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SKYBOX - AFRICA
The SkyBox™ uses patented innovative technology, to ensure sustainable, safe drinking water. Compared to most conventional technologies, hollow fibre membranes offer proven performance, a long service life and simple maintenance and operations to ensure safe, reliable water, day after day.
The SkyBox™ water filtration unit produces safe potable water without power or chemicals. The unit is designed to operate simply under gravity, it is low cost, lightweight, portable and easy to set up, operate and maintain. The ultrafiltration (UF) membrane is robust, cleanable and has a long service life. On average the SkyBox™ produces 20-25 litres of safe water per hour sufficient for multple families.
The SkyBox was launched in 2012 and has been piloted in South America, Asia and now Africa. We look forward to providing more information shortly on distribution throughout Africa.
For details on completed projects please click on the following links:
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Dawn Hershman, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
2012-2013 BCRF Project:
(made possible by generous support from ANN INC.)
Division of Medical Oncology
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, New York
More than two million women living in the United States today are breast cancer survivors. Because the number of women diagnosed with invasive and non-invasive breast cancer is increasing and the number of women who die each year from breast cancer has decreased, the number of breast cancer survivors is likely to increase. Current cancer therapies (surgery, chemotherapy, supportive care, biologics and radiotherapy) have resulted in improved survival for many cancer patients, but long-term cancer survivors often experience health problems that may be treatment-related. As cancer survival continues to improve, research is needed on how cancer treatment affects health, quality of life, and long-term follow-up care.
In 2012-2013, Dr. Hershman’s team will undertake several projects. The first is a continuation of a randomized, sham-controlled trial of weekly acupuncture for the prevention of taxane-induced myalgias and neuropathy; this study has accrued 50% of the anticipated 50 patients. The second study will evaluate a new imaging modality that uses changes in optics to detect if tumors are responding to therapy. The third will use samples from a supportive care trial of acetyl l carnitine for the prevention of peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) to determine genetic factors associated with CIPN.
These studies represent the comprehensive approach Dr. Hershman takes towards survivorship research. The goal of her survivorship program is to translate and integrate findings from our population-based research to patient-oriented interventional studies.
Mid-year Progress: In the continuation of Dr. Hershman's trial of weekly acupuncture for the prevention of neuropathy, 39 of 50 patients have been randomized to see if electro-acupuncture could help prevent symptoms of myalgias/parasthesias in breast cancer patients treated with adjuvant taxanes. Dr. Hershman's second project, which is assessing a new imaging modality that uses changes in optics to detect if tumors are responding to therapy, has accrued 21 of 40 patients. Preliminary results were presented at the 2012 San Antonio Breast Conference, and a manuscript is in preparation. The third study is evaluating the potential mechanisms for the development of peripheral neuropathy using samples collected on a large randomized cooperative group clinical trial. For this study, 420 patients have enrolled, and Dr. Hershman's team has two samples from each patient that are currently being run for metabolites and then will eventually be run for metabolomics studies.
Dr. Dawn Hershman is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in the Division of Medical Oncology and has completed a Masters of Science in Biostatistics with an emphasis on patient oriented research, at the Mailman School of Public Health. She received her MD from The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, then trained in internal medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center where she served as Chief Resident, then completed a fellowship in Medical Oncology/Hematology.
She is now the Co-Director of the Breast Program for the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center. She has an interest and expertise in the area of health outcomes research with a specific interest in supportive care, racial disparities in quality of care and breast cancer survivorship. She has developed a program to understand and prevent both short and long-term complications of cancer therapy. Using epidemiologic methods she has characterized factors that predict cardiac and bone-marrow toxicity. Using cross-sectional and prospective cohort study designs her team is working on a variety of projects to characterize taxane neuropathy, joint pain from aromatase inhibitors, needs and concerns of cancer survivors and cognitive changes associated with treatment.
Dr. Hershman has several ongoing and recently funded multicenter randomized trials to prevent treatment induced osteoporosis, joint pain and stiffness, neuropathy, and the prevention of second primary breast cancers. She is actively involved in survivorship research through the Southwest Oncology group, where she serves as co-chair for the Committee on Health Disparities and Outcomes Research. In addition to her grant from BCRF, she is also PI on grants from the American Cancer Society, Department of Defense, American Society of Clinical Oncology, National Cancer Institute, and the Susan G. Komen Foundation.
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Green Tuesdays & Thursdays film and lecture series continues! For the complete schedule, see our GT&T calendar.
Since our Green Tuesdays & Thursdays program has grown to eight communities, people can enjoy it in many places and at many times! Upcoming films include: Waterlife, Fresh, Homo Toxicus, Waste Land, Carbon Nation, and For the Price of a Cup of Coffee. Each will be paired with a short film from Climate Wisconsin, showing a story of climate change from our own state.
Energ!ze Monona community forums are being facilitated by TNS Monona. Once per month from through February, our community gets to learn about and explore an energy topic, how it affects Monona, and what we can do about it. See this post with all the details or go to “upcoming events” at mymonona.com.
The Year of Water. In spring 2011,UW Nelson Institute Capstone Course students partnered with us to survey Monona residents on sustainability topics. Together with the fall 2011 class and the City of Monona, in 2012 we are taking residents’ top concern—water—and developing a year-long program of education, outreach, and projects around improving the ways we interact with it. In addition to the Water Conservation Challenge that provides great incentives to save water resources, we are working to engage other community groups in taking on a water projects of their own in 2012. Are you part of a group that is interested in learning more about water and/or doing something large or small to improve the way you interact with or manage it?
And we hope many Mononans decide to join in the Water Conservation Challenge to conserve water because you should and win prizes for doing it because you can!
“Almost Monthly Potlucks” are over for 2011, but will recommence in 2012.
There’s more, too. If you’re not on our email list, please sign up to hear about all the things you can do! Join our list.
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Papa John's uses YouGov BrandIndex to track public perception. The most interesting thing about this article was the owner of Papa John's response. It is a perfect example of how numbers can be interpreted in many different ways. YouGov reported that perception was more negative for Papa John's after "Obamacare sur-charge" comments, while Papa Johns responded that perception was actually up, when calculating all factors.
It is also a good example of a company that is used to do brand research and track public opinion for brands. It shows how companies are constantly tracking polls, not just snap shots in time, but over time as well.
This article also illustrates the argument between correlation and causation. Did the Affordable Care Act comments really cause negative perception of Papa Johns, or did it just happen at the same time?
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The Nebraska-based energy company Tenaska, Inc. negotiated a deal
with state lawmakers this week to run a proposed electricity plant in
Taylorville on natural gas instead of coal gasification, and the amended legislation will be called before the House Public Utilities Committee next Thursday.
environmentalists against the original proposal remain opposed for now –
they contend that the new legislation will let Tenaska phase into the
more expensive and environmentally risky proposition of converting
Illinois’ abundant downstate coal into gas.
“It is kicking the most
expensive and dirty parts down the road,” says Jack Darin, director of
the Sierra Club Illinois chapter. Read more »
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The fourth annual Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp contest will feature black-capped and Carolina chickadees, which are common in Ohio and frequent backyard feeders.
The two species look nearly identical, but black-capped chickadees occupy the northern third of the state and Carolina chickadees are found in the southern two-thirds.
"We encourage Ohio residents to use their photography skills to showcase our native songbirds," said James Zehringer, director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. "This is a unique opportunity to share the beauty of our black-capped and Carolina chickadees."
Entries are to be accepted Aug. 13-31, and the photographer with the winning image is to receive $500. The contest is open to Ohioans age 18 and older. Budding photographers 17 and younger can compete in the youth division.
Photographers submitted 58 images during last year's contest. The winning salamander photograph was captured by Nina Harfmann of Pleasant Plain. Her photo of a spotted salamander will appear on the 2012 Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp and be available for purchase March 1.
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Interpreting for Latinos in the United States
Latinos are the fastest-growing minority group in the U.S., in fact, in 2008 California alone was home to 13.5 million Latinos. By 2050, the U.S. Latino population is expected to make up 29% of the U.S. population. Despite the fact that Latinos represent a sizable percentage of the population, many individuals continue to have the false notion that we are a homogeneous group. Although I am Mexican-American and have lived in Mexico and Spain, I continuously encounter new knowledge affirming the rich diversity of the Latino population that I serve. As healthcare interpreters, we should not limit ourselves to a solely linguistic understanding of the population we are serving. Language is a reflection of culture, and hence without an in-depth understanding of the culture, it would be impossible to interpret accurately.
Latinos share a geographic and linguistic heritage, however by simply analyzing the ten largest U.S. Latino population groups (Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Salvadorans, Dominicans, Guatemalans, Colombians, Hondurans, Ecuadoreans and Peruvians) we can see that Latinos vary in reference to country of origin, citizenship, and degree of acculturation due to differences in immigration history and cultural background. Latinos also vary in educational attainment, income, and political ideologies. Sociolinguistics has shown us that these previously mentioned social variables influence our usage of language, for this reason interpreters should be sensitive to these differences and not make generalizations about Latino's educational attainment or language fluency.
Another common misconception is that Latinos are of the same "race." Contrary to what many think, Latino is not a race, neither is it a particular ethnic group. So then, who are we? What do we look like? We are white, black, Asian, indigenous, and mestizo. In general, Latinos represent a mix of racial and ethnic lines from 22 different countries of origin who share a geographic, historic, and linguistic tie to Latin America and Spain. Latinos are multireligious, multiethnic, and multiracial. As such we are Catholic, Christian, Mormon, Muslim, and Jewish and we speak a variety of Spanish dialects, Portuguese, and indigenous languages. I have witnessed many healthcare providers assume that patients are limited-English proficient or Catholic simply because of their Hispanic surname or because they "look" Latino. When serving Latinos in the healthcare setting, it is best to clarify whether they in fact need an interpreter and ask if they have a religious preference, instead of assuming and possibly causing offense. Religious diversity is especially important because for some Latinos, spiritual beliefs and medicine are often intertwined with the usage of healers and other folk medicine.
Considering such a rich diversity, it is easy to understand why the umbrella classifications Hispanic and Latino established by the Office of Management and Budget continue to be a source of contention. While both Latino and Hispanic are generally acceptable, some people have a strong preference, others don't like either term and instead prefer their country of origin or the political term Chicano. Furthermore many second and third generation Latinos regard themselves as simply “American”. A 2006 survey by the Pew Hispanic Center found that 48% of Latino adults generally describe themselves by their country of origin first; 26% generally use the terms Latino or Hispanic first; and 24% generally call themselves American on first reference. As for a preference between “Hispanic” and “Latino”, a 2008 Center survey found that 36% of respondents prefer the term “Hispanic,” 21% prefer the term “Latino” and the rest have no preference. Although there is a lack of consensus, we should respect those preferences as much as possible in referring to individuals and groups.
Regardless if you are Latino or not, if you are serving the Spanish-speaking population as a healthcare provider or interpreter, the best way to meet the medical or linguistic needs of Latinos is by understanding the culture first. On October 21st and 22nd, CNN will be airing a special report titled Latino In America, which will provide much insight and controversy about what it means to be Latino in America. If you would like to continue this conversation, feel free to post a comment.
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Sitting around the table for the first time with a new client, Jane Snell found herself getting more and more frustrated. Although she owns her Coconut Creek construction company, JS-1 Construction, the half-dozen men seated around the table were addressing their questions and comments to her male assistant. It wasn’t until days later that she discovered where she had gone wrong: her smile.
“The way I was grinning said administrative assistant, not owner,” Snell says.
Our posture, our facial expressions, even the placement of our legs can speak volumes about what we’re conveying in the workplace. We can put in hours networking or working late and then blow our image as confident experts by sending a different message with something as simple as a smile.
Sharon Sayler, body language expert and owner of Competitive Edge Communications, has been educating women and men about the hidden non-verbal statements in business that can ruin a deal, diminish credibility, even create doubt about capability. In workplaces with increasing diversity, age differences and cultural peculiarities, what you’re saying with your eyes, feet and hands could be as game-changing as what comes out of your mouth.
“There are a lot of nuances to what’s being sent unintentionally,” Sayler says. “We need to understand messages we’re sending and be strategic. When you’re not getting the response you want, you need to think about why.”
For example, women are too quick to smile, she says. “Executives rarely smile, so if a male executive sees you smiling like a joker, he will think you must be the assistant.” Instead, she advises being strategic. “When someone introduces himself and says his name, that’s when you smile and say, ‘Happy to meet you.’ ”
Inez Romaguera, a South Florida employee benefits broker, recently learned she, too, was sending the wrong message with her body language. Romaguera, owner of Strategic Benefits, wears heels as part of her work attire. Locked in a conversation with a shorter male, she typically would shift her feet to appear less intimidating. “It was taking away my power and making me seem less confident.”
Romaguera says she now stands with her feet apart and firmly planted as she networks and make presentations “There are subtle things we don’t notice we’re doing that apply to business owners because we do so much networking.”
Sayler says the worst gaffes usually involve our chin and feet. In workplace situations where there are height differences, keep your chin parallel to the ground, she advises. It may require taking a step back. Tilting your chin up or down could cause you to come across as snooty or timid, she says: “Either way, it does not say leadership.” Also, a head tilt, even to make eye contact, creates a shrill voice pattern, which could make someone come across as a whiner and diminishes authority.
Anything other than a stance with both feet firmly on the floor could send the message you’re off balance, personally or professionally, she says. And, if you want someone to know you’re interested and listening, make sure feet are pointed toward them. If you’re the speaker and someone’s feet are pointed toward the door, it’s a message they’re ready to make an exit, she says.
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Kevin Koym is part of the team behind PreAccelerate, a boot-camp-style program for entrepreneurs who haven't reached the seed stage.
An accelerator like Y Combinator can help turn an early business into a hot startup. But you should have a pretty solid business plan in place before you hit the accelerator circuit. That's where PreAccelerate, a program rolling out in Austin, comes in.
The program, launched by Tech Ranch Austin and Napkin Venture, brings together five entrepreneurs or teams with ideas but little else. The teams are given mentoring, office space, and a Demo day. One team will get $5,000 in funding.
"There are plenty of great programs out there for companies that have a fully developed concept and business model,” Kevin Koym of Tech Ranch Austin told Anthony Quesada of the Austin Business Journal.
Applications are open until September 28. Click here to apply.
Since coming aboard with Upstart’s parent company, Kent has covered sustainability and business, entrepreneurs, technology, and venture capital. Now, he covers all the ways upstart businesses get their money.
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Newest Review: ... less. Take the fillet burger, thats got more chicken so is better value. McDonalds chicken products are not exactly filling, they are mo... more
Taking Over British Cuisine
Member Name: jeffsumm
Date: 29/10/00, updated on 29/10/00 (34 review reads)
Advantages: open very late in some areas
Disadvantages: corporate bullying, destroying the environment
McDonald's has been spreading their corporate faeces throughout the land for some time now, and the effects are obvious. Children are fatter and less fit, the population is general is heading to rival the obeseness of the States, and tepid, insipid, assembly line food is becoming the norm. McDonald's buys cattle from rainforest-destroying farmers in third world countries and insists on sending nearly all its food over from the States, harming local and national economies. They are powerful enough to decide which kids' movies will be successful and which will sink just by granting the rights for cheap toys for happy meals. And, horrifyingly enough, they still use the cast-off styrofoam containers that were banned in the States over 10 years ago. Cheap burger=environmental disaster.
Good fries, though.
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Things are always going wrong. No matter how hard we try to keep everything under control, something will always happen to mess up our hard work. Now I’ve read David Hancock’s book, Tame, Messy and Wicked Risk Leadership, I wonder if I shouldn’t be blaming everyone else for messing up, but myself.
Hancock presents the view that actually the world is a lot more complicated than our traditional risk management models can cope with. He argues that we should be looking to the worlds of sociology, philosophy and politics to establish new ways of interacting with risk.
We need to do this because the equation risk = likelihood x consequence only works when the risk is as a result of a knowledge gap. Get more information, analyse it, and you can reduce the risk.
Sometimes all the knowledge in the world won’t help you reduce the risk. He says:
Yesterday’s response to a given set of circumstances is only a hint of what tomorrow’s response to that set of circumstances will be and, in any case, today’s circumstances will never reappear tomorrow precisely as they were today. So we really do not know what the future holds. Risk in our world is nothing more than uncertainty about the decisions that other human beings are going to make and how we can best respond to those decisions.
Much of what Hancock describes is most applicable to large, complex projects with multiple stakeholder groups, like public sector initiatives. He uses examples from transport (he was responsible for the risk management system for the Heathrow Terminal 5 Project) and space exploration to give you an idea of the scale. When you are dealing with projects this big, he says it no longer makes sense to split risk management across different functions or initiatives.
We need to address the total uncertainty facing an organisation, in any instant, and how risks correlate, before we can take responsible action.
He goes on to explain this in action by giving an explanation of the recent financial collapse – with clarity that rivals Robert Peston’s headline-grabbing approach.
Most of the book is taken up with explaining what tame, messy and wicked problems are all about. Here’s a summary:
Tame problems: these have “simple, linear causal relationships that have clear beginning and end points.” The traditional approach to risk management works for these. You gather data, analyse the situation, formulate a mitigation plan and then implement your plan.
Messy problems: these are “problems of organised complexity, clusters or interrelated or interdependent problems, or systems of problems.” You can’t solve them in isolation. Systems thinking helps unpack these problems. One example he gives is alleviating traffic congestion. You can’t solve it by widening the motorways or increasing road tax. There are lots of issues at stake, even if we all agree that sitting in traffic jams is bad.
Wicked problems: these are more complicated than messy problems. We can unravel messy problems eventually “as long as most of us share an overriding social theory or overriding social ethic.” If we don’t, we end up with wicked problems. These are where the solution proposed will likely depend less on a probability model and more on your view of the world. Consequently, there is no right answer and five stakeholders will have five different approaches to managing the risk.
For a book with ‘risk leadership’ in the title, the discussion about this doesn’t start until the book’s conclusion. In fact, there are only about two pages worth of explanation about risk leadership, and I felt short-changed.
Risk leadership is about putting aside traditional linear risk processes and developing relationships with stakeholders, scenario planning, helping others live with uncertainty and facilitating mitigation plans to achieve the best possible compromise, understanding that there is no right answer.
This sounds fascinating, and I wanted to read more about it. Maybe Hancock will write another volume exploring the concept of risk leadership in more depth?
This review first appeared on The Money Files at Gantthead, in May 2011.6/08/2012
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Do High-Speed Tolls Make Sense in Mass.?
Asked about toll fairness during a Patch live chat, Governor Deval Patrick asked a reader whether he'd support high-speed tolls. Are these a good way to share the transportation funding pain, or another money grab?
Are high-speed tolls along Interstate 93 and other highways a smart way to help fund transportation in the state? Governor Deval Patrick mentioned such a system during a Danvers Patch live chat on Thursday.
If you've gone up Interstate 95 into New Hampshire, you've seen high-speed tolling in action. The system is designed to read your EZ-Pass (new Fast Lane) transponder while you breeze by at 65 miles per hour. There's no need to slow down or squeeze though a booth, as EZ-Pass users currently do on the Tobin Bridge, the Massachusetts Pike and harbor tunnels.
The chat moved on to other topics, so no details about implementation were offered.
What do you think? Would tolls along I-93 offer some fairness to drivers from Danvers, many who all pay the Tobin Bridge toll getting into the city? Or are tolls in general a bad way to fund transportation projects in the state? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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Dinges, who directs sleep research at the Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, scoffs at those who argue that they have methods of coping effectively with less than their biological sleep quotient.
"When you are chronically sleep-deprived, you lose your ability to judge your alertness," he says.
The longest sleep-deprivation study on humans lasted 12 days, says Dinges. At the end, the subjects suffered misperceptions, loss of fine motor skills, memory problems and cognitive slowing, and they were unable to pick up on key perceptual signals.
"Your ability (to concentrate) is completely gone," says Dinges. "You get very stubborn, insisting on a method that hasn't worked, and you can't shift."
Brown's Carskadon has found that creativity suffers in people operating with a sleep deficit.
"One of the things that goes is the capacity for divergent thinking--loss of the ability to free-associate," she says. "It might be harder to do a crossword puzzle or develop a successful ad campaign after several days of inadequate sleep."
In industry, the concern is over the quality of work performed on odd shifts. Sleep deprivation may be harder to detect in a basketball player whose work involves constant motion and physical exertion, with the added stimulation of competition. But in a desk-bound worker, whose job demands finely focused attention to detail, inadequate sleep can dramatically affect performance.
Monjan cites the catastrophic nuclear accidents at Chernobyl and Three Mile Island and the fatal chemical leak at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, as incidents at least partly attributed to human error on the night shift.
Says Dinges: "We now have a lot more automation in the workplace. In our cars we have power steering, multi-speaker sound and cruise control. So that leaves people with the one task they don't do well when they are sleepy: Monitor the machines."
It is not simply inadequate sleep that plagues night-shift workers who may put off sleep in order to spend time with family or others on a conventional schedule. It is the quality of sleep during daylight. The biological clock, which took millions of years to evolve as a regulator of physiological function, appears strongly linked to the daily cycle of sunlight and darkness.
That was demonstrated in a study by Charles Czeisler of Harvard University's Center for Circadian and Sleep Disorders Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. Czeisler found that night-shift workers' alertness, physiological systems, job performance and quality of daytime sleep matched that of daytime workers only if they were exposed to very bright light during their work hours and returned home to sleep in a completely darkened room.
Subjects who were exposed at work to bright light approximating the intensity of sunlight changed their sleep/wake rhythms by the fourth day, Czeisler reported in the New England Journal of Medicine in May, 1990. Normal indoor lighting was not sufficient to flip-flop the circadian clock. A control group of subjects, men aged 22 to 29, working in normal office light, did not adapt by the sixth night.
Other researchers are looking into theories that inadequate sleep lowers the body's resistance to illness.
Dr. James M. Krueger, professor of physiology at the University of Tennessee, has approached the question by studying the impact of illness on the body's need for sleep.
"Everyone seems to know that when you are sick, you sleep more," Krueger says. "Physicians always tell patients to go home and get rest, but until now there has been no scientific evidence to support that it does any good."
What Krueger and his colleagues found was that rats and rabbits produced more cytokines--proteins that boost the immune system--when they were fighting a bacterial or viral infection. Some of these cytokines were found to have the additional effect of inducing sleepiness in the animal, biochemically linking the animals' disease-fighting efforts to an increased need for sleep. Krueger cautions that animal sleep patterns differ greatly from human, and that human studies confirming the link between immune response and sleep needs remain to be done. But the animal experiments lend the first scientific support to what has long been popular wisdom: When you are sick, go to bed early and sleep late.
Joyce Terhaar and Geoff Long managed to stay healthy during those first bleary-eyed weeks of parenthood, but sleepiness became a constant, day and night. Gradually, though, Connor settled down, letting his parents indulge their sleep cravings for as long as four hours at a stretch. One day, Geoff actually got away from the Capitol early and spelled Joyce so that she was able to get an unbroken night's sleep. The next day she discovered what so many do on Saturday and Sunday after burning the candle ends all week: A sleep deficit built over several days can be erased by one extended night of sleep.
Things were going so well, in fact, that the couple decided they were ready for a night out with friends.
"We went to their house and we brought Connor," Terhaar recalls. "He was really good between 6 and 10--usually his fussy period--so we had a nice time and were in a really good mood coming home. But then, as soon as we got home, he started fussing, and it lasted until nearly midnight. It was as if he put it off just to keep us up again.
"We just sat there completely unable to deal with it. When you're tired you just can't deal with the frustration, I guess."
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Johanna Walker's journey with sheep shearing began just before her 14th birthday eight years ago.
The Lower Mainland Sheep Producers Association was hosting a weekend-long shearing school in Chilliwack. The 22-year-old Langley native decided to give it a try.
"I thought at the time - and still do - that I could handle sheep very well considering every aspect of my life had been devoted to them since I was born," Walker said.
"It was also going to be a huge challenge, both physically and mentally, and a chance to do something I had never done before. If my memory served me correctly, I believe that particular weekend also just happened to include my birthday, and I felt that I would rather be shearing sheep on my birthday than playing in a band... I knew as soon as I had finished the first sheep (with my dad's help or course) that this was my calling."
Walker will be at Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Country Fest giving demonstrations and information about her experiences with shearing sheep - or removing wool from sheep - this upcoming weekend.
This will be Walker's fourth year demonstrating sheep shearing at Country Fest.
"Country Fest is what all of the fairs in B.C. should be, a public display focused on agriculture and teaching the public about all aspects of farming and where their food comes from. There are so many people today that know nothing about agriculture; we cannot continue depending on those who create food now since they will not be around forever and someone has to take the torch when it is passed."
"I love the fact that the fair allows me to display my shearing abilities so that I can teach the sheep shearing to other people, or at least show other people how it is done. The best things about being able to display my abilities to others at the fair are the people who want to learn, and I am happy to provide the information."
Walker recently graduated with a bachelors of science degree with a major in biology at Trinity Western University, and sheep shearing has helped her with paying for her education.
"The sheep shearing has helped pay for textbooks and other expenses that have come up during the school year, and it has helped pay for some of my tuition as well."
As for her future plans, Walker hopes to attend the Western College of Veterinarian Medicine in Saskatchewan and become a large animal or agricultural veterinarian. She would like to continue travelling around B.C. with sheep shearing in mind, and perhaps even participate in shearing competitions.
Meet Walker at Country Fest and watch her sheep shearing demonstrations on Saturday, July 28 at 1: 30, 3: 30, and 5: 30 p.m. and on Sunday, July 29 at 12: 30, 2: 30, and 4: 30 p.m.
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Fri August 17, 2012
Student Loans Can Dent Retirees' Social Security
Originally published on Fri August 17, 2012 12:37 pm
Families often pull together to help finance a college education, with parents and grandparents chipping in or co-signing loans. And now, a SmartMoney report finds the U.S. government withholding money from Social Security recipients who've stopped paying on federal student loans.
And it's an increasingly common event, as AnnaMaria Andriotis, a senior writer at SmartMoney, tells Morning Edition co-host Renee Montagne. Much of the debt stems from federal PLUS loans, taken out by older family members to help students.
On a spike in activity
"In about 12 years, we've gone from just six cases [of Social Security benefits being cut] to 115,000 and counting — because this year isn't even over yet. What we're seeing is that student loan debt is following people later on into life."
On lingering student loans
"This is really the only consumer loan out there that people cannot get rid of. ... In pretty much all of these cases, these are federal student loans that these retirees signed up for, by themselves. There is no co-signer involved."
"Aren't even their own loans"
"In other cases, you have retirees who are still dealing with their own student loan debt — the student loans they incurred to go to college, decades ago. ... But in most cases, these loans aren't even their own loans. And that's what makes this whole situation really sad."
On how much is taken from retirees
"The amount varies, but it can run up to 15 percent of each month's check. So when you look at the average monthly Social Security benefit — that's about $1,200 — that means a monthly haircut of about $190. So, it's not a small amount of money. And especially for a retiree on a fixed income, this sort of situation can really derail their retirement."
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Meredith Asbury says Montgomery County could learn about foreign language education from Fairfax County in Virginia. Both of her children have had the opportunity to study in the Chinese Immersion Program in Potomac Elementary School.
Potomac Elementary’s was one of 11 foreign-language immersion programs in Montgomery County Public Schools, and the only one offered in Chinese. Fairfax, on the other hand, offers immersion programs in 30 different elementary and middle schools, with instruction in Spanish, French, German and Japanese.
“I’d like to see it like Fairfax, many more, and scattered throughout the county,” Asbury said. “Let’s make the pie bigger if there are people who want it.”
THE PIE MAY GROW bigger in Montgomery County. The Chinese Immersion Program, available only to Potomac Elementary students from its inception in 1996 through 2003, and opened to two students from outside Potomac Elementary’s boundaries in the 2003-04 school year, may be offered at a second county school in 2005.
“We’re hoping to find a school to pick up an immersion program,” said Mark Kelsch, community superintendent for the area encompassing Potomac Elementary. “The numbers indicated that there are enough kids out there.”
Kelsch said he hope that Potomac Elementary would continue to house one of the Chinese Immersion locations. No decision has been made about a proposed second location. Kelsch said he hopes to have any decision finalized by this fall, but any proposed locations would have to first be presented to MCPS Superintendent Jerry Weast, also be approved by the School Board.
EXPANDING THE PROGRAM to another county school is a satisfactory alternative to Asbury and Diana Conway, another parent of Chinese Immersion students at Potomac Elementary. Many parents at Potomac were concerned about possible relocation of Chinese Immersion to a single site elsewhere in the county. Expanding the program at Potomac, which already has multiple trailers, was also an unpopular scenario.
“It’s a very popular program,” said Diana Conway, whose three children are all part of the Chinese Immersion program. “It can’t be just be in one location, in an old, crowded, stuffy building,”
In the upcoming academic year, students from outside the Potomac Elementary’s boundaries will enroll in Chinese Immersion at the school. The State Board upheld the Montgomery County Board of Education decision to proceed with a county-wide lottery for students interested in enrolling in the Chinese Immersion program at Potomac Elementary School.
A group of Potomac Elementary parents sought an injunction against the school system’s lottery, and appealed the county board’s decision to hold a countywide lottery to the State Board of Education, seeking an injunction to prevent the lottery from being held.
Last month, the lottery went on. Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge William J. Rowan III declined to halt the lottery, dismissing the injunction and deferring to the State Board of Education. On May 17, MCPS held a lottery among the 54 county-wide applicants for the 25 available seats in the kindergarten class of Potomac Elementary’s program.
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Heat killing pike in southern Minnesota
Glenwood, Minn. — More than a week and a half of temperatures typically above 90 and sometimes exceeding 100 degrees is being blamed for a widespread die-off of northern pike, as well as a few other species, across southern Minnesota.
It appeared shallow-water basins were affected most, as surface water temperatures approached, and in some cases passed, the 90-degree mark.
One of the affected bodies of water was the expansive, yet shallow (maximum depth of about 7 feet), Lake Emily in Pope County.
“It was a pretty significant kill (of northern pike),” said Dean Beck, DNR fisheries supervisor in Glenwood, not far from Lake Emily. “There were a few carp, but it was pretty much a single-species type of event.”
Beck said water temperatures in the area were in the mid- to upper 80s.
Given that the heat wave came early in July, prior to the summer’s typically highest-temp days, Beck said it’s possible more fish – beyond just cool-water pike – could succumb to the bathtub-like warm waters. For example, cold-water species like tullibees, found in some lakes such as Rachel and Miltona, could face dangerous conditions.
Other factors could’ve aided in the demise of Emily’s pike, but Beck said no such help was needed, with water temperatures around 85 degrees. “You don’t have to have depleted oxygen for a die-off with cool-water species,” he said, adding that both Lake Christina in Douglas County and the Pomme de Terre River experienced varying levels of pike mortality.
Twice during the first week of July did the nighttime temperature not drop below 80 degrees. That, coupled with calm air, probably didn’t help matters, Beck said. With little “mixing” thanks to a lack of breezes, and aquatic plants “respiring” and using up valuable oxygen at night, the situation simply became worse for fish.
The shallow lakes in the area, Beck said, don’t stratify, thus are unable to “turn over” and cool down; water is sometimes – depending on depth – nearly as warm near the bottom as it is on top.
The Glenwood area wasn’t the only place that proved deadly for northern pike during the past couple weeks. State conservation officers also received reports of fish kills – northern pike, usually – in the Mankato and Albert Lea areas.
On Tuesday, Beck emailed several area fisheries supervisors in southern Minnesota to see if similar reports were being received by their offices, to determine if the die-offs were “widespread around the state or a localized phenomenon.”
What he found out was mostly the former.
Three offices contacted by Beck reported no fish die-offs, including Hinckley, Duluth, and Fergus Falls. However, the Windom area office had received die-off reports regarding five lakes; Waterville had received die-off reports about a similar number of lakes.
Kevin Stauffer, DNR fisheries supervisor in Lake City, reported a “substantial pike kill” of about 200 large adults in a 100-acre reservoir near Rochester. And Jerry Johnson, area supervisor in the East Metro office, responded: “We have received several reports regarding pike kills in some of our small, shallow Fishing in the Neighborhood (FiN) basins.” He said a recent investigation showed surface water temperatures above 90 degrees – and bottom-water temps only a couple degrees cooler.
Officials recently found higher-than expected water temps in the Mississippi River’s Lake Pepin, where surface water temperatures were “solidly in the upper 80s,” according to Brad Parsons, DNR regional fisheries manager in St. Paul.
The surface temperatures on Lake Pepin are pretty astounding,” he said, adding that a more typical reading this time of year for the river-lake is in the upper 70s to lower 80s.
What’s it all mean for anglers? For one thing, fewer pike in some lakes. But DNR officials says it’s also important for fishermen to keep in mind that the fish are stressed.
“It’s more important than ever not to hold fish out of water very long, or if possible, release them (while they’re in the water),” Parsons said.
Beck adds, “Given the stress the cool-water species are under, anglers should know that (the fish) are not likely to be aggressive feeders.”
Beck also asks that anglers report any fish kills they see to the local DNR Fisheries office.
One possibility, though it’s more common in springtime is the disease known as columnaris. It typically kills panfish like sunnies and crappies, according to Parsons.
The disease tends to show up when a rapid warmup occurs in spring, further stressing fish already expending energy during the spawning period.
Recently, it was reported that a few of the dead fish in the Hutchinson area were crappies, suggesting columnaris might be the culprit.
An effect on walleye-rearing ponds?
Prolonged warm water conditions, reduced oxygen levels, and other factors could further stress fish species, and also could influence the level of success in DNR walleye-rearing ponds, those locations from which are drawn fall fingerings for stocking, Beck said.
Typically, not much attention is paid to the rearing ponds during the growing season – they’re usually left to their own devices, and, according to Neil Vanderbosch, DNR Fisheries program consultant, about 30 percent of the ponds fail each year, for one reason or another.
Whether or not the spell of excessive warmth causes any problems in the walleye-rearing ponds will become clear in the fall, but there may be signs prior to then. Beck said a sampling of walleyes must be taken from each pond for viral hemorrhagic septicemia testing.
“If we don’t come up with any (walleyes in nest when drawing that sample), that’s a concern,” he said.
Vanderbosch said it’s probably too early to expect walleye losses in rearing ponds because of the heat.
“Ortonville is one of the hottest places all of the time, and (ponds there) are some of our best producers,” he said.
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Our worm book of the week was this one:
I printed these great sight word worm printables . I put the words that D has learned already and we played "Wiggle to the word"....I call out a word and he has to wiggle to the correct one like a worm. It's harder than it looks!
We read the booklet "A Week With Worm" from No Doubt Learning. It reviews the days of the week, and introduces:
- capitals at the beginning of sentences
- ending punctuation
- rhyming words
- and other punctuation ideas.
It's also really cute! D had a lot of fun using the drawing prompts in particular. Then we made it into a "fancy book" at his request. I have tons of scrapbook paper so this was a fun way to use some up and make a keepsake.
Just in case you'd like to put up the days of the week on a wall or bulletin board when you're practicing, I found these worm days of the week printables as a go-along.
He also did a fun great earthworm measuring activity and of course we had to try out the great playdough mats that STEM Mom has made! Don't worry, we'll give you a full plan with all the links and pdf downloads at the end of our series so you can get these too.
M also came to me one day last week with a suggestion for a science experiment. She wanted to see if using earthworms really does help plants to grow better. Since I have an overabundance of spider plant babies at my house, I was more than happy to oblige. Plant A is with worms; plant B has no worms. She'll measure every week and graph it.
What wormy fun have you been up to lately?
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2010 Mark Strama Campaign Academy
The Mark Strama for State Representative Campaign Academy is a unique summer opportunity for high school and college students to work inside a high-profile campaign. You will learn the nuts and bolts of modern politics as well as the important policy questions that confront state government. Daily lunch speakers will include current and former elected officials, political consultants, university professors, and state policy experts.
Campaign Academy is dedicated to ensuring that every student has a rewarding and challenging experience, while making a difference in the political system.
How to apply:
If you are a Junior or Senior in High School, a college student, or a recent graduate, and interested in participating in Campaign Academy 2010, please send an email to firstname.lastname@example.org with "Campaign Academy 2010 Application" in the subject line and include the following information:
PHONE (indicate if cell):
SCHOOL & INCOMING GRADE:
Please provide a brief essay of no more than 350 words, describing your interest in the Campaign Academy and in politics in general, as well as any previous experience you have in politics.
Mark Strama Campaign Academy in the News!
Prior Campaign Academies earned accolades from all corners of Austin for helping engage and teach students about politics and government.
- News 8 Austin: "Students get hands-on campaign experience"
- Daily Texan: "Young politicos host StramaRama"
- KVUE: "Campaign Academy gives students hand-on campaign experience"
- Austin American-Statesman: "Spending the Summer at Camp Strama"
- Scripps College: "One Vote Matters: Scripps First-Year Learns the Value of the Vote"
Campaign Academy Blog
Previous campaign academies created blogs which detailed their experiences on the campaign trail. Read the 2010 Campaign Academy Blog, the 2008 Campaign Academy Blog and the 2006 Campaign Academy Blog to see highlights from the prior two campaign academies and learn more about what happens at Campaign Academy!
To Be Announced in May
Dates: June 14, 2010 - July 16, 2010
Daily Schedule (M-F): 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM (lunch provided)
Location: TBA in May
Past Speakers, Schedule, & Events
Campaign Academy takes on key campaign functions and executes them flawlessly. In prior years, academy participants knocked on thousands of doors, made hundreds of phone calls, and talked to huge numbers of voters in District 50. They helped maintain the campaign database and run the campaign office. They even organized the campaign's kickoff event, an afternoon of music, games, food, and fun they called Stramarama.
Campaign Academy students learn how to campaign from political professionals who have been in trenches and understand what it takes to be successful in the political world. They also have access to unique opportunities, like having front row seats at the 2008 Netroots Nation keynote speeches by Al Gore and Nancy Pelosi.
In past years, Campaign Academy speakers included:
- State Representatives Rafael Anchía, Donna Howard, and Patrick Rose
- Former Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes
- Former Democratic National Committee Chairman and Vermont Governor Howard Dean
- Admiral Bob Inman
- Former Texas Comptroller, State Senator, and current candidate for US Senate John Sharp
- City of Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell, and Mayor Pro Tem Mike Martinez
- Former Texas Monthly Editor and current Texas Tribune Editor Evan Smith
- Matthew Dowd, Chief Strategist for Bush/Cheney '04
- Center for Public Policy Priorities Senior Fiscal Analyst Dick Lavine
- Bloggers Karl-Thomas Musselman, Paul Burka, and Elise Hu
- State Senator Kel Seliger
- Quorum Report Journalist Harvey Kronberg
- UT professor and acclaimed documentary filmmaker Dr. Paul Stekler
- Former Austin mayor and current State Senator Kirk Watson
- And many others including current and former elected officials, political consultants, journalists, and professors.
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A gendarme has been identified as the first reported Argentine victim of Wednesday morning’s deadly earthquake in Haiti.
First Corporal Gustavo Gómez’s body was found under the debris of the collapsed UN peace envoys operating on the island. The corporal was part of the humanitarian mission, ‘Minustah’, in Port-Au-Prince, where the quake caused thousands of deaths and serious structural damage.
33 year old Gómez had been on the island since 29th April 2009 and was supposed to remain there until next August, when he would come back to Buenos Aires to his wife and two children.
The Argentine Gendarmerie is composed of 20 men, 14 of whom are members of the ‘Minustah’ mission. The other six men provide security to the Argentine embassy in Haiti.
Due to the total collapse of communication systems in the area, the local authorities have reported that they have been thus far “unable to establish communication with another member of the contingent located on the outskirts of Port-Au-Prince”.
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Gnip conducted a brief analysis of the Toyota family of brands (Toyota, 4Runner, Camry, Highlander, Lexus, Prius, Rav4, Scion, Sequoia, Tacoma, Tundra) on multiple social media platforms. We looked at brand mentions on Tumblr, Twitter, WordPress and WordPress comments during the period of Oct. 15 to Nov. 15, 2012.
As you would expect, Toyota was the most frequently mentioned brand on each social platform, with one enormous exception – Tumblr. Lexus had 5 times as many mentions on Tumblr as Toyota. This highlights how aspirational brands do exceptionally well on Tumblr where niche communities of fans often form around brands. (Attention brand managers, this happens whether the company is involved or not). A central component of Tumblr is visual content, which also plays well with aspirational brands. Furthermore, Tumblr content is both extremely viral and has a long shelf life meaning that content shared on Tumblr can be shared for longer periods of time and jump to more diverse sub-groups within the network than other social networks. During the month Gnip tracked mentions, Lexus received more than 200,000 mentions while Toyota received 40,000.
In social media, it is easy to rely on Twitter as a kind of alert system of when content is being shared, but at Gnip we’ve seen time and time again where content that pops up elsewhere doesn’t always pop up on Twitter. Each social media network has its own attributes and audience and modes of interaction. Because of likes, reblogging, and the way timelines are read by Tumblr users, Tumblr has active communities that aren’t found elsewhere.
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Malcolm McLaren was at the forefront of the punk movement
Malcolm McLaren, the former manager of punk group the Sex Pistols, has died in Switzerland aged 64.
McLaren, the ex-partner of designer Vivienne Westwood, was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer last October.
He set up a clothes shop and label with Westwood on London's King's Road in the 1970s and was later a businessman and performer in his own right.
The couple had a son, Joseph Corre, the co-founder of lingerie shop Agent Provocateur.
His agent told the BBC that McLaren passed away on Thursday morning.
Spokesman Les Malloy said the artist's family was "devastated" and "in shock" after his condition suddenly deteriorated, adding: "He had been doing very well, it's a sad day."
McLaren's son said funeral arrangements had not yet been made but his father wanted to be buried in Highgate Cemetery, north London.
Paying tribute to his father, he said McLaren was the "original punk rocker" who had "revolutionised the world".
"He's somebody I'm incredibly proud of. He's a real beacon of man for people to look up to," he said.
Young Kim, 38, McLaren's partner of 12 years, described him as the "ultimate postmodern artist". McLaren had been diagnosed with mesothelioma - a rare form of cancer - last October, she said.
Westwood paid tribute to her former partner and said Joe and her other son Ben were with McLaren when he died.
Lizo Mzimba, Entertainment correspondent, BBC News
Malcolm McLaren will be remembered as a figure who had a tremendous influence on British culture.
In terms of music, punk was one of the most important developments of modern times. And without Malcolm McLaren, punk may never have exploded in the way that it did.
He was instrumental in selling the idea and image of punk to the public, especially through the Sex Pistols. He helped to create the band's unique look as well as their publicity-attracting attitude.
McLaren famously organised a boat trip down London's River Thames so the Sex Pistols could perform their single God Save The Queen outside the Houses of Parliament, during the week that the Queen was celebrating her Silver Jubilee.
The boat was raided by the police, and McLaren was arrested. The headlines that inevitably followed helped to fortify his and the band's controversial reputation.
For many artists he embodied the idea they could successfully challenge the musical establishment. It is an idea that inspired a generation of musicians, and still endures today.
"When we were young and I fell in love with Malcolm, I thought he was beautiful and I still do.
"I thought he is a very charismatic, special and talented person. The thought of him dead is really something very sad."
Former Sex Pistol John Lydon issued a tribute signed Johnny Rotten - the name he used in the band - which said: "Above all else [Malcolm] was an entertainer and I will miss him, and so should you."
McLaren also managed a number of other bands, including the New York Dolls and Bow Wow Wow before producing his own records including the much-sampled track Double Dutch from the 1983 album Duck Rock.
McLaren emerged from art school in the 1960s and, with Westwood, set up Let It Rock - a fashion store specialising in rubber and leather fetish gear.
It was later, infamously, renamed "Sex" and he and Westwood defined punk fashion.
McLaren was involved in putting the Sex Pistols together in 1975 and under his management the band courted controversy.
After their debut single Anarchy in the UK was released in December 1976, the band became a household name when they swore on Bill Grundy's TV show.
Their concerts faced difficulties with promoters and authorities and they were fired by both EMI and A&M records.
In 1977, their single God Save the Queen was banned by the BBC. The band broke up at the end of a US tour in January 1978 and McLaren then created his disputed film version of the Sex Pistols' story, the Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle.
But there was a falling out with the band members and he later lost a court case over royalties.
After retreating from the music scene, McLaren dabbled in politics and at one point toyed with the idea of entering the race to be mayor of London.
In 2007, he pulled out of an appearance on the reality show I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here, after changing his mind about the show.
Between December last year and this January, the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead hosted an exhibition by McLaren of "musical paintings" on the issue of sex.
Music journalist Jon Savage said: "Without Malcolm McLaren there would not have been any British punk.
"He's one of the rare individuals who had a huge impact on the cultural and social life of this nation."
Mr Savage, who wrote a definitive history of the Sex Pistols and punk, England's Dreaming, said McLaren was a "complex" and "contradictory" character who had influenced British culture in many ways.
"He could be very charming, he could be very cruel, but he mattered and he put something together that was extraordinary.
"What he did with fashion and music was extraordinary. He was a revolutionary."
Creation Records founder Alan McGee described his late friend as a "visionary".
The BBC's creative director Alan Yentob said he was saddened by the news but McLaren was "clearly suffering" during his last months.
They became friends after meeting in the 1980s.
He said McLaren was a "significant figure" in British music: "Without Malcolm, despite what people say, the punk era would never have been the kind of focus that it did become.
"Malcolm loved the idea of it and it was he, who, in a way, sold the idea to the public and understood what it meant."
He said: "Malcolm was a man of ideas really - he was fascinated by ideas. He was always thinking about the next one. He was always ready to say something provocative.
"I think he famously said that his grandmother told him you needed to be a bad boy to survive - it was good to be bad. He wanted to shock and surprise you."
Sylvain Sylvain, founder member of New York Dolls, said McLaren "really was a piece of sugar" who would be remembered as a "cool guy".
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Helen Rose Hill Diary
In the autumn I visited the south west of Scotland based in Portpatrick. This is an area I have never been to and it had been recommended to me over the years. In my pursuit of visiting places in Scotland that I have not been to when I was Munro bagging, I spent a weekend in Dumfries and Galloway. There are no Munros south of Loch Lomond so although there are no Munros in the Portpatrick area, there are lower hills and sea cliffs.
It is about a three hour drive south from Glasgow to Portpatrick and this was intended as a social and relaxing weekend with easy walks. We were based at very comfortable bed and breakfast accommodation in Portpatrick. Portpatrick is a very pretty little seaside village looking out over the Irish Sea to Northern Ireland. The guest house was on the higher part of the village so the views were good over the sea. There are many walks around the village but we had only had a short weekend trip.
On the first day we walked the first part of the Southern Upland Bay starting from Portpatrick and finishing at Stranraer . The Southern Upland Way is 212 miles long and finishes at Cockburnspath on the south east coast of Scotland. As an aside, Cockburnspath is famous as an artists’ colony from 1883 to 1886 when the Glasgow Boys painted there but artists continued to visit until the 1960s. The route started from Portpatrick and wound up the cliffs at the north of the village. There were dramatic views of the cliffs from the path. We followed the path around the top of the cliffs and descended to a smalll beach with a derelict broadcasting station dating back to the early BBC. From here we ascended to moorland and walked on towards Kennedy Castle but left the path and made our way into Stranraer to visit the obligatory tea room before taking the bus back to Portpatrick.
The following day we drove south to the Mull of Galloway to visit the lighthouse there on a windswept cliff top. You will recall in the previous article, I visited Cape Wrath in the far north and this was the most southerly lighthouse in Scotland. In the space of a month I had travelled the length of Scotland! An interesting sight here was seeing snails climbing up a door frame. We walked around the coast from the lighthouse, a space walk around the top of the cliffs. It was very exhilarating and we completed the morning with a visit to the Lighthouse Cafe for lunch.
Fortified with lunch, we drove a little north on the Rhinns of Galloway to visit Logan Gardens. Logan is unrivalled as Scotland’s most exotic Garden. With a mild climate washed by the Gulf Stream, a remarkable collection of bizarre and beautiful plants, especially from the Southern Hemisphere, flourish. We wandered around the walled garden and the woodland garden with its unwordly Gunnera bog. It was a delightful experience and in complete contrast to my other favourite garden at Inverewe in the north west of Scotland.
It was a relaxing weekend in good company exploring a new part of Scotland for me and with a good variety of activities from walking to discovering a botanic garden.
Coming attractions; Hadrian’s Wall and Gray Mares Tail
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Aldolase is a protein (called an enzyme) that helps break down certain sugars into energy. It is found in high amounts in muscle tissue.
A test can be done to measure the amount of aldolase in your blood.
How the test is performed
A blood sample is needed. For information on how this is done, see: Venipuncture
How to prepare for the test
You may be told not to eat or drink anything for 6 hours before the test. Your health care provider will tell you if it's necessary to stop taking any drugs that may interfere with this test. Make sure that your doctor is aware of all drugs you are taking, both prescription and nonprescription.
How the test will feel
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, some people feel moderate pain, while others feel only a prick or stinging sensation. Afterward, there may be some throbbing.
Why the test is performed
This test is done to diagnose or monitor muscle or liver damage.
A typical reference range is 1.0 to 7.5 units per liter. There are slight differences between men and women.
The examples above are common measurements for results of these tests. Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different samples. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
What abnormal results mean
Greater than normal levels of aldolase may be due to:
What the risks are
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
- Excessive bleeding
- Fainting or feeling lightheaded
- Hematoma (blood accumulating under the skin)
- Infection (a slight risk any time the skin is broken)
The following tests are more specific indicators of muscle and liver damage:
Brancaccio P, et al. Biochemical markers of muscular damage. Clin Chem Lab Med 2010;48(6):757-67.
Chinnery PF. Muscle diseases. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 229.
Ariel D. Teitel, MD, MBA, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine and David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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Indian industrial output rises by 8.2%
- From: AAP
- December 12, 2012
INDIA'S industrial output has climbed by a surprising 8.2 per cent from a year ago in October, data shows, providing a first strong sign that the worst may be over for Asia's third-largest economy.
Wednesday's industrial production figures marked a big improvement from a revised contraction of 0.7 per cent in September and far outpaced market expectations of a five-per cent rise, according to a Dow Jones Newswires poll.
The increase was helped by a weak base in October 2011 when production contracted five per cent, but output of consumer goods climbed 13.2 per cent, suggesting improving demand.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is keen to revive the economy with general elections due in 2014, announced a string of reforms in September, opening up retail and other sectors to wider foreign investment to drive the economy.
Singh said he planned to press ahead with reforms even though the recent reform blitz has already cost the government its parliamentary majority with the exit of a key ally, and stirred a huge opposition from MPs.
Economic growth has been stuck at around three-year lows with India posting expansion of 5.3 per cent in the quarter to September.
The figures come as India has been struggling to avoid a downgrade by ratings agencies of its sovereign debt to junk status.
The once-booming South Asian economy has been hit by continuing high interest rates in the face of stubbornly strong inflation, sluggish exports as the global economy is still struggling and slow investment.
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TORONTO, Ont. – Toronto police urged parents and children Tuesday to be mindful of technology use, warning of long-lasting consequences when used irresponsibly.
The warning coincides with the 10th annual Safer Internet Day — a worldwide movement to promote safer use of technology.
Det.-Const. Michelle Bond of the Child Exploitation Unit said it is critical for children and teenagers to be vigilant when online.
Bond said the internet can provide children and teenagers with a sense of anonymity that makes them feel safe.
“They become more daring when they’re on the internet because they’re not seen and they’re not judged,” she said.
“People say things that they’re too shy to say in person.”
However, Bond said children and teenagers are usually unaware of the long-term repercussions of their actions online, which can include criminal charges.
“They’re affected emotionally, socially and sometimes criminally,” she said.
“We need to all work together to curb the rising numbers of these incidences.”
Bond said parents need to know what their children are doing online and remind them to be as careful in cyberspace as they would in the real world.
“The dangers out there are just like in the real world, where there are strangers,” she said.
“We try to teach our children not to talk to strangers. But it’s also there in the cyber world.”
Bond said children and teenagers should tell someone if they find themselves in an uncomfortable situation online. If they don’t feel comfortable talking to their parents, they should speak to a teacher or the police.
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection partnered with law enforcement agencies and other professionals to develop a resource guide for parents, educators and teenagers on online safety as well as using smartphones safely and responsibly.
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Stevens Students Taking Part in an Office of the Secretary of Defense Underwater Vehicle Demonstration
Students from Stevens are taking part in a two semester research, design, build and demonstrate project named Perseus, sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Rapid Reaction Technology Office. Participants will examine emerging technologies that may be of significant interest to the Department of Defense (DoD).
The objective of Perseus is to explore if a party, with modest resourcing and in a relatively short period of time, could assemble an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV), Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) or Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) capable of conducting a specified mission. It also provides a venue for students to demonstrate their multidisciplinary engineering skills. Perseus will culminate with the opportunity for each student team to demonstrate their engineering skills by running their underwater vehicle in the Florida Keys.
Four academic institutions are taking part in Perseus during the 2012 calendar year. Teams consist solely of undergraduate students under the guidance of faculty advisors. The schools have been provided modest funding to procure components for their AUV/ROV/UUV, and travel to the Perseus final demonstration site at Florida Keys Community College.
Participating institutions are Florida Atlantic University, Florida Keys Community College, Georgia Institute of Technology and Stevens Institute of Technology.
The Perseus demonstration, associated presentations, and reports will provide Department of Defense and related stakeholders insight into a number of rapidly evolving technical areas of interest through the innovation of America’s next generation of engineers and scientists.
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(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Convince.
Convincing (2 Occurrences)
Acts 1:3 to whom also he did present himself alive after his suffering, in many certain proofs, through forty days being seen by them, and speaking the things concerning the reign of God. (See NAS NIV)
2 Timothy 3:16 Every Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for convincing, for correction of error, and for instruction in right doing; (WEY)
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Largest employment share by industry reported in services in 1997
March 26, 1999
Of the 102.2 million private industry jobs in 1997, the highest percentage of employment by major industry was in services at 33.0 percent. Other large shares of employment were reported in retail trade (21.5 percent) and manufacturing (18.3 percent). The lowest major industry shares were in mining (0.6 percent) and agriculture, forestry, and fishing (1.7 percent).
Over time, employment in the U.S. economy has shifted the most in the manufacturing and service sectors.
The employment share for services has increased from 18.3 percent in 1972 to 26.7 percent in 1987, 30.5 percent in 1992, and now 33.0 percent in 1997. In contrast, the employment share in manufacturing has decreased from 32.8 percent in 1972 to 22.5 percent in 1987, 20.2 percent in 1992, and now 18.3 percent in 1997.
The retail trade employment share at those same four points in time has consistently hovered in the 21-percent range. Similarly, he employment shares of the other major industry divisions have shown minimal change over the time period.
These employment data are produced by the BLS Covered Employment and Wages (ES-202) program, a virtual census of establishments, employment, and wages of employees on nonfarm payrolls. Additional information may be obtained from the bulletin, "Employment and Wages Annual Averages, 1997." Note that industry data for 1972 contained employment totals for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, which were later broken out separately from the U.S. total.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Largest employment share by industry reported in services in 1997 on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/1999/mar/wk4/art05.htm (visited May 19, 2013).
Spotlight on Statistics: Productivity
This edition of Spotlight on Statistics examines labor productivity trends from 2000 through 2010 for selected industries and sectors within the nonfarm business sector of the U.S. economy. Read more »
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American scientists say they have developed a vaccine which has prevented breast cancer from developing in mice. The immunologist who led the research says the vaccine targets a protein found in most breast tumours.
Vincent Tuohy, from the Cleveland Clinic Learner Research Institute, said: “We believe that this vaccine will someday be used to prevent breast cancer in adult women in the same way that vaccines have prevented many childhood diseases.
“If it works in humans the way it works in mice, this will be monumental. We could eliminate breast cancer.”
In the study, genetically cancer-prone mice were vaccinated – half with a vaccine containing á-lactalbumin and half with a vaccine that did not contain the antigen.
None of the mice vaccinated with á-lactalbumin developed breast cancer, while all of the other mice did.
The US has approved two cancer-prevention vaccines, one against cervical cancer and one against liver cancer.
However, these vaccines target viruses – the human papillomavirus (HPV) and the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) – not cancer formation itself.
Cancer Research UK’s professor of oncology, Robert Hawkins, said: “This very early study describes an interesting approach to the prevention of breast cancer.
“It will be several years before this vaccine can be tested fully to assess its safety and effectiveness as a way to stop the disease developing in women.”
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Teachers Embark on Polar Research Experiences
From the Greenland Ice Cap to the South Pole Station, K-12 teachers will embark on authentic scientific expeditions in the polar regions as part of a program that allows teachers to experience first-hand what it is like to conduct scientific research in some of the most remote locations on earth.
After a nationwide search, 13 teachers were selected to have the rare opportunity to travel to the polar regions as a participant of PolarTREC Teachers and Researchers Exploring and Collaborating. PolarTREC is a professional development experience in which K-12 teachers participate in polar research, working closely with scientists as a pathway to improving science education. PolarTREC expeditions began in July 2010 with teachers traveling to Russia and Norway, and the 2010-2011-field season will conclude with Antarctic projects at McMurdo and South Pole Stations in Antarctica and Bering Sea in the Arctic.
Initially started during the Fourth International Polar Year, PolarTREC was awarded funding from the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs to support teacher researcher experiences from 2010-2013. During the next four years, nearly 50 teachers will have the opportunity to spend two to six weeks working with a research team in the Arctic or Antarctic.
While on field expeditions, teachers and researchers will share their experiences with students of all ages, members of the public, and other education and science professionals through the use of Internet tools such as online journals, multimedia like audio and video, message boards, photo albums, real-time calls from the field called PolarConnect, and online learning resources directory for use by educators. After the field experience, teachers and researchers will continue to share their experiences with the public and create instructional activities to transfer scientific data, methodologies, and technology to classrooms.
PolarTREC is managed by the Arctic Research Consortium of the U.S. (ARCUS). The Arctic Research Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) is based in Fairbanks, Alaska and was formed in 1988 to provide leadership in advancing knowledge and understanding of the Arctic.
For more information and to follow the expeditions, visit the PolarTREC website at: http://www.polartrec.com or contact Janet Warburton or Sarah Crowley, PolarTREC Project Managers, at warburton [at] arcus [dot] org or crowley [at] arcus [dot] org or 907-474-1600.
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Apelbaum Family History
Apelbaum Surname History
This Apelbaum history and genealogy page contains the accumulated history of the Apelbaum surname made up of user-contributed content from other users interested in the Apelbaum family. The Apelbaum family is an old family line that has spread all across the world over time, and as the name Apelbaum has spread, it has evolved making its origin challenging to uncover. Apelbaum family history has a complex evolution whose details can be pieced together by Apelbaum family researchers.
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The evolution of Apelbaum begins with the origins of thefamily name. Even in the earliest days of a name there are different spellings of that name simply because surnames were infrequently written down at that stage in history.
It was common for a family name to change as it enters a new country or language. Apelbaum ancestors have moved across various regions all throughout history. As families, tribes, and clans emigrated between countries, the Apelbaum name may have changed with them.
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- Esther Apelbaum 1918 - 1984
- Ben Apelbaum 1894 - 1971
- Sarah Apelbaum 1905 - 1981
- Mayer Apelbaum 1908 - 2003
- Joseph Apelbaum 1902 - 1986
- Harry Apelbaum 1903 - 1979
- Linda A Apelbaum 1948 - 2008
- Sara Apelbaum 1929 - 2010
- Sophie Apelbaum 1889 - 1987
- Irvin R Apelbaum 1916 - 1989
- Sarah Apelbaum 1926 - 1996
- Etl Apelbaum 1911 - 1987
- Kalman Apelbaum 1911 - 2004
- Ralph Apelbaum 1905 - 1980
- Abram Apelbaum 1921 - 1983
- Sara Apelbaum 1910 - 1989
- Murray Apelbaum 1904 - 1960
- Jacob Apelbaum 1921 - 2009
- Lottie Apelbaum 1909 - 2003
- Rhona Apelbaum 1920 - 2007
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Continuing my experiments with the Epilog Helix laser cutter, today I decided to try some photographs. I found some old black and white pictures I had scanned, and a couple recent digital snaps. I tweaked the B&W photos in PhotoShop to adjust colors, levels, etc. For reasons I dont quite understand yet, the B&W pictures did not transfer into Corel Draw well. They had very pronounced streaks. Strange. However, the digital pics did transfer well.
The first picture is one of my wife, Laurel. First I used PShop to strip out the background, then convert it to gray scale. I am not a skilled PShop expert, merely adequate. The results arent perfect, but were good enough for this test. I printed the picture on a sample of finished wood flooring (labeled Tiger) using the basic wood-400 settings file from Epilog. The results were pretty decent, You can see the dithering when you look closely. Next I wanted to try the 3d mode which converts gray scale values to intensity and thus depth of etch. Previous tests and notes in the manual indicated that multiple passes are often needed to get a good 3d effect. I tried it with one pass, and again with three. The results were quite different from the dithered raster. I decided to try one more with 3 passes and a final fourth pass using the raster. The end results are not all that impressive. The simple dithered etch looks best. The 3d mode may be better on other types of images, perhaps graphics with gradient fills.
Next I tried a picture of Laurel and myself, snapped on a very rare occasion when I’m wearing a suit. yeah a real suit. I clean up pretty decent. Anyway, I used the magic lasso again to cut us out from the background, converted to gray scale and did a quick print on a bit of 5mm plywood. I also added a quick vector box (hairline) around the picture to cut it from the larger stock. The results were ok, but not all that great. The etching gives a rather nice effect on the picture, however the grain of the wood is pretty strongly visible, especially when you look closely. From across the room, the image looks fine.
I think the simple raster image on pre-finished flooring looks best. This may be due to the grain structure and/or the fancy finished surface of the floor panel. The 3D effect diid not work well with the sample photo. The cheap plywood image does not work well.
Next I will try some graphic files, I think… Also I need to get the stair risers etched this week. Tomorrow is my b-day and Laurel arrives for the rest of the week, so this will probably be the last post for a bit. Drop a comment!
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For Immediate Release:
April 1, 2005
New Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum Marries Traditional
Scholarship With 21st Century Showmanship
Interactive, state-of-the art technology brings Lincoln and
his legacy brilliantly to life
SPRINGFIELD, IL., - On April 19, 2005, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich
will officially open the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, which
reinvents the concept of the presidential museum with state-of-the-art,
immersive exhibits that create history that feels like real life.
With 40,000 square feet of permanent exhibitsódouble the size of any
existing presidential museumóthe museum offers a fitting tribute to
the man most consider to be America's greatest president. The museum
joins the already-open Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library as part
of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum complex in
The governor invites the public to celebrate the museum's arrival
by attending a series of opening events beginning April 16 and culminating
in a public dedication ceremony on Tuesday, April 19 at 11 a.m., which
will be led by the governor and attended by other prominent state
and national leaders.
"This world-class institution will help us all learn about and appreciate
Illinois' most famous son and our shared national history," said Blagojevich.
"The new museum will inform, engage, and inspire the state's residents
and visitors alikeóand raise the national profile of both Springfield
To ensure that Lincoln's life and teachings remain a part of our lives,
the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA) teamed with design
firm BRC Imagination Arts and a distinguished panel of renowned historians
to develop the new 100,000-square-foot museum. Employing 21st-century
technology to make the 19th century live again, the museum design
combines scholarship with showmanship that will both inform and astound.
THE NEW MUSEUM EXPERIENCE
Visitors to the museum complex will enter the museum's two state-of-the-art
"exhibit journeys" off a 4,700-square-foot central plaza. Each journey
makes a different time and aspect of Lincoln's life come alive ‚ from
his modest beginnings to his assassination and funeral ‚ deepening
our appreciation and understanding for the man Henry Cabot Lodge called
one of the "best great men and the greatest good men whom history
Journey One portrays Lincoln's childhood up to his election as 16th
president. It re-creates his boyhood home as well as a harrowing New
Orleans slave auction, his Springfield law office, the fiery Lincoln-Douglas
debates and his departure for Washington in February, 1861.
Journey Two begins in a towering reproduction of the White House as
Lincoln would have known it. It includes scenes depicting Lincoln
and First Lady Mary Todd at the deathbed of their son, Willie; Lincoln
in the War Department Telegraph Office as he receives the daily casualty
counts of the Civil War; the White House Kitchen where black servants
are gossiping about the possibility of emancipation; the presidential
box at Ford's Theater; and, finally, a 95 percent scale reproduction
of the House Chamber in the Old State Capitol where Lincoln's ornately
draped casket lay in state before his interment in Springfield.
This is more than you-are-there-history ‚ experiences include:
- Ghosts of the Library ‚ This spectacular HolavisionÆ
show weaves an enchanting tale about the mystery and discovery
awaiting the scholar in a great historical archive such as the
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. During the presentation,
high-tech special effects create misty, ghost-like visions of
historical figures that share the stage with a live actor as viewers
become part of a detective's journey into the past.
- Campaign 1860 ‚ This contemporary portrayal
of the presidential race of 1860 features 30-second campaign commercials
promoting each of that year's four candidates.
- The Whispering Gallery ‚ Negative campaigning
is nothing new! This is a twisted, unsettling hallway where visitors
hear brutally unkind things said about Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln during
their early months in Washington. Cruel caricatures and harsh
political cartoons attacking the presidential couple cover the
walls of the gallery.
- The Emancipation Proclamation ‚ A special effects
"illusion corridor," this exhibit features a gauntlet of dream-like
images of people telling Lincoln what he should do. The compilation
of varying, sometimes racist, opinions reminds visitors that Lincoln
was leading a deeply divided nation. It also showcases the extraordinary
courage it took to issue the Proclamation.
- Treasures Gallery ‚ A soaring exhibit space
that showcases many actual items that were a part of Lincoln's
life; the gallery offers visitors close-up views of Lincoln's
original handwritten Gettysburg Address, a signed copy of the
Emancipation Proclamation, and personal effects such as Lincoln's
shaving mirror, Mary Todd's music box and a recently donated presidential
"briefcase," among other treasures.
- Lincoln's Eyes ‚In this dazzling special-effects
theater presentation, an artist commissioned to create a portrait
of Lincoln struggles to understand all the things he sees in Lincoln's
eyes ‚ sorrow, resolve, hope, vision, forgiveness and more. The
presentation wraps around the audience with special effects and
multiple layered screens of digital projection.
- Ask Mr. Lincoln ‚ This unique interactive theater
is a chance to ask our 16th president a question and receive the
answer in his own words.
In addition to these permanent exhibits, 3,000 square feet of temporary
exhibit space will feature Smithsonian-caliber changing exhibits on
topics as diverse as America's First Ladies, Chicago's gangster era,
the architectural genius of Frank Lloyd Wright and other topics illustrating
the rich history of Illinois and America. The first temporary exhibit,
"Blood on the Moon," commemorates the 140th anniversary of Lincoln's
assassination. "Blood on the Moon" will be at the museum April 19
through October 16 and will feature Lincoln artifacts such as the
bed he died in, which is on loan from the Chicago Historical Society;
the carriage in which Abraham and Mary Lincoln rode to Ford's Theater,
courtesy of the Studebaker National Museum; pieces of Lincoln's jacket,
blood-stained shirt and gloves, Mary's dress and a fan from Ford's
Theater, courtesy of Louise and Barry Taper; plus dozens of other
historic artifacts, documents and images.
Elsewhere in the museum visitors will find a children's area called
"Mrs. Lincoln's Attic," a restaurant, museum store and administrative
offices. Both the library and museum have space available to rent
for public or private events.
For more information, visit alplm.org.
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The researchers, publishing in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, suggest that the chemical serotonin, which is involved in fetal brain growth, may play a role. A stressful or deprived womb environment may interfere with the development of the fetus and its serotonin system; other studies have shown that the brains of people who exhibit suicidal behaviors have reduced serotonin activity.
Ultimately, these findings reveal that suicide brains differ from other brains in multiple ways—in other words, “we’re really dealing with some sort of biological imbalance,” Poulter says. “It’s not an attitude problem.” And because epigenetic changes typically occur early in life, it may one day be possible to identify young people at risk for suicide by studying their methylation patterns and then to treat them with drugs that regulate this mechanism, Szyf notes.
Note: This article was originally printed with the title, "The Suicidal Brain".
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Begun in 1919, Easter Seals is a nonprofit charitable organization that assists more than one million children and adults with autism and other disabilities and special needs annually through a network of more than 550 service sites in the United States, Canada, Australia and Puerto Rico.
The Western Pennsylvania chapter of Easter Seals provides medical rehabilitation, job training, adult daycare, children's early intervention and other community services.
Their headquarters are locaed in part of a 78,000-square-foot office/warehouse building along the Allegheny River.
Weekdays, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and at other times depending on the event or program.
Easter Seals has its own parking lot.
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A blood test and sometimes a bone marrow test are used to diagnose polycythemia vera (PV).
After your doctor takes your blood, he or she sends it to a lab for a complete blood count (CBC), which measures the number of red cells, white cells and platelets in your blood. A PV diagnosis is considered if your red cell counts are elevated. The test also measures your hemoglobin and hematocrit concentration:
Hemoglobin is the iron-containing protein in red cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues. In healthy individuals, hemoglobin concentration ranges from about 120 to 150 grams per liter (g/L) of blood in women and about 140 to 180 g/L in men.
Hematocrit is the proportion of red cells in blood volume, usually expressed as a percentage or an increase in hemoglobin concentration in the blood. Hematocrit concentration ranges from about 36 percent to 46 percent in healthy women and 42 percent to 52 percent in healthy men.
If a PV patient's previously normal hematocrit concentration of 45 percent increases by one-third to 60 percent, the corresponding normal hemoglobin concentration of 150 g/L of blood would also increase by one-third to 200 g/L of blood. The corresponding red cell count would increase by one-third as well. Thus, for diagnostic purposes, any of the three measurements can be used to diagnose PV.
Other Markers in Blood
Your doctor looks for other markers in your blood to confirm a PV diagnosis:
- An elevated white cell count, especially the neutrophil count, a type of white cell. The increased white cell count is mild in most PV patients and usually doesn't progress.
- An elevated platelet count, which occurs in at least half of all patients.
- The presence of the JAK2 gene mutation.
- An elevated red cell mass (usually only measured if the elevated hematocrit or hemoglobin concentration can't confirm a diagnosis).
- Normal or near-normal oxygen saturation in the arteries.
- A low erythropoietin (EPO). Blood levels of the hormone EPO are usually low in PV but normal or high in secondary polycythemia.
Bone Marrow Tests
Your doctor may examine your bone marrow even though the test isn't needed to diagnose PV. If you have PV, your marrow contains more than the normal number of cells and your blood lacks iron because it was used to make additional red cells.
Your doctor can also use your marrow cells to analyze your chromosomes and measure the ability of red cell precursors to grow without added EPO.
Bone marrow testing involves two steps usually performed at the same time in a doctor's office or a hospital:
- a bone marrow aspiration to remove a liquid marrow sample
- a bone marrow biopsy to remove a small amount of bone filled with marrow
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MV3D is a virtual world and multi-player game framework for use with Python. It was designed with scalability in mind and is able to distribute a world across as many servers as needed while dynamically balancing the load. The simulation framework is not specifically slanted towards any one genre of online game or virtual world, and can just as easily be used for a space game as a fantasy setting. Objects on an MV3D server can be simulated using the ODE physics engine for realistic interactions. A single server is able to host thousands of of simulated objects. The client works with both the Ogre3D and Panda3D renderers.
DutchPIPE allows Web developers to make virtual multi-user "avatar" environments. Each Web page becomes an abstracted environment or location where visitors and other items on the page are visualized. This status is retained as visitors move around. A lot of real-time interaction is possible, resulting in persistent interactive page environments. DutchPIPE uses AJAX and the DOM for the browser, and it works without Java, Flash, plugins, or firewall adjustments.
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Training your mind and your emotions is an important phase of marathon training. It can help to align you with the laws of nature. This leads to training with ease, improving with certainty and attaining your true potential.
Earlier, we indicated that one of the psychological attributes to excellence is commitment. The other key is self-control. These keys are unanimous choices of some of the best athletes, coaches and scouts even though they could not agree on the necessary physical attributes. Self-control can be important in being able to perform well under a variety of stress-producing circumstances. Some aspects include being able to accept criticism, not being afraid to fail, maintaining composure under stress and being able to perform to potential during competition. To do these, you need to be able to control and channel your emotions, focus your concentration and bounce back from setbacks.
Goal setting is a behavioral approach to self-control which utilizes setting specific goals and self-reinforcement through their achievement. The achieved goal acts as reinforcement and as a stimulus to pursue the next goal, helping to maintain motivation and build self-confidence. Other extrinsic (real) rewards may also help to keep you focused towards achieving a long term goal.
Sometimes the key to solving problems is the ability to view things in a rational and constructive manner. One way to do this is to prevent anxiety from arising. Anxiety arises mainly from irrational or illogical beliefs. Some of these beliefs are that you must always have the approval of those you love; that you must do everything extremely well; that you cannot control or change your feelings; or that you must worry about something that seems fearsome or dangerous. The way to reduce unwanted and unproductive anxiety is to challenge and change some of your irrational beliefs and feelings.
Begin change by questioning the thoughts that upset you. Use self-talk to tell yourself new things. Mental imagery can be used to imagine yourself thinking new thoughts and taking differing courses of action in tough situations. Attempt, in your mind, to see yourself thinking, believing and acting in more constructive ways, then try to duplicate this in real life. If a change in perspective or belief is experienced, try to be aware of what you did or said to make it happen and use that pattern again. Sometimes re-labelling or re-interpreting sensations can put you in control. That knot in your stomach before the race could let you say "I'm so nervous. I hope I don't blow it" or it could signal that your body is saying " I'm pumped up and ready for action. Let's go!" Thoughts control emotions. Become aware of your thoughts and use them to your advantage.
Simulation uses practice of desired performance responses and coping strategies in situations as real as you can make them. For the runner, this means that selected competitive situations are reproduced as closely as possible during practice. Introduce yourself to the expected things. Run the race course; run in all kinds of expected weather conditions; practice drinking fluids at specific intervals; run when hungry, after eating, during the expected time of the race (morning, afternoon, etc.), or when you are tired. Then introduce the unexpected - practice passing people, having others pass you, have your friends come out during your run and say "Looking good" or whatever bothers you.
Human modeling is another form of simulation which attempts to emulate, model or reproduce the positive behavior of another, perhaps highly skilled athlete. Modeling can place you in the position to look at and draw upon other peoples' strengths in order to better your own physical and psychological strengths. For example, watch a video of the Olympic marathons and pretend you're Joan Benoit or Carlos Lopes and imagine yourself running the marathon as they did.
Mental imagery is a form of simulation that takes place in your head. It gives you a chance to deal with an event or problem internally before you must deal with it in real life. For mental imagery to work, you must be able to vividly imagine yourself executing the skill or response. Movement is an important part of mental rehearsal. The moving mental image is felt to allow you to respond to the changes and do the movement needed to execute the action. Imagine yourself running across the finish line at the marathon, look up at the clock - you've done it and in the goal time! Imagery or visualization can be learned by practice. Start with simple familiar scenes and work up. You can watch someone running and try to replay it in your mind. When you are running and are feeling that relaxed, floating, "I could run forever" feeling, try to focus on your mental picture of that effort. Practice seeing that image when you are not running and when you are tired during a run. Use that mental picture to improve the way you feel while you're running. Run the race course, then visualize yourself running it during the race. See yourself taking aid, passing the 20 mile mark running smoothly and relaxed. Picture yourself finishing, the applause and cheers from the spectators, the cold drink you will reward yourself with. You can later use this mental imagery to pinpoint a problem or focus on an area of improvement such as staying relaxed during the last 6 miles.
Sometimes you are too tense or too anxious to achieve your best performance. Having the ability to physically relax and calm yourself mentally allows you to reach an optimum level of activation to enhance performance. We all have the body responses to the onset of stress - muscle tenseness, queasy stomach, increased heart rate, etc. Become aware of your body signals and use them as your signals to relax. You can focus on relaxing different muscles in your body. You can use deep breathing. Follow each breath with an effort to relax or use mental imagery to imagine yourself in a relaxed state. There are several relaxation procedures you can learn including progressive relaxation, but all need frequent practice. Relaxation may help you to get a good night sleep before the race as well as during the race.
The most important relaxation tool to learn is deep or diaphragmatic breathing which can give an immediate sense of relaxation throughout the body while you are running. This type of breathing also allows more oxygen to be taken in and get into the blood leading to better physical and mental performance. Diaphragmatic or belly breathing works by the expansion of the lower abdomen creating a vacuum in the chest which causes air to be drawn into the lower lungs. As the middle lungs fill, the upper abdomen expands and finally the chest expands as the upper lungs are filled. To practice, lie on your back with your hands on your abdomen just above your navel. Exhale completely. Inhale through your nose allowing your abdomen to expand. As you fill your lungs completely, exhale through your mouth. Practice by blowing all your air out through your mouth using your abdominal muscles and pushing down with your hands. Then inhale again through your nose filling your lungs completely and exhale by blowing the air out through your mouth. Practice about 5 complete cycles. Note the relaxed feeling throughout your body. This type of breathing is useful while you are running. Concentrate on belly breathing inhaling through both nose and mouth when you begin to feel tired or when you are running uphill. The increased oxygen and relaxed upper body should make the running seem easier.
Concentration involves changing the focus of attention during the event. Focus is awareness of one thing to the exclusion of others. It must be adjustable from narrow (my calf feels tight) to broad (how hard am I working to run this pace). It is important to learn when each of these is necessary. An interplay of relaxation and focus then becomes a concentration cycle, such as, from the mind (seeing yourself running relaxed), to body (relaxing the calf muscle) to target (centering on running this mile). Sometimes learning to shift attention is important to learn to change the focus. Let your mind run free, then bring it back to the necessary focus and repeat the cycle.
If you are interested in learning more about sports psychology, read either Peak Performance by Charles A. Garfield or The Warrior Athlete by Dan Millman. Both will give you specific techniques and exercises to help you improve your performance from a psychological focus. Both are excellent, but have slightly different emphasis with The Warrior Athlete being more esoteric.
Run The Planet thanks Patti & Warren Finke and Team Oregon for the permission to reprint the complete online version of the first edition of the book Marathoning Start to Finish (Hypertext Version 1.02) by Patti & Warren Finke. © 1986, 1996 wY'east Consulting, All Rights reserved.
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Building vibrant and tolerant democracies
In a stunning victory for the right to access to information and the persistence of South Africa's Mail & Guardian newspaper and yet another legal defeat for the South African authorities, a High Court judge has ordered the presidency to hand over a report into the 2002 Zimbabwe elections to the M&G – and confirmed that the report contained enough information to cast doubts on the legality of the elections.
The judgment comes after four years of legal battles by the M&G to get hold of the document, which contains the findings of South African Justices Sisi Khampepe and Dikgang Moseneke, who were sent to Zimbabwe by SA's then president Thabo Mbeki to observe the 2002 elections.
Writing in the M&G, Sipho King describes how the M&G "put in a Promotion of Access to Information Act request to the president to have it released. This was refused and the matter went to court, where it was ruled that the full document had to be released. The president appealed this and a subsequent judgment in the Supreme Court of Appeal and the matter went before the Constitutional Court, which sent the matter back to the high court."
While the ruling of Judge Joseph Raulinga backs earlier court orders to release the report, it also provides a compelling reason for why the document should be in the public domain – despite the presidency’s argument that releasing it could damage diplomatic relations.
Having taken a ‘judicial peak’ at the report, Judge Raulinga said “without disclosing the contents of the report I can reveal that the report potentially discloses evidence of substantial contravention of, or failure to comply with the law.”
This is exactly what critics and opponents of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party have been saying for years. And with the next presidential and parliamentary elections due to take place this year – perhaps as early as July – the report’s release now could hardly be timelier.
Judge Raulinga ordered that the full report should be released in 10 days, although it would remain embargoed if the presidency appealed yet again.
Nic Dawes, editor-in-chief of the M&G, welcomed the judgment. “Judge Raulinga makes it clear that the public interest in this case is real and urgent,” he said. “They have been fighting doing so for the last four years and it is time that they accepted what multiple courts have said, which is that the M&G has the right to access the report.”
And that South Africans – and Zimbabweans – have the right to read it.ShareThis
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- Title: Land Transportation and Traffic Code MMDA Law & Civil Aeronautics Act
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Our Transport Body Under the New government. - When the new government took over, it pledged to recognize the bureaucracy to promote economy and efficiency in the delivery of public services. Thus, the administrative setup under Executive Order 1011 did not live long enough to fully prove its effectiveness as a regulatory structure. The inexorable hand of fate brought forth Executive Order 125 which came as a surprise to most people who had expected some sort of public hearings before its issuance, considering the important changes it embodies. It was title: “ Reorganization Act of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.” Its aim was to change the Ministry/Department structurally and functionally. It delineated a new structure of power and responsibilities in the Department, maintained, created and/or abolished offices/positions.
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If you happen to come across children speaking in rhyme with blue hair today, it’s not a new fashion trend. It is just part of a country-wide celebration of reading and the birthday of Theodor Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss.
This year, March 2 is the National Education Association’s Read Across America Day, which coincides with Dr. Seuss’s birthday and the release of a movie based on Seuss’ The Lorax. Schools and libraries across the country are marking the day with Seuss-related activities to encourage the love of reading in children.
Many elementary and preschool classrooms already celebrate Dr. Seuss’ birthday by reading his work and discussing his life, but this year has added a special evening program to share the love reading and the fun Seuss brings to children’s literature.
Elementary School Librarian Melissa McBride and Reading Teacher Alisa Buderman have been planning a special evening filled with Seuss related surprises for the last few months.
McBride said classroom teachers always plan activities around his birthday but this year, she and Buderman decided to “step it up a notch” this year.
“As a librarian, I always do a lot of activities around his birthday in my class,” McBride said.
Tonight at 7 p.m., all Southold students in kindergarten through second grade are invited to attend a special Read Across America event at the elementary school. McBride said they have invited a special mystery reader to read “And to Think I Saw It on Mulberry Street” to the children. After the reading, children will be asked to re-imagine the story with the setting of Oaklawn Ave. and make a drawing base on their ideas. They chose this particular book because it is the 75th anniversary of its publishing.
Buderman said they are excited for tonight and are anticipating a great turnout. Some of the children have turned in permission slips already, but the teachers believe this Friday night event will be a huge success.
If you do not have children in elementary school and still want to celebrate Seuss, "The Lorax" movie opens at the this evening with show times at 7:05 p.m. and 9:05 p.m.
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Key among the 10 ideas for business and country competitiveness that General Electric’s Chairman and CEO shared to open the SAE 2012 World Congress was that the U.S. must take a leadership role in the energy sector. And Jeffrey Immelt believes that is not just a pipe dream.
“The United States really doesn’t suffer from any challenges that can’t be solved through innovation and smart use of our natural resources,” he asserted during his April 24 keynote address in the AVL Technology Leadership Center. Beyond possessing “some of the best wind corridors [and] access to coal and oil in a variety of places,” a “core part” of this country’s energy potential lies with natural gas, Immelt noted.
“Natural gas vehicles have an important role…I still think it’s more applicable in the big-fleet truck applications, but we’re working both on fueling infrastructure as well as in fleet investment,” he said. “We have leadership in compressed natural gas (CNG), and we work on what’s called mini LNG (liquefied natural gas) capability, which would allow big fleets or perhaps units as big as railroads to get access to LNG and be able to transfer that into transportation fuel.”
Perhaps GE’s biggest commitment in terms of innovation in transportation is in the electric vehicle (EV) realm. “This is something that GE has been really investing in in some ways for decades, but has been more aggressive about in the last few years,” Immelt said, adding that the company is involved in many aspects of the EV “ecosystem.”
GE has a fully networked WattStation for a complete EV charging platform; it is working in China on complete systems for electric buses; and in its own fleet services operation the company has committed to purchase 15,000 EVs. GE also has basic investments in lithium and sodium batteries, started with its research into a hybrid locomotive.
“For every dollar invested in electric vehicles, GE has about 10 cents of content,” Immelt claimed. “So this is a business that makes sense for us over the long term…We only invest in things that we think can be long-term business competitive and long-term pervasive. We think electric vehicles can become that.”
Immelt stressed that an area in which the industry needs to get better is repurposing EV batteries after their life for power-generation applications, as a way to improve the overall economics and cost-effectiveness of batteries.
“The near-term challenge is all about cost,” he said. Another challenge he mentioned was consumer empowerment: “Once the utility/consumer interface gets resolved and you have more smart capability in the home, I think there’s going to be even more resonance and desire for electric vehicles.”
Regarding the smart grid for EVs, Immelt noted that any current impediments are not insurmountable. “I look at a lot of things in my day-to-day life that are technology problems; this isn’t one of them. I think every aspect of the electric vehicle can be done; every aspect of a smart grid can be done. This is a business-process issue; this is about incentives for utilities, incentives for consumers, getting things down the cost curve, and the commercialization process.”
A few other notable “ideas” from Immelt’s competitiveness list include the need for greater technology investment, the need to renew American manufacturing and to control the supply chain, and a commitment to high-skills training.
“There are 135,000 students graduating with engineering degrees in the U.S. every year; in China and India, that’s about 1 million,” Immelt said. “This is at the core of every country’s competitiveness. The number of engineers that are graduating is much more important than really any other source of human talent.”
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Welcome to Sour Cherry Farm
Sour Cherry Farm — the place — is our 50-foot by 132 1/2-foot plot of land (that's .15 of an acre.) in the Lower Hudson Valley, 15 miles north of New York City.
We grow sour cherries, apricots, pears, apples, plums, blueberries, strawberries, currants, gooseberries, blackberries, tomatoes, lettuces, carrots, onions, celery, zucchini, tons of herbs and a a few flowers for cutting. We try to cook, eat and drink by the seasons.
Sour Cherry Farm — the website — is the look at our lives: a busy couple doing their best at eating from the garden while keeping one foot in the modern world. We commute in heavy traffic. We go to the movies. We like spicy chicken wings and French fries. We don't claim to be locavores — we just happen to like delicious food, and it's usually most delicious when it's fresh from our garden.
Our motto is Eat. Drink. Live. — and we figure that gives us a lot of leeway when it comes to what we post here. It's usually recipes, restaurants and travel — all with a healthy dose of drinking. But we also have correspondents, so you'll find posts from China, Phoenix and Los Angeles.
If you'd like to read an official version of how Sour Cherry Farm came to be, Click to open (or download) the PDF of this piece published in Arrive magazine.
Here's a more casual version:
Back when we lived the urban life, I started experimenting with jellies and jams. One summer, mom and I hit on a good recipe for sour cherry preserves. We got together for an afternoon of boiling water and cooking down fruit and made a couple pints. It was damn delicious.
I continued the tradition for a couple years, and, when it came to be that our wedding date would fall right during the season, we decided that for wedding favors, we’d give out little 1-ounce jars of sour cherry preserves. You know, like the size you get on a room-service breakfast tray. My college roommate owns a pasta sauce company, so she ordered 200 jars from her supplier, and we were ready to go.
For a few years before this, sour cherries had been appearing the third week in June and lasting through the Fourth of July. But 2001 had a cool spring, and the cherries were running late. We panicked.
I called farms throughout the Hudson Valley, hoping (praying) that someone would have ripe sour cherries. We found them at Locust Grove Farm on the banks of the Hudson; likely the waterfront location had something to do with their being earlier there, even though it was further north.
Greg drove up to collect the 30-pound box of cherries. All my girlfriends were roped in to help wash, pit, stem, measure, stir, boil, sanitize and fill jars. We also tied a place card with a guest’s name to each jar with raffia and used them as place cards at the tables. (And to create the seating chart: I have this hilarious memory of my sister and I looking at the dining room table with 150 1-ounce jars of sour cherry preserves gathered in groups of 10. “No, move such-and-so to this table,” she say, and I’d pick up two jars of jam and seat them with someone else.)
Most people were quite taken with the idea that we’d spent time making a favor for them from scratch (much less impressed with the genius of doubling it as a place card!) Of course, some people forgot their jars when they left the wedding. (You expected it wouldn’t be a good party?) I even had one guest say to me later: “Hey, I didn’t realize you’d made the jam. I forgot mine — would you be able to get it for me?”
A year later, when we bought the farm, we immediately planted a sour cherry tree. The name of the farm was a natural.
Later, we talked about how appropriate sour cherry preserves really were as a wedding favor. Sour cherries are a good metaphor for a marriage: They don’t taste very good until you add sugar and stir with love. You have to treat them gingerly, because they’re fragile and bruise easily. They only grow in places where the winter freezes — like Minnesota and the Hudson Valley. And their season may be ephemeral and fleeting, but you can keep them for a very long time if you make the effort to preserve them.
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Notable Building sights in Ireland
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Facing Trinity College across College Green, this sweeping Palladian pile was built to house the Irish parliament and was the first purpose-built Parliament House in the world. The original building, the central colonnaded section that distinguishes the present-day structure, was designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce in the first half of the 18th century.
When the parliament voted itself out of existence through the 1801 Act of Union, the building was sold under the condition that the interior would be altered to prevent it ever again being used as a debating chamber. It was a spiteful strike at Irish parliamentary aspirations, but while the central House of Commons was…
Officially known as Carlow College, the main building opened as one of Ireland's first seminaries in 1793. Today it specialises in humanities and social studies and has a student body of 800. The wide grounds, which also front Visual, have a sort of regal, grassy elegance and are dotted with modern sculptures.
All the big decisions are made – or rubber-stamped – at Oireachtas na Éireann (Irish Parliament). It was built by Richard Cassels in the Palladian style between 1745 and 1748, and was considered the forerunner of the Georgian fashion that became the norm for Dublin’s finer residences. Its Kildare St facade looks like a townhouse (which inspired Irish architect James Hoban’s designs for the US White House), whereas the Merrion Sq frontage was made to resemble a country mansion.
The first government of the Irish Free State moved in from 1922, and both the Dáil (lower house) and Seanad (senate) still meet here to discuss the affairs of the nation and gossip at the…
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Crime Magazine is about true crime: organized crime, celebrity crime, serial killers, corruption, sex crimes, capital punishment, prisons, assassinations, justice issues, crime books, crime films and crime studies.
During the 29 years Alcatraz operated as a federal penitentiary it built a reputation as a Devil's Island of the soul. If Al Capone was the nation's symbol of lawlessness, then Alcatraz would be the nation's symbol for punishing the lawless.
Alcatraz. The name alone said it all. It was meant to send a shudder down the spines of the nation's most incorrigible criminals, and it did from the day it opened in 1934. It stripped Al Capone of his power. It tamed "Machine Gun" Kelly into a model of decorum. It took the birds away from the Birdman of Alcatraz.
Alcatraz was the end of the line. It was the U.S. government's version of the "final solution" to combating the lawlessness that Prohibition spewed throughout the Roaring 20s and into the teeth of the Great Depression. The government needed a prison as tough and harsh as the high-profile criminals it was finally running to ground. In Alcatraz, with its damp coldness, austere isolation, rigid discipline and code of silence, it got what it wanted. By the time the government shut down the prison in 1963, "the Rock" had indisputably done its job.
Today, Alcatraz is one of the biggest tourist magnets and famous landmarks of San Francisco. The island's mystique, created primarily by books and motion pictures, lures over a million visitors a year from around the world to see first-hand where the U.S. government broke some of its most notorious criminals. They journey into a dim piece of Americana. Many go away to remember for the rest of their lives the hair-raising chill they felt upon being locked up, for just a few seconds, in an isolation cell. The clichéd expression "if these walls could talk" is taken to a deeper level when probing the rigid silence of Alcatraz.
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Florida Folklife Program
Folk Heritage Awards Recipient: Mieko Kubota
Mieko Kubota - 2010 Florida Folk Heritage Award
Mieko Kubota is an expert practitioner of ikebana, the centuries-old Japanese art of flower arrangement. Traditional ikebana unites flowers and greenery to form an arrangement that reflects on the artist's interpretation of natural forces; the effect is a work of living art. Born in Japan, Kubota was encouraged by her parents to study ikebana as a teenager. Over the course of more than fifty years, she has become a respected and passionate ikebana master. In south Florida, she is the widely acknowledged authority on ikebana, where she is a past president of the Miami chapter of Ikebana International, and has worked in Miami with the Japanese Consulate, Ichimura Japanese Gardens, and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Widely appreciated for her knowledge of other Japanese traditions, Kubota is an expert creator of origami, a tradition that she has taught her daughter and grandchildren. She also practices bonsai and the tea ceremony, and, like her mother, writes poetry and practices calligraphy. Recognized for her exceptional artistry, Kubota is passionately committed to sharing her Japanese culture with others.
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Published February 01, 2012
The buzz on Wall Street generated by the talk of Facebook's mega IPO doesn't appear to be instilling much confidence among venture capitalists in Silicon Valley.
Spooked by uncertainty in the global economy, volatility in the stock market and gridlock in Washington, sentiment at VC firms sagged at the end of 2011, according to a new report.
The deterioration of confidence stands in contrast with a slew of high-profile public debuts by Internet companies like LinkedIn (NYSE) and generally improving economic prospects in the U.S.
According to the newly-released Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index, confidence dipped in the fourth quarter to 3.27 on a 5-point scale -- the third-straight quarterly decline.
Worried about the macro question marks, Venture capitalists have expressed concern that either the M&A or IPO markets won't be healthy enough to allow them to sell off their investments in young companies that are now ready for the big time.
“For a couple of years the IPO market was virtually dead. It hasn’t come back robust enough to allow this long queue of venture firms to exit profitably,” said Mark Cannice, a professor at the University of San Francisco and author of the report.
IPOs of venture-backed firms did increase last quarter from the third quarter, but activity was still below the levels of a year before, the report said.
At the same time, a number of the Internet companies that did go public ran into trouble.
Likewise, online game maker Zynga (ZNGA) went public with a loud dud late last year as its shares quickly broke below their IPO price just hours after beginning to trade.
“A little wind may have left the sails after some of the big name IPOs failed to live up to the overblown expectations. VC fundraising challenges are likely to start having a negative trickledown effect,” Tom Rodgers of Advanced Technology Ventures said in the survey.
That mixed track record is putting even more pressure on Facebook, which is expected to become the largest Internet IPO on record. Unlike some of the recent Internet companies that stumbled, Facebook has a well-developed business model and an estimated $4 billion in annual revenue, which may pave the way for a valuation of up to $100 billion.
“This could be a game changer,” said Cannice. “Does it open the floodgate for more IPOs to come out? Or does it soak up all the demand for retail investment in social media? I don’t know the answer to that yet.”
No matter how Facebook performs after its IPO, the offering should bring “significant” liquidity to a slew of venture firms and angel investors, freeing up cash to invest in the next generation of potential start-ups, Cannice said.
That should help Silicon Valley as the overall hesitancy in the industry has caused funding in the critical seed stage to dry up.
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St. John’s University has a special bond to French history. It
was St. Vincent de Paul who in the 17th Century started the
Vincentian order whose members later founded St. John’s University.
From its inception, St. John’s has supported the French and
Francophone programs on its campus and in France through its
exchange with French universities and its study abroad
Through the Department of Languages and Literatures, St. John’s
offers a comprehensive undergraduate program in French. Students
achieve a high level of scholarship in French language, literature
and culture. The Department enables students to do a major or minor
in French, or a double major in another field to prepare for
international careers. Students have access to internships
allowing them to use French in a professional setting.
The French Program
Why Study French?
French is the second most frequently taught foreign
language in the world after English. 51 member states and
governments are members of the International Organization of
Francophone countries and 28 countries have French as their
official language. French is the only language other than English
spoken on five continents. As a global language, it will give you
the most choices later on in your studies or your career. (*)
The GLCC is located in St. Johns Hall rooms 104,
105, 106. To schedule a
placement exam for majors and minors in French
please call: (718) 990-6293.
Francophone Circle at St. John’s University sponsors activities
designed to promote the understanding, study and appreciation of
the Francophone culture. For information on
current activities, contact email@example.com.
(*) For more information, “French: the Most
Practical Foreign Language” by Richard Shryock.
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First TAPR Packet QSOby: Den Connors, KD2S
PSR #1, July 1982, page 7.
After several hours of transmission of test packets, Lyle Johnson, WA7GXD, successfully initiated the first Amateur packet radio contact with all-American hardware and software, using the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Terminal Node Controller (TNC), at 9:12pm PST, June 25th, 1982. At the receiving end was Den Connors, KD2S, who was co-located with Lyle at the WA7GXD station. The tests were conducted at 146.55MHz in the Amateur two-meter band, with both stations sending plain-text ASCII messages.
Photo of a Heath H-89 terminal and a TAPR Alpha TNC. Photo shows the test setup before the group loaded it into the cars to head for the hotel to share TAPR's work with others at the 1982 ARRL SW Division convention in San Diego. You'll notice the some what Olive Drab color of the flat surface and the line that looks like the edge of a table is really the seam in the tarpaulin. The group tented near the beach while at the conference.
The two-way contact lasted for about one hour, during which time several different experiments were conducted to determine optimal selection of components for the TNC modem amplifier-filter set.
Within twelve hours of the first QSO, the experiment was repeated over a distance of about twenty miles, from one side of Tucson to the other, under conditions which were as bad as less than S1, with total success. Tucson's first packet rag-chew lasted about 45 minutes, with different antenna and signal-level combinations tried by Lyle and Den.
Also at the first transmissions were Marc Chamberlin, WA7PXW, the TAPR Software Chairman, Margaret Morrison, KC7MA, the TAPR Publicity Chairman, and Heather Johnson, N7DZU, a member of the Publicity Committee.
These tests culminated hundred of hours of effort on the part of WA7GXD, who has spearheaded the design of the TNC as Hardware Chairman. Completion of modifications to the on-board modem next week will allow Lyle to release a final version of the TNC to a local Computer-Assisted Design firm for the artwork and construction of the TAPR TNC Beta boards, which are slated for an August release.
1982 Core GroupA photo of the key players in TAPR that made possible the activities of the organization in its early years.
Front Row (L-R): Chuck Green, N0ADI (BoD); Mark Baker (BoD/Secretary); Dan Morrison, KB3UC (Beta Coordinator). Back Row (L-R): Marc Chamberlin, WA7PXN (BoD); Lyle Johnson, WA7GXD (BoD/VP); Den Connors, KD2S (BoD/Pres); Margaret Morrison, KC7MA (Software).
First TAPR Meeting (1982)Picture of the groups first public meeting at the University of Arizona in February 1982. TAPR had a meeting before that, in December 1981, well attended, at the big telescope on top of Kitt Peak.
Front Row (L-R): Elio Zambrano, WB7ESQ, Dan Morrison, KB3UC, Margaret
Morrison, KC7MA, Dave McClain, N7AIG, Den Connors, KD2S, Marc Chamberlin,
WA7PXN, John McClain, WB7CKY, Ron Bates, AG7H.
Second Row (L-R): Richard Giebner, WA7AEG, Dan Giebner, KA7FJR, Howard Sherrow, WB7SBX, John Bryson, N7DME, Dave, WB7OBG, John Cerniglia, N9AGB, Dan Smith, WB7VMO, Jack Hanny, KB7CH.
Back Row (L-R):Bill Gage, WA7FDN, Ken Macleish, W7TX, Lyle Johnson, WA7GXD, Chuck Green, N0ADI, Mike Roedel, KB7XP, Craig Carnahan, N7CYF, Mark Baker.
TAPR TNC-1 (1982-83)Photo of the TNC-1 kit. It included the parts, box, and assembly manual. This kit set the standard for future TAPR kits.
TNC-1 BoardArticle on the TNC-1 appearing in the ham radio magazine July 1983.
Black ThursdayBy: Lyle Johnson, WA7GXD
PSR #3, December 1982, page 3.
Everything was running on schedule. The Beta parts had all arrived within two or three days of deadline, the assembly facilities were busily stuffinh the PC boards. All looked well.
Then a disturbing quality was noted on the PC boards. They weren't taking solder very well. A lot of rework was necessary, and when the rework was being done, the solderability problem got worse. By now it was 7 December, Pearl Harbor Day. It was agreed that the PC house would get us first boards ASAP (they were all due on the 7th) so we could get rolling with testing.
More delays. More problems. More calls. The solderability of the boards was becoming a major production setback. The chief engineer at the PC fabrication facility was dispatched to one of the two assembly points (both were experiencing the same problems) to attempt to find the cause of, and hopefully a solution to, this problem.
Late Wednesday afternoon a batch of 19 Beta Boards were delivered to the anxious checkout crew. Immediately Lyle, WA7GXD, and Pete, WB9FLW, (later joined by Den, KD2S and Dan KV7B) set to work on the boards. test Number One was to apply power to the boards with no socketed ICs in place to ensure that the voltage regulators were working -- we didn't want to fry $158 worth of chips! All 19 boards passed with no problems.
The board were then loaded with ICs along with some calibration/checkout software which was provided by Margaret, KV7D. The first board passed all tests with flying colors. The night passed. By 2:00am Thursday, December 9th, we knew we had a severe problem --- only three Beta Boards out of fifteen tester were working!
See the article for the whole disaster recovery story!
TAPR Announces the TNC-2PSR #15, May 1985, page 4.
In 1982, TAPR embarked on development of a packet radio Terminal Node Controller (TNC) that was to become the standard of the industry. Indeed, the TAPR TNC (now called TNC-1) has become the controller of choice by the majority of the world Amateur packet community.
When it became apparent that industry was moving into the Amateur packet marketplace, TAPR set out to design a low-cost TNC that would meet the needs of the majority of Amateur packet radio operators. A TNC that would be an evolutionary step in the growth of the mode. A unit following in the footsteps of the TNC-1, offering virtually the same performance and capability.
If the reaction at the 1985 Dayton Hamvention is any measure, TNC-2 is destined to set a new standard in the Amateur packet arena.
(more in PSR issue #15)
TAPR on the InternetIn 1992, TAPR joined the Internet. Bob Nielsen, W6SWE, with the assistance of David Dodell, WB7TPY, created an e-mail distribution system to replace the CompuServe message boards that the organization had been using since the mid-80's. In 1993, Lou Nigro, KW7H, setup a new system that supported the organizations first e-mail lists and implemented a software library file request via e-mail. We received so much activity before the end of the year that we crashed the mail server and the host that was supporting. Greg Jones, WD5IVD, relocated the system temporaily to a commercial site while TAPR looked for a new permanent site.
In 1994, Lee Ziegenhals, N5LYT, volunteered to assist in hosting and managing the TAPR.ORG system. Lee supported TAPR in the role of Internet coordinator between 1994 and 2005 (11 years), providing access to highspeed, commercial connectivity and expertise in managing the site during various moves of location, operating systems, crashes and recovery, and all the rest that this position is responsible. The TAPR.ORG system has been critical in the success of the organization since it was established in 1994 and Lee has be a key member in making that possible. The photo (right) shows Lee sitting in the network control room where TAPR.ORG was hosted. The computers are located under the keyboard (dead center of the photo). One system is the main server and the second system runs Lryis and is our secure web server.
The first TAPR web pages were created by Howie Goldstien, N2WX, who created a basic home page and several pages on packet radio that were hosted on his corporate site (Infomotion) in 1995. Some of that content still apperas on the current TAPR.ORG site. Later in 1995, the pages on Infomotion were relocated to the TAPR.ORG site to be hosted. Greg Jones, WD5IVD, expanded upon Howie's first site and TAPR added streaming audio content to page from interviews and conferences. Also in 1995, Bob Nielsen, W6SWE, transfered TAPR's extensive disk-based software library onto TAPR.ORG for FTP access. Till then to get TAPR or packet-related software you purchased a floppy disk from the office or at a conference. The software library on TAPR.ORG to this day remains active and provides access to software for hundreds of thousands of hams and hobbist each year. The TAPR.ORG web site underwent a major overhaul in 1997, when Greg Jones, WD5IVD, restrucuted the site.
In 2005, the TAPR.ORG site was relocated to a co-lo facility. Also in 2005, Greg Jones, WD5IVD, again took up the multi-week task of migrating the web content. This time moving from the frames/tables done in 1997 to cascading style sheets that were database driven.
TAPR Office RelocatesReprinted from PSR #52, 1993 and #53, 1994
During the summer (1993), Heather Johnson submitted her resignation as TAPR office manager. There are many reasons for this request, but the basic ones are the fact that Heather has kept the TAPR office going for many years now and wants a change and she wants to spend more time with Lyle which she has trouble doing with the hours she is putting in running the office.
With a change impending, the Board began to think about ways to lessen the impact of the move now and again in the future. We have been extremely fortunate to have Heather doing this function, but it cannot be depended on to have the sales office in the same place year after year. With this in mind several points became important:
- Future flexibility in office location and office personnel.
- Continue to provide a strong membership services interface.
- Improve office efficiency while cutting expenses.
The Denton office later relocated in August of 2001 to Richardson, Texas, with Laura Koster being the current office manager.
TAPR Annual Meeting and ARRL DCC MergeIn 1994, plans were begun to merge that TAPR annual meeting and ARRL Digital Communications Conference (DCC). The DCC, originally named the Computer Networking Conference, had seen lowering attendance and many of the same people were attending both conferences. Two years earlier, TAPR had defined an agreement with the ARRL to distirbute all back issues of the DCC and CNC proceedings. In 1995, TAPR hosted the ARRL Digital Communications Conference in Arlington, Texas. After the 1995 DCC conference, a memorandium of understanding between ARRL and TAPR was signed mergering the two conferences into the TAPR/ARRL Digital Communications Conference that placed TAPR into the role of conference manager. Also, the policy of moving the conference throughout the US from East to West over a three year cycle was established.
Today the ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference is an international forum for radio amateurs to meet, publish their work, and present new ideas and techniques. Presenters and attendees have the opportunity to exchange ideas and learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories, experimental results, and practical applications.
Topcis vary from year to year and reflect the changing nature of research and development to implementation within amateur radio. Early in the conference the focus was on packet radio, message systems, and the Internet, in the mid 90's the focus changed to digital signal processing and APRS, in the late 90's spread specturm communications began to emerge as a new topic. The conference, through this merger, has stayed a vibrant and meangingful yearly conference.
TAPR and AMSAT form joint DSP-93 Project
Spread Specturm Initiative
APRS and GPS Take Off
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Foods in this group include meats (like beef, chicken, and pork), fish (like salmon, tuna, and shrimp), meat substitutes (like tofu, and products that resemble meat or fish but are made with soy), eggs, and cheese. These foods are grouped together, because the majority of the calories they contain come from protein and/or fat. Cooked beans, peas, and lentils also are in this group because of the protein that they contain, but are also considered starchy vegetables because of their carbohydrate content. While some meat substitutes and cheeses may contain small amounts of carbohydrate, the main macronutrients in these foods are protein and fat. Nuts are also often placed in this group because nuts contain some protein, but they are also high in fat.
Protein is very important in our daily diet. We need protein to maintain muscles, make enzymes, and keep our immune system working well. However, items in this group can be high in calories. Also, meat, eggs, and cheeses in particular can be high in saturated fat and cholesterol. People with diabetes need to make heart-healthy choices when choosing foods from this group because of their increased risk for cardiovascular complications. See the section titled Eating for Cardiovascular Health.
One Serving from the Meats, Fish, Meat Substitutes, Eggs and Cheese Group
One serving from the meats, fish, meat substitutes, eggs, and cheese group usually contains about 7 grams of protein, but the amount of calories, carbohydrate, and fat in foods from this group varies depending on the type of food. For instance some meats like salami contain a higher amount of fat than lean meats like chicken. Foods in this group with higher amounts of fat per serving also contain more calories per serving. The carbohydrate content of foods in this group also varies. For instance, meats and eggs do not contain any carbohydrate, but beans and soy do. Chicken and fish will contain less fat than hot dogs or cheese.
Examples of one serving from this group would include:
The serving sizes of foods in this group are very small. Since not many people eat one ounce of meat or cheese at a time, 3 servings (3 ounces) of food from this group is usually considered to be a portion. Ask your health care provider or dietitian how many servings you should eat from this group every day.
Nuts, Beans, and Soy Products
Nuts, beans, and some soy products are good sources of fiber since they are also vegetables, or legumes. Although nuts contain both fiber and protein, they are also high in fat. When nuts are eaten in smaller amounts, they are usually considered to be a serving from the fat group, but when they are eaten in larger amounts they are considered a serving of high-fat meat. For instance ½ tablespoon of peanut butter is considered to be one serving from the fat group, but one tablespoon of peanut butter is considered one serving from the meat and meat substitutes group. Like nuts, soybeans and beans contain both carbohydrate and protein. Unlike nuts, however, they are usually low in fat. One cup of whole soybeans or beans contains about 8 grams of fiber. Processing will lower the fiber content of some soy products, such as tofu.
Tips for Choosing Foods from Meats, Fish, Meat Substitutes, Eggs and Cheese Group
This document is a source of information only, and is not medical advice.
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FAO Compliance Agreement
The Compliance Agreement deals particularly with high seas fishing
Courtesy of NOAA/J.Cort
The "Compliance Agreement" refers to the 1993 FAO Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas.
The 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, in dealing with fisheries issues, focused on issues concerning the exclusive economic zone and, to a large extent, ignored the problem of high seas fishing. Problems encountered with regard to straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks which eventually led to the development of the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, (referred to as the UN Fish Stocks Agreement) are well documented.
A parallel development took place regarding attempts to prevent the practice of reflagging of vessels in order to avoid the application of high seas conservation and management measures determined by regional fisheries organizations. UNCED, in calling for a conference to address straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, also called for steps to prevent this custom. Essentially, the problem was that only vessels flying the flags of the parties to the organization could be compelled to comply with the conservation measures determined by it. Some vessels were then registered in countries that were not bound by the conservation measures in question. The vessel could then fish with impunity in an area subject to conservation measures, claiming that it was not bound by those measures under international law because its State of registration was not a party.
This matter had also been taken up by the FAO Technical Consultation on High Seas Fishing in September 1992, while at the 102nd session of the FAO Council, the Council "agreed that the issue of reflagging of fishing vessels into flags of convenience to avoid compliance with agreed conservation and management measures, ... should be addressed immediately by FAO, with a view to finding a solution which could be implemented in the near future."1 FAO was requested to formulate an agreement and, between 1991 and 1993, one was negotiated under Article XIV of the FAO Constitution. The Agreement was adopted by the FAO Conference on 24 November 1993 by resolution 15/93, and opened for acceptance. In accordance with Article XI.1, the Agreement entered into force on 24 April 2003, date of receipt by the Director-General of the twenty-fifth instrument of acceptance.2.
The FAO Compliance Agreement and the UN Fish Stocks Agreement have been supplemented by the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, which is a voluntary instrument adopted by the FAO Conference in Resolution 4 of 1995. Unlike the other two agreements referred to, as the Code is voluntary, no specific action by States is required for it to take effect. However, its provisions may be used as a basis for domestic action, whether in the form of policy initiatives or even in shaping specific legislative provisions.
These three instruments provide the framework for future actions concerning fisheries, particularly as regards high seas fishing. Furthermore, as they were negotiated over a broadly similar time frame, many of the negotiators were the same resulting in a high level consistency among them. The FAO Compliance Agreement was completed prior to the UN Fish Stocks Agreement, and some of the provisions in the two overlap. However, there are some important differences. Firstly, the UN Fish Stocks Agreement only addresses straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks (with some exceptions) whereas the FAO Compliance Agreement applies to all high seas fishing. Secondly, while there is a parallel obligation in the UN Fish Stocks Agreement to establish a record of fishing vessels, and to make the information available on request, only the Compliance Agreement provides for the systematic exchange of information regarding high seas fishing vessels to which the Agreement applies.
The Compliance Agreement
It is clearly outlined both in the preamble and in the definition of "international conservation and management measures" that the Agreement's provisions are intended to be consistent with "international law as reflected in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea."
The Agreement defines some key terms. First, the definition of "vessels" includes "mother ships and any other vessels directly engaged in such fishing operations". This definition was the subject of much negotiation, and many states had wanted to achieve a much wider definition that included support vessels. The definition of "length" in respect of a fishing vessel is a very technical definition taken from the Torremolinos Convention which, as seen below, is important in view of the fact that the Agreement permits parties to exempt vessels less than 24 metres in length in certain circumstances. The Agreement also defines "record of fishing vessels". This term was used instead of the more usual term "register" given that the primary means of control was through the fishing authorization rather than through the register itself (though the definition was careful to include the wider type of register within the definition).
Application of the Compliance Agreement (Article II) is aimed at all vessels that are used or intended for fishing on the high seas except that a party may exempt fishing vessels of less than 24 metres in length, unless the exemption would undermine the object and purpose of the Agreement3. A special provision is made for regions such as the Mediterranean where this exemption would not apply except that the coastal states of such a region may agree, either directly or through an appropriate regional fisheries organization, to establish a minimum length of fishing vessel below which this Agreement shall not apply.
Importantly, this exemption does not detract from the main obligation of the Compliance Agreement; i.e. to ensure that the vessels concerned do not undermine the effectiveness of international conservation and management measures. This is confirmed in Article II: "A Party may exempt fishing vessels of less than 24 metres in length entitled to fly its flag from the application of this Agreement unless the Party determines that such an exemption would undermine the object and purpose of this Agreement…" This is strengthened further by the provision in Article III which states that in the event that a party has granted an exemption for fishing vessels of less than 24 metres "such Party shall nevertheless take effective measures in respect of any such fishing vessel that undermines the effectiveness of international conservation and management measures. These measures shall be such as to ensure that the fishing vessel ceases to engage in activities that undermine the effectiveness of the international conservation and management measures."
Article III is the most important clause, for it sets out the responsibility of the flag state. The clause is long and subject to important qualifications, but in essence it places an obligation on the flag state to take "such measures as may be necessary to ensure that fishing vessels entitled to fly its flag do not engage in any activity that undermines the effectiveness of international conservation and management measures" (paragraph 1 a). It continues: "In particular, no Party shall allow any fishing vessel entitled to fly its flag to be used for fishing on the high seas unless it has been authorized to be so used by the appropriate authority or authorities of that Party. A fishing vessel so authorized shall fish in accordance with the conditions of the authorization." (Article III 2) Further duties are imposed to give content to these basic obligations, including provisions concerning: not granting an authorization unless the flag state is able to exercise effectively its responsibilities in respect of the vessel, non-authorization of a vessel still under suspension, the requirement that vessel be marked so as to be readily identified in accordance with generally accepted standards (such as the FAO vessel marking scheme4), supplying information on the operations of a vessel, and the imposition of sufficiently grave sanctions as to be effective in securing compliance with requirements of the Agreement.5
Simplified diagram of maritime zones and distribution of shared, straddling and highly migratory stocks
Under Article IV, each party is required to maintain a record of fishing vessels entitled to fly its flag and authorized for use on the high seas, and to take such measures as are necessary to ensure that all such vessels are entered on that record.6
Article V deals with international cooperation, referring to the exchange of information (such as evidentiary material) relating to activities of vessels in order to assist the flag State in identifying those vessels flying its flag which have reportedly engaged in activities undermining international conservation and management measures. There is also a provision for cooperation by the port state where a vessel that is voluntarily in a port and believed to have undermined international conservation and management measures. The parties are urged to enter into cooperative agreements or arrangements of mutual assistance on a global, regional, subregional or bilateral basis in order to achieve the objectives of the Agreement.
Article VI deals with the exchange of information where each party should make available to FAO certain information on fishing vessels which is to be circulated periodically by FAO. Furthermore, parties are to promptly update FAO with additions and deletions, including the reasons for deletion of a vessel from the record. Each party should supply FAO with all information regarding activities of fishing vessels flying its flag that undermine the effectiveness of international conservation and management measures, including the identity of the vessel and of any measures imposed. This information may be subject to national legislation regarding confidentiality. Any party which has reasonable grounds to believe that a fishing vessel not entitled to fly its flag has engaged in activity which undermines the effectiveness of conservation and management measures, is to draw this to the attention of the flag State concerned and may, where appropriate, provide FAO with a summary of such evidence. Each party is also required to inform FAO of situations in which it has granted an authorization in respect of a vessel previously registered in the territory of another party where a period of suspension has not expired, or where an authorization to fish has been withdrawn.
The Agreement also has clauses dealing with cooperation with developing countries, non-parties, and settlement of disputes and final clauses. The settlement of disputes provision (Article IX) encourages first a consultation with regard to the interpretation or application of the Agreement. Failing that, the parties should discuss among themselves as soon as possible in hope of settling the dispute by negotiation, enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement or other peaceful means. If the dispute is still not resolved, it shall, "with the consent of all Parties to the dispute be referred for settlement to the International Court of Justice, to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea" or to arbitration. Failure to reach agreement through any of these methods, the parties "shall continue to consult and cooperate with a view to reaching settlement of the dispute in accordance with the rules of international law relating to the conservation of living marine resources".
The principal obligations and benefits
As described above, the main obligation for a country accepting the Agreement will be first to exercise its responsibility over vessels flying its flag, and second to establish a record of fishing vessels and to provide the information required under the Agreement with respect to those vessels. The principal benefit to participants will come from the availability of information regarding vessels authorized to fish on the high seas, which will lead to an increased ability to identify those vessels fishing without permission. This will be particularly important in light of the expanded powers that countries will acquire under the UN Fish Stocks Agreement. As these Agreements become increasingly effective, all participants will duly benefit.
1 FAO Council report 102nd Session, Rome, 9-20 November 1992, paragraph 58. It was on the basis of this statement that the negotiations for the FAO Compliance Agreement were placed on the so-called "fast track".
2 The updated list of acceptances is available here. In FAO practice, Article XIV Agreements are first approved by the Conference (which is broadly equivalent to signature) and then open for "acceptance", which has the same function as ratification or accession. This practice is fully consistent with the language used in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties concerning the entry into force of treaties.
3 The length criterion becomes unimportant, of course, if the flag State decides to make the provisions of the Agreement applicable to a much wider range of vessels. NB also that the UN Fish Stocks Agreement does not limit its application to vessels above a certain size, indeed, it does not define 'vessel", focusing instead on the obligations of a State over vessels flying its flag.
4 The UN Fish Stocks Agreement, in Article 18.3 (d), includes the marking of fishing gear.
5 The UN Fish Stocks Agreement in Article 18 is slightly wider in the duties it imposes on the flag state, in part reflecting the fact that it was drafted during and after the completion of the Compliance Agreement, which enabled the parties to build on what had already been agreed. The UN Fish Stocks Agreement also requires the flag State to take measures to ensure that vessels flying its flag do not conduct unauthorized fishing within areas under the national jurisdiction of another State.
6 This obligation is also found in the UN Fish Stocks Agreement but it is not accompanied by any detailed system, as is found in the FAO Compliance Agreement.
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Pitt, Tarantino Alter WWII History With ‘Basterds’
First Published: May 20, 2009 11:47 AM EDT Credit: FilmMagic
CANNES, France -- Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt have spun some revisionist history on how World War II ended.
Their war saga “Inglourious Basterds” premiered Wednesday at the Cannes Film Festival, presenting a band of Jewish Allied soldiers led by Pitt who play a pivotal role in taking down the Third Reich with a strategic strike against the top Nazi brass.
“It was definitely outrageous, which I’m always game for,” Pitt said of Tarantino’s rewrite of the history books.
The band’s exploits culminate in a bloodbath at the premiere of a Nazi propaganda film in Paris as Pitt’s commandos exact savage revenge for Adolf Hitler’s genocide against the Jews.
“People have come up to me a lot and they’ve asked me, is it a fairy tale, is it a Jewish wish-fulfillment fantasy?” Tarantino said.“My characters changed the outcome of the war. Now, that didn’t happen because my characters didn’t exist.”
Had they existed, though, the events that play out over Tarantino’s two-hour, 40-minute epic are entirely plausible, Tarantino said. The movie sets the stage for Tarantino’s revision of the war’s end with a fairy-tale opening that reads, “Once upon a time … in Nazi-occupied France.”
For Jewish filmmaker Eli Roth (“Hostel”), whom Tarantino cast as one of Pitt’s “Basterds,” wish-fulfillment was not a strong enough term for the vengeance they take.
“For me, it’s like kosher porn,” Roth said. “It’s something I have fantasized about since I was a very young child. And it really was like I performed a sex scene when I beat that guy to death and blood is spurting.”
Along with Pitt, the international cast of “Inglourious Basterds” includes Diane Kruger as a German movie star and Allied operative, Daniel Bruhl as a Nazi war hero, Michael Fassbender as a British film critic turned spy, Melanie Laurent as a French Jew hiding under an assumed identity, Martin Wuttke as Hitler and Sylvester Groth as his right hand man, Joseph Goebbels.
Christoph Waltz offers the film’s standout performance as a crackerjack German “Jew hunter,” a courteous yet gleefully merciless brute. Mike Myers, who played super-spy Austin Powers, does an English accent again as a British intelligence officer orchestrating the Basterds’ climactic mission.
“My parents were born in Liverpool, England, and my father was in the Royal Engineers and my mother was in the Royal Air Force,” said Canadian-born Myers. “You know, those ladies that had the big maps of England, and they would go, ‘Jerries over Norfolk. Scramble Biggin Hill.’ My mother was one of those ladies. And World War II was talked about at the table constantly. So I got a call, ‘Would you like to play a British general?’ And I did a jig.”
Tarantino came to visit Pitt last summer with the script in hand. Pitt said the two talked about movies deep into the night.
“I got up the next morning and saw five empty wine bottles laying on the floor. Five. And something that resembled a smoking apparatus. I don’t know what that was all about,” Pitt said. “And apparently, I agreed to do the movie, because six weeks later, I was in uniform. I was Lt. Aldo Raine.”
With his heavy Southern drawl, Pitt’s character becomes known as Nazi-killing terror Aldo the Apache, the mention of him and his Basterds bringing horror to the hearts of German soldiers. When he forms the band, Aldo tells his team that each one owes him 100 Nazi scalps, and they comply graphically as Tarantino incorporates scenes of the Basterds skinning the heads of their victims.
Tarantino sticks to period costumes and settings but offers his typically divergent musical backdrop, including Spaghetti Western-style music from Ennio Morricone and even David Bowie’s “Cat People (Putting Out Fire”).
Debuting in theaters in the United States and elsewhere starting in late August, “Inglourious Basterds” is one of 20 films competing for the Palme d’Or, Cannes top prize, the award Tarantino won with 1994’s “Pulp Fiction.”
Tarantino’s love of cinema is evident throughout as characters discuss favorite directors and spread propaganda through film. The demise of Nazi Germany itself ultimately hinges on the magic of film.
“On one hand, it’s a metaphor for the power of cinema,” Tarantino said. “On the other hand, it’s not even a metaphor at all. It’s literal. It is, the power of cinema is going to bring down the Third Reich. And I get a big kick out of that.”
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Patience and Self-Denial. 1We who are strong ought to put up with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves;a 2let each of us please our neighbor for the good, for building up.b 3For Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written,c “The insults of those who insult you fall upon me.”* 4For whatever was written previously was written for our instruction, that by endurance and by the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.d 5May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to think in harmony* with one another, in keeping with Christ Jesus,e 6that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
God’s Fidelity and Mercy.* 7Welcome one another, then, as Christ welcomed you, for the glory of God.f 8For I say that Christ became a minister of the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, to confirm the promises to the patriarchs,g 9but so that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written:
“Therefore, I will praise you among the Gentiles
and sing praises to your name.”h
10And again it says:i
“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”*
“Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles,
and let all the peoples praise him.”j
“The root of Jesse shall come,
raised up to rule the Gentiles;
in him shall the Gentiles hope.”k
13May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the holy Spirit.l
Apostle to the Gentiles. 14* I myself am convinced about you, my brothers, that you yourselves are full of goodness,* filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another. 15But I have written to you rather boldly in some respects to remind you, because of the grace given me by Godm 16to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in performing the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified by the holy Spirit.n 17In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to boast in what pertains to God. 18For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me to lead the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,o 19by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit [of God], so that from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum* I have finished preaching the gospel of Christ. 20Thus I aspire* to proclaim the gospel not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on another’s foundation,p 21but as it is written:q
“Those who have never been told of him shall see,
and those who have never heard of him shall understand.”*
Paul’s Plans; Need for Prayers. 22That is why I have so often been prevented from coming to you. 23But now, since I no longer have any opportunity in these regions and since I have desired to come to you for many years,r 24I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain and to be sent on my way there by you, after I have enjoyed being with you for a time.s 25* Now, however, I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the holy ones.t 26For Macedonia and Achaia* have decided to make some contribution for the poor among the holy ones in Jerusalem;u 27they decided to do it, and in fact they are indebted to them, for if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to serve them in material blessings.v 28So when I have completed this and safely handed over this contribution to them, I shall set out by way of you to Spain; 29and I know that in coming to you I shall come in the fullness of Christ’s blessing.
30I urge you, [brothers,] by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in the struggle by your prayers to God on my behalf,w 31that I may be delivered from the disobedient in Judea, and that my ministry for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the holy ones, 32so that I may come to you with joy by the will of God and be refreshed together with you. 33The God of peace be with all of you. Amen.x
* [15:3] Liberation from the law of Moses does not make the scriptures of the old covenant irrelevant. Much consolation and motivation for Christian living can be derived from the Old Testament, as in the citation from Ps 69:10. Because this psalm is quoted several times in the New Testament, it has been called indirectly messianic.
* [15:5] Think in harmony: a Greco-Roman ideal. Not rigid uniformity of thought and expression but thoughtful consideration of other people’s views finds expression here.
* [15:7–13] True oneness of mind is found in pondering the ultimate mission of the church: to bring it about that God’s name be glorified throughout the world and that Jesus Christ be universally recognized as God’s gift to all humanity. Paul here prepares his addressees for the climactic appeal he is about to make.
* [15:19] Illyricum: Roman province northwest of Greece on the eastern shore of the Adriatic.
* [15:20] I aspire: Paul uses terminology customarily applied to philanthropists. Unlike some philanthropists of his time, Paul does not engage in cheap competition for public acclaim. This explanation of his missionary policy is to assure the Christians in Rome that he is also not planning to remain in that city and build on other people’s foundations (cf. 2 Cor 10:12–18). However, he does solicit their help in sending him on his way to Spain, which was considered the limit of the western world. Thus Paul’s addressees realize that evangelization may be understood in the broader sense of mission or, as in Rom 1:15, of instruction within the Christian community that derives from the gospel.
* [15:21] The citation from Is 52:15 concerns the Servant of the Lord. According to Isaiah, the Servant is first of all Israel, which was to bring the knowledge of Yahweh to the nations. In Rom 9–11 Paul showed how Israel failed in this mission. Therefore, he himself undertakes almost singlehandedly Israel’s responsibility as the Servant and moves as quickly as possible with the gospel through the Roman empire.
* [15:25–27] Paul may have viewed the contribution he was gathering from Gentile Christians for the poor in Jerusalem (cf. 2 Cor 8–9) as a fulfillment of the vision of Is 60:5–6. In confidence that the messianic fulfillment was taking place, Paul stresses in Rom 14–16 the importance of harmonious relationships between Jews and Gentiles.
* [15:26] Achaia: the Roman province of southern Greece.
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Physicists Tame Bird Songs With Statistics
The notoriously complex song of the finch has finally succumbed to statistics. Physicists have developed a model that can map out and predict the notes birds sing in sequence.
The new model is roughly eight times more accurate than previous attempts to unravel complex bird songs. If the scientists can use the same technique to map and predict chatter in other social animals, they could find important clues about the neural origins of complex language, including that of humans.
Birdsong originates at the top of a bird’s brain in an area called the HVC, or higher vocal center, which is made up of about 40,000 neurons. Networks of thousands of individual neurons there are thought to generate syllables, and these neural networks link up to other areas of the brain to actually vocalize the sounds.
Mapping the sounds and their sequence in a song may help resolve such language-centric brain pathways.
“We think it’s like a domino effect, where one syllable cascades into the next to create complex songs,” Jin said. “But before neural coordinates can be verified, we need to have robust statistical maps.”
Jin stuck a Bengalese finch in a soundproof room for six days with a microphone. The bird tweeted more than 25,000 times, sounds that Jin and his team divvied up into 25 groups based on statistical similarity. In total, the finch sang seven distinct song syllables (sounds made very quickly one after the other) and 14 other types of notes.
Unlike previous models, which skyrocket in error when trying to predict more than one note in sequence, the new model factors in the order of previous notes. It also takes into account the fact that different neural networks may produce the same syllable which, Jin says, provides a subtle but crucial detail in correctly mapping and predicting a song’s syllables.
No model will ever be able to predict a bird’s song with 100 percent accuracy because they improvise as they go, like jazz musicians, Jin said. But they may be able to get close enough to begin to understand what’s happening in the bird’s brain.
“This is really the beginning of finding how song and language structure originates,” Jin says. “We want to further study other species and apply that knowledge to humans.”
Images: 1) Spectrograms of song notes (top / a), call notes (middle / b) and a song sequence (bottom / c). Song syllables are marked by letters A-G while call notes are marked by C1, C2, etc. The duration of each sound is listed in milliseconds. Jin et al. 2) A probabilistic map of notes in a bird’s song sequence. The pink oval represents the start note while blue ovals represent notes that the bird may end on. 3) A zebra finch, which belongs to the society finch group (the same as Bengalese finches). Flickr/jessi.bryan
Via: Technology Review
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Likewise, Jacob continued on the journey that he had begun. And the Angels of God met him.
When he had seen them, he said, "These are the Encampments of God." And he called the name of that place Mahanaim, that is, 'Encampments.'
Then he also sent messengers before him to his brother Esau, in the land of Seir, in the region of Edom.
And he instructed them, saying: "You shall speak in this way to my lord Esau: 'Your brother Jacob says these things: "I have sojourned with Laban, and I have been with him until the present day.
I have oxen, and donkeys, and sheep, and men servants, and women servants. And now I send an ambassador to my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight." ' "
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We went to your brother Esau, and behold, he rushes to meet you with four hundred men."
Jacob was very afraid. And in his terror, he divided the people who were with him, likewise the flocks, and the sheep, and the oxen, and the camels, into two companies,
saying: "If Esau goes to one company, and strikes it, the other company, which is left behind, will be saved."
And Jacob said: "God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, O Lord who said to me: 'Return to your land, and to the place of your nativity, and I will do well for you.'
I am less than any of your compassions and your truth, which you have fulfilled to your servant. With my staff I crossed over this Jordan. And now I go back with two companies.
Rescue me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am very afraid of him, lest perhaps he may come and strike down the mother with the sons.
You did say that you would do well by me, and that you would expand my offspring like the sand of the sea, which, because of its multitude, cannot be numbered."
And when he had slept there that night, he separated, from the things that he had, gifts for his brother Esau:
two hundred she-goats, twenty he-goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams,
thirty milking camels with their young, forty cows, and twenty bulls, twenty she-donkeys, and ten of their young.
And he sent them by the hands of his servants, each flock separately, and he said to his servants: "Pass before me, and let there be a space between flock and flock."
And he instructed the first, saying: "If you happen to meet my brother Esau, and he questions you: "Whose are you?" or, "Where are you going?" or, "Whose are these which follow you?"
you shall respond: "Your servant Jacob's. He has sent them as a gift to my lord Esau. And he is also coming after us."
Similarly, he gave orders to the second, and the third, and to all who followed the flocks, saying: "Speak these same words to Esau, when you find him.
And you will add: 'Your servant Jacob himself also follows after us, for he said: "I will appease him with the gifts that go ahead, and after this, I will see him; perhaps he will be gracious to me." ' "
And so the gifts went before him, but he himself lodged that night in the camp.
And when he had arisen early, he took his two wives, and the same number of handmaids, with his eleven sons, and he crossed over the ford of Jabbok.
And having delivered over all the things that belonged to him,
he remained alone. And behold, a man wrestled with him until morning.
And when he saw that he would not be able to overcome him, he touched the nerve of his thigh, and immediately it withered.
And he said to him, "Release me, for now the dawn ascends." He responded, "I will not release you, unless you bless me."
Therefore he said, "What is your name?" He answered, "Jacob."
But he said, "Your name will not be called Jacob, but Israel; for if you have been strong against God, how much more will you prevail against men?"
Jacob questioned him, "Tell me, by what name are you called?" He responded, "Why do you ask my name?" And he blessed him in the same place.
And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, "I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved."
And immediately the sun rose upon him, after he had crossed beyond Peniel. Yet in truth, he limped on his foot.
For this reason, the sons of Israel, even to the present day, do not eat the nerve that withered in Jacob's thigh, because he touched the nerve of his thigh and it was obstructed.
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DURHAM, N.C. – Stem cells that respond after a severe injury in the lungs of mice may be a source of rapidly dividing cells that lead to lung cancer, according to a team of American and British researchers.
"There are chemically resistant, local-tissue stem cells in the lung that only activate after severe injury," said Barry R. Stripp, Ph.D., professor of medicine and cell biology at Duke University Medical Center. "Cigarette smoke contains a host of toxic chemicals, and smoking is one factor that we anticipate would stimulate these stem cells. Our findings demonstrate that, with severe injury, the resulting repair response leads to large numbers of proliferating cells that are derived from these rare stem cells."
Stripp said this finding could be related to the increased incidence of lung cancer in people with chronic disease states, in particular among cigarette smokers.
The findings were published in the advance online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences during the week of May 25.
"On the positive side, I think that it might be possible to improve lung function in the context of disease if we could understand which pathways regulate lung stem cell activation and then target these pharmacologically," said lead author Adam Giangreco, Ph.D., from Cancer Research UK's Cambridge Research Institute. "In terms of lung cancer susceptibility, however, our observation that stem cell activation leads to clonal expansion after injury could, in the context of additional mutations, promote the development of cancerous or precancerous lesions from activated stem cells."
The scientists used a chimeric mouse model, part wild-type and part with green fluorescent protein-tagged cells (GFP), so that the behavior of different populations of duplicating lung cells could be evaluated with high-resolution imaging methods. By understanding the extent to which GFP-positive and GFP-negative cells were mixed, the investigators were able to show that the abundant population of progenitor cells that normally maintain the epithelial layer in the lung could be rapidly wiped out with a strong chemical, naphthalene. Then the rare proliferative cells became active and grew into large patches.
The researchers at Duke and Cancer Research UK used a unique whole-lung imaging method to examine and identify the location of stem cells in the lung tissue of mice, and determine the role they play in both healthy and damaged mouse lungs.
They found that, while the stem cells don't appear to be involved in the normal maintenance of healthy or moderately injured lungs, they do play a vital role in repairing severely damaged lungs.
Even though this repair mechanism is important for restoring lung function, it can come at a price. An acquired mutation in that rare cell or its descendants leads to clonal patches of many identical cells. Secondary mutations in any one of these cells may provide the signals needed for unregulated cell growth and tumor progression.
"This work provides a plausible mechanism to account for this type of event that we previously didn't have," Stripp said.
The study was supported by grant funding from the National Institutes of Health, Cancer Research UK, the University of Cambridge and Hutchison Whampoa.
Other authors include Joshua Snyder from the Duke Department of Medicine; Esther Arwet and Fiona Watt of Cancer Research UK's Cambridge Research Institute; and Ian Rosewell with Cancer Research UK at the London Research Institute in South Mimms. Dr. Watt is also with the Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research at Cambridge University.
AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert! system.
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NEW YORK — Disco queen Donna Summer, whose pulsing anthems such as "Last Dance," ''Love to Love You Baby" and "Bad Girl" became the soundtrack for a glittery age of sex, drugs, dance and flashy clothes, has died. She was 63.
"Words truly can't express how much we appreciate your prayers and love for our family at this sensitive time," the statement read. She had been living in Englewood, Fla., with her husband Bruce Sudano.
Summer came to prominence just as disco was burgeoning, and came to define the era with a string of No. 1 hits and her beauty queen looks.
Disco became as much defined by her sultry, sexual vocals — her bedroom moans and sighs — as the relentless, pulsing rhythms of the music itself.
"Love to Love You Baby," with its erotic moans, was her first hit and one of the most scandalous songs of the polyester-and-platform-heel era.
Unlike some other stars of disco who faded as the music became less popular, Summer was able to grow beyond it and later segued to a pop-rock sound. She had one of her biggest hits in the 1980s with "She Works Hard For The Money," which became another anthem, this time for women's rights.
Soon after, Summer became a born-again Christian and faced controversy when she was accused of making anti-gay comments in relation to the AIDS epidemic. Summer denied making the comments, but was the target of a boycott.
Still, even as disco went out of fashion she remained a fixture in dance clubs, endlessly sampled and remixed into contemporary dance hits.
Summer, real name LaDonna Adrian Gaines, was born in 1948 in Boston. She was raised on gospel music and became the soloist in her church choir by age 10.
"Love to Love You Baby" was her U.S. chart debut and the first of 19 No. 1 dance hits between 1975 and 2008 — second only to Madonna.
During the disco era she burned up the charts: She was the only artist to have three consecutive double-LPs hit No. 1, "Live and More," ''Bad Girls" and "On the Radio." She was also the first female artist with four No. 1 singles in a 13-month period, according to the Rock Hall of Fame, where she was a nominee this year.
She was never comfortable with the "Disco Queen" label. Musically, she began to change in 1979 with "Hot Stuff," which had a tough, rock 'n' roll beat. Her diverse sound helped her earn Grammy Awards in the dance, rock, R&B and inspirational categories.
Dionne Warwick said in a statement that she was sad to lose a great performer and "dear friend."
"My heart goes out to her husband and her children," Warwick said. "Prayers will be said to keep them strong."
Summer released her last album, "Crayons," in 2008. It was her first full studio album in 17 years. She also performed on "American Idol" that year with its top female contestants.
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Using Shared File Folders
Registered users of ComPADRE may view folders shared by other users. Below are some example ways to use a set of shared folders:
- Instructors can quickly access educational resources compiled by colleagues
- Students can access resources recommended and annotated by their teachers
- Teachers can maintain an online assignment and "help" venue without overloading busy K-12 school servers.
- Students can easily share digital physics and astronomy resources with cooperative learning groups, without creating spreadsheets
In addition to viewing the resources in shared folders, registered users can quickly copy selected items into their own filing cabinets, where they can add personal notes and view formatted citations.
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If we ask them to serve we must allow them to vote
With the book fresh in my mind, I was especially horrified when I recently began to research the experiences of military and overseas voters and discovered that the difficulties associated with voting from abroad result in widespread disenfranchisement. I've written previously about my own frustrations with voting from overseas, but I'd often presumed that with all the advanced technologies the military possesses it would be able to provide voting access to service members. Sadly I could not have been more wrong. Military voters are disenfranchised in large numbers due to clear failures in our electoral system.
Here are some statistics we must not ignore:
- There are 4.9 million Americans living and serving abroad who are eligible to vote in US elections- that's more people than live in Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky or Alabama.
- The National Defense Committee reported that only 22% of the military voted in 2006 as compared to 40% of the general population.
- In one-third of all States, the voting timetables and deadlines do not provide enough time for military personnel stationed overseas to vote. Many of these states mail their absentee ballots only 30 days before the election. Yet during the 2008 election the Military Postal System Agency predicted a 57 day round-trip for military ballots to and from Iraq and Afghanistan, and a 43 day round-trip for all other overseas locations.
- In 2008 39% of military and overseas voters received their ballots too late to return them in time. This number is up 14% from 2006.
- According to the Pew Foundation, more than one in five military and overseas voters who requested a ballot in 2008 did not receive one. As a result, approximately 900,000 individuals who wanted to vote could not.
- In 2008 in Minnesota, only 15.7 percent of military voters were able to cast a vote that counted in the 2008 presidential election compared to 78 percent of the general population. In Florida only 19.4 percent of military voters cast an absentee ballot that counted.
- In 2006 484,000 military personnel who requested absentee ballots were not able to cast them.
While this is a promising start what is needed is a comprehensive overhaul of the current Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. Notarization and witness requirements should be dropped for military or overseas voters. Ballots must be made available via email and fax. Until secure online voting is established express mail service, with specific secure pouches within the military postal system, needs to be provided for ballot return. States must extend the amount of time given to return absentee ballots to at least 60 days. All votes that are postmarked on or before election day should be accepted. Instant runoff ballots should be provided to all overseas absentee voters so that their preferences can be included in run-off elections. The Federal Voting Assistance Program must be strengthened and outreach increased so that all military personnel understand how to successfully cast a ballot.
Certainly increasing ballot access for those voting from abroad will take a concerted effort and in some cases additional money. However, if we ask the men and women serving in our military to be willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, we must also be willing to take whatever steps are necessary to ensure their full participation in our democratic process.
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Proclamation of the Deed of Arms
Six gentlemen make known to all noble men the following matters:
Know that the said gentlemen have taken up an enterprise, for the glory of God and the blessed Virgin, his mother, and my lord Saint George, that good knight.
That is, the day after Christmas, on St. Stephen’s day, the said gentlemen will be found in the lists, armed at all points in harness of war, guarding a barrier with lance in hand to fight against all comers with lance strokes, and afterwards turning to the large end of the spear to fight as well as they can. And afterwards, taking up the single handed sword, they will fight as long as my lords the judges wish them to.
Furthermore, the said gentlemen make known that on the day of St. John the Evangelist they will be found in the lists, guarding the said barrier against all comers who wish to throw the partisan, and afterwards take up the two handed sword, and fight as long as the judges wish them to.
The third day, the day of the holy Innocents, the said gentlemen will, for the honor and reverence of those saints, cease their arms for the day .
The fourth day, the day of St. Thomas, the said gentlemen will be found in the lists, armed at all points, with axe in hand to fight against all comers as long as my lords the judges require…
Account of the Deed of Arms
The said day of my lord St. John the Evangelist, at one in the afternoon, six noble men of the enterprise were in arms, lance in hand, sword by their side, richly accoutered and all in one livery presented themselves before my lords the judges, to provide and accomplish their arms, according the content of the said chapters, offering to perform it. And successively they drew to the barrier, to guard and defend it from the encounter of all comers. And later, were found on the other side of said barrier the twenty-six noblemen named earlier armed at all points, lance in hand and sword by their side; which all together presented themselves before my lords the judges and offered to do their true duty, according to the content of the chapters aforesaid. And the judges sent them to their side and place. Who were all to fight, two against two, with strokes of the lance, turning the large end of the said lance; and afterwards they were to fight with sword in one hand, as long as my lords the judges ordered them to.
That day the following were wounded to the effusion of blood by strokes of the sword: Claude de Vienne in the head, and Claude d’Anglure in the arm. Likewise one of the men of arms of the sustainers, named Jean de Chantrans was carried to the ground by a stroke of the large end of the lance, by Claude de Bussy, lord de Vescles. And beyond that there was given a stroke of the sword on the crest of an armet that opened it to daylight. And also there were ten swords broken. And that was all achieved for that day as I said above.
The following day, the twenty-eighth of the said month, the day of the Innocents, to honor them the said gentlemen of the enterprise ceased their arms for that day…..
The twenty-ninth day of the said month, which was the feast of my lord St. Thomas, the said lord prince of Oranges, together with his companions, armed at all points, with a partisan in hand and in the other a two handed sword, presented themselves before my lords the judges, richly accoutered in one livery offering to accomplish their arms and enterprises as contained in that chapters written earlier.
My lords the judges sent them again to the barrier to guard and defend it from the encounter of all comers, to accomplish their said enterprises, according to the content of their chapters.
And successively, shortly afterwards, twenty-four noble men armed at all points, having a partisan in one hand and the two handed sword as described earlier, presented themselves before the said lords, the judges, in offering to fight the noble men of the enterprise guarding the said barrier, according to the said content of their chapters. Immediately my lords the judges sent them again to the other side of said barrier, commanding them to fight in order, two against two of the enterprise, until everything was achieved for the day. To open the pas two of the enterprise presented themselves: the said lord prince of Oranges, and Jean du Vernoy, having a partisan in one hand and in the other, a two handed sword.
On the other side of the barrier two of the assailants presented themselves: the Lord de Montferrant and Messire Louis de Sugny having likewise a partisan in one hand and the two handed sword as described and at the first sound of the trumpet, they marched each against the other and each one threw a stroke of the partisan and afterwards they fought with the two handed sword as long as it pleased my lords the judges.
Jean Genevois and Jean de Chantrans of the enterprise likewise were found at the barrier to provide and fight against two other assailants having partisan in hand and the two handed sword. And on the other side appeared two other noblemen named Claude de Bussy and Messire Hugues Proudon, having a partisan in hand and in the other a two handed sword as aforesaid and they both fought for as long as the judges commanded.
And afterwards two others of the enterprise, named Jean de Falletans, and in the absence of Claude de Visemau, the lord of Ville-le-Pot, as sustainer for the said Visemau, appeared at the barrier as before. And on the other side, Claude de Bussy and Simon de Champaigne who fought as before. Nor to omit that the said de Falletans of the enterprise fought against the said lord count de Bussy, who was one of those without. And after they had thrown the partisan, they fought with a two handed sword; with which the said count gave such a stroke to de Falletans, on the armet, that he kneeled in the sand.
The said lord prince of Oranges on that day fought personally eight men at arms. And I will not omit that he gave a stroke of the sword on the crest of the armet of Phillipe de Falletans so that he had to take three steps back from the barrier and was unable to fight any more that day. Jean du Vernoy one of the sustainers, fought on that day seven men at arms of the assailants breaking with good strokes one sword at the cross another at the grip and another at the pommel bending its cross.
Jean de Falletans, sustainer on that day, fought five men at arms of the assailants, and broke the pommel of a sword.
And afterwards, Messire de Ville-le-Pot sustainer, for Claude de Visemau fought four men at arms
Jean de Chantrans of the enterprise fought two and did not fight any more, because he was wounded in the hand.
Jean Genevois of the enterprise fought on the said day six men at arms of the assailants.
The said lord de Montferrant, as first of the assailants fought against the said lord prince of Oranges, and gave him a stroke of the partisan in the guard of the knee.
To make a long story short all of the comers fought with the partisan and the two handed sword so that there were many swords broken, and many basinets and armets driven in, guardbraces brought down (avalez*), gauntlets cut and many wounded in the hands to the effusion of blood.
And all was done and accomplished for that day.
* The same word is used in other medieval texts to describe hose rolled down below the knee. If the lace or strap that supported the top of a guardbrace was cut or broken, it would tend to slide down onto the rest of the armharness, and “avalez” would be an apt term for such a failure.
Traicte de la Forme et Devis Comme On Faict les Tourneys, par Olivier de la Marche, Hardouin de la Jaille, Anthoine de la Sale, etc. Bernard Prost, ed. Paris 1878 pp. 244-8
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What is the cost of bribery and corruption? We're seeing it played out daily in Bangladesh as each body is pulled out of the rubble of the Rana Plaza, where there are now more than 600 confirmed deaths in what has become the worst disaster for Bangladesh's $20 billion-a-year garment industry.
Entries in Due Diligence (48)
Like many, I have followed the news of the deadly Rana Plaza building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh with sadness and dismay.
It’s easy to get caught up in the dogma of how compliance programs have historically been managed.
Illegal logging is a $10 billion business, according to Interpol, and is falling into the clutches of organized crime.
Last week, the DOJ and SEC issued their long-anticipated Resource Guide regarding the agencies’ FCPA enforcement. Over a year in the drafting, the 120-page Guide addresses, among other things, (1) the definition of a foreign official, (2) gifts and entertainment, and (3) the “hallmarks” of an effective corporate compliance program.
Last year the OECD issued a 65-page publication called 'Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas.
Michael Short of Ethics360 has written a new white paper called “The Role of Due Diligence in Anti-Corruption Compliance: How Much Is Enough?”
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Last modified: 2007-01-13 by rob raeside
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The Unification Church is a religious organization founded in 1954 by Sun
Myung Moon in Korea. It now has adherents throughout the world. The church has
been the subject of some controversy, and is one of the more prominent, if not
largest, of the new religious movements founded in the 20th century.
The church does have a flag, as proven by Chapter 11 of the church's publication "The Tradition: Book 1" which provides a partial description and gives usage guidance.
Chapter 11located by Ned Smith
Unification Church Flag
The Unification Church flag represents our movement.
The colors of this flag are red and white. Red, the color of the Unification Church symbol, represents power, energy and positivity. White, the background color, symbolizes purity and holiness.
Use of the Flag
It is recommended but not necessary that each national headquarters or church center obtain a flag and (alongside one's national flag, if desired) hang it outside the center. It can be used with a flag pole or hung straight (vertically) down.
A Unification Church flag may be hung to decorate a main hall or room for Sunday service.
A Unification Church flag may be displayed in a prayer room.
Small or large flags may be used to decorate rooms which will host banquets, meetings, etc. At East Garden, small Unification Church flags alternating with flags of different nations are used as decorations for the True Children's birthday celebrations.
By Blessed Families
If blessed families living in their own homes have been presented with a Unification Church flag, they may also wish to display it.
At Seung Hwa Ceremony
If possible, a Unification Church flag should cover the casket of a blessed member during a Seung Hwa Ceremony and then be buried on top of the casket.
Although the above excerpt does not provide more than
the colors of the flag, the mention of the Seung Hwa
Ceremony [a rite for deceased members] is a very
helpful clue, since a google image search on Seung Hwa
turns up a line drawing of the flag on a casket (http://www.tparents.org/library/unification/topics/traditn/SeungHwa-021111.htm).
The emblem on the flag can be recognized as the
official symbol of the Unification Church as described
in the same source listed above for the flag (http://www.familyfed.org/usa/publications/tradition_book1/ch_10.htm).
Chapter 10There is a black & white illustration of the symbol on the webpage - 12 rays emanating from a central disk are inscribed within a square whose corners touch the inner edge of a thick circle; 8 of the rays are completely within the square but the four diagonal rays extend beyond both the square and the thick circle. In this illustration there are 2 chevrons or v-shaped breaks in the circle, but I have seen other illustrations without them.
The Unification Church symbol was designed by Father at the Chungpadong Church in Seoul.
The symbol was first worn by members on identification badges in Korea. Later, it was used in books, on church signs, etc.
The center circle symbolizes God, truth, life, and light. Those four elements reach out or radiate from this origin to the whole cosmos in twelve directions. The number twelve indicates the twelve types of human character. Historically, the number twelve has been important in God's dispensation; for example, Jesus had twelve disciples. The significance of the symbol, then, indicates that truth (the Principle) is able to spread out in twelve ways. According to Father, the structure of the heavenly kingdom is also patterned after this basic system; i.e., twelve tribes and twelve character types. The outer circle represents the harmony of giving and receiving action, the principle of the cosmos.
The square represents the four position foundation.
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Germany's BMW Group and Toyota Motor Corp. are stepping up their efforts to develop advanced technologies to power clean vehicles.
The two companies said Thursday that they had signed binding agreements to design components for fuel cell vehicles, create lightweight materials and technologies, and develop next-generation lithium batteries.
The new projects reflect an expansion of their activities a little over a year since the two carmakers agreed to work together on lithium-ion batteries.
"In light of the technological changes ahead, the entire automotive industry faces tremendous challenges," BMW Chief Executive Norbert Reithofer said. "This collaboration is an important building block in keeping both companies on a successful course in the future."
The growing partnership between the two automakers, both industry leaders, is bound to spur other car companies to consider alliances to pool their resources, said Jeremy Anwyl, CEO of Edmunds.com, an automotive research site.
Futuristic fuel cell technology has been overshadowed in recent years by battery-powered electric cars, but Toyota and BMW say they believe fuel cell cars will play a key role in the push to eliminate harmful auto emissions.
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In the previous post we clarify that there is no virtue in suffering. Instead, suffering produces virtues. St. Paul, in his letter to the Romans, identifies some as perseverance, character, and hope. Those who have undergone suffering, as well as witnesses to the sufferings of others will surely agree with the claim. Stories of transformation in individuals and their significant others are innumerable to tell. My life-journey is now part of that package.
But what makes the significance of Jesus peculiar? The prophet Isaiah has already provided the answer long before this was first asked. “He was despised and rejected—a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way. He was despised, and we did not care. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God, a punishment for his own sins! But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.” (Isaiah 53).
A brother in faith and partner in development endeavors has a very clear and logical presentation of this redemptive process. Atty. Edwin R. Catacutan considers his book, Creation, Fall and Redemption, as a lawyer’s incursion into Christian Theology. In half- an- inch thick document, divided into 15 short chapters, the book capsulizes the story of the Bible. For him the bible is divided into two parts with highlight on the three significant cosmic events, i.e. the title of the book. These are the dominant thoughts of the Bible story. The first part (Creation and Fall) contains the reasons why the rest of the bible was written i.e. Redemption Procedure: Effects and Aftermath.The Creation and Fall story was logically and dramatically described in the book. The author contends that with all the vastness of the universe and the complexities of the life forms on earth (and the uniqueness of man), it took God just the thirty verses of Chapter 1 of Genesis to describe His creative process. Man, as the crowning glory of God’s creation, makes the entire creation complete and very good. Yet, what took God thirty verses to create was spoiled by only one verse in Genesis 3:6. Ironically, the incident was a singular chance for man and woman to exercise their free choice to obey or disobey God.
Traditionally, this human debacle has been told with emphasis (or blame) on the woman’s frailties. But Atty. Catacutan, in his book, stresses man’s accountability for allowing the wrong arguments to prevail when he knows what is right. As ever cunning, the enemy of God dealt with the woman who had not directly received from God the prohibition rule. The author contends that at the time God gave the command to Adam in Genesis 2:17, Eve was not yet created. Subsequently, she was swayed by deceptive arguments. Ironically, Adam never raised any objection to straighten the record and save the situation. Worst, when he even partook of the forbidden fruit after being assured that nothing bad happened to his partner’s experiment. The burden of guilt therefore falls on the man. For the author, Adam intentionally disobeyed as the command not to eat was given only to him by God. Eve was simply deceived as she never directly received the prohibition.
Logically, the fall of humanity has put God in a dilemma. How can He show His love to humankind without breaking His own rule? This is what makes Jesus suffering significant. As a justice requirement, there needs to be a redeemer to the sentenced humanity. Legally, angels are disqualified, having no physical body and subsequent death. As progeny of Adam already burdened with own death, nobody from the human race is qualified. Hence, no one can substitute for another, or for own self, despite willful act. Neither can any one force another to sacrifice for himself. Purchasing redemption is also a legal impossibility. For, as the author argues, with reference to the bible, “The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world, and they that dwell therein.” (Psalm 24.1)
(To be continued)
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When Bombay State was split to form Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960, some Gujarati leaders laid claim to Mumbai. The arguments are very similar to what we hear today about Hyderabad during Telangana separation. That there are many Gujarati settlers in Mumbai, that they feel unsafe there in the hands of Maratha goons, that they had invested too much and made Mumbai with their bare hands, and so on - the usual stuff that always precedes every separation in India.
Some Gujaratis proposed that Mumbai should be made a Union Territory so that nobody gets the city. Fortunately for India, sanity prevailed. Sanity prevailed even when Andhras had laid claim to Chennai when they split from Madras State to form Andhra State. During that time also, there was a discussion as to whether Chennai should be made a Union Territory.
So what’s this whole deal with converting capital cities into Union Territories? Why do people ask something like this during each separation?
Nobody wants to let go of a capital city because everyone is attached to it. Everyone has some connection of some kind, an investment, a relative or the other. And when their capital city goes to the other side, they don’t feel good about it. That happens with every separation. It’s hard on somebody. But the villa has to go to one party. It cannot be split right in the middle.
Right now, there is clamor from Andhra-Rayalaseema politicians and people to convert Hyderabad into Union Territory. Since they cannot get it, they don’t want Telangana to get it either. There are some settlers in Hyderabad who are also clamoring for the same. They don’t identify themselves with the goons of Telangana, ‘so why should we join Telangana’, they ask? Moreover, they claim that they have a cosmopolitan outlook on life which most Telangana people from villages don’t seem to exhibit. Why can’t they be on their own, they ask?
So, is Hyderabad a part of Telangana? Or is it a city that has grown to be quite different altogether leaving behind Telangana? Should each cosmopolitan city in India be asked to vote if they want to be independent of the region they reside in? Should we hold referendums in cities as well, treating them like states?
First, there are no historical precedents where a historically and culturally integrated capital city was made a Union Territory just because two suitors were not ready to settle the issue. It’s like nobody gets the bread just because the two monkeys couldn’t resolve their issues. Some people cite Chandigarh as an example. Chandigarh was a new city that was artificially created and both the suitors agreed to share it. It had no historical or cultural ties with any region. It was right in the middle of the two states bordering both the states. Also, it was agreed that one state would eventually get it into twenty years.
Second, if cities were allowed to break away from their regions just because settlers now outnumber the local people, then the cities of India will not allow settlers anymore in future and that will the defeat the very purpose of creating cities that are open to everyone. Being open to everyone should not be construed as an invitation to flood the city and then hold a referendum to break it away from the region.
No country on the planet has reached a stage where each city or district is asked to decide whether it wants to create a new state for itself just because immigrants now outnumber the locals. Germany, France, USA, Russia, or any country still look at their countries as collection of states or provinces with cities within them, but not a mere collection of cities. Only the capital city of a country is usually given a special status. There is always a strong promotion of cities for each region. More regions are created so that they can create more cities. Therefore, having cities in your region is an incentive. Removing cities from the regions deprives them of their prized possessions.
If we were to grant Hyderabad a status of Union Territory or a State, we are going to set an ugly precedent. Most cities in India are cosmopolitan, some more than others. People of a region sacrifice their local development to contribute to developing their cities with a vested interest, that their cities in turn will help the region. They give up their lands and give it to the cities so that cities can grow. They provide water and electricity from their region to the cities so that they get better resources. Regions gladly welcome settlers to settle in their cities, give incentives to invest in their cities, provide facilities that are even deprived to the people of their region, all with intent to grow their city so that it will in turn contribute to the growth of their region.
So, can settlers migrate to a city, fill it up with a people of their kind and then ask for referendums? If referendums were held now, do you think Mumbai will stay with Maharashtra or Bangalore with Karnataka? Most settlers are averse to getting involved in regional politics. Most of them do not even vote or participate in the local politics. The whole reason they have migrated is because they were looking for opportunity in that city and were ready to live in a different region. The homage provided by the cities and those regions should not be misused whereby settlers will eventually break that city away from the region.
Telangana was marginalized because it was a distinctly different region. Its people felt discriminated by the majority. Now, they want a separate state for themselves. And you deprive them of the only city they have? What kind of justice that would be? The guy who says he has been cheated is cheated further?
Is being cosmopolitan, more developed, a good enough reason for a city to cut itself off from the region? Is being apathetic to local socio-politics, being immune from local economics, being pampered and protected and preserved, a good enough reason to cut itself off from a region?
If every city in India, after receiving such patronage from its region wants to separate out, then there is no longer an incentive to build cities in India. Regions in India will balk at settlers coming in. If the invitation to invest in a city becomes a reason to separate, no state will invite settlers to settle in their cities. They will fear that they will lose their cities.
If we continue that path, Bangalore and Mumbai can easily break away from their states right away. So what are we setting as example to other states? Don’t allow migrants to come in because one day they will ask for a referendum and break away from you?
So what about Andhras that lost Hyderabad?
Whenever there is a splitting of a state, cities get distributed. Only one region can get the capital city. That’s a natural outcome. Andhra gets others cities, like Vijayawada, Vishakapatnam, Nellore, etc, only because they lie inside Andhra region, whereas Telangana gets Hyderabad only because it lies inside Telangana region. Moreover, Hyderabad belongs to Telangana historically, culturally and geographically. It does not share a border with Andhra region. Therefore, the capital city cannot be shared like in case of Chandigarh. Any neutral observer would conclude that the city will go with Telangana.
So what happens to Andhra region which has lost it capital city to another region? They should do the same thing what Gujarat did after they lost their capital city to Maharashtra. They should do the same thing what each of Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, and Chattisgarh did, when they lost their capital city to another region. They should build a capital city of their own.
A region that has lost the capital city should be compensated for. They should get a package to build their own capital. But that does not mean we should deprive regions of their cities just because one party did not like the separation.
The whole exercise of a city asking for a separate status because it has cosmopolitan characters reeks of elitism, where gated communities and islands of prosperity are created amidst swathes of poverty using the very resources taken from the regions around them. Any move to grant Hyderabad city a status of State or Union Territory is a wrong move. It will set a wrong example to other states NOT to allow settlers into their cities. Maharashtra will now have to get worried that they may lost their city if Vidarbha wants a separate state and lay claim to the city. Bangalore has to worry now whether they should allow migrants to settle in their region. The whole idea of creating cities as a prized possession of their regions gets nullified. This is a retrograde move for India. I sincerely hope that sanity and reason prevails like before.
[The related posts are at: Case for Telangana, Telangana II, Telangana III, Telangana IV, Telangana V: Political angle, Telangana VI: Hyderabad State?, Telangana VIII: You need to make a case, History of Telangana I, Telangana IX: Riots turn ugly, Telangana X: Congratulations!, History of Telangana II, Telangana XI: Why so much opposition?, Telangana XII: Ignorance, Bad Faith and Low Opinion. Telangana XIII: Let’s stay United!, Telangana XIV: Letter to Andhra Brothers, Telangana XV: Concerns, Telangana XVI: Samaikya Andhra, Telangana XVII: More Concerns, Telangana XVIII: Betrayal]
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Help Your Children Chill Out
Overscheduling. Rushed families. High parental expectations. Goading from peers. Getting into the best college. Whew! Today's kids face enormous stress.
Kids must cope with all the issues, such as violence or global warming, that stress out adults. They must also handle additional stresses added by their parents and the media.
The normal stresses of childhood are compounded by the pressure to succeed, whether it is at play or in academics. Media and advertisements reinforce the need to be perfect and get ahead. This pressure is very difficult for the developing mind to absorb and process.
Although you may help cause your children's stress, you can also help ease it:
Model good behavior. Show your children how you care for yourself by eating right, exercising, sleeping well, and dealing with your own emotions.
Make sure younger children have time to play. Play lets kids think, dream, and relax.
Help kids build coping skills at an early age. Teach children to avoid some problems, let others go, or break tasks into small parts they can do more easily.
Redefine success. Let children know you want them to do their best and be kind, generous, creative, productive, and innovative adults. A thriving learning environment is as important as the prestige of an academic setting.
Support your children in making age-appropriate decisions. Teach them to set boundaries and manage their time. Work with them on problem-solving techniques, and allow them to learn from the process of making a mistake. This will help them develop a resiliency to stress.
Kids with good coping skills are more likely to become strong, independent adults who live balanced, fulfilling lives.
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Do you love eating nuts? I hope so because they are so good for you. And did you know besides being tasty, they are fabulous for your hair as well. Nuts are loaded with Zinc. Zinc is so important for hair growth because if you have a zinc deficiency, your hair sheds,and can get prematurely gray. Also, you get those white spots on your fingernails. Nuts contain a lot of zinc, and also contain omega 3 which is fabulous for keeping that hair healthy and strong.
Are nuts part of your diet?
hope this helps,
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Babies with genetic disorders can now have their whole genome screened in just two days, an improvement that could help physicians quickly solve harrowing medical mysteries, according to a report this week (October 3) in Science Translational Medicine.
Approximately one third of the newborns admitted to neonatal intensive care units have a genetic disease, but at the moment it’s difficult to pinpoint the root causes of their symptoms. Available clinical tests can detect only some of the 3,500 known monogenic disorders, and although whole genome sequencing could do the job, it has always been too expensive and time-consuming to be suitable for use in the hospital.
Now, researchers at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, have developed a streamlined diagnosis system designed for physicians. Here’s how it works. Physicians select descriptions of symptoms from a drop-down menu, from which software compiles a list of potentially suspect genes. Once the genome has been sequenced—using a new machine from Illumina that takes 25 hours to read one genome—the software automatically analyses mutations in those genes to generate a list of potential causes. The whole process takes 50 hours, and costs $13,500 per child.
When researchers used the tool to analyse the genomes of 5 children with undiagnosed diseases, it found definite or likely causative mutations in four of them, though none affected treatment decisions.
Elizabeth Worthey, a genomic scientist at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, predicts that many hospitals will find ways to use sequencing technologies to diagnose seriously ill babies. “All pretty big medical centers will be considering whether they can implement this within the next year,” she told Nature.
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(AP) -- The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency says "the time for preparing and talking is about over."
Craig Fugate says it's now time to act, before Hurricane Sandy moves ashore and collides with two other weather systems, potentially threatening some 50 million people.
Tens of thousands are being told to evacuate coastal areas of Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut and other vulnerable spots along the East Coast.
New York City is shutting down its subways, buses and trains tonight, and closing its schools tomorrow. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has also ordered the evacuation of low-lying neighborhoods in the city, including lower Manhattan.
Airlines are canceling thousands of flights and Amtrak is scaling back train service in the Northeast Corridor.
Forecasters expect Sandy to come ashore late tomorrow or early Tuesday, most likely in New Jersey, bringing high winds and coastal flooding. Then it's expected to meet up with a storm moving in from the west and cold air streaming down from the Arctic.
Forecasters say the resulting megastorm could blow down trees and power lines and dump heavy rain or snow over 800 miles, from the East Coast to the Great Lakes. Parts of West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky and North Carolina could get up to 2 feet of snow.
Meanwhile New York City's mass transit system is being shut down, schools are closing and hundreds of thousands of people are being ordered to flee their homes.
Officials Sunday predicted the storm could pack a seawater surge of anywhere from 6 to 11 feet. That might swamp parts of lower Manhattan, flood subway tunnels and knock out underground power, phone and high-speed Internet lines in America's financial capital.
Still, the New York Stock Exchange plans to open Monday. And some flood-zone residents say they're not going anywhere, even though Mayor Michael Bloomberg is urging them to go.
He has announced a mandatory evacuation affecting about 375,000 people in low-lying areas from the Rockaways to Battery Park City.
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students and staff at Denali
Elementary School in Fairbanks, Alaska, U.S.A. have built a 5 year partnership with the
Alaska Museum, which is located in the town of Fairbanks,
Alaska. We have been developing computer programs that
teach elementary students across the curriculum (lang.
arts, science, math, etc.) as we explore art and artifacts
from the museum.
website came out of a partnership
between the University of Alaska Museum and Denali School
in Fairbanks, Alaska. Northern Journeys is the
overall name of our project. Each completed computer
program will have its own name under the Northern Journeys
Project. The Dogs in Alaska is our first finished product
that tries to integrate some of the art and artifacts from
the Museum collection to Alaska Standards for Language,
Math, Science and Humanities at the Elementary School level.
The site was designed to be used as a pre-visit activities
before a visit to the Museum or by out of town classrooms
as an outreach Museum experience. Enjoy!!
our project we will be corresponding with students from Mrs. Paul's class at Parkdale
Elementary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Want to learn more about Alaska? Don't forget to check out
these incredible links to learn more!
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Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective
A collaboration between Yale University Art Gallery, MASS MoCA, and the Williams College Museum of Art
Wall Drawing 1005
Courtesy of the Estate of Sol LeWitt
PROA, Buenos Aires
First Drawn By
Ignacio Amespil, Cecilia de Arriba, Veronica del Toro, Tomas Fraccia, Francisco Gomez, Bruno Grisanti, Favio Guadagna, Walter Mantegazza, Erik Martinut, Barbara Mendez de Leo, Lola Quiroz, Anthony Sansotta, Santiago Solda
MASS MoCA Building 7
In the first few years of the twenty-first century Sol LeWitt created many acrylic wall drawings which feature geometric configurations composed of brilliantly colored bars. Several of these works were first displayed in a 2001 exhibit at PROA in Buenos Aries. Shown together, the primary and secondary colored bars seem to jut out from the contrasting backgrounds, creating a sense of space and atmosphere.
The three-dimensionality of the bars in Wall Drawing 1005 and its contemporaries represents a continuation of the ideas that the artist explored in his ink isometric form wall drawings created between the 1980s and the early 1990s. Shapes drawn using isometric projection possess volume, but exist in space that does not recede. Unlike the muted jewel-toned ink wash palette, the bright acrylic hues of the later works make the forms appear to pop out from their backgrounds, creating a visual tension between the flatness of the wall and the three-dimensionality of the form.
Before the draftsmen execute a wall drawing, they must prepare the surface of the wall. Different types of drawings require different wall textures. For example, it is preferable for crayon drawing walls to have an orange peel-like surface so that the crayon sticks to the wall in a specific way. Painted wall drawings, such as Wall Drawing 1005, on the other hand, must be executed on a perfectly smooth wall. To create this, the draftsmen paint several coats of primer and then a white top coat, all of which they sand down until there are no remaining brushstrokes or irregularities.
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On February 22nd the MIA screening series will present, SAME OCEAN, a selection of experimental films and video art projects working with historical material. From the dark magik underlying the Jet Propulsion Labratory in the hills above Pasadena to the 45 individual seconds the atom bomb took to detonate over the city of Hiroshima, the machinations of the recent presidential election to the mire of Berlusconi's Italy, these artworks are recontexturalizing individual moments we collectively recognize with new perspectives and comparisons.
Keep My Pic Sister (2012), from Turkish artist Bilsu Hacar is a short performance documentation that uses a paper cutout of a black burqa. NYC based Seth Indigo Carnes focuses on 1920s avant-garde cinema, where objects and bodies fracture and dissolve into and through each other. Total Disintigration (2010) is a live cinematic generation working with videos as paint in a palette. Broken Time (2011) from Austrian artist Johannes Gierlinger riffs on the cut up films of the Beats mixing dismembered pieces of footage with text and manipulated celluloid.
Laura Kraning's Devil's Gate (2011) depicts the physical and mythological terrain of Devil’s Gate Dam, located at the nexus of Pasadena’s historical relationship with technology and the occult, through an examination of Jack Parsons' writings. Trilogy of Decadence (2011-2012) by Marcantonio Lunardi evokes the omnipresence of Silvio Berlusconi in the last two decades of Italy's history and the tension of waiting for a change followed by the 21 days that transformed the political system and sealed his downfall.
In the remix video 99 Problems (2012) by Diran Lyons, Barack Obama raps a modified version of Jay Z’s song by the same name. The revised lyrics cover subjects ranging from Occupy Wall Street, escalating energy costs, bank bailouts, "Fast and Furious," Obama's birth certificate, and the use of predator drones. Scottish artist Angelo Picozzi found a roll of 15 photographs which, upon inspection, contained three photographs taken in Hiroshima, Japan sometime shortly after the atomic bom was dropped over the city. 00:00:45:00 (2007) takes its temporal duration from the time it took "Little Boy" to explode over the city after its release from "Engola Gay." An abandoned interior is given a new skin in Carlie Trosclair's Kowalsky Intervention (2012) re-structuring and re-imagining our understanding of the physical space.
The MIA (Moving Image Art) series began in June of 2012, founded by video artist Alanna Simone to promote the work of artists who use the moving image. Every 4th Friday at 8PM, the MIA series screens video art, experimental films, performance art, essay films and animation from local and international artists at the Armory Center for the Arts, 145 North Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103. Each program is organized around a theme and regular screenings usually last a little over an hour. A donation of $5 is suggested. If you'd like more information about MIA screenings, please visit the series' website http://MIAscreen.com or send an email to: newsletter@MIAscreen.com
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Rewards for recycling
A partnership between Coca‑Cola and RecycleBank rewards recycling with Coca‑Cola discount vouchers
Coca-Cola's work with the Carbon Trust revealed that packaging accounts for between 30% and 70% of the carbon footprint of our products throughout their lifecycle.
To minimise the impact of our packaging, one of the most important things we can do is help everyone to recycle. Now a partnership between Coca-Cola and recycling rewards programme, RecycleBank*, is giving consumers greater incentives to recycle more.
Under this innovative loyalty scheme, recycling at home can earn you RecycleBank Points, which can then be exchanged for discounts on different products and services in shops and supermarkets.
How does it work?
- Place your items selected for recycling into your mixed recycling bin
- On the scheduled day of pick up, place your bin out for collection
- When the collection vehicle picks it up, the contents of the bin will be weighed and you'll be given 5½ RecycleBank Points for every kilogram of mixed recycling that is picked up
- A tag will identify the recycling bin to your address and assign the RecycleBank Points to your account
- RecycleBank Points will be placed into your online RecycleBank account, where you can review them
- You can then redeem your RecycleBank Points by ordering rewards online
The new RecycleBank recycling rewards scheme launched in June 2010 throughout Windsor and Maidenhead with 60,000 participating households.
RecycleBank customers will be able to exchange their Points for rewards and receive vouchers which can be redeemed at any participating outlet to claim £1 off Coca-Cola, Diet Coke and Coke Zero products in a range of pack sizes amongst other great offers.
Liz Lowe, Citizenship Manager at Coca-Cola, said: "Empty packaging isn't just waste, it's a valuable resource which can be used again and again through recycling. One of the most important ways in which we can get more recycled material to put back into our packaging is to encourage everyone to recycle. And our partnership with RecycleBank is just one of the ways we're working on this."
Did you know? Coca-Cola's partnership with the Carbon Trust in 2009 revealed that using recycled materials in packaging and recycling the empty container after use can reduce the carbon footprint by up to 60%
We're already working with the Waste and Resources Action programme (WRAP) in creating a nationwide network of Recycle Zones, where Coca-Cola consumers can drop off their cans and bottles for recycling when they're out and about. And our relationship with RecycleBank will now encourage consumers to recycle more at home.
Says Sue Igoe, UK Managing Director at RecycleBank: "RecycleBank is leading the charge towards environmental change on a daily basis. The trials in the UK have proven that by incentivising households, we can increase participation and frequency of recycling.
It is fantastic to have such a huge household name as Coca-Cola on board as a national partner and top tier sponsor. This is a great reward for residents and will help to engage a wider audience which we hope will kick start mass recycling across the country. With the RecycleBank programme, everybody wins, the council, reward partners, residents and most importantly, the environment."
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The increasing cost of energy along with doubts of safety of nuclear generation has more people looking at renewable energy sources for their homes and farms. One such source is wind, and while distributed wind generation is not a new concept, it is a concept that is gaining acceptance in the utility sector.
It’s the use of smaller wind turbines at homes, farms, businesses and public facilities to produce energy that can offset energy consumption from the grid. Trudy Forsyth is Senior Project Leader for the National Wind Technology Center. She says the increased acceptance by utilities is leading to a greater interest in distributed wind in the countryside…
“The first thing is really, is understanding what type of wind resource they have at their home or farm or wherever they may be, and whether they really have sufficient wind to make it economical. Of course, realizing that the further up into the atmosphere that you get, the faster the wind speed is, so the taller the tower you can put in, frankly, the better, from just generating kilowatt hours or electricity.”
According to Forsyth. the cost of a wind turbine is going to depend on the size. The smaller the turbine the higher the cost per watt. She says a one kilowatt system will cost somewhere between seven and ten-thousand installed. But there are resources available to help with the cost:
“There’s a federal investment tax credit which is good through 2016, which is considered very long-term federal policy, and it’s for 30% of the installed system cost up front, the year that you pay those monies, you can take it off on a tax credit. With that, some states and some utilities offer other incentives...”
Forsyth says the best way to learn more about the different state incentives is to check out The Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency. The website is www.dsireusa.org. She suggests checking the database and talking with a utility service provider to see how easy it is to interconnect your system before making a purchase. By connecting a system to the grid - if a net metering policy is available - Forsyth says there’s an opportunity to get paid for any excess energy that’s produced.
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A study released in 2001 by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) puts annual cancer costs in Texas at nearly $14 billion. This figure is more than triple the previous estimate of $4.4 billion, based on a 1988 study that relied primarily on national data to assess cancer's yearly economic impact in the state.
David Warner, Ph.D., Roy McCandless, Lauren Jahnke and associates at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin conducted the eight-month study for DSHS. The study was funded by the DSHS Comprehensive Cancer Control Grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The study, based on 1998 data, places direct medical costs at $4.8 billion and indirect costs from lost productivity at $9.1 billion for a total annual cost of $13.9 billion.
"Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Texas, accounting for nearly 23 percent of all deaths," said Dr. Charles Bell, DSHS Executive Deputy Commissioner. "These new figures can help communities assess how much is needed for cancer prevention and treatment. From a public health policy standpoint, this information will help in setting priorities for health investments and in monitoring trends."
For this study, direct medical costs include hospital inpatient and associated physician services, outpatient treatment, emergency services, home health and hospice care, cancer screening, drugs, state agency expenditures and some private foundation costs. Hospital costs were estimated from newly available data from the Texas Health Care Information Council.
Indirect costs reflect lost productivity from illness and early death, including work in and outside the home.
Total costs for the four most prevalent cancers were estimated at $2.2 billion for lung cancer, $1.2 billion each for breast and colorectal cancer and $445 million for prostate cancer. In the United States, half of all men and a third of all women will develop cancer.
"We all know firsthand the human costs of cancer, and now we know the dollar value of losses this disease works on the economic viability of Texas," said Billy U. Philips Jr., Ph.D., chair of the Texas Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition. "This report should call us all to redouble our efforts to avoid this disease by living wisely - particularly by not smoking, by following proper dietary guidelines and by obtaining screening from physicians when it is indicated."
For the entire text of the Economic Impact of Cancer in Texas study, visit the DSHS Comprehensive Cancer Control Program at http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/tcccp/pdf/seconded.pdf (PDF).
(For more information contact Marci Spivey, DSHS Comprehensive Cancer Control Program, at (512) 458-7534; or Emily Palmer, DSHS Assistant Public Information Officer, at (512) 458-7400.)
Making the Texas Cancer Plan a Reality: Cost Estimates for Implementation 2008
Information from the American Cancer Society Web Site
The Texas Cancer Plan is a statewide blueprint for cancer prevention and control in Texas. The document (PDF) was prepared by the Texas Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition (TCCC) and represents best available estimates of what additional funds are currently needed to reasonably implement the Texas Cancer Plan given existing program funding and capacity for services. The TCCC obtained readily available information about existing resources for cancer prevention and control. The coalition acknowledges that significant resources are available that are not identified in this document, particularly in the areas of early detection and treatment (e.g., Medicaid expenditures). The coalition used and developed logical cost models and made realistic assumptions to estimate what additional resources may be needed beyond the current resources to achieve the objectives and goals of the Texas Cancer Plan.
Copies of this document are available through American Cancer Society, High Plains Division at (512) 919-1800.
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Tables 7 and 8 in this section are summary tables which show funding levels among the 24 bilateral and five regional programs (and, where possible, the countries benefiting from these regional programs) that are receiving an increase in U.S. funding for HIV/AIDS activities above their pre-Emergency Plan levels.
Table 7 shows the total amount of funding that these countries or regions received from all sources in FY 2004 and FY 2005, as well as the total planned and approved allocations for FY 2006. Table 8 shows planned and approved allocations for FY 2006 in greater detail, by indicating the amount of funding that these countries or regions are receiving, the funding account, and the distribution of funds among implementing agencies. Following the tables is a description of how the approved funding will be used in each country or region.
| U.S. Government interagency website managed by the Office of U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator|
and the Bureau of Public Affairs, U.S. State Department.
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For the web site for the Monument click here: http://www.sosiwojima.com
For information on each flag raiser click here: http://www.iwojima.com/raising/raisingc.htm
"The US National Iwo Jima Memorial is located on Ella Grasso Boulevard, near the New Britain/Newington town line in Connecticut. It was erected by the Iwo Jima Survivors Association, Inc. of Newington, Connecticut. It was dedicated on February 23, 1995 on the 50th anniversary of the historic flag raising on Iwo Jima. It is dedicated to the memory of the 6,821 US servicemen who gave their lives at Iwo Jima. Inscribed on the base are the names of the 100 men from Connecticut who gave their lives in the battle." (Wikipedia). I understand that this sculpture was created based on the original photograph of the second flag raising, not the Washington DC statue. The rocks, at the feet of the men raising the flag, are from the sight of the original flag raising at MT. SURIBACHI, IWO JIMA.
Photo taken from the same side as the famous photo by by Joe Rosenthal.
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Swap jobs and see how much more you can do. List your job and contact details on the
map and find someone to swap with so you can share experiences and change lives.
No No No Yes
What is the unmeasurable negative effect of people saying no or being negative on you me and society? Is it worse to ignore someone than say no? Probably...
Here is a list of obvious ways to handle any situation from bad to good...
BAD - Insult, Ignore, Say No, Suggest something, Encourage, Congratulate, Say Yes, Recommend - GOOD
So it takes less effort to say to someone that they are doing well and makes you feel good too.
It appears to be all linked to the EGO that makes some people confused and think that they are better than others so don't want to care or help them which leads to the BAD reactions to ANY/EVERY enquiry. As these people are negative to other people they get negative responses too leading to a cycle of negativity which makes the egotistical person feel worse and worse. The person who has control of their EGO and acts selflessly helping others gets rewarded many times over as others are nice back to them creating a cycle of GOOD where everyone wins. Often stress creates the negative cycle but this can be combated by looking at others who whave 'less' making you feel humble and by laughing at ourselves as in the grand scheme of things nothing we do (nor our lives) appear to matter.
This leads on to how you live your life. To enjoy it or to reach some goal that your parents/society has imposed on you? The TED talk below makes me step back and think about what is important and how money and status are worth less than self belief and pride...
Do not look for happiness but create it with what you have got.
When people have no choice they change their preferences to make them more happy about what they have. When they have choice they are always comparing what they have to others so are less happy as they compare with the average.
On average nothing is average!
Which leads to what you do with 8 hours of your life! well 3 sets of 8 hours.
8 hours working...
If one person can do a job better than someone else should they take ove the job?
How does that apply to what you do? Would you step aside if someone could do your job better than you?
If you step aside then you would be able to do a different job that you are even better at.
So everyone should keep looking out for someone who could do their job better than them. When they find that person they should give them their job so that they can go on to work in areas that they excel in.
8 hour sleeping...
Is there a way to do good while you sleep? Create a website that offers advice/ helps others that will be online while you sleep.
8 hours relaxing...
Is there a way to do good while you relax? Finding your passion in life and using that to build something that can be used to help others in your local/global community be it art/writing/acting/dancing/singing/playing...
FREEtraid.com aims to help anyone maximise the positive effect of using any time in their day by sharing free advice on using any skill to give away free products/services in exchange for donations so that you can then fund even more great work. Its a gift economy that funds innovative work.
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Swilling the Planters With Bumbo: When Booze Bought Elections
Even the father of our country, George Washington, was known to bribe the electorate with booze. In his recent book Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, Daniel Okrent writes: “When twenty-four-year-old George Washington first ran for a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses, he attributed his defeat to his failure to provide enough alcohol for the voters. When he tried again two years later, Washington floated into office partly on the 144 gallons of rum, punch, hard cider and beer his election agent handed out—roughly half a gallon for every vote he received.”
The practice, which was widespread and accepted (if technically illegal) at the time, was referred to as “swilling the planters with bumbo,” according to the 1989 book Campaigning in America: A History of Election Practices, by Robert J. Dinkin. “If a candidate ignored the custom of treating, he often found himself in great difficulty,” Dinkin writes. When James Madison attempted to campaign in 1777 without “the corrupting influence of spiritous liquors, and other treats,” he lost to a less principled opponent.
The practice of wining and dining the electorate can be traced back to Britain and, even earlier, to ancient Rome and Greece. By the 19th century, political parties—living up to the term—had elevated the tactic to a grand spectacle. In October 1876, Republicans in Brooklyn held the mother of all campaign barbecues, parading two oxen through the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn before roasting them whole in Myrtle Avenue Park and passing the meat out on sandwiches. The New York Times called it “one of the most magnificent affairs of the kind ever held in this neighborhood. The grounds were thronged with men, women, and children during the whole of the afternoon and evening, and at the close of the festivities it is estimated that not less than 50,000 persons were in the park.”
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Released: April 2008
More than forty years after its initial publication, it is a rare, concrete record of social struggle and transformation, as witnessed by a participant. Fanshen continues to offer profound insight into the lives of peasants and China’s complex social processes. Rediscover this classic volume, which includes a new preface by Fred Magdoff.
One of the most important books about China which has been written since the Revolution. For anyone who wants to understand anything important about the Chinese revolution of our time, the reading of this book is an absolute necessity.
A vivid and compelling ‘grassroots’ account of life in the village precisely during the period in which the new Communist power was establishing itself. A unique contribution to our understanding of life in a northern Chinese village on the eve of the Communist takeover.
Fanshen is an extraordinary book. It will dispose of many myths, both of Left and of the Right.
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Flood damage likely to be worse than '06
|July 4, 2012|
For a little over three weeks, Boundary County
Emergency Management Incident Commander Bob
Graham has been out leading the response to the
Flood of 2012, quite a bit longer, he said than
was necessary in our last flood year six years
That increased duration, he fears, is causing considerably more damage than what was experienced in 2006, when damages neared $2-million, mostly from crop loss and dike damage.
"We had problems in '06," he said, "and the river was above flood stage for a considerably shorter time before it dropped back down. This year, the Corps keeps saying the water's going to go down soon, but so far we haven't seen that, and the longer the river is high, the worse it gets."
As a result, both the City of Bonners Ferry and Boundary County Commissioners declared disasters early on, and on Tuesday, Idaho Governor Butch Otter verbally declared a state disaster for Boundary County.
The most visible location hit by rising water, as it is in most flood years, are the city dikes behind the Kootenai River Inn, where several volunteers joined experts in shoring up 500-feet of levy with with 300 "supersack" sandbags and scores of regular sandbags.
"The forecasts say the water will be going down next week, but they've been saying that for almost a month now," Graham said.
Another area hard hit is in District 4 between Copeland and Porthill, where the dike was overtopped and fields were flooded from Canyon Creek to Smith Creek and fro the river to the Westside Road.
Graham has been joined by two Army Corps response teams, who are working hand-in-hand with the county and the state to mitigate damage.
Work is expected to get underway on Thursday to armor dikes on the south end of the district, where damage is the worst.
"We're seeing a lot of dike damage," Graham said. "Because the water is staying high so long, we're seeing a lot of sloughing, and if it keeps up, we could start seeing some breaching. In quite a few places there's not much left to hold back the water."
Graham said crop loss from this flood is likely to dwarf what was experienced in 2006, again because of the length of time the river's been held above flood stage.
"We're seeing surface water from river seepage in almost all the districts," he said. "In 2006, the river elevation went to 66.5 feet, which is 2 1/2 feet above flood stage and where we're at right now, but in '06 the river dropped back below flood stage in a little over a week. It's been over three weeks this time, and despite the forecasts, I'm not too sure it's going to be dropping anytime soon."
Seepage has encroached into the city as well, with a considerable amount of water flooding below-ground storage areas at General Feed and Grain, destroying a considerable quantity of oats and preventing the mill from using many of their augers.
Graham, one Corps response team and several city officials spent part of Monday assessing that damage.
"2006 was pretty bad as far as damages went," Graham said. "This year will be worse."
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August 29, 2007
Virtual Reality Gaming Is Serious Business at APL
A small group of engineers and computer programmers in the Lab's Global Engagement Department is applying its simulation and visual expertise to develop educational video games. The work is part of Learning Games to Go, an initiative supported by a $15 million Department of Education grant to Maryland Public Television to help kids who are struggling with traditional instructional methods by using digital learning games.
The collaboration — which also includes the Johns Hopkins Center for Technology Education (CTE), the Education Arcade at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, several Maryland school districts, cutting-edge technology developers and education experts — is at the forefront of a "serious games" movement to deliver educational content through compelling game environments. Like commercial games, they harness a child's natural competitiveness and keep their interest, says Jim Miller, APL's project manager for Learning Games to Go.
"Kids today learn keyboarding as early as 4 years old; gaming and interacting with computers is an everyday and lifelong experience," Miller says. "If we can harness the technology available to make education games compelling and feature-rich, we could really engage students so that they don't want to stop playing or learning."
D. Peloff, the program director of emerging technologies at CTE, says rapid improvements in computer graphics are making it easier than ever to create detailed, 3-D environments. "The possibilities are endless in terms of serious games," he says. "Using virtual reality to model a real-world environment allows for experimentation and exploration in ways that are impossible, expensive or impractical otherwise."
That's where APL comes in. Miller has been developing synthetic environments since 1999, as part of the Navy's Advanced SEAL Delivery System Operator/Trainer (ASDS/OT) project. He has developed synthetic environments for the Submarine Onboard Training program, a Web-enabled simulation prototype and an unmanned aerial vehicle prototype. He and his team will reuse a sophisticated suite of frameworks from the ASDS project to develop a high-fidelity, multiplayer simulation of a search-and-rescue operation that will use physics-based vehicular models and 3-D effects to achieve a realistic environment.
"The project does have some technical hurdles that my team hasn't had to face in the past," he says. "We'll need to use five or more monitors so that up to five students can work collaboratively while interacting with the game. This involves a distributed rendering approach that will synchronize the synthetic environment across multiple computers while at the same time allowing each student to independently interact with the system from their input device, whether it is a joystick/throttle combination or a mouse and keyboard."
For the first time, the team will also have to animate human characters. "The students will have to interview avatars [virtual representations of the game's users], and the avatars will speak, blink and show emotion in response to questioning by the students," Miller explains.
Miller says working on this project has opened a creative door for his team of engineers.
"Our work really focuses on modeling and simulation to conjure up a real vehicle, such as a submarine for the military," he says. "Most of these projects focus on the ‘driver's education' aspect of the vehicle and don't focus on the ‘fun' aspect that a game would provide. So developing the ‘fun' will be new for our team."
The team is drawing heavily on the expertise of APL's mentor students and college interns. "This influx of young people really helps keep us older folks in tune with what is fun for the younger generations," Miller says.
Ultimately, Miller says, the students must be engaged and interested for an educational game of any kind to succeed. "If a game engages a person for more than a half-hour the first time the person plays it, the game will most likely be successful," he says. "This ‘magical first half-hour' must grab the student's attention and compel that student to keep playing. That's going to be a huge challenge for us."
For additional information about Learning Games to Go, visit http://www.thinkport.org/technology/gotgame/default.tp.
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|Description ||Modern standing stone immediately to the south of Bratton Camp. It was erected to commemorate the Battle of Ethandun, fought in the vicinity in May 878AD, when King Alfred the Great defeated the Viking army, giving birth to English nationhood (according to a plaque on the base). The stone was unveiled by the 7th Marquess of Bath on 5th November 2000. The stone itself was donated by F. Swanton and Sons of North Farm, West Overton. It is a sarsen stone similar to those at Kingston Deverill, the area where King Alfred rallied his Saxon levies from Hampshire, Wiltshire and Somerset to march against Guthrum's Viking army based at Chippenham. (Info from plaques set into the foundation of the stone).|
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In the Catechism we learn that in the miracle of transubstantiation, the substances of bread and wine "transubstantiate" into the substance of Christ. What remains are the accidents. Here, accident refers to what is incidental and not essential.
Most catechized Catholics are able to explain that in the Eucharist, the substance of bread and wine become the substance of Christ, yet the incidental features of bread and wine (color, taste, smell, weight, size, etc.) remain.
According to Aristotle, there are ten categories by which we can predicate. When we say, "This is ________" we can fill in the blank in ten ways. I can point at a dog and say, "This is ___________" and answer in ten ways. For example, I could point to dog and say, "This thing is a dog," or I could say, "This thing is black" or I could say "This is 25 pounds" or I could say "This thing is on the floor." All would be true.
However, when I say "This thing is a dog," I speak of its substance. When I say, "This thing is black," I speak of its accidents.
Aristotle says that in the 10 ways that we predicate, one is to speak of the substance, the other nine ways are accidents - things that can change or are non-essential. So then, substances are unique in that they are independent. The other nine categories are “accidental.” These nine categories each depend on substances and can’t exist on their own, e.g. redness, double, smallness, etc.
Let's take a look at these 10 Categories:
1. Substance (ousia, “essence” or “substance”). Substance is defined as that which neither can be predicated of anything nor be said to be in anything. Hence, this particular man or that particular tree are substances. Later in the text, Aristotle calls these particulars “primary substances”, to distinguish them from secondary substances, which are universals and can be predicated. Hence, Socrates is a primary substance, while man is a secondary substance. Man is predicated of Socrates, and therefore all that is predicated of man is predicated of Socrates.
2. Quantity (poson, “how much”). This is the extension of an object, and may be either discrete or continuous. Further, its parts may or may not have relative positions to each other. All medieval discussions about the nature of the continuum, of the infinite and the infinitely divisible, are a long footnote to this text. It is of great importance in the development of mathematical ideas in the medieval and late Scholastic period.
3. Quality (poion, “of what kind or quality”). This is a determination which characterizes the nature of an object.
4. Relation (pros ti, “toward something”). This is the way in which one object may be related to another.
5. Place (pou, “where”). Position in relation to the surrounding environment.
6. Time (pote, “when”). Position in relation to the course of events.
7. Position (keisthai, “to lie”). The examples Aristotle gives indicate that he meant a condition of rest resulting from an action: ‘Lying’, ‘sitting’. Thus position may be taken as the end point for the corresponding action. The term is, however, frequently taken to mean the relative position of the parts of an object (usually a living object), given that the position of the parts is inseparable from the state of rest implied.
8. State or habitus (echein, “to have”). The examples Aristotle gives indicate that he meant a condition of rest resulting from an affection (i.e. being acted on): ‘shod’, ‘armed’. The term is, however, frequently taken to mean the determination arising from the physical accoutrements of an object: one’s shoes, one’s arms, etc. Traditionally, this category is also called a habitus (from Latin habere, “to have”).
9. Action (poiein, “to make” or “to do”). The production of change in some other object.
10. Affection (paschein, “to suffer” or “to undergo”). The reception of change from some other object. It is also known as passivity. It is clear from the examples Aristotle gave for action and for affection that action is to affection as the active voice is to the passive. Thus for action he gave the example, ‘to lance’, ‘to cauterize’; for affection, ‘to be lanced’, ‘to be cauterized.’ The term is frequently misinterpreted to mean a kind of emotion or passion.
Here's a chart:
“Socrates is a man”
|Quantity||How much||poson||four-foot, five-foot|
|Quality||What sort||poion||white, literate|
|Relation||related to what||pros ti||double, half, greater|
|Location||Where||pou||in the Lyceum, in the marketplace|
|Time||When||pote||yesterday, last year|
|Position||Being situated||keisthai||lies, sits|
|Habit||Having, possession||echein||is shod, is armed|
|Passion||Undergoing||paschein||is cut, is burned|
Remember, good theology always depends on good philosophy. The root of every heresy is an incorrect philosophical principle applied to divine revelation.
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If I were to ask you what you know on the subject of the people that lived in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus and how they got there, you’d likely tell me they came over from Asia during the last ice age and proceeded to populate North, Central and South America in their small numbers and lived a nominal existence, traveling in tribes, forming their small civilizations, such as the Incas, Aztecs and Mayans, which eventually disappeared and then their lives were changed for the better when Columbus arrived in 1492, and brought the western world of civilization to the Americas. Charles C. Mann noted essentially this when he read his son’s history books and saw that the supposed accurate history hadn’t changed since he’d been in high school, which didn’t seem right. And so began years of research and learning that has gone on to change the way the western world sees the history of the Americas pre-Columbus. While the book was revolutionary when it was released, went on to win awards and make a lot of “best of” lists, there is still a lot of educating of the world to be done with this true history; hopefully this book will help that cause.
In 1491 Mann seeks to reveal the last thirty years of archaeological and anthropological research and discoveries with the hope that it will change and alter all the commonly held assumptions mentioned above. He does this in a well thought out way, revealing all the evidence and theory on particular subjects, like the whole population of people in the Americas, as well as the sizes and extents of the various empires that formed, and then proving what is the correct one and why, such as the astonishing fact that in 1491 there were likely more people living in the Americas than in Europe! He goes into detail on the Aztec and Mayan civilizations, revealing their true extensiveness and reach and the affect they had on the people, their development and knowledge, and simple things, like why they had invented the wheel but didn’t use it as a means of transportation, because the rocky or jungle terrain made traveling by wheel wouldn’t be inefficient. As to the supposed fact that the peopling of the Americas took place around twelve or thirteen thousand years ago with the Bering Strait land bridge, the evidence says otherwise, with some pointing to the mere existence of the peoples in the Americas before this period, as well as the crucial cutoff date with the end of the ice age not correctly coinciding with the people reaching South America according to the timeline; basically the evidence simply proves otherwise.
By the end of the book, the reader has come to the incredible realization that most of what they learned in school about the Americas is completely wrong, and that this supposedly undiscovered continent went on to do amazing things for the rest of the world, such as providing it with three-fifths of the world’s grown goods, including corn (or maize), peppers, potatoes, tomatoes and squash. In fact the term “new world” may have been somewhat of a misnomer, as it seems possible the settling of the Americas may have happened before western civilization.
Much as Guns, Germs and Steel was revolutionary in changing our outlook on the way the world is, 1491 has the same affect on how the world views the Americas, what its true history was, the immense effect it had on the world after Columbus, and how the idea that these people were simple and primitive is just ridiculous. The book is by no means an easy read, but once the reader makes it through, the fulfillment is well worthwhile and enlightening to say the least.
Originally written on March 17, 2012 ©Alex C. Telander.
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RECYCLING bins could be removed from two major car parks in Henley because they are being misused.
Non-recyclable rubbish is being put in the bins in King’s Road and Greys Road car parks, so all the waste has to be sent to landfill.
Now South Oxfordshire District Council is considering removing the bins.
Town and district councillor Joan Bland blamed residents and market traders.
Speaking at a meeting of Henley Town Council, she said: “We need the people of Henley to stop abusing these bins otherwise they will be taken away.
“They are not just putting recycling in the bins, it is a mixture of rubbish and so it is contaminated. Recycling is hand-picked and you can’t expect people to hand-pick through nasty things. The market traders leave their rubbish there — I have seen them do it. They leave boxes that are not even folded up.”
Mayor Elizabeth Hodgkin said the district council had already removed the recycling bins from its car parks in Didcot to see what effect it had and wanted to do the same in Henley.
“People might be quite shocked by that sort of solution,” she said. “I will look at Didcot with great interest.”
District councillor William Hall defended residents, saying they had helped South Oxfordshire record a recycling rate of 67.92 per cent, the second highest rate in the country. These high figures are also down to residents buying into this and acting on it,” he said.
Councillor Ian Reissmann asked him if the council hoped to increase this figure, adding: “Holland only puts one per cent into landfill.”
Cllr Hall said he didn’t know but said: “I am sure they will keep working harder and harder.”
Derek Whittingham, of New Street, raised the issue of rubbish. Speaking from the public gallery, he said: “Every time I drive round there seems to be a pile of rubbish at the bottom of Market Place. I am not saying it is there every day but it is there most days and grows in the evening.
“It seems to me that in a market town it is the wrong thing to do. ‘You don’t drop rubbish’, my mother used to tell me, ‘you put it away’.
“I would suggest that the town manager might want to have a look at this.”
Cllr Hodgkin said there were several commercial companies picking up waste at different times and the rubbish did seem to pile up in Market Place.
She said the town had been “grappling” with the problem for years but she would raise it with town centre manager Peter McConnell.
lThe average rate for recycling by UK local authorities last year was 43 per cent, according to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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market: 1. (noun) In Spanish cultures, a traditional market is where vendors gather to sell their goods. Markets may be open or under a roof, and they offer a less formal shopping environment than typical supermarkets or grocery stores. Prices are usually negotiable. 2. (verb) To advertise and sell an item.
mood: 1. A characteristic of a verb that indicates the manner in which the action occurs. 2. A characteristic of a person that indicates the overall emotional state of that person.
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History 17A – United States History (Spring 2007)
As Long as the Grass Grows
[Students and professors, please read.]
Reading Assignment: As Long as Grass Grows
2. Describe the history of Indigenous-White relations? Do you agree with Specked Snake’s synopsis?
From the beginning of the semester, we learned that Europeans used the image of the savage to justify enslavement and genocide. The main thing Europeans were driven by was greed for land, gold, industry, free labor, etcetera. Native Americans who did not go along with European interests were severely disciplined, if not executed. Europeans exploited the fact that the native Americans did not have a concept of private property when colonizing America. Europeans exploited the unassuming trust of the native Americans, accepting their gifts and violently taking the rest. Europeans fought dirty and without honor in conflicts with native Americans. They turned natives against eachother by granting privileges to those who joined forces with Europeans. They broke their promises when it was to their advantage, and their warring was unscrupulous and merciless. They would make sure their actions, like the treaty preceding the Trail of Tears, were legally sanctioned, letting the weight of moral considerations rest on the law, rather than on their own consciences. Native American parents were killed so that their children could be legally enslaved under the false pretense that they were orphans. This history of human rights violations against the indigenous peoples of America is continued in chapter 7, “As long as grass grows or water runs” – President Jackson’s false words to the Choctaw and Chickasaw. Chief Black Hawk’s voice is heard on pages 130-131, telling of how the native Americans were becoming like the white men, and how white men poison the heart. The aged Creek man, Speckled Snake, also speaks on page 135 – telling of how the first colonists depended on the native Americans for aid, but brushed them aside once they were no longer dependent upon them. The Cherokee Nation as well is heard on pages 139-140, giving voice to the chilling reality that the history of the U.S.’ treatment of native Americans includes a heart-breaking history of promises broken.
3. Evaluate the “negotiations” between the US and Indigenous Nations. What are the consequences of the treaties ratified by the US and Indigenous Nations?
Basically, the native Americans were told that they could either move voluntarily, with the aid of the government, or they would have to abide by state laws if they chose to stay, which destroyed their tribal and personal rights and made them vulnerable to white settlers. The consequence of their moving voluntarily, is that the U.S.’ promise that they wouldn’t have to move again — could not be trusted (for example, within days of the Treaty of Washington, promises made on behalf of the U.S. were broken, and the native Americans were made to move west)… and many died during the journey, because the aid promised by the government was carried out by private contracts, and was actually just more human rights violations.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Peg Perego is recalling hundreds of thousands of strollers because children can become trapped and strangled between trays on them. One death has already been reported.
Peg Perego USA Inc. said Tuesday that a six-month-old died of strangulation in a stroller in 2004, while a seven-month-old was nearly strangled in 2006.
The company is recalling approximately 223,000 strollers, which include Venezia and Pliko-P3 strollers made between January 2004 and September 2007.
Only strollers with a child tray and one cup holder are part of the recall.
According to the Peg Perego website, consumers should not return strollers to the store because they won't have the repair kit. If you have an affected stroller you should call Peg Perego at (888) 734-6020 anytime.
Separately, Kolcraft Enterprises Inc. is recalling some strollers due to potential falling and choking hazards.
Kolcraft is recalling about 5,600 of the Contours Options LT tandem strollers sold between February and July. Only the Contours LT Tandem Stroller with model number ZT012 is part of this recall.
If you have one of these models, call (800)-453-7673 Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EST to order a free repair kit.
No injuries have been reported in the Kolcraft recall.
Sunday, May 12 2013 10:54 PM EDT2013-05-13 02:54:09 GMT
After 37 years with ABC News, Barbara Walters is announcing on "The View" Monday that next summer, she will retire from TV journalism.More >>
For decades, Barbara Walters has inspired millions with her groundbreaking interviews—but after 37 years with ABC News, the newscaster is announcing on "The View" Monday that next summer, she will retire from TV journalism.More >>
Tweets from Latino activists, writers and artists are being credited for pushing Disney into withdrawing a "Dia de los Muertos" trademark request.More >>
When Lalo Alcaraz learned this week that Disney was seeking to trademark "Dia de los Muertos," the name of the traditional "Day of the Dead" celebrated by millions in Mexico and the U.S., the cartoonist had an idea.More >>
Tom Crawford is a member of the Meteorological Society. He has been awarded the Seal of Approval from the American Meteorological Society and has been recognized as SC's Best Weathercaster by the AP.More >>
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From Mississippi to Mexico: Challenging 'Life Begins at Conception'
A proposed amendment in the state of Mississippi that would define the beginning of life as conception has captured news headlines from Nebraska to Memphis. However, as Alexander Sanger, Chair of the International Planned Parenthood Council, explains, “Legislation that defines life as beginning at conception isn’t a new tactic to deny sexual and reproductive health rights in the Western Hemisphere.” Just last month Mexico’s Supreme Court upheld a similar state proposition, allowing more than a dozen states in that country—where abortion is largely illegal—to undermine even the possibility of legalized abortion. The fear throughout Latin America, which is not unlike what many in the U.S. feel today, is that the passage of this type of law may embolden others to follow suit. While a new report from the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health establishes the denial of sexual and reproductive health services as a violation of human rights, it is clear that many countries are moving in the wrong direction.
Sanger's op-ed published in today’s NY Daily News reinvigorates the knowledge that, although the struggle to provide sexual and reproductive health services for all has been fought for well over a hundred years, our enduring commitment to the health of the most vulnerable in our world will ultimately lead to success.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 9, 2011
Contact: Dr. Roger Caswell, email@example.com, 1-877-378-5433, 620-341-5372
KC Metro Married Teaching Duo Measure Up – Again
Is your teacher national board certified?
They are among the best teachers in the profession, undergoing a rigorous process taking at least one year.
They are told to expect a 400-hour time commitment, and less than half will pass on their first try.
National Board Certified Teachers represent less than one percent of all educators in Kansas, reflecting the dedication and skill required to earn the elite certification. The voluntary process is the equivalent of national board certification for physicians and other health professions.
Some 318 teachers in Kansas are national board-certified, with many teaching in larger school districts.
Kansas is 35th in the nation in total number of NBCTs.
By late November teachers who worked toward initial certification during the 2010-11 school year will find out if they achieved National Board Certification.
Within the last ten years, Linda and Dr. Rick Pribyl went through the challenging year-long process of becoming National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs). A year ago, the married couple decided to renew their certificates as the life of their original 10-year certificates was soon to expire.
In late October the Pribyls were among 22 area teachers who found their work had measured up when they received notice their national board certifications were renewed.
The teachers work in the following schools and have renewed their certification in the following area:
• Linda Pribyl – Lee's Summit High – English Language Arts / Adolescence and Young Adulthood
• Dr. Rick Pribyl – Blue Valley Northwest High – English Language Arts / Adolescence and Young Adulthood
“This process of board certification is very much like how a doctor becomes certified in a special area,” said Dr. Roger Caswell, director of ESU’s program which assists teachers working toward national certification. “This is voluntary – no state, school district, or program is demanding them to go through this process. That’s why – a decade after earning their certification the first time – it’s a huge commitment to say, ‘Yes, I want to do it again.’”
While the process is often misunderstood to mean a teacher passed a test or was nominated for the award, Caswell explained National Board certification is a different kind of honor. Teachers must submit extensive documentation of their instruction, including videos of their students at work in the classroom.
The accomplishment of national board certification benefits the teachers, the schools they work in, and studies have shown NBCTs improve student learning. And the program hosted at ESU, Great Plains Center for National Teacher Certification, benefits as it maintains a 100% renewal rate with candidates achieving recertification on their first attempt. More information about ESU’s program can be found at www.emporia.edu/jones/nbpts/.
Kansas currently has a total of 318 national board certified teachers. Nationwide, the total number of national board certified teachers is more than 91,000.
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Jennifer Hicks, Contributor
I write about robotics, science, green and mobile technology
Grishin Robotics, the first exclusive robotics venture capital firm, recently made it’s first small investment into California-based Double Robotics who created a simple mobile robotic telepresence platform controlled by your iPad. Essentially, the robot is your body double – inserting you into a remote location, mobile video conferencing through your iPad.
It’s overly simple to use, much like Baxter where you just unpack it and its nearly ready to use, you just insert your iPad, touch the power switch to activate the sensors on the robot stand, and its ready. On the other end, just download the app on your iPad, open an account and you are ready to be anywhere in the world.
The $250,000 investment is the firm’s first since its founder, Dmitry Grishin announced his commitment to move robotics into mass market in June 2012. The investment will be used to scale manufacturing and to hire product development staff, but sources in the industry say a $250,000 investment isn’t enough to scale manufacturing of a robotics start up, rather it will provide a comfort zone to continue to lay the groundwork for a wider distribution of the product.
However, the investment in telepresence is on the rise. ABI Research predicts that the global telepresence market will reach $13.1 billion by the end of 2016.
“Telepresence is emerging as a very prominent market and we believe it will be one of the main drivers of the entire personal robotics growth,” said Dmitry Grishin, Founder, Grishin Robotics. “Faster development of telepresence will be driven both by new and unique applications as well as being replacement of existing ones.”
The company claims their telepresence robot can be used in a variety of environments, office, medicine, education, museums, security, but application in a wide variety of markets doesn’t mean mass market adoption. Take museums for instance, already struggling with cost cuts across the board, the idea they could have remote viewings of their museum collection is appealing, but what is the business case for the investment and the cost to the end users. These are the issues that have not been worked out on the business side of the newly emerging commercial robotics market.
Double Robotics says it has around 600 units in pre-orders from 44 countries around the world including universities and a handful of Fortune 500 companies. But with an $1,999 price tag, it might take longer to move into your home and remain in the hands of corporates and organizations for now.
But Double isn’t the first to create a telepresence robot.
Today, a telepresence robot call VGo, made news when he headed off to school to take the place of a child in the UK who has rare allergies and can’t leave his home. This robot sells for around $5,o00 and has his own desk just like the child would. There’s also the Mantarobot, sells for around $1500 USD which is also controlled by an iPad, iPhone or Android tablet and Rovio, a Wi-Fi enabled mobile webcam that lets you view and interact with your environment through streaming video and audio.
In the case of VGo, they targeted their robot to healthcare, seniors, well being, where other telepresence robots like Double, have opened up widely to whoever will bite first.
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Andy Adams works almost exclusively in the virtual world of contemporary photography. Whether you visit his photography website FlakPhoto.com, follow him on Twitter or take part in his daily Facebook discussions, you’ll find Adams diligently working as a young cultural anthropologist. Reaching far into the online photo ether, Adams always tries to present us with something new that he hopes you’ll be equally thrilled by.
Since 2006 FlakPhoto has grown to become a defining resource for anyone interested in the latest trends in photography online. Institutions like the RISD Museum of Art have recently taken notice of his work, calling upon Adams to curate an installation and accompanying online exhibition to complement its most recent massive show America in View: Landscape Photography 1865 to Now.
In the fall of 2010, Adams curated a similar project for FotoWeek in Washington, D.C. called 100 Portraits, which was a broad survey of contemporary portraiture. Beyond the physical installation Adams, of course, put the project in its entirety on the Internet. LightBox recently spoke to Adams about his projects:
“[100 Portraits] was the beginning of my realization that you could bring the ideas of online publishing and art exhibition together to produce a public digital exhibition for everyone in the world that has access to the Internet.
The focus of the RISD exhibition curated by Jan Howard is an historical survey of American Landscape photography from 1865 till now. The parameters for ‘Looking at the Land’ were also very broad and the website component is an exploration of current photography in the documentary style with interviews that analyze and understand the evolving landscape photo tradition.
The constraints were fairly simple — I wanted this to reflect contemporary styles and current practice, and photographers exploring new directions. In the interest of serendipitous discovery, and hoping I would see something new, I put out a public call online seeking images ‘depicting the American Landscape since 2000.’
While curating the 100 Portraits project, which I coproduced with Larissa Leclair of the Indie Photobook Library, she impressed upon me the idea that this web site that I’ve been publishing every day was becoming a kind of archive and collection unto itself. In a way, the Web has become this giant collection of contemporary photography—portfolio websites, photo blogs, Tumblrs. That’s really interesting.
What I’ve witnessed in the last few years is this real anxiety about the abundance of images in the world, on the Internet. That’s one way to see things. I prefer to view the situation as one with infinitely more opportunities to discover new, interesting work. Of course, the hazard of what I did here is that you have to look through more than 5,000 pictures to make sense of it all.
I’m interested in learning why people photograph landscape so I asked each of the 88 photographers the same questions: ‘What compels you to photograph the land? What does that mean?’
One of the things that I’m trying to do is to foreground the perspective of the image-maker. This may be another way to add meaning to that huge abundance of pictures.
I also asked each photographer: ‘Why did you photograph this place?’
With landscape photography it’s easy to tell a pro-environmentalism narrative that shows the destruction of the land or how human alterations have forever destroyed that land. That’s all true, of course. But I don’t have an agenda with this project; I’m more interested in understanding why contemporary image-makers make landscape photographs to learn how that tradition is evolving in the 21st century.
If there is a dominant theme in the show it probably is the absurd juxtaposition of nature and culture, recognition that this is the way things are now, that we co-exist with nature. Rather than preach at the spectator, many of these images describe that disconnect with irony and humor.
One of the things that I think might be indicative of this generation is that you have all these photographers that grew up in suburban sprawl, so that whole concept of home and place is different. Maybe we’re not even lamenting development and the loss of wilderness anymore because we’ve come of age without it? I see a lot of these photographers coming to terms with those ideas and the place where nature and culture are colliding. That’s why some of these pictures seem humorous or ironic. They are less an indictment and more of an acknowledgment.
It was important for me to show the American landscape and real places. America looks very different than it did 100 years ago. It’s also important to remember that these images are not objective facts — they’re subjective interpretations, personal perspectives about how the world looks today.
This is very much a research project that I’m making public. The ideas that I’m trying to understand and the things that we are interested in have existed before this exhibition and they will exist after. I’ve attempted to tap into the new public sphere that exists in the global online photo community, to learn collectively what these things mean and to hopefully contribute to the history of things, so one day people can look back and learn from it. That’s the bigger picture goal.”
Andy Adams is the founder of FlakPhoto.com and curator of Looking at the Land — 21st Century American Views, a collaboration with the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design. The exhibition is on view until Jan. 13 and you can visit the online version here.
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After pushing extremists out of key northern cities, France is now pushing to hand over control of those sites to African forces from a United Nations-authorized force made up of thousands of troops from nearby countries.
"In the cities that we are holding we want to be quickly replaced by the African forces," Fabius said Monday.
Asked whether the French could pull out of the fabled city of Timbuktu and hand it to African forces as soon as Tuesday, Fabius responded, "Yes, it could happen very fast. We are working on it because our vocation is not to stay in the long term."
But it is far from clear that the African forces - much less the weak Malian army -are ready for the withdrawal of thousands of French troops, fighter planes and helicopters which would give the Africans full responsibility against the Islamic extremists, who may strike the cities from their desert hideouts.
In Paris, U. S. Vice President Joe Biden praised the French intervention in Mali while meeting with French President Francois Hollande.
"We applaud your decisiveness and, I might add, the capability of France's military forces," said Biden. "Your decisive action was not only in the interest of France but of the United States and everyone. We agreed on the need to, quickly as possible, establish an African-led mission to Mali and as quickly as prudent transition that mission to the UN."
Also in Paris, the Malian foreign minister Tieman Hubert Coulibaly told The Associated Press that the Malian army will be fighting with French and African troops against the Islamic radicals.
"We must continue pushing them (the extremists) north and then over there, there is a real need for a strong military force, air force, to destroy all the implementations around the mountains," said Coulibaly. "So ultimately, the real objective is to destroy all terrorist presence in northern Mali."
The French have ramped up their troop level to nearly 4,000 - the number France once deployed in Afghanistan - and nearly 3,800 African soldiers were in Mali as of Monday, the French Defense Ministry said. Some 1,800 Chadian soldiers were holding the northern town of Kidal while French troops held the airport.
In northern Mali, the price of food and fuel is rocketing up as a result of the conflict, the international aid organization Oxfam warned Monday.
Many market traders of Arab or Tuareg descent fled the area when French troops pushed out the Islamic extremists last week and the traders have not returned for fear of reprisals, said Oxfam, in a statement.
"If traders do not come back soon and flows of food into northern Mali remain as limited as they are now, then it is likely that markets will not be properly stocked and prices will stay high - making it very difficult for people to get enough food to feed their families," said Philippe Conraud, Oxfam's country director in Mali.
"This phase of the war may almost be over, but the battle to build peace and stability has only just begun," said Conraud. "If people feel that their lives are at risk and that their families are not safe, they will not return to Mali. It's as simple as that."
Associated Press writers Angela Charlton and Greg Keller contributed to this report from Paris.
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This Week in Twilight Tales: School Days
Many children started school this week with first-day jitters. So, during family storytime, we read fun books about school days. One of my favorites, is The Three Silly Girls Grubb by John and Ann Hassett. The children adore this fractured fairytale, which is loosely based off of the classic Three Billy Goats Gruff. Everyone was laughing themselves silly, and we had a wonderful time. Afterwards, children enjoyed making storyboards of the classic fairytale.
To expand your child's experience, I would like to recommend a few more stories that I think your child will enjoy. Please let me know if you need additional suggestions.
Don't Eat the Teacher by Nick Ward
Froggy goes to School by Johnathan London
Jake starts School by Michael Wright
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It smells like red wine, feels slimy when wet and is figure hugging. Inspiration for the red wine dress came when Gary Cass noticed a skin-like layer covering a vat of wine that had been contaminated with bacteria and "gone off". The University of Western Australia researcher wanted to create a wearable seamless garment that formed itself without a single stitch. “The product is very delicate, comprising micro-fibrils of cellulose, the material that forms green plants’ cell walls," he said. Researchers are now using other forms of alcohol, including growing the bacteria on beer, to produce a translucent material.
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aircraft carrierArticle Free Pass
aircraft carrier, naval vessel from which airplanes may take off and on which they may land. As early as November 1910, an American civilian pilot, Eugene Ely, flew a plane off a specially built platform on the deck of the U.S. cruiser Birmingham at Hampton Roads, Va. On Jan. 18, 1911, in San Francisco Bay, Ely landed on a platform built on the quarterdeck of the battleship Pennsylvania, using wires attached to sandbags on the platform as arresting gear; he then took off from the same ship.
The British navy also experimented with the carrier; during World War I it developed the first true carrier with an unobstructed flight deck, the HMS Argus, built on a converted merchant-ship hull. The war ended before the Argus could be put into action, but the U.S. and Japanese navies quickly followed the British example. The first U.S. carrier, a converted collier renamed the USS Langley, joined the fleet in March 1922. A Japanese carrier, the Hosyo, which entered service in December 1922, was the first carrier designed as such from the keel up.
Fundamentally, the carrier is an airfield at sea with many special features necessitated by limitations in size and the medium in which it operates. To facilitate short takeoffs and landings, airspeeds over the deck are increased by turning the ship into the wind. Catapults flush with the flight deck assist in launching aircraft; for landing, aircraft are fitted with retractable hooks that engage transverse wires on the deck, braking them to a quick stop.
The control centres of a carrier are situated in the superstructure (the “island”), at one side of the flight deck. Aircraft landings are guided by radio and radar and by visual signals from the deck.
Carriers were first used in combat during the early stages of World War II. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor by carrier-based planes on Dec. 7, 1941, dramatically demonstrated the potential of the aircraft carrier, which thereafter was the dominant combat vessel of the war. The carrier played leading roles in the sea battles of the Pacific theatre, such as Midway Island, Coral Sea, and Leyte Gulf.
Carriers built after the war were larger and had armoured flight decks. Jet aircraft posed serious problems because of their greater weight, slower acceleration, higher landing speeds, and greater fuel consumption. Three British innovations contributed toward solution of these problems: a steam-powered catapult, an angled, or canted, flight deck, and a mirror landing-signal system.
On Sept. 24, 1960, the first nuclear-powered carrier, the Enterprise, was launched by the United States. It had no need for the fuel bunkers, smokestacks, and ducts for the elimination of exhaust gases that had occupied space in previous carriers.
Subsequent design modifications produced such variations as the light carrier, equipped with large amounts of electronic gear for the detection of submarines, and the helicopter carrier, intended for conducting amphibious assault. Another development was the substitution of missile armament for much of the former antiaircraft firepower. Carriers with combined capabilities are classified as multipurpose carriers.
What made you want to look up "aircraft carrier"? Please share what surprised you most...
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Tue February 5, 2013
VIDEO: In Israel, City Paints Car Into Handicap Spot, Then Tows It
Originally published on Tue February 5, 2013 6:52 pm
There is plenty of unfairness in life. But today, an Israeli woman is getting some justice after the city of Tel Aviv tried to pull a fast one.
In a video Hila Ben Baruch posted on Facebook Monday, Tel Aviv municipal workers are seen painting the pavement and curb around her car. By the time they're done, it's clear that they've painted the car into a handicapped spot.
Shortly after the workers are done painting, a tow truck shows up and takes the car away.
Haaretz reports that Ben Baruch complained to the city, which told her she was responsible for the fine. Haaretz writes:
" 'You just see it and can't believe it,' Ben Baruch wrote when she posted the video, which she got from an office building across the street that has a surveillance camera trained on the parking lot.
" 'While my car was parked in a [legal] blue-and-white spot, two municipal workers came by and signposted it as handicapped parking! In a heartbeat they repainted the curb, from blue and white to gray. That's it. Simple,' she wrote. 'Within 5 minutes they turned me into a criminal. But who cares? The important thing is that Tel Aviv sucked some more blood.' "
Luckily, Ben Baruch dug up security video, and the city relented.
"We apologize for the distress and will examine our conduct for the future, so that these kinds of things won't happen again," the city told Haaretz.
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