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Posted on 08/04/2009
New Zealand recently signed the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) Australia-New Zealand Free Trade agreement Free Trade Agreement (“ASEAN AANZFTA”), a 12-country free trade agreement. It is the latest free trade agreement that New Zealand has entered into following the China-New Zealand agreement in October 2008.
The ASEAN region is New Zealand's third largest export market for merchandise goods - worth NZ$4.6 billion in the year to June 2008. The ASEAN AANZFTA is therefore said to represent an important ‘building block' in New Zealand’s growing East Asia trade and economic architecture.
The AANZFTA is said to facilitate trade of goods, services and investments between the respective economies through the progressive elimination of barriers and the reduction of transaction costs. By 2020, all New Zealand tarrifs on ASEAN products will be phased to zero.
Chapter 13 of the agreement aims to develop co-operation and capacity building in intellectual property law in the ASEAN region over time. The AANZFTA aims to consistently protect intellectual property rights across the ASEAN signatories, and give investors and traders increased confidence in operating within the region.
Like the China free trade agreement, AANZFTA reaffirms the parties existing rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement on Trade Related-Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (“TRIPS”). Each party is required to accord to nationals of other parties, treatment no less favourable than it accords to its own nationals with regards to the protection of intellectual property rights. AANZFTA also contains specific obligations on protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, greater transparency of intellectual property laws and systems, an obligation on parties to endeavour to make available on internet databases all pending and registered trade mark rights in their respective jurisdictions and the establishment of a committee on intellectual property to monitor the implementation of the intellectual property provisions.
AANZFTA also provides for an Economic Cooperation Work Programme (“ECWP”). The ECWP covers eight areas including conformity assessment procedures for the protection of intellectual property rights, such as direct training for intellectual property examiners, intellectual property judges, patent attorneys, academia and the business community as well as study visits, policy discussions and seminaries.
AANZFTA may enter into force in New Zealand as early as July 2009 and, in any event, no later than 1 January 2010.
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Wayne Law welcomes Cody High School students to dedication for Marching Toward Justice
November 22, 2011
DETROIT (Nov. 22, 2011) — Approximately 25 sophomores and juniors from Detroit’s Cody High School were the special guests at a dedication ceremony for the new, interactive version of the exhibit Marching Toward Justice: The History of the Fourteenth Amendment at Wayne Law. The ceremony took place Nov. 17 at 9 a.m. in the lobby of the Damon J. Keith Center for Civil Rights, where the exhibit is housed.
Commissioned by the Damon J. Keith Law Collection of African American Legal History, the exhibit gives a thorough account, through images and text, of the history of the Fourteenth Amendment. Ratified in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees equal rights and liberties under the Constitution to all U.S. citizens, defined as anyone born or naturalized in the United States.
Curator Robert Smith said he believes this is the largest exhibit of history in Michigan that is in a public place and not a museum. “This is the story of America’s struggle to reach its highest ideals — there is no greater story,” he said.
“This exhibit shows public school kids like yourself who went on to aspire to great things,” Keith Collection director and Keith Center Civil Rights lecturer I. India Geronimo told the group of teens. “It shows the many contributions African American lawyers made to our society.”
After viewing the exhibit and watching a civil rights documentary, students had the opportunity to talk with Judge Keith.
“His courage, regardless of all his obstacles, is very inspiring,” said Cody junior Sean Lee. “He made changes and opened up doors. And he put it in our head that our own generation needs to keep this legacy alive.”
Junior Kayla Bosley was also inspired. “I loved the video. It showed how he had to fight for what he believed in and even went up against the president,” she said. “I’m glad that he wants us to be here and wants us to do well. It made me think about going to law school.”
Marching Toward Justice examines issues including the beginning of slavery in the United States in the early 1600s, the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation, and the civil rights activism of the 1950s and ’60s. Interactive, touch-screen monitors allow visitors to explore specific topics such as the Colonial Period and the Expansion of Slavery; New Black Leaders: Organizations and Philosophies; and Equal Under Law: The Enforcement of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. The exhibit also contains historical artifacts, including an actual manifest of slaves on the ship Florida, c. 1850, and an Alabama slave bill of sale from 1829. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
“I am thrilled that public schoolchildren will have an opportunity to learn about the work of civil rights giants like Thurgood Marshall and Charles Hamilton Houston,” said Judge Keith. “These pioneers were my mentors and committed to actualizing ‘equal justice under law.’”
“We are excited to welcome this first classroom visit,” said Geronimo. “It’s a tremendous opportunity to engage local schoolchildren in civil rights education and create a pipeline for them to enter the law school environment.”
The Damon J. Keith Law Collection of African American Legal History at Wayne State University Law School was created to record the history of African American lawyers and judges. It is housed in the Keith Center for Civil Rights at Wayne Law. The Keith Center, which celebrated its grand opening on Oct. 19, 2011, honors the life and legacy of Judge Keith by carrying out his vision for civil rights through active programs of legal studies, community engagement and public lectures by prominent civil rights leaders.
For more information on the Keith Center exhibit or to schedule a visit, contact Holly Hughes at email@example.com or 313-577-3620.
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Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.
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Did you know that there is a MAKESHOP Show?
The MAKESHOP Show is an online resource hub for kid makers ages 6-10 years old. They help YOU to get into maker culture through originally-produced project ideas and videos from the MAKESHOP™, links to exciting content elsewhere and downloadable resources for kids, parents, and teachers. All projects are voted on by kids and designed as hands on experiences in science, technology, engineering, arts, math … and, sometimes, cupcakes.
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A transducer for compressive force using Mn-Mg and Ni-Zn ferrite is offered in this paper, based on the magnetomechanical effect that the magnetic characteristics of the material are influenced by mechanical stress. They can be realized by applying a Royer's and Marzolf's circuit. The input to the transducer is pressure, and the output is an oscillator frequency. The change of the magnetic characteristics caused by repeated application and removal of 1.8 kg/mm2pressure can be reversible. With a Marzolf type transducer, at low pressure the input-output characteristic shows a hysteresis till 0.9 kg/mm2, but at higher pressure than 0.9 kg/mm2the characteristics are completely linear. With a Royer type transducer the characteristics are almost linear, although a little hysteresis is found over the range from 0 to 1.8 kg/mm2. The experimental results show that at low pressure the characteristics are nonlinear, including the hysteresis, and the influence of the temperature is 1.2%/°C over the range from 18 to 30°C. The method is also useful in the case of investigating the flux reversal mechanism under various stress conditions. | <urn:uuid:426e750d-02a0-444c-bd35-66bf783b45cb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=1067483&contentType=Journals+%26+Magazines | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711005985/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133005-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931574 | 265 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Design software firm Autodesk Inc. has reportedly plans to again bring a version of its flagship AutoCAD software for Apple’s Macintosh computers.
Autodesk Inc. has decided to bring AutoCAD back for the Mc as it is again gaining momentum, owing to its use of Intel’s microprocessor technology.
In the early 1990s, Autodesk had started ignoring the Mac and concentrating on the PCs that run Microsoft’s Windows operating system, at a time when the Mac was losing ground due to rising popularity of windows. The last time AutoCAD was available on the Mac was in 1992.
The addition of Autodesk’s $4,000 program to the Mac software array could facilitate Apple in enjoying continued growth in Mac enterprise sales.
Speaking on Autodesk’s plans, Philip Schiller from Apple Inc said, “Apple is thrilled that Autodesk is bringing AutoCAD back to the Mac and we think it's the perfect combination for millions of design and engineering professionals.”
Autodesk senior vice-president Amar Hanspal said that the move to run directly on the Mac is a part of company’s strategy to end its dependence on Windows.
Autodesk will also launch a free app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch that will allow users to view AutoCAD designs and make minor modifications. | <urn:uuid:a3b4c44c-2216-431b-8c80-2d53b3ed2db7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://topnews.co.uk/211948-autocad-design-software-again-available-apple-s-mac | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00052-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94202 | 286 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon seek domains from ICANN
The Internet is a step closer to unleashing way more words — sought by the likes of Apple, Google, Amazon and Microsoft — to serve as endings to website addresses.
On Wednesday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) unveiled a list of names and applicants eager to stake a claim on a piece of the Internet, known as a domain.
The new domains would vastly expand the pool of suffixes beyond ".com" and ".net" and perhaps add such new Web address endings as ".baby," ".apple," ".google" or ".sex." Companies anted up $185,000 per domain to apply for naming rights.
If approved, it would be the first time companies can grab a moniker or product-related name in the Web address slot. ICANN, which oversees the process, plans to approve applications for these new domains within a year or so.
"We are standing at the cusp of a new era of online innovation," ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom said at a London press conference.
Apple has applied only for ".apple," while Google, Amazon and Microsoft have gone after multiple product names. Among many names, Amazon is going after ".book," ".circle," ".news," ".author" and the name of its popular Kindle Fire tablet with ".fire." Microsoft is seeking to acquire its search engine Web address suffix with ".bing" and its e-mail service ".hotmail," along with other products.
Of course, competition means there are some companies that will get into fisticuffs over words.
Some domain names have more than one applicant, Beckstrom noted. For example, software giant Microsoft is going after ".docs" in a move that pits it against Google, which wants to protect Google Docs, its free online documents, spreadsheets and presentation software that challenges Microsoft's Office.
Google has been particularly aggressive in seeking new domains, applying for ".android," ".app," ".blog," ".buy," ".corp" and more than 100 more.
There's a wider digital land grab at stake. There are multiple applicants for popular words ".app," ".blog," ".buy" and ".corp."
ICANN, which has received 1,930 applicants, will have to sort out whose claims are strongest. A 60-day period for anyone to submit comments and objections began Wednesday. Those who object to applications have seven months to file complaints. | <urn:uuid:763901c5-0a13-4b26-93a1-9f6fe73e462a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/media/story/2012-06-13/new-Internet-suffixes/55566732/1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00040-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960863 | 504 | 1.601563 | 2 |
It is important for any sports club to carry a great deal of insurance. Having the correct amount will save the owners of the sports club from losing their club and going bankrupt. A full scale sports club has a great deal of exercise equipment that might cause bodily harm to one of their sports club members.
Facing a law suit by one of the club members can cause the owners of a sports club to declare bankruptcy if they are faced with a lawsuit and they lose the case. Their license can be taken away from them and they can lose their business. Carrying the proper amount of sports club insurance is important.
it is equally important to hire the proper instructors that not only teach the members to use the athletic machines. Be sure that before you allow them to workout on their own, they are taught a great deal about the use of the exercise machines, how to protect themselves when using them, and wearing the proper shoes when they exercise. them all there is to know about the athletic activities that are a part of the sports club.
Sports club insurance covers the owners of the sports club in case of injury. What might seem like a slight fall could end up becoming a break in one of the bones in their leg or one of their arms. Actually, the owners of any sport club should be concerned about their clients and buy a maximum amount of sports club insurance. | <urn:uuid:33d73007-29f5-419b-98cc-147ffa461b8d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://51weeks.com/the-importance-of-sports-club-insurance-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706153698/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120913-00044-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974295 | 275 | 1.65625 | 2 |
The London-based "Islamic Human Rights Commission", a private group which has set as its mission to defend the oppressed, says it condemns the treatment of the protesters in Libya by the Gadhafi regime. VOA’s Peter Clottey spoke to the IHRC’s Mohammed El-Sayed about what is happening in Libya, including his group's investigation of human right abuses and this week's pronouncement by Moammar Gadhafi's son, Saif al-Islam, that his father's government would fight to the "last man, woman and bullet" to stay in power. El-Sayed says there are indications the Gadhafi regime and its supporters are fractured.
El-Sayed: We’ve got a part of the people quite high up in the regime itself actually turning against it and joining the protesters. We’ve got reports of the interior minister having joined the protesters. The ambassador at the Arab League has done the same thing. He has announced that his position is that of protesters.
We’ve got the cases of ambassadors to separate countries doing the same thing. We had the case yesterday where the Libyan ambassador to India has actually announced his resignation on the BBC, live on television. We also have reports of large sectors of the military joining the protesters. We’ve got the case of the military in the second largest city, Benghazi, [where] they seemed to have actually joined the protesters and they have declared Benghazi to be a liberated city from the regime.
So, in a sense we have got, I think, all of this developments pointing in one direction, where there seems to be consensus among the protesters and many sectors within the government itself. They are reaching the point where, I think, they’re just fed up with forty-two years of this dictatorial regime.
Clottey: With the challenges that your organization faces, how are you about to investigate all of these human right abuses?
El-Sayed: It’s quite difficult initially, because, as you can see, there is a bit of a media blackout, but there are resources which we can rely on, there are people on the ground with whom we can try to get in touch. Obviously, with the ongoing protest it makes it a bit difficult because there is always the potential for people to be arrested, for people to be sometimes even maybe tortured or killed.
In the case of Libya right now, we’ve also got the issue - again it’s similar to what happened previously in Egypt and Tunisia - where they are actually… intentionally shutting down the Internet, shutting down communication services, so as to prevent [protesters] from being able to get the message out.
As I said, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, in his address, one of the things he focused on and blamed the revolution on was “people abroad operating via the Internet and Facebook.” He actually named Facebook. So, I think, in a sense, it’s a bit of a sign of desperation on the part of the government to really blame the Internet and modern technology.
I think that they are all living in kind of a medieval mentality where they can’t actually deal with these changes which are ongoing new, these technological advances which allow people to actually communicate and get their message out.
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Members of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, find time to hone skills to control bleeding while deployed to Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
To save lives and prevent the leading cause of death for soldiers on the battlefield, members of the 203rd Brigade Support Battalion's Evacuation Platoon led an advance bleeding control class Aug. 8. The Fort Benning-based soldiers have ramped up training since they deployed in mid June.
Led by Staff Sgt. Ashley Gilbert and Sgt. Daniel Conklin, the soldiers showed medical personnel how to control bleeding on a simulated casualty.
Gilbert focused on the proper use of a tourniquet and how to apply combat gauze as two methods of controlling life-threatening bleeding.
Soldiers on the front lines are issued a combat gauze with their individual first-aid kit.
The gauze which has a bleeding control agent can be applied to parts of the body where a tourniquet won't work.
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The top officer in the U.S. Air Force on Tuesday joined other Pentagon officials in raising questions about the Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 program, saying the cost of building and operating the new single-engine fighter needed to come down.
General Mark Welsh said he was still learning about the F-35 program after taking over as Air Force Chief of Staff last month, but the new fighter clearly remained one of the Air Force's top acquisition priorities, along with a new Boeing Co refueling tanker and plans for a new long-range bomber.
"We need the airplane, but the program's got to perform," Welsh told reporters a day after Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and the Pentagon's F-35 program director, Air Force Major General Christopher Bogdan criticized Lockheed's performance on various aspects of the program.
Welsh, speaking to reporters at the Air Force Association annual meeting, said he was concerned about the impact of automatic across-the-board budget cuts on the Air Force's procurement budget, and said the service's fighter fleet would be the first to come under pressure.
"We have lots of things that we need to buy that we can't afford to right now, and some will get pushed off," Welsh said, noting that the service's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance budget could be squeezed as well.
He said he saw less threat to the Air Force's budget for mobility programs such as new tankers and transport planes, given strong support from lawmakers and Pentagon officials after repeated delays in beginning to replace the Air Force's aging fleet of KC-135 tankers.
Welsh cited some progress on the F-35, the new single-engine, stealthy airplane that is due to become the Air Force's main fighter plane in coming years. He said the plane was making strides in testing and test pilots were pleased with the plane's capabilities, but Lockheed needed to stabilize the production line and ensure predictable costs.
He said he also concerns about the operating cost of the airplane, and how that compared to the cost of flying the Air Force's current fighter jets.
"If you can buy it and can't afford to fly it, that's not going to do us much good," Welsh said.
He said he planned to raise the issue when he meets with top Lockheed executives in coming weeks, and said the two sides needed to reach some common ground about how the costs should be calculated.
New Pentagon data in April forecast the projected total cost to develop, buy and operate the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at $1.51 trillion over the next 50-plus years, up from about $1.38 trillion a year ago, including inflation.
Military officials and industry executives say the cost projections are not particularly useful because it is nearly impossible to predict inflation over the next half-century. They say it is difficult to compare the operating cost of the F-35 to other fighters because its missions are much broader.
Welsh said he had received an initial briefing on the cost comparisons, but wanted more data.
Lockheed officials told reporters the program was making progress in flight testing and software development. They said the Air Force model of the plane had flow 365 times this year, while the B-model being developed for the Marine Corps had flown 300 times, including 184 short takeoffs, 133 short landings, and 66 vertical landings.
Spokesman Michael Rein said the company understood the financial pressures facing the United States and was working hard to drive down the cost of the program.
He welcomed the "new eyes on the program" offered by Bogdan, who joined the program five weeks ago and is slated to take over as the program manager later this year when Vice Admiral David Venlet retires.
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LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, scores of East German families flooded across the border to a new life in their tiny, rattly Trabants — the spare-yet-iconic cars that were thriftily manufactured for decades in the communist country.
Once across the border, many families abandoned their “Trabis” — which sported sputtering two-stroke engines akin to a souped-up lawnmower’s and bodies sculpted out a type of plastic that was reinforced with cotton or wool — leaving them scattered across no man’s land or dumped in the streets.
But one man’s trash is another’s treasure.
More than two decades after the last Trabant rolled off Sachsenring’s production line in Zwickau, Germany, at least three have found a welcoming new home in Longmont — two with Charlie Bigsby (though one is mostly cannibalized for parts) and one with John Short.
With only an estimated 100 or so Trabants in the United States, that makes Longmont a hotspot of East German car culture.
It may take a certain kind of person (and the right era) to fall in love with a Trabant, the way Bigsby and Short have. The often-maligned cars have been the brunt of a seemingly endless amount of jokes — How do you double the value of a Trabant? Fill up its gas tank — and when Germany re-unified, the biggest issue with Trabants was how to get rid of them.
You couldn’t recycle the car body, and burning it released toxic pollutants in the air. For a couple of years in the early 1990s, scientists were even searching for a type of microbe that might eat the cars, which were stacked up in junkyards.
But Bigsby and Short say Trabis — which are beginning to be appreciated across Europe and the United States as collectors’ items — have gotten a bad rap.
“The Trabant has a reputation for being cheaply made, but they were frugally made,” Bigsby said.
And by that, Bigsby means they have everything you do need and nothing you don’t: no sun roofs, no cruise control and, for that matter, not even a gas gauge. (You stick a plastic dipstick in the gas tank to tell when it’s time to fill’r up — and don’t forget to premix some oil in with the gas.)
“They have all the things you need for them to be a car — wheels on the bottom, doors on the side,” Bigsby said.
Bigsby, who has never been to the former East Germany, or even Europe, for that matter, fell in love with Trabants, and actually, all vehicles odd, scarce and Eastern Bloc-ish, when he was young and flipping through European car magazines.
“The weirder they are, and the less there are, the more I’m interested,” he said.
That explains why Bigsby now owns eight motorcycles from the same region — including a couple of Jawas manufactured in the Czech Republic and a Ukrainian Dnepr — as well as a Czech Skoda vehicle from the 1980s. And Bigsby, who covets finding rare-in-America Russian Lada cars, says he has another Skoda on the way.
Bigsby’s 1966 Trabant has been modified to mimic a Trabant rally car, which, apparently, was a real thing.
“An East German team rallied these all over Europe,” he said. “They raced in the Monte Carlo.”
John Short’s 1972 Trabant looks more like the classic car that East Germans bought for approximately a year’s salary after sometimes waiting more than a decade to have their ordered car delivered. And just like those families, Short’s Trabant is his primary vehicle, and he says it runs well in all seasons.
“The Trabi does great in the snow,” he said. “I’ve got some East German snow straps.”
Short, a native of England, first fell in love with Trabants when his family vacationed in Eastern Europe, and then began driving one in his home country. When he moved to Colorado, Short didn’t want to be Trabant-less, so he had a friend buy a car and put it on a ship bound for the United States.
Short picked up his precious cargo in South Carolina, and then promptly drove it across the country. (He can get his Trabant going up to 80 mph on the interstate — but it’s better, and more comfortable, he says, not to push 65.)
Short also is a lover of authentic Trabi accessories, and beyond the snow straps, he and Bigsby have built a camping tent for his car. The blue-and-yellow canvas creation pops up on top of a welded frame that is attached to the roof. The whole deal was built to the original specs that Short found online.
“We have copied that to the letter,” said Short, who has used the tent on some fishing trips into the mountains.
For both Bigsby and Short, owning Trabants in Colorado has brought some attention and many a run-in with curious passersby and even other car collectors.
“It’s just a whole lot of fun to show up at a car show, like Cars and Coffee in Lafayette, and back in with a smoking, East German, two-stroke Trabant right next to a bright red Ferrari,” Bigsby said, “and watch all the fellows who are clustered around the Ferrari leave it as though it had the plague to ask questions about the weird little East German car they’ve never seen before.”
- By Laura Snider, The Daily Camera
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What the Heck is Operational Efficiency?
We’ve got a question for you:
Excellence in Government recently surveyed over 2,000 federal managers to find out what they felt were the most pressing management issues facing the federal workforce in 2013. From middle managers on up, the answer was clear: achieving operational efficiency.
The results showed that:
- 63 percent of middle managers said achieving operational efficiency was their top priority, followed by saving money on contracts (35 percent) and ensuring accuracy of financial information (29 percent).
- 67 percent of agency leadership said the same, followed by leveraging data for decision-making (32 percent) and saving money on contracts (29 percent).
This left us wondering: With such an intense interest in achieving operational efficiency, just what the heck is it?
On Performance.gov, OMB defines achieving operational efficiency as follows:
Improving service delivery, securing our Federal resources and information, and centralizing key Federal IT services to decrease wasteful spending.
In other words, streamlining contracts, data center consolidation and cloud computing. Is that what you thought it meant? What does “achieving operational efficiency” mean to you? Tell us at email@example.com or in the comments below.
This year, your input will directly shape our agenda for the Excellence in Government conference. With demand up for actionable insights about federal challenges, we’re expanding Excellence in Government to a two-day event at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington on May 13-14. We’re using the insights from our survey and you, our readers, to shape the content of Excellence in Government.
We’ll be exploring what we learned from our survey in the coming weeks, as well as sharing some big news related to speakers. Find out more about it and sign up for updates on the conference at ExcellenceinGov.com. Knowing full well that budgets are tighter than ever, it’s free to attendees.
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This project involves the siting, purchase and installation of approximately 175 bus shelters throughout the state of New Jersey. Shelters are installed statewide at locations requested by the communities or private entities. Also included in this project is improvement to bus signage, passenger information display installation and lighting in bus boarding areas.
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Election money limits upheld
By Wire services
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court says corruption concerns outweigh free speech rights in elections.
Published December 11, 2003
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court struck a blow Wednesday against the "growing evil ... of big money" in American politics, ruling that Congress can stop the free flow of cash from corporations, unions and the wealthy to fund political parties and buy campaign-style broadcast ads.
The 5-4 decision upholds nearly all of last year's broad campaign finance reform law, calling it a modest effort to ensure that the political system responds to the interests of ordinary voters, not just to those with the most money.
It was the most significant campaign funding ruling since such laws were enacted in the post-Watergate era of the 1970s.
The law passed by Congress last year banned unlimited donations, known as "soft money," from individuals, corporations and labor unions to political parties. Those donations - often reaching six figures or more - had come to dominate the fundraising process. The law also imposed limitations on political advertising by special interest groups.
"Just as troubling to a functioning democracy as classic quid pro quo corruption is the danger that officeholders will decide issues not on the merits or the desires of their constituencies, but according to the wishes of those who have made large financial contributions valued by the officeholder," Justices John Paul Stevens and Sandra Day O'Connor wrote for the majority.
Rooting out corruption, or even the appearance of it, justifies limitations on the free speech and free spending of contributors, candidates and political parties, the court said.
"We are under no illusion that (the law) will be the last congressional statement on the matter," Stevens and O'Connor wrote. "Money, like water, will always find an outlet."
That already has happened, with groups being formed to collect donations and spend money in ways not covered by the law.
Dissenting were Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy and Clarence Thomas.
"No doubt Congress was convinced by the many abuses of the current system that something in this area must be done," Rehnquist wrote. "Its response, however, was too blunt."
Scalia called it "a sad day for the freedom of speech."
"Who could have imagined," Scalia wrote, that the same court that gave free-speech protection to tobacco advertising and sexually explicit cable TV shows "would smile with favor upon a law that cuts to the heart of what the First Amendment is meant to protect: the right to criticize the government."
The ruling means the limits put in place by Congress last year will apply to the 2004 election, including the first presidential delegate selection contests in Iowa and New Hampshire next month.
Although the ruling applies to candidates for federal office, it is likely to reverberate at the state and local level as well. In recent years, even municipalities have enacted curbs on raising and spending money for campaigns.
The justices struck down two provisions of the new law - a ban on political contributions from those too young to vote and a limitation on some party spending that is independent of a particular candidate.
The new law is the broadest reform since 1974, when in the wake of the Watergate scandal, President Gerald Ford signed a law creating the Federal Election Commission. It limited individual and political action committee contributions to candidates to $1,000 and $5,000 per election, respectively.
Soft money donations were not included in the law, and the parties sought to exploit this loophole. In the last election cycle, the three Democratic campaign committees raised about $246-million in soft money, compared with $250-million for Republicans.
In exchange for the soft money ban, the new campaign finance law raised the limits on the more strictly regulated contributions known as "hard money." The limits on how much an individual can give to a federal candidate rose to $2,000 an election.
The campaign finance law is often known as "McCain-Feingold" - named for its chief Senate sponsors, Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Russ Feingold, D-Wis.
"This opinion represents a landmark victory for the American people in the effort to reform their political system," congressional authors of the law said.
"Now that the court has spoken, we must make sure that the law is properly interpreted and enforced," said a joint statement by McCain, Feingold, and Reps. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., and Marty Meehan, D-Mass.
The ruling cleared the way for the four lawmakers to pursue new changes in campaign finance law. They already have introduced legislation to increase the enforcement powers of the Federal Election Commission and to overhaul public financing of presidential campaigns. President Bush and Democratic presidential candidates Howard Dean and John Kerry have chosen not to take taxpayers' money to avoid the restrictions imposed by the law.
Justices hear arguments on redistricting
WASHINGTON - A skeptical Supreme Court on Wednesday seemed unlikely to fully back either side's position in arguments over Pennsylvania's oddly drawn congressional map.
At issue is a 19-district map that was drawn last year by the Republican-controlled state Legislature and that forced three Democratic lawmakers out of office. The high court debated whether drawing districts to favor one party over another can be constitutional or a matter best left for states.
A handful of other states, including Florida and Texas, also are grappling with similar issues.
The justices challenged the Democrats to define the standard of "fairness" they're seeking from the courts, and questioned whether the Republican insistence on no limits in political map-drawing made any sense.
- Information from the Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, New York Times and Knight Ridder News Service was used in this report.
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July 12, 2001
Memphis City Council Approves Changes In Rollerblading Rules. ATV Regulations
Two new city ordinances took effect July 5th following the final reading by the Board of Alderman at the July Memphis City Council meeting.
Bill 2-01 deleted section 387.030 regarding safety equipment requirements for roller blading and skate boarding. The new ordinance repealed the requirements that a helmet, knee and elbow pads be worn by individuals participating in the outdoor sports on city property.
Bill 3-01 amended section 340.120 of the municipal code which regulates the riding of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) within city limits.
The new ordinance added a subsection to 340.120 pertaining to exemptions from the prohibition against ATV use in the city.
ATV use is prohibited except for those owned and operated by a governmental entity for official use. All ATVs operated for agricultural purposes or industrial on-premises purposes during daylight hours are also exempt for the ban.
The new subsection adds an additional exemption for ATV use for any operator carrying a new special permit issued by the city.
The city clerk will issue the permits, which will cost $15. The permit will be an annual fee and the revenues will be deposited in the city's general fund. The operator must have proof of financial responsibility and proof of registration with the State of Missouri prior to receiving the permit.
The council reviewed a proposed contract for the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) for the town's property adjoining Lake ShowMe and several of the privately owned properties surrounding the city's water source.
Ken Berry and representatives of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources presented information on the new program. The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program or CREP is a joint, state-federal land retirement conservation program targeted to address State and nationally significant agriculture-related environmental effects.
This voluntary program uses financial incentives to encourage farmers and ranchers to enroll in contracts of 10 to 15 years in duration to remove lands from agricultural production. It is authorized pursuant to the 1996 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act.
The two primary objectives of CREP are: to coordinate Federal and non-federal resources to address specific conservation objectives of a State and the nation in a cost-effective manner, and to improve water quality, erosion control and wildlife habitat related to agricultural use in specific geographic areas.
Mayor Ron Alexander expressed concern regarding the city's possible liability if the contracted individuals failed to meet the terms of the program.
Berry responded, noting that most municipal participants in the CREP program have the agents sign a contract, requiring the participant to refund all CREP payments to the city if the program guidelines are not met.
The council initially voted not to participate in the program. Following Berry's presentation, the council reversed its action and decided to send the proposed contract to the city attorney for review. The issue will be reviewed at the August meeting.
Alderman Ron Gardner presented a proposal to upgrade the city's retirement plan. According to Gardner, the existing LAGERS retirement plan had been at 1.5 percent for more than 10 years. He suggested increasing that benefit to two percent.
The council unanimously approved implementation of the L-6 program that would provide a two percent retirement incentive effective with the start of the new fiscal year on September 1.
Financial Service Bids
The council unanimously approved a request to solicit bids from area financial institutes for the city's banking services. The bid requests proposals for a two-year contract to begin September 1. The bids will be reviewed at the August meeting.
Superintendent Dave Kittle indicated his crew had been working on changing out line on the 69kv power line. The crew has changed approximately 200 meters of line.
Superintendent Roy Monroe stated the street department had replaced approximately 90 feet of street on Ludwick Drive. They also had poured a new sidewalk at Lake ShowMe.
Monroe stated he and contractor Arnold Sharp along with city engineer, Ron Shy, met with land owners regarding the city drainage ditch project on the north end of town. Monroe said the involved parties had agreed to allow the city to complete the necessary work to finalize the project. Arnold agreed to have C&S refund the appropriate payment to the city for the work.
Superintendent Bob Ellicott told the council that the city pool had been closed July 5 due to a broken waterline in the basement. The necessary repairs have been made and the pool reopened on July 6.
City Marshall Terry Simerl received council approval to sell the police department's oldest vehicle. The agreement stipulated that the revenues from the sale of the police car will be used to upgrade the department's safety vests.
The council gave approval for the hiring of Mike Steeples to fill a vacancy in the Memphis Police Department. Steeples was hired with a six-month probation.
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Italy’s Young Women Winemakers
07 Nov 12
- Patricia Nelson
Globally over the past decade there as been a marked resurgence of the revival of several traditional winemaking methods and embodied within this movement a renewed dedication to preserving terroir has become apparent. Interestingly a growing number of young producers have taken the lead in revaluating the importance of the connection between the vine and the soil and have sought to find the best way to express this through their wine
Cascina Tavijn in Piedmont, the Tuscan vineyard Campi di Forterenza and the Sicilian wines from Occhipinti have become well established in the world of natural wine – celebrated for their non-interventionalist approach and overall commitment to planting grapes appropriate to their specific vineyards. Despite their diverse styles, which hail from vineyards in different corners of Italy, they have all earned a solid reputation for taking bold leaps in combining certain traditional practices with unconventional edges. At a Terra Madre conference on Sunday October 28, Francesca Padovani, Nadia Verrua and Arianna Occhipinti spoke about their vineyards and what influenced them to tackle the challenging world of natural wine production.
The term ‘natural winemaking’ has become one of the most divisive topics within the world of wine. Aficionados worship this approach for maintaining purity, individuality and a sense of place. However there has also been strident criticism of the movement. It seems to appear that there is widespread confusion as to what the term actually means as many consumers seem to view the concept as something synonymous with terms such as biodynamic and organic - this can be misleading as it is more than just a label or certification. Quite simply those who call themselves natural winemakers purport to be wholly committed to minimal intervention in order to preserve place and fruit. “If you go natural there is no room for shortcuts because you need the best fruit and it is essential that you are there day in and day out,” says Padovani.
The other speakers shared these sentiments and echoed the fact that they feel that this style of production is the best way to allow the land and fruit to speak for itself. They emphasized that this was a choice that was more arduous and risky than many industrial methods, as without commercial yeasts or an increased use of sulphites it is near impossible to create homogenous wines year in and year out, predictability is something that many consumers have become accustomed to. Conversely it is this volatility that endears many people to the natural wine movement as it allows room for greater expression and uniqueness. “Of course there are people who look for perfection but in truth I do not think that it exists in regards to wine. It is more important that they are true to life and embody a sense of harmony rather than being technically flawless,” Verrua says.
Maintaining good communication between different growers was something that everyone seemed to cite as important, regardless of their different methods and values. “I would like everyone in Sicily to go organic but obviously I cannot force this. I would however like to work with other vineyards and learn from them because even if our ideas may differ I am sure they all have something to teach me,” says Occhipinti. Verrua readily agreed with this point when she expressed that small wineries can and should learn from larger ones, even if certain schools of winemaking tend to streamline the way people work. “We all interpret things in different ways but maintaining a dialogue and sharing these interpretations is very important,” she explained.
When asked about the biggest challenges of working as young female winemakers and trying to introduce innovation in areas with long traditions Verrua stressed that it was important to respect established practices while not being scared of trying something that was perceived as risky just because it defied certain conventions. “I believe it is vital that we do not get overly concerned on focusing too much on viewing all traditions as gospel because although it is wonderful to see so many young winemakers reviving older practices we don’t want to oppress those who want to try something new,” she said. The others agreed but Occhipinti was quick to stress that the gender aspect should not be over played: “We often get asked how different it is making wine as women and I really hate this question!”
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Anselme Family History
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- Reginald Anselme 1966 - 1996
- Marie Anselme Bilodeau
- Jacques Anselme Richard 1781 - ?
- Marguerite M Anselme 1936 - 2011
- August Anselme 1896 - 1965
- Thomas Anselme 1909 - 1975
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John McCain and Yucca Mountain
In Reno this week, Republican presidential nominee-to-be John McCain took up the issue of Yucca Mountain, expressing his support for the creation of a nuclear waste repository there but also for reprocessing nuclear waste. McCain also said he'd push for the creation of an international facility for the purpose of storing nuclear waste from around the world. Read the Las Vegas Review-Journal's coverage here.
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"[T]he philosophy behind the Yucca Mountain program fails to grasp that used fuel from commercial reactors is not 'waste,' but a commodity to be bought and sold in the marketplace," wrote Muska, who argued that the way to address the used-nuclear-fuel problem was to "harness the creativity and entrepreneurship of the private sector."
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Congolese activists and others have continually asserted that this regulation will lead, and has already led, to an embargo of Congolese minerals, a drastic cost that would outweigh any purported benefits of the regulation.186 Indeed, with major American corporations shying away from using Congolese minerals, certain mines in Congo have suspended operations, forcing many Congolese out of work. By mid-2011, exports of tin, tantalum, and tungsten from the DRC had fallen by 70 percent since the previous summer, a phenomenon that the local miners refer to as “Obama’s embargo.”
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Right and wrong do not exist in graphic design. There is only effective and non-effective communication.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
If all else fails, [working harder than anyone else] is the greatest competitive advantage of any career.
Web design has a bad reputation for being stylistically trendy and same-looking. Some guy does a parallax scrolling site, and now your boss wants you to add that to your corporate PR website for some reason. Glossy buttons, Gaussian Noise, linen texture, new things that look fake-old, then back to minimalism and flat colors as a reaction to the glossy noisy textured fake-old stuff.
I can never stand still. I must explore and experiment. I am never satisfied with my work. I resent the limitations of my own imagination.
Designers tend to overvalue differentiation and originality. We are taught this in design school. The best solutions are created ex nihilo, break new ground, resemble nothing else in the world. Everyone wants to stand out, or else what’s the point? But this isn’t true. Most people don’t want to stand out. They want to fit in. More precisely, they want to fit in with the people they like, or want to be like.
A good designer may not have all the answers, but he knows which questions to ask.
All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work … It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions … It’s gonna take awhile … You’ve just gotta fight your way through.
To clarify, add detail. Imagine that, to clarify, add detail. Clutter and overload are not attributes of information, they are failures of design. If the information is in chaos, don’t start throwing out information, instead fix the design.
In the dream, I knew that he was going on ahead.
He was fixin’ to make a fire somewhere out there, in all that dark, and all that cold.
And I knew that whenever I got there, he’d be there.
Then I woke up.
Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.
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The Rite of Spring
The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) is a ballet in two parts. The entire ballet was a concept developed by Igor Stravinsky. He wrote the music. The set and costumes were designed by Nicholas Roerich. The dances, which Stravinsky hated, were designed by Vaslav Nijinsky. Stravinsky complained that Nijinsky had no understanding of the rudiments of music.
The ballet was first performed by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes at the Theatre du Champs-Élysées in Paris on 29 May 1913. The dress rehearsal met with approval from critics and invited guests, but the premiere was greeted with tumult and riot only stilled by the performance of Marie Piltz as the sacrificial maiden. Subsequent performances were received with growing appreciation, but the ballet's great difficulties forced it to be presented only six times.
The ballet was revived in 1920 by the Ballets Russes, but the music had been performed in its entirety in concert before the revival. Nijinsky's dances had been forgotten so Leonide Massine (who had not seen the original performances) designed the dances anew. These met with Stravinsky's approval. In 1940, Walt Disney used the music to accompany a segment of the animated movie Fantasia. This segment depicted lumbering dinosaurs and smoldering volcanoes.
Stravinsky's music [change]
The music lasts about 40 minutes, and is divided into two parts. It has the subtitle "Pictures from Pagan Russia". Stravinsky had the idea of composing music which was about country people from old times in Russia who danced a fertility rite. This means: a ceremony which is supposed to bring good luck to the next year’s harvest. In this ancient Russian dance, one young girl is chosen to dance and dance until she dies. She is the sacrifice. She is sacrificed to the god of spring.
How Stravinsky wrote the score [change]
The painter Nicholas Roerich talked with Stravinsky about the idea for this ballet in 1910. Stravinsky started writing down musical ideas while he was still working on his ballet The Firebird. Then he worked on Petrushka. In 1912 he was able to concentrate on The Rite of Spring. All these ballets were composed for Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. They were a very famous group of Russian dancers who worked in Europe, mostly in Paris.
First performance [change]
The Rite of Spring was first performed by the Ballets Russes on 29 May 1913 at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The conductor was Pierre Monteux. The audience were shocked at the primitive kind of dancing and the irregular rhythms and strange orchestral sounds and unusual chords. Nijinsky’s choreography was so different from classical ballet. Nijinsky found it difficult to work with Stravinsky and difficult to work with the music.
The complicated music and violent dance steps made the people start to boo. They started to shout and whistle. They argued, and other people who liked it argued back. Then some people started to fight. In the end the police were called. Stravinksy was very upset and ran out of the theatre. The performance was a scandal, but this actually made people curious and soon the ballet became very famous. It was performed six times that season, and there were no more interruptions during the other performances.
The Rite of Spring is divided into two parts, and each part has several sections:
- Part 1: The Adoration of the Earth
- In the Introduction we hear the coming of spring. A bassoon starts all by itself on a very high note. Gradually other instruments join in until it sounds like the swarming of insects and other spring noises.
- In The Auguries of Spring – Dances of the Young Girls we hear two chords played together, each chord is in a different key. This chord which is in two keys at once is stamped out by the strings and eight horns. A rocking tune is heard on the cor anglais.
- This leads to The Game of Capture in which we hear a piccolo trumpet (a small kind of trumpet).
- Round-dances of Spring is a country tune on high and low clarinets followed by a slow dance for strings and woodwind. Then there is a big noise, and then quiet once more.
- Games of the Rival Tribes uses timpani, low brass instruments and horns to describe the furious tribes.
- The Procession of the Sage is the entry of the wise man (the sage). It builds into a big climax.
- Adoration of the Earth-The Sage is a short bit of very quiet music, leading to
- Dance of the Earth which leads Part One to a wild end.
- Part 2: The Sacrifice
- The Introduction describes the night. Lots of chords in several keys at once leads to a tune in the strings.
- Mysterious Circles of the Young Girls. This is where one girl is chosen to die. Six solo violas play the tune, an alto flute is heard. Trumpets and horns with mutes interrupt the circling. Then eleven heavy thumps on the strings and drums lead to…
- Glorification of the Chosen One. This is a big, exciting dance with noisy horns and timpani and bass drum.
- Evocation of the Ancestors. The elders (the wise old men) arrive to majestic chords on wind and brass
- Ritual Action of the Ancestors. We hear quiet, ticking chords and a duet for cor anglais and alto flute. Then trumpets and horns, and finally clarinets.
- Sacrificial Dance of the Chosen One. The “Chosen One” dances herself to death. The music is very energetic, with very irregular rhythms and time signatures which keep changing almost every bar. The work ends in a huge climax.
Musical characteristics [change]
Stravinsky's music has many complex harmonies with dissonant sounds. There are passages with polyrhythms (several rhythms at once) as well as polytonality (music in several keys at once). The time signatures keep changing, and he often uses ostinati (repeated patterns).
Stravinsky wanted his music to describe the releasing of lots of energy. Most composers would have done this by using a lot of percussion instruments. However, although two players are needed for the timpani, there are not many other percussion instruments. Instead, the whole orchestra becomes a kind of percussion instrument. Also, the music often sounds like Russian folkmusic.
The Rite of Spring uses a very large orchestra with some unusual instruments. Here is a list of the instruments used:
- woodwinds: piccolo, 3 flutes (3rd doubling piccolo 2), alto flute, 4 oboes (4th doubling cor anglais 2), cor anglais, clarinet in E-flat and D, 3 clarinets in B-flat, A (3rd doubling bass clarinet 2), bass clarinet, 4 bassoons (4th doubling contrabassoon 2), contrabassoon
- brass: 8 horns in F (7th and 8th doubling Wagner tubas in B-flat), trumpet in D, 4 trumpets in C (4th doubling bass trumpet in E-flat), 3 trombones, 2 tubas
- percussion: timpani (2 players, with a minimum of 5 drums including a piccolo timpano), bass drum, cymbals, tam-tam, crotales (antique cymbals) in A-flat and B-flat, triangle, tambourine, guiro
The dance [change]
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Nijinsky's choreography was thought almost as shocking as the music. The idea is: a tribe sacrifices a young virgin each year in the Spring to please their gods, and make sure crops grow well. The dancers adopt a pigeon-toed stance (position); their moves are heavy. They move together in groups; their movements are like a ritual. They look like a primitive tribe performing a ritual. The ritual moves towards the sacrifice of the girl. The Rite of Spring is a link between classical ballet and Modern dance.p395
Reconstruction of Ballet [change]
Nijinsky's choreography has not been kept very well, but there have been efforts in recent years to reconstruct his performance, using costumes and set designs that look like the original ones from 1913.
The Rite of Spring became even more popular when Walt Disney used some of the music in his animated movie Fantasia in 1940. It is used in the film to describe early life on planet earth with dinosaurs roaming about.
- Crane, Debra & Mackrell, Judith 2000. The Oxford Dictionary of Dance. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Robert, Grace. 1949. The Borzoi Book of Ballets. New York: Knopf. pp. 259–63.
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In a country sporting all-you-can-eat buffets and fitness centers galore, it's not surprising many Americans are duking it out with food. What is shocking is the tactics that some use — starvation, bingeing and purging — to reach their goals of control and acceptance.
While the number of young women with anorexia and bulimia increased in the past decade, take note: The misuse and abuse of food isn't an issue restricted to teen girls; women, men and teen boys struggle with eating disorders as well. Here, two people share their stories.
Sandy Richardson, 42, started the downward spiral of anorexia and bulimia a month and a half after she married at age 24 — about the time she rededicated her life to God. At 5 feet 4 1/2 inches, Sandy went from a healthy weight of 128 pounds to 98 pounds.
"Through treatment, I realized my eating disorder was my way of trying to keep my husband's love," she says. "I thought if I could look good on the outside, he would never look on the inside and see the ugliness there: a past of alcohol abuse and promiscuity."
Once she started losing weight, Sandy received praise from her husband, Scott, and co-workers in the Air Force. Almost everyone she encountered seemed to equate being thin with being healthy.
As a military couple, Sandy and Scott moved frequently. She worked 14- and 15-hour days and didn't always see him at meal times. When they did eat together, Sandy ate a normal meal and forced herself to throw it up soon afterward.
"I had never heard of anorexia or bulimia," she says, "so I didn't know I had a problem. To me, it was dieting — self-control — and that was a good thing. But the vomiting? I thought it was disgusting."
Along with emotional distress, Sandy's limited food intake and purging took a physical toll on her body. She had no energy, a weak immune system and ear and kidney infections. Her menstrual cycle also disappeared. Doctors attributed Sandy's poor health to stress and said they'd treat her as problems appeared.
One day, as Sandy flipped through a Christian magazine, comparing herself to everyone on its pages, she came across an ad for Remuda Ranch, a Christian treatment center for teen and adult women with eating disorders.
After calling Remuda and learning more about the battle she had fought for 13 years, Sandy started treatment and stayed at Remuda for 72 days. "My time at Remuda turned out to be a life-changing event. I felt unconditional love and acceptance for the first time," she says. "I learned who God is and what His nature is really like. It changed me completely."
Sandy's road to recovery wasn't an easy one, but through the course of several years she became well, both emotionally and physically. She and Scott, along with their two teen daughters, live in Wickenburg, Ariz., not far from Remuda Ranch, where Sandy now works as executive director of the Remuda Foundation.
Chris Riser, 32, also knows the transformation and healing God can bring to a person with disordered eating. As a 10th-grader, Chris enjoyed playing sports and was well-liked at school and church. He always felt accepted and comfortable with who he was.
But when his parents moved their family from California to Colorado, Chris was devastated and suddenly became very concerned about his weight. He was 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 140 pounds when he started his bout with bulimia.
"My response to the move was, 'I can't control where I'm going to be, but I can control my eating, my food and my weight.' I was trying to make new friends and fit in with a new youth group, and my eating habits became very strange," he says. "I didn't eat breakfast, lunch or dinner, but I'd snack voraciously after school. My parents didn't notice the change because I was at school all day, and I worked four nights a week."
After high school, this self-described perfectionist attended college and participated in an internship as a youth pastor. And all the while, his pattern of skipping meals and bingeing continued. Instead of purging by vomiting, Chris purged with exercise. He dropped to 130 pounds; not a life-threatening weight, but certainly unhealthy.
"When I was working at McDonald's, I'd sometimes eat six or seven cheeseburgers, six or seven boxes of chocolate chip cookies, drink lots of soda and then top it all off with two apple pies," he says. "If I wasn't at work, I'd buy a gallon of ice cream and eat the whole thing. That's a lot of ice cream!
"I tried to throw up, but I could never do it. I'd get frustrated with myself and would exercise even more. We're talking insane amounts of exercise! I'd run five miles down the street, run back, play a couple games of basketball, run another couple miles and then go for a long, hard bike ride."
Chris' mentor confronted him twice about his eating habits, and Chris agreed to see a counselor. But after three visits, he decided to forgo the counseling and allow God to deal with him directly.
"I asked Him to help me stop," Chris says. "I think my walk with the Lord increased at that point because I was trusting Him to help me. I'd try to eat three meals and not eat at other times. I'd do well for a couple of weeks and then totally blow it. But by the time I was 26, my continual struggle to eat properly was over."
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The Upton Cressett Foundation
The Upton Cressett Foundation is a working country retreat for novelists, playwrights, screenwriters, biographers, historians and academics to shut themselves away for up to six weeks to make progress with a serious project away from all distractions.
A number of guest fellowships will be awarded in 2011, with the foundation inviting writers on the basis of referrals and recommendations from international literary agents, publishers and critics known to the board members. There is no bias towards British, American or foreign writers: all are welcome, writing in whatever language. In addition, the foundation also welcomes applications by any established or talented new writer (or their publisher or agent) detailing what their literary project is and why they (or their nominee) would benefit from an intensive creative work period away from their current environment.
The foundation is a serious retreat - 'creative rehab' as the Jerwood Prize winning artist Adam Dant describes Upton Cressett - for writers and artists who relish the chance to create new work in a fresh and inspirational environment. No family members, spouses, or 'significant others' are normally permitted during the guest fellowships. The fellowships usually run from three to six weeks, although they can – at the board's discretion - be extended for up to eight weeks.
In his 1938 novel Enemies of Promise, Cyril Connolly (left) famously asserted that ‘there is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall’. Other enemies of progress on a novel, biography, play or non-fiction book might include: literary burn out, mid-list or mid-life angst, review work, journalism, the festival circuit, media and TV work, family, teaching, speaking engagements, another career, financial or domestic pressure, divorce, death, creative block, or simply the drawl and choke of urban or city life. Alternatively, for any writers not afflicted by any of the above, Upton Cressett simply offers a secluded and stimulating environment in which to just get on with the next book.
The name Cressett itself means 'a great light or torch set on a beacon' (from the French). It is the aim of the Upton Cressett Foundation to create a productive environment in which the creative lights are turned on full beam during a self-disciplined and sustained work period. Here writers are left alone to work undisturbed and to turn scrawled notes and proposals into printed or written pages.
The Upton Cressett Foundation makes no formal demands on guest fellows other than they are seriously committed to their work. All cleaning, laundry, cooking and meals are taken care of during the stay. Whilst lunch is provided but optional, guest fellows are encouraged to join other resident fellows to enjoy an evening meal in the gatehouse dining room prepared by the house cook. Although the property has high-speed broadband, Wi Fi and laser printing facilities, mobile phones have intermittent reception only.
There are currently two fellowship residence properties available, the historic Elizabethan gatehouse and the nineteenth century brick coach-house. Compared by architectural historians to the Tower at Sissinghurst, where Vita Sackville-West built her library and wrote her many books, the gatehouse has a unique working atmosphere. Featuring two octagonal turrets, thick Tudor brick walls, original oak spiral staircase, and rare sixteenth century ornamental plasterwork, as well as all modern comforts and a huge writing study with mullion stone windows overlooking the local landscape, the gatehouse is one of England's most private retreats. Prince Rupert hid in the gatehouse whilst escaping the Parliamentary army; others who have stayed include prime ministers. Described as an 'Elizabethan gem' by Simon Jenkins, the gatehouse offers complete creative refuge from the world.
The old coach-house is also a property alive with creative energy: an all-lateral conversion of a former carriage house with wooden floors, a spacious high-ceilinged timber beam sitting room with a large desk, French windows and a private garden terrace, large master bedroom, library/study room and a loft reached via a spiral staircase.
In the Elizabethan age, when the Gatehouse was built, the country house was seen as a retreat from the world. Andrew Marvell wrote his great country house poem Upon Appleton House - a stanza of which is featured on the main newel staircase at Upton Cressett - in 1650-52 whilst living at Nun Appleton House in Yorkshire (the seat of Lord Fairfax). From Goethe, who described himself as a 'child of solitude', to Virginia Woolf, who said that only when she was alone could she give 'passionate attention' to her life, writer have always benefited from time to themselves in order to hear and order the voices in their head. 'Rien ne peut être fait dans la solitude’ said Picasso (‘Without great solitude no serious work is possible’). Even the scientist Albert Einstein wrote that ‘I lived in solitude in the country and noticed how the monotony of a quiet life stimulates the creative mind’.
Upton Cressett is a remote hamlet, hidden away at the end of a winding, single track lane that has existed since Domesday. The house is two miles from the main Bridgnorth-Shrewsbury (A458) road in the middle of the Shropshire Hills which inspired the poet AE Housman to write A Shropshire Lad and Vaughan Williams to compose Songs of Travel. The nearest pub, the Acton Arms in Morville, is a three and a half mile walk away. Evelyn Waugh was a visitor to nearby Aldenham Park, the family seat of Waugh's friend Harold Acton, where Ronald Knox lived during the war, and used the old chapel at Aldenham in Brideshead Revisited. Upton Cressett has long had a tradition of having notable writers to stay or visit, including the late playwright John Osborne (Look Back in Anger), who lived in Shropshire, novelist Sebastian Faulks and historian Andrew Roberts.
When not working, guests can clear their heads in the beautiful surrounding countryside. From the grounds, you can see Clee Hill, the highest hill in Shropshire. Local walks cross some of the finest and most dramatic landscapes in the country, including the pretty town of Much Wenlock and the famous Corvedale, the broadest valley in the Shropshire Hills which runs along the River Corve - past three castles - to nearby Ludlow. For more information on local walks, click here and here.
The Upton Cressett Foundation is different from other international writers' retreats, such as the Santa Maddalena writers' retreat in Tuscany, run by Beatrice Monti, or the Arvon Foundation, which also has a house in Shropshire (the former home of John Osborne) in that guest fellows are not limited to just writers. In the course of 2011, two additional cottage properties will become available as well as a new artist's studio so that artists and painters can be given space and time to work towards a new show or new style. In addition, the foundation plans to add a recording studio and music room so that musicians, composers, bands and singer/songwriters can also find inspiration for their work in the unique environment of Upton Cressett.
Upton Cressett is also quite different from other well known writers' retreats where guests can sometimes feel that they are living on top of each other as part of a household. Because of the separate, self-contained properties there is very much a distinction between the private life of Upton Cressett and the working lives of the invited writers. In addition, guest fellowships can run from as little as two weeks up to two months. The project could be 100 pages of a new novel, a major re-write after an editor’s marks, a new draft of a screenplay or a policy think-tank monograph.
The foundation was founded by author and award winning magazine publisher William Cash who has written several books, a play and countless essays and articles in the uniquely removed and isolated atmosphere of Upton Cressett. It will be run by an editorial advisory board as well as a board of trustees. ‘I’m delighted to give others the chance to get on with some serious work away from it all’ says Cash. ‘I don’t subscribe to the view that environment is irrelevant. Many writers I know have to fight pretty hard to get any private space and time in their lives. John Updike said he wanted to write books that ‘unlock the traffic jam in everybody’s head’; and I can’t think of a better place to do that than Upton Cressett. It’s quite unique and my hope is that everybody who comes here leaves with a suitcase full of pages’.
The foundation is privately funded, along with philanthropic gifts from individuals and companies who wish to support the arts. Anybody wishing to learn more, or who wishes to make a tax deductible donation to support the programme, should email firstname.lastname@example.org.
In Praise of Solitude:
'For the artist [marriage] may prove dangerous; he is one of those who must look alone out of the window, and for him to enter into the duologue, the non-stop performance of a lifetime, is a kind of exquisite dissipation which, despite the pleasure of a joint understanding of the human comedy, with its high level of intuition and never-cloying flavour, is likely to deprive him of those much rarer moments which are particularly his own.' - The Unquiet Grave, Cyril Connolly (1945)
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Integration is defined as mixing things or people together that were formerly separated.(noun)
An example of integration is when the schools were desegregated and there were no longer separate public schools for African Americans.
See integration in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: L integratio
See integration in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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December 10, 2012
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) delivered in three pulses to 180 degrees of the anal mucosa is safe and tolerable when administered to HIV-infected patients with anal dysplasia, according to a poster presented at IDWeek 2012. Twelve participants took part in the study, which was the first attempt to formally and comprehensively define safety and tolerability of the treatment, according to study presenter A. George Smulian, M.D., an associate professor of medicine and chief of the infectious diseases division at the University of Cincinnati.
In the general population, anal carcinoma has a reported incidence of less than one case per 100,000 persons, but rates in HIV-positive individuals are as high as 70 to 100 in 100,000, according to the poster. RFA, which has been successfully used to eradicate Barrett's esophagus or squamous dysplasia of the esophagus, can also be used to treat anal cancer. "However, the rate of recurrence is as high as 50 to 80% in HIV-positive men who have sex with men [MSM], although most recurrences are not at the same area where you treat the patient," Smulian explained.
"These are precancerous lesions. If had an early intervention, that would be the way to go, because once they present with cancer, they have significant mortality, pain and disfigurement," he continued. "We have very good ways of screening for this condition, although we don't have very good ways of treating it. We know how to treat the cancer, but we don't know how to treat dysplasia before it gets to cancer."
In the phase 1 study, Smulian and colleagues conducted a two-stage, dose-escalation experiment to determine whether treatment of pre-cancerous anal mucosa with three rapid pulses of energy, conducting 12 Joules per square centimeter to 180° of the anal mucosa, was safe and tolerable.
In the first stage, 9 HIV-positive patients with anal dysplasia were treated with one to three RFA pulses to a single, 2 cm. by 1.3 cm. area during anoscopy. Patients were divided into three groups: The first received one pulse, the second received two pulses and the third received three pulses.
The patients completed a survey assessing their symptoms after the procedure, as well as a daily symptom survey for 28 days thereafter. They also underwent high-resolution anoscopy two, four and 12 weeks later to evaluate healing. Researchers evaluated changes to their bowel habits, bleeding and how many days they took off work, Smulian said.
The 9 patients experienced a mean procedural pain of four on a scale of one to 10, which was unaffected by the number of blasts they received.
In the second stage, six patients received RFA blasts at the two highest doses to one 180° of the anal mucosa while they were under moderate sedation. Most patients reported no recall of significant procedural pain, and procedural pain and post-procedure symptoms resulted in minimal disruption of daily activities.
In addition, complete healing was demonstrated within four weeks, the poster said. Eleven of the 12 participants enrolled in the study demonstrated mucosal healing within 14 days. While one participant experienced significant pain and developed ulceration extending to the anal verge, the ulcer had healed within 28 days.
The findings of this study may be particularly relevant given the increasing amount of attention being paid to anal health in HIV-infected people. In high-risk individuals, the rates of anal cancer are higher than the general population, Smulian said. "For example, among HIV-positive MSM, the rates are increased 200-fold. Among MSM who are HIV-negative, as well as those who are HIV-positive but who do not engage in anal sex, the rates are between 35 and 50 per 100,000. Among people who receive a renal transplant, the rates are 15 to 20 per 100,000, and rates are also elevated among women with cervical disease," he added.
These sobering facts speak to the need for more effective, tolerable treatments to prevent anal dysplasia from developing. "Anal dysplasia is a field disease; as you chop off the tallest weed, the next one grows up to take its place," Smulian explained. "We were able to use RFA to treat the whole lining without causing strictures, disfigurement, or local problems. Increasing the amounts of energy allows for the deeper destruction of the mucosa; you've got to get to the deeper levels to get rid of the infection."
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Danang, Vietnam - For the first time since the Vietnam War, the United States will begin cleaning up dioxin left from the defoliant Agent Orange at a former U.S. air base.
A U.S. Embassy official says the $43 million joint U.S.-Vietnamese project begins Thursday at Danang airport, the site of the former U.S. base in central Vietnam.
U.S. planes sprayed Agent Orange during the Vietnam War to eliminate enemy jungle cover. Dioxin lingers in soil and watersheds for generations, and has been linked to cancer, birth defects and other disabilities in many American vets as well as in Vietnamese.
Danang's airport is one of three known dioxin hotspots in Vietnam.
The U.S. has given about $60 million for environmental restoration and social services in Vietnam since 2007, but this is its first direct involvement in dioxin cleanup.
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Increasing the diversity (students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, advisory board members, and staff) of COPE is central to its mission. COPE's efforts in this regard are expected to ultimately translate into an enhanced diversity in the information technology research and development workforce.
COPE strives to enhance diversity by:
Supporting new faculty additions from diverse backgrounds, including those hires explicitly committed to COPE.
COPE members endeavor to provide these faculty members with a supportive environment, and where possible, financial support for their research and educational efforts, and mentoring support for the realization of their career objectives.
Providing resources to aid in the recruitment of graduate and undergraduate students from under-represented groups into Center activities and attempting to nurture them in a supportive environment that recognizes and enhances individual professional aspirations.
Students from Tri-Cities High School with their new chemistry book sponsored by COPE.
Recognizing that long-term and truly significant improvement in diversity requires attention to K-12 education. Therefore, COPE works closely with CEISMC and other entities at Georgia Tech to actively engage K-12 populations with the greatest percentages of individuals from under-represented groups. K-12 student mentoring activities are initiated in collaboration with the university minority outreach offices and with the public school systems, through programs such as STEP and GIFT.
COPE is working with COACh to provide workshop opportunities for all female graduate students and post-doctorates.
COPE strongly supports research partnerships and interactions with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs). Through its HBCU/MI Outreach Initiative, Georgia Tech is identifying research expertise at HBCUs and MIs throughout the country and involving faculty from these institutions in research and development proposal efforts.
NOBCChE Conference 2006
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IDDBA hired Thomas Opinion Research to survey 4,000 consumers to learn what they were buying, how much, and why. We compared the results with studies that were done five, ten, and fifteen years ago. This benchmark study lets us determine how much is actually a change in eating behavior or taste and how much is influenced by economic factors. The deli consumer survey identified the top ten reasons that influence their eating behavior and purchase decisions.
The top ten reasons can be grouped into similar categories: Price, freshness, food safety, variety, service, and value. The difference is in how the consumers are expressing themselves. Start by taking a closer look at their word choices. It's not just what they want, it's what they want and what we have to do to get them to buy it. Consumers are not being passive. They're very vocal and they're feeling empowered.
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Elsinore, or Helsingør, is the only large Danish city that owes its existence exclusively to the sea and not its farmland. It was founded in the 13th century. In the 1420s, the Øresund tax was introduced, which gave the town more muscle power. Krogen Fort (later…
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President Alexander Gonzalez has announced the School of Nursing’s campaign to raise $1.8 million as well as a $300,000 gift from Catholic Healthcare West (CHW). Meeting that fundraising goal is crucial if California is to help stem a projected shortage of 12,000 registered nurses by 2014.
“I see the success of the campaign thus far as an enormous vote of confidence from the community in the work we are doing,” Gonzalez says. “The teaching equipment funded by the campaign will allow nursing faculty to build on its legacy of excellence in educating nurses for California.”
School of Nursing Chair Carolynn Goetze concurs, emphasizing that the School of Nursing’s simulation labs prepare students for a hospital environment: “As we begin the implementation of our new Accelerated Second Bachelor’s program in collaboration with CSU Stanislaus, simulation will be an integral part of the curriculum.”
The seven simulation labs are part of the nursing school’s spacious facilities in Folsom Hall. The 60,000 square feet worth of new classrooms and labs is six times larger than the program’s previous cramped quarters. This, in turn, has accelerated the nursing program’s ability to expand its number of students and the preparation they receive.
The human-patient simulators feature mannequins that mimic the symptoms and mannerisms of live patients. These life-size “patients” enable students to practice techniques and processes they’ve learned in the classroom in a hospital-type environment.
Specialized simulators replicate adult and infant emergencies, enabling students to better handle real, life-threatening clinical situations. Nursing student Chris Massaglia says working in the lab is like being in a real nurse’s station with real patients.
Sacramento State’s dynamic School of Nursing will become even more productive in proportion to the generosity of those who appreciate the value of providing state-of-the-art equipment for top-flight training.
“We are pleased to support Sacramento State’s accelerated nursing program,” says Rosemary Younts, director of community benefit for Mercy Sacramento, a member of CHW. “We look forward to the additional health care resources this will provide to the communities we serve.”
To learn more about the campaign and contribute to the School of Nursing, visit http://www.csus.edu/ua/nursingcampaign
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CANBERRA - A new poll has revealed deep concerns over race in Australia following December's Cronulla Beach riots and continuing controversy over Islamic extremism.
The Coredata polls for the News Ltd website news.com.au, reflects experiences of Muslims documented in a Human Rights and Equal Opportunity study. But it conflicts with other studies that have found that the level of racism in Australia is low and in line with other major Western countries.
The news.com.au poll reported that almost two-thirds of Australians believed there was underlying racism in their country, disputing the view held by Prime Minister John Howard. Four in 10 believed Australia could be described as a racist nation, and one in four disagreed that multiculturalism was an Australian value.
There was also overwhelming support for the view that migrants who came to Australia to live should have to modify their ways to the Australian way of life. The poll found 79 per cent of the poll's 2550 online respondents backed a recent speech by Treasurer Peter Costello, in which he said new arrivals to Australia should be forced to conform to the country's existing values. But opinion was divided on what constituted Australian values.
News.co.au said mateship and fairness were seen as key values by 86 per cent of respondents, while only two-thirds agreed that respect for the law was a national value - the same number as those who regarded "larrikinism" in that light.
The most favoured option for defining who was an Australian was "people who love Australia and love being in Australia", selected by 45 per cent. Twenty per cent favoured "people who have gained citizenship", and 13 per cent "people with Australian values". The White Australia option was picked by only 2.2 per cent.
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I get to a lot of events and the crowds at each one are different and there's a different atmosphere - but at every event there are people who are making the whole thing less enjoyable for everyone else. Probably a lot of those people don't much care what effect their behaviour has on other people, but if you want to avoid being one of those people, these are my tips:
Don't sit on the end of the row, or leaving a lot of empty seats between you and the next person. Shift along to make space for others, then we can all sit down and enjoy being able to see/hear the talk in comfort. Too often I see people sitting on steps or standing at the back when there are empty seats hemmed in by people who didn't think before they sat.
Use The Breakout Areas
I regularly see people in talks, including my own, who are glued to their laptops, typing away furiously and laughing when someone tells a joke on IRC. If you have no intention of listening to a talk, go hang out somewhere else so the rest of us can hear the session without listening to you type. Conversations during talks are totally unacceptable, I can see no reason short of a local emergency that would make it reasonable for any discussion at all during a session - it happens a lot, please don't be one of *those* people.
Keep Yourself and Your Entourage Quiet
Following on from not talking during sessions, is to keep everything else quiet too. This means your phone(s), laptop, camera, and whatever else you have that could make noise. I don't want to hear it, so make sure it is off/silent.
Play along when the speaker asks for your input. If you are asked to raise your hand, then do so - people who are too cool aren't adding much to the occasion, in my opinion. Also please ask questions of the speaker if there is an opportunity to do so. As a speaker, having an audience of a few hundred people that apparently were so uninterested they can't think of a single thing to say or ask is kind of disappointing. To then spend the next few minutes dealing with a queue of 10% of the audience all with interesting and intelligent questions that would have been great for everyone to hear is infuriating. So please, interact.
Keep an Eye on the Time
There is nothing more annoying (this could just be me) than an event that doesn't run to time, but if the attendees (or indeed the presenters!) are all milling around in the hallway after the session should have started, that really doesn't help. Keep your schedule handy and make sure you are seated and settled before the event is due to start. If you miss the start time of a session, then either creep in the back really quietly, or just miss it. People who disrupt everyone else and miss the speaker's introduction are just damaging the experience of those who were able to get there in time.
Thanks, Good Citizens
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Are Foreign Lives of Equal Worth to Ours?
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When a U.S. civilian is murdered in a foreign land or in the United States, we rightfully feel angry, sad, and some of us demand vengeance. These are normal, primordial, and instinctive feelings of group loyalty and herd mentality that have bound communities and countries for thousands of years. Should such human traits, which are often beneficial, emotional and irrational, continue to justify the retaliatory killing of innocent civilians in the 21 st century?
After the tragic murder of nearly 3,000 U.S. citizens on 9/11, the United States toppled the Taliban in Afghanistan and killed and captured hundreds of al-Qaeda leaders and members. However, Afghanistan lost as many as 32,000 citizens since the U.S. invasion in 2001.
The U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan was followed immediately by a plan to invade Iraq and topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. The invasion went ahead despite the inconclusive evidence that Iraq posed any immediate threat to the United States or was involved in 9/11. In the years and months following the invasion, evidence that Iraq did not possess weapons of mass destruction and was not involved in the 9/11 attacks has become distressingly clear. Iraq by all accounts has suffered a few hundred thousand deaths, a million wounded, and the destruction of its infrastructure for economics, health, and education.
The U.S. engagement in Afghanistan and Iraq continues on a massive scale. We still have nearly 200,000 troops and contractors in the two countries. The argument is that our enemy is still plotting to kill us here in the United States and elsewhere. The plan seems to be to keep retaliating and punishing the plotters in both countries to force them to submit to our will. In the process, whether it is admitted or not, we have killed and injured tens of thousands of civilians not involved in trying to kill us.
More recently, the United States is trying to lessen the number of civilians killed or injured.
How do Afghan and Iraqi civilians view the injuries or deaths of tens of thousands of their countrymen and women? How do they view the continued killing and wounding of hundreds or thousands of non-combatants? How would we view this number deaths and injuries among our own population? As citizens of the United States, we face the moral obligation to not only understand the tragedy of the loss of civilians, as U.S. President Barack Obama declares, but to reduce to a minimum or eliminate civilian deaths, if at all possible. Every innocent civilian killed or wounded in Afghanistan and in Iraq has a mother, father, sister, or brother, and in these close-knit tribal communities many more who are considered very close relatives. The families and friends of those harmed in these conflicts could carry with them the need for vengeance for decades to come.
More recently, we have entered a covert and overt war against the Taliban in Pakistan. In Pakistan, a country in which the United States is not officially at war, U.S. actions and offensives have killed and wounded a large number of Pakistani civilians. The high civilian death toll is in part a consequence of the Taliban living and hiding with the people of Pakistan in dense urban centers. The killing and wounding of innocent Pakistanis is also troubling because Pakistan is a large country with nuclear weapons. The killing of innocent Pakistanis will result in increased hatred and cries for revenge that is becoming a part of Pakistan cultural norms. This situation could destabilize the country and put the safety of the nuclear arsenal at risk. | <urn:uuid:5a6ccddd-65bf-4e15-b70d-5232f0861565> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.alternet.org/story/147286/are_foreign_lives_of_equal_worth_to_ours?qt-best_of_the_week=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961934 | 732 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Here Comes Everybody
The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
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A revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them, with profound long-term economic and social effects-for good and for ill
A handful of kite hobbyists scattered around the world find each other online and collaborate on the most radical improvement in kite design in decades. A midwestern professor of Middle Eastern history starts a blog after 9/11 that becomes essential reading for journalists covering the Iraq war. Activists use the Internet and e-mail to bring offensive comments made by Trent Lott and Don Imus to a wide public and hound them from their positions. A few people find that a world-class online encyclopedia created entirely by volunteers and open for editing by anyone, a wiki, is not an impractical idea. Jihadi groups trade inspiration and instruction and showcase terrorist atrocities to the world, entirely online. A wide group of unrelated people swarms to a Web site about the theft of a cell phone and ultimately goads the New York City police to take action, leading to the culprit's arrest.
With accelerating velocity, our age's new technologies of social networking are evolving, and evolving us, into new groups doing new things in new ways, and old and new groups alike doing the old things better and more easily. You don't have to have a MySpace page to know that the times they are a changin'. Hierarchical structures that exist to manage the work of groups are seeing their raisons d'tre swiftly eroded by the rising technological tide. Business models are being destroyed, transformed, born at dizzying speeds, and the larger social impact is profound.
One of the culture's wisest observers of the transformational power of the new forms of tech-enabled social interaction is Clay Shirky, and Here Comes Everybody is his marvelous reckoning with the ramifications of all this on what we do and who we are. Like Lawrence Lessig on the effect of new technology on regimes of cultural creation, Shirky's assessment of the impact of new technology on the nature and use of groups is marvelously broad minded, lucid, and penetrating; it integrates the views of a number of other thinkers across a broad range of disciplines with his own pioneering work to provide a holistic framework for understanding the opportunities and the threats to the existing order that these new, spontaneous networks of social interaction represent. Wikinomics, yes, but also wikigovernment, wikiculture, wikievery imaginable interest group, including the far from savory. A revolution in social organization has commenced, and Clay Shirky is its brilliant chronicler.
New Leverage for Old Behaviors
Human beings are social creatures—not occasionally or by accident but always. Sociability is one of our lives as both cause and effect. Society is not just the product of its individual members; it is also the product of its constituent groups. The aggregate relations among individuals and groups, among individuals within groups, and among groups forms a network of astonishing complexity. We have always relied on group effort for survival; even before the invention of agriculture, hunting and gathering required coordinate work and division of labor. You can see an echo of our talent for sociability in the language we have for groups; like a real-world version of the mythical seventeen Eskimo words for snow, we use incredibly rich language in describing human association. We can make refined distinctions between a corporation and a congregation, a clique and a club, a crowd and a cabal. We readily understand the difference between transitive labels like "my wife's friend's son" and "my son's friend's wife, " and this relational subtlety permeates our lives. Our social nature even shows up in a negation. One of the most severe punishments that can be meted out to a prisoner is solitary confinement; even in a social environment as harsh and attenuated as prison, complete removal from human contract is harsher still.
Our social life is literally primal, in the sense that chimpanzees and gorillas, our closest relatives among the primates, are also social. (Indeed, among people who design software for group use, human social instincts are sometimes jokingly referred to as the monkey mind.) But humans go further than any of our primate cousins: our groups are larger, more complex, more ordered, and longer lived, and critically, they extend beyond family ties to include categories like friends, neighbors, colleagues, and sometimes even strangers. Our social abilities are also accompanied by high individual intelligence. Even cults, the high-water mark of surrender of individuality to a group, can't hold a candle to a beehive in terms of absolute social integration; this makes us different from creatures whose sociability is more enveloping than ours.
This combination of personal smarts and social intuition makes us the undisputed champions of the animal kingdom in flexibility of collective membership. We act in concert everywhere, from simple tasks like organizing a birthday party 9itself a surprisingly complicated task) to running an organization with thousands or even millions of members. This skill allows groups to tackle tasks that are bigger, more complex, more dispersed, and of longer duration than any person could tackle alone. Building an airplane or a cathedral, performing a symphony or heart surgery, raising a barn or razing a fortress, all require the distribution, specialization, and coordination of many tasks among many individuals, sometimes unfolding over years or decades and sometimes spanning continents.
We are so natively good at group effort that we often factor groups out of our thinking about the world. Many jobs that we regard as the province of a single mind actually require a crowd. Michelangelo had assistants paint part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Thomas Edison, who had over a thousand patents in his name, managed a staff or two dozen. Even writing a book, a famously solitary pursuit, involves the work of editors, publishers, and designers; getting this particular book into your hands involved additional coordination among printers, warehouse managers, truck drivers, and a host of others in the network between me and you. Even if we exclude groups that are just labels for shared characteristics (tall people, redheads), almost everyone belongs to multiple groups based on family, friends, work, religious affiliation, on and on. The centrality of group effort to human life means that anything that changes the way groups function will have profound ramifications for everything from commerce and government to media and religion.
One obvious lesson is that new technology enables new kinds of group-forming. The tools Evan Guttman availed himself of were quite simple—the phone itself, e-mail, a webpage, a discussion forum—but without them the phone would have stayed lost. Every step of the way he was able to escape the usual limitations of private life and to avail himself of capabilities from various professional classes to the general public is epochal, built on what the publisher Tim O'Reilly calls 'an architecture of participation."
When we change the way we communicate, we change society. The tools that a society uses to create and maintain itself are as central to human life as a hive is to bee life. Though the hive is not part of any individual bee, it is part of the colony, both shaped by and shaping the lives of its inhabitants. The hive is a social device, a piece of bee information technology that provides a platform, literally, for the communication and coordination that keeps the colony or from their shared, co-created environment. So it is with human networks; bee hives, we make mobile phones.
But mere tools aren't enough. The tools are simply a way of channeling existing motivation. Evan was driven, resourceful, and unfortunately for Sasha, very angry. Had he presented his mission in completely self-interested terms ("Help my friend save 4300!") or in unattainably general ones ("Let's fight theft everywhere!"), the tools he chose wouldn't have mattered. What he did was to work out a message framed in big enough terms to inspire interest, yet achievable enough to inspire confidence. (This sweet spot is what Eric Raymond, the theorist of open source software, calls "a plausible promise.") Without a plausible promise, all the technology in the world would be nothing more than all the technology in the world.
As we saw in the saga of the lost Sidekick, getting the free and ready participation of a large, distributed group with a variety of skills—detective work, legal advice, insider information from the police to the army—has gone from impossible to simple. There are many small reasons for this, both technological and social, but they all add up to one big change; forming groups has gotten a lot easier. To put it in economic terms, the costs incurred by creating a new group or joining an existing one have fallen in recent years, and not just by a little bit. They have collapsed. ("Cost" here is used in the economist's sense of anything expended—money, but also time, effort, or attention.) One of the few uncontentious tenets of economics is that people respond to incentives. If you give them more of a reason to do something, they will do more of it, and if you make it easier to do more of something they are already inclined to do, they will also do more of it.
Why do the economics matter, though? In theory, since humans have a gift for mutually beneficial cooperation, we should be able to assemble as needed to take on tasks too big for one person. If this were true, anything that required shared effort—whether policing, road construction, or garbage collection—would simply arise out of the motivations of the individual members. In practice, the difficulties of coordination prevent that from happening. (Why this is so is the subject of the next chapter.)
But there are large groups. Microsoft, the U.S. Army, and the catholic Church are all huge, functioning institutions. The difference between an ad hoc group and a company like Microsoft is management. Rather than waiting for a group to self-assemble to create software, Microsoft manages the labor of its employees. The employees trade freedom for a paycheck, and Microsoft takes the cost of directing and monitoring their output. In addition to the payroll, it pays for everything from communicating between senior management and the workers (one of the raisons d'etre for middle management) to staffing the human resources department to buying desks and chairs. Why does Microsoft, or indeed any institution, tolerate these costs?
They tolerate them because they have to; the alternative is institutional collapse. If you want to organize the work of even dozens of individuals, you have to manage them. As organizations grow into the hundreds or thousands, you also have to manage the managers, and eventually to manage the managers' managers. Simply to exist at that size, an organization has to take on the costs of all that management. Organizations have many ways to offset those costs—Microsoft uses revenues, the army uses taxes, the church uses donations—but they cannot avoid them. In a way, every institution lives in a kind of contradiction: it exists to take advantage of group effort, but some of its resources are drained away by directing that effort. Call this the institutional dilemma—because an institution expends resources to manage resources, there is a gap between what those institutions are capable of in theory and in practice, and the larger the institution, the greater those costs.
Here's where our native talent for group action meets our new tools. Tools that provide simple ways of creating groups lead to new groups, lots of new groups, and not just more groups but more kinds of groups. We've already seen this effect in the tools that Evan used—a webpage for communicating with the world, instant messages and e-mails by the thousands among his readers, and the phone itself, increasingly capable of sending messages and pictures to groups of people, not just to a single recipient (the historical pattern of phone use).
If we're so good at social life and shared effort, what advantages are these tools creating? A revolution in human affairs is a pretty grandiose thing to attribute to a ragtag bunch of tools like email and mobile phones. E-mail is nice, but how big a deal can it be in the grand scheme of things? The answer is, "Not such a big deal, considered by itself." The trick is not to consider it by itself. All the technologies we see in the story of Ivanna's phone, the phones and computers, the e-mail and instant messages, and the web pages, are manifestations of a more fundamental shift. We now have communications tools that are flexible enough to match our social capabilities, and we are witnessing the rise of new ways of coordinating action that take advantage of that change. These communications tools have been given many names, all variations on a theme: "social software," "social media," "social computing," and so on. Though there are some distinctions between these labels, the core idea is the same: we are living in the middle of a remarkable increase in our ability to share, to cooperate with one another, and to take collective action, all outside the framework of traditional institutions and organizations. Though many of these social tools were first adopted by computer scientists and workers in high-tech industries, they have spread beyond academic and corporate settings. The effects are going to be far more widespread and momentous than just recovering lost phones.
By making it easier for groups to self-assemble and for individuals to contribute to group effort without requiring formal management (and its attendant overhead), these tools have radically altered the old limits on the size, sophistication, and scope of unsupervised effort (the limits that created the institutional dilemma in the first place). They haven't removed them entirely—issues of complexity still loom large, as we will see—but the new tools enable alternate strategies for keeping that complexity under control. And as we would expect, when desire is high and costs have collapsed, the number of such groups is skyrocketing, and the kinds of effects they are having on the world are spreading.
The Tectonic Shift
For most of modern life, our strong talents and desires for group effort have been filtered through relatively rigid institutional structures because of the complexity of managing groups. We haven't had all the groups we've wanted, we've simply had all the groups we could afford. The old limits of what unmanaged and unpaid groups can do are no longer in operation; the difficulties that kept self-assembled groups from working together are shrinking, meaning that the number and kinds of things groups can get done without financial motivation or managerial oversight are growing. The current change, in one sentence, is this: most of the barriers to group action have collapsed, and without those barriers, we are free to explore new ways of gathering together and getting things done.
George W.S. Trow, writing about the social effects of television in Within the Context of No Context, described a world of simultaneous continuity and discontinuity:
Everyone knows, or ought to know, that there has happened under us a Tectonic Plate Shift […] the political parties still have the same names; we still have a CBS, and NBC, and a New York Times; but we are not the same nation that had those things before.
Something similar is happening today, with newer tools. Most of the institutions we had last year we will have next year. In the past the hold of those institutions on public life was irreplaceable, in part because there was no alternative to managing large-scale effort. Now that there is competition to traditional institutional forms for getting things done, those institutions will continue to exist, but their purchase on modern life will weaken as novel alternatives for group action arise.
This is not to say that corporations and governments are going to wither away. Though some of the early utopianism around new communications tools suggested that we were heading into some sort of post-hierarchical paradise, that's not what's happening now, and it's not what's going to happen. None of the absolute advantages of institutions like businesses or schools or governments have disappeared. Instead, what has happened is that most of the relative advantages of those institutions have disappeared—relative, that is, to the direct effort of the people they represent. We can see signs of this in many places: the music industry, for one, is still reeling from the discovery that the reproduction and distribution of music, previously a valuable service, is now something their customers can do for themselves. The Belarusian government is trying to figure out how to keep its young people from generating spontaneous political protests. The catholic Church is facing its first prolonged challenge from self- organized lay groups in its history. But these stories and countless others aren't just about something happening to particular business or governments or religions. They are also about something happening to the world.
Group action gives human society its particular character, and anything that changes the way groups get things done will affect society as a whole. This change will not be limited to any particular set of institutions or functions. For any given organization, the important questions are 'When will the change happen?" and "What will change?" The only two answers we can rule out are never, and nothing. The ways in which any given institution will find its situation transformed will vary, but the various local changes are manifestations of a single deep source: newly capable groups are assembling, and they are working without the managerial imperative and outside the previous strictures that bounded their effectiveness. These changes will transform the world everywhere groups of people come together to accomplish something, which is to say everywhere.
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Furthermore, usage of eco-friendly materials to create characteristics create a significant reduction in the waste which functions becoming an benefit for contemporary eco-friendly houses. Materials, which are found in the eco-friendly characteristics, are recycled and and this is what makes this kind of waste reduction possible. The whole process of recycling, therefore, cuts down on all-inclusive costs from the property project. Besides, eco-friendly structures have a very longer existence, as with comparison to houses built with the non-eco-friendly techniques and for that reason lead for the saving factor.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
WUKY featured an oral history interview from the Robert Penn Warren Civil Rights Oral History Project conducted in 1964. The WUKY piece features Warren's intriguing interview with Martin Luther King Jr. Warren, former poet laureate and author of such great works as All the Kings Men, interviewed over forty Civil Rights leaders and activists including Stokely Carmichael, James Baldwin, Vernon Jordan, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Warren's interviews were used for his book Who Speaks for the Negro. The audio and transcripts for the oral history project are available and fully searchable online at http://kdl.kyvl.org (follow links to oral history).
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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was born with spina bifida. At age 11 he received a regenerative medicine bladder grown from his own cells.
Now a sophomore at the University of Connecticut Lucas Massella tells his story.
Join us in San Francisco for the fourth annual REGMED2013, September 11-12, 2013.
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to the Regenerative Medicine Foundation, a not-for-profit organization created to advance new treatments and therapies based on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. We believe that integrating life science and engineering disciplines will bring new clinical approaches to patients for the treatment of diseases affecting a wide range of tissues and organs.
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RMF congratulates Yamanaka and Gurdon for earning the Nobel Prize for their stem cell work.
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Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Mischo, Michael; Knott, Jeremy; Davis, LaTonya; Kendrick, Mario & Namuduri, Kamesh
Description: This paper discusses research on lunar surface navigation and exploration. Abstract: Sending humans to other worlds is very costly and dangerous so first voyages are often made by machines. While machines are very cost effective they must be capable of performing many tasks in an environment where help may not be close or on the same planet at all. Our closest terrestrial body, the moon, is around 238,857 miles away and takes about eight seconds to send a message making remote control of these machines difficult and slow. The authors' approach is to have the system be completely autonomous and absent of human control. To accomplish complete automation, the first problem is to have the system navigate the terrain. This system is equipped with a stereoscopic camera and a visual frequency scanning laser to provide a robust sensor system for object detection and obstacle avoidance. In combination the stereoscopic cameras and the scanning laser can define the surrounding environment in very high detail, enabling the system to easily navigate through it. The implications of this technology could lead to less costly EVAs, lower risk to personnel, and ground level navigation and mapping of extra terrestrial terrain.
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Gene LipscombArticle Free Pass
Gene Lipscomb, byname of Eugene Allen Lipscomb (born August 9, 1931, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.—died May 10, 1963, Baltimore, Maryland), American gridiron football player and larger-than-life “character” whose exploits helped make professional football the most popular sport in the United States during the late 1950s. A 6-foot 6-inch (2-metre), 284-pound (129-kg) defensive tackle, Lipscomb joked that he gathered up all the opponent’s players and “peeled them off” until he found the ball carrier. His quickness in pursuing ball carriers across the field and rushing quarterbacks proved that a big defensive lineman could do more than defend a small area. His habit of calling teammates “little daddy” when he could not remember their names earned him the nickname “Big Daddy.”
Unlike most National Football League (NFL) players, Lipscomb did not attend college. He never knew his father, and, when he was 11, his mother was stabbed to death while on her way to work. After a troubled youth, he entered the U.S. Marine Corps and played football at Camp Pendleton, California. Upon his discharge in 1953, he signed with the Los Angeles Rams for $4,800 and a beefsteak breakfast. His lack of technique limited his playing time. He was known as an amiable gentle giant off the field but one filled with insecurities over his lack of education, his unusual size for his day, and his role as a highly visible African American.
In 1956 he was let go by the Rams and was picked up by the Baltimore Colts. As he became a more polished player, his size, agility, and quickness gained him a regular tackle position alongside future Pro Football Hall of Fame players Gino Marchetti and Art Donovan. The defense was a major factor as Baltimore won NFL championships in 1958–59. Honoured as one of the premier players of his day, Lipscomb was named all-NFL in both title years but sometimes was criticized for not always playing at full speed.
Lipscomb was traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1961, where he helped make that team a title contender and was named all-NFL for the fourth year in a row. In the spring of 1963, he was found dead in his apartment from an overdose of heroin.
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Planetary temperature fluctuations aren't a crippling problem if they take thousands of years to manifest, but what we see happening now is way, way too fast for most species, including our own, to adapt to. Biologists estimate a loss of 30% of species by 2050. Mass extinctions have happened many times in the past. They also are not a crippling problem, except to the species that go extinct, or to the species that depend on them. Of course we do depend on a great many species, e.g. to eat, to pollinate crops, and to build houses from. Even in the worst case, humanity probably won't go extinct, but a 90% (or 99%) population reduction would be hard, particularly on those most dependent on the rest; e.g. you and me.
It's nice to pretend the Earth is too big for people to affect, but the facts are that (1) the CO2 level is much higher than a century ago, and (2) we are clearly the source, and (3) big changes obviously affect the climate.
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In our previous post, we talked about Twitter, saying how to use it in general. Now we are going to take a look to its educative uses. This is a list I’ve prepared with the help of my friend Carlos Martín. I hope you find it useful.
These are only a few options you have with Twitter, but there are many more. Like the ones listed on this article called 100 Inspiring Ways to Use Social Media in the Classroom found in the site OnlineUniversities.com, where you can also find ways to take advantage of social media in class.
If you can think of any other ways to use Twitter , just leave them in the comments section and I’ll add them to my list.
According to the Wikipedia, Twitter is a social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. The most important characteristic of the tweets is that they are limited to 140 characters.
Twitter can be used for different purposes: professional, personal, educational, etc. These are some of its features:
Nowadays most important events (sports, politics, economy, culture, showbusiness, etc.) can be followed on Twitter. What is more, you can read tweets from everywhere using a PC, laptop or smartphone. So now you don’t have to worry if you’re out and you want to know what’s happening around certain issue, how the Oscar’s Ceremony is going or if your team has scored any goal.
The only thing that you have to do is register and you can start tweeting. There are multiple way of reading and writing tweets, though the easiest and fastest way is using the Twitter official website. Here you can find a list of services and applications that can be used to read and write tweets from PCs, Macs or smartphones.
As we said before, people use Twitter for different purposes:
Common Craft is a group of people that work on creating videos to explain things. Their videos are simple and effective and use English in a clear and understandable way. Besides videos include their transcripts, so no intermediate student will have problems picking the language. Apart from Twitter, you have other videos about society, technology and money. Many of their videos can be also found in other languages, including Spanish. Twitter is explained in this site with two videos I’ll leave at the end of this post with their transcription. I hope you enjoy them.
You can read the transcript of this video here
If you want to read the transcript of this video click here.
I can promise you that writing a blog demands a lot of work, but if you add the creation and maintenance of wikis, sites, etc. All the time in the world is not enough.
Carlos Martín works as an English teacher at the Escuela Oficial de Idiomas Los Cristianos and is a pioneer in the use of web 2.0 in his teaching practice. Let’s take a look at the things he is using with his students right now:
Carlos’s English Corner: This is Carlos’ blog. It’s similar to our blog and he uses it to publish links, references to sites, etc.
My English Site: This is a site that Carlos Martín has created to share materials and interesting links with his students. I especially recommend you the section where he includes places you can find native speakers for a language exchange, it’s at the home page.
Shared items in Google Reader: In this site Carlos adds links to podcasts and activities he finds interesting for his students.
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Check out For Teachers to explore materials and resources developed especially for K-12 audiences.
Check out our Teacher Guides, designed for educators to use as a resource in the classroom before and after a visit to the Whitney. more
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There is a new, state-of-the-art trolley in service in Coral Gables. The vehicle has an automated wheelchair ramp and an integrated “kneeling” system that lowers the front suspension for easier passenger entry and exit.
The new trolley, No. 17, which replaces another vehicle from an aging fleet, was purchased entirely with funds from a federal grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
The new trolley began service in July providing transportation for residents and commuters along Ponce de Leon Boulevard from the Douglas Metrorail Station to Flagler Street. The cost of the new trolley was approximately $400,000.
“For almost nine years, the Coral Gables Trolley has become an essential transportation service bringing thousands of people every day to the heart of the city,” said Vice Mayor Bill Kerdyk Jr. “We are proud to continue to offer this free service with a newer fleet.”
The Coral Gables Trolley serves more than one million passengers annually and continues to expand service for residents and visitors. In addition to the trolley provided by this federal grant, the city is procuring three additional replacement trolleys at a cost of approximately $230,000 each, which are scheduled for delivery this fall. Fifty percent of the funding for the three new trolleys is being provided by a grant from the Florida Department of Transportation.
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As party-goers celebrate the holidays with friends and family, everyone should heed this warning from the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety (KOHS): Keep the party off the road or be ready to face the consequences. Law enforcement will be out in force, beginning Dec. 16, to crack down on anyone caught drunk behind the wheel.
“After hearing about the dangers of drinking and driving time after time, most people have gotten the message that if they’re planning on drinking, they should always plan a safe way home,” said Transportation Secretary Mike Hancock. “But sadly, millions of Americans still think they are invincible and regularly choose to get behind the wheel after having too much to drink.”
KOHS Director Boyd Sigler said parents should take note that young males particularly are at high risk, with nearly one-quarter admitting to riding in the past year with someone who should not have been behind the wheel.
“We know that the holiday season can be one of the deadliest and most dangerous times on America’s roadways due to an increase in drunk driving,” said Sigler. “Don’t let your 2010 end in an arrest, or worse, death. Remember, whether you’ve had way too many or just one too many, it’s not worth the risk!”
In December 2009, there were 520 crashes due to an impaired driver in Kentucky, resulting in 238 injuries and 11 fatalities. Nine of those killed were not restrained.
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Steven Almond's story "The Canyon" has won this year's Sigma Delta Chi Award for newspaper feature reporting. One of the most prestigious competitions in journalism, the Sigma Delta Chi Awards are presented each year by the Society of Professional Journalists, the nation's largest and most broad-based journalism organization, with upward of 14,000 members from the radio, television, and print media.
In competition with print media nationwide, "The Canyon" took top honors in the Feature Reporting (Newspaper/Wire Services) category.
During a full year of research, Almond spent countless hours with several families living at the James E. Scott Homes public housing project in Liberty City. The resulting story, which appeared in the August 3, 1995 issue of New Times, vividly captures the texture of daily life in that sprawling community, in particular the tribulations of women and their children. | <urn:uuid:aa9ac07e-7a0d-426a-af5a-2329d0473e7d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.miaminewtimes.com/1996-06-13/news/grand-canyon/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00059-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958174 | 177 | 1.789063 | 2 |
07-13-2008, 04:18 PM #1
What temp do you guys keep your reefs at?
I have heard conflicting information about the ideal temp for reefs, what do you guys keep yours at?Owner: Aquarium Maintenance and Pet Care Company
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07-13-2008, 04:55 PM #2
Depends, reef or FOWLR?
FOWLR can go between 76-82 I believe, although optimum temps would probably be 78-80.
The natural reefs are at 82, so if you want to make it completely natural that's what I would set it at.
Mine however is at 80 right now. I personally wouldn't go any lower than 78 or any higher than 82.
07-13-2008, 05:01 PM #3
Well, since he did specifically ask about Reefs... LOL
I keep mine at 78. You have to adjust for the heat transfer from powerheads and if you have a submersed return pump on your sump. Lighting also can come into play, not so much if you have PC, T5, or LED lighting but if you have Metal Halides then you get a lot of heat transfer from lighting. I have 1x300w and 1x250w heaters for my reef and I have them both set at right around 76 in order to compensate for the heat transfer from equipment.
07-13-2008, 05:07 PM #4
mines 82f, which is NSW. My heater is set at at 80f since the halides bump it up 2 degrees
07-13-2008, 05:19 PM #5Originally Posted by ILuvMyGoldBarb
And ya, then there's heat transfer. I don't relaly get any heat from my powerheads, but I do from my lighting. I have T-5s and I still get a degree or two.
You can put the heater on a timer to adjust for temp changes from lighting easy, when your tank is cycling and curing you'll have plenty of time to adjust for that kind of thing.
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07-13-2008, 05:59 PM #6
Reef tanks generally require stable temperatures. Stability is perhaps more important than any one particular temperature.
Any temperature between 74F-84F would be acceptable, as long as there is little or no flucuation. So a stable 78F or 82F are perfectly fine. A tank that is 74F in the morning and 84F by evening might have some stress issues.African cichlid and saltwater aquariums
07-13-2008, 06:58 PM #7
Mine sits at 77 most of the time and sometimes will make it to about 79. It was near 83 before but I've added a small fan blowing across the top and working to dial in the temp so that it's as constant as possible.
07-13-2008, 08:16 PM #8
My tank is set for 79 but now that it's summer it runs 82-83.
07-13-2008, 08:20 PM #9
Mine goes to 78 when lights are out and up to 81 during lights on.New chatroom!
07-13-2008, 08:36 PM #10
Mine are controlled at 77 degrees.
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Communication That Connects: God Accommodates and So Must We
Why should we endeavor to communicate gospel truth in a way that’s clear and intelligible to our target audience? Below I’d like to provide two biblical arguments to support the idea of contextualized communication. The first highlights God’s own manner of communicating to humans. The second underscores the biblical mandate that obligates us to follow our heavenly Father’s example.1
God Accommodates His Communication to Man
God uses the language and literary forms of his target audience. When revealing himself to the Hebrews, God chose to communicate using the Hebrew language. Moreover, God used literary forms with which his audience was familiar. He employed the forms of historical narrative, legal codes, international treaty form, poetry, wisdom sayings, and parables or stories with which his audience would be familiar.
By way of illustration, imagine asking a 10-year old child to write a 500-word description of the moon and draw a picture of it. Then you ask an astrophysicist to write a 500-word description of the moon and to include a Hubble telescope photo. If we placed both those descriptions and pictorial portrayals side-by-side, would they differ? Naturally, the scientist’s portrayal of the moon would be much more detailed, complex, and sophisticated.
Then imagine that we could ask the God and Creator of all things to give us a 500-word description of the moon, employing all his omniscience and creativity. Just as the scientist can give a more complex and sophisticated description of the moon than the child, so God is able to give a much more complex and sophisticated portray of the moon than the scientist.
But here’s the amazing thing! God chose to communicate to mankind not in the language of the omniscient deity or even in the language of the sophisticated scientist. Instead, he chose to use the language of the common man.
It’s important for us to remember that Hebrew was almost certainly not the language Adam spoke. It wasn’t some sort of special language sent down from heaven. You may be surprised to know that Hebrew was a dialect of the Canaanite tongue.2
When Abraham and family sojourned in Canaan, they eventually learned the language of that land and adopted it as their primary language. They continued to speak that language while they were in Egypt. And when they came out of Egypt, God used that language as the vehicle for his special revelation.
Thus, Moses could say to the Israelites regarding God’s written word that he was passing on to them:
For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off…. But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it (Deut 30:11, 14).
Commenting on this text, Matthew Henry writes,
[God’s word] is not communicated in a strange language; but it is in [your] mouth, that is, in the vulgar tongue that is commonly used by [you], in which [you may] hear it read, and talk of it familiarly among [your] children. It is not wrapped up in obscure phrases or figures to puzzle and amuse [you], or in hieroglyphics, but it is in [you] heart; it is delivered in such a manner as that it is level to [your] capacity, even to the capacity of the meanest [i.e., simple minded].3
And when the “fullness of time” had come, God not only sent forth his Son as his supreme revelation, but he also raised up the apostles to provide the church with an inspired witness to Jesus’ work and teachings, using not the Hebrew language but the Greek language, which was the lingua franca of Jesus’ day. This makes sense because the light of the gospel is now to go to all the nations.
What’s more, God not only chose Greek but he chose Koine or “common” Greek. He could have chosen the classical Greek of the academy. But he didn’t. He chose the Greek of the common man.4
Why didn’t God choose loftier forms of language? Why didn’t he limit himself to the language of the highly refined culture? Why did God stoop and accommodate himself to the common man?
God did so because he is genuinely concerned with making the communication of his gospel truth intelligible to the humans he’s seeking to redeem.
God Expects Us to Accommodate to Our Audience
In 1 Corinthians 14 Paul gives instructions regarding conduct in corporate worship. In the first part of the chapter, Paul addresses whether or not it’s appropriate to prophesy or pray or sing in a foreign language in the assembly. And he speaks to this controversy by stressing the principle of intelligibility. We don’t have time to read the whole passage, but allow me to quote selectively:
So with yourselves, if with your tongue you utter speech that is not intelligible, how will anyone know what is said? For you will be speaking into the air. There are doubtless many different languages in the world, and none is without meaning, but if I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me. So with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church (14:9-12).
What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also. Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit, how can anyone in the position of an outsider say “Amen” to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are saying? For you may be giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not being built up (14:15-17).
If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds? But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or outsider enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all, the secrets of his heart are disclosed, and so, falling on his face, he will worship God and declare that God is really among you. What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up (14:23-26).
Note that there are two groups of people Paul identifies in this context: believers and unbelievers. And Paul’s concerned that the message of the gospel be intelligible to both.5 Moreover, what Paul says about prophecy, praying and singing applies also to any other form of gospel presentation. Whether church brochures or church websites or church names, let what they communicate be intelligible.
That means you and I need to know the language of our target audience. If they speak Spanish, we need to communicate in Spanish. If they speak Chinese, we need to communicate in Chinese. If they speak English, then we need to communicate in English.
Not just that. But we have to discern what kind of English they speak. What kind of vocabulary they’re familiar with.6 And if we introduce new vocabulary, we need to labor to define our terms.
There’s something more. We need to emphasize those facets of biblical truth that are best suited to our target audience’s sphere of knowledge and experience, as well as to their present spiritual state.
Study Paul’s preaching in the Book of Acts. When Paul preached to the Jews, his primarily focus is on proving that Jesus is the Messiah, and he makes immediate appeal the OT Scriptures in order to prove his point. Why? Paul knew his audience. He knew that the Jews already accepted the OT as the oracles of God. He knew that the burning issue for them was the identity and the mission of God’s Messiah.
But when Paul preached to the Gentiles in Acts 14 or the Greek philosophers in Acts 17, Paul modified his approach. Instead of beginning with Scripture and Jesus’ Messiahship, Paul begins with general revelation and the reality the One True God, whom his audience knows in their heart of hearts. He speaks of this one God as the Creator and Sustainer of Life, as the Sovereign Lord who controls history. Then, only after laying this groundwork, does Paul introduce Jesus as the man God has appointed to be the judge of the living and the dead.7
Paul wasn’t preaching two different gospels. Paul wasn’t trimming away the hard sayings or offensive elements of the gospel just to make his audience feel comfortable. But Paul was concerned with intelligibility. He wanted to connect. Furthermore, Paul sought to emphasize those aspects of biblical truth that would be most suitable to the immediate needs of the people to whom he was ministering.8
So to the Jews, Paul preached as one who put himself into the shoes of a Jew. And to the Gentiles, Paul preached as one who put himself in the shoes of a Gentile. Paul didn’t just state the facts and let the chips fall where they may. Paul was concerned about the very manner in which he communicated because he was convinced that the way he preached had something to do with the effectiveness of his preaching.
Consider the testimony of Acts 14:1:
Now at Iconium [Paul and Barnabas] entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way [οὕτως ὥστε] that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed (1 Cor 14:1).9
The conversion of both Jews and Gentiles is predicated not merely on the mere fact that Paul and Barnabas preached the gospel but on the manner in which they preached the gospel—they preached “in such a way” or, as the NIV renders it, “so effectively.”
This is one reason why seminaries offer homiletics classes and not just theology classes. Good preachers don’t just need to know good exegesis and theology. They need to learn how to communicate effectively to their target audience.
I like the way one pastor puts it: “Does it pass the Bubba test?” In other words, “Did Bubba get something out of the sermon? Did Bubba understand what you were saying?”
Now I realize the need to make some qualifications:
The challenge of diversity
Not everybody in our church is like “Bubba.” Nor is our entire congregation made up of 70-year old widows or of 8th grade children. And though you and I are probably ministering to congregations mainly made up of “Gentiles” rather than “Jews,” many of our people, like the Jews, have grown up in religious homes where the Bible is viewed as God’s word (though this situation is quickly changing in our post-Christian society).
So when we seek to apply this principle of adapting or accommodating our communication, we have to remember that there probably will be some diversity in the audience we’re addressing. Moreover, there are people outside our church membership that we want to reach. And there are definitely ways in which they’re different than we are.
The challenge is the fact that we cannot accommodate our communication to all the diversity simultaneously. When we use an illustration that connects with the 70-year old widow, we’ll probably go “over the head” of the 8th grader. When we allude to some recent movie or video game to illustrate a point for the young people, the older folks may give us a blank stare. And there will be times when “Bubba” comes to us after the sermon because he didn’t understand something we said.
So we can’t address all the diversity in our target audience all at once. But we can labor to address the diverse groups we’re trying to reach by varying our vocabulary, illustrations, and applications.
The reality of commonality
In seeking to be sensitive to the diversity of our audience, whether believers or non-believers, we need to remember the reality of human commonality. In other words, even though our audience may consist of people diverse in terms of age, social strata, education, ethnicity, and culture, they’re all part of the same human family.
And as rational human beings created in the image of God (Gen 1:26), everyone in our audience will to some degree understand such culturally “transcendent” ideas as God, creation, man, sin, judgment, the need for forgiveness and reconciliation. They’ve all been “hardwired” with a sense of deity, a conscience, and a drive for meaning and fulfillment.10 As a result, the truths of the gospel, when adequately communicated, will resonate to some degree with the soul of any human being who’s capable of sensory perception and rational reflection. I think this is the reality Pastor John Piper had in view when he cautions, “Don’t Contextualize the Gospel.”11
With these qualifications in view, how does all of this apply to us as individuals and as a local church?
We’ll attempt to answer this question in the next installment of this series.
- Further support is offered in my series “Contextualization & Church Ministry.” [↩]
- To be precise Hebrew is classified as a “Northwest Semitic” language that shares much in common with Ugaritic and Amarna Canaanite. See Bruce K. Waltke and M. O’Connor, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1990), 5-9. [↩]
- A Commentary on the Whole Bible, 6 vols. (Reprint, Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, n.d.), 853. All commentators agree that the whole passage is stressing the intelligibility and accessibility of God’s revelation to Israel. Some, however, interpret the phrase “in your mouth and in your heart” as allusion to the Israelite’s memorization and recitation of the law (see Deut 6:4ff.) rather than a reference to language and mental capacity. But even if this latter interpretation is correct, it assumes that God has communicated to them in a language they understand. [↩]
- For a summary of the history and characteristics of NT Koine Greek, see David Alan Black, Linguistics for Students of New Testament Greek: A Survey of Basic Concepts and Applications (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1988), 156-62. [↩]
- Of course, Paul wasn’t denying the “spiritual inability” of the unbeliever to truly understand and savingly embrace gospel truth. But this is not so much an ontological inability as it is an ethical inability. As the unbeliever Mark Twain once remarked, “It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.” Hence, it’s possible to make the gospel intelligible to the unbeliever at one level while depending completely on the Holy Spirit to make it intelligible (and attractive) at a deeper level. [↩]
- I’m not suggesting that we have to employ offensive profanities or coarse expressions simply because such language may make up part of the vocabulary of people we’re trying to reach. I’m thinking of the diverse idioms, and colloquial expressions that characterize different regions and social groups within English speaking parts of the world. [↩]
- For useful analyses of Paul’s preaching to the Greek philosophers in Acts 17, see D. A. Carson, The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996), 496-501; Greg Bahnsen, Always Ready: Directions for Defending the Faith (Atlanta, GA: American Vision/Texarkana, AR: Covenant Media Foundation, 1996), 235-73; Dennis Johnson, The Message of Acts in the History of Redemption (Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1997), 194-201; K. Scott Oliphint, The Battle Belongs to the Lord: The Power of Scripture for Defending Our Faith (Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed, 2003), 143-73. [↩]
- For a helpful overview of the continuity and contrasts of Paul’s preaching in Acts, see Keller, Center Church, 112-14. For a more thorough analysis, see Jay E. Adams, Audience Adaptations in the Sermons and Speeches of Paul, vol. 2 in Studies in Preaching (Phillipsburg: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1976). [↩]
- J. A. Alexander remarks, “So spake is commonly explained to mean, in so remarkable a manner, with such force, warmth, unction, or assistance of the Spirit.” A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, 2 vols. (1857; reprint, Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 1963), 2:46. [↩]
- According to Scripture, man’s constitution as the imago Dei includes an innate awareness of their Creator (Rom 1:18-21) and a sense of right and wrong (Rom 1:32; 2:14-15), which OT scholar Meredith Kline appropriately refers to as “the sense of deity in the imperative mode.” Kingdom Prologue: Genesis Foundations for a Covenantal Worldview (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2006), 62. Kline also refers to man’s innate drive for meaning and fulfillment as an “eschatological … aspiration implanted in man’s heart with his existence as God’s image” (92). It’s possible that Solomon is alluding to this eschatological drive when he asserts that God has placed “eternity in man’s heart” (Eccl 3:11). [↩]
- This is the title of a video excerpt from a sermon Piper is preaching from Romans 5, which may be accessed on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVjPhSTSNYM. Piper isn’t denying the need to communicate the gospel in the language and thought forms of the target audience. But he’s underscoring the fact that some biblical truths intrinsic to the gospel are culturally transcendent and common to humanity. For another brief article that stresses the need to balance the diversity of humans with the commonness of humans, see Tim Chester’s “The Limitations of Contextualization,” accessed January 7, 2013 on the Internet: http://timchester.wordpress.com/2012/11/27/the-limitations-of-contextualization/. [↩] | <urn:uuid:165c0e82-f0a1-4159-9f79-1de4f0ed2c4c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://drbobgonzales.com/2013/02/28/communication-that-connects-god-accommodates-and-so-must-we/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00075-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948428 | 4,054 | 2.25 | 2 |
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College students returning to campus means one thing – freedom from Mom and Dad. However, freedom comes with responsibilities, and the risks college students often take have consequences. To help protect college students, the Indiana State Police offer safety tips to keep students safe in the residence halls, on campus or whenever they are alone.
In the residence halls:
• Keep your dorm room door locked whenever the room is unoccupied, if you are in the room alone or if you are sleeping.
• Take care of your keys. Don’t give anyone the opportunity to duplicate them and never leave a key over the door or nearby your room.
• Don’t leave valuables, like your wallet, checkbook or jewelry, in open view.
• Keep drapes closed when changing clothes.
While walking on campus:
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• Never hitchhike or offer rides to strangers.
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• Trust your instincts. If you feel uncomfortable in a place or situation, leave.
• Always be alert to your surroundings.
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Shush! Growing Up Jewish under Stalin: A Memoir
A book talk with author EMIL DRAITSER, CUNY Hunter College, Russian Division, and discussant DAVID MYERS, UCLA, History
Many years after making his way to America from Odessa in Soviet Ukraine, Emil Draitser made a startling discovery: every time he uttered the word "Jewish"—even in casual conversation—he lowered his voice. This behavior was a natural by-product, he realized, of growing up in the anti-Semitic, post-Holocaust Soviet Union, when "Shush!" was the most frequent word he heard: "Don't use your Jewish name in public. Don't speak a word of Yiddish. And don't cry over your murdered relatives." This compelling memoir conveys the reader back to Draitser's childhood and provides a unique account of midtwentieth-century life in Russia as the young Draitser struggles to reconcile the harsh values of Soviet society with the values of his working-class Jewish family. Lively, evocative, and rich with humor, this unforgettable story ends with the death of Stalin and, through life stories of the author's ancestors, presents a sweeping panorama of two centuries of Jewish history in Russia.
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Rogers Memorial Hospital recognizes 2011 OCD Awareness Week
Rogers’ patients and families can rest assured knowing that the clinicians on each of our treatment teams stay current with the latest advances in treating OCD through direct training from national leaders within the OCD treatment community.
The Rogers Center for Research and Training brings national leaders in treatment and research to Wisconsin throughout the year to train and interact with the treatment teams at many of the hospital’s unique residential centers. Jonathan S. Abramowitz, PhD, is the latest of such distinguished leaders to visit.
Abramowitz is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, as well as a professor and associate chair of psychiatry at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. He is also the author of “Getting Over OCD,” an award winning OCD self-help manual.
Bradley C. Riemann, PhD, Clinical Director of the Obsessive-Compulsive Center at Rogers Memorial Hospital passes an award of recognition to Jonathan Abramowitz, PhD, respected OCD researcher and clinician following a recent training he gave at Rogers Memorial Hospital.
“Meeting and learning directly from leaders like Dr. Abramowitz provides additional tools to Rogers’ clinicians. Having more tools means that they have a more detailed understanding of a patient’s situation, and therefore can develop a very targeted treatment plan that specifically addresses each person’s needs.” explained Bradley C. Riemann, PhD, clinical director of the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Center and cognitive-behavioral treatment services.
Under Riemann’s leadership, Rogers has become a national leader in the use of cognitive-behavioral therapy, or CBT for short, to treat OCD and other anxiety disorders in children, teens and adults. Across Rogers’ treatment programs for OCD, experienced treatment teams use a CBT-based approach that emphasizes exposure and ritual prevention as the foundation of treatment.
“At Rogers, we often see children and teens with really complicated diagnoses of OCD,” said David Jacobi, PhD, clinical supervisor of cognitive-behavioral treatment services at the Child & Adolescent centers, “Having access to this level of expertise helps us develop a treatment plan that gets a patient back on track all the sooner.”
CBT is a component of treatment at the child and adolescent centers, Eating Disorder Center and OCD Center, as well as at many of Rogers’ additional residential, inpatient and day treatment programs.
Bringing in experts like Abramowitz from all over the country to our treatment centers means that Rogers’ patients get the highest quality care.
OCD Awareness Week is presented by the International OCD Foundation as a vehicle for support, advocacy and education to help end the stigma surrounding OCD and encourage sufferers to identify the disorder and/or seek treatment.
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MIAMI, March 19 (UPI) -- Two U.S. representatives from Florida introduced legislation seeking to designate Venezuela a state sponsor of terror, a move that could hurt the country's oil sector and U.S. relations in the region.
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Connie Mack, both Republicans, made their request amid allegations Venezuela pledged $300 million in funding to Colombia's leading leftist rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.
"Evidence that the Venezuelan government might have given aid and comfort to violent extremists is reprehensible and must not be ignored," said Ros-Lehtinen, who is the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "The decision of Venezuelan leaders to support the criminal acts of these violent extremists has poisoned the region with instability and distrust."
A recent memo released by the lawmakers to the media also notes Venezuela's expressed "willingness to cooperate" with Iran on proposed joint nuclear-energy projects. Iran is already on the U.S. State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism. Other members are Cuba and North Korea.
Interpol is investigating a laptop allegedly containing documents linking Venezuela to FARC that belonged to a rebel leader killed by Colombian forces. If those documents turn out to be true, it could set the stage for lawmakers to push through a terror-sponsor designation for Venezuela, effectively putting its multibillion-dollar oil industry in jeopardy.
For the Bush administration to push for sanctions, however, it would first need the legal framework to do so, said Jorge Pinon, a researcher at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American studies at the University of Miami and former president of Amoco Oil Latin America.
Proof of funding for FARC on the behalf of Venezuela would be a direct violation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1373, of 2001, which says "states shall refrain from providing any form of support, active or passive, to entities or persons involved in terrorist acts."
"Calling Venezuela a terrorist state would give the United States a legal reason to impose sanctions," Pinon told United Press International.
However, designating Venezuela a terrorism sponsor and imposing sanctions against one of the United States' largest oil suppliers could prove too damning to the U.S. economy, he added, noting oil prices would likely increase $5-$10 per barrel were oil shipments from Venezuela halted or curtailed.
Venezuela provides the United States with about 1.4 million barrels of oil per day, mostly crude. But Venezuela would be paralyzed, too: The United States is its No. 1 customer and its refining facilities lie in this country.
Meanwhile, Venezuelan oil officials received some welcome news Tuesday when a judge in London unfroze $12 billion in Venezuelan assets seized last month amid a legal battle with U.S. petroleum giant ExxonMobil over the nationalization of its projects in Venezuela.
While most other foreign firms accepted the terms of the nationalization in which Venezuela's state-run energy firm PDVSA assumed majority control of their projects, ExxonMobil refused, leading to the seizure of its stake in the oil-rich Orinoco River.
"We won, our country won, our homeland won," Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said after Tuesday's announcement. "The judge's decision is a lesson to ExxonMobil."
But the battle between Exxon and PDVSA is far from over, said Patrick Esteruelas, a Latin America analyst for the New York-based think tank Eurasia Group.
"Both companies will likely harden their positions, and continue to battle each other out in the courts over the next several years," he said.
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What is Feline Cerebellar Hypoplasia?
Feline cerebellar hypoplasia is a non-progressive, non-contagious neurological condition that results in walking and balance problems.
A kitten is born with “CH” when her cerebellum, the part of the brain that controls fine motor skills and coordination, is underdeveloped at birth.
An cerebellum’s growth can be stunted by a number of factors, most commonly if the mother contracted the feline distemper virus while pregnant or if there was some sort of trauma to the kittens while they were in the womb.
Consequently, an underdeveloped cerebellum can result in underdeveloped or complicated mobility. CH cats are known for their “drunken sailor” walk, which is why they’re known endearingly as “wobbly cats.”
The severity of a kitten’s CH can vary greatly — even among litter mates. While some cats may only have a slightly impacted gait, others may have significant trouble getting around, if they’re able to walk at all. It’s important to remember that the cat isn’t sick, weak or hurt; she’s simply uncoordinated.
CH cats may also experience head tremors, the uncontrollable shaking of the cat’s head when she’s trying to focus. Again, some cats may experience mild cases, others may be more severe. (Consequently, some think CH cats may have vision issues. If you think this is an issue with your cat, speak to your vet.)
Unless a CH cat has other health issues, her life expectancy is the same as a cat’s without CH. Since the condition is non-progressive, it will never get worse — and in some cases, owners say that their cat became more capable over time.
A CT scan or MRI is the only way to officially diagnose cerebellar hypoplasia; however, many vets are familiar with the symptom’s characteristics so those tests are often not necessary. Yet it is important to understand there are some diseases and conditions that may mimic CH.
One of the great things about CH cats is that they don’t seem to know that they’re any different from other cats. Even though they may think they’re normal, depending on the severity of their CH, they may be somewhat limited in ability and learn how to do things differently. For example, some CH cats don’t have the coordination to jump – so instead they become great climbers. Consequently, CH cat owners may find ways to help their cat become more capable. You can find more topic-specific help here.
There isn’t a treatment for this condition; however, many owners will tell you that there doesn’t need to be one. They’ll say their CH kitties are some of the sweetest cats you’ll ever meet, and what they lack in coordination they make up in personality. You can read their stories here. And if you’re not convinced, here are 10 reasons why you should adopt a CH cat.
Since many people are still learning about this condition — and because some shelters don’t adopt out special needs animals, many kitties with CH are needlessly euthanized every year. While it’s not an extraordinarily common condition, cats with this condition do require a special owner who’s devoted to providing the best care possible for the cat.
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The primary school age in Nigeria is 6 to 11 years and the secondary school age 12 to 17 years. As I showed in previous posts, the primary school net attendance rate (NAR) in Nigeria is 60.1% and the secondary school NAR 35.1%. This means that 60.1% (35.1%) of all children of primary (secondary) school age were attending primary (secondary) school at the time of the survey. Attendance rates are higher for boys compared to girls and for urban residents compared to rural residents. Household wealth is also strongly linked to school attendance, as the graph below demonstrates.
School attendance by age and household wealth, Nigeria 2003
Data source: Nigeria 2003 DHS.
The graph is constructed as two back-to-back bar graphs, similar to a population pyramid, but the two halves don't indicate age and sex but age and household wealth. The left half has the school attendance rates of the richest 20% of all households in Nigeria, as identified with the wealth index, and the right half the attendance rates of the poorest 20%. Only the population aged 5 to 24 years of age is covered because the DHS did not collected data on current school attendance for other ages. The population is divided into six groups:
- currently attending preschool (purble bars)
- currently attending primary school (blue bars)
- currently attending secondary school (green bars)
- currently attending higher education (brown bars)
- attended school in the past but no longer in school (gray bars)
- never attended school (red bars)
In addition, those from wealthy households are much more likely to attend primary and secondary school at the proper age. The blue, green and brown markers along the left axis indicate the official starting ages of primary, secondary and tertiary education: 6, 12 and 18 years, respectively. Children from the poorest 20% of the population typically enter primary school much later than those from the richest 20% - if they attend school at all - and they typically do so without the advantage of having been in preschool first. Those from the richest households are also more likely to continue their education at the secondary or tertiary level.
In conclusion, to reach the Millennium Development Goal of universal primary education, Nigeria clearly has to target the poorest part of its population.
References: Filmer, Deon, and Lant H. Pritchett. 2001. Estimating wealth effects without expenditure data - or Tears: An application to educational enrollments in states of India. Demography 38 (1), February: 115-132.
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"An AR-15 (is) easier to shoot than a shotgun, there's less recoil in a .223 than a 12 gauge," wrote one online user. "A shotgun is not for everybody. Even in smaller (gauges), the recoil is too much for many people, and buckshot isn't nearly as precise as a rifle shot," wrote another.
Others hailed the benefits of a shotgun because "it doesn't need to be aimed precisely" and that "one or two shots should do the trick."
"It's safer than pistols re: accidents at home, especially involving children," wrote one user. "Unfortunately, there are too many GUN NUTS out there w/vivid imaginations... who lie awake at night thinking up imaginary dangers."
In the online chat, Biden said he does not favor constitutional amendments to adjust the Second Amendment, which is cited by both proponents of and those opposed to new gun regulations.
But, he said, the Constitution "does allow the government to conclude that there are certain types of weapons that no one can legally own."
The limits are imposed for "public safety," Biden said.
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday the nation needs to take sensible, common sense action to try to reduce "the scourge of gun violence in this country."
He declined to further comment on Biden's remarks, though he added that the vice president is a law-abiding gun owner who has both a 12-gauge and 20-gauge shotgun locked up in a safe in his Delaware home.
The Obama administration has been pressing for gun reforms since the December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, where an AR-15-wielding gunman killed six adults and 20 children between the ages of 6 and 7. | <urn:uuid:d64118ea-c23c-4234-b36c-ef21d7c74f14> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wgal.com/news/national/Biden-s-shot-gun-remarks-spur-online-flurry/-/9360498/19003818/-/item/1/-/nbouwpz/-/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978504 | 364 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Thursday, June 14, 2012
The whole inspiration of our life as a nation flows out from the waving folds of this banner. ~Author Unknown
On this day in 1777, the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution to adopt a United States flag. Although the flag has seen alterations over the years since its conception, it has always served as a constant reminder that our great nation is a free nation and will continue to be a source of pride as our country moves forward.
I hope we all take a few moments to reflect on this great nation and the men and women who risk their lives to ensure the flag continues to fly as a symbol of freedom and democracy. | <urn:uuid:988ffb40-e6f5-4d7e-849a-a4fe29af6511> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tarrtalk.com/2012/06/happy-flag-day.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958482 | 134 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Earlier today I wrote about the case of Mahmoud Hegab, a Virginia man who sued the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and its Director for revoking his top secret clearance.
The agency maintains it had significant concerns about his clearance, such as his
- recent residence in, and dual citizenship with, Egypt;
- extensive contact with foreign nationals, many living outside the U.S.; and
- his holding of an Egyptian passport that would require contact with Egyptian officials to renounce his citizenship and turn in his passport, thus increasing the potential he would be monitored by foreign intelligence services, etc.
But after his marriage to Bushra Nusairat, a graduate of the Islamic Saudi Academy, it seems their fears heightened. The Islamic Saudi Academy is located in Fairfax County, Va. and is funded by the Saudi government-funded. (You can read more about her activities that raised eyebrows with the agency here.)
Certainly, everyone has the right to freedoms of religion, expression, and association. But no one has the right to a security clearance. (Something with which Mr. Hegab states he agrees.) The court declined to rule on the merits of his constitutional claims and instead deferred to the executive branch’s discretion over such matters. Long and short: it’s a separation of powers issue.
While the court never touched the merits of the issue, I invite you to in the comments section. Is Mr. Hegab’s question of lawfulness a legitimate one? (And you need not be a civil rights litigator to post a comment.) | <urn:uuid:90365711-4ce0-4bb2-8b35-3d93a82dadd8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.clearancejobsblog.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00048-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973678 | 325 | 1.609375 | 2 |
|Lightship Swiftsure LV 83/WAL 513, WA|
Description: Swiftsure Bank is located roughly fourteen miles northwest of Cape Flattery, and in 1909 was the final lightship station to be established along the Washington Coast. The first vessel to anchor at the station was the steel-hulled LV 93, which was painted yellow and had SWIFTSURE in bold black lettering on her sides.
In 1930, LV 83 sailed south and began service as the San Francisco lightship, marking the entrance to San Francisco Bay. Due perhaps to the infamous San Francisco fog, a foghorn was installed on the ship in 1932, and the ship's 1,000-pound bell was subsequently used as a backup. During World War II, the Navy borrowed LV 83 from the Coast Guard, who had assumed jurisdiction of all navigational aids in 1939. Guns were installed on the lightship's foredeck, bridge, and stern, and she was given a fresh coat of Navy-gray paint. With the crew's quarters enlarged to accommodate forty sailors, the lightship served as a patrol and guard boat at the entrance to San Francisco Bay.
After the war, LV 83 returned to the San Francisco lightship station, where she served until 1951 when she became the Relief Lightship for the Washington lightships. LV 83 was deployed to Umatilla Reef, Columbia River Entrance, and Swiftsure Bank on various occasions over the next nine years, while the lightships at those stations returned to port for maintenance and repairs.
After fifty-six years of service, LV 83 was decommissioned in 1960. Save our Ships, the predecessor of Northwest Seaport, finalized the purchase of the lightship on May 2, 1966 under signature of Donald F. Miller, U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Washington. The lightship was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and declared a National Landmark in 1989. LV 83, along with two other lightships, holds the title of the oldest remaining lightship and is the only one to still have her original steam engines.
At 10 p.m. on July 1, 2011, Shannon Fitzgerald, president of Northwest Seaport, flipped a switch that activated a beacon atop the Swiftsure Lightship, whose light had been inactive since the vessel was decommissioned in 1960. The relighting completes the first phase of the restoration of LV 83. Besides the restoration of the light, new bilge pumps and and an alarm system have been added and wood purchased for a new upper deck. The work was made possible through Federal Transportation Enhancement Act funds made available through the Washington State Department of Transportation and supplemented by matching funds.
Located at the Northwest Seaport Maritime Heritage Center on Union Lake
in Seattle. The lightship is owned by Northwest Seaport. Grounds open, lightship closed.
The lightship is owned by Northwest Seaport. Grounds open, lightship closed.
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One of the first same-sex couples to get a marriage license Thursday in King County was Dan Savage and Terry Miller, who started the It Gets Better Project to help prevent suicide along LGBT youth.
“It’s really a remarkable journey we’ve been on and such a remarkable sea change,” said Savage, who’s also known for his sex advice column in the Stranger and other works. “And not just for gay people, but straight people have changed, too. It’s gotten better for us because straight people have gotten better about us.”
The first marriage license in King County was issued at 12:01 a.m., and by 3:30 a.m. 212 had been issued, breaking the single-day record. Typically the county issues between 75 and 100 marriage licenses per day, but by 4 a.m. Thursday the count had risen to 247.
Savage, who married Miller in Canada in 2005, said he thought the most remarkable recent marriage equality moment came in the weeks after the election as more election results were counted.
“And it turned out that marriage equality passed by a wider margin here in Washington State than the other three states where there was a marriage vote,” Savage said. “That was really thrilling and affirming, and we’ve worked really hard to bring Washington State around.” | <urn:uuid:4e79291c-0ff5-4848-adf6-5db06f96ada0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://quiethands.blogspot.com/2012/12/dan-savage-and-terry-miller-get.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00011-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980231 | 287 | 2.09375 | 2 |
In 1980 an ecologist and an economist chose a refreshingly unacademic way to resolve their differences. They bet $1,000. Specifically, the bet was over the future price of five metals, but at stake was much more -- a view of the planet's ultimate limits, a vision of humanity's destiny. It was a bet between the Cassandra and the Dr. Pangloss of our era.
They lead two intellectual schools -- sometimes called the Malthusians and the Cornucopians, sometimes simply the doomsters and the boomsters -- that use the latest in computer-generated graphs and foundation-generated funds to debate whether the world is getting better or going to the dogs. The argument has generally been as fruitless as it is old, since the two sides never seem to be looking at the same part of the world at the same time. Dr. Pangloss sees farm silos brimming with record harvests; Cassandra sees topsoil eroding and pesticide seeping into ground water. Dr. Pangloss sees people living longer; Cassandra sees rain forests being decimated. But in 1980 these opponents managed to agree on one way to chart and test the global future. They promised to abide by the results exactly 10 years later -- in October 1990 -- and to pay up out of their own pockets.
The bettors, who have never met in all the years they have been excoriating each other, are both 58-year-old professors who grew up in the Newark suburbs. The ecologist, Paul R. Ehrlich, has been one of the world's better-known scientists since publishing "The Population Bomb" in 1968. More than three million copies were sold, and he became perhaps the only author ever interviewed for an hour on "The Tonight Show." When he is not teaching at Stanford University or studying butterflies in the Rockies, Ehrlich can generally be found on a plane on his way to give a lecture, collect an award or appear in an occasional spot on the "Today" show. This summer he won a five-year MacArthur Foundation grant for $345,000, and in September he went to Stockholm to share half of the $240,000 Crafoord Prize, the ecologist's version of the Nobel. His many personal successes haven't changed his position in the debate over humanity's fate. He is the pessimist.
The economist, Julian L. Simon of the University of Maryland, often speaks of himself as an outcast, which isn't quite true. His books carry jacket blurbs from Nobel laureate economists, and his views have helped shape policy in Washington for the past decade. But Simon has certainly never enjoyed Ehrlich's academic success or popular appeal. On the first Earth Day in 1970, while Ehrlich was in the national news helping to launch the environmental movement, Simon sat in a college auditorium listening as a zoologist, to great applause, denounced him as a reactionary whose work "lacks scholarship or substance." Simon took revenge, first by throwing a drink in his critic's face at a faculty party and then by becoming the scourge of the environmental movement. When he unveiled his happy vision of beneficent technology and human progress in Science magazine in 1980, it attracted one of the largest batches of angry letters in the journal's history. | <urn:uuid:73aa74bc-6bfa-4d10-a9df-10d411a9da43> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/02/magazine/betting-on-the-planet.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975606 | 675 | 2.28125 | 2 |
500 Million Year Old Bacterial Gene Resurrected
Using a technique called “paleo-experimental evolution”, Georgia Tech researchers have brought a 500 million year old gene back to life. Betül Kaçar, astrobiologist and leader of the study, was able to achieve this remarkable feat of resurrection by splicing the ancient genetic sequence with modern Escherichia coli (E. Coli) bacteria, an abundant protein found in all known cellular life. The old and the new were hybridised it to create a “chimera”—a new, combined strain of bacteria—which then reproduced and re-evolved. Initially slow to grow, it has now survived over 1,000 brief generations and allows researchers to literally see evolution in action—to observe the different evolutionary trajectories, and whether these are always repeated or whether different choices can be made to achieve a different outcome. The team at Georgia Tech reported that some strains of the hybrid actually became more robust than the original, suggesting that it made smart mutations. Interestingly, the ancient bacteria’s adaptation didn’t bring it closer to the modern E. Coli—instead, it seemed to find a new evolutionary trajectory, giving interesting insight into how life on earth could have evolved differently. We won’t be resurrecting any dinosaurs soon, but this research could help us address long-standing questions in evolutionary and molecular biology. | <urn:uuid:3600e6cd-415b-4999-ba7a-4b3be61f4ea8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sciencesoup.tumblr.com/post/29019317025/500-million-year-old-bacterial-gene-resurrected | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00040-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935 | 294 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Social Networking 101
Can I Get a Date?
The Internet has been matchmaker to thousands of now-married or dating couples. Even if you're not in the market for a spouse, you might welcome a dinner companion or even an online flirtation. Dating sites have become especially popular among singles in their 40s and 50s because they offer a grown-up alternative to the bar scene.
Online dating sites use the same technology that computerized dating services did in the 1960s. After you answer a series of questions to create a profile, most sites then compare the qualities you describe in yourself to those you're looking for in a man and find matches. If you'd rather make your own match, you can search the profiles according to various categories (age, physical attributes, location, education, likes, dislikes) and view the profiles yourself.
Most dating sites ask subscribers standard questions about height, weight, body type, smoking and drinking habits, education, and location. Some may want you to list recently read books, favorite musicians or songs, the five things you can't live without, the kind of person you're looking for, or what you have to offer. Each site is different, but all want to gather as much information as possible to paint detailed picture of who you are and what you're looking for.
While some online dating services are free, the majority charge fees, which usually cover a period of time or a maximum number of contacts. Most sites allow a free trial or limited use before requiring payment, and each site has its own personality. So it makes sense to take a sneak peek before committing yourself financially. Many dating sites are geared to specific identities based on age, religion, race, or sexual preference. Jdate.com, for example, is the leading Jewish singles networking site, Gay.com caters to gays and lesbians, and Seniorfriendfinder.com targets seniors. And some sites are racier than others: For instance, Nerve.com is younger and more "out there" than Match.com or Eharmony.com.
You should definitely post a picture: Statistics show that profiles with a photograph are viewed more often than those without one. Stick with one that reveals the true you. Posting a 20-years-younger or 20-pounds-lighter shot only misleads any potential match and ends up doing a disservice to both of you. (As for uploading the photo onto the site, your digital camera should come with a USB cable and instructions on how to get your photos onto your hard drive; if you have a nondigital camera, ask your photo processor to put the developed photos on a CD. From there, the dating site itself should have instructions for posting the photo.)
If you find a profile that interests you, there are usually two routes available: You can e-mail the person through an anonymous e-mail account set up through the site, or you can send a "wink" -- an unwritten message that brings your profile to the person's attention so he can decide whether to make contact. You have no obligation to respond to anyone who contacts you, nor should you be hurt if you don't hear back from someone you've contacted. You may not be his type, or perhaps he has already found someone and neglected to take down the profile. If you prefer to be the date seeker and not have others window-shop your profile, you can make it private, choosing whether and when to reveal it.
Online dating requires all the usual cautions, and then some. Never divulge your last name or home address before meeting a person face to face. If you choose to talk by telephone, give a cell phone number so no one can trace your home address. For a first meeting, keep it brief (a cup of coffee is good) and in a public place. As an extra precaution, make sure a friend or family member knows what you're doing, when, and where. Under no circumstances should you get into a car with the person or meet in an isolated area.
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by Khadouja Mellouli, Dr. Jelila Benzarti, Sonia Bouchandira
Tunisia is exemplary among countries in North Africa. For the last 47 years, women have enjoyed the same rights as men and contributed at least as much to the development and prosperity of the country.
As a result of this almost half-century of legislation favorable to women, Tunisian women can freely choose their partners, decide when and how many children they want to have, go to school, apply for any job and obtain any position. Yet women do not enjoy equal access in the fast-changing job market, which demands knowledge of computer science, the Internet, languages other than Arabic and finance.
Traditional education emphasizes Arabic, history and law. Furthermore, educated women are encouraged to focus on the humanities, because their role within Tunisian society is still seen to be first and foremost that of mother, caregiver and keeper of traditional customs. Men have greater opportunities for finding work because they are more mobile, have greater resources and are perceived by potential employers as the primary breadwinners who must work to support their families.
For centuries, women ensured that their families had enough water, took care of the earth that yielded their crops and drew from the local environment only what was needed. To adapt this knowledge to the conditions of swiftly modernizing Tunisia, the Tunisian Association of Women for Sustainable Development has created training programs for women teaching technical and professional skills. At the same time, the group uses innovative teaching methods that emphasize women's rights, their leadership potential and development methods that will not overuse critical natural resources.
As a result, women learn how to overcome poverty, confront unemployment, stand up for their political and civil rights and develop conservation programs, while gaining confidence to change society for the better. | <urn:uuid:a063b3b3-d5af-4d67-9f65-c2b6f3125eb6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/vietnam-a-cambodia/88 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00002-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966364 | 368 | 3.140625 | 3 |
have you seen his video on how he creates the papers? i think the title is
"Eric Carle: Picture Writer" and the kids love to see how he makes his
papers and creates his stories and collages.
i have always used whatever paper was on hand and then i "iron" them in the
old dry mount press. this flattens out everything that is curled or wrinkly.
the press is one of my most indispensible pieces of equipment but they are
getting harder and harder to find since laminating machines took over. look
for one in your school basement.
linda in michigan
on 8/5/02 9:58 AM, Christine at firstname.lastname@example.org wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone could share their successes with recreating Eric
> Carle style collage... I've tried it and most papers curl, or the paint I
> use doesn't quite mimic the texture he achieves. | <urn:uuid:807b93da-15b9-456d-84b1-134ce282634a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.getty.edu/education/teacherartexchange/archive/Aug02/0192.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00036-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972004 | 203 | 1.664063 | 2 |
About Kemp Station
Kemp Natural Resources Station is a research and teaching facility operated by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Located in the heart of Wisconsin's Northwoods, Kemp Station's 235 acres support some of the last remnants of old-growth forest in the Lake States. Several other distinct ecosystems are found on site, including:
- second-growth forests of hemlock, pine, and northern hardwoods
- lake coves
- bogs and one bog lake
- over one mile of shoreline along Tomahawk Lake
This varied environment supports a diverse wildlife population of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish, and invertebrate, making Kemp Station uniquely suited as a center for natural resources research and education.
Kemp Station is dedicated to programs of research, instruction, and outreach concerning the management, conservation, and preservation of northern Wisconsin's natural resources The goals of Kemp Station are to:
- Conduct research on the ecology, management, conservation, and preservation of northern Wisconsin's natural resources.
- Transfer information on natural resources management, conservation, and preservation to students of all ages.
- Enhance public awareness of current natural resources issues. | <urn:uuid:168388b4-92b1-42e8-9bcf-de1db5723f54> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.kemp.wisc.edu/About_Kemp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00024-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920571 | 247 | 2.578125 | 3 |
for Children with Special Needs
MassPAC at the Federation for Children with Special Needs is the statewide organization providing information, training, and networking opportunities to Massachusetts special education parent advisory councils (PACs) and the professionals who collaborate with them. After almost eleven years as a private non-profit, MassPAC became part of the Federation in July 2009.
- Learn what Massachusetts special education regulations (PDF) say about PACs.
- Read Guidance For Special Education Parent Advisory Councils from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education.
- We also invite you to become a MassPAC member, either as a PAC leader or as an individual. Because the Federation has no grant funding to support MassPAC activities, we need you to become an annual member!
- Participation in the MassPAC statewide listserve.
- Posting of your PAC workshop calendars on this site.
- Access to the membership-only MassPAC at the Federation website.
- Topical webinars & teleconferences.
- Face-to-face PAC leadership training.
- Discounts on select Federation trainings.
Thank you for your support in our collective effort to make this a better world for children who have disabilities and to ensure better educational outcomes for them. | <urn:uuid:37940230-7592-4c39-99d8-ab8e371184bd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.masspac.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00023-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923584 | 253 | 1.734375 | 2 |
When Saturday ended, at dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.
Maria: They agreed to take care of Jesus body, and when they didn't find it there they said: They 've taken it away. Like what happens with the leaders, they kill them and they won't even give you the body.
The Gospel in Solentiname. Ernesto Cardenal | <urn:uuid:6f798f6d-bdc1-4e26-92be-8f0cceaf6d29> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://anglimergent.ning.com/forum/topics/the-resurrection | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964084 | 91 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Am reading one of Russell Ackoff’s books that speaks to the importance of employee development as sometimes more important than affecting company growth. He goes one step further to note that lack of resources are linked to development — that it unlocks the creativity in an organization and induces learning. But core to his argument is that the organization has to be developed (one of learners) to leverage such a situation. -JM
“A lack of resources can limit growth but not development. The more developed individuals, organizations, or societies becomes the less they depend on resources and the more they can do with whatever resources they have. They also have the ability and the desire to create or acquire the resources they need.”**
** Ackoff’s Best: His Classic Writings on Management, Chapter 3. | <urn:uuid:c226ccd9-b35a-4578-82d8-2834023f6743> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://creativeleadership.com/2010/05/09/growth-vs-development/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00057-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969702 | 163 | 1.851563 | 2 |
The Citizen Jane Film Festival was created to spotlight and celebrate films made by women.
In 2009, women comprised only 7% of all directors, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors working on the top 250 domestic grossing films. This means that if you, like most of us, get most of your exposure to film by going to the multiplex, you are missing out on an incredibly rich trove of amazing films.
These are the films you will get to see at Citizen Jane. Women continue to be under-represented in many areas of media. The numbers, however, do not reflect the amazing breadth, depth, and beauty of work made by women all over the world. The Citizen Jane Film Festival, along with its allies from other film festivals and arts organizations, hopes to make this work more visible and to strengthen the network of feminists (of all genders!). | <urn:uuid:7c34e32a-38d3-4e90-86fd-bea90ed9d2b5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bust.com/calendar/2011-09-30/citizen-jane-film-festival-columbia-mo.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00030-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96314 | 177 | 1.601563 | 2 |
Fiji's Tourism Development Plan
Building Sustainable Tourism
Urgent need for policy review
The SEA indicated a major need for the present policy to be reviewed in order to protect Fiji's environment and people. There were concerns about Fijians benefiting economically from tourism. The planned expansion of the tourism industry in the Plan threatened to cause irreversible environmental damage and could lead to tension between tourist developers, landowners and local communities.
Based on these findings, the report was published and an Advisory group was established to guide the SEA process. The group comprised representatives from the Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of National Planning, Fiji Hotel Association, USP, tourism consultants, The Fiji Visitors Bureau and WWF. This process was a three way partnership between the Ministry of Tourism, the Asian Development Bank and WWF South Pacific. | <urn:uuid:bb0c19ad-7d11-44f3-965a-7a0cd1cb28a9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/fiji_islands/our_work/policy/tourism_dev/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00050-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954271 | 159 | 2.484375 | 2 |
WASHINGTON, D.C.--(Marketwire - March 1, 2013) - TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) welcomed the U.S. Department of State's (DOS) release today of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) on Keystone XL. The company remains strongly committed to obtaining approval to safely build and operate the pipeline, and will continue to be engaged in the process as the DOS enters its final stages of reviewing the project.
While TransCanada is still reviewing the DSEIS, it builds on more than 10,000 pages of review already completed for Keystone XL. The DSEIS reaffirmed that "there would be no significant impacts to most resources along the proposed Project route." It noted that Keystone XL would result in no "substantive change in global GHG emissions" and it is "unlikely to have a substantial impact on the rate of development in the oil sands, or on the amount of heavy crude oil refined in the Gulf Coast area." Finally, it also noted that "the denial of a Presidential Permit would likely result in actions by other firms in the United States (and global) petroleum market, such as use of alternative modes to transport WCSB and Bakken crude."
"Completing the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Keystone XL is an important step towards receiving a Presidential Permit for this critical energy infrastructure project," said Russ Girling, TransCanada's president and chief executive officer. "No one has a stronger interest than TransCanada does in making sure that Keystone XL operates safely, and more than four years of exhaustive study and environmental review show the care and attention we have placed on ensuring this is the safest oil pipeline built to date in the United States."
The August 2011 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) further notes that TransCanada has also agreed to adopt 57 special safety measures for the pipeline developed by the U.S. federal pipeline safety regulator (PHMSA), which the FEIS said would give the pipeline "a degree of safety over any other typically constructed domestic oil pipeline system under current code." The 57 conditions include burying the pipe a minimum of four feet below the surface, increased pipeline inspections and a greater number of remote-controlled valves that can shut down the pipeline within minutes.
Throughout 2012, TransCanada completed the process established by the State of Nebraska and Nebraska's Department of Environmental Quality to develop a revised route through Nebraska that avoids the Sandhills area and minimizes potential impacts on other environmentally-sensitive features in the state. The revised route was approved in January 2013 by Governor Dave Heineman.
TransCanada's existing Keystone Pipeline has safely and reliably delivered more than 389 million barrels of crude oil from Canada to refinery markets in the U.S. Midwest since it began operation in July 2010.
Keystone XL will directly employ 9,000 people during two years of construction. Once complete, it will generate millions of dollars in tax revenues for local communities along the pipeline route and will transport up to 830,000 barrels per day of Canadian and American crude oil that can replace higher-priced oil imported from countries like Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, and Iraq. In addition, TransCanada began construction on the 780-kilometre (485-mile) Gulf Coast Pipeline Project from Cushing, Oklahoma to Nederland, Texas in August. That $2.3-billion project is more than half complete and has directly employed 4,000 skilled American workers.
Combined, Keystone XL and the Gulf Coast Pipeline projects will invest about $7.6 billion in the United States, directly support 20,000 construction and manufacturing jobs and enhance America's energy security by supplying refineries in the U.S. Midwest and Gulf Coast refining hubs with Canadian and American oil to displace crude from other countries and regions.
"The latest forecasts from the International Energy Agency and the U.S. Energy Information Agency indicate that the United States will continue to import 3.5 million to 7 million barrels of oil a day to meet its domestic needs until 2035 and beyond," Girling said. "It makes sense for this oil to come from a stable, democratic neighbour such as Canada that shares common values and an integrated economy with the United States."
"President Obama and others have talked about the importance of moving towards a less carbon-intense economy - we agree. TransCanada has invested over $5 billion in emission-less energy over the past few years. But we also know a complete transition to renewable energy will take decades," concluded Girling.
The facts also show that Keystone XL is the safest, most environmentally responsible way to deliver the oil that refineries and consumers need to fuel our economy, businesses, homes and maintain our quality of life.
Today, oil sands production accounts for about one-tenth of one percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, the environmental performance associated with oil sands production continues to improve and producers have reduced per barrel emissions by 26 per cent since 1990. Canada's greenhouse gas emission reduction targets are aligned with the United States and the Canadian federal government has committed to phasing out all coal-fired power facilities if they are unable to meet new regulations and standards. Alberta, where the oil sands are located, was the first jurisdiction in North America to introduce a carbon tax on industrial emitters, and the provincial government has already collected $312 million to fund environmental research that is focused on reducing impacts associated with greenhouse gas emissions.
Keystone XL is the most studied cross-border pipeline ever proposed. TransCanada continues to believe that it remains in America's national interest to approve a pipeline that will enhance American energy security, provide thousands of good jobs, stimulate additional economic benefits and have a minimal impact on the environment.
With more than 60 years' experience, TransCanada is a leader in the responsible development and reliable operation of North American energy infrastructure including natural gas and oil pipelines, power generation and gas storage facilities. TransCanada operates a network of natural gas pipelines that extends more than 68,500 kilometres (42,500 miles), tapping into virtually all major gas supply basins in North America. TransCanada is one of the continent's largest providers of gas storage and related services with more than 400 billion cubic feet of storage capacity. A growing independent power producer, TransCanada owns or has interests in over 11,800 megawatts of power generation in Canada and the United States. TransCanada is developing one of North America's largest oil delivery systems. TransCanada's common shares trade on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges under the symbol TRP. For more information visit: www.transcanada.com or check us out on Twitter @TransCanada or http://blog.transcanada.com.
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(This is Neil)
For Christmas, I wanted to briefly comment on a pastoral letter by the Bishop of Aberdeen, Hugh Gilbert, OSB, on silence (ht: Fr. Z). “We live in a noisy world,” the Bishop begins. Christmas is no exception – he speaks of the “noise, rush and rowdiness of contemporary Christmasses.”
But he wisely notes that “there are bad kinds of silence,” which is very important to say after the terrible “silencing” caused by clerical abuse – “Gentleman, I wanted so desperately to be heard,” one survivor told the USCCB. The Bishop also writes, “We all understand about babies.” And he has no desire for us to “come and go from church as cold isolated individuals.”
So, it must be asked, why is silence so important? Partially, silence is important for a bishop for similar reasons that it is so important for the conductor of an orchestra or an athlete about to begin a complex dive. The audience can’t properly encounter a symphony in the midst of chatter or if they themselves are distracted by random thoughts. So, likewise, the Bishop suggests that “we need a quiet mind to connect to the great Eucharistic Prayer.” And a diver can’t still her anxieties, and maintain an extraordinarily high degree of attentiveness to and control of her muscle groups, with sudden noises and the disturbing flashes of cameras. Likewise, the bishop quotes an elderly priest from the diocese, “Two people talking stop forty people praying.” At the very least, silence is a “courtesy towards those who want to pray,” an activity that might be a bit more like diving than we tend to think.
But there is something else. The Bishop talk about silence as a form of “reverence.” He also speaks of silence as not merely necessary to hear God, but as a way giving God the “first word.” “Only then will our own words really be words, echoes of God’s, and not just more litter on the rubbish dump of noise.” I don’t imagine speaking this way at a musical or athletic performance, even if there is a “presence” in any real work of art.
This sort of silence is necessary as a reminder of the distinction between the power of God and human achievement. For example, the exegete Susan Miller speaks of the silence of the women in the Gospel of Mark at Jesus’ tomb, “The silence of the women is reminiscent of the primeval silence at the beginning of creation before God speaks and separates creation from chaos. … After the death of the Messiah there is silence before the new creation.” Human beings cannot raise Jesus, and death is not the prior reality for anything at all. We can only wait in silence for God’s intervention.
As the Ecumenical Patriarch said in a lecture at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in 2008:
The ascetic silence of apophaticism imposes on all of us … a sense of humility before the awesome mystery of God, before the sacred personhood of human beings, and before the beauty of creation. It reminds us that — above and beyond anything that we may strive to appreciate and articulate — the final word always belongs not to us but to God. This is more than simply a reflection of our limited and broken nature. It is, primarily, a calling to gratitude before Him who “so loved the world” (Jn 3:16) and who promised never to abandon us without the comfort of the Paraclete that alone “guides us to the fullness of truth.”
It is this “ascetic silence” before the “awesome mystery” of God that is the most important kind of silence. The writer Suzanne Guthrie once discussed taking a deeply moving class on negative theology alongside (male) resident seminarians. One of the seminarians asked their teacher, “This life of prayer you’re talking about? It’s fine for priests and religious – monks and nuns – but what about an ordinary housewife? How could a person like that live this life of prayer?” Guthrie froze. God had been present to her in “solitude, silence and loving darkness.” “I couldn’t breathe.” But the teacher responded by saying, “They cannot help it. Prayer is not something that you do. Prayer is something God does to you.”
So the silence that we need is “ascetic,” “apophatic” – a recognition of God’s “first word” and “final word.”
Here’s a question for the end of the year. I suspect that if you Google something like “liturgical minimalism,” you’ll quickly find your way to criticisms of the inattentive and indifferent. But what if “minimalism” means “ascetic silence” – a simplicity, even emptiness, that represents a waiting for God to have the “first” and “final” word? Perhaps a very good example would be William Schickel’s removal of decorative elements at the church, chapel, and courtyard at Gethesemani Abbey to emphasize “light, clarity and simplicity” (see here).
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Celebrating the generosity of youth
Have you seen the phrase “BIG M” on newer 4-H materials? It is an acronym for the essential elements of positive youth development – belonging, independence, generosity and mastery – that we strive to provide in 4-H programs. Recently, Bureau County youth have been spending a lot of time on the “generosity” part.
Last Saturday, youth from across Bureau County gathered for our annual 4-H Holiday Gift Workshop. Youth spent the morning creating gifts to give to family and friends this holiday season. They worked on several projects and designed each one for the intended recipient.
That afternoon, 4-H Federation completed their winter service project. The group contacted local agencies that serve needy families and found out what types of items were most needed. They made a plan of what they could do to help each agency. The group provided toys for local toy drives, as well as coats, hats and gloves for the food pantry.
We’ve also had several local 4-H clubs working on service projects throughout the past few months. The Manlius Boys and Girls 4-H Club collected food to donate to the Western Bureau County Food Pantry; the Neponset New Beginnings 4-H Club made holiday cards and delivered poinsettias to people in their community. The Walnut Winners 4-H Club visited nursing home residents to share holiday greetings with them. And these are just a few examples – clubs across the county are completing community service projects during the fall and winter months.
While the generosity involved in these projects is wonderful and is certainly worth praising, it is important to note this is not the only concept being learned. When youth work together to help others, they feel they are a valuable part of the community and belong to a group of youth and adult volunteers who share a common goal. This provides opportunities for youth to feel a sense of belonging.
These projects also provide opportunities for youth to develop independence. At our holiday gift workshop; there were five projects to try, but no set schedule as to how much time to spend on each one. Many of the stations included projects that could be completed in a variety of different ways or provided different color or design choices. The 4-H Federation group had to make decisions about which items would be most needed, and what was most appropriate for each group. And when a 4-H club completes a service project, the club votes on what the project will be and how it will be implemented. In completing these projects, youth must make their own decisions and practice such skills as time management, wise use of resources and budgeting, which will all help them develop skills needed for independent living.
Youth may also have opportunities to experience mastery through these projects. Our Holiday Gift Workshop is an annual event; over time, youth can develop mastery of the media and tools being used. Federation participants and clubs can use what they have learned planning and conducting one service project to help them prepare for the next, eventually experiencing mastery as it relates to planning projects and helping others. Some clubs may also repeat the same type of service project in the following years, allowing older club members to experience mastery as they participate in the project each year.
I am proud of our local youth and the generosity they are able to exhibit as they complete projects to benefit others. While it is fun to watch them make gifts, collect donations or interact with others, the most enjoyable parts to observe are the little things — things the kids probably don’t even realize they are doing like watching a young person make a craft, then walk across the room and present it to a parent or sibling with a smile and “I made this for you;” asking 4-Hers who they would like to help and hearing them answer “As many people as possible;” hearing 4-Hers discuss that while it is fun to donate toys, it is also important to make sure local children have warm coats to wear in the winter; and hearing from others how grateful they are to receive donations, gifts and visits from 4-Hers.
We are blessed to live in a community with so many thoughtful and generous young people. I wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season!
Jennifer Caldwell is the 4-H and youth development program coordinator for the University of Illinois Extension.
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Three area rescue groups now have help in protecting dogs against canine influenza virus, a highly contagious disease that spreads easily from dog to dog, especially those in close proximity.
East Tennessee Pit Bull Rescue of Harriman, Roane County Humane Society’s Shelter Rescue Team and Tennessee Pekingese Rescue of Oakdale received grants for the vaccines as part of a Petfinder.com Foundation program to build community immunity against this respiratory infection.
With April designated as National Foot Health Awareness Month, the staff of Roane Medical Center, Harriman, is telling patients to keep their feet pampered this year by practicing good foot health maintenance and recognizing signs of common foot conditions.
According to a recent survey by the American Podiatric Medical Association, nearly 72 percent of Americans experience foot pain that prevents them from exercising.
25 Years Ago
Hundreds of residents attended the Roane County Commission meeting to protest their property tax appraisals. Individuals testified how property sometimes tripled or quadrupled in assessed value while little or no improvement was reportedly done since the last assessment. Nearly 5,000 property owners appealed the reappraisal.
Several free nature walks are scheduled this spring in various areas of the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Reservation.
The walks will help celebrate 2011 as the International Year of Forests by the United Nations. Information available will focus on area efforts to sustainably manage and conserve the reservation's resources and efforts to protect them from invasive plants.
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Baseball’s First All-Star Game
First midseason all-star game? Some nineteenth-century-baseball smartypants might point to the three Fashion Race Course contests of 1858, and he would be right. “Picked nines” from the top clubs of New York played against those selected from the elite clubs of the rival city, Brooklyn. New York won the match, two games to one, and ushered in the age of professionalism. Not only was this the first instance of paid admission to a ball grounds, but it also spurred a resentment by Brooklyn’s Excelsiors of the selection process, dominated by the rival Atlantics … which led to the Excelsiors’ incentivized recruitment of Jim Creighton. Bob Schaefer treats this landmark series admirably at:
However, the first midseason all-star game in organized professional baseball came not in 1858, or in 1933, when the American League All-Stars defeated the Nationals, 4-2, but in 1903, in a Class D minor league in my own backyard: the short-lived Hudson River League. Let me tell you about it.
In 1902 African American pitcher Andrew Foster won 51 games for the Cuban X-Giants of Philadelphia. In one of these games he defeated the squirrelly lefthanded ace of the Philadelphia Athletics, Rube Waddell, thus acquiring his nickname.
In early September of 1903, Rube Foster and the X-Giants defeated the Philadelphia Giants in the first black World Series (although it was not until 1924 that the champions of two distinct Negro Leagues squared off in a postseason contest). Then the X-Giants took to the road, playing white minor-league and semipro teams and making good money. On September 21, 1903, Rube Foster and his champions came to Kingston to play at the Driving Park, a new baseball grounds opposite the West Shore depot.
Their opponents, the Kingston Colonials, were only four days away from clinching the pennant of the Hudson River League, a minor circuit in its first year of operation. The Saugerties Colts had broken from the gate well, winning their opener at home against Newburgh, 5-2, on May 21, then taking their next three games as well; but by September the Colts had slid back into the pack as Kingston’s Colonials and Hudson’s Marines emerged as the obvious class of the league. The Poughkeepsie Giants finished far behind Saugerties, as did the Newburgh Taylor-Mades and the Catskill squad, which had relocated from Ossining in August. Peekskill, which had declined to join the HRL at the beginning of the season, changed its mind on August 10 and fared well enough in its truncated season to finish third as measured by won-lost percentage.
The star player of the Saugerties nine into September had been Art DeGroff, a product of Hyde Park, where he had played with the Robin Hoods. (Other Robin Hoods who went on to play in the HRL were Artie Rice of Kingston, later sheriff of Ulster County and city treasurer of Kingston; Bill “Pony” Farley, who played 2B for Saugerties and later moved to New York City; and Eugene Ressigiue, who played outfield and pitched for Kingston in 1905.) DeGroff, a pitcher and hard-hitting center fielder who reached the majors with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1905-06, played professionally through 1917. Yet when interviewed at the age of 69 he recalled: “I had the most wonderful time of my life that year in Saugerties. They treated the players like sons and brothers. They invited you to their homes. When you had a good day, why they were tickled to death…. As you go up in baseball you lose all that….”
Art DeGroff was Saugerties’ lone selection to play in the Hudson River League’s midseason All-Star Game. That momentous contest was played in Poughkeepsie on August 17. The stars, called the All-Leaguers, defeated Poughkeepsie by a score of 7 to 0 before a capacity crowd. Demonstrating Kingston’s dominance in the league, five of the stars were from the Kingston Colonials, with one each from Catskill, Peekskill, Hudson and Saugerties. The Newburgh club provided no one.
On September 11, with Saugerties out of the race and Kingston struggling to hold off the late charge of Hudson, DeGroff was traded downriver in a fishy deal, with Kingston giving in return a nondescript outfielder, Bill Peoples, and a sore-armed pitcher, George Van Riper.
And now we come full circle. Ten days after joining Kingston, DeGroff took the mound against the Cuban X-Giants. Not only did the black champions have Foster as their hurler, they also had Home Run Johnson at shortstop, Danny McClellan in center, Pete Hill at third, and the remarkable Charley Grant at second. The light-skinned Grant was so highly prized that in spring training two years before, John McGraw, then manager of the Baltimore Orioles, had tried to smuggle him into the American League as a full-blooded Cherokee, “Chief Tokohama,” who was said to have barnstormed with Guy Green’s noted Nebraska Indians, a team that on several occasions played in Ulster County. The ruse worked through several exhibition games as the Orioles headed north … until they reached a locale where Grant’s fans came out to the park and hailed him as “Charley.” On March 31, 1901 the Washington Post reported: “There is a report in circulation that Manager McGraw’s Indian player is not a Cherokee at all, but is the old-time colored player, Grant.”
Rube Foster, who would go on to create the Negro National League in 1920 and in 1981 earn a plaque in Cooperstown, defeated the Kingston Colonials, but barely. Coming up on the short side of the 3-2 score, Art DeGroff pitched brilliantly. It may be coincidence, but by the time he reached Rochester for the 1904 campaign, and forevermore thereafter, he too was known as “Rube.”
On September 20, the day before the once and future Rubes were to duel in Kingston, Hudson and Poughkeepsie played an unbelievable quadruple-header. In what is the longest day any professional team has endured in the twentieth century, Poughkeepsie lost all four games.
Nary a man alive can recall this Hudson River League of 1903-07, nor obviously its predecessor of 1886, in which Cy Young’s future catcher, Chief Zimmer of Poughkeepsie, would win the batting title with a mark of .409, nipping Kingston’s Myron Allen, a future big leaguer with the New York Giants, by only six points. To digress further for a moment, the Kingston Leaders of the 1880s were so formidable a semipro nine success that at an organizing meeting of the upcoming third major league, the Union Association, on October 20, 1883, they applied to become a big-league team along with aspirants from Lancaster and Richmond. They failed to win entry, but one of their star players, Dick Johnston, went on to play for Richmond in the Union Association in 1884 and for many years thereafter was a celebrated center fielder with Boston.
The HRL of 1903-07 is notable for several oddities and firsts. Its teams and fans traveled together to distant games by riverboat, boarding the celebrated Mary Powell for the trip south to New York City to play the Paterson (New Jersey) Intruders, who entered the league in 1904. The Kingston and Saugerties teams defeated two of the most famous barnstorming outfits of the day, the All-Cubans (the genuine article, not African-American “impostors” like the Cuban X-Giants) and the Sioux Indians (whose pedigree as Sioux, or even Indians, was open to question). The contest between these Sioux Indians and the Kingston Colonials the previous year had been played at night, incredible as that may seem, under arc lights at the Driving Park. The major leagues’ first night game did not take place until 1935.
Many big leaguers passed through the old HRL, either on the way up or on the way down. Most of these names are known only as trivia questions, obscure bit players in the major-league pageant. Elmer Steele, Joe Lake, Ernie Lindeman, Pete Cregan, Al Burch, George Gibson, Heinie Beckendorf, Phil Cooney, Pete Lamar — and three genuine stars: Jimmy Dygert of the 1903 Poughkeepsie team who as a spitballer with the Phladelphia A’s in 1907 would post a record of 21-7 that included three shutout wins in four days; George McQuillan of the 1905 Patersons, a ten-year major leaguer who with the Phillies in 1910 would lead the league with an ERA of 1.60; and the inimitable Dan Brouthers.
A Hall of Famer who was undoubtedly the most feared slugger of the nineteenth century, Brouthers played first base for Poughkeepsie in 1903-05 as well as for Newburgh in 1906. Big Dan’s splendid career in the bigs had appeared to end with the Phillies in 1896, despite his batting .344 at the age of 37, two points above his lifetime average. In 1897 he marked his exile to Springfield by leading the Eastern League in batting (.415, with 208 hits) but as the new century turned he returned home to Wappingers Falls. When a new league opened its doors for business right around the corner from his horse farm, however, he got back in harness. On June 1, 1904, in a game at the Driving Park in Saugerties (at the site of the present Cantine Field, but with its home plate facing the other way) Brouthers went 6-for-6 with a grand slam and a three-run homer. Saugertiesian Merce Farrell, whom I interviewed back in 1981 when he was 83, recalled sneaking into that game; he declared that the old man’s two home runs were the longest balls anyone in the town had ever seen or ever would see. At year’s end the 46-year-old Brouthers wound up leading the league in batting with a mark of .373 and as a reward was even called up to the New York Giants at season’s end to play in two games.
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Interviewer: Miss Irene Robertson Person interviewed: Annie Thompson, Biscoe, Arkansas Age: 55?
"I was raised by my father's sister and my grandmother. Later on I come to my daddy here and my stepmother had other children. I soon married. I've had a hard time.
"My grandparents was Harriett Edwards and William Snow. Grandmother said they were nice to her. She was Master Edwards' house girl. She cooked and was a spinner. When I was a girl she had her spinning-wheel and she taught me to spin and knit. She spun thread for caps, mittens, stockings, socks, suspenders, and coats. We knit all those things when I was a girl. Grandmother said the white folks never whooped her. Grandmother was her old master's own girl and she nursed with one of his white wife's children. She was real light.
"My father's mother was a squaw. I don't know her name. She was sold from grandpa and he went to Master Snow. He never seen her any more. He took another wife and jumped over the broom on the Snow place. He thought some of his owners was terrible. He had been whooped till he couldn't wear clothes. He said they stuck so bad.
"My own father whipped me once till my clothes stuck to my back. I told you I had seen a pretty hard time in my own life. I was born in Starkville, Mississippi.
"Since I was a girl there has been many changes. I was married by Rev. Bell December 14, 1902. My husband is living and still my husband. I can see big changes taking place all the time. I was married at De Valls Bluff."
This woman could give me some comparative views on the present generation but she didn't. It is one of the Saturday gathering halls. She depends on it somewhat for a living and didn't say a word either pro or con for the present generation.
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Many of the NE states have gateway communities with growing populations of new immigrants from around the globe; Southeast Asian, African, Central and South American, South Asian, and Russian to name a few. The New England states tend to rank well in overall health status for their populations and have placed high in the National Women's Health Report Card rankings, with most of the states in the top 10. This reflects historic public health commitments, as well as previous state and local financial resources directed at health issues. The area is rich in academic medical centers, professional schools and research institutions and has had long standing commitments to women's rights and progress.
In spite of fairly strong showings in overall health status, there are significant pockets of poor health outcomes, both in the cities and rural communities of New England. Concerns include but are not limited to higher age adjusted death rates for cancer, pneumonia and influenza; poorer breast cancer outcomes for minority women and nationally researched breast cancer clusters in Massachusetts; higher HIV/AIDS rates in parts of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts (disproportionately among Latina and African American women) and disparities in infant mortality. Various health disparities are apparent: racial and ethnic, rural, people with disabilities and sexual minorities. The small geographic size of the region and the long history of collaboration allows for a focus on cross regional workgroups analyzing and addressing public health concerns. The OPHS Regional Office has provided leadership on cross cutting public health initiatives in public health and managed care, as well as in asthma, diabetes and HP 2010 data collection issues.
In addition, the region has 2 unique regional resources, NECON and NECHE. NECON www.neconinfo.org (New England Coalition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention) is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization, established in 1984 with working groups and health-examining task forces whose members represented multiple disciplines from all 6 New England states. Today, NECON is a coalition of the New England state health departments, the region's schools of public health, and federal health agencies led by Region I of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as well as medical societies, legislators, and representatives from industry, labor, and voluntary associations. Its mission is to serve as an instrument for the development and enhancement of disease prevention and health promotion public policies in New England . There has been a NECON taskforce on women's health which has identified infrastructure support for a comprehensive approach to women's health in state health agencies and attention to the less represented parts of a woman's lifespan, i.e. adolescent and elder women's health as priorities. NECON reports periodically to the New England Governor's Association on public health priorities.
NECHE www.NECHE.org ( New England Coalition for Health Equity ) is a regional partnership of stakeholders working to eliminate health disparities based on ethnic, racial, and linguistic differences. The mission of NECHE is to improve the collection, analysis, and utilization of data to reflect accurately the demographics of New England and to inform more effectively the policy-making process how to address health needs of minority populations and eliminate disparities in health care. The work of NECHE has been particularly important in gathering data to look at racial/ethnic disparities in the NE states which have smaller numbers of minority populations than other parts of the country.
The Region I Women's Health Workgroup (RWHWG) an intergovernmental working group consisting of women's health representatives from the NE state health agencies, regional HHS representatives, Centers of Excellence(COE) and Community Centers of Excellence(CCOE) in Women's Health, Rural Frontier Women's Health Coordinating Centers( RFCC), as well as representatives from the OWH National Minority Panel of Experts, is convened by the Region I women's health coordinator and has met quarterly to address cross cutting priorities and programs in women's health, as well as to share resources and information.
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Connecticut does not have an official office on women's health, and there is no dedicated women's health coordinator position. The current coordinator is a supervising nurse consultant within the Family Health Section of the Department of Public Health (DPH) and supervisor of the Primary Care and Prevention Unit. The state has several unique women's health programs including one focusing on perinatal depression and related mental health problems in mothers and their families. Their unique "Going Home Healthy" project is a model collaboration between the CT DPH and the York Correctional Institute (YCI), CT's only jail/prison for women. It brought together government entities and community resources to address transitioning women from the prison back to the community, including access to SSA and Medicaid prior to release.
For more details on this state's women's health activities, visit their website at http://www.ct.gov/dph.
Maine does not have an official Office on Women's Health; however there is a full-time, dedicated women's health coordinator, whose position was previously developed through a HRSA grant in comprehensive women's health. Maine has a unique government/private sector collaboration on women's health entitled the Maine Women's Health Campaign (the Campaign). The Campaign has developed analysis and action plans for comprehensive women's health, adolescent girl's health and women's cardiovascular health in Maine, as well as convened statewide stakeholders meetings. Recently, the Campaign facilitated the development of an updated Maine Women’s Health Profile, released in the Fall of 2011. The Profile is a resource utilized by public and private organizations that work to improve the health status of women in Maine. Through their HRSA grant, the former Bureau of Health (now the Maine Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)) was able to develop intergovernmental and interdepartmental working groups focused on integration and coordination of women's health priorities. They also have a women's health advisory board and an internal women's preventive health group at the Maine CDC. The state has several unique women's health projects including: a program designed to develop successful models for integrated behavioral health in the primary care setting for women of reproductive age; a statewide collaborative group focused on incarcerated women's health; Core Health Indicators for gender-based analysis; the Elder Women's Health Indicators project; and the Caregivers' Survey Project.
For more details on this state's women's health activities, visit http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/boh/index.htm.
Massachusetts does not have an official Office on Women's Health, and there is no dedicated women's health coordinator position. The current coordinator also serves as the Director of Community Services for the Women's Health Network (BCCEDP). The Commonwealth has historically provided additional state resources for breast cancer screening and research, as well as investigation of environmental factors surrounding breast cancer clusters. The MDPH has several unique women's health programs including: the "Stroke Heroes Act FAST" ( Face, Arm, Speech, Time) training program which teaches the subtle symptoms of stroke and fast response; the SANE ( Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Protocols for persons with disabilities, pediatric cases, and incarcerated persons; the DVSCRIP ( Domestic Violence Screening, Care, Referral and Information Program) training for maternal and child health providers; the Perinatal Connections Project wich aims to increase awareness and decrease stigma associated with perinatal depression and increase access to appropriate mental health services for women and their families; the Batterer's Intervention Program; the "Keep Moving" program for people 50+ ; and the In Situ Breast Cancer and Mammography Licensing Reports. In addition, they operate a program entitled Mass CHIP (Community Health Information Profile) which provides community-based access to health status indicators, health outcomes, program utilization, and demographic data sets at the state, regional and town levels.
For more details on this state's women's health activities, visit http://www.mass.gov/dph.
New Hampshire does not have an official office on women's health, and there is no dedicated women's health coordinator position. The state's primary current women's health initiative is a Birth Outcomes Workgroup working toward a coordinated public private-initiative to increase positive birth outcomes by promoting adequate prenatal care and efforts to enhance overall women's health. Other projects have included observation of Women's Health Week over the past 3 years, the development of a Women's Health Toolkit highlighting basic health promotion messages and the creation of an Osteoporosis Information Kit which includes a series of ready-to-copy fact sheets designed for use by health educators and providers. The Commission on the Status of Women has championed the issues of incarcerated women and recently released a report entitled Double Jeopardy: A Report on Training and Education Programs for New Hampshire's Female Offenders. A new initiative in the planning stages will bring information on women's heart health to state employees and others through observance of Wear Red Day in February.
For more details on this state's women's health activities, visit http://www.dhhs.nh.gov/HHS/HHS_SITE/default.htm.
Rhode Island is the only New England state with an official Office of Women's Health. Carrie Bridges is the Team Lead for Health Disparities and Access to Care in the Division of Community, Family Health and Equity at the Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH). In this role, Ms. Bridges oversees the Office of Minority Health, Office of Primary Care and Rural Health, Office of Special Health Care Needs, and Office of Women's Health. Collectively, this team leads HEALTH initiatives to achieve health equity in Rhode Island by eliminating health disparities, with an emphasis on those disparities disproportionately impacting racial and ethnic minority communities. There is also an Office on Women's Health Advisory Committee and an internal workgroup on women's health. The state has several unique women's health programs including: an annual women's health conference (The Faces of Women's Health) to increase knowledge of women's health issues among service providers; Health Policy Briefs on various topics such as Osteoporosis and HIV/AIDS; a Strategic Plan developed by the Advisory Committee with input from Community Forums and review of an Internal Assessment document. The Family Planning Program in the Department of Health has funded a unique program with the RI Department of Corrections linking incarcerated women to family planning and reproductive health services at a local community health center.
Vermont does not have an official Office on Women's Health, and there is no dedicated women's health coordinator position. The state has developed a Women's Health Status Report which is a 17 page booklet that includes facts and figures about various trends in women's health care in Vermont. Topics covered include: access to care, alcohol and drug use, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, injury and violence, tobacco, obesity and physical activity. In addition, the Health Department has been involved in a Health Care for Incarcerated Women Project which included training community and facility-based health care professionals in the health needs of incarcerated women as well as a workgroup to define and address health care issues for incarcerated women and those transitioning from prison into local communities. The Department of Corrections along with community and other state agency partners is spearheading a series of day long trainings entitled, "Moving Toward Community and Healing: Transforming our Work with Criminal Justice Involved Women" to decrease the number of Vermont women who are incarcerated.
For more details on this state's women's health activities, visit http://www.healthyvermonters.info.
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Dripped, perked or pressed. Even iced. Cafe latte, cappuccino, French vanilla. Instant, if desperate enough. The little bean that can cause total panic in an otherwise normal human being.
(Editor's Note: This article was originally published on February 15, 2008. Your comments are welcome, but please be aware that authors of previously published articles may not be able to respond to your questions.)
Coffea arabica. The most widely grown species for the production of the worlds coffee. It will grow in full sun or partial shade, but really prefers light shade, and is suitable for growing as a houseplant. If left unchecked it will grow to heights exceeding 15 feet, but for ease of crop picking should be pruned back to a more manageable height. Coffea likes its water, the soil should be kept damp, but not waterlogged. A plant will take 7 years to mature fully. It will not tolerate a frost and prefers an average temperaure of 68F. It produces small, highly fragarant flowers that have been compared to Jasmine in scent. After flowering, the berries begin to form. They are ripe when they turn a deep red. These berries are edible as well, with a sweet flavour. The coffee, which is the true crop, is produced from the bean inside. In perfect conditions, coffee can be harvested year round. Oddly enough, the Latin American countries that produce coffee are the ones that drink the least amount. Europeans drink the most, although Americans and Canadians are catching up fast.
The first thing I do when I wake up every morning is get a pot of coffee brewing. Even the dogs understand that they do not get let out until this most important task is done. I don't even wait for the brewing to finish, as soon as I return from dog duty, I stick a bowl under the dripper and pour myself that first, strongest, best cup of coffee.
When I was a kid, my parents used one of those old fashioned, on the stove percolators. Remember those? Dad would perk the coffee the night before, then, in the morning, perk it again. This was the coffee I learned to drink, at a fairly early age, and I have been striving my entire life to duplicate it.
The quest for the perfect coffee maker continues. After the untimely death of the last one, coincidentally, as soon as I started this article, I now boil the tea kettle and pour the boiling water over a basket filter filled with grounds directly into my cup. It is as close to perfect as I have tasted, although not very time friendly, it takes forever to fill the thermos. The dogs, however, appreciate the fact that the morning coffee ritual now only involves turning on the kettle.
Doesn't everybody have a favourite brand of coffee? Mine is Folgers. Extreme panic sets in when I can see the bottom of the can. The only thing I have ever knocked on a neighbours door for, is a cup of coffee grounds. After Hurricane Katrina, there was a severe shortage of this brand in my area and I found myself travelling far and wide in search of it. It was akin to a treasure hunt, and when discovered, usually in some tiny little general store in the middle of nowhere, I would gladly scoop up all they had in stock. Since then, I now keep an "emergency" supply of a few cans buried deep within the freezer in the garage.
I have yet to find a restaurant of any kind that makes decent coffee. Southerners have their Starbucks, Canadians have Tim Hortons. Country Style is a close second. I plan any trip around the location of these coffee shops. No trip to town goes without a stop for a coffee. Even if just taking the critters to the vet. It was a grand day in the town of Brockville, Ontario when they put a Tim Hortons coffee shop right IN the Walmart store. Coffee on the way in and coffee on the way out for the drive home, life couldn't get any better than this!! I have been seen digging under the seats of the car for loose change. I have even used my debit card for the whopping $1.25 for a cup of coffee. Of course, everybody has their preferred coffee ingredients, be it black, double double, cream only. Ahh, the creamer!! After using half and half in my coffe, I can never use milk again. The same panic sets in when I begin to run low on creamer. The lady who owns the little store up the road keeps a larger than normal supply just for me. This household can go through 2 litres a day, almost 9 cups, of cream, just for coffee. I figure I don't have to drink milk, I get my recommended daily intake of dairy in my coffee.
Is coffee good for you? Some studies have shown that drinking coffee reduces the chances of liver cancer, and chronic liver diseases. Japanese researchers have recently reported that drinking 3 or more cups of coffee a day can cut a womans chance of developing colon cancer in half. Coffee is said to reduce your chances of developing Parkinsons disease, reducing the risk of Diabetes. Research is showing coffee to be more healthy than it is harmful.
So go ahead, enjoy your coffee, don't be afraid. Although I will drink a cup or two of tea in the evening, coffee is my beverage of choice. It would probably be in my best interest to erect a greenhouse and start production. Maybe not, coffee is still one of cheaper drinks on the market.
Coffee connoisseurs unite!!
For more information on the health benefits of coffee: go here, and here.
Thanks go to bigcityal for his cup of coffee and the motivational nudge to write this article. Dinu is to be thanked for his photo of coffee beans and floridian needs to be thanked for his coffee flowers....
About Lee Anne Stark
I am an avid gardener who shares my gardens with 2 other equally avid gardeners. I garden for fun and relaxation, never paying attention to the rules!! During the long, cold winter months I occupy my time playing with over a hundred house plants, my six cats and two dogs. | <urn:uuid:01e9e0b9-65b6-4a23-93b4-a0fc8d3aded2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/651/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00068-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961501 | 1,334 | 2.03125 | 2 |
"I have a small business with just a couple of employees and I don't think my product can really be sold online. Do I need a web site?"
In this day and time, there is very little that can't be sold over the Internet. There are over 20 million people shopping online, buying everything from movies to cars to real estate property. Research predicts that revenues will be over $200 billion in 2004 and will grow at a rate of 30 to 50 percent over the next few years. These numbers alone should be enough to persuade you that you and your business should be online.
Regardless of whether you sell your product online, you should at the very least have an online presence so that customers, potential employees, partners and even potential investors can easily and quickly find more information about your company, the products and services you have to offer, as well as how to contact you.
But Can I Afford a Web Site?
Given the competition and current market trends you can't afford NOT to. Think of your web site as your new marketing tool which, when applied correctly, will generate a return on investment. Your competition is probably already on-line and you need to use every possible avenue just to keep up. You should look at having a web site as an investment in you and your company's future.
So whatever time or money you currently spend on marketing, supplementing it with a web site is probably a good idea. Your site will help you expand geographically and compete on a much larger scale.
Leveling the Playing Field
One of the most wonderful things about the Internet is that it's helped to level the playing field when it comes to competition with the bigger companies. With a professional-looking web site, your small business can project the image and professionalism of a much larger company. It's also a good signal to potential customers that you take things seriously.
Breaking the Ice into e-Commerce
Taking credit card orders over the Internet is quite an investment, especially if you don't already have a merchant account. There are several e-Commerce solutions that can be custom-built for you that use payment gateways such as PayPal, which only requires a bank account and an email address. Customers can pay you through their credit card or even their checking account, and it's a great solution if you're looking to test the waters.
The Bottom Line
To be taken seriously, it's not enough that you simply have a web site, but you must have a professional-looking web site. Many customers now search for information online before making a purchase; your web site may be the first chance you have at making a good impression on a potential buyer. If your site looks like it was designed by Uncle Bob, your chance at making that good first impression will be lost.
No matter what size your business is, and even if you're not planning on selling online, a well-made web site is essential for any business. If you don't have a web site, you're already losing business to companies that do.
About The Author
Edward Robirds is a success-driven artist and interactive media developer based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Since 1996, Edward has been building business relationships with several association and commercial clients around the world. Founder of www.DreamseaArtworks.com, Edward uses his artistic skills, expertise and passion to design and develop web sites, interactive CD-ROMs, and print media for his clients. | <urn:uuid:c7d68a81-6605-46a2-bb43-b1ec663dfbeb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.articlub.com/web-development/Why-You-Need-A-Web-Site_47376/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00048-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966426 | 701 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Is the George Washington Bridge a work of art?
By David Blockley
Happy 81st Birthday, George Washington Bridge! The French architect Le Corbusier reportedly said you are “the most beautiful bridge in the world” – you “gleam in the sky like a reversed arch.” But are you really a work of art?
The designer Othmar H. Ammann certainly was conscious of the need to make beautiful bridges. In 1958 he wrote: “Economics and utility are not the engineer’s only concerns. He must temper his practicality with aesthetic sensitivity. His structures should please the eye. In fact, an engineer designing a bridge is justified in making a more expensive design for beauty’s sake alone.”
Apart from its obvious elegance, I think that the George Washington Bridge (GWB) is notable perhaps for four reasons. First, at 3,500 feet it was nearly twice the span of the longest bridge at the time — the Ambassador Bridge at 1,850 feet. Second, Ammann was able to make huge cost savings by reducing the estimates of live load (i.e. due to traffic and trucks etc.) and relying on a relatively new so called ‘deflection theory’ to design the bridge. Third, the bridge was built during the Great Depression, but there wasn’t enough money — a cause of a change in appearance because the now famous steel towers were due to be faced in concrete and stone. Fourth, Ammann designed the bridge so that it could be added to, though that didn’t come about until 1962. With its 14 lanes of traffic it is now one of the busiest bridges in the world.
Given later events such as the collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge — the famous ‘galloping Gertie’ which Ammann actually investigated — one could argue that Ammann’s design was ‘brave’. Large changes from what has gone before, as at Tacoma, can be challenging. It is interesting therefore that as a young man Ammann made his name early by writing a report on another famous bridge disaster — the Quebec Bridge that collapsed during construction in 1907. At the time the Quebec Bridge was also to be a very large span at 1800 feet, rivalled only by the Forth Railway Bridge in Scotland with main spans of 1710 feet and built in 1890. Ammann would have seen and learned how the many errors in the design and execution led to the downfall of Quebec. He would have contrasted that experience so strongly with the way Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler took meticulous care with the Forth after they had witnessed the collapse of the Tay Bridge in Scotland in 1879. I suspect that he learned much from those experiences.
Suspension bridges are complex because the flow of forces in the structure is not easily calculated; engineers call them statically indeterminate. Only now with large computers can we model their behaviour with any confidence. Ammann was taught in Zurich at ETH by Wilhelm Ritter, the engineer who laid the basis for the new, but still rather approximate, deflection theory in 1877. Indeed Ritter taught arguably two of the greatest bridge designers of the early 20th century, Ammann and Robert Maillart, who was responsible for some beautifully elegant early reinforced concrete bridges in Switzerland including the world famous Salginatobel Bridge near Schiers. Ritter’s influence on two of his most accomplished pupils is clear in their work. Ritter emphasised the importance of visualising the flow of forces in the bridge and its relationship with aesthetics. Josef Melan improved the new deflection theory in 1888 and Leon Moisseiff used it to design the Manhattan Suspension Bridge in 1908. The theory was so-named because it took account of the deflections of the structure under live loads (i.e. the moving traffic, etc.). Moisseiff was confident that the theory was accurate but he later was to design Tacoma Narrows.
Perhaps Ammann was more aware of its limitations than some commentators, such as Henry Petroski, have intimated. He knew that the theory was based on quite severe simplifying assumptions. Darl Rastofer has written that Ammann was a reserved, self-effacing, and meticulous man, but one with a quiet inner confidence that meant he could hold his own. He was as comfortable at dealing with detail as well as taking an overview. Like others before him such as Thomas Telford at Menai Bridge in North Wales, Baker and Fowler at Forth, Ammann used theory. But unlike Theodore Cooper at Quebec and Sir Thomas Bouch at Tay, perhaps he was very careful to check and control the detail. I suspect that he was diligent in making sure he understood the flow of forces even if he knew he couldn’t calculate them precisely. I suspect that is why he went on to be so successful in leaving his mark on New York City with five major bridges that bear so much of the traffic flow to and from the city, and with his help on the high profile Golden Gate in San Francisco.
So is the GWB a work of art? Art is difficult to define but we can say it is a power of the practical intellect, the ability to make something of more than ordinary significance. Is the GWB an extraordinary bridge? Did Ammann achieve aesthetic sensitivity? He certainly achieved practicality; no-one can fail to be impressed. Le Corbusier liked it, so that is good enough for most of us. But of course Le Corbusier was a modernist, so he liked functionality; for example he saw buildings ‘as machines for living in’. All in all I think it is no accident that suspension bridges are some of the most beautiful structures we see around us. The graceful curves of the cables are the defining feature and they are entirely natural structures. They are the best examples of harmonious form and function. The GWB is one of the best as was Othmar Ammann.
Emeritus Professor David Blockley is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, UK. He has won several awards including the Telford Gold Medal of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He has written over 160 technical papers and 7 books – the latest of which are Bridges: The Science and Art of the World’s Most Inspiring Structures and Engineering: A Very Short Introduction. Read his previous blog post: “The ingenious problem-solving of the modern-day engineer.” | <urn:uuid:e07dc86f-c4f4-4381-927e-f7b2a742bfc7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.oup.com/2012/10/george-washington-bridge/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706153698/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120913-00010-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981288 | 1,334 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913 + 1828)
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Idea (Page: 725)
I*de"a (?), n.;
Her sweet idea wandered through his thoughts. Fairfax.
Being the right idea of your father Both in your form and nobleness of mind. Shak.
This representation or likeness of the object being transmitted from thence [the senses] to the imagination, and lodged there for the view and observation of the pure intellect, is aptly and properly called its idea. P. Browne.
Alice had not the slightest idea what latitude was. L. Caroll.
Whatsoever the mind perceives in itself, or as the immediate object of perception, thought, or undersanding, that I call idea. Locke.
That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one. Johnson.
What is now idea" for us? How infinite the fall of this word, since the time where Milton sang of the Creator contemplating his newly-created world, - how it showed . . . Answering his great idea," - to its present use, when this person has an idea that the train has started," and the other had no idea that the dinner would be so bad!" Trench.
I shortly afterwards set off for that capital, with an idea of undertaking while there the translation of the work. W. Irving.
Thence to behold this new-created world, The addition of his empire, how it showed In prospect from his throne, how good, how fair, Answering his great idea. Milton.&hand; In England, Locke may be said to have been the first who naturalized the term in its Cartesian universality. When, in common language, employed by Milton and Dryden, after Descartes, as before him by Sidney, Spenser, Shakespeare, Hooker, etc., the meaning is Platonic." Sir W. Hamilton. | <urn:uuid:c44eab88-b8a6-46cf-aa61-a4ff02b71b6a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://machaut.uchicago.edu/?resource=Webster's&word=idea&use1913=on | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962518 | 415 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Military Administration in France (Nazi Germany)
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|Military Administration in France
Militärverwaltung in Frankreich
|Territory under German military administration|
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The Military Administration in France (German: Militärverwaltung in Frankreich) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II. It remained in existence from May 1940 to December 1944. As a result of the defeat of France and its Allies in the Battle of France, the French cabinet sought a cessation of hostilities. An armistice was signed on 22 June 1940 at Compiègne. Under its terms, a designated area in the north and west of France, the zone occupée, was occupied by the German Army; in this region, the French government located at Vichy, headed by the ageing Maréchal Philippe Pétain, was subordinate to the Germans. Most of the remaining third of the country was set aside as the zone libre, to be fully controlled by the Vichy government. Alsace and Lorraine were reincorporated into Germany proper (thus subjecting their male population to German military conscription.) Several departments along the Italian border were occupied by Italian troops, while areas along the Belgian frontier were administered by the German occupation authorities in Brussels. The entire Atlantic coastline was declared a military zone, placing it off-limits to French civilians (except for local inhabitants, who required a special pass). Both the unoccupied and the occupied portions of France remained legally under the control of the Vichy government.
When the Allies invaded North Africa on 8 November 1942, the Germans and Italians immediately occupied the remaining free part of France. The liberation of France began on 6 June 1944 with the Allied forces landing on D-Day and the Battle of Normandy and ended in December. Paris itself was liberated on 25 August 1944.
The life of the French during the German occupation was marked, from the beginning, by endemic shortages. They are explained by several factors:
- One of the conditions of the armistice was to pay the costs of the three-hundred-thousand strong occupying German army, which amounted to twenty million Reichmarks per day. The artificial exchange rate of the German Reichsmark currency against the French franc was consequently established as one mark to twenty francs. This allowed German requisitions and purchases to be made into a form of organised plunder and resulted in endemic food shortages and malnutrition, particularly amongst children, the elderly, and the more vulnerable sections of French society such as the working urban class of the cities.
- The disorganisation of transport, except for the railway system which relied on French domestic coal supplies.
- The extreme shortage of petrol and diesel fuel. France had no indigenous oil production and all imports had stopped.
- Labour shortages, particularly in the countryside, due to the large number of French prisoners of war held in Germany.
Lack of food
The Germans seized about 20% of the French food production, which caused severe disruption to the household economy of the French people. French farm production fell in half because of lack of fuel, fertilizer and workers; even so the Germans seized half the meat, 20% of the produce, and 80% of the champagne. Supply problems quickly affected French stores which lacked most items. Faced with these difficulties in everyday life, the government answered by rationing, and creating food charts and tickets which were to be exchanged for bread, meat, butter and cooking oil. Hunger prevailed, especially affecting youth in urban areas. The queues lengthened in front of shops. In the absence of meat and other foods including potatoes, people ate unusual vegetables, such as Swedish turnip and Jerusalem artichoke. Products such as sugar were replaced by substitutes (saccharin). Coffee was replaced by toasted barley mixed with chicory. Some people benefited from the black market, where food was sold without tickets at very high prices. Farmers diverted meat especially to the black market, which meant that much less for the open market. Counterfeit food tickets were also in circulation. Direct buying from farmers in the countryside and barter against cigarettes were also frequent practices during this period. These activities were strictly forbidden however and thus carried out at the risk of confiscation and fines. Food shortages were most acute in the large cities. In the more remote country villages, however, clandestine slaughtering, vegetable gardens and the availability of milk products permitted better survival. The rationing system was stringent but badly mismanaged, leading to malnourishment, black markets, and hostility to state management of the food supply. The official ration provided starvation level diets of 1300 or fewer calories a day, supplemented by home gardens and, especially, black market purchases.
Lack of raw materials
Ersatz, or makeshift substitutes, took the place of many products that were in short supply; gas generators ("gazogènes") on trucks and automobiles burned charcoal or wood pellets as a substitute to gasoline, chicory took the place of coffee, and wooden soles for shoes were used instead of leather. Soap was rare and made in some households from fats and caustic soda.
Aerial bombings
With nearly 75,000 inhabitants killed and 550,000 tons of bombs dropped, France was, after Germany, the second most severely bomb-devastated country on the Western Front of World War II. Allied bombings were particularly intense before and during Operation Overlord in 1944.
The Allies' Transportation Plan aiming at the systematic destruction of French railway marshalling yards and railway bridges, in 1944, also took a heavy toll on civilian lives. For example, the 26 May 1944 bombing hit railway targets in and around five cities in south-eastern France, causing over 2,500 civilian deaths.
The dictatorship
Obligatory Work Service
During the German occupation, the Obligatory Work Service (French: Service du Travail Obligatoire, STO) consisted of the requisition and transfer of hundreds of thousands of French workers to Germany against their will, for the German war effort. In addition to work camps for factories, agriculture, and railroads, forced labor was used for V-1 launch sites and other military facilities targeted by the Allies in Operation Crossbow.
At night, inhabitants had to close their shutters or windows and turn off any light. Without an Ausweis, it was forbidden to go out during the night. During the day, numerous regulations, censorship and propaganda made the occupation increasingly unbearable.
Schoolchildren were made to sing "Maréchal, nous voilà !" ("Marshall, here we are!"). The portrait of Marshal Philippe Pétain adorned the walls of classrooms, thus creating a personality cult. Propaganda was present in education to train the young people with the ideas of the new Vichy regime. However, there was no resumption in ideology as in other occupied countries, for example in Poland, where the teaching elite was liquidated. Teachers were not imprisoned and the programs were not modified overall. In the private Catholic sector, many school directors hid Jewish children by providing education for them until the liberation.
Approximately 49 concentration camps were in use in France during the occupation, the largest of them at Drancy. In the occupied zone, as of 1942, Jews were required to wear the yellow badge. On the Paris Métro Jews were only allowed to ride in the last carriage. 13,152 Jews residing in the Paris region were victims of a mass arrest by pro Nazi French authorities on 16 and 17 July 1942, known as the Vel' d'Hiv Roundup, and were transported to Auschwitz where they were killed.
The yellow star made mandatory by the Vichy regime in France
"Jews not admitted here". Sign outside a restaurant in Paris, rue de Choiseul
French Jewish women wearing the Yellow badge
Overall, according to a detailed count drawn under Serge Klarsfeld, slightly below 77,500 of the Jews residing in France died during the war, overwhelmingly after being deported to death camps. Out of a Jewish population in France in 1940 of 350,000, this means that somewhat less than a quarter died. While horrific, the mortality rate was lower than in other occupied countries (e.g. 75% in the Netherlands) and, because the majority of the Jews were recent immigrants to France (mostly exiles from Germany), more Jews lived in France at the end of the Vichy regime than did approximately ten years earlier when Hitler formally came to power.
Civilian Reprisals
There were German reprisals against civilians in occupied countries; in France, the Nazis built an execution chamber in the cellars of the former Ministry of Aviation building in Paris.
The Resistance
Although the majority of the occupied French population did not take part in active resistance, many resisted passively through acts such as listening to the banned BBC, or giving collateral or material aid to Resistance members. Others assisted in the escape of downed US or British airmen who eventually found their way back to Britain, through Spain. Beginning in 1942, many others refused to be drafted into the factories and farms of Germany by the "STO" organization, going underground to avoid imprisonment and subsequent deportation to Germany. For the most part, these "réfractaires" eventually joined the Resistance. Armed underground groups in the field (known as the "Maquis") began to organise in the more remote parts of France in late 1942 and 1943. They received weapons such as Bren guns, Sten submachineguns, US M1 carbines and other rifles, plastic explosives, ammunition, and funds from thousands of parachute drops and solo landings at night by RAF Lysander aircraft. They also received direct support on the ground from British radio operators and tactical advisors, such as Nancy Wake, who were parachute dropped to assist the Maquis in central France. After the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944, the French armed resistance groups (FFI, FTP and others) systematically sabotaged the railway lines, destroyed bridges, cut German communications and provided general intelligence that was communicated directly to London via radio within hours.
There is a collection of photos of occupied Paris in 1940s: André Zucca exhibition
See also
- Fall Rot
- Antoinette Feuerwerker
- David Feuerwerker
- Salomon Gluck
- Home front during World War II
- Liberation of Paris
- Military history of France during World War II
- Office of Strategic Services
- Special Operations Executive
- Rose Warfman
- The American Historical Association. act=justtop&url=http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/ahr/111.5/br_161.html "Book Review of Morts d'inanition: Famine et exclusions en France sous l'Occupation". Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- Marie Helen Mercier and J. Louise Despert. "Effects of War on French children". Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- E. M. Collingham , The Taste of War: World War Two and the Battle for Food (2011)
- Kenneth Mouré, "Food Rationing and the Black Market in France (1940–1944)," French History, June 2010, Vol. 24 Issue 2, p 272-3
- Mouré, "Food Rationing and the Black Market in France (1940–1944)" pp 262-282,
- Centre d'études d'histoire de la défense, Les bombardements alliés sur la France durant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, Stratégies, bilans matériels et humains, Conference of 6 June 2007, Defense.gouv.fr retrieved 5 november 2009
- See French language Wikipedia article fr:bombardement du 26 mai 1944
- Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence: Case Study: The Vélodrome d'Hiver Round-up: July 16 and 17, 1942
- Summary from data compiled by the Association des Fils et Filles des déportés juifs de France, 1985.
- Azéma, Jean-Pierre and Bédarida, François (dir.), La France des années noires, 2 vol., Paris, Seuil, 1993 [rééd. Seuil, 2000 (Points Histoire)]
- François Delpech, Historiens et Géographes, no 273, mai–juin 1979, issn 00 46 75 x
- "NAZI PERSECUTION". Imperial War Museum. 2011. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
Further reading
- Bueltzingsloewen, Isabelle von (ed) (2005). "Morts d'inanition": Famine et exclusions en France sous l'Occupation. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes. ISBN 2-7535-0136-X
- Philippe Burrin (1998). France Under the Germans: Collaboration and Compromise. New York: New Press. ISBN 1-56584-439-4.
- Gildea, Robert (2002). Marianne in Chains: In Search of the German Occupation 1940–1945. London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-78230-9
- Hirschfeld, G. & Marsh P. (eds) (1989). Collaboration in France: Politics and Culture during the Nazi Occupation 1940-1944. Oxford: Berg.
- Jackson, Julian T. (2001). France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-820706-9
- Cliotexte: sources on collaboration and resistance (French)
- Cliotexte: daily life under occupation (French)
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North Dakota Mental Health Planning Council (NDMHPC)
North Dakota Mental Health Planning Council By-Laws
Under the mandate outlined in Public Law 102-321 (42 U.S.C 300X-4), a twenty-seven-member board, known as the North Dakota Mental Health Planning Council was created with members appointed by the Governor of North Dakota. The Council's objective is to receive federal funds designated for mental health services and to monitor, review, and evaluate the allocation and adequacy of mental health services in the state. Each board member is appointed to a three-year term and at least 51 percent of the board is composed of individuals other than state employees and providers of mental health services.
ARTICLE I: NAME
The name of the council shall be the North Dakota Mental Health Planning Council.
ARTICLE II AUTHORITY
Public Law 102-321
ARTICLE III PURPOSE
To provide advice and consultation to the Governor of the State of North Dakota regarding the overall administration and service delivery of mental health services.
ARTICLE IV: MEMBERSHIP
Section 1: The North Dakota Mental Health Planning Council shall consist of twenty-seven (27) members, who shall be appointed by the Governor. Members of the council shall be represented in the following manner:
Residents of the State, including representatives of the principle State agencies with respect to mental health, education, vocational rehabilitation, criminal justice, housing, medicaid, and social services; public and private entities concerned with the need, planning, operation, funding, and use of mental health services and related support services; adults with serious mental illnesses who are receiving (or have received) mental health services; and the families of such adults or families of children with emotional disturbances.
The ratio of parents of children with a serious emotional disturbance to other members of the Council shall be sufficient to provide adequate representation of such children in the deliberations of the Council; and not less than 50 percent of the members of the Council are individuals who are not State employees or providers of mental health services.
Section 2: Duties
- Review and evaluate services and programs provided by the State of North Dakota and make periodic reports to the Department of Human Services and the Governor’s office, including any recommendations for improvements in services, programs, or facilities.
- Review the status of the mental health block grant, staff resources, expenditure of funds and available case management information at least semi-annually. Review the State Plan on Mental Health at least annually.
- Work with legislators in members’ respective regions to familiarize lawmakers with the need for appropriate mental health issues.
- Recommend the initiation of surveys of regional human service needs and review the results of such surveys for the purpose of recommending to the Department of Human Services ways in which identified needs can be met by the Department of Human Services.
- Serve as the State forum for meetings with governing boards of other public and private human service agencies that are brought to the council by the Department of Human Services for the purpose of promoting greater understanding, efficiency and effectiveness in the working relationships among local and regional service providers.
- Review the progress in the development and monitoring of the goals and objectives of the North Dakota Department of Human Services, Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Mental Health Unit.
- Promote clear lines of communication between the Department of Human Services, the Governor’s office, and the Mental Health Planning Council.
Review and recommend policies and procedures of the Department of Human Services to the Department of Human Services and Governor.
- Review the various certifications and licensing standards and assist in evaluating the Department of Human Services compliance.
- Serve as an advocate for adults with serious mental illnesses, children with severe emotional disturbances, and other individuals with mental illnesses or emotional problems.
Section 3: Terms of council members and vacancies
The term of offices shall be three (3) years. Vacancies occurring on the Council for other than an expiration of a term shall be filled by an appointment from the Governor. The term of each council member shall commence on July 1 of a given year and terminate on June 30 three years thereafter, with the exception that an appointment to fill a vacancy shall be only for the unexpired term. Members may be reappointed by the Governor. Terms shall be staggered. There will be no term limits.
Section 4: Absences
If a council member has two (2) consecutive unexcused absences in any one (1) year, the Chairperson will report to the Governor for recommendations as to the continuance of the individual to be a member of the North Dakota Mental Health Planning Council. The term “unexcused” means no contact has been made with the Chairperson or the Division indicating an absence will occur.
Section 5: Compensation
Members of the Council shall be compensated for per diem and travel, at the rate of state employees, for Council and committee meetings as approved by the Chairperson. Members of the Council who are consumers or family members shall be provided an honorarium of $150.00 for Council meetings as approved by the Chairperson and shall be reimbursed for childcare expenses.
Section 6: Meetings
The Council shall have at least two (2) meetings in any one (1) year. The exact day, time, and place shall be set by the Chairperson in consultation with the liaison staff at the Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Special meetings may be called by the Chairperson of the Council or upon request of the majority of the Council. Written notice of a Council meeting, whether regular or special, must be mailed to all Council Members and other appropriate State departments and agencies at least thirty (30) days before the meeting date. The annual meeting of the council shall be held during the month of October each year, the exact date, time, and place to be set by the Chairperson, for the purpose of electing the Council Chair, reading of annual reports, and transacting such other business as may come before the Council. Notice to the public of all meetings will be made one (1) month prior to the scheduled meeting time. Special meetings may be held via teleconference or video conference.
Section 7: Quorum
A simple majority of the duly appointed members of the Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
Meetings for discussion and reporting may be held without a quorum present, at the discretion of the Council Chairperson. A vote may follow via telephone, mail, or e-mail so long as a detailed description of the matter at issue is provided to all Council members prior to voting.
Section 8: Alternates; Abstention
There shall be no proxies for meetings of the Council. However, state employees and members of advocacy organizations who are designated as members by virtue of their office or advocacy organization representation may appoint a designated alternate to attend meetings in their stead, and such alternate may cast a vote. No Council member may abstain in any matter not involving a conflict of interest for that member, and all non-voting members who do not declare a conflict shall be counted as affirmative votes.
Section 9: Parliamentary Authority
Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised shall be the parliamentary authority for all matters of procedure not specifically covered by the Bylaws of the North Dakota Mental Health Planning Council.
ARTICLE V: OFFICERS
Section 1: Number
The officers of the Council shall be Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, each of whom shall be selected by the Council from its own membership. The Chairperson shall serve no more than two (2) consecutive one (1) year terms. No two (2) offices may be held by the same person concurrently. The Secretary of the Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Mental Health Unit, shall take minutes and submit to the Officers for approval before submitting to the full Council membership for approval.
Section 2: Election and term of office
The officers of the Council shall be elected annually at the annual meeting. If the election of officers is not held at that meeting, the election shall be held as soon thereafter as is convenient. Each officer shall hold office until his/her successor has been duly elected and qualified, or until his/her death, resignation, or removal as hereafter provided.
Section 3: Removal
Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Council may be removed by the Governor of the State of North Dakota whenever, in his/her judgment, the best interests of the Council would be served thereby.
Section 4: Vacancies
A vacancy in office, because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or otherwise, shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term.
Section 5: Powers and terms
The powers and duties of the officers shall be as provided from time to time by resolution or other directive of the Council. The Chairperson shall serve as advisor to the Department of Human Services and the Governor and will represent the North Dakota Mental Health Planning Council as requested by the members. The Vice-Chairperson shall take over position of Chairperson in the event of an absence. Chairperson’s duties shall include chairing the meetings, and preparing the agenda for the meetings.
ARTICLE VI: COMMITTEES
Section 1: Executive Committee: Shall be made up of not more than five (5) members which must include the Chairperson, Vice Chairperson, immediate past Chairperson, a consumer of mental health services, and a member at large. This committee shall be charged with reviewing the bylaws and making recommendations to the Council. This committee has the authority to act on behalf of the Council during interim periods.
Section 2: Committees shall be appointed by the Chairperson as the Council deems necessary to carry on its work. The Chairperson shall be an ex-officio member of all other committees.
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Why China won't rein in its wayward ally
The Western world is once again hoping China will lean on its bellicose ally, North Korea, and prevent it developing a credible nuclear weapon, after the North proclaimed its third test on Tuesday. It will once again be disappointed.
This is not because Xi Jinping, China's new leader, enjoys watching his 29-year-old neighbour, Kim Jong-un, brandish a toy that could obliterate Beijing as readily as Tokyo or Seoul. Tuesday's test took the Disney-loving dictator closer to a miniaturised warhead that can be fitted to his ballistic missiles.
Rather, Beijing and Pyongyang are locked in a loveless dance of shared history, common enemies and domestic political and dynastic imperatives from which neither can easily escape. China protects and nourishes its wayward neighbour as if they were ''as close as lips and teeth'', an old expression of Mao's that has come back into vogue. But it has always been more a grimace than a smile.
''North Korea has always been an untrustworthy nation, China has given it so much aid. It really is a weird state,'' says Zhang Liangui, one of Beijing's leading Korea experts.
And yet the dance continues much as it began in 1950, when the direct boss of Mr Xi's father, Xi Zhongxun, led the Chinese troops who saved Kim Il-sung from annihilation in the Korean War.
New archive research in Moscow and Beijing shows how Kim convinced Stalin to let him invade the South, wrongly calculating that then US president Harry Truman would not intervene.
It also shows how Stalin cornered Mao into stumping up the troops. Relations between the three dictators never recovered and the dynamics of the Cold War were set in stone.
China lost 200,000 troops, including Mao's favourite son, in pushing the American-led forces back down to the 38th parallel. But those dead Chinese soldiers do not feature in any North Korean museum, according to Chinese historian Shen Zhihua. China has been airbrushed from North Korean history to make room for the heroic and nation-defining deeds of Kim Il-sung. Airbrushing history, however, is something Chinese leaders can understand.
From China's side of the Yalu River border, the Korean War was imposed on the Chinese people by ''imperialist invaders'', as Mr Xi put it in a 60th-anniversary speech to veterans and troops in 2010. One of history's most costly and pointless military stalemates was ''a great victory in the pursuit of world peace and human progress'', he said.
There is no trust or affection between Beijing and Pyongyang, but they do have an alliance that was forged with ''blood and steel'', as veterans like to put it, resisting ''American aggression''.
The old Cold War patterns of great power rivalry, existential fear and buffer states are re-emerging in more complex form today. Beijing is again locked in a contest with Washington for regional influence, or domination, and Pyongyang is one of its only strategic friends.
Mr Xi would like to demonstrate who has the upper hand in the relationship. He may even enjoy inflicting a modicum of pain. But the gentle tap on the wrist he gave his recalcitrant ally on Tuesday night - ''all sides'' should respond ''calmly, through talks'' - shows the underlying strategic calculus remains unchanged.
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Pacifica Graduate Institute's M.A./Ph.D. Program in Depth Psychology is developing a 21st century depth psychology which extends beyond the consulting room into working with the individual, community, cultural, and ecological issues of our time. While exploring the traditions and frontiers of depth psychology, students are mentored in engagement with its imaginal, community, and research practices.
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Deconstructing the News Media to Learn Statistics
When I teach undergraduate statistics, I often include an assignment where I ask my students to take a specific chart or figure found in the news media and explain it rationally. Where did the numbers come from? What does it really mean? How much trust can we put in the accuracy of this figure? Is this figure deliberately trying to mislead you?
The especially sad part of this is that finding misleading figures for the assignment is not very difficult. The news media’s goal is to intrigue and entertain, and that often means that accuracy falls by the wayside.
Today, one such figure jumped out at me. It’s not only from the news media, but it’s also been helpfully augmented by a reader to provide a social message:
I don’t necessarily disagree with the content of this chart, but with the silly way it’s presented in the graphic. The top says, “this is the first ranking based upon scientific evidence.” Well, maybe.
The very bottom of the chart gives some fine-print details. If you can’t see it above, click on the chart for a larger version, or read it here: “independent experts calculate score out of three: equal to extreme danger, allowing for physical harm, dependence, and social harm.” That provides little direction, and the poor grammar doesn’t help! What follows are the thoughts I have over the next 5-10 seconds after looking at this chart.
- We have no information on how many experts there are or where they came from. This could be anyone! The graph implicitly asks for us to trust the expertise of the people making the ratings, yet no credentials are provided.
- “equal to extreme danger, allowing for physical harm, dependence, and social harm” is vague, but it appears that extreme danger is the overall score, while physical harm, dependence, and social harm are the three dimensions of extreme danger. That’s a starting point for understanding what this table really tells us.
- We can try to make some educated guesses as to where the specific numbers came from. Since the scale of the “danger rating” is out of 3 (also written in very small print in the table header), the apparently three dimensions were likely three scores on a scale of 0 to 1 (or perhaps 0% to 100%), combined as a simple mean. Is that the best idea? That’s hard to say. Is social harm as important as physical harm? Is dependence as destructive as social harm? These are potentially assumptions made in this graph, which not everyone will agree with.
- There are not very many fine shades of deviation in the scale – everything is a multiple of 0.05. It’s not conclusive, but it strongly suggests that 20 values (or a multiple of 20v values) are going into these ratings. Why? Because 1/20 = 0.05. Combined with the mean-of-3-values theory above, this doesn’t make sense. If 5 people were providing 3 ratings each, our smallest distinction would be 1/(3*5) = 1/15 = .067. For 6 people making 3 ratings, 1/(6*3) = 1/18 = .056. For 7 people making 3 ratings, 1/(7*3) = 1/21 = .048. There is no combination of values, given a mean of 3 ratings, that would produce a difference of .05 exactly. So something’s off here.
- Some explanation may be provided by this observation – a huge group in the middle of the list (from #3 Barbiturates to #19 Alkyl Nitrates) differ by a small range – 0.05 or 0.10. And yet no two entries are the same number! That’s extremely suspicious – with such fine shades of deviation and what appears to be a small group of raters, we’d expect at least a little overlap. That suggests that either 1) this list was modified by the editor after it was formed or 2) the “experts” came to some sort of group agreement, casting even more doubt on the impartiality of the results.
- I generally don’t trust anything where the word “scientific evidence” is thrown around so casually. It’s not scientific because you say it is.
I will point out, however, that none of these points are conclusive. They are just the initial reactions I have to a poorly made graphic. These numbers may be valid, but we simply don’t have enough information to trust them.
What could have been done to improve the graphic? Easy – provide details on the methodology. Only a sentence or two might be required, even in another tiny footnote. But as it stands, this graphic practically tells us nothing.
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EU Commissioner Jacques Barrot has stopped proceedings against Malta on implementing the blue card laws.
The European Commission has decided to end the proceedings against Malta, Romania and Luxembourg for being late in implementing the Blue Card Directive, after they brought into force the national legislation necessary.
Three member states have been warned by the Commisson that they are making it too difficult for highly skilled people to come and work in the EU.
Despite having been warned in July 2011, Austria, Cyprus and Greece have not yet transposed the rules of the Blue Card Directive, which should have been implemented before 19 June 2011.
The EU Blue Card Directive puts in place common and efficient rules that allow highly skilled people from outside Europe to come and work in our labour markets, filling gaps that cannot be filled by EU nationals. It establishes a fast-track admission procedure for these foreigners and ensures a common set of social and economic rights, such as equal treatment with nationals as regards working conditions and pay, as well as access to goods and services.
All EU Member States except Denmark, the UK and Ireland are bound by the Blue Card law.
The EU Blue Card scheme helps attract highly qualified migrants to Europe to fill gaps in their labour markets that cannot be filled by their own nationals, other EU nationals or legally resident non-EU nationals.
Once a member state grants a Blue Card to a migrant, after two years that person can then benefit from free access to highly qualified employment positions in that Member State and can also move to another EU Member State where their skills may be needed.
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Santa Barbara, CA - The parallel hunger strikes in Israeli prisons, over which a deal has reportedly been agreed, have captured the imagination of Palestinians around the world, giving the word "solidarity" a new urgency. The crisis produced by these strikes makes this year's observance of Nabka Day a moral imperative for all those concerned with attaining justice and peace for the long oppressed Palestinian people - whether living under occupation or in exile. The Palestinian mood on this May 14, is one inflamed by abuse and frustration, but also inspired by and justly proud of exemplary expressions of courage, discipline and nonviolent resistance on the part of those imprisoned Palestinians who have been mounting the greatest internal challenge that Israel has faced since the Second Intifada. Even as the strikes seem on the verge of ending, due to a series of Israeli concessions in response to the grievances of the prisoners, the impact and significance of the strike remains a shining light in an otherwise dark sky.
It all started when a lone prisoner, Khader Adnan initiated a hunger strike to protest his abusive arrest and administrative detention on December 17, which happened to be the exact anniversary of Tunisian vendor Mohammed Bouazizi's self-immolation - his death leading directly to the birth of the Arab Spring. Adnan ended his strike after 66 days, when Israel relented somewhat on his terms of detention. More than 30 years previously, Bobby Sands died after 66 days of his own hunger strike, maintained so as to dramatise IRA prison grievances in Northern Ireland. It is not surprising that the survivors of the 1981 Irish protest should now be sending messages of empathy and solidarity to their Palestinian brothers locked up in Israeli jails.
What Adnan did prompted other Palestinians to take a similar stand. Hana Shalabi, like Adnan a few weeks later, experienced a horrible arrest experience and was returned to prison without charges or trial. She too seemed ready to die rather than endure further humiliation, and was also eventually released, but punitively, being "deported" to Gaza, away from her West Bank village and family for a period of three years. Others hunger strikes followed, with two types emerging, each influenced by the other.
Parallel strikes and global solidarity
The longer of the two strikes involved six Palestinians who remain in critical condition - their lives at risk for at least the past week. Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh have now refused food for an incredible 76 days, a sacrificial form of nonviolent resistance that can only be properly appreciated as a scream of anguish and despair on behalf of those who have been suffering so unjustly and mutely for far too long. It is a sign of Western indifference that even these screams seem to have fallen on deaf ears.
The second, closely related, hunger strike that has lasted almost a month is an equally an extraordinary display of disciplined nonviolence, initiated on April 17, Palestinian Prisoners Day. By today, Monday, May 14, there are reported to be as many as 2,000 prisoners who have been refusing all food, until a set of grievances associated with deplorable prison conditions are satisfactorily resolved. The two strikes are linked because the longer hunger strike inspired the mass strike - and the remaining several thousand non-striking Palestinian prisoners in Israel jails have already pledged to join in the refusal of food if there are any deaths among the strikers. This heightened prisoner consciousness has already been effective in mobilising the wider community of Palestinians living under occupation, and beyond.
This heroic activism gives an edge to the 2012 Nakba observance, and contrasts with the apparent futility of traditional diplomacy. The Quartet tasked with providing a roadmap to achieve a peaceful resolution of the Israel/Palestine conflict seems completely at a loss, and has long been irrelevant to the quest for a sustainable peace, let alone the realisation of Palestinian rights. The much publicised efforts of a year ago to put forward a statehood bid at the United Nations seems stalled indefinitely, due to the crafty backroom manoeuvres of the United States.
Even the widely supported and reasonable recommendations of the Goldstone Report to seek accountability for Israeli leaders who seemed guilty of war crimes associated with the three weeks of attacks on Gaza at the end of 2008 have been permanently consigned to limbo.
And the situation is actually even worse for the Palestinians than this summary depiction suggests. While nothing happens on the diplomatic level, other clocks are ticking at a fast pace. Several developments adverse to Palestinian interests and aspirations are taking place at an accelerating pace: 40,000 additional settlers are living in the West Bank since the temporary freeze on settlement expansion ended in September 2010, bringing the overall West Bank settler population to about 365,000, and well over 500,000 if East Jerusalem settlers are added on.
Every day is a 'Nakba'
Is it any wonder then that Palestinians increasingly view the Nabka not as an event frozen in time back in 1947 when as many as 700,000 fled from their homeland, but as descriptive of an historical process that has been going on ever since Palestinians began being displaced by Israeli immigration and victimised by the ambitions and tactics of the Zionist project? It is this understanding of the Nakba as a living reality with deep historical roots that gives the hunger strikes such value. Nothing may be happening when it comes to the peace process, but at least, with heightened irony, it is possible to say that a lot is happening in Israeli jails.
And the resolve of these hunger strikers has been so great as to convey to anyone that is attentive that the Palestinians will not be disappeared from history. And merely by saying this there is a renewed sense of engagement on the part of Palestinians the world over - and of their growing number of friends and comrades - that this Palestinian courage and sacrifice and fearlessness will bring eventual success. In contrast, it is the governmental search for deals and bargains built to reflect power relations, not claims of rights, that seems so irrelevant that its disappearance would hardly be noticed.
By and large, the Western media, especially in the United States, has taken virtually no notice of these hunger strikes, as if there was no news angle until the possibility of martyrdom for the strikers began at last to stir fears in Israeli hearts of a potential Palestinian backlash and a public relations setback on the international level. Then, and only then, has there been speculation that, maybe, Israel could and should make some concessions - promising to improve prison conditions and limit reliance on administrative detention to situations where a credible security threat existed.
Self-reliance and nonviolence
Beyond this frantic quest by Israel to find a last minute pragmatic escape from this volatile situation posed both by hunger strikers on the brink of death and a massive show of solidarity by the larger prison population, is this sense that the real message of the Nakba is to underscore the imperative of self-reliance and nonviolence and ongoing struggle. The Palestinian future will be shaped by the people of Palestine. And it is up to us in the outside world, whether Palestinian or not, to join in their struggle to achieve justice from below, sufficiently shaking the foundations of oppressive structures of occupation and the exclusions of exile to create tremors of doubt in the Israeli colonial mindset. And as doubts grow, new possibilities suddenly emerge.
For this reason, the Nakba should become important for all persons of good will, whether Palestinian or not, whether in Israel or outside, as an occasion for displays of solidarity. This might mean a global sympathy hunger strike as is being urged for May 17, or an added commitment to the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) Campaign, or signing up to join the next voyage of the Freedom Flotilla. Certainly the Nakba is a time of remembrance for the historic tragedy of expulsion, but it is equally a time of reflection on what might be done to stop the bleeding and to acknowledge and celebrate those who are brave enough to say "this far, and no further".
Richard Falk is Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and Visiting Distinguished Professor in Global and International Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has authored and edited numerous publications spanning a period of five decades, most recently editing the volume International Law and the Third World: Reshaping Justice (Routledge, 2008(
He is currently serving his third year of a six-year term as a United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights.
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Most people don't think about their gallbladders very often, that is, until they face the painful sensation of gallstones. But a new study holds that a glass or two of wine each day may help prevent gallstone formation.
The findings were presented in May at the Digestive Disease Week 2009 conference in Chicago, by Dr. Andrew Hart of the University of East Anglia's school of medicine (located in Norwich, U.K.). The study was conducted with cooperation from the gastroenterology division at the university's hospital as well as the epidemiological department of Cambridge University and the U.K.'s National Institutes of Health. Hart and his colleagues found that drinking up to two units of alcohol per day reduces the risk of developing gallstones by one-third when compared to nondrinkers.
The gallbladder is a small organ below the liver in the right upper abdomen that stores bile, a substance that helps the body digest fats. Gallstones form when stored bile hardens and can be incredibly painful. If the problem is persistent, surgery to remove the gallbladder may be required.
Previous studies have found that alcohol may have a preventative effect on gallstone formation, but Hart noted that this is the first study to document this effect on a drink-per-day basis. Earlier studies linked alcohol to lower levels of cholesterol (the major ingredient in gallstones), but did not provide detailed enough data that could potentially translate into dietary guidance.
To find a daily amount of alcohol that may optimize gallstone prevention, the researchers monitored the dietary habits of 25,639 English men and women, pulled from the larger European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, a broad study that follows inhabitants of the continent for a 10-year period. During the course of the study, 267 patients developed gallstones, and the scientists compared this to daily drinking habits.
They found that drinking 175ml of wine per day (about 6 ounces) offered a 32 percent lower risk of gallstones. The more the participants drank, the lower the risk, but the researchers noted that the dangers of excessive alcohol outweighed the benefits.
"These findings significantly increase our understanding of the development of gallstones," Hart said in a statement. "Once we examine all the factors related to their development in our study, including diet, exercise, body weight and alcohol intake, we can develop a precise understanding of what causes gallstones and how to prevent them."
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Or that could be a Brunswick Fail. Fenz took some snaps of the building that fell down yesterday. I have wondered about accidents like this for some time. I have looked at construction sites where construction workers have dug deep and there is an existing building next door. I gaze in puzzlement as to why the building next door does not fall into the hole.
Clearly some clever engineering works prevent such a thing happening, but obviously not fail safe engineering works.
The Brunswick fall has caused massive inconvenience to so many people and cost authorities and people lots of money.
This is just general speculation but I wonder if it is not like the way cars are now constructed, that is the 'just in time' process for supplying parts to be fitted to a car being built? If something goes wrong in the parts supply chain, the construction of the car stops.
The construction companies do not under engineer when shoring up a hole in the ground (I hope), but nor do they over engineer, which would cost more money. They hit the sweet spot, that is minimal expense and a shoring up that will work............but without a margin for error. | <urn:uuid:e8ccdcca-7150-47c6-8206-33e28dd131fd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://highriser.blogspot.com/2009/11/brunswick-fall.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00054-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97283 | 233 | 1.5625 | 2 |
Microsoft Corp. believes that companies like Advanced Micro Devices and Intel Corp. should develop very highly-integrated multi-core system-on-chips based on low-power micro-architectures aimed at servers to address the needs of data centers of the future. At the same time, the company believes that ARM architectures will not be competitive against x86 in the server space in the coming years.
Dileep Bhandarkar, a distinguished engineer at Microsoft responsible for server hardware architecture and standards for global foundation services, said at Linley Data Center Conference that AMD and Intel should develop server-class SoCs with sixteen low-power x86 cores, integrated memory controller and all the I/O functionality. For example, the two leading designers of x86 cores could use Atom- or Bobcat-like cores to create such system-on-chip products.
"There is a huge opportunity using these smaller cores to be more energy efficient, and we are talking to both AMD and Intel [about that]," said Mr. Bhandarkar, reports EETimes web-site.
Both AMD and Intel have said already that they were looking forward various opportunities to utilize Atom and Bobcat micro-architectures in the server space. It is natural that at present both designs are more tailored for client computers rather than for server systems, therefore, nobody knows how exactly would an SoC with many low-power x86 cores perform and how high its power consumption will be once all the server-specific features (ECC, appropriate cache sizes and memory support, etc.) are included.
AMD's Bobcat core consumes less than 4.5W at 1GHz and less than 9W at 1.6GHz, whereas its modern K10.5 core with all the server specifics included consumes less than 5.83W at 1.8GHz, which means that Bobcat in its current form may not be exactly the best chip for cloud datacenters of the future.
"We will continue to evaluate and define our product roadmap to ensure we have the right products for the future. We are analyzing both “Bulldozer” and “Bobcat” core design points for future SoC’s (system-on-chip) targeting the cloud server space," said John Fruehe, the director of product marketing for server, embedded and FireStream products at AMD.
But while developers of central processing units (CPUs) have doubts about which x86 micro-architecture to use, the engineer from Microsoft seems to know what architecture should not be used: ARM. Performance that ARM-based microprocessor offer makes Mr. Bhandarkar rather unenthusiastic about ARM'is ability to compete in the server space.
"I have been involved in instruction-set architecture transitions multiple times, and they are extremely painful. The rule of thumb is to make that kind of change you have to have at least a sustainable 2x performance improvement per dollar or per watt, and ARM is not there. ARM is interesting to look at, and if it lights a fire under Intel and AMD that makes us happy," said Mr. Bhandarkar.
It is noteworthy that Dileep Bhandarkar did not touch upon GPG-accelerated solutions for data centers, which are developed by AMD, Intel and Nvidia Corp., as well as heterogeneous multi-core microprocessors, which are developed by AMD and Nvidia.
Mr. Bhandarkar was director of advanced architecture in the CTO office of Intel’s digital enterprise group and a lead spokesperson for evangelizing Intel server platform technologies to the industry; he held several director-level positions related to CPU and platform architecture, and strategic planning over a 12 year career at Intel. He was instrumental in driving the strategic decision to implement AMD-compatible 64-bit x86 architecture at Intel, and pioneered the adoption of energy efficient microprocessor cores across Intel’s product line. Prior to joining Intel in 1995, he spent almost 18 years at Digital Equipment Corp., where he managed processor and system architecture, and performance analysis work related to the VAX, Prism, MIPS, and Alpha architectures. | <urn:uuid:57713cbb-3e0c-433a-b7cc-6ed97e505524> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20110127215217_Microsoft_Calls_for_Ultra_Low_Power_Sixteen_Core_x86_Server_SoCs.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951952 | 856 | 1.921875 | 2 |
ebel group M23 launched an offensive against the city of Goma on Monday, after extending and then rescinding an offer to negotiate with the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC.
A takeover of this capital of the North Kivu province would be a major victory for the insurgency, which aims to depose the central government in Kinshasa and could easily provoke a regional conflict. The DRC and surrounding countries have already been devastated by multiple wars in recent decades.
On Saturday, M23 rebels captured the town of Kibumba. On Sunday they moved south toward Goma, a city of one million that is close to the DRC’s eastern border with Rwanda. Thousands fled their homes as the insurgency advanced.
On Monday morning, M23 leaders announced that they would stop their offensive if the government would agree to talks and demilitarize Goma. But government spokesman Lambert Mende refused to give in to this “blackmail,” according to the Associated Press.
M23 spokesman Col. Vianney Kazamara then said that the insurgency would proceed. "The army provoked us. They have fired on our men ...We are going to take Goma tonight.”
M23 was officially formed earlier this year when DRC soldiers defected to mount an insurgency. But the group can trace its roots back much farther; many of its members were linked to the National Congress for the Defense of the People, or CNDP, another Congolese rebel organization founded in 2006.
That group made its own advance on Goma three years ago; it was close to seizing the city when the DRC government agreed to negotiate with the insurgents. According to the resulting March 23, 2009 agreement, which would give the M23 its name, many of the rebels were absorbed into the official military.
This year’s repeat defection makes it clear that little has changed since 2009.
Like the CNDP, M23 is widely believed to be supported by Rwanda. An October report for the U.N. Security Council suggested that Rwanda’s very own Defense Minister General James Kabarebe was directly involved in M23’s operations, but the UN itself has not confirmed these allegations.
Rwanda, whose rivalry with the DRC government stems from the fallout of its own devastating civil war and genocide of the 1990s, denies working with the M23 rebels. But the UN points out that the insurgency seems too well-organized and too well-armed to be working independently.
For months, the M23 has wrought havoc in the eastern DRC. Its members have been charged with committing frequent and horrific atrocities against civilians, including rapes, pillaging, summary executions, child recruitment and abduction. Gen. Bosco Ntaganda, one of the M23’s leaders, is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court. Another leader, Sultani Makenga, has been placed under an asset freeze and travel ban by both the UN and the United States.
But the DRC has been unable to suppress this deadly insurgency. The national army is in shambles; troops often have to go without shelter and other basic accommodations. Corruption in the ranks often delays payments. Soldiers have complained about being sent into battle on an empty stomach, wielding inadequate weaponry and lacking a pair of boots.
Moreover, the DRC suffers a dire lack of infrastructure; much of the population lives in poverty, despite an abundance of natural resources and minerals. The country is still struggling to recover from two devastating wars that led to the deaths of about 5 million people between 1996 and 2003.
The United Nations has had a peacekeeping presence in the DRC for about a decade. That organization, called the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or MUNESCO, has more than 20,000 military and civilian personnel on the ground. This weekend, UN helicopters were deployed against the rebel advance into Kibumba, but failed to stop M23 from seizing the town and moving on toward Goma.
The clashes that erupted at the edges of the provincial capital on Monday afternoon pit M23 against the DRC army and UN peacekeepers once again. UN spokesperson Kieran Dwyer told the Associated Press on Sunday that 17 “quick reaction units” had been sent to the city, but the outcome is far from certain.
"The situation in Goma is extremely tense," he said, according to AP. "There is a real threat that the city could fall into the M23's hands and/or be seriously destabilized as a result of the fighting.”
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We are not just about cameras we are also interested in any technology. We have put together a nice list of old skool phones that you all remember.
Well not all of you!
- Motorola DynaTac 8000X - is the mobile that defined the 1980s. Every aspiring yuppie wanted to own one, even though the phone seems laughably big compared with today’s handsets. The price tag was also on the large size – almost £5,000 in present-day terms. However, the ‘greed is good’ culture of the time meant this only served to make the phone more desirable; it was as much a symbol of wealth and status as any cutting edge smartphone is now.
- Nokia 5110 -Â The 5110 was many people’s first mobile phone. Although large and heavy by today’s standards it was relatively svelte compared with the brick-sized models that had dominated the market throughout the 80s and early 90s.Â
- Nokia 3310 -Â The 3310 is one of the most successful phones of all time, shifting a mind-boggling 126 million units. It helped to establish Nokia’s domination of the mobile phone market, a position they retained until relatively recently.
A wealth of handy features were built into the phone, including a calculator, stop watch and reminder function, as well as popular games like Snake II and Space Impact; later models also had WAP functionality.
- Siemens A50 – This was a classic, A decent size screen and attractive design made this handset a popular alternative to similar-spec Nokia phones in the early noughties. Sure, the built-in games weren’t a patch on the mighty Snake, but the battery was just as good, lasting several days between charges.
- BlackBerry 6230 –  The start to the revolution that is now the BlackBerry as we know it! RIM’s devices now dominate the smartphone market but it was the humble 6230 that first got Gordon Gekko types hooked on mobile email. The phone’s amazing battery life and push email capabilities made for easy working on the go. After getting their first taste of its QWERTY keyboard goodness, many users upgraded to the equally potent BlackBerry 7230 – street name “The BlueBerry”. A dangerous new addiction took hold in the early noughties.
- Sony Ericsson W880-Â The W800 was the first Sony Ericsson phone to feature the iconic Walkman brand name. It featured some then cutting-edge media software and a 3.5mm headphone jack, making it the ideal phone for listening to MP3s. The orange and cream casing made it instantly recognisable too, but the construction quality did sometimes let it down; the joystick in particular was prone to breaking.Nevertheless, the appeal of listening to music on a mobile made it a highly popular handset. And if you ran out of room for your own tunes on the bundled Memory Stick Pro Duo, you could always fire up the superb FM radio instead.
I’m sure you can all remember a whole other pile of great phones which have now become obsolete. In fact remember polyphonic ringtone’s and logo’s??? | <urn:uuid:9fa26098-b929-4367-a07c-455ade478995> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://watchthiscam.com/blog/2012/01/05/6-classic-phones-remember/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00052-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96356 | 681 | 1.929688 | 2 |
A phone call from a friend DESPERATE for books worthy to recommend to her book club (which was meeting in 20 minutes at her home), persuaded us to tackle the topic of great book club picks.
So, first off, what makes for a good choice? Conflict and controversy? A subject that’s sure to provoke disagreement? A topic that relates to people’s lives? Coming of age stories? A short book that everyone can finish? A long novel that compels you to just keep reading? A book you would not have read unless your book club made you do it? We’d answer yes to all of the above.
For purposes of our list below, we define great book club books as books that lend themselves to interesting discussions. Sometimes these books may be long, some short, some are genres that we normally do not pick up on our own but do so because someone we respect suggested it, some are by women authors, some by men, some by authors who are barely out of their teens.
So, here are some of our favorites for great discussions:
Substantive Reads – Fiction
The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer (2013) – This engrossing, entertaining story follows a group of friends from the moment they meet at summer camp, through how they somehow stay together as they go to separate colleges, get married – sometimes to each other, try to live in New York City on entry-level salaries, find and lose success, become parents, face an assortment of crisis points and well, just live their lives. Told from the perspective of Jules Jacobson, a girl from the suburbs who infiltrates a group of sophisticated young Manhattanites when sent to their camp on a scholarship, this novel is populated by complex, and well “interesting” characters who come together and apart as their lives and their interpretations of New York City change. In fact, “the City” itself is a character changing as mayors come and go, crime increases/decreases, AIDS epidemic enters, finances collapse and twin towers fall.
Ghana Must Go by Talye Selasi (2013) – An incredibly memorable modern tale of a family – The Sais. Their story (and this novel) begins in Africa, and follows how their subsequent pursuit of the American dream shapes their lives. Page one starts with the sudden death of the main character – Kweku Sai, an incredible surgeon, but failed father and husband. It then unfolds backwards and forwards through the eyes and voices of his first wife and their four children. It all hinges on Kweku’s reaction to a failure endured in his pursuit of his American dream. His response shatters his family, yet also makes them all uniquely themselves. This is a truly global tale – Accra, Lagos, London, and New York. It is also truly beautifully written; so much so, that we slowed our reading to make it last longer.
The Writing on the Wall by WD Wetherell (2012) - Three different women from three different eras inhabit a house in Northern New England. Each is trying to deal with the hand life has recently dealt them. Along the way the latter two residents discover the stories of the woman(en) who came before them. A gem of a book that truly shows the power of words and stories.
Distant Land of My Father (2002) by Bo Caldwell – Good for all-men clubs, all-women clubs, mixed gender, father/son and mother/daughter clubs. Gorgeous prose and insight into 21st Century life in China and LA. The plot? The consequences that result when a man’s love for China is bigger than his love for anything else in his life.
The Submission by Amy Waldman – This book will have your group thinking and talking more than any book in awhile. The plot – a jury chooses the final design for the 9-11 memorial only to find out that it was submitted by a Muslim. The reactions to this selection of the jurors, the public a reporter and the architect who submitted the design intermingle with politics, prejudices, emotions and thoughts about art. Somehow this seems like an appropriate book to read in September.
Anything by Jane Austen – They made a movie about Jane Austen being great for book clubs, need we say more?
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (2010) – A superb story of life as an immigrant to America, and life as a doctor. In this novel, twins Marion and Shiva Stone are orphaned by their mother’s death and their surgeon father’s disappearance, and come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Since Mr. Verghese advised John Irving as he wrote the AIDS scenes in In One Person (see review below), it might be a great pairing.
My Antonia (1918) by Willa Cather - A true classic that stands up over time. Great for anyone wanting greater insight into the Midwest and earlier stages of US immigration. Also provides insight into the lives of American women.
Into the Beautiful North (2010)by Urrea – It is as if Jon Stewart wrote a novel of gorgeous prose about Mexican immigration into the USA. With this tale you learn about life in a small Mexican town after all the men have left for jobs in the US. When desperados arrive to take over from the children and older citizens that have stayed, a teen and her colorful collection of friends, inspired by a screening of The Magnificent Seven, decide to sneak across the US border and convince seven men to come back to Mexico and save their town. Humor, coyote crossings and apt commentary about all the prejudices we all hold.
Let the Great World Spin (2009) by Colum McCann – A great look at NYC and 9/11 and characters whose lives touch by coincidence but whose impact on each other is profound.
On Beauty (2005) by Zadie Smith. We recommend pairing is with Howard’s End by EM Forster the next month. On Beauty is a modern homage to Forster’s masterpiece about the British social classes. Reading the two back to back and discussing them leads to amazing conversations.
When the Elephants Dance (2003) by Tessa Uriza Holthe. This novel provides insight into Filipino culture in the waning days of World War II as the Karangalans-a family who huddle with their neighbors in the cellar of a house near Manila to wait out the war - entertain each other with stories in between forays to the outside world for food. Spellbinding myths and legends abound, and give them much needed resolve to survive.
Tiny Sunbirds, Far Away (2011) is a novel set smack dab in the oil-polluted, violent back waters of the Niger River Delta. It examines the complex political and economic problems of this petroleum rich country from the perspective of a twelve-year-old girl named Blessing. She is full of questions about the often perplexing behaviors of those around her: her beloved brother Ezekiel who’s fallen in with a dangerous crowd while trying to navigate the path to adulthood; her mid-wife grandmother a fountain of Nigerian fables and wisdom but also of cultural contradictions; her own mother who is always working, desperate to escape her impoverished surroundings and to educate her children; her Christian-turned-Muslim grandfather who decides it’s time to take a much younger second wife; and this silly, yet endearing, second wife herself, Celestine. This is a special coming of age story.
Rules of Civility (2011) by Amos Towles. This fabulous novel transports. It’s set in Depression-era Manhattan and is gloriously atmospheric in the New York it portrays (think flapper dresses, smoky jazz clubs and Great Gatsby-esque Hampton estates with flowing champagne). It is also rich in strong characters and probing in the questions it asks its readers about choices, careers paths and the assumptions we make in life. Towles writing is polished, gorgeous even (hard to believe it’s a first novel), and takes us to 1938 to tell the story of that year in the life of Katey Kontent, a smart, ambitious, working class girl who finds herself rubbing shoulders with the 1%. Besides being a great read, it is a love letter to New York City.
Little Bee by Chris Cleave (2010). It’s dramatic plot (difficult to read at times – especially the scenes on the beach) help to explain the unrest that currently exists in Nigeria and that continues to create a steady flow of refugees like the character Little Bee to England. It explores what happens when the lives of one Nigerian refugee and several contemporary Londoners intersect. We argued over the writing but the discussions the plot created were superb.
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert (1856) – The original desperate housewife, love, adultery, betrayal, amazing writing, and it is considered a classic what more could you ask from a book club book? If you are looking for a pairing, try John Irving’s In One Person - Madame Bovary has huge implications for the plot, and would add a modern day theme to your discussion during the next month’s book club.
Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron (2012) – The author’s true gift is that she makes a book about a country torn apart from genocide hopeful, without flinching from the awful truths contained in Rwanda and in the world’s lack of response to the horrors there. The characters are extremely memorable and often extremely human role models. The story amptly illustrates the strong ties of family and friendship, and the love that can overcome hatred even as all hell breaks loose; even if ultimately, that love can not save everyone. Since it is the second of the two winners of the Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction that we have truly enjoyed, we vow to add the annual winners to reading lists.
The Cove by Ron Rash (April 2012) – A haunting tale about the power of prejudice and love. Set during WWI in a dark cove in the rural Appalachian mountains of North Carolina, the book follows the life of Laurel and her brother Hank, newly returned and maimed from serving in France. The story begins as they offer shelter to a mute musician – Walter – who wanders into their home. Due to abundant local superstitions about the Cove and Laurel’s birthmark mark, a visitor is eerily unique. When the outside world intrudes and secrets are revealed, of course tragedy strikes. However, you will enjoy the story that gets you there and the small piece of hope you are left with.
The Book Of Jonas by Stephen Dau (2012) — A truly spare and haunting book about a young Muslim war orphan whose family is killed in a military operation gone wrong, and of the American soldier to whom his fate is bound. The book explores how people adjust to the ultimate tragedy – loss of loved ones. The Book of Jonas allows the reader to look at the terrible choices made during war, how people deal with the unknown and what happens when disaster appears in your own life.
Substantive Reads – Non-Fiction
Zeitoun (2011) by Dave Eggers – New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina will never mean the same thing again. This well-researched, non-fiction book travels from New Orleans, Syria and Spain to better understand the life of Abdulrahman Zeitoun and how he disappeared into the flood waters in 2005.
Just Kids (2010) by Patti Smith – The 70s as seen through the eyes of the “in” crowd in Manhattan. You will be surprised on every page by he gorgeous prose and the who’s who of New York City Art scene as seen through the eyes of Ms. Smith.
West with the Night (1942, 1983) by Beryl Markham- This incredible book shows how an amazing woman lived, flew, loved and laughed in Africa in the early part of the 20th century. A GREAT read and a superb book club book.
Faster reads that are much more than fluff
The Dinner by Herman Koch (2012) – This page-turner will keep you up all night as you race to finish it. Then, it will keep you up for many nights going forward as you think about the disturbing traits and situations it unearths. Amidst the dark, dark satire are very uncomfortable truths; it is these and to be honest – the entire premise – that will leave you slightly reeling when finished. (Of course it could be the lack of sleep reading this caused.) We can’t say any more because revealing any plot items would be unfair to any future readers. But note, this would be a GREAT book club book because you are going to need to talk with someone about it. Plus, it is a quick read – a bonus when cramming for book club discussions.
The Terror by Dan Simmons– A spooky look at an actual Arctic tragedy will have you thinking about what you would do to survive.
Bitter in the Mouth by Monique Truong – An affliction which makes words have taste renders a girl at a loss for words in many situations. The affliction serves as a meaningful metaphor for all the incredibly important things that the characters in this book can not or do not discuss.
Vida by Patricia Engel – Connected short stories by and about Colombian-Americans, but hold up on their own as well. Reminiscent of Jumpha Lahiri’s work. Provides great insight into growing up in 1970 and 1980s new Jersey, as well as life in Colombia. A quick read if your club needs one.
The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi Durrow - A novel about a childhood interrupted due to the parents’ bad, bad choices. A look at the projects, race/bi-racialness and what being poor and/or being black means as you grow up in the USA. Another winner of the Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, written by a poised and gracious woman.
For Adult-Kid book clubs
Twerp by Mark Goldblatt (May 28, 2013) – Julian is not a bully. He just made a very stupid decision that ended up hurting a kid. Set in 1960s Queens NY, this book explores the importance of belonging and of finding your own voice, and ultimately how hard it is to do the right thing when everyone else wants you to do something else. Told through a journal Julian keeps for his English teacher in order to get out of reading Julius Cesar, Julian’s voice will entertain as the story of forming his sixth grade “gang” of buddies, the devastation “liking” girls can wrought, and how hard it is to make new friends unfolds. Would be a great book to read with younger kids in your life (8-12), or for a parent child book clubs. | <urn:uuid:242cbbaa-533e-4e7f-b97e-a783f0e46b01> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thebookjamblog.com/book-group-suggestions/9781590514665/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706153698/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120913-00006-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9591 | 3,092 | 1.773438 | 2 |
Wadada Leo Smith: Freedom Writer
The trumpeter-composer on his epic masterwork, 'Ten Freedom Summers'
Turning 70 years old would be a milestone in anyone’s life, but as Wadada Leo Smith celebrated that occasion last December, he realized he’d validated his life’s work. “Being able to make art at 70 tells you that you were definitely right when you were 20-something years old,” says the trumpeter and composer, who marked his birthday with performances by all four of his working ensembles at Roulette in Brooklyn. “Seventy tells you that in those early years you started out on the right course and that you’ve moved through life on the right path.”
Achieving that landmark also, Smith says, places him in the company of other composers who have sustained their artistic vigor into what many would consider their retirement years. He rattles off a list of names including Ellington, Stravinsky, Ornette Coleman, Janáček and Smith’s old comrade from the AACM, Muhal Richard Abrams. “To still be able to play the trumpet strong, to still be creative and writing music, I think that puts me in the range of those guys,” he says. “They’ve all maintained their creativity straight on across.”
Perhaps the strongest evidence that Smith has not only maintained his creativity after seven decades but is enjoying one of the most inventive periods of his life can be found in Ten Freedom Summers, his epic masterwork exploring the civil-rights movement from 1954 to 1964. Composed over half of his lifetime, the 19-piece suite was premiered last October in Los Angeles and is now available on a four-CD set from Cuneiform.
The sprawling, vigorous work combines Smith’s Golden Quartet and Quintet (drummers Pheeroan akLaff and Susie Ibarra alternate or work in tandem) with the nine-piece Southwest Chamber Music under the baton of Jeff von der Schmidt. Some sections are written exclusively for one of the ensembles; others combine them in different ways. Mournful blues collide with jagged abstractions; the leader’s bold horn prompts scything lines from Anthony Davis’ piano, shredding lithe flute and string melodies. The sweep and drama assert Smith’s stark emotional reaction to one of the country’s most contentious periods. “I looked at the psychological impact that this movement had on America, and I tried to convey it through cultural means,” Smith explains. “The music is not programmatic; it’s actually more expressionistic. I’m trying to reflect what went on in society and the role it played in building the American psyche.”
Though one of the pieces was penned in 1977 for the late violinist Leroy Jenkins and several others were written in the years since, the majority of Ten Freedom Summers was composed over the last few years with the intent of shaping it into a complete work. As models, Smith took into consideration Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts, classical pieces by composers like Stravinsky and Toru Takemitsu, and August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle, 10 plays tracing the African-American experience through a century in a single neighborhood.
Though the titles of Ten Freedom Summers reflect the major figures and events of the era, Smith was a young man at the time, and inevitably his own experiences affected the shape and emotion of the work. “When Emmett Till was killed, he was about the same age as I was,” Smith says. “He was killed less than 30 miles from where I lived and grew up. I watched people in the military who were against JFK dance when he was assassinated. I had people abuse me just like they did everybody else. So the experience is direct. It’s not across the country or across the world; it comes directly from my own life.”
That life took Smith from Leland, Miss., to studies of music from a variety of cultures and early, integral membership in the nascent AACM. His visionary approach to composition has resulted in the development of Ankhrasmation, a unique musical language that combines his ideas about composition and improvisation with image-based notation inspired by hieroglyphics.
Massive though it is, Ten Freedom Summers is only one of several recent releases from the prolific trumpeter. Last year, he released Dark Lady of the Sonnets with his Mbira trio featuring akLaff and pipa player and vocalist Min Xiao-Fen, in addition to Heart’s Reflections, a monumental double-disc session with his large electric ensemble, Organic. Before that came The Blue Mountain’s Sun Drummer , a duo set with Ed Blackwell recorded in 1986.
Smith often works in tandem with drummers. He has collaborated in duo with everyone from Jack DeJohnette to Hamid Drake, and has an upcoming release with Louis Moholo-Moholo in the can. “It goes back to the early days of African-American culture,” Smith says, “when brass bands and marches played a powerful role in everyday life as well as spiritual life. When I was a kid, in my 12th or 13th year, I played many soldiers into the ground for their burial rites. So that trumpet-and-drum relationship is really one that for me is almost perfect.”
He also continues to work with his Silver Orchestra, a large ensemble, and the Golden Quartet or (more often these days) Quintet, which has served as his chief outlet since its formation in 2000. The personnel has changed several times and has included DeJohnette, Malachi Favors, Vijay Iyer and Ronald Shannon Jackson at various points. The idea was to form a group consisting of composer-performers who were all leaders in their own right, who understood from experience what goes into creating a successful unit. The current line-up consists of Davis, Ibarra, akLaff and bassist John Lindberg.
Though he’ll undoubtedly maintain the variety and scope of his output given those four diverse and ongoing ensembles, Smith wants to continue performing Ten Freedom Summers in the years to come. “It’s taken half my life to create,” he says, “and I don’t feel like sitting it on the shelf.”
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Is Siri Spying On You?
Using Siri is like having a know-it-all friend you can carry around in your pocket. But, you might need to be concerned with what this “friend” knows about you or how it might use that information behind your back.
The virtual personal assistant feature of Apple’s iPhone 4S enables you to interact conversationally with the smartphone. Just watch some of the recent commercials featuring Samuel L. Jackson, Zooey Deschanel, or John Malkovich for examples of the sort of banter Siri is capable of.
To facilitate and improve the functionality of Siri, though, Apple retains the queries for some undefined period of time. For some--like IBM which has banned the use of Siri--Apple’s handling of Siri data represents potential security and privacy concerns.
Apple doesn’t hide the fact that your “conversations” with Siri are saved for posterity. The iPhone Software License Agreement states, “When you use Siri or Dictation, the things you say will be recorded and sent to Apple in order to convert what you say into text and, for Siri, to also process your requests.”
Of course, the agreement also goes on to say that other information is sent to Apple as well, such as your name, nickname, the songs in your music collection, and the names and relationships of your contact database. It explains, “All of this data is used to help Siri and Dictation understand you better and recognize what you say.”
So, should you be worried that Siri is spying on you? Is Apple’s handling of Siri queries a big enough risk that you should follow in IBM’s footsteps and cease using the virtual personal assistant feature altogether? In a word, no.
Using query data to “learn” and improve the service is not new, and it’s not unique to Apple. Google maintains a similar policy of collecting and storing data in order to refine and improve its search capabilities. Is IBM also going to ban Web searches using Google? Not likely.
As advanced as Siri is when it comes to understanding conversational phrases and translating them to specific tasks or searchable queries, there’s plenty of room for improvement. By gathering and analyzing the cumulative whole of Siri input and output, Apple can refine the service so that it will be able to comprehend and respond to an increasingly wide range of conversational requests.
Just as with the “Do Not Track” issue, there is a trade off between privacy and functionality. The more Apple, or Google, or other websites or services can monitor surfing habits and online activities, the more accurately it can target your interests and deliver a more customized experience.
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After more than a century of preparing students for jobs, the University of Utah is now gaining a national reputation for preparing jobs for students. For the second straight year, the U has ranked No. 1 in the country in creating new startup companies. This designation places the U ahead of technology powerhouses MIT, Columbia, Cal Tech and Johns Hopkins.
From 2009 to 2010, 18 new companies resulted from university research projects. Since 1970, when the school launched its first startup company, the university has helped launch more than 200 businesses—with more than 125 of them formed in the past six years. In 2009 alone, these companies indirectly or directly accounted for 15,767 jobs, $754.5 million in personal income and $76.6 million in tax revenue.
Making the Most of Its Students
What puts the U ahead of other research schools is “a very subtle distinction,” says Jack Brittain, vice president of technology venture development for the school. “Most universities approach commercialization as something they do to the university,” Brittain explains. “Our approach to commercialization is something that we do with the university.”
That means that rather than finding an outside venture capitalist to control the new technologies, the school’s commercialization department works to integrate all of its activities into the core mission of the university.
There are also more tangible differences, such has how the university uses its money and its students. In 2010, the U spent $450 million on research, compared to the $1.4 billion spent by MIT.
“We’re distinctive in having a very large number of students involved,” Brittain says of the 2,000 students working on research projects. “That enriches the educational environment and also provides us with a remendous amount of energy and intellect that goes into all aspects of commercialization, whether it is in our own inventions or students’ inventions.”
The university also uses students to help compensate for limited personnel resources. MBA students, for example, are enlisted to perform market research for new products, and law students work on intellectual property issues.
“The interesting thing about engaging students in what we do is that it makes every one of our full-time professionals a teacher. The more they teach, the more they learn as they respond to students’ questions. It’s a really important part of continuous improvement on the operations side,” says Brittain.
The school’s continued commercial successes have also become an important recruiting tool for both faculty and students.
“Ultimately it’s about getting your ideas out and making a difference in the world,” he says. “Whether you want to create a better gaming experience, you think that surgical procedures can be improved or you have energy efficiency ideas, you can put purpose to that passion.”
Taking Technology to Market
Joey Wilson, the founder and CEO of startup Xandem, was one of the students who was drawn to the U because of its success in creating businesses. “My intention for getting an engineering Ph.D. was to start a company, not to go into academia,” he says.
As a post-graduate student, he was paired up with assistant professor Neal Patwari. “When I saw the technology Neal was working on, I immediately said, ‘We need to start a company,’” Wilson recalls. “His response was, ‘Great. Let’s do it.’”
The technology is what his company now calls “synergistic sensing,” where radio waves are used to see through opaque obstructions, like walls. The company’s first product is a next-generation motion detector called Xandem TMD.
“There are a lot of infrared motion detectors out there, but there are a lot of problems with the existing technology,” Wilson explains. “First and foremost, [those detectors] are very limited in what they can see and are very prone to false alarms.”
Because Xandem’s system surrounds an area with inexpensive radio transceivers that send and receive signals, large spaces can be more fully protected. While this specific product is intended for warehouses and commercial properties, Wilson says it offers only a glimpse of the technology’s full capability.
“I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say that this technology can save people’s lives,” Wilson says. Beyond protecting property, Xandem is working toward solution that will also keep people safe.
Because the transceivers can track motion through walls, Wilson envisions the technology being used by law enforcement before entering a hostage situation or as a safety monitor for the elderly. Rather than producing photographic or video images, the technology simply monitors movement. This allows individuals to maintain their privacy while being monitored. | <urn:uuid:bab4b88f-ed20-4b64-b64a-43e1dc0a2a6d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.utahbusiness.com/articles/view/launch_pad | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948927 | 1,072 | 1.84375 | 2 |