do anything.
There are plenty of other new technologies being developed to separate people from physical payments. Google Wallet lets you just wave your phone in front of a register to pay, but it's only available on Google phones. Dwolla is the name of another app. Download it, put money into it, and it's like your personal Western Union -- without the fees.
Here's Manjoo again.
Manjoo: You know, you can see this being useful in a number of instances, you buy something from someone who's having a yard sale or you're paying for half of dinner or something like that. It sort of comes up often where we need cash to give a friend money, and here you can just do it on your phone.
I wanted to test Dwolla out, but just like Card Case, not many people use it. And that's the downside of these technologies: Until more people adopt them, they're kind of useless. Which is too bad, because while we may not all be using so-called "cashless apps" yet, plenty of us walk around...cashless.
Manjoo: Buying stuff, paying for stuff or trading money with friends -- it's still a little bit frustrating. The goal, I think, with all of these companies is to move society toward this cashless and really frictionless way of spending money, where you don't think about the money that's being passed, it just sort of happens.
Vigeland: And of course Kai, that gets to the heart these technologies, which is they just make it even easier to separate us from our money.
Ryssdal: I love that phrase, frictionless.
Vigeland: Yes, exactly.
Ryssdal: Tess Vigeland, host of our personal finance show, Marketplace Money. And we can hear more of that interview with Farhad Manjoo on her show this weekend.
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VW Bay Exhaust Systems
A Short History Of The VW Type 2 'Bay Window' (cont.)
The 1970 model year saw more significant changes take place, the dashboard was no longer body coloured, and was now padded for all markets (previously it had been painted in everywhere except the US, who got padded dashes from the factory) and finished in black.
The dashboard top was changed so it was level across its width, not raised at the steering wheel. Window winder handles and door release handles were now black plastic on all models except the Deluxe. Us market models had the side markers changed from round to square.
1971 saw the introduction of the twinport 1600 as mention above, and also the front disc brakes, necessitating the move from wide 5 (5x205) wheel fitment to 5x112. Exterior wise the rear wheel arches had a larger lip to allow more clearance for the new wheels....back <<< >>> more...
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The Buenos Aires Audiovisual Archive gathers its own productions of audio, video, photograph and documental registers on Argentinean artists, and the ones received as donations, reproductions or purchased. The documental base goes from 1938 to nowadays.
The audiovisual documents can be consulted at the Public Attention Area, equipped with computers, television sets and VHS and DVD players. Through an always updated database it is possible to search by author, date, subject or series.
Every writer has its favorite books, those ones which they would save from a fire or take to a desert island. Choice is very personal. These are readings that have moved them or have influenced their work; these are books where they go back once and again.
A reading guide to have in mind.
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Fort Sackville: Britain yields possesion
The surrender of Fort Sackville is the subject of several well known paintings, but there are no others on such a scale as Mr. Winter's "FORT SACKVILLE: BRITISH YIELD POSSESSION." The palisaded fort forms a background through which Colonel Hamilton and his regulars in full regimentals march out between Clark's soldiers on the right and the French inhabitants of Vincennes on the left.
The painting catches the spectacle of the moment Hamilton surrenders his sword to Clark. With the taking of Vincennes and the surrender of Hamilton and his force, the success of Clark's expedition was insured. While he was not able to go to capture Detroit, the English thereafter were never able to hold any of the Northwest very far south of the Great Lakes.
In the wake of the success of Clark's brilliant offensive campaigns, hundreds and even thousands of settlers poured into Kentucky. The English government, convinced that it could not hold the country south of the Great Lakes, in the Treaty of Peace agreed to the middle of the Great Lakes as the boundary of the new republic. Thus the Old Northwest became part of the United States.
Ezra Winter, Artist
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Peru is a country with numerous feast and festivals. Most are dedicated to honor and celebrate saints or important personalities and unfortunately aren't held in Lima. But still at least once a month you will find a special day to join a Peruvian fest or festival.
18th of January, Anniversary of Lima
On the 18th of January 1535 Lima was founded by the Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizzaro. The anniversary is celebrated on this day with different cultural and artistic festivities. Particularly worth mentioning is the big parade through Lima called 'pasacalles'. Dancers and artist perform typical folklore dances. Very enjoyable are also the music concert and folklore shows.
February (first Saturday), National Pisco Sour Day - Dia Nacional del Pisco Sour
Since 2003 Peru's National Drink, the Pisco Sour, has its own day of celebrations. The highlight is a Pisco Sour Festival including dance performances, concerts, Peruvian food and of course Pisco Sour. Around town tastings, competitions and parties are held.
Carnival is celebrated throughout the country and Lima isn't the stronghold of the festivities. But still you will find some fun during the carnival season with water games and different activities around the city.
March, Fiesta of the Grape Harvest and Wine Making - Fiesta de la Vendimia
In March the grape harvest and wine making is celebrated in the district of Surco, well know for good Peruvian wine.
Happy Birthday, Lima!
National day of Pisco Sour
Carnival in Lima
Statue in Surco dedicated to the wine harvest
Peruvian Paso Horses
The "Fiesta de la Vendimia includes an entire program of celebrations. A nice pageant through Surcos streets takes place, a trade fair is held and the traditional visit to the vine cellars is a must.
April, National Horse Tournament of the "Peruvian Caballo de Paso"
Probably the most important tournament of Peruvian horse breeders takes place every year in April near the archaeological excavation site of Pachacámac in Mamacona. Besides watching several competitions of the famous Peruvian horses, you can experience a big feast with folklore shows and typical Peruvian food.
29th of June, Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Saint Peter has been chosen as the fishermen's patron. He is worshiped at the ports and bays of Chorillos and Lurin in the south of Lima at Saint Peter and Saint Paul day.
27th to 29th of July, Anniversary of Peru - Fiestas de Patrias
Dedicated to the memory of the announcement of independence on the 28th of July 1821 by the liberator Jose de San Martin. Everywhere in Peru you will find big celebrations and festivities at the anniversary of Peru.
Happy National Day, Peru!
Military Parade in the course of the celebretions of Peru's National Day
Church of Saint Rose
Saint Rose of Lima
Beautiful garden belonging to the church and sanctuary of Saint Rose
In Lima the School Parades and the big Military Parade on the 29th of July at Plaza Mayor are outstanding. Don't miss the sport events, theatricals, folklore shows, music concerts and all the other small events.
30th of August, Saint Rose of Lima - Santa Rosa de Lima
Each year on the 30th of August a big procession to honour Santa Rosa de Lima, the patron saint of Lima, takes place in Lima. The procession leads to Santa Rosa's hometown Santa Rosa de Quives near Lima. Many thousands of believers, who worship Santa Rosa de Lima, the church and convent she founded, participate in the festivities.
October - November, Lord of Miracles - Señor de los Milagros
The biggest procession in Latin America takes place every year at the end of October or beginning of November in Lima. Ten thousands of believers gather to honour Señor de los Milagros (The Lord of Miracles). The belief in the Lord of Miracles dates back to colonial times, when an African slave drew an image of a black Christ on a wall. Despite all attempts to remove it and despite some heavy earthquakes destroying all houses in the area, the image remained untouched. As a result the faith in Señor de los Milagros and the adoration for him grew steadily.
Procession worshipping the Lord of Miracles in Miraflores
Procession worshipping the Lord of Miracles in the 1950s in Lima
The Peruvian warship Huascar that was sunk by the Chilean Navy in the War of the Pacific.
Bullfight Event Feria Taurino del Señor de los Milagros
The Day of the Creole Song is on Halloween
Faithful believers, mainly dressed in purple tunics, come together to carry the nearly two tons litter, which bears the painting of the Lord of Miracles, on their shoulders during the traditional 24 hour procession from the Church "Las Nazarenas" to the Church "La Merced", singing hymns and praying.
8th of October, Battle of Angamos - Comabte de Angamos
Dedicated to the memory of the lost Battle of Angamos on the 8th of October 1879 where the Peruvian ironclad Huáscar was captured by the Chilean Navy and the well know captain, Admiral Miguel Grau, was killed. After this important battle of the War of the Pacific the Peruvians weren't able to bear up against the Chilean Forces any longer. The seas were cleared and the Chilean Troops could invade Peru and Bolivia.
October - November, Bullfight Event - Feria Taurino del Señor de los Milagros
The Feria Taurino del Señor de los Milagros is an anual bullfight event taking place every Sunday in Lima's Plaza de Acho in the month of October until November. The most famous national and international toreros meet to fight for the "Escapulario de Orodel Señor de los Milagros". Surely not for everyone, but the Feria Taurino in Lima is considered the most important bullfight event in Lima where the best matadors show their skills.
31st of October, Day of the Creole Song - Dia de la Cancion Criolla
While on the 31st of October most think of Halloween, in Peru is Dia de la Cancion Criolla. Even though the Halloween fever is infecting more and more Peruvians and you find parties all over town, there are still lots of public shows and events in restaurants, peñas and bars where the best Creole vocal artists and groups perform the traditional music style from the Peruvian coast.
3rd of November, Feast of San Martin de Porres - Festividad de San Martin de Porres
On his day of death on the 3rd of November the patron saint of people of mixed race, and of innkeepers, barbers, public health workers and more, San Martin de Porres, is commemorated with a religious feats, pilgrimages and processions.
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This quilt block is a common block and has many tutorials out there telling you how to cut out the pieces carefully and piecing them together.
Well with my Cut Down Method it reduces the pattern to a 9 patch. My method uses 4 Boston Blocks / 4 HSTs cut out my way and the center is a Combo 4 patch cut out my way.
I used a 3 1/2" template and the finished size is 9 1/2". If you want to make a 12 1/2" quilt block use a 4 1/2" template.
Hope this tutorial helps make this block easier to make.
I prefer to rough cut. Lay the template on your fabric and cut out about a 1/2" more all the way around
Cut with scissors or a rotary cutter
Rough cut block
You will need to cut out 3 white blocks. Cut two of them into two triangles. The third one cut into 4 triangles. For each of the colored fabrics you will need to cut 1 full block and then cut it into two triangles. Use one triangle to measure with and cut out one more triangle. This 3rd triangle cut it into two smaller triangles.
This is a Boston Block layout. You can see one small white triangle on the left and a small pink triangle on the right with a blue large triangle at the bottom
Sew the two small triangles together
Trim the bottom of the two triangles even. Place them face down onto the blue triangle, You can trim the large triangle if you like but I don't bother as you can use the trimmed edge of the joined triangles as a sewing guide. So now sew the pieced tris to the large tri.
Here are your joined triangles ready to cut.
Lay your template on the joined tris and make sure the corners of your template is on the seams. Hold the template in place and cut out around the template. This is the place to be as accurate as you can. The more accurate you are here the more problems you will prevent later on
Here is your first Boston Block
Here is the next layout for the next Boston Block. Follow the directions above to make your second Boston
Third layout for your third Boston
Fourth layout for the fourth Boston
Now the remaining small triangles go into the middle block. Lay them out and sew two sets of two triangles together, After you get the two sets sewn then sew them together the same way you did the Bostons. Since you have two seams in the middle I like to match them and then put a tack(sew a stitch across the seams) so the seams won't move. Then I pin the ends and sew them together
See the tack? I think it holds better than pins do. Sorry I was using white thread and it doesn't show up real well.
After you get all 4 small triangles sewn into the joined fabrics ready to cut you now need to cut out the Combo 4 patch square. But be careful that the corners of your template stay on the seams as you cut. This is what happens when the template moves when you cut. Look at the top left corner and the top right corners. The seam should come up evenly through the fabric, These two corners have more fabric on the left of the seam than on the right side. So I had to gently trim it even.
The way the block should look. The corners are all even. When you do this tho make sure your square is still close enough to the size block you need or you may have to do it over.
Now repeat the steps to make the HSTs. Using the large white triangles and the large colored triangles sew them together into joined fabrics. Then use your template to cut out the HST from the center. You should now have 4 HSTs that are half white and half color(one for each color)
Here is the layout of all the Bostons and HSTs and the one Combo block you just made.
Sew two blocks together as shown here. Sorry about the shadow! LOL it was the only good photo out of 3.
Sew two sets of two together
Now sew on the third set of twos together and the third block to the bottom of the other set of two. I prefer this method of joining instead of sewing them into rows, I feel I have better control of keeping the blocks straight and not crooked when I join them this way
And Ta Da! You now have a Card Trick Quilt Block. If you take time to make sure each block is accurate as you cut it out of the joined fabrics and you check each time you sew two blocks together to make sure they are straight and not crooked then your quilt block should come out square and need little to no trimming to make it a true square. Prevention is soooo much better than having to redo.
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Cadalyst MCAD Tech News #125 (July 15, 2004)15 Jul, 2004
IronCAD has always been one of my favorite MCAD programs because of its simple user interface and powerful features. Atlanta-based IronCAD LLC recently introduced v7 of its flagship product. I downloaded a trial version, and before I detail some of the new tools, let me start with an overview of the core functionality.
Ease of use can be measured in many ways. To some it simply means having a standard Windows user interface. To others, it means a well-organized and comprehensible set of tools and menus. IronCAD has had these features ever since it was introduced back in 1998. At the same time it took ease of use to a new level -- a level that most other MCAD programs still haven't reached.
For starters, there is the creation of solids. You can extrude, revolve, and so forth from constrained sketches as with other MCAD applications, but in IronCAD it's possible to simply drag solid shapes from an area of the program known as the Shapes Catalog to the workspace. And these aren't the token four or five primitives usually found in those few programs that offer them. In IronCAD, a wealth of sophisticated shapes can be created in a manner of seconds. These include pyramids, truncated cones and automated lofts, as well as standard items such as gears, bearings, and structural shapes. In addition, most of the shapes have an equivalent cut-out shape. The 3D Slot tool creates a boss, for example, while its companion, the 3D Hole Slot, makes a cutout.
Once you place the shapes, editing is just as easy. The program automatically displays dynamic editing handles as soon as the object is selected -- no special editing tool is needed. IronCAD also allows users to drill down in the selection process -- the first click selects the entire body, the next click just a face, and so on. Another interesting aspect of these shapes is that the underlying base sketches are automatically created, so it's possible to edit the 3D geometry using traditional sketching techniques.
Still another powerful aspect of the IronCAD user interface is the TriBall. This lets you quickly position shapes and mate them to other parts, once again by simply dragging. IronCAD doesn't have a separate assembly mode, so there is no artificial division between parts and assemblies.
All these user interface features combine to provide ease of use that can be measured by how quickly users create components using intuitive tools and fewer steps.
VERSION 7 HIGHLIGHTS
Though IronCAD's simple modeling techniques haven't diminished its power, it has lacked some important options. Version 7 adds variable radius rounds in the Fillet command and variable wall thicknesses in the Shell command. Both new options are easy to use, but I was disappointed to find that it's still not possible to define fillet size or shell thickness by dragging.
IronCad's new variable radius filleting and shelling.
As noted earlier, IronCAD doesn't have a separate assembly modeling module, but parts can still be imported and assembled as in other MCAD programs. In previous versions, when you added a feature like a cut, it not only drilled through all the parts in the assembly, but all the external parts as well, which is sometimes not desired. So v7 adds an Assembly Feature option, which is accessed by dragging the desired Catalog part (usually a cutout feature) while pressing the right mouse button instead of the left. I worked with this new feature and found it very easy and powerful. One of my favorite options is how these Assembly Features can be turned into regular feature if desired, which is consistent with the flexibility typically found in IronCAD.
IronCAD has always had some of the best -- and, you guessed it, easiest -- sheet-metal design capabilities. Version 7 adds the ability to create conical shapes. Another nice , albeit overdue, modeling enhancement is the addition of guide curves when building lofted shapes.
Surfacing was introduced a few versions ago, and this release is the first to make major enhancements in this area. For instance, you can now fillet two surfaces as well as extend a surface. To help construct surface geometry, IronCAD 7 adds the ability to create 3D curves by using four new techniques. The first three are pretty standard in most 3D applications: curve creation by projecting edges, iso-parametric curves from existing surfaces, and curves from intersecting parts/surfaces. The fourth option is very powerful -- a curve created by entering mathematical formulas for the x, y and z directions.
IronCAD v7 also adds many little -- but important -- tweaks to help the workflow. For example, when a shape is dragged by one of the editing handles alluded to earlier, a dimensional readout now displays. Also, its possible to Ctrl-click on multiple handles to perform more advanced editing when dragging. This comes in handy when you wish to drag symmetrically.
IronCAD v7 features more powerful workplanes and a bunch of new drafting improvements, particularly involving dimensions and layers, as well as several new sectioning tools. Once of my favorite enhancements in this area is the Update Notification dialog that appears when drawings get out of sync with the model. This works independently from IronCAD's built-in PDM system, which is another powerful aspect of the program.
In a feature-by-feature battle with programs like SolidWorks and Solid Edge, IronCAD won't end up with the most checks, but could certainly hold its own against those applications in a productivity challenge. This is especially true when using the program for conceptual design. For many users, IronCAD 7 provides the best of both worlds - the power of parametric feature-based modeling without many of the limitations. If you're currently thinking about making the move to 3D or are thinking of switching to new 3D product, IronCAD deserves strong consideration.
Autodesk Technical Evangelist Lynn Allen guides you through a different AutoCAD feature in every edition of her popular "Circles and Lines" tutorial series. For even more AutoCAD how-to, check out Lynn's quick tips in the Cadalyst Video Gallery. Subscribe to Cadalyst's Tips & Tricks Tuesdays free e-newsletter and we'll notify you every time a new video tip is available. All exclusively from Cadalyst!
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NREL Offsets All Its Energy Use with Renewable Energy Credits
July 12, 2006
DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is not only a leading developer of renewable energy, but also a leading user of the technology. NREL's on-site power production from wind turbines and solar power systems contributes 138,000 kilowatt-hours to the laboratory's power needs, but the laboratory has gone far beyond that. NREL announced in late June that it has purchased enough renewable energy credits to offset not only the total energy use of its buildings, but also all the energy used by NREL vehicles, employee commuting, air travel, and other energy consumed in the operation of the laboratory. By doing so, NREL exceeded its five-year goal as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Climate Leaders Partnership, having cut overall greenhouse gas emissions more than 10 percent since 2000.
NREL was the first federal pilot partner in the Climate Leaders Partnership. It is one of only seven original members to establish initial target reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and one of only five to meet its goals in 2005. Offsetting all its energy use is noteworthy for an institution of NREL's size and scope. NREL encompasses 618 acres on several sites, with 665,000 square feet of laboratory and office space that house more than 1,100 researchers and support staff. See the NREL press release and the Climate Leaders Partnership Web site.
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Maine’s snack tax is gone, but in its place is a tax on … snacks. Five bakery doughnuts can be subject to sales tax; six are tax free. A small container of milk is tax free at the convenience store but taxed at a sandwich shop. Think you know Maine taxes? Try this quiz.
Tax or not taxed?
1) It’s been a long day, you’re tired, and you just can’t imagine making a full meal, so you stop by the grocery store and pick up a cooked whole rotisserie chicken at the deli. Taxed or not taxed?
2) It’s cold and flu season. Your local pharmacy is offering a free box of tissues if you use the store coupon found in its weekly flier. Taxed or not taxed?
3) Junior is screaming for a candy bar at the grocery store and you finally give in. Taxed or not taxed?
4) You stop at the bakery and pick up a box of a dozen doughnuts for a meeting at work. Before you leave, the cinnamon-sugar smell entices you to buy just one for yourself to eat on the commute. Both taxed, neither taxed or one taxed?
5) You grab a small bottle of milk to go with that doughnut. Taxed or not taxed?
6) It’s Super Bowl weekend and you’re stocking up on goodies. You fill your grocery cart with giant bags of corn chips, potato chips, tortilla chips and every other kind of edible chip left on the shelf. Taxed or not taxed?
7) The local pizza joint has amazing salads, but never provides enough salad dressing. Luckily, it sells bottles of the stuff. Taxed or not taxed?
8) Your local supermarket (correctly) doesn’t charge tax on deli case items, including cold cuts and cheeses. You buy a deli meat-and-cheese platter for your best friend’s baby shower. Tax or not taxed?
1) Taxed at 7 percent 2) Not taxed. 3) Taxed at 5 percent. 4) The dozen doughnuts are not taxed; your singleton is taxed at 7 percent. 5) Taxed at 7 percent. 6) Not taxed 7) Not taxed. 8) Taxed at 7 percent.
* Prepared foods, including rotisserie chicken, sandwiches and individual salads.
* Water, iced tea and soft drinks.
* Diet supplements, including vitamins and protein bars.
* Grocery staples, including fruits, vegetables, raw meat and fish.
* Whole pies or cakes.
* Six or more doughnuts, muffins, cookies, bagels and pastries.
* Small containers of milk and juice are taxed at 7 percent if sold at a store in which 75 percent or more of gross receipts are from the sale of prepared food. (Pizza shop, sandwich shop, etc.)
* Potato chips, pretzels and popcorn are exempt from tax. However, small bags (less than 6 ounces) must be taxed at 7 percent if sold by a store that falls under the 75 percent rule above. They are taxed at 5 percent as candy if they are coated in chocolate, yogurt, caramel or carob.
* Granola bars, cereal bars and breakfast bars are tax free if the first ingredient listed on the package is granola, cereal, oats, fruit juice or fruit extract. If a sweetener, such as chocolate or sugar, is listed first, the bar is considered candy and taxed at 5 percent at a grocery or convenience store and 7 percent at a store that falls under the 75 percent rule.
* Bottled water is taxed at 5 percent unless sold by a store that falls under the 75 percent rule, in which case it’s taxed at 7 percent. Bottled water is not taxed at all if delivered to your home.
* Deli case items, including cold cuts, cheese and potato salad, are not taxed. However, deli platters that contain cold cuts, cheeses and other items are taxed at 7 percent.
* Single serving of pies and cakes, as well as one to five doughnuts, muffins, cookies, bagels and pastries, are taxed when prepared by the retailer.
* All ice cream is tax exempt in grocery stores. Ice cream less than a quart is taxed at 7 percent when sold by a business that falls under the 75 percent rule.
* Fruit baskets are generally tax free, even if they contain a “minor number” of candy or other taxable items. If a basket contains “taxable items of significant value,” the seller must either tax those items separately or tax the basket as a whole.
For questions about Maine’s sales tax or to report a business you believe may have taxed you incorrectly, call Maine Revenue Services at 624-9693.
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Hidden Chicago and Hidden Chicago 2
"I Never Knew That!"
Some are mysterious, some are beautiful and some are just plain bizarre! Geoffrey Baer takes you all over the Chicago region in search of often-overlooked fragments of our history. Many are in places you pass by every day. But when you learn their hidden stories you're sure to say "I never knew that!"
Looking for the Hidden Chicago 2 website? You'll find it at wttw.com/hiddenchicago2.
Test Your Own Knowledge of Hidden Chicago:
Q: Where will you find an actual ticket booth from the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893?
A: In the back yard of a Frank Lloyd Wright home in Oak Park. It was moved there after the fair for use as a children's playhouse and later became a garden shed.
Q: Where is the monument that Benito Mussolini gave to Chicago?
A: Along the Lakefront - just east of Soldier Field on the site of the 1933 World's Fair. It's a 2000 year old Roman column commemorating the arrival at the fair of a fleet of Italian seaplanes under the command of General Italo Balbo.
Q: Is there really a cowpath among the skyscrapers in the Loop?
A: There were no cows living in the loop when the highrise building at 100 W. Monroe was constructed in 1928. But a passageway through the building was left open anyway because the deed required it. It was part of a strip of land that a farmer named William Jones retained for his use when he sold this land in 1840. According to newspaper accounts Jones wanted to be sure he still had a way to walk his cows to pasture.
Q: What's that metal blob hiding in the bushes behind the Chicago History Museum?
A: It's all that's left of a storefront that melted in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
Q: Where was the first movie version of "The Wizard of Oz" filmed?
A: At Selig Studios located at the corner of Byron and Claremont on Chicago’s North Side. The yellow brick structure is now used for condominiums. Chicago was the silent movie capital of America before the industry moved to Hollywood. Another studio, Essanay is also still standing. Charlie Chaplin, Gloria Swanson and others worked there. It's now St. Augustine College in the Uptown neighborhood.
Q: Why is there a mural behind the clutter in the manager's office at Meyer's Ace Hardware in Bronzeville?
A: This building once housed one of Louis Armstrong's favorite jazz clubs, the Sunset Café. The mural decorated the back wall of the stage, which is now the store manager's office.
Other Highlights Include:
Chicago has the biggest collection of historic murals in America. They're in schools, post offices, park district field houses and other public buildings. After decades of neglect most have been spectacularly restored.
You find them all over Chicago – painted ads for products and businesses that no longer exist. Sometimes these relics are unearthed in like-new condition when an adjacent building is demolished. Each one tells a story about our history.
THE ALPHABET STREETS
Find out why streets within the same mile on the Northwest Side all begin with the same letter of the alphabet.
Discover an alley in the Gold Coast still paved with century old wood blocks.
Meet Chicago's last elevator operators and bowling alley pinsetters.
HISTORIC AND HIDDEN CEMETERIES
Workers digging in Lincoln Park, the Gold Coast and the Magnificent Mile periodically unearth bodies. Evidence of a past crime? No. These popular places were cemeteries in early Chicago.
A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE
We'll show you a huge truss bridge over the Metra track west of the Loop that connects to… nothing! It was part of a now-defunct "L" line that served the West Side. We also follow another "L" line on the South Side that's still standing even though it shut down half a century ago.
Hidden Chicago is an original production of WTTW11. Host /writer is Geoffrey Baer; Produced by Geoffrey Baer and Dan Protess; Associate Producers are Susan Godfrey and Kathleen M. Singleton; Researcher is Susan Godfrey; Executive Producer is VJ McAleer.
Hidden Chicago was produced in association with the Chicago History Museum.
Major funding for Hidden Chicago is provided by Harris.
Additional funding is provided through the generous support of Peter Kelliher Jr. and Diane Kelliher and the Walter E. Heller Foundation in memory of Alyce DeCosta.
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Collisions of particles advected in random flows.
New Journal of Physics, 10,
(Click here to request a copy from the OU Author.
We consider collisions of particles advected in a fluid. As already pointed out by Smoluchowski (1917 Z. Phys. Chem. 92 129–68), macroscopic motion of the fluid can significantly enhance the frequency of collisions between the suspended particles. This effect was invoked by Saffman and Turner (1956 J. Fluid Mech. 1 16–30) to estimate collision rates of small water droplets in turbulent rain clouds, the macroscopic motion being caused by turbulence. Here, we show that the Saffman–Turner theory is unsatisfactory because it describes an initial transient only. The reason for this failure is that the local flow in the vicinity of a particle is treated as if it were a steady hyperbolic flow, whereas, in reality, it must fluctuate. We derive exact expressions for the steady-state collision rate for particles suspended in rapidly fluctuating random flows and compute how this steady state is approached. For incompressible flows, the Saffman–Turner expression is an upper bound.
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James Ford Rhodes (18481927). History of the Civil War, 18611865 1917.
supplies.1 The aides considered these terms manifestly futile2 and, acting in accordance with the letter of their instructions, they gave the order to Fort Johnson to open fire; the first shell was fired at half past four on the morning of April 12. This shot, the signal for the bombardment to begin, caused a profound thrill throughout the United States and in point of fact it inaugurated four years of civil war.3
The bombardment was unnecessary. Sumter might have been had without it. Beauregard was needlessly alarmed over the relief expedition that was bringing bread to Anderson. He feared a descent upon the South Carolina coast by the United States fleet then lying at the entrance of the harbor for the supposed purpose of reënforcing Fort Sumter. One of his aides reported that four large steamers are plainly in view standing off the bar. The people in Charleston thought that there were six men-of-war in the offing.4 In connection with the general alarm on shore, it is interesting to note the actual mishaps of the relief expedition. This was intended to consist of four war-ships, three steam-tugs and the merchant steamer Baltic. The Baltic, with G. V. Fox, who had command of the expedition, on board, arrived off Charleston one hour and a half before the bombardment began, but found there only one warship.5 Another6 arrived at seven in the morning; but without
Note 1. O. R., I, 14, 301. In both despatches are provisos unnecessary for this narrative. [back]
Note 4. Chesnut 33, 39. The steamer Nashville from New York [merchant steamer] and a number of merchant vessels reached the bar and awaited the result of the bombardment, giving indications to those inside of a large naval fleet off the harbor. G. V. Fox, O. R. N., IV, 249; Chadwick, 333. [back]
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Objectives and results of the first project year (01 Mar 2004 – 28 Feb 2005)
According to the CellPROM workplan the first year’s objectives were grouped in three different fields: deriving and providing an operational and effective non-scientific framework for the project; developing and evaluating feasible device concepts for the different modules and starting first biological cell experiments working towards proof of concepts and evaluating first technological prototypes.
For the technological approach, work was concentrated on the evaluation of existing technology, setting up of overall specifications and deriving concepts for the module implementation. Two different overall concepts have been derived and specified: A magnetic warehouse concept manipulating magnetically value added flat carriers holding adherent cells and a fluidic lab-on-chip-like concept using ultrasound and di-electrophoretic forces for cell manipulation (see following figure). Both concepts will be pursued during the next periods and modules will be developed and evaluated.
Virtual view on a cell trapped in a high frequency electromagnetic field (left) and basic principle schematic of the magnetic warehouse device concept (right).
Images courtesy of FhG-IBMT.
As cell differentiation via immobilised molecules, in analogy to early in-vivo differentiation processes via cell-cell interactions, has not been investigated in great detail before, many issues have to be taken into account and studied. So in parallel to the specification phase biological experiments were conducted and various cell models either with differentiation potential or easy to handle for first technological implementation have been identified and evaluated. Besides cell lines for technological developments and well defined primary differentiation systems for the establishment of cell differentiation assays at the solid phase, adult stem cell systems will be established at many partners labs for the next period, representing more complex but clinically highly interesting models to be implemented into the CellPROM processes at a later stage of the project.
Silicon master prepared by e-beam writing presenting 50 nm posts to be used as mould for nano-imprinting (left). Glass slide with patterned transparent surface (1, 2, 4, 6 µm periodicity) (right.)
Images courtesy of AMO GmbH (left) and INM GmbH (right).
Materials and coatings have been designed with enhanced or suppressed cell adhesion capabilities and tested for biocompatibility. For cell differentiation at the solid phase the surfaces have to meet various new demands: enhanced signal factor binding, topological structuring and bio-patterning. Materials and surfaces (see figure above) as candidates for NanoScapes (or tissue carriers) have been checked for their stability under cell culturing conditions, biocompatibility and compatibility with sterilisation procedures. A positive influence of microstructuring on cell adhesion and cell proliferation could be detected in first experiments, but has to be matured. Further the functionality of bound signal factors could be shown by functional testing through differentiation experiments. These first proofs of principle showed promising results towards differentiation with immobilised factors but have to be matured in future as well.
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Keep your feet ready, heartbeat steady, keep your eyes open.
Keep your aim locked, the night goes dark, keep your eyes open.
Taylor Swift, Eyes Open (from the Hunger Games Soundtrack)
I don’t know why it is that I allow hope and fear to get the best of me. By get the best of me – my energy and time and talents go toward planning for what may not even arise. That I cannot give everything I have to whatever I’m doing, if worries creep up and plant themselves in the middle. I spend so much time worrying – chasing the little rabbit of worry around and around the internal track of my mind. There is something about chasing after worry – I can make this work. Let’s see what options there are. Let me research and think and run after these other things – rather than relaxing into what is here, and what is now.
What is here and now is freshness. And that freshness? The ability to keep your eyes open and be ready to embrace this world. It’s not readiness out of fear of an attack. It’s not because you want to see how to plan your next move. It is readiness to see the world for what it is and to open into that freshness. The open eyes which tell you that you are giving everything you have, that you are keeping your aim steady. Worry does not foster steadiness. It fosters anxiety, fear, and spinning in circles.
Many years ago, as I was contemplating a big decision in my life, I talked with a college professor of mine. We were sitting on the porch of the building where she had her office, both in white wooden rocking chairs. I remember feeling tight with anxiety, like a coil about the break. She was leaning back in the chair, rocking back and forth slowly. “Listen to your body. It will tell you what you need to do.” This professor, for the record, also was the one who would tell her students to trust the universe, that it will provide. And, I have found, time and again, that my body does tell me what I need to do, if I only listen. And listening doesn’t happen when I’m chasing after worries and solutions.
I’m currently in the midst of transition in my life, in a lot of ways. Without going into details quite yet, I find myself planning, trying to think of which way to go. I keep spinning around in circles. Soon, I may throw up from all of the spinning. And I realized today, while writing, that I am holding so tightly on to this one thing, that I have no idea, really, what it is that I’m looking for. This one this is not the entirety of who I am. How can the universe provide, how can my body respond, if I don’t even know what I’m looking for?
Nearly four years ago, tiredof trying to find a partner in my life, I wrote in my journal the person I was looking for. I gave up on dating, nearly flinging it away from me. I was taking a moritorium on dating. Less than a week later, I received a text from someone I couldn’t quite place in my memory, but we went for coffee and a chat. That person was Sarah, my partner. We’ve since talked about it, and she tells the story that, at some point around the time I wrote in my journal, she felt compelled to text me. We didn’t run in the same circles, didn’t really know the same people. And yet, after having only met each other once or twice, with no other contact, she texted me to see if I wanted to meet for coffee and chatting. Four months later, we began dating.
Now, I don’t believe that if I become clear with everything in my life, everything will work as smoothly and immediately. I don’t believe that I can rest on my haunches and not do anything to pursue the dreams that I have. At the same time, confusion does not allow for much space. It does not allow for the universe to slip in, unannounced, and plant new flowers. It does not allow me the space to be able to see the paths that are, perhaps, not quite so well tread. It does not allow me to keep my eyes open enough to see the glimmers of possibility that are unknown to me.
And sometimes, choosing the road not taken makes all the difference.
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You are here
Youth Orchestra LA (YOLA)
YOLA changes lives – one child, one family, one community at a time.
Through Gustavo Dudamel's Youth Orchestra LA (YOLA) program – inspired by Venezuela's revolutionary El Sistema – the LA Phil and its community partners provide free instruments, intensive music training, and academic support to students from underserved neighborhoods, enabling every child to contribute using their full potential.
YOLA Students Travel to London
March 12-17, 2013
10 high school-aged YOLA students travelled to London to take part in music workshops, participate in panels and presentations at the Future Play symposium, meet peer musicians from the UK, and perform in an open rehearsal with Gustavo Dudamel and young musicians from around London. While the international travel was a major event on its own, the trip was also significant for bringing together students from each of YOLA’s two sites—YOLA at HOLA and YOLA at EXPO.
Somehow, in the midst of a jam-packed schedule, the students managed to document their trip in journal entries. Learn more about this exciting trip and read excerpts from students’ journal entries here:
For more on the YOLA trip to London, visit the LA Phil 2013 Tour Blog.
"I have grown in YOLA – learning to be a better leader, role model, and musician. Music is in every subject. Being here, I know that I won't get left behind." Alison — age 10
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By Richard Walser, 1994
16 Oct. 1899–9 July 1961
Marian Sims, writer, was born in Dalton, Ga., the daughter of Julian and Grace Gardner McCamy. She was educated in the Dalton public schools and was graduated in 1920 from Agnes Scott College with a major in history and a minor in English. After teaching French and history in the Dalton High School for four years, she became "chief copy writer for a direct-mail advertising firm." In 1927 she married Frank Knight Sims, Jr., a somewhat younger Dalton friend with whom she had grown up. Her brother, Robert G. McCamy, was married to Sims's sister.
After a year in Greensboro , where she began to write, Marian Sims and her husband moved to Charlotte in 1930. Including her first short story in Collier's (23 Dec. 1933), she sold, during the next two decades, forty stories to such magazines as Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, McCall's, Liberty, Pictorial Review, Good Housekeeping , and Woman's Home Companion . Though an expert in the elusive and often frustrating technique so essential to the writing of short stories for the popular slick magazines, she eventually "discovered that my kind of short story was largely a mechanical trick and that the novel would permit more depth and latitude." Her seven novels explored the upper- and middle-class urban South, its politics, its social conflicts, and the personal crises of its people against a background of golf clubs, bridge parties, and summer resorts—a segment bypassed by most southern writers of fiction.
Morning Star (1934) narrates a young woman's reaction to small-town conventions and stodginess. In The World with a Fence (1936) , a Georgia schoolteacher leaves the small town for Atlanta to preserve her integrity. Call It Freedom (1937) delineates the problems of a divorce d woman in Hanover (Charlotte). The epistolary Memo to Timothy Sheldon (1938) centers on an attractive woman married to one man but in love with another. The City on a Hill (1940) , her most remembered work, exposes political skullduggery in Medbury (Charlotte), its chief character closely resembling Mrs. Sims's husband, judge of the Charlotte Recorder's Court. Beyond Surrender (1942) is a historical novel of Reconstruction in South Carolina. In Storm before Daybreak (1946) , a returning war veteran becomes involved with his brother's wife.
Mrs. Sims held a fellowship in 1940 at the Bread Loaf Writers' School and Conference in Vermont. During World War II , while her husband was overseas, she lived in Atlanta. In 1949 she wrote the words for Lamar Stringfield's cantata Peace . Mrs. Sims, who had been a Presbyterian and a Democrat, was buried in the Sharon Memorial Mausoleum, Charlotte . A collection of her manuscripts and copies of her magazine short stories are located in the library of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte .
North Carolina Authors: A Selective Handbook (1952)
North Carolina Fiction (1958)
Marian Sims, "Writer's Recollections," Agnes Scott Alumnae Quarterly (Spring 1948)
Vertical file in Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County
Harry R. Warfel, American Novelists Today (1951)
Marian Sims Papers, UNCC: http://libapps.uncc.edu/manuscripts/ms_display.php?ms=5.php
Marian Sims. Photo courtesy of the New Georgia Encylopedia. Available from http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Multimedia.jsp?id=m-10902 (accessed April 26, 2012).
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Gov. Sarah Palin continues to make news. She understands economics and real-world energy issues.
I AM DISMAYED THAT LEGISLATION HAS AGAIN BEEN INTRODUCED in Congress to prohibit forever oil and gas development in the most promising unexplored petroleum province in North America — the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in Alaska.
Let’s not forget: Only six months ago, oil was selling for nearly $150 per barrel, while Americans were paying $4 a gallon and more for gasoline. And today, there is potential for prices to rebound as OPEC asserts its market power and as Russia disrupts needed natural gas to Europe for the second time in three years.
As I traveled throughout the country campaigning for vice president, I was glad to hear politicians, including Barack Obama, promise that “everything was on the table” to address America’s great challenges. I also found that when Americans were apprised of the facts, most people became supporters of responsible oil and gas drilling in Alaska. So, I want to remind our national leaders of this promise and make the case against this legislation:
•Oil from ANWR represents a huge, secure domestic supply that could help satisfy U.S. demand for more than 25 years.
•ANWR sits within a 20 million-acre refuge (the size of South Carolina), but thanks to advanced technology like directional drilling, the aggregated drilling footprint would be less than 2,000 acres (about one-quarter the size of Dulles Airport). This is like laying a 2-by-3-foot welcome mat on a basketball court.
•Energy development is quite compatible with the protection of our wildlife and their habitat. For example, North Slope caribou herds have grown and remained healthy throughout more than three decades of oil development. Most of the year, our coastal plain is frozen solid and thus characterized by low biological productivity.
•ANWR development would create hundreds of thousands of good American jobs, positively affecting every state by providing a safe energy supply and generating demand for goods and services.
– Gov. Sarah Palin
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Increasing the power density incident on a target without raising the radiated power may offer a number of benefits to HF skywave radar systems. Among these is the prospect of detecting nonlinear echoes, which could greatly enhance detection in sea clutter. Other prospects include improved detection of low RCS targets and more effective use of sub-apertures for multiple simultaneous task operations. In this paper we review the physics underlying these missions and assess the potential of various approaches to concentrating energy in localized regions within the illuminated zone.
Date of Conference: 20-24 Sept. 2010
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This basin, located in the hotel luxury Alila Ubud, located in Bali, there is absolutely no sides. That is why it is called «Infinity», which means “unlimited.” This architectural masterpiece.
Pool “Global Warming”
This is not New York City went under water, this advertising campaign, made in the advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai (India) for HSBC. The Bank wanted to attract attention to the problem of global warming and the advertising agency has proposed an excellent idea – be placed on the bottom of the pool a huge image of New York. Looks amazing!
Badeschiff – an old barge, which was converted into a swimming pool and is now open to all comers, is in Berlin.
“up in the air” Pool
This pool is located right in the heart of Dallas in five-star hotel «Joule» and hangs directly above one of the main roads in the height of 8 storeys.
This elegant pool of blood-red color is located of the luxury hotels on the island Koh Samui, Thailand.
An underground swimming pool, located in Midway Utah, United States directly in the crater of an extinct volcano that provides constantly warm water.
The largest pool in the world
The largest pool in the world is in Chile, its length is about 1 km, occupying an area of about 8Ga, and contains about 300,000 cubic meters of water.
The deepest pool in the world
“Nemo 33″ – diving center in Belgium, namely it is the deepest pool in the world. In the pool there are 2 levels of depth 5 and 10 meters, which are situated on flat platforms, as well as the pit depth of 33 meters. The volume of water in the pool about 2.5 million liters!
The largest indoor swimming pool
Located in Japan «Ocean Dome» is the largest indoor swimming pool in the world. Its length is about 300m, a width of about 100m.
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(CNN) -- Even though Syria has signed off on a U.N.-backed peace initiative, there's no evidence yet that the regime is carrying out the plan Wednesday, activists and the U.S. State Department said.
At least 26 people, including two military defectors, were killed in Syria Wednesday as security forces fired shells and rockets, staged raids, and clashed with resistance fighters, the opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said.
Diplomats reacted hopefully but skeptically to Syria's initial acceptance of the peace plan because al-Assad has made other commitments calling for an end to violence during the year of carnage. The United Nations estimates that the Syrian conflict has killed more than 9,000 people since a government crackdown on protesters began last March; opposition activists have put the toll at more than 10,000.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland noted the arrests and violence across Syria Wednesday.
"It is clear that the Assad regime has not yet taken the necessary steps to implement the commitment it has made to Kofi Annan. So, as the secretary said yesterday, he (Assad) knows what he needs to do. We will judge him by his actions, not by his promises," Nuland said, referring to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
LCC spokeswoman Rafif Jouejati cited shelling in Idlib and growing military deployment in parts of Aleppo.
"So far we haven't seen anything concrete to indicate the regime is implementing anything of the sort," she said, referring to the Annan plan.
Dima Moussa, spokeswoman for the Revolutionary Council of Homs, described shelling and snipers in Homs.
"As far as we know, the Syrian regime has taken none of the steps laid out in the six-point peace plan mapped out by Kofi Annan," she said. "It is hard to believe that the Assad regime is serious about observing the points of the proposal, despite allegedly agreeing to it, when the regime and its tools continue their practices of randomly killing and bombing Syrian cities."
The United Nations said President Bashar al-Assad's government accepted the plan Tuesday. Annan, the joint special envoy of the United Nations and the Arab League, urged the government to immediately implement the proposal.
The plan calls for a U.N.-supervised halt of violence by the government and opposition; timely humanitarian aid; speeding up the release of "arbitrarily detained" people; ensuring "freedom of movement" for journalists; and respecting peaceful demonstrations and "freedom of association."
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Syria's acceptance an "important initial step" and urged al-Assad "to put those commitments into immediate effect. There is no time to waste."
"Mr. Annan is working urgently with all parties to secure implementation of the plan at all levels. I sincerely appreciate his tireless efforts and the evident support he is receiving from the international community," Ban said Wednesday in Kuwait City. Annan plans to brief the U.N. Security Council in a closed meeting from Geneva, Switzerland, Monday.
The LCC, in a statement, said "it appears" that the Annan plan "will meet a fate no better than that" of the "infamous" Arab League initiative and observer mission that began late last year and continued for several weeks until it was suspended. The Arab League urged an end to the crackdown and a withdrawal of troops from cities, but the violence continued to rage.
"The regime declared restrictions on several provisions of the plan, rendering it devoid of any meaning and making it a sterile technical formality to be 'negotiated' indefinitely, citing 'internal affairs' as the justification," the LCC said of the Arab League initiative.
The LCC said Annan's plan "buys the regime more time to assassinate more activists." The international community must come up with a "practical mechanism" that protects Syrians, political free expression, and a better future, the LCC said.
"Such an initiative must establish a timetable, methods, and safeguards for the transfer of power, and must enable activists to create a framework for the present and future of their country. Anything short of these demands would be pointless," the LCC said.
World powers have been unable to stop the violence. The United States has been focused on sanctions and political pressure.
This week, U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked about enhancing ways to provide "nonlethal" aid such as medical supplies and communications equipment to the opposition.
Arab and other voices have called for supplying arms to the Free Syrian Army, the fledgling anti-regime rebel force made up mostly of defectors from Syria's army.
Some Sunni tribal leaders in Iraq, such as Sheik Abu Ahmed, say they feel obligated to send arms and fighters to help Syrian rebels as they watch the Syrian regime hammer their fellow Sunni tribesmen. Ahmed said he has sent more than $300,000 in cash, machine guns, AK-47s and about 30 fighters into the Syrian province of Deir Ezzor.
Syria is expected to be a hot topic at this week's Arab League summit in Baghdad.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has said "an updated and distinct resolution" will be presented to Arab leaders.
Syria, which has been suspended from the group over the clampdown, will not deal with any initiative issued by the Arab League during its absence from the group, state media reported, citing Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Maqdasi.
U.S. Sens. John McCain, R-Arizona, Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, and Joe Lieberman, a Connecticut independent, this month called for "foreign airpower" to stop the government "slaughter" and save innocent lives. They also called for establishing safe havens that could serve as bases for military aid.
McCain and other senators unveiled a resolution Wednesday condemning Syria's "crimes against humanity." It called on senators to recognize Syrians' "inherent right to defend themselves," support calls by Arab leaders to help Syrians defend themselves, and urge Obama to work with allies on how and where to create safe havens for citizens.
The Syrian government routinely blames the vaguely defined "armed terrorist groups" for violence in the country, while most reports from inside Syria suggest the government is slaughtering civilians in an attempt to wipe out dissidents.
CNN cannot independently confirm reports from inside Syria because the government severely restricts access by international journalists.
CNN's Amir Ahmed, Samira Said, Tracy Doueiry, Richard Roth and Holly Yan contributed to this report.
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Low Levels of B Vitamin Linked to Alzheimer's Lesions
April 4, 2000 (New York) -- Low blood levels of the B vitamin folic acid may
play a role in increasing a woman's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease as
she ages, according to a study of Catholic nuns.
The unusual study, reported in the April issue of the American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition, found that nuns who had the lowest levels of folic acid
in their blood had more Alzheimer's-like brain lesions when they died than
their fellow sisters who had higher levels.
Folic acid is known to be important to brain development. In pregnant women,
insufficient folic acid can cause serious neurological problems in babies, such
as spina bifida, the incomplete formation of the spine. Folic acid supplements
are recommended for all women of childbearing age to minimize the risk.
While the new study is not proof that similar supplementation in elderly
women or men will decrease their risk of developing Alzheimer's in their old
age, it suggests that folic acid may play an ongoing role in protecting the
brain throughout our lifetimes, say study author David A. Snowdon, MD, and
colleagues from the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at the College of Medicine of
the University of Kentucky in Lexington.
Snowdon studied 30 nuns from the order of the School Sisters of Notre Dame,
who provided blood samples and underwent testing of their mental abilities when
they were 78 to 99 years of age. The nuns also gave permission to be autopsied
In the autopsies, more than 50% of the sisters were found to have varying
degrees of atrophy, or wasting away, of a major area of the brain. Half had
significant numbers of the brain lesions that have been associated with
Extensive examination of the nuns' blood for indications of their
nutritional status found that the only difference between sisters with brain
wasting and those without was the level of folic acid. Those with the lowest
folic acid levels had the greatest degree of brain wasting. Among nuns with the
Alzheimer's-like lesions in their brains, there was a higher degree of mental
The mechanisms by which low folate levels may cause brain wasting or
Alzheimer's lesions are unclear, but in the body, folic acid reduces blood
levels of an amino acid known as homocysteine. Studies have shown that if
homocysteine builds up in the blood, it may cause blood-vessel disease.
In an editorial accompanying the study, Irish researchers say the findings
add to the evidence that changes in the way folic acid is metabolized as we age
may accelerate the development of brain-wasting conditions such as Alzheimer's
But a folate expert who spoke to WebMD about the findings says he believes
the study is of little value, because none of the folic acid levels found in
the participants' blood were what anyone would consider low.
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Got that pioneering spirit? You’re invited to help build Israel’s periphery by planting roots in southern soil with Nefesh B’Nefesh.
Daily newspapers in Israel have recently included an uptick in drunk driving related articles, invariably detailing the horrific carnage left in their wake. Various editorials have attempted to tackle the devastating effects of drunk driving, albeit leaving out its most basic element-the disease of alcoholism, the precursor to drunk driving.
In fact, as recently as October 16, 2011, the Jerusalem Post penned a blaring editorial, Halting drunk driving? The impetus for this particular article was the culmination of several shocking deaths caused by hit and run drivers, where the underlying subtext involved alcohol and drug abuse.
Most notably the high profile death of the son of retired deputy president of the Supreme Court, Justice Cheshin, was caused by a drunk driver in June 2010. The equally horrendous death of Tel Aviv resident, 25 year old Lee Zeitouni, in September of 2011, more than likely involved substance abuse. Tragically, there are far too many cases to enumerate – all around the world – however, most have one common thread-the link of alcohol or drugs, or the toxic mix of both.
While it is essential to be exposed to such articles, most of them unfortunately miss their intrinsic target. Approaching the issue from the back-end, by attempting to halt drunk driving through a system like “Good Fellas” (where a chauffeur is called and drives the impaired driver home in their own car) or “Designated Driver” (where one person in the group does not drink) should be viewed as a quick fix and a band-aid approach. As for the various alert systems which can now be installed in cars, they too are adjunct “therapies” to a very lethal societal problem. What they all have in common is that they not only miss the mark, but in a very real sense whistle past the graveyard.
As is most always the case, it takes mangled body parts to garner the reader’s attention. In this regard, it is imperative for people, wherever they reside, whatever their background, to grasp the basic dynamics of the disease of alcoholism.
In its essence, the wreckage laid bare on all our roads, due to this insidious disease, is basically a final stop (hopefully) for the alcoholic, a point in which their disease can no longer be ignored, nor hidden behind closed (family) doors. In light of the above, it is incumbent upon members of our communities to ask the salient questions. First and foremost, what are the loved ones of the alcoholic doing, or not doing, in relation to the addict in their midst? Do they believe someone just wakes up one morning, decides to play Russian roulette with a tonnage of metal, throwing caution to the wind, thereby, driving under the influence? Hardly. These are the absolute actions of an alcoholic or drug abuser.
Unless one is an island onto oneself, most alcoholics have families. They may have spouses, siblings, children and extended family. Most significantly, to make any headway in halting drunk driving, the concept of co-dependency/enabling (a topic which is for the most part unexplored, especially by those most in need) must be better understood.
At its core, according to Petros Levounis, MD, MA, Director, The Addiction Institute of New York and chief of Addiction Psychiatry of St. Luke’s and Roosevelt Hospitals in NYC, there are several main components to enabling. They include:
· Covering up – providing alibis, making excuses, or taking over someone’s responsibilities, rationalizing or minimizing the addiction.
· Controlling – trying to take responsibility for the person’s addiction by throwing out the alcohol or drugs or cutting off the supply.
· Removing consequences – bailing the person out of jail or giving him or her money.
Specifically within many traditional Jewish circles, the stigma attached to addiction (whether alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling) often serves as the excuse needed to cover up the addiction, by both the addict and their enablers. The perceived shame in asking for help often outweighs the devastating effects caused by the addiction – a truly circular pattern, a dance/marriage of sorts between the addict and their enablers.
It is this “shame-based” behavior which fosters a double crisis. So much effort is expended on covering up the addiction, it leaves precious energy, time and finances to address the dependency, thus freeing the addict of their addiction, allowing their family to become whole again.
The cycle of co-dependency must be broken in order to beat back this ever-increasing scourge within our communities. The wreckage left in its wake is not only found in the twisted metal on our roads and the bloodied bodies, whether maimed or killed. It is in the devastation left behind – the widows/widowers, the orphans, the siblings, the parents, plus all their shattered hopes and dreams.
No one should be foolish enough to expect the addict to gauge when they have caused too much suffering to themselves or their loved ones. They are in no condition to do so. Therefore, it is morally incumbent upon their sober loved ones to lead the charge, finally breaking the chains of co-dependency. They must state convincingly, clearly and lovingly – ENOUGH! Either the alcohol or the family. It can no longer be both.
Adina Kutnicki, a lifelong Zionist, made aliyah in the summer of 2008. She is a political commentator on Zionist related issues at various media outlets. She writes on behalf of Honenu Legal Defense Organization in The Jewish Press.
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Choosing Life in Israel evinces what it means to be emotionally, spiritually, and viscerally drawn, as a Jew, to the siren song emitted by Israel.
Many supporters of Israel are bedeviled by a glaring contradiction in Israeli political life. How can it be that, regardless of which party wins an election, leftist policies are invariably implemented?
Aside from the obvious looming dangers associated with a nuclear-armed Iran as well as attendant regional menaces, there exists an equally explosive strategic threat to Israel emanating from the country’s post-Zionist and anti-Zionist circles.
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Alright; this is a question I’ve been putting off for various poor reasons, but Starts With A Bang! reader Andy asks:
If Im looking at something, the light from which has taken 15 billion years to get to me, and there was only an opaque ball of radiation and stuff 15 billion years ago, why do I see formed galaxies? Shouldnt the age of the universe be: TIME LIGHT FROM OBJECT TAKES TO REACH ME + TIME TAKEN TO FORM OBJECT IM LOOKING AT?
In other words, how can I see things like galaxies that are 15 billion light years away, if the Universe isn’t even 15 billion years old?! This is a damned good question, and something that took me about two years in graduate school to figure out the answer to.
First off, how old is the Universe? Well, you can take a look at the oldest stars that we see, and you know the Universe has to be at least that old. So far, of all the stars we’ve been able to accurately date, the oldest is HE 1523-0901, coming in at 13.2 billion years old.
Want to get more accurate than that? There are other methods, too, like looking at radioactive element abundances.
If we know how these elements were created, and we know their half-lives, we can figure out how old something is by measuring how much of that radioactive material is left. That’s how we know that the oldest rocks on Earth are 3.8 billion years old, for example. We can apply these methods to the Milky Way, and we find that it is between 12.3 and 17.3 billion years old. But can we be more certain than that?
Yes. Because we measure the temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Background (2.725 K), and we know what the Universe is made out of today: 73% dark energy, 27% dark matter, and maybe 0.01% radiation (photons and the like). Put those together, and you can calculate how old the Universe is today, as compared to an arbitrarily high temperature, and you find that it’s between 13.5 and 13.9 billion years old: pretty accurate for my tastes!
So, now we know how old the Universe is. Does that mean that it’s 13.7 billion light-years in size? Surprisingly, no. Take a look at the “model universe” below, which is a balloon with coins (that can represent galaxies, if you like) glued onto it:
Let’s pretend that we are the quarter at the center, and we’re looking at the dime on the left. When the Universe was younger, it was smaller, and the dime was closer to us (left panel). The dime emits light at us, and the light starts traveling towards us along the balloon. But as the Universe ages (middle panel) and ages even more (right panel), the balloon expands. This means two things for us:
- the light emitted gets redshifted on its way towards us, and
- the light has to travel a longer distance to reach us than it would have were the Universe not expanding.
So when we see the light from the dime today, and someone tells you how far away it is, it’s not always easy to tell whether they mean
- how far away was it from us when the light was emitted
- how far away is it now that we observe it, or
- how long has the light been traveling towards us, and what is that time multiplied by the speed of light?
When you read a press release, the “distance” they usually (but not always) give is the third option, which is always younger than the age of the Universe times the speed-of-light. But, if you want to know how far is that object from us today, that’s the second option, and that number can be much greater, up to 46 billion light years in any direction from us.
Now, you might ask, does this mean that space is expanding faster than the speed of light? The answer, my dear friend, is yes. Take that brain-buster to your physics teacher and watch him/her go into denial; it’s awesome! (It is, of course, because the Universe expands in a very bizarre, complicated, but moreover counterintuitive way.) Then send them to my webpage and to Ned Wright’s page for the more technical explanation.
And if your brain ain’t broke yet, check out the latest Carnival of Space, where they have my post on why we need dark matter!
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Yuletide Trivia and Fun Facts
This article was written by Dorothy Morrison
posted under Pagan
So you think you know all there is to know about Yule? The history and origins and how certain delights came to be? Test your knowledge by reading some of the fun facts below—you may be surprised?
- Modern-day astronomers say that the famous Star of Bethlehem wasn’t a star at all. More than likely, it was either a comet or an astronomical phenomenon caused by the conjunction of several planets at once.
- According to historical records, the first American Christmas festivities took place in Jamestown in 1607. The celebration was a device to cheer up the forty settlers who had survived living in the New World. (The original number was one hundred.)
- Because the British Parliament felt Christmas was a heathen holiday, they officially abolished all related festivities in 1643.
- The historical records of 1836 show Alabama as the first state in the Union to give Christmas the status of legal holiday. Oklahoma was the last state to conform; they didn’t declare it a legal holiday until 1907.
- The first commemorative Christmas stamp was issued in Austria in 1937.
- Donder (not Donner), was the original name of the reindeer who helped pull Santa’s sleigh on Christmas Eve. He was paired with Blitzen, whose name means lightning.
- The story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written specifically as a sales gimmick for the Montgomery Ward Company in 1939 by one of their employees, Robert L. May. The little book was given freely to every customer who shopped there during the holiday season.
- The candy cane first gained popularity in churches, where it was given as a treat to children who behaved themselves during services.
- Eggnog wasn’t always the creamy, rich drink we know today. It’s a derivative of a seventeenth-century ale called “nog.” The Irish celebrated each Christmas Eve by drinking a pint or so, for in their country all pubs were closed on Christmas Day.
- Gingerbread houses became popular holiday gifts during the nineteenth century after the Brothers Grimm released the story of Hansel and Gretel.
- St. Francis of Assisi introduced the singing of carols to holiday church services.
- The first American carol—a song entitled “Jesus is Born"—was written by Reverend John de Brebeur in 1649.
- At midnight on the Christmas Eve of 1914, German gunfire suddenly halted and was replaced by the singing of carols. At daybreak, the German soldiers began to call out “Merry Christmas” to their foes. Before long, both sides had declared a truce, shook hands with each other, and exchanged gifts of food, cigarettes, and liquor. The merriment and goodwill lasted for three days.
- Along the shores of the Mississippi river—especially along the Louisiana coastline—bonfires are lit on Christmas Eve. Their purpose is to guide the way for Father Christmas.
- The image of Santa as we know it today was popularized by none other than the Coca-Cola Company.
- St. Nick doesn’t get a vacation after the winter holidays. Since he’s also the patron saint responsible for Greece, Russia, sailors, merchants, pawnbrokers, bakers, prisoners, children, and wolves, he’s a very busy spirit year ‘round.
From Yule, by Dorothy Morrison
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The prototype is in Cincinnati, Ohio, which is news to most New Yorkers. But despite that depressing bit of information, the Brooklyn Bridge is really a sight to behold. A number of firsts happened because of the Brooklyn Bridge, not the least of which was the incorporation of the five boroughs into the "Greater City of New York" (much to the chagrin of many a Brooklynite).
Manhattan entrance: Park Row and Centre Street, across from City Hall Park.
Brooklyn entrance: Stairs to Cadman Plaza East and Prospect Street, ramp to Johnson and Adams Streets.
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This thesis will examine the adoption, usage and outcomes of a mobile money service called M-PESA. Since being launched in 2007, the service has seen phenomenal growth in Kenya. Over 7.5 million users, or 34% of the adult population, have registered with M-PESA. Such growth is impressive as it has surpassed other ICTs in the country. This includes the mobile phone, which has been hailed as the fastest growing ICT in Africa. It has also surpassed the growth of mobile money in the North, where many services have been discontinued because they failed to attract a sufficient number of customers. M-PESA thus provides an interesting case of an ICT growing rapidly in the South, and “failing” in the North. In this context, the first part of the thesis examines why such rapid growth occurred.
This analysis is presented from two perspectives. First, the socio-technical systems framework is used to present M-PESA as a complex system rather than an isolated application. This perspective makes clear that M-PESA grew rapidly because it had a dedicated team of system builders. These individuals took numerous strategies to enroll the elements and maintain the stability of the entire system. They further worked to engineer the social, economic, legal and political environments of the technology.
Growth is also explained from the perspective of the user. The thesis makes clear that M-PESA was widely adopted because it fit into existing social practices and systems of logic. In other words, it helped users to do what they were doing before the technology was introduced. This includes money transfers back home. It also includes savings. The thesis further reveals that financial practices began to change as M-PESA became integrated into daily life. For example, users began to send money home more often. They also increased the number of their savings transactions. Such changing practices engendered a variety of consequences to daily life. This includes rising household incomes in the rural areas. It also includes new struggles over limited resources. The impacts, or wider-scale implications of usage, are also discussed. The analysis shows that a whole industry for mobile money developed as a result of M-PESA’s success.
The thesis makes a contribution to knowledge in several ways. It presents a case of domestication in the South and highlights the unique factors that shape this process, from wide-scale political violence to structures of debt and obligation. It further makes the relationship between technologies and impact more clear. It shows that the technology itself does not engender the outcomes. It does, however, have a role in shaping the practices that do.
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When your time comes to stand up for what is right, will you have what it takes? Luisa Paster and Harriet Bernstein did, and ever since that act of courage, conservatives have cast the couple as aggressors in their imaginary ”War on Christianity.” But last week, Judge Solomon Metzger affirmed the findings of a 2008 New Jersey State Division of Civil Rights investigation, ruling the couple was illegally discriminated against. Judge Metzger’s written decision makes a blatant lie out of a favorite Republican anti-gay marriage talking point: that a New Jersey Methodist group, The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, will be forced to allow same-sex unions on their private property despite their religious objections. It turns out, the Association was not so much victim of a “War on Christianity” as it was caught in it’s own scam to cheat on their taxes. So this week, the crash and burn of the Legend of The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is On Our Radar.
In 2007, Harriet Bernstein was a retired school administrator, and a grandmother. Luisa Paster was a retired librarian. They weren’t activists. They weren’t looking for a fight. If they were looking for anything, it was a second act in their lives. The two met at a resort in the Poconos and fell in love. New Jersey allows civil unions, and they thought it would be wonderful to have a commitment ceremony at the picturesque pavilion of a local recreation area where many couples before them had stood amid nature and promised to love and cherish one another. This couple is nobody’s idea of scary, except perhaps for the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association’s, the Methodist group who owns the recreation area, dubbed, “God’s square mile on the Jersey Shore,” where the couple wanted to hold their celebration. They said no. No way! Not you! So the couple did what Americans who feel they have been wronged do. They sued.
The saga of Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association – which from 2008 to 2011 boasted as its president Scott Rasmussen, founder and president of the right-wing polling company, Rasmussen Reports – is a favorite talking point of Republicans. In their version of this story, the Methodists who own the camp are being forced by “big government” to allow Paster and Bernstein, and an ensuing parade of same-sex couples, to marry in their park. Fox News used the headline: ”Judge Finds Following the Christian Faith is Wrong.” Conservatives insist the Ocean Grove story confirms there is a war being waged against Christians. But here’s the reality that reared up this week in Judge Metzger’s ruling: except for the part about the Methodists owning the Camp, NONE of those things are true.
Under New Jersey law, the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association could have kept their camp completely private. They also had the option of opening the camp for public use but protecting it under a state provision that allows religious organizations to exempt themselves from hosting people or events that are at odds with their religious faith. (That’s right, never mentioned by the Republicans who tell this story, there already exists in New Jersey law a “carve out” that would have allowed the camp to legally discriminate against Paster and Bernstein.) But the Camp Meeting Association chose neither of those options.
The Methodists decided protecting their anti-gay “values” and keeping same-sex couples from using their camp was not their priority. Instead, they applied for the “Green Acres” real estate subsidy New Jersey offers for conservation or recreational property, knowing that one of the requirements for the tax break was that the camp would be “open for public use on an equal basis.” When they refused to allow Paster and Bernstein to use the camp pavilion in the same way they allowed dozens of other heterosexual couples to do in the past, the Association breached that contract. It is that simple. So says Judge Metzger.
In Republican talking points land, an unfavorable decision regarding Ocean Grove Camp by Judge Metzler would force the Methodists to allow Paster and Bernstein and untold hordes of libidinous same-sex couples to use their property or risk paying huge damage claims. In reality, none of that happened. The couple affirmed their civil union at a fishing pier a few miles from the Ocean Grove Camp in 2007. Ocean Grove can relax. They no longer need a place to declare their love and devotion. And the couple didn’t ask for a dime in damages. They just wanted the acknowledgement that by refusing them, the Camp Association had done them wrong.
The Camp lost its property subsidy. That was its only punishment. Contrary to Republican lore, the Camp was forced to host exactly zero same-sex unions. Once it lost the “Green Acres” tax exemption it lied to obtain, Ocean Grove Camp decided to sign up for that “religious exemption” after all, and they are now free to legally act out their “values,” keeping the Christian trees safe from gay influence.
Luisa Paster and Harriet Bernstein are together and thriving. Their fight for their civil rights led to them being named co-presidents of the Ocean Grove Civic Group, a community action organization born out of support for the couple, which now helps local businesses by staging street fairs and distributing coupon books, and other such subversive lesbian behavior. The group’s thirteen member board is almost exclusively gay and lesbian, but the membership is not. The ladies estimate about 40% of their “emergency response” mailing list is straight – but admit (happily) they really have no way of telling. They appear to have found that second act.
Facts have never gotten in the way of a good Republican “victimhood” tale, but with Judge Metzler’s decision, those who claim The Ocean Grove Camp Association is a victim the “War on Christianity” have lost their moral high ground. They have been outed as a group to whom saving a little money meant more than fidelity to what they claim is their moral core. Do we really believe them now when they say the ”sanctity of marriage” is all that matters to them?
I have no doubt the Conservatives will try to spin Judge Metzger’s ruling as ducking the “real issue.” I also have no doubt their storytelling will continue. Their facility to morph reality into a fact-free fable means it is up to all of us to know the truth, and to repeat the truth whenever the fairy tale of The Ocean Grove Camp resurfaces. Let’s keep the true story of the Ocean Grove Camp Association – renown tax cheats – On Our Radar.
Jean Ann Esselink is a straight friend to the gay community. Proud and loud Liberal. Closet writer of political fiction. Black sheep agnostic Democrat from a conservative Catholic family. Living in Northern Oakland County Michigan with Puck the Wonder Beagle. Follow me on Twitter at @uncucumbered.
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Art review: Sketches of Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann stir emotions about Holocaust
At an event in Dallas, speakers examined what the sketches said about the convicted man.
DALLAS Temple Emanu-El hosted artist Edward Eichel and writer Deborah Lipstadt Thursday night to commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Eichmann Trial. The night’s exhibition and lecture served as a reminder to all in attendance of the post-war effect of the Holocaust, the importance of our continued recognition, and a recollection of the trial.
In 1961, Edward Eichel was a young expressionist artist living in Paris. Commissioned by French magazine L’Arche, he was sent to Israel to cover the trial of former Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann, a man once in charge of the deportation millions of Jews to extermination camps. As the lone courtroom artist, Eichel was compelled by the gravity of the verdict at hand; Eichmann was being charged with crimes against humanity among 15 other war-related and human rights offenses. The artist felt the intrinsic need to expose Eichmann for the world to see, just as the voices of 100 Holocaust survivors who offered their first-hand accounts of the unspeakable crimes against humanity that took place behind the concentration camp fences. The accounts were staid reflections of the horrific rise of evil and abuse of power against an entire race. Taking place after the Nuremberg Trial, this was significant in that the world was hearing the victims' own stories. And as the world listened, Eichel sat and drew.
"You have to see Eichmann to see what he really is … The way that I draw captured the character of this man," Eichel said. "I felt I could do something different, something powerful." And he did. Over the course of the two weeks he spent inside the courtroom, he produced 10 small ink-on-paper gesture blot sketches in order to capture the reaction of the gallery of onlookers, the judges, and Eichmann himself. His quick-handed technique breaks the tension of the courtroom while revealing an almost scattered intensity. The images move as thoughts do, like rapid-fire vibrations, emotions, and judgments together in each mark, moving from blame to forgiveness and every feeling in between.
Eichel’s profile sketches of Eichmann reveal a man who has no other defense than carrying out orders and doing as he was told. A viewer of these sketches should perhaps like to believe that the officer was under the spell of evil, that his freedom of choice had been encumbered by an especially sinister force, and he, as all men are capable though not all do, succumbed to the darker potential. Especially stirring is Eichel’s sketch named “The Cage.” Eichmann, seated behind glass accompanied by guards on either side, reveals the intensity of the trial, as many worried the former Nazi might be assassinated before a verdict was reached.
Eichmann was later found guilty and hanged in 1962.
Lipstadt, author of The Eichmann Trial, offered a lecture about the 1961 trial. It was a time for Israel itself to take up the responsibility to speak and act out on its own behalf. Lipstadt worries that as the years go by and the survivors pass on, the legacy of their will to endure and overcome will begin to fade. Fortunately, Eichel’s sketches provide us with a living document and the undeniable proof of the events, thus preserving a resounding voice against injustice and a continued call for hope.
The Eichel drawings have been on long-term loan to the Dallas Holocaust Museum by the artist since 1994. They will be on view again at the Dallas Holocaust Museum in early October.
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Outbreaks of infectious disease are common in all parts of the world, and knowing about them as they happen is crucial both for governments and for individuals living in the affected areas. Google Flu Trends has done an amazing job of plotting flu outbreaks in realtime across the U.S. But while Google's data is organized at the state level, outbreaks are often of a much more local than that, affecting city populations, or even ultra-local neighborhood populations. How do we detect for such local outbreaks as they emerge? While it isn't necessarily important to you that there's an outbreak of flu in your state, you certainly want to know if there's an outbreak in your city. What to do?
Enter SickCity 1.0, the newest app launched at DIYcity. SickCity watches users' status messages on social networks like Twitter and Facebook, monitoring these feeds in realtime for keywords like "flu", "chicken pox", "fever", etc. It then plots the results on a chart showing 30-day trends for those words in your city. The result? A simple snapshot showing you whether conversation about these things is on the rise, on the fall, or not moving. And that may give you some early indication of whether an outbreak of a particular disease is in the works. After all, when people who use Twitter or Facebook get sick, what's the first thing they do? Tell their friends about it, of course.
SickCity is a bottom-up, realtime alert system for outbreaks of infectious disease in your city, configurable by anyone and costing essentially nothing to run.
Okay, but does this really work?
Well, we're not saying absolutely one way or another at this point. This is a prototype, and it just launched. A bit of study and reflection is in order first, along with some refinement. But there's no reason to think it shouldn't, in areas where social app use is high. And the higher the usage, the more likely the results are to be accurate. And as we refine the filters in subsequent versions, the results are likely to improve as well.
[UPDATE 3/23/09: the team building SickCity has been joined by a statistician who is crafting algorithms to improve SickCity's accuracy in determining a city's "sickness". we have also been contacted by a public health group who wants to correlate our findings with public records on diseases in cities.]
Go to http://sickcity.org, navigate to your city, and view the results.
This initial release is hard-coded for the beta cities we have chosen. Some mechanism will be developed quickly to allow for more cities to be added. Details to follow.
Next things to do for SickCity include:
- eliminating false positives and generally improving filtering algorithms for better accuracy
- allowing people to drill down to their neighborhood to see what the trends are for specific disease keywords
- adding an email alert system for people who want notification of certain keyword trends
if you have other thoughts for how to improve SickCity, please start a thread in the Discussions group.
The mission of DIYcity is to offer free, open source tools that communities all over the world can use to make their local areas better. The idea is to build a generalized toolset that can be applied roughly to any local community, then let individual communities tweak those tools as necessary to suit their needs. Those communities then commit their changes back to the DIYcity code repository so that other communities can make use of those modifications as well.
In this way, DIYcity generates a toolset for communities everywhere, complete with specific modules to make the tools work better in varying local circumstances.
Sickcity is the second application to be built by the DIYcity community with the aim of fulfilling this mission. (see first DIYcity app here).
If you like this idea, please get involved by joining DIYcity and participating.
Version 1 of this app was conceived, designed and built by:
Questions, comments, ideas? Please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org. Or just join the Discussions group and say hi.
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With very few exceptions, students at Stetson University are required to demonstrate some level of proficiency in a modern language other than English. For many students, this means taking courses at the 101 and/or 102 level from the Modern Languages Department (course number prefixes: FH = French, GN = German, RSN = Russian, SH = Spanish). Students who have had extensive exposure to one of the modern languages taught at Stetson (e.g. two or more years of high school study) can often satisfy some or all of this requirement by taking one of the placement tests offered by the Modern Languages Department at Stetson. Students may also demonstrate proficiency by earning sufficiently high scores on a variety of other tests including CLEP, AP, and IB exams. Students who have had extensive exposure to a modern language that is not taught at Stetson should contact the Modern Language Department and enquire about ways of demonstrating proficiency in that language.
A student who, upon first entering Stetson, receives eight or more semester hours of transfer credit in any one modern language other than English will be regarded as having demonstrated proficiency through the 102 level. One who receives four or more hours will be regarded as having demonstrated proficiency through the 101 level.
All students who have had fewer than two years of modern language study in high school may enroll in a 101 level language course. They may but are not required to take the placement test to see if they can be placed in the 102 level course.
Students with two or more years of a language a modern language at Stetson must take the placement test. The placement tests are offered at the beginning of each semester and may be taken by appointment on Fridays during the regular semesters.
Students who have taken four years of a modern language in high school will be placed in a 102 level course or higher, depending on the placement test results. Students with fewer than four years of high school modern language will be placed into an appropriate level of that language based on the placement test results and the years of previous exposure.
Students who place out of 102 will have fulfilled the language requirement by means of a waiver. There is no award of credit. However, these students who enroll in a 200/300 level language course and who successfully complete the course with a grade of "C" or better may earn 5 hours of retro-credit in addition to the course credit earned.
For example, a student testing (placing) out of 102 and successfully completing 201 (with a "C" or better) will earn the 3 hours for 201, plus 5 credit hours for 102.
Students who take a modern language exam in the College Level Examination Program (CLEP), International Baccalaureate Program (IB), or an Advanced Placement (AP) exam may score well enough to have the modern language requirement waived, and in some cases may also earn exemption credit for one or two other courses in the Modern Languages Department. Contact the Modern Languages Department for details.
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High gasoline prices fueling the nation's search for alternative fuels may be igniting the market a Muskegon Township industry needs to pursue a major expansion.
Whether Bayer Crop Science's expansion takes place here, or nearer its home base in Germany, has not yet been determined.
At stake is a multimillion-dollar investment, though only a handful of new jobs.
Bayer Crop Science, 1740 Whitehall, is considering investing $13.5 million into upping its production of "Liberty," a herbicide used to grow corn, cotton and canola.
Demand for that product was sluggish in the first years of this century, but the nation's search for ways to reduce its dependence on foreign oil appear to be revving up demand.
Corn is needed to produce ethanol, an alternative fuel. As farmers try to increase their output to meet demand for corn, orders escalate for herbicides that will kill weeds and make it easier for the crop to thrive.
Muskegon Township is competing with Germany for the proposed expansion. Bayer's headquarters is in Germany, which has an facility identical to the local one, Teschendorf said.
Muskegon Township and the state are doing what they can to convince Bayer to expand here. The township recently granted the proposed $13.5 million project the maximum property tax break permitted by law for industry -- 50 percent for 12 years.
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DRHOOK- Triple threat: Aortic aneurysms can be deadly
AAA, C, 9-volt, Lithium batteries: Why are there so many different types? The problem with having so many different types of batteries is that you never have the one you need.
Sure, that Energizer Bunny keeps going, and going, and going– but the commercial doesn't show you scrambling around to find the right type of battery for your flashlight during a power outage, TV remote during channel surfing, or keyboard while IM'ing your friends.
AAA batteries are the worst because they seem to last only a week, and most products require AA batteries instead. Can we just do away with AAA?
I wish we could do away with AAA (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, AKA "Triple A") in the medical world. An aneurysm is a dilated blood vessel in a particular area. You know how a clown makes fun things with those skinny long balloons? Think of the long skinny balloon with only a small section blown up. That blown up area is basically what an aneurysm is in an artery.
Aneurysms can occur in the brain arteries or any artery, but the abdominal aorta is the #1 type of aneurysm. It usually occurs around the level of the navel. So if you think you have a "navel orange" (meaning a beating mass just above the belly button), it could be an AAA. The abdominal aorta normally is 2.0cm in diameter; 3.0cm or larger is considered an aneurysm.
About 9,000-15,000 people a year die from AAA in this country, mostly men over 70 who smoke. If the AAA ruptures, it can cause rapid death from the bleeding. Only about 50 percent of people with an AAA rupture will make it alive to the ER, and of those who do make it, only half will survive. Ergo, the overall survival rate is 25 percent.
The problem with AAA is that, like so many other things, there are usually no symptoms until it ruptures. Rarely, the aneurysm will cause abdominal or back pain, but usually the severe pain doesn't occur until after the fact. Because blood pressure drops, folks with heart disease might start to have a heart attack!
Usually, the AAA is found incidentally on an abdominal ultrasound or CT scan. If the person is thin enough, someone might feel the pulsatile mass in the belly, which can be tender.
Who is at risk for AAA? Family history of AAA is a strong risk factor because there appears to be a gene that causes deterioration of the elastin and collagen of the arteries. (Yes, it's another thing you can blame your parents for. Being a parent sounds tough!) Smoking creates an enormous increase in risk for developing an AAA, as well making it grow faster.
Screening isn't recommended for most folks, but might be useful in men over 70 who smoke or who have a family history. Screening in women is more difficult because women's arteries tend to be smaller than men's. It's hard to figure exactly what to consider an aneurysm. However, women's aneurysms are more likely to rupture than men's.
In general, aneurysms 4.0-5.4cm are scanned every 6-12 months, and those 3.0-4.0cm are scanned every two years.
Surgery within five years to insert a prosthetic graft occurs in over half the people with aneurysms 4.0-5.5cm. However, aneurysms that grow more than 0.5cm in six months are at high risk of rupture and might need intervention sooner rather than later. Of course, smoking cessation is key as well as management of cholesterol and blood pressure.
So if you want to be an Energizer Bunny and keep going and going– ask for anything but a AAA battery.
Dr. Hook cracks a joke or two, but he's a renowned physician with an interesting website, drjohnhong.com. Email him with your questions.
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In 2008, in response to the devastating impact of Hurricane Ike, the CEHD made a commitment to have a strong focus on health equity in relation to local recovery issues, reaching across silos to address various determinants of health that affect health inequities, including health care, housing, education, air quality, nutrition and food security, and many other issues. While continuing that work, we have also extended our work to neighboring communities such as Port Arthur, especially to address local environmental health concerns. We take seriously and personally the continual need for public communication and education, as well as training of UTMB students to become the next generation’s leaders. Throughout our work, the common themes of addressing health disparities within an ethical/social justice framework has been constant. Indeed, we don’t believe you can effectively achieve the former without the latter.
The CEHD is proud to have assembled a dedicated team of professionals committed to research excellence as well as the well-being of the local community. We are also fortunate to have developed deep partnerships with key community organizations, local governmental entities, and other UTMB professionals committed to the same core values as the CEHD. As always, we appreciate the unswerving support that the UTMB community has given us, and look forward to the next steps of this journey.
Over the next several years, the Center will continue to focus on supporting Health in All Policies approaches; advancing equity in environmental health; promoting research-to-policy knowledge translation processes; and promoting better understanding among health professions students as well as the public of the relationship between health, health inequities, health systems, and social determinants of health.
Dr. Lexi Nolen, PhD, MPH
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To engage research, training and action related to health equity that effectively supports communities to become more healthy, sustainable, resilient, and just.
A world in which race, ethnicity, geography, income, education and other socially moderated factors do not predict health outcomes, where public systems and institutions are fair and inclusive, and where all people have access to the resources they need for good health and to make healthy choices.
The CEHD pursues health equity guided by the values of respect for science and research, social justice, integrity, respect for persons, diversity, and community solidarity.
About Health Disparities
The CEHD understands health in a broad context, related to the physical, social and economic environment, and also related to social justice and the stratification of power and privilege in society which often create health inequities.
Health inequities are unfair inequalities in health risk, outcomes, or impacts of poor health among groups stratified by income/wealth, race/ ethnicity, educational level, or other socially moderated factors. Their causes are multifactoral and complex, and reducing health inequities requires broad participation, understanding of the goals, and a sustained
commitment to the process. The CEHD uses several approaches to organizing its work, including
Addressing the health system, but also the causes of health inequities.
In order to reduce health inequities, barriers and challenges in the health system must be addressed, including improving access to health care services and quality of care, fair distributions of public health services, and reducing the economic consequences of ill health, such as bankruptcies due to the high cost of health care services and lost income due to illness.
However, we know that health care services and health systems alone are not the solution to creating health equity. In fact, social determinants of health - that is, the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age - affect people’s health outcomes less through health care services than through other factors such as income, neighborhood and
living conditions, racism, and other factors (see figure).
Social determinants of health include issues such as food security and regulation and nutrition; employment conditions; educational attainment; housing; transportation; and all of the policies and decisions that shape the physical, social and economic environments in which people live.
Consequently, it is an absolute necessity to address both health systems and social determinants of health in order to effectively reduce health inequities and prevent their recurrence. At the same time, if we do not continually apply “an equity lens” to social determinants interventions by monitoring the impact of action on equity improvement, we run the risk of actually worsening health inequities.Therefore, the CEHD engages combined approaches to reducing health inequities.
Local models to be scaled-up and replicated
The CEHD also recognizes the imperative and responsibility to help rebuild our own community after Hurricane Ike, and to reach out to other communities in need around the world. Much of our work is currently focused on local research-to-action projects that have the potential to be scaled up. When possible, we develop tools to facilitate training and the scale-up process, including user-friendly online tools, guidelines and workbooks, training videos, and documentaries of processes we have engaged. Many of these tools are in development as our projects evolve, and will become available over the next year.
Action-based, community centered research
Finally, the CEHD recognizes that research is valuable and necessary to guide understanding and identify effective solutions, but that when research is not actively linked to a change process and with the community, it rarely creates significant or long-lasting change. Further, research that is not undertaken in partnership with potential users of the information has less potential for sustainable impact. Consequently, the CEHD staff orient our work towards action-based research, which is research undertaken in the context of testing interventions or working with partners for change, and we intentionally collaborate with partners who have a stake in the issues as well as those who are engaged in policy development and planning.
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Alexandra B. Nolen, PhD, MPH
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Alexandra (Lexi) B. Nolen, PhD, MPH, serves as the Director of the Center to Eliminate Health Disparities and Director ad interim of the Global Health Education Program at UTMB. Dr. Nolen served on the Secretariat of the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health, was the Coordinator of the Global Equity Gauge Alliance, and was a technical officer for the Pan American Health Organization in the Division of Health and Human Development. She has experience coordinating community-based research and interventions as well as policy development on issues of health disparities and public health in a number of country contexts. Her work encompasses issues of health and health information systems development, strategies for advancing health equity, the impact of globalization and trade on health in Africa, and development of training materials on health equity and the social determinants of health. She is especially interested in translation of research for policy, and research-to-policy processes. In 2009, Dr. Nolen was elected to the Board of the International Society for Equity in Health.
John D. Prochaska, DrPH, MPH
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John Prochaska, DrPH, MPH, is a Program Manager, and is Assistant Professor in UTMB's Dept of Preventive Medicine and Community Health(PMCH). He received his Doctorate in Public Health from the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health with an emphasis in Social and Behavioral Health and holds a graduate certificate in health systems and design from Texas A&M University's College of Architecture, with course work tailored towards building healthy communities. His current interests focus on Geographic Information Systems in health impact assessments, community-driven research, and applying systems thinking to public health problems.
Sayali Tarlekar, MPH
Research Associate II
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Sayali Tarlekar, MPH received her Master's in Public Health from the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health with an emphasis in Social and Behavioral Health. Sayali previously served as the Associate Editor-in-Chief for Context - the Journal of Health Students Taking Action Together, the nation's first student-run, online, peer-reviewed journal that highlights exceptional work of health students. She also represented United States as the National Focal Point for the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA).
Christen Miller, MPAff
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Christen Miller, MPAff received her Master's in Public Affairs from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin with a certification in the graduate portfolio program in Nonprofit Studies. Christen previously completed policy internships at Texans Care for Children and at the Office of the Governor of the US Virgin Islands Children and Families Council. Her research interests focus on child and family wellbeing, community-driven poverty alleviation, mentoring, and international volunteerism.
Rob Buschmann, MPP, RN
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Rob Buschmann received his Masters in Public Policy from Duke University. He received a Presidential Management Fellowship, and worked for the Congressional Research Service and the Social Security Administration, specializing in federal risk /regulatory issues and survey research. Rob worked for Mathematica Policy Research on case study research and program evaluation in a wide variety of social policy areas, including disability policy, education, and welfare. Rob also received his BSN from Georgetown University and is a registered nurse.
CEHD Senior Fellows
Sharon (Petronella) Croisant, MS, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health. She holds a PhD in epidemiology and an MS in health promotion and education. She currently directs the UTMB National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences Center in Environmental Toxicology’s Community-based Research Facility as well as its Community Outreach and Engagement Core. She is also a Center Investigator within the Institute for Translational Sciences, for which she serves as co-director of the Community Engagement and Research Key Resource. A major focus of her career has been translational or integrative research, i.e., building interfaces between and among environmental and clinical research, education, and community health. She has expertise in Community-Based Participatory Research, including applications in Environmental Justice communities. She serves on a national Scientific Advisory Panel for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Karl Eschbach, Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine, with secondary appointments in the Population Health Sciences and Rehabilitation Sciences programs in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health. Dr. Eschbach received his Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University, and completed an NICHD post-doctoral traineeship in demography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Eschbach’s research specialty is the demography of health disparities in racial and ethnic populations in the United States. His research at UTMB studies in particular the geographic and socioeconomic roots of disparities in disease incidence, health care access, and mortality, with a special focus on the Mexican American population. He is a co-investigator and director of the Knowledge Translation Core of the consortium center for comparative Effectiveness Research on Cancer in Texas (CERCIT), funded by the Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas.
John Sullivan, M.A. directs the Public Forum & Toxics Assistance Division of the UTMB NIEHS COEC. He is Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Preventive Medicine & Community Health and an Associate at the Institute for Medical Humanities. He uses Augusto Boal’s image and Forum Theater techniques to teach toxicological concepts and to create public dialogues on risk assessment and the health and social effects of toxic exposures. Mr. Sullivan is the recipient of numerous writing awards and honors including the "Jack Kerouac Literary Prize," "The Writers Voice: New Voices of the West Prize," several fellowships, and “featured playwright” at Denver's Summer Play Festival. The CEHD's work on environmental health is collaboration with the UTMB NIEHS Center's Community Outreach and Education Core. Click here for more information and to see a video of a work session used at a conference hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Rebecca Hester, M.A., Ph.D. Assistant Professor at the Institute for Medical Humanities, received her doctorate in Politics with an emphasis on Latin American and Latino Studies from the University of California Santa Cruz. Her research interests include immigration, health disparities, cultural competency, and biosecurity. Dr. Hester is engaged in several community research projects focused on racial and ethnic health disparities. She is an advisor to international and U.S.-based indigenous organizations, the Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales and Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indígena, respectively.
Jason Glenn, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for the Medical Humanities at UTMB. He received his Ph.D. in the History of Science at Harvard University in 2005, and has a B.A. from Stanford University in African and Afro-American Studies and Euro-American History. His main area of specialty is the history of U.S. drug policy and drug research, particularly as related to trends of incarceration. Other areas of specialty include the history of theories of race, the intersection of science and law, the history of human subject research, health disparities, and topics related to genetics, race & health. Dr. Glenn is the co-founder and executive director of Sobriety High, Inc., a non-profit community organization providing residential and out-patient services for minority men returning to Galveston from prison who have a history of substance abuse.
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Attractive Login / Signup Interface Designs
The following inspiration is focused on Login / Signup Interface Designs in Web Design. For sure, a user friendly Interface is major part of an attractive design.
Interface design in websites focuses on the user’s experience and interaction. Where as traditional graphic design seeks to make the object or application physically attractive. Goal’s of user interface design is to make the user’s interaction as simple and efficient as possible. Where good graphic/industrial design is bold and eye catching, good user interface design is to facilitate finishing the task at hand over drawing unnecessary attention to itself.
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ABOUT General Electric (GE)
GE (NYSE: GE) is an advanced technology, services and finance company taking on the worlds toughest challenges. Dedicated to innovation in energy, health, transportation and infrastructure, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs about 300,000 people worldwide. For more information, visit the companys Web site at www.ge.com.
Citizenship at GEis more than a program or a set of good intentions - it is a full-time commitment built upon cultural behaviors and actions. These actions are integrated with business strategy and have defined goals, strategies and metrics that make it actionable and accountable.
At the heart of GEs approach is a simple framework: make money, make it ethically and make a difference. GE is rigorous and deliberate about how it can help solve some of the worlds toughest problems. This approach is recalibrated often to address changing circumstances and challenges -- but the companys values consistently ground its views on whats important. For more information, visit the companys Citizenship Web site at www.gecitizenship.com.
GE Executive Praises Jefferson County School Board Member Efforts
When I spoke in September with Bob Corcoran, vice president for corporate citizenship for General Electric Co. and president and chairman of the GE Foundation, he talked about a number of ways business leaders can stand up and support the new Common Core State Standards for education.
As I wrote in this executive insight, Corcoran was candid in his call for the business community to support the new standards.
But he also shared his experience of meeting David Jones Jr.
Jones is the former chairman of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) and was elected on Tuesday to the Jefferson County Board of Education.
As Corcoran pointed out, there's already a number of business leaders who are donating time and energy to supporting education, but he was pleasantly surprised when he met Jones by chance during his visit to Louisville and heard of Jones' decision to run for the school board.
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Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Produce Low Cost Conformal Arrays for U.S. Navy
SYRACUSE, NY, 09/23/2008 -- Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] was awarded an $8.9 million contract by the U.S. Navy to produce and support Low Cost Conformal Arrays (LCCAs) for use aboard submarines. Work will be performed at Lockheed Martin's Syracuse, NY facility.
The LCCA is a passive planar array mounted on the aft submarine sail structure and integrated with the Acoustic Rapid COTS Insertion (A-RCI) AN/BQQ-10 sonar system. It provides situational awareness and collision avoidance for improved tactical control in high density shipping environments.
Lockheed Martin is proud to offer the U.S. Navy a tested array design and an experienced production workforce, allowing us to transition this capability to the fleet quickly and with extremely low risk, said Denise Saiki, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin's Undersea Systems business. We have leveraged the lessons learned from the Navy's advanced development array to enhance performance, reduce weight and improve producibility.
LCCA represents a significant new submarine capability and is expected to significantly improve situational awareness in the crowded littoral environment. This array will be integrated with AN/BQQ-10 sonar systems for introduction on Improved Los Angeles Class Submarines.
Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Lockheed Martin is a global security company that employs about 140,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. The corporation reported 2007 sales of $41.9 billion.
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An article appeared today on insidetoronto.com’s Scarborough Mirror. The article deals with the concern of some residents about kite fighting that takes place in near by Milliken Park. I have been aware of the kite fighting in Milliken Park for the past couple of years as the Toronto Kite Festival is held there each year. Around 5 or 6 O’Clock on Saturday and Sunday the kite fighters would show up with boxes of Afghani fighter kites. All the families would attend with large platters of food and it appears to be harmless, that is until you start looking at what they use for flying line. I am pretty sure that the kite fighters are using Manja or Tar (glass coated kite line in the Afghan language). This is a huge part of the problem, you can successfully kite fight with out using glass so the Tar should be banned. Even if the kite fighters were not using Tar there would still be another problem; disgarded kite line.
Here is my take on it, for what it’s worth… Kite fighting is not the problem, people are! If you are going to fight kites then be responsible. If the fighters would just pick up after themselves we wouldn’t have a problem with people or wildlife getting injured by stray kite lines.
Complete article here
Man fears kite fighting injuries
North Scarborough residents frustrated by situation
Jun. 8, 2006
A Scarborough father who saw a bird strangle to death in string cut loose from a kite fight fears its only a matter of time before a child is seriously injured.
“Birds are flying into it and cutting their throat. (On Monday), I saw a bird caught in it and hanging upside down. It was nasty,” said Khurram Hanif, a married father of two small boys who lives in the area of Steeles Avenue and McCowan Road.
“I’ve had to retrieve string wrapped around my bumper. It’s down low enough it could get a child. The sport is not worth the risk.”
In kite fighting, participants use their expertise to try to cut the string of an opponent’s kite. Sometimes, the string is coated with tiny bits of glass.
In Hanif’s neighbourhood, trees and homes are littered with fishing line-type string that has drifted in from kite fights at nearby Milliken Park and from as far away as Markham.
“The weather is better. It’s just going to get worse from here in,” said Hanif, who received a small cut on his hand trying to unravel the string from around his car’s bumper.
He reported the problem to Ward 41 Councillor Paul Ainslie (Scarborough-Rouge River), who acknowledged kite fighting has been “a huge problem” but said it is a difficult issue to police.
The city amended its parks bylaw a couple of years ago to prohibit kite fighting, a violation that carries a maximum fine of $5,000.
“It’s just getting our parks staff to keep on top of it,” Ainslie said.
“They’re putting more signs up around (Milliken) park. Staff are going to keep an eye out, but they can’t be everywhere. They buckle down on it and it’s fine for a while and the people come back. It’s cyclical.”
Ainslie has contacted the city’s licensing and standards office to see if they can beef up patrols on evenings and weekends.
Hanif said in his native Pakistan, the city of Lahore imposed a three-month ban on kite fighting in 2003 after at least a dozen people died when their throats were cut by kite strings during the previous 12 months.
“I’m from Pakistan myself. I remember seeing that (kite fighting) when I was a little kid. I never imagined it would happen here,” he added.
While Hanif doesn’t want to stop people having fun, he hopes they will change the type of string they use.
“They have all the right to have fun and games, but it affects our environment and affects people. That kind of fun is no good.”
This is not the first time kite fighting has been a problem in Scarborough.
About four years ago, a seven-year-old girl needed three stitches in her neck after being sliced by a kite string in her schoolyard near Brimley Road and Finch Avenue.
About the same time, a 10-year-old boy was injured by a string while riding his bike in Milliken Park. Police told his father there was nothing they could do because it was a public place.
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“Why would you want to wrestle? Weren’t you scared?” These are two of the many questions I’m asked when people find out I am the only female on my high-school wrestling team. Many comment that they would never have the guts to be a wrestler, let alone be the only girl. The fact is that once my mind is set on something, I am determined. I knew there would be those who would frown on a girl participating in “a man’s sport,” but I did not worry because I know I had made a good decision.
The idea of wrestling never occurred to me until seventh grade when I was faced with the choice of creating a dance routine or wrestling. Dancing in gym class was a little more girly than I could handle, so I chose wrestling and immediately fell in love. As it turns out, joining the wrestling team has been one of the best decisions of my life. This sport has taught me so much and given me a different perspective on many things. Participating in a male-dominated sport has actually opened doors for me.
Qualities of discipline, patience and, believe it or not, grace have resulted because of wrestling. During each season, a wrestler must deal with the pain of defeat, the frustration of overcoming injury, the challenge of maintaining weight, and the constant struggle to keep up with schoolwork while getting enough sleep. You have to keep your head on straight and priorities in order when you need to get up at 5 a.m. to run with the team, go to school, lift weights, have wrestling practice for three hours, go home to do hours of homework, sleep for (at the most) five hours, and then start all over again. One of my coaches always says, “You only get out what you put in.” This theory has been proven true in every part of my life. To excel, you need to put forth an effort worthy of those results.
A lot of my most genuine friends are teammates. Before I spent every day in a wrestling room with boys, I never realized, or appreciated, just how different the opposite sex is. I have found that boys lack the qualities that annoy me about girls. While they may not always be sensitive to feelings, they aren’t easily offended. I used to have difficulty talking to people and being comfortable with myself but watching how the guys interact helped me overcome some of my social anxiety.
Once the guys realized I wasn’t going anywhere, they accepted me as one of them. They joke and tease, but always in good fun. I am forced to have a good time, which has taught me not to be so serious and critical. They taught me that it’s okay to be myself; the worst that could happen is I will get razzed a bit. I now know when to let my guard down to have fun and when to get serious.
If I had not joined the wrestling team, I never would have gotten into weightlifting, which is mandatory for wrestlers. At first, I was skeptical, but once I got used to the equipment and saw how strong I was getting, I was addicted. Now, I lift all year round and compete as a power lifter. Weightlifting is a lifelong sport that keeps me in shape and provides me with an outlet for stress. I have made even more friends in the weight room.
I really owe a lot to wrestling. It has led me to a new group of amazing friends and helped mold me into a better, more well-rounded person. Things won’t always be easy and there will be obstacles, but if you want something, and what you know is right, you need to go for it. You’ll never get anywhere if you constantly worry about the “what ifs.” Wrestling has taught me to roll with the punches life throws you.
This piece has been published in Teen Ink’s monthly print magazine.
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According to paver manufacturer EP Henry, maker of the ECO line of permeable pavers, there are several ways an outdoor paved area can be environmentally friendly, contribute to LEED certification and earn the owner tax credits.
The benefits apply to homes and businesses, according to the company. Here are six:
• Storm water management: Traditional, non-PICP paving systems block precipitation from soaking into the soil, creating pools of run-off water. By allowing water to flow through its surface, permeable pavers help prevent storm water runoff and reduce soil erosion.
• Decreased water pollution: When rain water runs across impervious surfaces, it picks up pollutants and carries them to a larger water supply. Permeable products reduce runoff and subsequent pollution, and also adhere to the Stormwater Best Management Practices as outlined by the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program.
• Compliance with storm water regulations: In an effort to manage runoff and pollution, local governments often place limits on the amount of impervious surface coverage permitted at each residential or commercial property. Some municipal agencies offer stormwater reduction incentives for permaeable pavers. Incentives include tax credits and reduced water rates.
• Credits toward LEED certification: For builders, businesses and homeowners looking to obtain LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) status from the U.S. Green Building Council, they can gain credits toward certification by using ECO Line to build the structure’s paved surfaces.
• Rain water irrigation: Installing systems that capture and hold rain water -- known as “rain harvesting” -- allows homeowners to irrigate areas of their property with captured rain water instead of municipal or well water.
• A more aesthetic approach: Other environmentally friendly paving systems, such as porous concrete or asphalt, offer little to no options in terms of appearance.
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SESSION 7: ONLINE VIDEO AS A POLITICAL TOOL
How does online and ubiquitous video culture, and in particular, approaches based in remix and aggregation relate to a human rights culture that is concerned for the dignity and integ- rity of victims and survivors, ethical witnessing and the preservation of the intentionality of the original creators of material as well as the original indexical value of the mate- rial as documentation of human rights crisis? How do we balance differing ethical responsibilities to victim, survivor and the original intention with the potential of remix, re-circu- lation, and appropriation, as well as curatorial or aggregational approaches, to speak to the personalization and creativity that generate activism in a younger digitally-literate gene-ra- tion, and produce creative, effective and individualized advocacy videos? Videos considered will include remix videos on police brutality, sex worker
advocacy videos, art videos incor- porating human rights content, and video work from and about sites of mass atrocity, as well as tools of aggregation such as video walls and mapping approaches.
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What Is A Trade Mark?
A trade mark is a sign, symbol or other distinguishing mark that distinguish the goods or services of one provider from another. They cannot include common surnames, geographical names, registered company names or anything implying royal patronage.
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Once your Trade Mark is registered you must pay a fee every ten years to keep it protected and prove that it has been used in commerce without becoming too generic (ie. Hoover) to renew it.
There are several other online resources where you can search for existing trade marks and register your own:
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