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Imagine being transported to a place with humidity above 90%, with more diseases than anywhere on Earth, and where every breath draws a cloud of insects. Charlotte Uhlenbroek takes up the challenge in this exploration of the world's rainforests. All the jungles are very different. On each continent the same niche is occupied by a different species - Spider Monkeys in South America and Gibbons in South East Asia. Charlotte compares the situations she finds in each jungle together with the solutions the creatures in each have adopted to survive. Many individual films have been made about rainforests, but no one has ever attempted a global look at them on this scale. A combination of sheer adventure and the latest technology enables the viewer to experience the planet's most complex terrestrial habitat in all its glory.
Canopyworld Episode # 101
This high frontier is one of the least known and least seen habitats on earth, but it has the greatest concentration of life on the planet. In the jungles of Borneo where the trees are tallest, Charlotte's quest is to find out what it's like to live 200 feet above the ground in a complex three dimensional world where one slip could be fatal! For us humans used to walking on solid ground, it's an incredibly difficult place to explore. But using all kinds of modern technology, Charlotte climbs up into this remarkable but precarious world to reveal why it's such a special place. Using ropes, platforms, balloons, cranes, gondolas, inflatable rafts and raw climbing skills she searches for spectacular concentrations of wildlife and finds out why the jungle canopy is the most diverse part of the most varied ecosystem on earth. This journey gives us unique perspectives on this little known world. First Charlotte goes in search of the canopy experts to show her the ropes. Orang utans are much heavier than her but are remarkably good climbers, reaching high into the trees. But watching the youngsters learn you realise it takes many years of practise to really get the hang of it. The gibbons are even better, the gold medalist acrobats of the canopy - they just leave orangs, and especially humans, dangling. This is a world where squirrels, lizards, frogs and even snakes can fly! | <urn:uuid:2a9b32c0-714d-4a4a-aed7-8d35e77ddf51> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mpt.org/schedule/detail/13810/2013-02-22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926814 | 451 | 2.484375 | 2 |
winningham at gmail.com
Sun Jan 23 22:27:09 EST 2005
Thank you all so much for all comments. I'm compiling them, and first
off I would agree that a separate dictionary in the .torrent may be
Anyway, that is to be worked out, but some goals and use cases (and
I'll put these up on the page too):
1. To identify a BitTorrent distribution act as Creative Commons licensed.
2. To provide the proper metadata associated with that (deriv, source, etc)
3. To allow people the ability to easily note the CC license during
the act of creating the .torrent along-side of the tracker, and files.
4. To foster the commons in using BitTorrent as a means of
distribution that allows them more reach than their existing bandwidth
can realize, and proportionally so with demand.
Whether or not marking each files' license within the .torrent
distribution is something that could be decided upon, however, adding
per-file descriptive information beyond file and size is beyond the
scope of the protocol. The info_hash is derived (as best as I can read
the spec) from the content of the info dictionary where this sort of
per-file license would most logically reside. A .torrent file has no
per-file user-specified data beyond file name for each individual file
in the .torrent.
So, I think that if you're going to distribute it "under" a license
(and a distribution act such as making a BitTorrent file available
would imply some kind of authority to do so), each file should perhaps
have the same license as the distribution as a whole.
Maybe you all could help me with that quagmire.
Use cases would be:
1. A tool for creating a .torrent file where the user could go ahead
and apply a license to all of the work as a collection.
2. Downloading content through BitTorrent and being assured of your
legal rights to do so (as well as your legal right to allow uploads
back to the swarm)
3. Creating a site where you can be assured that .torrents coming in
for submission to be published on your site (*and* to use the site's
BitTorrent tracker) can programatically look for the license before
the work can be published (to keep the site admin's safe)
4. Auditing tracker use according to license, tracing back use of a
tracker back to licensee in case of dispute.
I hope that helps. This is my first work with standards, and I figured
that the XML types out there that know the nuances between things that
I'm only beginning to uderstand (difference between schema and DTD,
for instance) could help with.
The technical challenge to adapt these ideas to the becoded format is
something I feel readily able to facilitate.
Thanks so much,
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:19:28 -0800, Mike Linksvayer
<ml at creativecommons.org> wrote:
> Thomas Winningham wrote:
> > http://writtorrent.sourceforge.net/2005/01/rfc-bittorrent-creative-commons.html
> > This needs to be hammered out a bit, as far as tags within tags, and
> > attributes. I have a shout out to the BitTorrent development group as
> > well.
> Is your goal to support any "CC metadata" then you want to create a RDF
> serialization. I doubt you want to do that. Or a container for
> aribitrary RDF/XML in your XML document, and perhaps RDF/XML as a string
> in the bencoded version.
> Much as I'd like to promote the use of RDF, any of the above sound
> fairly unnatural and painful -- unless you want to have the potential
> include complex metadata in the .torrent (xml or bencoded) file, e.g.,
> describe each file in a multifile torrent, in which case RDF fits the
> bill (if you don't use RDF you'll just reinvent it).
> Something flat, akin to
> http://dublincore.org/documents/dc-xml-guidelines/ would probably
> satisfy your requirements, though I'm not sure what those are. You can
> specify a license with cc:license = licenseURI. Those who want to know
> what permissions, etc. are associated with licenseURI can grab the RDF
> from that URI.
> Sorry for rambling. Can you spell out your goals and some use cases?
> Mike Linksvayer
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Demelza Robins was a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Sorted into Gryffindor House. She was a Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and was noted to be particularly skilled at dodging Bludgers. She burst into tears when Ron Weasley yelled at her for no apparent reason.
Education at HogwartsEdit
Upon her arrival at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Demelza was sorted into the house of Gryffindor. Demelza had a talent for the sport Quidditch but had not tried out for the Quidditch team yet as almost every year they had full capacity.
1996-1997 school yearEdit
In 1996 after the graduation of former members Alicia Spinnet, Angelina Johnson and the Weasley twins, Demelza tried out for the new Quidditch team positions and made it as Chaser. During the 1996-1997 Quidditch season, Demelza was injured and Harry Potter used Episkey on her to stop the bleeding, which was accidentally caused by Ron Weasley. Demelza normally avoided accidents on the pitch, being rather good at avoiding bludgers. Ron Weasley also shouted at Demelza unexpectedly, resulting in her crying.
Later in the year she was trusted to bring Harry the time and place of Albus Dumbledore's next private lesson with Harry, and also a note from Severus Snape that stated he will be doing his detention no matter how many party invitations he had received, and that he would be sorting out fresh Flobberworms from rotten ones, without the use of protective gloves. At the end of this academic year Albus Dumbledore was murdered on school grounds by Severus Snape.
1997-1998 school yearEdit
Not being in Harry Potter's year and the 1997–1998 school year being Harry's final year of education meant that Demelza would also be returning to continue her education at Hogwarts in 1997 after the death of former Headmaster Albus Dumbledore. With Dumbledore dead the school was to be taken over by Minerva McGonagall but with Lord Voldemort's rise to power Severus Snape took to the position.
Battle of HogwartsEdit
In last few months of the school year the Second Wizarding War came to a close with the Battle of Hogwarts. Lord Voldemort and his Death Eater army invaded the castle and a battle broke out to defend it and protect Harry Potter. The castle was almost completely destroyed and there were many casualties. It is unknown if Demelza was present for the battle or if she was too young to stay in combat.
Demelza began as a Cornish place name that meant either "fort of Maeldaf" or "thy sweetness" ("de" meaning thy and "melza" meaning honey or sweet in Cornish). It only came into use as a given name in the 1950s, after the novelist Winston Graham chose it for the title character of his 1946 novel, Demelza, which was the second instalment in his Poldark series.J. K. Rowling may have chosen it as a tribute to Demelza Hospice Care for Children, a charity supported by Daniel Radcliffe.
Behind the scenesEdit
- Her surname is misspelled as Robbins in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
- She is portrayed by Katy Huxley-Golden in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
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A Road to No Warez: The No Electronic Theft Act and Criminal Copyright Infringement
Santa Clara University - School of Law
Oregon Law Review, Vol. 82, 2003
This Article examines the No Electronic Theft Act (the Act or the NET Act). The Act represents a significant change to copyright law because it subtly shifts the paradigm underlying criminal copyright infringement. For 100 years, criminal infringement punished infringers who derived a commercial benefit based on someone else's copyrighted work. However, through the Act, Congress adopted a paradigm that criminal copyright infringement is like physical-space theft, specifically shoplifting. As a result, the Act significantly extends the boundaries of criminal copyright infringement.
Despite the extended criminal boundaries, a review of the post-passage developments suggests that the Act has been unexpectedly ineffective. To fully understand why, this Article focuses on a group of infringers known as warez traders. While Congress did not specifically reference warez trading in the Act, warez traders were its prime target. Yet, Congress did not fully understand this sociological group or their motivations, resulting in a law poorly tailored to conforming their behavior. But in drafting a broad law to cover warez trading, the Act overstates the harm experienced by copyright owners. This expansive standard for harm covers activities necessary to function in a digital society, unnecessarily turning too many average Americans into criminals. Corrective legislation is required to more precisely distinguish between truly culpable behavior and socially beneficial conduct.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 64
Keywords: Warez, warez trading, warez traders, criminal copyright infringement, peer-to-peer file sharing, p2p, abandonware, no electronic theft act, net act
JEL Classification: K14, K42, O34Accepted Paper Series
Date posted: March 24, 2004
© 2013 Social Science Electronic Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Herding dogs are born with the inherent ability to herd cattle, sheep and other animals. However, training them to do the job properly is a must. Most dogs can be trained quite easily as young pups.
Start with the basic commands. As your dog grows, she will need to understand certain commands when herding. This process starts with getting her to understand basic commands such as "Sit," "Lie down," "Come" and "Stay." Be gentle, but assertive. Repeat these commands at 15 minutes per day and as needed.
Work in herding commands as your dog becomes more mature. Before you allow your dog to mingle with a herd, she must be old enough to hold her own and understand specific herding commands. After she has a fairly strong understanding of basic commands, begin working in herding calls. These include, "Way to me," which commands the dog to turn counterclockwise and move back toward you, "Come by," which turns her back clockwise, "Get out," commanding the dog to move away from the herd, and "That'll do," which prompts the dog to stop and slowly return to you.
These commands will teach your dog how to properly interact with you and the herd. Practice these commands alone with your dog at first. Work in this area about 15 minutes a day, slowly introducing her your herd. A dog whistle and leash should be used to teach herding commands (see Resources).
Know and understand proper herding positions. Your dog must always stay to the side of the herd. She may run at and alongside it, but not entangle herself with the stock. by staying to the side, she will always have room to return to you when prompted and keep from getting trampled.
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AUSTIN, Texas - The Department of Energy (DOE) recently held a dedication ceremony for a new cooling-heating-power (CHP) facility. CHP is a form of distributed energy that recycles waste heat produced in electrical generation. The dedication took place June 14 at an Austin energy facility. "This new facility will be 40 to 50 percent more efficient than conventional electricity production in how it uses fossil fuels to generate power and thermal energy," said Ed Mardiat, director of CHP development for Burns & McDonnell, the prime design-build contractor. According to Mardiat, "We are currently evaluating a variety of facilities at hospitals, university and college campuses, airports, and large corporate or government office complexes to install similar packaged CHP systems."
- compiled by B. Checket-Hanks
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only genius is genius
The fact of the matter is, though technology is allowing everyone to do more, it's not necessarily making any of us better at it. We're just more obvious...
tv's lost technology
As a child of the '60s, I grew up with the simple, naive belief that the power of television couldand wouldbe eventually used to make the world a better place.
the media reflection
Our post-modern, early 21st Century attitude has caused a downfall in the internal structure of our society, and I'm not talking about buildings.
technology rules: internet or betamax?
Fedex was so chuffed with the prospects for this hybrid of paper and electronic transmission, it planned a $1.2- billion (U.S.) outlay over 10 years for equipment. But just two years and $340 million later, Fedex zapped Zapmail.
a brief memory of the early days
What next, we wondered? Of course, the answer was clear: cyber
I love technology. I love computers, email, fax machines, automatic car washes, ATMs. I love that when I call the electric company I never hear a live human voice. However, it is screwing me.
You've had a hard day lying and distorting for your clients. You're one tired lawyer. You don't want to think about briefs and torts and irritable judges and missed filing deadlines.
To walk down the runway, pose for the paparazzi, turn around and exit the stage isn't rocket science, nor is it in anyway glamorous for that matter. Models can easily be replaced by computer-generated images.
the real y2k bug
the real party is one where twelve thousand aesthetically pleasing extras gather at a massive parking lot to watch eight girls in hot-pants dance in synchronization.
exploring electronic consciousness
Amidst the neon and the electric signs, I sighed, and returned my attention to the next hit from my CD player.
intelligence and consciousness in the
Evolution is survival of the fittest. Homo sapiens with a tool survived, while the equivalent, sans tool, did not.
It was the advertisers of my great nation that helped me get back in touch with my inner smart-assthat voice that complains too much about too little.
velma dinkley: girl archetype?
Look around you and count how many young women you see wearing
Velma's chunky glasses and ubiquitous orange turtleneck.
Probably the most volatile of these perceptions is our understanding of God. This perception has divided more people since the beginning of time than any other.
women and children first! (on the environmental
The basic point I am making here is that species have developed ingenious means in order to ensure their survival, or rather, their genetic survival. It is an inherent trait, hardwired into every living thing. Women and children first!
terrorism: terror or tease?
Aside from the realization of one more unnecessary (or grossly over-funded) government program, what concerns me more is the increased government surveillance and loss of privacy.
It is much simpler for the politicians to send a billion dollars
to Colombia so they can burn coca crops. It is much simpler for the politicians
to blame OPEC for pumping up the price at the pump.
the invisible interior of artistic humanity
why dwell on artists anyway? What makes them so special compared to 'ordinary' humans?
I wish to issue a warning concerning the real route our machines will take to manage their complete merger with mankind. I think it is likely to be a merger rather than an annihilation.
somebody somewhere thinks you're a s--t
Now, when one receives a jar of dried kangaroo excrement in the mail what should one do? What's the protocol?
bladerunner - business
The blackness of the future. The whiteness of the past. The gray
scale of the moment.
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If you like hiking and cycling trips through extraordinary landscapes, then the Egeria Geopark is the ideal place for you. Divided between the Czech Republic and Germany, the park allows you to observe geological processes which take millions of years as they happen.
The Egeria Geopark is one of the most interesting geological sites in the Czech mountains. Although the biggest geological processes came to an end here five million years ago, you can still find a world of tectonics, volcanism, thermal springs and seismic activity. Just pull on a pair of sturdy shoes, or grab a bike, and head out to watch a piece of fascinating natural theatre. You’ll pass bubbling mud volcanoes in the SOOS protected area, ride past the rock formation called the Petrified Marriage Procession at the Svatošské Cliffs, travel back in time to the Ice Age in the Boži Dar peat bog, located near the highest town in Central Europe, and use your nose to find a woodland spot called Smraďoch (meaning “smelly place”) where sulphurous gases are emitted from the ground.
From an elegant spa to wild landscapes
Some of the region’s famous spas are great bases from which to explore the area, whether it be Karlovy Vary with its 72oC Vřídlo spring, Mariánské Lázně with its geological park or Jáchymov, a former mining village. Egeria Geopark has no defined borders but has many sites that are freely accessible to visitors and to those who long for an active break in an attractive setting. | <urn:uuid:99124834-fa8c-444b-825c-5295e3c7db56> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.czechtourism.com/tourists/destinations/a-west-bohemia/west-bohemia/c-krusne-hory-geopark-egeria/?lang=zh-CN | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00032-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929969 | 345 | 1.859375 | 2 |
Tactical Air Command
Motto: Custos borealis (Guardian of the North)
On 1 April 1949, No. 11 Group, which had been formed with headquarters at Winnipeg on 1 March 1947, was designated Tactical Group in keeping with the R.C.A.F.'s transition in organization from a geographical to a functional basis. Two years later, on 1 August 1951, Tactical Group became autonomous, under the direct control of Air Force Headquarters, and was moved to Edmonton where it was merged with North-West Air Command as Tactical Air Group. It was elevated to Command status as No. 1 Tactical Air Command on 1 June 1953. The prefix "1" was later dropped. | <urn:uuid:9dbaa946-0083-433d-8d00-9805a5b02d9d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.canadianwings.com/Squadrons/squadronDetail.php?Tactical-Air-Command-111 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00037-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.988029 | 141 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Today I was trying to fix up a website for one of our clients. I got the site out of source control but somehow or other it wouldn’t compile. I’m not going to talk about the fact it didn’t compile out of the box – We all know that is not a good situation and the person who allows source to get into a state like that needs to be slapped repeatedly with a wet fish.
What I’m going to talk about is what the eventual error turned out to be because it is not something I’ve ever seen before and it was such a bizarre thing that I can only hope it isn’t common. But if you are afflicted by it you will be pleased to know that the solution is easy, even if the discovery of what the problem actually was wasted several hours.
If you are reading this then I suspect you will probably be suffering from this problem in which case you are probably now yelling “STOP BABBLING MAN AND TELL ME WHAT TO DO”.
First, a description of the problem:
There is an ASP.NET web site project (probably does the same thing on a web application… And let’s not get in to why this is a web site project, it’s an old project and the standard now is web applications) with a number of web forms in it.
The ASPX for the default page currently looks something like this:
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true"
CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="Default" %>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
Stuff that's on my page
<asp:Label ID="MyLabel" runat="server"></asp:Label>
Nothing too odd about that, you might say… And you’d be right. There is nothing at all wrong with this page. However, when you go to compile your website you get this error:
The name ‘MyLabel’ does not exist in the current context
But… but… but… You can see that MyLabel exists on the ASPX page and if you type in the C# or VB source file you’ll see that intellisense finds the object perfectly well. So what is going on?
Well, it is interesting to note that Page1 and Page2 are very similar to Default. In fact, so similar that when they were created the person that did this just copied Default.aspx and Default.aspx.cs (or Default.aspx.vb if that’s your poison). What they didn’t do when they made the copies was to change the page directive at the top that has the Inherits attribute that points to Default. So, Page1 and Page2 are inheriting the behaviour in Default.
When this first happened that wasn’t a problem. Page1 and Page2 had just minor cosmetic differences, the behaviour was the same and no one noticed.
At some point later someone came along and added MyLabel to Default.aspx… This still didn’t make a difference. Everything worked as normal.
Then someone came along and realised that MyLabel needed to change on some condition and added some code into the Default.aspx.cs file that modified MyLabel. At this point all hell broke loose!
Suddenly, MyLabel can’t be found and no one can figure out why. It is there on the ASPX page, intellisense picks it up, the stupid compiler can’t see it.
Eventually, after spending a couple of hours on the problem and batting it around some collegues and doing bit of brainstorming someone (let’s call him Craig Muirhead because he figured it out in the end and deserves the credit) comes up with the idea that perhaps other pages are inheriting the wrong class. A quick find in files on the name of the class and we found it was referenced by 4 other pages. It takes a matter of moments to fix all those files to point to their respective code behind files/classes rather than the one on our hapless page. And all of a sudden everything compiles. | <urn:uuid:01b924c5-8d59-4c7b-89b4-05cc620c858f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://colinmackay.co.uk/tag/debugging/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00019-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937629 | 877 | 1.960938 | 2 |
This may be common knowledge to you—since Garden of Life’s been saying it for 10 years now—but the hands are one of the five main areas where germs enter the body. That’s why we should regularly implement hand-washing. What may not be common knowledge, however, is that you can pick up some nasty microbial hitchhikers if you’re not careful. That’s where consistent, smart hygiene comes in. It goes beyond cleanliness, too. It might even make a difference in immune health.
Our money, for example, could be crawling with disease-carrying bacteria, according to researchers at a meeting of the American Society of Microbiology. U.S. Air Force doctors collected a sampling of 68 one-dollar bills at a grocery store and a concession stand at a high school sporting event and examined them for bacterial contamination.
They found 59 of the 68 bills infested with bacteria that can cause infection in people with weakened immune systems, and five of the bills had bacteria that can cause serious forms of pneumonia--even in healthy people. Coins also proved to retain bacteria; salmonella and E. coli organisms survived several days on the surface of coins.
This raises some concern about food handlers, such as cafeteria and concession stand workers, who regularly juggle food and money. The average life of a dollar bill is about 18 months, so it has the potential of passing through hundreds or thousands of hands, giving any bugs plenty of time to hitch a ride.
Nasty tenants can catch rides on other items as well—even higher tech items. Research indicates that cell phones can harbor acinetobacter baumannii, a stubborn bacterium that can become resistant to antibiotics and can survive on inanimate objects like cell phones for long periods of time. Bacteria found on the hands and cell phones of 124 employees at Soroka University Medical Center found acinetobacter on 12% of cell phones and 24% of hands. It’s bacteria that can be lethal for the critically ill or the immuno-compromised.
That’s why healthy hygiene practices are essential, yet we’re not always doing a good job with it. For example, a survey says that 80% of Americans are likely to wash their hands before handling food or eating, and 75% will do so after changing a diaper, but many don’t wash after petting a dog or cat, or after sneezing or coughing.
Judy Daly, Ph. D., director of the microbiology laboratories at the Primary Children’s Medical Center a the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, says, “Although hand-washing seems like such a little thing, it could really have a powerful impact on the way we manage the spread of infectious diseases and newer public health threats. The same people who fail to wash their hands after using restrooms go on to pick up children, handle food, greet family and use other public facilities. Hand-washing can also prevent flu and colds.”
Donald Low, M.D., chief of the department of microbiology at the University of Toronto and Mount Sanai Hospital in Toronto, says: “Make hand washing part of your mindset. When washing your hands, rub your hands together for at least 10-15 seconds, making sure to scrub wrists, palms, backs of hands, fingers and under fingernails.”
It’s pretty clear that hand-washing is an important part of proper hygiene—and you may want to choose chemical-free cleansers. Why? The skin is a vital part of the immune system and even traces of chemicals can interfere with health, since chemicals used on and around the fingernails can go directly into the bloodstream.
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WASHINGTON — President Obama warned Syria’s government Monday that it would be ‘‘totally unacceptable’’ to use chemical weapons against its own people and vowed to hold accountable anyone who did, as US intelligence officials picked up signs that such arms might be deployed in the ongoing insurgency.
The White House said that some recent actions by the government of President Bashar Assad were indicators that Syrian forces were preparing to use such weapons, following earlier reports that intelligence agencies had noticed signs of activity at chemical weapons sites. Obama’s spokesman said the administration had ‘‘an increased concern’’ of possible use of chemical weapons.
In a speech later in the day that echoed earlier comments by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Obama sternly asserted again that he would punish Syria for using chemical weapons, although he did not say how. The administration has been preparing contingency plans that include the dispatch of tens of thousands of troops to secure such weapons, although it is not clear whether Obama would go that far.
“Today I want to make it absolutely clear to Assad and those under his command: The world is watching,’’ Obama said in a speech at the National Defense University in Washington. ‘‘The use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. If you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences and you will be held accountable.’’
The warning from the White House came as developments elsewhere suggested the political terrain could be shifting. A senior Turkish official said that Russia had agreed Monday to a new diplomatic approach that would seek ways to persuade Assad to relinquish power, a possible weakening in Russia’s steadfast support for the government.
During an earlier briefing at the White House, Jay Carney, the president’s press secretary, hinted at possible military action in response to any use of chemical weapons, although he declined to specify what options Obama would consider.
“We think it is important to prepare for all scenarios,’’ Carney said. ‘‘Contingency planning is the responsible thing to do.’’
The president’s statements on Syria amplified similar warnings issued by Clinton earlier in the day in Prague, where she was stopping on her way to meetings in Brussels.
“This is a red line for the United States,’’ Clinton said, using the same language that the White House would use later. ‘‘I am not going to telegraph in any specifics what we would do in the event of credible evidence that the Assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their own people. But suffice it to say we are certainly planning to take action if that eventuality were to occur.’’
There have been signs in recent days of heightened activity at some of Syria’s chemical weapons sites, according to US and Israeli officials familiar with intelligence reports. Clinton did not confirm the intelligence reports or say what sort of activity was occurring.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry, in a swift response, said the government ‘‘would not use chemical weapons, if it had them, against its own people under any circumstances.’’ The statement was reported on Syrian state television and on the Lebanese channel LBC.
After meeting in Istanbul on Monday, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey said they had agreed on a new approach to resolving the conflict.
‘'We are neither protecting the regime in Syria nor acting as their advocate, but remain worried about Syria’s future,’’ Putin said at a joint news conference with Erdogan.
Putin did not elaborate, though Mikhail Bogdanov, a deputy foreign minister, said Russia would meet intensively with Syrian opposition groups based inside the country in the coming month. A senior Turkish official, speaking anonymously, said plans included looking for ways to get Assad to step down. There were still no firm indications from Russia that it was ready to insist on Assad’s immediate departure.
The crisis has been worsening in Syria, where about 40,000 people have been killed in 20 months of conflict that has also spilled into neighboring countries. Fighting raged around Damascus, the Syrian capital, and its airport Monday, disrupting commercial flights for a fourth straight day.
The United Nations regional humanitarian coordinator for Syria, Radhouane Nouicer, said the UN is pulling nonessential international staff out of the country because of the security situation, the Associated Press reported. Up to a quarter of the 100 international staff working for several UN agencies could leave by week’s end. There are 900 more local staff members working for the UN in Syria.
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Role of Environment in European Conquestby Rit Nosotro
What part did environment play in allowing Eurasians to conquer the native peoples of Africa, Australia, or the Americas? (hint: Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond)
Throughout history we witness the rise and fall of many civilizations. Many nations exist in different forms now than they did only fifty years ago. The changes that the civilizations underwent thousands of years ago provide the foundations for the current world that we see today. But what caused specific civilizations to conquer other civilizations? We see the strong influence of the Eurasian civilization in all our existing cultures today. Many factors added to this, and the environment in which the Eurasian culture dwelled probably had a very influential role in allowing them to conquer the other civilizations of their time. Their environment influenced the lifestyle of these people and directly affected the resources that they had available to them in their pursuits of war and peace.
Firstly, we must determine what constitutes an environment, and what aspects of life an environment will affect. The environment of a culture describes the weather, geography, and local natural resources. Throughout history, thriving civilizations have tended to spring up near a river or other body of water. People need water to survive, not only for drinking but for watering their crops and livestock as well. When Babel was destroyed and the people divided by language, they traveled and found new areas to settle. According to the Xenophile Historian website, “The ideal place for a civilization to develop is a place where life is not an everyday struggle, but it requires some effort to make it comfortable.” In particularly harsh lands, such as the dry, hot desserts that cover much of Africa and Australia, the inhabitants must fight daily simply to maintain survival. Historically, they lacked the ability to settle down in one area for too extended a time because the lack of water would cause the natural resources to deplete. Even if they could stay permanently in one place, they still had to concentrate on fulfilling their basic survival needs. These societies had no time to develop a system of writing or complex government. In contrast, in areas like the jungles of South America, food literally just falls from the air. The people have no need to create any kind of lasting agricultural plan, such as farming or shepherding, because they have all the sustenance they need readily available to them already. This sort of bountiful environment hinders the development of a thriving, settled civilization just as much as the harshness of the desert.
However, on much of the Eurasian continent, particularly in the Fertile Crescent, semi-permanent civilizations flourished. They had to develop an agricultural system of plants and animal herds because the land did not naturally produce them, but would support them if nurtured. This gave the civilizations a sort of permanence. “Pure hunting/gathering is about 100 times less efficient than herding; it only feeds an average of one person per ten square miles.” (Xenophile Historian) So these societies that developed farming and herding also had a larger number of people per square mile. This provided solidity to a society in many different ways. First of all, with a larger amount of people, disease is less likely to destroy the entire society. Secondly, with so many people, they could divide the labor among them in a way that allowed different people to specialize in different occupations. Instead of everyone having to know a little about everything, you could have people who knew a lot about one thing. Jared Diamond references this concept as it relates to the Polynesian Islands, “In general, the larger the size and the higher the density, the more complex and specialized were the technology and organization.” If the people had specializations, not only did they develop skills in certain areas, but it also gave time for someone to pursue writing and the arts as their specialization. So when this society of people with special skills invaded other societies, they had a big advantage. The civilizations of Eurasia produced people who had specialized in politics, weaponry, or war. This specialization allowed the society to progress exponentially in their development of these technologies. These societies had organized governments system, which oversaw militaries that employed cutting-edge weapon technology. As a result of these advances in their society, they had preparation and many advantages over the societies they attacked.
Another variable factors into all of this and in fact provides an in depth and overarching explanation for it all. Psalm 97:1 says, “The LORD reigns; Let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad!” Throughout all the ages, the one thing that remains the same is God’s sovereignty. He has a divine and sovereign plan and controls all of the events of the world. As a result, nothing happens simply by chance. Each of these civilizations and its inhabitants dwelt in precisely where God ordained them in order to accomplish their part in His supreme plan.
1. How do the rises and falls of historical civilizations affect us today?
2. What are non-ideal geographical areas for civilizations and why do both extremes have big disadvantages?
3. What is the ideal place for a civilization to develop and why?
4. In the end, does any of this completely explain the rise and fall of civilizations? If so, how? If not, where can we find a complete explanation?
Jared Diamond. Guns, Germs, and Steel. New York: Q. Q. Norton & Company,
Charles Kimball. <a href=" http://xenohistorian.faithweb.com/worldhis/Hist02.html
The Xenophile Historian: Chapter 2 </a>. World History. 24 September 2003.
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I am hoping someone can enlighten me with some answers regarding the family Sachsen-Coburg-Koháry
1. Did the monarchs of Portugal of the dynasty of Sajonia-Coburgo e Bragança maintained their position as titular heads of the Austro-Hungarian (Catholic) branch of the House of Wettin (Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha) also known as "Koháry"
The family of Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (Koháry) in Austria is "independent", and has its own head (currently Prince Johannes Heinrich) but does not constitute its own house; it is in fact a branch of the House of Wettin (Guelphs). As far as I know until the death of D. Manuel II his rights in the Hungarian Magnates' House were deputised to their cousins who became the actual holders of the rights after 1932. The first one being Prince Peter.
2.Did the title of "Prince (German: Fürst/Hungarian: herceg) Koháry de Csábrág et Szitnya" pass down up to the present line after the death of Princess Mária Antónia?
The marriage agreement between Prince Ferdinand von Sachsen-Coburg-Saarfeld and Princess Mária Antónia does not mention anything in this regard, nonetheless several prominent historians name Prince Ferdinad as "founder" of the branch of "Sachsen-Coburg- Koháry". Wikipedia also mentions the princely title when writing about his heirs. Apparently none of these princes ever die in either Slowakia or Hungary, so I haven't been able to control which name they used in these countries.
Prince Ferdinand further became Hungarian subject of King Ferenc I (Kaiser Franz) when he was given the Crown lands that belonged to the Kohárys exclusively in the male line as a gift, but did his heirs continue to be Hungarian subjects? Prince Johannnes Heinrich, the present family head was born and has lived all his live in Tirol. Nevertheless his father Prince Rainer married twice to Hungarian ladies, lived and died in Hungary. I haven't been able to check which nationality he had when in Hungary but when he stayed in Vienna, he did give "German Empire" (Deutsches Reich) as citizenship to the City Hall. Did he own anything in present-day Slovakia?
3. Under which name were these princes enrolled in the Hungarian Magnates's House (Főrendiház)? Were they represented as Princes "Szász-Koburg-Gotha", "Koháry" or ”Szász-Koburg-Koháry?
4. Which properties in present-day Slovakia and Hungary belonged to Prince Rainer? The forum has discussed properties of the Bulgarian royals there, but nothing regarding Prince Rainer who was the titular head of the family? I wonder if after the collapse of the Empire any of these princes took up Czechslovakian citizenship? I mean Prince Ferdinand Philipp, Peter and Rainer.
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It’s overwhelming. You stand there in front of the “great wall” in your local store and have no idea where to start. Here are some good, basic tips before you shop.
- Much like the unicorn, a “sun block” product is a mythical beast. There’s no such thing. No product, no matter how good or how high the SPF, blocks out 100% of UVA. While some ingredients and formulas are far better than others, none is a complete block.
- SPF ratings only indicate the UVB protection level or the time it will take to produce minimal redness in the skin. These ratings say nothing of UVA protection, which is left to the manufacturer to tell you – or not.
- Very high SPF numbers are misleading and give a false sense of protection. We’ve seen some bad burns with clients who thought high numbers meant they were protected and did not need to reapply or thought the product was broad-spectrum because of the high SPF number.
Look for this:
- Formulas that rely mostly on zinc and/or titanium. These minerals work to reflect UV radiation off of the skin and stay intact much more effectively than “chemical” UV filters or absorbing ingredients.
- An SPF rating of 30 – 50. No higher.
- A formula that you like the look and feel of (see below). Seems like a no-brainer, but often times when we have a product we don’t like, the thinking is, “I’ll use this up and get something different”, but because we don’t like it, we don’t actually use it.
- Formulas that use nanoparticles, which are so small, they can easily enter the blood stream. “Micronized” particles are still small enough to make the formula cosmetically elegant and are a safer option.
- SPF products that contain forms of Vitamin A. Make no mistake, this is one of our favorite skin care ingredients, but there is evidence that when combined with sunscreen products, it may actually increase your chances of developing skin cancer.
- Formulas that use questionable “chemical” UV filters. We know, everything is technically a chemical, even water. What we are talking about here are ingredients like oxybenzone, octocrylene, ensulizole and homosalate.
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Washington, July 9 (ANI): New surgery, developed at Hospital for Special Surgery, could improve patient outcomes in individuals with severe adult flat foot deformity, a problem that is increasingly being seen in hospitals across the country.
Patients who undergo the new surgery have better long-term outcome and mobility than those who undergo traditional surgery.
"Before this study, we were not sure whether you could salvage patients with flat foot and ankle deformity and correct their ankle as well as their foot deformity. Now we know that with this technique you can save the ankle, and it provides a correction of the deformity even at nine years after surgery," said Dr. Jonathan Deland, chief of the Department of Foot and Ankle Surgery at HSS.
Adult acquired flat foot deformity is basically a severe type of flat foot that develops for unknown reasons in individuals who have had flat feet all their life.
In the most severe stage, stage IV, the ankle starts tilting and is at risk of developing arthritis as a result of the deformity.
"These people have tremendous flat foot to the point that their ankle is involved," said Dr. Scott Ellis, first author of the study.
In these people, the extreme flat foot has injured the deltoid ligament, a strong, flat triangular ligament that is located on the inside of the ankle that provides support to prevent the ankle from over pronating.
If the ankle deformity is severe and symptomatic enough, then surgeons either perform an ankle replacement, which is very difficult, or, more commonly, fuse the ankle.
In the new surgery for stage IV deformity developed at HSS, surgeons not only reconstruct the flat foot deformity, but they also reconstruct the deltoid ligament using a tendon that runs along the outside of the calf called the peroneus longus. A person can function without their peroneus longus.
Alternatively, the peroneus longus can be kept and a cadaver tendon used.
In the study, HSS investigators conducted the new surgery in five patients, four men and one woman, and monitored the surgery''s success.
The mean age was 67 years. Patients underwent X-rays that showed the surgery improved the alignment in the ankle and the effects were long-lasting.
"The X-rays showed the maintenance of the correction of the tilt. The alignment was still improved nine years later," said Ellis.
Patients had excellent mobility at eight to 10 years following the surgery and none of the patients had arthritis.
Ellis thinks the new surgery may be increasingly useful with stage IV flat foot deformity.
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Description of the book:
intelligence (AI) is a field within computer science that is attempting
to build enhanced intelligence into computer systems. This book traces
the history of the subject, from the early dreams of eighteenth-century
(and earlier) pioneers to the more successful work of today’s AI
engineers. AI is becoming more and more a part of everyone’s life. The
technology is already embedded in face-recognizing cameras,
speech-recognition software, Internet search engines, and health-care
robots, among other applications. The book’s many diagrams and
easy-to-understand descriptions of AI programs will help the casual
reader gain an understanding of how these and other AI systems actually
work. Its thorough (but unobtrusive) end-of-chapter notes containing
citations to important source materials will be of great use to AI
scholars and researchers. This book promises to be the definitive
history of a field that has captivated the imaginations of scientists,
philosophers, and writers for centuries.
Here is what some reviewers
have said about the book:
the investigatory skill of a historian for the earliest work, personal
recollections and reflections of early work, and unprecedented access
to current researchers; and with the wit of a skilled author and
teacher and the insight of a founding father, Nils Nilsson is uniquely
qualified to present this lucid, comprehensive, entertaining and
balanced history of AI."
Norvig, Director of Research, Google Inc.
reminds us of the grand scope of the AI enterprise and provides an
excellent vantage point from which to assess the remarkable progress
that has occurred. At the same time, the book provides unique and
detailed historical insight into how things really happened. My only
complaint is that Nils has, as always, understated his own important
role in the story."
Russell, University of California, Berkeley
is one of the world's earliest AI researchers and practitioners, and
here he presents a vivid history of Artificial Intelligence - its early
breakthroughs, intermediate setbacks, current successes, and
Kanade, U.A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor, Carnegie Mellon
Nilsson has written the definitive intellectual history of Artificial
Intelligence research; something that he himself has been a key player
in for over forty of its 53 years. In this book he not only explains
all of the major ideas and fashions in AI, but he traces how the ideas
arose, where they arose and why. This well mannered book explains AI.
All of it."
Brooks, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
wonderfully comprehensive and entertaining look at how artificial
intelligence was invented and developed."
Kay, President of Viewpoints Research Institute
book is a tour de force that serves as a valuable hiker's guide through
the twists and turns of the historical trails of the first several
decades of the quest for artificial intelligence."
Horvitz, Microsoft Research and President of the AAAI
new book is a fascinating chronology of artificial intelligence,
written by one of the doyens of the field. It should appeal to a broad
audience with its sweeping coverage of topics ranging from game playing
to computer vision and natural language processing."
Raghavan, Head of Yahoo! Labs
balanced look at what AI has been able to do during its first 50 years
of existence. His personal recollections and the rationale behind many
decisions, as retold by an insider, make this book a unique
contribution, interesting both for the informed and for the general
reader. Both kinds of readers can learn a lot from Nilsson’s book about
the evolution of this now-mature research field. The book is written in
a friendly conversational style, without any unnecessary mathematical
formalisms, and is richly illustrated with many diagrams that depict
representative AI systems and photographs of the many innovators that
led to their development."
crafts a highly readable and personal account of the theory and
practitioners that brought the world to present-day AI... the text [is]
accessible and the descriptions personal."
Armstrong, Wheaton College for Choice Magazine
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Our president says we must stay the course in Iraq and that we are making the world safer from terrorism. Every day more American soldiers die there as well as innocent Iraqis, and this country does not seem to be safer. We went into Iraq under false pretenses. No weapons of mass destruction were ever found, yet, after 9-11, we had the world's support to stamp out al-Qaida and capture Osama bin Laden. Now, al-Qaida flourishes in Iraq, as do many other terrorists from other countries, and the world is no safer from terrorism.
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Look at the moral side of the fiscal cliff
The Kansas City Star
As pastors, we believe the ongoing fiscal showdown in Washington over taxes, the safety net and the deficit is not simply a matter of dollars and sense — it is a question of right and wrong. The outcome of this debate has profound moral consequences for our nation, and potentially harsh human consequences for American families.
The way some politicians talk about these negotiations, you would never know that the health and economic security of real flesh-and-blood people hang in the balance. Instead of making apocalyptic claims that we are about to become another Greece, perhaps they should take a look around America. Across the country, many poor families work fulltime but still strain to make ends meet. Food stamps, unemployment insurance and the Earned Income Tax Credits kept 14 million of these Americans out of poverty. Millions of children, including hundreds of thousands in Missouri, would go to bed hungry without these programs and would have no access to healthcare without Medicaid. Seniors on fixed incomes depend on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid for their very survival. We see this reality face to face in our neighborhoods and congregations. These are the people our leaders must represent and defend, not the special interests whose well-heeled lobbyists are roaming the halls of Congress.
Scripture is clear that nations – not just individuals — will be judged by how we treat the least among us. In order to pass this test, we must raise enough revenues to fund a safety net that reduces poverty, prevents hunger and cares for the sick. At a time of staggering economic inequality, robust corporate profits, large deficits and historically low taxes on rich people, our leaders need to summon the courage to make powerful special interests pay their fair share. That starts with ending the Bush tax cuts for the richest Americans and closing loopholes for big, profitable corporations. Our current revenue levels are inadequate and will lead either to cuts that make people suffer or unsustainable deficits. Politicians who oppose tax increases on the richest among us but consider taking food assistance and healthcare away from poor families and seniors a necessary sacrifice have lost their moral compass.
The way the fiscal cliff debate is playing out in Washington clarifies the values at stake. Clergy leaders of the PICO National Network, of which we are members, have met with Senators, organized call-in days from our congregations to Capitol Hill offices, and sent letters calling on lawmakers to protect low-income families, end the Bush tax cuts on the top two percent, and not cut benefits to Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Meanwhile corporate CEOs have intensely lobbied both parties to enact a “pro-growth” plan that cuts taxes for powerful corporations while undermining needed benefits for seniors and working families. And all the while, many politicians stick to the inaccurate refrain that we only have a spending problem.
Any fiscal cliff deal that undermines the health or economic security of American families and fails to require rich and powerful special interests to pay their fair share is immoral. Our elected representatives have a grave responsibility to uphold our values of fairness, justice and shared sacrifice.
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When talking with clients about retirement, I almost always
hear some variation of the following sentence: "I just want to
be happy." The more I hear the "H" word, the more I ask myself
"What actually makes us happy?"
There's certainly no single answer to that question. In
fact, the answers seem limitless. Not only that, but we don't
seem particularly good at knowing what will make us happy. The
things we choose-say, a new car for example-often provide a
short-term, fleeting sense of pleasure rather than a deep,
abiding sense of happiness. So what can we do to improve our
odds of a happy retirement?
Happiness Principle #1: Balance Pleasures and
In his book
The Joyless Economy
, Tibor Scitovsky argues that there are two kinds of potential
experiences in life: pleasures and comforts. By pleasures he
means risks or pursuits. These are the new experiences in our
lives. They get us out of our comfort zone and stimulate our
minds. Pleasures include things like meeting someone new,
exploring an unfamiliar city, ordering something new off the
menu or learning a new hobby or skill.
Then there are comforts. These are the things that we know
and are used to. They're safe and predictable. They provide
stability. Comforts are things like our home, family, longtime
friends and the job we've had for years.
Every day, we're presented with choices between pleasures
and comforts. Left to our own devices we tend to choose
comforts. In fact, many times we're so reluctant to embrace the
unknown that we will choose unhappiness over uncertainty. We'll
persist in a bad job or a bad relationship, simply because
we're afraid of what would happen if we didn't.
Not surprisingly, Scitovsky argues that finding balance
between pleasures and comforts will ultimately make us happier
than if we have a lopsided tendency toward only one.
Choosing the safe, predictable path (comforts) too often
during retirement will likely leave you feeling unchallenged,
uninspired and bored. Always taking the risk and stepping
outside your comfort zone (pleasures), however, can leave you
feeling stressed and unmoored. The key is to find a
Happiness Principle #2: Focus on Your Health
Physical, mental and emotional health are key ingredients to
happiness. Unfortunately, too many people are entering
retirement stuck in the rut of an unhealthy lifestyle.
Two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. High
cholesterol and high blood pressure are common.Diabetes is the
fastest growing disease in the country.
Not all sickness is preventable, of course, but there is a
huge correlation between certain lifestyle choices and our
susceptibility to certain diseases. This is evident when you
examine the ailments we struggle with most. According to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the three leading
causes of death in 1900 were influenza, diarrhea and
tuberculosis. Today the top three are heart disease, cancer and
stroke. All three are heavily dependent on things like diet,
exercise and whether or not you smoke.
Entering retirement healthy and in shape improves your odds
of leading an active lifestyle. It also means that you will
likely be able to live independently and free from the physical
pain that accompanies many diseases. Not only that, but
remaining physically healthy can help you remain financially
healthy, because your medical costs will be kept to a minimum.
All of those things can contribute to a happier retirement.
Happiness Principle #3: Financial Security
While money doesn't necessarily buy happiness, neither does
poverty. It can be stressful to always be worrying about how to
make ends meet. And while you don't necessarily need a sailboat
or a vineyard to have a happy retirement, it would be nice to
be able to take a trip with your spouse or have dinner with
friends without constantly having to pinch pennies. Work
closely with a trusted adviser to make sure you have enough set
aside to fund the lifestyle you want to live.
Remember, though, that retirement is more than just a math
problem. It takes more than a bulging bank account to be happy.
But if you save enough, stay healthy and find purpose in your
daily activities, you will be well on your way to a happy,
FPA member Joseph R. Hearn is the Vice President at
Teckmeyer Financial and author of the books
If Something Happens to Me
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What's the best training for a CEO?
"[McDonald's] was the best job I ever had," Tariq Farid, founder and CEO of Edible Arrangements, told CNBC's Squawk Box. "I started working at McDonald's (MCD) at 15. It's a phenomenal concept, sticking kids in the kitchen, teaching them systems, that this goes before this. I loved the system, and going through it, you really wanted to compete."
Farid, whose company's 1,100 franchises are in the U.S. in 50 other countries, took what he learned about systems, training and customer service, and open a flower business at the age of 17. In the process of looking for new concepts and ways to gain more customers, he came up with edible flowers fashioned from fruit.
"I saw that people wanted the 'wow' factor, he said. And while it took a little while for the concept to catch on, by 1999, his Edible Arrangements concept opened in East Haven, Conn., and he began franchising the concept.
And those systems he learned so long ago at McDonalds are the foundation of Edible Arrangements' success, and what prevents people from taking his concept for their own. "There's a lot that goes into it the product," he said. "Every franchisee gets training. For us, the most important part [of a franchisee's success] is consistency."
Farid said that the company will continue to expand domestically with franchises. "We have a long way to go in the U.S. We have great brand momentum. The most exciting thing for me is when a franchisee starts with a single store and now has five or six."
As for that first job, if it was good enough for Dad, it will be good enough for his kids.
"I don't care how big we get or how rich we get, my kids will go through that and they will work," said Farid. "They'll work at a McDonald's, at a fast-food [restaurant] to learn because [McDonald's] has really defined great systems and it works for them and they're very successful."
It sounds like if they want to follow in their father's footsteps, they'll have to start at the beginning.
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The Pueblo Grande museum is not only a place to learn about the prehistoric history of the area, but it's also a National Historic Landmark in its own right being on the site of a 1,500 year old Hohokam ruin.
The museum site covers some 102 acres and is completely City-owned and operated. The site is of a Hohokam village ruin showcasing, among other things, a platform mound, aqueducts and remnants of their technologically advanced canal irrigation system. The museum is dedicated to preserving the site and the history that goes along with it, and aims to educate and inform the public of all aspects of Native American history and culture.
As well as ruins the site is also home to a number of replica buildings that visitors can walk through, giving them a real sense of what it was like to live during those times. There are numerous exhibits showcasing not only the Hohokam's advanced technological skill but also their creative endeavors, being a particularly artistic and creative people. There are examples of actual jewelry, pottery and textiles that were created during their time, all beautifully preserved and giving a unique insight into their lives.
The park is home to three galleries showcasing numerous exhibits and objects found in the ruins, a theater with a video offering an added glimpse into history, and an outdoor trail which takes visitors through the ruins themselves. There's also a museum shop which not only stocks souvenirs of the museum itself but also unique gift ideas including artwork, jewelry and pottery.
The museum runs a number of educational programs throughout the year, all with the aim of teaching people about the history of the Hohokam people (and other cultures of the Southwest) and to show the importance of archaeological study and how it helps to enhance our knowledge of the past. With options including workshops, lectures and even a simulated archaeological dig for children, there'll be something to appeal to anyone of any age who wants a better understanding of the history of the area. There are also various tours that can be booked in advance, both on-site and off.
The museum is open year-round, from Monday to Saturday 9am until 4:45pm and on Sundays from 1pm to 4:45pm, although it's closed Sundays and Mondays from May until September. Admission rates are $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, $3 for children aged between 6 and 17 and free for children 5 and under. Group tours are always accommodated, usually with discounted rates, and parking is free as well with numerous spaces making it as convenient as possible.
The Pueblo Grande museum is a great place to go to learn about the history of Native American culture from the site of an actual ruin. With knowledgeable staff, unique exhibits and fantastic tours, all in an inspiring location, visitors are sure to learn something new during their time there.
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San Diego, California - The panda cub at the San Diego Zoo marked two milestones this week: his first tooth and his advancement beyond crawling. His body condition was also above average, with ample fat stores over his spine and a full belly.
Senior veterinarian Tracy Clippinger, who conducted the cub's 11th exam, saw that the cub is pushing up on all four legs and getting his back feet to follow his front feet. The cub is able to keep his belly off the ground, which, she said "is beyond crawling, but not all the way walking."
The cub weighed 8.8 pounds (4 kilograms) this morning. His overall length, from nose to tail, is approximately 23.6 inches (60 centimeters).
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The summer of 1609 brought two major setbacks that led to the desperate circumstances that eventually led to the Jamestown colonists resorting to cannibalism. First, a fleet of ships bringing 500 settlers from Plymouth and supplies was hit by a hurricane and scattered. Of the new settlers that made it to Jamestown, many were sick and most of the supplies were spoiled or rotten. Second, relations with the Powhatan Indians broke down and they eventually declared war on the colonists. With disease rampantly spreading and certain death waiting for them outside Jamestown, the colonists resorted to eating horses, dogs, cats, rats, mice, and snakes. They also boiled and ate any amount of leather that they could find. Once their food sources were depleted, rather than attempt to gather food from outside the fort (and be killed by the Powhatans), the colonists resorted to cannibalism. For further details, you can read the CNN article that I linked to above.
This actually got me thinking about the popularity of The Walking Dead on AMC. In a world where things become desperate (for instance, zombies coming back from the dead to eat people), many or all of our rules that make us "decent" or "good" people mean little or nothing anymore. The tagline for Season 3 was "fight the dead, fear the living." With limited resources and everyone fearing for their lives, you can't trust anyone to act like "decent people" anymore.
A lot of people like to say that they wouldn't resort to cannibalism, murder, theft, etc no matter what the circumstances. That's a great sentiment, but you can't say that with certainty until you're in a situation where cannibalism, murder, or theft seemed like a viable solution. Of course it's easy not to resort to those things NOW - you have no need to. I'm going to make up three hypothetical situations in which I think people may have a much stronger inclination to resort to what I'll call "end of the world crimes."
The plane you were in crash landed and you were a survivor along with a few others. While attempting to make it back to civilization, weather conditions become severe (rain, snow, etc.) and all of you are malnourished and starving. It comes down to the point where several people have died and others in your group resorted to cannibalism. You declined to eat your fellow group members.
Eventually, your group is able to see a city in the distance and you realize that, given your current levels of strength, the group members who ate other group members are going to make it (barely) to the city but they don't have the strength to bring you along and you know that you won't make it. Another member of the group dies. Do you eat them to stay alive and make it to safety? Keep in mind that hunger, the cold, and malnutrition have driven you very close to insane and your only real instinct at this point is a will to survive. In this situation, you have no other option. You either eat the recently deceased member of your group or you go insane with hunger and then die. Would you become a cannibal?
You survived the end of the world. Nuclear holocaust, zombies, whatever you want to pick as your end of the world situation. You've become the leader of a small group that includes the surviving members of your family and people who have eventually joined up with your group. You know you can trust all of them.
Your group barricades themselves inside a warehouse and is able to get a decent amount of supplies. Things seem to be alright until a group of all men surrounds your warehouse. When you go out to meet them, the leader of your attackers tells you that you can give up your supplies and let them rape all the women in your group and they will move on. Those are their terms. They have superior numbers and firepower.
Your spies later hear the men boasting of the people they had raped and then killed. They're all laughing and bragging about it. Your spies also report that they have a large supply of alcohol and that they get drunk every night and many of them pass out in their tents. Your spies are confident that a small number from your group could easily kill them all during the night. Would you give the order to murder your attackers in their drunken stupor if it meant saving your family and friends?
Your family has fallen on hard times and you live in a poor country. Several of them are ready to die from hunger. You know a way into a wealthy man's food storage and you know that you could get in and out with food without being detected. You know that the wealthy man will still have plenty of food for himself. Would you steal food to save your family from starvation?
Let's change the theft situation. Your family is sick from a disease with only one known cure. You meet another small family that has recently come upon a small supply of the cure but they have the disease as well. You know that you could easily overpower this small family with the help of your siblings and could then cure everyone in your family that has the disease but it would mean letting this small family die from the disease because there wouldn't be enough left for them. The small family consists of a man, his wife, a three-year-old girl and a five-year-old boy. Would you steal the cure?
No matter what you THINK your answer would be to those questions (and I'm interested in knowing how you would answer them, feel free to leave your responses to these hypothetical situations in the comments below)... you can't really know what you would do unless you were faced with those situations. When humanity is at its lowest and most depraved, you may have to do some terrible things to keep your family and friends safe because you know others will do them to you if you don't act first. | <urn:uuid:917d7af0-2ee4-40c1-8e38-5cd2b2a7c0d7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://randyjmorris.blogspot.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00041-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984019 | 1,205 | 1.570313 | 2 |
In late August 2012, Tropical Storm Isaac hovered over the Caribbean Sea, projected to follow a path toward the northwest. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image around 1:40 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 23. In this natural-color image, coastlines and national borders are delineated in black.
At 2:00 p.m. EDT on August 23, shortly after MODIS took this picture, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) reported that Isaac had maximum sustained winds of 40 miles (65 kilometers) per hour. Although Isaac did not appear well organized on August 23, it showed signs of strengthening. By 8:00 a.m. EDT on August 24, Isaac’s wind speeds had increased to 50 miles (80 kilometers) per hour, and a hurricane watch was in effect for Haiti. On August 24, the NHC’s five-day forecast graphic showed a probable path for Isaac west of Florida in the direction of Alabama.
- National Hurricane Center. (2012, August 24) Tropical Storm Isaac Advisory Archive. Accessed August 24, 2012.
NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. Caption by Michon Scott.
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I don’t think of myself as a television person, except maybe a little Modern Family; I tend to prefer the world of words: books, magazines, and news websites. I’m generally lost when movies are discussed; I might see only one a year in the theater, usually something odd (please don’t ask me if I will be seeing The Hunger Games). But, recently, I’ve adopted some television programming that I just can’t get enough of—Downton Abbey.
Caroline, my co-authoress, mentioned at some point last fall that she thought I might like it. I received a DVD copy of the first season as a gift, and well, can we say addicted? The period drama, centered on the Crawley Family and set in a wonderful English estate with upstairs/downstairs class conflict, has me glued to the television screen.
What does that have to do with Rienzi? Recently, Ivan Day, British food historian and the co-curator of Rienzi’s exhibition English Taste, provided commentary to NPR on the food in Victorian England, in relation to the fact that much of Downton Abbey’s drama takes place around the kitchen, the dining room, and the act of dining. More important, although Rienzi is a 1950s construction, it is home to English decorative arts that would have been commonplace in a Victorian country estate like Downton Abbey.
On Downton Abbey, the Crawley Estate is actually Highclere Castle, the home of the Earls of Carnarvon from 1679 to the present. The program itself centers not only on familial strife, but also class conflict. Downton Abbey has an "upstairs” and “downstairs,” separating the staff from the family by physical location within Highclere Castle. Rooms were designed for particular purposes for particular people, with the architecture correlating to Victorian culture. Rienzi’s design also defines purpose through architecture—the Ballroom is a large, formal room, with architectural elements fit for a party: elaborate, bronze-toned molding, an inlaid parquet floor, and opulent columns. On the other side of the house is the petite-in-comparison Living Room, where the walls are paneled, family photographs are on display, and wide widows offer a view of the former swimming pool, all seemingly made for casual, intimate conversation.
On Thursday, April 12, Professor Thad Logan from Rice University presents “Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle, and Victorian Domestic Architecture” as part of Rienzi’s Twilight Talk series. Join us to hear about how the shapes and spaces of a home determined their use, and how architecture was influenced by the social and cultural nature of the Victorian Era.
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Short Essay Answer Key
1. Describe the opening scene of 'The Man Who Loved Children'.
'The Man Who Loved Children' opens with Henny Pollit returning home from a shopping trip, and her children come to examine the contents of her bags, and to analyze her purchases.
2. Describe Henny's relationship with relation to the children?
Louie is not Henny's child, she is Sam's child by a previous marriage, but the other children are hers, and if she finds Louie unbearable, she finds them all overwhelming, and dreams of retreating from them to her own 'special place'. She yells at them all, even Ernie, her favorite.
3. How does the narrator describe Louie's personality?
Louie is in charge of the children while her parents are away, and this brings out the friendly and benevolent aspect of her personality--the narrator says that she is stricter and more rigid with the children...
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Haunted houses are scary, but making a game based on one can be even more so! In the June/July issue of Gamasutra sister publication Game Developer magazine, former NanaOn-Sha producer Dewi Tanner details how rough communication channels caused some real problems for Haunt, a spooky kids' title built exclusively for the Kinect. (The June/July 2012 issue is now available via subscription and digital purchase.)
Many Cooks In The Kitchen
While Haunt was originally conceived by PaRappa The Rapper studio NanaOn-Sha, it was really the product of some complex collaboration. It took three studios across multiple continents to make the game a reality, and synchronizing the game's development took quite a bit of finesse. Tanner writes:
With so many parties involved, it was hard to maintain a coherent vision for Haunt. In effect, we had three creative centers—us in Tokyo, our publishing team in Washington, and the Zoe guys in the U.K. One of NanaOn-Sha’s guiding philosophies is that in order to have games with cross-cultural appeal, you need to have staff from different backgrounds (PaRappa's character designer was American, as was the lead programmer for Vib-Ribbon), and this project certainly fit the mold—indeed, it was our most ambitious yet in terms of multinational collaboration.
Of course, this approach isn’t without its downsides. Haunt’s development was anything but smooth sailing, and we faced creative disagreements at every milestone. This may sound like more hassle than it’s worth, but we really believe that creative conflicts are a great way to tease out unique products with that elusive “universal” feel. Also, we had been reading a lot of articles about failed collaborations between Japanese and Western studios, so we were determined to prove that when done correctly, a multinational partnership can make a game better.
From a practical perspective, there were several things that helped us pull this off. First of all, we hired a Japanese-English translator who translated almost all of our email into each language for the entire project. This meant staff wouldn’t lag behind on certain issues, because they wouldn’t have to read in their second language. Second, we held frequent video conferences, because face-to-face contact helped ensure subtle things didn’t get lost in translation. We also visited Zoe Mode whenever possible to make an effort to get to know each other and understand our cultural differences. Finally, we made sure that we “clicked”—if you don’t have good chemistry with your partners, it’s harder to keep everyone on a unified course.
A Clogged Communications Pipeline
Given the language barrier between NanaOn-Sha and its English-speaking partners, communication between the studios became a real barrier to the game's development. It simply took too long to send a message between studios, and often its meaning would get lost along the way:
There was one point of contact at Microsoft, Zoe Mode, and NanaOn-Sha, and generally this worked well. Having one point of contact helps to focus discussions, but sometimes it would clog up development.
We would get feedback from our publisher’s top-level management, but by the time it had reached the coder or artist responsible for the implementation, it would have gone through up to five middlemen. This led to a feeling that the feedback was practically an order, rather than a suggestion or topic for debate. In the other direction, when we had to explain certain contentious development decisions—such as our choice of navigation system—we were never really able to take full control of the issue, and subsequently no parties ever felt satisfied.
This was compounded by several management changes at the publisher during development, many of whom we never had an opportunity to meet with, speak to, or even email directly. We had to re-justify our navigation system decisions several times during development, but even then we could tell that the top brass weren’t satisfied. Having to repeatedly make the same arguments proved to be a real distraction, and there was a real sense of frustration and helplessness about not being able to control our vision. We should really have flown to the publisher HQ to communicate our vision and passion for the project and just hammer out these differences, but in the end we never visited and instead these troubles festered throughout the latter half of development.
Our failure to resolve these differing opinions on the navigation system really shook the publisher’s confidence in the project, which ruined any chance we had of getting marketing support at launch.
The full postmortem of Haunt goes into more detail about what went right and what went wrong with the game development process.
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Smart Supermarket Shopping
Is the supermarket a place where you listen to elevator music while dragging your feet through aisle after aisle in boredom? Or is it a chance to fill your cart with choices and maybe get handed a free sample while you shop?
Despite the music, supermarket shopping can be interesting. Before you grab a shopping cart and head for the aisles, check out these tips for smart and healthy supermarket shopping.
Best Times to Shop
You can go to a supermarket almost anytime you want — many are open 24 hours. Choosing a time and place for your food shopping can help you shop smarter.
Here are some thoughts on when and where to shop:
- Don't shop when you're hungry. If your stomach is grumbling when you enter the store, you'll be a goner when you see all those tasty treats. Eat a healthy snack or meal before you go to the supermarket.
- Pick the best supermarket for you. If you have a choice on where to shop, think about the kinds of things that you want the store to have. A salad bar? A vegetarian or organic section? An awesome seafood department or bakery? Double coupons? Choose the things that make it convenient and easy for you to eat right. Once you've found a store you like, you may want to stick with it. Knowing where to find the things you want will help you get out the store faster.
- Shop during off-peak times. Did you ever get stuck behind a slowpoke pushing the cart in front of you because the store's so crowded? Try to avoid stores when they're likely to be busiest — after work (5-7 p.m. on weekdays) and weekend mornings, for example. The best time to shop is very early in the morning, weekend evenings, or on a popular TV night.
Make a List and Use It (Mostly)
You have thousands of foods to choose from in a supermarket, so it's easy to get tempted or forget something you really need. Making a list saves time in the store. Also, plan the recipes that you want to make in the next few days and list the ingredients you'll need.
By making a list, you will:
- plan better for what you're going to cook
- avoid going back to the supermarket for a forgotten ingredient
- eat healthier and avoid reaching for something on impulse
- save money by not grabbing foods that aren't on the list
But even with a list, you need to make some decisions at the supermarket. It helps to think like a chef. A good chef makes lists of ingredients, but also looks over the meats and produce for what's freshest and what's a good deal. So if a recipe calls for red onions but they look bad or the supermarket doesn't have them, the chef chooses another kind of onion that looks best. Or if a certain fish is freshest, the chef might choose it over the type of fish on the shopping list.
A big part of smart shopping is selecting healthy foods. Food labels, also called Nutrition Facts labels, are printed on all packaged foods and are posted near produce, meats, poultry, and fish. These labels let you compare different foods to see how they differ in fat, calories, protein, and other ingredients. For example, you can compare the serving sizes of two cereals you like, see how much fat is in frozen pizza, or find out how many carbohydrates are in a bag of cookies. You also can check to see if a food contains important vitamins and minerals.
Smart shoppers are especially careful about the health claims on food packaging. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decides whether manufacturers can call their foods "healthy" or "low fat." However, it's up to shoppers to put these claims in perspective for their own nutritional needs and eating habits. For example, "reduced fat" cookies might not actually be low in fat. They're just required to have less fat than the regular version of a particular cookie — and that original version may be much higher in fat than other cookies.
Here are just a few of the terms you might see while you shop:
- Healthy: the food is low in fat and saturated fat, has less than 95 mg cholesterol and 480 mg sodium, and has at least 10% of the daily value of vitamins A and C, iron, calcium, protein and fiber.
- Free (for example, sugar free): the food contains only tiny amounts of fat, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, cholesterol, or calories per serving.
- Good source: one serving provides 10% to 19% of your total daily needs for a specific nutrient.
- Low sodium: one serving has 140 milligrams of sodium or less.
- Low cholesterol: one serving has 20 milligrams of cholesterol or less and 2 grams or less of saturated fat.
- Low fat: one serving contains 3 grams of fat or less.
- Reduced (for example, reduced fat): one serving has 25% less fat, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, cholesterol, or calories per serving than the regular version of the food.
- Light (or lite): one serving has 50% less fat or one third fewer calories than the regular version of the food.
Get the Most From What You Buy
By planning to make recipes and keeping a grocery list, you've already helped guarantee that you'll use the foods you buy.
More tips to help you get the right nutrition and avoid wasting food:
- Buy a variety of healthy foods. If you have healthy foods on hand, you'll be less likely to reach for unhealthy ones. Obviously, foods like fruit, vegetables, fish, and meat are perishable and will spoil quickly so you can't buy these as far in advance as other foods.
- Wash and cut up some fruits and veggies right away. This way, they'll be less likely to sit in the back of the fridge and turn to mush while you reach for the cookies and ice cream. Keep them in small containers or bags in the front of the fridge where you can easily grab a healthy snack.
- Cook in advance. You might not feel like cooking after a busy day, and it's tempting to cruise the drive-thru window. To avoid this problem, cook some meals in advance. When you have time at home, cook a meal and put it in the fridge. If you're making a favorite dish, prepare a double amount of the recipe and freeze the extra portion. This way, when you're tired and hungry, you just need to pop a plate of food in the microwave — and your groceries won't go to waste!
Do things that will help you enjoy food shopping, such as picking a new and interesting ingredient or spice to try each week. Food shopping is something you'll do for the rest of your life, and it will quickly become second nature to you.
Reviewed by: Mary L. Gavin, MD
Date reviewed: June 2011
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THE CIRCUMCISION REFERENCE LIBRARY
President: Assoc. Prof. J. Fred Leditschke
Department of Child Health
Royal Children's Hospital
Herston, Queensland 4029
Preamble: The Australasian Association of Paediatric Surgeons does not support the routine circumcision of male neonates, infants or children in Australia. It is considered to be inappropriate and unnecessary as a routine to remove the prepuce, based on the current evidence available.
Due to religious beliefs, Jewish children are circumcised by the seventh day of life, as a mark of dedication to God. [sic] Children born into the Muslim faith will likewise be circumcised for religious reasons, although the timing for the procedure is less clearly defined. There are Christian groups in other parts of the world, who insist on ritual religious circumcision, as well as tribal or cultural customs promoting male circumcision.
We do not support the removal of a normal part of the body, unless there are definite indications to justify the complications and risks which may arise. In particular, we are opposed to male children being subjected to a procedure, which had they been old enough to consider the advantages and disadvantages, may well have opted to reject the operation and retain their prepuce.
Indications for male circumcision:
Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans
Phimosis resistant to steroid cream
Contraindications to male circumcision:
Hypospadias and other congenital anomalies of the penis, e.g. epispadias, chordee.
Sick and unstable infants
Family history of a bleeding disorder or an actual bleeding disorder.
Timing of surgery:
Neonatal male circumcision has no medical indication. It is a traumatic procedure performed without anaesthesia to remove a normal functional and protective prepuce. At birth, the prepuce has not separated from the underlying glans and must be forcibly torn apart to deliver the glans, prior to removal of the prepuce distal to the coronal groove.
Balantitis Xerotica Obliterans, when diagnosed, should be treated by circumcision.
Timing of circumcision for recurrent balanoposthitis is difficult to define. Many infants and children will have an episode of preputial inflammation. If successive occurrences of dysuria with associated redness and purulent discharge from beneath the prepuce have been treated and the previously fully or partially retractable prepuce is less readily retractable after the subsidence of the inflammation, circumcision should be considered.
The physiological phimosis will normally resolve by the age of 3-4 years. If it fails to respond to steroid cream/ointment applied several times daily for 4-6 weeks, there is a reasonable probability that these boys will have problems in the future.
Infants and children who have a proven urinary tract infection and, on investigation, are found to have a significant urinary tract anomaly, e.g. posterior urethral valves or significant vesico-ureteric reflux, may benefit from circumcision. This will reduce the normal bacterial flora resident under the prepuce, which in the presence of a urinary tract anomaly may be associated with an increased risk of further upper tract infections with possible local and systemic damage.
The risk of carcinoma of the penis developing in the uncircumcised is very low. Lifetime penile hygiene is the key to penile health and a reduction in the incidence of carcinoma of the penis.
Personal sexual behavior patterns will determine whether sexually transmitted infections with human papilloma virus, herpes simplex virus and the human immune deficiency virus are contracted. Routine or infant male circumcision is not justified in Australia to protect males from contracting diseases that some may acquire through their ignoring the recognized precautions to be taken during their sexually active life.
Consent for surgery: Parents requesting circumcision of their male children should have the complications both general and local, explained to them. These complications are usually minor but can be severe and may result in the death of the child. Time should also be spent discussing the advantages and disadvantages of the operation, both in the short and long term, as is currently applicable in Australia. There are many adults in the community who hold a very strong opinion as to the place of circumcision. This may be for religious reasons or for family "custom" or a claim of "cleanliness" or other reasons. In this event the procedure should be performed electively after six months of age. When performed, it should be carried out by a surgeon performing circumcisions on children on a regular basis with an anaesthetist using appropriate techniques. This would imply that the anaesthetist is fully trained in the art of paediatric anaesthesia, including the ability to perform caudal and penile regional or local anaesthesia. The operation should be carried out in a paediatrically orientated environment, designed to reduce the risk to the child and providing support to the parents or caregivers.
Points of Interest:
Marshall in 1960, reporting to the Society of Pediatric Urologists in Philadelphia and quoted by John Duckett, a distinguished pediatric urologist in Philadelphia, calculated that 140 boys a week for 24 weeks would need to be circumcised to prevent one case of carcinoma of the penis.
The Jewish Talmud stated that "the third child was excused from circumcision if the first two had died as a result of the circumcision".
Dr. Derek Llewellyn in his book "Everywoman" published by Faber and Faber Limited in 1971, stated that "Mothers demand it, doctors profit by it and babies cannot complain about it".
The 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child states that "State parties should take all effective and appropriate measures with a view to abolishing traditional practices prejudical to the health of children."
"Circumcision of male infants" was addressed in a research paper published by the Queensland Law Reform Commission in December 1993. The preface addresses the problem when it states "From the Commission's research to date, it is apparent that there are two quite vocal sides of the debate on routine male circumcision. One side advocates the practice, primarily on a preventative health basis or on religious grounds. The other side opposes the practice, primarily on human rights and preservation of bodily integrity grounds. Both sides rely on medical evidence and opinion to support their respective views". Having considered all the information the paper concludes with "The Commission has yet to decide what, if any reform of the law should be recommended in relation to infant male circumcision."
J. Fred Leditschke,
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Retirement used to be a pretty straightforward equation.
If you’d been born a generation ago, for example, you likely would have worked for the same employer for most of your working life.
When you turned 65, you would’ve traded in your daily commute for a gold watch and an employer-sponsored pension plan, and gone off to enjoy your “golden years.” Just not too many of them, because the odds that you’d make it much past the age of 70 or 75 were slim to none, and Slim just left the building.
Now let’s fast forward to today. If you’re like most Canadians who are of working age today, you’ll probably have several different employers over the course of your career.
Some of those changes will be voluntary. Others could be because the industry you’re working in will disappear, a technological innovation or outsourcing will make your position redundant, or the company you work for will get bought out, re-organized and left with half the payroll it had before.
The chances that you will be able to look forward to the same kind of rock-solid defined benefit pension plan that your parents or grandparents enjoyed are also shrinking day by day. There are a few reasons for this, with the most significant being that defined benefit plans have become a good way for companies to go out of business.
Consider the facts. Retired employees used to be a financial “liability” for their former employers for at most five or 10 years. Not a bad deal for 30 or 35 years of loyal service.
Today’s employees have the temerity to live upwards of 30 or 40 years after they’ve officially retired. A company bold enough to fund 30 years of indexed pension income in an uncertain economic environment is either incredibly brave, or about to go the way of the dodo.
The harsh truth is that the retirement equation (like so many things in our lives) has changed, and it’s not going to change back anytime soon. We need to accept this, and find a way to get on with the rest of our financial lives.
A good place to start is by taking a fresh look at our conception of retirement. As a society, we have come to believe that retirement is a natural part of the circle of life. There is birth, retirement and death. Birth and death are a given, but retirement is a man-made creation, and a relatively recent one at that.
So exactly how did retirement worm its way into becoming an immutable part of the human experience?
The notion of retirement was born in Germany in 1889 – just over a century ago. The German Chancellor Otto Von Bismarck decided that people should simply stop working at a particular point in their lives. Not surprisingly, the idea proved popular, and it caught on pretty fast. But it’s important to remember that the entire history of the human race before Otto didn’t include retirement, at least not as we know it today.
Given the economic realities of the 21st century, maybe it’s time we re-evaluated our idea of retirement into something a little more up-to-date than what old Otto had in mind.
We may no longer be able to rely on til-death-do-us-part pension plans. But the upside of being longer-term “financial liabilities” to our employers is that we also tend to lead longer, healthier lives.
As a result, issues such as maintaining our health so we can meet the demands of longer working careers are going to become more important than ever. After all, if the finish line is going to keep backing farther away, then we need to make sure we stay healthy long enough to reach it.
This longer haul doesn’t necessarily have to be unpleasant. Most of my clients who retire in the conventional sense of the word find themselves going back to work after just a few months. We all have a natural instinct to be productive, and many people become restless in retirement and end up returning to some form of work – not because they have to, but because they want to.
They may no longer be the office whiz kid. But their biggest asset is the skills they acquired over a lifetime, and it seems a shame to abandon all that knowledge and experience just because some politician decided a hundred years ago that it should be so.
What if, instead of completely altering our lives at an arbitrary date, we tried partial retirement – like “retiring” from those parts of our careers we never much liked anyway, or from a schedule we just don’t have the energy to keep up with anymore?
In addition to allowing us to keep doing some of the things that drew us to choose our career path in the first place, this could also allow us to keep earning an income (and keep from drawing on our RRSPs and other savings) well past the conventional retirement age.
A realistic 21st century retirement plan needs to take the reality of our longer life spans and longer capacity for productivity into account. A plan that includes working part-time for 10 or 20 years after you hit 65 can completely change your financial landscape, with or without a 30-year indexed pension.
So when you start thinking about your retirement, try to set aside Otto’s notion of what the end of your working life should look like. Like everything else in the 21st century, retirement needs to become a more flexible, fluid and adaptable proposition
Alan MacDonald an Investment Advisor with Richardson GMP Limited, helps investors with over $500,000 of assets make smart decisions about money. Alan is the co-author of “The Copperjar System, Your Blueprint for Financial Fitness” available on Amazon.
All material by Alan MacDonald, Investment Advisor at Richardson GMP Limited. The opinions expressed in this article are the opinions of the author and readers should not assume they reflect the opinions or recommendations of Richardson GMP or its affiliates.
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Prince Albert conservation officers received a call at 1:45 a.m. regarding the bear. A lone officer who responded eventually located it in a tree off McIntosh Drive.
“Bears practically live in trees,” conservation officer Bonnie Greene said. “They can run up a tree, actually. They’re very comfortable climbing trees.”
Greene was not present at the scene but was authorized by the Ministry of the Environment to describe the bear essentials.
The furry intruder was successfully tranquilized with a special gun and taken to a forested area outside the city, where a reversal drug was administered. Throughout the ordeal, the bear, which conservation officers estimated to be between four and five years old, remained unharmed.
Greene said it was difficult to tell where the animal came from.
It’s very unusual for bears to come inside city limits. - Bonnie Greene
“It’s very unusual for bears to come inside city limits,” she said. “It’s not like it’s never happened, but it’s very, very rare … We don’t have a high population, but we have a healthy bear population. So I mean, we do have bears living in appropriate areas, and this is the time of year right now where they’re preparing for their hibernation.”
Despite the rarity of such an occurrence, Greene laid out a list of cautionary reminders in case residents happen to have a close encounter.
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Quotation & Misquotation
To the Editor:
In “The Right to Misquote” [April], Gertrude Himmelfarb struggles with an intellectual problem that other commentators on Jeffrey Masson’s lawsuit against the New Yorker, Alfred Knopf, and me have had to struggle with. This is the fact that our defense against Masson’s charge that he was misquoted in my book, In the Freud Archives, is hopelessly illogical. We argue two things in our briefs, each of which makes perfectly good sense by itself but in combination make no sense at all. We say (1) that Masson’s accusation is unfounded, and that the quotations he challenges are statements he apparently forgot he made, since they appear almost word for word in my notes; and (2) that the law gives writers discretion in how they treat quotations—that the important thing is to convey the substance of a subject’s thought. What is going on here? If we argue that Masson’s words were not altered, why do we also argue that it doesn’t matter whether his words were altered? Doesn’t the second statement cast doubt on the truth of the first?
The answer to the question lies in an arcane and little understood procedure of the law called summary judgment, which Miss Himmelfarb is evidently not conversant with, and which I myself am only dimly beginning to grasp after six years of study under accredited masters. Like the Japanese tea ceremony, summary judgment can be exquisitely interesting to its students but excruciatingly boring to everyone else. Nevertheless, I propose to beg the reader’s indulgence and try to explain it, since its peculiar nature lies at the heart of the problem that plagues Miss Himmelfarb and sometimes leads her into errors of thinking that I think she would ordinarily not make.
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Excessive alcohol use* is not a new, inconsequential, or geographically-isolated problem. In 2010, approximately 17% of US adults reported binge drinking, 5% reported heavy drinking, 7.6% reported drinking while pregnant, and 39% of youth under the age of 21 reported drinking (Source: CDC, BRFSS). A report released in 2011 estimates the economic costs of excessive alcohol consumption in the US is approximately $223 billion each year.
Excessive alcohol consumption is one of Wisconsin’s biggest public health issues. Excessive alcohol consumption is associated with many negative health and social consequences, which come at a great economic cost. Everyone who lives and works in Wisconsin is affected by these consequences and associated economic costs of excessive alcohol consumption, regardless of his or her personal drinking behavior. | <urn:uuid:a8d3b4a5-9a7c-413c-b23a-38bb39f8030b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.improvingpopulationhealth.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00027-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965259 | 163 | 2.875 | 3 |
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Becky holding Slugger, sitting by their best friend Eulika.
"Four years ago, I adopted a purebred German Shepherd puppy from Europe and named her Eulika, which translates to Goddess in Eskimo," explains Becky.
She continues, "European Shepherds are smaller than the American bred Shepherds, and are historically good family dogs, with natural dog traits. They do not have the American bred hip and eye problems, or an unpredictable temperament.
Eulika's best friend is our cat Slugger. Slugger is unusual as he loves to swim in the bathtub with me! Eulika and Slugger love each other and often play ball together. We laugh and laugh watching them!
Because Eulika is an intelligent animal with a superior intellect, we challenged her with three kinds of training; Schnutzund, Search and Rescue, and Police Personal Protection. She was top in her class. She loves to think!
For twenty years, I have been a professional Animal Communicator; so listening telepathically to what animals are 'think-saying' comes second nature.
Little did I realize what was about to unfold, because two years after Eulika arrived, I began having seizures.
With our close attachment, and her previous training, we signed up for seizure-alert classes. http://www.assistancedogsofthewest.org
During a seizure, my metabolism changes, and goes into a panic mode. To train her, I would think of something panicky.
She'd immediately detect the change, and understood what to do. I followed Eulika's lead, as she chose ways to notify of an impending seizure.
Exactly, twenty-two minutes prior to a seizure, she begins nudging, whine-crying and pawing at me. She gets obnoxious until I pay attention.
Several times, she has awakened me prior to a seizure, then she stays beside me until it is over. It does not matter where we are; in bed, at a store, at work, or driving...she uses her notification techniques.
While driving, when she alerts me, I immediately pull over to the side of the road, until the seizure stops. This saves lives!
As smart as Eulika is, she has the cutest facial thinking habit; tilting her head all the way to the side, almost upside down, making everyone laugh with her quizzical expression.
Eulika's tennis ball is her favorite toy, and she will shamelessly do anything for it!
Imagine the world if more people where like Eulika, she uses her brain, she is kind, gentle, and loves everyone, and every animal....even our goat!"
Becky adds, "During hot weather, we put a child's swimming pool in the back yard for our pets use to cool down.
I have always had dogs, and rescued wolf and wolf hybrids for New Mexico's Game and Fish, since I was eighteen.
We are currently entrusted with several wolf rescues, and I cannot say it enough: Do not get a wolf as a pet, because they are not pets! They deserve a life in the wild.
The reason I have so many is because people get them, then find out the hard way that they are not family pets.
They are large, unpredictable, and hard to train. They don't behave like a dog.
They don't sit, or stay, and are destructive on furniture, clothes, books, household goods and the house!
They need a pack leader to train them, and they know you aren't it!
The humane society has wonderful dogs who need a home, please consider adopting an awesome pet from them."
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I’ve been comparing flying to riding motorcycles in terms of popularity, attitude, and social environment, to understand why more people are not drawn to private flying.
Recently, I came upon several articles about motorcycle and aviation safety. The results may suggest how we communicate private flying to the population of potential pilots and aircraft owners. It turns out that the safety trends for motorcycles and GA flying are diverging.
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), motorcycle fatalities are climbing, particularly for over-40 age riders. In 2006, fatalities increased overall by 5% over 2005, while fatalities for riders aged 40-49 and 50-59 increased 7.5% and 10% (fatalities for riders aged 20-29 also increased 10%). These older riders have achieved business success, raised families, and now want the excitement and feeling that comes from freedom, speed, the open road, and the social environment provided by riding motorcycles. But this experience on generally heavier, more powerful bikes comes at a price for the older, slower healing bodies.
In contrast, the 2006 general aviation safety statistics in the Nall Report show continued improvements in both total and fatal accident rates. In 2006, total accident numbers dropped by 8.3%, fatal accidents dropped by 6.5%, and total fatalities decreased by 2%. Single engine, fixed gear aircraft, 2/3 of the GA fleet, showed substantial safety improvement, with total accidents dropping 11.3% and fatal accidents dropping 22.4%. While it can be argued that any fatality is too many, the trend continues in a positive direction. The danger signal though, is that flying activity continues to drop. Accident and fatality rates are dropping, but so are the flying hours.
So which is safer; GA flying or motorcycles? That’s a loaded question. Objective comparisons are difficult since GA flying is measured in flying hours and motorcycle riding is measured in miles traveled. Converting hours to miles involve speed assumptions that are likely targets for criticism. What average speed do you assume for GA aircraft with average cruise speeds that range from sub-100 mph up to over 500 mph? Even assuming speeds at the lower end of this range shows GA flying to have far lower fatality rates than motorcycles. But it’s still a difficult comparison because the operating environment and accident facts are so different. That said, GA flying is relatively safer and the safety margin is increasing compared with riding motorcycles.
But can flying provide the visceral satisfaction that is found in riding motorcycles, so participants are able to enjoy this safety premium? There is certainly an aspect of freedom once you get off the ground (no traffic lanes, still areas of uncontrolled airspace). There is speed. There is also a 3rd dimension that can be fully explored via aerobatics. And there is community, although this is one area that needs work. So we have some of this also working for us.
The goal here is not to lure away everyone who rides. Certain traits make people better candidates to be pilots, and we want to attract those folks. Can we learn from other successful activities, what attracts the participants, and where does GA flying have benefits or have deficiencies that can be overcome so we grow but remain safe?
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October Cub Scout Roundtable Issue
Volume 8, Issue
Webelos Craftsman & Scientist
Tiger Cub Big Ideas 3 & 4
Keeping Myself Healthy and Safe
Health and safety include many things.
To be as healthy as we can be, it is important to eat good foods, get
plenty of sleep and to exercise to keep our bodies strong.
We also need to keep our bodies clean, and brush our teeth regularly.
To be safe, it is important to understand what to do in case of
emergencies, and to follow the rules we are taught on how to act when we are
with other adults.
A. Tiger Cubs have fire drills in school and some adult
partners have fire drills where they work. With your family, talk
about how you would get out of your house or apartment safely if there was a
B. A Tiger Cub, with his inquisitive mind, can quickly
become separated from you indoors such as in a mall while shopping, or
outdoors in a wooded area when on vacation. For his own safety it is
important that he know what to do when lost or separated.
3F A. Plan a
family fire drill and practice it. Be
sure to plan a safe meeting place outside so that you will know when
everyone in the family is safe. Go to that place as part of your practice.
Tell your Tiger Cub that if he ever feels that he is
lost, he should stay where he is and hold onto something like a bench, a
post, or a tree. Assure him
that because you love him, as soon as you realize that he is not with you,
you will quickly begin looking for him.
Explain to him, that if he does not stay where he is when he is lost,
it will take you a lot longer to find him.
Practice a game with him where he pretends that he is lost, he holds
onto something stationary, and you walk out of sight, wait a 3 to 5 min.,
and then come back for him.
Achievement 3 Den Activity
To keep your body healthy, it
is important that you eat a well-balanced diet.
The food pyramid, below, helps you by showing how many servings of
certain kinds of foods you should have each day.
Make a food pyramid.
Draw a food pyramid on a big
piece of paper or a poster board. Using
old magazines donated by the den families cut out pictures of food and glue
them in the appropriate place on the pyramid.
You can also draw pictures of different foods to add to the food
Go and See It
It’s fun to play games and to take part in sports.
It’s also good exercise, which helps to keep your body healthy.
Some games and sports are for one person, and sometimes people play
games or sports on teams. It’s
also fun to watch others play games or demonstrate their abilities.
Understanding the game or sport you are watching makes it a lot more
learn the rules of a game or sport. Then, go to watch an amateur or
professional game or sporting event.
It’s nice to have pictures of your family on
display—especially when some of your family members are not close by all
*Make a frame for a family picture.
Glue tongue depressors or craft sticks together in a shape to fit
your picture. Attach a string or ribbon to the upper corners to use as
a hangar. Tape your picture to the back of the frame and display.
You may want to use a photograph, or a picture that you draw of your family.
Ask your Tigers
to draw a picture of their favorite hero.
When people grow older, or if they become sick or have
an accident, they sometimes have a hard time doing every day things.
If you know an elderly person or if you know someone who is ill or
recovering from an illness or accident, try to think of what things would be
hard for them to do by themselves.
Along with your adult partner, help an elderly or shut
in person with a chore. You
might offer to do things such as helping to take out trash, rake leaves,
mail a package, or bring in the mail. Ask
first, and do it with a big Tiger Cub smile!
families of the Tiger Cub would like to look into adopting a pet that
belongs to one of our service people that are being called to duty at this
To tie in with the suet recipes that are in “Pack and
Den Activities”, I thought I would include Elective 32 for the Tiger Cubs.
You can also roll pinecones in the suet mixture and hang them from
*32- Feed the
Pop-bottle bird feeder
one plastic 2-liter bottle, two plastic lids about 5” in diameter
(from coffee cans, large margarine containers, whipped topping, etc.), 30”
heavy twine or rug yarn, scissors
Have your adult partner help you cut the bottle in
half, crosswise. Poke a hole
through the centers of the plastic lids with the point of the scissors or a
nail. Tie a large knot in the
end of the twine. Refer to
picture and put your feeder together by stringing together one plastic lid
(curved side up), then the inverted bottle, and then the second lid (curved
side down). Fill the bird
feeder with seed and hang it outside.
Materials: 1/2 cup peanut butter, 1/2 cup shortening, 1-2 cups bird seed,
large pinecone, thick twine, paper bag
Twist twine around the pinecone and tie it securely.
Mix the peanut butter and shortening together.
Spread the mixture between the petals of the pinecone, filling in as
much as you can. Put the
pinecone along with the birdseed in the paper bag.
Close the bag and shake, coating the pinecone with birdseed.
Hang the feeder on a tree where you can watch the birds enjoy it.
Healthy teeth and gums
You can’t have a nice, big smile without healthy
teeth and gums.
Visit a dentist or dental hygienist.
Ask what you can do to take care of your teeth.
Ask them if they went to school to learn how to do their job.
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He says ridership on what’s called heavy rail — subways and elevated trains — increased in 14 of the 15 systems that have such transit. Use of light rail — streetcars and trolleys — rose in 25 of the 27 cities that have it. And 34 of 37 large cities saw increases in bus ridership.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Caroline Kennedy is helping to unveil the nation's first online digitized presidential archive, which includes President John F. Kennedy's most important papers, photographs and recordings.
On Thursday, Caroline Kennedy visited the National Archives and
said online access to her father's official records, personal correspondence, telephone conversations and speeches would give a new generation access to the historical record.
The Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston has been working for
four years on the $10 million project. Archivists have digitized
over 200,000 pages, 1,200 recordings and 300 museum artifacts, as
well as reels of film and hundreds of photographs.
Library Director Tom Putnam says it's a resource for young students and the most serious scholars.
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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19, 2012 — In a stride toward better health in later life, scientists reported today that resveratrol, the so-called “miracle molecule” found in red wine, might help improve mobility and prevent life-threatening falls among older people. The finding, believed to be the first of its kind, was presented today to some 14,000 scientists and others gathered at the 244th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society.
The researchers say this report — based on studies of laboratory mice — could lead to the development of natural products designed to help older Americans live safer and more productive lives.
“Our study suggests that a natural compound like resveratrol, which can be obtained either through dietary supplementation or diet itself, could actually decrease some of the motor deficiencies that are seen in our aging population,” said Jane E. Cavanaugh, Ph.D., leader of the research team. “And that would, therefore, increase an aging person’s quality of life and decrease their risk of hospitalization due to slips and falls.”
Cavanaugh notes that falls become more common with advancing age and are the leading cause of injury-related death among people older than 65. In addition, about one in three older Americans have difficulty with balance or walking, according to the American Geriatrics Society.
These mobility problems are particularly common among older people who have Parkinson’s disease and other age-related neurological disorders, Cavanagh said. She is with Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. However, while drugs can help alleviate some of the motor-related problems in Parkinson’s disease, Cavanaugh points out that there are no comparable treatments for balance and walking problems in otherwise healthy older adults. She and her colleagues set out to rectify that, focusing on natural chemical compounds such as resveratrol.
Previous studies have shown that resveratrol — an antioxidant found in red wine and dark-skinned fruits — might help reduce inflammation, lower cholesterol, slash the risk of heart disease and certain cancers and, perhaps, have some anti-aging effects in the body. Resveratrol is available as a dietary supplement and is abundant in foods such as red grapes, blueberries and nuts.
To determine its effects on balance and mobility, Cavanaugh, Erika N. Allen and colleagues fed young and old laboratory mice a diet containing resveratrol for eight weeks. They periodically tested the rodents’ ability to navigate a steel mesh balance beam, counting the number of times that each mouse took a misstep. Initially, the older mice had more difficulty maneuvering on the obstacle. But by week four, the older mice made far fewer missteps and were on par with the young mice.
While it is unclear how resveratrol works in the body, Cavanagh’s team found some clues. In laboratory experiments, they exposed neural cells to a neurotransmitter called dopamine, which in large amounts can induce cell death. However, neurons treated with resveratrol before being exposed to dopamine survived. On closer examination, the researchers found that resveratrol mitigated the damage done by oxygen free radicals, generated by the breakdown of the dopamine, and activated protein signaling pathways that appeared to promote cell survival.
Although she is encouraged by the results, Cavanaugh notes that resveratrol does have some drawbacks. For instance, it is poorly absorbed by the body. In fact, she calculates that a 150-pound person would have to drink almost 700 4-ounce glasses of red wine a day to absorb enough resveratrol to get any beneficial effects. That’s why she and her colleagues are investigating similar man-made compounds that mimic the effects of resveratrol and might be more bioavailable to the body. They’re also trying to determine how much resveratrol actually enters the brain.
Nevertheless, the researchers suspect that even if the effects of resveratrol in the brain are minute, this small margin could potentially be enough to help older people remain steady on their feet and avoid taking serious tumbles.
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Court decisions are rolling in like waves. Today, the Oklahoma State Supreme Court upheld the ruling of two lower state courts blocking laws that would have effectively banned medication abortion in the state, and forced Oklahoma women seeking abortion to undergo medically unnecessary and intrustive ultrasounds.
Both laws are among the core of a strategy pursued by the anti-choice movement of passing model legislation in numerous states seeking to eliminate access to abortion care at the state level, and ultimately chipping further away at the access to safe abortion care ostensibly protected by Roe v. Wade.
State district court judges previously blocked both laws as violations of the Oklahoma state constitution. In response, the state officials responsible for enforcing those laws appealed to the state’s highest court.
The Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) filed the initial legal challenge in April 2010 to block the state law that would have forced every woman seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound, have the image placed in front of her, and hear it described in detail—even if she objected.
As noted by CRR, the lawsuit, filed in Oklahoma state court, argued that the statute violated the principles of medical ethics by requiring physicians to provide unnecessary and unwanted services to patients, while patronizingly discounting a woman’s ability to make decisions about her pregnancy. A district court judge granted a temporary restraining order against the law in July 2010 and then a permanent injunction in March 2012. It was this permanent injunction the state Supreme Court refused to remove.
CRR also filed a legal challenge in October 2011 to block a state law that would have banned any off-label use of medications for abortion or treatment of ectopic pregnancy—while explicitly allowing off-label use of the same medication for other purposes.
According to the lawsuit filed in Oklahoma state court, CRR argued that the law not only jeopardizes women’s health by preventing doctors from using safe and effective methods available, but also undermines women’s ability to exercise the full range of their fundamental constitutionally protected reproductive rights.
That law was temporarily blocked in October 2011 and then permanently struck down by a district court judge in May 2012. The Center filed its legal challenge on behalf of the Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, a non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the availability of the full range of reproductive health care services to women throughout the state, and Nova Health Systems, a non-profit reproductive health care facility located in Tulsa.
Women’s rights advocates involved in the cases celebrated the rulings.
“As the courts that have already heard these cases have resoundingly affirmed, a woman’s right to a full range of reproductive health care is fundamental and constitutionally protected,” said Nancy Northup, president and CEO at CRR.
We are pleased that the Oklahoma Supreme Court has upheld the decisions by the lower courts to affirm these rights as fully protected rights.
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By Mark Wagner, Moody Bible Institute Trustee
Celebrating 125 years of service is a remarkable accomplishment, and one that deserves a moment of reflection on how we got this far. Our Biblical values have helped shape our success in the past, and are the main reason I’m excited for many more years of service to come for the Moody Bible Institute.
One of Moody’s core values that resonates with me is “the practice of integrity.” Just scanning a newspaper shows how a lack of integrity can cause much harm and burden upon our communities. A lack of honesty and ethics can cause mass problems, and harm even to those people that are making all of the right choices.
As a leader in the business world, integrity and honesty are some of the things I expect most from my team. Integrity can sometimes be the difference between making an easy decision that is wrong in principle, or making the difficult choice that at its core is right and moral. The people who make the right choices are the ones that ultimately succeed. Even though those choices may cause more work or cost more money, people with integrity make them without compromising their ethics and morals.
The benefit of a Moody education is that students learn the practical use of biblical principles, and how to keep their integrity in the face of adversity. Their faith in God prompts them to then be honest influences in their communities through their ministries, making decisions that align with their core biblical principles.
125 years of students and constituents have learned how to practice integrity within the biblical context through the guidance of Moody. That’s 125 years worth of people who are out in the world helping others understand and live these same biblical standards. Just think about how many people in the next 125 years will benefit from the leaders that arise out of Moody’s halls.
It makes me proud to be affiliated with an organization that has such broad potential to make an impact on our world and spread a foundation that will help our communities flourish. I look forward to the next 125 years and beyond, as more and more Moody students venture out into the world to share their biblical education of the practice of integrity. | <urn:uuid:daf9912b-5f2f-4a06-8857-3d5f8b5bdc51> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://insidemoody125.blogspot.com/2011/05/practice-of-integrity.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00034-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962201 | 436 | 1.507813 | 2 |
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“Bill Evans had that rare type of porcelain skin that made him an extremely influential jazz pianist even amongst Klansmen.”
“Would I fuck him? Hell, I'd fuck him and write a play about it.”
Willam Johnson Soterius "Cash Money Money" Evans, known as Bill Evans or simply "Money" (August 16, 1929–September 15, 1980) was the first jazz pianist ever to be called "honky," despite the fact that he was black. He is most famous for being Miles Davis's bitch.
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Bill Evans was born on August 16, 1929 in Plainfield, New Jersey. His mother was a raging alcoholic who beat him with a stick and his father would stick his right pinky finger in Evans's anus on the weekends. He had an older brother Harry who was murdered in his sleep while a young Evans watched on in a mixture of horror and sexual arousal. It is likely that his upbringing contributed heavily to his low self-esteem, awkward playing posture, and continuous heroine abuse later in life. Bill Evans was left-handed, which explains why he never had a problem working the mouse while cranking his shaft.
Evans started working as a sideman in New York City, gaining a large audience amongst the gay community in Chelsea, who assumed from his introverted personality and flamboyant piano style that he had a supple pink-eye. Evans started to gain exposure playing with such acts as Art Farmer, Tony Scott, and Charles Mingus, who, on one occasion, struck Evans unconscious with the flat side of a hatchet.
In 1958, Miles Davis kidnapped Evans and forced him to play with his new group, whose style of music, the so-called "cool jazz," beat out hard bop in a twelve-round technical knockout. This made Evans the only "nigga" (as Davis eloquently put it) in Davis's band, despite the fact that Evans was white and every other member was black.
It was around this time that Davis introduced Evans to heroin. Evans supposedly was hesitant of trying it, until Miles called him a "motherfucker" and a "bitch." Apparently Evans was easy to persuade.
Evans fell to heroin addiction, which allowed Davis to claim much of Evans's work as his own. Davis even went so far as to dole the writing credits to much of Evans's work to the other members of the band, saying, "what the hell."
Evans formed his first trio with Scott LaFaro, who had left a promising career as a defense attorney to experience the financial hardships of a jazz bassist's life, and Paul Motian, who was introduced to anal buttsex and heroine-fueled sessions of calisthenics by Evans himself. The trio became extremely influential, and would go on to be voted as the "greatest piano jazz trio of all time" by such publications as XXL and Vibe Magazine.
Evans found, especially in LaFaro, an innate musical connection which allowed all the musicians greater freedom. LaFaro would often play the upright bass with one hand, using the other hand to hold on to Evans's boner. He would feel Evans's throbbing vein and count the pulses, which leads insight into how the two were able to have such mutual rhythmic empathy. Evans's was noted to bust a nut at the end of a song on occasion due to their unorthodox manner of musical communication.
LaFaro was unexpectedly killed while drag racing with the ghost of James Dean. The loss devastated Evans; he reportedly went an unprecented three hours without touching another man's cock due to the grief. Evans would go on to reform the trio with Motian and bassist/Jew Chuck Israels; the assumption that Israels is a Jew is based on the presence of the word "Israel" in his last name. While the trio created a prolific number of recordings, they sucked because everyone knows Jews can't swing. So Evans put Israels on a train while playing Wagner in the background.
In 1966 Evans discovered Eddie Gomez, who owed his proficience on the upright bass to his upbringing by stepfather Tito Puente, who, when Gomez was a child, would wake him up every morning for school with claves. He also played with drummer Jack DeJohnette, who, despite the gay French-sounding name, is totally black.
The 1970s saw Evans playing with a bunch of other people. Since during this time Evans had kicked his drug habit and primarily only played with bad musicians, this was a period of little interest to practically anyone. One drummer Evans played with in this period was Philly Joe Jones, who Evans eventually fired because he was black. (It is unknown why Evans did not realize that Jones was black at the time he hired him.)
Evans health was like the last half of a football pass: a downward spiral. He tried to get himself off of heroin by using cocaine, not realizing that cocaine is just as awesome. His continual abuse of his own body led to his death on September 15, 1980 at age 51. He died alone, lost and forgotten, leaving behind nothing but a legacy of drug-addled sodomy and an overweight son to pursue a mediocre film career. | <urn:uuid:e75e9068-7ae2-4f8e-a9d7-d2f914cadec7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Bill_Evans | 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 | 0.989671 | 1,124 | 2.421875 | 2 |
Ten Tips to Reduce Workplace Stress
By Debi Silber, MS, RD, WHC The Mojo Coach®
Workplace stress contributes to so many health issues including aging, weight gain, illness and disease. Feeling stressed during your workday? Here are a few simple tips to help you stress...less.
1. Learn how to say "no". When you're already overextended, taking on additional tasks will only create more stress and anxiety. Stop piling onto your full workload by learning how to say "no."
2. Make your workspace work for you. Personalize your workspace with things that calm and soothe you. That could mean pictures of loved ones or photos of serene settings, something calming on your desk or even music playing softly around you. You can also download apps with sounds like waterfalls, birds, rain, wind or whichever sounds give you a sense of peace and serenity.
3. Keep things in perspective. Sure you have projects to finish and deadlines to meet but stress is tied to many diseases and is a main reason for many emergency room visits. Is what you're getting stressed over worth losing your health?
4. De-‐clutter and organize your workspace. Make the decision to keep, file or toss then organize everything left within in your space so things are easy to find. Clutter creates stress by vying for your attention so de-‐clutter your space to de-‐clutter your mind.
5. Improve your productivity. Take note of how you're scheduling your workday and what you're spending your time on. For many people, delegating certain times to check email, make phone calls, schedule breaks or work on specific tasks is a great way to get more done with less stress.
6. Be realistic. Go for progress, not perfection because trying to be perfect is a perfect recipe for stress. Of course you want to do a good job but take the pressure off by learning what's good enough in order to keep your stress in check.
7. Steer clear of "energy vampires." We all know them. They're the people who drain you of your time, energy and motivation...if you let them. They also increase your stress. By spending time with those who are positive, uplifting, fun and inspiring you'll reduce your stress while being encouraged to be, do and have more.
8. Exercise. Burn off some steam by taking regular breaks to move and stretch throughout your day. Exercising before your workday can set the tone for a productive, energetic day while exercising after your workday can help reduce your stress before you come home. No matter when you exercise, working out regularly is a great stress reducer, encourages more restful sleep, reduces your risk for stress related conditions and disease in addition to having so many other physical, mental and emotional benefits.
9. Take an objective look at your job/career. Stress is often a result of dissatisfaction and a lack of joy. Are you enjoying your work? Does it bring you satisfaction and fulfillment or is it only a means to a paycheck? Maybe it's time to change your responsibilities, take on a new challenge or possibly a new career. Work doesn't feel like work when you're doing something you love so take a look to see how you're feeling about how you spend your day.
10. Have more fun. Being responsible doesn't mean you can't have fun. Lighten up and laugh more by being mindful of who and what you're allowing into your life. Negative people, programs and information increase anxiety, stress and fear while positive influences strengthen your immune system and make life more enjoyable. Be strict about the messages you allow yourself to see, hear and absorb.
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Livonians unveil ‘Blue Star’ marker
Over 100 people turned out on a sunny Saturday morning for the dedication of the Blue Star Memorial By-Way July 16 in the village of Livonia.
Stressing the importance of honoring the military veterans, Senator Catherine Young highlighted the reverence with which we as a nation look upon our World War II veterans.
“When you think about the global machine of chaos that was murdering 1000’s of innocents all over the world, it was our troops that rose up and saved the world,” she said.
The senator extolled the efforts and willingness of our servicemen and women to protect our country. “Our freedoms don’t come free, and our veterans understand that very well,” she said.
The senator commended the efforts of the Countryside Garden Club, as well as the Livonia American Legion and VFW, all of which played integral roles in the realization and completion of the memorial.
“It’s things like this that remind our communities of our troops. It’s things like this that don’t let us forget,” said Young.
The memorial borrows the title of “Blue Star” from the Blue Star Mothers of America. Originally founded in 1942, the association acted as a support service for mothers who had sons serving in World War II.
Members would hang a white service flag in their window, with a blue star for each living family member who served in the military, and a gold one for those who had lost their lives during military service.
In 1945, the Blue Star Mothers began the “Blue Star Memorial Marker Program” to specifically recognize and honor men and women serving in World War II.
To this day the tradition continues, and the Blue Star Mothers of America continue to support not only the emotional and physical well being of its members, but also help to spread a general sense of patriotism and national pride in local communities.
Connie Genduso and Barbara Dougherty both of Livonia were the driving force behind the monument’s creation. A presentation by the Blue Star Mothers in March of 2011 inspired the pair to look for a way to bring a measure of continuous remembrance and respect for America’s military veterans to the village of Livonia.
Settling on the idea of a stone memorial, Genduso and Dougherty set about trying to locate a boulder of the proper size.
“We went to different locations trying to find something that would be a good size,” remembers Dougherty.
“A lot were too small, and some were even too big!” After a suggestion from Dennis Palmer of the Livonia Department of Public Works, Genduso and Dougherty sought out a boulder that had sat unused and little appreciated in the Livonia Community Park for years.
Moving the boulder took not one but two backhoes to lift the rock into the bed of a waiting village dump truck.
Both Genduso and Dougherty have a history of family members who served in the military, and as such, the memorial is especially significant to them.
“There has been a definite upswing in the level of pride and respect for veterans over the years,” said Dougherty. “It was much different during Vietnam.”
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The green technology investing boom has slowed. But if you ask investors, greentech isn’t disappearing, it’s just changing.
Between 2006 and 2007, cleantech and greentech emerged as hot terms in the investor vernacular. Startups focused on big-picture energy needs, including solar and wind power, pulled in huge investments, thanks in part to the rising price of oil. Government initiatives, along with venture capital, helped these companies grow quickly.
“Most of the investments were in energy production, focusing on increasing energy supply,” said Physic Ventures partner Andrew Williamson in an interview with VentureBeat. “These were capital-intensive investments in mostly solar, wind power, and biofuel commercial and industrial startups.”
But the demand for revolutionary energy technology startups has fizzled in the last few years. Solar production moved to China, and lower costs undermined United States manufacturing. The 2008 economic collapse hurt many industries, including greentech. After the famous Solyndra bankruptcy in Fall 2011, public opinion of solar and other large-scale energy technology slumped and new companies in the field have struggled to raise capital.
“The solar space as a whole is so depressed and troubled,” Pangaea Ventures partner Keith Gillard told VentureBeat.
Less solar, more consumer-focused tech
Since the 2008 recession, venture capital firms have refocused their funds away from solar and onto different areas of greentech. Physic Ventures has found success investing in consumer-focused green technology startups, as well as startups applying green principles to already viable technologies, such as cloud, mobile, and social.
Startups that take the latter approach have gained VC firms’ attention because their more-familiar business models can set them up for successful exits, says Williamson.
Business-to-consumer startups that focus on sustainable living, recycling, and collaborative consumption have also done well. Recycle Bank, which rewards people for doing green activities, and Energy Hub, a startup using cloud tech to manage home energy usage, are two examples of Physic-backed startups applying greentech issues to current technology.
Electric vehicle investments have remain steady
While solar and wind energy funding activity has slowed down, electric vehicle investments have remained steady throughout the years.
“If you can have an electric vehicle where people don’t have range anxiety, the ultimate market impact will be enormous. There is a particular value for EV startups, because there is urgency and pressure in the market,” says Gillard.
In addition, startups developing longer-range batteries for electric vehicles have done well in raising capital, as well as generating revenue. People want electric cars that can travel as far as the gasoline-powered variety, and that means car makers need better batteries. Pangaea Ventures has invested in two battery and energy storage companies, Envia and CNano.
Greentech funding will go on
Even though it has slowed down, greentech funding isn’t dying. Goldman Sachs announced a $40 billion fund for greentech investments, mostly earmarked for overseas energy companies. A few solar companies are still doing fine, too. Nanosolar, a company that prints ultra-thin solar cells on aluminum foil, recently closed a $70 million round.
But many of the big-name VC firms that invested in greentech several years ago have scaled back their efforts. Kleiner Perkins Caulfield and Byers, which once threw a lot of money at greentech startups, wouldn’t comment on the current state of its green investments for this article. However, KPCB still hands its hands in the game. For instance, the firm invested in alternative home electricity company Gen110 and electric-car charging company Coloumb Technologies in May, 2011.
Khosla Ventures, another leader in greentech investments, recently put its funds toward energy storage startup Liquid Metal Battery Corp. And in early June, it also invested in Climate Corp, a company that insures farmers against climate-change weather problems that can destroy crops.
While investors see the value in renewable energy, many have preferred to place their bets on more sure short-term payoffs in the social and cloud spaces. It’s hard to argue with lucrative exits like Success Factors or viral hits like Pinterest.
But in the wake of Facebook’s troubled IPO, it’s possible that the “easy money” won’t seem quite so easy any more. That might lead more investors to put their money into greentech companies that promise sustainable growth even without a viral network effect.
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Russian Navy submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile test fails
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MOSCOW, December 23 (Reporter Zhao Jialin), according to Interfax reported on 23, the Russian Navy test fired the same day of a “Bulava” (also known as the “Bulava”), sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile for the third stage rocket work interruption and self-destruction. At this point, the type of missiles carried a total of 10 launches in five were unsuccessful.
report quoted the Russian military-industrial sector sources said the missile by the Russian Navy, “Dmitry East Vanscoy” heavy strategic nuclear submarine at 6:00 pm Moscow time launch from the White Sea waters. Missiles first and second stage rocket is working properly. In the third stage rocket appears intermittent work, the self-destruct system starts, the missile exploded in the air, causing no casualties.
the Russian Navy commander said Assistant De Jialuo day, the Russian Naval Command will evaluate the results of the missile launch.
According to Interfax quoted Russian military the same day the news reports, before the end of this year, Russia will once again test “Bulava” missile, next year plans to test three to four times .
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Softball at the Olympic games is competed in by only women. Men compete in the similar sport, baseball
. This is the last Olympic games softball will appear in, the International Olympic Committee has voted to remove softball from the program for the 2012 and all following Olympics. In can only be reinstated by the IOC, it will vote on this subject again in 2009.
Eight teams qualify for the Olympics through a series of tournaments, the host nation is guaranteed one automatic entry. The top four finishers at the 2007 Softball World Championships will qualify for the Olympics. There are also other qualifying tournaments for Europe/Africe, Pan-America and Asia/Oceania, the winners of each tournament earn a spot in the Olympic games.
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Hand Mixing vs. Machine ???'s
Ok, I've been reading ever so studiously about bread baking. I mean I need to know the basics, it's the foundation to great bread. I'm a little confused though between hand mixing and machine mixing and the importance of one over the other.
I've read that mixing is one of the most important steps in bread baking, but when I usually read this it then goes into instructions on how to machine mix. So, is mixing in the machine equivalent to kneading by hand? I have a dough whisk and believe me I could attempt to mix until I'm blue in the face and fading quick but I only seem to be able to just combine the ingredients and after that I just push the lump of mass around the bowl.
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5 Social Media Tips for Job-Seekers
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The online recruiting firm Jobvite.com says 75% of American workers are either seeking or open to new career opportunities. This itch to move is no short-term phenomenon, but a culture of "constant job-seeking" that is another cog in the notorious "new normal" economists and sociologists talk about.
One-third of U.S. employees say finding a job is more difficult today than a year ago, the firm says, and 41% of U.S. workers believe they are "overqualified" for desired jobs. But that's not stopping them from thinking of making a change.
How can job-seekers stand out in such a competitive environment? Jobvite says that social networking sites are a huge hit with employers and employees (and job-hunters).
Facebook (FB) is the No. 1 social networking site in the U.S. for job-seekers, with an 83% adoption rate among them. Twitter and LinkedIn (LNKD) are coming on fast, though. Twitter is now used as a job-hunting tool by 46% of workers, as opposed to 37% last year, and LinkedIn saw its adoption rate climb from 32% to 41% on a year-to-year basis.
"With fierce competition for jobs, which now includes a majority of employed people on top of active job-seekers, social media has become a critical tool for job hunting and career growth," said Dan Finnigan, president and chief executive of Jobvite. "One in six job-seekers polled credited a social network for leading to their current/most recent employment. Maintaining your online presence and keeping employment top-of-mind at all times are vital to professional success. With technology and social networking rapidly evolving, those who don't engage through Facebook, LinkedIn and/or Twitter will quickly find themselves falling behind."
How can you leverage social media to improve your job and career prospects? It's surprisingly simple to do, while not doing anything to upgrade your social media presence can really work against you.
Scour your profiles with a fine-toothed comb: Jobvite says 86% of employers and recruiters are "likely" to search social networks for job candidates, and a vast majority of hiring decision-makers say spelling errors and profanity are big negatives. So keep it clean. | <urn:uuid:752e9901-a0b1-4318-baaa-f575673424b3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://business-news.thestreet.com/boulder-daily-camera/story/5-social-media-tips-for-job-seekers/11790064 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00066-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962992 | 500 | 1.5 | 2 |
Study: Nearly Half of Soda Fountains Contaminated with Bacteria
According to the International Journal of Microbiology, biologists in Roanoke, Virginia, analyzed 30 different soda fountains (20 self-serve and 10 staff-dispensed) for microbial contaminants and found that nearly half of them contained coliform bacteria — with 11 percent containing E. coli and 17 percent C. meningosepticum. What's even scarier is that:
Most of the identified bacteria showed resistance to one or more of the 11 antibiotics tested. These findings suggest that soda fountain machines may harbor persistent communities of potentially pathogenic microorganisms which may contribute to episodic gastric distress in the general population and could pose a more significant health risk to immunocompromised individuals.
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From June 23rd through July 2nd, Dr. Gregory Baker, director of the Food and Agribusiness Institute, led Santa Clara University's first immersion experience in Africa. He and visiting professor Dr. Vincent Amanor-Boadu from Kansas State University traveled with twelve SCU business undergraduate students to Ghana where the highlights of their trip included visiting an AIDS hospice, a cacao research institute, a microfinance company, a habitat village, a monkey sanctuary, a slave castle, and a school. The group also stayed with families for part of their trip.
View photo highlights of the trip.
Reflecting on their experience, some of the students wrote:
"Going on this immersion trip to Ghana was easily one of the best decisions that I have ever made. It expanded my horizons, pushed me out of my comfort zone and challenged me to reexamine how I view the world."
"Immersion trips are the first step to realizing a universal truth, the truth that despite all of our differences, we are all intertwined. We are all related, bound up together by the common thread of our humanity."
"This immersion trip has encompassed everything I have received through my experience at Santa Clara, building a stronger understanding of business inside and outside the classroom while integrating my knowledge and passion for my major on a global scale."
"I learned so much, met incredible people, and saw a world completely unlike my own. It was simply unforgettable."
The students will be raising funds this year to build two houses in the habitat village where they stayed with families. The students have already raised 75 percent of the amount needed. They only have $1500 remaining to raise and are currently planning a benefit concert, among other things, to accomplish their funding goal.
This immersion was tied to a course taught by Dr. Baker, BUSN 196 Business, Economic Development and Social Change in Ghana.
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Dr. Landrigan graduated from Boston Latin School in 1959, from Boston College in 1963 and from Harvard Medical School in 1967. He completed an internship in medicine/pediatrics at Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital and a residency in pediatrics at Children's Hospital Boston. He received a Masters of Science degree in Occupational Medicine and a Diploma of Industrial Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine of the University of London. He served for 15 years as an Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer and medical epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). While at CDC, Dr. Landrigan served for one year as a field epidemiologist in El Salvador and for another year in northern Nigeria. He participated in the Global Campaign for the Eradication of Smallpox. Dr. Landrigan directed the national program in occupational epidemiology for NIOSH. He was responsible at CDC for creating the unit that has evolved into CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal of the US Public Health Service.
In 1987, Dr. Landrigan was elected as a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Industrial Medicine and Editor of
Environmental Research. He has published more than 500 scientific papers and five books. He has chaired committees at the National Academy of Sciences on Environmental Neurotoxicology and on
Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children. The NAS report that he directed on pesticides and children's health was instrumental in securing passage of the Food Quality Protection Act, the only environmental law in the United States that contains explicit provisions for the protection of children.
From 1995 to 1997, Dr. Landrigan served on the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veteran's Illnesses. In 1997-1998, he served as Senior Advisor on Children's Health to the Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and was instrumental in helping to establish a new Office of Children's Health Protection at EPA.
Dr. Landrigan served from 1996 to 2005 in the Medical Corps of the United States Naval Reserve. He retired in 2005 at the rank of Captain. He served in Korea and Ghana and was Officer-in-Charge of the
West Africa Training Cruise, a medical humanitarian mission to Senegal in July, 2004 that saw over 11,000 patients. He was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal (3 awards), the National Defense
Service Medal, and the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service for his work on the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board. He continues to serve as Surgeon General of the New York
Naval Militia, New York's Naval National Guard.
Dr. Landrigan is known for his many decades of work in protecting children against environmental threats to health, most notably lead and pesticides. His pioneering research on lead toxicity at low levels persuaded the US government to mandate removal of lead from gasoline and paint, actions that have produced a 90% decline in incidence of childhood lead poisoning over the past 25 years. Dr.
Landrigan has been a leader in developing the National Children's Study, the largest study of children's health and the environment ever launched in the United States. He has been centrally involved in the
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The A.P. Miller Photograph Collection was donated to the Arizona State Museum by Dr. Lorraine M. Sherer in 1979. A.P. Miller, a railroad engineer from Needles, CA, was also an avid photographer whose favorite subjects included the Mojave Desert, locomotives, and the Hualapai and Mojave peoples. This selection of 25 photographs of locomotives was taken in California from 1938-1942. A.P. Miller died in 1944. | <urn:uuid:79d42f4f-02cb-4273-ae8a-ecd791e79b4a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/cdm/landingpage/collection/miller | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00018-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944337 | 99 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Thanks for the comments. I agree. The prototype is just experimental but the future applications have great appeal as a commercial product. A group of Capstone students here at ITT Technical Institute created a haptic -based wrist band for the blind where a servo motor lightly tap the users hand upon approaching objects in their walking path. Although the "mouser" (name of their prototype) was experimental, with additional seed money to refined the design, I see a viable product being emerged. They used an Arduino, a servo motor, a LED, pushbutton switch, Parallax Ping sensor, a batteries (9V and 6V) for their design prototype. It was quite an effective demo/discussion presented by the group.
@Mrdon: Good suggestion combining this with haptics. I definitely see this as more of an experimental, here's where we're going, consider the possibilities technology as opposed to a commercial-ready product.
I love this! It follows a general trend I've seen in design over the last few years. Design Directors and Professors have been lamenting the lack of basic skills amoung many new graduates. Many young designers today can barely draw, let alone sculpt.
This is a perfect evolution for point and click designers to gain (or regain) basics rendering skills. I want it!
Beth this avneat idea. My 3D modeling professor in college repeatedly told the students that modeling was a lot like sculpting. The Handy Potter seems to take this concept to an extreme. This has potential to be a great tool for new products and concepts.
Greg, Your right on target in regards to future inputting methods. I can see this tool/technology being intriguing in the field of Physical Computiing which deals with humans engaging with their environment via sensors. Talk about total immersion while designing a product. If haptics were added, the phrase " being totally into your work" would have true meaning!
I agree, TJ. Futuristic is the right word. I've said this in previous posts -- solutions like this one seem to be straight out of the 2002 Spielberg movie, "Minority Report." It's a long way from pencil on mylar.
@TJ: A little far fetched to be really useful for practicing engineers at this point, no doubt. But definitely interesting in its possibilities especially as more and more of the gestures and interactive motion interfaces make their way into business types of applications. I'm all for the extra exercise as well!
For industrial control applications, or even a simple assembly line, that machine can go almost 24/7 without a break. But what happens when the task is a little more complex? That’s where the “smart” machine would come in. The smart machine is one that has some simple (or complex in some cases) processing capability to be able to adapt to changing conditions. Such machines are suited for a host of applications, including automotive, aerospace, defense, medical, computers and electronics, telecommunications, consumer goods, and so on. This radio show will show what’s possible with smart machines, and what tradeoffs need to be made to implement such a solution. | <urn:uuid:9880b819-44d8-4851-88f6-eac142c096c2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1394&piddl_msgid=851912&doc_id=249565&image_number=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00036-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954918 | 656 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Visual Learning Guide: Waterdrops (Worksheets ONLY):
Do you struggle with waterdrops?
We have found that many, many people struggle with waterdrops...
How do you make them look realistic?
Are the techniques to create "well floated" waterdrops too complicated?
Do you feel like you could paint them if you had a teacher sitting right beside you?
If so, this Visual Learning Guide is just what you need!
*Front and back worksheets shows you all the steps needed for 3 different drops
*Step by step instructions
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Ethical concessions matter.In his article in this issue, Michael Daigneault, president, Ethics Resource Center, Washington Center is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Washington. Center was so named because it was at one point considered to be the centre of Jefferson County, although it is now significantly to the east. , D.C., poses a series of questions to help you think about the meaning of organizational ethics Organizational Ethics is the ethics of an organization, and it is how an organization ethically responds to an internal or external stimulus. Organizational ethics is interdependent with the organizational culture. . One of his questions is this: 'Why do good people do bad things?" I recently conducted a straw poll straw poll or vote
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Noun 1. among people I know who make a living in sales and marketing - some for associations, some selling to associations. In an era when so many report feeling unusually stressed, I asked, "What are you worried about?" Here's what they said:
* Not making my goals means I don't eat. If I don't perform, I don't get paid.
* I don't have time to do everything that needs to be done to make my goals.
* It's hard to get the support I need (from my staff, colleagues, supervisors) to meet my goals - they don't share my priorities.
* I fear that I will make a big mistake that will cost everyone a lot of money.
* I'm worried that my organization will reorganize re·or·gan·ize
v. re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing, re·or·gan·iz·es
To organize again or anew.
To undergo or effect changes in organization. and I'll lose my job.
* I don't-think my company cares very much about me as an individual.
* I'm worried that my life is out of balance - that I don't spend enough time with my family.
* I'm worried about the extent to which my job encroaches on my personal life.
* I'm worried about being able to take care of my family.
* I'm worried about being too much in debt.
* I sometimes wonder if, in the great scheme of things, what I'm doing will make a difference in the world.
I went on to ask this question: "How does your worry about these things "These Things" is an EP by She Wants Revenge, released in 2005 by Perfect Kiss, a subsidiary of Geffen Records. Music Video
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2. affect the way that you work?" Here's what these really good, really successful people said:
* When I take time for myself, away from work, I feel guilty.
* I am sometimes unwilling to take risks that I probably should.
* I am unwilling to express myself sometimes when I should - I sometimes tolerate tol·er·ate
1. To allow without prohibiting or opposing; permit.
2. To put up with; endure.
3. To have tolerance for a substance or pathogen. or ignore injustice Injustice
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110,000 Japanese-Americans incarcerated during WWII. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 487]
murdered after being falsely accused. [Br. Lit. .
* I am willing to take a larger profit from weaker customers.
* I am capable of misrepresenting myself/my association/my intentions to members or customers.
* I sometimes overstate our capabilities.
* I deal unevenly with members or customers.
* I sometimes discreetly dis·creet
1. Marked by, exercising, or showing prudence and wise self-restraint in speech and behavior; circumspect.
2. Free from ostentation or pretension; modest. bend the rules because, in the great scheme of things, it's the easiest way for me to achieve fairness - the ends do sometimes justify the means.
Do any of these small concessions to the pressures that we face matter? I think they do. Even under layers of cynicism Cynicism
See also Pessimism.
(444–371 B. C.) Greek philosopher and founder of Cynic school. [Gk. Hist.: NCE, 121]
churlish, sarcastic advisor of Timon. [Br. Lit. and mistrust we recognize and value fair play, honesty, compassion, and self-reliance, not only for their inherent worthiness but also because they must be present for sustained success.
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Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages
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...of architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts, where he lectured on medieval architecture, and in 1881 he was elected president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. His publications, Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages (1855) and Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain (1865; reprinted 1969), illustrated with his own drawings, were widely used as sourcebooks for...
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Americans, it seems, have never been better educated. Between 1970 and 2000 the number of individuals enrolled in institutions of higher learning increased from about 8.5 million to 15.3 million. Likewise, from 1971 to 2001, the percentage of 25- to 29-year olds in the United States holding at least a bachelor’s degree rose 71 percent. So why, as Congress prepares to reauthorize the federal law governing higher education, are policy makers so unhappy?
The answer is the ever-rising cost of college tuition, and the anxiety it’s causing students and parents. Fortunately, a new report from the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, The College Cost Crisis, contains clues to a solution — if only policy makers would see them
The report — released to herald the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act — quickly identifies the tuition rocket’s likely fuel: “Beginning with the Higher Education Act of 1965, the federal government … has provided significant funding to help ensure that low- and moderate-income students and families are not prevented from receiving a postsecondary education simply because of financial circumstances.” This year, thanks to the Education Act, “roughly $90 billion [was invested] in higher education, with the bulk of that money, about $65 billion, [going] directly to students….”
Consider that $65 billion going directly to students and its effect on demand: A student will “purchase” education at a price he can afford. Extra education money enables him to pay a higher tuition. In the aggregate, multiple billions in student aid artificially inflate demand — and average tuition — as students who might not have gone to college do, and others attend more expensive institutions than they otherwise would have. The College Cost Crisis acknowledges that federal aid has produced just such an effect: Pell Grants alone, it boasts, have “made the dream of college a reality for millions of students” by helping to “defray the cost of higher education.”
On the supply side, this federal aid makes universities less sensitive about their own costs. “[I]ncreases in financial aid in recent years have enabled colleges and universities blithely to raise tuitions, confident that Federal loan subsidies would help cushion the increase,” then-Secretary of Education William J. Bennett said in 1987. The “Bennett hypothesis” — the theory that as long as the government ensures the bills will get paid, colleges will raise tuition — makes sense, especially in light of Washington’s guarantee of an affordable college education for all who want one. It’s a reality corroborated by Murray State University President Dr. F. King Alexander, who in a recent hearing centered around Crisis, told the House Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness that some schools do, in fact, raise tuition because government will cover it.
Unfortunately, despite Dr, Alexander’s revelation, subcommittee members spent little time digging deeper into the Bennett hypothesis. It’s an attitude reflected in The College Cost Crisis, which gives Bennett’s theory only a cursory — but emphatic — nod, with quotes from recent news articles: “Because parents and students keep coming back for more, there is ‘no market constraint to keep them from raising tuition,’ Newsweek quotes Ronald Ehrenberg, director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, as saying. ‘People continue to knock on their doors.’ And, of course, the federal government continues to increase spending….”
So how does the report suggest dealing with tuition inflation problem? Having colleges and universities police themselves, abiding by a commitment “to not only acknowledge the problem but work toward addressing it, and broad cooperative efforts from all stakeholders in higher education….”
Good luck. If the Bennett hypothesis is valid, schools have no incentive to police themselves. As long as colleges compete, and university jobs and salaries depend on schools drawing kids away from competitors, institutions of higher learning won’t stop buying the latest equipment, building new facilities, and hiring expensive, “celebrity” professors. That is, unless tuition and other funds become more scarce.
Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act is an excellent opportunity for all the college-educated folks in Congress to explore the real causes of skyrocketing tuition. Unfortunately, if The College Cost Crisis is any indication, higher education will continue to be treated as a federally insured entitlement, driving politicians to continue fueling the tuition rocket they say they want to slow down. | <urn:uuid:e2089e41-32f4-465b-b8d8-07a78a3f6312> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/tuition-aid-trap | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00061-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948232 | 934 | 2.671875 | 3 |
DRINKING A LITTLE MAY HELP PREVENT CANCER
Men who drink about 11 drinks of alcohol per week are 50% less likely to get cancer than those who "hardly drink at all," according to a study recently completed by scientists of the Health and Welfare Ministry of Japan.
The study, headed by a doctor at the National Cancer of Japan, followed 19,000 healthy, non-smoking men.
The results showed that daily consumption of alcohol had the strongest effect in preventing cancer. The director of the study said that it proves the saying, "A little something to drink is the best medicine."
On the other hand, consuming over four drinks per day increased the likelihood of getting cancer. Moderation is the key.
- Kyodo News Service. Drinking a Little Helps Prevent Cancer. Tokyo, Japan: press release, Sept. 9, 1999.
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Wines of Croatia
There are many wine regions in the world that are undiscovered in the U.S. market. As the years have passed, I’ve noticed that many people come to the store and always select the same bottle from the same commercial names. On one hand I can certainly understand that there are so many options and it becomes a bit intimidating to select a good bottle of wine. But on the other I say, why!? Explore, try new wines, live on the edge and expand your palate. A casual wine drinker is mostly familiar with wines from the five largest wine producers in the world; the U.S (California), France, Italy, Spain and Argentina. There are plenty of other countries and regions with different grapes that are absolutely extraordinary and indulging to drink. Sampling wines should be a fun experience with an appreciation for wine making as an art form. There are many regions and small family owned vineyards that create some of the most interesting and outstanding wines available. Countries that are neighbors to the largest wine producers are often overlooked, but that’s where the hidden gems are.
What was once a part of Yugoslavia, Croatia is a small country located East of Italy, across the Adriatic. The most unique geographical feature of the country is the long coast of Dalmatia that angles down the Adriatic. Dotted with gorgeous islands, this coastline experiences a Mediterranean climate with hot and dry summers and mild winters. All along the Dalmatian Coast, the best vineyards are located on steep hills facing the south. Abundant sunshine and constant breezes from the sea create ideal conditions for organic production of healthy grapes with high extract and sugar content.
Croatia's long history of wine production has left it with a rich tradition of indigenous varietals, such as Plavac Mali, Crljenak, Posip and Zlahtina. While extremely popular within Croatia, these varietals remain relatively unknown outside the country.
There are three major wine-producing regions in Croatia. The continental region in the north-east of the country produces rich fruity white wines similar to those in Slovenia, Austria and Hungary. Continental Croatia supplies the winemaking world with Slavonian oak. Slovonia is located south of both Austria and Hungary and just like its neighbors, produces excellent cool climate reds and whites. Zweigelt, Pinot Noir and Blaufrankisch as well as Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio thrive here. Grasevina (also known as Welschriesling) is traditional, and pairs well with the foods of the region, such as Croatian fish brodet or chicken paprikash.
On the north coast, Istrian wines are somewhat similar to those produced in Friuli region of Italy, while further south production is more towards big reds and luscious whites. Istria and the Northern Coast is where crisp and aromatic white wines are made. Istrian Malvasia deserves special attention as it is possibly the best dry Malvasia you will find anywhere. Istrian Peninsula provides the ideal terrier for Malvasia grape and Yellow Muskat (Muscat Blanc a Petit Grains). The main local red is Teran (similar to Refosko), the “wild” and acidic variety, which shows best when blended with Merlot or Cabernet.
Southern Dalmatia is centered on the Peljesac Peninsula and its protected appellation called Dingac, just an hour drive north of the City of Dubrovnik. The Plavac Mali (offspring of zinfandel) grape is king here! Plavac Mali also thrives on the neighboring Island of Hvar, and Makarska Riviera (near Split) is becoming famous for producing Croatian Zinfandel (locally known as Crljenak Kastelanski). The best white wine of Southern Dalmatia is made from Posip – a local grape variety producing full body, sunny and mouthwatering wine to accompany the just-caught seafood of the Adriatic. The Island of Korcula, the birth place of Marko Polo, is known for producing the best Posip wines.
This is where we began to think about a fun way to bring these new and exciting wines to our customers. After years and years of carrying the same commercial wines as everyone else down the street and across town, we finally decided that we need to try something new. We decided to shake things up a bit and make wine drinking more fun, educational and allow our customers to try something they’ve never tried before.
After extensive research and consulting with many experts in the industry we began to shift in a new direction. Commercial wines that are mass produced you can find anywhere…just like everything else. That’s not to say that there aren’t any good commercial wines. There are certainly plenty. Big name wines are usually produced in bulk and may contain high amounts of sulfite in order to preserve the wine over a longer period of time. It’s just not possible to put that much care into wine that is so massively produced.
We have begun selecting boutique wines that you’ll mostly find in fine restaurants. Somewhat rare and exotic, these wines come from small family owned estates where the wines are not made in quantity but instead the winemaker focuses on the quality. There, the wines are organically grown, handpicked, carefully inspected and made with passion to produce excellent wine with great character. Naturally, one may still not like it, but you’re trying something that’s affordable and unique.
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St. Bernard Parish's Adult Education/Work Literacy Program helps adults earn GEDs.
Sam Boyd, a former history teacher at St. Bernard High School who rose through the ranks of the St. Bernard Parish Public School System to become Chalmette Middle School principal for 20 years, has spent the past five years helping adults obtain their general educational development, which is equivalent to a traditional high school diploma.
Boyd, who serves as director of the Adult Education/Work Literacy Program, said the job has “turned out to be very rewarding.”
The program has blossomed since its inception in 2006, Boyd said.
“Last year we had 1,057 students, and this year we are already up to 500 students,” he said.
Although the program is geared toward adults, it does take students as young as 16.
“The average age of our students in 24,” Boyd said, “but we have a lot of students who range from their late 50s or 60s.”
Boyd said a lot of really smart people quit school for various reasons, like 26-year-old Mistie Spisak of Chalmette.
“I was 17 years old, a sophomore in high school, emancipated from my parents, working and paying my own bills,” Spisak said. “I was coming home at 2 a.m. and then having to go to school the next morning. It wasn’t like I wasn’t trying; I just kept missing too much school.”
After having a child in 2003, Spisak tried going back to get her GED several times.
“I told Mr. Boyd that this year I was doing this and I’m not having anything hold me back,” she said.
Spisak was true to her word. In May she graduated with a 12.9, which translates to the completion of 12th grade, along with nine months of college.
Spisak hopes to one day be a radiologist.
“I’m now at Nunez (Community College), and I made my first 4.0 ever,” she said. “I never made this in my whole life!”
Kenyuana Hills, 27, is a single mom who left 12th grade in 2000 when she got pregnant.
“I’ve been working as a personal care assistant and in security for all these years,” Hills said. “I’m back trying to get my GED because I just want better for myself and a better way to provide for my children.”
Hills’ goal is to transition into Nunez in the fall and study for a clerical position or to be an LPN.
“I honestly I think the program is a really great program,” she said.
According to Boyd, the program is financially supported by the St. Bernard Parish Public School System, but is run under the Louisiana Community Technical College System. Although the program partners with Nunez, its is not part of the college.
“We have created a class in the morning that partners with Nunez,” Boyd said. “Their instructors teach the class and our students benefit from the experience.”
Boyd said Chalmette Refining, Murphy Oil and Domino’s Sugar all partner with the program so that when students complete the required degree or training they will have a “better chance at getting a job after.”
The Adult Education program recently held registration for its five-week preparation course, which is held from 8 to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday on the Nunez grounds. The program features daily GED preparation lessons and activities and guest speakers. The teachers also focus on assisting and counseling students interested in entering college and career/job training.
In addition to GED preparation, class topics include college note-taking, resume-writing, interview tips, computer skills, time management, financial planning, family development, conflict resolution and job acquisition skills.
For those unable to attend the 8 to 11 a.m. GED classes, other class times are Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. or 1 to 3 p.m.; and Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. For students needing transportation, a bus pass for SBURT may be provided.
The cost of the program is $15, and the cost to take the GED standardized test is $75.
The St. Bernard Adult Education Program is located at Nunez Community College, 3710 Paris Road, Building J-13. For more information, call Boyd at 504.278.6320.
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A result of improved ICE and rising smartphone adoption.
Juniper Research expects 20 per cent (90 million) of consumer cars in North America and Western Europe to be app-enabled within the next five years. The prediction comes as manufacturers enhance the in-car entertainment (ICE) built into head units, while consumers continue to embrace smartphones.
The report looks to services like MirrorLink, which syncs the mobile with the car controls, to drive the connected car market. Ford, meanwhile, recently announced a partnership with Spotify to bring its in-car SYNC service from the States to Europe.
Anthony Cox, report author, Juniper, said: "Sky-high smartphone ownership and a standardised approach to integrating apps into the vehicle head-unit mean that the barriers to making the connected car a reality have all but gone."
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As BlackBerry users, the BBCool staff is all about mobile email. However, we often need to communicate with non-BlackBerry users (tiresome, we know), so SMS has also long held a place in our hearts — apparently, for 15 years.
That’s right, today is the 15th birthday of the Short Message Service Centre (SMSC), the principal application behind the text messaging madness we all know and love. First brought to market by Acision in 1992, SMSC version 1.0 had a capacity of merely 10 messages per second; nowadays, SMSC can handle 32x the capacity.
It’s crazy to think that text messaging has become so prevalent in our lives, considering that during the time, carriers didn’t think their customers would want to type something rather than say it. So happy birthday, SMS: one day soon you’ll be replaced by telepathic communication (rumored to be in the iPhone 2), but we’ll always remember you. | <urn:uuid:0aa49259-6cda-4b7d-9ad0-9bcb7bc7fc8f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/07/23/sms-turns-15-today/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00068-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956808 | 209 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Romania rescues two brown bears from decrepit zoo
ZARNESTI, Romania |
ZARNESTI, Romania (Reuters) - Two brown bears in Romania have been rescued from a zoo where conditions did not meet European Union animal safety standards and have been transferred to a sanctuary where they were released on Saturday, wildlife experts said.
The two male bears were removed from the decrepit Onesti zoo in eastern Romania and driven to Zarnesti, 150 kilometres (93 miles) away, which houses the country's first bear sanctuary in a forest.
"These bears used to live in small concrete enclosures ... They will be released soon in this beautiful forest area (after quarantine). That's a huge difference," said Victor Watkins, a wildlife advisor at the World Society for the Protection of Animals.
Sixty seven bears are now housed in the sanctuary. Many of them were rescued from ramshackle zoos or from cages at roadside inns and restaurants where they were used to entertain guests.
Up to 7,000 bears live in Romania's largely unspoilt mountains. Several people, including foreign tourists, have been killed or injured by bears in recent years and experts have warned that their habitat is under threat from construction.
A poacher was killed as recently as last month after a bear attacked him after escaping from his trap.
The law limits the number of bears that can be killed by hunters to under 350 a year. Officials say some hunting is necessary to control their numbers.
(Reporting by Sinisa Dragin; Writing by Luiza Ilie; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
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The Systolic Hypertension in the Elderly Program (SHEP) demonstrated the benefit of treating isolated systolic hypertension (ISH) in older adults. However, nearly 20% of older adults remain at high risk of heart disease and stroke from untreated ISH.
For the Pittsburgh SHEP cohort, 11- to 14-year death or cardiovascular event rates were compared for active (n = 135) and placebo (n = 133) arms plus normotensive controls (n = 187). Carotid ultrasound and ankle blood pressures were used to identify subclinical atherosclerosis at baseline.
Fourteen-year Kaplan-Meier event rate estimates were 58% vs 79% for the active vs placebo groups (P = .001). Eleven-year event rates for the control, active, and placebo groups were 35%, 47%, and 65%, respectively. Compared with controls, the relative risk of an event was 1.6 (95% confidence interval, 1.1-2.4) for the active treatment group and 3.0 (95% confidence interval, 2.1-4.4) for the placebo group. Baseline history of cardiovascular disease was present in 19% of SHEP participants vs 15% of controls (P = .32), and subclinical disease (carotid stenosis or low ankle blood pressure) was detected in 33% of SHEP participants vs 10% of controls (P<.001). Among those with no clinical or subclinical disease at baseline, the ISH group assigned to active treatment had 10-year event rates similar to those of the control group (29% vs 27%), whereas the placebo rates were much higher (69%).
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By Roberto Piperno
Bomarzo is a small town located on a tufa rock overlooking the Tiber valley. Houses are packed around two palaces belonging to the Orsini family which played a major role in Roman affairs for many centuries. In the XVIth century however the fortunes of the Orsini were declining while another family, the Farnese were trying to consolidate their wealth and their power during the pontificate (1534-50) of Pope Paulus III, Alessandro Farnese.
The marriage between Vicino Orsini and Giulia Farnese helped both families: the Orsini made an alliance with the Farnese who had acquired most towns of northern Latium (Nepi and the Duchy of Castro); the Farnese saw their new status recognized by one the most ancient Roman families.
The couple set their residence in Bomarzo which must have had a very wearisome appearance. Vicino Orsini concluded he had to do something about it: his relative Cardinal Alessandro Farnese was building in Caprarola a very large palace embellished by a splendid garden. He felt the Orsini too had to show their wealth.
Old Bomarzo is situated between two palaces belonging to the Orsini: the first one, at the entrance of the town has some medieval features, while the second one has a distinctive Renaissance design.
Coats of arms of the Orsini combined with monograms of Vicino Orsini decorate the external walls and the streets of Bomarzo. Certainly the inhabitants of Bomarzo gained from all this building activity of their lord, but their living conditions were nonetheless very miserable.
XVIIIth century travellers who crossed the border between the Granduchy of Tuscany and the Papal State were struck by seeing the inhabitants of villages and small towns living in caves.
The house shown above has retained a ground floor dug into the rock: the two floors above the door are a relatively recent addition so originally the house consisted of just a single room getting light from the door.
In some cases tombs, which the Etruscans had cut in the rock, were turned into houses. The towns of Grotte (caves) di Castro and Grotte di S. Stefano retain in their names a description of their former appearance.
Vicino Orsini took care of the only church of old Bomarzo, which was given an elegant Renaissance façade (the steps are a later addition). The old bell tower is decorated with a Roman funerary relief, while the church has a couple of bears holding a rose: the rose is an element of the Orsini's coat of arms, while the bear (orso in Italian) is a traditional reference to the Orsini.
Giulia Farnese passed away in 1564 and her husband dedicated to her an intriguing garden in the valley below Bomarzo. Giulia was a daughter of Galeazzo Farnese, Duke of Latera, a relative of Pope Paulus III. She must not be confused with another Giulia Farnese, elder sister of the pope, who made use of her beauty to entice Pope Alexander VI to promote the career of her brother: she was so successful that he was appointed cardinal at the age of 26.
At the entrance of the garden Vicino Orsini built a sort of temple, which is a mix of classical and Renaissance elements. The ceiling of the porch is decorated with the rose of the Orsini and the lilies of the Farnese.
The garden is today known as Parco dei Mostri, but this is a modern name and as a matter of fact many other late Renaissance gardens have sculptures portraying mythological animals or gigantic faces. But the Orsini garden was abandoned for centuries and its sculptures covered by vegetation and almost forgotten, so when the current owners of the garden started a lengthy restoration to bring it back to its former splendour, the sculptures were labelled as monsters and the name helped in "marketing" the garden.
The gigantic mask was a picnic spot as the mouth has room for seats and a small table.
The mermaid shown above had a practical purpose too: her long tail could be used as a bench. What makes Bomarzo so different from other Renaissance gardens is its lack of symmetry. A relatively small area is crammed with gigantic statues which can be fully seen close-up: the shield of the tortoise comes into view a certain distance away and appears to be the dome of a small temple: only at a few yards from it one discovers the rest of the body.
Without doubt Vicino Orsini wanted to surprise his guests: probably he realized his garden could not compete in size and richness with those of other more powerful Italian families and he chose to enhance its originality.
Unlike other gardens which were continuously visited through the centuries and of which we know the meaning of fountains and sculptures, for most of the statues of this garden we do not have a convincing explanation of how the subjects were selected and assembled. For sure the combat elephant is a reference to either Hannibal or Pyrrhus who both made use of them to disrupt the Roman legions: but how this is linked to the life and actions of Vicino Orsini we do not know.
The puzzling impact of the statues is even increased by the many sentences written on vases or plates, which rather than explaining confuse even more. What can be said about a small leaning house which serves as a passage from the upper to the lower garden? The inscription does not shed light on the purpose of this earthquake stricken building.
Maybe Vicino Orsini had a spiritual heir in the Prince of Palagonia, whose residence near Palermo was visited by J. W. Goethe in 1787 who wrote in his Italian Journey:
"Our entire day has been taken up with the madness of the Prince of Pallagonia. His follies turned out to be quite different from anything I had imagined after hearing and reading about them.
.. the drive to the house is unusually broad and each wall has been transformed into an uninterrupted socle (base) on which excellent pedestals sustain strange groups interspersed with vases. The repulsive appearance of these deformities, botched by inferior stonecutters, is reinforced by the crumbly shell-tufa of which they are made ...
In the house the fever of the Prince rises to a delirium. The legs of the chairs have been unequally sawn off, so that no one can sit on them.... "
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Scientists from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune du Québec (MRNF) and the Bureau d’Écologie Appliquée met on April 13th, 2010 in Quebec City to review the information available on the habitat used by the striped bass (Morone saxatilis) population of the St. Lawrence Estuary. The objective of this meeting was to assess the habitat quality and degree of use by this population. A Science Advisory Report will subsequently be produced to guide managers in designating critical habitat for the striped bass population in the St. Lawrence Estuary and in the selection of studies to be undertaken to complete this description, in the event that the population is added to Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act (SARA).
During the meeting, a summary of the SARA and provisions related to the concept of critical habitat were presented to the participants, followed by presentations on the available data related to the habitat of striped bass before its extirpation from the St. Lawrence Estuary and since its reintroduction. Discussions ensued regarding the data presented, significant habitats and knowledge gaps related to the species’ different development stages. Data analysis of the extirpated and reintroduced population has helped identify significant types of habitat for each development stage. However, further studies on the reintroduced population will be needed to locate and determine which habitats should be designated as critical to the species recovery. At this stage, it appears that Anse Sainte-Anne at La Pocatière represents a significant habitat for juveniles in the fall and that measures should be implemented to protect it.
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Thankfully, the issue of clergy sex abuse has all but disappeared from the front pages of our diocesan newspapers. Stories about how dioceses are implementing background checks for parish staff and volunteers or teaching Catholic schoolchildren how to avoid sexual predators are much more frequent than reports of any new incidents of sexual abuse.
But the Florida Catholic in the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Fla., recently published an opinion piece by a survivor of clergy sexual abuse that had an interesting perspective. Chris McCafferty said his greatest concern now is for children in public schools.
“The Catholic Church is accepting responsibility for what occurs in its programs, but the public schools are not,” McCafferty wrote. “If the church harbors a pedophile it is held accountable; if the school system protects a pedophile in public schools, the system can’t be sued easily because of the government’s sovereign immunity.” Read McCafferty’s full column here. | <urn:uuid:a28b1c60-914a-4ea1-84b2-cae7af56c2fe> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cnsblog.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00055-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956933 | 202 | 1.828125 | 2 |
Few NBN customers report higher bills after switch
FEARS that consumers would be hit with massive bills after signing up to the national broadband network may prove groundless, with new research finding almost two thirds of customers who signed up paid the same or less than before.
After interviewing 282 households in the inner-city Melbourne suburb of Brunswick, the first research into those using the $37 billion network found just over 25 per cent said their bills had increased. But 63 per cent of households that joined the network reported their internet bills had either stayed the same or decreased, according to research by University of Melbourne and Swinburne University of Technology.
''Some of the reporting or debate around [the network] has been that the potential for an increase in household costs for internet when people take up the broadband,'' Bjorn Nansen, a University of Melbourne research fellow, said.
''From our standpoint, costs do not dramatically increase when you're shifting from other broadband to high-speed broadband on the NBN.''
The national broadband network is a key election issue before this year's poll, with the Tony Abbott-led Coalition promising to build a network more quickly and for less money, but using slower technology.
According to Dr Nansen, one of the reasons most people did not end up paying more for the network was that some households substituted their landline telephone for a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone, which allows telephone calls to be made over the internet for free - as with Skype.
The university researchers received funding from the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network - the peak consumer body in the telecommunications sector.
The first households to adopt the national broadband network in Brunswick tended to be families with children (59 per cent) and homeowners (63 per cent).
Those who were renting or sharing apartments were less likely to sign up to the network because they needed to get permission from their landlords, Dr Nansen said.
The families who signed up to the network also tended to be wealthier. More than half of those who bought plans on the network had a household income greater than $100,000 a year.
It is too early to draw sweeping conclusions from the Brunswick study, Dr Nansen said, but the study hints at people's motivations for joining the network. ''People on the NBN are much more likely to be working from home,'' he said.
Between 2011 and 2012 the number of households in the Brunswick site that had an active national broadband network connection rose from 20 per cent to 36 per cent.
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HOPE and Zell Miller Scholarship Application Changes
As a result of legislation passed during the 2013 Legislative Session (House Bill 324), and signed by the Governor, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will NOT be required as part of the application for those students seeking HOPE and Zell Miller Scholarships. A FAFSA will remain an acceptable application for state scholarships and can be submitted if the student desires. If a student chooses not to submit a FAFSA, the GSFApps application at www.gacollege411.org can continue to be used to apply for state scholarships.
A FAFSA is still required for students applying for federal student financial aid such as Federal Pell Grants, Federal Work Study and Federal Direct Student Loans. Students who already have a GSFApps Application on file are not required to complete a new one. | <urn:uuid:5fc832e3-cbf2-462a-8ab5-6a6939a24fe9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://osfa.uga.edu/hope-changes.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915243 | 176 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Fairfax County identifies, registers its homeless
While you sleep in the comfort of your home, thousands around the region spend the night outside on the streets in cars or shelters.
More than 1,500 people were homeless in the Falls Church region last year alone, but now the growing local problem is being addressed in a different way. For the first time, Fairfax County is trying to identify and register its homeless with the help of volunteers. The work began this week at 4 a.m.
In an empty parking lot, volunteers discovered a man sound asleep, staying warm with the engine running. The former pastry chef recently lost his job. He asked to remain anonymous for fear his friend and family would find out, but he did share details off-camera that will be critical in getting him back on his feet.
“We’re trying to develop an accurate census,” says Theron Patrick, a volunteer. “How many homeless people do we have, what condition are they in, and if we can identify the people who are in greatest danger of death.”
The new approach, part of a nationwide campaign known as "100,000 Homes," is a way for Fairfax County to create a more accurate registry and then prioritize support services. Before, they relied greatly on a one-day homeless assessment, usually conducted by outreach workers.
“In the last two years we’ve seen an increase in the chronic homeless population by 100 individuals in two years,” says Dean Klein of the Office to Prevent and End Homelessness.
Church property and dark corners around shopping centers have been identified as homeless hot spots. Around 200 volunteers are using this week to go to those locations and provide outreach.
“I have to do something worthwhile,” says Patrick.
“That’s when we’re going to meet up with them and find people who are sleeping unsheltered,” says Tom Nichols of Volunteers of America Chesapeake.
But there are others like Lonnie Pratt Jr. who they’re also trying to help. Due to unemployment and medical problems, he’s been spending countless nights at churches and shelters.
“I’m looking for a good outcome down the road, so hopefully they can help me out,” he says.
“These are real people,” says Patrick. “They’re not wasted. They’re only wasted if we give up.”
By the time the sun is out the surveys might be over, but the work isn’t. On Monday, the volunteers will meet once again for a debriefing where they’ll share their personal stories and discuss ways to help those they’ve encountered.
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Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Hosts Annual Fire Safety Refresher Training
On Wednesday, March 23, 2011 Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) hosted an annual wildland firefighter refresher training for staff from local resource management agencies. The RT 130 refresher training is required each year for all red-carded individuals. Red cards are issued to trained, qualified staff with experience in wildland fire and who have completed a certain level of training and a physical fitness test.
This RT 130 refresher training is conducted in collaboration with local partners based on standards established by the National Wildfire Coordinating Group. This year, 75 individuals from six different agencies, including: the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community; the Bureau of Indian Affairs; the Minnesota Conservation Corps; the U.S. Forest Service; the Bloomington, Minnesota Fire Department; and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service participated. Minnesota Valley NWR has hosted this interagency training each March since 2006. Last year, 64 individuals participated.
"Many local agencies have red-carded personnel on staff, but are not able to conduct their own RT 130 refresher training because they do not have the minimum instructor qualifications to provide the training," explained Lee Nelson, Fire Management Officer at Minnesota Valley NWR. "This training qualifies them to participate on interagency firefighting teams as well as conduct prescribed burns on their own lands."
This interactive training involved a variety of sessions throughout the day with the aim of highlighting the essential aspects of safety zones, hazard avoidance and escape routes. One highlight was a game of Incident Response Pocket Guide (IRPG) Jeopardy "hosted" by Jami Markle, Fire Program Technician at Minnesota Valley NWR. The IRPG is a quick field reference guide for wildland firefighters.
The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) conducts regular prescribed burning as part of its efforts to restore native prairie habitat and in preparation for the 2011 fire season, 16 staff from the SMSC participated in the training this year. "We partner with Minnesota Valley NWR not only on this training opportunity, but also on some of our prescribed burns," said Shawn Kelley, environmental scientist with the SMSC. Kelley continues, "Because we are in such close proximity to each other, it makes sense for us to work together on activities of mutual interest."
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Introduction / History
The Chechen live in the remote valleys of the Caucasus Mountains of southern Russia between the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. They are a strong, determined people with a long history of fighting for their independence. Soviet rule dominated the Chechen during the first half of the 20th century. For years the Chechen had based land tenure upon joint-clan ownership. When the Soviets introduced the idea of property ownership by society rather than by clan, the Chechen fiercely opposed it.
When World War II broke out, most Chechen opposed the Germans and fought alongside the Red Army. Despite this, in 1944 many of the Chechen and their neighbors, the Ingush, were deported to central Asia. They were allowed to return after 1968. On October 27,1991, the Chechen Republic declared its independence. Since then Russian troops have invaded Chechenya to regain control, and as a result much of the nation lies "in ruin".
What are their lives like?
The Chechen span a variety of occupations and income levels. Most grow grains, vegetables or fruit; others work in oil refineries or are stockbreeders, particularly of fine-fleeced sheep. Chechen women work outside of their homes daily, as do other women in the former Soviet Union. The Chechen generally marry outside their own clans. Marriage between blood relations is forbidden within a span of three generations. A dowry is paid by the bridegroom's family to the bride or her family as a guarantee against divorce. Traditionally, a Chechen wife is not allowed to eat with her husband or to speak to his relatives, her role is one of subordination.
The core of the Chechen society is the taip, a clan-like organization whose members descend from a common ancestor. An assembly of elders, with their own court, rule each taip
What are their beliefs?
Ruins of church buildings indicate that at least some Chechen had converted to Christianity by the eighth century. During the 16th century Islam was introduced by other peoples who settled among the Chechens. By the late 17th century all remaining ties to Christianity had disappeared from this region.
A number of Chechen have received religious training at Dagestan, an important center of Islamic culture located the south of the Chechen-Ingush Republic.
Chechens are among the most devout Muslims in the former Soviet Union. Several anti-Soviet uprisings have fueled their religious fervor, particularly the opposition to their deportation in the 1940's. At that time Russia attempted to completely eliminate Islam in the Chechen-Ingush territory. All mosques and other religious buildings were closed. These restrictions only served to boost Islamic missionary work in the area. Following this attempt to discourage islam, two mosques reopened in 1978. Despite leaning toward Islam, some Christian heritage can be seen in the Chechen language. Their word for Sunday translates to "God's day," and the word for Friday translates to "day of Mary."
What are their needs?
There are indications that there may now be a small group of Christians among the Chechen.
The Chechen have been referred to as the "Mafia of Russia," and they are generally feared and despised by other Russian groups. Their strong Islamic faith is very difficult to influence. In recent years the rise in Chechen nationalism has strengthened their Islamic beliefs; however, it has also brought devastation upon them in the form of Russian military invasion.
If you lived among the Chechens of Russia, fighting and military action would be commonplace. With so few Christians living there, you would have virtually no one to encourage you in your Christian faith. You may even face torture or death for your beliefs. Although Chechens are a despised people, God does not see them that way. He has a future and a hope for them. He longs for them to know a peace that can only come through the Gospel of Christ.
* Pray for the endurance and protection of the few known Chechen believers.
* Pray for political stability in the area where the Chechens and Ingush live.
* Ask the Lord to tear down barriers to the Gospel so that those Christian workers who live and work among the Chechens will see fruit.
* Pray for an end to war and destruction.
* Pray that the day will come when Chechens declare independence from Islam.
* Ask for Christians in Germany and Jordan to have a burden to share the Gospel with the Chechens living in their countries.
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Are Marriage Equality Endorsements Bad for Investors?
Aug 2nd 2012 3:46PM
Updated Aug 2nd 2012 3:52PM
When Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy told a reporter that he supported the "biblical definition of the marriage unit," it was a shot heard 'round the world. In addition to the reactions from activist groups and non-activist consumers, corporations large and small have jumped into the fray by showing their support of marriage equality. But will such demonstrations hurt their bottom line?
Good politics or bad business?
Value-focused consumerism is not a new concept. Environmentally conscious consumers drove the proliferation of natural and organic products. Socially responsible investors actively search for stocks that meet their screening qualifications. A company's policies, lobbying activities, and conservative or liberal leanings, once made public, are all fair game for customers and investors who care about such things. (And some don't.)
In the days following the Chick-fil-A episode, Amazon.com (NAS: AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife pledged $2.5 million toward the fight to legalize gay marriage in Washington state. General Mills (NYS: GIS) CEO Ken Powell has publicly stated the company is against a gay marriage ban up for vote in Minnesota, saying the ban is not in the best interests of the company's employees or Minnesota's economy. And Target, (NYS: TGT) , which from the earliest days has positioned itself as a community-focused chain, has launched a series of ads welcoming same-sex couples to the company's wedding registry.
The few, the angry, the loud
A group calling for a boycott of General Mills garnered 8,000 local signatures, a very small drop in a very large, multinational bucket. Even if those 8,000 people earnestly attempted to boycott General Mills, can anyone truly boycott every item made by the giant company?
On the other side of the issue are companies like Marriott (NYS: MAR) , whose CEO, Bill Marriott, recently retired. Marriott spoke with BusinessWeek about his strong Mormon values, and how he made the distinction between his personal values and the needs of an international corporation. One significant difference between Cathy and Marriott, of course, is that Marriott had already left the company when the interview ran.
What this means for a diversified portfolio
Will companies coming out in support of marriage equality hurt investors? It hasn't hurt General Mills. When posting quarterly earnings, Powell said there had been no noticeable impact in the company's sales since the announcement. In fact, the stock price rose in the days following. A Web search for "Amazon backlash" turned up very few comments about the donation. More people were upset about last year's Amazon app malfunction.
In the months leading up to election season, both local and federal, we can expect to see more shows of support for and against marriage equality from a variety of large and small corporations, as well as personal endorsements from CEOs that don't reflect a company's policy.
Investors can breathe easy. Such statements and donations aren't PR disasters. They're not product recalls, or labor disputes. And most importantly, they're not surprises. Any investor who has done his or her research before buying a stock will know not only the basics of the balance sheets, but the general ethics of the company. And if a company's ethics are important to you, you'll know what they are before you buy your first share.
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Exactly What is Success?
Is success measured by how much money you have? How happy you are? How satisfied? Is success really just up to you?
Here's the Merriam-Webster definition:
noun 1. satisfactory completion of something. 2. the gaining of wealth and fame. 3. one that succeeds.
I especially like the first definition. Success is the "satisfactory completion of something", but the satisfactory completion of what?
I've come up with this formula:
"S" is success, "G" stands for goals, and "A" for achievement. Success is the result of your goals multiplied by the number of times you achieve your goals. In other words, the more times you achieve your goals, the more successful you are.
But definition number two says "the gaining of wealth and fame". Can you really be successful without wealth and fame? I don't think so. However, the way you define wealth and fame is very important in determining your personal vision of success.
In the Dynamic Components of Personal Power philosophy wealth means to have "enough". You need enough to create satisfaction in 3 areas of life: material, emotional and spiritual. Wealth means having abundance in each of these areas. What constitutes abundance in each area depends entirely on your personal needs and desires.
Fame is the people you know and the people who know you. You can’t create success in a vacuum. You need people who need your services, and you need people who can help you create and deliver those services.
I'd have to say that to be successful; you have to develop wealth and fame. The rest is really up to you!
This is why goals are so important. You decide exactly what your goals and ambitions are. The more often you design goals specific to your vision of success, and the more often you achieve your goals, the more successful you become.
That’s why someone may have a lot of money without feeling successful. That’s why people who control others by fear and domination are not necessarily successful, only feared and tolerated for a time.
On the other hand, you may be very well respected and admired and feel a great spiritual connection with the universe, but if you don't have enough money you also may feel like a failure.
There are people who have very little money and still feel successful materially, emotionally and spiritually. I admire these people. Remember, anyone who has "enough" can be successful. Only you can determine what “enough” is for you is.
So, how does one become successful?
Pay attention to all three areas, material, emotional and spiritual. Set goals in each area and achieve those goals. It's really that simple.
Of course, things don't always go the way you planned. One of the most interesting traits of successful people I've found through my study is that successful people fail...a lot! They're also the ones who pick themselves up, dust themselves off and…you know the rest!
Create a big picture vision of your ultimate success. Then set manageable goals that take you incrementally toward this ultimate success.
Keep setting goals. Keep achieving as many goals as possible. Inevitable failures become of the learning curve leading to your ultimate success. Failure is just tuition! When you experience failure, set goals that help you make a course correction and orient yourself back toward success.
In my formula you can see that the more goals you set and achieve, the greater your feeling of success. Be sure to use a balanced approach in your goal setting and take care of all the important areas of your life. Determine what “enough” is for you and go for it!
Then you can apply the third definition of success to yourself:
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Although you will see, generally moles and warts are skin blemishes that do not pose virtually any health risk and can be removed by a few easy steps. Typically, moles are dark spots, just about anywhere on the human body , and they do not change appearance over time. They have been sometimes regarded as ‘beauty marks’, others as ‘birthmarks’.
In some instances people talk about ‘vinegar warts’. Clearly, it is essential to have more accurate information about the type of skin blemish in question, before looking to eliminate them by applying home skin remedies. In children, moles and some other skin blemishes do sometimes disappear as they age.
Other kinds of moles, such as itching moles and moles which change their color and shapecould possibly be important to remove for medical as well as cosmetic reasons. Why remove moles? -It is imperative to positively identify such moles to prevent them turning into a major health risk, as they possibly can become cancerous if they are not treated.
Warts are small skin growths, often caused by the human “papilloma-virus” or HPV. They are sometimes removed by freezing with liquid nitrogen, or by a simple laser technique. Warts are often painful and may also also spread throughout the entire body if not treated or removed in time. It actually is therefore important to remove them,with the exception of the so called seborrheic warts which are not real warts, but age-related spots that imitate warts in addition to moles.
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Barron Gift Collier Arrives
Barron Collier’s agents complete the purchase of 1.3 million acres of land and nearly overnight he becomes the largest landowner in the state.
May 8, 1923: Florida’s Legislature agrees to create Collier County. The town of Everglade adds an "s" to the end of its name.
Photo: Florida Gov. Carey A. Hardee signs bill.
July 7, 1923: The Collier County Commission holds its first meeting at the Rod & Gun Club in Everglades and issues $350,000 in bonds to build the Tamiami Trail.
July 25, 1923: The Collier County News is founded as a weekly newspaper. It will later become the Naples Daily News.
October 1923: Construction of the Tamiami Trail begins.
The first and only electric trolley arrives in Everglades City. Bonita Springs incorporates as a city. After hard economic times hit, the city surrenders its charter in 1934.
April 13, 1925: First meeting of the Naples Town Council, even though the town was incorporated a year and a half before. The first mayor, "Speed" Menefee, resigns. Photo: Former Mayor "Speed" Menefee.
December 27, 1926: The Atlantic Coast Line reaches Naples. Eleven days later, on Jan. 7, 1927, the "Orange Blossom Special" steams into town.
April 26, 1928: The Tamiami Trail officially opens to traffic in the Everglades. It is the first paved highway from Tampa to Miami. Photo: The opening day of Tamiami Trail
1929: State Road 29 is built south to Everglades City.
1936: The Piper brothers, Bill and Lester, build the Everglades Wonder Gardens in Bonita Springs, an attraction with wild animals and native plants.
April 24, 1938: The ferry boat to Marco Island is replaced by a new bridge and highway across Marco Pass.
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SENTENCES OF MENANDROS, a group of proverbial sayings written down at an unknown date (perhaps first century A.D.), probably to be attributed to the great comic poet Menandros. It seems to have enjoyed a fair popularity, comparable to that of similar collections (gnomologies) that were widespread in late antiquity; like these it seems to have been subjected to frequent manipulations.
The original redaction, now lost, was in Greek; it is not easy, therefore, to form a precise idea of the original content. It seems that the main components were the imitation of various verses actually by Menandros, the influence of biblical wisdom literature, and a group of sayings on the usefulness of learning to read and to write. This last component indicates that the text was produced and preserved in scholastic circles. However, the first author, who made an effort at writing in iambic trimeters, totally lacked concepts of prosody and classical metrical rules.
The complete Syriac translation (ed. Land, 1975, Vol. 1, pp. 64-73) and a Slavonic translation are extant, as well as a number of fragments in a Greek and Coptic bilingual version (ed. Hagedorn and Weber, 1968). It is clear that the Sentences of Menandros, which had been used for practice in Greek circles, were also used later in Coptic circles, probably for learning to write in Coptic and for learning rudimentary notions of Greek.
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The enemy commenced shelling my line from several batteries about nine o'clock that night, and the picket lines in my front opened fire at a quarter to two o'clock the following morning. The skirmishers from McGowan's brigade, who covered the works held by my command, were driven in at a quarter to five o'clock, and my line was pierced by the enemy in strong force at the ravine in front of the right of the Thirty-seventh near General McGowan's headquarters. The Twenty-eighth, enfiladed on the left by this force, and on the right by the force that had previously broken the troops to our right, was forced to fall back to the Plank road. The enemy on its left took possession of this road and forced it to fall still further back to the Cox road, where it skirmished with the enemy and supported a battery of artillery, by order of Brigadier-General Pendleton. The other regiments fought the enemy between McGowan's winterquarters and these occupied by my brigade, and were driven back. They then made a stand in the winterquarters of the right regiment of my command, but were again broken, a part retreating along the works to the left, and the remainder going to the rear. These last, under Colonel Cowan, made a stand on the hill, to the right of Mrs. Banks', but were forced back to the Plank road, along which they skirmished for some time, and then fell back to the Cox road, where they supported a battery of artillery, by order of Lieutenant-General Longstreet. That portion of my command which retreated along the works to the left, made two more unsuccessful attempts to resist the enemy, the last stand being made in the Church road leading to the Jones House. It then fell back to Battery Gregg and the battery to its left; but udder Major Wooten, and assisted by a part of Thomas' brigade, it soon after charged the enemy, by order of Major-General Wilcox, and cleared the works as far as the branch on which the left of the Thirty-third rested the night previous. Here we were rejoined by Colonel Cowan, and we deployed as skirmishes to the left of the Church road and perpendicular to the works, but did not hold this position long, as we were attacked by a strong line of skirmishers, supported by two strong lines of battle, A part of us retreated to
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The AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition
Juan Gallardo and Michele Irwin
In 2009, the Science and Human Rights Coalition was established under the auspices of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The Science and Human Rights Coalition is a network of scientific and engineering organizations in the United States that share the belief that science and scientists have an important role to play in the realization of human rights for all people. (http://shr.aaas.org/coalition) The Coalition strives to promote communication and knowledge about human rights among scientific organizations as well as between the human rights and scientific communities. Scientific societies and associations as well as individual scientists come together to learn about human rights in general, and more specifically, learn how human rights influence their science and what fellow scientists are doing to advance those rights. Coalition members also discover what science—what scientific knowledge and scientists’ voices—can offer to human rights practitioners and the human rights community.
To facilitate this communication and knowledge, the Coalition is comprised of five working groups that carry out activities related to 1) the Welfare of Scientists, 2) Science Ethics and Human Rights, 3) Service to the STEM Community, 4) Service to the Human Rights Community, and 5) Education and Information Resources--that promote collaboration between the science and human rights practitioners. It is within this framework where the bulk of the Coalition’s work is done. Here, scientists organize workshops on the intersection of human rights and science, they compile syllabi for teaching modules on science and human rights, and they develop resources to train scientific associations about their role in addressing human rights. The list of activities undertaken by these working groups is impressive and demonstrates the breadth and significance of the relationship between human rights and science.
The Coalition also engages in an over-arching initiative that reinforces the efforts of these working groups. In 2007, the United Nations began a process to define Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) (http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cescr.htm#art15), which states, in part, that everyone has the right to “enjoy the benefits of scientific progress and its applications.” The Coalition initiative promotes awareness of and knowledge about this right, but it also is actively seeking to shape how this right is defined. When the UN began its process of defining this right, it did so without significant input from the scientific community. Thus, the Coalition has committed itself to ensure that the voices of the scientific community are heard and represented.
As part of this effort, the Coalition’s Service to the STEM Community Working Group organized focus group discussions with Coalition member organizations to ask scientists from a broad cross-section of scientific disciplines about their views on the definition this right. What, precisely, does this right mean to you as a scientist? Does it mean something different to physicists, ecologists, chemists and psychologists? What specific knowledge can scientists bring to the definition of the right? Information from those focus groups will be used to inform the UN process to define the right and guarantee that the voices of scientists from a wide range of disciplines are represented. (Readers who are interested in the UN process can learn more by reading a May 2012 report to the UN Human Rights Council from the Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights: http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session20/A-HRC-20-26_en.pdf.)
In addition to these activities, the Coalition meets twice a year, with each meeting focusing on a specific theme that demonstrates the connections between human rights and science. In July 2012, (http://srhrl.aaas.org/coalition/Meetings/2012/), the theme was about how human rights intersect with the technological applications of science and engineering such as the use of modern equipments for detection and monitoring of physical and biological properties, computer and information science, and innovative techniques that have positive impact on facilitating access to medicine, clean water, pollution control, and education. These opportunities for the use of technologies to address grave human rights concerns is interconnected with an issue that the Coalition works to address as well, i.e., the professional responsibility of scientists and engineers toward our fellow human beings and human rights.
More recently, on January 31 – February 1, the Coalition meeting focused on the intersections among children’s rights, science and technology. Participants learned about the rights of children as set out in international declarations and treaties as well as issues on which science and technology could impact important children’s rights concerns.
The American Physical Society has been an active member of the Coalition since its inception and was also active in the efforts that went into the establishment of the Coalition. As most FIP members know, human rights have played a prominent role in the Society, whether through the APS Committee on International Freedom of Scientists (CIFS), the APS Andrei Sakharov Prize, or the various statements that APS has made that have addressed specific rights concerns. Maybe more importantly, on November 15, 1998, the APS Council adopted a statement declaring “…its support for the rights and freedoms in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for all people, everywhere.” This solidified the Society’s commitment to human rights and emphasized the awareness that science—physics—and human rights are interconnected.
Given the Society’s historical commitment to human rights, specifically with respect to the defense of the rights of individual scientists by CIFS, APS has been active in the Coalition’s Working Group on the Welfare of Scientists. The mission of this working group is to demonstrate to the scientific community the value of and necessity for scientific organizations to defend the rights of their members and fellow scientists and to advocate for them when needed. The working group aims to increase the effectiveness of organizations in the defense of the rights of scientists.
In support of the Article 15 initiative, APS joined other scientific societies and associations by hosting a focus group of APS members to help define the right to benefit from scientific progress and its applications. In November 2012, several APS members participated in this event to obtain physicists’ views on the definition of Article 15. Information from that focus group will feed into the Coalition’s report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights this year that will bring the voices of the scientific community to bear on the UN’s effort to define this right.
Human rights are fundamental entitlements of all human beings. These rights are guaranteed by law as spelled out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was adopted by the United Nations as a non-binding resolution in 1948 (http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/) and subsequently affirmed by two binding covenants in 1966, i.e., the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition recognizes that the scientific community has an important and unique role to play in the realization of these rights. APS is proud to be a part of this effort.
We invite all FIP members interested in learning more about the intersection of human rights and science to attend the next Coalition meeting in Washington D.C. on July 11-12, 2013. Come meet with fellow scientists from a wide spectrum of disciplines and learn about how your research and work contribute (or can contribute) to the realization of human rights. For more information contact one of us.
Juan Gallardo is retired from the Advanced Accelerator Group, Brookhaven National Laboratory. He has served on the APS Committee on International Freedom of Scientists (CIFS), including as Chair in 2007. In addition, he has been a member of the APS Andrei Sakharov Prize Selection Committee. Michele Irwin is the International Programs Administrator at APS where she works closely with CIFS. Both represent APS at the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition and serve on the Coalition’s Council.
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Pictures Slideshow: Energy Foods - A Diet to Boost Your Mood & Energy Level
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Can Food Boost Energy and Mood?
It's an intriguing possibility. While it's too soon to say, "an apple a day keeps the doldrums away," researchers are studying the links between what we eat and how we feel. There is evidence that changing your diet can alter your metabolism and brain chemistry, ultimately affecting your energy level and mood.
Foods can boost energy in three ways: by providing sufficient calories, by delivering stimulants like caffeine, and by pushing the metabolism to burn fuel more efficiently. As for mood, the best foods are those that stabilize blood sugar and trigger feel-good brain chemicals, such as serotonin. Keep clicking to learn which foods and drinks can do the job.
Carbs may be the foe of fad diets, but they're vital for boosting energy and mood. They are the body's preferred source of fuel, plus they raise serotonin levels. The key is to avoid sweets, which cause blood sugar to spike and plummet, leading to fatigue and moodiness. Instead, turn to whole grains like whole-wheat bread, brown rice, and cereal. The body absorbs whole grains more slowly, keeping blood sugar and energy levels stable.
Cashews, Almonds, and Hazelnuts
These nuts are not only rich in protein, but they also contain magnesium, a mineral that plays a vital role in converting sugar into energy. Research suggests magnesium deficiency can drain your energy. Magnesium is also found in whole grains, particularly bran cereals, and in some types of fish, including halibut.
Add Brazil nuts to the mix for a helpful dose of selenium, which may be a natural mood booster. Studies have reported a link between low selenium and poorer moods. This mineral also occurs in smaller amounts in meats, seafood, beans, and whole grains.
Lean pork, lean beef, skinless chicken, and turkey are healthy sources of protein, including the amino acid tyrosine. Tyrosine boosts levels of dopamine and norepinephrine, brain chemicals that can help you feel more alert and focused. Meats also contain vitamin B-12, which may combat insomnia and depression.
Fatty fish, such as salmon, is rich in omega-3 fatty acids. Studies suggest this substance may protect against depression. While the extent of the link is uncertain, omega-3 fatty acids offer a wide range of other benefits, including heart health. Besides fish, sources of omega-3 include nuts and leafy, dark green vegetables.
Another nutrient that may reduce the risk of depression is folate. Like omega-3 fatty acids, folate is found in leafy green vegetables, including spinach and romaine lettuce. Legumes, nuts, and citrus fruits are also good sources of folate.
Fiber is an energy stabilizer. It slows digestion, providing a more steady supply of energy throughout the day. Boost your fiber intake by eating beans, whole fruits, vegetables, whole-grain breads, and whole-grain cereals.
Dehydration and fatigue go hand-in-hand. Some studies suggest even mild dehydration can slow the metabolism and sap your energy. The solution is simple -- drink plenty of water or other unsweetened beverages at regular intervals.
Another way to stay hydrated and energized is to eat fluid-filled foods, such as fresh fruits and vegetables. Skip dry packaged snacks like pretzels in favor of apple wedges or celery. Other hydrating foods include oatmeal and pasta, which swell up with water when cooked.
Coffee may be one of the world's most popular pick-me-ups, and evidence suggests it works -- at least in the short-term. Caffeine steps up the body's metabolism, temporarily improving mental focus and energy. Frequent mini-servings will keep you alert and focused longer than a single large dose. Just beware of drinking so much coffee that you can't sleep at night. Lack of sleep is an obvious energy-buster.
An alternative source of caffeine is, of course, tea. Research suggests that tea's combination of caffeine and the amino acid L-theanine can improve alertness, reaction time, and memory. Black tea has also been shown to combat the effects of stress.
Chocoholics, you probably knew this already -- a few squares of dark chocolate can boost both energy and mood. Caffeine is at work again, along with another stimulant called theobromine.
For anyone hoping to boost energy and mood, skipping breakfast is not an option. Studies show that people who eat breakfast every morning enjoy more energy and a better mood throughout the day. The best breakfasts deliver plenty of fiber and nutrients through whole-grain carbs, good fats, and some type of lean protein.
Another strategy for stabilizing blood sugar, energy, and mood: Eat small meals and snacks every three to four hours, rather than a few large meals. Energy-sustaining snacks include peanut butter on whole-grain crackers, half a turkey sandwich with salad, or whole-grain cereal with milk.
Energy supplements are often touted as an alternative to coffee or other stimulants. Many of these supplements actually contain caffeine or similar chemical substances. Examples include kola nut, yerba mate, green tea extract, and guarana. These supplements may give you a temporary boost, but experts say the effect is probably not much different than drinking ordinary coffee.
Energy Drinks & Gels
Most energy drinks and gels infuse the body with simple carbohydrates -- in other words, sugar, which the body can quickly convert into energy. This is a convenient way for high-intensity athletes to keep going, but the benefits for the rest of us are dubious. Energy drinks are usually high on calories and low on nutrients.
Exercise for Energy
Besides altering your diet, exercise is a tried-and-true way to boost energy and mood. Even a single 15-minute walk can be energizing, and the benefits increase with more frequent physical activity. Studies indicate that regular exercise can relieve depression and trigger physiological changes that make more energy available throughout the day.
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Three recent stories illustrate old and new tactics to reinforce the anechoic effect.
A Classic Case - ValleyCare Medical System Nurse Fired
From the San Francisco Chronicle,
An Alameda County jury awarded more than $344,000 in damages this week against ValleyCare Medical System for refusing to rehire a Castro Valley operating nurse who claimed the hospital was retaliating against her for complaints she made about patient safety issues, including concerns about surgical equipment left inside patients.
Kristeen Klaas, a 15-year veteran at ValleyCare and a registered nurse for more than 30 years, sued the hospital system, which has services in Pleasanton and Livermore, after she quit in distress in May 2008 and hospital managers failed to respond to her request to be rehired days later.
The 54-year-old Klaas, who now works at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland and San Leandro Hospital, had brought numerous safety complaints about the Pleasanton hospital to the attention of ValleyCare's management over the two years prior to her resignation.
Klaas complained about a fellow nurse who brought a dog into the operating team's break room and jumped rope with an electrical cord in the operating room, as well as a surgical technician who brought a rifle into the operating room office to sell. She also complained that a tip of a surgical instrument went missing during a surgery and was never found, and that an instrument was left in a patient because the hospital did not have a formal policy of counting instruments after surgery.
She also accused a supervisor of forging her signature on a performance evaluation after she refused to sign an evaluation that was backdated to comply with state regulations.
Here is the tactic allegedly used to silence the whistle-blowing nurse:
On her last day on the job, Klaas got permission from her supervising nurse to leave work because she was in distress after a colleague, the subject of three of her complaints, screamed at her.
'She realized, for the patient's safety, she couldn't continue to go forward that day in the operating room because she was so upset,' he said.
But then a supervisor called her at home and accused her of leaving without permission, prompting Klaas to resign, he said.
This is the classic, rather blunt way to do it: just make the would-be truth-teller's job experience so miserable that she quits.
Now we will present two examples of a more subtle approach, one directly from health care, one at least from a sphere with major health care implications.
A New Approach: A Contract Preventing Communication "Inimical" to a Pharmaceutical Company's Business
This case was documented by a personal narrative by Marc Lipsitch, a Professor of Epidemiology and the Harvard School of Public Health, published in the Chronicle of Higher Education,
I received a request from a large pharmaceutical company to assist in the design of a clinical trial, and the proposed terms seemed to require that I sign away my right to criticize the product. One provision would prohibit me from entering into 'any agreement or relationship to render services as ... adviser or consultant to, any other individual, firm, or corporation that would be inimical to or in conflict with' the aspects of the company's business covered by the agreement. Another would forbid me to engage, in any capacity, directly or indirectly, in "any business," with or without compensation, relating to the class of products under discussion—not just for the term of the contract, but for the year after as well. Those provisions could restrain me from providing candid advice to a regulator, a government official, or the editor of a peer-reviewed journal about the class of products on which I was consulting, even if the advice were based on publicly available information. I objected to those terms, as did a colleague who was offered the same arrangement.
Prof Lipsitch also noted that government research funding agencies and universities may not provide any protections to their faculty against such agreements. He also noted that the contract he was asked to sign was not one of a kind:
Discussions with my colleagues suggest that the problem is not limited to one pharmaceutical company ....
We and many others have frequently discussed the conflicts of interest that may be generated by physicians or health care academics having financial relationships with industry. The Institute of Medicine's definition of conflict of interest (in a health care context) found in its report, Conflict of Interest in Medical Research, Education, and Practice, is:
Conflicts of interest are defined as circumstances that create a risk that professional judgments or actions regarding a primary interest will be unduly influenced by a secondary interest. Primary interests include promoting and protecting the integrity of research, the quality of medical education, and the welfare of patients. Secondary interests include not only financial interests....
Thus the concern is that a faculty member,for example, who is paid to consult for a drug company might tend to favor the company, its products, or policies to its advantage in his or her clinical teaching, scholarly talks and writing, or public policy opinions. That might happen even if the consulting work is technical or scientific and not directly related to the particular topic about which communication might be influenced.
However, the situation described by Prof Lipsitch is much worse. Were he to have signed the contract, he would have been constrained by this legal agreement from writing or saying anything "inimical to or in conflict with" the company's business.
Last week, a similar, but more wide-spread example surfaced (pardon the pun) in a domain that is at least related to health care.
Another Version of the New Approach: the BP Consulting Contracts Making Any Communication Between the Company and the Consultant Confidential
Originally reported by the BBC,
The head of the American Association of Professors has accused BP of trying to 'buy' the best scientists and academics to help its defence against litigation after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
'This is really one huge corporation trying to buy faculty silence in a comprehensive way,' said Cary Nelson.
The BBC has obtained a copy of a contract offered to scientists by BP. It says that scientists cannot publish the research they do for BP or speak about the data for at least three years, or until the government gives the final approval to the company's restoration plan for the whole of the Gulf.
It also states scientists may perform research for other agencies as long as it does not conflict with the work they are doing for BP.
And it adds that scientists must take instructions from lawyers offering the contracts and other in-house counsel at BP.
Here are some examples of the wording of the contract as obtained by the BBC about confidentiality.
Confidentiality. All communications (including non-public information disclosed in such communications) between you (and your agents), BP Attorneys and/or other BP representatives in the course of your performance of the BP NRDA Services are deemed to be incidental to the rendering of legal services and are to be privileged and confidential. You shall maintain a strict confidentiality of such non-public communications and information unless or until a person from whom you are authorized to take instructions informs you in writing that this restriction is no longer applicable to any particular non-public communications and information. In the event you are required to disclose such privileged and confidential non-public communication and information by an order entered by a court or by similar judicial process, or by a judicial or administrative subpoena, you shall notify a person from whom you are authorized to take instructions as soon as practicable, and you are required to cooperate with BP if BP decides to seek relief from such required disclosure, including commencement of a legal or administrative proceeding to prevent or limit disclosure of such privileged or confidential information.Here is the description of those from whom the signer of the contract must take orders.
Instructions. You agree to take your instructions only from me, from other lawyers in my firm, from Brian Israel or other lawyers in the Arnold & Porter law firm, and from Donna Ward or other in-house counsel at BP (collectively 'BP Attorneys').
Note that the contract defines privileged, confidential information as any communication between BP and its representatives and the contract signer. Thus, to make something confidential, all BP would have to do is mention it in a communication. It appears that this would allow BP to render off-limits any topic it chose. Also, since by the same mechanism, it appears that the contract itself, once signed, would also become privileged and confidential.
I submit that ideally medicine and health care ought to be a very transparent calling. Physicians are obliged to keep confidential the information disclosed to them by patients, enabling the patients to trust physicians sufficiently to provide them the accurate information needed for optimal care. However, it is hard to think of much other information or communication in health care that ought to be kept secret, (other than the processes used by commercial firms to manufacture drugs or devices.)
Yet as health care becomes more of a business and less of a calling, businesspeople's proclivity to keep as much as possible secret to avoid giving any advantage to a competitor has become more influential. Furthermore, those leading big organizations have realized that it is easier to maintain their power if they can keep their mistakes, if not misconduct secret. So businesspeople's proclivity to mount overwhelming legal defenses of their interests may lead to persuading or fooling people who might be inclined to delve into such mistakes and misconduct to sign contracts to keep them silent through confidentiality clauses, requirements to protect privileged or proprietary information, non-disparagement clauses and the like. The result will be better coddled self-interests, but more opacity that is inimical to good patient care, teaching, research, and public policy discussion.
To truly reform health care, we need more transparency. To produce more transparency, we need constraints on contracts that inhibit needed clinical, teaching, research and public policy communication.
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- To be nerd, geek or loser.
He's such a wally.
Last edited on Jan 23 1998. Submitted by H. P. from Toronto, ON, Canada
on Jan 23 1998.
What a wally.
Last edited on Jun 27 1998. Submitted by Anonymous
on Jun 27 1998.
- A person who's company is found to be undesirable or uninspiring.
Don't invite him, he's such a Wally.
Last edited on May 17 2011. Submitted by Xander J. from Cambridge, MA, USA
on Jan 06 2000.
- an idiot. British slang.
Last edited on Jun 04 2010. Submitted by nick a.
on Apr 06 2004.
- originally pronounced as in valley in place of origin Glasgow, before being distorted by Londoners especially who believed the Scots were actually saying the male name 'Wally', it relates to a tenement stairway, a 'close', that was tiled 'a wally close' pronounced as in valley, and where the more well-off families lived, and who kept their children from playing with the 'roughs' with the consequence that lack of 'playing out' led to less well co-ordinated (less socially skilled as well, therefore) people, 'wallies' (as in valleys).
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Over the past few years, if you’ve taken out a mortgage or another consumer loan, you’ve probably welcomed the low interest rates you may have received. But as an investor, if you’ve kept any retirement savings in fixed-rate investment vehicles, you may have seen low rates in a less favorable light. And that’s why it may be time for you take a closer look at your financial strategy for working toward the retirement lifestyle you’ve envisioned.
Of course, you can always hope that interest rates will rise, and perhaps they will. As you may know, the Federal Reserve has kept interest rates at record lows in recent years to stimulate lending and thereby boost the economy. But rates can’t get much lower, and if inflation were to heat up, the Fed could reverse course by starting to raise rates.
However, if you’re going to do a good job of building financial assets for retirement, you really can’t afford to play “wait-and-see” with interest rates. Instead, consider the following moves:
• Rebalance your portfolio. No matter what your situation, it’s a good idea to periodically rebalance your investment portfolio to help ensure it still reflects your risk tolerance, time horizon and long-term goals. If you’re concerned about low rates harming your future investment income, you have more reason than ever to review your portfolio and make adjustments as needed, relative to your objectives. For example, if it seems that your portfolio has become “overweighted” in any one vehicle, you may need to change your investment mix, keeping in mind your individual risk tolerance.
• Redefine “retirement.” Retiring from one career doesn’t have to mean retiring from work altogether. If you decide to work part time, do some consulting or even open your own small business, you may be able to earn enough income to take some of the “pressure” off your investment portfolio in terms of providing you with the money you need to live on during retirement. Also, by working during your nominal retirement years, you may be able to delay taking Social Security until you’re a little older, when your monthly checks can be larger.
• Review your withdrawal strategy. During your retirement, the amount you choose to withdraw from your investments each year will depend on several factors, including the size of your portfolio and the amount of income it is providing. As you chart your retirement strategy, you’ll need to factor in a realistic withdrawal rate.
• Re-examine sources of investment income. You may want part of your retirement income to come from investments that offer protection of principal. If so, you don’t have to settle for the lowest-rate vehicles. By looking at the various alternatives and blending them with your overall portfolio, you may be able to boost your income without significantly increasing your investment risk.
In short, just because interest rates are low, you don’t have to lower your retirement expectations — as long as you plan ahead and explore your options.
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Nov. 10, 2011
When the War is Over
When the war is over
We will be proud of course the air will be
Good for breathing at last
The water will have been improved the salmon
And the silence of heaven will migrate more perfectly
The dead will think the living are worth it we will know
Who we are
And we will all enlist again
It's the birthday of a man whom Pope Leo X called "the wild boar in the vineyard": monk and theologian Martin Luther (books by this author), born in Eisleben in what is now Germany (1483). His father was born a farmer, worked his way up to become a copper smelter, and hoped that his son would advance even further and become a lawyer. Martin did well at school, but his family's financial difficulties almost caused him to drop out — at the age of 14, he ended up singing on the streets in return for bread. He had a very good singing voice, but it still wasn't enough to get him through school. A wealthy benefactor noticed the boy and helped pay for his education.
All was going according to plan — Martin went to the university to study law — when he got caught in a terrible thunderstorm. He thought he was going to die, and he made a bargain with St. Anne that if he was saved he would become a monk. He survived, and soon after, he entered a monastery. Although his parents were very devout, they were crushed to learn that their son had given up his chances to become a lawyer.
As a young monk, Luther was obsessed with his own struggle for salvation, but could not find it. He would flagellate himself, or lie out all night in the snow, but to no avail. One of his superiors worried that Luther was spending too much time thinking about his personal spiritual torment, and decided he needed more to do, so he sent him to teach at the university in Wittenberg.
Luther visited Rome, where he was disgusted by the behavior of the Church authorities, who seemed to treat their religious duties as a joke and were most interested in selling indulgences. Luther went back to Wittenberg and continued his intense study of the Bible, and finally decided that the Church had it all wrong — that salvation wouldn't come from performing acts, like paying indulgences for the forgiveness of sins, but rather from individual faith. The final straw for Luther came when members of his own parish started traveling to a neighboring territory to spend their hard-earned money on indulgences, and then told Luther that they had no need of confession since they had purchased forgiveness.
Luther was fired up, so he wrote out his argument in a document, and he mailed a copy to the Archbishop of Mainz and another to the Bishop of Brandenburg. On October 31st, 1517, he took a third copy and nailed it onto the door of the church at the University of Wittenberg, which was the custom — the door functioned much like a bulletin board. He was anticipating a fierce academic debate, but not much beyond that. But his ideas coincided with the rise of the printing press, and within a few months, his words had spread all across Europe.
Luther said, "I would never have thought that such a storm would rise from Rome over one simple scrap of paper." But he continued to openly criticize the Church. In 1520, the pope issued a statement threatening excommunication; Luther publicly burnt it. So he was excommunicated and called before the Diet of Worms, a general assembly of representatives from all the estates of the Holy Roman Empire. There, Luther refused to recant any of his statements. He was condemned, his writings were banned, and in the Edict of Worms, the representatives wrote: "We have declared and hereby forever declare by this edict that the said Martin Luther is to be considered an estranged member, rotten and cut off from the body of our Holy Mother Church. He is an obstinate, schismatic heretic, and we want him to be considered as such by all of you." It was illegal to befriend Luther, to take him in, and although they had just released him, they immediately offered a reward for his capture. But Luther had earned the respect of Frederick III, his local ruler, who offered him sanctuary — he sent men who pretended to attack and kidnap Luther on his way home from the Diet of Worms, and then hid Luther in his castle.
While he was hidden away, Luther's ideas set off revolutions, as peasants violently turned against the upper class in what they saw as a natural continuation of Luther's thinking. Luther was appalled by this — things had gotten away from him. Eventually, the armed fighting quieted down, but the Reformation had become a movement much larger than Luther.
When Luther was 41, he got married to a 26-year-old ex-nun named Katharina von Bora, whom he had helped smuggle out of a convent in a pickled fish barrel. They had a happy marriage. They gardened and played music together, and raised six children. Luther said: "Who loves not woman, wine, and song remains a fool his whole life long."
When a friend wrote Luther a letter confessing that he was depressed, Luther had some advice for him: "Be strong and cheerful and cast out these monstrous thoughts. Whenever the devil harasses you thus, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, aye, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. So when the devil says to you: 'Do not drink,' answer him: 'I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to.' One must always do what Satan forbids. What other cause do you think that I have for drinking so much strong drink, talking so freely and making merry so often, except that I wish to mock and harass the devil who is wont to mock and harass me. Would that I could contrive some great sin to spite the devil, that he might understand that I would not even then acknowledge it and that I was conscious of no sin whatever. We, whom the devil thus seeks to annoy, should remove the whole decalogue from our hearts and minds."
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Economics Model Answers Thirteen
1. The curve that illustrates how much a company or country can produce of multiple items is called the ________________________.
2. A monopolistic competitive firm has the following characteristic that is lacking for a perfectly competitive firm:
(a) There are low barriers to entry
(b) MR = MC in the long run.
(c) P > MC
(d) There are many competitors.
Answer is (c). For a perfectly competitive firm, P=MC.
3. A customer to our imaginary homeschool dinner expected to pay $40, but we only charged him $25. An economist would call the $15 difference the ___________. (Hint: see Lecture #10 review list)
4. Look at Figure B (right). If the price of sale falls below P1 then the firm in the short run will:
(a) increase Q
(b) increase labor
(c) increase price
(d) shut down.
How much profit is it making at a price of P2?
The firm should shut down because when P<P1, then P<ATC and P<AVC.
At the higher price P2, the firm would be making zero overall profit but would stay in business because P>AVC and is making marginal profits.
5. Look again at Figure B (right). Assume the firm is perfectly competitive. Explain what AFC is, and use the labels on the graph to describe its amount.
AFC is average fixed cost, which is the difference between ATC and AVC: AFC=ATC-AVC. Using the labels on the graph, AFC = C-B.
6. Now turn to Figure A (right). What is the opportunity cost of shifting production from B to C?
The opportunity cost is 600 minus 200 cars, which equals 400 cars.
7. Suppose that is your firm in Figure A (attached). What changes might enable you to move production to point D?
A marvelous new invention for my factories to increase their production.
8. The term “normal profit” means “zero economic profits,” which occurs when total revenue equals explicit costs (like cash expenditures) plus implicit costs (like opportunity costs of wasted time). In Figure B (attached), at point A, what kind of profits does the company have: (a) more than a “normal profit”, (b) equal to a “normal profit” or (c) less than a “normal profit.”? Explain.
Less than a normal profit because at point A the price is below ATC.
9. Do you support “free trade” or “protectionism”? Explain your view.
Protectionism because although free trade may appear to have immediate short run benefits for consumers in lower costs for goods, it also imposes long run costs in weakening our industries and strengthening our nation's enemies.
10. Look at Figure C (right). Assuming it represents the long run, describe what type of industry this is (e.g., monopoly, oligopoly, monopolistic competition, or perfect competition). Explain your answer.
That looks like a monopoly because there is no supply curve, and the marginal revenue curve has twice the slope of the demand curve (i.e., the marginal revenue curve intersects the x-axis at one-half the quantity of the demand curve).
11. Economics is sometimes called the “dismal science” because economists predicted population to grow faster than the food supply, marginal returns to diminish, and profits to vanish. But, in fact, there is an abundance of food and profits have not vanished. Why is economics not so dismal after all?
Perhaps because mankind has increasing economies of scale: as population increases, output increases by a greater percentage due to inventions and improvements in production.
12. Look again at Figure C (attached). This question has three parts. (I) At what point is there an allocatively efficient quantity? (II) At what point is revenue maximized? (III) At what point is profit maximized? Explain your answers.
An allocatively efficient quantity is when P=MC. That is point B.
Revenue is maximized when marginal revenue is zero. That found by determining the market price on the demand curve corresponding to point E, which appears to be point D.
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Opening this Friday, September 21, the Siting Julia: Julia Child Centenary Exhibition from the Schlesinger Library's Julia Child Papers traces her path through various sites: post–World War II Paris, where she learned to cook and to teach cooking and began the decade-long writing collaboration that produced Mastering the Art of French Cooking; Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she became an icon of its cultural scene and launched her career in television; and national television, where she entered into millions of households and made the cooking show a media phenomenon.
In this exhibition, we travel with her and her husband Paul Child to Ceylon, southern France, Germany, Norway, and the Maine coast. We follow the tortuous but ultimately triumphant progress of the Mastering manuscript, tread in her diligent steps through experiments in food science and glimpse her library of culinary book treasures.
Our exhibit situates Julia in locations that had an organic relationship to her work and accomplishments through the documents, images, and objects found in her collection. Julia Child exemplifies the individual who needed to break free of her place of origin in order to find herself. The new sites to which she moved determined the direction of her life. Her achievements—learning to organize information, do systematic research, anddirect teams of people in the OSS; finding Paul, the love of her life and indispensable partner in her endeavors; discovering her passion for French food and mastering its preparation; producing a brilliant and influential cookbook; and rising to national television stardom—were all products of her movement through sites such as Ceylon, Paris, and Cambridge, where she found the context, the inspiration, and the tools to become the Julia Child we honor in this year of her centenary. The Schlesinger's collection is rich and deep in documentation of the extraordinary life of a groundbreaking woman, as well as that of her husband Paul, whose prolific correspondence and thousands of photographs draw us into their worlds with intense immediacy.
The exhibit also includes Julia's awards and medals, as well as materials from the complementary papers of Simone Beck, Elizabeth David, Avis DeVoto, and Ruth Lockwood. The multimedia kiosk brings Julia to life with clips and slide shows from the libray's audiovisual holdings, featuring interviews, a tribute in song, and Julia's 1981 talk about her relationship with the culinary collection at the Schlesinger Library.
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The data comes from a questionnaire completed by 7,000 people who save or borrow from entities that belong to the Georgia Credit Union Affiliates. Seventy percent plan to pay for their gifts with cash and 12 percent with credit cards, a slight decline from last year's 16 percent plastic users.
That leaves a large group that will borrow, according to Grace Lollar, president of Richmond Community Federal Credit Union in Gracewood, Ga.
"Wages have not risen for most of our membership, but the cost of living has gone up," she said. "Most of our members rely heavily on holiday loans to pay for their purchases."
A separate survey conducted by the National Retail Federation shows the average person nationally plans to spend $750 this holiday season, up ten bucks from last year for a 4.1 percent increase in overall sales. That compares to the Georgia survey where 58 percent say they'll spend less than $500.
That means the overall sales increase is being funded by just a few people, notes Michael Mercer, president of the Credit Union trade group.
"A lot of the global lift in holiday spending is really coming from a very small portion of the population," he said.
Bargain hunting will be the strategy for most people. They'll stick with discount stores, comparison shop with their smartphones as they cruise the aisles and rely to a greater extent on purchases they get online, according to the Retail Federation's data.
"More than half of Americans this holiday season will feel the impact of the economy and will compensate by doing what they've been doing for several years -- looking for ways to cut any corners, comparative shop online and in stores more often, and even planning to travel less or not at all," said the national trade group's president, Matthew Shay. | <urn:uuid:f46384db-1cf5-4fc0-a738-640f02e8aba8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://romenews-tribune.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Survey-+Modest+spending+increase+expected+in+Georgia+for+holidays%20&id=20785791 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00026-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966217 | 365 | 1.710938 | 2 |
The Curiosity rover has experienced its first setback in what has been an almost too-good-to-be-true start to the mission. NASA is reporting that a sensor on its weather station module has sustained damage — and that it likely happened when stones were thrown up during its rocket-powered landing. NASA says the damage is not a major problem and that it will merely degrade their measurements.
Writing in AstroEngine, Ian O'Neill reports:
During Mars rover Curiosity's dramatic landing on Aug. 5, the rocket-powered sky crane blasted debris onto the rover's deck. The first question that came to mind concerned the safety of exposed and potentially vulnerable instrumentation. I was in the very fortunate position to raise my concerns during the Aug. 9 NASA news briefing. The response from MSL mission manager Mike Watkins was cautious optimism that little to no damage was caused by the unexpected ejection of material from the ground.
Alas, it would seem that some damage was sustained.
"It does appear that some small rocks became lofted in the winds that were generated by the plumes during landing and probably just fell upon the rover deck," said Curiosity deputy project scientist Ashwin Vasavada, with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., during a conference call on Tuesday (Aug. 21).
"Some of these rocks may have fallen on these exposed circuit boards and damaged the wires. That's just one potential cause. We don't know for sure and we don't really have a way of assessing that at this point any further," he added.
It appears that one of the booms on the Mars Science Laboratory's Rover Environmental Monitoring Station (REMS) - located on the rover's mast - may have been the hardware that got sandblasted or smashed by Mars rocks. REMS now only has one (of two) booms operational. The booms' purpose is to take measurements of wind speed on the Martian surface. Although this is a setback (and, so far, the ONLY setback), mission scientists are confident they'll find a workaround.
Despite the problem, NASA is still planning to go ahead with Curiosity's first test drive later today. The drive, which will last about 30 minutes, will take the one-ton, six-wheeled rover about 10 feet forward, and then pivot its wheels and go into reverse. It will repark itself at a 90-degree angle from its starting point inside Gale Crater. | <urn:uuid:953a07b2-aa03-4ae5-815b-fadd129e76ef> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://io9.com/5936863/nasa-says-curiositys-wind-sensor-was-likely-damaged-during-rocket+powered-landing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00039-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976286 | 498 | 2.984375 | 3 |
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Puerto Rico Coffee History
Coffee was introduced to the "New World" in 1723 to the Caribbean Island of Martinique by a Frenchman. It is said, to be the primary source of most if not all of today's Arabica bean coffee trees in the New World. Shortly thereafter, in 1736, it was brought into the island of Puerto Rico, because of the ideal geographical location, soil conditions, mountainous terrain and unique soil conditions favorable for growing coffee. It soon became a major export produce to Europe, and one of the most important cash crops on the island. Eventually, Puerto Rico developed into one of the worlds most important producers of fine coffee, a status which it lost, after the devastation of its coffee crop by several major hurricanes. Nonetheless, coffee cultivation and production has survived and is heavily treasured by many. It has been said, that the word coffee, "café", in Spanish, derived from the word "qahwa", which means wine. But it has also been said that the word originated from Caffa, a province of Abyssinia. However, when coffee reached Europe in the beginning of the 17th century, it was called the "Wine of Arabia", for the exhilarating sensation that it produced in whomever consumed it. It has several medicinal attributes, among these, the suppression of asthma attacks, treatment of heart disease, ascites, pleuritic disorders, it is a powerful diuretic, a mild laxative and popularly used today, for inebriety. The leaves of the coffee trees contain the most caffeine and has been used for infusions. The amount of caffeine in coffee is dependent of the amount of roast it has been subjected to. The darker the roast the less caffeine it will have. In the Caribbean islands of Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Haiti & the Dominican Republic, coffee is typically grown at altitudes ranging from 1000 to 3500 ft. and higher. It is processed by the traditional 24 hr wet fermentation, wash & 5 to 7 day sun drying method. It possesses a characteristic gentle flavor of the region in which they are grown, is softly or agreeably acidic and typically medium to dark roasted to enhance its hint of cocoa like flavor & pleasant palatable after taste, making it a favorite morning and after dinner coffee. Some coffee beans, particularly the peaberry or "Caracolillo" taken from the Spanish word "Caracol", which translates into seashell (the shape of the the single lobed coffee bean), is dark roasted to bring out its inner secrets. Jamaica and Puerto Rico have the rich bauxite soil and geographical location suited for coffee growing. This makes Jamaican Blue Mountain & Puerto Rican coffee very similar, in terms of texture, taste & quality. In terms of costs, however Puerto Rico is the best deal. In the early 20th Century, Puerto Rican Coffee, was served in official state dinners at the White House, by the devout coffee lover, USA President, Theodore Roosevelt, who termed it as "Grand", and The Coffee of Popes & Kings by the Roman Catholic Vatican Church. Casablanca Coffee win the frst place on 2010 for the best artisan Puerto Rican Coffee.
Puerto Rico's most popular coffees are available here in our web at http://PuertoRicoCoffeeShop.com., most are local or regional coffees completely unknown outside of Puerto Rico. Also available, is the world famous Alto Grande, one of the three Super Premium Coffees in the world. Puerto Rican coffee replaced Jamaican Blue Mountain in much of the market in Japan, after its coffee production was crippled due to hurricane damage. It has remained as a preference to once Jamaican clients and it is currently served in many of the finest restaurants of Japan, recapturing its rightful place in the world, as one of the best coffees. Our commitment, to make Puerto Rican Coffee be known again to the entire world. Has faced many challenges in this endeavor, due mostly to the lack of the taste experience by would be coffee connoisseurs, but is persistently continuing his adamant pursuit of making Puerto Rico's unique coffee, famous once again. | <urn:uuid:30b0a9f5-b21b-4eaa-ae32-792e7d537c18> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.puertoricocoffeeshop.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00018-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960343 | 890 | 2.046875 | 2 |
On Monday, 19 June 2006, at 1:15 pm EDT (17:15 UT), the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) issued status buffer messages indicating that the +15V and +5V power supply voltages in the CCD Electronics Box (CEB) were above their high limits, causing the ACS to suspend. This event occurred in a period with no ACS commanding and outside the SAA. A dump of the relevant data showed that a total of 36 CEB items exceeded limits at the time of the event.
At this point, the ACS is in a safe configuration, and further analysis is ongoing. Preliminary reviews of the telemetry and technical details about possibly affected components of ACS have been carried out. However, the root cause for the ACS suspend is still unknown. Further analysis and testing revolves around low-voltage power supplies as well as analog to digital converters. Analysis of ACS images taken before the suspend event shows no anomalies of any kind.
The further course of action will simultaneously prepare for further testing of the Side 1 electronics, which has been used since the installation of ACS, while preparing for a potential switch to the Side 2 electronics. The Side 1 tests will commence later this week, after verification that the tests will not harm the instrument. These tests will check various registers and voltages to pin down the location of the cause for the suspend.
Preparations for a switch to Side 2 involve procedure verification, Flight Software changes, as well as the definition of calibration and verification programs to be executed before the full ACS science program could hopefully continue. A switch to Side 2 could come as early as the week of 26 June, if the tests successfully show that this would be beneficial.
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Cook County, Ill., Holds Line on Spending, Raises Sin Taxes
The Cook County, Illinois board of commissioners went against years of rising spending and general tax increases by voting 16-1 to pass a budget that holds the line on spending and rejects general tax increases, though it does raise “sin” taxes and fees a projected $51 million a year.
The only nay vote was cast by William Beavers (D), a commissioner from the South Side of Chicago who is a political rival of Board President Toni Preckwinkle (D).
The $2.94 billion budget, approved in November, includes nearly 800 layoffs and a quarter percentage-point cut in the county’s share of the retail sales tax.
“The spirit of compromise and collaboration that allowed us to pass this budget will continue in the weeks and months ahead as we continue to address the challenges that face Cook County,” Preckwinkle said in a press statement.
Big Alcohol Tax Hike
Before the budget vote, the county Finance Committee approved a 50 percent rise in alcohol taxes and new taxes on tobacco taxes other than cigarettes, including cigars and loose tobacco. That vote was a bit more contentious, winning by a 12-5 margin.
According to Preckwinkle's office, “the county's tax on wholesale alcohol will increase, with the tax on a 24-pack of beer increasing by 6 cents, and the tax on a 750 ml bottle of vodka by no more than 50 cents.”
"When the cost of alcohol is higher, younger people are less likely to drink and if they do drink, they drink less," Dr. Ramanathan Raju, CEO of Cook County Hospitals, said at a press conference shortly before the board’s vote.
“Illinois alcohol taxes are already higher than surrounding Midwestern states and increased dramatically in 2009 after Gov. Pat Quinn (D) signed a capital construction bill that hiked alcohol taxes to raise roughly $114 million in annual revenue,” noted the American Beverage Institute (ABI) in a statement. “After the 2009 tax increase, alcohol sales across the state border skyrocketed. Cook County’s proposal would push the rates even higher.”
One of Nation’s Highest Rates
“Alcohol is already one of the highest taxed consumer products in the United States, and Illinois has one of the highest tax rates in the country. Fifty-eight percent of the cost of every bottle of distilled spirits sold in Cook County already goes to taxes and fees,” said ABI managing director Sarah Longwell. “Too often, hospitality taxes are treated like an ATM to generate extra revenue to make up for wasteful government spending. As Americans struggle through tough economic conditions, Cook County could not pick a worse time to increase taxes.”
Distilled Spirits Council Vice President Dale Szyndrowski said in a statement, “While we appreciate the difficult position the commissioners are in with respect to the budget, the Chicago-area hospitality industry is also in a very difficult position—down 13,000 jobs since the recession."
After the vote, Commissioner Joan Patricia Murphy (D) said she agreed to the sin tax hikes because she “thinks the county needs the money” but added she believes businesses near the Indiana border “will take a financial hit” as shoppers cross the state line to avoid paying the higher taxes.
Possible Sales, Jobs Losses
Bill Spann, chief executive officer of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association, said Cook County consumers “are already paying high taxes on all tobacco products. If the County Board or City Council increases those taxes, consumers will take their business elsewhere. When consumers take their business elsewhere, jobs are lost and businesses are hurt. That’s not in the best interests of Cook County residents, whether or not they use tobacco products.”
Commissioner Beavers was equally pointed in his criticism of the tax increases.
“Whoever drafted this budget did it in the dark. All I see are poor man's taxes,” he said.
The Chicago-based Civic Federation, made up of business and professional leaders from Chicago and Cook County, said in a statement it supported the budget “because it reduces spending from FY2011, implements efficiencies and avoids raising broad-based taxes.” But some other business and taxpayer groups opposed the tax increases and worried about the consequences to local employment.
Calls for Long-Term Reform
John Nothdruft, director of government relations for The Heartland Institute (which also publishes Budget & Tax News), said Cook County “needs a commitment by the board to implement long-term cost-saving reforms that slow the increasing burden on future residents, not higher taxes on alcohol and other products.”
Kristina Rasmussen, executive vice president of the Illinois Policy Institute, says targeting politically incorrect products may seem easy, but that doesn’t make it right, especially for households already hit by a 67 percent increase in the state income tax in 2011.
“These tax increases might not make that big of a dent in the wallet of a high-flying lawyer out for a night on the town, but it could cost a waiter or a corner storeowner dearly,” Rasmussen said. “Industry analysts predict that the liquor taxes could cost upward of 270 jobs in Cook County, and the tobacco changes could result in 85 or more lost retailer and wholesaler positions."
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Miriam Chrisman Papers, 1937-2007. 13 boxes (9 linear feet).
A noted scholar of the social impact of the German Reformation, Miriam Usher Chrisman was born in Ithaca, New York, on May 20, 1920. With degrees from Smith College, American University, and Yale, she served for over thirty years on the faculty of the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, becoming a well-loved professor and treasured mentor to a generation of students.
A faithful and colorful correspondent, the bulk of Miriam Chrisman’s papers consist of letters written to family and friends stretching from her college days at Smith through the year before her death. The bulk of the correspondence is with her husband, Donald Chrisman, an orthopedic surgeon who was enrolled at Harvard Medical School during their courtship. Soon after the Chrismans married in November 1943, Donald left for active duty in the Navy on the U.S.S. Baldwin. The couple’s war correspondence is unusually rich, offering insight on everything from the social responsibilities of married couples to their opinions on the progression of the war. Of particular note is a lengthy letter written by Donald during and immediately after D-Day in which he provides Miriam a real-time description of the events and his reactions as they unfold. Later letters document Miriam’s extensive travels including a trip around the world. .
- Smith College--Students
- University of Massachusetts Amherst--Faculty
- University of Massachusetts Amherst. Department of History
- World War, 1939-1945
- Chrisman, Miriam Usher
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Spirituality and culture: Dating the Shroud of Turin?
An Australian friend, biologist Stephen E. Jones, has taken considerable interest in the Shroud of Turin, and has a proposal to date the pollen, which should be interesting. Briefly, no clear explanation seems to have emerged for how an image of a human figure, reputed to be Jesus, could have been produced on the cloth by a technique similar to photo negatives - in the fourteenth century. In any event, here are some other facts about the Shroud.
I have read a fair amount of material on the subject and seen several Shroud exhibits - and all I am going to say is this: If you have heard that there is some simple and obvious explanation for how the Shroud was produced, forget it. If the explanation were simple and obvious, it would have been thunk up by now.
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GridNexus is a graphical system for creating and executing scientific workflows in a Grid environment.
GridNexus, derived from the open source project Ptomlemy II, allows the user to assemble complex processes involving data retrieval, analysis and visualization by building a directed graph in a visual environment. Such a dataflow creates a script written in a new language called JXPL. The script can be executed either locally or in a remote managed-job environment. (Information provided by Ron Vetter) | <urn:uuid:2573947e-8610-4162-8268-642a9b55df71> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.extreme.indiana.edu/swf-survey/GridNexus.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908861 | 103 | 2.078125 | 2 |