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GREEN- Easy buildin' green? Are local developers on the bandwagon?
Trifling with timber: Builders deep-six too much wood
A few months ago, local builder Darren Young and his helper were busy doing something builders do all the time– loading wood for a construction job onto his trailer. But this load of wood, approximately 60 16-foot pieces of cedar-beveled siding and base trim– an estimated $1,152 worth of materials– wasn't at a lumber yard; it was in a dumpster at the site of an upscale development just outside town.
"The construction manager there told me the wood was ruined, and I could have it if I wanted it," says Young, who moved his company, Willow Tree Construction, here from Seattle two years ago. "The only reason to throw away wood is if it's infested or rotten."
Young says the wood was fine and he's grateful to have it. He agreed to speak publicly about the issue on the condition that the Hook not reveal the location of the site.
"Go to some of the new housing developments," says Young, climbing into the dumpster, "and you'll find lots of good scraps."
Oddly enough, most of the houses in the upscale development had not been built: the sidewalks were in, street signs and lights were installed, but it was a neighborhood of staked-off dirt lots.
"I didn't come here looking for materials," says Young, "but I couldn't understand why they were throwing it away. It seemed so wasteful."
Indeed, why throw away all that wood?
"It's called capitalism," says Blake Caravati, a veteran builder and former City Council member. "Once that material hits the jobsite, if they don't need it, it's cheaper for them to get rid of it than it is to store it or try to recycle it. It's sad, but that's the way it is."
But brand new lumber?
"Unfortunately," says Charlottesville architect Gate Pratt, "the large-production builders build at such a scale that it wouldn't be worth the expense to recycle such a small amount of material. I don't know how you would prevent the waste short of mandated recycling."
One can imagine that having the general public picking through a construction site might not be the safest course. But Caravati also says that contractors are reluctant to let the public know about available materials on their sites for another liability reason.
"If someone uses a board taken from the site and it turns out to be inferior," he says, "who do you think is liable?"
What's more, says Caravati– who's skeptical of the so-called "green" building movement to begin with– it might actually be more "green" to throw the material away.
"To store or recycle that stuff," he explains, "you're going to need someone to come out and get it and haul it away, and then they're going to need to store it and process it."
Think of dozens of trucks and workers driving around picking up small loads of waste from job sites. Dealing with the construction waste that way actually creates a larger carbon footprint, says Caravati.
When a builder, especially a large builder, makes a new materials order, it all arrives at once by train, then delivery trucks make a trip, and that's it. What could be greener? Still, Caravati hates to see good materials end up in dumpsters.
"I don't know what the hell a 'green' builder is," he says, "but I learned things from my Mother, who grew up in the Depression and who saved and reused everything. I'm the same way. I save everything. Does that make me green? I don't know."
Of course, as a former Councilor and mayor, Caravati can't resist weighing in on the City's recently announced plan to build a living roof atop City Hall.
"It might feel good to put on that green roof," he says of the proposed $650,000 project, "but will it really do a damn? Why not invest in a geothermal heating and cooling system? That might be a better investment in the long run. The green roof is a political statement, not a carbon footprint statement."
Young appears to share Caravati's skepticism. "For many businesses," he says, sliding a painted piece of trim onto his trailer, "the green movement is just a play on words."
Politics and virtue aside, architect Jeff Sties, a member of the Charlottesville chapter of the James River Green Building Council, says there has always been an "enormous amount of waste" in both commercial and residential construction. According to EPA estimates, he says, 136 million tons of construction and demolition debris was generated in 1996, the majority of which could have potentially been recycled.
Among the reasons it was deep-sixed: preventing delays, saving on storage costs, and avoiding the hassle of performing a "cut list," a list of wood materials and how they are to be cut up for use on the job. Then there's the fact that many suppliers charge hefty restocking fees on returned materials– or refuse to accept returns altogether.
"In my opinion," says Sties, "the way to reduce waste is to offer incentives to builders who implement the LEED rating system– and at the same time increase fees associated with dumping."
For example, Sties says that under the Materials and Resources section of the LEED rating system (the standard for builders seeking green street cred), builders can get one point for diverting 50 percent of their construction waste from a landfill to another source such as a Habitat Store or a recycling center, and an additional point for diverting 75 percent.
"But not having a project team interested in construction waste and recycling to begin with is the real problem," says Sties.
"Recycling here is a real pain in the butt," says Young, wiping his forehead and pulling the last of his free lumber from the dumpster, as he recalls how discards are handled in his old hometown.
"In Seattle, people are given 55-gallon containers with wheels to put their recyclables in," he says. "The trash cans are small and the recycling bins are big– it's just the opposite here.
"Don't get me wrong," he quickly adds. "Any effort is good, but there are better ways to do it."
Might this be the way Charlottesville builders recycle in the not-so-distant future?COURTESY OF PETER VAN DER LINDE
Coming soon! van der Linde's amazing recycling machine!
Local builder and businessman Peter van der Linde couldn't agree more.
"People have lived for years in recycling frustration," says van der Linde, who also owns a trash container business. In fact, the dumpster Young went diving into belongs to Van der Linde Container Rentals. "It's a pain in the... neck."
As a builder for 30 years, he also agrees with Young about the volume of materials discarded on job-sites. "It's always been a big problem," he says.
Three years ago, van der Linde decided to do something about it. On a 10-acre tract of land near Zion Crossroads, he plans to finally open a $10-million, 100,000-square-foot recycling center, featuring a 270-foot state-of-the-art sorting machine, which should be operational in mid-May.
"This will be the opposite of the way it's done now," he says. "You'll just throw everything into one container, no need to separate or sort it. You don't need to lift a finger. We'll do it."
He pauses for emphasis.
"Now, everything changes, now recycling is easy," he says.
Indeed, while both the city and the county offer recycling services, the activity is nearly a full-time job. In addition to sorting and separating glass, metal, aluminum cans, newspapers, magazines, and catalogs for the city's curbside service, telephone books, file stock, and mixed paper must be taken to the McIntire Road Recycling Center. In 2003, the County stopped its curbside recycling service because it had become too expensive. In its absence, the Rivanna Solid Waste Authority published a guide directing folks to different facilities for different materials, many of which can be dropped off only at certain times. The recycling guide is three single-spaced pages long.
In contrast, van der Linde says his recycling machine can can sort 15 separate recyclable materials, including cardboard, paper, plastic, cement, carpet and pad, glass, metals, brick, block, yard waste, wood, drywall, asphalt, even styrofoam. And anything intact will be sent to Habitat for Humanity.
"This machine will recycle 90 percent of what goes into it," he says.
Indeed, the new venture will make it especially easy for all those developments tossing good lumber into his dumpsters. "Don't change anything you're doing," he says he'll tell builders. "It's business as usual. Just toss it all in there, and we'll sort it."
"Our lives just got a lot easier" says Alec Cargile, president of Lithic Construction, who says he's been waiting for someone to do this for years. "It's fantastic what he's doing, because for anyone who chooses to use this service, it will now be effortless to recycle."
"I think it's a terrific idea because he's using the same containers he's already using, and he already has his disposal business in place," says Ned Ormsby, a project manager with Lithic. "There's no need to retrain your guys; you just toss it all in there."
"I think it's a powerful thing he's doing," Cargile adds. "If people really start using his service, it could have a huge impact on the whole county."
Van der Linde says he'll rent various container sizes without charge to neighborhoods, schools, municipalities, or anyone else who wants one nearby, and then charge a standard transportation and tonnage fee. Additionally, there will be no-charge drop-off containers at the facility itself.
As for his spectacular machine, van der Linde says it was the missing link, as inferior machines and hand-sorting trash has been wildly inefficient. "In the last seven years or so, these separation machines have really been perfected," he says. "I did a lot of research on them, and I believe this one I bought is the ultimate machine."
Nearly the size of a small shopping center, the machine and the new facility will require 15 people to operate, he says. Manufactured by Sherbrooke Ltd., a Canadian company, the new machine uses optics, electromagnets, and other technologies to identify objects to be recycled. The machine can sort and separate recyclables from thousands of pounds of trash in a fraction of the time it would take to hand sort, and it deposits them neatly in separate bins. According to industry experts, the machine's ability to yield more recyclable materials faster could begin to make recycling profitable.
"There's a rapidly emerging market for recyclables," van der Linde says. "I'll just offer to supply the materials and then we'll have to see what happens."
Clearly, the idea of responding to Young's lament– and that of frustrated recyclers everywhere– appears to be worth the risk for van der Linde.
"It's just something that's long overdue," he says. "It's a real feel-good undertaking."
"When you have a personal connection, people are more likely to change," says Terri Kent, seen here with her son Ian.PHOTO COURTESY OF TERRI KENT
Better with Betty! Website aims to simplify recycling
With van der Linde's recycling machine not slated to be up and running until May, we're facing several more months of separating cans and paper and glass. And even when it's operational, what are we going to do with that old bag of shoes, that smashed sliding glass door, and that broken washing machine?
Well, duh! Ask Betty!
"People kept telling me about all the piles of recyclables they had lying around at home," says Teri Kent, a former teacher and stay-at-home mom, "and I started putting my own life under the microscope. What can I do to help them and help the environment?"
Inspired by the Better World Handbook, a kind of Activism for Dummies that provides simple, practical ways for busy folks to change the world, Kent launched a website in January called Better World Betty (betterworldbetty.com). The site introduces us to the character of Betty, a kind of perfectly coifed June Cleaver– out not to bake the perfect pie and send her family pressed and neat off to work and school, but to save the planet.
"She tends to the Earth, bringing a better world to the table," writes Kent on her website, "rather than a big roast turkey."
In Kent's mind, the idea of recycling had become too abstract, too clinical, and, well, not very fun. Creating Betty was a way to make it personal.
"When you have a personal connection, people are more likely to change," she says.
Indeed, right from the get-go, Betty began charming local greenies, including former Mayor David Brown, who seemed smitten writing about Betty on his blog in January.
"Kudos to Teri Kent for this useful and charming website," he wrote, mentioning the City's new Green City Initiative website, but adding that it was "not quite as cool as Betty, though."
In January alone, says Kent, the site saw 1,700 users, 25,000 hits, and most important– 65 percent of people who visited bookmarked it.
Current mayor Dave Norris was charmed as well: he helped organize the simultaneous launch of Better World Betty and the city's site.
"I've talked with her several times about this, and I think it's a good thing," Norris says. "It's one more component in moving our community in the direction of lessening its impact on the environment."
Though Kent already has plans to revamp Betty (no, she's not changing it to Better World Angelina)– giving her an improved directory and more intuitive site functionality, forums, and video presentations– the current directory allows visitors to find out where to recycle everything from toasters to toothbrushes, anti-freeze, backpacks, and batteries. It also has a list of businesses that go the extra green mile, an "Ask Betty" feature where recycling questions are answered, and a whole host of green living tips and information.
"A lot of people talk about change," says Kent, "but I'm big on action. Betty makes it easier to live greener better by giving people the tools they need."
The beauty of Betty, Kent emphasizes, is that site users don't have to be perfect. Instead, the queen of green advocates an incremental approach. "The small things that people decide to do add up," she says.
Ideally, Kent hopes the website helps connect people with the right choices, and eventually, with each other.
"I'd like to create a community where people can share ideas," she says, "like what to do with old sponges or bags of worn shoes. There are so many great ideas out there about how to recycle and reuse. People just don't know about them."
Indeed, Kent believes education is key to living greener better. For example, how many of us know what gets done with the things we take the effort to recycle?
"This has always been somewhat controversial," says Kent. "Does what you recycle really get used?" [See the Hook's cover story, "(Re)cycle of life: We want to believe," February 8, 2007].
Again, the more informed people are, the more likely the system will improve.
"That's the hardest thing, closing the loop, so that materials don't just end up sitting in a landfill," says Kent. "But it's difficult. For example, plastics need to be collected in really high volumes, with good quality, to make it profitable to recycle. People need to know that they can make money salvaging materials. "
Although unaware of van der Linde's planned recycling project– a $10 million state-of-the-art sorter and sorting facility near Zion Crossroad that will use various technologies to separate up to 15 recyclable materials– Kent says it's exactly the kind of effort that can close the loop. Indeed, as van der Linde recently mentioned, a market for recyclables is slowly emerging, but the situation is not likely to get better until there's more demand.
That might happen, if Kent has her way, when the world will be full of Bettys.
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A 25 year old Detroit area woman was receiving food stamps despite the fact that she had won $1 million on a state lottery game show.
Amanda Clayton is being charged for fraud after receiving $5,475 worth of food stamps and medical coverage from the period between her lottery win in September 2011 and last month. If convicted, she could potentially face up to four years in prison.
Certainly the normal responses are outrage the cynicism.
But I’ll be honest, part of me doesn’t really blame her.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not justifying her, or anyone else who commits welfare fraud.
But I do think that many people feel that food stamps and/or welfare are things that are rights which they are owed. And it shouldn’t be surprising when people have that mindset when we live in a society where there are politicians who continually reinforce this thinking.
We’ve taken shame out of this system. Some will probably think that it makes me heartless to even suggest that their should be shame associated with food stamps and welfare. But there should be. I’m not saying for people who are in unique circumstances where they truly need help.
But for individuals who are able bodied and who could be working and who aren’t, I do think that there should be a certain amount of shame associated with the fact that society has to support them.
Even the distribution of food stamps is different than how it used to be. At one time, they were multicolored pieces of paper which you would use to buy your products. It looked like what you would need to get into the Wonka Factory. Now it’s setup like a debit card and can be discreetly used just like anyone’s Visa or Master Card.
Again, it’s an effort to normalize the institution.
Ultimately, my bigger concern is that if Clayton is as reckless with her winnings as a lot of other lottery winners, in a few years, she might be able to again receive food stamps legitimately.
Obviously a few hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money. But if you buy a house and a car (as this woman did), and once every obscurely connected relative and friend comes out of the woodwork to ask for money, that type of income isn’t going to last forever.
According to the Detroit News, Clayton was on food stamps from August 2010-March 2012. During that year and a half period, she worked a total of five months. Part of the reason why she thought it was ok to continue to receive the food stamps is that she is still unemployed.
So what should be done? Clearly, she should payback the $5,475. Some people may advocate for her receiving prison time. I think that the state footing the bill for her to be in prison is an unnecessary waste of money.
I feel that Clayton’s actions are a very small symptom of much more significant societal issues. I feel that we don’t do enough to address the root causes of these problems. She lives in Lincoln Park, Michigan, a city in which 44.7% of the population lives below the poverty line. More work needs to be done in these impoverished areas to empower people to succeed because of their own talents, effort, and intelligence instead of by leaching off of entitlement programs.
This story is catching a lot of attention, and it’s because the idea of a “millionaire” receiving food stamps is novel and egregious. But again, it’s not troubling to me because a lottery winner abused the system. While I do believe that there are people who justifiably receive government assistance, this story is no more outrageous to me than the thousands of other Americans who abuse the system and live off of handouts. And until the outrage begins to match the scorn for a lottery winner on food stamps, serious welfare reform in this country will be all but impossible.
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In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Tinkers. Justice Fortas wrote the majority opinion, ruling that students retain their constitutional right of freedom of speech while in public school. Justices Black and Harlan dissented.
The Court ruled that students are entitled to exercise their constitutional rights, even while in school. The justices reasoned that neither “students (n)or teachers shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” Because student expression is protected by the First Amendment even while in school, school officials must provide constitutionally valid reasons for regulating student expression.
The justification for the regulation must be more than “a mere desire to avoid the discomfort and unpleasantness that always accompany an unpopular viewpoint.” School officials must show that the expression would cause a “material and substantial disruption” with the discipline and educational function of the school. The Court decided that allowing the Tinkers to wear their armbands protesting the Vietnam conflict would not “substantially interfere with the work of the school or impinge upon the rights of other students.” Wearing the armbands was a “silent, passive expression of opinion” that did not involve any “disorder or disturbance,” and was unlikely to cause a “material and substantial disruption” in the school.
In addition, the justices noted that the school officials specifically targeted anti-war armbands, but did not prohibit the wearing of any other symbols conveying a political message. Reasoning that “the prohibition of expression of one particular opinion … is not constitutionally permissible,” they concluded that “school officials do not possess absolute authority over their students.”
In his dissenting opinion, Justice Black acknowledged that while the content of speech generally cannot be regulated or censored, “it is a myth to say that any person has a constitutional right to say what he pleases, where he pleases, and when he pleases.” According to Justice Black, the Tinkers’ armbands did indeed cause a disturbance by taking students’ minds off their class work “and divert[ing] them to thoughts about the highly emotional subject of the Vietnam War.” This was exactly what school officials were trying to prevent. Justice Black believed that the majority’s ruling was too restrictive on school officials, overly limiting their control over their schools, and subjecting public schools to “the whims and caprices of their loudest-mouthed … students.”
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Farmers are feeling the pain of water shortages most acutely. After multibillion-dollar crop and livestock losses tied to last year's drought, they fear more losses are coming.
Texas rice growers who depend on the lower Colorado River valley for survival are eyeing the fluctuating levels of two key lakes used for irrigation when river levels are too low.
State officials said this month that without enough rain by spring, rice farmers could be completely cut off from irrigation, jeopardizing about 2 percent of the U.S. crop and about $1 billion for the Texas economy.
"We've got a shortage of water," said Ronald Gertson, a rice grower and chairman of the Colorado Water Issues Committee. "People are going to be both hungry and thirsty before they wake up to this problem."
Forecasts show drier-than-normal weather likely prevailing in the Plains and western Midwest for the next few months at least. But even normal rainfall levels would not be enough to fully recharge resources.
Three to five times more rain than normal is needed in key corn-growing areas that include Nebraska and Kansas, for instance, to ease soil dryness after last summer's drought, according to Don Keeney, an agricultural meteorologist with Cropcast weather service.
Roughly 60.26 percent of the contiguous United States was in at least moderate drought as of Jan. 8, according to a "Drought Monitor" report issued by a group of federal and state climatology experts. Severe drought still blanketed 86.20 percent of the High Plains.
"This drought certainly has gotten people's attention," said Joe Straus, speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. "Regardless of whether it starts raining now or not, long-term water planning is essential. We need to be responsible."
For some, it's already an emergency. Persistent dry conditions in north-central Oklahoma led officials in Payne County to declare a state of emergency this month as the reservoir providing water to nearly 16,000 residents in seven counties fell to record low levels.
The approximately 500 residents of Wapanucka are talking of higher rates to fund a permanent pipeline to a new water source. But running out of water has shown how harsh doing without water can be, said Julie Wallis, Wapanucka's city water clerk.
"We are not going to be the only ones who this happens to," said Wallis. "It's coming."
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Monday, May 20, 2013
- At 13, Maman bin Taman was branded a communist and sent to a prison camp where he did hard labour. When he finally got out many years later, he could not get a job because a special mark on his ID card told a prospective employer of his past.
The stigma was passed on to his children, who also had a hard time getting work as grown-ups once they were found out to be the offspring of a ‘communist’.
Aiming to correct the mistakes of the past, Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid last month apologised to all victims and survivors of the massacres and unlawful detention of alleged communists which began in the mid-1960s. He said the ban on communism would be lifted.
But ex-detainees are unexcited over Wahid’s plan to lift the decree banning communism. They also say the public apology brought them no joy.
“Like many others, I’ve been in jail since I was a young boy,” says Paiman, of West Java, another victim of the crackdown. “Now I am 53 years old and I will soon die. I had lost almost all my life. How could I be excited with the lifting of the decree and the apology?”
Still, he conceded that perhaps the move would lead to a more tolerable future for his children. “At least I hope that our children would no longer be treated as sons-of-b—-. They are genuinely children of this nation.”
Wahid made an apology on March 14 in an address broadcast nationwide where he announced the lifting of the ban would. But he gave no time frame as this has to be presented to Parlament. The step, he said, was based on the principle of human rights.
“We should not impose discriminatory measures on someone just because he has his own idealogy and faith — that’s what the constitution is all about,” Wahid explained. “A man deserves to be punished for violating the law, not for his beliefs.”
Many ex-political prisoners who say they had been wrongly accused of being communists scoff that these are mere political statements. They say they would rather see brought to justice those who had made false accusations against them and against thousands of others who lost their lives as a result.
Being called a communist became a curse in Indonesia particularly after an attempted coup allegedly instigated by the Partai Komunist di Indonesia (PKI) in September 1965.
The move had been squashed quickly by a military takeover, which also resulted in the death of some 500,000 people as the Indonesian armed forces went after anyone suspected of being involved with the PKI.
Even years after, authorities were still picking up people they said were communists and throwing them in jail. Santosa, for example, was arrested in 1968 and sent to Buru Island, the same place Maman was in. Santosa was only 14 when he was arrested. By the time he was let out, he was already 24 years old.
“As a young boy, how could I know something about politics?” he points out. “How could I be aware of (what) a communist (is)?”
Santosa adds: “We may be happy if the government were to move further by dragging those who were involved in the (1965) massacre into court. We judge the government by its action, not by its statements.”
But bringing anyone to trial for the 1965 atrocities and the arbitrary arrests done during the regime of Suharto — the general who became president of Indonesia two years after the military takeover and ruled the country until 1998 — seems unlikely. As it is, there are already very vocal groups expressing outrage just over the planned lifting of the ban on communism.
The Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) — the Muslim cleric organisation — was the first body to oppose Wahid’s plan, arguing that communism promoted atheism.
House member Ahmad Sumargono, who is also chair of the Indonesian Committee for International Islamic Solidarity has since joined in the fray. “Communism is the enemy of this nation,” he says. “It is so to Muslims.”
Sumargono has threatened to oust Wahid through an agreement among Muslim parties and nationalist organisations. He fumes, “We give our support to him (Wahid) for religious reasons. He is a ‘kyai’ (Muslim cleric). Now that he gives pardon to ex-communists and provide room to communism, he betrays us.”
The military is obviously unhappy over the President’s plan as well. But as Marshal Fraito Usodo, head of the military information central bureau, notes, “The decree (banning communism) is still in place.”
Last month, though, the government scrapped an old Presidential decree requiring civil servants in all levels and politicians to be screened before assuming any new post. The procedure had been aimed at blocking anyone who could be a member of the PKI or other illegal organisations, or had links through such groups either through kin or even by association.
Political analyst Soedjati Djiwandono, meanwhile, says the plan to lift the ban and the controversy swirling around it are both ridiculous. “Communism in reality does not exist anymore,” he says. “So the decree has actually been ineffective.”
According to Djiwandono, lifting the ban would have meant something years ago. But now, he says, “the issue is not the decree, but putting on trial those involved in the ‘cleansing’. If we are to improve our human rights record, such a trial should proceed”.
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Enhanced Data for Global Evolution.
An upgrade for GSM/GPRS networks that triples data rates (speed) over standard GPRS.
EDGE is used automatically when both the phone and network support it. EDGE phones will automatically revert to the slower GPRS standard when EDGE service is not available.
Although many EDGE phones and devices are theoretically capable of up to 236 Kbps, most EDGE networks are only configured to allow up to 135 Kbps, to conserve spectrum resources. Real-world data rates are usually lower than the maximum.
Because it is based on existing GSM and GPRS technology, EDGE is a smooth upgrade for GSM network operators.
Although EDGE works at a low level within the GSM standard that includes voice, the main benefit is to increase GPRS data rates. GPRS operating over EDGE is called EGPRS.
Although EDGE is faster than GPRS, it is not as fast as 3G technologies such as HSDPA and EVDO.
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In situ doped titanium dioxide nanotubes come out on top
Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is one of the most important transition metal oxides for sustainable energy and other environmental applications. Its remarkable chemical and physical properties, biological inertness, non-toxicity, photostability and cost effectiveness commend it for use for photocatalysts as well as for gas sensors, photochromic devices and dye-sensitized TiO2 solar cells. Generally, a large specific surface area is crucial to achieve high photocatalytic activities. Nanotubes and nanofibrils have a particular advantage in the way they achieve high surface areas with three-dimensional mechanically coherent architectures that provide gas and radiation access.
Currently, the use of TiO2 as a photocatalyst is limited by its bandgap and the rather quick recombination of excited electrons and holes. TiO2 only absorbs about 3% of the solar light and thus requires near-UV light to operate as an efficient photocatalyst. It is crucial to extend the absorption range into the visible light region and hinder the electron-hole recombination, both of which can be best achieved by doping with low-mass ions such as nitrogen and sulphur or transition metal ions such as iron and cobalt. However, many of the chosen doping methods either require post-annealing, which often creates defects or multiphase structures that act as recombination centres, or are limited to low surface-area thin films as in the case of ion implantation.
In a recent study, which was published in Nanotechnology, the authors demonstrated a unique and effective doping route applicable in principle to a wide range of inorganic nanomaterials. They have utilized the encapsulated iron catalyst residues within as-grown carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as the dopant source. The process does not require post-annealing and allows a uniform distribution of iron at high concentrations as a solute in anatase or rutile nanotubes deposited onto the CNTs, which act as a template, apparently without any phase separation or iron segregation.
These new functional materials showed up to two orders of magnitude higher activities for the photocatalytic splitting of water per unit surface area compared with commercial TiO2, due to their higher illumination area, extended absorption range (bandgap reduced to 2.8 eV from 3.23 eV [anatase[ and 3.02 eV [rutile]) as well as a reduced electron-hole recombination rate. The deposition of very small (<2 nm) platinum nanoparticles further increased the hydrogen evolution rate in comparison with the pristine material, thus proving great potential for commercial application.
About the author
The work was performed in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge. Dr Dominik Eder is an APART Advanced Research Fellow, supported by the Austrian Academy of Science. Until recently, Dr Marcelo Motta was a postdoctoral researcher in the Macromolecular Materials Laboratory. He is currently heading the carbon nanotube division at Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd, UK. Prof. Dr Alan H Windle FRS is the head of the Macromolecular Materials Laboratory of the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy and a Fellow of Trinity College.
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Huge pine torches weighing 50 kg are waved about in front of the great sacred falls in the mountains
Nachi-no-Hi-Matsuri, which is one of the three largest fire festivals of Japan, is staged in the Kumano mountains of Wakayama Prefecture, an area registered as a World Heritage Site.
12 vermilion mikoshi (portable shrines), 6 meters tall, decorated with ogi fans and mirrors, are designed in the image of the Nachi-no-Otaki Falls (the Great Waterfall of Nachi) near the shrine. At the Kumano Nachi-taisha Shrine, the waterfall itself is the object of worship and is regarded as a deity. During the festival, you can enjoy viewing the mystical scene of 12 huge 50-kg pine torches waved around so very close to these portable shrines that it appears as if the portable shrines are about to be scorched. The enormous pine torches represent the 12 deities dwelling in Kumano as well as the 12 months of the year. The portable shrines, which are produced in the image of the sacred falls, are filled with the spirits of the 12 gods, and then purified by the fire of the pine torches; in this manner, vitality is enhanced through these sacred rituals, which is one important objective of this festival.
Once the festival starts, people carrying the portable shrines on their shoulders give out loud cries as they run up the steps of the shrine, while people holding the large pine torches dash down the steps to the great applause of the spectators. Then the portable shrines and large pine torches are moved to the falls of Nachi, and here a ritual is performed to pray for the power of the deity of the waterfall to fill the air. Water falls from a height of 133 meters, and looking up at the falls against the background of primeval forests, you will surely sense an air of sacredness. As it becomes very crowded, we recommend that you arrive at the falls early, before the ritual starts so that you can have a good view of the fire festival.
[Air]Taki-mae bus stop is about 20 minutes from JR Kii-Katsuura Station on the Kumano Kotsu Bus bound for Nachi-san.JR Kii-Katsuura Station can be reached on the Limited Express Service from JR Shirahama Station.To Nanki Shirahama Airport, take a flight from Haneda Airport.[Rail]Near Taki-mae bus stop.Taki-mae bus stop is about 20 minutes from JR Kii-Katsuura Station on the Kumano Kotsu Bus bound for Nachi-san.JR Kii-Katsuura Station is 3 hours and 20 minutes from JR Shin-Osaka Station on the Kinokuni Line (Limited Express Service).
Place: Kumano Nachi-taisha Shrine
Dates: July 14th
City: Nachisan, Nachi-Katsuura-cho, Wakayama Prefecture
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Student Projects working with IPUP Partners
To learn more about IPUP interns and their experiences, read the variety of
student blogs here
Internships in Public History, Summer 2013
Eligibility: Students currently registered at the University of York for MA, MPhil and PhD degrees in History, or one of its related graduate centres: CMS, CREMS, CECS, CModS, IPUP, IRS.
- Short, part-time internships intended to give graduate students an opportunity to develop their skills, experience and CVs in various different employment contexts.
Download further details and application form here.
Application deadline: 12 noon on Wednesday 1st May 2013.
- Wingspan Productions - Working with media production company, eligibility as above.
Download full details and application form here.
Application deadline: 12 noon on Wednesday 1st May 2013.
Public History MA Placements
Students taking the Public History MA have undertaken placements working on projects run by IPUP Partners: York Museums Trust, York Minster, Mansion House - City of York, Fairfax House, Hardwick Hall - Conversion Narratives Project, Goddards - National Trust, Borthwick Institute for Archives and the National Railway Museum.
Fairfax House - St George's Cinema
A number of students volunteered to research the history of St George's Cinema, located at Fairfax House from 1921 to 1965, and to work on an oral history project and exhibition about the cinema. The students worked as a team under the Director of Fairfax House, Hannah Phillip, and project adviser Nuala Morse. This followed on from the partnership with Fairfax House initiated in 2010, when several students also worked on the history of St George's to inform the programme for the inaugural Autumn film festival at Fairfax House “Silver Screen”, the first season showing Second World War era films.
York Museums Trust - History Trails
York Jewish History Trail
Students successfully completed the research and design of the York Jewish History Trail, launched on Holocaust Memorial Day, 27th January 2012. Working with York Museums Trust IPUP students went on to develop a printed leaflet and downloadable podcast (audio tour). See these resources, including the leaflet, podcast and youtube videos, on IPUP's Jewish Trail webpage.
Roman History Trail
Following the success of the York Jewish History Trail, IPUP students worked with York Museums Trust and City Archaeologist John Oxley, to research two more historic trails around York: Roman York and York in the First World War. Walking with the Romans: Daily Life in Eboracum, has been produced as a leaflet, app and podcast - find these on the Roman Trail webpage.
Experiencing the Great War: York in World War One
Students designed and piloted a new trail to tell the history of York during World War One. Eight sites were researched for a walking tour, and students learnt how to script and record the audio for a podcast, launching the product with the public at the Yorkshire Museum in September 2012. Download the leaflet, app and podcast from the IPUP-World War One webpage.
York Museums Trust - Museum Gardens Project
Students helped research and design new interpretation panels and leaflets for visitors to York Museum Gardens. Students conducted research on the History of the Yorkshire Museum and Gardens - the Botanic Gardens, Roman Remains, Medieval Abbey and St Leonard’s Hospital. These panels are now on display in the vaults of St Leonard's Hospital just inside the main entrance to Museum Gardens. Students also worked on a new trail for visitors to appreciate the history of the landscape gardening focusing on “Champion Trees”.
University of York Sunday at the Yorkshire Museum
IPUP interns piloted their projects with the public on Sunday 26th June 2011, at the Yorkshire Museum and Gardens - a celebration of the range of projects generated by University of York students working with York Museums Trust. Students offered food for the body and brain in a series of interpretation sessions and new trails, all designed to tempt the public to explore the past in innovative ways. From bugs under the microscope to measuring champion trees, from the humorous to the horrific, there was something for all the family.
This event formed part of the York Festival of Ideas.
Revolutionary Fashion 1790 -1820 - Exhibition research
Three IPUP interns worked towards the museum's second exhibition exploring Georgian fashion (following on from 'Dress to Impress' in 2010). The exhibition drew on a range of museum collections to give a
broader picture to the fashions of the Regency period.and explore the revolutionary way in which fashion was changing under the sweeping political, economic and technological changes brought about by the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. The exhibition opened on 26th August 2011.
Keeping a Georgian Christmas at Fairfax House - Exhibition research and development
Students conducted research on the records and material objects of the Georgian period to support authentic presentation and exhibition materials for the 2011 Christmas exhibition at Fairfax House.
York Minster Object Project - Research and Interpretation
Interns helped to research and design new interpretations for items exhibited in the York Minster Undercroft. Students learnt how to research and write a curatorial object report, and also experienced the challenge of writing a web page to communicate their research to a wider public. See students' Object Reports and the Resources webpage for further background.
York Museums Trust 'History of York Website' project
An excellent project for self-motivated students to learn to translate their historical research and writing skills for the web. Students took on York themes to research and write-up and illustrate to be produced as webpages. See the results on the History of York webpage (www.historyofyork.org.uk), and the Resources webpage and student feedback for further background.
Nutopia - London media production company
Several interns joined this young television production company specialising in large-scale history and science documentaries, working on a new landmark history series. Interns helped research stories, themes, locations and interviewees, and experienced the inner-workings of a large-scale TV production from the very beginning of the creative process.
BBC Rebuilding Britain Series
Interns worked on a new format social history series, with the independent production company Darlow Smithson based in central London. The project was led by TV Director, Caroline Ross-Pirie, and IPUP interns were supervised by Professor Helen Weinstein of IPUP, who also acted as Historical Consultant for the series.
Full Blown Media
A pilot undergraduate student programme whereby IPUP interns learnt how to conduct media research and write treatments for history programming, working with Dan Snow's production company, Full Blown Media under producer Andy Abrahams and supervised by Helen Weinstein. Students learnt how to research, write and pitch a story for a four minute history package for TV's 'The One Show'.
Fairfax House - Dressed to Impress Exhibition
Students worked closely with the Director of Fairfax House, Hannah Phillip, and learnt about conservation and display of clothing and fashion accessories of the eighteenth-century, and also researched and drafted panels and labels for the exhibition “Dressed to Impress”, which opened in 2010.
History Channel/BBC television series on the History of America
Interns helped research and direct the programme
content, as well as locating personal, symbolic stories to supplement
and illustrate themes of the programme.
See Blog on this project by IPUP Intern Simon Willgoss
Behind the scenes of Balderdash & Piffle
Balderdash & Piffle (BBC TV programme in partnership with the OED)
Interns experienced TV production at first hand whilst investigating the etymology of words sent in by viewers.
Beningbrough Hall (National Trust/National Portrait Gallery)
Interns conducted research for the Remembering Slavery project, making connections with eighteenth century paintings; output was used to inform staff and volunteer guides, and translated into notes for visitors.
National Geographic Film about Stonehenge: Stonehenge Decoded
Interns researched material for the script and took
part in brain-storming new ideas, as well as providing on-location
support as 'runners'. See National Geographic videos for Stonehenge Decoded
See Feedback from interns on this project
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The Huntsville Advocate says: The bells of the Methodist, Presbyterian Episcopal, and Cumberland Presbyterian and Baptist Churches in Huntsville have been taken down and directed to the Confederate foundries to be cast into cannon. They will be amply sufficient to make two batteries of six pieces each. The weight of the bells furnished from here were Presbyterian, 2106; Methodist, 810; Cumberland Presbyterian, 689; Episcopal, 480; Baptist, 110; W. H. Wilson, 174 – total, 4,259 pounds.
The Second Baptist Church of Richmond, Va. Have presented their splendid bell weighing 16,000 pounds, to the Confederacy, to be molded into cannon.
When all around us is but drear and dark, the hidden glories of heaven may be caught in a tear trembling upon the eyelid and pictured vividly and beautifully upon the soul.
- Published in The Tri-Weekly News, Shelbyville, Tennessee, Volume 1 Number 1, April 19, 1862 and reprinted by The Blockade Runner.
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Police Officer Test Preparation: Understanding the Written Exam (page 2)
A written examination is required for almost all police departments in medium-to-large cities. The type of examination can vary from an essay examination to one that has reading comprehension, mathematics, and memory skills. Medium-to-large cities are likely to have in-depth written examinations, while smaller agencies may substitute essay exams, video exams, oral interviews, or in-depth background checks. This article focuses on the most commonly given examination: the written multiple-choice exam.
Preparing to Take the Written Law Enforcement Exam
When preparing to take a written law enforcement exam, remember that the main objective of the exam is to test your ability to memorize and to solve problems. Usually, the test is timed to prevent you from thinking too long on any given question. While timing the test is an effective way to simulate the stress under which law enforcement officers must make most of their daily job-related decisions, it creates an additional problem for test takers: the need to read and decipher quickly.
Many of the questions on law enforcement exams present a large amount of information that must be read and then sifted to find the appropriate answer to the question. The information may be relatively technical, or it may seem straightforward, yet require you to recognize minor details. With unlimited time many of the questions might be worked out and seem almost easy, but under strict time constraints, the questions are more likely to seem long and difficult to understand.
There are two critical steps that you can take to minimize the stress and difficulty of taking a law enforcement written exam. First, you should contact the agency or agencies to which you are interested in applying. Most law enforcement agencies will provide applicants with a packet of pretest materials. The packet informs the applicant of the specific ability areas tested and of a few potential testing formats that are used on that agency's exam. It may also provide pretest materials that must be studied prior to taking the written exam. In addition, the pretest materials include any information that the testing agency needs applicants to know prior to taking the written exam. These materials should be obtained from the agency as soon as possible after they become available.
Second, you should sharpen your test-taking skills. Most law enforcement exams focus on the same general ability areas: memorization, visualization, spatial orientation, verbal or written expression and comprehension, problem sensitivity, mathematics, deductive reasoning, inductive reasoning, and information ordering. While pretest packets provided by law enforcement agencies provide a list of the specific ability areas that are tested, the materials do not provide examples of every potential question format that is used to test those ability areas. Although it may not be possible for a candidate to know every potential format that a question may be presented in, it is possible to prepare for more formats than are presented in the agency's pretest materials. Learning to recognize the ability area being tested and the common question formats used in that ability area can help you become quite comfortable with the law enforcement testing process.
To help you achieve this goal, the authors of this book provide a description of each of the ability areas commonly tested and include a broad range of the question formats that may appear on different agency's written law enforcement exams. Some tips for answering the different types of questions associated with each ability area are also included.
Applicants should review every practice test included in this book to become familiar with the wide variety of methods that are used to test each ability area. Remember, preparation and practice are the best ways to ensure a higher score on this type of exam.
General Tips for Taking Examinations
Before learning about the details of the written examination, you should review some general tips on taking the examination.
- Rest appropriately the night before the exam.
- Eat breakfast before the exam. Avoid foods that make you sleepy or provide a quick burst of energy but then leave you feeling drained.
- Bring several sharpened No. 2 pencils with you, as well as any additional tools that were listed as permitted in the pretest materials, such as scratch paper or calculators.
- Read all directions carefully. Sometimes the skill being tested is the ability to read and follow directions.
- Listen to directions concerning the answer sheet.
- Keep track of your time.
- If you find you have less than five minutes left and too many questions to answer within that time, begin guessing. Leaving a question unanswered guarantees an incorrect answer. Guessing provides at least a chance of a correct answer.
- If you have time remaining, make sure that your answer sheet shows that you have answered the correct number of questions. It is not uncommon to skip a line on an answer sheet and find that there is one more or one less answer than is necessary. This is easily corrected if it is noticed in time.
- Ask questions immediately if you are unable to hear or understand any of the directions.
- Determine if you will be allowed to mark in your testing materials, if scratch paper is allowed, or if all work must be done in your head.
- Use basic testing strategies. Begin by answering all the questions for which you feel confident about the answer. Then, in your remaining time, go back to the more difficult questions and eliminate all the answers choices you know are wrong. Then, make the best possible choice from the answer choices that are remaining.
- Use the answer sheet carefully. Most questions on law enforcement exams are presented in a multiple-choice format with four possible answers. A sample answer sheet used to mark responses to multiple-choice questions has been provided for you to review. Remember to fill in the answer circle completely without going outside the lines. These forms are graded by a machine that may misread answers if the circle is not completely filled in, or if stray marks go outside an answer circle.
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Great things are happening in Poudre School District schools including Blevins Middle School students tie-dying with Olander Elementary first-graders, several schools participating in Cans Around the Oval, and third-graders receiving dictionaries from the Rotary club. Read about them below!
The rotary clubs have been distributing the dictionaries all fall in support of literacy in the Fort Collins. Rotary began the dictionary program as a pilot program in 2006. The program now includes all third-graders in the PSD area, including charter and private schools, as well as home-schooled children. This rotary clubs Club sell fresh Colorado peaches to pay for the dictionaries.
First-graders at Olander Elementary School of Project-Based Learning and seventh- graders at Blevins Middle School recently worked together on an educational tie-dying activity.
The seventh- graders, who are studying chemistry, and the first-graders, who are studying solids/liquids/gases, became buddies and wrote letters to each other. When first-graders visited Blevins, the seventh- graders taught them how to tie-dye and they ate lunch together. Students improved their science skills while also learning about each other, relationships and communication. One seventh-grader said, "My first grade buddy brought out my inner child and it was so fun to work with her." The buses used for transporting the students were generously funded through a grant from the Bohemian Foundation.
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Latin American Studies
Contact: Carlos Delgado
Scope of Collection
The Latin American materials of the University of California, Berkeley Library System are among the richest collections of retrospective, contemporary and documentary materials in the United States. They consist of approximately 450,000 bound volumes and 800 current serials subscriptions. The collections are housed in the Bancroft Library, the Doe Library and some forty specialized libraries.
We acquire for Doe Library in the humanities and social sciences. Particularly language, literature, history, sociology, political sciences, marginalized groups, and indigenous populations, development studies. We strive to acquire at the research level in these areas for the countries we are responsible for as per our cooperative agreements; Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, and Puerto Rico. For all others we are creating strong study collections.
We have a strong 20th Century Argentine collection including both monographs and serials. We have strong serial collections for Peru, Ecuador, and Puerto Rico and overall for titles up to the 1970s.
Primary Languages and Formats
Spanish and Portuguese (Brazil).
The Hubert Howe Bancroft Library provides an early focus for Latin American acquisitions. Bancroft's writings covered Pre-Colombian indigenous populations to the modern societies of his times. The collection contains all forms of primary and secondary sources.
For information about research tools, library guides, and related pages, see Latin American Studies.
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A colonoscopy (also called a lower endoscopy) is a test that allows the doctor to look inside the colon and rectum. A sigmoidoscopy is a shorter version of this test that only includes the sigmoid colon (lower part of the colon) and rectum. The doctor may perform a biopsy (take tissue samples), and check for polyps (tissue growths) or bleeding. A colonoscopy takes about 60 minutes. A sigmoidoscopy takes about 30 minutes.
Your child’s colon may need to be cleaned out before the test. Follow any instructions given by the doctor. These may include:
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Is allergic to any medication, sedative, or anesthesia.
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A colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy is performed by a doctor in an office, testing center, or hospital.
You can stay with your child in the testing room until your child falls asleep or the test begins.
Your child is given a pain reliever and a sedative (medication that makes your child relax or sleep). This is done through an intravenous (IV) line. Or, your child is given anesthesia (medication that makes your child sleep) by facemask or IV. A trained nurse or anesthesiologist helps with this process and also monitors your child. Special equipment is used to check your child’s heart rate, blood pressure, and blood oxygen levels. Sigmoidoscopy usually doesn’t require your child to be sedated.
The doctor inserts a colonoscope or sigmoidoscope into your child’s rectum and colon. This is a long, flexible tube with a camera and a light at the end. During a sigmoidoscopy, the scope will only advance through the sigmoid colon.
Air is pushed through the scope to expand your child’s lower GI tract. Water may also be used to clean the colon.
Images of your child’s colon are viewed on a screen as the scope advances.
The doctor may take tissue samples and remove any polyps that are found.
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The doctor may discuss early results with you after the test. You’re given complete results when they’re ready.
You can help your child by preparing him or her in advance. How you do this depends on your child’s needs.
Explain that the doctor will be testing the colon and rectum. Use brief and simple terms to describe the test. Younger children have shorter attention spans, so do this shortly before the test. Older children can be given more time to understand the test in advance.
As best you can, describe how the test will feel. An IV may be inserted into the arm to give medications. This may cause a brief sting. Your child won’t feel anything once the medications take effect.
Allow your child to ask questions.
Use play when helpful. This can involve role-playing with a child’s favorite toy or object. It may help older children to see pictures of what happens during the test.
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Description: Interview with Oral interview with Hermi Salas, a U. S. Marine during World War II. Salas was assigned to the Third Marine Division and was present for the invasion of Guam in the Mariana Islands. He was wounded on Guam and evacuated to a hospital ship, the USS Solace. He also participated in the Iwo Jima landings. After a few weeks at Iwo Jima, Salas was wounded again and placed aboard the USS Solace. He discusses his experiences in the hospital recovering from the wounds he received in the Battle of Iwo Jima. Eventually, he made his way back to San Antonio. He also discusses a brief leave at home before he reported to prison guard duty in Corpus Christi. Upon being discharged after the war, Salas went to radio school and worked at Kelly Air Force Base in the Civil Service.
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“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart; and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.”
The Shema is the great prayer of the Jews. It is written upon the doorposts of Jewish homes and recited countless times by Jewish lips. It is the prayer of the Bible to the Jewish mind.
We would do well to learn from the Jews. To the devout, Judaism is seen as a halakah, a way of life. Being a Jew has an effect on what you eat, how you dress, and how you spend your Friday nights. It permeates your whole life. To be a good Jew is to pray at least four times a day: when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you arise. To be a good Jew is to teach the faith to your children.
This is also what it should mean to be a Christian: to live completely differently than others do, not in order to be weird or different, but to be faithful. We should eat differently when we fast. We should dress differently because we are modest. We should spend our time differently because we value the things of God more than the things of this world. We should be people of prayer and we should make sure we pass this on to our children.
For us, Christianity must be a halakah, a way of life, if it is to be something other than a religious position or an intellectual pursuit.
For some, Christianity is a religious position. It is a club that they are members of, a social gathering. Such people define themselves as religious because they come to church regularly and are actively involved. But the Christian faith is more than just going to church. The test of real Christianity is not how often one goes to church, but what one does when not in church.
There is an assumption often made that people who are theologically inclined are also spiritual. But theology and piety are different things. There are many theologians who are not men of prayer. Scholarship and devotion do not necessarily go together. The biggest difference between a theologian and a nontheologian is that the former has no excuse for his lack of devotion. He should know better. Those of us who have an intellectual bent do well to remember that there will not be a written entrance exam given at the gates of heaven. Thus, although piety and theology should go hand in hand, it is far better to be a pious nonscholar than an impious theologian. Christianity must affect the way we live, not just the things we think about.
The extent to which we see Christianity as a halakah is the extent to which it will be passed on to our children. Fidelity to a Christian life as opposed to an American life (or British life or German life or Italian life or Russian life or Greek life) is the measure to which our faith has roots. A Christian life and an American life, for example, need not be completely different, but in those areas where the Christian halakah and the normal life of our culture lie in opposition, we must cognizantly choose the Christian way. Our primary allegiance must be to Christ. Our children must identify themselves as Christians first. They must learn that there are some things they must not do because they are a people set apart. And there are things that they must do because they are members of the kingdom of heaven. In many ways, they (and we) need to be obviously different. And if we are not different, if we do not wrestle with being out of step with our neighbors, then we probably do not have a Christian halakah. We should reflect on these things when we sit by the TV, when we walk to school, when we go into our bedrooms, and when we arise.
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A treatment model designed to accommodate the beliefs and concerns of Chinese immigrants increased the percentage of depressed patients entering treatment nearly sevenfold.
Culturally sensitive treatment model helps bring depressed Chinese immigrants into treatment
Understanding patients' beliefs and attitudes allows clinicians to address misconceptions, stigma
A treatment model designed to accommodate the beliefs and concerns of Chinese immigrants appears to significantly improve the recognition and treatment of major depression in this typically underserved group. In a report in the December American Journal of Public Health, a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team describes how their model for screening and assessing patients for depression in a primary care setting increased the percentage of depressed patients entering treatment nearly sevenfold.
"Ours is the first study to incorporate a culturally sensitive interview into a collaborative care model in order to address disparities in mental illness treatment among ethnic minorities in primary care," says Albert Yeung, ScD, MD, of the MGH Department of Psychiatry, lead author of the AJPH report. "The model appears to be a promising way to treat this population, which highly underutilizes mental health services."
Yeung and his co-authors note that, while major depression is just as common among Asian Americans as in the overall U.S. population, a lack of familiarity with mental illness and a cultural stigma against psychiatric disorders lead to most cases of depression among Asian Americans going unrecognized and untreated. Language barriers, a tendency to seek medical care for physical symptoms only, and lack of cultural sensitivity among health care providers can further exacerbate the disparity.
To overcome these barriers, the MGH team devised a culturally sensitive collaborative treatment model that incorporates systematic depression screening at all primary care visits, contacting those who screened positive for depression to recommend assessment, and an assessment protocol designed to explore patients' cultural beliefs. Patient who chose to enter treatment received either usual care or care management, which included regular telephone contact with a care manager along with depression treatment by a primary care physician, psychologist or psychiatrist.
The study tested this model among patients of the South Cove Community Health Center in Boston's Chinatown, where Yeung is on staff. Completion of a bilingual health questionnaire has been part of routine primary care at the health center for over a decade, and the research team reviewed screening results for 4,228 adult Chinese immigrants who came to South Cove for primary care visits between late 2004 and early 2007. The almost 300 patients who screened positive for depression were contacted within two weeks of their screening by investigators, who informed patients of their results, told them about the study and recommended more focused psychiatric assessment.
While more than half the contacted patients declined further treatment, 122 came in for the assessment. In addition to a standard survey of depression symptoms, the assessment asked participants how they would describe their symptoms, what they believed caused them, how symptoms affected their daily lives, and what they hoped that treatment would accomplish. Based on participants' answers, the assessing clinicians were able to communicate information about depression in more comprehensible ways, using the participants’ language and illness beliefs. Of the 104 participants whose depression diagnosis was confirmed in the assessment, 100 agreed to enter treatment – 96 percent of those with a confirmed diagnosis and 43 percent of those who had screened positive on the original questionnaire. Prior to this study, only 6.5 percent of South Cove patients with a positive depression screening result entered treatment.
Participants – who could choose to receive treatment from their primary care physician or from a psychiatrist or other therapist at the health center – were randomized to receive either usual depression care or care management. At the end of the 24-week study period, more than half the participants in both treatment groups had symptom improvement rates as good or better that those reported by several large-scale depression treatment studies. While there were no significant differences in response between the usual and managed care groups, the authors believe that could be explained by the high percentages of both groups who chose to receive care from South-Cove-based psychiatrists.
"Our model appears to be very promising, but it needs to be tested at other centers," says Yeung, an assistant professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "Similar models could be designed and tested to help other minority populations who have cultural barriers that prevent receiving mental health services." Additional co-authors of the AJPH report are Irene Shyu, Lauren Fisher, Shirley Wu, MD, Huaiyu Yang, MD, MPA, and senior author Maurizio Fava, MD, all of MGH Psychiatry. The study was supported by a grant from the National Institute for Mental Health.
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Did a perfectly-timed volcanic eruption temporarily raise a crashing salmon run from the dead? That is the question posed in a short opinion paper by Timothy Parsons and Frank Whitney, both of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, in the current issue of Fisheries Oceanography. The salmon in question are the sockeye (Oncorhynchus nerka) of the Fraser River, which flows out of the mountains into the Salish Sea near Vancouver, BC. Fewer and fewer sockeye have been returning to the Fraser over the past two decades, reaching an all-time low of 1.7 million fish in 2009. The reasons for this decline aren’t totally clear, but probably involve a variety of stressors, from development and agriculture in the watershed to diseases and parasites from salmon aquaculture pens.
Then, in 2010, the fish came back, with a vengeance. Some 34 million of them. More than ever before in the 60 years we’ve been keeping count. And no one had a clue why. It was a topic of bewildered conversation that fall in the UW Fisheries department—and if the salmon nerds at the UW were bewildered, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone anywhere who wasn’t. The next year, the number of returning salmon dropped back down to around 6 million. This year’s forecast [pdf] isn’t great either.
So what gives? To understand Parson and Whitney’s volcanic hypothesis, you have to understand a few important features of the salmon life cycle, and by extension, facts about salmon research. Salmon, of course, swim up rivers to spawn in fresh water. Large fish swimming up a relatively narrow, shallow passage are, as far as fish go, pretty easy to count. In the case of sockeye, they are even bright red when they do it.
Going the other way is a different story. Young salmon are small, inconspicuous, and numerous. After a short period rearing in their natal river, they swim downstream and enter the ocean where, for all practical purposes, they disappear. Most will die quickly and unceremoniously, eaten by predators or starved by the absence of food in an unpredictable ocean. But a tiny fraction will grow rapidly into adults, and the size of that fraction is incredibly important. For example, survival rates of 2% and 0.5% are both tiny, but they differ by a factor of four—that is, the difference between 6 million and 24 million adults. That fraction is also very difficult to predict. Salmon scientists often refer to the ocean as the “black box:” smolts go in, and adults come out, but what happens inside is largely inscrutable.
Food availability is almost surely a major factor influencing juvenile survival, and in the ocean, all food depends on phytoplankton, which in turn depend on dissolved nutrients in the water. Nitrogen and Phosphorus (N and P) are the most important, but are not always sufficient to fuel blooms. Many areas in the ocean have abundant N and P, but not much green growth. These are known as high-nitrogen, low-chlorophyll (HNLC) areas. The explanation is a lack of “micronutrients” like iron, which, though not needed in quantities as large as N and P, are critical for some cell processes and can thus limit phytoplankton growth. The Gulf of Alaska is one such area.
This is where the 2008 eruption of Mt. Kasatochi, a small volcanic island in the Aleutian chain, comes in. The eruption spewed a plume of ash out over the Gulf of Alaska, which supplied the necessary iron to the surface ocean and triggered a huge phytoplankton bloom. Check out these satellite pictures, which show chlorophyll the Gulf in 2007 and then 2008, along with Kasatochi’s ash plume:
In addition, that bloom was dominated by large phytoplankton called diatoms, instead of the small dinoflagellates that are more common in the Gulf. Large algae meant that the primary production didn’t have to go through as long a food chain to get to the zooplankton that juvenile salmon prey on. Large zooplankton could eat those fat, juicy diatoms directly, instead of having to eat smaller zooplankton that had eaten protists that had eaten dinoflagellates. Since only 10% (as a rough rule of thumb) of the original energy makes it through each link up the food chain, the presence of diatoms potentially made the trophic transfer much more efficient by shortening the chain.
That big bloom of diatoms is the heart of Parsons and Whitney’s speculation–that more food was potentially made available to juvenile salmon at a critical moment in their life history. Many more from this year class survived, and returned triumphantly to the Fraser two years later. It’s important to note that this paper is opinion, not definitive research. While the volcano’s effect in triggering the bloom is well-documented, the subsequent effects on salmon are not at all. There’s anecdotal evidence that a similar eruption-salmon explosion happened in Kamchatka once in the 1950′s, but these kinds of events are rare and (for obvious reasons) difficult to study. Still, a really interesting hypothesis…I wonder how it might be tested with some kind of rigor the next time there’s a volcanic eruption in the North Pacific? And more immediately, how might we best incorporate the possibility of large, rare, unpredictable anomalies like this into our fishery management?
T. Parsons, & F. Whitney (2012). Did volcanic ash from Mt. Kasatoshi in 2008 contribute to a phenomenal increase in Fraser River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in 2010? Fisheries Oceanography DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2419.2012.00630.x
R. Hamme, P. Webley, W. Crawford, & et al. (2010). Volcanic ash fuels anomalous plankton bloom in subarctic northeast Pacific Geophysical Research Letters (37) DOI: 10.1029/2010GL044629
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The story of Ishmael is a warning not to build your ministry according to the flesh.
Fresh statements of old truth are always needed. Without them people will read error.
Something tremendous is at stake in the practical unity of love in the body of Christ.
God’s tenderness towards the lowly is rooted in his transcendent self-sufficiency.
Ideas have consequences.
Even inside perfection, there is good, better, and best. And understanding this will help us love as we ought.
If the mailman brings you a love letter from your fiancé, don’t fall in love with the mailman.
God is not a passive participant in a world that exists without his sustaining it. Wherever he is looking, he is acting.
Abraham Lincoln’s marriage was a mess, but accepting the pain brought deep strength in the long run.
If we love people, we will be like William Wilberforce and spend time thinking about how to point them to Jesus.
Your agonizing, unplanned detour is not a waste—not if you look to the Lord for his unexpected work, and do what you must do in his name.
10 ways Jesus related to the poor.
Announcing the adoption of John and Noël's fifth child and first daughter.
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Hepatitis C Symptoms and Causes
Hepatitis C Description
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver that sometimes causes permanent damage. Hepatitis C (known as HCV and once called non-A, non-B hepatitis) is a liver disease caused by a recently identified blood-borne virus. Discovered in 1989, this strain of acute viral hepatitis causes approximately 20,000 new infections in the US each year.
Recovery from this infection is rare – about 75 to 85 percent of infected persons become chronic carriers of the virus. Approximately 20 percent of people infected with hepatitis C virus will become sick with jaundice or other symptoms of hepatitis. Sixty to 70 percent of these individuals may go on to develop chronic liver disease.
Hepatitis C Symptoms
The following are the most common hepatitis C symptoms; however, each individual may experience symptoms differently.
- Loss of appetite
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Hepatitis C Causes
Transmission of hepatitis C occurs primarily from contact with infected blood, but can also occur from sexual contact or from an infected mother to her baby. Blood transfusions prior to 1992 and the use of shared needles are other significant causes of the spread of hepatitis C.
Chronic liver disease due to hepatitis C causes between 8,000 and 10,000 deaths and is the leading indication for liver transplantation each year in the United States. By the year 2010, the number of deaths from hepatitis C is expected to rise to 38,000 each year.
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Trained as an army officer early in his life, Modest Mussorgsky belonged to Mighty Five, a group of five Russian nationalist composers. Many of Mussorgsky’s compositions remained unfinished at the time of his death. Mussorgsky carried an enormous influence on the generations of Russian and European composers. Rimsky-Korsakov completed many of Mussorgsky’s creations after the composer’s death.
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Apple’s North Carolina data center isn’t online, but it’s already the world’s dirtiest. Like all previous Greenpeace media grabs, this latest report is based on estimates, which is a polite way of saying that they’re guessing. That said, who could’ve guessed that they would name the company most likely to attract headlines as the biggest polluter?
I live in Pennsylvania, which is a big coal producer. Every so many miles along the interstate, you will see a billboard advertising “clean coal,” which I snort in derision at.
It’s not that cleaner coal isn’t possible. It’s more the case that it simply doesn’t exist right now — vaporware.
I have a similar level of contempt for Greenpeace and their specific brand of “we assume you’re stupid” pronouncements.
Shock and awe
According to Greenpeace, Apple’s new North Carolina data center uses enough electricity to power 80,000 homes. Moreover, the site’s power provider gets its electricity mostly from coal (62 percent) and nuclear (32 percent), which from the group’s perspective is 94 percent dirty.
“Consumers want to know that when they upload a video or change their Facebook status that they are not contributing to global warming or future Fukushimas,” says Gary Cook, the author of Greenpeace’s “How dirty is your data.”
What a pile of crap. Greenpeace is manifesting the issue and attempting to shape the question even before it’s asked, assuming it ever would be.
Thereupon, yes, the coal industry kills people every day, tens of thousands every year. Yet, as energy goes, it’s incredibly cheap (measured in dollars per kilowatt) and has deep, foundational roots in economies around the world.
However, even if you include all of the people killed by atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear is far less deadly than coal. Less deadly than even if you reckon world nuclear against coal in China only.
And, though you could be forgiven for believing otherwise, no one’s died of radiation or related causes as a result of the Fukushima mess. Not one.
Progressively less believable
The report estimated [Ed—How?] dependence on coal for Apple’s data centers at 54.5 percent, followed by Facebook at 53.2 percent, IBM at 51.6 percent, HP at 49.4 percent, and Twitter at 42.5 percent.
The guestimated difference (based on guestimated data) between Apple, Facebook and IBM is less than 3 percent and still we get the headline “Apple named ‘least green’ tech company” from the Guardian. And, in case you’ve forgotten, Apple’s big new North Carolina data center — the premise behind that headline — hasn’t opened for business.
Additionally, there’s no guestimate of who’s pumping the most data and thereby creating the most pollution. This begs the question, “Where the heck is Akamai” in Greenpeace’s so-called data?”
Akamai serves massive amounts of data (i.e. streamed audio and video) and they’re not included? As to why, the obvious answer is the Akamai brand has just about zero headline generating potential.
Next, data center data is dirty compared to what? Pressing music, movies and TV shows to plastic disks, transporting, warehousing, retailing and then landfilling them?
Whereas the agitprop group waffles and wanes on the very real and measurable benefits of “dematerialization” (their word for moving from atoms to bits), Guardian did dig up the End-Use Forecasting Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory which says that data center music-movies-etc reduce emissions by 40 to 80 percent.
How dirty is your data — filthy if you’re getting it on disk.
Quibbling over crumbs
And, how much energy do data centers use? Two percent or less of current world supply.
So, data centers are highly efficient vis-a-vis the energy uses they replace, represent a very small fraction of current energy use and still Greenpeace thinks it appropriate to piss on about, in the larger view, infinitesimal details.
What are they going on about then? Well, check out the headlines attached to this story — it’s all about whoring Apple’s good name…
What’s your take?
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When a Mexican SWAT team stopped a stolen Cadillac van in the border city of Piedras Negras, it was not a surprise when they were greeted by a tirade of bullets as the criminals blasted and ran. But after they kicked open the trunk, the officers realized they could have been victims of more catastrophic firepower. The gunmen had been in possession of an arsenal of weapons that included three Soviet-made antitank rockets complete with an RPG-7 shoulder-fired launcher. If the criminals had got a rocket off, they could easily have blown the SWAT vehicle to pieces. RPG-7s can also take out helicopters and were used in the Black Hawk Down episode in Somalia in 1993.
The rockets, found on Saturday, are part of an increasingly destructive array of weaponry wielded by Mexican drug cartels, like the feared Zetas, in reaction to attacks on them by police and soldiers. While security forces have taken down several key cartel bosses this year, gunmen have struck back, setting off five car bombs, hundreds of fragmentation grenades and several shoulder-fired rockets. Soldiers even seized one homemade three-ton tank with a revolving gun turret. When Mexican marines on Oct. 7 claimed to have killed Zetas leader Heriberto Lazcano, he was also alleged to be found with an RPG-7. (Lazcano’s corpse was stolen from the morgue, and the Zetas are now believed to be led by his No. 2, Miguel Treviño.)
The shoulder-fired rockets cause particular worry because of their range and explosive power. Mexican dignitaries often move in helicopters with the army flying Black Hawks supplied by the U.S. under the Mérida Initiative. “The RPG-7 is a weapon that causes incredible devastation from Iraq to Afghanistan,” says Rachel Stohl, an expert on arms proliferation at the Stimson Center in Washington. “When they fall into the hands of criminal groups, it changes the dynamics and escalates the conflict. Instead of just a gunfight on a street, you have military firepower.”
Combatants normally use RPG-7 rockets to target nearby vehicles, but they can reach up to 3,000 ft. (900 m) and are sometimes wielded as a form of artillery, scattering shrapnel at anyone close by. Those fearing spillover were quick to note that gunmen in Piedras Negras could potentially fire a rocket over the Rio Grande into the neighboring U.S. city of Eagle Pass. There have been sporadic gunfights across the river over the years, with gunmen recently firing at U.S. Border Patrol agents near the Texas town of Los Ebanos. (More often, Mexicans have been the victims, like when Border Patrol agents shot dead a 16-year-old boy in Sonora state this month.)
The gun trade has been a long-running bone of contention over the Rio Grande, with Mexico complaining that most of the firearms used by cartel assassins are purchased from U.S. stores. Of almost 100,000 guns seized at Mexican crime scenes since 2007, 68% have been traced to the U.S. The U.S. gun lobby argues that heavier weapons such as the Soviet rockets and fragmentation grenades come from the other direction, smuggled from Central America. Thousands of RPG-7s were used by all sides in the region’s Cold War conflicts in the 1980s. Since then, gangs have stolen many from lingering stockpiles in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras to sell them on the black market. The Honduran government reports that it lost 22 RPG-7s and several rockets in a single 2010 theft. On a visit to Honduras earlier this year, a senior police officer said he had intelligence of Zeta operatives going to the capital, Tegucigalpa, to buy hardware.
When groups like the Zetas wield rockets and tanks, some pundits question whether they should continue to be labeled as drug traffickers — or need a more martial description. The cartel was founded in 1998 by 14 Mexican army defectors, and they carried their battle tactics into the crime world. “The Zetas are a criminal paramilitary organization that is spreading through Mexico and Central America like the bubonic plague,” says Mike Vigil, former head of international operations for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
The Zetas have used their firepower to make their stronghold in northeast Mexico, by the Rio Grande Valley, the country’s most violent corner. While other regions, like the area around Ciudad Juárez, have seen significant decreases in murders since 2010, Coahuila state, home to Piedras Negras, has witnessed its bloodiest year on record, with more than 640 gangland killings; neighboring Nuevo León has recorded over 1,000 such deaths since January. In total, almost 60,000 people have fallen in drug-related violence since President Felipe Calderón took power in 2006 and declared a military offensive on cartels. In the same period, 25 of Mexico’s 37 most wanted cartel bosses have been killed or arrested.
The buildup of cartel weaponry could also be a problem for incoming President Enrique Peña Nieto when he takes office in December. Peña Nieto, who returns the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, to power after 12 years in the wilderness, has promised to halve the number of homicides in Mexico in his first year. While all applaud the target, Peña Nieto has given little concrete information about how he will achieve the goal. When Zeta squads roam the countryside with RPG-7s, some say Peña Nieto could be forced to continue a military line similar to Calderón’s. “There will probably be a change in rhetoric,” says political analyst Jorge Chabat, “but there is a little room for maneuver in tactics.”
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Kit lens is a lens that is sold in conjunction with a camera body. When the package is sold, the total price of the two (body + kit lens cameras) would be cheaper than when purchased separately. Though the kit lens has a lot of restrictions (such as image quality and the quality of the lens material itself), for those of you who have a limited budget, the combination of camera body + lens kit is a very attractive option because it is more efficient.
Before going any further, if you are fairly unfamiliar with the terms used in Nikon lenses. Here are some options for Nikon DSLR kit lens (which has certainly protest Canon, Nikon why?
1. AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR
This lens is a kind of super-zoom lens focal length judging from the range on offer. Introduced in 2008 and sold bundled with the camera body Nikon D90, Nikon D7000 and Nikon D5100 and Nikon D3200, but can also be purchased separately.
These lenses are already using vibration reduction to reduce shake. To reduce the chromatic aberration (what’s that?), He has been using the technology of ED (extra low dispersion). Autofocus is also relatively quite fast thanks to the use of silent wave motor (SWM). This lens is a lens with a DX format, so it is only compatible with a crop camera (when used on a full frame camera, the resulting image will arise vignetting).
If for Nikon lens options we are relatively few, Canon provides a variation kit lens quite a lot. Here are some of his kit lens options:
1. Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
This popular kit lenses are usually sold with the camera body EOS 600D, 650D and 60D and has experienced three changes. When the purchased package, this lens is priced very cheap.
These lenses are cheap and although the picture quality is limited and the quality of ordinary material, but has a decent feature. Equipped with an image stabilizer which saves 4 stop exposure and has mfd quite short, about 25cm.
DPReview lens called this version much better than the previous generation and features of its IS function very well, so overall function as a basic kit lens is very satisfied.
2. Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
Super-zoom lens is usually offered a package with the camera body EOS 600D, 60D and 7D. This lens had upgraded to the latest version with the STM (stepping motor). Canon claimed STM can improve the capacity and speed of autofocus and more silent.
Photozone claims that this lens is much better than the kit lens 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS, has autofocus is quite good but you should use a wide aperture avoided because the results are quite soft.
3. Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
These lenses are used typically sold bundled with a Canon EOS 60D camera body. In quality, this lens is better than the 18-55mm kit lens,
4. Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
The kit lens is usually sold bundled with the Canon EOS 7D.
The kit lens is acknowledged to have optical and mechanical performance is excellent as a kit lens. CameraLabs call this lens as a multi-purpose lens for owners of high-quality crop camera. Ken Rockwell mentioned that the lens is sharp, did not disappoint and perhaps bokeh.
5. Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Maybe this is the only lens series L (luxury) is used as the kit lens). The lens is sold with a full frame camera body Canon EOS 5D mark II.
As the L series lenses, this lens has good optical quality and the quality of the material is very strong. Luminous Landscape calling this lens a lens that is very practical and capable. Photozone wrote that this lens is very impressive and the resolution is also very good.
Reproduction ratio or also known as the magnification ratio (magnification) is one of the most important features of a macro lens.
Before going any further, there is one fundamental question we should answer. What distinguishes a regular lens with a special macro lens? Macro lenses can be used from a distance shooting super close. Macro lens is designed to be the front end of the lens as if it approached the subject of the photo attached. That way, the minimum focusing distance macro lens can be very minimal and in the end, the photo appears to be very large (magnification) by utilizing the properties of optical magnification.
Magnification Ratio 1:1
The majority of the macro lens is designed to give us a 1:1 magnification ratio. Usually a 1:1 ratio is also referred to as life size. While the lens with a ratio of 1:2 is referred to as half-life size. Reach 1:1 ratio when the front end of the lens to the subject of the photo is a minimum specification minimum focusing distance. Magnification ratio and minimum focusing distance can be found at the lens specifications, so make sure you look at the specs before buying a macro lens (and any other things). Continue reading
Often after buying a good digital camera slr or point & shoot, we are fixated on auto mode for longer periods of time. Auto mode is the most convenient and fast, but does not give satisfaction creativity.
For those who want to “pass and a grade” of the auto mode and want distribute creative spirit into the resulting photographs, it helps us understand the concept of exposure. Famous photographer, Bryan Peterson, has written a book titled Understanding Exposure which described therein eskposur concepts easily.
Peterson member illustration of three elements that must be known to understand the exposure, he named the three as a triangle relationship Photography. Each element in the triangle of photography is dealing with light, how light enters and interacts with the camera.
By the definition of ISO is a measure of the level of the camera sensor sensitivity to light. The higher the ISO setting, the more sensitive we to the sensor light.
To get a clear picture on our camera ISO setting (ASA in the case of photographic film), think about a bee community.
An ISO is a worker bee. If I set the camera at ISO 100, which means I have 100 worker bees.
And if my camera set at ISO 200 means I have 200 worker bees.
Is the duty of every worker bees collect the light coming through the lens of a camera and make a picture. If we use the identical lens and aperture together we set at f/3.5, but I set the ISO at 200 while your 100 (think again of worker bees), the picture had who would finish faster? Continue reading
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This week in my App Smart column, I talked about a few karaoke apps that can replicate many of the features of a full-fledged karaoke machine. I also mentioned one app that can help you train your singing voice.
There are, of course, numerous apps that try to help you improve your singing or let you groove to your own rendition of a popular hit.
One interesting app that can help teach you the subtleties of singing in harmonies is the $3 iOS app Sing Harmonies. This app is all about prerecorded adult voices singing harmony parts to well-known songs. The idea is that you can turn the backing music off at will, and also turn off each of the parts separately. In this way, you can learn the harmony parts by copying them individually, and perhaps teach yourself to listen to other singer’s voices when you’re performing. It’s fun and pleasingly simple to use, but $3 only gets you a very short list of songs.
For an app that’s got an element of karaoke, check out the free iOS app StarMaker: Karaoke + Auto Tune. Like other apps of this sort, you have to spend in-app “credits” to access tracks. To add credits, you have to sing songs, perform actions like uploading and sharing your experiences or watch video advertisements. You can also pay, with unlimited access for $3 a week. When you are singing each track from this app’s impressively up-to-date archive, it scores how well you’ve performed by analyzing your voice. Thus, the Starmaker may help you be a better singer — or at least a better karaoke performer. That is, if you don’t turn on the auto-tune system, which automatically fixes the notes you sing!
For a bit of musical fun, singers may enjoy the free Android app Pitch Lab Pro–Chromatic Tuner. In part, this is an app aimed at helping you tune an instrument like a guitar. But its core function of listening to an input sound and reporting what musical note that sound matches may also be good for training your singing. To do this, it has an array of different graphical visualizations that show the note you are singing — including how accurately you’re hitting the right frequency.
Remember that for many singing apps, the microphone built into your smartphone or tablet might not be the best option; plugging in a dedicated microphone or your hands-free set could yield better results.
Runkeeper is one of the better apps for helping runners, cyclists and walkers keep track of their exercise regimes. It’s just been upgraded to version 3.0 for Android devices, complete with a more highly polished new look and extra features like in-activity splits.
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Introduction by Gilad Atzmon:
According to Norman Finkelstein, American Jews fall out of love with Israel? In this BBC Hardtalk exchange he argues that they are now so unhappy with what Israel is doing that they want to distance them from the country.
But is Finkelstein telling the truth here? I think that he is dead wrong! Diaspora Jews are actually more attached to their tribal identity than ever. For the time being, Israel is the one and only Jewish secular symbolic identifier (culturally, spiritually and nationally). Even the so-called Jewish ‘anti’ Zionists identify collectively with Israel by the means of negation. Israel is at the heart of the Jewish collective universe. Most Jews feel strong affinity towards the 'Jewish State' and just a very few claim to oppose it.
I would argue that for Jews to move away from Israel or Zionism a new Jerusalem is needed, I don’t see it happening voluntarily.
The Wandering Who? A Study Of Jewish Identity Politics
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Underage drinking is a serious problem in North Carolina. According to a survey conducted by the Center for Disease Control, approximately 341,000 underage consumers drink alcohol each year in North Carolina. In fact, there were 41 traffic fatalities associated with underage drinking in 2009 alone and nearly 1,700 nonfatal traffic injuries. Underage drinking also has been estimated to cost the citizens of North Carolina nearly $1.5 billion in medical care, lost work and pain and suffering.
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In late April 1917 the War Cabinet discussed the 'convoy controversy'. On 23 April Prime Minister David Lloyd George pressed for the introduction of convoys for merchant vessels but the First Sea Lord resisted the measure and was instructed to make another report to the War Cabinet. When Lord Jellicoe made the report on the submarine menace at the next Cabinet, there was no mention of convoy as a possible antidote to the U-boat attacks.
The War Cabinet felt they did not have sufficient information to make informed decisions. It was therefore decided on 25 April 1917 that the Prime Minister formally visit the Admiralty to conduct his own investigation. Between 26 April and Lloyd George's visit on 30 April, the Admiralty decided convoys would be given a thorough trial and their structure re-organised.
The British encountered problems introducing convoys on a large scale. Availability of suitable escort vessels to protect the merchantmen was seen as a considerable problem. The Admiralty and War Cabinet hoped that the US Navy would be able to assist.
Due to convoying merchant vessel losses rapidly decreased, reducing the pressure on food supply and imports. The most important domestic and political consequence was the loss of confidence in Lord Jellicoe as First Sea Lord and Sir Edward Carson as First Lord of the Admiralty. Geddes replaced Carson on 20 July 1917 while Lord Jellicoe was dismissed on Christmas Eve 1917. He was succeeded by his deputy Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss.
Other means of preventing German submarines attacking Allied and neutral shipping were put before the Cabinet; most notably the plans to close the German bases in Ostend and Zeebrugge with block-ships in 1918.
Up to the very end of hostilities, the activity of German submarines attracted War Cabinet interest. Aspects of the naval war that were put before the War Cabinet, either for discussion or for their information, lacked the excitement of fleet to fleet encounters like Jutland. Instead, the war at sea in this period was a war of attrition - similar to the land war on the Western Front.
One of the things demonstrated by Jutland was that the southern North Sea had been turned into a maritime no-man's land for traditional battle fleets by mines and submarines. The impact of the sea war in 1917 and 1918 was the direct fallout from Jutland and it continued to influence the Royal Navy even after the fighting had stopped.
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Dec. 12, 2012 There is no strong evidence to back the use of cannabis extract in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), concludes a review of the available evidence on the first licensed preparation, published in the December issue of Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB).
Sativex, in the form of a mouth spray, contains the principal extracts -- dronabinol and cannabidiol -- found in the leaf and flower of the cannabis plant. It is the first cannabinoid preparation to be licensed for use in the treatment of muscle spasms in MS.
MS is estimated to affect around 60,000 people in England and Wales, and around one in every 1000 people will develop the condition in the UK.
An increase in muscle tone, or spasticity is a common symptom of the condition, causing involuntary spasms, immobility, disturbed sleep, and pain.
Complex combinations of drugs are sometimes needed to manage spasticity, but they don't work that well and have a range of unpleasant side effects.
Sativex is intended for use as a second line treatment in patients in whom these other options have failed. But the DTB review found that the trial data on which the success of Sativex is based, are limited.
Overall, the trials, on which the drug's approval was based, did show a small difference in the numbers of patients who in whom symptoms abated compared with those taking a dummy (placebo) preparation.
But in many of these studies, Sativex was used for relatively short periods -- from six weeks to four months. And none included an active ingredient with which the effects of Sativex could be compared.
Two of the trials included doses that exceeded the 12 daily sprays for which the preparation is licensed. One trial did not have sufficient numbers of participants to validate the results.
A third trial, which was properly designed, and did have sufficient numbers of participants, did not find any significant difference in symptom relief between those who took Sativex and those who didn't.
The preparation is also expensive, notes DTB, and costs around 10 times as much as other drugs used for the secondary treatment of MS muscle spasms.
As yet, the body that advised the NHS on its use of treatments, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has not offered any advice on the use of cannabis extract either, although it is set to do so.
But the DTB review says that the strength of the evidence is insufficient to warrant its routine use. "We believe that such limitations make it difficult to identify the place of this product in clinical practice," it concludes. Commenting on the review, GP and DTB editor, James Cave, said the findings of the review were "disappointing."
"MS is a serious and disabling condition, and it would be great to say that this drug could make a big difference, but the benefit is only modest," he said.
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An electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) is a test
that checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart. An EKG
heart's electrical activity into line tracings on
paper. The spikes and dips in the line tracings are called waves. See a picture
of the EKG components and intervals .
The heart is a muscular pump made
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Why It Is Done
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- Find the cause of symptoms of
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- Check how well
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- Check how well mechanical devices that are implanted in the
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How To Prepare
Many medicines may change the results
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tell you how to take your medicines before you have this test.
Remove all jewelry from your neck, arms, and wrists. Men are usually
bare-chested during the test. Women may often wear a bra, T-shirt, or gown. If
you are wearing stockings, you should take them off. You will be given a cloth
or paper covering to use during the test.
Talk to your doctor
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How It Is Done
An electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) is
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series of tests at a hospital or clinic. EKG equipment is often portable, so
the test can be done almost anywhere. If you are in the hospital, your heart
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During an EKG:
- You will lie on a bed or table. Areas on your
arms, legs, and chest where small metal discs (electrodes) will be placed are
cleaned and may be shaved to provide a clean, smooth surface to attach the
electrode discs. A special EKG paste or small pads soaked in alcohol may be
placed between the electrodes and your skin to improve conduction of the
electrical impulses, but in many cases disposable electrodes are used that do
not require paste or alcohol.
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attached to the skin on each arm and leg and on your chest. These are hooked to a
machine that traces your heart activity onto a paper. If an older machine is
used, the electrodes may be moved at different times during the test to measure
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the procedure, the electrode paste is wiped off.
- You will be asked
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asked to hold your breath. You should not talk during the test.
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The drug Caduet
Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases in modern medicine – is a matter of priority. It’s not a secret that an overwhelming number of deaths happen because of problems with heart or blood vessels. How can this be avoided and how to keep own health?
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By David Adams
MIAMI (Reuters) - Civil rights groups filed a legal challenge on Friday to Florida's controversial effort to purge its voter lists prior to the November presidential election.
"The illegal program to purge eligible voters uses inaccurate information to remove eligible citizens from the voter rolls," said Howard Simon, executive director of the Florida chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Other groups behind the lawsuit include the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and the law firm Weil, Gotshal and Manges.
Supporters of Florida's voter purge, which has been vigorously pursued under Republican Governor Rick Scott, say it is aimed at clearing voter rolls of non-citizens. But critics call it part of long-running Republican effort to deter minorities and the poor, who tend to vote Democratic, from casting ballots.
Florida, which President Barack Obama won by 2.8 percent in 2008, is expected to be a key swing state in the November 6 presidential election.
The U.S. Department of Justice and Florida's Department of Elections are already locked in a dispute over the voter list purge, which is alleged to have misidentified hundreds of possible non-citizens as illegally registered to vote.
The purge requires legally registered voters who have mistakenly been placed on the list to re-verify their citizenship or lose their ability to vote.
The lawsuit argues that far from protecting citizen's voting rights as state officials claim, the purge violates legislation to protect minorities. A disproportionate number of those identified on a state list of 2,700 possible non-citizens are either Hispanic or black.
"This is precisely why Congress has re-enacted, and why we continue to need, the Voting Rights Act - to prevent state officials from interfering with the constitutional rights of minorities," said Simon.
The civil rights groups say they sent a letter to Florida's Secretary of State Ken Detzner on June 1 advising that the voter purge also failed to comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993, which requires that adjustments to voting rolls be done more than 90 days before an election, noting that Florida's primary election is August 14.
NATURALIZED CITIZENS TARGETED
In a letter last week, the Civil Rights Division at the U.S. Department of Justice, warned Florida's secretary of state that the ongoing search for and purging of non-eligible voters in Florida appeared to violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act that protects minorities.
Detzner wrote back saying Florida's actions were consistent with federal voting laws and his pointed comments indicated that Florida had no immediate intention of giving up its voter scrub effort.
"The Florida Department of State has a solemn obligation to ensure the integrity of elections in this state," Detzner wrote.
According to the Miami Herald, Florida's current list of potential non-citizen voters includes many people who are lawful citizens. One voter singled out as suspicious turned out to be a Brooklyn-born World War Two hero with a Bronze Star from the Battle of the Bulge.
The civil rights lawsuit was filed on behalf of two recently naturalized U.S. citizens from the Tampa area, Murat Limage, a Haitian-American, and Pamela Gomez, who is a Dominican-American.
Limage became a naturalized U.S. citizen in October 2010 and registered to vote a month later but was one of those who received written notice from an elections official insisting that he re-verify his citizenship within 30 days or be removed from the voting rolls, the lawsuit states.
The letters were sent to Limage and others by local elections officials at the request of Detzner based on inaccurate and outdated information from the state's database of driver's licenses.
"When I received the letter saying that they had information that I may not be a citizen, I was concerned that someone was taking away my citizenship," Limage said, according to the lawsuit. "I'm an American which means I can vote and that's all I want to do."
The lawsuit notes that five Florida counties are covered by the Voting Rights Act, which stipulates that changes in voting procedure require federal approval. The counties include Hillsborough where Limage is registered.
In addition to being inaccurate and outdated, the state's list sent to local elections offices disproportionately targets Hispanics, the lawsuit states.
It said that of those singled out to prove their citizenship, 61 percent were Hispanic even though only 14 percent of registered Florida voters are Hispanic.
(Reporting by David Adams and Tom Brown; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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Shorewall and Proxmox VE Cluster Configuration
This is a follow up article describing how to use Proxmox VE and Shorewall together. This article focus on using Shorewall within your Proxmox cluster. If you have not read the first article I recommend that you do so, it will aid your understanding with what is going in this one.
Network Layout and Shorewall Configuration
We are going to be using a bridging configuration. This is what Proxmox VE uses with by default. Bridging allows for easy migration of hosts without having to re-configure the firewall each time a machine is migrated.
Proxmox VE does not come with a firewall by default there are several solutions to this problem but the most flexible and robust is integrating the Shorewall firewall. This document assumes a basic knowledge of the Shorewall program and will not cover all of Shorewall capabilities but will give you a good working model to get you started. For more advanced topics check out the Shorewall documentation.
Shorewall will have 3 zones: 1) the fw zone which is the Proxmox host, 2) the net zone which is the Internet and 3) the dmz zone which is where the virtual machines will reside. The hardware just has one network interface card; vmbr0 is a just a bridge interface.
Proxmox VE version 1.1 does not ship with a firewall. This is a bad thing for a production server for obvious reasons. Proxmox VE 2.0 is supposed to ship with firewall support built in. Until that time here is an easy script that you can put on your Proxmox VE box to protect it and the virtual machines running on it, if you so choose. This is based off of http://wiki.openvz.org/Setting_up_an_iptables_firewall but works with KVM machines and tailored to a Proxmox install.
Installation and Usage
I sent this to the centos-virt mailing list today... and thought I'd share it here as well.
I'm a big OpenVZ fanboy. I've sent a few emails on this list that proves that... and I'm sure I've annoyed some people... but be that as it may... I would like to draw everyone on this list's attention to Proxmox VE. What is Proxmox VE?
OpenVZ and KVM are Linux based virtualization programs, both are part of the Proxmox VE distribution. The goal of this article is to provide some knowledge on moving physical machines to virtual containers (OpenVZ) or fully virtualized machines (KVM). This article is not specific to Proxmox VE and the principles outlined and scripts provided should work on "stock" KVM or OpenVZ machines with a few minor changes to path settings.
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In October 2010 I traveled to Ethiopia withSalaamGarage to profile the childbirth injury of Obstetric Fistula. I was touched by the stories that I heard at Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa and by the Ethiopians whom I met. I wondered what solutions might be possible for the women with the saddest stories, especially those whose fistula repair surgeries were not successful. These women have little hope for a viable future.
Our journey to Ethiopia will take you straight into the heart of its people, and most notably its women. Like many other parts of the world, rural women in Ethiopia struggle with heavy burdens and lack of access to basic medical care, education, and financial independence.
My name is Kristie McLean and I traveled with SalaamGarage to Ethiopia six months ago. For me, one of the biggest attractions to SalaamGarage is its focus on raising awareness of social issues and challenging travelers to ACT (rather than just documenting the status quo) to bring about positive change. I am always on the [...]
Author, Veronica Gray’s Note: In November 2010 I traveled to Ethiopia with SalaamGarage. We had been invited to visit the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa. There, I met Alemtsehay Mamo and Engocha Marefia. I had the privilege of these two very remarkable women permitting me to look into the windows of their lives. They [...]
Louise Lakier: Diagnosis Survivor – Images by Louise Lakier Louise Lakier Louise Lakier is a designer, construction manager, and photographer with a passion for sustainable living. Louise was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and currently resides in Seattle. She has enjoyed documenting the construction process on various sites over the years and wants to turn [...]
I first came to Ethiopia with the idea of profiling women who had suffered from an obstetric fistula and were now serving as advocates for other women. Then I stumbled across three men waiting in the parking lot outside of Hamlin Hospital.
Living without clean water, electricity, medical care, or transportation, as 80% of Ethiopia’s population does, is a hard life. It also fosters community sharing, love for one’s neighbor, and a genuine closeness among the people. Technologically-adept city natives should take lessons on social graces from those that live rurally. Many a time, I thought of the sweetness and caring they showed one another and was touched. I am reminded of how far we have gone “within” ourselves as a nation, in the U.S., and away from personal contact.
Veronica Gray and Robert Daly: Window to the Soul of Ethiopia – Images by Veronica Gray & Robert Daily Veronica Gray is a prominent trial lawyer at Nossaman Law Firm in Orange County, California, with over three decades of experience litigating and negotiating employment issues for her clients. She leads the Employment Practice Group. Over [...]
Sarah Henderson-Women of Wax and Gold – Images by Sarah Henderson Sarah Henderson Sarah Henderson focuses her camera and producing skills on global issues of our time: humanity, sustainability, travel, art, and culture. An internationally published photographer, her work for magazines such as Delta SKY, Wallpaper, Edible Portland, Alaska Airlines, Paste, and Zink has opened [...]
Healing Hands of Joy Healing Hands of Joy is a newly formed NGO which assists Ethiopian women who have suffered from childbirth injuries (mainly obstetric fistula) in reintegrating back into their communities. It was founded by Allison Shigo, who co-produced the Emmy award winning documentary on obstetric fistula (“A Walk to Beautiful”, 2007). The center [...]
Jonathan Hanson: School for Midwives – Images by Jonathan Hanson Jonathan Hanson Jonathan Hanson has been based in Baltimore for the past three years after spending close to a year between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where he worked for the Santa Fe Workshops. While in Mexico, he studied Spanish [...]
At age 20, both “Kedija” and “Robe” lost a baby in childbirth due to inadequate health care. Thanks to missionaries, both women were collected from their respective villages and brought to Addis Ababa for treatment. This is a story of faith and love, both lost and found, in so many ways that I find it [...]
What is happening here? Fuji donated Polaroidesque cameras to SalaamGarage so that we could give photos back to the women rather than just take them. Sarah Henderson was photographing patients at the hospital. The woman in these pictures had a double fistula repaired at the Hamlin hospital and was getting physical therapy to learn to [...]
My visit to Ethiopia was engaging. I met and travelled with an amazing group and discovered many wonderful things about the country, a country steeped in beautiful landscapes, history, and deep spirituality, which I think has kept the people strong, caring, and warm. I look forward to returning.
These photos were made during the celebration of St. Mary at the Church of St. Mary in Gondar. We happened to be there that day and were completely welcomed by the Ethiopians as they worshiped. Not only were we welcomed, but people stepped aside so that we could see, snap photos, and clap our hands.
In November, 2010 I headed to Ethiopia to begin a photo documentary about midwives as a sustainable source of reproductive health care. Ethiopia has some of highest maternal and infant death rates in the world. On average, 670 mothers will die from birth for every 100,000. Women often face serious birth injuries, including obstetric fistula, [...]
. . One of the fastest ways to feel like a local when traveling is to eat like a local. And, sometimes you need to prepare to eat like a local. In less than 5 months we are embarking on an important trip to Ethiopia. We still have a few spots left, so its not [...]
SalaamGarage is currently building a team of media makers and storytellers to travel to Ethiopia in November 2010. On this trip we will explore the horrible and preventable birthing injury known as obstetric fistula. The causes, cures, and solutions to eradicating obstetric fistula entirely in the developing world lie in raising the status of girls [...]
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Big Brother saves lives
How many times do you read in the paper about another senseless car accident where someone has been killed or seriously injured?
Imagine the suffering and pain that brings to so many people. And the cause is very often that of speeding. The only way to address this is for better enforcement.
Speeding is breaking the law, and those who flout the law should be held accountable.
I would suggest B.C. can help everyone by reintroducing photo radar. Put them in the obvious places and B.C. will get an income bonanza they never dreamed of. One would be on Highway 99 in the construction zone where speed fines double. Why do all the cars pass me when I am doing the posted limit of 80 km/h in that zone?
Who wins with more speeding tickets? The offending driver will learn a valuable lesson. The province will reap those huge financial benefits, not to speak of reduced hospital and insurance claims. And you will have a greater chance of surviving B.C.’s roads.
Lastly, if you don’t think enforcement works, take a drive to Calgary where Big Brother is everywhere. After your first or second ticket, you will slow down.
As one who lives in both cities, I feel we in B.C. have become far too complacent when it comes to driving above the posted limit.
Simon Bergen-Henengouwen, White Rock and Calgary
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Russell Hobby, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), said the results were "excellent news".
"It shows the hard work that's going on in the system and has been going on for some years."
He said the majority of primaries will not be academies, which shows that schools can improve "no matter what their status".
This year's top-ranking school, for the second year running, was Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior in Harrow.
It gained the highest average points score at 34.1.
- 1. Newton Farm Nursery, Infant and Junior School, Harrow: 34.1
- 2. Grinling Gibbons Primary School, London: 33.9
- 3. Bishop Gilpin CofE Primary School, London: 33.1
Pupils sitting the National Curriculum tests are given a set number of points for the level they achieve.
Level 2 or below is worth 15 points, Level 3 is worth 21 points, Level 4 is worth 27 points, Level 5 is worth 33 points, Level 6 is worth 39 points.
Each pupil's points for English and maths are added up and divided by the number of tests taken to give a school's average points score.
Schools with less than 30 pupils are not included.
A Department of Education spokesman said that the aim of their floor target was to boost standards and "end years of chronic under-performance."
Today's figures demonstrate that schools have responded to the challenge.
The floor standards we introduced were tougher and have improved performance.
Heads, teachers and pupils deserve credit for meeting the challenge head on.
The latest league tables show how more than 15,000 primary schools performed in national curriculum tests - known as SATs - in English (reading and writing) and maths.
Under the Government's current target, schools are considered failing if fewer than 60% of 11-year-olds reach the expected standard - Level 4 - in English and maths SATs tests, and fewer youngsters make two levels of progress in these subjects than the national average.
The national average for English progress this year is 92%, and for maths it is 90%.
Schools that fail to reach this threshold are at risk of being closed and turned into academies.
The latest figures show that of the 521 schools which are below the bar, 45 have already closed, with 37 becoming academies.
The number of primary schools failing to give pupils a good grounding in the three Rs has halved in the space of a year, official figures suggest.
In total, 521 schools in England are below the Government's floor target for primaries, according to an analysis of data used to create new primary school league tables.
Last year, 1,310 schools were below the threshold.
The results show that schools have "responded to the challenge" that was given to them, the Department for Education (DfE) said.
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Many adolescents who are treated in emergency departments for deliberately harming themselves do not receive adequate mental health assessments or follow-up community care, according to research published in the February issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Jeffrey A. Bridge, Ph.D., of the Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and colleagues conducted a retrospective analysis of national Medicaid claims data to determine the rates and adjusted risk ratios (aRRs) for mental health assessments and subsequent care for 3,241 youth aged 10 to 19 treated in emergency departments for deliberate self-harm.
The researchers found that 72.9 percent of patients were discharged into the community; 39 percent of these had a mental health evaluation in the emergency department and 43 percent received follow-up outpatient mental health care. Data showed that follow-up care was directly related to recent outpatient (aRR, 2.58) and inpatient (aRR, 1.33) mental health care and inversely related to Hispanic ethnicity (aRR, 0.78) and residing in an area with medium-to-high poverty rates (aRR, 0.84).
"These findings highlight the need for the development of strategies to promote emergency department mental health assessments, strengthen the training of physicians in pediatric mental health and adolescent suicide prevention, and timely transitions to outpatient mental health care," the authors write.
Two authors disclosed research support grants from major pharmaceutical companies.
Copyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved.
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By voting to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.erased concerns that the Supreme Court had become captive to a political rather than a legal agenda. As he promised to do during his confirmation...
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It is about the adventures of disobedient, playful young Peter Rabbit as he is chased around the garden of Mr. McGregor. He escapes and goes back home to his mother. The story was written for five-year-old Noel Moore. He was the son of Annie Moore, who had been Potter's governess in 1893. It was corrected and privately printed by Potter in 1901 after several publishers refused to print the book. It was printed by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1902. The book was very successful. It was printed again many times. It has been translated into 36 languages. It sold 45 million copies, and became one of the most popular books of all time.
After it was printed, much merchandise for both children and adults with Peter Rabbit was produced. Toys, dishes, food, clothing, videos and other products showed pictures of Peter Rabbit. Potter was one of the first to begin such merchandise when she made a Peter Rabbit doll in 1903. After that, a Peter Rabbit board game was produced.
At that time, the traditional literary hero was usually a brave, clever, young white male. Yet Peter Rabbit, the hero of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, was a disobedient little rabbit. Through him, Potter greatly changed the traditional "good child" of that time. Peter Rabbit came out as a character in a 1971 ballet movie, and the tale has been used for a television series.
Peter Rabbit, his sisters Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and his mother are rabbits. They dress in human clothing and walk standing up. However, like real rabbits, they live in a rabbit-hole under a fir-tree. Mother Rabbit told her children not to go into the garden of Mr. McGregor when she went to the market. This is because their father was made into a pie there. However, while Mrs. Rabbit is at the market and the girls are picking blackberries, Peter enters the garden. There, he eats so many vegetables he becomes sick. After that, Mr. McGregor tries to catch Peter. When Peter loses his jacket and his shoes, Mr. McGregor uses them to dress a scarecrow. Peter is almost caught by Mr. McGregor many times. When he finally escapes from Mr. McGregor, Peter goes back home with no shoes, no jacket, and no dinner. His mother puts him to bed and makes him drink chamomile tea because he is so tired and sick. However, his sisters who have been good little rabbits enjoy a special dinner of bread, milk, and blackberries. In a 1904 sequel, The Tale of Benjamin Bunny, Peter goes back to McGregor's garden to find his lost clothes.
Writing The Tale of Peter Rabbit [change]
In the 1890s, Potter sent illustrated story letters to the children of Annie Moore, who had used to be her governess. In 1900, Moore, who realized how popular Potter's stories could become, suggested they be made into books. Potter agreed. She took her letters (which had been carefully saved by the Moore children) and chose a letter written on 4 September 1893 to five-year-old Noel about a rabbit named Peter. Potter had owned a pet rabbit called Peter Piper. The letter was too short to be a proper book, so Potter made the story longer and added pictures in black and white. She copied the work into a hardcover book with a frontispiece picture of Mrs. Rabbit giving Peter camomile tea at the end of the book.
Publication history [change]
Private publication [change]
Potter's manuscript book had the title of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Mr. McGregor's Garden. The manuscript was refused by six publishers. Even Frederick Warne & Co. refused to print it, even though it had shown interest in her artwork several years ago. Some publishers wanted a shorter story. Others wanted a longer one. Almost all the publishers wanted the pictures to be colored. Potter grew frustrated because her book continued to be refused. She had already planned what her book should look like. She wanted her book's style and size to be like Little Black Sambo. She had also already thought of how much it should cost.
At last, she decided to publish the book herself. On 16 December 1901, the first 250 copies of her privately printed The Tale of Peter Rabbit were given out to her family and friends.
First commercial edition [change]
In 1901, a friend of Potter's family, Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley, changed Potter's story into a poem and tried giving his version, together with her illustrations and some of her corrected writing, to Frederick Warne & Co. The company refused Rawnsley's version, but they wanted to see Potter's complete manuscript. They hoped that The Tale of Peter Rabbit would be as successful as Helen Bannerman's greatly popular Little Black Sambo and other children's books that were being sold at that time. When Warne asked why there weren't any colors in the illustrations, though, Potter replied that rabbit-brown and green colors were not interesting. Warne said he would not publish the book, but he said he might publish other books she wrote later.
Warne wanted color illustrations in The Tale of Peter Rabbit, which he called the 'bunny book'. He also suggested that they only use 32 illustrations instead of the first 42 illustrations. At first, Potter did not want to color her illustrations, but she came to realize that not coloring her illustrations would be a bad idea. She sent Warne some new color illustrations with a copy of her privately printed edition. Warne then gave these two the famous picture book artist, L. Leslie Brooke, to see what he thought about the pictures. Brooke was delighted with Potter's work. At the same time, small picture books became very popular.
Potter continued showing privately printed copies to her family and friends. Soon the first private printing of 250 copies was sold out, and another 200 had to be prepared. She noted in one copy that her pet rabbit Peter had died on 26 January 1901. He had been nine years old.
Potter and Warne agreed to publish cheap 5,000 copies. The next year, an official contract was signed in June 1902. Potter worked hard in the process of publishing the story—she drew her pictures again when she needed to, made small changes to the writing, and corrected the punctuation. Even before it was published in early October 1902, the first 8,000 copies were sold. By the end of the year there were 28,000 copies in print. By the middle of 1903 there was a fifth printing, and in the same month, there was a sixth printing. A year after the first commercial publication there were 56,470 copies printed.
American copyright [change]
Warne's New York office did not register the copyright for The Tale of Peter Rabbit in the United States. Because of this, unlicensed copies of the book began to appear in the spring of 1903. Nothing could stop the printing of unlicensed copies.
This made Potter lose a great deal of money. She began to fully realize the need to license her books properly when, after she had successfully published The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, her father found a toy squirrel called Nutkin at the Burlington Arcade in Christmas 1903.
After The Tale of Peter Rabbit began to be sold, a great amount of merchandise copied its design and idea. Potter registered the patent for a Peter Rabbit doll on 28 December 1903. The next year, she designed a Peter Rabbit game. She made firm rules about making licensed merchandise such as dolls, books, tea sets, wallpapers, pencils and pens, cards, and other merchandise. Because the Peter Rabbit merchandise was so popular, Potter later said in 1917, "All rabbits are called Peter now". She did add for her American readers, though, "Peter or Brer Rabbit."
Many different versions of The Tale of Peter Rabbit and merchandise about it have been produced until now. There are now pop-up books, toy theaters, and lift-the-flap books. By 1988, there were even video versions of the story, computer programs, and Internet websites. Puppets, dolls, games, dishes, clocks and music boxes, baby and children's clothing, tea, jam, toothbrushes and soap, stickers, and even a cake about Peter Rabbit was sold in British supermarkets. Large toy shops in the United States and Britain have parts of the store where they only sell Potter-related toys and merchandise. Some shops only sell entirely Potter-related merchandise.
Other merchandise about Peter Rabbit is quite different from the first Peter Rabbit. In 1916, Louise A. Field became rich by writing books such as 'Peter Rabbit Goes to School or Peter Rabbit and His Ma. A movie by Golden Films, The New Adventures of Peter Rabbit, gave Peter longer teeth and a fourth sister named Hopsy. This story had him and his city cousin Benny (probably Benjamin Bunny) following a box with his sisters inside it. Another video about the story showed Peter as a Christian preacher singing songs about God and Jesus with children and vegetables.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is often praised because of its simple, rhythmic words.
Linda Lear noted that Potter began a new kind of animal fable in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. She had made one in which anthropomorphic animals look and act like real animals, with pictures that were drawn by a scientifically minded artist. She added that Peter Rabbit's personality has a lot of real "rabbity behaviour" inside it. She said that the tale was a "perfect marriage of word and image" and "a triumph of fantasy and fact".
Carole Scott, a literary scholar and critic, wrote in her essay “An Unusual Hero: Perspective and Point of View in The Tale of Peter Rabbit” (2002) that she thought Potter's story was about a naughty hero with a proper moral at the end. However, she remarked that Potter used many different ways to make the reader feel sympathetic for Peter. Though he made his mother unhappy by disobeying her, stole, escaped from authority (Mr. McGregor), and did not get any punishment except a stomach-ache, Potter makes us feel sorry for him. She thought the greatest conflict in the tale was between the order of society and the forces that tried to go against it—between those who have things and those who want things, and between humans and animal nature. She felt that Peter was a symbol of “rebellion”.
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Farm activist groups contend the proposed GIPSA (Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration) marketing rule is all about creating a level playing field for farmers. But the chief executive officer of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC), Neil Dierks, says the stark reality is if the rule stands, it will change the structure of the pork industry.
“It will commoditize the industry, change the way that business is conducted, and provide a tremendous boost for why the industry would integrate,” Dierks contends.
“Business people in this industry don’t want to put up with uncertainty that this proposal would put forward in the form of potential legal ramifications,” he adds.
Two Key Issues
The pork industry gets hit from both sides by USDA’s GIPSA plan. First, marketing arrangements between producers and packers would be affected because the proposal touts one daily price per animal. That jeopardizes agreements that allow producers to bargain for lean premiums based on meeting packer requirements for hogs and pork quality.
Second, production contracts between pork producers are full of undefined details and the threat of lawsuits. For example, if one producer is offered $36/pig space/year to feed hogs, and the second is offered $34/pig space/year, the hog owner would have to justify reasons for the different pricing structures. The owner may also face a possible lawsuit if one of the producers is unhappy with terms of the contract.
Those types of roadblocks could lead hog owners to build more of their own barns just to avoid litigation.
“Producers could get to the point where instead of their motivation being to produce lean quality meat to access premiums, it shifts to being worried more about feed conversion, and their motivation becomes the least cost for producing the pig,” he explains.
NPPC believes GIPSA should promulgate rules to address five specific issues summarized below, as required in the 2008 farm bill:
- Criteria for determining preferences or advantages that have been given to any producer.
- Whether a poultry producer has given enough time to remedy contract disputes.
- Whether a poultry dealer has given reasonable notice of suspension of delivery of birds to a contract grower.
- When a requirement of additional capital investment during the life of a contract constitutes an unfair practice.
- The factors that comprise a fair usage of arbitration.
“Our policy is that USDA should stick to the five things that were in the farm bill, and we aren’t in favor of anything that goes further,” Dierks says.
For a complete overview of the GIPSA rule, log onto http://nppc.org/issues/gipsa.htm.
Meanwhile, the NPPC executive acknowledges there is a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill regarding the Agriculture Department’s budget for 2012, and along with it concerns regarding the GIPSA proposal. Oversight hearings are possible, and Congress could restrict funding.
The November GIPSA proposal drew more than 60,000 comments, Dierks says, including numerous requests for an economic analysis of its potential impact. He says Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told NPPC that there would be a complete review of both the policy and the economic analysis, which would be conducted by USDA Chief Economist Joe Glauber.
Dierks says there is still some question as to the breadth of the economic analysis, and that is why NPPC is watching closely to ensure that the analysis covers the impact on the livestock and poultry industries. USDA’s earlier economic analysis only looked at the impact of the rule on the government.
Once the policy and economic reviews have taken place, USDA is expected to issue a revised GIPSA rule that would first go to the Office of Management and Budget that reviews all government proposals. NPPC hopes the results of the economic analysis would be made public before any rule is issued.
“Most observers are saying that they don’t expect anything to be issued until late this summer, near the end of the third quarter or even into the fourth quarter,” Dierks says.
In the end, government regulations such as the GIPSA proposal hit all producers.
But, Dierks says, there’s a lesson from the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Project regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency currently being played out on the East Coast. So far it has put an 80-cow dairy operation and a small turkey flock out of business.
“It is always the small guy who pays the biggest price,” he says.
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On Monday, President Obama’s administration did something that most private firms do on a regular, and arguably timelier, basis—they revisited and adjusted their plan. The two-and-a-half-year-old Making Home Affordable Refinance Program, more commonly know as HARP, was one tool in the administration’s toolkit that provided direct assistant to homeowners by targeting those who were suffering from, and continue to be burdened by, the historic tumble in the values of their homes, but who have been able to continue making their mortgage payments on time. With his executive order, HARP can now potentially help approximately 800,000 more struggling homeowners.
How to Tell If You Qualify
So, how do you become one of the potential 800,000 to get cash flow relief thru lower mortgage payments? First, do your own personal eligibility check. You’re checking to assess you mortgage payment pattern over the past 12 months. Have you made ALL of the last six payments on your mortgage on time? Yes? Good. Then ask yourself if you have made ALL of the last 12 months of payments on your mortgage on time except for maybe only 1 that was only 30 days late the past 7-12 months? Yes? Very Good. Finally, do you have a means to make your mortgage payment, such as a job or other revenue sources that are sufficient to cover your household expense? Yes? Excellent! You’ve passed your personal assessment test.
What You Need to Do to Prepare
Make sure you closed on your original mortgage prior to May 2009 that you haven’t “HARP’d before, and that your mortgage is owned by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. Both have an easy look up screen web sites, www.freddiemac.com and www.fanniemae.com.
There are a few other changes that work in your favor. There is no longer a restriction on how much your house is underwater. The old program limited the underwater state of your house to be 125% loan-to-value. ie., the current value of your house is 25% less than the amount that you owe on your first mortgage. Also, under the enhanced HARP, there may not even be a need for the cost, which you pay for, or delay of an appraisal as the program will now allow the lenders to use reliable values that come from the Fannie and Freddie models on many the homes seeking a HARP.
What Else You Need to Know about HARP
Next, know that you can elect to have a shorter-term mortgage without paying a fee. You can refi into a 15, 20 year or other fixed-rate mortgage from your lender, which could allow you to build back equity faster and still possibly lower your mortgage payment. The 30-year option is always available as is the option to refinance into an adjustable rate mortgage product. However, the ARM product is limited to 105% LTV.
If you originally purchased the home as your primary residence but have since turned it into a rental property, it is now eligible for the HARP program. The original HARP required that you were still living in the house.
For those readers who currently have a second mortgage or home-equity line of credit (HELOC) on your home, you can ask the lender to “re-subordinate” it.. Only the first mortgage that you are attempting to refinance is included in the loan-to–value calculation and the refinance transaction.
Finally, you can apply for your HARP refinance through ANY lender offering the program. Remember, to stay away from companies who are not authorized lenders and who are offering to help you thru this process for a fee. HUD approved counselors are available and can provide most home retention counseling services free of charge if you are finding the process to be challenging. Read more about this service at www.hud.gov.
The enhanced HARP is scheduled to be available to you during the first quarter of 2012. You now have until December 31, 2013 to apply for this program instead of June 2012, which was the original program end date. But why wait when rates are this low?
Ingrid Beckles is the Founder and CEO of The Beckles Collective, LLC a Washington DC based executive consulting firm specializing Mortgage Banking, Housing Policy, Real Estate Management, Neighborhood Stabilization and Process Optimization. Ms. Beckles is the former Senior Vice President and Head of Default Asset Management for Freddie Mac. www.thebecklescollective.com.
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Mercury may have a lot in common with Earth, but close-up images and data captured by NASA’S MESSENGER probe this year show it’s still a bit of a planetary weirdo.
“Mercury is not the planet described in the textbooks,” James Head III of Brown University said in a telephone briefing on Thursday. “The innermost planet has had a long and much more exciting life than anyone expected or predicted.”
There are dips in Mercury’s surface, just as there are hills and valleys on Earth, and both are rocky planets. But those on Mercury have been dubbed “hollows” to differentiate them from impact craters and other depressions on the small, hot orb closest to the Sun.
New MESSENGER images those small, shallow, irregularly shaped hollows may still be forming because they show little evidence of scarring from incoming space rocks, said David Blewett of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, lead author of one of the reports.
Mercury has a magnetic field, just as Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune do, but the planet’s magnetosphere is so small – about 1 per cent the size of Earth’s – that it offers little protection from the charged particles that make up the solar wind blasting off the Sun.
MESSENGER – which stands for MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft – looped around the inner solar system 15 times over six years before beginning its orbits around the planet on March 18.
The spacecraft’s findings were presented in a special package of articles in the journal Science.
Astronomers have long wondered whether Mercury had volcanoes on its surface. MESSENGER’s fly-bys confirmed that it does, but the six months of orbital observation show that the lava flows are different from those on Earth.
Just like Earth, Mercury has lava flows. But these are deep flows that smoothly cover the small planet’s northern polar region, with no Earth-type volcanoes in sight.
Scientists believe that the source of the lava has been buried under the flow. The polar lava flow covers more than 6 per cent of Mercury’s surface, an area equivalent to 60 per cent of the continental United States.
When the lava flowed out of cracks in the planet’s surface some 3.5 billion to 4 billion years ago, it filled craters more than a 1.6 km deep, Mr. Head said. The volume would have been enough to bury the state of Texas under more than a 6.4 km deep blanket of lava.
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Researchers develop better way to see molecules at work in living brain cellsOctober 7th, 2010 in Medicine & Health / Medical research
By creating a better way to see molecules at work in living brain cells, researchers affiliated with MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and the MIT Department of Chemistry are helping elucidate molecular mechanisms of synapse formation. These studies could also help further understanding of how synapses go awry in developmental diseases such as autism and Fragile X syndrome. The study will appear in the Oct. 7 issue of Cell.
Using the new technique, which is more accurate and sensitive than existing methods, the researchers found that certain protein-protein interactions can affect early phases of synapse maturation. Their work will help scientists understand exactly how two adjacent neurons form a synapsethe meeting point where information transfer among brain cells occurs. This method provides information on the dynamics of proteins in synapses on a minute-by-minute time scale, the researchers said.
"How nascent contacts mature into excitatory or inhibitory synapses is an area of intense interest," said Amar Thyagarajan, Autism Speaks Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Alice Y. Ting, associate professor of chemistry. "Trans-synaptic signaling complexes seem like a good place to start looking for clues to this process since they mediate signaling into the pre- and post-synaptic cells during this process."
Study co-authors Thyagarajan and Ting are Picower Institute affiliates.
The researchers studied the interaction of the proteins neurexin and neuroligin on the surface of neurons. These adhesion molecules--two of many in the brain that regulate synapse formation, maturation, function and plasticity--not only function as the "glue" that hold neurons together but also mediate signaling so that the appropriate molecular components are recruited for the pre- and postsynaptic cells.
Neurexins and neuroligins can be thought of as a chemical bridge and communication network that spans the synaptic cleft.
Called BLINC (Biotin Labeling of Intercellular Contacts), the new technique creates a fluorescent signal only when neurexin and neuroligin interact. "The only way for a BLINC signal to occur is when two neurons contact each other," Thyagarajan said.
For a long time, it had been known that neurexins and neuroligins are important for synapse maturation. However, their exact function was unclear since most previous studies used indirect methods such as manipulating gene expression to infer function.
"Our motivation was that if we could come up with a way to directly observe this complex, then maybe we could better understand its function in synapse maturation," Thyagarajan said.
"We developed BLINC to visualize this complex in live synapses in culture. We then used BLINC in different modalities to discover that synaptic activity causes the neurexin-neuroligin complex to grow in size," he said. "This growth is necessary for the recruitment of AMPA receptors to young synapses.
"AMPA receptor recruitment is a hallmark of excitatory synapse maturation, so our study demonstrated how a trans-synaptic complex can affect early phases of synapse maturation," Thyagarajan said.
More information: "Imaging Activity-Dependent Regulation of Neurexin-Neuroligin Interactions Using trans-Synaptic Enzymatic Biotinylation," by Amar Thyagarajan and Alice Y. Ting. Cell, 7 October, 2010. www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674%2810%2901073-1
Provided by Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Researchers develop better way to see molecules at work in living brain cells." October 7th, 2010. http://phys.org/news205683495.html
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This picture shows the shape and size of the orbit of Comet Wild 2. The comet's orbit is aqua. You can also see the orbits of Jupiter, Mars, and Earth.
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Comet Wild 2
Comet Wild 2 is named after the scientist who discovered it. Paul Wild
is an astronomer from Switzerland who discovered the comet in January
1978. Wild 2 is
pronounced "Vilt 2".
The comet orbits the Sun once every
6.39 years, which is a pretty short time for a comet. Some comets take
more than 100 years to go around the
Sun one time! The comet's orbit is not a circle. Its orbit is shaped
more like an oval, which astronomers call an ellipse. When the comet
is at one end of the ellipse it is as close to the Sun as it gets. When
it is at the other end, it is far from the Sun. The orbit of Wild 2 brings
it a bit closer to the Sun than the planet Mars.
The orbit also swings the comet out beyond the orbit of Jupiter.
When we see a comet from Earth, we actually see the dust and gas the
comet gives off. The dust and gas form a fuzzy head called the "coma"
and tails that are thousands of kilometers (miles) long. The solid part
of a comet is called the nucleus, and is in the middle of the coma. The
nucleus of Wild 2 is only about five km (three miles) across.
A spacecraft named Stardust flew
by Comet Wild 2 in January 2004. I took some very
nice pictures of the nucleus and gathered some dust samples.
It will bring
the dust back to Earth so scientists can study it.
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Rochester, NYCourses Taught:College Chemistry I, non-majors; Principles of Chemistry I, non-majorsCourse Format:Traditional"I have used MasteringChemistry (MC) as a successful learning tool for students in a large class, where homework grading by hand is not feasible. The software is effective, functional and aesthetically pleasing. It provides hints on request, and direct feedback based on common mistakes. Thus, I can encourage a real experiential learning experience. Perhaps the most invaluable benefit is the ability, with one click, for the instructor to recognize what concept the students are struggling most with. Subsequent classes can be taught with an emphasis on that particular concept. In my opinion, MC is the best on the market!"
Dominican University of California
San Rafael, CACourses Taught:Physical ChemistryCourse Format:Hybrid"MasteringChemistry provides a valuable way to give students the opportunity to learn outside the classroom. The tutorial questions are well designed and help guide students through the learning process."
Florida International University
Miami, FLCourse Format:Hybrid"I use MasteringChemistry because it serves as an excellent tutorial in chemistry. I also use it to provide small daily assignments to help students practice. I think that Mastering provides a great deal of help for increasing student grades."
University of Toledo
Toledo, OHCourses Taught:General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, GOB ChemistryCourse Format:Traditional; Hybrid; fully online"The way I use MasteringChemistry is different in each type of lecture course (and format) that I teach. In all of my courses, MasteringChemistry is the place for students to practice learning the concepts that they are seeing in class and from reading the textbook: this is where the chemistry comes alive! By using the instructor tools available to us in MasteringChemistry, this has been the first semester where I have walked confidently into lecture and knew before I even opened my mouth where my students stood in learning the material. This allowed me to brush over the items my students found easy and allowed me to concentrate on the concepts they didn't understand. By implementing MasteringChemistry (and other technologies) into lecture courses, we have been very successful in raising the test scores of the first-semester ACS Examination in General Chemistry."
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How to mount a network volume on Leopard
Sunday, November 18, 2007 by Dave Winer.
Good news -- you can do everything you could do with a network drive on Leopard that you could do on previous versions of the Mac OS, and probably more, and it's probably faster. I'll have to let you know after a bit of time using it.
1. Locate the network drive you want to work with, starting in the SHARED sidebar section, clicking as needed to make it visible. Or alternatively, you can use the Connect to Server command in the Finder's Go menu. You can even mount servers over the Internet this way. (This part can be very slow, but you only have to do it once.) Here's a screen shot showing the available disks on a computer named Illium. Note that two of these disks are actually folders, Leopard doesn't care. That's coool.
2. Now if you look in the upper-left corner of that screen shot, you'll see that I have chosen the second of four possible ways to view the contents of Illium. It turns out the dragging procedure people were trying to explain to me only works when you're in the three-pane view, as shown in another screen, not when you're in the other views. That's totally unintuitive, it's just a matter of luck which of the modes you happen to prefer. For people who use the second mode (like me), the Finder doesn't network very well. Click on the third of the three icons and things start working very nicely.
3. Suppose I want to work with the drive named WYOMING. Now, all I have to is drag it into the Devices section of the sidebar, and it stays there. And it's fast, no long delays. People tell me, but I haven't yet verified, that this mounting will survive a restart. If so, that's a great improvement over Tiger. Not sure how well this might work on a laptop that disconnects and reconnects to the LAN much more frequently than a hard-wired desktop computer. Earlier versions of the Mac OS tend to hang for long periods when you accidentally leave a network disk mounted on a laptop after disconnecting from the LAN.
This highlights something missing in the Mac community that we may need to provide for ourselves. When a new version of the OS comes out, we need good user-oriented change notes that explain what you need to do to get your newly updated systems to work like the systems they're replacing. I don't know how many hundreds of thousands of people have made this transition, but I can't imagine that I'm the only one who hadn't figured out how to get Leopard to mount network drives. That's pretty basic stuff, networking on Macs is something I just take for granted, I don't expect it to be mysterious.
We don't even have good language to explain how to use a Mac. A number of people just said "Command-K" but that didn't solve the problem. I knew how to access network drives, but they weren't mounting. Are these well-understood terms? Apparently not. How many times did people tell me to drag a folder over to the sidebar without making sure I was already in the right view? Did they know that you had to be in that view? For people who prefer the three-pane view, it would likely never occur to them that this wouldn't work in the other views. Why would they think it wouldn't? This is very far from "it just works."
And what are they thinking at Apple, in enabling this feature in one view and not in others? This is a basic software design concept -- The Principle of Least Surprise. If you find that users are likely to do something one way, instead of teaching them another, make the software "just work." We should strive to accomodate the user, not thwart or confuse.
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Nick Pandelidis wrote a very accurate guest column. Dr. Pandelidis revealed truths we hold dear such as God and country; life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness within the confines of rule of law and equity of individuals, also, in context Judeo Christian morality. Additionally, he cited right and wrong in Biblical context. He then reviewed how our individual freedom and responsibility have been somewhat rejected in the name of equality. Dr. P. also developed how equality is impossible (Bible clearly states that we each must contribute according to our ability). I do wish Dr. Pandelidis would have expanded this straight and honest reasoning which could be considered a "call to arms" as follows below.
We are in a morass, and the degradation of social, economic and moral deterioration began much earlier and came to a head while the greatest generation, after WWII, stood by and watched -- many of us included. We did let it happen when we should have clearly stated there is no separation of church and state, put God back in the church, school and state; be counted for good -- not evil and deceit. Differently stated, we could pay attention to the Rev. Billy Graham's call to vote (same paper, full-page add) for Biblical values of sanctity of life and marriage between one man and one woman and pray/do for America to recapture now one nation under God.
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Beware Revived Valentine's Day Virus
Spam trumpeting the power of love is nothing more than an old trick dressed up in new clothes, more evidence that the backers of the Waledec bot Trojan are the same bunch that hammered users in 2007 with Storm, security companies are warning.
Multiple security vendors, including MX Logic Inc., Trend Micro Inc., and Panda Security, have issued alerts about new Valentine's Day-themed spam campaigns that try to dupe users into installing the Waledec bot.
Subject lines for the spam, said Sam Masiello , vice president of information security at MX Logic, are "short and sweet," and include "Me and You," "In Your Arms" and "With all my love." From the spam, users who browse to the embedded link reach a site with a dozen hearts, any one of which download an executable file when clicked.
Masiello first noted the campaign last Thursday, but other researchers, including those at Trend Micro and Panda, picked up on the trend Monday. Both Masiello and Florabel Baetiong, an anti-spam research engineer with Trend, noted the similarity between the recent infection attempt and Valentine's Day scams launched last year by hackers controlling Storm, another bot Trojan that has since fallen into disuse, possibly because the crew responsible surrendered to heavy pressure by security experts .
"Clearly the old Storm folks are working as hard as they can to build up their new botnet, and are following the old tried-and-true methods of centering their social engineering tactics around holiday themes," said Masiello in a post to the MX Logic blog .
"But it still impresses me that tactics like this continue to work and be so effective, despite how many times it gets recycled," Masiello said in an interview today.
Storm used Valentine's Day spam in both 2007 and 2008 to hijack PCs.
Most researchers have come around to the idea that Waledec is, in fact, the new Storm. Joe Stewart , an expert on botnets -- Storm, in particular -- was confident that the group that backed Storm essentially re-wrote its code to come up with Waledec. "If it's not the same people, they would have had to study Storm intensively to match the functionality," Stewart said in an interview recently. "It's so similar that it's unlikely to be a different group."
Waledec has been busy of late. The malware first began infecting systems just before Christmas , when it used phony holiday greetings and e-cards as bait, another Storm tactic during 2008. Last week, it surfaced again, this time hitchhiking on a spam run that claimed then President-elect Barack Obama would not take the oath of office on Jan. 20.
Although the Waledec botnet remains relatively small -- Stewart put it at just 10,000 machines -- it's growing at "an alarming rate," according to MessageLabs Ltd. In a report on botnets the e-mail security company released Monday (download PDF) , MessageLabs speculated that the botnet owners are "focusing on growing and developing this new botnet, rather than sending spam through it at this stage."
Masiello said that messages designed to plant Waledec were running at a volume of about 4,000-5,000 per hour, down from approximately 12,000 an hour last Friday, and had been holding steady for the last 48 hours. "I'd agree with MessageLabs," said Masiello on Tuesday. "It does look like they are in the process of building up the botnet." MX Logic has not seen any evidence that the Waledec botnet is, in turn, sending spam of its own.
Several botnets that were heavily disrupted by the takedown of McColo Corp., a California-based hosting company, are in the same condition, Masiello added. After suffering losses when McColo -- which had hosted command-and-control servers for several botnets, particular one dubbed "Srizbi" and other called "Rustock" -- was yanked off the Internet, they have spent the last several months adding new PCs to their collection.
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TC TO R. RICHMOND; 18 September 1846; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18460918-TC-RR-01; CL 21:50-51.
TC TO R. RICHMOND
Chelsea, 18 Septr, 1846—
In Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, about two years ago or more, there was pointed out to me a Letter bearing my signature, and addressed to a young Student, in reply to precisely the same question as yours.1 The young Student had used the somewhat questionable freedom of printing this Letter: of which step whatever I might think, there was no doubt but the Letter (written I knew not and know not how, when, or to whom) was mine; and did express, at some length, and with tolerable exactness, my candid notion as to the matter inquired into. By a little exertion,—at the utmost by writing to Mr Chambers himself if you think it worth while,—I doubt not you may procure that Letter; and to that, for brevity's sake and to avoid repetitions, I will beg leave to refer you.
In general my decided advice is that you should read a great deal of “History”; that you should in all ways earnestly strive to make yourself acquainted with what does exist, or has existed, as fact in this Universe,—properly the one kind of knowledge worth a reasonable creature's attention, so far as I can see;—and should exercise a very vigilant eye indeed against all that of “Fiction,” “Poetry,” “Art,” “Fine Art” &c &c, as we have it in these days, which is threatening to become, or has already become, a very mournful cloud-continent and realm of balderdash to many of us! I mean here what I say; and perhaps you will understand it better when you have thought of it, and experimented on it, longer.
In conclusion, let me repeat to you that noble sentence of the Gospel, true in all noble pursuits of man: “He that seeketh findeth.”2 If he will seek,—Yes, forever Yes! But he must seek: he must not go stalking about with eyes open and soul shut, awake only in the stomach of him: that is not “seeking”; there is no “finding,” with never so many guide-posts, in a search like that. May a good Genius guide your young hopeful ingenuities, and nerve you with the strength of a man to turn them to account in due time. For the Night cometh!3—
Yours with many good wishes
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California Governor Launches 'Green Corps' to Train At-Risk Youths for Green-Collar Jobs
OAKLAND, Calif. --
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has created the California Green Corps,
a program to train at-risk young people for technical, construction and
other skilled jobs in eco-friendly industries that are expected to help
fuel economic recovery.
Announcing the corps on Monday in Sacramento, Schwarzenegger said he
wants 1,000 16- to 24-year-olds from across the state to enlist in the
pilot 20-month training session, which is to begin this summer.
The corps is to be funded with $10 million of the federal stimulus
money destined for California via the U.S. Labor Department and with
$10 million in matching money that's to be raised in public-private
headed by state Secretary for Service and Volunteering Karen Baker, is
to oversee the program, which would the first of its size and scope in
the country. Schwarzenegger announced the program after meeting with
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to talk about stimulus funding and job
"This is exactly the kind of program that President Obama has
envisioned when he put together his economic stimulus package, which is
to create jobs, jobs and jobs," Schwarzenegger said. "The Green Corps
will help underprivileged young people learn job skills while we create
a well-trained workforce for clean technology and for the green
economy." The new program, Schwarzenegger noted, touches on issues that have been
key to his administration: the environment, the economy, education,
engaging at-risk populations and public service.
Although specifics are pending, Green Corps recruits will be expected
to continue their education and contribute to communities through
volunteer work in exchange for receiving job training and help with
The program draws heavily on concepts forged by the groups that established the Oakland Green Jobs Corps -- a coalition of social justice, environmental and other community
organizations, trade unions, private companies and the city of Oakland
-- this past October. Chief among its principles are that access to and
engagement with a new green economy should be open to all comers -- and
that participation by the poor and other at-risk segments of the
population will help spur recovery.
"This is exactly the thing we've been calling for for some time -- I couldn't be happier," said Ian Kim, director of the Green-Collar Jobs Campaign of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights,
which played a leading role in establishing the Oakland Green Jobs
Corps. The Ella Baker Center was cofounded nearly 13 years ago by Van
Jones, the environmental justice activist and author who was appointed
last week to become the special advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
"This is a wonderful downpayment on our shared vision for a green
economy that works for everyone," Kim told GreenBiz.com and
GreenerBuildings.com.Kim attended the governor's news conference on the Green Corps
yesterday as did Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums, who was among the speakers.
Dellums told the gathering he was "extraordinarily pleased" that his
town and groups in it "pioneered" the ideas reflected in the state
program. From the start, organizers of the Oakland Green Jobs Corps
sought to make their effort a national model for green job development.
California's effort is to be made up of at least 10 Green Corps starting with one in each of the state's nine economic regions.
Groups within each region wanting to participate are expected to
partner up, devise a program model and apply for a grant from the
state. A request for proposals will soon be made, and a Green Corps
advisory committee will select the models that will participate in the
Kim said the Ella Baker Center and the California Green Stimulus Coalition of more than two dozen environmental, labor, social justice and
community groups look forward to serving as resources and supporters of
the state's Green Corps. Kim said his organization hopes to help the
program and the services it delivers be "as green and equitable as
Schwarzenegger made his announcement at American River College,
where he visited a class that was learning the basics of solar panel
installation. The solar installation program is one of 12 certificate
and associate degree programs related to clean energy that are offered
by the Los Rios Community College District as part of its Green Force Initiative, which has a goal of training 1,000 people in the next three years.
The governor, a product of Santa Monica College, said he is partial to
the community college system and views it as a key resource for job
training and as a "safety valve" for students and higher education,
especially in troubled economic times. "I'm a big believer in community
colleges," said Schwarzenegger, who signed a budget last month that
provides funding for 36,000 more full-time community college students.
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Think about what life in the Garden of Eden was like for Adam and Eve according to God's word. First, Adam's mind, he named all of the animals. God brought them to him to see what he would name them, we can't begin to memorize the animals let alone name them all. Then he tended the garden without breaking a sweat, it was after the fall that God told Adam that by the sweat of your brow you shall till the land. Now the garden was huge according to the word of God and Adam tended it without breaking a sweat and the fact that he could tend that place alone is a chore in and of itself. Now think about the colors of the sky, the grass and flowers, all of creation groans and has been affected by our fallen nature. The greatest thing about this is God will bring us full circle, knowing as we're known. Omniscient like our God, see we were created in their image and likeness and God will bring us back to that nature. Awesome isn't it! Getting back to the flowers, grass, rivers and everything else. Blues are perfect, reds, greens and purples, all of them perfect, flawless. I can't wait to see His glory. How about you?
God bless each and everyone of you,
57 years old
January 2, 1956
Kingdom of God
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The recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (2010/31/EU) was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 18 June 2010.
The Directive is the main legislative instrument at EU level to achieve energy performance in buildings. Under this Directive, the Member States must apply minimum requirements as regards the energy performance of new and existing buildings, ensure the certification of their energy performance and require the regular inspection of boilers and air conditioning systems in buildings.
The main provisions of the directive:
Member States will apply their own methodology for calculating energy performance of buildings in accordance with certain guidelines provided in Annex I of the directive – each methodology can be adopted at national or regional level
Minimum energy performance requirements will be set with a view to achieving “cost-optimal levels”
The Commission will establish by means of delegated acts a comparative methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels by 30 June 2011
The concept of “nearly zero buildings” is introduced, with deadlines as follows:
By 31 December 2018 for all new public buildings
By 31 December 2020 for all new buildings
Member States will establish a certification system for the energy performance of buildings
Member States will need to issue necessary measures for the regular inspection of:
heating systems: heat generator, control system and circulation pump(s), with boilers of an effective rated output for space heating purposes of more than 20 kW. That inspection shall include an assessment of the boiler efficiency and the boiler sizing compared with the heating requirements of the building. Heating systems with boilers of an effective rated output of more than 100 kW shall be inspected at least every two years, period extendable to four years for gas boilers.
air-conditioning systems: accessible parts of air-conditioning systems of an effective rated output of more than 12kW.
The transposition deadline into national law is 9 July 2012 - with application deadlines varying from January 2013 to July 2013 (details in Article 28).
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The wolf asked her where she was going. Little Red Riding Hood, who did not know that it was dangerous to stay and talk to a wolf, said to him, "I am going to see my grandmother and carry her a cake and a little pot of butter from my mother." "Does she live far off?" asked the wolf. "Oh I say," answered Little Red Riding Hood; "it is beyond that mill you see there, at the first house in the village." "Well," said the wolf, "and I'll go and see her too. I'll go this way and go you that, and we shall see who will be there first."
There was once a hunter who often used to spend the whole night
stalking deer or setting traps for game. Now it happened one night that he was watching in a clump of bushes near the lake for some wild ducks that he wished to trap. Suddenly he heard, high up in the air, a whirring of wings and thought the ducks were coming; and he strung his bow and got ready his arrows.
But instead of ducks there appeared seven maidens all clad in robes made of feathers, and they alighted on the banks of the lake, and taking off their robes plunged into the waters and bathed and sported in the lake. They were all beautiful, but of them all the youngest and smallest pleased most the hunter's eye, and he crept forward from the bushes and seized her dress of plumage and took it back with him into the bushes.
After the swan maidens had bathed and sported to their heart's delight, they came back to the bank wishing to put on their feather robes again; and the six eldest found theirs, but the youngest could not find hers. They searched and they searched until at last the dawn began to appear, and the six sisters called out to her, "We must away; 'tis the dawn; you meet your fate whatever it be." And with that they donned their robes and flew away, and away, and away.
When the hunter saw them fly away he came forward with the feather robe in his hand; and the swan maiden begged and begged that he would give her back her robe. He gave her his cloak but would not give her her robe, feeling that she would fly away. And he made her promise to marry him, and took her home, and hid her feather robe where she could not find it. So they were married and lived happily together and had two fine children, a boy and a girl, who grew up strong and beautiful; and their mother loved them with all her heart. Yet there came a day when the maiden found her feathered robe and flew away and so begins the fairy tale of the Swan Maiden...
We're so excited that we get to have Skylar for an entire week. She is such a good baby, sleeps well, eats well, is happy all the time, and we're just smitten. When I learned she was going to be coming our way, the wheels began to turn and I thought it would be a neat idea to put together a book of fairy tales with pictures of Skylar as the main characters. I found a few cute dresses at Janie and Jack, Gapkids, and Target, and then made the two cloaks. We took some shots for Little Red Riding Hood and the Swan Maiden today. I also hoped to do Princess and the Pea, Goldilocks, and Alice, among others. Unfotunately, we're just going to run out of time. We were on the road a ton this week as Anna was in Camp Music Circus and Lauren was in Zoo Camp, both camps were in Sacramento. This meant we were in the car for almost 2 hours every morning and almost 3 every afternoon. This weekend was the first time that we had a moment to play around with my idea. We headed out to Bridgeport and after the photos all of the kids played in the river for a bit. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time although Lauren got bitten by a squirrel. She lured it in with a chip and then tried to grab it (she insists she was only attempting to pet it but it looked an awful lot like a grab to me). Haha! I actually got a picture of it that I'll have to share. All of the fairy tale excerpts are from SurLaLune.
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Directions & Map to Lexington and VMI
VMI is located in historic Lexington, Virginia which is situated at the southern end of the Shenandoah Valley. I-81 passes within just a few miles of Lexington.
- Traveling North on I-81, exit at 188-B.
Take exit 188-B (60 West) and proceed to Lexington (a couple of miles). Turn right on Main St (which is one way north at this point). Immediately move into the left lane. After 2 blocks you will be forced to turn left onto Jefferson St (one way south). Immediately move into the right lane and then turn right onto Letcher Avenue. Proceed on Letcher until you enter VMI.
Traveling South on I-81, exit at 195.
Take exit 195 and turn right at the end of the exit ramp (11 South). Proceed south on 11 to Lexington (about 5 miles). Follow the signs to downtown Lexington (11 business . . . Main Street). Main Street will split and become Jefferson Street (one way south). Immediately turn right onto Letcher Avenue. Proceed on Letcher until you enter VMI.
Once you reach VMI . . . use the post map.
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Below are the first 10 and last 10 pages of uncorrected machine-read text (when available) of this chapter, followed by the top 30 algorithmically extracted key phrases from the chapter as a whole.
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Tenant Surveys 131 When using the results of a mystery shopper survey, it is important to take these potential lim- itations into consideration. 7.8 Summary Surveys of tenants are usually conducted to collect information for studies of the economic impact of airports or to determine tenant satisfaction with the airport as landlord. The best method for conducting these types of surveys is to send invitations to participate by email with a link to a Web-based survey. All tenants will usually be surveyed using this approach, with follow-up emails and telephone calls to those not responding. The surveys should be conducted by respected third parties with assurances that the data will remain confidential. Tenant surveys are relatively inexpensive to conduct compared to other airport user surveys. Mystery shopper surveys are a different form of tenant survey. Their purpose is to anonymously collect detailed information for assessing the performance of airport concessions. This informa- tion is used to identify each concession's strengths and deficiencies as well as specific improvements that could be made.
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Can the nobility of intention survive the murk and mire of electoral politics?
When the Bastille was stormed in July 1789, a handful of young and very starry-eyed English radicals — Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey — were on hand to witness the happening. “Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive/But to be young was very heaven,” Wordsworth was to recall famously, albeit, dejectedly. Indeed, the other two romantics went so far as to found a ‘Pantisocracy’ briefly on the banks of the river Susquehanna — a sort of Utopia among the ruins.
The trouble, of course, was that where historians were busy analysing the class character of the French Revolution and evaluating its limitations and transformative possibilities for the decades to come — all in an intellectually cold-blooded sort of way — young radicals like the English romantics had, at bottom, very roseate and millennial expectations of that July in Paris. Severely flawed by their ahistoricity of aspiration, it was their great hope that with the fall of the Bastille, a “new heaven and a new earth” (again in Wordsworthian phrase) would be born, ending evils and corruptions at one fell go. The critic M.H. Abrams would later call this aspiration a “secular theodicy.” That grand abstraction was of course to be defeated by the operations of the historical concrete.
Here lies the rub
It may not be too far-fetched to see the Anna phenomenon in a somewhat similar frame of reference. We were asked to believe that one Jan Lokpal legislation of our heart’s desire would put paid to corruption in India for all times to come; and nothing was farther from the Annaites thought than the possibility that — like so many aspects of the French event — this kill-all Lokpal could become in itself a source of even more humongous corruption, leaving only the recourse to theodicy.
Admirable, therefore, is the decision of the Annaites to enter the innards of India’s republican and constitutional democracy, although it must be doubted that they have yet much of an idea of how their conceptual and organisational future might shape. Clearly, entering the parliamentary fray, no political group can be a single-agenda group and expect to have a political future. Therein lies the rub, but one that any aspirant to fruitful intervention in the career of democracy so pluralist and fraught as India’s cannot evade beyond a point. Many a stamina thus will be tested by the murk and mire of democratic processes in contention with the nobility of intention, and the purity of purpose, credible or not, will need to battle contaminations of great conviction and clout.
Among those less sublime but all-too-real convictions has been that of the Hindu right wing — that the Anna “movement” could eventually be fully drafted to bolster the organised politics of parties like the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as was the JP movement in the mid-1970s. The dismay in that camp at the turn of events — vociferously and unambiguously being given voice to by their self-appointed spokesmen — is already both raucous and understandable. After all, it stands to reason that whatever popular support an Annaite party of the future may garner in a town here and there is most likely to come from a support base which the right wing calls its own. Leaving the chief enemy smirking in a very hurtful sort of chuckle.
In the rough and tumble of contentious human intention and effort, no quick-heal anti-virus software has yet been invented that may keep such intention and effort free of taint. And, emphatically not within a political economy which makes of moneymaking the very heart of “progress” and “development.” A reality about which one hears little from the Anna camp.
(Prof. Badri Raina is a Delhi-based writer.)
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Duplication and overlap in dozens of areas of government is wasting "tens of billions of dollars annually," a new government report shows.
According to the Government Accountability Agency's 2012 annual report, nearly every department of the Executive Branch has room for improvement.
The report, which gives 51 areas and recommends 130 actions, follows a 2011 GAO report that showed 81 areas and 176 actions to be taken to "reduce or eliminate unnecessary duplication, overlap, or fragmentation or achieve other potential financial benefits."
The reports show that, if the actions are implemented, the government could potentially save tens of billions of dollars annually according to Gene Dodaro, comptroller general for the United States.
Sen. Tom Coburn estimated that waste and duplication costs taxpayers more like $100 billion per year.
"Not one corner of our daily life remains untouched by a government program or federal effort," Coburn said in testimony being delivered Tuesday.
"From what we eat and drink, to where we live, work, and socialize, nearly every aspect of human behavior and American society are addressed by multiple government programs."
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Jump Start Your Diet
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This is a super-simple and effective activity for practicing possessive adjectives and pronouns--one that's requested guite often by my students. Have them form a circle with their chairs. Establish the spoken statement that incorporates the adjectives/pronouns you wish to focus upon by holding up a ball and declaring "THIS is not MY ball, this is YOUR ball" (this is not mine, this is yours, his, hers, etc. This does not belong to me, it belongs to you, etc.) and hand the ball to one of the students. Play begins. Each student must reiterate the simple phrase and pass the ball along. You, the teacher should be in the middle of the circle and close to the students to monitor their English. If they do not say the phrase correctly, they keep the ball until they do, you coaching a bit, of course. You will also be keeping time with a watch or stop-watch as the play moves along. When a pre-determined time limit is up, Yell BOOM! as loud as possible at the student left holding the ball (it's fun to watch them ALL tense up as time counts down and then jerk with a start when the "bomb" goes off, laughter and exclamations abounding). This person (victim) must then perform an English task, lose a credit, or some such penalty of your choosing, though I never exclude them from play, as such also excludes them from English usage. I suggest taking any watches they might be wearing, as they will try to keep time as well. Better to surprise them with varied time lengths as well. Though your voice may pay a price from this game due to the loud "booms," the benifits are obvious and participation eagerly enjoyed.
From Richard Kurtz
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When asked last fall where the Constitution authorizes Congress to require citizens to buy health insurance, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was temporarily caught off guard, finally sputtering, “Are you serious? Are you serious?” She then quickly turned to another reporter without further comment.
Another Democrat, Rep. Phil Hare of Illinois, reacted similarly when recently posed that question by one of his constituents: “I don’t really worry about the Constitution on this, to be honest.”
While the thought that the Constitution actually limits the power of Congress to enact legislation may be foreign to some Democrats, the framers of the Constitution intended for the federal government to be limited to the powers that are specifically enumerated, or listed, in the text of the document.
In the Federalist Papers, James Madison wrote: “[T]he proposed Government cannot be deemed a national one; since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only, and leaves to the several States a residuary and inviolable sovereignty over all other objects.”
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1. The Earth Singing 1/1
In his longing for students to teach the unbounded wealth of the minerals of Arda, Aule takes great pains to calibrate the brains of his dwarves exactly to their task. The dwarven bodies he designs are sturdy and solid, thoroughly functional like a well-balanced hammer or a mattock; later ages will—mistakenly—call them crude. But Durin's brain is an intricately damascened blade. It is a fine instrument attuned to the tectonic rhythms of Arda. It is a set of chimes that resonates with the song of granite and gneiss, quartz and malachite, jasper and basalt. Aule is proud of Durin's brain. Even after suffering Eru's reproof, he still considers it his best piece of work.
Until the day Feanor walks into his forge—and Aule discovers that the triumph of the teacher cannot be complete until he is taught a lesson by his student. Feanor does not resonate, not for long. Feanor rewrites the song.
This is a work of fan fiction, written because the author has an abiding love for the works of J R R Tolkien. The characters, settings, places, and languages used in this work are the property of the Tolkien Estate, Tolkien Enterprises, and possibly New Line Cinema, except for certain original characters who belong to the author of the said work. The author will not receive any money or other remuneration for presenting the work on this archive site. The work is the intellectual property of the author, is available solely for the enjoyment of Henneth Annûn Story Archive readers, and may not be copied or redistributed by any means without the explicit written consent of the author.
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Tyndale Bible Dictionary is the primary work in the Tyndale Reference Library. These works offer information and background on all topics necessary to delve deeper in studying and understanding the Bible. Alphabetized and easily-searchable, covering a comprehensive list of topics from the Aaronic priesthood to the Wilderness of Zinn, the Tyndale Bible Dictionary also includes entries on more difficult topics such as Gnosticism and the Apocryphal writings. This work will be an important addition to the library of pastors, students, and any serious reader of the Bible.
Especially in its electronic format, this work is compact, user-friendly, and easy to navigate. You'll find over 1,000 articles on a comprehensive range of topics, complete with hundreds of additional maps, photos, and illustrations—all based on the research of 139 prominent Biblical scholars. All this, and more, at your fingertips!
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Both states are in the news these past few weeks for trying to prevent women from getting health care at Planned Parenthood. It’s wrong, and it will have devastating consequences for women for years to come—and Mitt Romney wants to do it in all 50 states.
Romney said in November that he wants to eliminate the nation’s family-planning program, which was signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1970 and provides essential preventive health services to more than 5 million people a year, the vast majority of whom are poor and uninsured.
Beyond the millions of people who are helped by this health-care program, investing in family planning saves the government money—for every dollar spent on family planning, experts say taxpayers save around $4.
Romney said in March that, if elected president, he would “get rid of” Planned Parenthood. He clarified his remarks to say he would end federal funding for Planned Parenthood. Either way, he would seek to dismantle a nationwide network of community-based health centers that one in five American women rely on for care at some point in their lives.
This isn’t about abortion. These health-care programs provide blood pressure and cholesterol monitoring, flu shots, breast-cancer screenings, Pap tests, and birth control. Planned Parenthood is the only medical care many women receive all year.
Michele Azzaro knows what Mitt Romney’s America would look like—because she’s already experiencing it in Texas.
Azzaro has been a Planned Parenthood patient in Dallas for more than 20 years. Planned Parenthood was there when she had a breast-cancer scare, and her local health center has been there when she needs her yearly cholesterol test.
Last year, Texas drastically cut its family-planning funding, the same way Mitt Romney says he would cut federal funding. Michele lost access to annual breast screenings and the birth-control pills she needs to manage her painful uterine fibroids.
She isn’t alone.
An estimated 160,000 women lost their health care when Texas slashed its family-planning program last year. Now, the state is trying to throw more women off health care by taking Planned Parenthood out of the state’s Women’s Health Program. Planned Parenthood health centers provide care to 52,000 women in the program.
This isn’t about abortion. These health-care programs provide blood pressure and cholesterol monitoring, flu shots, breast-cancer screenings, Pap tests, and birth control.
Texas’s program provides low-income working women in Texas with lifesaving cancer screenings, well-woman exams, contraception, screenings for diabetes and high blood pressure, and testing for sexually transmitted infections. The program was sponsored and implemented by Republicans less than a decade ago—an indication of how far to the right some in the party have gone in just a few years.
Planned Parenthood sued the state in federal court in order to continue providing these critical health services to women, and last week a federal appeals court blocked the state’s effort to deny women the health care they rely on at Planned Parenthood while the lawsuit proceeds.
Meanwhile, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer recently signed legislation that cuts state funding for Planned Parenthood’s preventive care. The new law could cut 4,000 women off from the health care they need.
What’s happening in Texas and Arizona isn’t about Planned Parenthood. It’s about Michele Azzaro—and the 3 million people a year who rely on Planned Parenthood health centers for cancer screenings, birth control, and well-woman exams.
Women aren’t making a political statement when they come to Planned Parenthood. But they’re not afraid to make a political statement to keep the health care they rely on when they vote in November.
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Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. House on Monday passed the debt-ceiling deal worked out by President Barack Obama and congressional leaders, sending it to the Senate for consideration a day before the deadline for the government to face possible default.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced his chamber will take up the measure at noon on Tuesday. No amendments will be allowed, and approval will require a super-majority of 60 votes in the 100-member Senate, Reid said.
On Monday, the House overcame opposition from liberal Democrats and tea party conservatives for ideologically different reasons to pass the measure by a 269-161 vote.
One of those supporting the plan was Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Arizona, who cast her first House vote since being shot in the head in an assassination attempt in January.
In an emotional moment, Giffords entered the chamber during the vote and received a prolonged standing ovation from her colleagues. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi hugged Giffords as other House members mobbed her, and the commotion diverted attention from the ongoing vote total showing the measure would pass.
The agreement reached Sunday by President Barack Obama and congressional leaders from both parties calls for up to $2.4 trillion in savings over the next decade, raises the debt ceiling through the end of 2012 and establishes a special congressional committee to recommend long-term fiscal reforms.
The legislation needs to reach Obama's desk by Tuesday at the latest. If the current $14.3 trillion debt limit is not increased by that point, Americans could face rapidly rising interest rates, a falling dollar and shakier financial markets, among other problems.
A number of Republicans worried about cuts in defense spending and the lack of a required balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. Progressive Democrats were livid over the extent of the deal's domestic spending cuts, as well as the absence of any immediate tax hikes on wealthier Americans.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, was able to round up the support of most of his GOP caucus, while the chamber's two top Democrats -- Pelosi of California and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland -- voted for the plan along with more than 90 of their caucus members.
Still, emotions ran high after months of grueling negotiations that pitted the small-government, anti-tax ideology of conservative Republicans against Obama's call for balancing spending cuts and entitlement reforms with increased tax revenue to spread the pain of necessary deficit reduction steps.
This "may be the single worst piece of public policy to ever come out of this institution," declared liberal Rep. Maxine Waters, D-California, while Pelosi noted the measure "makes these big cuts and has ... not one red cent from the wealthiest people in our country -- no revenue."
At one point, more than a dozen protesters caused a disturbance in the House gallery by chanting against Speaker John Boehner until Capitol Police officers removed them.
Vice President Joe Biden spent much of Monday on Capitol Hill, trying to persuade unhappy Democrats to back the proposal.
"I am confident that this will pass," Biden asserted. "We have to get this out of the way" in order to turn Washington's focus to job growth, he said.
Boehner and other House leaders said the deal would start reshaping how Washington spends taxpayer money, which was the goal of conservatives who elected Republicans to a majority in the House last November.
"The bill is not perfect ... but changing the way that Washington spends tax payers dollars is often a lot like redirecting or turning an aircraft carrier." said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Virginia. "It's a monumental task."
Boehner acknowledged that Republicans on the Armed Services Committee were concerned about cuts to military spending in the agreement, but he told reporters he believed they would support the proposal.
"As I told them, this is the best defense number we're going to get, and frankly if we don't pass the bill, it's pretty clear to me what'll happen ... the defense number will go down," Boehner said.
The agreement revolves around a two-stage process.
The first stage includes $917 billion in savings, including a roughly $420 billion reduction in the national security budget. The cuts would be accompanied by a $900 billion increase in the debt ceiling.
Because of the pending Tuesday deadline, Obama would have immediate authority to raise the debt ceiling by $400 billion, which will last through September, according to the White House.
The other $500 billion increase in the debt limit would be subject to a congressional vote of disapproval that can be vetoed by Obama.
In the second stage, a special joint committee of Congress would recommend further deficit reduction steps totaling $1.5 trillion or more, with Congress obligated to vote on the panel's proposals by the end of the year.
The committee would comprise 12 members: Six from each chamber, equally divided between Democrats and Republicans. The panel's recommendations would be due by November 23 and guaranteed an up-or-down vote without amendments by December 23.
The committee is expected to consider politically sensitive reforms to the tax code and entitlement programs, though Democrats and Republicans disagree on the likelihood of any eventual revenue increases.
If the committee's recommendations are enacted, Obama would be authorized to increase the debt ceiling by up to $1.5 trillion. If the recommendations are not enacted, Obama can still raise the debt ceiling by $1.2 trillion. At that point, however, a budget "trigger" would kick in, imposing mandatory across-the-board spending cuts matching the size of the debt ceiling increase.
The cuts would be split between defense spending and non-defense programs, an unpopular formula intended to motivate legislators to approve the committee's recommendations.
"You want to make it hard for (lawmakers) just to walk away and wash their hands," Gene Sperling, the director of Obama's National Economic Council, said Sunday. "You want them to say, if nothing happens, there will be a very tough degree of pain that will take place."
The final debt ceiling increase in the agreement would also be subject to a congressional vote of disapproval that can be vetoed by Obama.
The agreement calls for both houses of Congress to vote on a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, though it does not make a further increase in the debt limit subject to congressional passage of such an amendment -- something tea party conservatives were initially demanding.
In a key concession to Democrats, benefits from entitlements including Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare -- as well as veteran's benefits -- will be exempt from any immediate cuts.
Leaders on both sides of the aisle have conceded that the deal is far from perfect.
Reid emphasized that "no one got what they want" and "everyone had to give something up."
But this "is a great stride forward" that shows "we can succeed not in spite of our divided government but because of it," he said.
A recent CNN/ORC International Poll reveals a growing public exasperation and demand for compromise. Sixty-four percent of respondents to a July 18-20 survey preferred a deal with a mix of spending cuts and tax increases. Only 34% preferred a debt reduction plan based solely on spending reductions.
According to the poll, the public is sharply divided along partisan lines; Democrats and independents are open to a number of different approaches because they think a failure to raise the debt ceiling would cause a major crisis for the country. Republicans, however, draw the line at tax increases, and a narrow majority of them oppose raising the debt ceiling under any circumstances.
CNN's Ted Barrett, Kate Bolduan, Gloria Borger, Keating Holland, Brianna Keilar, Jeanne Sahadi, Xuan Thai, Jessica Yellin, Athena Jones, Lisa Desjardins, Dan Lothian and Deirdre Walsh contributed to this report.
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Towson University Campus Map
The Geospatial Research and Education Lab of Towson University, Maryland has created a Google Map of the Towson campus for the university website.
The map uses shaded polygons to show the location of university buildings on the map. Clicking on any of the buildings will open an information window containing the name and a picture of the building and a link to the department's webpage. The window also contains a link to get directions to the location.
It is possible to select the buildings that you want to view on the map by category, e.g. academic or residence. It is also possible to select to view parking lots by 'permit parking', 'accessible parking' and 'visitor parking'.
All the buildings on campus and all the parking lots can be selected from drop-down menus above the map.
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LAWRENCE M. DEMERS. Photograph Album; n.d., 1929, 1937, 1939-1944. .1 cu. ft.
Lawrence M. Demers was from Central Montana. He worked as a tractor operator for the Civil Aeronautics Authority in Galena, Alaska, constructing a civilian air field and facilities there from 1939 to 1944. Demers also worked in the Aleutian Islands in 1944.
The collection consists of the contents of the photograph album of Lawrence M. Demers. The collection contains: a xerographic copy of the original 8-page photograph album entitled, "Alaska C.A.A. Camp Photographs, 1939-1944"; 85 original black and white prints (73 of which were mounted on the album pages) and 9 color prints; 8 black and white Alaskan tourist prints; and an x-ray film from 1929 of Demers' left forearm fracture. Subjects of the photographs originally mounted in the album include: Lawrence Demers and fellow construction workers at Galena; people, buildings, houses, tent camps, vehicles, tractors, and boats at Galena; holiday competitions at Galena; and people and buildings at the nearby Yukon River villages of Nulato and Koyukuk. The competitions at Galena include a sack race, canoe race, apple eating contest, nut roll, pillow fight, and foot races. Specific images of Galena include the native cemetery with spirit houses, the Riverboat Alice, and the Bishop Mountain Trading Company store. Subjects of the loose photographs with the album include: Demers with a fellow orderly and doctor at a camp hospital in Minnesota in 1937; the Wasilla Railroad Depot in 1940; Demers' car on the Glenn Highway between Anchorage and Palmer in 1943; Demers in front of Paxson's Lodge on the Richardson Highway in 1943; Demers at a base in the Aleutian Islands in 1944; and Demers' father, Louis Demers, at his home in Lewistown, Montana, in the 1960s or early 1970s (color).
The collection was acquired by the archives in 2005.
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(NaturalNews) Antidepressants have become the most commonly prescribed drug in the United States. They are prescribed even more often than drugs to treat high blood pressure, which one in every three Americans suffer from. In 2005 alone, doctors prescribed 118 million antidepressants to people around the country. The number of users is growing, but not without risk. Recent studies have shown that pregnant women using antidepressants are more likely to suffer from a miscarriage than those who do not take antidepressant medication. In fact, their chances are increased by an outrageous 68%. With millions of women becoming pregnant every year, there are also millions taking antidepressants. In a recent study, of 5,124 women who verified miscarriages, almost 300 of them were taking antidepressants. That's almost 6% of the whole group that lost a child due to drug use.
Almost 20% of all pregnancies end in a miscarriage, and the percentage is at risk of rapidly heightening. On January 6, 2010, the Mother's Act was passed. The bill states, "To ensure that new mothers and their families are educated about postpartum depression, screened for symptoms, and provided with essential services, and to increase research at the National Institutes of Health on postpartum depression."
Increasing numbers of pregnant women are learning about depression and are being diagnosed. Many women who would not have sought help otherwise are now requesting prescriptions as a result of this new bill. With more pregnant women receiving antidepressants
, miscarriages will only continue to escalate. According to the FDA's MedWatch Adverse Events Reporting System data, antidepressants were responsible for:
-4,360 critical birth defects
-4,160 critical heart defects
-2,900 spontaneous abortions
-3,000 premature births
More pregnant women than ever before are requesting antidepressants to avoid the "baby blues." What they aren't aware of are the risk
factors that come from the harmful ingredients that are found in many antidepressants: paroxetine and venlafaxine. Even antidepressants not containing those drugs are found to be harmful. Combining different antidepressants has shown to even double the risk.
To avoid miscarriage, women should take precaution and avoid unnecessary medications. Stress and depression are common problems among pregnant women, but there are healthier options than prescription drugs. Preparing for pregnancy emotionally and mentally will decrease the "need" for unnecessary drugs. There are a wide variety of nutritional and dietary supplements available to naturally support pregnancy and eliminate the need for harmful antidepressants.
This false-perception that drugs are the answer to our problems is quickly permeating the globe. Bills such as the Mother's Act, which encourage women to take antidepressants as a solution for their postpartum depression, are pushing society even further in the wrong direction. There are solutions out there that don't require harsh drug consumption that will only cause problems. It's only a matter of time before people realize it. Sources: http://www.wellnessresources.com/studies/entry/antidepressants_and_mi...http://www.wellnessresources.com/freedom/articles/antidepressants_inc...http://www.amazingpregnancy.com/pregnancy-articles/337.htmlhttp://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=s110-1375
About the author
Mike Barrett is a writer and entrepreneur with an affinity for natural health and exercise. He has helped thousands around the globe transform their lives through his informative writing. His work is featured on (http://NaturalSociety.com
), a natural health website that he helped to create. As a founder of NaturalSociety, Mike focuses on getting life-saving natural health techniques out to the world in a timely and efficient manner, syndicating his articles around the web. Mike maintains a degree in Business, and is constantly researching the many new advances in the field of nutrition and kinesiology.
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Cancer can be a long and painful disease. Many times, the drugs that are used to fight cancer can be just as excruciating as the disease itself.
Antibiotics, as the name implies, work against life, or more specifically, against living cells. Most antibiotics, such as penicillin or erythromycin, attack bacterial cells in specific ways that don’t affect animal cells. That way the bacteria causing the infection are destroyed without harming the patient.
But cancer is different from other diseases in that the cells in a cancer tumor are human cells. The main difference between cancer cells and healthy cells is that the cancer cells are multiplying uncontrollably. Therefore, the antibiotics that attack cancer cells might also attack healthy cells.
One way chemotherapy drugs work is by interrupting the production of DNA. All cells have DNA, which must be reproduced when new cells are made. Since DNA is involved in reproduction, the cells that are reproducing the fastest, such as cancer cells, are also the ones that are producing the most DNA. For this reason, the rapidly growing cancer cells are most affected by drugs that interrupt the production of DNA.
The cells in the hair follicles and in the stomach lining also reproduce faster than most other cells. Consequently, when chemotherapy interrupts DNA production in cancer cells, it also interrupts DNA production in hair follicles and in the stomach lining, causing chemotherapy patients to lose hair and experience severe stomach problems.
The side effects of chemotherapy are worse than the side effects of most other drugs because chemotherapy attacks human cells, while other antibiotics attack specifically bacteria cells.
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With PG&E marketing heavily against it and the number of customers "opting out" running close to the maximum expected, the authority has increased the pool of customers it will appeal to during its initial marketing drive.
The authority began sending notices to 7,500 of Marin's biggest users of electricity in early February, and a second notice was sent to that group in March. Any of those customers who have not opted out by Friday will be automatically enrolled in the authority's Marin Clean Energy program the next time their electric meter is read.
The authority began sending notices to an additional 2,700 customers on April 10. The additional customers will help assure that the agency has sufficient operating revenue, officials said.
Dawn Weisz, the Marin Energy Authority's interim executive director, said on Monday that about 18 percent of the initial group of 7,500 had opted out. But that number is now in flux, because on Monday afternoon the California Public Utilities Commission ordered PG&E to immediately cease several aggressive methods of soliciting opt-outs.
Those methods include telephoning customers to ask them to opt out and then transferring the call that PG&E initiated to a PG&E customer service representative;
"They're just relentlessly calling people and getting them to opt out at that moment on the phone," Weisz said.
She said many of the people who were called had no idea what the Marin Clean Energy program is, "and in many cases we're hearing from these customers that it was implied that they would not get electricity provided to them if they didn't opt out."
According to the 2002 state law that made community choice aggregation efforts such as Marin Clean Energy possible, electrical corporations are supposed to "cooperate fully" with such efforts.
The utilities commission said customers electing to opt out must do so only by the methods included in the customer notification provided by the Marin Energy Authority - by the customer calling a phone number or visiting a website. The PUC ordered PG&E to meet with its energy division to identify the specific customers who had opted out incorrectly and to inform those customers that their opt-outs were invalid. Weisz said she has no way of knowing how many that might be.
Marin Clean Energy's business plan assumed that a total of 20 percent of the phase one customers would opt out and that 20 percent of the remaining customers would choose to spend a little extra to get electricity from 100 percent renewable sources. So far, only 250 to 300 customers have signed up for this so-called "deep green" option, Weisz said.
Weisz said PG&E has largely ignored a previous PUC order that it market only to customers who have already been sent opt-out notices by the authority.
Katie Romans, a spokeswoman for PG&E, said the allegation is false. "We are only communicating with MEA's phase one customers at this time," Romans said.
Weisz said Marin Clean Energy representatives are calling some people who have opted out to make sure they understand the consequences of their decision.
Weisz said, "More than a handful of those we contacted didn't understand what they were doing and wanted to be part of the Marin Clean Energy program."
Connie Rodgers, president of the San Anselmo Chamber of Commerce, said she resented being called by Marin Clean Energy representatives after she opted out.
"This is strong-arming and brow-beating," Rodgers said. "My right to vote is being violated."
Weisz said, "It was certainly not a pressure call."
The PUC has asked PG&E to tell it how much it has spent so far marketing against Marin Clean Energy. PG&E has refused to supply the data, however, stating that the information is confidential, said PUC spokesman Christopher Chow. An organization calling itself the Common Sense Coalition, which is funded and overseen by PG&E, has sent numerous mailers attacking Marin Clean Energy to residents throughout the county.
The authority's decision to add more customers to its first implementation phase has caused some people to ask, "Is the Marin Energy Authority in trouble?" said Alexander Bischoff, director of Marin Green Leadership, a nonprofit created in February to help the Marin Energy Authority make its case to the public.
Bischoff said for the authority to be successful in its first phase it needs to attract a sufficient number of customers to do two things: pay for the electricity that it has contracted for from Shell Energy North America and cover Marin Clean Energy's operating expenses.
Bischoff said the authority is in no danger of falling short on either score because it can always add more customers to this first phase.
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Scientists at the Beijing University of Agriculture
have genetically modified a pair of calves in an attempt to make their meat more tender, tastier, and more appealing to discerning palates.
Professor Ni Minhong and colleagues at the school's department of advanced science and technology produced a pair of cloned cows
, named Jing Qin 1 and Jing Qin 2, that had been implanted with an extra gene, Telegraph Science Correspondent Richard Gray
reported on Sunday.
That gene is designed to increase the amount of fat contained in their muscles, and the scientists hope that it will lead to the development of a high-quality cut of beef that can rival gourmet wagyu or Kobe beef, Gray said. To date, Ni's team has spent three years on their research, though they will have to wait until the calves mature and are slaughtered before they can truly discover whether or not they have succeeded or failed.
"Through this project we will be the first in the world to successfully create transgenic cows with fatty acid binding protein," the professor told The Telegraph.
"Unlike pork where leaner is better, a good amount of muscle fat content is one of the key elements when it comes to characterizing beef quality... After more research it may be possible to achieve ideal marbling of meat in domestic cattle and provide an alternative to imported high-grade meat."
The cows at the center of the study are a Chinese-exclusive breed known as Qinchuan, and they were born at the Comprehensive Experimental Base of Beijing University of Agriculture in Daxing district, according to Yin Yeping of the Global Times.
Two hundred female cows had been implanted with genetically modified embryos, and seven became pregnant, but only two were born alive - the first on July 19 and the second on August 1 - Yeping added.
Both Jing Qin 1 and Jin Qin 2, as well as the failed embryos, had been injected with a gene which spurs on the creation of a fatty acid binding protein known as adiposcyte, Gray said. Adiposcyte leads to the development of "thin streaks of fat" between the cows' muscles, and after the animals are slaughtered, the additional fat becomes marbling which adds tenderness and flavor to the beef.
"Allowing genetically modified cattle would cut the cost of richly marbled beef," Gray said.
However, he also noted that the research would "add to the debate over the ethics and safety of attempts to genetically modified livestock, with critics of the technology raising fears about the welfare of the animals involved and the possibility of the meat and milk they produce causing harm to humans."
The research addressing the safety of genetically modified (GM) food is "immature" and it is "too early to introduce it to the commercial food chain," Greenpeace
food and agricultural campaigner Fang Lifeng told Yeping.
"Given the GM crops
that are more scientifically mature than the meat, but which are still controversial in terms of their possible affects on the human body, it will take at least a decade to prove GM beef is safe before it can be sold commercially," he added.
It has also drawn some criticism from animal rights groups as well, according to the Telegraph
"The scientists say it could be several years before the new meat could be available in shops if it is approved by the authorities," Gray said, adding that Ni and his colleague will need "to carry out further research to ensure the gene is stable in successive generations of cattle and they also want to try the gene in other varieties of beef cattle to see if how the meat differs."
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Rimfire cases start as rolled, thin sheets of cartridge brass, which are mounted and fed through rollers to reflatten them.
The sheet moves into a cupping press that
- lubricates the sheets,
- blanks out disks of brass,
- drives the disks into a cupping die to form shallow cups.
Click here to watch a video on the cupping press
A draw press reduces the diameter and increases the length of the cup in the same manner as copper bullet jackets. The punch and die set in the draw press captures all surfaces of the cup except the base (closed end) and stretches the brass to the desired diameter. The drawn length is longer than that required for the finished case to allow trimming the case mouth to uniform length. The inside of the case mouth may be beveled during trimming to facilitate bullet seating.
At this point, the case has a finished diameter and case mouth, but the closed end is not shaped into a functional case head. The heading operation shapes the closed end using a press called a header.
Rimfire headstamp - Airline brand
Image courtesy of Federal Cartridge Corp.
Heading accomplishes the following:
- Forms the rim and rim cavity (for holding the priming charge)
- Sets the rim diameter
- Sets the rim thickness
- Sets the final case length
- Applies the identifying headstamp
In most factories, all of the heading processes can be accomplished in a single operation. The case is held securely in a stationary die; an inner back-up punch and an outside forming punch come together to apply the required force. The outer punch (bunter) has raised characters on the punch that impress the headstamp into the base.
After cold working, the brass may have residual stresses, which may affect the long-term performance and safety of the case. This contributes to age hardening. Stress relief ovens raise the metal temperature enough to relax the stresses without changing the grain structure of the case.
The rimfire case is fully formed, but covered in oils that could contaminate the priming compound. Washing removes these oils, leaving water in its place. The cases must be oven dried to remove all traces of moisture.
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Working with Children, Families and Young People
About half of social workers are involved in some way with supporting children, families and young people. You may make regular visits to families, or set up a support group for parents. Or you might be working in a children's home, or managing the processes of foster care or adoption.
Here's a brief guide to the different areas of work:
Residential Child Care
Although every effort is made to keep families together, sometimes children need to move into residential homes. We provide a range of specialist children's homes to meet the needs of children and young people for whom residential care is the positive choice.
Children and young people who are looked after in our children's homes are kept safe, healthy, out of trouble, supported to achieve their potential at school and prepared as they grow towards adulthood.
The role of a Social Worker in the fostering service is to recruit and assess foster carers to ensure that most Children Looked After can be cared for in families. They will identify appropriate placements that best match the needs of the child to the homes that the fostering service can provide and support children to reach their full potential.
Field work with families
Where parents are struggling to cope with their children and where children are in danger from their own behaviour and that of others, Social Workers combined with other professionals, help parents to improve their relationships with their children.
Field work with young people
We aim to ensure all young people reach their full potential. Our Services for Young People enables Youth workers and Connexions Consortia Personal Advisor’s to work closely together to target vulnerable groups and individuals as well as delivering Information Advise and Guidance and open access youth work.
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I know I am only going for a Grade 3 Singing exam, but my accompanist posted a question to me:
What are you going to wear? Is there a dress code?
I didn't find any dress code in the rules and regulations, but I suddenly realised that this time round, I won't be hiding behind a piano, with my back facing the examiner. I will be facing the examiner, with no barrier before me, straight in the eye. Now some fashion sense would be helpful to create a good impression.
It is clear that both my accompanist and I should wear covered shoes instead of sandals (popular in my region). My accompanist asked whether we should wear skirts instead of jeans. Frankly I don't know. I was thinking of wear a presentable trench-coat-like long top (what I wear to office), jeans and leather shoes. I told my accompanist to wear anything that is full-length (no three-quarters or bermudas) and comfortable for her, as long as she is neat and tidy.
The reason my accompanist asked, was that she was required to wear concert attire when she went for her diploma exam in piano.
Has anyone some idea of what is appropriate for a Singing exam, and what is not? I will be going on to my higher grades soon. If I should wear a proper dress or skirt, and my accompanist has to do the same, we have some shopping to do!
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OTTAWA — The American ambassador to Canada has issued a reassuring statement about the state of relations between the two countries — insisting that while there have been “bumps in the road” and “strains,” the relationship has never been better.
David Jacobson’s written message was issued this week to commemorate the national birthdays of both countries. Notably, it came just days after a controversial article by two Canadians who declared the bilateral relationship has sunk to its worst level in decades.
The document, entitled “How Obama Lost Canada” appears in the online edition of Foreign Affairs and makes a detailed case for how U.S. President Barack Obama is “botching relations with the United States’ biggest trade partner.”
But Jacobson, while not referring to that article directly, cited a long list of examples — from security co-operation and increased trade, to the Americans’ heavy reliance on Canadian energy exports — to conclude that things aren’t so bad.
“I believe the relationship between the United States and Canada has never been stronger,” wrote Jacobson in the message posted on the embassy’s website.
“On so many fronts we are working together to achieve our shared goals: managing our border for greater efficiency and greater security; expanding trade for greater prosperity; and enhancing peace and security around the world.”
Jacobson wrote he is extending a clear message on behalf of Obama and the American people: “We are very lucky to have Canada as our neighbor.”
“None of this is to say that everything is perfect or that we do not — on occasion — have some bumps in the road. The economic challenges we face, particularly in my country, have, at times, caused strains.
“And it’s inconceivable that two sovereign nations with the largest economic relationship between two countries in the history of the world, two countries with the longest shared border in the world, would not have issues from time-to-time. But like the friends we are, we address those issues and we try to resolve them forthrightly.”
That assessment is far rosier than the picture painted in the Foreign Affairs essay written by Derek Burney, Canada’s former ambassador to the U.S., and Fen Hampson, a foreign policy expert at Carleton University.
“Whether on trade, the environment, or Canada’s shared contribution in places such as Afghanistan, time and again the United States has jilted its northern neighbour,” they write.
“If the pattern of neglect continues, Ottawa will get less interested in co-operating with Washington. Already, Canada has reacted by turning elsewhere — namely, toward Asia — for more reliable economic partners.”
The authors note that only 68 per cent of Canadian exports were destined for the United States in 2010, down from 85 per cent in 2000.
The biting essay points to a litany of problems, such as:
But Jacobson is much more positive.
He noted that Prime Minister Stephen Harper praised the recent agreement for the Detroit-Windsor bridge as a visionary project that will increase trade. As well, the Canadian Parliament adopted a “long-awaited” copyright reform bill.
Also in June, Obama and Harper announced Canada has been invited to join negotiations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a proposed free-trade agreement.
Jacobson cast a positive light on trade — saying that from 2009 to 2011, trade between the U.S.and Canada increased by 37.8 per cent, or $188.7 billion.
In the wake of the Keystone XL decision, Harper declared Canada will look to other markets, such as Asia, to sell its oil. But Jacobson pointed to the close energy ties as an example of a strong bilateral relationship.
“Canada remains the overwhelmingly largest foreign supplier of every form of energy to the United States,” he wrote.
“You send us virtually 100 per cent of the electricity we import; 85 per cent of the natural gas; and stunningly 27 per cent of our foreign oil. The next highest foreign source of oil is Saudi Arabia at 12 per cent!!!”
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Complex partial seizures can begin in any lobe of the brain, but cause alteration of awareness due to spreading of seizure activity.
Complex partial seizures are often preceded by a simple partial seizure (aura). An aura is often described as a warning and can manifest in several different ways, such as a sense of fear, a funny feeling in the body, déjà vu, etc.
Patients experiencing a complex partial seizure may stare blankly into space, or experience automatisms (non-purposeful, repetitive movements).
Treatment of complex partial seizures
There is no one treatment method for any patient with a seizure disorder. Each treatment plan is tailored to the individual patient based on their diagnosis and symptoms. Treatment options may include medical therapy, nerve stimulation, dietary therapy, or surgery, as appropriate. Clinical trials may also be a valuable treatment alternative.
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For more information about complex partial seizures or to meet with our doctors, request an appointment at the Epilepsy Center.
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The acceptance of human rights and minority rights, the increasing role of international financial institutions, and globalization have led many observers to question the continued viability of the sovereign state. Here a leading expert challenges this conclusion. Stephen Krasner contends that states have never been as sovereign as some have supposed. Throughout history, rulers have been motivated by a desire to stay in power, not by some abstract adherence to international principles. Organized hypocrisy--the presence of longstanding norms that are frequently violated--has been an enduring attribute of international relations
Political leaders have usually but not always honored international legal sovereignty, the principle that international recognition should be accorded only to juridically independent sovereign states, while treating Westphalian sovereignty, the principle that states have the right to exclude external authority from their own territory, in a much more provisional way. In some instances violations of the principles of sovereignty have been coercive, as in the imposition of minority rights on newly created states after the First World War or the successor states of Yugoslavia after 1990; at other times cooperative, as in the European Human Rights regime or conditionality agreements with the International Monetary Fund.
The author looks at various issues areas to make his argument: minority rights, human rights, sovereign lending, and state creation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Differences in national power and interests, he concludes, not international norms, continue to be the most powerful explanation for the behavior of states.
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For most of the past two years, if not the past four, many conservatives and Republicans assumed that Barack Obama could not be reelected. A poor economy, an unpopular liberal agenda shoved down the throat of the country, and a largely uninspiring presidential leadership style combined to create a widespread belief on the right that the 2012 election would be a lay-up for them.
We now know what some of us suspected for a long time: Republicans drastically underestimated the president’s appeal as a historic figure.
The postmortem on the Republican failure to defeat the president will go on until 2016, but the finger pointing within the party will largely miss the point. The big problem was not Romney’s moderation (likely to be the right wing’s favorite theory); the influence of the Tea Party (the standard liberal interpretation); the failure to do outreach to Hispanics (though Republicans need to address this problem); Romney’s inability to run against ObamaCare; the GOP standard-bearer’s decision not to talk more about himself and letting the Democrats define him; the decision not to hammer Obama more over the Benghazi fiasco or even Hurricane Sandy.
The main obstacle to a Republican victory was that the party was seeking to defeat the first African-American president – one aided by a supportive mainstream media and buttressed by the power of incumbency and what turned out to be a tremendously efficient campaign organization.
Contrary to the delusion that Obama was a loser waiting to be knocked off, beating him was always going to be a long shot. Most conservatives were prepared to acknowledge that the majority of Americans were still pleased with the idea of righting some historic wrongs by electing an African-American in 2008. But they failed to understand that even though Obama’s administration was not widely viewed as a great success, at least half the country was not prepared to toss him out of office after only one term.
As an incumbent, Obama was able to claim credit concerning things for which he did not deserve many plaudits, like the killing of Osama bin Laden or even the response to the hurricane in the last days before the election. He also could count on the unfailing support of much of the media even when he was embarrassed by events, such as the Benghazi attack.
These were strengths that many Republicans continually discounted or disregarded entirely.
The close nature of the loss at a time when the national economy is still stagnant will naturally cause many on the right to speculate on what Romney and his campaign could have done differently. They will be right when they point out he should have fought back immediately against the slurs on his character that were the focus of much of the Obama campaign’s early efforts.
Maybe a perfect GOP effort could have gotten that extra one percent of the vote that would have turned a few close states and elected Romney. That’s something that will torment conservatives as ObamaCare is implemented and Obama continues to govern from the left.
But even his sternest critics must admit that Romney ran a creditable campaign and was able to use the debates to make the race closer and even take a lead in some polls in the last month. They must also acknowledge that the conservative assumption that the electorate in 2012 would be very different than it was in 2008 was wrong.
The good news for the GOP is that contrary to those who will claim a permanent Democratic majority, the circumstances of 2012 won’t be repeated in four years. Obama will be gone in 2016 and anyone who thinks that Joe Biden, Andrew Cuomo or even Hillary Clinton will have an easy time against the deep Republican bench that is ready to run next time misunderstands the nature of American politics.
The bottom line is that Barack Obama won the 2012 election far more than the Republicans lost it. Obama may be a remarkably unsuccessful president (he’s the first to win re-election by a smaller margin) but he was never the patsy most conservatives imagined.
Conservatives spent the two years since their 2010 midterm victory operating under a serious delusion about the president’s political strengths. That’s a terrible indictment of their political acumen, but it won’t affect their chances in four years when Obama is no longer on the ballot.
About the Author: Jonathan S. Tobin is senior online editor of Commentary magazine with responsibility for managing the editorial content of its Contentions website – as well as serving as chief politics blogger.
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Redlands community hospital bolsters stroke
Care with new “get with the guidelines”
National Stroke Collaborative Focuses on Prevention and Preparedness Program
REDLANDS, Calif.— Redlands Community Hospital, one of the Inland Empire’s dedicated stroke patient receiving facilities, has announced its participation in the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke program. The goal of the new program is to improve the overall quality of care for stroke patients by improving acute stroke treatment and preventing future strokes and cardiovascular events.
“Get with the Guidelines–Stroke Program” was developed to help hospitals employ proven science-based treatment guidelines, including those developed by the American Stroke Association, American Heart Association and Brain Attack Coalition. These guidelines address acute stroke management, primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases, secondary prevention of strokes and the establishment of primary stroke centers.
As a “Get with the Guidelines–Stroke” participating hospital, Redlands Community Hospital has developed a comprehensive system for providing rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke when patients are admitted to the emergency department. This includes always being equipped to provide brain-imaging scans, making neurologists available to conduct patient evaluations and using clot-busting medications when appropriate.
Redlands Community Hospital is also increasing its efforts to prevent secondary strokes through the aggressive use of medications such as statins and anti-platelets as indicated in the secondary stroke prevention guidelines. Other methods include the treatment of atrial fibrillation and atherosclerosis and management of smoking cessation, weight, exercise, diabetes and cholesterol.
Through “Get with the Guidelines–Stroke”, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association provides Redlands Community Hospital training and staffing recommendations, care maps, discharge protocols, standing orders, data-collection and measurement tools. The program also facilitates creating and sharing best practices among participating hospitals.
“Redlands Community Hospital is to be commended for its commitment to implementing standards of care and protocols for treating stroke patients,” said Lee H. Schwamm, M.D., chair of the Get With The Guidelines National Steering Committee and director of the TeleStroke and Acute Stroke Services at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. “The full implementation of acute care and secondary prevention recommendations and guidelines is a critical step in saving the lives and improving outcomes of stroke patients.”
“The time is right for Redlands Community Hospital to improve the quality of stroke care by implementing “Get with the Guidelines–Stroke”. The number of acute ischemic stroke patients eligible for treatment is expected to grow over the next decade due to increasing stroke incidence and a large aging population,” said Jim Holmes, CEO and president of Redlands Community Hospital.
According to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, stroke is one of the leading causes of death and serious, long-term disability in the United States. On average, someone suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies of a stroke every four minutes; and 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year.
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December 17, 2012
Credit: International Aircraft Associates
Jerome Greer Chandler Anniston, Ala.
A pair of developments is working in parallel to reshape the way the industry stocks, prices and sells commercial aircraft parts. Even as parts stocks for newer aircraft and powerplants become leaner, those same airframes are being parted out at an increasing rate. The confluence of these elements presents opportunities to save money, while continuing to maintain decent dispatch reliability.
“There's a huge transition going on in the de-stocking” of parts for Airbus A320s, Boeing 737NGs and 747-400s says Carl Glover, vice president of sales for AAR's European, Middle East and Africa supply chain operations. At the same time, parting-out has migrated from 737 classics, to older A320s, to 737-700s and, most recently, to A321s and A318s.
Both of these phenomena are impacting parts inventories that airlines carry to support these newer aircraft, making already sparse stocks even leaner and reducing the prices paid for those parts. As parting-out moves up the food chain, leaping from classic 737s and Airbuses to NGs and A321s, the industry is asking whether the phenomenon is a trend or an aberration—and just what the implications are for leaner shelves and lower parts costs.
Glover says airline shelves harbor 20% less inventory than before, and that one-fifth drop encompasses spares dedicated to newer types. He says a common practice for older aircraft has historically been to employ inventory to “displace or defer costly maintenance repair on components and engines and major [line replaceable units].” Now, that best practice has migrated to the A320 classics, 737-700s, A321s and even younger A318s. As those types are disassembled and parted out, inventories rise. Then operators use that inventory “more voraciously” in order to “reduce their direct maintenance costs.”
Such is the nexus connecting lean shelves, parting-out and lower costs.
Link those elements with equally voracious efforts at airlines to pare seat capacity and the net result is decreased spending on original equipment manufacturers' parts and components, says Glover. Instead of buying from the OEMs, he says carriers “are going out to the surplus market, or they're just consuming their own inventory better and running a leaner operation.”
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On this day, August 14, 1969, the Bogside area of Derry, Occupied 6, North of Ireland, had been a battleground for 2 continuous days. The overmatched pigs of the Roughing Up Catholics (RUC) had felt centuries of pent up Nationalist/Catholic rage explode in their collective faces. Free Derry was proclaimed a no go area and the whole of the community became involved in the Battle of the Bogside. Rioting broke out elsewhere in the O6, namely Belfast, Newry, and Armagh. On this night loyalist mobs burned Catholic homes on Bombay Street in Belfast forcing 1, 500 Catholics from their homes. The battle in Derry was so severe that a critical decision was made that would force the Battle into an all out urban guerilla war that continues albeit on a smaller scale today. The then HPIC (Head Pig in Charge), the so called prime minister of the North of Ireland, James Chichester-Clarke, asked for and received from the british prime minister, Harold Wilso
n, troops from the british army for deployment in Derry. A temporary truce was established as the Bogsiders went peacefully back to their homes, for now. At first, the brits were welcomed by the Nationalist/Catholic community; being seen as an impartial force to keep the loyalists and RUC away from them. Some residents even gave the soldiers tea and cookies as they manned checkpoints. The honeymoon would not last long at all. Operation Banner, as the brits called the “temporary” deployment in 1969, officially ended in 2010, yet, the brits decided to leave a PERMANENT garrison of 5,000 troops in the Occupied 6 for, “Deployment to various theaters of operations around the world.” We, the Fenians of Ireland, know different. The lasting legacy of the Battle of the Bogside is that armed resistance is the only thing the brits and their collaborating murdering supporters understand. BRITS OUT NOW.
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In a recent study of 9,000 preschoolers, less than 50% of children play outside on a daily basis, reports Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine.
Karen Leis Welsh, an elementary teacher for more than 20 years, is out to change that.
Through rhyme and bright illustration, Welsh's debut book Frolicking Friends teaches kids the importance of reading and getting outside to play. Following a boy who can't wait to get outside and play with his animal friends, Welsh entertains children's imaginations and encourages them to start their own adventures.
"I want children to know that there's a whole world of fun outside of electronics," says Welsh. "Too many kids sit inside playing video games all day, and they just don't realise that they can enjoy life without them. I want to entertain kids while teaching them that adventures can be found anywhere: Outdoors, in a good book, you name it."Karen Leis Welsh
has been teaching K-5th grade for 23 years. She received her bachelor's degree in elementary education from Chadron State College in Chadron, Neb. and her master's degree in educational administration from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. Welsh is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Currently, she is a first-grade teacher in Houston, where she resides with her husband Jerry.
Author: Karen Leis Welsh
Price: $21.99Buy it now at
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5 Steps to Start the College Conversation
Parents - if you want your child to go to college, you should start talking about it sooner rather than later. How can they know what they want if they aren’t aware of the possibilities? From the small, local community college to the largest state university, there’s an educational setting somewhere where your child can strive.
Here are 5 Steps to Start the College Conversation with your child:
1. START EARLY. As a parent, did you really enjoy your college experience? You may suggest that your child checks out your alma mater. If you were involved with your college, or attended sporting or other events with your family, your child may already be interested just by association.
2. SHOW, DON’T TELL. Is there a college close by? Talk about what goes on there. Attend a sports event or theatrical show, so your child can get a first-hand experience of what is like to be part of the college community. Barbara Cooke, the author of Parent’s Guide to College and Careers: How to Help, Not Hover says, “Show them, don’t tell them. More kids have been inspired about attending college by watching a play, attending a robotics contest, or cheering for a local college football team. Some of the best conversations can happen when you take your children to activities on a college campus.”
3. TALK BEFORE HIGH SCHOOL. The transition to high school is an exciting and tough time for kids. You should start asking your child what they want to be when they grow up, potential schools they want to go to, and what areas of school interest them. Once they enter high school they will feel more comfortable about what classes to take and more prepared to plan out their future. If possible, and when they are old enough, see if your child can get a part-time job in an area that interests them. “Everything you do starting now — in school, after school, and on the weekends — counts towards what you do after high school.” No matter which post-high school choice your child makes, the people accepting or hiring them will pay attention to what they do from ninth grade on.
4. ENLIST ALLIES. Lots of kids just won’t listen to their parents’ opinions. Make sure your child visits and meets with their high school guidance counselor, and that your child’s classes are planned out. Also, encourage your child to talk with relatives, teachers, neighbors, and their friends’ parents about where they went to college, and discuss college expectations.
5. MONEY ISSUES. How are you going to pay for your child’s education? Is there money set aside for them? Will your child have to finance their own education? Have you checked out the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)? It’s helpful for your child to know about the financing of her education so they can think about whether they can study and work, go away to school, or should consider a college close by. There are many options like loans, grants, and scholarships to help your child pay for school.
Read more in StudentAdvisor's Parent's Survival Guide.
Parents - how did you start talking about college with your child? Comment & share your story below!
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Your View: Obama fails us with lack of fiscal leadership
The U.S. government is the largest financial entity in the world. On April 29, it will be exactly three years since the U.S. Senate passed a budget. Why has the Senate decided to violate the law and proceed with $3.8 trillion in spending, $16.4 trillion in debt, and $65 trillion in unfunded liabilities without the guidelines of a budget?
President Obama attacks the Republicans over raising our debt-ceiling balance. “We are not a deadbeat nation,” he says. No, we are a nation floundering in debt without a leader. No CEO would attempt to run a business without the guidelines of a budget. Obama seems to look on the budgeting process as yet another political maneuver.
The president’s 2012 budget proposal was rejected 97-0 in the Senate and Rep. Mike Mulvaney, R-S.C., sponsored a budget proposal based on Obama’s 2013 budget plan, and it was defeated by a vote of 414-0. This was a repudiation of Obama’s leadership ... and this is the man who will decide to increase our debt limit by $1.4 trillion, which they have spent without budget guidelines.
The Senate has the votes to pass a real budget and show us their plans for the future. They don’t want to produce a budget because then they would be held accountable. Our nation’s debt is $52,196 per citizen, or $145,762 per taxpayer. If Obama raises the debt limit by $1.4 trillion, each taxpayer will owe an additional $4,000.
Is this what Obama meant when he said he was going to “fundamentally” change the United States government? Our country’s fiscal house is in disarray; the U.S. credit rating is in jeopardy; entitlement spending is ballooning; defense spending is on the chopping block and the economy is in shambles.
One thousand days without a budget. ... Need I say more?
On Jan. 20, we should pray for nation
I have heard on Mike Huckabee’s show several times in the last few weeks him asking everyone to take time out to pray on Jan. 20, for our nation.
We are troubled on every side. Even some leaders in our country say man doesn’t have answers. From 2 Chronicles 7:14, “If my people which are called by my name shall humble themselves and pray and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and heal their land.”
HARRY LEE DARR
YOUR VIEW POLLS
What do you think of President Obama’s actions and proposals regarding gun control issues? In 30 words or less (no name, address required), email us your thoughts to email@example.com.
Some studies say violence-themed video games and movies can desensitize us to violence while other studies say that is not so. What’s your view? In 30 words or less (no name, address required), email us your thoughts to firstname.lastname@example.org.
Guilford County officials are considering revaluing property for tax purposes every four or five years instead of every eight years. What do you think? In 30 words or less (no name, address required), email us your thoughts to email@example.com.
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Ever wonder how an aeroplane is made? Wonder no more:
Great illusion that's doing the rounds - can you work it out before the reveal?
Here's a robot reading only margainally slower than a QI Elf...
Check out the colours. NASA's vid of the solar flare that exploded back in August.
An exhibition by the Hyundai motor group. Incredible effects:
This is apparently one of a series of etymological videos - great stuff.
More robotics, this time in the form of an octopus...
Sorry for the outage, our video blog has been down for a few days. Perhaps it was spooky halloween gremlins; even the Large Hadron Collider is having ghoulish problems:
This is an ingenious machine for killing moths, it attracts them with a smell and then sprays them with a fungus.
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Frolic with Roatan’s Bottlenose Dolphins
Have you ever dreamed of a dolphin encounter - swimming, snorkeling, or diving with dolphins? In Roatan, you can do all of these things!
Swimming and interacting with dolphins is a very popular activity the world over and understandably so. Regarded as one of Earth’s most intelligent animals, dolphins are incredibly social, and their playfulness and friendliness have a certain charisma that draws people to them.
When you stay at CoCo View Resort, we can arrange for an off-site dolphin encounter at the Roatan Institute for Marine Science (RIMS), a facility built to study and preserve the island’s marine ecosystem, where you can meet and swim with these engaging animals.
Different Kinds of Encounters
During your stay in Roatan, ask our resort staff about the various dolphin tours and encounters available to you!
- Roatan Dolphin Encounter: Make a new friend as you touch, kiss, and play with a dolphin. A trained naturalist will introduce you to a resident dolphin, describing its characteristics, anatomy, and behaviours.
- Dolphin Snorkel: Experience a dolphin encounter like no other as you play with dolphins at the Roatan Institute for Marine Sciences. During this unstructured encounter with Atlantic Bottlenose dolphins, the naturally curious dolphins are free to interact with you as they choose.
- Dolphin Dive: Scuba dive in the open ocean with the friendliest dolphins in the Caribbean. 2-3 dolphins will visit you on the sandy bottom of the ocean floor, frolicking and playing with you on their own terms before returning home to RIMS.
- Trainer for a Day: Leave CoCo View Resort for the day to go behind the scenes - spending the entire day learning about dolphins, interacting with them, and working one-on-one with them to initiate trained behaviours.
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Why exactly does The Boston Globe need a lab? I ask not out of Lab sensitivity (in that “we had one before labs were cool” way), but in the practical sense. Most newspapers aren’t known for spending a lot of resources on R&D. In an era where money is tight and newsrooms have shrunk, why carve out room for experiments that may not turn into anything?
Of course, that question answers itself — it’s precisely because the traditional business model is in such disarray that it makes sense to invest in ideas that could turn into something bigger. In order for BostonGlobe.com and Boston.com to grow and thrive as online properties, the Globe is counting on its lab to create the kind of products and ideas that will help each site succeed. The mission of the Globe Lab is less decades-away dreams and more like producing near-future products.
“We want to experiment in platforms and technologies that could become real Boston Globe or Boston.com products that are offered to our customers in a year or so,” said Chris Marstall, a creative technologist for the Globe. “That doesn’t mean we can’t do stuff that isn’t clearly not product-izable.”
Nieman Journalism Lab
The Globe Lab is both a physical space and a collection of people working not too far from the Globe newsroom, where they’ll work on things that could be used to help produce better journalism, entice advertisers, and reach more readers. Or, as Marstall told me when I went for a visit, just make cool stuff. Things like the Information Radiator, or the other things percolating at Beta.Boston. Because sometimes building weird, obscure things leads to creating something that could be useful in the near future. “We want to expand, but expand in platforms that could become real Boston.com products for consumers in a year from now,” Marstall said.
So what are they working on? One idea is deploying the New York Times R&D Lab’s Project Cascade, both to see the reach of Globe stories and what possible forward-facing uses there are for the visualization. Another early experiment is what Marstall calls a “gestural reader” that uses the hack for Microsoft Kinect to make motion sensitive newspaper displays. (Imagine a digital version of the Globe you could place in public that people could flip through with a wave of their hand.)
One tool they’ve already rolled out is Shim, a tool that allowed the development team at BostonGlobe.com to browser test that snazzy new responsive design across multiple devices. Using Shim, they could see how the site renders on an iPad or netbook, and it would mirror itself (in the format fitting the device) in a Windows Phone or Kindle at the same time. Though Shim was developed for testing the new site, it could also easily be used by designers or the advertising staff to see how their work unfolds on different devices. Marstall said Shim is a good example of the type of thing they want to do at the Globe Lab, something that helps them test their products and hopefully gain new knowledge to put to work. “It’s all about: What is the user experience?” he said. “We’re not really talking about technology. A printed newspaper is one user experience. A website is a completely different user experience. Twitter is another user experience. What do people like? What do people want? We just don’t know.”
Which, again, points to another reason to have a lab. It’s a more consumer-oriented stance for a newspaper, trying to divine what readers want. Sure, Kraft has plenty of snack scientists working around the clock to figure out the next Ritz or a Wheat Thin. But it also makes sure those experiments get put in front of actual users…er, snackers. The Globe Lab (the space) will be well suited for consumer testing, an open space that screams out for things to be touched. When completed the lab’s set-up will be not unlike an Apple Store, with desks, chairs, and tables where people can fiddle with the latest creations. They’ll also have what Marstall is calling an app wall, which will consist of three pairs of 40-inch displays. This is where they’ll shake down new ideas, like Google Maps overlays for Boston that see the city through Instagram photos, Marstall said.
The Globe Lab’s work could end up in use in a variety of homes. Most new consumer-facing products will likely find themselves headed to the free-and-open Boston.com; more subtle tweaks to design and presentation will find a home on the paywalled BostonGlobe.com. That lines up with the Globe’s idea of making Boston.com a hub for breaking news, sports, and cultureand BostonGlobe.com a premium site offering exclusive content and elegant reading experience. And that’s why the Globe put resources towards having a tinkerer’s workshop of their own, because the fastest way to get from idea to market is to cut out the consultants and try to do it yourself.
“I think in many ways it’s perfectly legitimate for an organization like a newspaper to rely on outside vendors and outside companies to track innovation,” Marstall said. “But I think it’s probably better for us to have some inquiry we do on our own.”
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Tiles can range from simple square tiles to complex mosaics. Tiles are most often made from porcelain, fired clay or ceramic with a hard glaze, but other materials are also commonly used, such as glass, metal, cork, and stone. Tiling stone is typically marble, onyx, granite or slate.
Enjoy remodeling your home with a timeless style that goes as far back as 3 millennium BC to Lerna, Greece, where the first uses of tiles adorned the Early Helladic House of the tiles. Satisfy your individuality with the help of a Dicapa professional, our artisanship is so delicate that no two projects are ever the same when it comes to tile work.
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Could your hormones be making you fat?
A common belief is that weight loss/gain is predominantly determined by the number of calories you
consume (eat) compared to the number of calories you utilise (use) i.e if
calories in are greater than calories out you will gain weight, and vice versa.
This is a very very very simplistic way of looking at weight loss/gain and not
strictly true. There are so many other factors that come into play. I believe one of the biggest factors is your
Your hormones affect EVERYTHING your body does/doesn’t do. There are hundreds of different hormones
in the body, each one responsible for something different, and that can include
your body composition.
To some extent you are in control of your hormones and hopefully this article will explain how you
can make one of the key hormones work with you, not against you.
When talking about hormones in bodybuilding, the number one hormone that comes to mind is
Testosterone. Another common one that often pops up is Growth hormone, and
probably the third most talked about is Insulin. But it’s this third hormone
which I am going to focus on. Why? Because out of the three, it is Insulin that
can have the greatest effect on fat loss, or rather, as the case may be; lack
of fat loss.
What is Insulin?
Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas. It is released when there is an excess of
glucose in the blood caused by eating.
What does Insulin do?
Insulin causes the uptake of glucose from the blood into the cells where it is either metabolised
to provide energy, or stored as glycogen to be used later on. It does this by
binding to cell membranes and ‘opening the door’ so to speak, to allow the
glucose to pass through. Without the presence of Insulin, this process would
not occur which would mean your body would not be able to use the energy from
food for movement, growth, repair, or any other function that requires energy.
However, Insulin may be one of the reasons you’re finding it hard to lose fat.
Insulin is often referred to as having the effect of turning OFF the fat burning switch
(theoretically speaking, there is no switch!) This refers to the fact that whilst
Insulin is in action, your body will not be using fat as a fuel source. Why?
Well why would it when the only reason Insulin is present in the first place is
because there is an EXCESS of energy, and our bodies are designed to be very
efficient at storing excess energy. This comes from our ancestors who had to
hunt and search for their food and who may have gone long periods of time
between meals; unlike now where we have easy access to high calorie food,
especially sugar. Our bodies haven’t adapted to this change (and neither have
our lifestyles!) and so our bodies will still save any excess fuel for a rainy
day, even though in the Western world, starvation is pretty much unheard of
When blood sugar levels rise quickly, there will be what is referred to as an ‘Insulin Spike’.
This is the common term used for when a large amount of Insulin is released by
the body soon after a high sugar meal. There can be a positive side to this
effect (which is mentioned later on), but a negative effect of this is that
your body can overreact and too MUCH Insulin is released, and blood sugar
levels then fall too LOW because too MUCH glucose has been removed from the
blood, leaving your blood sugar levels too LOW. This results in you feeling
HUNGRY and LOW IN ENERGY, even though you now have plenty of energy stored in
your cells. The danger here is that you will reach for something else high in
sugar and the cycle will continue. This ultimately means that you are more
likely to consume even more calories, and this extra energy, if not needed will
be stored as fat.
So how can Insulin help build muscle?
Insulin is listed in the same group as Testosterone and Growth hormone because it is classed as
an anabolic hormone. The word Anabolic means it promotes the building of cells,
which hopefully, in the case of a bodybuilder means the growth of muscle.
Insulin itself doesn’t build muscle, but it creates an environment where it is
more likely to occur. This is because your body will only build muscle when it
believes there is sufficient energy to do so and the presence of Insulin tells
your body that there IS sufficient energy available and so protein synthesis is
likely to occur; assuming you also provide a sufficient amount of protein via
your diet for this to take place, after all, muscle is protein.
When is the release of Insulin beneficial for muscle growth?
Without doubt, the most Anabolic time of the day is post workout. This is when you have just
worked your muscles (the stimulus for growth) and depleted your energy stores
of glucose. If you now consume a (relatively) large amount of sugars along with
your protein shake, a release of Insulin will not only help replenish your now
depleted muscles with glucose to stop any catabolism that may be, or about to
start, but you will also be providing the protein necessary for growth whilst
your body is in the belief that it has sufficient energy to do so. Do not fear
about fat gain in this post workout period, research has shown that after an
intense workout, an excess of calories will be used for recovery and protein
synthesis NOT fat gain.
Another time of the day when a reasonable amount of Insulin release will not do any harm is first
thing in the morning. This is because you have just fasted (not eaten) for 8-12
hours. At this point your glycogen stores will be low and so you want the
transfer of energy from your blood into your cells/muscles to occur. A
breakfast containing a mixture of fast and slow release carbs alongside protein
will kick your body back into an anabolic state and keep your body going for
the next few hours. If you try and go about your daily routine having not eaten
breakfast, your body will be low on energy and so will BREAKDOWN muscle for
fuel. At all other times of the day, you want Insulin levels to remain fairly
low, with no spikes. This will create the optimum environment for fat loss.
How do I keep Insulin levels low during the rest of the day?
You have control of Insulin release by controlling the food you eat. At times of rest, inactivity
or low level exercise, e.g. walking, you do not want Insulin levels to rise
(Just to make clear, eating of any sort will cause the release of Insulin; this
is necessary and unavoidable, but how much is released is dependent on WHAT and
how much you eat.) You can keep Insulin release low by limiting the amount of
sugar in your diet. When making food choices, have a look at the sugar content
of the food. The higher the sugar content, the quicker the rise in blood sugar
and the higher the release of Insulin. Aim to eat complex carbohydrates which
release energy slowly over a greater period of time and this will help avoid
any energy ‘spikes’ and ‘crashes’. Also have a look at the GI Index of food.
This is a measure of how quickly food is broken down into glucose and therefore
the effect it has on the release of Insulin. The higher the sugar content/GI of
the food, the quicker/greater the release of Insulin.
Dangers of not controlling Insulin release
If you fail to keep your Insulin levels in check, you risk becoming ‘Insulin Resistant’. This is
when your body produces Insulin but your cells do not respond properly and so
blood sugar levels remain high which can have adverse health effects such as
causing Type II diabetes and heart disease.
- Insulin is necessary for providing your cells with
energy, including that needed for protein synthesis, but too much Insulin can
result in fat gain.
- Use Insulin to your advantage by controlling when
it is released by controlling the food you eat.
- Keep to low GI foods for sustained energy release
during the day, and high GI foods after your workout to replenish your cells.
- Successful weight loss requires the accurately
timed release of Insulin, not the counting of calories.
Referring back to the first paragraph, I said that weight loss/gain was not simply a case of
calories in verses calories out. Hopefully now you can see why you may not lose
weight, even when on a calorie deficient diet, due to the effect Insulin can
have on fat burning.
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[FFmpeg-devel] Why 'You can only build one library type at once on MinGW'?
Mon May 14 17:36:16 CEST 2007
On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 04:22:25PM +0200, Panagiotis Issaris wrote:
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> Rich Felker wrote:
> > for a larger program. But the idea of an object >4gig is pure pedantry
> > since it does not exist and will never exist.
> This is a dangerous statement to make :) unless you like being ridiculed
> in 2094 ;->
No, designing a huge complex program as a single process with a single
address space is fundamentally flawed. This will not change, at least
not for humans; it's an invariant of the human brain what degree of
complexity is able to be processed. When a system becomes larger than
that, the correct solution (after first asking whether the largeness
is really necessary and reconsidering the problem if it's not) is to
abstract, refactor, etc. into components, and probably also to use a
different language as part of this process. At that point, having all
the components share a single unprotected memory space is just asking
for bugs and vulnerabilities. Certainly it's utterly impossible to
audit such a program. The only hope of making a robust program that
large is to compose it out of (relatively) trivial components which do
not have access to one another's memory space and which are subjected
to strong protections and privilege levels.
> > [...]
> >> C89 doesn't say anything about inline asm, can that be used?
> > No, never as the only implementation of something. Only as an optional
> > optimization for use when compiling on a particular compiler/host
> > combination.
> Translation: "Yes. But only if there's a fallback C implementation."
> >> C89 doesn't
> >> say anything about shared libraries or dynamic linking or memory models,
> >> so any optimization relating to those can't be used?
> > A good program cannot be dependent on them, no.
> Translation: "No. Because I do not like them."
No, the translation is just like for inline asm: "Only if there's a
fallback C implementation."
> Joking aside, this means that using "optimizations" related to shared
> libraries would be okay for you if they are optional?
Of course, as long as functionality is not crippled. Polluting the
namespace is crippled functionality because it makes it impossible to
use the library with applications where there are clashes.
More information about the ffmpeg-devel
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Panel Advises Against Routine Prostate Test
Men shouldn't be screened for prostate cancer with a common blood test, a federal advisory panel recommended Monday. In its new guidelines for prostate cancer screening, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force urged doctors not to use the popular PSA test to detect the disease. At best, it only helps about 1 in 1,000 men avoid death from prostate cancer, the panel said. And most of the cancers it detects are slow-growing, not life threatening, and will not cause a man any harm during his lifetime. Plus, testing often leads to treatment that leaves men incontinent, impotent, or both. The guideline isn't a mandate, however; men who want a PSA test can still get one, but only after their doctor explains the uncertainties, the Associated Press reports. In an editorial published with the guidelines in the Annals of Internal Medicine, some urologists argued that the panel underestimated PSA's value while overestimating its harms. "What PSA screening offers the men is a substantial opportunity to avoid dying a particularly unpleasant death from prostate cancer," said editorial co-author William Catalona of Northwestern University, who pioneered the testing.
- Survey of Top Doctors Finds Widespread Support for PSA Screening
- Behind the U.S. News Top Doctors Survey on PSA Screening
Watch Out for Unproven Anti-Aging Treatments
The anti-aging industry is booming. Twenty years ago, there was no such thing as an "anti-aging" or "longevity" clinic. Today, many major cities house dozens.
Step inside one, and you'll likely encounter an assortment of remedies ranging from multivitamin cocktails to hormone injections to miracle pills that, if you believe the pitches, will guarantee you youthful entry into the triple digits.
There's just one wrinkle. Although often lucrative for physicians, evidence suggests that many of the treatments anti-aging doctors tout don't actually work—and some may be downright dangerous. "You really have to be careful," says Loren Schechter, chairman of the patient safety committee for the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. "There are a lot of extravagant claims out there that simply don't check out when you look at the science."
Consider vitamins and supplements, for example. Most are harmless and possibly helpful in moderate doses, but a growing body of evidence shows that in excess, they can cause problems. Getting too much vitamin A, for example, has been linked to osteoporosis, vitamin B to nerve damage, and vitamin E to cancer. [Read more: Watch Out for Unproven Anti-Aging Treatments]
Vitamins and Supplements: Do They Work?
Vitamins and dietary supplements are big—more than 110 million Americans forked over a collective $28 billion in 2010 on little bottles of would-be health magic. Research is unclear, however, on whether shoring up your diet with extra vitamins, minerals, and other supplements helps or hurts—in the short run or in reaching for the century mark.
For more than a decade, for example, researchers followed more than 35,000 men enrolled in SELECT, a clinical trial designed to see whether taking selenium and vitamin E might help prevent prostate cancer. In 2008, study participants received phone calls and letters: Stop the pills. Not only was the answer "no," but vitamin E apparently increased the chance of prostate cancer, if very slightly, and selenium seemed to do the same to diabetes risk. Later the same year, researchers from the Physicians' Health Study-II reported that neither vitamin E nor vitamin C reduced the chances of major cardiovascular problems or cancer as hoped.
That so many people seem to believe they need to boost their intake of vitamins and supplements is a triumph of marketing. Most Americans are well-nourished (besides being amply fed). Because much of our food is fortified with nutrients, once-common deficiency diseases such as scurvy and rickets, caused by inadequate vitamin C and D, respectively, have nearly disappeared in this and other developed countries. Researchers generally believe that with a few exceptions, like pregnant women or the elderly, most people don't need supplements. Over the 22-year course of the Iowa Women's Health Study, supplemental vitamin B6, folic acid, iron, magnesium, and zinc were associated with a slightly higher risk of premature death, copper to an 18 percent increased risk. Findings were published last year in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The study authors highlighted concerns about the long-term use of supplements and vitamins among those who do not have severe nutritional deficiencies. The pills, they concluded, are best used when recommended by doctors—not for general prevention. [Read more: Vitamins and Supplements: Do They Work?]
Angela Haupt is a health reporter for U.S. News & World Report. You can follow her on Twitter or reach her at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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- Special Sections
- Public Notices
How many American freedoms will be taken in the name of “keeping us safe?” A great number of Americans have sacrificed their dignity, self-respect and personal freedoms by allowing a government agency to manipulate them into subjecting themselves to new regulations set by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), all in the name of keeping us safe from terrorists.
This would be the same government that stopped the phrase “War on Terror” and is against forceful tactics being used during questioning to gain information that might actually help keep our country safe. This is also the same government that refuses to adequately secure our borders along Arizona and other states to keep illegal immigrants form invading our country. Instead they fight the state’s efforts to protect its self.
Is this a government we can rely on to keep us safe? Other countries do not impose these disrespectful tactics to make their airports safe. They use other methods and trained personnel to secure safety. Their methods would, of course, be much too politically incorrect for us. Perhaps political correctness and tolerance to the extreme is the real danger.
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By Christopher Johnson
Was "Wild America" Really Wild?
July 8, 1997: We live with an interesting paradox in our culture: Even as we quest further in search of the real and the authentic, technology is making "virtual reality" an ever larger part of our everyday lives. "Wild America," the popular nature show that ran for 13 years on PBS, found itself at the center of a "reality" controversy last year. Marty Stouffer, the wildlife photographer who created the program, was accused in early 1996 of staging animal confrontations and filming portions of his program in cages. Stouffer denied the charges, but told The Denver Post that staging could be a matter of interpretation: "Sometimes, we will take a tame animal out for a walk, and if a chase develops, we will film it." The TV series left the air at the end of 1996, but Kathy Burnett, Program Manager of the PBS station in Albuquerque, said that the station stopped airing the program because the rights expired, not because Stouffer did anything wrong. She said that PBS reviewed episodes of the show after the controversy arose but found no evidence of wrongdoing and no violations of PBS rules for nature and wildlife programming.
Wild America, the Warner Brothers' film based on the events that led the Stouffer Brothers to become wildlife photographers, opens today in Albuquerque.
The Final Frame
Across time, lifestyles change and media coverage either leads the way or follows the trend. In spite of retro clothing's alteration of the fashion world, particularly its adulation for poly-blend bowling shirts, national TV coverage of bowling has come to an end. Saturday, June 21 witnessed the final broadcast on KOAT-TV 7 of the "Pro Bowlers Tour." After 36 years of televised tournaments, the renewed love of bowling shirts wasn't able to engender enough interest in televised bowling.
Crime Doesn't Pay
The alleged shoplifter who made the news when police supposedly beat him up on video captured by KOAT TV-7 is in the news again. John Neeld, who was arrested April 7 and again two weeks later on shoplifting charges, was arrested yet again Monday, June 23, on charges of forgery. Neeld certainly has lots of news clippings for his scrap book, and so do the police involved in his initial arrest. District Attorney Jeff Romero has decided to charge two of the officers involved in Neeld's first arrest with misdemeanor battery.
"Was 'Wild America' Really Wild?" by Travis Chapman
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Research by Alabama scientists suggests that federal regulators may have underestimated the size of the red snapper population due to a longstanding reliance on flawed data collected from commercial fishermen.
For the last several years, federal snapper population estimates have meant tighter and tighter regulation of the Gulf’s most important commercial and recreational fishery, with the 2011 season being the shortest on record.
An estimate of how many fish in the Gulf population are more than 10 years old is critical to the calculations that determine how many pounds of snapper commercial and recreational fishermen are allowed to catch each year. More older fish means a healthier population. Too few older fish means a population is being fished too heavily.
The National Marine Fisheries Service data on the age and size of the snapper population — known as a stock assessment — come from commercial fishing records. The information is fed into a computer model created by the fisheries service. Catch limits are set based on the model’s results.
“All of the NMFS model is driven by the age composition of the population. What the NMFS model wants to see is a lot of fish that are 10 years old, and some that are 15 years old,” said Sean Powers, a Dauphin Island Sea Lab scientist studying the snapper population.
Powers is also the chair of the Scientific and Statistical Committee that reviews the fisheries service model and the data that goes into it, putting him in a unique position to review the federal stock assessment.
Bottom line, what his studies show and what the model predicts don’t agree.
“We are seeing a lot more older fish in the population,” he said. “We are collecting those fish with greater frequency than the model predicts. We see the population recovering and building up those age classes more quickly.”
Powers and a group of Sea Lab researchers are in the third year of a study that compares the effectiveness of different types of fishing gear used by commercial fishermen and researchers in the Gulf. The research has involved catching thousands of snapper on both artificial and natural reefs between Apalachicola, Fla., and the Alabama/Mississippi line.
Powers said the fisheries service model has long relied on catch data from commercial fishermen who typically use bandit gear — short stubby rods equipped with electric reels designed to winch snapper up from the depths as quickly as possible.
“If you only sample the commercial catch, then you are seeing only the fish the commercial fishermen want to catch,” Powers said.
Those fishermen use small hooks and small baits in order to catch 14- to 16-inch red snapper, which bring the highest price at market, he said.
“If we were only using bandit gear, we’d see what NMFS sees,” Powers said. But his group is using different methods, including deploying a mile of fishing line along the seafloor with hundreds of baited hooks.
“We’re catching these older fish,” Powers said. “The commercial guys are using smaller hook sizes and small baits. If we use smaller hooks and use squid instead of mackerel, we catch smaller red snapper. If we up the hook size and use larger bait, we catch larger fish.”
Claudia Friess, a fisheries analyst with the Ocean Conservancy, said the commercial fishing gear does appear to target smaller fish. Other new data sets seem to reflect the same trend toward larger fish seen in the Sea Lab data, Friess said, meaning the snapper population recovery may be ahead of where federal officials believe it is.
Friess also said that, due to the government’s review process, the data used to set catch limits is usually three years old.
Roy Crabtree, in charge of snapper regulations for the fisheries service, said the agency was trying to close the gap between when data is collected and when it is used.
He said population data collected by researchers like Powers — described as “fishery independent data” — are probably more accurate than catch reports from fishermen.
Crabtree said the fisheries service received funding related to the Gulf oil spill that has been used to conduct longline surveys similar to the Sea Lab work.
“The biggest thing we’ve needed to improve the stock assessments is this fishery independent data. We’ve got these now,” Crabtree said. “I hope Sean is right, that the stock is further along than we thought.”
The next step, Crabtree said, is to use the new fishery independent data for a new stock assessment. Officials plan to conduct one in the coming year with a quicker turnaround than in the past. The results would primarily affect the 2013 season, though it is possible some of the preliminary data may be used to justify an increase in the quota for 2012.
Powers said snapper live to be 40 years old. A healthy population will have fish at every age group, all the way up to 40.
“We’re seeing a lot of 10-year-old fish, some 15s and even 19s, but not a lot older. I don’t think it is fully recovered, but I think we are a lot further along that recovery path than the current stock assessment says we are,” Powers said.
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Frustrated European policymakers, for example, complain because Beijing has been unwilling to jump in and bail out the debt-laden EU without some assurances.
In Washington, D.C., lawmakers in Congress are concerned that the Chinese are deliberately holding down the value of the yuan in an attempt to maintain low Chinese wages and cheaper exports that are more attractive in foreign markets.
There’s a growing cadre of economists who claim that the fast-growing Chinese economy will soon over-heat and implode.
And, finally, a host of executives contends that the government in Beijing has stacked the deck against U.S. companies seeking to do business in China.
I’m not here to debate these assertions; instead, I'd like to point out that in each case it is in China’s economic interest - and ours - to work together to resolve these issues.
For example, the 17 nations in the euro zone now represent China's largest trading partner. China would suffer significant economic consequences if the countries that received 20 percent of their exports failed to survive this crisis. And, if lawmakers take action to force a change in currency policy, China risks losing its second largest trading partner - the United States.
With a population that’s four times larger than that of the U.S. China represents a potentially huge market for our products. It’s already our third-largest export market – behind Canada and Mexico – after purchasing nearly $100 billion worth of our goods and services in 2010. And, with hundreds of Chinese cities boasting more than one million consumers each, we need to find ways to develop these opportunities – rather than confronting the Chinese.
These actions are actually counter-productive, in my view, because they’re directed at a trading partner that’s currently responsible for hundreds of thousands of jobs right here in our own country.
It’s true that China isn’t perfect, and some of their trade policies must be addressed. But the Port of Seattle, which I lead, has been doing business with the Chinese for the past 30 years, and we’ve established close and mutually beneficial ties that have generated prosperity for both sides. In fact, when it comes to waterborne trade through the Port of Seattle, China is now our largest import and export trade partner, representing 53 percent of our total seaport trade.
What we’ve found over the past three decades is that China recognizes commercial excellence, and wants to do business with companies, organizations and countries that have something very significant and special to add to the transactional mix.
That’s why, after surveying a number of domestic industries and sectors, it’s very clear to me that the U.S. has plenty to offer the Chinese; and, looking forward, I believe that our economy will be better off if we leverage these real market strengths.
For starters, let’s look at innovation.
China is trying hard to boost its number of patent filings, especially in important areas like solar and wind energy, information technology and telecommunications, and battery and manufacturing technologies for automobiles. And, to lift its patent count, the Chinese have introduced an array of incentives, such as cash bonuses, better housing for individual filers, and tax breaks for companies that are prolific patent producers. In addition, spending on research and development as a percentage of China’s GDP has tripled over the past 15 years – from half a percent to 1.5 percent; and, by 2020, about 2.5 percent of China’s vast GDP will likely go to R&D.
That said, there are serious questions about Chinese patents, and whether China can really become a force in the imaginative side of computing that includes writing next-generation software.
There are also shortcomings within China’s innovation system. The government maintains a strong influence over research agendas and the careers of researchers, and many budding Chinese entrepreneurs are holding back because they question whether Beijing’s intellectual property laws are protective enough.
China’s indigenous innovation policy – specifically its approach to intellectual property – is rubbing many U.S. companies the wrong way, too; and the upshot is that a number of firms believe they will lose business because of it. To guard against this, I believe we need to make sure we protect our interests, enforce existing trade laws, and continue working toward better intellectual property protection in China.
Still, the U.S. has an absolute advantage in the innovation arena because it’s the country that’s most open to new concepts, fresh talent and brash innovation. When it comes to creating breakthroughs, we permit failure, embrace risk, and accept uncertainty. We also have an uncanny ability to recognize new consumer demands while building fresh, cutting-edge industries. And, finally, we have established social, political, cultural, and educational institutions that steadily move the best ideas from labs to the marketplace.
Despite these positives, we must never take our advantage for granted. To stay ahead, we have to roll up our sleeves and enhance educational enrichment, bolster R&D programs, and find ways to fund necessary infrastructure and transportation systems for the 21st century global economy.
Looking forward, even though many innovative technologies will be made in China, we have the opportunity to work with the Chinese to develop state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research programs that could lead to a new world of 21st century products and services. Such an irreplaceable, high-value role would produce a sustained flow of jobs for our knowledge workers over the coming decades.
We’ll also see positive job gains if we continue to leverage our strong portfolio of unique, coveted and world-class brands.
China’s expanding middle class is gaining traction, and it has an increasing amount of disposable income, which is being spent on highly visible U.S. brands like Coca-Cola, McDonalds, Disney, and Procter & Gamble.
These brands have already demonstrated their “star-power” demand throughout China. McDonalds, for example, is now opening a new restaurant every day in China, and it plans to continue to do so for the next several years. By 2013, the company expects to have added 700 new outlets in China, on top of its current base of 1,300 restaurants there.
The burgeoning Chinese middle class is also starting to spend money in the United States, where we have a one-of-a-kind tourism and recreation infrastructure that affords visitors a plethora of memorable lifetime experiences.
Last year, for instance, some 800,000 Chinese visited the U.S. and spent over $5 billion while they were on this side of the Pacific Ocean. That’s an annual increase of more than 50 percent. More specifically, China has become the fourth largest source of tourism for California, generating approximately $650 million for the Golden State in 2010.
These numbers, and the jobs they produce, should keep increasing if we make a concerted effort to promote U.S. tourism in China. Tourism is a profitable, beneficial, and worthwhile American export product, and it doesn’t require the building of factories, or the infusion of immense amounts of capital spending.
There are many other ways that we can flourish in our economic relationship with China if we keep emphasizing America’s commercial exceptionalism.
But the most important thing is to always remember our inherent strengths in the marketplace, and to lead with them today – and over the next few decades.
If we zero in on those strengths, I believe we may actually surprise ourselves – and the world at large.
Take manufacturing, for example.
China is now the world’s leading manufacturer, overtaking the U.S. after a 20-year climb to the top. But the Chinese are slowly losing their cost edge, and there is a sense among economists that the U.S. could experience a manufacturing renaissance and begin attracting capital investment from places like Europe. A good case in point: Germany’s Siemens recently announced a $170 million investment that will enable it to build gas turbines less expensively in Charlotte than in Shanghai.
So, even though it’s beneficial for us to cooperate with the Chinese wherever and whenever possible, we must have the confidence and will to compete with them in markets where we can press our advantage and fortify our own economy. Respecting China doesn’t mean backing down; but taking China on doesn’t require more rules, regulations and retaliation.
Tay Yoshitani is CEO of the Port of Seattle.
Image Credit: Shutterstock.com
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Poet: Emily Dickinson
Perception of an object costs
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
Poem of the Day:
Oct 3 2004
Comment 1 of 1, added on April 18th, 2005 at 11:43 PM.
The worth of an object is determined by the price we place on its head. Perception is based chiefly on memory. Dickinson seems to be saying that our memories over-inflate the value of some objects that really are not as rare as they seem.
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