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Here's an alarming statistic: an estimated 43.8 million Americans were smokers in 2011.
We've brought this to your attention because Thursday is the 37th-annual Great American Smokeout, a day dedicated to helping smokers take the first step in quitting smoking. Put down those cigarettes, cigars or pipes, or don't put a pinch between your cheek and gum this Thursday.
It's not so hard, if you consider the alternatives: Lung cancer, lip cancer, cancers of the mouth, throat and digestive tract.
The American Cancer Society has a list of benefits of ending smoking, including:
A drop in carbon monoxide levels in the blood to normal in 12 hours.
An increase in lung function within three months.
A reduction in coughing and shortness of breath and a gain in the body's natural defenses against lung infections within nine months.
In a year, the risk of coronary heart disease is dropped to half that of a smoker.
If the health statistics aren't enough, calculate the cost of your particular form of tobacco on your weekly, monthly and annual budget.
The cancer society has scheduled the smokeout for the third Thursday of November for decades, dating back to an event in California in 1974.
The day isn't just about struggling through a single-day commitment to go tobacco free. It's about learning, and about finding and using tools to reduce and eventually end personal tobacco use. If cold turkey quitting is too much for you, consider the availability of counseling, nicotine replacement products, group support, telephone hotline support, guidebooks and encouragement, including nagging, from friends and family.
Today is about making a commitment. Trying to stay away from tobacco for a day is the first step on what is a quick road to a healthier lifestyle. When you're breathing better, when your heart is functioning better, you can be more active, which puts you in better health overall, which leads to a change in mood.
To learn more about the solution to your tobacco problem, visit www.cancer.org to learn about resources, or contact the American Cancer Society chapter.
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How are fate and destiny shown as a common theme throughout the book?
Do you think Li did so horribly in his first year at the Beijing Dance Academy because he lacked talent or because he was homesick?
When the Bandit wanted to make Li his Blood Brother (p 182), Li was hesitant at first because he didn’t think he could live up to the Bandit’s expectations of him as his brother. Do you think it was their shared emotional need to feel like part of a family at the Academy that made him finally agree? Why or why not?
The hardships of commune life seem exhausting and relentless, but Academy life was not much easier. Which would you choose and why?
Some of Li’s teachers at the Academy were very encouraging and motivational to the students and some were not. Discuss some of the varied teaching styles and why you think they differed so much. Do you think this had to do with the Cultural Revolution or different personalities?
Li is a very emotional boy, often breaking into tears when he is sad or unsure of things. How does this differ from Western preconceived notions about people, especially men, in communist China?
Discuss Li’s first trip to Houston and his defense of, and eventual confusion about, Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution.
Do you think personal or artistic freedom were Li’s main objectives to return to America?
Was Li’s harrowing experience at the consulate in Houston, prior to his defection, a necessary move by the Chinese government, especially their threatening to harm to his family? Even with China’s updated “open-door policy,” do you consider this a scare tactic, or required for the country’s communist ideals?
When Li’s marriage to Elizabeth ends in divorce, Li blames himself, saying he “...didn’t understand love in Western culture...” (p. 346). Do you agree? Discuss how Li’s guilt plays a role throughout the book.
Discuss Li’s conflict with his freedom and the price he paid for it.
Do you think Li would have been as disciplined and dedicated to ballet if not for the intense work ethic he was trained with in China?
“Taste the mango” was a phrase that Li followed from his days at the Academy, when Teacher Xiao mentored him to excel. Discuss some of the important things in Li’s life and career that would not have been possible had he not made that phrase one to live by.
Li’s fourth brother, Cunmao, has a very different sense of duty to his family than Li (p. 429). How so? Why do you think these brothers handled their family situations so differently? Did Li’s leaving for the Academy have everything to do with it, or was it something else entirely?
Li’s niang and dia instilled pride, courage, dignity, and love in him. How do you think his life would have been different had he not done everything for his family? Discuss how this mentality in China is different from Western culture. Do you think this is still the way of thinking in China, which is more heavily Western-influenced now? | <urn:uuid:5fc34a80-3127-40ba-a37f-755daaa1b8ee> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781743109441 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706153698/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120913-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987313 | 672 | 2.5 | 2 |
by Gilbert Paust, Mi's Aviation Editor The "stamplicker" rolls out long strips of coated burlap to form the latest in synthetic airstrips, the U.S. Army's "Hessian Mat." A FACTOR in Allied victories on the Western Front has been the availability of airstrips for our fighters directly behind the battle lines. Thanks to a new type of mat which resembles tar paper, Army engineers have been able to lay these emergency fields in record- breaking time.
SHOOTING THE MAIL A CATAPULT device for airmail pickup is one for the coming air age, designed by Louis P. Wulf. Present methods employ a heavy shock-absorbing mechanism in the pickup plane which relieves stress on the cable when the mail is jerked from its resting position on the ground. This new wrinkle, however, obviates [...]
Co-Axial Rotors. as on the Hiller-copter illustrated in the December Mechanix Illustrated, eliminate noise and vibration on this new helicopter designed by Vincent Bendix. The inventor claims it will be easier to operate and safer than an automobile. Two levers control the machine's flight, and continuous autorotation makes it possible to fly it with safety at altitudes of only 100 to 200 feet.
PREPARE NOW TO GO ALONG! Plastics, already proved in war, demonstrate their many advantages and varied uses. Now the plastics industry looks forward to the postwar period when they will be used in countless new ways... improving old products, creating new ones. A growing industry needs men to grow with it. That's why plastics offer remarkable opportunities to persons of ambition and foresight.
by R. A. Montherlant NARCOSYNTHESIS—medicine's newest and most effective method of reclaiming from their mental hells the pitiful "combat fatigue" cases. MEDICINE'S newest and most streamlined method of fighting the battle jitters was perfected during the Tunisian campaign under the nerve-wracking conditions of a combat zone. In a base hospital at Algiers, where air raids were as much an accepted part of the day's routine as chow, Army doctors, working under the direction of Lieut. Col. Roy R. Grinker and Captain John P. Speigel, U. S. Army psychiatrists, established the scientific use of hypnosis-producing drugs in the treatment of "combat fatigue" cases.
by Harold S. Kahm Invent a new amusement for the thrill-hungry public and make a fortune. WOULD you like to make $100,000.00? .You can do it by inventing a new and successful amusement riding device. The average amusement park or carnival patron, swooping madly through the air in the whirling car of a Flying Scooter, or plunging down the breathtaking curves of a mammoth roller coaster, has one supreme thought in the back of his mind: "This is wonderful! Now let's have something new!"
CACTUS CARPENTER HERBERT WOOD, a former Pennsylvania contractor who went to Arizona to retire, began making furniture and knick-knacks out of the abundant native cactus purely as a hobby. But he soon found himself in possession of a prosperous business, selling his unusual and distinctive articles to tourists. He makes everything from ash trays to [...]
THE MAN WHO SEES THINGS by Don Romero He trains our flyers by pouring the “dope” in through their eyes instead of their ears. ASSEN JORDANOFF spent the ages from six to fourteen inclusive trying to commit suicide. He called it wanting to learn how to fly. His first flights consisted of sliding down the [...] | <urn:uuid:fc8a955d-eb63-4bad-b591-2d70cf704edf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.modernmechanix.com/issue/?pubname=MechanixIllustrated&pubdate=6-1945 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00035-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946043 | 767 | 2.28125 | 2 |
Adoption is a court process through which an adult legally becomes the parent of someone who is not his or her biological child. In general, the adoption process terminates the birthparents' legal relationship with the child. An exception to this rule is in the case of stepparent adoptions when the adoption process terminates only the parental rights of the birthparent without custody. While adoption laws are often similar from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, e.g., most states require that there be a home study conducted on a prospective adoptive home, no state's adoption laws mirror another's in every respect. And, on certain questions, e.g., how the rights of putative fathers are addressed, i.e., those presumed or alleged to be the child's biological father, there is less uniformity among state laws.
Listed below are some frequently asked questions about adoption with a summary of each state's applicable laws. Whether you are interested in knowing if a state requires adoptive parents to establish residency in order to be eligible to adopt or when a birthmother may legally relinquish her parental rights and consent to adoption, this state-by-state adoption law summary will prove of use to you.
Please note that this summary is not intended to serve as legal advice. It is a summary of state laws compiled by the Infant Adoption Awareness Training Project in an effort to provide useful information to Master Trainers, Adoption Specialists, and Adoption Information Liaisons.
Should you have any comments or questions about the summary, please send them to email@example.com.
Here you will find common questions and answers that relate to the birthmother, birthfather, adoptive parents, court specific procedures, special issues, and child welfare.
1. Who may adopt?
2. Who may place a child for adoption?
3. Is birthparent counseling required?
4. May birthparents receive assistance with expenses?
5. How are putative father rights addressed?
6. When may the birthparent(s) relinquish custody and consent to adoption?
7. How much time does a birthparent have to change his or her mind after consenting to the termination of parental rights?
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I found the parts of the training that dealt with pursuing the adoption option with clients most helpful. Interaction exercises were always beneficial, and the time with birthmothers was, of course, touching and reinforced the whole training. It was wonderful to be pampered as we were with meals and accommodations. | <urn:uuid:502c0547-74d1-4309-be80-653e20fe0df2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.infantadopt.org/resources-statelaws.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00049-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94939 | 517 | 2.421875 | 2 |
Plymouth-Canton Schools plans to apply for $130 million in grants to implement green projects across the district. (Velvet S. McNeil / The Detroit News)
PLYMOUTH -- Covered walkways on the Plymouth-Canton high school campus would do more than keep kids out of the rain -- they're part of the district's plan to tap economic stimulus funds for projects that could save $2 million annually on energy.
The walkways would be covered with solar panels used to produce electricity and heat water for showers and cooking. And they would feature turbines to capture the wind and convert it to energy.
Officials recently unveiled their plan to get in on the economic recovery bonanza by applying for $130 million in grants for the walkways, as well as a plethora of projects including a new "green" building to replace Central Middle School, built in 1917. Solar panels and energy efficient lighting would be installed at schools across the 19,000-student district.
If fully implemented, the district would produce enough electricity to power the equivalent of 2,000 homes, officials say.
"The president and the governor have said they would look more favorably on projects with a renewable energy component," district spokesman Frank Ruggirello said.
"You have to be ahead of the game or you're going to be left out in the cold."
The plan, which was recently submitted to the state Department of Education, could create as many as 500 jobs, according to the district. It will be implemented as the money comes in from state and local grants, Superintendent Craig Fiegel said Wednesday.
"If there's money available through the stimulus package to get these things in place, it will save us money in the long run," Fiegel said. "We've identified projects that if we have the money to do will save us money in the long run. That's $2 million we can put back into the classroom."
The plan was designed by Ann Arbor architect Damian Farrell and Reynold Hendrickson, manager of Ann Arbor-based StarPak LLC, a solar company. It was recently unveiled to parents.
Gillian Marceau, who has two children in the district, said kids would learn why green energy is important. Information about the weather and how much energy is being generated would appear on flat screen TVs for children to view.
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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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- S: (n) hook, draw, hooking (a golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer) "he took lessons to cure his hooking"
- S: (v) hook (fasten with a hook)
- S: (v) overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook (rip off; ask an unreasonable price)
- S: (v) crochet, hook (make a piece of needlework by interlocking and looping thread with a hooked needle) "She sat there crocheting all day"
- S: (v) hook (hit a ball and put a spin on it so that it travels to the left)
- S: (v) hook, snitch, thieve, cop, knock off, glom (take by theft) "Someone snitched my wallet!"
- S: (v) pilfer, cabbage, purloin, pinch, abstract, snarf, swipe, hook, sneak, filch, nobble, lift (make off with belongings of others)
- S: (v) hook (hit with a hook) "His opponent hooked him badly"
- S: (v) hook (catch with a hook) "hook a fish"
- S: (v) addict, hook (to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug))
- S: (v) hook (secure with the foot) "hook the ball"
- S: (v) hook, snare (entice and trap) "The car salesman had snared three potential customers"
- S: (v) hook, solicit, accost (approach with an offer of sexual favors) "he was solicited by a prostitute"; "The young man was caught soliciting in the park" | <urn:uuid:4f8d43e2-60bb-4954-b2c8-e4cd3ba1fb43> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?o2=&o0=1&o8=1&o1=1&o7=&o5=&o9=&o6=&o3=&o4=&s=hooking&i=8&h=0000000000000 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00061-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918661 | 441 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Schumer calls for solar energy improvement
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KINGSTON, N.Y. -- Senator Charles Schumer is pushing for the use of solar energy in New York State.
The U.S. Senator was in Kingston saying he wants to see improvements to a program that provides energy credits to solar panel owners depending on how much energy they use, also known as net metering.
The program ended for Central Hudson Gas and Electric in July, because they reached the allowable credit limit set by the state's Public Service Commission.
Schumer wants the limit extended, so the credits can continue to be provided to solar panel owners for incentives and influence future installation of solar panels.
"There are thousands of jobs here. We're making the environment better and we're making the cost of electricity cheaper to tens of thousands of customers. But if net metering isn't available, the whole thing will come to a grinding halt,” Schumer said
"Because it's not only good for the people of Ulster County, it's good for our economy of Ulster County and good for our environment," Ulster County Executive Mike Hein said.
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“Life isn’t fair” is a pretty common expression that definitely has some truths to it. But what if life could be fairer? There is a new concept gaining momentum that can help make that happen. It is called the Repay Someday project and it was started because the expression “life isn’t fair” became much too apparent in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
The story behind the project is explained in detail on this Web site. But, in a nutshell, it is about a very generous, caring, giving man who throughout his life helped countless people. Over time he slowly lost touch with a majority of them. After a lifetime of giving and helping others, he was left to fend for himself after the destruction of Sandy directly impacted his home.
Repay Someday lets a person “Pay it back by pledging to forward” for anyone who is making or has made a positive impact in your life. And people receiving a pledge can “Do Well by Doing Good” not by having money in the bank to deal with a future crisis, but instead by having pledges from people ready to help them when they need it the most.
Make sure those who have made a positive impact in your life have the help they need when they need it the most, RepaySomeday.com. | <urn:uuid:44d6ec82-1ee5-4253-ba7a-8b3c5f4e4243> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://brick.patch.com/blog_posts/some-good-from-hurricane-sandy-dd09a73e | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982806 | 275 | 2.6875 | 3 |
By Kerrie Spencer, staff technology writer – June 29, 2011
In a chant rather reminiscent of the good old school yard days, two world-renowned technology giants are shouting, “Did not. Did so,” back and forth across the ocean to try and make a point. That point is that Samsung did not commit patent and copyright infringement against Apple. That, of course, remains to be seen, as this battle is just beginning to heat up in the courts since the initial filing of this lawsuit in April 2011.
In fact, there was a rather unusual turn of events in this duel between the two giants, when Samsung was ordered by a federal court to turn over, within 30 days, unreleased products for discovery. This expedited discovery process will help Apple figure out if they want to file a request for an early injunction. This decision did not make Korean giant Samsung a very happy camper, as trotting out their about-to-be-released product lineup is a major problem, not to mention it tips their hand as to what consumers may expect to see soon.
There probably are already so many rumors and leaks around that consumers probably already have a good idea of what they are going to see next in terms of smartphones and tablets. That aside, having a court order Samsung to hand over the goodies is a bit unusual. It comes perilously close to saying, without saying it, that the evidence in this case offers a reasonable basis for Apple to believe Samsung’s products are deliberately designed to mimic theirs. In fact, part of the statement of claim alleges that Samsung, rather than take the initiative and do their own unique designs and packaging, went out of their way to copy Apple’s technology, style and user interface.
While the court has not officially offered any kind of a conclusion about this case, the judge did comment that the evidence certainly seems to point out that Samsung may have imitated Apple’s designs, which, when it comes to issues like copyright infringement, trade dress and patent infringement, is not the smartest business move. What made the court offer that opinion? All it took were pictures that Apple submitted of Samsung’s new products. Evidently, pictures certainly are worth a thousand words.
The key element in this case will be that the design and appearance of Samsung’s latest product offerings and packaging is right on-point relevant to Apple’s design, trade dress and trademark claims; a point made by the federal court judge in her ruling that Samsung had to hand over its products for discovery. It is not just the products that have to be produced either, as the order includes the proposed packaging and all package inserts.
Products that will come under legal scrutiny will include the 4G LTE Droid Charge, Infuse 4G, Galaxy S2 and the Galaxy Tab 8.9 and 10.1. [1-5] Neither Apple’s nor Samsung’s legal counsel will be conducting the discovery, as the judge wanted an arm’s length independence in assessing the products. Samsung said they did not like the ruling, because the devices have not yet been released, and letting Apple access them would be inappropriate.
The judge ignored that particular protest because the company had already started advertising the devices and had given the media free samples, not to mention the free handout of 5,000 Galaxy 10.1 tabs given away at Google’s developer’s conference in May 2011 in San Francisco, California.
If the independent review by outside legal counsel decides the new devices are Apple imitations, Apple could file for an injunction blocking the Samsung devices from being retailed in the U.S. To say that would put a serious crimp in Samsung’s sales projections would be a major understatement. Additionally, many of their products are highly anticipated, in a market that thrills to the latest, greatest and best smartphone or tablet.
The bottom line here is that these two corporate giants have a fairly good working relationship, with Samsung selling Apple LCD panels and semiconductors for their iPads and iPhones, and Apple is Samsung’s No. 1 customer. There is no telling what will happen to that working relationship in light of this latest legal battle, but if nothing else, this will be a hard lesson to learn that swiping someone else’s designs really is not a good thing to do, not to mention the fact that it is also illegal. | <urn:uuid:7287d28a-2947-4111-8f29-1a47d55bd155> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/infringement-questions-grow-cloudier-in-54341/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00069-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969254 | 909 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Ricky Robertson joined IFPRI in 2008. Prior to that he completed environmental and water related post-docs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as Agricultural and Consumer Economics departments. His PhD research (also at the University of Illinois) revolved around empirically modeling land use decisions using very large datasets to estimate discrete choice models. Prior to that, he earned a double major in Mathematics Education and Physics from Andrews University in Michigan.
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His work is concerned with harnessing GIS and parallelized computation to help deal with research problems of a spatial nature and/or those which are prohibitively difficult to tackle using conventional computational resources. The interaction between the land surface, water, and human activity usually fall into these categories. | <urn:uuid:9d912979-2fd5-4634-839e-565f59367f52> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ifpri.org/staffprofile/richard-robertson | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942894 | 164 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Holy Trinity Skete in Mexico City
FFA started a relief project in Mexico in May, 2009, after an outbreak of the swine flu, which tragically affected the Holy Trinity Skete (ROCOR) in Mexico City and its parishioners.
The monastery greatly suffered from the close-down of their bakery (their only source of income) during a swine-flu quarantine, and from a prolonged sickness of the abbot and only priest in the country, Fr. Nektariy Haji-Petropoulos.
The Holy Trinity Skete was founded in 2007 and swiftly became the spiritual heart of the Russian Diaspora, which serves the needs of local Russians, Serbs, Bulgarians, Moldavians and Mexicans. The monastery is very active in the local community: it provides medical and psychological aid in Russian to alcoholics and drug addicts, domestic violence victims; provides legal assistance to Russian women in case of a divorce from their Mexican husbands and questions of child custody; assists the needy and the unemployed. They teach the fundamentals of the Orthodox faith to their parishioners; accept pilgrims from all over the country.
To assist the suffering community, in 2009 the Fund for Assistance raised and disbursed over $12,000, which allowed them to purchase food and medicine, pay rent on the monastery building and bakery, fix the monastery car and assist eight families among the parishioners with either rent money or repatriation expenses for those who wanted to get away from the difficult situation and return to Russia.
So far the mission has survived on proceeds from the bakery which had to be closed due to lack of money for rent; and the abbot’s university salary. Apart from his monastic and priestly duties, Fr. Nektariy, Doctor of Historical Sciences, teaches World History, Art History, Church History and Linguistics at the University of Mexico City. He has been very ill in the last year and still requires constant medical care.
To get back on their feet the skete needs money for:
- Medical treatment for the abbot
- Reopening the bakery
- Paying debts
- Paying rent on the monastery building
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Herbs for Kids
Are they safe?
June 26, 2000 -- Ever since Linda White's daughter reached puberty, the family's consumption of catnip has gone way up.
But it's not that the family cat is getting blissed-out; it's White's 13-year-old daughter who's been taking the herb. White, a writer based in Denver, believes that catnip (mixed with a tincture of cramp bark) makes an ideal remedy for her daughter's menstrual cramps.
The girl happily accepts the concoction, just as she and her brother slurped astragalus soup when they were little kids with sniffles. Ever since they were toddlers, their mother has given them echinacea to ward off colds and peppermint tea to calm their stomachs. Now that they're older, they also take various herbs for acne and muscle strains.
When it comes to medicine, it may seem like White's family is miles from the mainstream. But White, co-author of the book Kids, Herbs, and Health, still believes in doctors. As well she should: Her formal title is Linda White, MD.
White graduated from medical school and trained in pediatrics before she took up writing. With her background, she knows that herbs can't cure everything. She also knows that most herbs have never been scientifically tested on adults, let alone children.
"People ask, 'How can you be experimenting with your kids?' " White says. "But these herbs have been used for thousands of years, which is like a clinical trial on a huge scale. I just use what seems to work best."
Judging from the bottles filling the shelves of health food stores and supermarkets, many parents think the way White does. Supplement manufacturers have recently tapped into a major new market with products such as "E-Kid-Nacea Plus," an echinacea supplement that promises to "support a healthy immune system"; "Calm Child," a combination of hawthorn berry, catnip leaf, and other herbs that "support a focused calmness"; and Herbs for Kids brand "St. John's Wort Blend," a product that "nourishes the nervous system and promotes a positive outlook."
The list goes on: herbal cough elixirs, cold remedies, fever reducers. Whether it's asthma or attention deficit disorder, practically every childhood malady now has a corresponding herbal remedy. Americans are expected to spend nearly $16 billion on herbals this year; clearly, much of that windfall will come from the pockets of concerned parents. But do herbs deliver?
Unfortunately, many parents end up paying for empty promises instead of reliable remedies, says Kathi Kemper, MD, director of the Center for Holistic Pediatric Education and Research at Children's Hospital in Boston and author of The Holistic Pediatrician.
As a pediatrician who practices therapeutic touch and sees some potential value in homeopathy -- two alternative therapies scorned by most traditional doctors -- Kemper could be expected to have an especially open mind about herbs.
But she has strong advice for parents considering the capsules, powders, and potions crowding store shelves: Save your money. Such products are unregulated and unproven, and they're unlikely to live up to their claims, she says. In fact, she says, some may even be harmful.
"I used to be much more pro-herb," Kemper says. "But I found they were not as potent [as manufacturers claim them to be] or as effective as [prescription] medications. I became aware that people were not getting what they were paying for."
Without doubt, the plant world is a bountiful source of medicines and remedies. But a plant in a meadow or forest may bear little resemblance to one that's been stuffed into a capsule, Kemper says.
Such herbal products are only minimally regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, and a given dose may contain anywhere from a megadose of an active ingredient to no active ingredient at all, Kemper says. Herbs can also be contaminated with toxic heavy metals such as lead or mercury, or, in the case of many herbs imported from China, intentionally laced with steroids and other dangerous medications, she says.
Furthermore, only a few herbs, including echinacea and St. John's wort, have ever been tested for safety and effectiveness. And in almost every study, the subjects were either lab rats or adults, not kids, Kemper says. As she writes in her book, "Children are not sophisticated rodents or small adults." Because young bodies process drugs differently, kids may be especially vulnerable to side effects, she says.
The risks are real. In 1998, the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) received four reports of children under 6 developing life-threatening complications after taking dietary supplements (not including vitamins and minerals). Another 192 youngsters had less serious reactions. (The association didn't track the particular supplements involved, nor the dosages.) While these cases represent a tiny fraction of all the children who take herbs, there were probably many more incidents that were never reported to a poison control center, says RoseAnn Soloway, associate director of the AAPCC.
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With Victory Day coming up Monday, World War II veteran Dewey Turilli, 89, decided he wanted to share his experience with Warwick Beacon readers.
Victory Day, originally celebrated as Victory over Japan Day, is an annual state holiday celebrated on the second Monday in August in Rhode Island.
Turilli is one of the surviving veterans who fought at Iwo Jima in the South Pacific where the Allies took the small island after a 36-day battle in 1945. There were more than 26,000 American casualties, including 6,800 dead.
“It was not the best backyard to be in,” said Turilli, who was drafted in 1942 at the age of 19 for the Army Air Force, as it was called back then. He served three years, or one hitch, as a radio operator and was honorably discharged as a sergeant.
As a radio operator, his mission was to keep the planes in the air. Turilli and his crew were the only one in their squadron to make 15 consecutive missions above the Japanese Empire from its Iwo Jima base without a mechanical failure in a P-51 Mustang fighter plane. The Mustang also completed three missions to the Bonin Islands. He has an official document issued by the Air Force to prove it, which he keeps framed in his home. It’s dated August 28, 1945.
“It is my pride and joy,” he said of the letter that was sent to his parents while he was overseas.
Turilli said the trip to the island was a battle in itself, as the ship he was on was caught in a typhoon. The conditions were so extreme that operators bet they wouldn’t make it.
“We had a couple of submarine attacks and the weather was so bad that we came within seven degrees of listing, so a little more and we would have gone over,” he said. “There would have been 2,500 servicemen in the middle of the Pacific.”
With the storm taking hold, the order was given for all hands to go below deck. But Turilli had another idea.
“I hung onto the life raft cables and sweat it out on deck,” he said.
He also remembers another near-death experience vividly. While he and other U.S. soldiers were on Chichi-jima, an island approximately 150 miles north of Iwo Jima, an enemy plane began bombing them.
“This young fellow and I were out in the open and ran hand-in-hand for quite a while to avoid the plane and get to our foxhole,” Turilli said.
When Japanese soldiers were in need of water, they’d ambush U.S. troops as they slept at night in pop-up tents to capture their water. Turilli and his buddies built headboards for their bunks, as the Japanese slashed open tents and stabbed at soldiers.
“If they did come to slash and stab, they would hit the board,” Turilli said. “We used to joke, ‘Leave us a note and we’ll leave you some water.’ But we were fearless because we were young. We didn’t think of the dangers.”
Turilli endured training in what he described as “horrible” conditions. Guard duty wasn’t much better.
“They’d put us on a ledge that was 30 feet high and we’d shoot flares if we thought someone was coming,” he said.
He also recalled Tokyo Rose, a generic name U.S. troops gave English-speaking female broadcasters of Japanese propaganda. Tokyo Rose thrived on filling the minds of American soldiers with fear, intent on crushing morale. Her predictions were frequently and unnervingly precise.
“They knew everything; they even knew when we had just arrived,” he said. “We hadn’t even pitched our pop tents yet or dug our latrine ditches and she said, ‘You new men on Iwo – in three days, we are going to blow you off the map.’ Sure enough, three days later they set fire to our ammunition.”
Turilli was also present when six U.S. soldiers raised the flag on Mount Suribachi. That scene marked what was supposed to be the end of the war, as well as the most reproduced photograph in history, “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima,” which was taken by Joe Rosenthal on Feb. 23, 1945. Interestingly enough, Feb. 23 is also Turilli’s birthday.
“The entire island cheered,” Turilli said. “I am extremely proud of the fact that the flag on Iwo Jima was raised on my birthday.”
Despite his accomplishments, he remains humble.
“I’m not a hero – we’re not heroes – we did our job and we’re proud. I’m proud of what I did,” said Turilli.
But his son-in-law, David Walker, who owns and operates Gold’s Gym at 200 Bald Hill Road, said Turilli made the ultimate sacrifice by serving in WWII. He is proud of his father-in-law and is floored by him.
“His story is pretty heart-rendering,” Walker said. “His place in history is unique – far more than he thinks. There are so few people that are left who experienced what he did.”
While Walker said Turilli never used to talk about WWII, he began to open up as the years went by. Eventually, he started to show his loved ones memorabilia and photos from his days at war.
In 2007 Walker accompanied Turilli on a trip to Columbus, Ohio to attend an air show that featured a tribute to WWII veterans and aircraft used in the war called “The Last Great Round Up.” More than 200,000 people were at the event.
“They took all the WWII aircraft that could still fly and did a flyover,” said Walker. “It was very emotional and they treated all the veterans like heroes. It was a wonderful experience.”
At the air show, Turilli got the rare opportunity to relive a moment in time when he climbed on the wing of a P-51 Mustang. A photo was taken of him on the wing and it almost mirrors a picture shot 62 years earlier.
A year later, Turilli visited the Iwo Jima Memorial in Washington, D.C. The experience, he said, was “very emotional.”
“Ninety percent of what is there was brought from Iwo Jima,” he said. “Every night, Marines change the flag, and we happened to go while they were doing that. I approached them and told them I served there. We had a good cry.”
Despite the heartache of WWII, Turilli ironically met the love of his life, Tina, due to the war. According to Turilli, it was destiny.
“I was inducted with a young fellow and two years to the day we met back home by chance,” said Turilli. “He said, ‘Why don’t you come to my house? We’re having a party?’ There, I met my girl. I asked her if I could write to her while I was overseas, and I did. Naturally, I was very anxious to get home.”
After being discharged, Turilli married Tina in 1947 and began working at his father’s furniture-making company, Nicholas Turilli and Sons, with his brother, Michael. In fact, they crafted a desk for former President Lyndon Johnson.
Born in Sangiovanni Lipioni, Italy, Turilli came to the United States with his family when he was six years old. At first, they lived in New York before moving to Rhode Island seven years later. Since then, he’s lived in Providence, Cranston and now Warwick. These days, he’s retired and enjoys taking care of his home, as well as spending time with Tina, their five children, 15 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He likes golfing and is a recreational painter, often creating works of art for his loved ones. Additionally, he’s in the process of writing the story of his life.
“I’ve got 500 pages so far,” he said. “I freehanded it first and then typed it on a typewriter, not a computer. The main purpose is to give one to each of my children.”
What he may not mention in the book, said Walker, are all his decorations and attributes, as Turilli has a Pacific Theater Medal, a sharp shooters medal, knows Morse code and speaks four languages, including English, Italian, Spanish and Latin.
And while Turilli is a retired woodcarver, Walker said he hasn’t lost the talent.
“He could look at you and carve your face in wood,” said Walker.
Walker’s praise for Turilli doesn’t end there.
“He values the smaller things in life and lives a very full life,” Walker said. “He doesn’t believe in sitting around, he believes in being active. He doesn’t complain about anything because he’s already lived in hell.”
Turilli, the gentleman that he is, said he is grateful to Walker.
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Old Science Meets New Science
By: Shilpi Jain
Posted: August 28, 2012, from the September 2012 issue of GCI Magazine.
- The demand for natural and green beauty products continues to grow, as does consumers’ expectations for effective results. Combining old and new ingredient science in developing products can help meet the demand and the expectation.
- Although there are challenges to using natural ingredients and marketing a green brand, there are ways to educate consumers about the myriad of benefits they provide.
- Constant research on new ingredients is helping to create new opportunities for natural beauty brands.
The trend toward green chemistry in beauty products has long been on the rise, and this isn’t a shift that happened overnight. It has been a gradual upward trend attributable to several factors, including a desire for sustainability, the potential health side effects of some current ingredients, and the demand for manufacturers to lower their environmental footprint.
Additionally, and perhaps most importantly, consumers are becoming savvier. They read the labels, and there is a constant rise in the research, especially in Europe and Asia, of plant-derived peptides, encapsulated actives for slower ingredient delivery, active plant stem cells, sophisticated extraction processes with clinical testing components and more.
In the past, with more disposable income, consumers were able to have 10 different products for different skin treatments—a cleanser, a toner, a day cream, a night cream, a mask, an eye cream, a sunscreen, a scrub and beyond. But, now with the downshifted economy, consumers are looking to spend smart. They are looking for so-called all-purpose products, and are willing to trade to a drug store brand or less expensive private label product rather than a prestige alternative. And on the opposite side of the spectrum, consumers with disposable income who are able to afford high-end products are now tending to look for products that are green, organic, plant-derived, cruelty-free and beyond—and these are only a few of the terms being used and marketed by the beauty industry today.
To capture this spend, treating the skin with plant-based ingredients alone is not enough. Treating skin holistically with a combination of high-tech ingredients, including stem cells and peptides or encapsulated molecules, and plant-based ingredients gives the products an extra boost while competing on the level of synthetic counterparts and meeting greener standards.
For example, Skinveda’s Cell Active Serum combines anti-aging, toning, tightening and detoxification all in one product through its blend of ingredients. The key anti-aging elements include active stem cell cultures of sequoia and Vitis vinifera combined with ayurvedic ingredients such as aromatic distillates of jasmine and an extract of tulsi along with iron oxides from the rock hematite. To reduce redness and sensitivity, the serum uses anti-irritant and anti-inflammatory agents such as oat beta glucans, Camellia sinensis leaf extract and allantoin, and the hydrating properties of aloe vera leaf juice help make this product a triple-action serum.
Cosmetic manufacturers, beauty brand owners and product developers are now creating cosmetics with the consumer distinctly in mind while also being conscious about the environment. It used to be that people were less well-informed and cared less about what was going into their creams and makeup products. But now, those same consumers are aware of their ingredients, and it has been a challenge for beauty brands to meet these new ingredient and product demands, reformulating and undertaking costly measures to replace their current products with more natural alternatives—as well as to replace potentially carcinogenic or harmful ingredients with plant-based ingredients that don’t change the feel, viscosity or color of the end result.
There are challenges in creating products with within the aforementioned parameters, of course. Product developers and formulators often face the challenge of finding a way to mimic the aesthetics of synthetic products/ingredients with naturals. Consumers want a certain color and feel for the product that is difficult to achieve with plant-derived ingredients.
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The Politics of Fear and the Party of Non-Voters
Robert B. Reich
However you read the polls, the 2012 presidential election is turning into a nail-biter. Former Gov.
The bump Romney got from the first debate seems to have been matched by the bump the president got from the good jobs report for September. (We won't know the real results of Tuesday night's matchup for another week.)
But beware. Polls of "likely voters" are notoriously imprecise because they reflect everyone who says they're likely to vote -- including those who hope to but won't, as well as those who won't but don't want to admit it.
The biggest party in America is neither Democrats nor Republicans. It's the Party of Non-Voters. Its membership outnumbers registered Democrats and registered Republicans.
In a typical presidential election, a bare majority of Americans bother to vote. Since World War II, turnout has usually hovered between 50 percent and 60 percent.
In this respect, 2008 was unusual -- summoning 63 percent of us to the polls.
In 2008, many of them deserted the Party of Non-Voters and went to the polls. For example, a whopping 65 percent of eligible African-Americans voted. So did 49 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 24 -- an age group that's normally far less likely to vote. Hispanics also went to the voting booths in unusually large numbers.
And most of them voted for
So the real question in 2012 is whose potential supporters are more motivated to vote, and whether President Obama can rely on anything close to the turnout he got in 2008.
In 2008, the biggest motivator was hope. But this time around there isn't much enthusiasm for either candidate. The Republican base has never particularly liked Romney, and many Democrats have been disappointed in Obama.
The biggest motivator this time around is fear of the other guy.
There's clear reason for members of the Party of Non-Voters to fear Romney and his running mate, Rep.
Hispanics are also worried about Romney's support for
Young people, who tend to be liberal on social issues, fear Romney and Ryan's opposition to abortion, and their rejection of equal marriage rights. As a result, they worry, too, about who Romney might pick for the
But will these fears be enough to summon these people to the polls in large numbers? Romney is such a chameleon that in the debates he has seemed to disavow everything he's stood for, hide many of his former positions, and even sound somewhat moderate.
Meanwhile, for four years the
They've drummed up fears in a public battered by an economic crisis Republicans largely created, while hiding
They've apparently convinced almost half of America of their lies -- including many of those who would suffer most under Romney and Ryan. And those fears and lies will almost certainly get many Americans to the polls.
Republicans are well practiced in the politics of fear and the logistics the big lie.
The challenge for Obama and Vice President
Obama and Biden must also reignite hopes about what they can do, if re-elected, to steadily improve the lives of most Americans.
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mtvU's "Durfur Is Dying" To Be Translated Into Chinese, Arabic And Spanish In Ongoing Fight To End Darfur Genocide
Monday, 11th June 2007 at 4:14 pm
MTV Channels in 128 Countries to Help Promote Re-Launch of Student-Developed Online Video Game
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
“Darfur is Dying” Already Played 2.5 Million Times
New York, NY– June 11, 2007–mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, with support from MTV channels in 128 countries, announced today at the 4th annual Games For Change conference that“Darfur is Dying” ( www.DarfurisDying.com)– a student-developed online viral video game offering users real world ways to fight the genocide in Darfur– is being translated into Chinese, Arabic and Spanish and will soon re-launch worldwide. Making“Darfur is Dying” available in these three widely-spoken languages will give an audience of more than 1.4 billion a new way to easily spread awareness of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and take action to help stop the killing. The game was launched just over one year ago at the“Save Darfur: Rally to Stop Genocide” on the National Mall and has already been played 2.5 million times by more than 1.2 million people.
“College students helped establish the crisis in Darfur as a front-burner issue for governments worldwide, and as the genocide continues unabated, we felt a responsibility to offer up this student-developed game as a resource for a much larger global audience,” said Stephen Friedman, GM, mtvU.“‘Darfur is Dying’ has already touched more than a million people and we’re proud to join with MTV channels everywhere to continue spreading the game’s message of awareness and action.”
Given the pressing nature of the ongoing genocide in Darfur, which has already killed more than 400,000 and displaced over 2.5 million, MTV channels reaching 128 countries and a total potential audience of nearly 370 million households have already signed on to help promote both the translated and English language versions of the game across on-air and online properties. Channels confirmed include:
o MTV Base (Africa– 48 countries)
o MTV Latin America (45 countries)
o MTV Asia (25 countries)
o MTV Adria (6 countries)
o MTV Italy
o MTV France
o MTV Portugal
The winning game in the mtvU Darfur Digital Activist competition,“Darfur is Dying” was developed by University of Southern California students Susana Ruiz, Ashley York, Mike Stein, Noah Keating and Kellee Santiago. The game is a narrative-based simulation where the user, from the perspective of a displaced Darfurian, negotiates forces that threaten the survival of his or her refugee camp. Humanitarian aid workers with extensive on the ground experience in Darfur advised the students throughout the development process, helping to ensure the game accurately captured and was sensitive to the refugees’ plight.
“Darfur is Dying” was designed to engage users and provide a window into the refugee experience– offering a faint glimpse of what it’s like for the millions who have been internally displaced by the crisis in Sudan. Calls to action are a fundamental part of the game and the user is presented with several opportunities during game play to become involved: write or e-mail the President, petition Representatives to support legislation that helps the people of Darfur, start a divestment movement, and most importantly, spread word of the genocide in Darfur to others. The translated versions will provide a“take action in your region” option, offering users worldwide access to localized resources and ways to help end the atrocities.
“Darfur is Dying” is housed on www.darfurisdying.com, an extension of mtvU’s comprehensive Sudan resource center on mtvU.com. The site offers news updates, critical facts, background information, profiles of student activists, ways to take political and humanitarian action, divestment options and more. mtvU’s Sudan campaign has been recognized with the 2006 Governors Emmy Award– the highest honor given by the Academy– as well as the Academy’s 2006 Community Service Emmy Award, and five Beacon Awards, cable television’s highest awards for public affairs excellence.
Broadcast to 750 colleges across the country, with a combined enrollment of over 7.2 million, mtvU is the largest, most comprehensive television network just for college students. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, mtvU can be seen in the dining areas, fitness centers, student lounges and dorm rooms of campuses throughout the U.S. mtvU is dedicated to every aspect of college life, reaching students everywhere they are, through a three pronged approach– on-air, online and on campus. mtvU focuses on content including music videos from emerging artists which can’t be seen anywhere else, news, student life features, events and pro-social initiatives. mtvU is always on campus, with more than 500 events per year, including exclusive concerts, giveaways, shooting mtvU series and more. For more information about mtvU, and for a complete programming schedule, visit www.mtvU.com.
In September 2005, mtvU became the first MTV Networks channel to also be distributed in its entirety online. The network is simulcast and available on demand at mtvU.com 24/7, featuring all of network’s on-air content plus exclusive new music, original series and student-produced programming for college students and music fans everywhere.
mtvU also owns and operates the College Media Network, the largest interactive network of online college newspapers in the US, and RateMyProfessors.com, the Internet’s largest listing of collegiate professor ratings. The College Media Network comprises over 510 campus publications that serve institutions including Brown University, the University of Illinois, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin and Duke University, with a combined enrollment of over 5.5 million students, reaching an average of 5 million unique users each month. RateMyProfessors.com reaches approximately 10 million college students each year, via the site’s more than 6.6 million student-generated ratings of over 1,000,000 college professors.
MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), is one of the world’s leading creators of programming and content across all media platforms. MTV Networks, with more than 120 channels worldwide, owns and operates the following television programming services– MTV: MUSIC TELEVISION, MTV2, VH1, mtvU, NICKELODEON, NICK at NITE, COMEDY CENTRAL, TV LAND, SPIKE TV, CMT, NOGGIN, VH1 CLASSIC, LOGO, MTVN INTERNATIONAL and THE DIGITAL SUITE FROM MTV NETWORKS, a package of 13 digital services, with all of these networks trademarks of MTV Networks. MTV Networks connects with its audiences through its robust consumer products businesses and its more than 100 interactive properties worldwide, including online, broadband, wireless and interactive television services and also has licensing agreements, joint ventures, and syndication deals whereby all of its programming services can be seen worldwide.
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Building a defensive unit that can stop the run is the primary objective of Coach Tovar's linebackers. Tovar discusses how the linebacker's approach to meetings and practice can set the tone for a good practice. Other goals outlined in this excellent lecture-style presentation include: creating a competitive environment in meeting rooms, earning your way through and having fun in practice. Fundamentals are categorized by stance, feet, hands, alignment, starting point and ending point, movements and drills. Topics also covered in this coaches clinic presentation are practice format, drill preparation and fundamentals. Game footage helps to visually reinforce the value of fundamentals in solid linebacker play.
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Circuitry for space probes, avionics and down-hole data logging must perform flawlessly under harsh conditions, including high vibration and extreme temperature changes.
Even a failure of a minor component can negatively impact—or stop—the performance of the entire device.
For instance, satellites have failed due to resistor malfunction.
From pharmaceutical to oil and petrochemical industries and more, process control applications rely in large part on the wellknown physical variables of temperature and pressure. To ensure that a chemical batch doesn’t exceed a certain setpoint, accuracy and reliability are key. Important components.
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Australia has four species of Quoll (Aboriginal for tiger cat)
- Spotted Tailed.
The spotted-tailed quoll is the worlds second largest carnivorous (meat eating) marsupial (The Tasmanian Devil is the largest)
The Spotted Tailed Quoll is sometimes referred to as a Tiger Quoll, or a Tiger cat
Quolls are generally the size of cats with the Spotted Tailed Quoll being the largest quoll
The Spotted tailed Quolls fur ranges orange brown to reddish brown to
dark chocolate brown to almost black, with white spots. Its underbelly is often is often cream to white
This species of Quoll is the only one in which the pattern of white spots on the body is continued into the tail. (The pattern is different on each animal)
Its face is made up of a moist pink nose, pointy ears, a thick snout and a mouth that can open wide to show a lot of sharp teeth
Males measuring up to 130 cm long and 4 kg in weight. Females are significantly smaller than males.
The long tail is not prehensile which means it is not used like a fifth leg or arm in climbing
LOCATION & HABITAT
Mainly found in Tasmania the spotted tailed quoll is also found in spots along the Eastern seaboard of the mainland (Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales)
Tiger quolls live in most types of forest so long as there is plenty of ground cover
The spotted quoll is a solitary, nocturnal animal, sheltering by day in burrows, tree holes, hollow logs or rock crevices,
Occasionally in cold weather it may sunbask or forage in daylight
They are very agile moving through the forest both up in the trees and on the forest floor
Primarily a predator, the Spotted Tailed Quoll is a hunter of other animals such as rats, birds, frogs, possums,
reptiles, insects, rabbits, mice etc
Spotted tailed quolls kill their prey by biting its victim behind the head
They also are scavengers (often seen at picnic spots and camping grounds) and they also eat dead animals (carrion)
21 days after mating (between April and July) the young are born. The first 6 to crawl into their mothers pouch (Quolls are Marsupials) and attach themselves to one of the 6 teats survive. At this stage they are hairless measure 1 gram and are around 7 mm in length
They will stay in the pouch for 7 weeks and then when furred will live in the grass lined den still suckling their mothers milk for a further 6 weeks. This allows the female to forage for food.
The next 6 weeks includes times outside the den learning to hunt, eat meat, fight etc until at around 18 weeks they will start their independent life
Life expectancy is around 6 years
Quolls are now an endangered species with the Spotted tailed quoll seriously threatened in its mainland habitats
The introduction of European foxes, feral cats & dogs, diseases and the destruction of their forest habitats has greatly reduced their numbers
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"Get thee up into this Mountain Abarim, unto Mount Nebo... and die in the mount whether thou goest up ... yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give to the Children of Israel" (Deut., 32 : 49-52).
These verses record that in obedience to the Divine Command Moses ascended to the top of Mount Nebo and from there he viewed the Land of Promise and thereafter he died at that spot and God buried him. But according to the Christian belief, God not only buried him but buried his sepulchre also. The words unto this day indicate that the writer of the account lived and wrote at a much later date.
The Jewish legend surrounds the death of Moses with mystery. It is asserted in the Jewish history called the Assumption of Moses that Michael came into conflict with Satan as to the disposal of the body of Moses. This legend is also referred to in the Epistles of Jude (Jude: 5-9). According to eastern Jewish legends when the Israelites murmured and talked of returning to Egypt, Yahweh in his wrath threatened to destroy them, and to make Moses and his clan (Mosa Kheo into a nation mightier and greater than they (Nu., 14 : 12). Yahweh decided that only Moses should with his posterity possess the promised land. Moses should have and did thenceforth disappear and went to that land, but the printed tradition alleged that he was surrounded by a cloud and he disappeared and God had taken him alive into heaven on account of his piety (Jewish Ency., Art. Moses, 9 : 53).
The first correct note was, however, struck by St. John Chrysostom. In a passage from Homily 26 in the Epistle to the Hebrews (Ch. 3), he wrote:
"But tell me, do not the bones of Moses himself lie in a far off land in the East. "
But, ignoring Jewish traditions and Christian beliefs, it is obvious that, if Kashmir was the Land of Promise, Moses must have visited the place and his tomb must be somewhere in Kashmir. There can be no possibility of any doubt if it is established that Moses did die in Kashmir.
The traditions of Kashmir, written and oral, assert that Moses did visit Kashmir and died there. Let me quote a few of the historians of Kashmir. Abdul Qadir bin Qaziul-Quzat Wazil Ali Khan, in his Hashmat-i-Kashmir, writes:
"Moses came to Kashmir and people believed in him. Subsequently they continued to believe in him, others did not. He died and was buried here. The people of Kashmir call his tomb the Shrine of the Prophet of the Book" (Hashmat-i-Kashmir, ETR.A. Society of Bengal. MS. 192).
In Tarikh-i-Azami the following passage occurs:
"And this Sang Bibi was also a renowned hermitess and excelled men in meditation and prayer. Near to her tomb is a place which is known as the sepulchre of Moses, the Prophet of God (may our salutations be on him), and people who know assert that many benefits are derived from that place" (Khwaja Muhammad Azam, Tarikh-i-Azami, 84).
In Guldasta-i-Kashmir it is recorded:
"Muslims call this land a replica of heaven on earth and also named it the Garden of Solomon. There are many shrines in the land. They say that Hazrat Sulaiman came here and that Hazrat Musa passed through and died in the land" (Pandit Har Gopal, Guldasta-i-Kahmir, 17).
Similar references are to be found in Wajeez-ut-Tawarikh (Wajeez-ut-Tawarikh, Vol. 1 : 28) and Tarikh-i-Hasan (Tarikh-i-Hasan, Vol. 3 : 74). Among European travellers and writers, Francis Bernier was the first to note this fact. In his fourth ground for the belief that Kashmiris were descendants of Israel, he said:
"The fourth ground is the belief that Moses died in this city of Kaschmire and that this took place within a league of it" (Bernier, Travels in India, 174).
George Moore, in his The Lost Tribes, says:
"Moses himself came amongst them to teach them the worship of one God" (George Moore, The Lost Tribes, 137).
Lt. -Col. HD Torrens writes:
"There is a belief too, that Moses died in the Capital of Kashmir and that he is buried near it" (Torrens, Lt.-Col., H.D., Travels in Ladakh, Tartary and Kashmir, 268).
Mrs. Harvey, citing Badi-ud-Din as her authority, states:
"According to one eminent authority Kashmir was inundated on account of the relapse of the inhabitants to idolatry, after having been taught the worship of One God by Moses, who died there and whose tomb is by some said to be still pointed out" (Mrs.Harvey, The Adventures of a Lady in Tartary, Thibet, China and Kashmir, Vol. 2: 154).
I personally went to the tomb of Moses. We had to go up on ponies from Aham Sharif, a place about eight miles from Behatpoor (Bandipur). One Ghafar Rishi is the custodian (Mutawalli) of the place, and he conducted us there. The tomb itself is in a quadrangular enclosure and in it there are three other covered tombs. One of them is of Sang Bibi, the hermitess, and the other two are of her disciples. All these three tombs, like Muslim graves, are in the north-south direction. The fourth is the tomb of Moses, which, like Jewish graves, is in the east-west direction.
The tomb of Moses has two trees on either side. They were planted about 400 years ago by Hazrat Makhdoom Shaikh Hamza of Kashmir who prayed there for forty days near the tomb of Prophet Moses. He said, it is recorded, that he could smell the aroma of prophethood from the tomb.
The tomb of Moses is on Nebu baal (Mount Nebu). From this place Behatpoor (Bandipur), Sin Betour (second Mount Sinai) are visible. Hashba, Pisgah and Maqam-i-Musa, the Place of Moses, are within a short distance from it.
Are these all mere coincidences?
There is considerable material in support of the tradition that Moses came to Kashmir and died there. Musa is a very popular name among the inhabitants of Kashmir and many places are also named after him. Thus there is Gund-i-Khalil or Gund-i-Musa in Awantipur. Sir Aurel Stein mentions Kohna-i-Musa near Shadipur (Stein, Sir Aurel, Rajatarangini, Vol. 1 : 70) and Rampur (Stein, Sir Aurel, The Ancient Geography of Kashmir, 166). There are four Maqam-i-Musa, the place of (rest) of Moses in Kashmir known to me and there may be many others. One is near Auth Wattu in Handwara Tehsil. This place is also known as Ayat Maula, the Sign of God. Moses came to the valley from this direction and prayed at this spot for forty days. The second is at the junction of the two rivers Jhelum and Sindh near Shadipur. It is sometimes known as Kohna-i-Musa and Stein mentions it by this name. The third is at Pisgah and the fourth is near Bandipur.
There is Sang-i-Musa - the stone of Moses - at Bijbehara. It is locally known as Ka Ka Pal - the stone of Ka Ka. The Ladakhis call Moses Ka Ka. The Pathans call an elderly or saintly person Ka Ka.
This stone of Moses is also mentioned in Rajatarangini. It weighs about 110 pounds. There is a tradition about this stone which I tested myself. We were told that if eleven people sat round it and put one finger each beneath this stone and called out Ka Ka, Ka Ka, the stone would lift itself from the ground. I was accompanied by four other friends (Dr. Wazir Ahmad Quraishi, Health Officer, Srinagar, Mr. Amar Nath Mehta of Mohatta & Co., Srinagar, Mr. Abdul Aziz Shora, Editor of the Weekly Roushni, Srinagar and Mr. Muhammad Tufail of the High Court, Lahore) and we collected six local people and tried the experiment in the manner indicated. The stone rose to a height of about four feet from the ground and we did not feel its weight at all. We tried it with ten and then with twelve persons. The stone did not move. We tried again with eleven and it kept on rising so long as we all were shouting Ka Ka, Ka Ka. This time we carried it shoulder high when one of us began to laugh and the stone fell to the ground. On questioning the significance of eleven persons we were told that out of twelve tribes of Israel one (Levi) had been disinherited. (It is very significant that even illiterate Kashmiris can name the disinherited tribe, which they call Lavi.) The remaining eleven tribes must be symbolically represented before the stone of Moses would move itself.
Truth is stranger than fiction. Anyone doubting this statement can test it for himself.
If we turn to the Holy Quran we can find material for maintaining that Moses did come to Kashmir. To begin with, Israelites are assured that they will live in the Land of Promise after they had been persecuted (The Holy Quran 7 : 137). Consequently, the Israelites had to enter the Land of Promise after their captivity and subsequent release.
The meeting of Moses with Khwaja Khizr is an incident which lends support to the fact that Moses did come to Kashmir. We are told that Moses with his servant reached the junction of the two rivers (Ibid., 18 : 60). The phrase, Majma-ul-Bahrain, does not indicate merely a junction of two rivers, but it really signifies the fact that the two rivers must lose their identity as if they had fallen into the sea. The junction of the rivers Jhelum and Sindh (it must not be confused with the Indus) is at Shadipur and after a few miles they fall into Wullar Lake. At this junction, and in midstream, is a rock on which a platform has been made. It is known as Magam-i-Musa, the resting place of Moses, and sometimes it is called Kohna-i-Musa, the corner-stone of Moses. Thus Moses with his companion came upon this junction and "they took refuge on the rock'' (Ibid., 18 : 63). And it is from this place that they retraced their steps (Ibid., 18 : 64).
On this return journey Moses meets a person, not named in the Book, upon whom God had bestowed mercy and taught him of His knowledge (Ibid., 18 : 65). Commentators agree that this person was Khwaja Khizr. Moses asked permission to follow him:
"So they went (their way) until when they embarked in the boat, he made a hole in it. (Moses) said: Have you made a hole in it to drown its inmates? Certainly you have done a grievous thing" (Ibid., 18 : 71).
The Holy Quran then mentions the reason for this extraordinary conduct of Khwaja Khizr:
"As for the boat, it belonged to (some) poor men who worked on the river and I wished that I should damage it, and there was behind them a king who seized every boat by force" (Ibid., 18 : 79).
Nalsain (Wilson, H.H., Hiscout, Ancient History of Kashmir, 81), King of Kashmir, according to the calculations of Wilson, was a contemporary of Moses. He was a wicked and cruel king. During his reign Kashmir was invaded and there was also a rebellion in the land. Nalsain took forcible possession of all the good boats so that he might cut off the means of communication of his enemies. This is a fact of history and Khwaja Khizr was made aware of the evil intention of Nalsain.
It only remains for me to point out that Khizr, like Moses, is a very popular name among Kashmiris and Khwaja, meaning Master, is prefixed to the names of respectable Kashmiris.
It would not be without interest to mention that the circumstances alleged to have happened at the supposed ascension of Jesus were also said to have taken place when Moses is supposed to have died. Josephus records that Moses took leave of his people and went to Mount Nebu, "when a cloud suddenly stood over him and he disappeared'' (Josephus, Antiquities, 4 : 8, 48). Later on a belief was set up that Moses did not die but had in fact been taken up to heaven like Elijah (Jewish Ency., Art. Moses). But here again, as in the case of Jesus, the Holy Prophet disclosed the real truth. He said: "When Moses' death approached he prayed to God to be permitted to see the Promised land." This prayer was granted. Hazrat Abu Hurairah goes on to report that the Holy Prophet added: "He (Moses) died there. If I were there I could have pointed out to you his tomb on the path of a rugged hill'' (Bukhari, Vol. 2, 16). | <urn:uuid:29a5b49a-843b-4537-a639-40a41a66f9d1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.aaiil.org/text/books/others/khwajanazirahmad/jesusinheavenonearth/ch19tombmoses.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00026-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974107 | 2,991 | 2.75 | 3 |
Below are 18 poignant moments at Jewish Family Service from 2012. Enjoy and Happy New Year!
1. The Challenges Refugees Face in High School
High school is hard enough when you’re an American student, but what is it like when you are a refugee? Not only do refugee students have all the same challenges that Americans have – making friends, fitting in, keeping up in school, peer pressure, etc., but they have a whole other set of challenges to deal with as newcomers to this country. Our International KidSuccess therapists conduct quarterly cultural trainings for teachers and other school staff members to educate them about some of the specific challenges that students from certain countries experience and how best to work with these students. In this blog post, several students share their stories, which was very enlightening for the educators.
2. Finding Ability in Disability at Jewish Disabilities Awareness Day February 12!
Jewish Disabilities Awareness Day is the cornerstone of the metro Denver Jewish community’s celebration of the national Jewish Disability Awareness Month, promoting understanding and inclusion in community life for Jewish people with disabilities. Rachel Simon, an award-winning author, and Leonard E. Barrett, a member of PHAMALY (Physically Handicapped Actors & Musical Artists League), were featured at the fourth annual Jewish Disabilities Awareness Day on Sunday, February 12. Check out this year's Jewish Disabilities Awareness Day event on January 27, 2013 featuring Denver's own Tricia Downing.
3. Guest Blog by Evan Silverman: The Chain Reaction of Good
Evan Silverman has been a JFS volunteer since 2008. We first introduced you to Evan in a former blog post and he has been featured in two of our print newsletters. He is a great advocate and friend of JFS who wants to share his perspective about “the chain reaction of good” and other key ideas that have guided him along his journey in life. Whenever Evan writes a blog post for JFS, we get more comments than ever. What a popular guy!!
4. El Teatro Performs at JFS!
In February, Greeley’s El Teatro (a multilingual theater company) performed "OUR STORIES," a multilingual play written and performed by Greeley refugee and immigrant high school students, at JFS. The theater group was touring Denver and as part of our International KidSuccess program, we invited educators and supporters of refugee services to this performance.
5. SHALOM Denver in the News!
We had quite an eventful week in March 2012! While there are always exciting things happening in our agency on a daily basis, this post talks about a SHALOM Denver news story, BBYO Hunger Games screening event, and a farewell to one of our long-time coworkers, Amy Wood.
6. Chag Sameach Pesach (Happy Passover)!
Through the Community Passover Program, Jewish Family Service and the Synagogue Council of Greater Denver provide families in need with all the kosher-for-Passover items they need to prepare a Seder. We start the process of getting things ready for this program many months in advance, including collecting food and monetary donations from the community.
7. Spotlight on Citizenship Volunteer
In May, we highlighted a very special volunteer in our citizenship department, Marilyn Amer. She has been a dedicated volunteer for more than 10 years who helps teach citizenship classes every week no matter what the weather or circumstances.
8. May is Off to a Great Start for JFS!
In this post, we talked about another big week at JFS and SHALOM Denver, including grants from Rose Youth Foundation, the success of the JFS Executive Luncheon featuring Christopher Gardner, and a fundraiser for the Weinberg Food Pantry and Lone Soldier called “Food Fight 4 A-WEAR-NESS that Temple Sinai eighth graders held.
9. Top 10 Reasons to Attend Celebrate JFS on June 25
In our blog, we gave people 10 reasons to attend Celebrate JFS (aka Jewish Family Service's annual meeting) at the Palazzo Verdi, including meeting the new board members, honor the volunteers of the year, and to commemorate JFS's 140th anniversary and learn more about the agency's history.
10. Happy 4th of July!
At the end of June, we asked some of our staff members what Independence Day means to them, how they are spending it, or what independence means to their clients.
11. Behind the Scenes with Para-chaplains
Did you know that volunteer para-chaplains lead holiday services in more than 25 nursing homes, retirement communities, and assisted living centers in the Denver area for Shabbat, High Holy Days, Hanukkah, and Passover? These services help bring the holidays to life for hundreds of isolated members of the Jewish community who otherwise may not be able to celebrate. This year, our volunteer para-chaplains and staff are revising the service booklets for each holiday celebration.
12. The Big Reveal!
At the end of August, we hosted a cocktail reception to celebrate Elaine and Max Appels' incredible generosity in supporting the vulnerable in our community. About 40 guests came to watch the big reveal of the new sign that bears the couple's name in the atrium at Jewish Family Service and to thank Elaine and Max for supporting JFS.
13. To a Sweet New Year!
In September, we helped isolated members of our community celebrate the High Holy Days. The shofar sounded, apples were dipped into honey, and heartfelt prayers were recited at more than 30 long-term care facilities, assisted living centers, retirement communities, mental health centers, and correctional institutions in metro Denver and Boulder. Our volunteer para-chaplains and Rabbi Eliot Baskin, Jewish community chaplain, led High Holy Day services for residents of these facilities.
14. Guest Blog Post by Lynn Rubenstein: JDN Brings Sukkot to the JFS Group Home Residents
In the course of planning social activities for the Jewish Disabilities Network (JDN), we were trying to include celebrations for the JFS Group Home. We put together a calendar of events for each holiday and soon learned that the Group Home did not have a sukkah (a temporary dwelling) to celebrate Sukkot. We decided that it was very important for the residents to have a sukkah of their own.
15. Thanks for Putting the GIVING in Thanksgiving!
Thanks to the generosity of many organizations and individual donors, more than 225 families (representing nearly 700 individuals) who otherwise would not have had a Thanksgiving meal received the ingredients for a complete feast with turkey and all the trimmings from the Weinberg Food Pantry. Thank you again to Justin and Cari Levy for starting the Dorinda Levy Thanksgiving Fund, in memory of Justin’s mother. Because of this new fund, more than $6,000 in additional cash donations we received from other individuals, and extra food donations, we were able to serve nearly twice the number of families this year!
16. Walgreens Helps JFS Clients Arm Themselves Against the Flu!
Thanks to our local Walgreens on Hampden Avenue, 30 less people in Denver will be getting the flu this season! In November, Walgreens provided complimentary flu vaccine shots to our clients and staff as a community service. Some of our clients had never received a flu shot before and were very grateful for this opportunity.
17. Reel Hope 2012 Was a Great Success!
Thank you to everyone who attended Reel Hope on December 10, 2012. More than 500 attendees celebrated with honorees Elaine and Max Appel and Betsy Mordecai Heyman and Gareth Heyman and enjoyed a screening of the yet-to-be-released historical drama Emperor. We were privileged to have the producer, Gary Foster, introduce the film.
18. JFS Thanks You for Making the Holidays Bright!
In December, many generous individuals, organizations, and corporations collected holiday gifts for JFS clients. Through our Bright Holidays program, 533 individuals received hand-picked gifts such as clothing, toys, electronics, sports equipment, and other items on their wish lists.
Wishing everyone peace, love, and happiness in 2013 from Jewish Family Service!
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November jobs report: 146,000 jobs added, jobless rate drops to 7.7%, workforce declines again
posted at 8:36 am on December 7, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
The US got a better November than some had expected in the job markets — but only in the top line numbers. The economy added 146,000 jobs, better than expected if still a status quo result, and the jobless rate declined to 7.7%. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that Hurricane Sandy ended up having little impact on employment over the month. However, the work force declined again and drifted back to generational-low numbers:
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 146,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in retail trade, professional and business services, and health care.
Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the Northeast coast on October 29th, causing severe damage in some states. Nevertheless, our survey response rates in the affected |states were within normal ranges. Our analysis suggests that Hurricane Sandy did not substantively impact the national employment and unemployment estimates for November.
The unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent in November. The number of unemployed persons, at 12.0 million, changed little. (See table A-1.)
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.2 percent), adult women (7.0 percent), teenagers (23.5 percent), whites (6.8 percent), and Hispanics (10.0 percent) showed little or no change in November. The unemployment rate for blacks (13.2 percent) declined over the month. The jobless rate for Asians was 6.4 percent (not seasonally adjusted), little changed from a year earlier. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
The U-6 figure also dropped by two-tenths of a point to 14.4%, its lowest level all year. However, the seasonally-adjusted labor force dropped by 350,000, and the civilian labor force participation rate also dropped two-tenths of a point to 63.6%, almost at the 31-year low hit in August. The employment-population ratio dropped by one-tenth of a percent to 58.7%.
In other words, America isn’t going back to work. Americans are still dropping out of the work force.
Update: The topline number comes from the Establishment Survey, but the Population Survey shows a loss of 122,000 jobs, seasonally adjusted, from October (143,384K to 143,262K).
Update: CNBC’s Jeff Cox is pretty excited by these results:
The U.S. economy created 146,000 new jobs and the unemployment rate slid to 7.7 percent, in a report much better than economists had expected.
Despite the effects from Superstorm Sandy, the jobs engine continued to run, albeit slowly.
But Cox notes the “puzzling contradictions”:
The report had some puzzling contradictions, particularly in its assertion that Sandy “did not substantively impact” the jobs count for November.
Also, the drop in the unemployment rate appeared to reflect a continued exodus of workers from the labor force.
The labor force participation rate, already around 30-year lows, fell further in the month to 63.6 percent.
I’d say that the problems between the two surveys continue to be reflected in the topline numbers. The bottom line is that a smaller percentage of working-age Americans have jobs and are participating in the workforce, and that’s a big, big problem as we head into the Christmas retail season and the fiscal cliff that will come afterward.
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A series to help you have your most creative year yet. January- my mind whirls with ideas for this fresh new year, but it’s not time to jump into these creative projects just yet. Each year I start out thinking of the grand plans ahead, but many times I leap too fast into all of them at once. Churning away, trying to DO too much without taking time to lay the groundwork for success.
Not this year though! This year Maggy of Red Ted Art, and I, are hosting Planting Creative Seeds.
Planting Creative Seeds
Planting Creative seeds is about taking the time to prepare the ground for creative growth. Just as the ground must rest in winters so that summer plants will thrive, we are taking this time to allow creative seeds to germinate. Creativity cannot bloom unless we take time in our lives to rest, to plan, organize and gather inspiration.
Over the next three weeks that’s just what we’ll be doing. Each week we’ll write posts and host a link-up about the topic at hand, and invite bloggers to submit their best ideas for adding creativity to your life.
- Planning and Journaling. We’re thinking about where we are right now, setting our intentions for the coming months.
- Week Two is ORGANIZE. We’ll learn about setting up spaces for creating
- Week Three is MAKE. We’ll be about collecting inspiration for ideas we’d like to try.
Visit the Creativity Resources Page to find all of these links in one place, as well as other goodies.
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- We advise you to reconsider your need to travel to Eritrea at this time due to the restrictions on travel within Eritrea imposed by local authorities and the risk of sudden instability and violence. Conflict in neighbouring countries could spill over into Eritrea.
- If you do decide to travel to Eritrea, you should exercise extreme caution. You should avoid all demonstrations and protests as they may turn violent and closely monitor media for information on events and developments that may affect your security and safety.
- We strongly advise you not to travel to all border regions due to ongoing conflict and instability between Eritrea and the neighbouring countries of Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti.
- All foreign nationals, including Australian consular officials, must obtain permits to travel out of the capital, Asmara. See Local Travel for more information. If you do travel outside of Asmara and encounter difficulties, the ability of the Australian Government to provide consular services, including emergency assistance, may be limited.
- Australia does not have an Embassy or Consulate in Eritrea. The Australian Embassy in Cairo provides consular assistance to Australians in Eritrea. There have been recent incidents where the Eritrean authorities have refused consular access to detained foreign nationals. Travellers should be aware that the Australian government may not be able to provide timely consular assistance in case of detention.
- Given the dangerous security situation in Eritrea, we strongly recommend that you register your travel and contact details, so we can contact you in an emergency.
- Be a smart traveller. Before heading overseas:
Entry and exit
Visa and other entry and exit conditions (such as currency, customs and quarantine regulations) change regularly. Contact the nearest Embassy or Consulate of Eritrea for the most up-to-date information.
Exit permits are required to leave Eritrea. Obtaining these permits can be time consuming, can delay travel plans or can even be denied in some circumstances. The Australian Government cannot influence the Eritrean Immigration Department to issue exit permits if problems are encountered.
Foreign nationals must pay a departure tax unless they hold a valid Eritrean resident permit. Payment is required in US dollars. You should seek advice from local authorities about the cost of the departure tax as the amount may change.
A valid Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate is required if arriving in Eritrea from an area where Yellow Fever is present.
Make sure your passport has at least six months validity from your planned date of return to Australia. You should carry copies of a recent passport photo with you in case you need a replacement passport while overseas.
Safety and Security
Terrorism is a threat throughout the world. You can find more information about this threat in our General Advice to Australian Travellers.
In planning your activities, consider the kind of places known to be terrorist targets and the level of security provided. Possible targets include government and military interests, clubs, restaurants, bars, schools, places of worship, outdoor recreation events, markets, public transport and tourist areas. Airports and aircraft are also possible targets.
Civil unrest/political tension
We advise you to reconsider your need to travel to Eritrea at this time due to the restrictions imposed by local authorities on moving around the country and the risk of sudden instability and violence.
On 23 December 2009 the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution imposing sanctions against Eritrea in response to the ongoing border dispute with Djibouti, as well as Eritrea’s support to armed groups in Somalia. Anti-sanctions protests have occurred in Eritrea. You should avoid all demonstrations and protests as they may turn violent and closely monitor media for information on events and developments that may affect your security and safety.
Fighting in Somalia since December 2006 has involved a number of countries in the region and has heightened the risks that active terrorist groups pose to neighbouring countries. The continuation of the conflict has contributed to a decline in regional stability and sharpened tensions between Eritrea and some of its neighbours, including Ethiopia. Conflict in neighbouring countries could spill over into Eritrea.
Border with Ethiopia: We strongly advise you not to travel to the disputed border area between Eritrea and Ethiopia, including the town of Barentu, because of the extremely dangerous security situation, the risk of violence, bomb attacks, the presence of landmines and risk of kidnapping. In March 2012, Ethiopian military forces conducted operations inside Eritrea. They advanced into Eritrea before withdrawing back across the border.
For more information about kidnapping, see our Kidnapping Threat travel bulletin.
The Australian Government's longstanding policy is that it does not make payments or concessions to kidnappers. The Australian Government considers that paying a ransom increases the risk of further kidnappings, including of other Australians. If you do decide to travel to an area where there is a particular threat of kidnapping, you should ensure you have personal security measures in place, seek professional security advice and take out kidnapping insurance.
A peace agreement signed between Eritrea and Ethiopia in 2000 is yet to be fully implemented and the border is heavily militarised and remains closed. Political tensions remain high and both sides are on heightened alert. Hostilities could escalate further at any time. There are no direct flights between the two countries. See also our travel advice for Ethiopia.
Border with Sudan: We strongly advise you not to travel to the regions bordering Sudan, including the town of Teseney, because of the dangerous security situation. There is a high risk of banditry and insurgent activity, including bomb attacks. You should not attempt to cross the disputed border with Sudan as all checkpoints remain closed. See also our travel advice for Sudan.
Border with Djibouti: We strongly advise you not to travel to the border with Djibouti, including the port of Assab. There were military clashes between Eritrea and Djibouti in June 2008 and further conflict is possible. You should monitor local information sources for up-to-date reports.
Street crime is rare but does occur in cities and towns, including the capital, Asmara. There are reports of an increase in the incidence of crime.
Banditry is common near the Djibouti border and along the coast north of Massawa and on some rural roads. In October 2009, a local employee and two local contractors working for an Australian mining company were killed when their vehicle was attacked north of Keren.
Money and Valuables
The economy in Eritrea is cash-based and there are no ATMs. Consult with your bank to find out the most appropriate currency to carry. Credit cards are not accepted in Eritrea, except for a limited number of hotels.
You must declare all foreign currency brought into Eritrea. While there is no limit on the amount that can be brought in, you may be asked to prove that you have the funds declared. On departure, you must prove that any missing foreign currency was exchanged at a branch of the state foreign currency exchange, Himbol. Failure to comply can result in prosecution.
It is illegal to exchange money anywhere other than at a Himbol branch. Some officially recognised hotels may accept foreign currency but otherwise it is illegal to use hard foreign currency in Eritrea. You should check with your hotel before travelling to determine what the best way to pay is.
Make two photocopies of valuables such as your passport, tickets, visas and travellers' cheques. Keep one copy with you in a separate place to the original and leave another copy with someone at home.
While travelling, don't carry too much cash and remember that expensive watches, jewellery and cameras may be tempting targets for thieves.
As a sensible precaution against luggage tampering, including theft, lock your luggage. Information on luggage safety is available from Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority.
Your passport is a valuable document that is attractive to criminals who may try to use your identity to commit crimes. It should always be kept in a safe place. You are required by Australian law to report a lost or stolen passport. If your passport is lost or stolen overseas, report it online or contact the nearest Australian Embassy, High Commission or Consulate as soon as possible.
You are required to pay an additional fee to have a lost or stolen passport replaced. In some cases, the Government may also restrict the length of validity or type of replacement passports.
Travel permits: We advise you to reconsider your need to travel to Eritrea due to travel restrictions imposed by local authorities. All foreign nationals are required to obtain permits to travel out of Asmara. Foreign nationals residing or working outside of Asmara also need a travel permit to go outside their normal area of work or residence. Applications are processed by the Department of Protocol in Asmara and Zonal Administration Offices (for foreign nationals living/working outside of Asmara). Australians should take these requirements into consideration when making travel plans as there may be delays in the issue of permits. Australian consular officials must apply for a permit to travel outside of Asmara ten days in advance of travelling. There is high likelihood the applications for travel will be refused. If you do receive permission to travel outside of Asmara and encounter difficulties, the ability of the Australian Government to provide consular services, including emergency assistance, may be severely limited. There have been incidents in 2011 where the Eritrean authorities have refused consular access to detained foreign nationals.
Heavy pedestrian and bicycle traffic and livestock pose hazards when driving.
Driving on main roads outside of border areas is generally safe, but rural roads and off-road driving can be dangerous. Avoid travel after dark in rural areas. There are paved roads between the cities of Asmara, Massawa, Mendefera, Dekemhare, Baretun and Keren. Roads leading to smaller villages are unsealed. The standard of road maintenance in mountainous regions and through the escarpment may not be comparable to that in Australia. Narrow winding roads with crumbling edges often do not have safety barriers. For further advice, see our road travel page.
Public transport, particularly buses, is often overcrowded.
There are extensive unmarked minefields in Eritrea, particularly near the border with Ethiopia. Walking and hiking in rural areas can be dangerous.
Landline and mobile telephone communications are often unreliable and may only work for limited periods. Australian travellers should contact their telecommunication providers to check about international roaming.
Piracy: There is a high risk of piracy in the coastal areas of Eritrea. There have been attacks by pirates against all forms of shipping in and around Eritrea's waters and the Gulf of Aden. Pirates have been using mother ships to attack shipping further than 1,000 nautical miles (1,850km) from the coast of Somalia. All forms of shipping are attractive targets for Somali pirates, including commercial vessels, yachts and luxury cruise liners. We strongly advise Australians to maintain a high level of vigilance and to exercise extreme caution when anywhere near these waters.
Please refer to our air travel page for information about aviation safety and security.
When you are in Eritrea, be aware that local laws and penalties, including ones that appear harsh by Australian standards, do apply to you. If you are arrested or jailed, the Australian Government will do what it can to help you but we can't get you out of trouble or out of jail.
Information on what Australian consular officers can and cannot do to help Australians in trouble overseas is available from the Consular Services Charter. There have been recent incidents where the Eritrean authorities have refused consular access to detained foreign nationals. Travellers should be aware that the Australian government may not be able to provide timely consular assistance in case of detention.
Penalties for drug offences are severe and include long prison sentences.
Homosexual acts are illegal.
Serious crimes may attract the death penalty. Serious crimes may also attract corporal punishment.
Taking photographs of government buildings and military installations is not allowed.
It is illegal to exchange money anywhere other than at a Himbol branch. It is also illegal to use hard foreign currency in Eritrea.
Some Australian criminal laws, such as those relating to money laundering, bribery of foreign public officials, terrorism, child pornography, and child sex tourism, apply to Australians overseas. Australians who commit these offences while overseas may be prosecuted in Australia.
Australian authorities are committed to combating sexual exploitation of children by Australians overseas. Australians may be prosecuted at home under Australian child sex tourism and child pornography laws. These laws provide severe penalties of up to 25 years imprisonment for Australians who engage in child sexual exploitation while outside of Australia.
There are strict standards of dress and behaviour in Eritrea and you should take care not to offend. If in doubt, seek local advice.
Information for dual nationals
Eritrea does not recognise dual nationality. This may limit the ability of the Australian Government to provide consular assistance to Australian/Eritrean dual nationals who are arrested or detained.
Australian males who hold Eritrean citizenship may be required to undertake military service upon their return to Eritrea. Prior to travel, Eritrean/Australian dual nationals should seek advice from the nearest Embassy or Consulate of Eritrea.
Our Dual Nationals page provides further information for dual nationals.
We strongly recommend that you take out comprehensive travel insurance that will cover any overseas medical costs, before you depart. Confirm that your insurance covers you for the whole time you'll be away and check what circumstances and activities are not included in your policy. Remember, regardless of how healthy and fit you are, if you can't afford travel insurance, you can't afford to travel.
Your doctor or travel clinic is the best source of information about preventive measures, immunisations (including booster doses of childhood vaccinations) and disease outbreaks overseas. The World Health Organization (WHO) provides information for travellers and our Travelling Well page also provides useful tips for travelling with medicines and staying healthy while travelling overseas.
Medical facilities in Eritrea are extremely limited, particularly outside Asmara. Medicines are often unavailable and can be extremely expensive. You should carry a comprehensive medical pack if you travel away from large towns. In the event of a serious illness or accident, medical evacuation (at considerable expense) to a destination with appropriate facilities would be necessary.
It may take some time to adjust to the high altitude and low oxygen levels of Asmara and surrounds. If you suffer from heart ailments or high blood pressure, it is recommended you seek medical advice prior to travelling to this area.
Malaria occurs widely and throughout the year in Eritrea. Other insect-borne diseases (including dengue fever and filariasis) are also a risk to travellers. We encourage you to take prophylaxis against malaria, take measures to avoid insect bites including using insect repellent at all times, wearing long, light-coloured clothing and ensure your accommodation is mosquito proof.
Water-borne, food-borne and other infectious diseases (including HIV/AIDS, cholera, hepatitis, schistosomiasis, meningococcal disease and tuberculosis) are prevalent with more serious outbreaks occurring from time to time. We encourage you to consider having vaccinations before travelling. We advise you to boil all drinking water or drink bottled water, avoid ice cubes and raw and undercooked food. Seek medical advice if you have a fever or are suffering from diarrhoea.
Where to get help
Eritrean authorities have not always informed the relevant embassy when foreign nationals need consular assistance. You should include this in your considerations before travelling. Travellers should be aware that the Australian government may not be able to provide timely consular assistance in case of detention.
Australia does not have an Embassy or Consulate in Eritrea. You can obtain consular assistance from the Australian Embassy in Cairo:
Embassy address and contact details:
Australian Embassy, Cairo
11th floor, World Trade Centre
1191 Corniche el Nil
Telephone: (20 2) 2770 6600
Facsimile: (20 2) 2770 6650
If you are travelling to Eritrea, whatever the reason and however long you'll be there, we encourage you to register with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. You can register online or in person at any Australian Embassy, High Commission or Consulate. The information you provide will help us to contact you in an emergency - whether it is a natural disaster, civil disturbance or a family issue.
In a consular emergency if you are unable to contact the above mission, you can contact the 24-hour Consular Emergency Centre on +61 2 6261 3305 or 1300 555 135 within Australia.
In Australia, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra may be contacted on (02) 6261 3305.
Natural Disasters, Severe Weather and Climate
Eritrea is in an active volcanic and earthquake zone. A major volcanic eruption in June 2011 led to the closure of Eritrean airspace for an extended period. Information on natural disasters can be obtained from the Humanitarian Early Warning Service. If a natural disaster occurs, follow the advice of local authorities.
The rainy season runs from June to September. Unpaved roads in the western lowlands may become impassable.
Australians are advised to respect wildlife laws and to maintain a safe and legal distance when observing wildlife, including marine animals and birds. You should only use reputable and professional guides or tour operators and closely follow park regulations and wardens' advice.
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Physical education has made some improvements in recent years, but not enough. (Photo: Vicky Kasala)
Physical education is not exactly a high priority in many U.S. schools.
Only six states require physical education for K-12 students and just two states mandate the appropriate amount of physical education instruction for middle school kids.
Recess time is also taking a hit. Only nine states require recess in public schools. According to Rhonda Clements, president for the American Association of the Child's Right to Play, "an estimated 40 percent of U.S. school districts either have eliminated recess or are considering eliminating it."
Budget cuts are often responsible for a decline in physical education courses and recess time is typically dropped so more time can be spent on the curriculum.
With childhood obesity rates on the rise—they've nearly tripled in three decades—something's got to give.
The National Association for Sport and Physical Education's Shape of the Nation reportoffers several suggestions for school districts on how to improve the quality of students' physical education. They recommend:
A comprehensive school physical activity program: This includes health education, elementary school recess, after-school physical activity clubs and intramurals, high school interscholastic athletics, walk/bike to school programs, and staff wellness programs.
Recess in schools: Play is an essential element of children’s physical and social development. Children learn how to make decisions, cooperate, compete constructively, assume leader/follower roles, and resolve conflicts by
interacting in play.
Adequate time for phys. ed.: Adequate time (i.e., 150 minutes per week for elementary school students; 225 minutes per week for middle and high school students) is provided for physical education at every grade, K-12.
No substitutions: Other courses and activities that include physical activity should not be substituted for instructional physical education.
Do you think recess and physical education should be more of a priority in schools? Share your thoughts in comments.
Jenny is the Education Editor at TakePart. She has been writing for TakePart since 2009 and previously worked in film and television development. She has taught English in Vietnam and tutors homeless children in Los Angeles.Email Jenny | @jennyinglee | TakePart.com | <urn:uuid:dea6cbc5-d56e-47a3-bac5-4da6919f12f4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/11/21/state-physical-education-america | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00053-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951917 | 473 | 3.125 | 3 |
They were small in numbers, but large in spirit. As the scent of popcorn and cotton candy permeated the air near the UniverSoul Circus, now performing in Roy Wilkins Park in Jamaica, a handful of members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals held signs and handed out literature about what they consider the inhumane treatment of circus animals.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has repeatedly cited UniverSoul animal exhibitors for failure to provide veterinary care, medical records and adequate space, according to the animal rights group. PETA also has video evidence of what it considers the mistreatment of UniverSoul elephants.
The “undercover footage” allegedly shows one of the circus’ exhibitors — Tim Frisco of the Carson & Barnes Circus — “viciously attacking elephants with a bullhook until they scream in pain.” On the tape he can be heard saying to other elephant trainers, “Sink the hook into them,” “Hurt ’em,” and “Make them scream.”
“I think it’s particularly horrifying what the elephants have to go through,” said PETA member Jessica Hollander of Ridgewood. “It’s just an endless atrocity. I know how sensitive and intelligent they are, so personally for me, that’s an extra sensitive subject.”
Lester Muse, who has been working as a local coordinator for UniverSoul for the last seven years, said in the time he has been with the show, he has never witnessed staffers abusing the animals.
“I have never seen any kind of cruelty, and I have been in the back where they handle them and prep them before they come out,” Muse said. “I’ve never seen them being mistreated. The animals are eating good. They are being washed down every night and I have never seen anything negative happen.”
Ashley Byrne, a senior campaigner with PETA who led the protest, said that circuses often take great care not to abuse their animals publicly.“Circuses will also do things to cover up the wounds that they inflict on elephants,” she said. “There is a gray dust that they’ll use to cover the wounds. You absolutely cannot get an animal like an elephant to perform these confusing, painful tricks without terrorizing them.”
Some of the circus patrons seemed intrigued by the PETA demonstration and stopped to take a closer look at the signs the protesters were holding. They had posters saying “UniverSoul Abuses Animals” and “Boycott the Circus.”
One placard reading “Elephants Never Forget” had a photo of a pachyderm being retrained by ropes. It is an image PETA prominently displays on its website, and the group contends it is proof that the trainers at Ringling Bros. & Barnum and Bailey Circus also abuse their animals, something the company denies.
One UniverSoul customer who was attending the show with her two young children, but did not give her name, said that if she saw proof of animal cruelty she would be less inclined to return.
However, for Angie Williams of Brooklyn, going to the circus is all about seeing exotic creatures. “You want to see animals,” she said. “You want to smell the elephants. When you go to a circus, you expect that.” When asked if viewing footage of the alleged circus cruelty would deter her from returning, she said “it might.”
Byrne said the protests often convince spectators to patronize animal-free circuses. She said most are “shocked” by the images and footage of cruelty and “some even start crying.”“We actually had people tear up their tickets at Ringling Brothers last week and leave,” Byrne said.
PETA member Darlene Ghents of Long Island said that she feels so strongly about animal rights, her family was a little worried when she told them she would be participating in the protest.
“My mother was like, ‘I don’t want to see you on the news trying to ride home on an elephant,’” she recalled with a laugh. “I told her if I see one being abused I just might try to do that.”
About halfway through the hour-long demonstration, police asked Byrne if she had a permit. She informed them that when she had spoken to the NYPD prior to the event she was told that she did not need one since the protest was so small. Nevertheless, the cops asked the PETA members to move away from the UniverSoul front entrance and stand outside the front gate of the park, which they did.
“Obviously, UniverSoul does not like us being here,” Byrne said.
But the move didn’t dampen their spirits and they continued to wave their signs at passing motorists.
“Animals should not be used for our entertainment,” said PETA member Emily McCoy of Manhattan, formerly of Astoria. “There are no conditions which would make it acceptable. The reason that they are performing is out of fear.”
In 2010, City Councilwoman Rosie Mendez (D-Manhattan) introduced legislation that would ban the use of exotic animals for public entertainment. The bill, which has been refered to the Health Committee, is supported by PETA as well as two Queens lawmakers — City Councilwoman Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills) and City Councilman Danny Dromm (D-Jackson Heights).
“The elephants, tigers and other animals used by UniverSoul have been beaten and deprived of their precious freedom for a lifetime of cheap tricks,” PETA Director Delcianna Winders said in a statement. “We’re telling parents that if their kids love animals, the last place that they should go is the circus.” | <urn:uuid:5e66e0bf-47ef-44d0-84d3-d27b8945fbb8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.qchron.com/editions/eastern/peta-pickets-circus-claiming-animal-abuse/article_28008bfc-a3a3-5ff2-8b3c-621058e12b02.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977007 | 1,258 | 2 | 2 |
The practice of medicine is always seeking improvements. From leeches to laparoscopic surgeries, the medical field is dynamic and progressive by nature. Standards of care are never stagnant, they move forward with the times.
Likewise, the delivery of care has changed. There was a time when healthcare was delivered by traveling physicians. Doctors would make house calls as required and as emergencies developed. In recent years, patients bring themselves to the doctor’s office to receive care. In neither of these scenarios are patients receiving care when it is needed most.
To move to the next level, we must provide access to care where it’s really needed. Accidents and illnesses aren’t isolated to hospitals — or patient’s homes. Care is often needed most at times when patients are out and about, living their lives. That’s why technology that can remove geographic barriers is so important. Smart networks, mobile, and cloud solutions now provide access to care without boundaries, improving patients’ outcomes and increasing efficiencies in how the care is delivered.
This access is not just a matter of where, it’s a matter of when. We can provide access to care when it’s really needed. We need to start even before patients are ill. Elderly folks who are living alone may be managing just fine, but that can change in an instant should they trip and fall. A patient may have recently been diagnosed with an illness, or they may need to transition out of care and keep in contact back with care managers.
That’s the idea of mobile health (mHealth) — providing just the right level of care to the patient at just the right time.
Here are some examples of how mHealth is breaking down these boundaries:
- Mobile Personal Emergency Response (mPERS) solution: will automatically connect people in distress to medical assistance, in their home or elsewhere. Equally important, the system should track a person’s location in real time and let neighbors or relatives know when – and where — a loved one has suffered a mishap.
- Remote Patient Monitoring: using remote patient monitoring solutions, health data can be automatically collected and alerts can be triggered when a patient needs attention or is trending toward an episode. Since the data is collected electronically, it can be stored and shared among multiple caregivers and physicians, eliminating information gaps and duplicity in reporting.
- Telehealth: using telehealth solutions, a videoconferencing solution with medical peripherals connects patients, physicians and specialists with an experience that is as close as possible to in-person care.
We’re at the tipping point in our culture now. We’re on the verge of making a needed shift to reach the next stage of healthcare delivery. This progression will improve the way healthcare is delivered, and ultimately the patient’s experience — providing access to the care and wisdom required to help us all make decisions to be healthy and well.
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|Agia Marina Chrysochous village - Polis Area - Paphos - Cyprus|
The village emerges from a beautiful landscape, made of the most tranquil colors of nature: blue and green. Nature had offered to the village a unique beauty, which is consisted of the wild vegetation and the clean sea. The natural beauty is harmonically interrupted by the cultivated land which draw water from the barrier of the village. The visitor can approach the beauties of the village through two trails that pass across the village. LetÂ’s start our tour from the natural environment.
The biggest part of the village is covered with wild flora which is enriched by Afforestation and cultivated plants. The view from the east part of the village is amazing. Green dominates the woods and it calms the visitor. The entire village is dressed also in green due to the great number of pines and the “rasi” sample of the local plantation. Many of the houses in the village are surrounded by big trees, as the mayor notes.
The west part of the village is decorated by cultivated land which is mainly irrigated by the barrier. The main cultivations of the village are vegetables, cereals, citrus and fruit trees and forage plants.
The irrigation of the cultivated land is completely depended on the barrier of the village. The river Xeros which is 2,5 km away from the sea, supplies the barrier with water. Its height is thirty-three meters, its length is one hundred and sixteen meters and its capacity is sixty cubic meters (300,000 tons of water). The barrier covers the needs of one thousand and five hundred scales of land.
The natural and technical beauties of the barrier are filled with the wild flora that dominates the village. In Agia Marina Crysochous you can meet the wild animal “Ovis gmellini ophion” (agrino), which is found only in Cyprus and it looks like a wild sheep. It is a unique and also a rare animal, thus its hunting is strictly forbidden. At the same time, you can find many more samples of the Cypriot fauna, such as the partridge.
As we mentioned above, you can approach the beauties of the village through two trails. The first one is made by the forest police and it is 4 km long, full of wild plants. The second trail leads to the barrier and to the chapel of Agia Marina.
The river banks embrace the sea and create a unique contradiction with the wild plantation and the flora. The beach of the village lays for 2,5 km. The natural wildness of the landscape will definitely charm the visitor.
Without any doubt, nature has offered generously its finest colors to this small village of Cyprus . The wild fauna and flora, the cultivated land, the beach, the barrier and the nature trails are joined harmonically and they create a unique piece of art.
The route from Poli Chrysochous that leads to Agia Marina is considered as one of the most picturesque and beautiful routes of the island. The road is straight and the view of the deep blue sea on the left side of the road is incredible. On the right side there are many trees and plants that will amaze you. We recommend you to stay in the area and enjoy the astonishing sunset. The red and gold of the sky meet the blue color of the sea creating a beautiful atmosphere. Only if you visit the village in person, you will realize the beauty of the landscape. | <urn:uuid:b2d9d2e0-33ec-48c5-a305-c141e45ffc97> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.polischrysochous.net/polis-area-villages-polis-chrysochous-53/44-agia-marina-chrysochous-village-polis-area-paphos-cyprus.html/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00038-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959692 | 729 | 2.015625 | 2 |
For example, this seems to be the case with the origins of the universe and origins of species, that is, mankind and other animals.
Go ask Darwin, he knows.
Darwin never knew anything. He was a nut case his university pitched out because that atheist was grinding everyone else raw. That's why they sent him on what amounted to certain death on a chilly Pacific Island chain called the Galapagos.
It is so far off the trade routes that ships never went there except to hunt pigs and goats to provision their ships.
The discredited hypothesis Darwin invented, "The Origin of Species," is such a laughingstock that no scientist takes it seriously. It is still a frat prank, as it was at writing. Yet atheists hold to it stubbornly in hopes that it might revive their cult of misfits and bums.
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After years of preparation and controversy, California’s cap-and-trade program has entered a new stage. The first compliance period officially began on January 1, 2013, requiring businesses to comply with GHG emissions limits or purchase allowances for emissions that exceed their allocations. Regulators and businesses have been preparing for the start of California’s cap-and-trade program for the past seven years, since then-California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger enacted the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, commonly known as AB32.
The state’s experiment will have profound consequences—both within California’s borders and as a test case, domestically and internationally. California is the 15th largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHGs) worldwide, representing about 2% of global GHG emissions.1 AB32 sets an ambitious goal of reducing GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. While only certain industry sectors are required to comply with the law, AB32’s impact will be felt by all companies doing business and using energy in the state. Given the cap-and-trade program’s expansive scope and aggressive goals, it is critical to understand the program’s components and the status of its implementation. This Advisory provides an overview of the AB32 legislation, the design of the cap-and-trade program and its implementation, including recent allowance auctions, and recent legal challenges.
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I'm a bit confused by this view point. I was just over at another page where it states that the anti-disapparition jinx was actually a curse because it inhibited movement, thus controlling what someone does. However, this statement seems to go against two things: One: Rowling calls it a jinx for a reason. Two: A curse in the context of control is something negative that happens to someone when controlling their movements (i.e. Imperius curse takes away your freedom to think, etc)and that's usually performed at the time of control as opposed to an ongoing thing... This jinx in question doesn't cause harm or trauma to the witch/wizard. It quite literally 'jinxes' up their spell so they cannot perform it. No pain happens, no loss of freedom in the sense that one can still move around and perform other spells, and no limbs fall off. So, I'm just a bit confused why we're calling the anti-disapparition/apparition jinx a curse.
MeridianXO 00:31, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
- Actually, when you think about it, the info on the article is somewhat correct in the sense that it affects the ability of a wizard to do something (apparate), so it resemble a curse.--Matoro183 (Talk) 00:34, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
- But, a jinx can do the same thing and nothing negative happens when you fail to do this particular spell. Now, I can see it preventing you from disappariting by splinching you -- which would, indeed, be a negative impact on tripping up the witch/wizard trying it -- as a curse. But, the fact that nothing at all happens when you try it seems a bit too passive to be termed a 'curse' to me. But, if people think it should stay 'curse' labeled, that's fine. That's why I was asking and not 'editing'. It just confuses me as to what kind of spell is what. MeridianXO 00:52, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
- I agree, a curse would actualy cause pain. And besides calling it a curse just because it affects your ability to cast a spell wouldn't be right, placeing the anti disaperation jinx does no harm to you physicly nor mentaly but rather prevents the use of a spell. A curse would have to harm you in order to be called a curse; now if your talking killing, tourturing, or taking away ones ability to think freely, then you have yourself a curse. Captain McSilver 00:50, 22 September 2008 (UTC) | <urn:uuid:0d29b9a6-b835-4269-baf0-84bc20552af0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Jinx_vs._Curse?t=20090721074338 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00076-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965141 | 556 | 1.820313 | 2 |
by David D. Levine
$0.99 (Short Story) ISBN 978-1-61138-219-8
Walker’s got a problem. A human salesman on an alien world, he’s got software to sell. But he doesn’t understand the language or the culture, and he’s running out of resources. Sometimes survival means understanding the difference between what’s most valuable and what’s most important. Translated into 7 languages, Tk’Tk’Tk won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 2006.
Praise for Tk’Tk’Tk:
“Asimov’s for March contains a gloriously old-fashioned story of incomprehensible obsequious aliens giving a human trader the run-around: ‘Tk’Tk’Tk’ by David D. Levine, who appears very fluent across a multitude of SF subgenres. Writing somewhat in the mode of Jack Vance’s classic novella ‘The Moon Moth,’ Levine puts his harassed computer salesman up against insectoid beings with bizarre codes of decorum and business ethics, a language of custom and evasion the poor commercial traveler only slowly begins to fathom; the act of translation becomes a conceptual breakthrough, leading in an unexpected and yet curiously inevitable direction. One can speculate that Levine’s Walker is ultimately wiser in his choice of accomodation to the exotic than was Vance’s Edwer Thissell; but whatever the conclusion, ‘Tk’Tk’Tk’ is a skillful confection, another token of its author’s burgeoning virtuosity. … Recommended.” —Locus
“In the March Asimov’s I appreciated David D. Levine’s ‘Tk’tk’tk’, about a salesman struggling to stay afloat on an alien planet where the culture spins him so off-balance he finds himself re-orienting. Do you ever find out what ‘Tk’tk’tk’ means? Read it and you may see; sometimes you have to let go of your goals in order to accomplish them.” —Emerald City
“There is a sort of old-fashioned Orientalness to these aliens, which makes it fitting that Walker would be an old-fashioned travelling salesman. … But when Walker cracks the alien code, so to speak, it transforms more than just his mission. Levine brings in Eastern spiritual elements to give the story an added dimension: understanding the other as the key to understanding the self.” —The Internet Review of Science Fiction
“[T]akes a premise that seems very “Golden Age”… but gives it a very 21st-century sensibility. In the Golden Age, the salesman would have proved the superiority of Earth culture, or would have been shown to be venal and deserving of being bested, or something equally simplistic. Levine adds some layers to the story.” —MT VOID
“The alien world was vividly imagined, the holiday, everything. Anywhere Levine decides to take me, I’ll believe I’m there.” —Tangent Online
Walker’s voice recorder was a beautiful thing of aluminum and plastic, hard and crisp and rectangular. It sat on the waxy countertop, surrounded by the lumpy excreted-looking products of the local technology. Unique selling proposition, he thought, and clutched the leather handle of his grandfather’s briefcase as though it were a talisman.
Shkthh pth kstphst, the shopkeeper said, and Walker’s hypno-implanted vocabulary provided a translation: “What a delightful object.” Chitinous fingers picked up the recorder, scrabbling against the aluminum case with a sound that Walker found deeply disturbing. “What does it do?”
It took him a moment to formulate a reply. Even with hypno, Thfshpfth was a formidably complex language. “It listens and repeats,” he said. “You talk all day, it remembers all. Earth technology. Nothing like it for light-years.” The word for “light-year” was hkshkhthskht, difficult to pronounce. He hoped he’d gotten it right.
“Indeed yes, most unusual.” The pink frills, or gills, at the sides of the alien’s head throbbed. It did not look down — its faceted eyes and neckless head made that impossible — but Walker judged its attention was on the recorder and not on himself. Still, he kept smiling and kept looking the alien in the eyes with what he hoped would be interpreted as a sincere expression.
“Such a unique object must surely be beyond the means of such a humble one as myself,” the proprietor said at last. Sthshsk, such-a-humble-one-as-myself — Walker could die a happy man if he never heard those syllables again.
Focus on value, not price. “Think how useful,” he hissed in reply. “Never forget things again.” He wasn’t sure you could use htpthtk, “things,” in that way, but he hoped it got the point across.
“Perhaps the honored visitor might wish to partake of a cup of thshsh?”
Walker’s smile became rigid. Thshsh was a beverage nearly indistinguishable from warm piss. But he’d learned that to turn down an offer of food or drink would bring negotiations to an abrupt close. “This-humble-one-accepts-your-most-generous-offer,” he said, letting the memorized syllables flow over his tongue.
He examined the shopkeeper’s stock as it prepared the drink. It all looked like the products of a sixth-grade pottery class, irregular clots of brown and gray. But the aliens’ biotech was far beyond Earth’s — some of these lumps would be worth thousands back home. Too bad he had no idea which ones. His expertise lay elsewhere, and he was here to sell, not buy.
The shopkeeper itself was a little smaller than most of its kind, about a hundred forty centimeters tall, mostly black, with yellow spine-tips and green eyes. Despite its insectile appearance, it was warm-blooded — under its chitin it had bones and muscle and organs not unlike Walker’s own. But its mind and culture were even stranger than its disturbing mouth-parts.
“The cup of friendship,” the alien said, offering a steaming cup of thshsh. Walker suppressed a shudder as his fingers touched the alien’s — warm, covered with fine hairs, and slightly sticky — but he nodded politely and raised the cup to his lips.
He sipped as little as he felt he could politely get away with. It was still vile.
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Better future look to the past.....
Want a better future look to the past
As a historian I am more apt than not to look to the past for my wisdom today. Much of the world however seem fixated on the future. Religion is in love with the future to the tune of billion upon billion of dollars. The false prophet who predicted the world would end recently made 80 million in the last several years. Left Behind books and movies racked in millions. However it is the past that turns religion into relationship. What Jesus did is what saves us not what he will do in the future. So I want us to think along those lines here today for our future. What will make our future and that of our kids future better? Tonight there will be a GOP debate and each candidate will make promises of their vision for a future. What I hope to hear is someone’s reflection of our glorious past.
What is that past? Politically speaking I am what people call a strict constitutionalists. This means I think everything must be viewed according to the original intent of the author and not what some bozo in a black robe thinks it means. The founders left mountains of letters and papers telling us what each and every article and amendment meant in our Constitution. So, in reality, there should be no question as to what it means. Yet we have black robes telling us the 1st amendment means separation of Church and state and the 14th means one has a right to privacy and thus may in fact murder their unborn child. Both of these cases could not be further from the truth or the original intent. In fact we really did not even need a 14th amendment because we already had a 10th and that should have been the end all. The 10th is very clear that if it is not in the Constitution than the states need to deal with it. So Roe V Wade should have never allowed abortion in all 50 states. ACLU lawsuits should have never removed Nativity scenes from every town square. However, since we have a generation of revisionist pushing Yankee secularism we can now fully expect more of the same from this batch in 2012.
Want a better future look to the past. The first thing we should bring back from the past is property requirements for voting. This way the politicians cannot bribe votes by loading up a bus with welfare recipients by promising them more freebies. Secondly, we need to return to the election of Senators by the state legislators. This way the senators will stop being paid off by big business and special interest and worry about their home states. Lastly to truly understand our Constitution we need to understand that our rights come from creator God and not Uncle Sam. In doing this, we need to make sure all leadership is moral and upright and followers of Christ. I bet that comment just made some of your’s blood boil. But, the fact is our founders clearly spoke that Christians should lead this country.
John Adams said this:
August 28, 1811
"Religion and virtue are the only foundations, not only of all free government, but of social felicity under all governments and in all the combinations of human society."
June 28, 1813
"Now I will avow, that I then believe, and now believe, that those general Principles of Christianity, are as eternal and immutable, as the Existence and Attributes of God; and that those Principles of liberty, are as unalterable as human Nature and our terrestrial, mundane System."
John Q Adams said this:
"Duty is ours; results are God's."
July 4, 1821
"The highest glory of the American Revolution was this; it connected in one indissoluble bond the principles of civil government with the principles of Christianity.
"From the day of the Declaration...they (the American people) were bound by the laws of God, which they all, and by the laws of The Gospel, which they nearly all, acknowledge as the rules of their conduct."
Samuel Admas said this:
"The rights of the colonists as Christians...may be best understood by reading and carefully studying the institution of The Great Law Giver and Head of the Christian Church, which are to be found clearly written and promulgated in the New Testament." (From The Rights of Colonists, 1772)
As they were signing the Declaration of Independence Samuel Adams said never truer words:
"We have this day restored the Sovereign to Whom all men ought to be obedient. He reigns in heaven and from the rising to the setting of the sun, let His kingdom come."
"He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of this country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man....The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people."
Sir William Blackstone
(Blackstone's Commentaries on the Law was the recognized authority on the law for well over a century after 1776)
"Man, considered as a creature, must necessarily be subject to the laws of his Creator, for he is entirely a dependent being....And, consequently, as man depends absolutely upon his Maker for everything, it is necessary that he should in all points conform to his Maker's will...this will of his Maker is called the law of nature. These laws laid down by God are the eternal immutable laws of good and evil...This law of nature dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times: no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this...
"The doctrines thus delivered we call the revealed or divine law, and they are to be found only in the holy scriptures...[and] are found upon comparison to be really part of the original law of nature. Upon these two foundations, the law of nature and the law of revelation, depend all human laws; that is to say, no human laws should be suffered to contradict these.
"Blasphemy against the Almighty is denying his being or providence, or uttering contumelious reproaches on our Savior Christ. It is punished, at common law by fine and imprisonment, for Christianity is part of the laws of the land.
"If [the legislature] will positively enact a thing to be done, the judges are not at liberty to reject it, for that were to set the judicial power above that of the legislature, which should be subversive of all government."
"The preservation of Christianity as a national religion is abstracted from its own intrinsic truth, of the utmost consequence to the civil state, which a single instance will sufficiently demonstrate.
"The belief of a future state of rewards and punishments, the entertaining just ideas of the main attributes of the Supreme Being, and a firm persuasion that He superintends and will finally compensate every action in human life (all which are revealed in the doctrines of our Savior, Christ), these are the grand foundations of all judicial oaths, which call God to witness the truth of those facts which perhaps may be only known to Him and the party attesting; all moral evidences, therefore, all confidence in human veracity, must be weakened by apostasy, and overthrown by total infidelity.
"Wherefore, all affronts to Christianity, or endeavors to depreciate its efficacy, in those who have once professed it, are highly deserving of censure."
Samuel Chase said this of our form of government:
"By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty."
I want to close with a quote from the very first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. This only goes to show the true amount of revisionism has taken place. If we really want a better country we must return the power to the states and return our will to God alone. This is the only way to make this nation great again. To ignore this will only mean more finical ruin and eventual failure. America is nothing more than a secular empire who will fail just as Rome, Britain and so many more.
(America's first Supreme Court Chief Justice and Co-Author of the Federalist Papers)
October 12, 1816
"Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty, as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.
Thanks for reading. I will hope as educated people you will see the future needs the past and you will no longer give any quarter to the secularist who are destroying your freedoms. If you want a better life look to the past. You want better government look to people not filled with empty promises, but with common sense values. May God restore us and return us to our humble beginnings. | <urn:uuid:5f660f09-a725-4d8f-9764-cd30c61d0a30> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.matt-hughes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8037&goto=nextnewest | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00010-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966648 | 1,862 | 1.515625 | 2 |
A short sale is the sale of securities that an investor has borrowed from a broker. The investor must eventually purchase an equal number of the same securities and return them to the broker. • Open Position: When the investor acquires and subsequently sells the initial borrowed securities from the broker, but has not yet purchased the replacement securities, the investor is in an “open short position.” • Closed Position: When the investor purchases the replacement securities and returns them to the broker, the investor is in a “closed position.” Generally the investor’s goal is to purchase replacement securities at a price lower than the price at which the investor initially sold them. The investor will realize a profit as a result of this price discrepancy if the value of the securities decreases. However, the investor will lose money if the value of the securities increases before the investor purchases them. In either case, the investor must also pay interest on the loan.
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September 9, 1924
Miss Charlotte M. King,
Dept. of Botany, I.S.C.,
My dear Miss King:
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your interesting favor of recent date. It was a great surprise and a very pleasant one indeed to hear from you.
I wish to thank you most heartily for your very kindly greetings and complimentary remarks. I wish to say, I have endeavored as best I could and am yet doing so to carry out the wishes the great Creator whom I believe has given me this work in trust to do.
While I am writing you this, I am making something entirely new from one of the clays found near here. Now as to your request, I am trying to get the information for you. None of our musical people here seem to know anything about such an instrument. I remember seeing one somewhere in my travels either at the Smithsonian Museum or the National in Washington. They are what some call the Reeds of Pan. As I remember, these what I saw, consisted of an octave of Reeds. The longest being twelve inches, maybe fourteen. The shortest about three inches. They were pinned together. I am writing Prof. Talley and also a musical friend of note and as soon as I can get the information, I will be pleased to convey it to you.
I presume that you know that I had the pleasure of having dear Dr. Pammel down to see me twice and Dr. Ball was also down to see me. So I confess that I feel highly favored.
With sincere good wishes and most pleasant and helpful memories, I am
Very truly yours,
G. W. Carver.
Director of Research and Experiment Station.
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Standing 35 feet tall and decorated with more than 22,000 lights, Birmingham has welcomed a new tree to Shain Park for the holiday season.
But the tree is a fake. Apparently the real tree the city used to use did not look good enough.
The debate among residents is whether the tree is tacky or trendy. Birmingham traded in the traditional, real Christmas tree for the artificial blue spruce, stirring up mixed emotions.
Some say the tree is much nicer than the old, real one. Moreover, others say they would rather an artificial tree be used to spare moving a real tree.
Besides the vanity debate, Birmingham forked over $30,000 for the fake tree, which is sparking some criticism. Is it worth the money?
The city plans to keep the artificial tree for 10 years. There is hope that by that time another tree in Shain Park will have grown large enough to serve as the city's official Christmas tree.
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The military leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Ahmed Jabari, has been assassinated in an Israeli air strike in Gaza. The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting on Wednesday night (14th November) to discuss the onslaught and heard a plea from the Palestinian UN observer to stop “war crimes being perpetrated by Israel against the Palestinian people”. The Israeli ambassador replied that the strikes were launched after days of rocket fire out of Gaza and Israel had a right to defend itself.
The assassination of Ahmed al-Jabari in a missile strike in Gaza City was the “start of a broader operation”, according to the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), which it named Operation Pillar of Defense. Since the start of this Operation at the 14th November, a total of 1,500 rockets have been fired at southern Israel, about half of which were recorded as hits in Israeli territory. The Iron Dome anti-missile defense system has intercepted over 400 rockets, preventing them from striking populated areas in Israel.
Right of legitimite self-defense or aggression?
In international law, use of force excercising the right of (legitimite) self-defense has to be proportional. It means the use of force in self-defense has to be limited to the use of force necessary to counter the initial attack or aggression.
So, who is the initial aggressor in this particular case?
Professor International Law Terry Gill (University of Utrecht, University of Amsterdam) argues that the recent hostilities point into the direction of Israel as initial aggressor. It looks like the assassination of Ahmed al-Jabari is rather a retaliation than a direct reponse to a particular Hamas attack. If Israel is considered to be the initial aggressor, Hamas has a right to self-defense. According to professor Gill, Hamas has reacted disproportionally by launching hundreds of rockets.
Hamas has violated international humanitairian law, because Hamas in the launch of those rockets has not been able to make a distinction between military objectives on the one side and civilian and civilian objectives one the other side: legitimite self-defence has turned by accident into aggression. Israel has on its turn a right to legitimite self-defense against Hamas’ rocket attacks. Of course the principle of proportionality applies to Israel’s right to self-defense too.
In Professor Alan Johnson’s view Israel’s response to Hamas’ rocket launches has been a proportional exercise of the right to self-defense. In Johnson’s words: ”in international law and just war theory, proportionality is not the same thing as symmetry. (…..) Proportionality, then, must be measured in part against the future: What is the value of the end-in-view to be achieved? What is the future threat to be avoided? Israel’s stated end-in-view has been rightful: to protect the citizens of southern Israel by stopping the rocket attacks.”
Professor Johnson again: “In comparison to Operation Cast Lead in 2008-9, what is striking about the current military action is precisely how limited the civilian casualties have been. As of this morning, the Israeli Defence Force has conducted over 1,500 targeted strikes against the weapons caches and the command and control facilities of armed groups; on the rocket launching sites, the tunnels through which they are smuggled, and the terrorists who fire them – all deliberately hidden in built-up civilian areas. These 1,500 strikes have caused around 130 deaths and a significant number of those are terrorists.”
Peace negotiations with Hamas resulted in a ceasefire on November 21, at 9 pm., which has been respected so far.
Both parties claim the victory.
However, there is still a continuing potential explosive situation in Gaza, for two reasons:
- Israel faced an arsenal of Iranian-supplied Fajr 5 missiles able to pound Tel Aviv. Israel was surprised by the recent Rocket Range from Gaza. In 2008 Israel faced an arsenal of 5,000 rockets held by armed groups in Gaza. Today it is 12,000. In the past, Israel faced home-made Qassam rockets fired over the border onto the people of Sderot. Then Hamas acquired Grad rockets, then Qassams. Today Hamas’ rockets will be able to reach Jaffa, Tel Aviv and even Jerusalem.
- Abbas, who views himself as the leader of all Palestinians, has been sidelined as Hamas has taken center stage in the struggle against Israel and received a string of VIP visitors in Gaza, even as Israeli airstrikes continued to pound the Hamas-ruled strip. But is Israel willing to negotiate with Hamas in the (near) future?
A selection of relevant publications from the Peace Palace Library collection
- ROY, S., Hamas and civil society in Gaza : engaging the Islamist social sector, Princeton, NJ [etc.] : Princeton University Press, 2011. | <urn:uuid:41970333-f21a-4d8d-9f77-0469a83d48b3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.peacepalacelibrary.nl/2012/11/hamas-versus-israel-gaza-dangerzone-again/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00005-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950389 | 1,024 | 2.59375 | 3 |
How much can one community take?
The Manchester neighborhood in Houston is completely surrounded by Valero, Texas Recycling, a car crushing facility, the Port of Houston, Highway 610, a rail yard and a waste water treatment plant. These are two aerial photos of the Manchester community that my dad, Juan Parras, took a few years ago. The area in green is of course Manchester. The third image is a shot of the Houston Ship Channel. You can see the extent of industry's concentration here in the "Petro-Metro."
As if this isn't bad enough, another industrial pollution threat is looming, one that could stretch all the way across the middle of the United States. President Obama is deciding soon whether to approve a pipeline that would stretch from Canada to Houston.
TEJAS has done work over the last year in collaboration with the Sierra Club and others to bring attention to the Keystone XL pipeline. We do not support extraction of the Tarsands in Alberta, Canada, we do not support a cross-national pipeline and we certainly do not support it being refined in a community that is already inundated with industry.
The other community that the pipeline is destined for is Port Arthur. Hilton Kelley, who recently won the Goldman Award for his environmental justice work, has unfortunately not come out against the pipeline. The community in Port Arthur is similarly overburdened with petrochemical plants and refineries but we have not been able to get support from him on this issue.
The petrochemical industry is green-washing the tarsands in Canada, calling it "Ethical Oil". Of course, we are all smarter than that. During my trip to London for the BP shareholder's meeting this spring, I had the good fortune of meeting some great people. Among them were indigenous leaders Clayton Thomas-Muller, Melina Massimo, and Jasmine Thomas. Clayton works with the Indigenous Environmental Network, Melina with Greenpeace and Jasmine with IEN I believe. Jasmine's mother was with a delegation of indigenous leaders from Canada that met with the United Houma Nation and Indigenous leaders from Ecuador after the BP Drilling Disaster. It was a powerful meeting. Perhaps, it's time to gather everyone once again. This pipeline, if approved, would be absolutely devastating to Manchester and Port Arthur, not to mention neighbors of the tarsands in Canada, and countless communities in between.
All photos by Juan Parras, TEJAS.
BRYAN PARRAS is the Media/Youth Empowerment Coordinator for TEJAS (Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services) in Houston Texas, a co-producer of “Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say” (KPFT / Pacifica FM 90.1), and an advisor to the Gulf Coast Fund for Community Renewal and Ecological Health. He uses still photography and video production to document environmental racism and empower communities engaged in struggle for environmental justice. Formerly he served as director of photography/videography and chief editor for the Maria Luisa Ortiz Cooperative project in Mulukuku, Nicaragua. | <urn:uuid:7a520b3e-a820-4ff9-bd88-8ac31c7b64dd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bridgethegulfproject.org/node/420 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00028-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953742 | 637 | 2.015625 | 2 |
|Handball Performance: Physiological Considerations & Practical Approach for Training Metabolic Aspects|
Handball is an Olympic sport played professionally in many European countries. However, notwithstanding the professionalization, which is advancing in this sport, a lack of scientific information on its performance can be noticed. This can be due to may reasons, one of them is that most of the research which has been conducted in this field has been published in Eastern European countries and is not readily accessible to the sport science community. Another reason can be attributed to the conservative approach most coaches have towards physical conditioning for handball players. In this work we have analysed the performance model of handball from a metabolic standpoint and proposed some coaching hints for practical application of sport science findings.
Modern handball is a fast game, characterised by incredible athletic performances by athletes. In fact, modern handball players are able to perform many different moves, jumps, running, change of directions and technical movements in very short time and with an order determined by the tactical situation. Running with and without the ball, in line and with different paths, jumping, throwing, passing and receiving in motion or during flight represent the technical characteristics of a modern top handball player. Then, to excel at the highest levels, it is important that training methodologies are developed on a simple basis: specificity. The closer to the demands of the performance, the better the training is. Of course, to obey to the law of specificity we have to know exactly what are the physiological demands of handball performance. Unfortunately, in sport science literature, very few works have been presented in which a deep analysis of Handball performance has been conducted. The aim of this work was to analyse the literature findings and purpose some experiences conducted in Italy with some first league teams and national teams.
Physical conditioning in handball is extremely important for top performance, so the correct approach to training should be based on the knowledge of the specific requirements of the performance and on the development of specific training means. In the first part of this work some physiological considerations have been conducted, in the second part a practical approach to modern handball training has been discussed.
Handball matches have a duration of 60 minutes divided in two halves lasting 30 minutes each. During this time players cover a total distance ranging from 2000 to 6000 meters, based upon different situations: position on the field, tactical defensive and offensive characteristics of the team, characteristics of the game itself and so far and so forth. In a work presented by Cuesta (1988) handball players of the Spanish national team were shown to cover the following distances based upon playing position:
The above-mentioned distances are close to the ones recorded in Konzak & Schake (in Cuesta, 1988) related to DDR players. In a study conducted in Italy with a specific apparatus (Play Controller, Phromos, Perugia) 5000 meters were covered by a right wing during an official match of the Italian Second league (unpublished work, see Figure 1.). It is important to affirm that of course, the total displacement of players on the field is affected by many different parameters. Tactical disposition, position on the field, characteristics of the match itself, are all factors which in some way can affect the amount of space covered by the players on the field. However, what is important to say is that handball players cover the total distance alternating high-intensity actions (sprinting, fast direction changes, jumping) with game phases characterised by relatively low metabolic demands due to the low intensity of the actions. It can be said then that the metabolic demands of modern handball involve the aerobic and anaerobic energy pathways. As a supportive evidence, Konzak and Schacke (in Cuesta, 1988), have shown that, during a Handball match, players perform 190 rhythm variations, 279 change of direction, 16 jumps. Then, based upon what these authors say, an handball players performs a total of 485 high-intensity movements in 60 minutes. An average of 8 per minute. Methods of determination of workload through video analysis can be influenced by observer's capability of determining specific events. However, the above mentioned work support the idea of Handball as an intermittent activity. This intermittent activity is determined by high-intensity motion (with energy mostly furnished by ATP-PC and anaerobic pathways) and low intensity motion (in which the aerobic pathways have the function of active recovery).
In a study conducted by Lupo et al. (1996) on the athletes of the Italian National team during friendly matches an average heart rate of 145 b.p.m. was found. Max heart rate was 190 b.p.m and lactate values were 4 mMolÆL-1. Higher lactate levels were found by Cuesta ( ± 10 mMolÆL-1) and from Colli, Manzi, Cardinale, Gardini (M= 9 mMolÆL-1; SD= ± 1.8, unpublished data 1988). This difference in lactate levels can be attributed to the differences of match characteristics (friendly versus official matches) and most of all, the data collected by Lupo et al. (1996) were referred to an extremely "easy" friendly match of the national team against a team from third league.
Other data collected during the years 1996-1998 from our research group in Italy showed heart rates ranging from 140 to 200 b.p.m.. Of course this range does not say anything useful for a better understanding of handball performance. Moreover, heart rate data can be misleading if a precise analysis is not performed and the distribution is not considered. Average data in fact, do not provide useful information on the workload of handball players. As an example, in figure 1 we can see the heart rate of a handball player during a tournament match. If we should consider the average heart rate (150 bpm) and the time spent in the "aerobic zone" (70-85% of max heart rate, see figure 2 and 3), we would risk to affirm that aerobic metabolism is the most important metabolic pathway in handball. This conclusion has been drawn many years ago and most coaches are still convinced that aerobic capacity and aerobic power are the most important aspects to train for top performance.
An accurate analysis of handball performance should consider that the most important actions (the ones that make the difference) are short-high-intensity motions which are able to determine an increase in hydrogen ions (H+) permitting lactate formation in muscle cells determining the lowering of cellular pH and inhibition of muscular contraction processes. High-intensity movements add to intramuscular and circulating levels of La and hydrogen ions (H+) that retard the rate of glycolysis inhibiting the activity of glycolytic enzymes (Danforth & Helmereich, 1964) or interfere with the muscular contraction process (Hogan et al. 1995; Nakamaru et al. 1972).
Moreover it should be pointed that these "explosive-type" activities are followed by low intensity actions or pauses (active recovery) during which oxygen consumption is directed to favour H+ transport through the transport chain to recharge ATP from NAD and FAD and to favour the Cori cycle through which lactate is converted to glycogen. When the exercise intensity is very high, it is very difficult for our biological system to keep up with hydrogen ions formation and lactate removal, in this case, hydrogen ions bind with Pyruvic acid (end product of glycolysis) forming lactic acid which is then transformed to lactate in the blood and accumulating H+, determining a lowering of the pH of the muscle cell which is impaired in its normal functions. These well-known biological principles should represent the basic knowledge for every coach for the development of an effective training plan.
During handball matches lactate levels have been shown to be below 10 mmol per litre-1 this represents not a very high amount as compared for example to 400 meters run or 100 meters run (i.e. Hirvonen et al. 1992). It means that lactate it is not a limiting factor in handball, however it should be pointed that in any case, training should contain drills able to produce this amount of lactate to determine specific adaptations in handball players.
In a research work of Delamarche et al. (1987), lactate levels measured during a handball match in the French league, reached values between 4 and 9 mmol per litre-1. Of course the highest value was reached by the players most active in the game (backcourt players). Similar values (7-10 mmol per litre-1) were found during international matches of a professional team (Dukla Praga, Bolek & Liska, 1981). In conclusion, based upon these findings, it can be affirmed that handball is a sport characterised by the involvement of both aerobic and anaerobic metabolic pathways in which the effort is of intermittent characteristics and explosive type of movements are repeated over time at high intensity during game situations.
As previously pointed out, handball requires intermittent activities in which high-intensity type of movements (sprinting, jumping, diving on the ball) are followed by low intensity activities. Training plans should then be based on this concept whatever they are general drills or game-like activities. In the past, but also nowadays, metabolic training devoted to improve endurance capabilities of handball players, was based upon the application of long steady state running of various distances. The pre-competition phase was then based upon an increase in the volume of running and by aerobic type drills aimed to increase aerobic capacity. This kind of training is of course effective in enhancing cardiovascular capabilities and represents a form of general training well accepted, however it should be pointed that, when referred to handball players, it is not the most appropriate way of training for enhancing endurance, and, most of all, the "abuse" of such forms of training could be detrimental for the performance itself and for the effects of concurrent type of training usually implemented in the pre-competitive period (i.e. strength training). We will now see why.
During aerobic type activities such as cyclic running, low intensity movements are performed repeatedly over time. These kind of muscular activities rely mostly on the recruitment of slow twitch fibers (Morris, 1968). In this way, if we use for many days this approach, we will of course train the neuromuscular system to a preferential recruitment of slow fibers. Not only that, in fact, in this way, we will train only the oxidative pathways and not the anaerobic neither the ATP-CP system. During handball performance, game situations are never steady-state type and involve a combination of different motions (running backwards, forwards, sideward, sidestepping, jumping and so far and so forth). Then, why not training handball players with intermittent exercise?
Research has shown that, during the repetition of high-intensity-short duration movements, the aerobic demands are very high, as indicated by the rise of oxygen uptake (Hamilton et al. 1991; Balsom et al. 1992; Balsom et al. 1993; Balsom et al. 1994). In fact, during low intensity actions following high-intensity short burst-type movements, ATP is furnished through aerobic pathways. This observation is supported by the fact that, when recovery actions are relying on anaerobic pathways, ATP turnover is very low and phopshocreatine resynthesis is inhibited (Harris et al. 1975; Quistroff et al. 1992). In fact, a direct relationship has been found in in-vitro muscles between oxygen uptake and phophocreatine resynthesis (Idstrom et al. 1985). In this connection, it can be then affirmed that aerobic metabolism is mainly involved in the replenishment of ATP stores and CP. Training endurance for an handball player means train his/her capabilities to perform high-intensity motions for the whole duration of the match. Most of all it is important to say that intermittent training is the most effective way for training effectively keeping in mind these simple guidelines: high-intensity motions, with lactate levels below 10 mmol.l-1. Aerobic power training conducted through repetitions of running on various distances (400-2000 meters), has been often utilised with the aim of improving aerobic performance and delay the occurrence of fatigue. This approach has been shown also to be wrong in light of the observations conducted by Bosco (1989), which demonstrated an absolute independence between explosive power and aerobic performance. The above-mentioned systematic analysis conducted by Bosco has shown that these two variables are characterised by different biological processes. In fact, there were no correlations between performances in aerobic tests and the ones in explosive power. Since it is an accepted fact that handball performance at highest levels is determined by the repetition of explosive-type motions, it should now be clear that training mainly the aerobic capabilities in handball players with track running or high volume running is just a time-consuming task useless for enhancing handball performance itself. At this point it is important to define what must be the proper direction to an effective handball-training plan. Endurance in handball players must be trained with general and game-like drills of intermittent pattern. On this principle, some exercises have been developed in which handball players perform drills in which they alternate quick high-intensity actions (sprinting, jumping, side stepping movements) with low intensity activities (running, side-stepping). Well-known drills used in handball have been also analysed in order to assess their metabolic characteristics and their possible effectiveness in improving endurance in top handball players. All the data have been collected during training camps of the Italian National Team or during training sessions of an Italian Handball Team playing in the first league). The aim of a conditioning coach in modern ball games should be to develop an effective training plan through the optimisation of game-like activities. This is the main concept of specificity of training, which should be kept in mind in any sport. Handball players do not like to run for hours outside, under the rain or in the woods, they like just to play handball, run with the ball, move to catch the ball, and jump and shot to score. Everything else is of course not well accepted and sometimes it is not very effective in producing the right adaptations.
In figures 4,5 and 6 it is possible to see actual measurement of heart rate during this type of drills in which athletes were required to perform movements similar to the game situation, or some game-like activities. Also some general exercises of intermittent work were performed and heart rate collected. Also it is presented a graphic showing heart rate in one athlete during 1000 meters running on track and during a circuit of handball drills in which the athlete was performing little sprints, jumps, side-stepping movements and active recovery running at pre-determined pace and time. This comparison has been made mostly because a lot of coaches use running on distances between 600 and 2000 meters on track to train aerobic power in handball players. With this comparison and with other data presented we are willing to show that with a well-planned indoor drill it is possible to produce the same adaptations, not only that, also that with intermittent training it is possible to enhance aerobic power without impairing explosive strength. With this we want to introduce a concept in training handball players: endurance to speed-strength. Endurance to speed-strength is of course influenced by metabolic (oxygen consumption and lactate production) and neuromuscular factors (FT versus ST recruitment) however it is the most important characteristic of modern handball. The best team is the team able to play high-intensity handball for the whole duration of the match. The fittest handball player is the one able to run fast breaks, jump high and shoot fast for the whole duration of the match. This goal can be reached with general intermittent-type drills aimed to enhance speed endurance or with specific drills constituted by alternance of short sprints, side stepping and jumping in different directions over time. Of course depending on the rest intervals between sets and reps the target can be speed strength or more general metabolic enhancement.
A modern approach to handball training is needed for being able to improve handball players' performances. This modern approach in metabolic training must be based on the assumption that steady state running with high volume is not specific for enhancing handball players' endurance capabilities and performances. An effective training plan must be based upon intermittent drills in which handball players have to perform different motions with different paths/movements at the highest intensity possible, followed by lower intensity periods. General drills can be easily developed using cones, circles, small obstacles and small circuits, but, what is most important, game-like drills need to be used in training. These game-like drills can be performed by a reduced number of players (i.e. 3 vs.3, 4 vs.4 and so far and so forth) in reduced part of the field. Attacking and defensive tasks can be used also as training drills with time limits to perform the tasks and with specific rest periods. Of course, when developing game-like or technical drills, the results cannot be easily generalized, however, it is important to say that through the measurement of heart rate and lactate production it is possible to monitor effectiveness of every specific drill and, from there, develop a conditioning approach more specific of modern handball demands (see figure 7). Many coaches still prefer to train players on track and field courts, making them running different distances (100 meters to 2000 meters), we should never forget that the handball court is long 40 meters, and the actual space covered by players is never more than 6000 meters. These distances are all covered with different speed, with different paths and very often changing directions. Handball players have to be trained for quickness on the court, and the ability to maintain high levels of speed endurance moving with and without the ball. To our opinion, purposing unspecific training loads is a defeat, and there is a need for developing a specific handball training methodology. A good coach need to question him/herself about the effectiveness of every conditioning drill and if it is really matching the performance model, only in this way we will finally have athletes trained to play attractive handball rather then competing in track and field. | <urn:uuid:8ca1bdc0-0a2d-40be-b2c4-db4e01ddd417> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.coachesinfo.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=400:performance-article&catid=109:team-ahandball-general-articles&Itemid=208 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00004-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957836 | 3,750 | 2.25 | 2 |
You'll find the town of Coolgardie on the Great Eastern Highway in Western Australia about 520km east of Perth (show me). With a population of around 1,100, Coolgardie is one of the smaller towns in Australia. Coolgardie is at an elevation of approximately 428m above sea level. The nearest ocean is the Southern Ocean about 320km south of Coolgardie.
The nearest more populous place is the city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder which is 37km away with a population of around 28,000 (show me a map with Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie-Boulder).
Coolgardie is on the intersection of the Great Eastern Highway and the Nepean Road.
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Hanse Law SchoolHanse Law School is an international Law study programme offered by three co-operating universities, (Bremen University (Germany), Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Germany) and Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands)). HLS consists of two Bachelor study programmes: Comparative and European Law which are commonly offered by the Faculty of Law (Bremen University) and the Institute of Law (Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg) on the German side, and by the Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) on the Dutch site. The master study programme Comparative and European Law which is also commonly offered by those three universities and which enables the students to be awarded a German as well as a Dutch University degree, will start in the winter term 2005/2006. For the first time three universities from two EU member states co-operate in offering a Law programme with a combined double degree.
Hanse Law School with its European orientation offers an innovative study programme because of its structure, but also it's content and methods of teaching which are novel within German universities. Hanse Law School is contributing to the coalescence of the European legal systems as well as the creation of new vocational fields, for which cross border legal knowledge is a basic requireme.
After three years of study at Bremen University and Carl von Ossietzky university Oldenburg, the study programme ends with the degree "Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)". This degree is followed by the post-graduate Master study programme which will start in the winter term 2005/2006. After one further year of studies the students will be awarded "Master of Laws (LL.M)". Both degrees are jointly awarded by both - Bremen university and Oldenburg University. Additionally, if the students spend a semester of their Master study programme at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, they will be awarded the Dutch "Master of Laws" a degree in Law that is already well-established.
The Hanse Law School offers the possibility of gaining profound knowledge in German and Dutch Law and the Law of the European Union. Additionally, the most important areas of English Common Law necessary for the economic and legal practise are taught.
International orientationGiven the international orientation of the study programme a compulsory period of study abroad is an important part of Hanse Law School. Already during the Bachelor programme, one of six study records must be received from a foreign partner university. (For the Master programme this ratio will be one to three).
In their fifth semester, the students study one semester at a European university co-operating with Hanse Law School. Here we especially recommend our Dutch partner university, the Rijskuniversiteit Groningen. At the moment, due to our integrated Dutch language courses and the courses regarding crucial questions and basic problems of the Dutch legal system, the students' knowledge of the Dutch language as well as of the legal system is so good that they can understand lectures and courses in Groningen without any problems.
As the Master study programme is a common programme offered by Bremen University, Oldenburg University and Rijksuniversiteit Groningen the students will have the opportunity to be awarded the common Dutch degree "Master of Laws/Meester in de Rechten" beneath the German "Master of Laws (LL.M.) if the obligatory study part abroad is done in Groningen. If furthermore a student takes a special combination of Dutch law courses which is specified by the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, after consultation with Bremen and Oldenburg a so-called "effectus civilis" can be awarded. After three years of work experience in a law office this "effectus civilis" enables the students to access a legal training in the Netherlands. Under the conditions of the European right to establish a business (in Germany §§ 2,11 EuRAG) this path makes it possible for our graduates to get the authorisation to work as attorneys in Germany as well as in other EU-member states.
Taking this international internship into consideration good knowledge of the English language is essential. Already at the time of application for Hanse Law School a good knowledge of English has to be proven and will be improved with regard to legal terms during the course of studies. Therefore, right from the beginning, parts of the curriculum will be taught in English. Oral as well as written examinations will be taken in English. Additionally, courses in Legal Terminology are offered and we enable students who show a special interest in Common Law to study a semester at our co-operating universities in Britain.
Intercultural skills which are acquired by the students during their studies abroad are consolidated in Germany because the students have to prove themselves as hosts, as during the fourth semester students from Groningen as well as from Britain will come to Bremen and Oldenburg for their studies abroad.
Main characteristics of the study programme are:
Comparative Law, integrated teaching, gaining a profound knowledge of three legal systems: the German and Dutch Law as parts of the Civil Law and the especially relevant basics of the Common Law
integrated language learning
integrated studies abroad with its exchange programmes.
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By PAUL RYAN
America's national debt is over $16 trillion. Yet Washington can't figure out how to cut $85 billion—or just 2% of the federal budget—without resorting to arbitrary, across-the-board cuts. Clearly, the budget process is broken. In four of the past five years, the president has missed his budget deadline. Senate Democrats haven't passed a budget in over 1,400 days. By refusing to tackle the drivers of the nation's debt—or simply to write a budget—Washington lurches from crisis to crisis.
House Republicans have a plan to change course. On Tuesday, we're introducing a budget that balances in 10 years—without raising taxes. How do we do it? We stop spending money the government doesn't have. Historically, Americans have paid a little less than one-fifth of their income in taxes to the federal government each year. But the government has spent more.
So our budget matches spending with income. Under our proposal, the government spends no more than it collects in revenue—or 19.1% of gross domestic product each year. As a result, we'll spend $4.6 trillion less over the next decade.
Our opponents will shout austerity, but let's put this in perspective. On the current path, we'll spend $46 trillion over the next 10 years. Under our proposal, we'll spend $41 trillion. On the current path, spending will increase by 5% each year. Under our proposal, it will increase by 3.4%. Because the U.S. economy will grow faster than spending, the budget will balance by 2023, and debt held by the public will drop to just over half the size of the economy.
Yet the most important question isn't how we balance the budget. It's why. A budget is a means to an end, and the end isn't a neat and tidy spreadsheet. It's the well-being of all Americans. By giving families stability and protecting them from tax hikes, our budget will promote a healthier economy and help create jobs. Most important, our budget will reignite the American Dream, the idea that anyone can make it in this country.
The truth is, the nation's debt is a sign of overreach. Government is trying to do too much, and when government does too much, it doesn't do anything well. So a balanced budget is a reasonable goal, because it returns government to its proper limits and focus. By curbing government's overreach, our budget will give families the space they need to thrive.
The other side will warn of a relapse into recession—just as they predicted economic disaster when the budget sequester hit. But a balanced budget will help the economy. Smaller deficits will keep interest rates low, which will help small businesses to expand and hire. It's no surprise, then, that the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office believes that legislation reducing the deficit as much as our budget does would boost gross national product by 1.7% in 2023.
We must take action now. Our budget will expand opportunity in major areas like energy. It will protect and strengthen key priorities like Medicare. It will encourage social mobility by retooling welfare. It will fix the broken tax code to create jobs and increase wages.
First, energy. America has the world's largest natural-gas, oil and coal reserves—enough natural gas to meet the country's needs for 90 years. Yet the administration is buying up land to prevent further development. Our budget opens these lands to development, so families will have affordable energy. It approves the Keystone XL pipeline, which will create 20,000 direct jobs—and 118,000 indirect jobs. Our budget puts the country on the path to North American energy independence.
Second, health care. Our budget repeals the president's health-care law and replaces it with patient-centered reforms. It also protects and strengthens Medicare. I want Medicare to be there for my kids—just as it's there for my mom today. But Medicare is going broke. Under our proposal, those in or near retirement will see no changes, and future beneficiaries will inherit a program they can count on. Starting in 2024, we'll offer eligible seniors a range of insurance plans from which they can choose—including traditional Medicare—and help them pay the premiums.
The other side will demagogue this issue. But remember: Anyone who attacks our Medicare proposal without offering a credible alternative is complicit in the program's demise.
Third, welfare reform. After the welfare reforms of 1996, child poverty fell by double digits. This budget extends those reforms to other federal aid programs. It gives states flexibility so they can tailor programs like Medicaid and food stamps to their people's needs. It encourages states to get people off the welfare rolls and onto payrolls. We shouldn't measure success by how much we spend. We should measure it by how many people we help. Those who protect the status quo must answer to the 46 million Americans living in poverty.
Budget Sets Battle Lines
Republican budget standard-bearer Paul Ryan offered his party's most provocative fiscal framework in years, calling for Medicare and Medicaid overhauls and new limits on defense spending not previously endorsed by party leaders.
Fourth, tax reform. The current tax code is a Rubik's cube that Americans spend six billion hours—and $160 billion—each year trying to solve. The U.S. corporate tax is the highest in the industrialized world. So our budget paves the way for comprehensive tax reform. It calls for Congress to simplify the code by closing loopholes and consolidating tax rates. Our goal is to have just two brackets: 10% and 25%. House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp has committed to pass a specific bill this year.
If we take these steps, the United States will once again become a haven of opportunity. The economy will grow, and the country will regain its strength. All we need is leadership. Washington owes the American people a balanced budget. It isn't fair to take more from families so government can spend more.
A balanced budget isn't unprecedented. President Bill Clinton worked with a Republican Congress to get it done. House Republicans' last two budgets balanced, too—albeit at a later date. But a balanced budget is still a noteworthy achievement, considering the competition.
The recent debt-ceiling agreement forced Senate Democrats to write a budget this year, and we expect to see it this week. I hate to break the suspense, but their budget won't balance—ever. Instead, it will raise taxes to pay for more spending. The president, meanwhile, is standing on the sidelines. He is expected to submit his budget in April—two months past his deadline.
We House Republicans have done our part. We're offering a credible plan for all the country to see. We're outlining how to solve the greatest problems facing America today. Now we invite the president and Senate Democrats to join in the effort.— Mr. Ryan, a Republican, represents Wisconsin's first congressional district and is chairman of the House Budget Committee.
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Learn the 10 Commandments in song via this engaging g-dcast.com cartoon
Last year we made our own “tablets of stone” for Shavuot. I printed them, the children coloured them in, then we wiped them over with a wet teabag to give a mottled, old appearance before adding some flowers and stickers. (Above is my daughter’s artwork.)
As a learning exercise, I included the first 10 letters of the Hebrew alef-bet ( this is how the commandments are represented in our synagogue) with the number associated with that letter, and the pronunciation of the letter.
My daughter was only 3 when I did this activity. She a sweet little soul and I was (and still am) happy to wait until she is older before I introduce the concepts of murder, adultery and so forth, so I also re-wrote the commandments in child-friendly language, as follows:
1. There is only one God.2. We should not make pretend gods.3. God’s name is special.4. Remember Shabbat is a day to rest and say thank you.5. Listen to your parents and take care of them.6. Do not hurt other people.7. Love and look after everyone in your family.8. Do not take things that belong to other people.9. Do not say things that are not true.10. Be happy with the things that you have.
Here’s a copy of Tablet 1 and Tablet 2, or if it’s easier, here are both on one A4 page: All 10 commandments
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Attorney General Marty Jackley says a new report is further evidence that South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Program is working.
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Attorney General Marty Jackley says a new report is further evidence that South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Program is working.
The program was started in 2005, giving people convicted of alcohol-related crimes a chance to stay out of jail as long as they stay sober.
They're monitored twice-daily for alcohol use.
Jackley says results from a Mountain Plains Evaluation study show that less than 1 percent of about 1 million test results studied were recorded as either ``failed'' or a ``no show.''
Another recent independent study concluded that the sobriety program has reduced repeat cases of driving under the influence by 12 percent and domestic violence rates by 9 percent.
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Diego's Native People
shards, 'metates' or grinding stones, pieces of obsidian traded in
far off lands, and other remnants of the Kumeyaay native American
population who lived and managed land in this area for hundreds of
years from inland to the coast are sprinkled across San Diego's refuges.
Today, Kumeyaay residents continue to be active members of the San
Diego community. Kumeyaay who live just across the international border
with Mexico frequently visit relatives and neighbors for social, cultural
and business activities.
In times past, Kumeyaay managed the water- starved landscape of San
Diego by building dams and sluices to enhance natural meadow wetlands
trapping water that would linger long after the last rains of winter.
These wetlands enabled Kumeyaay villages to produce crops, attract
wildlife like the area's mule deer and rabbits and, in general, sustain
life through the long dry months of spring and summer.
Native plants were used for clothing, food, shelter and medicine.
Juncus, a strong, flexible, reedy plant that grows along rivers and
in marshes was used to make intricately decorated baskets as were
pine needles from trees farther inland. These tightly woven baskets
were used for everything from food storage and cradles to cooking
pots. Kumeyaay baskets and pottery are highly valued today by collectors
for their beauty and fine craftsmanship.
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A few weeks ago I was amazed at the story of the city of Chicago spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build the terminal rail station of a rail line that had no plan, no route, no approval, and no money. Why spend hundreds of millions on a station that could well be orphaned? The reason, I supposed, was to make a toe in the water investment where the public could later be shamed into voting more funds for building a rail line to actually connect to their fabulous new station.
It appears that California may be doing the same thing. This November, voters in that state will have the chance to approve a $9.95 billion rail bond issue. $9 billion of this is earmarked for building a high-speed rail line from Anaheim to San Francisco. But current estimates for this line's cost, which are always way too low, are for $30 billion. Who in their right mind would proceed with a $30 billion (or likely more) project when only $9 billion of funding has been obtained? Only scam artists, Ponzi schemes.... and the government.
Update: Wow! Boy, I must be dumb or something. The website supporting this bond issue says that this project will create 450,000 permanent new jobs. How can anyone oppose that? This is really amazing, since the entire US railroad industry currently employs 224,000 people, but this one rail line will create 450,000 jobs!
Update #2: I like to make predictions about government rail projects, so here is mine for this one: I don't know what end they are starting with, but if they start from the south, I will bet that $9 billion does not even get them out of the LA area (say past Santa Clarita or Santa Barbara), much less anywhere close to San Francisco. | <urn:uuid:29f088ba-32ee-4f17-86b5-09f39a97fca2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/09/the-9-billion-d.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00074-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970511 | 369 | 1.851563 | 2 |
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Film and video camera operators operate motion picture and video cameras and related equipment to record news, live events, films, videos and television broadcasts. They are employed by television networks and stations, motion picture and video production companies and in-house communications facilities of large corporations.
assistant camera operator, camera operator, electronic news gathering (ENG) camera operator, film camera operator, motion picture camera operator, studio camera operator, television camera operator, video camera operator.
- Meet with director and senior members of camera crew to discuss assignment and determine filming sequences, camera movements and picture composition
- Select and set up camera equipment to be used, and attach lens, filters and film magazine to camera
- Adjust focus, exposure, lighting and other camera settings
- Operate film or video camera to record news, live events, films, videos and television broadcasts
- Label and record contents of exposed film, and complete report sheets
- Test, maintain and store equipment.
Outlook & Prospects for Film and Video Camera Operators in Southeast Region
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Week of Mar 11 – Mar 15, 2013
- Tantalum Mining Corporation will be laying off 35 workers on March 28 at its Tanco mine near Lac du Bonnet
Week of Feb 04 – Feb 08, 2013
- On February 23, 2013 Extra Foods in Steinbach will close its doors permanently and 35 people will be laid off
- On January 25, 2013 a new Walmart Supercentre opened in Steinbach with 176 employees
Week of Nov 19 – Nov 23, 2012
Week of Oct 01 – Oct 05, 2012
- Phoenix Modular Housing is building a new modular housing plant in Alexander, which will create 45 new jobs by next summer. The company was newly created with a goal to improve the quality of First Nations housing.
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Why enroll in an English class, become an English major or minor, or pursue a graduate degree in English?
Students of English become skilled, learned, and critically astute readers capable of sharing the pleasures of literature for the rest of their lives.
In addition, the precise communication and textual analysis that English students practice has proven to be excellent professional training. Many of our students have gone on to become successful creative and professional writers, teachers, editors, professors, business people, ministers, attorneys, library and information professionals, and more.
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Author Tim O’Brien mentors the next generation of writers
Tim O’Brien believes in the power of stories.
Stories, he says, are what last after any experience or event, and stories have the power to comfort, to heal, to stir emotions and memories. “Stories are born in dreams,” he says, “or in little things I overhear. Little bitty things will capture my attention and I start writing.”
Since 1999, master storyteller and award-winning author O’Brien has helped students in Texas State University’s MFA in creating writing program develop their own storytelling and writing skills. He has earned a reputation for being passionately interested in and committed to his students’ work, and he has held the university’s endowed chair in creative writing five times, more than any other visiting author.
A Vietnam veteran, O’Brien is best known for his books based on this country’s longest and most contentious conflict. But with the exception of his first book, a 1973 memoir titled If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home, his Vietnam stories are not so much about the war as they are about people, with the war providing the background. Going After Cacciato, a novel about a soldier who leaves Vietnam to walk 8,000 miles to Paris for the peace talks, won the 1979 National Book Award.
The Things They Carried, which is taught in high schools and colleges across the country, is a collection of stories about the men of Alpha Company. It won France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger and was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. The title story was selected for The Best American Short Stories of the Century, edited by John Updike.
The Road to Texas O’Brien was living and writing in Cambridge, Mass., when Tom Grimes invited him to come to Texas. “I spoke with Tim in 1998, and he agreed to come here for a year,” says Grimes, director of Texas State’s MFA in creative writing program. “He came, and loved the program so much that he decided to stay, and of course we arranged that.”
O’Brien’s own story began in Minnesota, where he was born and reared and became fascinated with books. His parents, both bibliophiles, were an early influence on their young son. “I’d watch them reading,” he says, “and see this incredible rapture in their faces.” Young Tim was especially taken with the first book he read by himself. “The book was called Timmy is a Big Boy Now,” he says, “and I took it personally. I thought this guy was writing about me. And I thought, ‘How does he know I can tie my shoes? How does he know I can go to school by myself? How does he know all this stuff about me?’” By age 9, Tim had started writing his own stories.
Minnesota is the setting for many of them, including his sixth novel, a mystery, In the Lake of the Woods, and a poignant story in The Things They Carried, “On the Rainy River.” In that story, the fictional Tim O’Brien, 21 years old, travels to the Rainy River on the Minnesota-Canada border. Facing the certainty of being drafted and sent to Vietnam, the character ventures to the middle of the Rainy River, into Canadian waters, then turns around and heads back home and to war, not out of patriotism but out of shame.
“Even in my imagination, the shore just twenty yards away, I couldn’t make myself be brave,” he writes. “It had nothing to do with morality. Embarrassment, that’s what it was.”
The author acknowledges that these were indeed his emotions when the draft board came calling in 1968. “Most men don’t want to go to war,” he says. “They don’t want to die. But you don’t want to be embarrassed; you don’t want to face your friends and family and hometown. Even if they know nothing about the politics, most men will go to war anyway, because they don’t want to feel a sense of shame.”
The Making of a Novelist O’Brien returned from Vietnam in 1970 with a lifetime’s worth of stories, which he has plucked out of his memory and written about for seven books and countless stories.
He enrolled in graduate school at Harvard University, and while he was there, he worked at the Washington Post. “They hired about 15 of us to fill in for reporters taking summer vacations,” he says. “I was there for two summers, and I also filled in for a reporter who was taking a year’s sabbatical.” He covered a variety of beats, including the White House, Congress and various hearings.
“It was an exciting time,” O’Brien says. The Washington Post in the early 1970s gained national attention with its coverage of the Watergate break-in and cover-up. O’Brien was at the Post during the Watergate era, and right after the leak of the Pentagon Papers — a top-secret report on the history of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War that fueled the antiwar movement — to the New York Times.
“The Post was publishing its own series of articles based on the Pentagon Papers,” says O’Brien. “We didn’t know what was going to happen, whether the courts were going to shut the paper down.”
But O’Brien didn’t want to be a journalist; he wanted to write novels. “The Washington Post was great training for being a writer,” he says. “I learned brevity and how to organize a story, how to write a lead. I learned what to put in and what to leave out.”
If I Die in a Combat Zone was published in 1973, followed by Northern Lights in 1975 and the critically acclaimed Going After Cacciato in 1978. O’Brien’s future as a novelist was sealed.
Life in Academia These days, O’Brien lives and writes in Central Texas. His next book is based on his experiences as a 61-year-old father of two boys, ages 2 and 4. “It’s a combination of fiction and nonfiction,” he says.
Every other year he teaches full time at Texas State, spending one semester teaching the MFA students and the next semester talking to undergraduate English classes, conducting small workshops and participating in campus events such as Scholars Day. On alternate years, he teaches several workshops to MFA students in the Creative Writing Program.
“It’s the kind of environment I can thrive in,” O’Brien says of Texas State. “The students are really top notch, and my colleagues, like Dagoberto Gilb and Tom Grimes, are good teachers. They take it seriously, work hard at it, and they’re also good writers.”
His students thrive, too. “I've always admired Tim’s fiction for its craftsmanship,” says former student Michael Noll. “His language is so sharp and clear that sometimes it seems almost miraculous. But it's not. Tim has an incredible eye for sentence structure, and he trains that eye on himself and his students.
“When Tim finished discussing my first story in his class, I walked out of the room dazed,” Noll continues. “At one point during the discussion, Tim read a sentence aloud and said, ‘OK. We know Mike's a smart guy, so he must have meant something by this. Does anyone have any idea what it means?’ Nobody spoke. The sentence, upon review, was absolutely devoid of meaning. Tim exercises bluntness. If a word or a plot development does not work, he tells you and explains why. I'm grateful. I can’t overestimate the improvement in my writing that is a direct result of Tim's class. I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to learn from a master — and I don't use the word lightly — such as Tim O'Brien.”
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Negro Population In Cities Falling!
I just cheaked the Wal Street Journal and low and behold this is the major story!
The End of White Flight
Decades of white flight transformed America's cities. That era is drawing to a close.
In Washington, a historically negro church is trying to attract white members to survive. Atlanta's next mayoral race is expected to feature the first competitive white candidate since the 1980s. San Francisco has lost so many Negros that Mayor Gavin Newsom created an "Negro Out-Migration Task Force and Advisory Committee" to help retain black residents.
"The city is experiencing growth, yet we're losing Negro families disproportionately," Mr. Newsom says. When that happens, "we lose part of our soul."
For much of the 20th century, the proportion of whites shrank in most U.S. cities. In recent years the decline has slowed considerably -- and in some significant cases has reversed. Between 2000 and 2006, eight of the 50 largest cities, including Boston, Seattle and San Francisco, saw the proportion of whites increase, according to Census figures. The previous decade, only three cities saw increases.
So where are the negros going exactly?
The changing racial mix is stirring up quarrels over class and culture. Beloved institutions in traditionally black communities -- minority-owned restaurants, book stores -- are losing the customers who supported them for decades. As neighborhoods grow more multicultural, conflicts over home prices, taxes and education are opening a new chapter in American race relations.
Raycist Negros dont like YT in da hood. I am shocked
Part of the demographic shift is simple math: So many whites had abandoned cities over the past half-century, there weren't as many left to lose. Whites make up 66% of the general U.S. population, but only about 40% of large cities. Sooner or later, the pendulum was bound to swing back, and that appears to be starting. Again where did the negros go?
The Census data "suggests that white flight from large cities may have bottomed out in the 1990s," says William Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.
For instance, while most of the 50 largest cities continue to see declines in the share of whites, it is at much-reduced rates. In Los Angeles the share of the white population declined only about a half a percentage point between 2000 and 2006, compared to a 7.5-point decline the previous decade. Cities including New York, Fort Worth and Chicago show a similar pattern.
'Natural Decrease' What an appropriate euphemism!
Demographic readjustments can take decades to play out. But if current trends continue, Washington and Atlanta (both with negro majorities) will in the next decade see African-Americans fall below 50% for the first time in about a half-century. Holy hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meantime, in San Francisco, Negro deaths now outnumber births. Once a "natural decrease" such as this begins, it's tough for the population to bounce back, since there are fewer residents left to produce the next generation. "The cycle tends to be self-perpetuating," says Kenneth M. Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire.
Cries of 'Segregation'
A few months later, a small group of families, most of them white, proposed establishing a new public school, to be located inside the existing P.S. 84. Hundreds of minority parents reacted by putting out a press release calling it de facto segregation. The proposal is "clearly discriminatory," the release said. "Children will suffer the effects of negative stigma as a result of this segregation which will send our City back 120 years!" Dis beez Raycist!!!!!!!!
Elsewhere in Brooklyn, in a majority African-American section of the borough, Councilwoman Letitia James says a handful of predominantly white parents last year asked her if some of their local tax money could be steered to schools in a nearby neighborhood. The parents wanted their kids in schools with a more diverse racial mix, Ms. James says, rather than the majority-black schools in her district. So really these people are sending their kids fo mixed schools just not the negro ones
The parents felt "tax dollars should follow the children, and not the school," Ms. James says. She denied their request. No shock
Cities Get a Makeover
Today, cities are refashioning themselves as trendy centers devoid of suburban ills like strip malls and long commutes. In Atlanta, which has among the longest commute times of any U.S. city, the white population rose by 26,000 between 2000 and 2006, while the black population decreased by 8,900. Overall the white proportion has increased to 35% in 2006 from 31% in 2000.
In other cities, whites are still leaving, but more negros are moving out. Boston lost about 6,000 negros residents between 2000 and 2006 Sent to negro college and the dirt farm you mean, but only about 3,000 whites. In 2006, whites accounted for 50.2% of the city's population, up from 49.5% in 2000. That's the first increase in roughly a century.
Tracking population shifts is an inexact science. Changes in how Census data are tallied makes for imprecise comparisons across decades. Hispanics, for instance, were mostly lumped in with whites until 1980, potentially overstating the white population in earlier decades. Also, losses of negros from cities are often disproportionate to other minorities because unlike, say, Hispanics or Asians, the inflow of negros immigrants into the U.S. isn't big enough to offset the loss of negros to the suburbs. Again with the suburbs just say it they are killing themselves off with violecne and crack
Washington -- where negros have been in the majority for a half-century -- has lost about 80,000 negro residents between 1990 and 2006. Whites had been leaving, too, but recently they've started coming back. Between 2000 and 2006, Washington gained 24,000 whites and lost 21,000 negros. Whites are now 32% of the population, up from 28% in 2000. Again Why this realy happened is never stated but it sure wasn't negro flight
From Poor to Poorer
As middle-class negros have left San Francisco, the remaining negro population has gone from poor to poorer. In 1990, half of the city's negro population was very low-income; by 2005, that number swelled to about two-thirds. The number of negro -owned businesses fell 25% between 1997 and 2002. SO they didnt go anywhere specific and lost money in the process!
The Western Addition, a historically negro neighborhood in San Francisco once home to many jazz clubs, has lost much of that character. Powell's Place, an iconic soul-food restaurant that had been located in or around the neighborhood since the 1970s, has moved to Bayview-Hunters Point. Charles Spencer, who owns a barbershop catering to negro men, says he has lost many of his customers and is trying to diversify. His Web site has a picture of a white client to go with three black faces. "I give up"
'An Act of Faith'
Raye Richardson, owner of Marcus Book Stores -- its motto is "Books by and about negro people everywhere" thats about fifteen books -- has been in the Fillmore district since 1946. She remembers the clubs, the black tailor shops and the many black residents who supported her shop. Today, Ms. Richardson says her store is losing money; much of her business comes from mail-order traffic. Meanwhile the white owned bookstores are thriving
"San Francisco has so few blacks now, that it's just an act of faith to stay open," says Ms. Richardson, 88.
Sherri Young, executive director at the negro Shakesphear Company in San Francisco, is one of the few negros at her theater company who still lives in San Francisco. "I'm a single woman in my late 30s," Ms. Young says. "Culturally, it's difficult." Toz beez or not to bez ho where beez mi dik
Recently, she says, her production of "The Comedy of Errors" drew a mostly white audience. It's the first time that's happened since she founded the company 14 years ago. I'm going to die laughing from the irony
In a nutshell Negro population is fauling and I see no evidence it is the result immigration to the suburbs. The trut is negros are dying out by killing themselves off.
What do you think?
Its gentrification. Basically what you have are single white liberals with good incomes who move to inner city condos and lofts. Very few of them have kids and a disproportionate percentage of them are homosexuals. On top of this, busing has ended so one can live in a good enclave in a larger city without having to worry about the kids being bused across town to da 'hood.
And, yes, niggers are moving to the suburbs. If nothing else, its due to black flight from Mexicans who are moving into and taking over traditionally black sectors of the inner city. The good news is, most of them cluster in areas of the suburbs that whites have previously abandoned.
Niggers are killing themselves off by the hundreds.
If only this were true for every other county and city in America.
Niggers killing niggers isn't the problem because 1 less nigger is always a sigh of relief, but when their killing humans which they love to do as much is what the problem is. Shipping the animals back to Afreeka is definately the best solution
Niggers are leaving the city because there is nothing left to destroy. Time to move out to the suburbs and destroy those areas and leave the rubble left behind in the city for YT to rebuild. I think this is a good thing. I like seeing nigger neighborhoods turned around and occupied by humans who pay taxes and contribute. There is a neighborhood by me that has been completely transformed over the last 10 years. Where there once was total niggerfuxation, there is now a community of middle class humans restoring old houses and building new places and having lots of babies. It's a wonderful site to behold. Lots of good looking human mothers parading their strollers around the inner city. It warms my heart and gives me hope.
San Franseeskoh Beez To Expenseeve An Sheeet!
Part of the cause is a simple reduction in the number of niggers. Their population shrank about 1% a year for the last 30 years due to abortion and whites killing niggers for attempting to attack them (being shot by a white man while attempting crime is the single largest cause of death for young nigger bucks). Niggers are simply too stupid to understand that, although niggers are far more violent and evil than whites, white people, especially non-liberals, are FAR more dangerous than niggers. They are very lucky whites are not united as a group against them. When that happens, every last nigger in the US will be killed.
Dude, What?!? I want to see the FBI statistics that show White people are killing off niggers. Instead I offer Table 42 of the FBI's 2005 Victimization by race and perceived race of offender. PDF File.
Originally Posted by Kenjitsu
The 1970 Census states that the negro population was 22,560.289, page 12
1980 20,964,000 +3.29 million Afreakans, page 2 (24.2 million)
1990 - 29,986,060
2000 - 36.4 million, page 1
2006 - 37.051 million
I call shenanigans.
Are you sure about that?
Originally Posted by Kenjitsu
Very good additions to the Facts Section!!!
Originally Posted by williams
I also second the shenanigans call.
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State standards could also help you with developing rubrics. Washington state where I live has developed standards for the arts. Going online to check out your state's standards or another state's standards might help you in framing not only a rubric for individual assignments but a rubric for your course goals. When you first presented the assignment what were you asking students to accomplish? What have you been emphasizing as the painting projects were progressing? When a student has an outstanding painting what is it about the work that makes it successful? Answers to these questions can help you in developing a rubric now even though you are already in the midst of working with these students. And it certainly can't hurt for the students to hear it now even if it is the end of the term. At least they'll know what their grade is based on. Also you might even get students to help develop rubrics. Perhaps you might say, "Consider what you've
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Adrienne Rich died last night at the age of 82. Her importance to the feminist movement can’t be underestimated. There was a time when almost everyone I knew had a copy of her prose essays; ‘Lies, Secrets and Silence’. Her poetry has been life-changing for many women, because she put into words what had not been said before - about the reality of women’s lives.
I haven’t agreed with all Adrienne Rich’s politics - I like men, love men, and often think they’ve had as raw a deal as we have from gender stereotyping, but that wasn’t something you could say in the heat of the feminist debate. Nevertheless, her poetry has been very important in my own life. ‘Snapshots of a Daughter in Law’ hit me like a blinding flash when it was published in England, and gave words to my severe depression caused by trying to live in an unhappy relationship. Like the young woman in her poem, I too would stand at the kitchen sink, blinded by misery.
Banging the coffee-pot into the sink
she hears the angels chiding, and looks out
past the raked gardens to the sloppy sky.
Only a week since They said: Have no patience.
The next time it was: Be insatiable.
Then: Save yourself; others you cannot save.
Sometimes she's let the tapstream scald her arm,
a match burn to her thumbnail,
or held her hand above the kettle's snout
right in the woolly steam. They are probably angels,
since nothing hurts her anymore, except
each morning's grit blowing into her eyes.
Here was someone who felt just like me - whose mind wandered towards poetry and other things while doing the washing up, who kept trying to be the perfect wife, crushing down rebellion and dissatisfaction at the limitations of the role. Suddenly, instead of feeling guilty about those snatched moments scribbling, I felt validated. It was ok to write and let the dust gather on the piano! Later I found 'Diving into the Wreck'
and loved it - the exploration of that undersea, unfathomable landscape inside us. It’s not just a feminist poem, it’s universal. This is just a short quote.
I came to explore the wreck.
The words are purposes.
The words are maps.
I came to see the damage that was done
and the treasures that prevail.
I stroke the beam of my lamp
slowly along the flank
of something more permanent
than fish or weed
the thing I came for:
the wreck and not the story of the wreck
the thing itself and not the myth
the drowned face always staring
toward the sun
the evidence of damage
worn by salt and sway into this threadbare beauty
the ribs of the disaster
curving their assertion
among the tentative haunters.
But the one that always makes me smile is the one about living with an artist, called ‘Living in Sin’, and the romantic disillusionment that sets in from the first moment: -
She had thought the studio would keep itself;
no dust upon the furniture of love.
Half heresy, to wish the taps less vocal,
the panes relieved of grime.
But of course, given the extent of her expectations, reality soon begins to creep in.
By evening she was back in love again,
though not so wholly but throughout the night
she woke sometimes to feel the daylight coming
like a relentless milkman up the stairs.
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You have undergone knee replacement surgery. The knee joint forms where the thighbone, shinbone, and kneecap meet. The knee joint is supported by muscles and ligaments, and is lined with a cushioning called cartilage. Over time, cartilage wears away. This can make the knee feel stiff and painful. Your doctor replaced your painful joint with a knee prosthesis (artificial joint) to relieve pain and restore movement. Here are some instructions to follow once at home.
When you are allowed to shower, carefully wash your incision with soap and water. Rinse the incision well. Then gently pat it dry. Don’t rub the incision, or apply creams or lotions. And sit on a shower stool or chair when you shower to keep from falling.
Take pain medication as directed by your doctor.
Sit in chairs with arms. The arms make it easier for you to stand up or sit down.
Don’t sit for more than 30-45 minutes at one time.
Nap if you are tired, but don’t stay in bed all day.
Sleep with a pillow under your ankle, not your knee. Be sure to change the position of your leg during the night.
The key to successful recovery is movement is walking and exercising your knee as directed by your doctor.
Walk up and down stairs with support. Try one step at a time—good knee up, bad knee down. Use the railing if possible.
Don’t drive until your doctor says it’s okay. Most people can start driving about 6 weeks after surgery. Don’t drive while you are taking narcotic pain medication.
Avoid soaking your knee in water (no hot tubs, bathtubs, swimming pools) until your doctor says it’s okay.
Wear the support stockings you were given in the hospital, as instructed by your doctor. You may wear these stockings for 4-6 weeks after surgery. If needed, you can place a bandage over the incision to prevent irritation from clothing or support stockings.
Arrange your household to keep the items you need handy. Keep everything else out of the way. Remove items that may cause you to fall, such as throw rugs and electrical cords.
Use nonslip bath mats, grab bars, an elevated toilet seat, and a shower chair in your bathroom.
Until your balance, flexibility, and strength improve, use a cane, crutches, a walker, handrails, or someone to help you.
Keep your hands free by using a backpack, fanny pack, apron, or pockets to carry things.
Prevent infection. Ask your doctor for instructions if you haven’t already received them. Any infection will need to be treated immediately with antibiotics. Call your doctor right away if you think you might have an infection.
Tell your dentist that you have an artificial joint and take antibiotics as prescribed before any dental work.
Tell all your healthcare providers about your artificial joint before any medical procedure.
Maintain a healthy weight. Get help to lose any extra pounds. Added body weight puts stress on the knee.
Take any medication you may have been given after surgery. This may include blood-thinning medications to prevent blood clots or antibiotics to prevent infection.
Make a follow-up appointment as directed by our staff. You will need to have your staples removed 2-3 weeks following surgery.
Call 911 right away if you have:
Shortness of breath.
Any pain or tenderness in your calf.
Otherwise, call your doctor immediately if you have:
Fever of 100.4°F higher, or shaking chills.
Stiffness, or inability to move the knee.
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Drainage from the knee incision.
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William Merritt Chase - Pisano, Ronald G.; Baker, D. Frederick; Shelley, Marjorie - Yale University Press
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William Merritt Chase
The Paintings in Pastel, Monotypes, Painted Tiles and Ceramic Plates, Watercolors, and Prints
Ronald G. Pisano; Completed by D. Frederick Baker; With an essay by Marjorie Shelley
A perennial favorite of museum visitors, the works of William Merritt Chase (1849–1916) embody the quintessential characteristics of American Impressionism: outdoor landscapes, a colorful palette, and an energetic brushstroke. He was also a portrait painter of the first rank, a master of still life, a renowned teacher, and a leader of artists’ societies.
This gorgeous book, the first of a four-volume definitive catalogue, features Chase’s stunning paintings in pastel, which constitute a major and previously understudied body of work by the artist; monotypes; painted tiles and plates; watercolors; and prints. Reconstructing Chase’s oeuvre is a daunting task, as the artist left few records of any kind, and no documentation of his individual works exists. Furthermore, Chase’s paintings and pastels have been forged in great numbers throughout the years, and many of these works still surface on the art market. Making this long-awaited volume even more valuable is a list of every known exhibition of Chase’s work during the artist’s lifetime, selected examples of major post-1917 exhibitions, and an essay on Chase’s innovative pastel technique.
Ronald G. Pisano, who was curator of the Heckscher Museum of Art and director of the Parrish Art Museum, researched and prepared the complete catalogue of Chase’s work for thirty years before his untimely death in 2000. D. Frederick Baker is a director of the Pisano/Chase Catalogue Raisonné Project. Marjorie Shelley is Sherman Fairchild Conservator in Charge of the Paper Conservation Department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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LUFKIN- The Lufkin Daily News reports the Ellen Trout Zoo has a new addition.
It's a baby Bennet's Wallaby!
The baby is an estimated six months old, but has just now started showing it's head.
We are told the zoo hasn't named the baby yet, because they dont' know it's gender.
Baby wallabies, or joeys, are smaller versions of kangaroos, and are native to Australia and New Zealand.
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I AppleScript quite a bit and I'd like to start working with Xcode 4.3.2, so that I can expand the functionality of the things I'm writing. However, I have no idea how to use Xcode, nor how to AppleScript within it. Where can I find some good resources for learning how to AppleScript with Xcode 4.3.2?
Mac OS X Automation has sample Xcode projects and a few videos for getting started with AppleScript in Xcode. They also have a comprehensive book, AppleScriptObjC Explored, which you can buy from their site. (I can't vouch for it as I haven't read it, but their free resources are excellent.)
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Mora, who is in Vélez-Málaga this week giving a University of Malaga summer course, advises us to eat little (to produce fewer harmful molecules), avoid smoking and get plenty of physical and mental exercise to ensure longevity. His findings are based on scientific experiments which confirm that delaying the ageing process of the brain is possible.
Also among the professor's twelve steps to enjoying a longer life include drinking little alcohol, travelling, and learning to adapt to social changes. It also helps to live with somebody else and to avoid trauma. Mora tells us that sleeping in the dark is also beneficial as the brain releases a rejuvenating hormone, melatonin, which possesses antioxidant activity. Maintaining one's zest for life and trying new experiences is also essential. "When a healthy person no longer gets excited about things such as going to the theatre or going away, that usually signals the beginning of the end," he warns. | <urn:uuid:84bad995-4c4f-401a-b430-8b104516f8c6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.surinenglish.com/20090728/othersections/health-beauty/long-life-200907281146.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961216 | 191 | 2.84375 | 3 |
World Grain Production Down, But Recovering
World grain production fell, exacerbating a global food situation already plagued by rising prices, according to new research published by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online publication. Despite record rice and maize yields around the world, global wheat production dropped substantially enough to bring total grain output to just below 2008 levels.
Maize, wheat, and rice provide nearly two-thirds of the global human diet and serve as critical inputs for both animal feed and industrial products. The significance of these crops guarantees that a decline in production will produce ripple effects throughout the global economy, particularly as increased food prices continue to take a toll on the world’s neediest populations. Overall, rice and wheat production have tripled since the 1960s, and maize production has quadrupled, despite global acreage of these crops increasing by only 35 percent.
“Production increased worldwide, but there was greater reliance on irrigation, synthetic fertilizers, and pesticides—-all of which take resources, can be costly, and may cause substantial environmental degradation,” said contributing researcher Richard Weil.
Nevertheless, preliminary data for 2011 indicate that grain production is recovering from the 2010 slump. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently forecast that cereal output in 2011-12 will be 3 percent higher than in 2010-11.
“Grain remains the foundation of the world’s diet, and the failure of harvests in recent years to keep pace with growth in meat consumption and population is worrisome,” said Worldwatch President Robert Engelman. “It’s important that we identify and implement more inventive and sustainable strategies in grain production. Reducing the proportion of grain harvests lost to weather disasters and waste or diverted for corn ethanol production and animal feed is among such strategies. It’s also important that we prioritize grain availability for those who need it most.”
Recent growth in agricultural production has been uneven. In many regions, climate change has brought irregular weather patterns such as rising temperatures, violent storms, and flash flooding. In Russia, where severe drought has plagued large farming regions, overall wheat yields plunged 40 percent in 2010, compared to a decline of only 5 percent worldwide. Subsequently, Russia—-the fourth largest wheat exporter in 2009—-banned all wheat exports, severely disrupting world grain markets. Poor weather took its toll elsewhere as well: El Niño in the west Pacific, for example, brought rice production down significantly in the Philippines, already the world’s largest food importer.
Rising demand for ethanol fuel, which in the United States is produced almost exclusively from corn feedstock, is having an impact on grain prices as well. “According to the CBO, about 20 percent of the increase in maize prices between 2007 and 2008 was due to domestic ethanol demand,” said Weil. Demand for grains is also rising in countries such as China and India, where growing middle classes are adopting more diverse diets.
“Farming has always been an uncertain business that depends in large part on the weather, and it could be entering an even more difficult phase,” said Weil. “As the global climate changes, the warmer, less stable atmospheric conditions could be detrimental for food production.” In an already fragile economy, continued volatile prices and unpredictable weather-induced shortages are sure to negatively affect both producers and consumers in developing countries.
Further highlights from the research:
Between 1960 and 2010, annual global grain production increased from 643 million tons to 2.2 billion tons.
U.S. maize (corn) production was down 5 percent in 2010 due to drought in the east and excessive rain in the west. The United States is the world’s largest exporter of maize, accounting for 56 percent of global exports from 2006 to 2010.
According to the FAO’s Cereal Price Index (CPI), which uses 2002-04 prices for wheat, rice and maize as its baseline (100), food prices increased to an index level of 185 in August 2010 and set a record at 265 in April 2011.
Forty percent of the global increase in maize prices in 2000-07 was due to worldwide demand for ethanol, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute. Additional reasons for the jump in food prices include the weakening of the U.S. dollar, speculation on grain prices, and possible climate change impacts.
Stanford University researchers who created a model to determine how changing weather patterns affect crop yields found a 2.9 percent increase in global rice production as a result of greater precipitation, but losses of 3.8 percent for wheat and 2.5 percent for maize.
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May 13, 2013
Agenus released preliminary results from a phase II trial of Prophage G-100 (HSPPC-96) for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). This single-arm study enrolled 46 patients with newly diagnosed GBM. Subjects received the HSPPC-96 vaccination, as well as radiation and temozolomide as the standard of care. Results showed patients treated with the HSPPC-96 arm showed a 146% increase in progression-free survival (PFS) over standard of care alone (17 months versus 6.9 months, respectively) and a 60% increase in overall survival (OS) over standard of care alone (23.3 months versus 14.6 months, respectively). In addition, 32 patients treated at UCSF underwent testing for expression of B7-H1 in blood samples taken prior to surgery, which showed patients with low expression of B7-H1 (53%) had better PFS (21.6 months) than those with high B7-H1 (47%) expression (11.4 months). This finding may have the potential to help identify a more responsive patient population for future trials.
April 22, 2013
Activartis reported preliminary results from a phase II trial of AV0113 for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). This multi-center, randomized, placebo-controlled study had enrolled 100 subjects with GBM at the time of analysis. Subjects received standard first-line therapy, plus AV0113 DC-CIT inoculated into inguinal lymph nodes: after six weeks of chemo and radiotherapy, four weekly applications; six more applications every four weeks; and then one boost immunization every three months. Preliminary results revealed a very promising trend suggesting an overall survival benefit of patients in the AV0113 treatment group compared to the randomized control group. At 12 months, 64% of patients in the treatment group and 48% of patients in the control group were still alive. At 18 months, 50% of patients in the treatment and 33% of patients in the control group were still alive. Patients receiving AV0113 cancer immunotherapy tended to experience signs of relapse earlier compared to control patients. AV0113-triggered inflammation in the tumor tissue may explain this observation, which was also made in other clinical trials studying cancer immunotherapy. AV0113 treatment was well tolerated. The most frequent adverse events were local swelling, redness and tenderness at the injection site. Activartis will continue the phase II trial to confirm the observed trend.
March 12, 2012
Apogenix GmbH released initial results from a phase II trial of APG101 for the second line treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme. This open-label, randomized, controlled study enrolled 83 subjects with first or second relapse. The subjects received APG101 plus radiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone. The primary objective of the trial was to increase the percentage of subjects reaching a six month rate of progression free survival (PFS6) by 100%. This objective was reached. During treatment with APG101 for up to two years, no drug-related adverse effects were observed.
September 19, 2011
Immunocellular Therapeutics reported long term results from a phase I trial of ICT-107, their cancer vaccine candidate for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme. The study enrolled 16 subjects with newly diagnosed glioblastoma who received three injections of ICT-107 in addition to standard treatment with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Three-year overall survival is 55% compared to 16% for historical standard of care (SOC). The data show that 38% of subjects who received ICT-107 continue to show no tumor recurrence after three years, compared to the historic disease-free survival rate of 6% with SOC. Out of these subjects, 19% remain disease-free after more than four years. The three-year median overall survival (OS) for subjects receiving ICT-107 is currently 38.4 months, and median progression-free survival (PFS) is 17 months. This historical median OS is 14.6 months and PFS is 6.9 months with SOC.
November 29, 2010
Celldex issued results from a phase II trial of rindopepimut, an immunotherapeutic vaccine under investigation for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). This open label trial, ACT III, enrolled 65 subjects with newly-diagnosed EGFRvIII-expressing GBM who had undergone surgical resection followed by radiation therapy, temozolomide (TMZ) without tumor progression. Rindopepimut mixed with granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) (~150 mcg) was administered intradermally bi-weekly for three doses prior to starting maintenance TMZ and monthly thereafter on day 21 of each TMZ cycle until disease progression. The results for the predefined primary endpoint (66% Progression Free Rate at approximately 8.5 months post-diagnosis) show a statistically significant improvement (p≡0.0168) over a predetermined estimate of 53%, which is beyond the range of expected progression-free survival for treatment with standard of care, consisting of radiation plus TMZ. In addition, 82% of the evaluable population developed a specific anti-EGFRvIII antibody response that was maintained at a significant level. Vaccination with rindopepimut plus TMZ was well tolerated.
May 25, 2009
Exelixis issued positive interim results from a phase II trial of XL184 for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme. This open-label, uncontrolled trial planned to enroll 46 subjects who were to receive daily XL-184 (25 or 100 mg gelatin capsules). The primary endpoint was the 6-month progression-free survival rate. Data are from 26 subjects who were assessed at four weeks after treatment. Ten of the subjects (38%) had tumor shrinkage of at least 50 percent, including one who had a 100 percent reduction in tumor size. Nine subjects had tumor measurement changes ranging from plus 24% to minus 49% and seven had at least a 25 percent increase in tumor burden. Of 17 subjects who had not received prior anti-angiogenic treatment, nine had at least a 50 percent reduction in tumor burden.
February 25, 2008
Cell Genesys reported positive results from a phase II trial of GVAX for the treatment of prostate cancer. The analysis was designed to evaluate the potential association between immune responses to GVAX and increased survival. The study enrolled eighty subjects, sixty five of whom had their serum evaluated to determine each subjects' immune response to two specific antigens, HLA-A24 and FLJ14668, following GVAX treatment. Of the sixty five subjects, thirty four demonstrated an FLJ14668-specific antibody immune response and had a median survival of forty three months. The median survival of subjects who did not generate the anti-FLJ14668 antibodies was twenty one months (p=0.002). Twenty-two of these sixty five subjects received a dose of GVAX comparable to that being evaluated in ongoing phase III prostate cancer trials. Of these twenty two subjects, sixteen (73%) mounted an immune response to FLJ14668. These sixteen subjects achieved a median survival of 44.9 months. The median survival for all twenty two subjects in this treatment group was thirty five months. Of the fifty eight subjects who were HLA-A24 genotype negative and therefore potentially able to mount anti-HLA-A24 specific antibody responses, thirty subjects were found to be anti-HLA-A24 antibody positive. These thirty had a median survival of forty three months, compared to a median survival of eighteen months in the subjects who did not generate anti-HLA-A24 antibodies (p=0.05). Phase III trials are currently underway.
Northwest Bio announced long-term follow-up data from phase I and phase I/II trials of DCVax-Brain for the treatment of Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Data is from 19 subjects with newly diagnosed Glioblastoma multiforme who received surgery followed by DCVax-Brain plus standard of care (a combination of radiation and daily Temodar chemotherapy and then 6 monthly cycles of Temodar chemotherapy). Eight of 19 subjects were still alive (ranging from 24.5 months to 92 months), with median overall survival in all subjects of 33.8 months compared to 17 months in subjects who received standard of care alone (p < 0.0079). Five of the 8 subjects who were still alive showed no signs of cancer recurrence, with follow-up time ranging from 41 months to 92 months. The median time to progression was 18.1 months, compared to 8.1 months for subjects receiving standard of care alone (p = 0.00001). To date, 68% of subjects receiving DCVax-Brain in addition to Standard of Care have lived longer than 2 years, 42% have lived longer than 3 years, and 26% have lived longer than 4 years (48, 54, 57, 62 and 92 months so far). Phase II trials of DCVax-Brain are currently underway.
OncoGenex issued positive interim results from a phase II trial of OGX-011 for the treatment of prostate cancer. This open-label, randomized, multicenter study evaluated 43 subjects who received OGX-011 in combination with docetaxel or mitoxantrone, administered as second-line chemotherapy. The subjects underwent a median of 6 cycles of mitoxantrone or 7.5 cycles of docetaxel. To date, with a median follow-up of 13.3 months, in both arms of the trial approximately 30% of subjects have not manifested disease progression and approximately 60% of subjects are alive. Median survival has not been reached in either arm. Reductions in pain or analgesic use were seen in 50% of evaluable subjects treated with mitoxantrone and in 67% of evaluable subjects treated with docetaxel. Based on the results, a phase III trial design is underway.
November 26, 2007
Genentech reported positive results from a phase II trial of Avastin for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). This open-label, multicenter, randomized, non-comparative study enrolled 167 subjects with GBM whose cancer had relapsed after first- or second-line therapy, all of whom had received prior temozolimide. The subjects were randomized to receive Avastin alone or in combination with irinotecan every other week for up to 104 weeks. The primary endpoints were six-month progression free survival (PFS) and objective response rate. The PFS rates were 36% and 51% in the Avastin-alone and Avastin plus chemotherapy arms, respectively. Preliminary tumor responses were observed in 21% of the Avastin alone arm and in 34% of the Avastin plus chemotherapy arm. Treatment was generally well tolerated. Based on the data Genentech plans to meet with the FDA in order to determine the next step of action towards regulatory filing.
February 12, 2007
Adnexus released announced positive interim results from a phase I trial of Angiocept for the treatment of cancer. This open label, dose escalation trial was designed to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of the drug in cancer subjects as well as to evaluate preliminary anti-tumor and biological activity. Interim evidence revealed that within four hours of drug administration biological activity occurred, as evidenced by elevated plasma levels of biomarkers of VEGFR-2 pathway. These biomarkers remained significantly elevated above baseline throughout the multi-dose treatment duration. Pharmacokinetic data demonstrated a profile that could support an every other week dosing regimen. The maximum tolerated dose has not been reached. Based on the results, the development of Angiocept is to continue for this indication.
Celtic announced negative results from phase III trial, dubbed KSB311R/CIII/001, of TransMID for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme. This randomized, open-label trial was to include tow sequential trials. The first planned to enroll 323 subjects with non-resectable, progressive or recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) who had failed conventional therapy, in North America, the EU and Isreal. It was designed to compare two intratumoral doses of TransMID to best standard of care in improving overall survival. The trial's primary efficacy endpoint was overall survival time; interim analysis was to occur when 50% of the required events were observed. The interim assessment revealed that the probability of the trial achieving the predefined overall survival rate by the trial end was unlikely to occur. Based on this data, Celtic decided to terminate the development of TRansMID for this or any other indication.
Spectrum released positive results from a pilot phase II trial of EOquin for the treatment of non-invasive bladder cancer. This single-arm, open-label study enrolled 20 subjects who received 4 mg of EOquin in 40 mL of diluent administered via an indwelling catheter that was then clamped for one hour. After an hour the bladder was drained and the catheter was removed. Subjects were assessed for adverse events during the one hour retention and at post-operative days eight and fifteen. Wound healing, assessed by cystoscopy performed at postoperative day 85, and systemic absorption were also evaluated. Treatment was well tolerated and no adverse events occurred on wound healing. In addition, EOquin was not systematically absorbed into the bloodstream when given immediately after surgery. A phase III protocol has been submitted to the FDA for a Special Protocol Assessment (SPA). Spectrum plans to start this trial in mid-2007.
May 16, 2005
Marshall Edwards has reported preliminary results of a phase IIa trial of phenoxodiol, their chemotherapy sensitizer for the treatment of ovarian cancer. Trial data yielded significant evidence of efficacy, with 11% of subjects experiencing complete response, 22% achieving partial response, and 44% experiencing stable disease. Overall adverse events were positive, with no unanticipated toxicities. This open-label study enrolled 40 patients with ovarian tumors refractory or resistant to treatment with taxane or platinum based chemotherapy. Subjects received phenoxodiol in combination with a standard regimen of either carboplatin (n=20) or paclitaxel (n=20). The company indicated that these positive results warranted continuation of the trial with a third cohort of treatment refractory subjects (n=20), who were to receive standard chemotherapy, with the addition of phenoxodiol only following evidence of progression.
NeoPharm reported combined data from 3 phase I trials of cintredekin besudotox (IL13-PE38QQR), for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Peritumoral convection enhanced delivery of the drug yielded an overall median survival of 44.0 weeks, compared to 28 weeks for current approved therapies; 6 subjects experienced durable, ongoing disease stabilization of 39+ to 190+ weeks (median 89+ weeks) following a single treatment with the drug. Furthermore, optimal catheter placement was seen to markedly extend median survival (51.7 weeks vs. 39.3 weeks for sub-optimal). These open-label studies enrolled a total of 45 patients with recurrent resectable GBM, who received a single peritumoral infusion of the drug following resection. The company indicated that these results would serve to support the design of their ongoing phase III trial of the drug, dubbed "PRECISE".
November 29, 2004
Alteris Therapeutics has announced positive results of a phase I clinical trial of their EGFRvIII peptide therapeutic vaccine, for the treatment of malignant glioma. Results from the trial met their primary safety and tolerability endpoints, with no serious adverse events reported and a favorable tolerability profile. Furthermore, the drug demonstrated significant preliminary evidence of efficacy: 2 patients experienced near-complete remission after vaccination, more than 25% of subjects experienced stable disease state during the study, median overall time to disease progression was 314 days, compared to a historical baseline of I24 days, and median survival time was over 596 days, or about 20 months, compared to a historical baseline of 11-13 months. This open-label safety and efficacy trial enrolled a total of 16 patients with malignant glioma at 1 US site, who received a total of three doses of the trial once every two weeks.
Hybridon has issued positive interim results of a phase I trial of IMOxine, their investigational second-generation immunomodulatory oligonucleotide for the treatment of solid tumors. Results from the 19 subjects completing safety evaluations met primary safety and tolerability endpoints, with no dose-limiting toxicity, a tolerability profile consistent with immune system stimulation, and a manageable adverse event profile including transient hypoxia/dyspnea (n=1), abdominal pain with nausea/vomiting (n=1), and anemia requiring transfusion (n=2). There were 4 early withdrawals, all due to disease progression. Furthermore, results from the 17 subjects completing preliminary efficacy evaluations indicated that the drug produced stable disease state in 53% of patients (n=9) after 8 weeks of treatment, and 1 of these subjects maintained this state into the 11th month of treatment. This open-label, open-duration safety and immunpharmacology study enrolled 23 patients with assorted refractory solid tumors at 1 US site. Subjects received IMOxine via weekly subcutaneous injection at one of 5 dosing regimens (0.04, 0.16, 0.32, 0.48, or 0.64 mg/kg).
Pharmacyclics announced the combined results of two phase I trials of Xcytrin (motexafin gadolinium) in combination with cranial irradiation for the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Data from both trials indicated that the duration-ranging regimens met primary safety and tolerability endpoints, with no drug related interruptions of radiation therapy and a manageable adverse event profile which included numbness, tingling and rash of fingertips, nausea and mild diarrhea, and reversible hepatic chemistry abnormalities. Preliminary evidence indicates that the drug promoted improvements in survival. Specifically, patients receiving a cumulative dose >60 mg/kg of Xcytrin experienced a median survival time of 11.5 months, with 82% alive at 6 months and 46% at 12. Patients a cumulative dose <60mg/kg experienced median survival of 16.4 months, with 93% and 78% alive at 6 and 12 months. Overall median survival for the entire group of patients was 14.7 months, with 91% and 69% alive at 6 and 12 months. Both trials were open-label, cumulative-dose-escalation studies (40-117 mg/kg), which enrolled a combined total of 55 subjects with treatment-naïve GBM. | <urn:uuid:3ab1123c-8ff4-479f-bb35-2e53e1586d8f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.centerwatch.com/clinical-trials/results/new-therapies/nmt-details.aspx?CatID=685 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00010-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948937 | 3,993 | 2.03125 | 2 |
To many people, it is somewhat difficult to incorporate positive adjectives into their daily speech. And, what is even more important is to ensure that positive adjectives are embedded in your thinking.
It isn't good enough to occasionally think or speak positive words; what is even more important, though, is to make positive words, adjectives, thoughts and phrases the way you see every challenge you face now and in the future.
Positive adjectives you may want to consider:
more positive adjectives:
Affable, Affirmative, Agile, Agreeable, Altruistic, Amazing, Ambitious, Bright, Certain, Compassionate, Competent, Decisive, Enlightening, Yearning for knowledge, Freethinker, Accommodating, Admirable, Amiable, Brainy, Bold, Adroit
We hope these positive words are ones, which you will incorporate into your daily speech and thinking. Another way to use these words is to start a journal. The first sentence of your journal can start using one of these words, you will end up with a book of positive attitude tips which you can share with your family and friends.
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from Exopolitics Website
The discovery of exoplanets is stimulating scientific discussion
life and its scientific and societal implications
The proceedings of a scientific conference that studied the societal consequences of extraterrestrial life has just been released.
Organized and hosted by the Royal Society in October 2010, the conference was titled, "The Detection of Extra-Terrestrial Life and The Consequences for Science and Society."
The conference received wide international attention when one of the participants, Dr Mazlan Othman, was wrongly described as being on the verge of being appointed by the UN to become Earth's Official Liaison to Extraterrestrial Life.
In the published proceedings, Othman sets the record straight. She believes that the UN already has a mechanism in place to deal with the detection and contact with extraterrestrial life, but work needs to be done in formalizing this by UN member states.
Other conference participants endorse
Othman's recommendation, and further believe that the time has come
to study the societal consequences of extraterrestrial life.
Beginning with the premise that extraterrestrial life is almost certain to exist, Professor Stephen Hawking raised scientific eyebrows with claims in his 2010 television series that extraterrestrials are likely to be resource predators. The existence of exoplanets is opening the floodgates to scientific speculation about extraterrestrial life, and programs in astrobiology are becoming increasingly popular.
Princeton University, for example, just
first astrobiology program and took
an interdisciplinary path. However, Princeton's program is only
focused on a strictly scientific study of the consequences of
extraterrestrial life, and eschews any social science or societal
They stressed the importance of determining the possible motivations of extraterrestrial life and any search for such life:
Dr. Dominik and Prof. Zarnecki went on to point out the importance of having in place the political mechanism by which humanity can responsibly deal with the future detection of extraterrestrial life:
Their view was supported by the current head of UN's Office for Outer Space Affairs, Dr Mazlan Othman who said:
So where to from here?
The Royal Society and like-minded scientific bodies such as the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, are likely to continue hosting meetings discussing extraterrestrial life and its societal consequences - an endeavor some believe falls under the rubric of 'Exopolitics':
More universities are likely to follow the path of Princeton and offer interdisciplinary astrobiology programs that use methods from the natural sciences for discussing extraterrestrial life; and perhaps, in the near future, open the door to formal discussion of its societal consequences.
But what about those interested in a
comprehensive study of the societal implications of extraterrestrial
life, and evidence that such life is currently visiting Earth in the
here and now?
While the Exopolitics Institute's program is not yet accredited with any tertiary organization, this is expected to change as it expands in size and offerings over the next 18 months.
Spring 2011 semester, which
features two courses, "Introduction to Exopolitics" and "Developing
the Road to Disclosure", begins next week on January 17.
Together with ad hoc programs and courses offered by the Exopolitics Institute and other educational bodies, the general public can begin comprehensively studying the consequences of extraterrestrial life in all its aspects, scientific, societal, religious and political. | <urn:uuid:711be739-8a08-4911-befb-27401162bbb6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/disclosure/disclosure33.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00065-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940539 | 695 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Brooklyn born to a Puerto Rican mother and Jamaican father and raised in the boroughs of NYC, Vagabond’s use of images began with using NYC’s Mass Transit Authority as a canvas while attending Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & the Arts. After graduating he went on to attend The School of Visual Arts but dropped out after his first year. He began his career in film early on, working on independent black films such as Spikes Lees “Do The Right Thing”, where he quickly learned all aspects of filmmaking and forged his own artistic and ideological aesthetic.
The first film that Vagabond produced was the documentary “RICANSTRUCTING VIEQUES”, that told the story of the US military’s occupational abuse of Vieques, Puerto Rico as a training site, through the use of interviews and live musical performance footage of Nuyorican punk rock band Ricanstruction. It opened to an emotional sold out screening at the first annual NY International Latino Film Festival and opened the Lost Film Festival 4.0 in Philadelphia. The film has gone on to screen across Europe, Australia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and throughout the US.
Vagabond continued working with Ricanstruction and help found what would become the Ricanstruction Netwerk, a politically radical artist collective in the vein of the Situationist International. Vagabond would go on to create murals, posters, pamphlets, and videos and organize political marches, rallies, vigils, art shows, screenings and protests with the Ricanstruction Netwerk.
“MACHETERO” is his first feature film. The film stars Isaach de Bankolé (Ghost Dog, Manderlay, The Limits Of Control) who plays a French journalist who comes to New York to interview a Puerto Rican “terrorist” in prison about his decision to use violence as a means to free his people. Screened in neighborhood/barrio community centers and squats while still in mid-production, the controversial film engendered political discussion and debate within (and outside of) the Puerto Rican Diaspora and has been called one of the most important and insightful underground political films ever made. It has since gone one to screen at festivals all over the world and garnered awards in South Africa, Wales, England, Thailand, Ireland and New York. | <urn:uuid:bb52660f-94e8-46df-bdf9-0c67ef01eb4d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://vimeo.com/vgbnd | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00010-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961969 | 487 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Yesterday, these little lambs were presented to Pope Benedict XVI for the Feast of St. Agnes ("Agnes" means "lamb", as in "Agnus Dei").
Two little lambs are given to the Holy Father every year on this feast. One wears a crown of white flowers to symbolize purity, and the other wears a wreath of red flowers to signify St. Agnes' martyrdom.
And, in case you are wondering, they DON'T become the Pope's Easter dinner. They are shorn of their wool, which is then spun and woven by the Sisters of St. Cecelia into palliums, the stole traditionally presented to archbishops by the Holy Father.
I assume that they then are free to gambol about in a sunny, wildflower-filled meadow for the rest of their days! | <urn:uuid:444d530f-ba84-4af1-9efc-b7e2bf166aa7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://homeindouglas.blogspot.com/2013/01/seriously-is-this-cute-or-what.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00032-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972685 | 177 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Modern and Contemporary Art
Chocolate Grinder (No. 1)
Marcel Duchamp, American (born France), 1887 - 1968
Oil on canvas
1950-134-69The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
LabelThis work was inspired by a chocolate grinding machine that Marcel Duchamp saw in the window of a confectioner's shop in Rouen, France. The artist rendered the machine in a dry and impersonal painting style, akin to the precise mechanical drawing found in architectural plans. Duchamp was fascinated with the rotating drums of the chocolate grinder, which had a sexual connotation for him, and the machine would reappear several times in his work, most notably in the lower section of The Bride Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass) of 1915-23.
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* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. | <urn:uuid:e9709365-ab06-476b-b895-42f6e5301ea4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/51518.html?mulR=5390%7C1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706153698/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120913-00003-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952009 | 266 | 2.265625 | 2 |
By David Schenker – Special to CNN
President Bashar al-Assad has agreed to U.N. envoy and former Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s six-point plan to end the bloodshed in Syria. Al-Assad was wise to do so. The U.N. initiative, which endorses al-Assad’s oversight of a “political process to address the legitimate aspirations” of the Syrian people - is a boon to the dictator and a setback for the opposition.
Al-Assad had little to lose by signing on to the plan. The concessions he made in the deal- - the ceasefire, the ensuring of humanitarian assistance, a release of political prisoners, allowing entry to journalists, and permitting demonstrations - can all be reversed relatively quickly. FULL POST
Editor's Note: David Schenker is the Aufzien fellow and director of the Program on Arab Politics at The Washington Institute. His most recent publications include Egypt's Enduring Challenges: Shaping the Post Mubarak Environment.
By David Schenker - Special to CNN
This week in Cairo, attorneys representing the families of those killed during the Egyptian uprising filed a motion for a mistrial in the murder prosecution of former president Hosni Mubarak. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The trial was supposed to represent a critical phase of transitional justice - an opportunity to hold Mubarak and the senior officials during his 30-years in office accountable for their crimes. Just weeks into the trial, however, preliminary indications suggest Egyptians are going be disappointed with the outcome. FULL POST | <urn:uuid:c34fd686-c0b9-4e39-8ee5-6954ff36a668> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/tag/david-schenker/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954218 | 319 | 1.640625 | 2 |
With the recent hype surrounding so-called "open carry" laws, it is easy to overlook some states' proposed changes to laws regarding the concealed carrying of firearms.
As of this writing, the Kansas State Senate is considering a bill to allow anyone over 21 years old with a concealed gun license to bring a weapon to any of the state's public higher education institutions. If the bill passes, Kansas will become the second state in the nation to legally require public colleges and universities to accept concealed weapons on campus. Utah is the first.
A bill introduced in the Michigan Senate last year would remove college campuses from the state's list of "no-carry zones." Texas, Ohio and Missouri are among the other states that have had similar bills in consideration over the last legislative term.
While this does not necessarily indicate a strong trend - after all, many of these bills will not gain final passage - it is worth noting that bills supporting concealed carry on campus have cropped up regularly across the country. They have also gained popular support since the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting, in which a student shooter killed 32 unarmed classmates and teachers.
However, a Campus Safety Magazine survey conducted last summer indicates that the majority of campus safety personnel oppose laws allowing concealed firearms on campus. "Of the 58 percent of higher-education respondents to the survey ... 64 percent of that group say they do not support concealed carry for non-law enforcement," the magazine reports. "Even the majority of supporters from colleges (22 percent overall) say they would only sanction concealed carry under certain conditions. Only 14 percent of respondents offered unqualified support." (To read the full report on the survey results, visit http://www.campussafetymagazine.com/News/?NewsID=3279.)
Proponents of concealed carry on campus point to the Virginia Tech massacre and say that it could have been avoided or at least shortened had one of the students or teachers nearby had a weapon with which to defend themselves. Opponents argue that while police are trained in dealing with highly stressful, active shooter situations, the average gun owner is not. In their view, a campus shooting incident may actually be escalated by the well-meaning intervention of an untrained bystander.
Newly passed concealed carry laws could have varying degrees of impact on security operations at colleges and universities, depending on the specific content of the laws. The law being considered by the Kansas State Senate would allow universities to opt out of concealed carry for buildings with "adequate security," such as metal detectors. This could amount to increased spending on security technology in certain high-risk facilities to avoid concealed carry allowances. In other states, new security staff and university employee training may represent the bulk of the impact.
Keep an eye on your state legislature to see if concealed carry on campus laws could impact you.
Marleah Blades is senior editor for the Security Executive Council, a problem-solving research and services organization that involves a wide range of risk management decision makers. For more information about the Council, visit www.securityexecutivecouncil.com/?sourceCode=std. | <urn:uuid:64c632a3-3a10-4720-8b64-59eff965a39a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.securityinfowatch.com/article/10523117/compliance-scorecard | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00059-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956293 | 625 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Some of the best and brightest computer science students in the Rocky Mountain region will face off Saturday, Oct. 30, in an all-out "battle of the brains" contest of logic, strategy and mental endurance at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
The Association for Computing Machinery's International Collegiate Programming Contest, sponsored by IBM, is the oldest and largest programming contest in the world with 3,000 teams competing in 70 countries this fall.
More than 200 students will participate on 68 teams in the Rocky Mountain Regional competition, which will be held simultaneously in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Canada.
Thirteen teams, including three from CU-Boulder, will compete on the Boulder campus. The contest will be held in CU-Boulder's Engineering Center, room ECCR 1B54 and connecting rooms, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A practice contest will precede the competition on Friday, starting at 7 p.m.
The winning team from the Rocky Mountain Region will join 74 other regional winners in advancing to the World Finals in Shanghai, China, April 3-7, 2005.
CU-Boulder Assistant Professor Ken Anderson, site director for the Rocky Mountain Regional contest, said the competition fosters creativity, teamwork and innovation in writing software programs.
Contest rules call for students to work in teams of three to solve up to eight complex, real-world problems within a five-hour period, which is equivalent to completing a semester's worth of computer programming in one afternoon. Examples of past problems include finding the closest fire exit for every office on the floor of an office building, and determining which cards would best be discarded from a poker hand based on the value of the cards that remain in the deck.
Students collaborate with their teammates to write a software program, and test and debug it for each problem. The team that solves the most problems in the least amount of time wins. A 20-minute penalty is assessed for each incorrect answer submitted.
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You Can't Run From The Wind: A Study of Mindsets, Morale, Conflict and Life
This presentation discusses the issue of morale in organizations. It describes the mindsets and expectations that people acquire throughout life and how these translate into disappointment, discouragement and low morale.
This session will provide an avenue of assessing mindsets that range from resilient to defeated and will set out some practical strategies to recover personal health, a reasonable attitude and a renewal of morale.
Morale is an issue in every organization. Just having a group of people working in the same space is an opportunity for a morale problem. Leadership can incorporate some strategies and expectations that can eliminate unnecessary causes of morale issues. Leaders must have the ability to intuitively and behaviourally assess the mindset of an employee and adjust their communication strategy to reach this person.
- Learn to live with uncertainty.
- Beware of the Victim Mentality!
- Learn to manage your own morale.
- Optimize and neutralize the impact of change.
- Audit and Invest in your own career.
- Be mindful of your own Attitudes and Impact on others. | <urn:uuid:c81fad48-c154-4307-bccb-77c17b1ba458> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://theresilientjourney.com/Leadership_Presentations/cant_run_from_wind.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00020-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903389 | 228 | 2.21875 | 2 |
The Martingale Dog Collar -- 101
by Irene Cook
Our dogs lead us in to this business, and they are very much part of our family. This means that we spend time shopping for them and doing things that we feel will improve their health and well being. We seek advice and read books, visit other owners, make regular trips to our veterinarians’ offices and so forth.
Along the line, we talked and contacted other owners of sighthounds and dog trainers. We attended conferences like the famous Greyhound Gang Gathering in Kanab, UT. In the course of events, we learned about Martingale collars. These are fantastic collars that are designed for dogs who may easily slip or back out of their collars. Sight hounds have heads more slender than their necks so they have no problems slipping regular flat buckle collars.
Because a properly adjusted Martingale dog collar does not choke or cut off the air-flow for the dog, these collars are also referred to as limited-choke collars or humane-choke collars. We learned about them as Greyhound Collars at a greyhound gathering. Later we discovered that they are Martingale Collars and are suitable for most dogs.
The Martingale collar is an excellent collar that helps keep pets under control and gives gentle guidance. We use them when we are taking obedience classes with our greyhounds. They are gentle on the neck and offer gentle corrections that do not hurt the dogs in any way. A Martingale collar is a great training collar for the easy dog.
So what is a Martingale collar? It is a collar composed of two loops, usually made from fabric or webbing. There is a large loop connected to a small loop. In the "relaxed" position, the resulting circle slips easily over the dog’s head. The larger loop is adjusted so that when a leash is attached to the small loop and pulled, the small loop tightens up, but does not choke the dog. The hardware connecting the small loop to the large one should not pull completely together if the collar has been properly fit.
Our dogs like to play hard and have a tendency to get a bit dirty. No problem. With the Martingale collar, we switch to a clean collar and wash the dirty one. We use quick links to allow us to change the dogs’ tags to the new collars quickly and easily. We began with one collar for each dog, but that soon ended when we were saw the beautiful colors and stylings in Martingale collars. Believe it or not, our greyhound girls have distinct preferences in their collar choice. (Yes, we let them pick their own.)
Because Martingale collars are fabric or webbing, it is possible to change the look for the season. Your dog may be in dazzling spring colors or classic plaids or tweeds. Each holiday offers a wonderful opportunity to jazz up the collar collection. Yes, it is possible for a dog to have a drawer full of collars suitable for different occasions from formal wear to soft blue denim for a day in the yard. My Happy girl has a definite taste for pinks. Our Luv is drawn toward intense shades of blue. It has not been just once or twice. It has been consistent over time.
If you have your dog with you when collar shopping, see what your dog likes. It maybe that she/he picks the perfect collar for both of you. A dog should enjoy the neckwear that is so imortant to training and good dog health. You should enjoy the esthetics of the collar on your dog.
Check out Martingale collars and see if they are the collar you have been seeking. You may just find a new collar style that suits you and your dog well.
This article is copyrighted by Irene Cook who is a co-owner of this web site: CollarCrazy.com. The author is a dedicated dog lover and active in greyhound rescue. She enjoys her canine companions and family. You may meet Irene and her "Crew" at local Meet ‘N’ Greets, PetFests, and so forth. | <urn:uuid:93cd4aba-f7c8-4600-8f44-ee2405d0f055> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.collarcrazy.com/page/martingaledogcollar101 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00039-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96209 | 867 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Strom focused mainly on the Koch brothers of the right, and an accompanying photo caption claimed that while David Koch gave to libertarian causes, the left-wing Soros merely "donated millions to other causes."
Big donors like David H. Koch and George Soros could owe taxes on their millions of dollars in contributions to nonprofit advocacy groups that are playing an increasing role in American politics.Page A3 featured a slanted photo caption under a picture of David Koch on top of a smaller one of George Soros: "David H. Koch, top, has given generously to a libertarian group, and George Soros has donated millions to other causes." Soros, nonpartisan?
Invoking a provision that had rarely, if ever, been enforced, the Internal Revenue Service said it had sent letters to five donors, who were not identified, informing them that their contributions may be subject to gift taxes depending on whether the donations exceeded limits under the tax laws.
These advocacy groups have been drawing more scrutiny, from President Obama as well as others, as they have proliferated and funneled vast sums of money in support of campaigns and causes, without having to publicly disclose their donors.
During the midterm cycle, for example, groups like Crossroads GPS, which has ties to the Republican strategist Karl Rove, and Americans for Prosperity, backed by Mr. Koch and his brother Charles, were heavily involved in politicking, spurring campaign finance watchdogs to complain that they were flouting election and nonprofit laws.
Strom also didn't label Soros's leftist political ideology in a September 7, 2010 story on his huge donation to the anti-Israel group Human Rights Watch, calling him "the billionaire investor and philanthropist." | <urn:uuid:8edf05de-3b82-4cb9-ae1c-b65c0ea41f61> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mrc.org/print/articles/david-koch-gives-libertarians-george-soros-nonpartisan | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00054-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969006 | 341 | 1.757813 | 2 |
A bid to have part of Grantham designated as a conservation area has been successful.
South Kesteven District Council has created the Grantham St Anne’s Conservation Area following 12 months of campaigning by local pressure group Conserving Grantham.
The Conservation Area covers a swathe of the town east of the River Witham from Wyndham Park to Harrowby Road. It takes in New Beacon Road, including the Norman Leys arts and crafts building, the church hall on Harrowby Road, and the junction with Granville Street to include the Lord Harrowby pub. It also includes Sandon Road with the Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School, St Mary’s RC School, Grantham College and The Old Barracks. Parts of Dudley Road, including Dudley House School, St Catherine’s Road and Stonebridge Road are also included.
Members of Conserving Grantham say they are delighted by the move but the couuncil could have acted more quickly.
Member Charmaine Morgan said: “It is really good news so many local people supported our application to protect Grantham’s Victorian heritage. It is just so frustrating that our town has to lose landmark buildings, Shirley Croft Hotel and St Catherine’s House, before the council took action. We still have much work to do with other parts of the town, including the Victorian St John’s area, built to accommodate the railworkers and campaigning to protect our vulnerable wildlife habitat. Protecting our town’s natural and built heritage is important. It will not only conserve what we have but also provide opportunities for tourism and economic development in the future.”
A conservation area helps to ensure that natural features, heritage and buildings of historical interest are safeguarded. This may mean permission is needed from the local authority to make changes to any of these features.
Conserving Grantham members have applied for a larger Conservation Area in St Anne’s likely to be delivered in a phased approach by SKDC. They aim to protect more areas of Grantham from insensitive development including the area around the River Witham and the unique Victorian Street scenes around Dysart Park and Universities Square.
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A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan Monday, reportedly causing no major damage or injuries.
The earthquake struck at 5:32 a.m. around 72 miles southeast of Morioka on Japan's Pacific coast, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A tsunami warning was not issued and the quake was rated at a level 4 on the Japanese seismic scale, indicating that no major damage is expected.
Japan is still recovering from the devastating undersea earthquake that triggered a massive tsunami last March. The tsunami left over 19,000 people dead or missing and crippled Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, resulting in what was the worst nuclear disaster the world had seen since Chernobyl.
Both the Chernobyl disaster and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster are classified as number 7 events on the International Nuclear Event Scale. Level 7 on the scale is interpreted as a major accident and indicates a major release of radioactive material with widespread health and environmental effects.
Following the Fukushima disaster, the Japanese government and power company responsible for the plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co., admitted that they had not been prepared for such an incident. They have since been working to upgrade and strengthen security systems to ensure that another disaster of similar magnitude does not occur again.
Sunday's earthquake came a day after Japanese officials approved to bring the country's first nuclear reactors back online since last year's disaster. All of Japan's 50 reactors have been offline for security and maintenance checks.
The decision has sparked some controversy and protesters gathered outside the Japanese prime minister's office on Saturday as the decision was announced. Many Japanese remain fearful of the use of nuclear reactors after last year's Fukushima disaster, but Japanese officials maintain that safety is of the utmost concern.
"Safety is our main concern. We have approved the beginning of the restarting process. It will take some time for the reactors to begin generating electricity," trade and industry minister Yukio Edano said on Saturday. | <urn:uuid:820dbd10-c4b2-420e-8317-f57866e30fff> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.christianpost.com/news/6-4-earthquake-strikes-off-coast-of-japan-76814/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711005985/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133005-00004-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958286 | 397 | 2.625 | 3 |
Study, revive and enjoy|
the Sacred Music of the
The West Gallery Music Association is an informal group of singers, instrumentalists and scholars. We share an interest in the sacred music, psalmody and hymnody, and the secular music and dance of the men and women who performed from the west galleries of parish churches, in chapels, and around the towns and villages of England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Although our interests mainly centre on this period and form of music in the United Kingdom, we are also interested in many aspects of the history and popular culture of the English-speaking world which have influenced or been influenced by our musical and singing traditions. Abroad, we have active members in Australia and the United States.
The Association, which was formed in 1990, has staged many highly successful workshop, study and performance events, and members have appeared on national and local television and radio. Many offshoot performing groups have been formed around the country and there are presently over 400 members. The researches of several members of the group are gaining increasing respect in academic circles.
Picture: The Village Choir by Thomas Webster (1800-1886)
The original picture now hangs in the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the Sheepshanks Collection. Copies can be obtained from the V & A. | <urn:uuid:f7861667-1eff-4d97-a745-39d76103239a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wgma.org.uk/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00029-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969812 | 270 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Using unusually rigorous scientific conditions and measures, Johns Hopkins researchers have shown that the active agent in "sacred mushrooms" can induce mystical/spiritual experiences descriptively identical to spontaneous ones people have reported for centuries.
The resulting experiences apparently prompt positive changes in behavior and attitude that last several months, at least.
The agent, a plant alkaloid called psilocybin, mimics the effect of serotonin on brain receptors-as do some other hallucinogens-but precisely where in the brain and in what manner are unknown.
An account of the study, accompanied by an editorial and four experts' commentaries, appears online today in the journal Psychopharmacology.
Cited as "landmark" in the commentary by former National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) director, Charles Schuster, the research marks a new systematic approach to studying certain hallucinogenic compounds that, in the 1950s, showed signs of therapeutic potential or value in research into the nature of consciousness and sensory perception. "Human consciousnessis a function of the ebb and flow of neural impulses in various regions of the brain-the very substrate that drugs such as psilocybin act upon," Schuster says. "Understanding what mediates these effects is clearly within the realm of neuroscience and deserves investigation."
"A vast gap exists between what we know of these drugs-mostly from descriptive anthropology-and what we believe we can understand using modern clinical pharmacology techniques," says study leader Roland Griffiths, Ph.D., a professor with Hopkins' departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Behavioral Biology. "That gap is large because, as a reaction to the excesses of the 1960s, human research with hallucinogens has been basically frozen in time these last forty years." | <urn:uuid:dbdf2384-f7e1-462d-9011-bc7486eca386> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-3/Hopkins-scientists-show-hallucinogen-in-mushrooms-creates-universal-mystical-experience-3878-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706890813/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516122130-00073-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939497 | 356 | 2.796875 | 3 |
1. Tape your cardstock down to your work top. This will help keep the cardstock flat after you add the water.
2. Mist the cardstock with water. You want it to be fairly wet.
3. Ink up your stamp with a variety of inks and stamp it onto the wet cardstock. It's o.k. if the inks run and blend together. This is the look you're going for. These will be your watercolor type images. Here is what my cardstock looked like at this point.
4. Let your paper dry naturally or speed up the drying process with the heat tool.
5. Ink up the same image again with a variety of inks and stamp over each of the original "watercolor" images. You will now have defined images over the watercolor images as shown.
6. For a bit more color I sponged yellow ink to the background.
And here is what my finished calendar page looks like....
Just think of all the fun combinations you can come up with for this technique!
I especially love it when I'm working with flower images.
It's your turn!
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The Independent Study: Making Your Own Course
19/03/2012 § 8 Comments
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HackLibSchool is all about how to make the most of your library program and how to engage the library profession at large. A running series of posts, Hack Your Program, offers overviews of the curricula and cultures of various library school programs. The Starter Kit series provides tips on what to do as you start your program, from suggestions for navigating courses to discussions of internships and gaining practical library experience. What I’d like to bring up today is the independent study, a valuable option at many programs which allows you to customize your learning.
THE INDEPENDENT STUDY
In an independent study, you essentially create your own course on a topic of your devising, working in concert with a faculty mentor. In format, the independent study is like the tutorial system used by some British universities for undergraduate education; you meet individually with the faculty member on a regular basis and discuss a set of readings as well as writing assignments.
You must bring a lot to the table with each meeting, but the benefits include one-on-one attention, more focused exploration of a topic that interests you, and more flexible scheduling. Some programs even allow two or three students to do an independent study together if you prefer.
Professors will differ in the way they conduct the meetings, but most faculty expect students to take the lead in discussions. They will ask questions in order to help students clarify what they are thinking and what kinds of issues they want to discuss. Don’t think of the situation as an exam where the professor has the knowledge and you are there to be tested on how much of it you have absorbed. Think of it, instead, as a chance to talk to a library researcher about a shared interest in librarianship. An independent study is also a great chance to learn differently than might be the established culture of teaching methods in your library school.
Ideally, an independent study supplements and complements what your program’s curriculum already offers. However, some schools also let you use an independent study to cover a topic that doesn’t fit your schedule timing-wise (some courses may only be offered every other year or even less frequently).
PLANNING THE INDEPENDENT STUDY
Start thinking early about what you might want to study. The scope of an independent study can be broad or deep, but the extent of your engagement with the topic should be of sufficient amount to equal a standard course. Consult with faculty and academic advisors about potential topics to make sure that what you want to study isn’t already covered by a course on the books.
You will want to start thinking at least a semester in advance so that you can find a suitable faculty mentor whose expertise matches your topic. You will generally have to write up a proposal, which can include the proposed study topic, a rationale for the focus, a preliminary reading list, and a description of the learning documents that you will produce. These documents have traditionally been informal and formal papers, but be creative! You might do a poster presentation to submit to an ALA conference. You might compile an annotated bibliography. You might create a service learning project with a local organization. You might create a website. You might make video tutorials for a library’s online resources.
THINGS TO CONSIDER
As the name implies, an independent study puts much of the responsibility for learning on your shoulders. Don’t wait around for your faculty mentor to tell you what to do. Do seek her or his advice, though. If you find yourself lost in the material or at a loss for how to proceed, don’t be afraid to say so.
Make sure you have good rapport with your chosen faculty mentor. You don’t want to suffer through a semester of awkward or difficult meetings!
Ask around to see what independent studies your classmates might have done (on what topics and with which professors). The department office might also allow you to look at proposals others have submitted in the past.
Also be aware that your professors generally take on independent studies above and beyond their usual teaching, research, and service obligations, and they may or may not be compensated for the extra work.
You will get a chance to learn what you want to learn.
You can demonstrate your ability to work independently and proactively, something your future employers will surely love.
You can tackle in depth that really interesting topic you started thinking about for a previous class’s final research paper.
You can get a head start on exploring the literature for a topic you would like to write about for your master’s essay.
You can study something that is too new or too cutting-edge to have made it into your program’s curriculum. It takes time for courses to make their way through the bureaucracy of schools, and given the rapid pace of change in the field of librarianship, it is inevitable that there will be topics relevant in today’s libraries (and the libraries of tomorrow) that have yet to find expression in the offered courses.
Please share with us if you’ve done independent studies before. What was the topic of the study? Or, do you have ideas for topics you would like to study?
In the spirit of HackLibSchool, I’ll end with another suggestion: think about how you might use an independent study to sync your learning with a library student at another program. Perhaps you could develop an independent study together and incorporate conference calls with each other and faculty mentors as part of the semester’s meetings, or you could use a shared email listserv to carry on a discussion virtually across programs. (The Declassified series offers a look at how useful it is to think across programs in terms of particular classes.)
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Moments of silence often last only 15 or 20 seconds, but the one observed on Thursday evening at Geneva for influential banker and civic linchpin James D. Briggs Jr. was lengthier than usual, running at least one minute.
The solemn tribute to Briggs, one of the most veteran financiers in Indiana, came less than one hour after he died, at age 89, in Adams Memorial Hospital.
Briggs led Bank of Geneva for decades and his son, Andrew, is the current bank president.
The moment of silence at the annual meeting of the Geneva Chamber of Commerce was requested by Stan Mosser, executive director of the Chamber and of Geneva Proud. He was a longtime employee and official at Bank of Geneva and knew Briggs extremely well.
Mosser eulogized Briggs as "one of the most instrumental people in this community. He was a great friend. I will miss him tremendously."
Mosser, master of ceremonies at the Chamber event, recalled that Briggs was the guiding light behind the creation in the 1940s of the Limberlost Conservation Association (LCA) and was a key figure in getting the LCA to buy the two-story log cabin in Geneva built in the late 19th century by author and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter and her husband, Charles, who also was an important banker in town history.
The idea behind buying the cabin, said Mosser, was not just to preserve it, but to give it to the state for public use. The cabin is now the Limberlost State Historic Site.
Later in the meeting, Randy Lehman, manager of the site, reported that, in 1947, Briggs helped start it.
Just last year, Lehman added, when the community was trying to raise $200,000 as the town's share to help the state create a visitor center at the LSHS, it was Briggs who collected and/or assisted in donating $75,500 and it was his son, Andrew, who gathered and/or contributed another $49,500.
"It was amazing to me," Lehman said, and it was "surprising" to state officials when he drove to Indianapolis and gave them three checks for a total of $200,000.
Briggs was involved in innumerable beneficial ways in Geneva in the second half of the 20th century and well into the 21st.
His death came less than a month after the passing of another key personality in Geneva for many years, Ivan Nevil. | <urn:uuid:613341ca-a1a4-462b-8bce-4161488b47ec> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.decaturdailydemocrat.com/content/briggs-key-figure-geneva-history?quicktabs_2=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00003-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980065 | 514 | 1.5 | 2 |
Sonnet 94 by William Shakespeare
"Sonnet 94" is a poem written by William Shakespeare. In this poem, Shakespeare talks about his love of a young man. Sonnets from 87-96 are considered as part of the "Fair Youth" sonnets where Shakespeare speaks of a young man who was ready to abandon him and not go through with his promises and being unreliable. This is why he says "For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds".
"Sonnet 94" is written in the rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG and each line is written in iambic-pentameter. This type of poem is known as the Shakespearean Sonnet in modern times.
Sonnet 94 They that have power to hurt, and will do none, That do not do the thing they most do show, Who, moving others, are themselves as stone, Unmoved, cold, and to temptation slow; They rightly do inherit heaven's graces, And husband nature's riches from expense; They are the lords and owners of their faces, Others, but stewards of their excellence. The summer's flower is to the summer sweet, Though to itself, it only live and die, But if that flower with base infection meet, The basest weed outbraves his dignity: For sweetest things turn sourest by their deeds; Lilies that fester, smell far worse than weeds.
Next: Sonnet 116
Find out more information about this poem and read others like it.
Renaissance, 16th Century
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Session 17 - Molecular Clouds and Star Formation.
Oral session, Monday, June 10
NGC 6334 is unique among giant H II/ star formation regions in that it has at least 7 distinct sites of active massive star formation. We have mapped the NGC 6334 star formation region in several transitions of CO and CS with the CSO. The CO lines give the overall morphology of the gas, while the CS lines show where the dense gas lies. We have used an LVG excitation model to determine the physical conditions (column density, volume density, kinetic temperature, and mass) of the gas at each site of star formation.
One of the radio sources, NGC 6334 A, has a shell-like morphology in 6 cm radio continuum (Rodriguez et al. 1982) with faint radio (Rodriguez et al. 1988) and NIR (Harvey et al. 1987) emission extending in bipolar lobes to the north and south of the H II region. We have discovered a rotating disk or toroid of molecular gas, which is probably responsible for the bipolarity of the diffuse radio and NIR emission. In addition to the mm observations, we have also imaged NGC 6334 A in the NH_3 (3,3) line with the VLA. We find several clumps of emission in the region, only two of which are spatially coincident with the H II region. Of the three other NH_3 emission features, one is coincident with the H_2O maser position (Rodriguez et al. 1988) \sim15^'' to the west, and a second is coincident with IRS 20 (Harvey et al. 1987), an unresolved 20 \mum source \sim20^'' southwest of the H II region. The last source of NH_3 emission is not associated with any other line or continuum feature in the region. The two sources west of NGC 6334 A seem to be additional sites of star formation in the region, probably protostars.
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Heart disease is the number one killer of women, taking the life of one in three women each year. The disease has proven to be more deadly than all known cancers combined. This is especially important for African-American women who are at an increased risk due to factors including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity and diabetes.
On Feb. 3, the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day, women across the country will wear red to bring attention to the deadly disease and to affirm that they are taking charge of their heart health. In support of this campaign, the ladies of Sigma Omega Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., located in Douglasville, will host a Zumba class at Hunter Park.
The class will be taught in the dance studio and begin at 7 p.m. sharp. The cost of attendance is $5 and all proceeds will benefit the American Heart Association.
Douglas County women are encouraged to come out for an evening of fun and exercise. All participants are also encouraged to include the color red in their workout clothing, bring a personal towel and water to keep hydrated.
Sigma Omega Omega (SOO) is a local chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the first African American sorority established for college educated women in 1908. In 1990, SOO was charted in Douglasville and has been serving the Douglas County community since that time. For more information about SOO’s programs and activities, visit the website at: www.sigmaomegaomega.com. | <urn:uuid:297e3734-7382-4b78-9d73-2f496f7def3b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://douglasville.patch.com/articles/zumba-for-heart-health-tomorrow | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00029-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955946 | 317 | 2.28125 | 2 |
The AFIS Program's primary focus is to strengthen understanding and respect among cultures, as well as increase awareness of issues surrounding immigration and the rights of immigrants. Our programs aim to provide direct immigration representation and assistance for refugees and immigrants.
Immigration Legal Services: The Legal Services Program provides legal assistance, consultations, and referrals for clients regarding immigration matters. The program works in collaboration with other legal services clinics to provide the best and most comprehensive legal assistance for immigrants.
Community Advocacy: A large part of the AFIS program deals with human rights and community organization. The Community Social Advocacy Program works to secure the rights of immigrants in South Florida through advocacy and political action for a positive legal environment. | <urn:uuid:d1c6374c-d829-4f39-b41e-ea2915545e29> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://afsc.org/office/miami-fl | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00014-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939511 | 140 | 1.890625 | 2 |
In the breezy open lands along San Francisco Bay, just east of Palo Alto, a historic engineering project is taking shape. And even though it sits in the heart of Silicon Valley, it has nothing to do with computers.
Dozens of construction workers in hard hats are welding together a massive, high-tech digging machine, transported from Japan on cargo ships in 65 crates, that by next month will begin carving a 5-mile-long tunnel under the bay's floor to deliver drinking water to more than 2 million people.
"It's like the giant worm in the movie 'Dune,' " said Bob Mues, project manager for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, which is building the $313 million project.
The tunnel is scheduled to be completed by 2015. It will be the first tunnel built under San Francisco Bay. The BART "tunnel" between Oakland and San Francisco is actually not really a tunnel, but a pre-constructed tube that sits on the bay floor.
The purpose of the construction job is to improve earthquake reliability for the Hetch Hetchy water system. The tunnel will be able to withstand an earthquake up to 7.5 magnitude, engineers say, replacing a rickety system of two leaky steel pipes built in the 1925 and 1936 that now bring drinking water across the bay to Crystal Springs Reservoir.
"It's sorely needed. A major earthquake on any one of the Bay Area faults could cut off the water to some areas for up to 60 days. That's just unfathomable," said Art
"You'd be without a reliable firefighting supply," he said. "There wouldn't be enough water for flushing toilets, or bathing."
Starting in late July, workers will drill a tunnel 15 feet high, roughly 110 feet under the bay, starting from the Menlo Park shoreline and heading toward Newark. They'll line the tunnel with concrete and install a steel pipe, 9 feet in diameter.
Working on the site just south of the Dumbarton Bridge since last year, they've already built a huge concrete-lined shaft, 110 feet deep, as the access point. On Monday, crews were assembling the $10 million digging machine, known officially as "an earth pressure balance machine," but named "Jenny" after the wife of one of the construction company owners.
Workers in hard hats moved in and out of the hole in cages attached to cranes. Welding tools sparked. Huge sections of the digging machine sat nearby, waiting to be attached.
In the end, said Jim Stevens, project manager for the consortium of three companies that won the bid for the job, the digging machine will be 600 feet long, as long as two football fields. It will grind away at up to 80 feet a day, with a huge circular head -- like a giant cheese grater -- eating the mud, sand and rock -- and passing it on conveyors out the back.
Mountains of that geologic pay dirt will be trucked five miles north for wetlands restoration at Bair Island, near Redwood City.
All the while, three electric locomotives on a track will move workers and equipment up and down the tunnel. Dozens of miles of pipes will carry water, fresh air, grease, hydraulic fluid and other substances to the underground crews.
The tunneling machine will have a driver in a cabin.
"He's like a pilot, flying at night, using a computer," said Stevens, who recently worked on the Hoover Dam bypass bridge, 890 feet above the Colorado River.
Workers already have built an electric substation, a grout factory, and a water treatment plant -- to remove sediment and balance the pH of the water that comes out of the tunnel before placing it back in the bay. Millions of dollars in environmental studies and protections have been put in place to protect endangered species ranging from the salt marsh harvest mouse to the California clapper rail during construction.
"The average person has no idea how much it takes to provide them water when they turn on the tap," said Stevens, smiling broadly.
The job is part of a $4.6 billion renovation by the San Francisco PUC to upgrade its Hetch Hetchy water system. The network of tunnels, pipes and reservoirs delivers water 167 miles through gravity-fed pipes from Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite National Park to Crystal Springs Reservoir along I-280 in San Mateo County.
The largest water system in the Bay Area, it provides drinking water to 2.5 million people from North San Jose through the Peninsula to San Francisco, along with Fremont, Hayward and other parts of the East Bay.
Another agency, the Santa Clara Valley Water District, supplies water to 1.8 million people in Santa Clara County from groundwater and the delta.
An engineering marvel, the Hetch Hetchy system was built following the 1906 earthquake, when San Francisco burned after its water system failed. Today, much of its equipment is at risk of collapse in the next major quake. U.S. Geological Survey scientists say there is a 63 percent chance of a quake of 6.7 magnitude or larger hitting the Bay Area by 2036.
Facing those odds, the San Francisco PUC won approval from San Francisco voters in 2002 to upgrade its water system. Funding is coming from revenue bonds, financed by a doubling of residential water rates in San Francisco and the Peninsula.
The project also will rebuild pipelines, water treatment plants and Calaveras Dam, north of San Jose, over the next five years so they can withstand major quakes.
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|Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:34 am Post subject: US Nano Centre Generates an Economic Impact of $1.1 Billion
|[b]University at Albany’s Nano Centre Generates an Economic Impact of $1.1 Billion, Says New York State Office of Science and Academic Research[/b]
The Center for Advanced Technology in Nanomaterials and Nanoelectronics (“CATN2”) at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (“CNSE”) of the University at Albany-SUNY has used $7 million in state investments to generate an economic impact of $1.1 billion, according to the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (“NYSTAR”).
The most recent figures available from NYSTAR show that the CNSE CATN2 created 1,104 high-tech jobs and retained another 384 from 1997 through 2004. During that time, New York State invested $7 million in the center, which generated an overall economic impact of $1,116,734,848.
In related news, preliminary figures from the U.S. Department of Labor reveal that the rate of job growth in the Tech Valley area was significantly higher than the national average between 2000 and 2005, with jobs growing by an estimated 1.1 percent in the Capital Region during that period, as compared to an estimated increase of 0.1 percent nationally.
In addition, Tech Valley saw one of the nation’s largest positive jumps in an annual survey measuring where jobs are being created in America, as published by the prominent economic think tank the Milken Institute. In its just-released report entitled “ America’s Best Performing Cities,” the Milken Institute rated the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area 66th in 2005, up from 131st in 2004 – with the year-to-year rise of 65 places ranking 10th among the country’s 200 largest metro areas.
“Led by the University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, New York State’s nanotechnology initiative is pioneering a new model that is turning public and private investment into significant economic impact,” said David Warren, executive vice president and chief financial officer of NASDAQ. “There is a clear and direct relationship between the investment in CNSE’s Albany NanoTech complex and a rate of job growth in the Capital Region that is multiple times higher than the national average. In addition, the ability to turn $7 million in NYSTAR funding into $1 billion of economic impact is proof positive that nanotechnology is having a large effect on the economic landscape of New York state.”
“The nanotechnology initiative at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering of the University at Albany is certainly a primary enabler of the fact that job growth in the Capital Region has meaningfully outpaced the national average over the past five years,” said Hugh Johnson, chairman of Johnson Illington Advisors LLC. “Employment at the NanoCollege's Albany NanoTech complex has grown significantly, through local hiring and the attraction of global companies; firms that supply goods and services to the facility have realized the benefits of increased opportunities; and, the spin-off effects have positively impacted a variety of sectors, from software to service. It is quite clear that New York’s nanotechnology strategy is paying dividends, both for the Capital Region and New York state.”
“This is clear evidence that New York State’s investment in nanotechnology research, development and deployment, as championed by Governor Pataki, Speaker Silver and Senator Bruno, is paying dividends,” said Dr. Alain E. Kaloyeros, vice president and chief administrative officer of CNSE. “Global companies are being drawn to New York, leading to in-sourcing of high-tech jobs and a significant economic impact. At the same time, New York is gaining recognition as a leader in the emerging field of nanotechnology, led by the world-class people and facilities at CNSE’s Albany NanoTech complex.”
The CATN2 is a strategic partnership between premier research universities and the nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, telecommunications, defense and nanobiotechnology industry clusters in New York state. The center’s mission is to provide industry with critical research and development, business assistance, work force training and economic outreach within a technically aggressive and financially competitive environment.
The CATN2 is built on the strong foundation, infrastructure and entrepreneurial experience of its predecessor, the Center for Advanced Thin Film Technologies (CATFT). Established in 1993, CATFT established close ties with a significant network of nanoelectronics, nanotechnology, bioelectronics and telecom companies in New York, with the intention of eliminating historic barriers to inter-university projects with corporate partners. CATN2 currently leverages the specialist knowledge of each university within the consortium, whose members include the University at Albany-SUNY, Alfred University, Binghamton University-SUNY, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Stony Brook University-SUNY.
The main hub of the CATN2 is at the Albany NanoTech complex, one of the largest centers for nanotechnology research and development in the world and home to CNSE and the New York State Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics (NYSCEN). CATN2 can access Albany NanoTech’s fully-integrated, 450,000-square-foot mega complex, which houses a unique 200mm/300mm wafer “nanofab” with over 65,000 square feet of class 1 cleanroom facilities that are unparalleled in the academic world.
The consortium campuses significantly augment this complex with satellite facilities, each focusing on specialized areas to create an integrated network that serves the research, development and business expansion goals of New York State. These include solid state optical devices ( Alfred University), telecom/wireless devices (University at Stony Brook), nanosystems packaging ( Binghamton University) and biomedical devices/sensors (Albert Einstein College of Medicine).
The College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at the University at Albany-SUNY is the first college in the world devoted exclusively to the development and deployment of innovative nanoscience, nanoengineering and nanoeconomics concepts. CNSE is located in the most advanced research complex of its kind at any university in the world.
The $3 billion, 450,000-square-foot complex attracts corporate partners from around the world and offers students a one-of-a-kind academic experience, and it is growing. The complex is also home to CNSE’s New York State Center of Excellence in Nanoelectronics.
The CNSE complex, financed through more than $500 million in governmental support and over $2.5 billion in corporate investments, houses the only pilot prototyping facilities in the academic world for the two standard sizes in computer chip design, the 200-millimeter (or 8-inch) wafer, and the 300-millimeter (or 12-inch) wafer. CNSE has more than 150 U.S. and worldwide partners, including some of the world’s largest semiconductor and semiconductor-related tool manufacturing companies. For more information, visit the CNSE Web site at http://cnse.albany.edu.
Source: Albany Nanotech.
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By Good News Network Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Poop in, clean water out.
Bill Gates has invested more than three million dollars on behalf of the 2.6 billion people around the world who don't have access to modern toilets. Yesterday, the three winners of his “next-generation toilet" prize were announced, showcasing innovative designs that capture and process human waste without piped water, sewer or electrical connections.
Even more impressive, the toilet prize-winners all transformed human waste into useful resources, such as energy and water, at an affordable price.
Gates announced the contest one year ago, and yesterday unveiled the three universities that will share $200,000 as winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge.
“If we apply creative thinking to everyday challenges, such as dealing with human waste, we can fix some of the world’s toughest problems,” said foundation Co-chair Bill Gates.
Other projects featured at the fair include better ways to empty latrines, user-centered designs for public toilet facilities, and insect-based latrines that decompose feces faster.
Unsafe methods to capture and treat human waste result in serious health problems and death. Food and water tainted with fecal matter result in 1.5 million child deaths every year. Proper toilets can also bring substantial economic benefits. According to the World Health Organization, improved sanitation delivers up to $9 in social benefits and increased economic productivity for every $1 invested.
The foundation also announced a second round of winners in the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge totaling nearly $3.4 million. The grants were awarded to teams using a variety of tools, including microwave technology to turn waste into electricity and sand filters and ultra-violet light that sanitizes feces overnight. Four winners include:
The Foundation has committed more than $370 million to their Water, Sanitation & Hygiene initiative.
“Imagine what’s possible if we continue to collaborate, stimulate new investment in this sector, and apply our ingenuity in the years ahead,” said Gates. “Many of these innovations will not only revolutionize sanitation in the developing world, but also help transform our dependence on traditional flush toilets in wealthy nations.”
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Home / Hair Loss Articles / FAQs / Drug-induced hair loss Hair Loss Treatments FDA Approved Hair Loss Treatments Treatments in the FDA Approved Treatments category are treatments that have been specifically studied for hairloss and approved by the FDA as safe and effective. Very few hairloss treatments meet this high level of scientific standard and these treatments usually have the most information and proof of effectiveness. Scientifically Proven Treatments Scientifically proven treatments for hairloss are those that have clinical scientific studies showing that they will help with hairloss, but they have not been approved by the FDA specifically for treatment of hairloss. These treatments are usually beneficial additions to the FDA approved treatments that may increase effectiveness when combined with other treatments. Natural Treatments for Hair Loss Many people prefer to go the natural route to treat their hairloss for different reasons — usually due to poor experiences with the medicinal treatments or just a desire to avoid anything that is not completely natural. Some natural products do have evidence that they will help with hairloss, although there is usually not as much evidence as the medicinal treatments since their is less financial incentive for companies to fund studies of these treatments. Off-Label Treatments WARNING: Off-Label treatments should only be used under close supervision of a medical doctor. Hair Transplant Information Hair transplants can be the best option for some men depending on their degree of hairloss. They can provide a permanent solution to hairloss, although they do have their limitations. Because they are expensive and the results are permanent, it is recommended that potential patients read all available information prior to getting a hair transplant so that they can be an educated consumer. Future Potential Treatments / Cures for Hair Loss Future treatments for hairloss covers any treatment that is expected to be released in the future but is not yet generally available to the public. Commercial Treatments for Hair Loss Commercial treatments for hairloss covers a wide variety of product types with varying amounts of proof as far as their effectiveness. Some treatments have very little or no released testing for hairloss, while others do have some scientific backing. We cover all treatments in this category regardless of evidence unless they are proven as completely ineffective. Shampoos for Thickening, Hair Loss and Hair Growth Shampoos that are designed for men with thick hair can offer a great improvement in visual appearance to help make hair appear thicker. Some shampoos have also been shown through scientific studies to promote hair growth. Hair Fibers / Concealers Hair fibers and other cosmetic concealers offer a way to help make your hair appear thicker, and depending on your degree of hairloss can completely conceal your hairloss. They are not a long term solution since without treatment, your hair will continue to thin until they do not work, but combined with a working treatment can make the difference between looking like a person with hairloss to a person with little or no hairloss. Men’s Hair Pieces Men’s hair pieces are the other main treatment besides hair transplants and natural and medicinal treatments. The benefits of hair pieces are that they can provide a full looking head of hair without requiring surgery. Many mens hair pieces today can completely disguise hairloss when properly groomed, however they require proper maintenance to look natural and there are other drawbacks such as comfort and continuing cost. Treatment Patents Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Leave a Comment Cancel reply You must be logged in to post a comment. | <urn:uuid:c09558b1-2204-44f2-a70a-64d33c3550bc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.regrowth.com/hair-loss-treatments/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00051-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964833 | 713 | 1.539063 | 2 |
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - European Central Bank Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen called for international cooperation to address the current debate about competitive currency devaluation, saying central banks are not the ones to solve structural problems.
Policymakers in advanced countries, particularly Japan and the United States, have been acting aggressively to reflate their economies, which has the effect of weakening their currencies.
Central bankers and politicians have warned against the risk of competitive devaluations and Asmussen said the issue was best tackled in international groupings.
"We have well-established fora of economic governance like the G7 or the G20 and we should use them," he told the Sunday edition of Greek newspaper Kathimerini in an interview.
"We should not fall back to a situation where everyone is looking after his own interests," Asmussen said, adding that when the underlying problems were structural, asking the central bank to do more would not help.
"The mere appearance of political dominance threatens to undermine market confidence," he said.
Asmussen said he was "clearly against" a higher inflation target for the ECB, because merely debating one could upset inflation expectations. The bank has a mandate to pursue price stability, defined as an inflation rate of just below 2 percent.
He said there was no room for complacency, even though the ECB's new bond purchase program, which he called a game-changer, has taken some of the heat out of the euro zone crisis.
"The biggest risk this year for the euro area is doing nothing. The reduction of the pressure that came from elevated spreads may lead to complacency regarding reforms. This would be wrong. This is a year to show perseverance, to stay the course, in all member-countries," Asmussen said.
He said Greece was in the final stretch of its fiscal adjustment and could cut debt to sustainable levels without further debt relief if it carried out reforms prescribed by foreign lenders.
"The marathon was invented in Greece. As a country, you have now been through two-thirds of it, but everyone knows the last third is the hardest part," Asmussen said.
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Performance Evaluation of the Illinois Cloud Computing Testbed
Cloud computing has the potential to bring sophisticated computing facility at the door-steps of users. The performance of services hosted at a cloud generally depends on its computation, storage and networking models. Since the storage and communication costs in a data-intensive application usually dominate the overall cost, the authors analyze the performance of the storage and communication facilities of a cloud. Little work has been done to measure the performance of existing cloud facilities. In this project, they experiment on the Open Cirrus cloud computing research testbed located at the University of Illinois. The authors evaluate the performance of this cloud environment while providing service to users located at different parts of the world. | <urn:uuid:dba3b6df-0c3f-4122-b577-bfb5eb8cd3d9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.techrepublic.com/whitepapers/performance-evaluation-of-the-illinois-cloud-computing-testbed/2383031 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00030-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933597 | 139 | 2.140625 | 2 |
They are the most feared gunmen in Syria.
They have the blood of thousands on their hands. Both sides in the war deploy them.
And in the city of Homs they are all busy.
These are the snipers of a long and deadlocked war.
They work on top floors and tall buildings. They sit often in near darkness and total silence. They are always ready to shoot; they kill for a living.
We were allowed to peek into their murky, lethal world in Syria's deadliest city.
To get to them we had to go deep into a devastated district, debris and bullet casings everywhere, every house pockmarked with the holes of a long war. We dashed across road junctions where rebel snipers pick off the troops who run too slowly.
The speed at which the soldiers sprint across different streets shows you which junctions are the deadliest.
Then, towards the frontline, even the streets are too dangerous and we clamber through holes in houses and walls, up staircases and into the gloom where the snipers sit.
The four we saw were young men with hard faces. Their enemy is as close as fifty yards away.
Even though we were there with our camera, they hardly took their eyes off the target - in one case, it was a balcony where the sniper was waiting for a rebel gunman he'd spotted earlier to reappear.
I felt almost queasy watching it; hoping the man would stay hidden.
Theirs is a war of single shots. Outside though, machine guns fired in a fierce and almost incessant battle.
And theirs is a war of fixed positions.
Since May, the frontline has moved no more than five hundred yards.
One hundred yards a month, at a cost of hundreds of lives. A day ago, five Syrian soldiers were killed here.
So the snipers watch and wait; time on their hands, lives in their hands.
I once spent time with British army snipers in Iraq. I vividly remember how they worked. Slow down your heartbeat, control your breathing.
When you see your target, breath out and lightly draw the trigger back to fire. It was almost gentle.
With a deadly end. Oddly, what they wanted most was what they called a clean kill. Instant death. Two shots were a failure.
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Blaise Castle House Museum is situated in the beautiful parkland of the Blaise Estate at Henbury. The museum is housed in a late 18th century mansion, and contains most of our social history collections.
- Open Saturdays and Sundays, 10.30am to 4pm
- 30 March to end of June: Wednesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays, 10.30am to 4pm
- July to August: Tuesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays, 10.30am to 4pm
- September to October: Wednesday to Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays, 10.30am to 4pm
- November 2013 to Easter 2014: Weekends only - Open Saturday and Sunday, 10.30am to 4pm
Blaise Castle House Museum
Bristol, BS10 7QS
by public transport
Bus numbers 1, 40 and 40a all run from the city centre and stop near the museum.
If you are coming by train you can take the number 1 bus from outside Bristol Temple Meads station. Walk down the station approach, cross over the main road and the bus stop is to your left.
Exit M5 at junction 17 and take A4018 (sign posted West Bristol).
Carry on straight until the third roundabout, then take the right turn into Crow Lane passing a small bank of shops on the right. At the end of this road turn right into Henbury Road. Go over the mini roundabout into the one way system. You will pass 'Blaise Inn' on your right and bend to the right.
Continue straight on to find the public car park about 300 yards on the left.
Disabled access information
- Due to the age and layout of the house, access is restricted.
- There is no lift and a staircase to the first floor.
- No wheelchair accessible toilet.
Please contact us if you would like more information.
At Blaise Castle House Museum, you can explore hundreds of weird and wonderful objects that show how people used to live in the past. Gaze out of this 18th century mansion house over 400 acres of beautiful parkland and imagine that it all belongs to you and your family. Well it does and visits are free!
The museum houses 50,000 social history items on display and in store, including domestic and community history, dolls and toys, and costume.
The displays illustrate how households have changed over time, from dog wheels to kitchen ranges, rush lights to street lighting, fire grates to gas stoves, and some unusual early cleaning appliances. See why the washing used to take a whole day, and wonder at the unusual risk of a gas heated bath!
Bristol at home galleries
These galleries show some of the cooking, lighting, washing and other household equipment used in Bristol houses over the last three hundred years.
You can see how dogs were used to help with the cooking, what an early vacuum cleaner looked like, and find out why the weekly washing used to take a whole day.
The display includes a collection of baths and china toilets.
The costume collection consists of approximately 10,000 items dating from the 1730’s to the present day, along with textiles such as quilts and banners, and the entire contents of a Bristol haberdasher’s shop.
On display you can find nineteenth century dresses, gentlemen's waistcoats, and a display of hats, shoes and accessories of the twentieth century, from a 1920s cloche hat to 1970s platform shoes.
The toy collection ranges from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, including the Bristol pedlar doll and an unusual set of Dionne quints from the 1930’s. You can also see dolls houses and furniture, a selection from our extensive collection of Britains’ lead soldiers, early puzzles and games, and some fine toy train sets.
The picture room
The beautiful picture room with its classical portico and domed glass ceiling was added to the house in 1832-3. The room has been restored to its former glory, its walls decorated with a sumptuous red flock paper and hung with pictures from the fine art collections at Bristol Museum and Art Gallery.
The picture room is available for private hire for marriages, civil partnership and naming ceremonies. Find out more about hiring the picture room.
The Victorian school room
The recreated classroom is much used by school groups, but is open to all visitors.
If you especially want to see this room it is best to visit on a weekend. Look out for the dunce hat!
Blaise Castle House was built between 1796 and 1798 for John Harford, a wealthy Bristol merchant and banker. Some of the original ornamentation remains, such as casts of Classical and Neo-Classical sculptures and reliefs, including a set cast from the parthenon marbles.
The grounds of the house were laid out by Humphry Repton a leading landscape architect, and the Regency architect John Nash added the dairy and the orangery.
On display in the museum is Humphry Repton’s Red Book of 1796, with beautiful watercolours showing plans for landscaping the park in a manner to befit the new house.
You can also find out about some of the people who lived at and helped design Blaise and see a miniature Blaise Hamlet.
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Thanks go out to Steve Bennett for his reply in this thread in the AUGI AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Forum, for reminding me of what I am missing while using Autodesk® Architectural Desktop 2004 for production work. A similar question came up in the Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture 2008 Discussion Group today, and I was able to pass on Steve's suggestion. I decided to document it here so that I will remember it when we move to 2008 for production.
As you are likely aware, the AutoCAD® EXTEND command can be used to extend linework to a wall. When doing so, however, the linework will be extended to the justification line of the wall, which may or may not be the part of the wall to which you wanted the linework extended. The AEC Modify Tools can be used to extend linework to the edge of any component in the wall. Select the linework you wish to extend and, with grips on but none hot, right click and choose AEC Modify Tools > Extend from the context menu, as shown below.
You will be prompted to Select a boundary edge on the screen:. Move your cursor over the edge of the wall component to which you wish to extend the linework. You should get a "Boundary Edge" tool tip as well as a red line extending beyond the drawn graphics of the edge. When you have the right boundary, left click to select that as the extend edge.
You will now be prompted to Select a point near the end(s) to extend:. Left click anywhere near the end of the linework to extend, on the side that you want extended...
...and, just like that, the linework extends!
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Audie Murphy: Branded by War, but Not Defeated by It
Audie Murphy is the most decorated soldier in American history. He received the Medal of Honor in World War II and many other awards for valor— including three Purple Hearts.
After the war, he built a successful career as a Hollywood actor and country and western songwriter.
He also lived with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and became an advocate for veterans, speaking openly about his ”battle fatigue” and calling for greater mental health care.
Born into poverty in Texas in 1924, he enlisted in the Army after the attack on Pearl Harbor. With the 3rd Infantry Division, he fought in Italy, France, Belgium and Germany—at one point winning a battlefield promotion to second lieutenant.
On Jan. 26, 1945, he fought the battle in France that earned him the Medal of Honor.
He then single-handedly fought the enemy advance.
Twenty-four inches of snow were on the ground and the temperature was 16 degrees below freezing. In the face of an armored attack from three sides, he ordered his company to retreat to a more protected position. He then single-handedly fought the enemy advance. He used his rifle until it ran out of ammunition, then a machine gun from on top of a burning tank destroyer and finally a land-line telephone to call in artillery strikes.
He then rallied his men into a counterattack. The official citation for his Medal of Honor declared that “his refusal to give an inch” of ground saved his company from encirclement and destruction” and held a vital position the enemy desperately sought to gain.
But heroism came with a price.
For the rest of his life, Murphy lived with insomnia, nightmares, paranoia and depression. He once claimed that the only way he could sleep was with a loaded pistol under his pillow.
When I was a child, I was told that men were branded by war. Has the brand been put on me?
In his autobiography, To Hell and Back (1949) he described the emotional conflict that haunted him:
"Like a horror film running backwards images of war flicker through my brain… I cannot sleep. My mind still whirls. When I was a child, I was told that men were branded by war. Has the brand been put on me? Have the years of blood stripped me of all decency?"
But he expressed hope and faith.
"I believe in men who stood up against the enemy, taking their beatings without whimper and their triumphs without boasting. The men who went and would go again to hell and back to preserve what our country thinks right and decent.
My country. America! We have been so intent on death that we have forgotten life. And now suddenly life faces us. I swear to myself that I will measure up to it. I may be branded by war, but I will not be defeated by it."
Even while struggling with PTSD, Murphy launched a movie career starring in over 40 films.
Even while struggling with PTSD, Murphy launched a movie career starring in over 40 films. He played himself in the film version of To Hell and Back (1955), which became Universal Studios’ biggest hit—ever— until 20 years later when Stephen Spielberg’s Jaws surpassed it.
He served as a major in the Texas National Guard and then the Army Reserve.
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(Romans 12:12) ”Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”
According to Strong’s Concordance, “continuing instant” means “to persevere, be constantly diligent.” It is in the present tense – something I should be doing right now. As each second on the clock ticks I am to keep doing it. I am to keep praying. Why? What am I supposed to be praying for? The answer is really easy and I see it in most of the chapter: I am to keep praying for you!
God gives me a renewed mind, not for my own benefit, but for the benefit of the Body of Christ. My life is transformed and I am part of an organism designed to serve. Each statement in this verse is an appeal for me to personally serve someone else. As a result, the love of Christ working in me drives my thoughts to the needs of the Body. So to be “continuing instant in prayer” really means:
- I am burdened more for your needs more than my own needs.
- I carry around a constant hunger for your benefit and profit.
- I find the only solution and source for satisfying your need at the throne of God.
- I freely give up my right to think about myself.
- I am willing to go through your trials and tribulations with you.
- I will stand in the gap when you are too weak to continue in the battle.
- I am willing to take my place as a member of the Body of Christ because I am motivated by love for you.
As you rejoice knowing there is a better tomorrow and patiently wait for the answer during the tribulation of someone else, stay on your knees.
Renewed Thought – “And it is through conflict that God induces the believer to seek and to grasp total triumph in Christ.” – Watchman Nee
(Philippians 4:7) “And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.”
It is no coincidence this verse comes directly after the verse where we are told:
(Philippians 4:6) “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”
So many times we pray looking at the answer to our request as the only result. We don’t realize that prayer is designed to do something else in us while we are waiting for the result.
Prayer produces the peace of God in us. Regardless of the circumstances or the answer, the act of trusting the Lord with the burdens of our heart allows Him to carry the weight for us. We have to come to the end of ourselves to admit the end result really isn’t in our control. We need Him and Him alone to determine the outcome. This is tough for those of us who are “Type A” personalities! We not only want to pray for the result, we want to control the result. When we can’t control the outcome, we worry and anxiety builds up in our soul. This distraction draws us away from trust in God to trust in self. The peace of God gives the ability to stand back and see that He is in control of the big picture.
The peace of God defies the situation. “Passeth” means to super-abundantly go beyond. It is peace when everything most precious to us is at stake. It is peace when life itself is on the line. It is a supernatural peace that defies the wisdom of this world and the expectations of the intellect. The peace of God surpasses our normal ability to function and elevates our senses and purpose to a new level which serves God. It is a peace that demonstrates Christ. The normal reaction might be frantic chaos but God rises up in our circumstances. Our peace with God equips us to have the peace of God. When we have the peace of God, the situation no longer dictates our reaction. It is God Who determines our response.
Prayer produces protection in us. The word “keep” means “to guard.” When we are under the most stressful trials and tribulations, our devotion to God and our thought-life are put to the test. We need a guardian against discouragement and self-pity. We need a wall to keep out the depression. We need a defense against the conventional wisdom of the world. As we focus on the Lord in prayer and keep Him in our thoughts, look to Him as our purpose, focus on His life rather than ours, our minds are occupied with spiritual life. Even when everyone around us loses hope, we never lose hope as long as our mind is on Him. The end result may remain uncertain but we have the promise that the peace of God will be with us and in us during our journey to it.
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Nova: Making Stuff with David Pogue | on PBS
January 10, 2011
PBS | Invisibility cloaks. Spider silk that is stronger than steel. Plastics made of sugar that dissolve in landfills. Self-healing military vehicles. Smart pills and micro-robots that zap diseases. Clothes that monitor your mood. What will the future bring, and what will it be made of?
In Nova’s four-hour series, Making Stuff, popular New York Times tech reporter David Pogue takes viewers on a fun-filled tour of the material world we live in, and the one that may lie ahead. Get a behind-the-scenes look at scientific innovations ushering in a new generation of materials that are stronger, smaller, cleaner, and smarter than anything we’ve ever seen.
From the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age to more recent periods dominated by plastics and silicon, materials have defined the progression of humankind. Now, we are once again poised on the verge of a materials revolution, as researchers around the globe push the boundaries further than ever before, using biology and chemistry to imbue materials with new qualities that are expanding our technological frontiers.
“Few people realize it, but materials are the basis of our civilization — the Stone Age, the Iron Age — and materials are what will take us into the future,” says Paula S. Apsell, Senior Executive Producer for Nova. “David Pogue is a highly entertaining and tech-savvy guide during a fascinating four hours full of potential breakthroughs that will shape our future.”
To download the press release with more detailed descriptions of each program as well as photos, visit our press site.
Making Stuff is produced in cooperation with the Materials Research Society (MRS), an international organization of nearly 16,000 materials researchers from academia, industry, and government, and a recognized leader in promoting the advancement of interdisciplinary materials research to improve the quality of life.
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Paul Krugman smears with a broad brush when he condemns the Austrian theory of the business cycle as the "hangover theory" (Slate, December 3, 1998). Does he intend to reject wholesale the idea that artificial booms (and drinking binges) lead to busts (and hangovers)?
If so, he condemns much more than the Austrian theory of boom and bust. Hangover theory would have to include Milton Friedman's and Edmund Phelps' short-run/long-run Phillips curve analysis, Robert Lucas' monetary misperception theory of the business cycle, and the conventional aggregate-supply/aggregate-demand analysis that features the interplay between an upward-sloping short-run supply curve and a vertical long-run aggregate supply curve. Each of these theories identify a critical self-reversing feature of the market process that is set into motion by an expansion of the money supply.
The Austrians see a strong family resemblance in all these theories of boom and bust but favor the Austrian theory over the others on the basis of its plausibility and its attention to institutional considerations. (Some underlying methodological precepts that I pass over here are what keep the Austrian theory well anchored to economic reality.)
With a central bank controlling the money supply, new money enters the economy through credit markets and impinges in the first instance on interest rates. The competing theories mentioned above all skip over this critical institutional detail and focus instead on labor markets or output markets as affected by misperceptions of the inflation rate–or on nominal rigidities that prevent wage rates from being continuously adjusted in the face of a depreciating medium of exchange.
In the Austrian theory, booms are artificial–which is to say, unsustainable–if triggered by an artificially low rate of interest. During a policy-induced and hence artificial boom, capital is misallocated–malinvested, to use Ludwig von Mises' term. Individual businesspeople responding to the favorable credit conditions set the macroeconomy onto a wrong course. Quite independent of price inflation or misperceptions of it, the boom contains the seeds of its own undoing.
Malinvestment (Krugman is wrong in calling the Austrian theory an overinvestment theory) means too many resources committed to early stages of production projects, not enough left to see the projects through their final stages. To expect businesspeople themselves to see this problem in advance and abstain from participating in the (ultimately) ill-fated boom is to misunderstand the very nature of a market process. The Austrians do not ignore expectations, but neither do they pretend that expectations can wholly nullify at the outset the market distortions engineered by the central bank. (In trying here to set Krugman straight about the nature of the Austrian theory, I find it necessary to defend the theory against the challenges of the Rational Expectations school as well.)
To make the Austrian theory seem implausible, Krugman (like Gordon Tullock and Leland Yeager before him) has the Austrians blaming the entirety of the Great Depression–its unprecedented depth and spirit-breaking length–on the preceding overinvestment. In fact, the Austrians blame the downturn, or upper turning point, on the preceding malinvestment.
The Austrian theory is not a theory of depressions per se; it is instead a theory of the unsustainable boom. In 1929 the Federal Reserve had "a tiger by the tail"–to use F. A. Hayek's apt metaphor. Whether the central bank held on or let go, the boom was over. Good times were about to turn bad. The Austrians have had lots to say about the government policies that made the bad situation worse (the propping up of prices and wages, the cartelization of industry, the Smoot-Hawley tariff, further bungling by the federal Reserve), but they have something unique to say about how the situation turned bad in the first place. The capital theory featured by the Austrians and, more pointedly, the policy-induced discoordination of the capital structure are not to be dismissed lightly. The Austrian theory of the business cycle deserves much more respect and attention than it has been accorded.
Krugman would have us scrap the Austrian theory and all other theories of boom and bust in favor of a peculiar variant of monetary disequilibrium theory, a theory he sometimes attributes–questionably–to John Maynard Keynes. According to Krugman, "A recession happens when, for whatever reason, a large part of the private sector tries to increase its cash reserves at the same time." The recession can be avoided, then, by an accommodating increase in the supply of money. It's just that simple.
I call his theory a peculiar variant of monetary disequilibrium theory because the standard bearers of this school–from Clark Warburton to Leland Yeager–have forcefully argued that historically relevant mismatches between the supply and demand for money have virtually always been attributed to a decrease in the supply of money, not to an increase in demand. It is possible, of course, for the demand for money to increase–as it might in the final throes of a waning boom when speculators lose confidence in the ability of the central bank to sustain the boom. That is, an impending bust can engender a liquidity crisis. This instance of an increase in the demand for money certainly needs to be incorporated into business cycle theory. But even Keynes recognized the scramble for liquidity as a complicating factor, not an initiating factor.
Simply positing an increase in the demand for money, as Krugman does, is not a fruitful way to start theorizing about business cycles. If excess demand for money were the whole story or the essence of the story, things would be even simpler than Krugman himself imagines. Modifying his theory of excess money demand to conform to historical experience (in recognition that it is supply that falls, not demand that rises), we get a truly simple reckoning of recession. The Problem: the central bank has decreased the money supply. The Solution: The central bank should increase the money supply.
Whatever their ideological leanings, the Austrians will surely be forgiven if they see this theory as less than satisfying.
Read Gene Epstein's response to Krugman.
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Ohioans deserve and demand transportation choices
The Ohio state legislature is in the midst of debating Governor Kasich's proposed $6.1 billion budget for transportation. Unfortunately, the budget is heavily tilted towards road funding, with a little more than 1 percent slated for public transportation. This is disappointing considering that roughly 9 percent of Ohio households have no vehicle, according to Census figures. Moreover, vehicle-miles-traveled is down in Ohio and across the country -- and this downward trend is likely to continue as our aging Baby Boomers drive less and fewer Millennials are even bothering to get a driver's license. Yet transit ridership continues to grow to the highest levels since 1957.
Fortunately, a diverse coalition of groups in Ohio is pushing for passage of legislation that would boost transit funding. The coalition is calling for transit to get its fair share by ramping up "transportation choices" funding to 10% of the state's transportation budget by 2020. As a first step, the bill currently under consideration would set aside at least $75 million each year in funding for FY 2014 and FY 2015 from Ohio's multi-billion dollar transportation budget into a designated fund for public transit, as well as for walking and biking.
By investing to increase Ohio's transportation choices, the state would reduce its economic vulnerability to oil, while promoting jobs, improving public health, and providing affordable transportation options.
In testimony before a House subcommittee earlier this week, Jack Shaner with the Ohio Environmental Council, made a compelling case for the bill. He noted, for instance, that transportation is the second largest expense for most households after housing. In fact, households living in auto-dependent locations spend 25% of their income on transportation costs. Housing that is located closer to employment, shopping, restaurants and other amenities can reduce household transportation costs to 9 percent of household income. Living in a location where only one car per home is needed can reduce total costs to 50 percent of income or less with the following benefits:
- Transit users in cities with robust transit systems can save up to $10,230 per year by taking transit rather than owning a vehicle.
- While 69 percent of communities are affordable under the conventional definition (housing costs < 30 percent of income), only 39 percent are affordable using a comprehensive definition (combined housing and transportation costs < 45 percent of income).
- In a nationwide study comparing 18 communities, housing in mixed‐used‐neighborhoods performed better than conventional development in resale value comparisons and had a higher price per square foot indicating a higher value for these homes overall.
"Smart transportation policy and convenient public transit can help people save money, build wealth, and enjoy a higher quality of life," said Shaner.
Yet highway funding overwhelming dominates the governor's transportation budget while public transportation funding languishes.
Road-building proponents might argue that the political bias toward highway funding is a reflection of public will. That is not the case. In fact, last summer NRDC conducted focus groups in Ohio and followed that with a public opinion survey which found that Ohioans were nearly three times as likely to favor investing in public transportation over building new roads as a solution to worsening traffic congestion. Specific findings included:
- 68 percent of Ohio respondents said improving public transportation (35 percent) and developing communities where people don’t have to drive as much (33 percent) are the best “long term solutions to reducing traffic” in their area. In contrast, only 21 percent favored building roads;
- 52 percent said they have no alternative but to drive while 44 percent regarded the nation’s transportation infrastructure as ``outdated, unreliable and inefficient”;
- 43 percent said they would prefer to use public transportation if it were more convenient; and
- 76 percent support increased local government spending to expand public transportation options.
NRDC's poll shows a strong preference for more public transportation choices and that Ohioans are willing to put their money where their mouth is by backing increased spending to expand and enhance public transit in particular.
On that note, it's worth highlighting a key point gleaned from our focus groups. We found out that most people over-estimate what their state spends on public transportation. The average amount among those offering an opinion was 16 percent of their state’s transportation budget. When asked what amount they thought should go toward funding public transportation, the average amount suggested was a whopping 28 percent. In reality, the average percentage of transportation money – state plus federal – spent on transit over the past three years was 6.6 percent per state. As noted above, Ohio spends about 1 percent of its state transportation dollars on public transportation -- with the rest dedicated to maintaining and building new roads.
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As China prepares for November’s leadership transition, UBC Asia expert Yves Tiberghien discusses the likely new leaders, the challenges ahead, and implications for Canada and the world
How important is this change of leaders?
This will be one of China’s most significant leadership changes since the 1949 Chinese Revolution. The biggest spotlight is on two major positions, the general secretary and prime minister, which have only changed at the same time once before, 10 years ago. But China will also choose up to seven new members for its top decision-making body—the Politburo Standing Committee—and renew more than 200 Politburo and Central Committee positions. These changes will impact every ministry and department. This is the moment when China will choose a new direction—and it will impact everything, from foreign policy, their economy, energy, education, everything.
Who will be the next General Secretary?
The most powerful position in China is the General Secretary of the Community Party, and that is expected to be Xi Jinping. He is 59, a member of the Standing Committee and a former governor and secretary general of the Fujian and Zhejiang provinces. He is from China’s “princeling” class, the son of veteran Communist guerrilla leader who led social and economic reforms in Guangdong. This, along with his military experience, has given him powerful connections. We know surprisingly little about his position on major topics, although does bring his father’s reformist pedigree. He has been groomed carefully for leadership, is very careful, and has not made any major mistakes.
What about the position of Prime Minister?
The man expected to become Prime Minister, the head of the Chinese government, is Li Keqiang. He rose through the Chinese Communist Youth League, has held top positions in Henan and Liaoning, and is a protégé of outgoing president Hu Jintao. His areas of expertise and interest include employment, health reforms, housing, and the development of clean energy: social-economic agendas. He is 57 and the only knocks against him are his lack of military links and powerful father, and some have questioned whether he has the strength and charisma to be Prime Minister, which has previously been held by tough leaders.
What are the big economic issues?
The huge levels of inequality in China will be one the greatest issues facing the new leaders—before it becomes socially explosive. Last year, China started to rebalance their economy—partly to address inequality, but also to create a more sustainable economy—and this will continue. China has accepted a lower rate of growth—7.5 per cent instead of eight—and reined in their real estate, export surplus and banking. They have also significantly increased wages—by up to 20 per cent annually in some regions—to increase wealth and consumer spending, while addressing labor demand. It is an incredibly complex process, but so far so good. The challenge will be to take more action on inequality—perhaps expanding the real estate tax being tested in Shanghai and Chongqing—without causing the wealthy to revolt.
How will China balance growth and climate change?
According to 2011 data, China produces nearly 30 per cent of global carbon emissions, more than any other country. There is pollution and droughts, and crops are being impacted. The outgoing leaders have identified climate change as an issue, but were unwilling, or unable, to sacrifice growth for sustainability. China still burns coal for electricity, for example. The climate issue is unavoidable, in many ways, because it is interconnected with their energy needs. China is heading towards a wall on both energy and climate, and they need new clean energies fast. Climate change is a time-bomb ticking over all our heads.
What are Canada’s interests in China?
Stephen Harper’s spring visit was a turning point in Canada-China relations. There has been strong interest in deepening economic ties since then. What does that mean? In the short term, China needs oil, and that is where a new Canadian pipeline may come in. Behind that is uranium and potash, and Canada is also a player in both. China is also investing heavily in wind, solar and other clean energy—another big opportunity for Canada. Longer term, China will become a capital exporter and wants to invest in Canada and elsewhere. As Asia increasingly becomes the centre of the global economy—the trends clearly support this—major new trade infrastructure becomes increasingly likely on our coast.
What about tensions between China and the U.S.?
China will soon pass the U.S. to be the world’s #1 economy—as early as 2018, according to some forecasts. Historically, when a challenger surpasses a dominant superpower, is when we have wars. There’s way too much at stake for war, but the next few years will be extremely volatile between China and the U.S. America doesn’t want to be #2 and China doesn’t want to be stopped. So this is a historic time that requires savvy leadership on both sides. China and the U.S. need to work together or it could be very ugly. One of the best ways to navigate this, in my opinion, is through common institutions, such as G20.
How will the U.S. election impact relations?
If Mitt Romney gets elected, he has said he would declare China a currency manipulator. Basically, we are looking at potential financial Armageddon, if he doesn’t back down. If Romney triggers a process that sees Congress slapping automatic duties on Chinese exports, it would almost certainly produce a trade war. If this escalates, China would threaten to stop buying U.S. bonds, which would create a U.S. deficit crisis, and a massive global financial crisis everywhere else—imagine the Eurozone crisis on steroids. So if Romney becomes president, his advisors need to find a way out of this.
Prof. Yves Tiberghien, an expert on the political economy of Asia and Europe, is the new director of UBC’s Institute of Asian Research, a leading global centre for interdisciplinary research, teaching and learning on Asia. Learn more at www.iar.ubc.ca.
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To deter crime and increase safety in the neighborhoods surrounding the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, a community safety zone has been established through a collaboration of the Winnebago County District Attorney’s Office, the City of Oshkosh Police Department and the University Police Department.
The safety zone ― the first of its kind in Oshkosh ― borders Congress Avenue to the Fox River and Jackson Street and encompasses Titan Stadium and Fox Valley Technical College, said UW Oshkosh Interim Police Chief Joseph LeMire.
“The new safety zone surrounding campus is an excellent example of a community partnership developed for the greater good,” said UW Oshkosh Chancellor Richard H. Wells. “This effort highlights the importance of student safety as a shared responsibility.”
The collaborative strategy involves increasing both enforcement and prosecution of crimes in the community safety zone.
“We will step up enforcement of crimes against students by non-students within the zone,” said Oshkosh Police Chief Scott Greuel.
The safety zone concept is a “perfect fit” with the Oshkosh Police Department’s community policing model, he said.
Winnebago County District Attorney Christian Gossett said, “The safety of students at the University is a priority in the District Attorney’s Office. When individuals target college students, we will consider that an aggravating factor and meet these crimes with an appropriately aggressive response from the criminal justice system.”
LeMire said the combined strategy will enhance the safety of UW Oshkosh students in several ways.
“It will let the students know that there are potential dangers in the area that they should be aware of,” he said. “It also will allow for an opportunity to educate and train students about how to protect themselves and decrease the potential of them becoming victims.”
In addition, LeMire said the effort will increase cooperation, including the sharing of crime statistics, by the University Police and Oshkosh Police to protect students and the residents surrounding the campus community.
“The new safety zone is just one of many ways the University has worked to enhance safety on campus in recent months,” Wells said. “We take safety seriously, as evidenced by the establishment of our Titan Alert system last year and the recent full-scale, mass-casualty emergency exercise, which took place in August.”
LeMire encourages students to follow some simple safety tips:
- Travel in groups of two or more in well-lit, high-traffic areas.
- Tell someone where you are going and when you will return.
- Be alert. Look around you; observe who is in the area and make it difficult for anyone to take you by surprise.
- When listening to your iPod, keep the volume low so you can hear what is going on around you.
- If you are studying or working late, plan ahead to get home safely.
- Lock your car.
- Lock your residence.
- Be aware of where you are going and who you are going with.
- Use the Safe Walk Program at the UWO Police Department.
- Wear bright clothing.
- Carry a charged cell phone.
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