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GERAGHTY, JOHN (?–?). John Geraghty, early settler and legislator, arrived in Texas before 1836. From March 5 to September 15, 1836, he was quartermaster and lieutenant in Capt. Edwin Morehouse's company of New York volunteers. He represented San Patricio County in the First Congress of the republic. His land certificate in Matagorda County was dated March 7, 1838. He was probably the same John Geraghty who was elected alderman of Austin on January 1, 1840.
Texas House of Representatives, Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832–1845 (Austin: Book Exchange, 1941).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Carolyn Hyman, "GERAGHTY, JOHN," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fge06), accessed June 19, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.
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Most kids get more than their fair share of sweets, so it's not surprising that a recent study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that, on average, preschoolers eat 15 teaspoons of added sweeteners (such as sugar, honey, or fructose) a day -- that's 9 teaspoons more than they should.
The main sources of these sweeteners in their diets: soda, fruit drinks, cookies, and candy, says Joanne Guthrie, Ph.D., lead author of the study.
Nutritionists warn that too much sugar can lead to cavities and obesity, and possibly increase the risk of heart disease. Plus, sweets usually contain few vitamins or minerals -- and may diminish a child's appetite for more nutritious foods. Some ways to cut back on them:
SHOP SMART Added sweeteners come in a variety of forms -- sugar, sucrose, corn syrup, honey, maltose, dextrose, and fructose. If any of these is one of the top three ingredients on a food label, pass up the item or serve it sparingly.
OPT FOR FRUIT JUICE Fruit and sports drinks often pack in more added sugars and have fewer nutrients than 100-percent juices. Save soda as a special treat, and encourage your kids to drink milk or water with their meals.
DON'T BE FOOLED BY LOW-FAT FOODS Some contain more sugar to fill in for the fat. While you may still want to offer fat-reduced cookies, cakes, and granola bars, alternate them with healthier snacks like fruit, pretzels, and string cheese. Artificial sweeteners, such as saccharin or aspartame, also aren't necessarily a better bet. Although low in calories, they're usually found in nutritionally empty desserts and can help foster a sweet tooth.
SWEETEN TREATS YOURSELF Rather than buying a fruit yogurt, add a mashed banana and a teaspoon of table sugar to plain yogurt; instead of cookies or breakfast bars, toast a slice of whole-wheat bread and top it with a little honey or jam, or a pat of butter and cinnamon and sugar.
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Chief business officers (CBOs) typically hold a position as a company's top executive. They work in fields across the spectrum of public and private sector industries. To become a chief business officer, you must have intimate knowledge of your field and of the institution or company that you wish to become a CBO for. The most common industries chief business officers work in include teaching medical centers, institutions of higher education, and large nonprofit organizations. Preparation for a chief business officer position includes education as well as experience.
An advanced education is a necessity to become a chief business officer, especially if you plan to work in academia. A minimum of a master's degree in business, finance, or public administration should be your goal. If possible, obtain a PhD in one of these areas to further your quest to become a chief business officer. The position encompasses all areas of business, including finances, administrative, and operations; therefore, you must fill your university experience with classes in those areas. Continue to earn certifications and complete seminars as you plan your strategy for becoming a CBO.
Build a resume geared toward a chief business officer position. Develop expertise in financial planning, operations management, and communication. In addition, you must develop general knowledge of facilities maintenance, working with a board of directors, and budgeting. Concentrate on working in areas that will help you develop these skills. Keep careful records of your accomplishments in each of these skills at your various positions.
Strengths to focus on while building your resume include being able to view the big picture and delegation of responsibilities. To become a chief business officer, you must be prepared to show several years of leadership qualities and experiences in past work performances. Developing a reputation for being a team player is also important. Incorporating ideas from others demonstrates your willingness to work with department heads and board members.
Build relationships with key players at the location you wish to become a chief business officer in. Develop relationships with management and make it known you would like to become the CBO of the organization. Once an opening occurs, send in your resume, along with letters of reference and recommendations from key players within the organization. Remember to showcase past accomplishments on your resume. When you secure the interview, dress well, have a positive attitude, and go get the job.
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In the Financial year 2012-13 ,Fiscal deficit of the country is expected at 5.2 per cent of GDP and the country has targeted a fiscal deficit of 4.8 per cent of GDP in 2013-14. I am going to describe the steps which government have announced in budget or will take in future to decrease the fiscal deficit of the country.
Contribution through Direct Taxes
- Surcharge of 10 percent on persons (other than companies) whose taxable income exceed ` 1 crore to augment revenues
- Increase surcharge from 5 to 10 percent on domestic companies whose taxable income exceed ` 10 crore.
- In case of foreign companies who pay a higher rate of corporate tax, surcharge to increase from 2 to 5 percent, if the taxable income exceeds ` 10 crore.
- In all other cases such as dividend distribution tax or tax on distributed income, current surcharge increased from 5 to 10 percent.
- Proposal to increase the rate of tax on payments by way of royalty and fees for technical services to non-residents from 10 percent to 25 percent.
Contribution through Indirect Taxes
- Duty on Set Top Boxes increased from 5 to10 percent.
- Duty on raw silk increased from 5 to 15 percent.
- Duty on imported luxury goods such as high end motor vehicles, motor cycles, yachts and similar vessels increased.
- Specific excise duty on cigarettes increased by about 18 percent. Similar increase on cigars, cheroots and cigarillos.
- Excise duty on SUVs increased from 27 to 30 percent. Not applicable for SUVs registered as taxies.
- Excise duty on marble increased from `30 per square meter to ` 60 per square meter.
- Proposals to levy 4 percent excise duty on silver manufactured from smelting zinc or lead.
- Duty on mobile phones priced at more than `2000 raised to 6 percent.
Deduction in subsidy spending.
Disinvestments in PSUs
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First, Sling will look in the repository for a file at exactly this location. If such a file is found, it will be streamed out as is. But if there is no file to be found Sling will look for a repository node located at:
(and will return 404 if no such node exists). If the node is found, Sling then looks for a special property on that node named "sling:resourceType," which (if present) determines the resource type for that node. Sling will look under /apps (then /lib) to find a script that applies to the resource type. Let's consider a very simple example. Suppose that the resource type for the above node is "hr/job." In that case, Sling will look for a script called /apps/hr/job/job.jsp or /apps/hr/job/job.esp. (The .esp extension is for ECMAScript server pages.) However, if such a script doesn't exist, Sling will then look for /apps/hr/job/GET.jsp (or .esp) to service the GET request. Sling will also count apps/hr/job/html.jsp (or .esp) as a match, if it finds it.
Where things get interesting is when selectors are used in the target path. In content-centric applications, the same content (the same JCR nodes, in Sling) must often be displayed in different variants (e.g., as a teaser view versus a detail view). This can be accomplished through extra name steps called "selectors." For example:
In this case, .detail is a selector. Sling will look for a script at /apps/hr/job/job.detail.esp. But /apps/hr/job/job.detail.html.esp will also work.
It's possible to use multiple selectors in a resource URL. For example, consider:
In this case, there are two selectors (.print and .a4) as well as a file extension (html). How does Sling know where to start looking for a matching script? Well, it turns out that if a file called a4.html.jsp exists under a path of /apps/hr/jobs/print/, it will be chosen before any other scripts that might match. If such a file doesn't exist but there happens to be a file, html.jsp, under /apps/hr/jobs/print/a4/, that file would be chosen next.
Assuming all of the following scripts exist in the proper locations, they would be accessed in the order of preference shown:
/apps/hr/jobs/print/a4.html.jspThis precedence order is somewhat at odds with the example given in SLING-387. In particular, a script named print.a4.GET.html.jsp never gets chosen (nor does print.a4.html.jsp). Whether this is by design or constitutes a bug has yet to be determined. But in any case, the above precedence behavior has been verified.
For more information on Sling script resolution, be sure to consult the (excellent) Sling Cheat Sheet as well as Michael Marth's previous post on this topic. (Many thanks to Robin Bussell at Day Software for pointing out the correct script precedence order.)
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One of the world's greatest natural wonders, Mammoth Cave has five levels covering an area 10 miles in circumference. The Rotunda is a huge natural hall where visitors can still see the saltpeter vats used in the War of 1812.
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Center of Creative Arts (COCA)
St. Louis, MO
A group of forward-thinking Saint Louis
philanthropists founded The Center of Creative Arts (COCA) in 1986 as an “incubator for the arts.” Widely touted as a cultural innovator, COCA is the largest multidisciplinary arts organization in St. Louis and one of the premier community arts centers in the country, serving 50,000 people annually through more than 500 program activities that include dance, drama, visual arts and music. COCA’s education programs serve students of all ages at 40 sites across the St. Louis metropolitan area.
The Innovation: COCA developed COCAbiz… the Art of Performance, a series of workshops for the business community that uses multi-disciplinary artistic tools to illuminate and improve the creative capacity of businesses. The program focuses on developing
communication, management, and team performance.
How did they do it? Click on the image to read COCA's innovation story (PDF, 4 pages)
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Posted October 15, 2010
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November 22, 2012 | 3:39 am
Posted by Danny Groner
A roundup of the most talked about political and global stories in the Jewish world this week:
Israel and Hamas have engaged in rocket attacks over the past week that has some worried that the fighting could escalate into all-out war. Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system has been able to intercept a large number of the rockets, but more have been landing in Israel of late which has caused panic. Then, on Wednesday, a bomb took out a bus in Tel Aviv. "Unfortunately, Hamas is not rational. It targets Israeli civilians while hiding behind its own," said Michael Oren in The New York Times. "Israel will not allow its citizens' lives to be endangered. The international community must call on the Palestinian leadership in the Gaza Strip to take the same approach with its own people," added Danny Ayalon in The Guardian. A ceasefire announced later on Wednesday left some hopeful that the violence would end.
Is peace possible?
The bus bombing came amid talks led by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton which only further damaged the possibility of the two sides hashing out a longterm resolution. "With that mindset among Hamas's backers, it's hard to be optimistic about the prospects for a sustainable truce. That is why Israel must pin Hamas down to an enforceable deal -- a genuine, durable peace grounded in reality, not the fantasy world of Hamas and its apologists," said an Australian editorial. And it's on Israel to start the process, said a Miami Herald editorial: "Israel would have to commit to genuine talks over the West Bank to provide Palestinians there the hope of a better life and offer a model that the people of Gaza can strive for. The United States can do its part by dragging both sides to the negotiating table. None of this is likely to happen unless the people of Gaza renounce the leadership of Hamas. By now they must surely realize that as long as they live under the rule of terrorists, they will never have a better future."
Rupert Murdoch made headlines with a tweet over the weekend that adminished the "Jewish-owned press" for their coverage of the Israel situation. In an apology, Murdoch said "I should have stuck to the substance of the issue and not bring in irrelevant and incorrect ethnic matters." Was Murdoch so out of line? "He’s packed a remarkable amount of idiocy and nastiness into 140 characters. It will take a lot more space than that to dig himself out," said Peter Beinart at The Daily Beast. Some say it's expected with his personality. "Murdoch forthrightly speaks his mind and that's refreshing and unusual. It's a useful data-point to consider when consuming news produced by his employees," said Dan Murphy said in The Christian Science Monitor. "Twitter, free of his minders, offers a direct line to who he is," agreed Michael Wolff at The Guardian.
What's next for GOP?
Now that the election dust has settled, the Republican party is forced to reassess its values and mission as it looks ahead to 2016. One of the areas that pundits say they should consider is the Jewish vote, and their standing with Jews in America. "The GOP’s problem goes beyond candidate quality and can be summed up in a single question: What do they have to offer?" asked Jamelle Bouie in The American Prospect. "Clearly, the Republican party is in desperate need of realignment," said Gary Younge at GulfNews.com. "Today, six of the nine Supreme Court justices are Catholic (the other three are Jewish) and the Republican nomination was a contest between a Catholic (Rick Santorum) and a Mormon (Romney). The Catholic won the evangelicals; the Mormon won the Catholics." It's time to accept that "demography is not destiny."
"Thanksgiving is my least favorite meal of the year. The problem with the holiday is that it’s difficult to feel thankful when you’re slumped on the couch in a food coma after the meal," said Elana Horwich in the Jewish Journal. In fact, the Thanksgiving story and the Jewish tradition share many commonalities. Rabbi Laura Baum shared some insights in a Huffington Post article: "So, as we sit at our Thanksgiving tables this Thursday, and our Hanukkah tables in a few weeks, let us remember the celebration is not just about one snapshot in time that we seek to re-create. On Thanksgiving, we are free to replace the turkey with tofurkey, or the sugary pumpkin pie with a crust-less, Splenda concoction. We've welcomed a third football game to the holiday, not just watching the Lions' game and the Cowboys' game. There are many ways to be authentic."
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The soil environments on the high- and low-input sites I'm assuming will be
significantly different. If not, they should be.
But I don't think it is really valid to compare high- and low-input
treatments on a site that has been managed conventionally up until the
first year of the trial. The improvements in soil quality (disease
suppression, water holding capacity, nutrient cycling, etc.) on farms that
are sustainably managed (longer rotations, cover crops, etc.) don't kick in
that quickly. And it's the response of the different genetics to these
different soil environments that is the big question in my mind.
Similarly, it seems strange to me to manage crops conventionally in fields
that have a long history of sustainable management. If you set up
randomized and replicated plots in a sustainably managed field where you've
just killed a nice cover crop without herbicides, are you going to go back
in and use herbicides and sidedress N on the conventional plots? Doesn't
Guess I see two different big-picture questions that farmers might want
1. "What are the best genetics to use in my fields where the quality of my
soil has been slipping and I don't feel like I have any alternative to
conventional rotations and practices?"
2. "Since I've found ways to improve the quality of my soil through
rotations, cover crops etc., should I still be using commercial hybrids or
are there other genetics that would perform better (economically) in my
Is there anyone out there who has worked closely with long term trials of
conventional vs. sustainable management, such as the Rodale farming systems
trial or others, that could share what they found about response of
whatever hybrids or OP varieties they used vs. the different levels of soil
quality in their plots?
I hope that some practical and useful info for farmers comes out of this
discussion. Let's keep refining it.
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Before Moving In - The Lease
When you sign a lease with a landlord, you are signing a legal contract which carries responsibilities and benefits for both the landlord and the tenant. Most leases are for terms of one year or more. As a result, you want to make sure you understand the lease well and ask any questions you may have before signing it. Failure to review the lease carefully or to understand it, could result in financial or other liability down the road. At a minimum, the lease should state: (1) The beginning and ending dates of the lease; (2) The name(s), address(es) and phone number(s) of the property owner or manager; (3) The amount of the security deposit (if the lease requires any); (4) The amount of last month’s rent required up front; (5) The amount of rent to be paid and when it is due; (6) Who pays utilities and other services; and (7) The legal procedure for the retention and return of the security deposit. Remember to get all promises in writing. If it’s not in writing, it never happened.
Illegal Lease Terms
If a lease has an illegal lease term (a provision in the lease that is against the law) it is unenforceable and you are not obligated to follow it. A landlord may also be violating the consumer protection laws for including illegal lease terms in the lease. While it is impossible to list all the possible illegal lease terms, some common ones include: (1) Utilities such as gas, oil, electricity and water: You can’t be required to pay for utilities unless there is a separate meter measuring only the use of your unit AND it’s written in the lease that the tenant is responsible for the utilities (there are special laws and regulations which apply to water/sewage charges); (2) Late payment fee – A landlord can only apply a late payment fee for late rent after 30 days; and (3) Garbage removal: A tenant can only be obligated to pay for garbage removal only if there are fewer than 3 units in the building/home.
Before Moving In - Statement of Condition
If your landlord accepts a security deposit from you, then s/he is required to provide you with a Statement of Conditions. This is a very important form which describes the condition of the apartment when you first move in. When you receive this Statement of Conditions, you should walk through the entire leased premises and document any damage or other conditions issues on the form. You should also take pictures of the premises in the condition you found it and save these pictures (you may need them as proof later if a dispute arises). If you do not receive a Statement of Conditions, then you should still document the damages and conditions and give it to the landlord. You may be able to find a helpful form at the Mass Legal Help website (a link is provided below). By taking these steps, your landlord cannot then hold you responsible for damage that already existed before you moved in (and try to keep your security deposit).
Security Deposit - It's YOUR Money
A security deposit belongs to the tenant until such time that a landlord can lawfully deduct from it. That is why the law imposes strict requirements on how landlords must handle a tenant's security deposit. For example, they must place the security deposit in an interest-bearing account, located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and out of the reach of creditors. When you give a landlord a security deposit, you should receive two receipts: the first when you pay your deposit and the second within thirty days of paying the deposit. The second receipt is the most important as it should provide specific information, including the name of the bank and the account number where your deposit is being held. The security deposit law imposes many other requirements and penalties for noncompliance. If a landlord does not properly comply with this law, a tenant may be entitled to recover up to three times the security deposit in damages, in certain cases.
Joint and Several Liability - What Does That Mean?
If there is more than one person on the lease listed as tenants, more likely than not your lease has language regarding "joint and several liability" of the tenants. It's important that you understand what this means, particularly if you will be sharing the premises with housemates that you do not know very well. This provision means that you and your housemates will be held responsible for the rent and any damage to the unit individually as well as collectively. For example, if your housemate causes damage that you were not involved in causing, you can be held responsible. Also, if your housemate leaves before the lease expires and does not pay rent, a landlord can collect the unpaid rent from your security deposit. (So choose your housemates wisely!)
What Can a Landlord Legally Charge Me Before Moving In?
A landlord is limited to what s/he can charge you at the beginning of a tenancy. Under the law, a landlord can only charge for: (1) First month’s rent; (2) Last month’s rent (which is no greater than the first month’s rent); (3) A security deposit (which is no greater than the first month’s rent); and (4) Cost of a purchasing and installing a new lock and key THAT’S IT! Some landlords will try to charge application fees or "finder's fees." While some realtors and property managers may be able to collect these fees (because they are not the landlords), these fees are not allowed if charged by a landlord. If you have questions regarding these fees, you should speak to an attorney who may help you determine whether such fees were legally assessed.
General Tip During the Tenancy - Put It In Writing!
Good communication between landlords and tenants is an important part of a successful tenancy. When things go wrong, and maybe even end up in court, proving things can be a challenge, particularly if the communication was over the phone or in person. Therefore, when you give your landlord notice of a bad condition in your apartment, you should try to communicate this notice in writing. Under the law, in certain situations, you are not considered to have notified your landlord of a condition unless it is done in writing. This is especially important if your landlord is not responding to phone contact. Also, save copies of all your communication to the landlord and his/her response.
As a tenant, you have many rights in landlord/tenant disputes. If you would like further information about any of the topics discussed on this guide, or other problems with your landlord, check out MassLegalHelp.org or speak to attorney. Further, if you're worried a landlord may try to keep your security deposit unlawfully, or has not returned your deposit within 30 days of the end of the tenancy, you should contact an attorney as soon as possible. Some attorneys will handle security deposit issues on a contingency-fee or mixed-fee basis, so it's worth getting more information.
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Oklahoma City to get 550 jobs from aircraft maker Boeing
Aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing is moving 550 jobs to Oklahoma City by the end of 2012.
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Boeing likely will receive some kind of economic incentives from the city to move jobs here, Assistant City Manager Cathy O'Connor said.
"We don't know the amount yet," she said.
O'Connor said Boeing could be eligible for job creation grants from the city's strategic investment program, which is bankrolled by economic development funds approved by voters in 2007.
The Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust is expected to authorize the city manager to negotiate with Boeing.
Company already has Oklahoma presence
Boeing already has about 900 employees in Oklahoma, including about 700 in Oklahoma City.
The company centralized its Oklahoma City operations a couple of years ago at SE 59 and Air Depot Boulevard near Tinker Air Force Base.
Boeing spokeswoman Jennifer Hogan said the company has about 250 Oklahoma City employees working on software upgrades for B-1 bombers.
Hogan said the company intends to begin building laboratories for relocated programs immediately, with jobs to follow next spring.
Boeing plans to move multiple B-1 programs to Oklahoma City by 2012, including those working on radar and aft cockpit upgrades and new communications capabilities for the Air Force, she said.
Boeing workers also are retrofitting C-130 cargo planes with digital technology to bring them into compliance with new Federal Aviation Administration regulations for navigation and communication set to go into effect in 2015.
Those programs employ about 800 people in Southern California. About 550 positions will be relocated to Oklahoma City. The remaining positions will be reduced from the programs over the next two years as contracts are fulfilled.
Some Boeing employees will be relocated when the programs are moved, while other positions will be posted and hired locally in Oklahoma City.
Hogan said it is too soon to tell how those numbers will shake out.
Williams said other companies that have moved jobs to Oklahoma City have had more employees than expected accept relocation, but that can be an expensive proposition for employers like Boeing.
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- Linux is based on a sharing concept, not based on selfishness.
- Linux respects your intelligence and encourages creativity.
- Linux adopts the concept of "Everyone can be a Leader" it has a good space for people's initiatives.
- Linux is one of the largest friendly communities, where programmers around the world that do not know each other can have a free speech common room.
- Linux creators do not suffer from human insecurity & lack of confidence, as it shows its real face & do not mind constructive criticize.
- Linux is like a close friend to you when you go to visit him you can act as if you are home; in your friend's house you can bring food, help in arranging the house, help him/her adding a new look to it etc... That is exactly what Linux allows you to do creating, developing, modifying, adding, rearranging, etc…
- Linux is proving a very important value; "Small melodies when gathered in harmony can create an outstanding piece of music".
- Linux has broken the misleading presumption of "To make sure you are not doing something wrong or destructive, u must be monitored by a higher authority".
- Linux is proving the widely approved concept in community development; "Community development based on grass root efforts is much more reliable than the services presented to the community by a big institution".
- Linux proves that there is always another alternative, there is always a way, there's hope worth the effort of creating a better tomorrow.
Because Microsoft knows how to be a good politician:
- It knows how to have the highest number of votes even if doesn't have the highest recognition.
- It knows how to keep their market under control even if they have better competitors.
- It has the dare to pretend being the best and be very convincing while knowing their vices.
- It covers up on the flaws of its operating system.
- It presents misleading, inaccurate comparisons - claiming they're the best.
Being the leader doesn't necessarily mean you're the best. I read a comment on the net about Microsoft that is very relevant to political life ;o)
"Microsoft would rather be pirated than being free" …!!!
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Spanakopita, or spinach and cheese pie, is one of the most loved foods of Greece for Greeks and tourists alike. Robust flavours of the cheeses are well balanced with a hint of spice and and the freshness of herbs and greens, all wrapped up in a feather-light and crunchy pastry shell.
While a lot of Greek food is seasonal, this dish is made all year round, and is a particular favourite for festive occasions. In rural areas, women gather wild greens from the hillsides to add even more flavors, or make hortopita, which is primarily greens with little or no cheese. Here is my fail-safe recipe.
Spanakopita Greek Spinach Pie Recipe
½ kilo filo sheets
700 gr fresh spinach or frozen, preferably leaves and not cubes
200 gr crumbled feta cheese
1 cup of Graviera cheese or Gruyere or ½ cup of Parmesan
2 large eggs (slightly beaten)
½ cup of finely chopped fresh parsley
5 finely chopped spring onions
1 large finely chopped onion
1 cup of finely chopped fresh dill
½ teaspoon of ground nutmeg
½ cup of olive oil for the filling and
½ cup of olive oil for brushing the phyllo sheets
Salt and pepper to taste
Sesame seeds for topping
Wash the spinach leaves very well. If using frozen, let them thaw well. Use a deep pot and add the fresh spinach, do not use any water or oil at this point. Let them sweat, making sure they don’t stick to the bottom. It only takes a few minutes. Add little at a time! When excessive juices have evaporated, pull the spinach aside and add oil, onions, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
Cook for a few minutes until onions sweat and then add ½ cup of water. Cook until it absorbs all juices. Discard excessive liquid or else your spanakopita will end up with a soggy bottom. Turn off heat, add parsley, dill and let the filling cool before adding the eggs and cheeses. Discard excessive liquid or else your spanakopita will end up with a soggy bottom. Brush your cooking pan with a little oil and lay a sheet of phyllo, brush with oil and repeat until you have used half of the packet. Make sure you have the sheets covered with a damp towel to prevent them from drying. Spread the filling evenly and repeat with the other half. Tuck in the sides and cut into squares. (Do not cut all the way through.) Brush the top with oil and sprinkle some sesame seeds. Cook until golden brown. Kali Oreksi!
Recipes and pictures ©Georgia Gerardis 2012
After I posted this, I knew I would just have to make a spanakopita tonight, so my daughter Fran and I whipped one up when we got home. She added a t4t (Taste for Travel) in pastry for the top. And she took all the pictures on her iPhone and made a collage on Pic Stitch. What a wonderful app! And the pita tasted fabulous too. I have to make another one tomorrow morning, for the rest of the family!
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Drug abuse is a leading threat round the globe and home drug tests have established a separate testing process zone due to this reason. You might not be hired if you are positive for the metabolites of banned drugs. This has caused people to resort to home testing prior to going ahead with the interview.
Whatever be the method of home drug test, they are likely to aid a person top arrive at the yes or no key to the presence of drugs, which in turn will lead to the start for the person returning to leading a drug free life, it can help them trapped through relapse, so that the physicians can provide with a stable and quicker rehabilitation. These tests can be made in absolute privacy and they can provide exact results. Home drug tests are a practical option these days with the accessibility of drug testing kits.
Different kinds of tests such as urine test, saliva test and hair follicle test are carried out so as to identify drug abuse. Between the most widely used tests are the urine tests and you will be able to locate a number of urine testing kits accessible with pharmacies these days. With a urine drug testing kit you can arrive at the presence or absence of a specific drug related metabolite which forms the basis for proving a drug to be positive.
One of the main benefits with the urine testing kits is that up to 10 different drugs can be tested for in a single dip.
Drug testing kits are offered in several formats, like urine drug tests, hair drug tests, saliva tests, blood tests. Urine drug testing kits are generally the most general since they are quite cheap; give very fast and exact results. You can purchase drug testing kits for urine samples in lots of dissimilar formats like individual DOA test strips or multi test panel format that lets you to carry out substance abuse results for multiple number of tests in one fast and simple application.
For instance, if you suspect marijuana consumption with your teen you can verify the results by purchasing marijuana test strip and carry out a fast check. Though, if you are testing your employees in the workplace, you should apply panel tests for the multiple parameters like Morphine, Amphetamine, Methamphetamine, Cocaine, and Marijuana (THC).
Please remember that particular rules and regulations are relevant, like proper sample gathering, testing process, and so on. It is essential for you to discover the substance abuse testing rules in your own state / region previous to carrying out drug testing.
The internet provides information about the high-quality DOA tests kits and as well a wealth of information and helpful links on the topic of drugs of abuse. They adhere with education related to drug usage, testing, and treatment. They are also encouraged to present comments and feedback about their drug testing products and services.
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Spring means time to get outside and start those projects around the home that you may have pushed off during the winter.
Whether it's repairing a fence or hanging pictures, don't let your DIY projects intimidate you. Break down a project into smaller pieces to be completed over the course of several days/weeks. This allows you to prepare for each step with the necessary tools and materials, eliminates extended strain on your body, and still offers the satisfaction of completing a major project in the end. When you are working, aim to take short breaks every 15 minutes or so to stretch and hydrate instead of spending several hours working in the same position.
Tools with large grips or foam handles are easier to grasp, and can help you work more effectively and with less pain. Accessories such as the Macor Revolutionized Wrench
provide the effectiveness of a typical wrench, but the increased surface area allows the individual to use less force to accomplish the same result.
It’s important to keep in mind one of the most common mistakes people make when lifting materials: Using poor posture or lifting something too heavy. Remember to keep your back stiff, bending at your knees, and keep the object as close to your body as possible to minimize additional back and shoulder strain.
If you are looking for other ideas, check out the Aleve DIY Challenge
for project inspiration. Sign up, receive a kit, and get going!
When getting ready for various DIY projects around the home, be sure to keep some of the following tips in mind to help complete the project with minimal pain.
- Place one foot on an elevated surface when standing and working for an extended period to help relieve back pressure
- Try to keep your arms close to your body instead of reaching with fully extended arms to minimize shoulder strain
- If kneeling for an extended period, grab an old towel or pillow to cushion the knee on the ground
- Push objects instead of pulling whenever possible and keep your back and head in line
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Project Conversion is a dynamic process, and it seems like changes are occurring every second. Indeed, to adopt a faith for a month–to drape oneself in the garments of a brand new perspective–is a dramatic metamorphosis. The only question is, what will I transform into at the end of the process?
For each Week 4 period, part of this evolutionary process is to review what was done, the outcome, and what (if any) changes I’ll make going forward. My month with the Baha’i Faith has given me an amazingly new outlook on life in general and how to possibly approach/adapt/practice other faiths. Here are a few of those points.
– This point seems obvious, but how many of us really think about our religious/spiritual
communities and set them on par with concepts like worship or scriptural study? I can tell you that I would have never have made the progress I have without the support of my new Baha’i family. Entire revelations stemmed just from having a leisure cup of tea or chat with other Baha’is. The importance of communal life is something I will carry forward. The Baha’i Faith places a large emphasis on this community life, as we see in the following quote by Abdu’l'Baha in The Tablets of the Divine Plan:
Or how about for every, single, breath? We take our existence–the very operative function of our bodies–for granted. For Baha’is, mankind is the only creature on the planet who can discern God. Look at what we are doing now. I am participating in the very journey Baha’u'llah talks about in The Seven Valley and the Four Valleys, an essay describing the spiritual journey of the seeker of God. You are here with me, participating as a fellow oarsman in this quest for understanding. Is the fact that we have this capacity–this ethereal curiosity–not a reason to give thanks? My wife is reading a book in which the Christian author says “the heights of our joy are measured by the depths of our gratitude.”
The plight of those brave Baha’i souls in Iran and elsewhere, past and present, imprisoned for their Baha’i faith, effected me deeply this month. Strangely so. Their faith and grace even in their darkest hour humbles me to my knees to give thanks for the freedoms I enjoy. Would Project Conversion exist in some of these other countries? Would you have the freedom to read along? It doesn’t matter if you believe in a divine presence, the very act of gratitude, of humbling oneself to the point where every blessing received is viewed as a tool to bless another, is a lens through which peace is no longer a pipe dream, but a reality. I will give more thanks…I will give so much more.
I Will Not Change:
–Huh? Let’s not kid ourselves. Project Conversion is one of those things that often make it to the spotlight. But that isn’t the goal. Never was. There are folks who claim this is a publicity stunt to get attention. Really? Come on over to my house. Really. I get up at 5:30 AM everyday and study until my eyes get sore, pray until my voice goes out, meditate until I cannot feel reality…and that’s all before my wife and kids wake up. I don’t have a camera crew (I don’t want one), I’m not on a reality show, and my budget for this whole thing is well…let’s just say that I do depend on the kindness of others. I’m doing this to make a difference, not to make dividends.
But I wouldn’t have it any other way.
So what does this mean for the long run? What you see is 100% authentic. There is no filter. And that is the way it will stay. My loyalties lay with the people who have dedicated their time and shown me kindness for Project Conversion. They believe in me–in what I’m doing–and to that, I…give thanks.
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The U.S. government abruptly halted aggressive treatment in a major study of diabetes and heart disease after a surprising number of deaths occurred among patients who pushed their blood sugar to very low levels.
The 10,000-patient ACCORD was designed to investigate whether lowering blood sugar levels to below the current recommended target would help protect patients at high-risk of heart attack.
However, the study was halted 18 months early, following 257 deaths among aggressively treated patients, compared to only 203 among diabetics given more standard care. Although aggressively treated patients were actually less likely to suffer heart attacks, any heart attacks they did suffer were more likely to be fatal.
A close look at the multiple medications patients used, including the drug Avandia that is suspected of being a heart risk, showed no sign that any were to blame.
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James Ford Rhodes (18481927). History of the Civil War, 18611865 1917.
WITH superior resources, larger armies as well disciplined as those of the South and better equipped and supplied, with generals equal on the whole in ability, as may be asserted after Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the North was certain to win in the end provided it would with persistency and patience make the sacrifice of men and money necessary to subjugate the brave and high-spirited people of the Southern Confederacy, who were still determined on resistance. But volunteering had practically ceased, and only a pretty rigorous conscription could furnish the soldiers needed. Such a measure was contrary to the genius and habits of the people and could not be enforced unless the government were backed by public sentiment. Whether the President would receive this necessary support might have been momentarily doubted from what took place in New York City shortly after the victories of Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
During the enrolment under the Conscription Act of March 3, 1863, disturbances had occurred, but these had been speedily quelled, and though giving rise to local excitement, were not of a nature to indicate any extended and violent opposition to the policy of filling the armies of the North by compulsion. On July 7 the draft under the Conscription Act began in Rhode Island, next day in Massachusetts and proceeded quietly in various districts until Saturday, July 11, which had been the day appointed for the drawings to commence in New York City. Although
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This week, many changes take place in your baby, who now measures about 1.6cm. His embryonic tail is just about gone, and all his organs, muscles and nerves are beginning to function. In his brain, nerve cells are branching out to connect with one another, forming primitive neural pathways. Your baby's hands now bend at the wrist, and his feet are starting to lose their webbed appearance. His eyelids cover more of his eyes and tastebuds are forming on his tongue.
Your pregnancy is changing your figure as well. Your breasts may have grown large enough that you'll need bigger bras with better support than your old ones. You may notice your waistline expanding as well, forcing you to pack away your favourite jeans until next year.
Check out what to eat and drink throughout your pregnancy to make sure your baby gets all he needs to help him grow. Now's a good time to check out your maternity rights so you can plan ahead.
Note: Every baby develops differently. This page is designed to give a general idea of how a fetus grows in the uterus.
See your previous stage: 7 weeks pregnant
See your next stage: 9 weeks pregnant
ReferencesThis article was written using the following sources:
Hadlock FP, Yogesh PS, Kanon DJ, Lindsey JV. 1992. Fetal crown-rump length: Re-evaluation of relation to menstrual age (5-18 weeks) with high-resolution real-time US. Radiology 182(2):501-5
Hill M. 2009. Development week by week. University of New South Wales Embryology. embryology.med.unsw.edu.au [Accessed August 2009]
Medline. 2009. Fetal development. Medline Plus Medical Encyclopedia. www.nlm.nih.gov [Accessed August 2009]
Visembryo. 2006. Pregnancy timeline. The Visible Embryo. www.visembryo.com [Accessed August 2009]
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I think GloFo got the memo from AMD and is reving up their operation as is TSMC after Qualcomm blasted them in the media yesterday.
Advanced Micro Devices said on Thursday that it expects to begin small-volume production of its future accelerated processing units using 28nm process technology late this year. The company did not specify which of its next-gen APUs will go to manufacturing first and at which of contract makers of semiconductors, but what is clear is that the new APUs will be taped out in 2012.
"We will start small-volume manufacturing ramp of [28nm APUs] in the second half [of the year], so we can get ready for the launch in 2013," said Thomas Seiffert, chief financial officer of AMD, during a conversation with analysts.
AMD readies at least three accelerated processing units for launch in 2013. The highest-performing one is code-named Kaveri, which will have Steamroller-class up to four x86 cores along with GCN-architecture graphics engine. For low-cost/low-power systems AMD is developing code-named Kabini APU, which features two or four Jaguar c86 cores as well as GCN graphics processing engine. For tablets and similar ultra low power applications, AMD preps APU known as Temash, which will also use Jaguar x86 core(s) and low-power graphics adapter.
All three Fusion accelerated processing units are set to be made using 28nm process technology, but AMD does not disclose which chips will be made by Globalfoundries and which by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. It is possible that some APUs will come from both foundries to ensure maximum volumes.
Globalfoundries plans to initiate volume production of chips using 28nm process tech with HKMG technology in December, 2011, at its Fab 8 in New York, USA. TSMC is already making 28nm/HKMG chips, but the volumes are not very large, based on market rumours.
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A malfunctioning New York City traffic light is the focus of a potential personal-injury lawsuit. But laws about how to sue cities may stop the suit in its tracks.
A broken traffic signal gave green lights in all directions at a busy Bronx intersection in March 2011, the New York Post reports. A car and a cab crashed at the intersection, both facing a green light.
Jonathan Diaz, 31, was driving the car and suffered a spinal injury that left him disabled. Diaz now wants to sue the city for the four-way green light -- but a legal technicality has him seeing red.
Diaz can't file a broken traffic light lawsuit because he didn't file a government tort claim within 90 days of the crash, the Post reports. So what is a tort claim, and how does it relate to suing a city?
Most state laws limit a local government's liability for personal injuries. The legal process for suing a city begins with providing written notice in the form of a tort claim, within a certain time period after an injury.
Many cities provide standardized forms for tort claims and notices. After receiving notice of your claim, the city can begin settlement talks; or the city can reject your claim, clearing the way for your civil lawsuit.
Laws about how to sue cities are different, depending on location and your type of injury. You may want to consult a local attorney about the best way to proceed in your area.
In Jonathan Diaz's case, he missed New York City's 90-day window to file a claim notice about his broken traffic light-related injuries. But Diaz has an excuse: He didn't know the light was broken until after police later gave him a copy of the accident report.
Diaz, a father of three who's now on disability, has filed a petition asking the Bronx Supreme Court to waive the claim-notice requirement and allow him to sue the city. Until the court rules, Diaz's potential traffic light injury lawsuit has nowhere to go.
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A bunch of people involved in the furor over Rebecca Watson saying, “Guys, don’t do that,” went around pointing fingers and calling people “radical feminists.” The implication was that being a radical feminist was somehow a bad thing–you know, radical.
The problem is that, in the context of feminism, ”radical” means “at or of the root.” “Radical” feminism is the proposition that institutions in a sexist culture tend to be designed to perpetuate the sexism. It recognizes two things–that those in power shape the world to suit their needs and desires, including the desire to hang onto power, and that culture is self-perpetuating. In essence, it’s Newton’s First Law for society.
How does this “radical” notion play out in reality? One example would be jobs that penalize for parental leave in a society in which women do the vast majority of care-giving. Another would be male ownership and management of the media production companies responsible for determining what culture is “mainstream” and what remains underground. Others are as simple as the application of cognitive biases, such as in-group bias in a world where gender is considered an important part of identity or just-world beliefs in an unequal society.
Radical feminism fit right in with the rest of the big radical movements of the late 60s and early 70s. Those movements–championing civil rights, questioning the basis for foreign wars, rejecting consumerism–pointed out that our society, by design, gives weight to certain ideas and people over others, regardless of merit, much as the atheist movement is doing today. The derisive connotation of the word “radical” comes from the marginalization of these ideas, painting them with the naturalistic fallacy as unrealistic or dangerous.
Yes, there were a few feminist theorists of the time who suggested that this understanding required that institutions be torn down and replaced. Again, this was in keeping with the general ethos of the human rights activism of time. These are the people that anti-feminists still point to when they want to claim that radical feminism is just too…radical by modern standards. However, the truth is that recognition of how our institutions are biased has become mainstream, and the consensus on how to deal with it involves changing the institutions instead of dismantling them.
To use my examples from above, where we now have parental leave policies that may still slightly disadvantage parents who use them, we used to have a situation in which women were fired when their employers found out they were pregnant. Underground culture is now merely alternative but much more easily available. We have collected data that can be and has been leveraged to demonstrate that bias is just that. We now have institutions that are less sexist, due to the work of radical feminists.
Yes, this also means that we have divorce courts that recognize fathers’ roles in their children’s lives and that award alimony to men. We have family leave policies that benefit fathers and male caretakers as well. We have federal agencies that recognize that men can be sexually harrassed. We have a greater variety of masculine depictions in the media from which to choose role models. We have masculine norms that don’t rely on violence or the capacity for violence. Radical feminism has dug into the roots of male oppression as well.
Given all that, the challenge is this: Explain to me why (other than not being post-colonial) being called a radical feminist should be seen as anything other than a compliment.
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Environmental projects could be classified as either investigation or remediation efforts. Some techniques might include installation of monitoring wells, gas probes, instrumentation, soil investigation and testing or water well investigation.
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The Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou surprised the world today by announcing that he will put the bailout plan for his country up to a public vote.
I find two conflicting principles at play here.
One the one side, people do not get a vote as to whether or not they will pay back money they have borrowed.
I can imagine somebody to whom I have lent money telling me, "I have taken a vote and I have decided against paying back the money I owe you."
Or, I can imagine my bank saying, "Our Board of Directors have taken a vote and decided against returning any of the money you have in your savings account."
Or my employer saying, “Our board of directors has voted to keep the money we would have otherwise paid you for the last month.”
When the Greek government borrowed this money, they gave others a claim on future Greek income. Perhaps they should not have done this. In fact, they should not have done this.
In doing so, they have given themselves an obligation to pay back that borrowed money according to the terms specified. If they cannot do so - or they cannot pay all of it - then they need to come to some sort of agreement with the people to whom they owe these obligations. They cannot simply say, "We have voted not to pay our debts."
On the other side - speaking in favor of such a referendum - it is good for people to take ownership of their obligations.
There should be no problem with giving the people of Greece a vote in whether or not to pay back their debts, and getting a resounding "Yes" in response.
It would be nice to get the Greek people on record as admitting, to themselves and the world, "Okay, we have these obligations. We have decided to honor and respect them."
The problem here is that - what if the Greek people are not willing to live up to their obligations?
The reason that this proposed referendum is causing so much turmoil is because the people of the world think the Greeks are dishonorable and immoral people who will simply refuse to pay what they owe.
This means that the people to whom Greece owes money will suffer. They, in turn, will be put in a position where they cannot pay off their debts unless they adopt austerity measures themselves - and perhaps not even then.
Imagine getting a telephone call from your boss at the end of the month saying, "We have decided not to pay anybody this week. I know you did the work and we owe you the money, but we have decided to keep it instead."
Putting aside the fact that they have no right to make such a claim, there is also the problem that you have rent or mortgage coming due, car payments to make, a power bill to pay, and other uses for that money. If you had known you would not get paid, you would have likely spent the last month finding some other source of income. However, now that you have done a month’s worth of work and it is time to get paid, you no longer have that option.
A referendum is a good idea when given to honorable people who respect their obligations. It is a less than good idea when offered to dishonorable people more than willing to inflict harms on others if they can obtain a financial benefit in the process.
In this sense, it is like giving the a community a vote on whether to institute slavery. Moral people would simply vote a unanimous "no" and be done with it. However, there is some reason to worry that even the idea of a vote gives the institution of slavery an illusion of legitimacy. It is something that moral people not only would refuse to adopt, but something people generally have no right to adopt.
And what should you do if you live in a community where there is a real sense that the people will end up voting FOR slavery? In this case, is it a good idea to suggest that the people have a right to vote on such an issue?
This is the type of situation that Greece faces with respect to this public referendum. There is a clear answer to what they should do. The question is, are they of a good enough moral character to do it. And, if not, should they be given the option of voting on something they have no right to do?
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- Bruce Lee
Why should one sit on the ground and eat?
With the change in lifestyle and emerging trend, people these days have made themselves used to having their meal on dining tables. According to the ancient Indian culture, people preferred having their meals sitting on the house flooring either on a mat or a mattress.
When having meal on a dining table, the plate comes at the chest level of the person having the meal. Hence, the person has to just bend his neck slightly to consume food. On the other hand, a person has to bend significantly when having meal sitting on the floor. Due to this, the stomach gets pressed. After consuming food, the person becomes straight again. This cycle helps the movement of the abdominal muscles. The constant movement of abdominal muscles causes the secretion of digestive juices which in turn assists the consumed food become softer and facilitates the process of digestion. It is not the case when one has food while sitting on a table.
Another advantage of this is even if we accidentally drop the food, the food falls in the plate and not on the body. This reduces the spoiling of the clothes. Contrary to this, a person sitting on the table has to keep a napkin on the lap.
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Type of Document Dissertation Author Baldwin, Rusty Olen Author's Email Address email@example.com URN etd-062499-102718 Title Improving the Real-time Performance of a Wireless Local Area Network Degree PhD Department Electrical and Computer Engineering Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Davis, Nathaniel J. IV Committee Chair Bostian, Charles W. Committee Member Gray, Festus Gail Committee Member Kobza, John E. Committee Member Midkiff, Scott F. Committee Member Keywords
- integrated voice-data
- real time
- queueing models
- access protocol
- wireless LAN
Date of Defense 1999-06-23 Availability unrestricted AbstractThis research considers the transmission of real-time data within a wireless local area network (WLAN).
Exact and approximate analytic network evaluation techniques are examined. The suitability of using a given technique in a particular situation is discussed.
Simulation models are developed to study the performance of our protocol RT-MAC (real-time medium access control). RT-MAC is a novel, simple, and elegant MAC protocol for use in transmitting real-time data in point to point ad hoc WLAN. Our enhancement of IEEE 802.11, RT-MAC, achieves dramatic reductions in mean delay, missed deadlines, and packet collisions by selectively discarding packets and sharing station state information. For example, in a 50 station network with a normalized offered load of 0.7, mean delay is reduced from more than 14 seconds to less than 45 ms, late packets are reduced from 76% to less than 1%, and packet collisions are reduced from 36% to less than 1%. Stations using RT-MAC are interoperable with stations using IEEE 802.11. In networks with both RT-MAC and IEEE 802.11 stations, significant performance improvements were seen even when more than half of the stations in the network were not RT-MAC stations.
The effect of the wireless channel and its impact on the ability of a WLAN to meet packet deadlines is evaluated. It is found that, in some cases, other factors such as the number of stations in the network and the offered load are more significant than the condition of the wireless channel.
Regression models are developed from simulation data to predict network behavior in terms of throughput, mean delay, missed deadline ratio, and collision ratio. Telemetry, avionics, and packetized voice traffic models are considered.
The applicability of this research is not limited to real-time wireless networks. Indeed, the collision reduction algorithm of RT-MAC is independent of the data being transported. Furthermore, RT-MAC would perform equally well in wired networks. Incorporating the results of this research into existing protocols will result in immediate and dramatic improvements in network performance.
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Posted by Iori on August 07, 2007
In Reply to: Re: Fell into the right hands posted by ChrisA on August 05, 2007
: : Hi, this is my first post... I would be grateful if someone could answer my question!
: : I watched Angelina Joli's interview on YouTube last night, and she said 'everything fell into the right hands' when she was taking about the film 'Mighty Heart'.
: : Is that a common way of using the idiom 'something falls into --- hands'? Or is 'something falls into the wrong hands' more usual, perhaps?
: Context would be useful here, Oiri. It is, as you say, more usual to refer to something falling into 'the wrong hands' but it would usually be a specific thing or things, not 'everything'. Possibly there were several things, any one of which could have fallen into the wrong hands; in which case 'everything fell into the right hands' might be a pretty elegant way of saying none of the things in question ended up in the wrong hands.
: Then, of course, the words could have a straightforward rather than an idiomatic meaning. 'Everything (ie all the things I've just mentioned) fell into the right hands(ie went to the people I wanted them to go to)."
Thank you for your help! This is a great site also for a non-native speaker like me. Cheers, I
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To the Lighthouse (1927)
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Wikipedia in English
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0156907399, Paperback)
“Radiant as [To the Lighthouse] is in its beauty, there could never be a mistake about it: here is a novel to the last degree severe and uncompromising. I think that beyond being about the very nature of reality, it is itself a vision of reality.”—Eudora Welty, from the Introduction
The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assorted guests are on holiday on the Isle of Skye. From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse, Woolf constructs a remarkable, moving examination of the complex tensions and allegiances of family life and the conflict between men and women.
(retrieved from Amazon Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:58:21 -0500)
At their holiday home in Cornwall, a distant lighthouse holds a haunting attraction for the members of an Edwardian family as disillusionment, turmoil, and a world on the brink of war plague the family's relationships.
Four editions of this book were published by Audible.com.
Three editions of this book were published by Penguin Australia.
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President Was Expected At Vacation Retreat
The Federal Aviation Administration states a US Air Force
jet intercepted an as-yet unidentified small aircraft north of
Frederick, MD on Saturday afternoon.
According to the Frederick News Post, FAA spokeswoman Laura
Brown refused to say if the private plane had entered restricted
airspace at Camp David, but Frederick resident Steve Chambers said
he saw it from his property, located just north of Camp David.
The jet and the private plane were heading south from that area
shortly after 2 pm, with the private plane coming into view first,
"Then a jet fighter came right up on it. The fighter jet was
doing big, clockwise circles around the private plane."
Chambers said by the time the planes got to his house, the
private plane started going west instead of south.
"He was way banked over at a 45 degree angle. It was like an air
show," he said.
The private plane later landed at the Montgomery County Airpark
in Gaithersburg, MD. No further word was released on the pilot's
possible incursion, the pilot, the plane, or its destination.
Above Camp David is P-40, one of the most violated airspaces
because restrictions change frequently. P-40 is a circle around
Camp David three nautical miles in radius and 12,500 feet high.
When the president is in residence, P-40 expands to 10 nautical
miles because a no-fly zone follows the president. FAA regulations
make it illegal to fly over or near the president. When P-40 fully
expands, it reaches almost to Hagerstown and Frederick, MD, and
I-70 passes through its southwest quadrant.
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Hurricane Sandy ravaged large parts of New York City and New Jersey, flooding streets and homes, washing away piers, cutting down trees and power lines, forcing people to flee their homes, scrounge for food, line up for gas and search for power to charge their cell phones.
While metro New York residents are looking forward to a return to normalcy, some national security analysts are warning that what Americans in the Northeast experienced temporarily could be the merest foretaste of what all Americans can expect if action is not taken to prevent a full-blown assault on vital U.S. infrastructures.
Indeed, while surveys show most Americans thought this week’s U.S. presidential election was all about the economy, these voices are saying the threat from countries like Iran or North Korea may restore foreign and defense policy to voters’ top concerns.
At issue is the danger of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack, a plausible nuclear threat that has gotten no attention in the recent campaign.
Whereas military planners used to focus on nuclear weapons deployed against a major U.S. population center, which would take a fair amount of sophistication to target precisely, the new worry concerns a nuclear explosion detonated at high altitude.
A rogue band of terrorists or nuclear rogue state like Iran may be in a position to launch a single nuclear payload into the atmosphere above the United States, and thereby incapacitate every electric system in the U.S. Hospitals would be without power, banks could not transfer funds electronically, people could not use credit cards or cell phones.
The Obama Administration is currently developing an executive order on the issue of cybersecurity.
Concern over an EMP attack prompted the U.S. to set up in 2001 a commission to study the nature of the threat, the vulnerabilities of U.S. military and civilian systems and the capacity of the U.S. to recover from an attack.
Its 2008 official report warned: “An EMP attack potentially could disrupt or collapse the food infrastructure over a large region encompassing many cities for a protracted period of weeks, months or even longer. Widespread damage of the infrastructures would impede the ability of undamaged fringe areas to aid in recovery. Therefore, it is highly possible that the recovery time would be very slow and the amount of human suffering great, including loss of life.”
The commission’s 2004 official report stated that “…some potential sources of EMP threats are difficult to deter—they can be terrorist groups that have no state identity, have only one or a few weapons, and are motivated to attack the U.S. without regard for their own safety. Rogue states, such as North Korea and Iran, may also be developing the capability to pose an EMP threat to the United States, and may also be unpredictable and difficult to deter.”
Indeed, Iran recently announced its intention to project its naval power off the U.S. coastline in the next few years, making vivid the possibility of ship-based EMP assault. A fresh Congressional Research Service report issued last month by a naval analyst warns of a lower-level worry – that the Chinese military is working on electromagnetic systems to disrupt U.S. warfighting capabilities. The purpose of these “low-yield EMP warheads” would be to disable U.S. aircraft carriers in a future conflict over Taiwan.
But the bigger danger that has EMP activists concerned, is of a single, crude nuclear device with a primitive missile device of the kind Iran or Iranian-sponsored terrorists could deliver.
A bipartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to forestalling the danger of the EMP threat called EMPACT America has organized around this issue.
Also, Congress is considering the Shield Act (H.R. 668), which would empower the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to protect the national electric grid by ensuring there are enough extra-high-voltage transformers to survive and recover from an EMP attack. That bill was referred to a subcommittee last year and has yet to receive a full hearing.
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Autism (AW-tiz-um) is a complex developmental disability that's the result of a brain disorder. It typically appears in children during the first three years, more often in boys than girls, and can continue into adulthood. There's no known cause or cure for this condition. Autism inhibits normal areas of social interaction and communication skills. Children with autism typically have difficulties in verbal and non-verbal communication, social interactions, and leisure or play activities. The disorder makes it hard for them to communicate with others and relate to the outside world. In some cases, aggressive or self-injurious behavior may be present. Signs that a child may be autistic include not responding emotionally when spoken to or when interacting with others, repeated movements such as head-banging or arm-waving, and not being interested in toys or much of anything else. Children can exhibit any combination of the behaviors in varying degrees of severity and be considered autistic. Some individuals with autism may also have other disorders that affect the functioning of the brain, such as epilepsy, mental retardation, Down's syndrome, or genetic disorders. No single approach is effective in alleviating the symptoms of autism in all cases, but various types of therapies are available from physicians, psychologists, speech therapists, and other professionals, to enable children with autism to reach their full potential.
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For last few years my wife Amy has created activities for us to do as a family leading up to Christmas. As a family we do this in anticipation of Christmas day. However I wanted to share two activities from this week because they have multiple great results for you and your kids.
Yesterday my wife had us make Recycled Christmas Cards for our neighbors. She had saved Christmas cards from over the years. Last night she got them out and let the kids cut them up and decorate them. We made multiple cards for our neighbors and others. Our son did one for the mail man. This is what it said:
Your probably nice, I hope! Mary Christmas.
We were cracking up over it.
The second activity we will do is bake and decorate Christmas cookies together. The kids always love this. They just can’t seem to get enough decorating. It is simple enough and now with all the pre-made dough it is even easier. We will then take the cards and put them with the cookies to take to our neighbors.
Here are two reasons why I love this:
- We get to spend lots of time together as a family and the cost is next to nothing. It’s simple but fun!
- Our kids are taught the value of neighbors and reaching out to them. We want our kids to care about others and to think of others during the Christmas season. This kind of activity gets them to think about others more and themselves less.
Dads there are so many more things like this you can do as a family and they teach your kids so many great things.
Your Turn: What things have you done as a family to make the holidays fun?
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This topic explains the following:
Each part in SSAct Chapter 2 includes a division about the application of the bereavement provisions to a specific payment.
SSAct Chapter 2 Pensions, benefits and allowances:
Act reference: SSAct Chapter 2 Pensions, benefits and allowances
Bereavement payments are made as a temporary continuation of a deceased person's income support payment. Bereavement payments MAY be paid following the death of an income support recipient, and sometimes dependants, to assist the survivor to adjust to the change in financial circumstances after the death. In the case of individuals, a bereavement payment is paid to the estate to assist with settling financial expenses incurred by the deceased prior to death.
Bereavement payments are generally paid in respect of:
Act reference: FAAct section 22 When an individual is an FTB child of another individual
Bereavement payments may, include:
Policy reference: SS Guide 220.127.116.11 Bereavement Payment Provisions for Singles, 18.104.22.168 Bereavement Payment Provisions for Couples, 22.214.171.124 The Lump Sum Bereavement Payment - Member of a Couple, 126.96.36.199 Death of PP Child
Income support recipients may have accrued some pension or benefit that is unpaid at the date of their death, or which would have been payable if they had not died. Any amounts like this can be paid to an appropriate person.
Example: An appropriate person can be the next of kin, solicitor or executor handling the estate, or the person who has paid or is liable to pay the funeral expenses.
A person seeking to be paid any residual pension or benefit must apply for the payment. The application must be made within 6 months of the recipient's death, except in special circumstances. Delegates have the discretion to determine what constitutes special circumstances, but the reasons for the delay in claiming would generally need to be unusual, uncommon or abnormal in the particular circumstances of the case.
This is quite separate to situations where Centrelink simultaneously learns of the death of BOTH members of a couple. In such a case a lump sum may be payable to an appropriate person without the need for a claim.
If a person lodges a claim for an income support payment but dies before payment is granted, the person may be regarded as a recipient of that payment provided they were qualified to receive the payment and would have received it if they had not died.
Policy reference: SS Guide 188.8.131.52 Both Members of Couple Die during Bereavement Period
Under s1158 of the SSAct, bereavement payments are not payable while a person is in prison or undergoing psychiatric confinement because they have been charged with a crime.
IF the person in prison or psychiatric confinement has a partner or dependent child who is reliant on their income then the social security payments MAY be redirected to the partner or child. Redirection of the social security payments may be required as a last resort if no other suitable payment can be identified for the partner and child.
Act reference: SSAct section 1158 Some social security payments not payable during period in gaol or in psychiatric confinement following criminal charge, section 1159 Payment may be redirected to dependent partner or child
Last reviewed: 12 November 2012
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Why is it that everyone wants me to advertise for them for free, particularly when it is related to sports? At almost every baseball game attend, I can receive “free” gifts. Last year, in return for buying a ticket to one particular game, I received a bucket hat with my team’s logo. Just several hours ago, my “free” gift was a “bobble-head” figure of one of the top players on the team. Throughout the game, ambassadors and mascots use air cannons to launch “free” tee-shirts to fans in the stadium.
On the bucket hat, just as large as the team logo is the logo for Gulf. The bobble-head figure — which was broken when I took it out of the box, by the way — has a plaque reading AIG, bigger than the player’s name. The free tee-shirts are sponsored by Pepsi (the only drink brand allowed in the stadium, by the way), and would undoubtedly be emblazoned with that company’s logo.
Many years ago, I decided I would not wear any item that had a company’s name or logo plainly visible to other people. This probably came as a result of seeing one to many GAP sweatshirts. I certainly wasn’t going to pay to provide some company with free advertising by buying clothing emblazoned with a logo or brand, no matter how “cool” I would be if I did thanks to the positive image of the brand being associated with the wearer. (I would, however, consider wearing clothing with brands if it would be considered ironic or obscure, which just shows that I’m not immune to marketing anyway.)
This holds true for sports brands as well. While I’m a fan of the Mets, I generally don’t advertise for that particular company’s brand by wearing logo-emblazoned clothing unless I’m going to a baseball game where it’s expected. I don’t see much difference between sports brands and product brands. It’s still free advertising.
Corporate sponsorships allow things to get done, though. Without the money from Citi, the Mets wouldn’t have a new stadium next year. (Who decided the team needs a new stadium, anyway, especially one with fewer seats and — wait for it — more options for corporate ticket owners and fewer for everyday fans?) It makes sense from a company’s perspective to allow sponsorship (which explains why I accept advertising on websites, for instance), but I try to avoid being an unpaid part of that sponsorship as much as possible.
I’ll likely remove the AIG plaque from the bobble-head figure and, if I decide to ever wear that bucket hat to a game, I will cover up the unfavorable logo with something.
Updated February 6, 2012 and originally published August 11, 2008. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the RSS feed or receive daily emails. Follow @flexo on Twitter and visit our Facebook page for more updates.
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They were living in Ushuk (old site of Cochiti, south). One day the parrots said, "Shall we have a corn dance?" "All right. Go and get the prairie dogs to come." They went to the kiva and
began to sing and practice for the corn dance. Next morning they called the prairie dog girls. All the, prairie dogs brought their dance clothes and went into the kiva. The parrots took the corn dance standard (paĕtiam, a pole topped with a ball and dressed with parrot-tail feathers and a pendent fox skin) and they went out to the plaza to dance.
Coyote heard that they were going to dance the corn dance and he came and joined the crowd. He said, "I'm hungry. Perhaps I could kill one of the corn dancers." He took a stick and hid it under his tail, and he said to the prairie dogs, "I'd like to dance too." "All right. You may dance at the end of the line." But the prairie dogs saw the stick that Coyote had under his tail. They sang,
Coyote has a stick hidden under his tail.
[paragraph continues] They all ran into their holes. Coyote ran and tried to strike them with his stick but they had all disappeared. He said, "I'll get these prairie dogs just the same!" and he dug and dug at their holes till he was all dusty and his tongue hung out, but he did not get one prairie dog.
144:3 Informant 2. Notes, p. 239.
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Concrete seems pretty inoffensive. It just looks like mud, and appears to do nothing except sit there and harden. The fact is, though, concrete is the world's third-largest source of man-made carbon dioxide. Its production process accounts for at least 5% of the CO2 our species pumps into the atmosphere annually. Apparently, however, it doesn't have to be that way. Two companies are now using different technologies that not only make concrete carbon-neutral, they actually make it carbon-negative.
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Principles for Organizing in DC
Building Our Movement: A Statement of Principles From DC Organizers and Activists
A guide for effective organzing in DC, especially for out-of-towners.
The District of Columbia is the nation’s Capital and therefore a lightning rod for national organizing, but it is also the home of 600,000 people who deal day-to-day with the consequences of many of the important issues that get protested downtown. Often, there is a great divide in DC between locally and nationally focused groups even though these groups encounter the same difficulties, require many of the same resources and often have similar goals. This leads to competing for attention, attendees, media and support while wasting that most valuable of resources, time, by duplicating efforts. Often times there are class and race divides between local and national organizers, adding to the power dynamics and complicated relationships.
This document is an attempt to address this problem by laying out best practices for organizers working in the DC area who see the inherent power in building connections across issues, relating national and international struggles to the local ones affecting people day to day, and strengthening a powerful and unified movement for progressive social change. We hope that national organizing can strengthen local capacity to improve social conditions, organizing and movement building in DC, rather than sapping energy and causing divisions within the movement. We think it’s possible to continue to support important and inspirational national protests while also empowering DC communities in order to strengthen and unify our movement as a whole.
- Every issue being protested in the nation’s capitol that is global, national, or local can be seen first-hand in the communities of the District of Columbia.
- DC is not a state and therefore does not have 10th amendment protections, federal voting rights, or true self-determination.
- DC organizers know our communities in a way that organizers from outside cannot know.
- DC organizers are engaged in long-term and strategic organizing to try to build peace and justice in DC, which has immense inequality.
- DC organizers know the congressional schedule and rules better then most any outsider.
- DC organizers are trained, skilled and experienced in our craft.
- DC organizers face massive unemployment, gentrification, and rising costs of living.
- DC organizers remain in DC dealing with fallout or retaliation by authorities, including the police, long after the mass mobilization moves on and protesters go home.
- DC has a population of over 600,000 people in the city limits and 5.4 million in the metro area, and national organizations bus in people for events that only a handful of locals show up for.
- Often, national mobilizations use the time, energy and resources of DC organizers, who serve as a de-facto host community, at the expense of crucial local organizing.
- There must be a way to utilize the organizing power and hopeful energy that goes into national mobilizations so that the host city’s peace and justice movements stronger.
Therefore, in a show of solidarity, both local and national organizers agree to the following list of principles to guide their organizing and decision making.
As DC organizers and activists we ask:
- DC organizers will be consulted in the decision making process in a meaningful way before major decisions are made final.
- The opinion of DC organizers will hold extra weight in informing decisions that will need to be made for actions within DC.
- National organizers will check in with and consult local organizers before planning events in our city.
- National organizers do their best to coordinate with and support local organizing in the DC area, knowing that empowering our local movement is building the movement as a whole. This includes asking local organizers the best way to support their work and including locally-organized events and actions in the calendar for out-of-town activists.
- National organizers will think about the consequences of their actions and decisions on the local movement and our attempts to strengthen peace and justice in the DC area.
- National organizers will attempt to leave the DC activist community stronger than when they came, knowing that there will always be a "next action" that will need similar resources.
- The measure of success of any action held in DC at least partly will be whether or not the local organizing on said issue has been advanced by the action in a substantial and measurable way.
- When organizers or trianers are hired or paid for work that the opening be opened first to local organizers and that they also be given priority within the hiring pool.
- When DC organizers are hired or paid for work that the pay be of a living wage with benefits.
- DC statehood be, in some way, at least recognized by those who come here in protest of other issues.
- That organizers realize that one-time deals – whether mobilizations or direct service opportunities – have only a limited impact and sustained commitment is what is needed to make change. Given that most national activists aren’t able to make that sustained commitment in DC, local organizers should be asked and their opinions respected as to the best use of the time and effort of national groups. This might not always be the ideal volunteer opportunity or action that was envisioned while at home, but will have more of an impact and strengthen peace and justice work for the long-term.
As DC organizers and activists we offer:
- An intimate logistical knowledge of the geography of DC that can help to maximize impact locally, nationally, and globally while minimizing cost.
- Direct access to physical resources such as stages, sound systems, signs, and much more, as well as knowledge of best places to host events, house groups and more.
- An intimate knowledge and immense experience with permit applications for the myriad of jurisdictions in DC.
- Knowledge and experience dealing with the many different law enforcement agencies, risking arrest in DC and the legal process.
- A network of local organizers, trainers, artists, etc, who can connect your organization to both local allies and potential ally movements.
- Direct access to the 5.4 million people living in the DC metro area.
For example, please check out the online Resource Guide from the Washington Peace Center (www.washingtonpeacecenter.org), who strives to provide all the tools we need to change the world. You can find:
- sliding scale rentals of sound systems, stages, bullhorns for events.
- discounted b/w and color photocopies for activists.
- Searchable Organization Directory of over 300 local progressive and radical groups so you can find your local allies.
- DC Permit Process Overview and Tips
- Local Events and Meeting Spaces for free or cheap
- Law Enforcement Agencies in DC Overview
- Mass Housing Resources- Where to find housing for your group in DC.
- Outdoor Locations for Events – Guide to DC area parks for events and rallies.
- Legal Support for Direct Action - Documents and organizations that will help you know your rights and do legal support.
- And much more!
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Posts Tagged ‘Co2 Emissions’
Vision Shopsters: Carbon Management in Emerging Economies:New mechanisms for managing carbon dioxide emissions
Carbon management is now a major focus of environmental initiatives. Although carbon dioxide is not the only greenhouse gas, it is the most common and therefore at the centre of attempts to reduce the rate of growth of anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and eventually to cause these emissions to fall.
Carbon management is a controversial area, involving politicians, public servants, social and physical scientists, activists, businesses and many others. The controversies include:
– Whether carbon dioxide is a cause or a consequence of global warming or both
– Whether global warming is a fact – depending on the time period analysed
– Whether particular initiatives or mechanisms for carbon reduction (such as carbon trading) work (whether scientifically, technologically or in terms of incentives)
– Whether they have desirable or undesirable other consequences,
This report abstracts from these and other controversies. It focuses on the extent to which emerging economies are involved in innovative and/or leading edge practices in carbon management. So it focuses on questions such as whether a particular initiative works to reduce carbon emissions, whether it has known or suspected adverse consequences in other areas, whether environmental, economic or other; whether the approach to funding it creates problems; whether the initiative may lead to diversion of energy from other initiatives; and whether the initiatives taken together are in some sense enough for the emerging economy in question.
Key features of this report
• A review of the principles of carbon management
• An examination of carbon trading and the working of carbon markets
• Comprehensive and up-to-date data on CO2 emissions for emerging nations, broken out by fuel type
• Insights on the principlal initiatives taken by nation to reduce CO2 emissions
• Examination of the key technology introductions and innovations.
• Implications for the future
Scope of this report
• Achieve a quick and comprehensive understanding of the various options and models available for reducing carbon emissions
• Definitive source work, including the most up to date data on carbon emissions by emerging nation
• An overview of trends and initiatives in reduction of carbon emissions, both worldwide and by emerging nation
• Comparison of initiatives by nation: which countries are making the greatest progress in dealing with carbon emissions; which are struggling
Key Market Issues
• Core Issue: Different paths to managing CO2 emissions require different degrees of participation by industry, consumers and governments. The future of carbon management is still uncertain, due to lack of international consensus on how best to manage efficiency and equity issues, and the lack of consensus about the continuation of global warming.
• Alternative approaches: Various initiatives are used to greater or lesser extent, including:
– Improved carbon management
– The Clean Development Mechanism: an important stimulus for carbon reduction initiatives, but high cost and bureaucratic
– Carbon trading: the cap and trade approach depends for its success on realistic caps
– Taxation, subsidies and regulation
• Approaches vary by location: Most African countries have low carbon emissions. A few – Libya, Algeria, Nigeria and Ghana – have significant oil reserves, and so tend to focus their carbon management on reduction of flaring and other oil and gas-related projects. Access to energy is Africa’s main problem.
Key findings from this report
– The carbon management situation in emerging economies has produced a mixed picture, with two giants – China and India – focused on carbon management, making significant improvements in some area, but with some substantial gaps.
– The carbon market looks like it will continue to grow very rapidly, once the recession is over, leading to greatly increased demand for auditing capability – and a risk that there will be a worldwide shortage the of the skills needed to audit carbon savings.
– The bureaucracy of carbon management is still posing significant problems, even though some progress is being made with reducing validation times for carbon investments.
– In the CDM, there is tension between the “cleanness”, which leads to carbon saving, credits and money for the emerging economies, and “development”, the much wider objective that all emerging economies have adopted.
Key questions answered
– What are the key issues affecting different approaches to carbon reduction?
– How are various emerging economies adapting to the demands of carbon reduction?
– What are the key trends in carbon emissions by emerging economy?
– What are the main obstacles to a co-ordinated worldwide approach to carbon reduction?
– How has the perceived failure of Copenhagen impacted on international policy in this area?
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Auditory learning style
Children have different ways of learning which the education experts have roughly grouped these into three basic styles – auditory, visual and kinaesthetic.
For some children, their sense of sound allows them to gather large volumes of information and have them processed accordingly. A child is most probably an auditory learner if he or she is good at listening to instructions and is very sensitive to variations in spoken words. They excel in gaining knowledge from conversations and lectures. Because listening requires more concentration than seeing, students of this learning style can be more discerning. They are usually more attentive in class and can distinguish different ideas just by listening to them.
These types learn through listening to what others have to say and talking about what they’re learning. They’re also more likely to:
- remember information by talking aloud
- need to have things explained orally
- may have trouble with written instructions
- talk to themselves while learning something new
- enjoy discussion groups over working alone.
More about auditory learners
Auditory learners might look like they’re not paying attention when you talk to them but their listening skills are more developed than their visual skills.
Unlike other students, these kind of learners do not get bored easily with teachers who are fond of lectures. If your child is an auditory learner, he or she can also be creative and have an imaginative mind. Without relying heavily on visual models, auditory learners become skilled at interpreting information and reproducing them using their own understanding.
Find more information about learning styles:
Find more study tips:
- Understanding learning styles
- Auditory learning style
- Kinaesthetic learning style
- Visual learning style
- Preparing your child for school success
- Does your child need a tutor?
- Fostering curiosity - how to engage your child in education
- How to get kids off the internet and into their school books
- Study tips for kids
- Creating motivation for school work
- Why extra-curricular activities boost study skills
- Reducing exam stress
- Going to high school
- School readiness
- Easy homework ideas
- 5 ways to keep kids organised at school
- The great homework debate
Discover more School Zone
This story was written by Fiona Baker for Kidspot, Australia’s leading education resource from sources including Kids Life
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Avoid Hawthorne, Watch for Children: Districts 41, 87 Back to School Notes
Officials at District 41 are encouraging parents to avoid Hawthorne Boulevard on the way to school.
From District 41 and District 89
The Village of Glen Ellyn's Hawthorne Boulevardd reconstruction project is still underway, with paving, sidewalk, curb and gutter installation and other activities taking place. School begins Wednesday; please keep the following in mind for safe travel to school:
- Allow enough time to get to school, remembering that there will be more traffic on the roads, including school buses.
- Avoid Hawthorne, whether driving or walking to school.
- Hawthorne between Kenilworth Avenue in Glen Ellyn and President Street in Wheaton is open to pedestrians and vehicles, so to reach Hadley Junior High School, please take Kenilworth or Glencoe to Hawthorne.
Parents are the judge of when a child is ready to walk to school. We encourage walking to school for those children who can safely do so: it's good physical activity, fosters independence and alleviates congestion around the school. If you drive your child, please comply with the drop-off and pick-up procedures established by the school.
Watch for children
This week, in particular, please use extra caution when driving in the morning and afternoon as students are making their way to and from school. Also, remember traffic laws specific to school safety zones.
As we start a new school year, it's a good time to visit your school's website and click on the various menu options to become familiar with where you can access information. Each school's website provides a wealth of information.
You can keep up with school announcements by visiting the "Daily Announcements" quick link on your school's website. The quick links menu is on the left side of the home page. Another useful resource is the "Events Calendar," which also is listed on the Quick Links menu.
Glenbard East: glenbardeasths.org
Glenbard North: glenbardnorthhs.org
Glenbard South: glenbardsouthhs.org
Glenbard West: glenbardwesths.org
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How to bokeh. It sounds like a dance move, doesn’t it? Let’s bokeh! Everybody bokeh now! And it is indeed fun to do. So what is it and more importantly how do you create bokeh? Bokeh is a photography term used to describe the blurry background created when the camera lens creates a shallow depth of field. It’s especially fun to try this with your DSLR camera at Christmas time in front of the tree to create some Christmas bokeh. I’m not the best photographer, but I’m getting better thanks to the help of Shoot Fly Shoot. More on that in a bit!
Below is my first attempt at bokeh. How much bokeh to go for is totally in the eye of the beholder. I wasn’t happy with this first attempt. It’s okay, but it’s not great. The paperwhites aren’t as crisp as I’d like and the bokeh is pretty, but I wanted something with more of a “wow” factor. I took this photo with my “everyday” lens which only goes down to a 3.5 aperture. To get the bokeh that I really wanted I needed to switch to my 50mm lens which goes down to a 1.8 aperture.
Okay, now I have my 50mm lens on my camera, and I set my aperture to 2.8, my ISO to 400, and my shutter speed to 1/15. Does that just sound like a bunch of gobbly gook to you? Awhile ago, it did to me as well! The Shoot Fly Shoot videos broke it all down for me in baby-terms that I needed to understand. So below you can see that I am able to really zoom in on the flowers and tell my camera to only focus on the front flowers and keep everything in the background blurry. I like this shot much better, so decide that my camera settings are good and now it’s just a matter of taking more pictures and seeing which ones I like best!
I really like the next picture, Do you see how the front two paperwhites are sharply in focus and the ones directly behind them are not? That is bokeh baby!
My 50mm lens unfortunately isn’t autofocus, so I’m not always the best at getting it perfectly in focus the first try. This next shot turned out great though. I love how crisp the little star flowers look up against the Christmas tree lights.
And I’ll end with this magical photo. So fun to play around with my camera and experiment with the settings in a way that is actually meaningful and makes sense to me!
If you want to learn more about how to create bokeh and just how to use your camera in manual mode, I highly recommend Shoot Fly Shoot classes. I have read my photography manual and even have a great photography book that I received for Christmas last year, but I’m a visual learner and learn best when I can see someone showing me how to change the settings. The video series is so helpful in showing you step-by-step how to use you camera. Buy yourself an early Christmas gift and take better photos this season! I promise you won’t regret it. I know that I haven’t.
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Suppose a train driver has a 2% chance of crash during every journey. Can we say that he would be mathematically certain of crash after 45 journeys?
I am trying to apply the combinations formula in this question as a tree diagram would be too time consuming, I am now thinking i am going down the COMPLETELY wrong path! Could anyone please take a few minutes to give me some guidance, thank you!!
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Shipyard workers in Nantes, France decided to protest after their pay demands were answered with a lookout. Police uses tear gas to disperse them. GV. & Nearer shot, demonstrators marching in street. SV. Entrance to shipyard - closed gates. Angle shot, building and cranes,...
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Unemployed shipworkers demonstrate on the streets of Glasgow
Trade Unionists and Labour Party supporters march through city.
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NEWPORT, Ore. — Waves of tsunami debris washing ashore on the Oregon coast prompted U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Kurt Schrader to meet with fishermen and federal officials Saturday to discuss the potential dangers in the tides.
Wyden and Schrader met Agate Beach Saturday to take a look at the Japanese dock that washed ashore a few weeks ago. Since that time more debris have been popping up all along the coastline, including a large piece of what is believed to be another Japanese dock.
With the large scale of the debris, and the size of some items heading across the pacific, Wyden and Schrader are concerned with the potential threat that confronts local fishermen and those who work off of the Oregon coastline.
The duo met with local fishermen, Coast Guard officials and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Saturday to talk about the best way to monitor debris.
"We're going to be dealing with this for years to come," said Schrader. "That's the way the oceanic currents work. The stuff is just going to cycle around and around out there."
In an effort to remove the potentially hazardous flotsam from the coast, Oregon has mobilized a tsunami debris hotline as well as a network of disposal sites along the coastline.
As for the infamous dock at Agate Beach, a contracted disposal company should be removing it sometime in mid-July.
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Two struck an open area south of Jerusalem, with Hamas militants confirming they had fired rockets toward that city.
Alarms went off, too, in Tel Aviv, prompting people to scurry off beaches and into safe locales, witnesses said.
From a seaside restaurant, Elian Karen said the rocket went into the ocean about 10 to 15 meters deep, caused water to rise briefly before black smoke began rising from the water. Within 10 minutes, people were back on the beach -- sitting, eating, playing and seemingly determined not to let the conflict disrupt their lives.
"Everyone is on the beach right now, very normal (and) no stress," Karen said Friday. "We want to have a normal life and enjoy life."
Rejecting the idea of a temporary cease-fire Israel had requested because of the Egyptian prime minister's Gaza visit, the militant group al-Qassam -- the military arm of Hamas -- reported on its Twitter feed that it had fired a Grad missile Friday on the southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva.
In Ashkelon, about 17 kilometers (10 miles) north of Gaza, local officials said rocket strikes had increased dramatically in recent days. Such attacks are nothing new for residents accustomed to hunkering down in bunker rooms, but the emptiness of the town's marina and streets suggested the uptick had left people on edge.
"It is really frightening," Shiraz Wieselhof said. "I cannot sleep at night."
This violent back-and-forth comes after the Israeli military's start Wednesday of an operation it calls Pillar of Defense, which it launched to target those behind the high number of rockets fired at Israel over the past year.
Israeli authorities said the military campaign has hit more than 600 targets for what it calls terror activity and stifled rocket launches out of Gaza, a claim denied by al-Qassam.
Photos from Friday showed fiery rubble of where Hamas' Interior Ministry building once stood.
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Many view the BDSM world differently than the traditional world. Those who regularly read my blog understand how I often draw on the comparisons to mainstream life to analogize what we do in the BDSM arena. Overall, life is still life yet a great number approach it like something foreign. It need not be this way. Most of what you learned growing up and throughout your adult years applies to BDSM. The only difference is how we structure things.
Many operate from the misconception that there is an inequality in terms of strength. Power exchange is exactly what it states: an exchange of power which results in an inequality amongst the participants in an interaction (or relationship). The fact that power resides heavily or exclusively with one person does not directly reflect anything about strength. Strength is something that should reside within each person. Sadly, too often, it is not.
Newer people will believe that since the power lies with the dominant one, that the strength is also present. Those of us who are around this way of life know how untrue this could be. There are many dominants who were ceded power but were weaker than the slightest twig on a branch. They were no more able to handle this responsibility than the man on the moon. It takes great strength to responsibility assume control of another person's life. This idea, in spite of all the misleading, is fairly well understood.
However, one idea that surpasses most people is that the submissive needs to be equally strong. Just because someone is handing power over, that does not equate to weakness. On the contrary, to properly cede control requires a tremendous amount of strength. If you do not believe me, try to do it for even a part of the day. Most people find that when the situation does not mandate it, they have a difficult time doing this. The reason is because strength is required.
Weak People Are Prey
Many of us witnessed the train wreck that many people are when the first enter into the lifestyle. As was mentioned above, most seem to think that the common sense ideas that wee instilled throughout life somehow do not apply. This type of thinking makes one vulnerable to the predatory forces which exist within this community (and most others). If one does not have the knowledge and strength to sensibly approach this way of life, failure, or worse, is certain to ensue.
Relationships, even power exchange, are a two way street. Both parties are responsible for giving if the relationship is to be successful. It can not be a one-sided affair. A dominant is responsible for the direction of the relationship and making the decisions where necessary. As stated, this requires the willingness and the inner gumption to want this. It is uncanny how many people want power without responsibility. The two go hand in hand.
At the same time, a submissive also needs to be strong. The best way I can describe this is that she is able to stand on her own without another. People who are completely dependent upon another are unhealthy. When involved in a relationship, a person of this ilk becomes an albatross. While many think that BDSM is the solution to their relationship woes, they find that they meet the same end. Inner strength is needed for relationship success. When one operates from a complete point of weakness, he or she becomes a burden to the other. Ultimately, this gets tiresome for the person who is carrying the relationship.
There are times where everyone is weak and needs help being picked up. Life is a bastard in that it will slap us senseless at times. However, there is a big difference between moments of weakness and residing in that state perpetually. Before entering a relationship, BDSM or otherwise, a weak person needs to work on strengthening him or herself. This includes being able to manage one's life, emotional state, fear, and financial affairs. Self improvement is a quest everyone should be on.
Strength is the only way to protect oneself. Those who are weak get swallowed up. Life is a series of tests which, if undertaken, will build up one's resolve. Whether dominant or submissive, each needs to have something to give to the relationship. "Carrying" the other person all the time is not a pathway to success. A one-sided affair of this magnitude will ultimately destruct. Take every precaution to ensure you are not the one dragging the interaction down. Instead of looking outward for the answers, delve inward.
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Full Steam Ahead
Steampunk’s mashup of anachronism and science fiction throws a wrench in the cogs of throwaway culture
When Bruce and Melanie Rosenbaum bought a 1901 home in Sharon, Mass., they wanted to restore it top to bottom. And rather than force a modern interior design, they remodeled it with a Victorian twist.
In the kitchen, an antique cash register holds dog treats. A cast iron stove is retrofitted with a Miele cooktop and electric ovens. In the family room, a wooden mantle frames a sleek flat-screen TV, and hidden behind an enameled fireplace insert, salvaged from a Kansas City train station, glow LED lights from the home-entertainment system.
Unknowingly, the Rosenbaums had “steampunked'' their home—that is, added anachronistic (and sometimes nonfunctioning) machinery like old gears, gauges and other accoutrements that evoke the design principles of Victorian England and the Industrial Revolution.
“When we started this three years ago, we didn't even know what steampunk was,'' says Bruce, 48. “An acquaintance came through the house and said ‘You guys are steampunkers.’ I thought, Wow, there's a whole group out there that enjoys blending the old and new.”
The urge to rescue and repurpose forgotten things led the Rosenbaums to spread the steampunk gospel. They've founded two companies: Steampuffin and ModVic, which infuse and rework 19th-century objects and homes with modern technology. They're working on a book about the history of steampunk design. And, hoping some steampunker might want to live in a pimped-out Victorian crib, they purchased a second home in North Attleboro, “restored” it according to their philosophy and put it on the market.
It's not just entrepreneurs cobbling together computer workstations from vintage cameras and manual typewriters. Enthusiasts of every stripe are mounting exhibits, writing books, creating objets d'art and dressing up in steampunk garb.
Back to the Future
To be sure, steampunk has been part of the cultural conversation for the past several years, as DIY-ers like the Rosenbaums have embraced a handwrought, Steam Age aesthetic over high-tech gloss. Both a pop culture genre and an artistic movement, steampunk has its roots in 19th- and early-20th- century science fiction like Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and H.G. Wells' The Time Machine. Its fans reimagine the Industrial Revolution mashed-up with modern technology such as the computer. Dressing the part calls for corsets and lace-up boots for women, top hats and frock coats for men. Accessories include goggles, leather aviator caps and the occasional ray gun. And there's a hint of Sid Vicious and Mad Max in there, too.
Still, steampunk defies easy categorization. It can be something to watch, listen to, wear, build or read, but it's also a set of loose principles. It attracts not only those who dream of alternative history, but those who would revive the craft and manners of a material culture that was built to last.
First introduced as a literary subgenre, William Gibson and Bruce Sterling's 1990 novel The Difference Engine popularized the idea of an alternate history where the Industrial Revolution-level technology of pistons and turbines, not electricity, powers modern gadgets, as Victorians might have designed them. Even in the ’60s, the television series “The Wild Wild West” helped define the genre. The sci-fi Western featured a train outfitted with a laboratory and featured protagonists who were gadgeteers.
Some pop culture genres such as Tolkienesque fantasy imagine a magical past of strange races and global quests. Others, such as hardcore dystopian science fiction, warn against a future marred by apocalyptic meltdown. Then comes steampunk, a hybrid vision of a past that might appear in the future—or a future that resides, paradoxically, in the spirit of another age.
No, you're not stuck in some goofy concept album by The Moody Blues. Steampunk is a fantasy made physical, made of brass and wood and powered by steam, born of a throwback to the Industrial Age. It takes form both as an aesthetic movement and a community, with people manifesting their visions through literature, gaming, film, music, fashion, science, design and architecture.
The Techno Revolt
Martha Swetzoff is a Rhode Island School of Design faculty member and independent filmmaker who’s directing a documentary on the subject. “The acceleration of the present leaves many of us uncertain about the future and curious [about] a past that has informed our lives, but is little taught,” she says. “Steampunk converses between past and present.”
“Every object we make or touch becomes an artifact of who we are and how we have been.”
Tom Sepe, Bay Area steampunk maker
It also represents a “push back” against throwaway technologies and a “culture hijacked by corporate interests,” she says. You might say steampunk is more akin to the open-source software movement than a retro-futuristic world to escape into. It isn't about how how fashionable and expensive your toys are, it's about how cleverly one can create something out of detritus from the discarded past.
Steampunk maker and steampunkworkshop.com blogger Jake von Slatt (real name: Sean Slattery) likens the philosophy to the open-source software movement. It’s “drawing on actual history. You can pull into it what you're into and put your spin on it,” he says. “It's accessible yet expandable. There is a real focus on sharing, exploring things together, building community.”
Mr. von Slatt, who came of age in the era of punk rock, new wave and goth, has always been a tinkerer. He says that steampunk lets him "revisit youthful enthusiasms." Now he creates intricately crafted anachronistic objects: for example, computer keyboards taken apart and rebuilt with brass, felt and keys from antique typewriters. He's transformed a 1989 school bus into a wood-paneled "Victorian RV,” which he uses to travel to steampunk conventions.
Currently, he's “steampunking” a fiberglass, 1954-style Mercedes kit car, tricking it out with gold filigree trim and salvaged gauges and lights from other cars. Drawn to a “do-it-yourself, making something from nothing” mantra, von Slatt scavenges most of his components from the dump.
Such functional art objects tap into a nostalgia for a mechanical (as opposed to electronic) age. Unlike the wireless signals, microwaves and motherboards of today, the 19th century's gears, pistons and tubes are visible and visceral. While the workings of a laptop can seem impenetrable, we can fathom the reality of moving parts.
Ellen Hagney, executive director of the Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation, is committed to staying connected to the mechanical world. The museum is a former textile mill in Waltham, Mass., filled with steam engines and belt-driven machines. “As the world becomes more digital,” she explains, “the world less and less appreciates machines, which will be lost.” October through May, the museum hosted Steampunk Form and Function, an Exhibition of Innovation, Invention and Gadgetry. Accompanying the exhibition was a weekend-long convention called International Steampunk City, “a sort of Ringling Brothers meets the Industrial Revolution event” that encompassed the entire downtown area. “We are trying to train a new generation to appreciate this,” she says, “and keep these machines running.”
Tom Sepe is one of the artists who exhibited in Hagney's Steampunk Form and Function show. He shipped his “Whirlygig,” a functioning “steam electric hybrid motorcycle,” from his workshop in Berkeley, Calif. The circus performer discovered steampunk via the Burning Man art community. He says he looks at his life as art. “Every choice we make is part of a performance,” he says. “Every object we make or touch becomes an artifact of who we are and how we have been.”
“I believe it is due in part to the fact that it is a rejection of the slick, soulless, mass-produced technology of today and a return to a time when it was ornate and understandable.”
Diana Vick, Seattle’s Steamcon
For Sepe, three “crucial” elements keep him engaged in the steampunk maker culture: the “warmth factor” of handmade materials, functionality and “freethinking imagination and fun.” Unlike other art forms, he says, “it doesn't take itself too seriously.”
Whereas other genre fans can niggle over the small stuff, steampunk tends to be more open-ended. Jeff Mach, one of the partners behind New Jersey's Steampunk World's Fair, remembers goths back in the ’90s sniping at one another for not being "goth enough.” Not so with this latest, more inclusive cultural mashup. “It's not starting from a single point but many points,” he says. That may be why steampunk's reach is exploding, from Boston to San Francisco's Bay Area, to Britain, New Zealand, Japan and beyond.
“Steampunk is definitely growing in popularity,” says Diana Vick, vice chair of Steamcon, a two-year-old convention in Seattle that doubled its attendance in November. “I believe it is due in part to the fact that it is a rejection of the slick, soulless, mass-produced technology of today and a return to a time when it was ornate and understandable.”
Every culture that embraces steampunk makes it their own. Patrick Barry, a member of New Zealand's League of Victoria Imagineers, has seen myriad international examples. “All have a different flavour, world vision and cultural base for the artists and writers to draw from,” he writes via email, “and it shows.” Even in his tiny hometown of Oamaru, steampunk has taken off. Three groups just mounted an exhibition, a fashion show and several other events. “Oamaru has a population of about 13,000 people. We had 11,000 people visit the exhibition” over its six-week run, he says.
Some of the most committed steampunkers dress up in period garb and take part in live-action role playing games. Most LARPs (think Dungeons & Dragons but in costume) are sword- and sorcery-based, but Steam & Cinders is one of only a handful of steampunk-themed games, and their ranks are growing.
Once a month, some 100 players gather for a weekend at a 4-H camp in Ashby, Mass. The game's premise? A crashed dirigible has stranded folks at a frontier town called Iron City, next to a mysterious mine. Engineers, grenadiers and aristocrats vie for supremacy. There are plenty of robots to fight (players dressed in cardboard costumes sprayed with metallic paint) and potions to mix (appealing to the mad scientist in us all). Players stay in character for 36 hours straight.
Indeed, dedicated steampunkers are lured by fashion. To dress up as a privateer and pilot flying machines powered by “lift-wood,” or to play a scientist who meddles in alchemy, the required accouterments include military medals, parasols and aviator goggles.
“Yes, it's a fantasy world, and it's not England,” says Steam & Cinders founder Andrea DiPaolo. “But getting to dress in British garb and speak in a British accent is something I enjoy.”
“It Wants to Teach Us Things”
Previously, most works in the steampunk genre would have been set only in the Industrial Age. Over time, explains Dexter Palmer, author of the novel The Dream of Perpetual Motion, the term "steampunk" has undergone “definition creep.”
“Nowadays the label's much more comprehensive,” he says, “and seems to refer to any retro-futuristic or counterfactual work that features machines with lots of gears, or lighter-than-air flying craft, or similar sorts of things.” For example, Terry Gilliam's dystopian 1985 satire Brazil has been retroactively embraced as part of the genre.
A steampunked Tolstoy novel re-envisions Anna Karenina in a 19 th -century Russia with robotic butlers, mechanical wolves and moon-bound rocket ships.
In Palmer's novel, a greeting-card writer who is imprisoned aboard a zeppelin must confront a genius inventor and a perpetual motion machine. The author created a set of rules for his fictional universe: While things might be “scientifically implausible” to the reader, they would be "self-consistent and plausible to the inhabitants of the imaginary world." He based his ideas on source materials that predicted life in the year 2000 and then designed gadgets that seemed modern but used turn-of-the-century tech. One is an answering machine that functions by recording to a wax cylinder.
Writers and publishers are striking while the steampunk iron is hot. “We can tap into the enthusiasm of a reader who can imagine an alternative version of the 19th century,” says Ben H. Winters, author of this summer's mashup Android Karenina.
Winters steampunked Tolstoy's novel by re-envisioning Anna Karenina in a 19th-century Russia with robotic butlers, mechanical wolves and moon-bound rocket ships. (Sample line: “When Anna emerged, her stylish feathered hat bent to fit inside the dome of the helmet, her pale and lovely hand holding the handle of her dainty ladies'-size oxygen tank.”)
“Hopefully, we'll be adding to the fandom of the mashup novel by introducing a new fan base: the sci-fi crowd,” says Winters, who also wrote 2009's Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.
“One of the really wonderful things about Steampunk,” Jake von Slatt writes on steampunkworkshop.com, “is that it, more than any other subculture, seems to want to teach us things.” And, like the punk and goth movements before it, what’s being taught is another way of looking at the world.
Steamcon’s Diana Vick adds that another appeal lies in its largely optimistic and romantic—not dark and cautionary—outlook. “We also embrace and foster good manners and dressing up,” she says, “which are both sorely lacking in society today.”
Bruce and Melanie Rosenbaum aren't particularly into costuming, but they break out period garb when attending an event. They say they love turn-of-the-century fantasy but, Bruce says, “you don't want to live in the 19th century in terms of conveniences.” That’s why they retrofit modern appliances or hide them behind facades of functional art.
Climb to Bruce Rosenbaum's third-floor study and you'll enter a world of a sci-fi/Victorian mashups. The attic space feels like a submersible, packed with portholes, nautical compasses and a bank vault door. His computer workstation desk is ornate and phantasmagorical, ringed with pipes from a pipe organ. It's a place where you can imagine Captain Nemo banging out an ominous dirge. Or the ghost of Jules Verne hammering out a few emails.
“How much more fun is it to make something ornate and beautiful, rather than boring and unadorned?” asks Melanie. “There's freedom with steampunk. ... Almost anything goes.'”
With freedom come vast stores of potential. Steampunk could be the next goth, or even bigger. “I think this is the beginning of steampunk as a new sort of thing, as a pop culture phenomenon,” says von Slatt. “I think it's the tip of the iceberg.”
Calling All Steampunkers!
Are you a maker, artist, musician, dancer, costumer or retro-futuristic gadgeteer? The Alibi is seeking submissions for a steampunk-themed Group Hug gathering in the fall, with a mix of live performance and object demonstration/exhibition. Send an email with project ideas or examples of your work to email@example.com.
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Jane Faily is living in her eighth decade.
She says it doesn’t take a clinical psychologist — which she is — to know that “living in a materialistic society with rapidly changing communication technology is hell for older people.”
In her own life Faily has noticed “what a depressing effect the negative stereotypes of aging, the isolation, the sense of irrelevance, the decline in physical and sometimes cognitive powers, and occasional physical pain” has had on her.
“Talking to other older people, both Baha’i and non-Baha’i, I found that my feelings were widespread. I knew that the only answer was spiritual,” she says.
So the Marietta, Georgia, Baha’i decided to do something about the situation. She developed a workshop called “Meeting the Spiritual and Physical Challenges of Aging” and began offering it to Baha’is and to the public.
“I spoke about it when invited to address residents attending a county-wide Senior Centers meeting,” Faily recalls. “I was requested to present it at several senior centers.”
Her message to audiences is simple:
“Elders are a needy group in America. The spiritual vacuum most of them live in has resulted in the startling fact that the highest rates of suicide, prescription drug abuse, and alcoholism are now among older people.”
By offering the workshop to professional mental health workers, and referring to Baha’i metaphors as being from a spiritual tradition that can uplift the elderly, she naturally attracts questions about the Faith.
“The Master’s image of life in this world being like an embryo in the womb,” says Faily, referring to ‘Abdu’l-Baha, son of the Baha’i founder, Baha’u’llah.
“The image has a powerful impact, as most older people live terrified of death. I describe it as being from the Baha’i spiritual tradition and being in harmony with other spiritual traditions and myths to avoid the impression that I am pushing my own Faith.”
Now, to Faily’s delight, when she goes to her Harvard alumna meetings, “where I used to sit struggling to think of a way to tell someone about the Faith,” she can “easily enter the discussion by referring to my work and to the spiritual dimension of it.”
“Questions come,” she says, including ”What do I mean by spiritual? What is the Baha’i view of the meaning of life, say for a friend who is suffering in the process of caring for an Alzheimer’s parent?”
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“I now naturally speak of the Faith in many circumstances which were difficult to introduce it,” she says, “and by showing respect for other spiritual traditions, the danger of seeming to proselytize is avoided.
“I have been a Baha’i a long time; never have I had such a rich teaching opportunity. And being of service to a needy group has deepened my own certitude and been a joy in itself.”
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Cyber attacks that stole massive amounts of information from military contractors, energy companies and other key industries in the U.S. and elsewhere have been traced to the doorstep of a Chinese military unit, a US security firm alleged.
China's foreign ministry dismissed the report as "groundless", and the defence ministry denied any involvement in hacking attacks.
China has frequently been accused of hacking, but the report by Virginia-based Mandiant contains some of the most extensive and detailed accusations to date linking its military to a wave of cyber-spying against US and other foreign companies and government agencies.
Mandiant said it traced the hacking back to a neighbourhood in the outskirts of Shanghai that includes a drab, white 12-storey office building run by "Unit 61398" of the People's Liberation Army. The unit "has systematically stolen hundreds of terabytes of data from at least 141 organisations", Mandiant wrote. By comparison, the US Library of Congress 2006-2010 Twitter archive of about 170 billion tweets totals 133.2 terabytes.
"From our observations, it is one of the most prolific cyber-espionage groups in terms of the sheer quantity of information stolen," the company said. It added that the unit has been in operation since at least 2006.
Mandiant said it decided that revealing the results of its investigation was worth the risk of the hackers changing their tactics and becoming even more difficult to trace. "It is time to acknowledge the threat is originating in China, and we wanted to do our part to arm and prepare security professionals to combat that threat effectively," it said.
In a statement faxed to the Associated Press, the defence ministry firmly rejected any involvement in hacking, saying Chinese law forbids all activities harming internet security. "The Chinese government has always firmly combated such activities and the Chinese military has never supported any form of hacking activity," the ministry said. "Statements to the effect that the Chinese military takes part in internet attacks are unprofessional and are not in accordance with the facts."
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei did not directly address the claims, but when questioned on the report he said he doubted the evidence would withstand scrutiny. "To make groundless accusations based on some rough material is neither responsible nor professional," Mr Hong told reporters at a regularly scheduled news conference. Reiterating a standard China government response on hacking claims, Mr Hong said China itself is a major victim of such crimes, including attacks originating in the United States. "As of now, the cyber attacks and cyber crimes China has suffered are rising rapidly every year," Mr Hong said.
Mandiant's methodology used in the investigation was sound, said Massimo Cotrozzi, managing director of KCS Group, a London-based international cyber investigation consulting firm that was not involved in Mandiant's research. "No one as yet has provided the world conclusive evidence of a link between the Chinese military and the attacks. This report is the nearest thing to conclusive evidence that I have seen," Mr Cotrozzi said.
Mandiant said its findings led it to alter the conclusion of a 2010 report it wrote on Chinese hacking, in which it said it was not possible to determine the extent of government knowledge of such activities. "The details we have analysed during hundreds of investigations convince us that the groups conducting these activities are based primarily in China and that the Chinese government is aware of them," the company said in a summary of its latest report. It said the hacking was traced to the 2nd Bureau of the People's Liberation Army General Staff's 3rd Department, most commonly known as unit 61398, in the Shanghai suburbs.
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CONSTITUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL PEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION (IPA)
Adopted by the Council of Delegates on October 8, 1974 and amended on September 9, 1980, November 8, 1983, September 6 and 9, 1992, September 12 and 14, 1995, August 11, 1998 and August 18, 2004
Article 1 - NAME
1.1. The name of the Association shall be 'The International Pediatric Association' (IPA).
Article 2 - OBJECTIVES
2.1. The objective of the IPA shall be to promote the highest attainable standards of child health throughout the world through the establishment of a professional organization representing pediatricians of all countries.
2.1.1. To achieve this objective, IPA will:
(i) promote friendship and collaboration of the world's pediatricians in order to improve the health and well being, the protection , and the support of every child from birth through adolescence;
(ii) undertake programmatic actions which address major global child health issues;
(iii) promote education on child health issues through support of an international congress, regional forums, and other activities;
(iv) encourage training and research in all aspects of pediatrics;
(v) advocate for the universal rights of children;
(vi) collaborate and cooperate with national, regional and international bodies with similar interests in promoting the health and rights of children.
Article 3 - MEMBERSHIP
3.1. Membership shall include: 1) National Pediatric Societies representing a whole nation, with each nation having only one vote; 2) Regional Pediatric Societies defined as multinational pediatric societies established on the basis of geography, according to guidelines determined by the governance of the IPA and approved by the Council of Delegates (CD), with each recognized IPA geographic region having only one vote and 3) International Societies of Pediatric Medical and Surgical Specialists and other societies defined by criteria developed by the governance of the IPA and approved by the CD. Each Member Society shall be represented by a Delegate who will serve on the CD, subject to the above.
3.2. Applications for the status of Member Societies shall be submitted to the Executive Director in a timely fashion so that they may be presented to the CD of the IPA at least 6 months in advance of the next meeting of the CD, and be voted on at that meeting.
3.3. Member Societies shall pay dues according to the guidelines established by the governance of the IPA, and approved by the CD.
3.4. The Secretary of each Member Society shall furnish the Executive Director of the IPA with a list of the officers and the number of members of his/her respective society immediately following each election.
Article 4 - GOVERNING BODIES
4.1. Council of Delegates (CD): The control of the policies of the IPA shall be vested in a CD, consisting of one delegate from each Member Society.
4.2. Each Member Society shall have a process for designation of a delegate to the IPA CD which conforms to IPA principles of representative and democratic governance. The officially designated delegate from each Member Society will duly represent that Society in all discussions and votes. Each Member Society shall communicate the name of its official voting delegate to the IPA Executive Director and Administrative Office at least 2 months prior to any CD meeting, and each country with more than one National Society shall communicate the name of the one voting delegate from that nation.
4.3. When a country has no Member Society, it may be permitted to send an official non-voting delegate to the CD upon the approval of the Executive Committee (EC) and Standing Committee (SC). This delegate may take part in discussions of the CD but may not vote.
4.4. Members of the EC and members of the SC shall serve as non-voting members of the CD.
4.5. The President of the IPA shall preside over all meetings of the CD.
4.6. The CD shall meet at the time of each International Congress.
4.7. The functions of the CD shall be:
(i) to review the policies and strategic plans of the IPA and provide input regarding such matters to the SC and EC.
(ii) to elect the President-Elect;
(iii) to receive, review, and approve new IPA membership applications for National, Regional and International Pediatric Medical and Surgical Specialty Societies;
(iv) to approve the joint report of the President and the Executive Director;
(v) to receive, review, and approve the financial report and audit covering the period since the previous International Congress;
(vi) to elect the members of the IPA Standing Committee from the slate of candidates generated by the process defined in Section 4.9 below;
(vii) to determine the location of the future International Congress;
(viii) to elect the President of the next International Congress based on the recommendation of the hosting national pediatric society;
(ix) to deal with any matter properly brought before the CD by a member National, Regional, or International Specialty Society , the Standing Committee, or the Executive Committee.
4.8. The Standing Committee (SC): The SC of the IPA shall consist of 19 members in addition to the IPA Officers. These shall include the President plus one duly-elected representative from each of the seven defined geographic regions which represent Member National Pediatric Societies (total = 14), and five duly-elected representatives of the Member International Pediatric Specialty Societies (total = 5). The seven geographic regions noted above are defined as: 1.) USA and Canada; 2.) Latin America (including Mexico); 3.) sub-Saharan Africa; 4.) Middle East and North Africa; 5.) Central Asia; 6.) Europe; and 7.) Asia-Pacific. It should be noted that, for procedural matters, each Member National Society must declare itself as a member of one of the above defined regions.
4.8.1. In addition, the SC may invite representatives of other pediatric organizations as non-voting members of the SC. These shall include representatives of the World Federation of Pediatric Surgeons and the International Pediatric Chairs Association if representatives of these Member International Pediatric Specialty Societies are not elected to the SC.
4.9. Mechanism of election of members to the Standing Committee: each of the seven IPA geographic regions will be represented on the SC by its President, and in addition will present a list of at least two candidates proposed by Member National Pediatric Societies of that region with due consideration of rotation of areas within the region. Each of the Member International Pediatric Medical and Surgical Specialty Societies will present one duly elected candidate. At least six months prior to the International Congress, curricula vitae of all candidates will be sent to the Administrative Office. At the time of the International Congress, the CD will endorse the regional Presidents as members of the SC and elect one additional representative from each of the seven geographic regions, voting on the candidates presented by each region, and five members from the list of candidates presented by Member International Pediatric Medical and Surgical Specialty Societies.
4.10. Transitional Procedure: Elections in 2004 for committees and officers will take place under the terms of the current constitution. The new election process will be enacted for the 2007 Congress if ratified at the 2004 Congress. The policies of the new constitution will be in effect upon ratification.
4.11. No elected individual can serve as a regular member of the SC for more than two successive 3-year terms. This does not include persons nominated for future elections as Officers.
4.12. Members of the EC shall be voting members of the Standing Committee.
4.13. The functions of the Standing Committee shall be:
(i) to develop the programs and strategic plan of the IPA and to make decisions on behalf of the CD between its regularly scheduled meetings in case of necessity;
(ii) to establish policies in accordance with the objectives of IPA, subject to ratification by the CD at its following meeting;
(iii) to appoint advisors and advisory committees;
(iv) to approve of the IPA budgets and operations on the recommendation of the President, Treasurer and the Executive Director;
(v) to elect an Executive Director, Coordinator of Development, and Treasurer from a list of candidates nominated by the EC;
(vi) to elect two members of the EC from the newly constituted SC who shall serve on both SC and EC to maximize integration and coordination;
4.14. The Executive Committee (EC): The EC shall consist of the President of the IPA, the President-Elect, the Executive Director, the Coordinator of Development, the Treasurer, the President of the forthcoming International Congress, and 2 members of the SC in accordance with provision of Article 4.13 (vi). Candidates for the Executive Director, Coordinator of Development, and Treasurer will be nominated by the EC and elected by the SC. In addition a representative of the Professional Congress Organizer (PCO) contracted by the IPA may attend EC meetings as a staff member and consultant.
4.15. The functions of the EC shall be:
(i) to carry out the programs and policies of the IPA including those developed and/or delegated by the SC;
(ii) to nominate and present to the SC a list of candidates for the offices of Executive Director, Treasurer, and Coordinator of Development,
(iii) to assist the President of the forthcoming international congress with its preparation;
(iv) to recommend the budget of the IPA to the SC for approval;
(v) to refer applications from prospective new Member Societies to the CD;
(vi) to exercise such authority as may be delegated by the CD or the SC.
Article 5 - OFFICERS
5.1. The Officers of IPA shall be the President and the President-Elect. Both Officers must be Pediatricians in good standing with their National Member Societies, and their National Societies must be in good standing with the IPA .
5.2. The President of the IPA shall preside at the meetings of the CD, SC and EC and may convene emergency meetings of the EC or SC as indicated.
5.3. Following a three-year term, the President shall continue in a non-voting advisory capacity to the SC and EC for one three-year term.
5.4. The President-Elect, after one three-year term, shall take office as the President for one three-year term.
5.5. In the event of the President's temporary or permanent incapacity, the President-Elect shall serve as Acting President for the remaining duration of the period of incapacity. This time shall not be counted in the three-year tenure period as the President.
5.6. The EC shall nominate candidates as Executive Director, Coordinator of Development, and Treasurer who, following election by the SC, shall be the executives of the IPA. These executives will be in charge of technical, administrative and financial affairs of the IPA in consultation with the EC and SC.
5.7. The appointment of the Coordinator of Development and Treasurer shall be for terms of three-years, renewable for one period of three-years at the discretion of the EC and SC.
5.7.1 The appointment of the Executive Director shall be for one term of three years, renewable at the discretion of the EC and SC.
5.8. The Executive Director, along with the President, shall be responsible to the CD and to the SC for carrying out their policies and decisions.
5.9. The EC and the SC may delegate such authority to the Executive Director as may be needed for efficient functioning of the IPA.
5.10. The IPA Treasurer shall receive a half-yearly statement of accounts from the IPA Administrative Office which will be analyzed and then recommended, or not, for approval to the EC and SC. These financial statements of accounts must be validated by external audit prior to the Treasurer's evaluation.
5.11. The Treasurer will preside over a Finance and Development Committee that consists of the IPA President, the Executive Director, the Coordinator of Development, other members from the EC and SC and external consultants whenever found necessary .
Article 6 - SITE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
6.1. The EC shall decide where the Administrative office and staff of the IPA is to be located following consultation with the SC.
Article7 - INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
7.1. The Council of Delegates (CD) shall determine the location of the International Congress. The location should be consistent with the overall philosophy of the IPA regarding global rotation of Congress sites. The dates of the International Congress shall determined by the President of the Congress after consultation with the President of the IPA, the IPA Professional Congress Organizer (PCO), and the IPA EC and SC.
7.2. The President of the Congress shall be from the host country and shall be nominated by the host National Pediatric Society (NPS) and be elected by the CD in accordance with Article 4.7.
7.3. If there should be an irreconcilable division between the Congress President and the host NPS, it shall be open to the NPS to ask the SC to consider replacing the Congress President with another person. This individual shall be proposed by the NPS up to the time of the interim meeting of the SC between Congresses, provided it is not less than one and a half years before the next Congress.
7.4. All aspects of each Congress will be coordinated by the IPA, the IPA PCO and the President of the Congress, with all details dictated by the specific contractual arrangements developed. The ultimate responsibility for the Congress and its organization resides with the IPA.
Article 8 - AMENDMENTS
8.1. Any proposal to amend the Constitution or Schedules shall be sent to the Executive Director in a timely fashion to permit the Executive Director to send this to the CD not later than six months prior to the next meeting and shall appear on the agenda in the form of a motion by a Member Society or by the SC.
8.2. At the meeting of the CD, a proposed amendment may be accepted without change or may be further amended by proposal of the delegates by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Member Societies present at the meeting.
First Schedule (Article 5.3.)
A. Presidency: A.1. Nominations for candidates for President-Elect must be made by at least three National Member Societies in good standing and approved by the individuals' own National Pediatric Society. Proposals must be received by the Executive Director at least six months before the next scheduled meeting of the CD.
A.2. In election of the President-Elect of the IPA, there must be rotation of geographic representation. Therefore, for any Presidential candidate to be eligible for election, he/she must represent a region from which there has been no President-Elect for the two preceding three-year terms.
B.l. Dues for Member Societies shall be established by guidelines developed by the EC and SC and approved by the CD.
B.2. If under exceptional circumstances a Member Society has difficulties with the transfer of dues to the IPA, they may be deposited in a bank in their respective country in the local currency and be placed at the disposal of the Executive Director of the IPA.
C. Termination of Rights:
C.1. Non-payment of dues by a Member Society for three years shall automatically suspend voting rights until a final decision of the CD is taken at its next meeting.
C.2. Membership may be terminated by the decision of the CD for documented violation of IPA principles. Such decisions must be documented in writing.
Fourth Schedule (Article 4)
D.1. The EC and SC shall hold meetings at the site and time of the International Congress, and other annual meetings shall be held at other sites as decided upon by the EC and SC.
D.2. In addition to the annual meetings, special meetings of the EC and SC may be called at the discretion of the President and the EC of the IPA.
D.3. The presence of a majority of EC and SC Members shall comprise a quorum for each of the meetings. In case a quorum is not possible due to unforeseen emergency, the meeting may be adjourned and reconvened. Discussions can proceed but no binding decisions can be made.
D.4. Ordinarily, meetings of EC and SC must be convened and provisional agenda sent to Members at least one month in advance.
D.5. The CD shall meet at the time of each International Congress.
D.6. Reports of the President and the Executive Director and the recommendations of the EC and of the SC shall be presented to each Delegate at least one month prior to the meeting of the CD.
D.7. The presence of the delegates of more than half of the Member Societies at a session of the CD shall comprise a quorum.
D.8. Sites of the succeeding International Congresses must be proposed by representatives of National Member Societies and must be endorsed by the government of the respective country. Under normal circumstances there will be a regular rotation of geographic sites of International congresses. To be eligible for hosting a congress, a country must be from a region in which no congress has been held during the two preceding three-year periods.
D.9. Proposals for Congresses must reach the Executive Director at least six months before the upcoming meeting of the Council and circulated to the CD.
E.1. The official languages of IPA shall be English, Spanish and French.
E.2. Contributions may be made and published in any of these languages.
E.3. The International Congress shall use these languages and the language of the host country as far as means and facilities will allow.
E.4. Provisions shall be made for simultaneous translations during meetings of the CD.
F.1. A simple majority of Members present and voting at meetings of the EC and the SC shall be valid as long as a quorum is present. Proxy voting shall not be allowed. In special circumstances, postal voting (including paper copies of emails and faxes) may be utilized.
F.2. A simple majority of the Member Societies present and voting at the meetings of the CD shall be valid so long as a quorum is present.
F.3. A two-thirds majority of Member Societies present and voting at meetings of the CD shall be required for changing the Constitution so long as a quorum is present.
F.4. In the event that the vote is tied, the President shall cast the deciding vote.
G.1. The reports of the President and Executive Director of the IPA, the list of candidates for the President Elect of the IPA and the SC of the IPA, the curricula vitae of all candidates, and the proposed sites for the next International Congress shall be sent to each Member Society at least one month before the next scheduled meeting of the CD.
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Valley Public Radio Staff
Sun March 10, 2013
Remembering Aldo Leopold, Visionary Conservationist And Writer
Originally published on Wed March 13, 2013 7:13 am
"There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. These essays are the delights and dilemmas of one who cannot. Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now, we face the question whether a still higher 'standard of living' is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free." — A Sand County Almanac
A Sand County Almanac, a collection of essays and observations, was written decades ago by Aldo Leopold, the father of the American conservation movement.
The original book was published in 1949, a year after Leopold's death. Leopold pioneered the science of ecology using only binoculars and a notebook to observe wildlife and seasonal patterns in his southwestern Wisconsin home. Even now, 64 years later, Leopold's work is on the cutting edge of his field, and his groundbreaking writings on conservation and ecology become more relevant with each passing year.
Three generations of conservation scientists have been inspired by Leopold's A Sand County Almanac. Stan Temple read the book as a teenager, and was captivated. Now, he is professor emeritus in conservation at the University of Wisconsin, the same position Leopold held during his tenure at the university in the 1930s.
"It's like he was so far ahead of his contemporaries that the things he was writing about before his death really didn't find an audience until 25 years later," Temple says.
Temple would know. He recently used Leopold's journals to gain insight on climate change, though Leopold himself never lived to hear about global warming.
Every single day, Leopold would sit outside on his hand-built bench on his land and write about what he saw, leaving behind a meticulous daily record of the changing seasons and natural patterns of the 1930s and '40s.
By comparing Leopold's meticulous observations of springtime in his day to springtime in 2012, Temple could clearly see the speed of climate change, and that our winters are getting increasingly warm.
But even when Leopold was writing, the wild lands of America were in a sorry state.
"It was really a time of incredible change in the entire landscape," says biographer Curt Meine. "The great forests of the upper Great Lakes were being leveled, the wetlands of the Mississippi River Basin were being drained, waterfowl and wildlife were being depleted, the prairies of the Midwest were being converted over to agriculture."
In Leopold's youth, Teddy Roosevelt was president, and environmental preservation was a national discussion for the first time. Leopold's father taught him how to hunt and respect the land. Leopold would later graduate from the Yale School of Forestry, and join the Forest Service as a ranger in the mountains of Arizona.
It was on that job that Leopold had an experience that shaped his thinking for the rest of his life. While hunting one day, he and his friends came upon a pack of wolves and opened fire on the animals. Leopold killed an old wolf, and wrote about it 35 years later in one of his most famous essays, "Thinking Like a Mountain."
He wrote: "We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then and have known ever since that there was something new to me in those eyes, something known only to her and to the mountain."
Thinking about this event, Leopold realized that preserving land wasn't enough — we had to actively protect it. So he and his family bought a piece of ravaged land near Baraboo, Wis., and set about rejuvenating it. There were hardly any living plants on the property, and the dry, dusty soil was vulnerable to wind erosion. So Leopold started by planting pine trees. Every spring, he would drag his family up to the tiny shack on the property, and eventually, they had 50,000 planted pine trees bringing life back to the desolated area.
There, inside the bare-bones shack, Leopold wrote his second-most-famous essay, "Land Ethic." The essay argues for the responsible, ethical treatment of nature, which became the core of modern conservationism.
"In short, a land ethic changes the role of Homo Sapiens from conqueror of the land community, to plain member and citizen of it," he wrote. "It implies respect for his fellow members, and also respect for the community as such."
Leopold's "Land Ethic" is still relevant today, especially given the new challenges of global climate change, and the public debate surrounding the issue.
But Leopold would say that these challenges are what his "Land Ethic" is for.
"It's inconceivable to me" he wrote, "that an ethical relationship to the land can exist without love, respect and admiration, and a high regard for its value."
JACKI LYDEN, HOST:
It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. From NPR News, I'm Jacki Lyden.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot. These essays are the delights and dilemmas of one who cannot.
LYDEN: These are the opening pages of "A Sand County Almanac," a collection of essays and observations, written decades ago by the father of the American conservation movement, Aldo Leopold.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Like winds and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a still higher, quote, "standard of living" is worth its cost in things natural, wild and free.
LYDEN: The original was published in 1949, a year after Leopold's death, but his groundbreaking writings on conservation and ecology become more relevant with each passing year. This month, the Library of America will publish a special edition of "A Sand County Almanac" and inspire yet another generation of conservationists.
As a teenager, Stan Temple was captivated by Leopold's writing. Now, Temple is professor emeritus in conservation at the University of Wisconsin.
STAN TEMPLE: It's like - he was so far ahead of his contemporaries, so the things he was writing about just before his death really didn't find an audience until 25 years later.
LYDEN: Leopold pioneered the science of ecology using only binoculars and a notebook. He invented wildlife management, and his work is still on the cutting edge of the field even 64 years later. Leopold didn't live to hear the phrase climate change, but his journals are now used by researchers like Temple to gain insight on global warming.
TEMPLE: We could use these historical records to put 2012 into context.
LYDEN: Temple realized that by comparing Leopold's observations of springtime in the 1940s to springtime in 2012, researchers could show the speed of climate change.
TEMPLE: Flowers had never bloomed so early in all the Leopold's data and in Henry David Thoreau's data and indeed in all the subsequent data.
LYDEN: Leopold kept meticulous journals. He'd sit outside on his hand-built bench on his land in southwestern Wisconsin and write about what he saw. Here's one such passage:
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: The skunk track enters the woods and crosses a glade where the rabbits have packed down the snow. Newly exposed oak seedlings have paid for the thaw with their newly barked stems.
LYDEN: His writings are extremely detailed.
(SOUNDBITE OF BIRDS CHIRPING)
LYDEN: What you're listening to now is a recreation Temple made of Leopold's morning soundtrack just by following his journal descriptions bird by bird.
CURT MEINE: Leopold is revered for the way he wrote about this place, this wonderful lyrical prose that evokes the dramas that are going on in this landscape that he knew so intimately.
LYDEN: Curt Meine is Aldo Leopold's biographer. Leopold's words are as relevant as if he'd written them yesterday, yet he was writing for his own lifetime, which spanned the extinction of the passenger pigeon and the nuclear bombing of Japan.
MEINE: There's a time of incredible change in the entire landscape. The great forests of the upper Great Lakes were being leveled. The wetlands of the Mississippi River Basin were being drained. Water fowl and other wildlife were being depleted. The prairies of the Midwest, of course, were being converted over into agriculture.
LYDEN: In Leopold's youth, Teddy Roosevelt was president, and environmental preservation was a national discussion for the first time. Leopold's father taught him how to hunt and respect the land, and later, Aldo Leopold would graduate from the Yale School of Forestry and join the Forest Service as a ranger.
And on that job, in the mountains of southeastern Arizona, Leopold had an experience that shaped his thinking for the next 30 years. Again, biographer, Curt Meine.
MEINE: One of the most significant episodes occurs right at the outside of his career when he shoots a wolf.
LYDEN: Leopold wrote about this in one of his most famous essays.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce, green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then and have known ever since that there was something new to me in those eyes, something known only to her and to the mountain.
LYDEN: Killing the wolf triggered Leopold's introspective mind. He realized that preserving land wasn't enough. We had to work to actively protect it. In the 1930s, Leopold witnessed the destruction of agriculture and overdevelopment. The Dust Bowl devastated the land and deepened the Great Depression. He turned his thoughts now to the idea of restoration.
So the Leopold family bought a piece of ravaged land in Baraboo, Wisconsin, and set about rejuvenating it. Curt Meine and Stan Temple took me out on the Leopold land on a snowy, subzero day to see the landscape from Leopold's old cabin.
We are coming up to the shack.
TEMPLE: Well, let's pause for a moment, because what you see, anything that's living here, any plants living were not here in Leopold's day, pretty much. So we just walked through little woods, mixture of pines and oaks. All the pines you see were planted, but right out in front of us here is one of the earliest experiments in ecological restoration we have.
LYDEN: Hmm. Leopold's experiment started by planting his beloved pine trees, 50,000 over his lifetime. Every spring, he dragged family to this little shack, and they'd plant trees and write journals to record the evolution of the land.
MEINE: The lock is frozen. There we go.
LYDEN: And here, inside this tiny bare-boned shack, a converted chicken coop, Leopold wrote his Land Ethic. The essay argues for responsible, ethical treatment of nature, which became the core of modern conservation.
TEMPLE: In short, a land ethic changes the role of homo sapiens from conqueror of the land community to plain member and citizen of it. It implies respect for his fellow members and also respect for the community as such.
LYDEN: If Aldo Leopold could participate today in the public debate over hydrofracking, mountaintop removal or carbon emissions, he would say that these challenges are what the Land Ethic is for. It's inconceivable to me, he wrote, that an ethical relationship to the land can exist without love, respect and admiration and a high regard for its value. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Seed head weevil
Plant species attacked
yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis)
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Images by Eric Coombs, Oregon Department of Agriculture.
If images are downloaded and used from the ODA web site please be sure to credit the photographer.
Site of attack
Mode of attack
The adults feed on the young developing buds, causing the buds to die, causing a characteristic grayish-white hook. Adults have been found to feed on the seed heads of other knapweeds that grow in proximity to yellow starthistle.
Adult and larvae stage.
Collection and release information
Widespread in distribution, can be collected by sweep net June-July. Consult with ODA for availability for your area.
History in Oregon
The seed head weevil Eustenopus villosus was released in Douglas County in 1990 and 1991. It was recovered in 1991. The Myrtle Creek site, in Douglas County, served as the main nursery site for collection. The weevil can drastically reduce flower and seed production of the plant. In 1996 collections at the Myrtle Creek site were difficult because of the low density of yellow starthistle. Reduced grazing and increased plant competition in combination with the biocontrol agents contributed to the decline.
Release status in Oregon
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SALEM, Ore. – What's especially troubling about 16-year-old McKenzie Otjen's death is that there were no textbook warning signs.
She wasn't cutting; she wasn't talking about suicide; she wasn't being bullied online or otherwise. It's why her family says it's so vital for them to share her story.
Instead, McKenzie Otjen was confident, well-liked at school and planning for her future.
"The week before we were filling out scholarship applications and prepping and she was in her junior year of high school," said her father, Jeff Otjen.
It's what made her decision to take her own life on Nov. 16 so difficult for her father and sister-in-law, Jessica Otjen, to comprehend.
Just two months later, what they're able to understand is this: "If McKenzie was capable of going that far and committing suicide – that there is no stereotype to suicide," said Jessica. "There is no type of person that is more at risk than any other."
They believe the worst thing anyone can do is glorify the permanent decision McKenzie made. The best thing everyone can do? Begin a conversation with the kids you know.
"In the past, suicide has been kind of a stigma that nobody wanted to put out in front of anybody and say well, my daughter committed suicide. Yeah she did, and I don't know why," Jeff said. "I wish I did know why. I wish I still had her here with us, but I sure hope this helps another teen or I hope this teaches another person to speak to their teens about the effects of teen suicide."
Mary Jadwisiak, a field coordinator with Washington's Youth Suicide Prevention Program said she's hearing there has been an increase in suicides among teenagers in the region. She said it's hard to say if the suicides are connected.
"We know that when a student sees somebody that they can relate to (who) takes their own life it becomes an option for them," she said. "So if you see someone who you can relate to that solves their problems by suicide, it increases your risk."
She also said not talking about suicide increases risk.
"One of the biggest myths that we have is if we talk about suicide we're going to plant the seed. Not talking about suicide increases the risk," she said. "When a person has an opportunity to talk about how they're feeling it slows down the process, it gives us time to give them the help that they need to process their thoughts and to come up with other options besides suicide."
Jadwisiak said that about 80 percent of people who are thinking about committing suicide give off warning signs. She said it's possible that McKenzie Otjen was in the 20 percent who don't.
While she couldn't speak specifically about McKenzie's situation, Jadwisiak said, "Certainly, I'm not going to tell (the family) that they missed it. Parents know their children better than anyone, which is why it's so incredibly vital for parents to be educated about suicide prevention (and) how to talk to your kids about suicide prevention and get them the help as soon as they can."
McKenzie's family is in the process of putting together a documentary about their ordeal. They want to take a deeply personal look at what happens after a teenager is gone in this way.
Resources for youth:
- Mind Your Mind: A non-profit dedicated to providing reliable information for youth dealing with depression, anxiety, and suicide. The site contains youth-specific resources, tips for coping with mental illness issues, and the personal stories of youth who have experienced and overcome these issues.
- Reach Out: A website for youth, by youth, with information on how to help yourself or a friend who is thinking about suicide. Allows youth to share their stories about overcoming depression and suicide in an online, supportive environment.
- We Can Help Us: A collection of videos made by real teens who have gone through a variety of different challenges and overcome them. Also allows other youth to share their own stories in a supportive environment.
- The Trevor Project: A website dedicated to helping LGBTQ youth dealing with depression, anxiety, and suicide. Also operates a 24-hour crisis hotline, 1-866-4-U-TREVOR.
- The Jed Foundation: A resource for college students containing information about depression and anxiety among college students, and information about how to get help at school.
- Metanoia.org: An online resource that offers information about how to find and contact a therapist, and how to make sure your therapist is right for you. Also offers resources for connecting to a therapist online for 'e-therapy'.
- Teen forum on suicide being held in Battle Ground
Resources for parents:
- Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapies: Offers information for parents about childhood mental health issues and advice on finding the best treatment for you and your family.
- Lok-It-Up: A campaign to promote the safe storage of firearms. Offers advice on how to safely store firearms and prevent teen firearm suicide.
- ASK Campaign: A website dedicated to gun safety. Information about firearm deaths and tips for preventing your children from gun violence.
Resources for Educators:
- Evergreen Education Association: The Evergreen Education Association is holding a "Diversity and Social Justice Conference" in February with a session that will focus on suicide prevention.
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Arabic Lessons in Brighton. Learn Arabic
When you start taking Arabic classes with Language Trainers you will realise that the approach we use is ideal for getting your knowledge up to a good level quickly. Everything about the course will be tailor made for you and it will be delivered by a native Arabic speaker who is also fully qualified.
Arabic Course in Brighton
Regardless of whether you want to learn for work reasons or for personal use you will enjoy the process with us and soon move onto a level you are happy with.
Following a general Arabic course you will feel relaxed about the idea of going to where the tongue is spoken. You will have the solid foundations you need to feel comfortable while you speak it. After your Arabic Business course you will feel confident about reading and writing work emails as well as speaking to foreign colleagues and clients.
The flexible nature of our courses means that you can choose what you want to be taught. This means that you aren't restricted simply to Business or General courses but can go for something which will genuinely give you what you need. If you want a General course to delve further into specific areas of the language then this can be arranged at the time of booking or directly with your teacher.
Whether you are planning to move to a foreign workplace or you need to deal with Arabic speakers in your current job you can join the many business people who have enhanced their careers with our lessons. The general courses in Arabic which we offer provide a fantastic way to get ready for a new life abroad or to communicate better with a foreign partner. In fact, the list of reasons for learning Arabic is pretty much endless.
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Info about Arabic
Just as Latin forms the basis of most European languages, Arabic is prevalent throughout Islamic tongues. The most-spoken Semitic language in the world (well over 250 million speakers, mainly across the north of Africa), the Arabic language was of massive importance during the Middle Ages, with many important scientific, mathematical and philosophical works emanating from the Arabic world. The first worry about learning Arabic is the alphabet - the main factor of confusion being that it is written from right to left. However, once you've settled in to the new writing system and rules of pronunciation, Arabic is an intensely rich language which attracts millions of new speakers every year.
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Watch interviews with a few of our teachers, and find out why the best way to learn a new language is with Language Trainers!:
Dear Paula, Hope all is fine for you. Above all, I am sorry because I haven't been able to take time enough to give you some feedback regarding the English lessons since I came back from Birmingham. As I said to Clara before going back to Paris, I was very satisfied and enjoyed a lot my English lessons with her. Of course, 4-hour lessons are obviously intensive, however I didn't see the time passing because it was very interesting for me and diversified. I think I had the opportunity to extend my vocabulary during my stay and to learn and improve some grammar (particularly : present perfect and present perfect continuous). Moreover, the lessons were in total coherence regarding the program of my lessons here in France and the objectives of my stay here in Birmingham. Clara helped me a lot and was very involved in allowing me to get the best out of this experience. I really hope this experience will be a first step in improving my english. I am at your disposal for any further details.
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Mon September 28, 2009
8th Graders to College
Tulsa, OK – Thirty-four eighth grade students from Tulsa Public Schools are now taking classes at Tulsa Community College's Northeast Campus thanks to a new alternative learning program called Middle College High School. TCC and TPS announce the launch of Middle College High School, the first program of its kind in northeastern Oklahoma, at a news conference Monday.
The collaboration is designed to increase the education opportunities, graduation rates and college enrollments for Tulsa students. More than 90 students applied for the opportunity over the summer. After interviews with the students and their parents or guardians, TPS officials chose 34 students to begin Middle College this fall. Students began classes Sept. 18.
"Middle College High School uses a Big Picture philosophy of learning which focuses on small class size, curriculum relevant to real world topics and student interests, and uses mentors and parents as an integral part of teaching," explains Kenny Rodrequez, lead principal of School Innovations for Middle College High school. "In just over one week, we've already seen positive feedback from students and their parents who truly understand what a unique opportunity this program is and how much it will benefit them."
Each year, two more classes of eighth graders will be selected from TPS. The first two groups move on to ninth grade curriculum and continue to be housed at TCC's Northeast Campus. The program has the potential to house 8-12 grade students from TPS.
Students participating in the program will continue their studies in Middle College through their senior years and will have the opportunity to take classes in a college environment at TCC's Northeast Campus with the potential to graduate with a high school diploma as well as an associate degree or credit toward a bachelor's degree.
"We look forward to seeing these students in our Tulsa Community College classrooms," said Dr. Sandra Massey, provost of TCC's Northeast Campus. "Middle College is an exciting step forward for education in Tulsa."
Middle College High School is one of several programs TPS alternative education task force recently approved. Of the $2.13 million TPS approved for the alternative programs, Middle College will cost the district about $160,000.
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Tammy Padgett, a cancer survivor, is walking the halls of the Capitol today to talk with legislators about the importance of early detection.
Padgett, of Edmond, and her 10-year-old son Zack, are among about 40 cancer survivors and American Cancer Society volunteers who are visiting with lawmakers.
As a reminder, they are leaving bunches of daffodils with legislators and their staff. They plan to deliver more than 3,000 daffodils by early afternoon.
Padgett said Zack, who will report back to his fifth-grade students tomorrow on today’s activities, was in kindergarten when she found out she had breast cancer. She has been cancer free since then; she goes back for checkups every six months.
“So now we’re fighting for other people,” said Padgett, who participated in a clinical trial to beat her cancer. “I’m living proof that the latest research is saving lives.”
She and other volunteers will be thanking senators who voted earlier this week to pass Senate Bill 14, which would require insurance companies to cover colorectal cancer screening.
They will be giving information about the bill to House members, who now will consider the bill.
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By Ernest Scheyder
(Reuters) - When Charles Spencer became a crane operator at the Jacksonville Port Authority in Florida in 1971, it took at least a day for 200 dockworkers to unload 160-pound sacks of coffee from a cargo ship.
Now the same job takes 20 dockworkers, assisted by massive robots programmed to lift and stack containers, an hour.
One thing hasn't changed, however: American dockworkers are among the highest-paid blue-collar workers in the country. Spencer says he made about $32,000 a year when he started; today, the average dockworker makes more than $115,000 a year.
Now, shipping companies are pushing hard to control costs, including the cost of labor - and workers are pushing back. It all comes down to who gets the rewards from the investment the port operators have put into increasingly automated equipment: the companies and their shareholders or the unionized dockworkers.
Despite the automation, U.S. port productivity badly lags that of overseas rivals. Rotterdam and Shanghai ports use fewer than five dockworkers to do what it takes 20 to do in the U.S., according to Jim Kruse, director of Texas A&M University's Center for Ports and Waterways. The gap is jarring at a time when shippers, the primary customers and in some cases the owners of port operators, have seen profits shrink, in part because of a glut of new ships.
It is a major reason for a series of increasingly heated struggles between port workers and their employers on the East, West and Gulf coasts of the United States in recent months centering on pay, workplace efficiency and automation.
Tensions are likely to remain high for some time, particularly as competition between ports increases ahead of the completion of a widening of the Panama Canal in 2014, which means more containers move straight from Asia to the East and Gulf coasts.
"Everyone wants to reduce their cost and that means lower wages or fewer people," said a senior executive at a major West Coast container terminal operator who spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to affect future negotiations with labor unions.
The spate of labor disputes on the waterfront has not been seen since the early 1970s, when West Coast dockworkers went on strike. Then-President Richard Nixon invoked the Taft-Hartley Act, which limits the power of labor unions, to force them back to work.
Office workers at ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, struck for eight days in a dispute about the outsourcing of jobs before returning to work in early December. Dockworkers refused to cross their picket lines, effectively shutting down most of the nation's largest shipping complex for that period.
Dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts and in Pacific Northwest grain ports almost followed suit last month.
With a strike looming, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), which represents 14,500 dockworkers on the East and Gulf coasts, and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) of shippers, terminal operators and port authorities, agreed to a temporary deal on December 28. A strike is still possible, though, if the talks don't lead to a final deal that is ratified by workers by February 6.
Labor strife was also narrowly avoided at ports in the Northwest as the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) announced on December 26 that its members would stay on the job despite "substandard" contract terms imposed on them by grain shippers. That dispute could easily flare again in the coming months.
'A FAIR SHARE OF BENEFITS'
The ILA's national office and USMX declined to comment for this article. The ILWU said new productivity and technological goals should always keep employees in mind.
"Workers and the rest of society deserve to get a fair share of the benefits that can result when new technology is adopted," said ILWU spokesman Craig Merrilees.
One of the more contentious parts of East Coast negotiations was the amount of royalty payments to ILA workers based on the tons of container cargo that move through a port.
The payout was roughly $211 million in 2011, according to the USMX, or an average of $15,500 per worker. That was too much, port operators said. The union reached a tentative deal late last month with the port operators on the payment and is set to finalize it next month. It's unclear what the new royalty payments will be, though they were enough to avert a strike last month.
Shippers said higher fuel prices and weak economic growth cut into their profits in 2012. The Baltic Dry index, which tracks the cost to ship materials overseas, is down 55 percent in the past year, a 10-year low.
The shipping companies placed expensive orders for larger container ships in 2006 to ready themselves for the Panama Canal's widening. When the financial crisis and recession hit in 2007-2008, they found themselves with excess capacity and weak demand.
"It's been a perfect storm for the shipping industry," said Bill Johnson, director of PortMiami. "They have all cut staff and had to look at their supply lines. They can't sustain this."
The Panama expansion will allow the canal's capacity to triple; it will be able to handle ships that each carry 12,500 containers. That will increase competition for trade between not just the West Coast and East Coast ports but also among East Coast ports to supply the Midwest with goods.
Miami, New York and other large East Coast ports are dredging their harbors to depths of 50 feet - currently, they are no deeper than 47 feet - to be able to handle the larger ships.
"A great deal of the freight that arrives in the U.S. to serve the East Coast is today off-loaded in West Coast ports," said Allison Skipper of the South Carolina Ports Authority. "There are new opportunities for the same freight to travel directly, by all-water, to a location much closer to its final destination."
'IT LIMITS MY OPPORTUNITY'
But winning more trade from the West Coast is no slam-dunk for the East and Gulf Coast ports.
"The shipping lines can argue there's going to be growth that we can all benefit from, but East Coast ports need to be competitive with the West Coast and railroads," said Richard Wainio, former director of the Tampa Port Authority, who previously was head of planning at the Panama Canal. "If they are not competitive the ports will lose potential growth and that will hurt the interests of the longshoremen, too."
Improving productivity is key. "Compared to the best port internationally, a North American port would fail by a factor of more than 4 to 1," said John Vickerkman, president of Vickerman & Associates, a port consultant group.
When Mitsui O.S.K. Lines of Tokyo chose Jacksonville in 2005 for a new $330 million terminal, it expected to handle containers between North America and the Caribbean and Latin America. Like its large peers, Mitsui chose ILA labor for its terminals.
But the flood of containers hasn't happened, said General Manager Dennis Kelly, because the Mitsui terminal can't compete with cheaper peers in Jacksonville that employ non-unionized dockworkers.
Florida is a "right to work" state, meaning employees can't be forced to pay union dues. Terminals not bound by the ILA contract work rules can be more flexible about starting times, the number of workers and pay rates.
"It limits my opportunity to go out and compete for new business," Kelly said. "It's pretty much impossible because our labor agreement with the ILA makes us non-competitive."
Mitsui has a 30-year lease at the Jacksonville port, and customers like craft supplier Michaels Stores Inc rely on it to ship goods into the U.S. Despite that, Mitsui is under pressure to boost margins at the site.
Port operators, typically multinational shipping giants like COSCO and Danish group A.P. Moller-Maersk's APM Terminals, that lease space from quasi-public port owners, want flexibility in setting work hours in an attempt to reduce labor costs and to better compete with global peers.
"The U.S. lags behind others in the world in modernization of shipping terminals," said Texas A&M's Kruse. "They just have to become more efficient."
(Additional reporting by Susan Cooper Eastman in Jacksonville, Florida, Alwyn Scott and Sharon Begley in New York, David Adams and Kevin Gray in Miami, and Harriet McLeod in Charleston, South Carolina; Editing by Patricia Kranz and Douglas Royalty)
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The emerging China-Belarus connectionBy Frederick W. Stakelbeck, Jr.
Belarus, a country contaminated by the disastrous 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, continues to be systematically poisoned by an oppressive government led by strongman Alexander Lukashenka. Visiting Vilnius, Lithuania in April to attend a NATO foreign ministers conference, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice noted Washington's growing frustration with Lukashenka's anti—democracy stance by saying, 'Belarus is really the last dictatorship in the center of Europe, and its time for a change.'
But with concern mounting in the West regarding the Lukashenka government, far too little attention has been given to another area of immediate concern, namely, Belarus' growing bilateral ties with China. Public statements coming out of Minsk make it clear that the Lukashenka government has identified China, along with steady ally Russia, as a key player in its foreign policy strategy moving forward.
Like Russia, China could become the perfect collaborator for Belarus, offering the country an array of attractive economic and military incentives to sustain what has become Europe's harshest regime. But what does Belarus offer China? Moreover, why would China seek an economic and military alliance with a European country of minimal size and influence?
A History of Bilateral Cooperation
In an interview with Chinese daily Xinhua in May, Belarus Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov noted, 'Promoting relations with China is a diplomatic priority.' Since first establishing relations in 1992, both countries have gone to great lengths to increase bilateral cooperation and have demonstrated an increasing willingness to support each other in various international forums concerning issues of mutual interest and importance.
In April 2001, President Alexander Lukashenka openly supported China in the plane collision incident involving the U.S., extending his personal condolences to the families of the deceased Chinese pilot saying,
In September 2003, a delegation from China that included General Chan Shutian, deputy head of the army's political department, visited Belarus to exchange expertise in the 'sphere of military discipline' which allegedly included counter—terrorist cooperation.
Recent contact between the two countries has become intense, focused primarily on the improvement of military and intelligence synergies.
In April, Belarus and China signed a joint 'Declaration for the 21st Century' document agreeing to cooperate in the fields of trade, economy, science, technology, military affairs and culture. In May, Wu Guansheng, a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC), met with Tozik Anatoly Afanasievich, president of the State Control Commission of Belarus, to discuss the exchange of ideas concerning the 'supervision of government.'
Also in May, Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan met with Belarus Defense Minister Leonid Semeonovich Maltsev. During their meeting, Gangchuan stated that his country's armed forces were ready for increased cooperation with the Belarus army. Masltsev concurred, noting that Belarus was also looking to deepen the current military relationship.
Visiting Beijing in early June, Maltsev announced both countries had signed documents agreeing to allow Chinese military personnel to train in Minsk, while joint projects on munitions and military hardware were also signed.
Over the past decade, China has taken deliberate steps to advance relations with countries possessing both the natural resources to propel its economy and the global influence to support its ascension in the international community. For example, energy contracts with Iran, Sudan and Venezuela; mineral and oil sands extraction contracts with U.S. neighbor Canada; intelligence and military cooperation with Cuba; seaport agreements with Panama and mining contracts with South Africa have all furthered China's regional and global strategic goals.
Each of these countries has provided China with a tangible, long—term strategic asset. However, this is not the case with Belarus which makes China's pursuit of the small country unusual.
Belarus is not an economic, energy or military giant. With a service—based economy generating revenues that reached a paltry $3.3 billion in 2004, the country relies heavily on imports from neighboring countries such as Russia, Germany, Poland and the Ukraine. President Lukashenka's 'Market Socialism' which was first launched in 1995 has had mixed results. High inflation, meager foreign investment and a significant trade deficit of $600 million have all combined to hinder the country's economic growth. Even the country's defense budget, at $176 million or 1.4% of GDP in 2002, is miniscule when compared to other countries in the region.
Belarus' attempts at privatization and other market reforms have been painstakingly slow and extremely burdensome for businesses, with well over 80 percent of all industry still under state control. As in the Cold War, Belarus continues to depend on Russian subsidies for its survival. Making China's pursuit even more intriguing is the fact that Belarus is a net importer of oil — most of which comes from energy—rich Russia.
What Belarus Offers China
Belarus does possess one important asset that China desperately seeks — a location in the heart of Europe. With a boarder that includes Russia on the east, Ukraine in the south, Poland in the west, Lithuania in the northwest, and Latvia in the north, Belarus offers China the perfect European incubator for government sponsored activities that include spying, espionage and intelligence gathering.
In essence, Belarus could become a 'virtual beehive' of Chinese sponsored covert activity. Such activities are already hallmarks of Chinese foreign policy in countries such as Australia, Canada, Germany and the U.S. With Belarus as a strong European ally in an undeclared war against U.S. global influence, covert activities could take hold across continental Europe, eventually giving China access to confidential information and technology necessary to modernize many of its more clandestine domestic industries.
If permitted to take root, this would immediately compromise the already fragile U.S. backed arms embargo against China, placing Europe's fledgling democracies and U.S. national security in almost certain jeopardy.
For its part, Russia enjoys certain economic, geopolitical and security benefits from its relationship with Belarus. In the past, the country has used Belarusian territory to deploy early—warning missile stations and has enjoyed the use of bases in Belarus. By effectively giving Russia a defense against possible future NATO enlargement, the geostrategic importance of a cooperative and obedient Belarus is enormous. In effect, Belarus neutralizes Western democratic influences on Russia's western boarders.
But is Russia willing to share Belarus with China, seeing U.S. global hegemony as a greater threat than Chinese economic and ideological expansionism?
The answer to this question is simple — Moscow will not permit China to compromise its long relationship with Belarus. Russia has a natural suspicion of China and its intentions in the West. Any explicit affability between Belarus and China would only support Moscow's misgivings.
United States Concerns
Speaking at a Singapore conference organized by the London—based International Institute of Strategic Studies last month, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld openly questioned China's continued military buildup,
Perhaps it is time to pose the same question to China concerning its relations with Belarus. Why the growing investment in military relations? Why the interest in holding joint military training exercises? To get an honest answer regarding these questions, Washington must be willing to ask tough questions and be prepared to receive uncomfortable answers. In the past, President Bush has called China an 'espionage threat' and a 'competitor, not a strategic partner.' China's global covert actions and bilateral military arrangements throughout the world prove the President's comments are indeed true.
China is fully committed to the development of strategic assets and governmental relations with countries located at key points throughout the world in order to accumulate power and influence. With its power and influence growing in places like Panama, Cuba, Sudan, Venezuela and Canada, China is positioning itself against the U.S. Belarus is just another strategic piece in the puzzle.
If the Belarus—China bilateral relationship is permitted to flourish and mature, it could seriously threaten U.S. sponsored efforts at global democratization. Even worse, it could mark the implementation of a larger plan by Beijing to destabilize and fracture the European community.
In short, Belarus is not a typical Chinese ally. For that reason, Western analysts should closely monitor this developing relationship.
Frederick W. Stakelbeck, Jr. is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia.
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This is the third rig that is moving out of the Gulf (Marianas/Transocean) (actually, it's the third rig that I know of, and can document a link). This is a Transocean rig which will move to Nigeria, and is under contract with Italy's ENI. I doubt "we" will ever see this rig back in the Gulf -- at least in my investing lifetime.
This is the second rig to move out of the Gulf (Ocean Endeavor/Diamond Offshore). Once moved, unlikely to return for a very long time.
The story of the first rig to move from the Gulf is posted here (Ocean Confidence/Diamond Offshore).
So much for American energy independence. Louisiana is in a world of hurt. That's what happens when they elect a governor the administration does not like. The administration directs yet another moratorium on off-shore drilling, based on criteria other than depth of water. Anything to destroy the oil industry.
May 29, 2012: more evidence that after-spill actions taken by the government caused more economic damage than the incident itself.
Only days after the incident, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued a moratorium on new permits for deepwater offshore oil drilling over strenuous objections from the industry and the impacted region itself. The Gulf Coast's continued support for offshore drilling is unsurprising, given that though the moratorium only applied to 33 applications, those included some of the more profitable projects for the region. A report from Louisiana State University estimated the cost to the region of a moratorium could reach as high as $2.1 billion and more than 8,100 jobs. Across the country, the report expected as many as 12,000 jobs to be lost.December 30, 2011: interesting spin by the AP. Compare this article with the industry's take on the permitorium in the story below, dated December 23, 2011. This is all about spin-Obama. In case the link breaks, this is a story that says that after 18 months, the "Gulf is back."
One year after the implementation of the moratorium, a study conducted by Quest Offshore Inc. for the National Ocean Industries Association and the American Petroleum Institute suggested that slowed drilling permit approvals under the Obama administration and the moratorium had contributed to the loss of more than 60,000 jobs through the Gulf region from 2008 to 2011.
An API-commissioned study from Quest Offshore estimated even more dramatic losses, suggesting that as many as 90,000 jobs had been lost in 2011 alone. As many as 11 offshore oil rigs were thought to have left for calmer waters in Brazil, Egypt and Angola, with total costs for the Gulf Coast through 2015 estimated at around $21.4 billion.
December 23, 2011: despite a lifting of the ban on drilling in the Gulf, rigs not coming back.
July 22, 2010, on CNBC: Diamond Offshore/CEO on CNBC says the Gulf moratorium will result in direct loss of about 200 US jobs. Some of the senior employees on their rigs will move with the rigs to Africa. The CEO is concerned that if the moratorium is prolonged, training of personnel to work on deep water rigs will shift overseas, eventually ceding US dominance in deep water drilling to other countries. (Personally I doubt that will happen, but the employees will be coming from countries other than the US as these rigs move overseas.)
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? from reader: "I once heard something about The Cure's Killing an Arab being taken rather literally and becoming something of a racist anthem in the US. Is this true and, if so, what happened? -Antony Salatova, Braintree"
answer: "It's true. The song's title, actually inspired by Albert Camus's existential novel The Outsider, was always problematic. In 1979, mistaking the band for fellow - if peculiarly dressed - racists, National Front supporters kicked off at a gig at London's Nashville Rooms. Then, in 1986, when their Standing on a Beach compilation was released, the song was taken up by American right-wing shock-jocks working at several college radio stations including Ivy League Institution Princeton and the University of Michigan. Following complaints from the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the band requested radio stations stop playing the song and further copies of the album were issued with stickers declaring: "The song Killing an Arab has absolutely no racist overtones whatsoever. It is a song that decries the existense of all prejudice and consequent violence."
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And on the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there;
and both Jesus and His disciples were called to the marriage.
And when they lacked wine, the mother of Jesus said unto Him, "They have no wine."
Jesus said unto her, "Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come."
His mother said unto the servants, "Whatsoever He saith unto you, do it."
And there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, holding twenty to thirty gallons apiece.
Jesus said unto them, "Fill the waterpots with water." And they filled them up to the brim.
And He said unto them, "Draw some out now, and bear it unto the governor of the feast." And they took it.
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, not knowing from whence it had come (but the servants who drew the water knew), the governor of the feast called the bridegroom
and said unto him, "Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine, and when men have drunk well, then that which is worse; but thou hast kept the good wine until now."
This beginning of miracles Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth His glory; and His disciples believed in Him.
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—Don’t take your work or personal laptop. That’s the best advice and a precaution used by major companies and agencies of the federal government, said Anup Ghosh, chief financial officer of Invincea, a software security company in Fairfax, Va. Instead, some employers issue travelling laptops that are clean of proprietary corporate or government information and are scrubbed clean after the employee returns from the trip.
—Don’t think you can just keep your eye on your equipment. Data can be captured while the laptop is in customs or if you step away from your hotel room briefly. “It takes five minutes or less to capture information from the laptop,” Ghosh said. Lock it in a hotel safe. Use an encrypted drive.
—Get a travelling phone as well, such as a pay-per-use phone. If you take your phone, it should be reimaged on return. Use your screen password on your mobile device so if you lose it, no one can pick it up and read your email or other data.
—Be aware of the risk, once in-country, of connecting to public networks. Wireless networks in hotels and coffee shops, for instance, are often compromised and malicious codes can be downloaded into your machine, Ghosh said. Even if you leave home with a clean laptop and it’s wiped clean after the trip, someone can still capture what you’re typing in emails or your credentials when you’re entering them during the trip. Not much can be done about that — it’s just a risk you have to be aware of so you are careful to avoid activities such as logging into your bank to do financial transactions, he said.
—Travel aside, your company should also routinely take steps to limit the types of applications that can run on their systems, regularly update computer programs, and tightly control the number of people who have broad access privileges to the company networks, said Alan Paller, director of research at SANS Institute, a computer-security organization.
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Firedog conducted an exciting research phase, whereby fellows of the Academy applied minds in an exercise to define the core DNA of the brand. They explored the Academy’s role in society and it became increasingly apparent that the “Heart of Society” positioning was very authentic and appropriate. The research also informed the creative process, exposing the current identity as rigid, restricting and not very imaginative. The Academy addressed a multitude of audience segments, therefore we developed a visual identity system which could be “dialed” up to speak to younger audiences, but at the same time toned down to speak to industry and policy makers. Firedog refreshed the RAeng symbol, literally turning it on its head.
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EDC 220: Educational Psychology
Overview of psychological theories and research applied to classroom learning. Includes study of concepts in human development, learning, motivation and assessment, as well as principles for effective classroom management and instruction. Required for certification.
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This print provides a sweeping view of the ebb and flow of great players who have played on the PGA Tour since its inception in 1916. It includes fifty-seven players who have each won at least fifteen PGA Tour events (including majors).
The graphic is divided vertically into six eras representing the eleven players who are considered dominant based on their tour and majors records. They include:
The main section of the graphic tracks the rise and decline of the fifty-seven players with colored streams that flow from left to right. Dominant players for each era are represented by thick colored streams. The other forty-six great players, grouped according to overlapping victory records, are represented by narrow tan streams. To include all fifty-seven players and provide comparison between the dominant and other great players for each era, they are grouped rather than shown individually.
- 1916-1935: Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen
- 1936-1955: Sam Snead, Ben Hogan and Byron Nelson
- 1956-1976: Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper and Gary Player
- 1977-1984: Tom Watson
- 1985-1995: No dominant player(s)
- 1996-2004: Tiger Woods
The print also includes detailed winning data by year for the majors, best scoring average and money winner.
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Draft Data Protection Bill critically limited, says ARTICLE 19
ARTICLE 19 submitted its comments on the Draft Kenya Data Protection Bill 2009 (draft bill) to the Constitution Implementation Commission of Kenya (CIC) in October 2011.
DATA PROTECTION AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
ARTICLE 19 believes that data protection and freedom of information are complimentary rights designed to empower citizens to protect their rights and to improve the transparency of both public and private bodies. ARTICLE 19 supports the adoption of well-crafted data protection laws that protect individuals' rights while ensuring government transparency and freedom of expression.
Over 70 countries have now adopted data protection laws covering the collection and use of personal information. Over 50 of those countries also have freedom of information laws.
The right of data protection has been growing in Africa over the last few years. So far, eight countries in Africa (Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Mauritius, Morocco, Senegal, and Tunisia) have adopted comprehensive laws. Earlier this year, ECOWAS adopted a Supplementary Act A.SA.1/01/10 on Personal Data Protection which requires all member states to adopt data protection laws.
Scope of the Draft Bill Overly Limited
The draft bill appears to only apply to personal information held by public authorities (described in Article 3 as both a "controller" and "agency", which is undefined). This is significantly weaker than the similar laws in the eight African countries, as well as the 70 other national data protection laws across the world, which apply to both public bodies and private bodies such as corporations and non-profit bodies. The draft bill is more akin to the Privacy Acts found in many countries which only apply to government bodies.
While the draft bill will bring greater accountability to the processing of information about Kenyan citizens held by government bodies, the restriction to public bodies substantially limits the usefulness of the act as a means to enhance international trade to Kenya. European (and many other countries') law limits the transfer of personal information for outsourcing and other reasons to only countries with adequate data protection laws, which is why many countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America have adopted laws recently. This bill as drafted will not allow European data controllers to transfer personal information to Kenya because it does not apply to the private sector. Thus a major reason for adopting the bill will not be achieved.
A positive effect of this limitation is that 'invasion of personal privacy' may not be used as a justification to prosecute journalists who have published personal information in the public interest, such as corruption by public officials. This may remain a problem in other legislation such as the criminal code. Most data protection laws remedy this problem by putting in specific exemptions for information collected for journalistic or artistic purposes.
The draft bill should be extended to apply to the private sector. If it is, there should be an exemption specifically for media and academic, artistic, and journalistic activities.
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Download the Draft Data Protection Bill:
Kenya_ARTICLE19_Data_Protection_Bill_Final.pdf (432 KB)
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A show of plant personalities
02 September 2010 | News story
From the flagship of a lost world long before the last great global climate change, to the lonely bachelor surviving only in gardens and greenhouses, plants whisper stories. Tales of cunning carnivores that lure innocent insects to a dreaded end and of stately palms, unequipped to move away from their imperilled comfort zone. Stirring life stories of plant species introduce visitors to the Amsterdam Botanic Garden, an IUCN Member, to a range of topical threats to the riches of Life on Earth: climate change, invasive species, habitat destruction, intensive agriculture and more. All these threats are illustrated by living examples of the stricken species.
The historic Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam boasts an exhibit of 50 threatened plants during the International Year of Biodiversity 2010. A stunning 144 page catalogue called ‘Plants in the Spotlight’ includes habitat pictures, stories, maps and conservation facts on each imperilled plant. Approaching each species as a ‘personality’ with its very own ‘life story’ gives visitors an excellent view into the world of threatened plants that often remain overlooked. When looking at 50 individual species from across the globe, a variety of conservation issues become apparent.
As you open the catalogue, a map of the garden on the inside cover shows the location of each plant. Next is a chapter on biodiversity where the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is introduced. Emphasis is also given to threatening plants - invasive species that strangle ever-more native habitats worldwide. The main part tells 50 plant stories and the final chapter is about the garden and its pivotal role in connecting people and plants since 1638.
The publication was funded by the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds and the Society for Friends of the Amsterdam Botanic Garden, who together made it possible to price the educational catalogue at €7,50. The pricing, together with the fact that the book was designed to be ‘coffee-table-proof’ will help disseminate the catalogue widely and achieve maximum outreach for plant conservation during this year of biodiversity.
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If so you may have restless leg syndrome (RLS). Anywhere from 5 to 10 percent of the population experiences an urge to move their legs that gets worse at night. Often, it is accompanied by uncomfortable sensations in the legs that get worse when resting, lying down or sitting.
A sleep study at a Fairview Sleep Center may help determine the severity of your RLS. A Fairview sleep specialist may offer several treatment options for RLS.
Restless Leg Syndrome
Lifestyle management of RLS
- practice good sleep habits
- avoid stress, fatigue, and sleep deprivation
- take a hot bath or massage at bedtime
- consider a brief period of moderate exercise before bedtime
Factors for you and your doctor to consider
when treating RLS with medication:
- Do you have an underlying disorder that might cause or aggravate RLS?
- What time of day do your symptoms occur and how long do they last?
- Is your RLS painful or uncomfortable?
- How severe is your RLS?
Restless Leg Syndrome: What You Can Do
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In my ongoing effort to understand the world around me, I want to wrap my head around the relationships between two units of measure. Specifically gauss and decibels.
The quandary comes from my understand of waves. Hertz is the measure between wave peaks and describes the frequency of the wave. And from what I know about sound, decibels is the measure of intensity. I've played around with a spectrum analyser designed for sound and really got an understanding of how it all works.
Then I turned my attention to electromagnetic waves. I was looking for a tool that I could use to measure electromagnetism at any given location. The first tool I came across was an electromagnetic field meter (EMF meter) which is measured in gauss. Wouldn't it be equally effective to measure in decibels?
I also could not find a conversion from one to another, so I would assume they measure different things. Can you clear this up for me?
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Community Development Events
A Conversation about Economic Mobility in the United States and Texas
November 30, 2012
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Has the climb up the economic ladder really become more difficult? Have more families in the middle class fallen downward? What can funders do to increase economic security and create opportunities for upward mobility for families across Texas? These and other questions were addressed by panelists Diana Elliott from the Pew Charitable Trusts, Don Baylor from the Center for Public Policy Priorities, and Ray Boshara from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis as they offered perspectives and addressed myths and misconceptions about economic mobility, wealth, and poverty in Texas and across America.
- Ray Boshara, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Diana Elliott, Pew Charitable Trusts
- Don Baylor, Center for Public Policy Priorities
- Panel Discussion
About the Panelists
Diana Elliott is research manager for the Economic Mobility Project at the Pew Center on the States. She supports Pew’s efforts to build broad and nonpartisan agreement on the facts and figures related to mobility and to spark an active debate on how best to improve opportunity in America. As a lead researcher on Pew’s ongoing investigation of the status of the American Dream, Elliott communicates and collaborates with outside experts to develop and fine tune methodological approaches; reviews original research from external partners; and works with the project team to publicize findings and generate new knowledge, press coverage, and discourse in the area of economic mobility.
Before coming to Pew, Elliott was a family demographer at the U.S. Census Bureau where she conducted research on marriage, divorce, and family living arrangements. She has also worked at the University of Massachusetts—Boston Survey Research Center and at the research firm Belden & Russonello, where she assisted with developing questions and content, managed the progress of surveys in the field, and analyzed survey findings. Elliott completed her PhD in sociology at the University of Maryland—College Park.
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Don Baylor Jr. is senior policy analyst, Economic Opportunity, at the Center for Public Policy Priorities. An eighth-generation Texan, Don Baylor joined the center in 2004 and focuses on asset building, postsecondary success and labor markets to expand economic opportunity and mobility in Texas. He directs OpportunityTexas, a statewide campaign to increase financial stability, create pathways to good jobs and promote savings.
Before coming to the center, he crafted and advocated for living wage, antipredatory lending and affordable housing legislation before the New York City Council and New York State Legislature. Before that, he was a public sector consultant who co-led strategic planning and performance audit contracts for several public entities in California, Oregon and Hawaii. He earned a BA from Georgetown University in 1994 and an MA with honors in African American and Southern history from The University of Wisconsin—Madison in 1997. He was recently appointed to the new Consumer Advisory Board of the Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and also serves on the Board of Directors of CFED, RAISE Texas and the Texas Match the Promise Foundation. He serves in an advisory role for CLASP, United Way Capital Area, and Texas C-Bar.
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Ray Boshara is senior advisor and policy officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Boshara is leading a research-based project to promote household financial stability, with an emphasis on strengthening the balance sheets of American families and how that contributes to economic growth.
Prior to joining the Fed in April 2011, Boshara was vice president of the New America Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, where he launched and directed programs promoting asset development, college savings and a new social contract.
Over the past 20 years, Boshara has advised presidential candidates; the Bush, Clinton and Obama administrations; and leading policymakers worldwide. He has testified before the U.S. Congress several times, most recently before the Senate Banking Committee in October 2011. He has written for the Washington Post, New York Times, and Atlantic Monthly, and is the co-author (with Phillip Longman) of The Next Progressive Era. Boshara is a graduate of Ohio State University, Yale Divinity School and the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
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Presented by the Steering Committee for the North Texas Funders Forum
- Elma Goodwin, Administration for Children & Families
- Susan Hoff, United Way of Metropolitan Dallas
- Annika Little, Asset Funders Network
- Sue Matkin, United Way of Tarrant County
- Megan McTiernan, Thomson Family Foundation
- Sarah Nelson, Communities Foundation of Texas
- Alfreda B. Norman, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
- Kathy Smith, Meadows Foundation
- Debbie Taylor, Citibank
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This program educates and prepares the student for service in a teaching capacity. It can be used as a terminal degree for those who desire a theological background and training for various callings other than full-time, ordained gospel ministry. It can also be used as a transitional degree to additional graduate studies, particularly a PhD program in religion or theology. Students may choose one of four emphases: Old Testament, New Testament, Historical Theology, or Systematic Theology studies. In either case, the program provides a thorough grounding in the Scriptures, in Reformed theology, and in church history.
To begin your online application for the MAR, please fill out this form.
The goal of the MAR is for students to:
- Exegete individual passages of Scripture accurately, employing their knowledge of the original languages, historical circumstances, and literary and theological relationships;
- Understand the major issues in faith and life that the church has confronted throughout its history, and the system of truth revealed in the Scriptures;
- Systematize exegetical, historical, and theological data into a consistent and coherent theology, and explain how that theology applies to personal beliefs and behavior; and
- Respond with discernment to contemporary trends in biblical interpretation and to contemporary and cultural movements.
The MAR requires a total of 67 credits, including Greek and Hebrew, and must be completed in five years or less (two is possible). The program requirements for the four emphases can be found by clicking on the following links:
- Master of Arts – Old Testament Emphasis
- Master of Arts – New Testament Emphasis
- Master of Arts – Historical Theology Emphasis
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FlashBack: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, and the Lessons of War
Book Review: FlashBack: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, and the Lessons of War
This is serious business and everyone needs to read this book. The welfare of our soldiers and our public consciences is at stake. Penny Coleman wakes us up with this very serious examination into the world of what was once called "having flashbacks."
Look, there is evidence to suggest that the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan threaten to be as physically and psychologically destructive for the men and women serving there as was the war in Vietnam.
"The overwhelming evidence proves beyond a doubt that war is a disease that kills and maims, not just by tearing apart soldiers' bodies, but also by ravaging their minds," writes Penny Coleman, who was married to a Vietnam veteran who committed suicide. "In every war American soldiers have fought in the past century, the chances of becoming a psychiatric casualty were greater than the chances of being killed by enemy fire."
Now, in FLASHBACK: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, and the Lessons of War, Coleman traces the history of combat related stress in American wars, from the Civil War through the Vietnam War and what is now known as "posttraumatic stress disorder." Illuminating the experience of soldiers during that war, why that experience was so damaging and why that damage continues so many years later, she reveals the communal mythologies that work to distance society from the brutal acts carried out in America's name. "If we, as citizens, act on what we have learned," writes Coleman, "perhaps we can avoid repeating the same mistakes we made in Vietnam; perhaps we can snatch something meaningful from the horror."
For the past four years, Coleman has been interviewing military wives, mothers and daughters who lived through suicides in the aftermath of the war in Vietnam. Coleman uses thirteen of their stories, including her own, to frame a documentation of the under-acknowledged connections between war, PTSD and suicide. Coleman's first husband, Daniel, was a Vietnam vet who came home with PTSD and later took his own life. She notes that it was the war that had made him sick and that his illness real and finally as lethal as any bullet or bomb.
The women's stories are embedded in in-depth discussions of what was known about PTSD and how that information was used (or not used) in Vietnam and what affect it had on American soldiers. FLASHBACK also explores how American cultural attitudes toward suicide have contributed to the invisibility of a virtual epidemic of death. These discussions, in turn are seen through the lens of what is currently happening to soldiers and veterans in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Coleman emphasizes that soldiers and veterans need to know that combat-related psychic distress is both common and deeply human, not a personal failure or sign of weakness. Families of returning veterans need to now what to watch for and how to intercede.
"We are looking at a future that included inevitable casualties, wounds of both the bodies and minds. American soldiers who are now in Iraq will certainly come home changed. Many will come home damaged. "She writes. "Aside from physical wounds, they will suffer from PTSD, and their families will suffer with them.
If past experience is a predictor, many will die in desperation by their own hands. Hopefully, as a society, we will empathize and think more than twice about going to war. And if we do choose to go to war pre-emptively, then at least we truly need to understand the real human costs to our collective conscience so that we make our decisions with open eyes.
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I recently returned from the 2007 Southern Association for Institutional Research Conference in Little Rock, Ark.
I go to these conferences in the States and around the world to give talks on the U.S. News rankings, find out the latest trends at universities, determine what new higher education data U.S. News should try to collect, and get feedback. This was a meeting of institutional researchers, individuals at colleges and universities who collect and analyze college data for campus decision making and planning. Many of them also fill out the U.S. News surveys. I gave two presentations: “America’s Best Colleges Rankings: What Just Happened and What's Ahead” and “America's Best Graduate Schools Rankings: How They're Done and What's New.”
How to measure success and educational outcomes was the most discussed “hot topic” at this conference. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings’s 2006 Commission on the Future of Higher Education emphasized the need for postsecondary institutions to do a better job of educating students. Accrediting agencies, national associations, and other groups are also discussing the importance of understanding and measuring student success. Still, after many sessions at this conference and others that I have attended, there was no agreement on whether or how colleges should make this information available to the public.
One effort that was discussed and seems to making progress is the “Voluntary System of Accountability” project, which is a partnership between the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. The VSA’s goal is to provide comparable information to the public on institutions in a standardized format. The VSA gets credit for being the only such effort underway that will include outcomes and assessment data. The problem is that this system is, by definition, voluntary, and only a small proportion of four-year colleges will most likely participate. Look for the first VSA templates to be made public on each participating college’s website in early 2008.
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On the Battlefront, the New York Game Takes Hold, 1861-1865
The article below, by Patricia Millen, appeared in print in a special issue of the journal Base Ball. Ms. Millen is the author of From Pastime to Passion: Baseball and the Civil War (Heritage Books, 2001), the first book on baseball in the war camps. She has written dozens of articles on U.S. history, and is the Executive Director of the Roebling Museum in central New Jersey. Her article, like others from the special Protoball issue, appears courtesy of the publisher, McFarland and Company. Each article is keyed to the larger chronology appearing at Early Baseball Milestones at mlb.com. For example, the article below, indexed as 1863.11, reflects that it is the eleventh entry for the year 1863. As the journal’s editor, I encourage you to consider subscribing. For details, see: http://www.mcfarlandbooks.com/?page_id=934.
Item 1863.11, On the Battlefront, the New York Game Takes Hold, 1861–1865
[In April 1863] the Third Corps and Sixth Corps baseball teams met near White Oak Church, Virginia, to play for the championship of the Army of the Potomac.
The soldiers who marched off to fight the American Civil War did so knowing how to play base-running ball games. Whether from a northern city or a southern country plantation, the farmers, merchants, doctors, clerks, sons and grandfathers who enlisted in Union and Confederatearmies grew up with a sporting heritage. The rules of the ball games they played varied slightly by region, but by the 1840s—nearly twenty years before the Civil War began in 1861—they had taken shapes that a 21st century observer wouldrecognize. The game was not dramatically advanced by Northern soldiers moving south during the War, or by the rare exchanges between Union and Confederate soldiers. Instead, baseball during wartime provided respite, amusement and a taste of home to bored, scared, weary soldiers and POWs on both sides of the conflict. The war helped solidify the New York rules as the favorite form of baseball—a progression that began before the first shot of the war was ever fired. Two years after Fort Sumter, it appears, Union soldiers had even formed all-star teams for two of their Corps, and had crowned a championship nine for their entire Army.
We know of the baseball games played by Civil War soldiers from contemporary newspaper accounts, regimental histories, and from diaries and letters written by the soldiers themselves.Few accounts record the game as anything new—rather, most are presented as commonplace. Accounts salvaged are often similar in nature, reflecting the game as a favorite pastime during the War, but altogether ordinary. As E. F. Palmer of the Second Brigade from Montpelier, Vermont noted in his history of the regiment in 1864:
Since the ground has become dry, many are the amusements. After drilling is over, towards evening, the wide level space in front of the camp is crowded with soldiers. Many are playing ball. The most expert choose up, and one is to keep tally; now they strip off coats and sweating and eager as to the result, push on the lively game.
Three hundred eighty-four major battles and campaigns took place during the American Civil War. We can follow the reports of ball games by soldiers in the regions of the country surrounding these principle operations. The majority of all known baseball games took place in the Confederate stronghold of Virginia—where a full third of all key military operations of the war took place. New York and Massachusetts regiments played the most baseball. Although New Jersey regiments represented a much smaller fighting force, the activity of baseball among the Jersey boys was brisk. Reports of ball play by Pennsylvania soldiers tallied fourth behind New Jersey in recorded accounts.
Extant reports of ball play by Confederates are few in comparison to the writings of the victorious north (references to Confederate ball playing account for only 10 percent of recorded play); but they do exist to tell part of the story of Civil War baseball. Virginia and Florida regiments reported the most ball play, although no southern regiment represented a clear majority in the compilation of histories of Confederate baseball. A typical account is that of William Harding, a corporal in theConfederate Army who wrote in 1863, when he was stationed in Georgia, that he “had a fine game of Town ball which gave me good exercise.” Also behind Confederate lines, James Hall of the 24th Alabama observed his men playing baseball “just like school boys” while waiting for General Sherman to advance his army.
For the most part, baseball and town ball were enthusiastically played between men from the same regiments, from the same part of the country and by commonly accepted rules. Baseball games were said to be “all the rage” and camps were “alive” with ball play during the War. George Rolfe from the 134th New York recollected that while in Chattanooga he played men from the Massachusetts 33rd. Accounts show New York, Pennsylvania and other northern regiments played consistently each evening on their drill fields.
The majority of all ball play took place in winter quarters when spring weather approached and soldiers, restless and bored, took to outdoor sport. Ball games were played with regularity while soldiers were sojourned in camp, and in times of rest between battles and marches. The citizen turned solider did not realize that, during his great adventure away from home, a principal enemy would be boredom. A soldier might spend several months at a time without ever firing a gun! A New Jersey soldier recorded in his diary in 1863, “The boredom became unbearable as the winter wore on. Mud everywhere, limiting outside activities . . . during the long days the men played chess, checkers, cards, and, when weather permitted, baseball and other athletic pursuits.”
From November until spring, the grand armies sat idle waiting for passable roads and foraged food. Athletic games of all kinds—quoits, football, foot races—lifted spirits. The importance of sport and physical exercise to the morale of the men was emphasized by the US Sanitary Commission, physicians, and the press. As Julian Chisolm, a Confederate doctor published in 1864, “gymnastic exercise should be encouraged as conductive to health, strength, agility and address.” The “manly game of ball” was recommended as an important addition to a soldier’s physical fitness regime.
Two variations of base ball were played during the War—town ball, and its cousin the Massachusetts game, and the New York game of baseball. Ora Harvey from the 46th Massachusetts wrote in a letter home in 1863: “We play ball pitch quoits the rest of the time. We play the New York ‘Gam’ [sic] most of the time. ‘Mass’ game some . . . .”
Most often, however, the type of ball game was not specified in the writings left behind by northern or southern soldiers. In a recent compilation of more than150 historical accounts of ball play during the four-year war, the game called “base ball” was cited about 70 percent of the time in those records where the type of ball play could be determined. In the majority of accounts, the game played by Northern soldiers was by the New York or Massachusetts rules. It is not surprising that the New York game appears to have been the most commonly played, because of the sheer number of soldiers from New York. When President Abraham Lincoln called for enlistments in 1861, the largest army of Union men—409 regiments—eventually answered the call to serve from the Empire State.
For their part, soldiers were not overly concerned with the rules of play and only a few occurrences call the rules of baseball into question during the war. One Union soldier remarked in his diary that he and the boys in his company from the 26th Pennsylvania regiment did learn to play baseball in a “new way” but that he had already forgotten the different rules. A sergeant from the 62nd New York regiment wrote to the sporting paper The New York Clipper on May 30, 1863, to clarify the rules as he knew them:
That in making a home run in a game of baseball the runner is allowed to run 2′ either side of the bases without touching them. I claim that he is obligated to touch each base as he passes it . . . to play now in N.Y. is to touch the bases in all cases; so that the matter is settled, and the rules can now be interpreted correctly.
A handful of accounts show baseball was played in Yankee and Confederate prison camps during the Civil War. Imprisoned on Johnson’s Island near Sandusky, Ohio, Confederate Lt. William Peel, a farmer, of the 11th Mississippi gave accounts of a head injury suffered by a fellow prisoner while a “party was engaged in a game of baseball” in the prison yard. He wrote of challenges between ball clubs in the prison that lasted for several weeks.
The condition in many of the army prisons, especially for those soldiers held by the Confederate army, was not conducive to outside amusements. By mid-war, the Confederate government had little means to supply food, clothing or shelter to its own army, let alone its prisoners of war.
The most extensive accounts of prison ball play during the war come from Salisbury prison in North Carolina. An old cotton factory was transformed into a Confederate prison camp in 1861 and for a while, prisoners had free rein of the 16-acre yard and ball games were played almost daily. They were recorded in the diaries of several prisoners and in the writings of a Confederate chaplain who resided in Salisbury. “Took a little walk in the evening and watched some officers play ball,” wrote 23-year-old Union doctor Charles Grey, who was captured and sent to the prison in 1862. Referring to some recently transferred prisoners from New Orleans and Alabama, a Rhode Island soldier wrote in 1863, “And to-day the great game of baseball came off between the Orleanists and the Tuscaloosans with apparently as much enjoyment to the Rebs as the Yanks. . . .”
The pleasant memories of games at Salisbury, before conditions at the prison became as notoriously grim as Andersonville, were depicted in a color lithograph publishedin 1863by Sarony, Major and Knapp. The print shows a lively ball game in the park-like setting of the prison grounds at Salisbury, drawn by former prisoner Otto Boetticher, Captain, Company G of the 68th New York. Otto Boetticher was a commercial artist living in New York before the War and spent one summer in Salisbury before being exchanged in September of 1862.
Baseball games were played by northern and southern soldiers when time and energy permitted in hundreds of places during the American Civil War. Baseball gave soldiers a much needed respite from the realities of the War. The majority of ball play took place in winter quarters as spring weather advanced and the New York game proved to be the favorite version of the game played during the war. It continued to progress as America’s favorite pastime as the country began to heal after four long years of hostilities.
1. History. The First National Bank of Scranton, PA (Scranton, 1906), p. 37. This company history describes how the bank’s 1906 president, James A. Linen, had pitched for the winning side in the championship game.
2. Madden, D. 2000. Beyond the Battlefield (p. 99).
3. Ballplaying in Civil War Camps, database: retrosheet.org/Protoball/CW.htm
5. Millen, P. 2001. From Pastime to Passion, Baseball and the Civil War (p. 19).
6. Protoball Chronology: retrosheet.org/Protoball/CivilWar.htm (p. 20).
7. Rolfe, G. 1864. Diary.
8. Protoball Chronology: retrosheet.org/Protoball/CivilWar.htm (p. 24).
9. Chisolm, J. A Manual of Military Surgery, for Use of Surgeons in the Confederate Army (pp. 56–57).
10. Protoball Chronology: retrosheet.org/Protoball/CivilWar.htm (p. 25).
11. Ballplaying in Civil War Camps, database: retrosheet.org/Protoball/CWtrends.htm
12. Crockett, D. 1962. “Sports and Recreational Practices of Union and Confederate Soldiers,” Research Quarterly 32.3, p. 342.
13. New York Clipper: May 30, 1863.
14. “The Games Endures: A Civil War Diary” Humanities 15.4 (1994), p. 18.
15. Sumner, J. 1989. “Baseball at Salisbury Prison Camp,” Baseball History, p. 20.
17. An Album of Civil War Battle Art, 1988, p. 97.
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Not a single drop of the massive BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico touched the land-locked city of Homestead, Fla., or the Keys peninsula to the south.
But a Homestead businessman saw the April 2010 oil rig explosion and subsequent environmental disaster as an opportunity to cash in, authorities say. Jean Mari Lindor filed about $15 million in BP damage claims for himself and others for wages purportedly lost due to the spill's economic hit on the region's tourism and fishing industry.
Lindor submitted as many as 700 suspicious claims, mostly for low-income workers who each paid him a processing fee of $300, a prosecutor said in federal court last week. As a result, Lindor and the other South Florida claimants were paid about $3 million from the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which was established by BP after the protracted Deepwater Horizon spill.
Lindor, arrested earlier this month, is among nearly 110 people nationwide who have been charged with defrauding the BP oil-spill fund program over the past two years, according to the Department of Justice. The majority of the offenders have been charged in Alabama.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Watts-Fitzgerald said Lindor filed "fraudulent documents" as he allegedly fleeced the $20 billion compensation program set up by BP for oil spill victims in an agreement with the Obama administration.
The prosecutor said Lindor, 41, committed "multiple frauds" as he engineered an "affinity crime," noting the majority of people who filed the loss claims through his business Noula, Inc., were, like him, of Haitian descent and lived in South Florida. In court, Watts-Fitzgerald also cast doubt about the general validity of their claims, because they lived so far away from the spill off the Gulf Coast.
Under the BP fund program, any person or business in the United States or foreign countries could file compensation claims for lost wages or other economic damage caused by the disaster, as long as they submitted proof, including legitimate documentation, such as income tax returns and other financial records.
Lindor's Miami attorney, Joel DeFabio, said that he and his client "looked forward to defending the case."
"It seems that the allegations in this case are on par with BP's continued representation that its rigs were safe," DeFabio said, adding that he was "skeptical of the government's claim that the oil spill had no effect on people's wages in the Keys area."
In other South Florida criminal cases, offenders have been accused of stealing the identities of others to file false claims with the BP fund.
Among them: A Miami federal jury in June convicted Joseph Harvey and Anja Karin Kannell of using the "assumed identities" of actual people living in the Florida Panhandle, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to file fraudulent claims for millions of dollars in lost wages stemming from the spill. They collected about $700,000 in BP payments, authorities say. The Delray Beach couple face sentencing Thursday.
The administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility, which was established in August 2010 and dissolved in March of this year, said that fraud was an inevitable part of applications seeking BP funds.
"Over the years, I've realized that anytime you establish a very generous public compensation program, it will trigger a certain amount of fraudulent activity," said Kenneth Feinberg, a Washington, D.C., attorney who was appointed by BP and the White House to serve as the fund's claims administrator.
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Senior Research Staff, IFPRI West and Central Africa
Discussing next steps in the harmonisation process, the role or ReSAKSS as well as the rise in agricultural productivity in Africa.
Harmonising CAADP reporting
IFPRI research officer on the role of ReSAKSS and the development of African agricultural productivity
Online/Kampala, 14 Nov 2012. IFPRI researcher Godfrey Bahiigwa presents the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS) and how it helps with the implementation of CAAPD. One example for this is the support for the development of national investment plans. The policy research provided by ReSAKSS, he says, is crucial for informing policy-makers at various levels. Bahiigwa also acknowledges the difficulties and intricacies of harmonising CAADP reporting and explains the rise of agricultural productivity in Africa.
Read the transcript with minor edits below.
// Role and responsibilities of ReSAKSS
Platform secretariat: Godfrey, recently you have been appointed to the position of the Africa-wide coordinator of ReSAKSS, CAADP's Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System. With regard to CAADP implementation, where does the research of ReSAKSS come in? Could you illustrate ReSAKSS' supporting role with a practical example?
Godfrey Bahiigwa: The role of ReSAKSS is supporting CAADP implementation, to bring to the table knowledge and information, to guide regional communities and countries in formulating national or regional investment plans, implementing them as well as reporting. So that is the general role. With regard to specific examples, as recent as this week, I received a request by the African Union Commission in partnership with the pan-African parliament in South Africa. They are organising a meeting for the chairperson of the agriculture committee of parliament and they wanted to be able to report on the performance of African countries in the two key indicators of CAADP. That is the six per cent growth and ten per cent allocation of budget. So, the African Union wanted to ensure that they have this information to present to the parliamentarians. They requested ReSAKSS to provide this type of information. It's very simple and it's an easy way to communicate with the members of parliament. Fortunately, we were ready for them because this day, we just produced the Annual Trends and Outlook Report and it had that information. So, all we had to do was extract that information and they were quite happy with what we provided.
The role of ReSAKSS is supporting CAADP implementation, to bring to the table knowledge and information and to guide regional communities and countries in formulating national or regional investment plans.
Secretariat: From the perspective of your new role as Africa-wide coordinator, where do you see the key areas of ReSAKSS' work in the coming years? Do you see newly evolving focus areas? Watch.
G.B.: I think we need to recognise the area where we have the greatest strength: This has been monitoring and evaluation, better tracking of implementation of CAADP on the continent, reporting to the Annual Trends and Outlook Report - I think that has been our biggest achievement. Looking forward, we would like to continue with that. In the coming years, in addition to continuing with the Annual Trends and Outlook Report at the regional and continent level, we are taking that to the country level. Member countries are also beginning to produce their Annual Trends Report and that is a good tool to be used at the country level. So we'd like that to move foward.
With regard to new areas of work, ReSAKSS is involved in helping countries to establish national SAKSS nodes. The objective of that is to strengthen capacity at the national level for monitoring, for reporting at country level, for improving peer review and national dialogue in the interest of improving the quality of policy-making and also accountability at that level. We're looking at strengthening country SAKSS nodes as another big piece of work for ReSAKSS in the coming year.
Secretariat: Maybe you could explain briefly what a national SAKSS node is? Watch.
G.B.: What we envision is a network of individuals and institutions at country level that are involved in agricultural policy research - this can be composed of a policy and planning unit in a Ministry of Agriculture which can be the core and center of a national SAKSS node. But then the network is composed of national back-up providers, for example National Bureaus of Statistics. It can involve national policy research institutions, it can involve investors and also private sector organisations - all coming together in a network to improve the quality of policy-making, planning, monitoring of agricultural policy in a particular country.
// Quality policy research for improvements in policy-making
Secretariat: So where do you see the particular relevance of evidence-based policy and programming processes? That's where ReSAKSS is supposed to work in and that's the link to CAADP, isn't it? Watch.
G.B.: If I could draw the attention to the formulation of national agricultural investment plans in the modern African countries that have developed their CAADP latest investment plans: Almost all of them have used evidence to be able to inform the design of those investment plans and to make the best choice of investment that would bring about improved productivity and food security. One of the organisations that have been at the forefront of helping countries with evidence has been IFPRI. Certainly almost all the member states of ECOWAS did benefit from IFPRI policy research to inform their national investment plan. In the COMESA region, over half of the states that have signed the national investment plans, have used IFPRI-related research. In addition to IFPRI, there's also other research organisations at country level and regional level. Almost all countries have had to draw on the research and evidence that has been cut to inform their choice of investment. Clearly, having research that brings evidence to the table is quite important, especially during the process of national investment plans. But we're also seeing that for countries that already have investment plans, doing monitoring and also national dialogue and review, evidence is called for in those respects.
// Increases in agricultural productivity in Africa__ Temporary or sustainable?
Secretariat: You mentioned the Annual Trends and Outlook Report. One of the major findings was that productivity levels of African agriculture recovered and are catching up with the levels of the early 1960s. Is this a temporary phenomenon or can we expect productivity levels to rise further? Watch.
G.B.: Overall, productivity has increased from the mid-1980s to the mid-2000s. But as you correctly said, it is more or less recovering or catching up to the levels of the 1960s. I don't think it's a temporary phenomenon for several reasons: One, in the last ten to 15 years, we've seen increased interest and investments by African governments in agriculture. That is a strong piece of evidence to think about. Following the 2008 World Bank report that highlighted the importance of agriculture for economic transformations, we've seen global interest in agriculture at the policy level but also the private sector level. The private sector is getting interested in African agriculture.
The private sector is getting interested in African agriculture.
The combination of global interest and national and continental commitment, we think, will turn into more sustainable investments than we have seen before. Thirdly, even national level private sector are increasingly getting interested in financing agriculture. So, in addition to public sector investment, we see rising trends of private sector investment. We believe that this around, the benefits are likely to last longer than before when predominantly the public sector financed it. Even if we see public sector spending stagnating and declining in some cases, the fact that private sector spending is rising gives me confidence to think that this time, the rising productivity may be more sustainable than before.
// Harmonising CAADP reporting__ High-level meetings planned
Secretariat: At the recent CAADP business meeting, ReSAKSS was tasked with making suggestions to harmonise the five different Progress Reporting mechanisms that inform the CAADP Results Framework (note from Secretariat: CAADMP M&E, The MDTF Results Framework, The Results Matrix for 2012-13 CAADP Implementation Support Priorities, Grow Africa Results Framework, The Action Matrices in the New Alliance Country Cooperation Framework). Where are you at with this? Where are the difficulties and what needs to be done here? Watch.
G.B.: The meeting called for the harmonising of the various reporting mechanisms to fit the overall CAADP framework. Looking at the indicators and industrial marks, I am aligning specific programme indicators. Now, the mandate was actually given to three organisations: The African Union Commission, the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency (NPA) as well as ReSAKSS. As a coordinator, I have been in touch with NPA and AUC and we have planned for an initial meeting the first half of December to work out a mechanism on how to achieve that harmonisation. Following that initial meeting, what is going to happen later is to get in touch with the various leaders of the different initiatives to work with them to ensure that their own reporting mechanisms talks to the overall CAADP command PP. That most likely will happen maybe in the first quarter of 2013. Maybe in January or February, we'll be in the position to call the leaders of the various initiatives to a first meeting. The idea is to report on progress and have met before the next PP which is planned for the end of March 2013. By then, we should have progress in that area.
Secretariat: It seems to be difficult in practice to form some incentives for change. How do you make people change their way of reporting? Watch.
G.B.: That is not something simple to do. But I'm hoping that the incentive is going to be the fact that they all report to the same forum, which is the CAADP PP. I think it would be good if every initiative is seen to be aligning to the overall CAADP. I'm not assuming that it's going to be easy but I'm assuming that the indicators being related in such a high-level forum would be an incentive for them to comply.
// Continued support needed to keep up research
Secretariat: The Global Donor Platform is a network of 34 donor organisations and agricultural research is currently one of its focus areas. Why should donors invest in agricultural research? Watch.
G.B.: The progress in raising agricultural productivity in Africa has come out of improving efficiency of the current resources that farmers are using - and not from technological change. What that tells us is that in the future, productivity rise will have come from technological change. That requires that we prepare ourselves to generate the technologies that can be made available to farmers. And that, in turn, requires continuing investment in agricultural research. If you look at the trends for agricultural financing on the continent, at best we are stable but in many countries, there are actually declining shares of agricultural research in the national budget. Hence the need to have continued external support of agricultural research in Africa. In the short run, as we talk to African governments to increase agricultural research funding, I think we need to request continued agricultural funding on the continent. Because short of that, we will not be able to generate the technology that will sustain or increase agricultural productivity on the continent. Now, that is from an agricultural and scientific standpoint
To be able to improve the quality of policy planning, we need quality research done.
When it comes to ReSAKSS, which does policy research, I make the same argument: To be able to improve the quality of policy planning, investment planning, analysis, monitoring and review, we need quality research done and bring it to the table to inform policy discussions and choices - with the African Union, regional economic committees or even countries. And that is where the continued support for ReSAKSS is called for. But also, like I mentioned, we want to take this to the country level. So, support for ReSAKSS to be able to expand the work to include countries is going to be very critical. The initial funding that has come from IFAD and The Netherlands for the next three years will help to support the establishment of national country SAGs in about 15 countries. But you know that there are 54 countries on the continent, so again more support will be needed for us to be able to expand our efforts to cover all the countries on the contitent and especially the countries that have already signed the CAADP compact and investment plan.
// Future work with the Platform
Secretariat: Are there specific ways the Platform's network character can support the work of ReSAKSS? Watch.
G.B.: I'm not yet familiar with the operations of the Global Donor Platform so as I get more into the job, that is an avenue I am going to explore. Certainly, it is a good platform for us to present ReSAKKS as a concept but also its outputs. We'll be exploring ways to optiise and maximise the opportunities that the Global Donor Platform offers. I'll be looking forward to your advice on how we could do that.
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The interview was conducted by Pascal Corbé of the Platform secretariat.
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Appraisal Video: (3:04)
Toys & Games
Noel Barrett Antiques & Auctions Ltd.
APPRAISER: You told me you've been playing around with puppets for, like, 70 years?
GUEST: Yeah, since I was a child. When I was a child, to see puppets was the greatest thing. And my mother visited her sister who lived in Vienna. So, I used to go to Vienna with her and she put me in to see this theater show, the“Punch and Judy.” I was so fascinated with “Punch and Judy.” I wanted to go every time. So every time she went to see her sister, she left me at the puppet show, “Punch and Judy” because she knew that's the place she'd find me. Later years, when I started with the WPA, I started to make little puppets, and they recognized that I could make bigger ones, too. So I started to make bigger puppets. I used to love to make celebrities.
APPRAISER: These, obviously, you made in the early '50s.
APPRAISER: And what we have here is a window on 1950s television. You'd use these in nightclub acts and you played in Miami, you played in New York in the clubs.
GUEST: Yes, yes, they love them. Yes.
APPRAISER: Well, it's great we're here in Miami, that you came in and you brought some characters who ended up on television from Miami.
GUEST: Yes, yes they did.
APPRAISER: I mean, starting with the greatest, Jackie Gleason.
GUEST: Gleason, yeah.
APPRAISER: Ed Sullivan.
GUEST: Ed Sullivan.
APPRAISER: And Liberace.
GUEST: Yes, well, I had the piano and his candelabra.
APPRAISER: And Jack Paar, another great character.
GUEST: And Jack Paar. Oh, yeah. Yeah, they all have mouth movements
APPRAISER: Mouth working, and Jerry Lewis. There you are with Jerry Lewis.
GUEST: Yeah, there's the picture.
APPRAISER: And here's the schnozzola.
GUEST: (laughing) Schnozzola, yeah, yeah, he's all right, eh? A-cha-cha-cha. A-cha-cha-cha.
APPRAISER: Well, these are just fantastic.
APPRAISER: Oh, it's fabulous. What are these puppets made out of? They're sculpted, correct?
GUEST: Well, these are made of plastic wood.
APPRAISER: Well, they're great puppets, and 1950s, this is part of our history. Sculpturally they're fantastic.
GUEST: Thank you, I appreciate that.
APPRAISER: Not a lot of people collect puppets, but there are people who collect Jackie Gleason stuff. And there's people who collect nostalgic items from the '50s. So, it's a hard market to deduce. I think I would estimate these, as a group, conservatively, $10,000 to $15,000.
GUEST: All of them?
APPRAISER: All of them.
GUEST: I've been offered for just Liberace, I've been offered $5,000.
APPRAISER: Jackie Gleason, I think, is probably the most collectible here. But I really appreciate your bringing them by, because, you know, I love puppets.
GUEST: It was a pleasure being with you.
APPRAISER: Thank you.
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Three quarters of men will be overweight within five years, research shows.
Health messages are often targeted towards women
The Men's Health Forum said a change in the way weight campaigns were aimed at men was needed to avert the crisis.
It said part of the problem was that messages were often targeted at women - despite more men (65%) than women (55%) being overweight or obese.
The group has produced a health guide in the style of a car manual to help change attitudes.
A survey by the forum found many men were against seeking help to lose weight.
More than half of men said they would not go to a GP for advice, while 87% were against joining slimming clubs.
The survey, of 1,028 men aged 16 to 64, revealed men were more likely to be motivated to lose weight to help them "chat someone up" (43%) than for health reasons (39%).
The men surveyed also showed a lack of understanding about the health implications of being overweight.
Only two thirds knew that being overweight was linked to diabetes, while a third were aware of the link to erection problems.
Projections for 2010, based on present trends show that 75% of men will be overweight or obese by 2010, compared to two thirds of women, the forum said.
The new guide, the HGV Man manual, has been produced in conjunction with car manual publishers Haynes.
It delivers a health message in a male-friendly way, referring to seeing a doctor as having an MOT.
Dr Ian Banks, president of the Men's Health Forum and author of HGV Man, said: "Men are often less well informed about nutrition and how to lose weight than women.
"To be effective advice must be tailored to men.
"Currently, health messages about weight loss are most geared to women in ways that men don't connect with.
"Support for male weight loss has to be provided in a range of settings, such as the workplace and online, as well as through the GP practice."
National Obesity Forum chairman Dr David Haslam said men had to pay more attention to their weight.
"Men need to be more aware of the health implication of excess abdominal fat and how to lose weight.
"Reducing waist size alone can lead to significant improvements in health, so being able to notch in a belt can be a good and simple way of gauging healthy weight loss."
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Even the world’s most resource-rich country has now been caught in the debt trap. Its once-proud government programs are being subjected to radical budget cuts — cuts that could have been avoided if the government had not quit borrowing from its own central bank in the 1970s.
Last week in Ottawa, the Canadian House of Commons passed the federal government’s latest round of budget cuts and austerity measures. Highlights included chopping 19,200 public sector jobs, cutting federal programs by $5.2 billion per year, and raising the retirement age for millions of Canadians from 65 to 67. The justification for the cuts was an out-of-control federal debt that is now over C$ 581 billion, or 84 percent of GDP.
An online budget game furnished by the local newspaper the Globe and Mail gave readers a chance to try to balance the budget themselves. Possibilities included slashing transfer payments for elderly benefits, retirement programs, health benefits, and education; cutting funding for transportation, national defense, economic development and foreign aid; and raising taxes. An article on the same page said, “The government, in reality, doesn’t have that many tools at its disposal to close a large budgetary deficit. It can either raise taxes or cut departmental program spending.”
It seems that no gamer, lawmaker or otherwise, was offered the opportunity to toy with the number one line item in the budget: interest to creditors. A chart on the website of the Department of Finance Canada titled “Where Your Tax Dollar Goes” showed interest payments to be 15 percent of the budget — more than health care, social security, and other transfer payments combined. The page was dated 2006 and was last updated in 2008, but the percentages are presumably little different today.
Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
Among other cuts in the 2012 budget, the government announced that it would be discontinuing the minting of Canadian pennies, which now cost more than a penny to make. The government is focusing on the pennies and ignoring the pounds — the massive share of the debt that might be saved by borrowing from the government’s own Bank of Canada.
Between 1939 and 1974, the government actually did borrow from its own central bank. That made its debt effectively interest-free, since the government owned the bank and got the benefit of the interest. According to figures supplied by Jack Biddell, a former government accountant, the federal debt remained very low, relatively flat, and quite sustainable during those years. The government successfully funded major public projects simply on the credit of the nation, including the production of aircraft during and after World War II, education benefits for returning soldiers, family allowances, old age pensions, universal health care for Canadians, the Trans-Canada Highway, and the St. Lawrence Seaway project.
The debt shot skyward only after 1974. That was when the Basel Committee was established by the central-bank Governors of the Group of Ten countries of the member central banks of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which included Canada. A key objective of the Committee was and is to maintain “monetary and financial stability.” To achieve that goal, the Committee discouraged borrowing from a nation’s own central bank interest-free and encouraged borrowing from private creditors, all in the name of “maintaining the stability of the currency.”
The presumption was that borrowing from a central bank with the power to create money on its books would inflate the money supply and prices. Borrowing from private creditors, on the other hand, was considered not to be inflationary, since it involved the recycling of pre-existing money. What the bankers did not reveal, although they had long known it themselves, was that private banks create the money they lend just as public banks do. The difference is simply that a publicly-owned bank returns the interest to the government and the community, while a privately-owned bank siphons the interest into its capital account, to be re-invested at further interest, progressively drawing money out of the productive economy.
The debt curve that began its exponential rise in 1974 tilted toward the vertical in 1981, when interest rates were raised by the U.S. Federal Reserve to 20 percent. At 20 percent compounded annually, debt doubles in under four years. Canadian rates went as high as 22 percent during that period. Canada has now paid over a trillion Canadian dollars in interest on its federal debt — nearly twice the debt itself. If it had been borrowing from its own bank all along, it could be not only debt-free but sporting a hefty budget surplus today. That is true for other countries as well.
The Bankers’ Silent Coup
Why are governments paying private financiers to generate credit they could be issuing themselves, interest-free? According to Professor Carroll Quigley, Bill Clinton’s mentor at Georgetown University, it was all part of a concerted plan by a clique of international financiers. He wrote in Tragedy and Hope in 1964:
“The powers of financial capitalism had another far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent private meetings and conferences. The apex of the system was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world’s central banks which were themselves private corporations.Each central bank… sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world.”
In December 2011, this charge was echoed in a lawsuit filed in Canadian federal court by two Canadians and a Canadian economic think tank. Constitutional lawyer Rocco Galati filed an action on behalf of William Krehm, Ann Emmett, and COMER (the Committee for Monetary and Economic Reform) to restore the use of the Bank of Canada to its original purpose, including making interest free loans to municipal, provincial and federal governments for “human capital” expenditures (education, health, and other social services) and for infrastructure. The plaintiffs state that since 1974, the Bank of Canada and Canada’s monetary and financial policy have been dictated by private foreign banks and financial interests led by the BIS, the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), bypassing the sovereign rule of Canada through its Parliament.
Today this silent coup has been so well obscured that governments and gamers alike are convinced that the only alternatives for addressing the debt crisis are to raise taxes, slash services, or sell off public assets. We have forgotten that there is another option: cut the debt by borrowing from the government’s own bank, which returns its profits to public coffers. Cutting out interest has been shown to reduce the average cost of public projects by about 40%.
Game over: we win.
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October 20, 2008
Monday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 12: 13-21
Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, "Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me." He replied to him, "Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?" Then he said to the crowd, "Take care to guard against all greed, for though one may be rich, one's life does not consist of possessions." Then he told them a parable. "There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest. He asked himself, 'What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest?' And he said, 'This is what I shall do: I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones. There I shall store all my grain and other goods and I shall say to myself, "Now as for you, you have so many good things stored up for many years, rest, eat, drink, be merry!" But God said to him, 'You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?' Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters to God."
Introductory Prayer: Lord, I know that my riches are in heaven and that you hold the key to that treasure. I want your reward and your treasure, Jesus. I know that I have been purchased at an amazing price.
Petition: God, help me to seek you and only you, rather than the treasures of this world.
It is easy to get caught up in the things of this world – money, greed, time, work, addiction. They create holes in us that should be filled only by the true healer; but we, seeking to do our own thing, seek treasures here on this earth in the hope of healing our broken, disharmonized selves. But earthly things often only add to the disharmony in our lives. What earthly treasures are causing me to live in disharmony?
2. Personal Growth
Recognizing the disharmony in my life is the first step in healing. With this recognition comes the understanding that nothing can fill those voids other than the true Redeemer. Remember that the kingdom of God is whole, is true, and is perfect. Spiritual health and growth require love offerings to and resting in the love of Christ, so that we may make steady progress. The simplest way to personal growth is to grow in love for Christ, to seek constantly to reach him. Perseverance is key.
We should rejoice, for the Lord has promised us great things so that we may align our hearts with his. Christ came and said, “I am here,” so that we might be helped by him and blessed abundantly by him. Harmony is achieved through being a meek and humble servant, being ready to be used by Christ for God’s loving action. It is with a love that pours itself out for others that we truly love ourselves and find self-realization and greatness. Joy in the servant’s heart brings him harmony with the heart’s Creator.
Conversation with Christ: Jesus, help me to know myself and to know where my disharmony lies. What am I doing that causes me to be distant from you? I desire only to serve you, Lord. Help me to grow, precisely through loving you and others. I know, Lord, this is how I grow in harmony with your love.
Resolution: I resolve, Lord, to find those places where I am weak for worldly desires and to take the strength of those worldly passions and use it for the service and love of others.
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How to Quit Your Job The Right Way
How Much Notice Should You Give?
The amount of notice you give is driven in large part by your rank in the company, says Miranda. For staff-level positions, two weeks' notice is customary. Executives typically need to give more notice, either because their employment agreements specifically state as much and/or because their work can't be tied up as neatly in two weeks, adds Miranda.
Another factor influencing the amount of notice you give is the status of your work. Take stock of your responsibilities before informing your boss of your plans to leave so you can get an idea of the amount of time you'll need to complete any outstanding work or to get it ship-shape enough to seamlessly transition to others on staff. Bring this list of projects and responsibilities when you meet with your boss to give her your notice, says Aboaf.
"The relationships you formed with your co-workers will be affected by your projects, so don't leave them in the lurch," cautions Aboaf.
Moving to a new job also plays a role in your notice. Your new employer may need you to start as soon as possible, but most will understand your need to give your current employer the standard two weeks' notice, says Simmons. Make sure you wrap up your work or get it in shape to transition during your last two weeks on the job.
If you're not under pressure to leave your job, Seidel says you might want to tell your boss that you'll work with her on an end-date that works for both of you. Most managers appreciate getting more than two weeks' notice from departing employees.
How to Write a Resignation Letter
Career experts agree that you should give your notice in person before handing a formal resignation letter to your boss. That said, you can prepare your resignation letter in advance of that conversation, or you can write it after you've talked with your boss.
Your resignation letter should be brief. All it needs to state is your intention to leave the company and your last day on the job. You can be cordial, but you don't want to be too laudatory of your employer. Miranda suggests the following boilerplate resignation letter text:
This is to confirm the conversation we had today. I will be resigning my position effective X date. I appreciate the time I had in this department. I'll always value my experience at this company.
The reason you don't want to overly praise your employer in your resignation letter, says Aboaf, is because you never know how your manager may treat you upon hearing your plans to leave.
"Some companies are very harsh when you tell them you're leaving," he says. "They lock down your computer and don't let you go back to your desk. You'll feel worse if you said in your resignation letter how much you loved the company, then you get treated this way."
Just as you don't want your resignation letter to be too praiseworthy, you don't want it to be acrimonious, either.
"Even if you were miserable, your resignation letter is no place to put that because it becomes part of your personnel record," says Simmons. "It can affect how references might happen in the future."
How to Leave on a High Note
In a particularly memorable episode of Seinfeld, George becomes obsessed with leaving his job at Kruger Industrial Smoothing "on a high note." Your goal upon quitting your job should be to do the same: to make your employer wish you weren't leaving. (George was so good at this that his boss ended up firing everyone on his team and keeping George.) "Make your departure feel as if an invaluable piece of the organization was leaving," says Miranda. "You want people to say, 'We lost a good person when you walked out the door.'"
To that end, be professional and cordial during your last weeks on the job. Help your boss, co-workers and direct reports with the transition by training new or existing employees and by scrupulously documenting your work. Don't gloat about your new job, don't solicit colleagues to work for you after you leave (especially if you've signed a non-solicitation agreement with the employer you're leaving) and don't trash talk your employer or anyone in the company--while you're there or once you're gone. After all, says Aboaf, you're making your opinion known by voting with your feet.
Nor should you give the impression that you're counting down the hours until your last day. Your attitude should communicate that even though you're leaving for a new opportunity, the company is still a great place to work, says Seidel. In fact, he adds, that's a nice sentiment to convey in a final, 'thanks for the memories' type e-mail to your coworkers.
Lastly, clean out your workspace. "Don't leave it a mess with cold medication, condiment packages, cough drops, napkins and menus because that desk will be a reminder of you to your co-workers," says Aboaf.
"If you walk out with your head held high, paper work in order and your desk clean, it's much harder for the people you left behind to disrespect or speak ill of you," adds Aboaf. "You have your own dignity and self-respect to think about."
Meridith Levinson covers Careers, Project Management and Outsourcing for CIO.com. Follow Meridith on Twitter @meridith. Follow everything from CIO.com on Twitter @CIOonline. Email Meridith at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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It's not easy to modestly kick the daylights out of people with such high kicks, wearing a long denim skirt.
Israel's only religious Olympian at Beijing is 20 year old Bat-El Gaterer from the Jewish settlment of Kochav Yaakov -- and she's on the Taekwondo team.
Yes, we're mighty proud!
Twenty-year-old Gaterer grew up at the Kochav Yaakov settlement not far from the West Bank city of Ramallah. At the age of nine, she registered for a street fighting class and her coach suggested she focus on footwork. Recognizing her potential, he referred her to the Achi-yehuda Dojang club and its team in Jerusalem. Gaterer began learning Taekwondo when she was 12 and hasn’t stopped kicking since. While studying at the girls’ seminary in Ofra, she also started training with Israel's national team.
“Everyone at seminary accepted it (Taekwondo practice) and supported me,” said the Olympic delegate.
And they didn’t have a problem with you practicing with boys and wearing pants on TV?
“The only reason for practicing with boys is the simple fact that there are more of them on the team.”
But isn’t it problematic for you in terms of “negiah” (banned physical contact with the opposite sex)?
“No. It’s a kicking match. I don’t see it as problematic.”
Gaterer failed her first attempt to qualify for the Olympic Games. She sought to reach one of the first places in the Taekwondo World Championship, but only came in fifth. Later on she made up for it by taking the Bronze Medal at the Taekwondo European Championship – and a ticket to China. She hopes to further surprise her fans in the Olympic Games.
What about practice or competitions held on Saturday?
“There’s no practice on Saturday. And my Olympic matches don’t fall on Saturdays. We checked it.”
Could you imagine representing Israel in the Olympic Games?
“I didn’t even dream of it, but when I started training I got to like the idea. Not to mention the fact that I once thought of becoming a pilot or an astronaut.”
What are your chances to win a medal?
“I hope for the best.”
Does practicing Taekwondo changed you or are you just as observant as before?
“I am just as religious as I was before.”
And you never contemplated quitting it (religion) for career’s sake?
“Never. At first it was really hard to incorporate the two, but I did it.” (YNET)
Go Win the Gold for us all!
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In part one of the topic on indoor air quality; we discussed the factors that affect indoor air quality. Now in part two we will discuss the steps that can be taken to improve indoor air quality (IAQ) and why they are important to both you and your home.
The first step believe it or not is to have an energy audit performed on your home. A blower door test can determine how much air is leaking in and out of your house as well as help to find even the smallest of air leaks. This information can then guide a weatherization contractor to the areas that need to be air sealed, reducing the amount of outdoor air that comes in through your windows, doors, attic, walls, and floors and indoor air that leaks out. A duct blaster test can find out how leaky the duct system is. If you have leaks on the return side, you are introducing air from your attic, basement, or crawlspace into the system to be distributed throughout your home. If you have leaks on the supply side, much of the air you are paying to condition is being sent outside. So you’re just wasting money.
In a perfect world, houses would be so tight that they have to be mechanically vented. This allows you to control how much air comes in and when. It also allows you to filter that air. This is where filtration companies can offer you products that will actually be beneficial to you. Some of them are even offering ultraviolet filtration systems which are similar to those in used in hospitals. It’s a bit of overkill, but if you have serious respiratory issues, it may be worth it. As a matter of fact, starting January 1, 2012, all new homes built will have to be mechanically vented to achieve the Energy Star label; A label that is getting more popular amongst both builders and prospective buyers.
Obviously, having a well air sealed and insulated home is a great advantage. Because the air you are paying to heat and cool is staying in your home, the temperature tends to stay more stable and thus it costs you less to keep it that way. One key forgotten component to keeping temperature constant is the humidity level. According to healthcare and energy efficiency professionals, a humidity level around 50% is ideal. Not to moist, not to dry. Ever noticed that on dry days that the temperature can change rather quickly, while on humid days it seems to change very slowly? This is because the water vapor in the air has to have time to adjust to the temperature surrounding it. That’s why water takes so long to boil or freeze. Also, as was stated in part one on indoor air quality, too much humidity promotes the growth of mold and wood rot. Conversely, too little humidity triggers the body’s response to produce more mucus to lubricate our air ways.
The amount of humidity not only affects our personal health, but it also has an impact on the health of our home. Because our homes are built mostly of wood, fluctuations between high and low humidity can cause the wood to crack and warp. Still think the reason the siding on your house is warping because of the siding itself and not what’s underneath, think again.
So as was said in part one of this topic, there is more to indoor air quality than just the air. If you have read any of my other blogs (and if not, shame on you), you know I strongly advocate having an energy audit performed on your home. Not just because I happen to perform them for a living, but because our homes were built so quickly it was physically impossible to address any of the situations discussed in my blogs, especially indoor air quality. So have an energy audit performed on your house and fix the problems the auditor finds. Not only will your home be a more comfortable, healthy, and energy efficient place to live, but your lungs will thank you for it. Remember, don’t throw money at your problems, throw knowledge, it’s a lot cheaper.
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Sophomores at Rowland Hall got to know the wild side of physics on Wednesday when their teachers surprised them with a one-day, beyond-the-classroom project: Building gravity cars.
"It’s a car that has no motor, no brakes, primitive steering, and that’s all to take you down the hill," said art teacher Gary Lindemann, adding gravity is the project’s motor and enthusiasm is the fuel.
As students studied their cars gaining kinetic energy while speeding down a sidewalk near their school, the exercise taught them about both gravity and physics.
Lindemann, along with his student stage crew, tested different gravity car prototypes over the summer. After picking a model to roll with, the group created a 10-step instruction manual for creating the cars. On Wednesday, groups of four to five students were tasked with creating their own vehicles.
Until the day of the project, details of the exercise were kept a guarded secret from the 10th-graders.
"The only thing they knew coming in there this morning was this was about gravity," said Principal Lee Thomsen.
The day began with a science lesson on gravity. After the project was revealed, the students had exactly four hours and 15 minutes to design and build cars before practice runs began.
One group decided to throw the instruction manual to the wayside.
Instead of creating a car with a high back to sit up against like all the other teams, they created a car with no back so they could lay on their stomachs.
That decision turned out to be a good one, said 15-year-old Jess Sterrett. In the upright cars, the center of gravity isn’t strong and it feels like you’re on two wheels, she said. Their design was more stable and the steering wasn’t out of control.
"When we’re laying down you don’t go anywhere, you don’t feel like you’re gonna tip over," Sterrett said.
Other groups weren’t so lucky.
"It’s scary, you don’t have any brakes on these things so it’s very hard to control when you’re going at a very fast rate," said Josh Cole, 15, who crashed not once, but twice in his gravity car, resulting in scraped knees and a cut ankle.
Cole’s favorite part of the day was his first ride — the time he didn’t crash — down the sidewalk bordering 800 South at Rowland Hall.
"Even though everybody crashed it was fun and we had a good time. Nobody got seriously injured. Nobody broke an arm," he said.
Another student who crashed and flipped his gravity car, Shabir Aminzada, learned a valuable lessson: "Little weird cars made of wood do not go very fast without tipping."
But students also learned that they can accomplish a lot when they’re on their own, Lindemann said.
That’s the lesson that Sterrett will take away from the day.
"You can discover things yourself really easily," she said. "We kind of found out how to go on our own route and succeed."
Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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Policy barriers to cleaner environment in Viet Nam
Since 2008, IUCN has cooperated with the Vietnam Institute of Human Rights (VIHR), one of 10 or so institutions that make up the Ho Chi Minh Political Academy on a range of environmental governance projects. IUCN’s interest in working with the VIHR lies primarily in the fact that every year it trains 500-700 government officials who need to pass in order to get promoted. In a one party state that regards independent action by non-state actors with suspicion, such cooperation offers the opportunity to broaden the knowledge and (hopefully) change the attitudes of Vietnam’s future leaders.
The most recent cooperation with VIHR was funded by the U.N. Democracy Fund (UNDEF) as part of a project to expand the voice of civil society in environmental monitoring and reporting. As part of this project, VIHR hosted two workshops to showcase the work of local environmental NGOs and to discuss the barriers they face. Areas of work include cleaning up Hanoi’s lakes, fighting the illegal wildlife trade, and research and advocacy on new water and mining laws. The first workshop was held in Hanoi in November 2012 and the second in Hue in December 2102. (The other components of the project were improving the quality of environmental news coverage and assisting local NGOs with communications, strategy development, and financial management).
The most important conclusion from these workshops was that despite numerous well documented cases there has not been a single criminal prosecution for industrial pollution in Vietnam. According to one participant, provincial government officials are “extremely reluctant” to take action against polluting companies, perhaps because their promotion is linked to economic growth, not environmental quality. For companies, it’s often cheaper to pay an administrative fine and keep polluting since there’s no realistic chance of getting closed down. Only when a scandal emerges (as it did with Vedan when the Japanese government complained about ships corroding in the Thi Vai River) does the government take serious action. This is the ultimate expression of what has been called a “complaints-based system” of environmental protection.
Many countries have experienced a period of dirty growth before environmental conditions improve as part of a “grow now then go green” pattern of development (http://www.economist.com/node/21556904). This “green transition” is triggered by increased national wealth, which allows for investments in wastewater treatment, improved law enforcement, and other forms of pollution control. And as personal wealth rises, families turn their attention from day-to-day survival to quality of life issues such as clean air and water. Finally, as people becomes better educated and more demanding, they start to organize to bring pressure on government and businesses to clean up the environment.
Vietnam is certainly becoming wealthier and cases of urban and industrial pollution receive widespread media coverage. The question is whether the third factor, which implies the freedom of non-state actors to hold government to account, is present. Arguably it is. Environmental NGOs are registering, publishing, and lobbying. The Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA), the state body under which many local NGOs are registered, has over 500 members. And the law making process is opening up. PanNature and CODE, for example, advised the National Assembly during the drafting of the Mining Law, which was passed in 2011. And Vietnam Rivers Network (VRN) did the same with the Water Law, which was passed in 2012.
But the law making process remains opaque. Few of VRN’s recommendations made it into the Water Law. This was notably the case for integrated water resources management, which proposes that water be managed the river basin scale and be allocated in ways that balance economic and environmental needs. It is likely that ministries with the greatest control over water, notably those responsible for irrigation and hydropower, refused to surrender authority. IUCN had a similar experience when it supported MONRE with the preparation of the Biodiversity Law. Less than one-quarter of the recommendations of the review process, which included leading international specialists, appeared in the final version.
There is a fundamental ambiguity about the role of non-state actors. From the constitution down, citizens are given the responsibility (“giao trach nhiem cho”) for environmental management. The 2011 Party Congress confirmed the “responsibility to enhance the participation of people in policy making including environmental protection.” However, people are not given the corresponding authority. For example, EIAs are not made public, preventing external review. The risks of this approach were highlighted by the Song Tranh dam, which has triggered a series of earthquakes causing serious property damage and terrifying residents. When the EIA was finally released, it was discovered that it had dismissed seismic risks based on a statement made at workshop in the late 1980s. In the case of the EIAs for the Dong Nai 6 and 6A dams, these were shown to be copies of previous EIAs. In neither case was legal action taken against the dam builders, despite the catastrophic implications. The law is therefore imbalanced: people are urged to participate but are not given the power to do so. And if they try and exercise their legal rights, they risk crossing an invisible line that separates what is tolerated from what is not. Where this line runs is a matter of speculation. At present, though, NGOs have considerable freedom to speak out on environmental matters.
Responsibility for reviewing and approving laws rests with the National Assembly. However, only one-third of its members are full-time and it has limited experience and capacity to do its job. The ministries that draft the laws are much better resourced and highly motivated to get “their” laws approved. To a large extent, members rely on the press for information about the performance of ministries but when challenged ministries simply deny the reports and the National Assembly has no independent means to investigate.
This may explain why during the two workshops, the head of one of its committees repeatedly recommended that people’s councils be more involved in environmental monitoring. These councils may have a role to play but they can’t substitute for the National Assembly, the highest level of authority in Vietnam. A result of these weaknesses is that laws often get passed that contradict each other or are impossible to implement. Newspaper articles have reported that the approval of laws that ignore valid objections weakens public trust and confidence in government.
While more laws are often not the solution to Vietnam’s environmental problems, some reforms are needed. Vietnamese law does not allow for class action (if you don’t know what class action is, watch the film Erin Brockovich, a true story about an unemployed single mother who becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city’s water supply). Since the burden of proof lies with the victims, and since few individuals can pay for a court case, the polluter is in effect protected from having to pay compensation. Class action is a form of lawsuit in which many people collectively bring a claim to court (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_action). It ensures that a defendant who engages in widespread harm, but does so minimally against each individual plaintiff, must compensate those individuals for the damage caused. It therefore avoids the problem that small compensation does not provide the incentive for any individual to bring a solo legal action. In the case of Vedan, the Vietnam Lawyers Association helped secure compensation for the thousands of victims but only after a 4-year delay and despite not because of the law. But even if class actions are allowed, who should be prosecuted? Under Vietnamese law, you can’t prosecute organizations, only individuals. The individuals responsible for the Vedan pollution therefore escaped prosecution. As with the case of class action lawsuits, this is part of the criminal law that needs reform.
In conclusion, the lack of environmental justice in Vietnam can be thought of in terms of supply and demand. There is a limited supply of environmental justice because an incomplete, inconsistent, and overly complex legal framework makes it hard to file suit against polluters. On the demand side, conflicts of interest, particularly related to state-owned enterprises, undermine the state’s ability to implement the law. The results are a reliance on fines that offer no disincentive not to pollute, an increasingly unhealthy environment, and growing public frustration. Measured by the number of mothers who have to take time off to care for kids with chronic upper respiratory problems, a dirty environment is imposing real economic costs.
The two workshops that VIHR organized may reflect a greater commitment by government to “walk the walk” when it comes to environmental protection but there is clearly a very long way to go. And while NGOs will no doubt continue to make many valuable contributions, ultimately a clean environment is a choice that government has to make.
Jake Brunner - Programme Coordinator - Viet Nam, Cambodia and Myanmar
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Horseradish, member of the mustard family, has a root that's hot and pungent. Though you can find fresh horseradish roots at some supermarkets (it adds a fiery kick to foods when grated), more people are likely better acquainted with bottled prepared horseradish, which is grated horseradish pickled in a vinegar brine. Horseradish is a main ingredient (along with ketchup) of cocktail sauce and is used to spice up Bloody Marys and in mignonette sauce for raw oysters. Combined with cream, it makes a tasty sauce for beef.
Typically harvested in early spring or late fall, when its flavor is strongest, fresh horseradish root has been used for centuries in Europe as a prized flavoring and medicinal herb.
2 tsp, freshly grated = 1 Tbs. prepared
For fresh horseradish, look for plump, firm, crisp roots, usually available in fall and spring. Prepared horseradish differs somewhat from brand to brand so taste several to find which you like best.
To prepare fresh horseradish, scrub the root clean and peel it with a sharp paring knife. Grate the root in a food processor or by hand and add it to vinaigrettes, mustards, hot and cold sauces, and flavored butters that accompany pork, beef, or fish. If cooking with it, add it toward the end of cooking so it doesn't lose its oomph.
Keep fresh horseradish wrapped in damp paper towels and sealed in a plastic bag, it will keep in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. Prepared horseradish can last in the refrigerator up to several months.
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Lecture 5, Children Are a Heritage:
A biblical vision of parenting and childrearing is urgently needed in today’s world. Common assumptions about children tend to be unbalanced. Some people have naïve and unrealistic expectations about children, while others view them as unwanted burdens. Sadly, many parents attempt to rear their children without a Christ-centered purpose, focusing exclusively on what makes the parent or the child happy. By reminding us that children are a heritage from the Lord, today’s passage affirms that sons and daughters are both a blessing and a sacred trust that parents are called to steward for the glory of God.
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Sesquicentennial Highlights Excerpts from the Plain Talk By Cleo Erickson 1921 The last two fires in Vermillion have been in business houses. And from all information at hand, both have been the result of matches that were left in the open for rats or mice to gnaw at and finally start a blaze. The Odd Fellows Hall the only explanation is that matches, carelessly placed, were ignited by some unseen forces. And at the pool hall fire Tuesday morning it seems almost a certainty that the case of matches in the room above was responsible for the blaze. We have talked with Chief Richardson of the Vermillion Fire Department concerning the proposition, and he is firm in the belief that an ordinance should be passed requiring all merchants who carry a quantity of matches to keep them in fireproof boxes, or fireproof receptacles of some sort. And Plain Talk agrees with the fire chief. Matches should not be placed on the shelves or displayed anywhere, unless they are protected. Everyone knows that just one little match can start a serious blaze, and that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. So it is up to our merchants, and to all of our people, in fact, to use precaution. Put your matches where they cannot do harm, or where mice or rats cannot get at them. And don't delay. Harry Ballard and Lawrence Kavanaugh held an auction sale at their headquarters on Market Street last Saturday afternoon, and all of the cigars, tobaccos, candies etc., were sold to the highest bidder. They have been unable to find a suitable location for their pool hall following the fire. They are unable to resume business in the old location. WANT TO VOTE ON REMOVAL: Petitions Are In Circulation Asking Legislature to Submit Removal of State U to Vote of People. There are a few citizens of Sioux Falls who do not know when to let well enough alone. And because of the fact that they feel that there is a possibility of having the University of South Dakota removed to that city, they have managed to get the Chamber of Commerce of that city to agree to spend a few thousand dollars in getting signatures to a petition which will compel the legislature to submit the proposition of removing the University to Sioux Falls. The petitions are now being circulated, and it is expected that they will be filed in time for the legislature to take action before adjournment on March 4. If the petitions are filed on time, and the signatures are all right, it will be up to the legislature to submit the removal proposition to the voters of South Dakota. This can only be done at a regular election, which will mean the election in November, 1922. But Vermillion people, and the people of Clay County, should not become excited. We all realize that it will mean a strenuous campaign if the proposition is finally put to the people. As to the outcome, there is little doubt. Sioux Falls has about as much chance to secure the State University as Vermillion has to have the state penitentiary removed from Sioux Falls to Vermillion. When the people and the taxpayers find out what it will mean to move the University, there is no question in the minds of most people but that they will turn it down in such a manner that in years to come there will never be a move made to move this institution. In the meantime, of course, it is only natural that people should be apprehensive. But our advice to all is, just go ahead as though nothing had happened. If you are planning on building this summer, don't delay. Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today. There is no chance to lose out. Outside of a few counties close to Sioux Falls, those real estate boosters won't have a lookin. We venture to say that nine out of every ten newspapers in South Dakota will be with us, and that nine out of ten of the alumni and students who ever attended the U.S.D. will stand by Vermillion. There is no question but that the agitation will have a tendency to hurt, not only the University, but Vermillion as well. For two years, if the petition is presented and accepted by the legislature things will be up in the air. But it is up to the people to keep a stiff upper lip, and go ahead as though nothing had happened. Don't be a pessimist. Be optimistic, and every fellow you meet who is inclined to discuss removal, just tell him that there is no chance. There is one thing, however, that Plain Talk wants to impress on the business men and property owners of Vermilion. It takes money to combat the removal proposition. Already several hundred dollars have been expended in sending special committees to Pierre and to Sioux Falls. Sooner or later you will be called on to make a donation to help meet this expense. Don't neglect to do your part. Remember, this is a fight in which every citizen of Vermillion is interested, and the money to be raised should come without any argument. In the near future a committee will be appointed to solicit funds. If you are a booster for Vermillion, just come through in good shape. The men who are spending their time are not asking for wages, or anything of the sort, but they should by all means have their expenses paid. They are working for Vermillion all the time. They have been doing a good work, and will in the future. The Commercial Club will leave no stone unturned to give Sioux Falls a drubbing that some of those fellows will long remember. But in so doing, the Club must have the undivided support of all of our people. That's a pretty nice looking front that Wm. Michaels is building on Market Street to replace the old one damaged by fire several weeks ago. He will not have any trouble renting it. After having used a stereopticon for several weeks, Burbank pupils declare it a friend much needed for their work. An occasional study period from pictures relieves the monotony and mental strain of text book study. We hope Visual Education has come to stay.
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BOYERTOWN, PA. January 29, 2013 – Rockland Immunochemicals, Inc., a biotechnology company focusing on antibodies and antibody-based tools for basic research, assay development, and preclinical studies, today announced the release of Host Cell Protein (HCP) antibodies that detect high, medium and low molecular weight proteins. Host Cell Proteins are process-related impurities derived from a host cell expression system that may be present in trace amounts in a final drug substance. HCP antibodies are used to detect impurities in biologically-based therapeutics. Assays are further developed using custom-manufactured process specific antibodies.
Rockland’s new HCP antibodies will be released and a standardized HCP immunoassay development process presented during the Well Characterized Biotechnology Pharmaceuticals (WCBP) Symposium in Washington, DC January 29-31. This United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) co-sponsored symposium is the pre-eminent conference addressing the analytical development/regulatory control interface for biotechnology derived health intervention products.
The FDA requires that pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies producing therapeutic antibodies minimize HCP contamination to an acceptable level. Failure to identify and sufficiently remove contaminants early in drug development can result in reduced drug efficacy or adverse toxic or immunological reactions in patients.
ELISA, the most widely used assay for determining the presence of HCPs, uses a polyclonal antibody mixture raised against host cell proteins. The accepted workflow for evaluating the immunocoverage of HCP antibodies involves 2-D gel electrophoresis followed by Western blotting. Rockland now provides Bioprocessing researchers with antibodies and custom HCP assay development services that streamlines and regulates this workflow.
At the WCBP Symposium, Rockland researchers will present data that shows an improved standardized immunoassay development process for HCP detection using 2D electrophoresis and western blotting. In collaboration with Bio-Rad, the PROTEAN® i12™ IEF System was used to develop the HCP antibodies and measure/calibrate assays. Detecting impurities often unseen by 1-D electrophoresis, this system delivers more complete insight into the immunocoverage of protein components of the host cell lysate. The newly developed Rockland antibodies have been fully evaluated using the 2-D electrophoresis workflow and provide efficient immunocoverage of E.coli HCP.
“Rockland’s expertise in HCP antibodies and HCP assay development services has allowed Bio-Rad to affirm the value of optimized IEF separations in generating a robust 2D-electrophoresis based assay for evaluating anti-HCP antibodies, ” said Sricharan Bandhakavi, Senior Scientist at Bio-Rad Laboratories.
"Over the last decade, BioPharma has invested significant amounts of money to develop large molecule (antibody) drugs. As these drugs move forward in the approval process, reagents and assays used to analyze purity will increase in importance,” commented Jim Fendrick, President and CEO of Rockland Immunochemicals. “With our well-developed antibody and assay technology, Rockland is well positioned to take advantage of this opportunity and set the standard for optimal quality of application."
For more information on Rockland’s HCP antibodies and assays, please visit http://www.rockland-inc.com/hcp.aspx.
About Rockland Immunochemicals
Rockland Immunochemicals has supported the biopharma and diagnostic industries with antibodies and antibody based tools™ for basic research, assay development and preclinical studies for 50 years. With facilities in Pennsylvania, Rockland manufactures over 10,000 products ideally suited for integration into various assays performed on different platforms including western blot, immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunofluorescence (IF), microscopy, ELISA and FLOW cytometry. Additional information about Rockland’s products and services can be found on the company’s web site at www.rockland-inc.com.
For additional information regarding this announcement, please contact:
Communications, Rockland Immunochemicals, Inc.
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VATICAN CITY — St Peter’s Square is never dull. People from all over the world end up there. The square has hosted Masses, religious processions, concerts and the starting lines or finishing lines of marathons, bike races and car rallies.
But the mules in the square this morning were unusual.
As were the 300 Spanish pilgrims who were with them. The pilgrims had just spent nine days walking from Assisi, Italy, to Rome, taking a wandering path through the countryside of Umbria and Lazio to visit sites associated with the life of St. Francis of Assisi. They walked 103 miles with 10 mules, who took turns pulling eight colorfully decorated carts. Several of the carts carried statues, including of Mary and of St. James.
Many members of the group organized in the town of Fuenterroble, Spain, are used to walking pilgrimages — they are experts on the road to Santiago di Compostela, where tradition says the Apostle James is buried.
Their Italian pilgrimage, which they called the “Via Lucis” (or “Way of Light”), commemorated the pilgrimage of St. Francis to Santiago in 1214. And, they said, it also was an opportunity “to reunite St. James with St. Peter” — who is buried at the Vatican — and to honor St. Paul a few months after the end of the year marking the 2,000th anniversary of his birth.
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Luxury, the lovely expensive things that only the rich can afford.
Hotel rooms with stunning views and down filled pillows, 5 star restaurants with exotic ingredients and sparkling crystal on the tables, leather goods from the finest Italian shops are just a few of the images that can come to mind when you are talking about luxury.
But does the luxury market even exist anymore or by trying to expand the markets so the middle class could afford their products have the makers and providers of luxury goods ruined it all.
Luxury goods are items that are not considered necessities of life and are generally thought to be used by the rich and affluent. Therefore, water, a necessity, champagne, a luxury item.
While it would have seemed fairly self explanatory of what luxury goods are truth be told most of us live in luxury that our great grand parents would have been in awe of. It is not unusual for people that live below the median income level to own cars, have television sets, cell phones, computers and air conditioning.
If your great grand parent was a dirty farmer in the depression, try explaining to them how you have no luxury in your life and they will laugh in your face.
The luxury market started in the 1800's with department stores that catered to the rich. In their marble and gilt stores you would be sold the finest of the fine, cashmere, wool, silk, from the best sources, dry goods from prestigious makers, foods from the most expensive stalls. These stores were so exclusive that there would be doormen ready to stop anyone who was not dressed in fitting style from getting in.
Of course once a store became exclusive then the middle class was determined to gain entry. As the standard of living rose in the middle class proprietors of luxury good realized that there was an untapped markets for items that they could previously only sell to the well to do. Suddenly it wasn't so bad to let the masses buy at the same stores the wealthy did.
The prestige of high class stores remained high for decades and then came the marketing booms in the 70's. This is when high end retailers realized that not everyone could afford a $5000 evening dress, but they could afford a $50 bottle of perfume. While the ingredients in the perfume might come out to only pennies the money spent on marketing and keeping the prestige of the brand name would cost hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars a year.
Did quality suffer? Of course, this was the beginning of the perception of luxury instead of luxury itself when they would slap a designer label on everything from belts to perfume to furniture and keep the prices high. Unfortunately the public will eventually catch on as Pierre Cardin found out and his luxury style became a industry joke for over licencing.
Two things have really ruined the luxury market, one is that luxury brands, for the most part are being made in China and the flood of knock offs in the market.
When pushing items on to the middle class the price points had to be a bit lower than what they would charge for their high end goods. The easiest way to do this would be to outsource manufacturing to places like China. There are items of very high quality that come out of China but for the most part when luxury items are made there they are trying to squeeze every penny of profit out of the items and quality is often diminished.
Knock offs are also the bane of the luxury industry and can ruin the reputation of quality items. Most people now assume when they see someone with a Louis Vuitton handbag that it is a knock off because the market was flooded with them.
So is the luxury market dead? No, it never will be. There will always be people that the brand of the product will be more important to them than the actual quality but the luxury market has taken a big hit due to the drop in the economy and consumers becoming more savvy about quality.
It is never a good idea to buy a knock off, the quality will not be there at all and it truly is a case that you will get what you pay for. You should also not assume that anything with a prestigious name will be made in high quality, check to see where it is being manufactured.
You can live the luxury life style without doling out the huge amounts of cash if you are careful about it and know what to look for.
Want to stay in that 5 star hotel but at a discount? You could stay in off season or look for deals on line. If you want to eat at that luxury restaurant then remember that the lunch menu will always be cheaper than the dinner menu and you will drinking less alcohol (or none at all) in the middle of the day. Fine Italian leather goods can be bought for less if you steer away from the designer names and look for quality products made by smaller manufacturers.
Luxury is still available to all of us if we stop thinking about luxury as a brand.
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- Special Sections
Supporters of Measure 5 released a list of crimes against animals in the state in response to critics of the measure that would strengthen the legal penalties in cases of animal cruelty.
“Across the country—everywhere but North Dakota and South Dakota—the worst acts of cruelty to dogs, cats and horses are considered felonies, yet these vicious crimes happen here, too,” said Karen Thunshelle, campaign manager for North Dakotans to Stop Animal Cruelty.
NDSAC points to four cases of animal cruelty in the state that received media attention after critics said the measure was ambiguously worded and such severe crimes are rare in the state.
The first case happened on April 30, when three men robbed a Grand Forks couple’s home and beat a Chihuahua to death.
A 27-year-old Fargo woman brought her dog, a Lhasa apso, to a bar in the early hours of March 15 and swung the dog by a leash, held it by the neck, pulled its hair out and threatened to kill it.
After his cousin asked him to leave his mobile home in Bismarck, a 25-year-old man slammed his cousin’s girlfriend’s puppy onto a counter and stepped on its head in 2007.
In 2004, a 36-year-old Fargo man held a cat down and cut its throat with a box cutter. The cat escaped but had to be put down by officers.
“North Dakota’s population is booming, and with that will come people who might not hold North Dakota values toward animals,” Thuneshelle said.
Nukhet Hendricks at the Fargo-Moorhead Humane Society told Fargo TV that Measure 5 is too narrow in scope because it only protects dogs, cats and horses and no other species. Thunshelle told the Times-Record that those animals were chosen because they were the most common companion animals in the state.
The North Dakotans for Responsible Animal Care (NDRAC) opposes to the wording of Measure 5 and is proposing legislation to be introduced in the next legislative session if the measure is voted down. The legislation is similar to Measure 5 in that it makes animal cruelty a class C felony, but NDRAC says it provides more clarity and guidance to law enforcement.
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I thought for a P-FET the current passes through the drain and source until a positive voltage is applied to the gate which breaks the connection between the drain and source?
No that is not how FETs work.
So technically, when no voltage is applied to the gate, it will act like an closed circuit and when the arduino's digital pin activates the gate, the circuit will be broken?
No. Enhancement mode FETs work by lowering the resistance of drain to source due to the electric field applied.
You could use a depletion mode FET but I think these are rare nowadays, and anyway it will not do what you want.
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Toronto is largely built on a grid-based road system with a few notable exceptions. These include streets such as Davenport Road, which follows an old native trail, while others, such as Kingston Road, were originally constructed to link Toronto with other settlements in Ontario. The downtown core is built to a fine grain, human scale, mostly consisting of four lane arterial and collector roads. Outside the downtown core, most arterial roads have two or three lanes of traffic in each direction. Toronto's road system was mainly designed for cars, and is quite easy to navigate. There are some anomalies; for example, Lawrence Avenue and St. Clair Avenue are both split into two sections by the Don Valley, and, in the case of St. Clair Avenue, the drive between the two sections is almost 15 minutes. Roads sometimes change names, and the 1998 Amalgamation has caused some doubling in road names, although this is usually confined to smaller, more residential, roads.
The main north-south arteries, from west to east, are Kipling Avenue, Islington Avenue, Royal York Road, Jane Street, Keele Street/Weston Road, Dufferin Street, Bathurst Street, Yonge Street, Bayview Avenue, Leslie Street, Don Mills Road, Victoria Park Avenue, Warden Avenue, Kennedy Road, McCowan Road, Markham Road, and Morningside Avenue. The main east-west arteries, from north to south, are Steeles Avenue, Finch Avenue, Sheppard Avenue, Wilson Avenue/York Mills Road/Ellesmere Road (the latter two connected by Parkwoods Village Drive), Lawrence Avenue, Eglinton Avenue, St. Clair Avenue, Bloor Street/Danforth Avenue, Dundas Street, Queen Street West and East, and Lake Shore Boulevard/Kingston Road.
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The following post was published on the The Official Google Blog on October 15th, 2015.
Introducing Google Lifeline
Posted by A S, Innovation Evangelist
Today I am pleased to present a whole new way of organizing - and searching, of course - all your life's information: Google Lifeline.
Lifeline is a chronological view of every bit of information you have collected in your Google account. Think of it as a really detailed, really accurate and totally searchable personal history.
Lifeline gathers all your personal data and presents it in a well-integrated, intuitive timeline interface. Just click on any point of the timeline and you will be able to read, listen or watch all the data you have collected during that timeframe. You can bring up every email, document, bill, photo, video, purchase, prescription, phonecall from that time period. You can zoom in to narrow down the timeframe to a particular second in time or you can zoom out all the way to include your entire Google lifetime. Your Google lifetime begins when you sign up for a Google account to use any of Google's popular services.
Here are some of the interesting uses that our employees have found for Google Lifeline during our internal tests:
1. Susan, a Mint.com user since the days of its beta opening and long before it was acquired by Google, was able to do a quick search to find out how much she has spent at coffee shops per year, in the last five years. Although she knew that she is a coffee addict, the answer still shocked her.
2. Rob, who uses his Google Checkout-enabled phone to make purchases in grocery stores and restaurants, is able to analyze his entire grocery shopping and eating-out history for the past 5 years for "heart-stoppingly good" items he has purchased and compare it side-by-side to his medical history from Google Health, to discover how his dietary habits affect his health.
3. Melissa was curious to see what her highest electricity consumption in a 24-hour period was and when that happened. Melissa has a Google Powermeter installed in her house and the data of her electricity usage has been integrated into Lifeline. It showed a clear spike in her power consumption on a day in late 2009. Curious to know more about why her power consumption was so high, Melissa zoomed in to the one week period before and after the high-power day and browsed her purchases in Lifeline. It showed that she had bought a brand new big-screen TV, party supplies and the DVD version of the latest Star Trek movie. That reminded Melissa, an avid Trekkie, about the Star Trek party she had hosted for fellow-Trekkies with a marathon showing of every Star Trek episode and movie on her new big-screen TV. Melissa was able to view the photos and videos from that party on the Lifeline - photos and videos that she had uploaded to Picasa, as well as the ones uploaded and shared by all her friends.
4. Ashwini has an unusual hobby - she collects "heartstones", stones which are shaped like hearts. She has picked them up from her hikes and travels all over the world, from undersea dives to tops of mountains to cheap jewellery stores in middle Eastern flea markets. Every time she picks up a new stone, she takes a picture of the stone and uploads it to her online album. Ashwini was browsing her heartstone pictures on Lifeline and she came across her very first stone, which had been a gift from her husband when they had barely known each other for a week! Using Lifeline, she was quickly able to bring up all the emails and text messages she had exchanged with him around that time and re-live the heady days of their budding romance. She was even able to listen to the songs her husband sang to her on her Google Voice voicemail during the days of their courtship. She was able to do all this without leaving the Lifeline page even once.
5. The most romantic Lifeline story is perhaps my own. You are already aware that if you use a GPS-enabled phone, you can record every step you take on a trip to form your personal 'trails' on Google Maps. The feature of viewing photos from a trip as a time-compressed virtual trip on Google Maps or Google Earth is much appreciated and used by our users. Now this information is also available on Google Lifeline. I was analyzing the shared trip data of all the Google employees on Lifeline, when I noticed that one person's trails seemed to intersect my own trails quite often. It appeared that over the years, this person had visited many places either shortly before or after I had been there. There were occasions when we had been in the same place on the same day, perhaps missing each other by mere minutes or by a distance of a few hundred feet! Given Google's significant employee count, I had never come across this person's name before. And given that we worked on opposite coasts, there was little chance of us running into each other in the office hallways or cafeteria. Yet, our travel trails had been intersecting in places far and wide, across the globe, quite often and regularly in the preceding 5 years. The number of intersecting points - in time and space - were high enough to be statistically significant. I shot off an email to this person to share the strange serendipity in our travel trails. I am extremely happy to say that for the past year, our travel trails have not been intersecting, they have been coinciding, in both time and space. And, we hope it will be so forever in the future. I won't claim that I would not have met my fiance, if not for Google Lifeline. The way our trails were intersecting, we were destined to run into each other sooner or later. But Lifeline did help make it sooner rather than later, by helping me see the intersections of our trails in both space and time.
Today I am really excited to open up Lifeline to everybody, to help organize your life's information and access it easily. I can't wait to hear stories of the innovative uses that you will no doubt find for this awesome tool.
PS: You might also be interested in the first 'Notes from the Future' feature on this blog - My Buddy. This one was published long before anybody had heard about Apple's iPhone. Interestingly, I had originally named it "Google Buddy" until friends advised me to get rid of the Google name.
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