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Danish architecture firm, EFFEKT, was recently announced as the winner of a design competition for the Danish Cancer Society’s new Cancer Counseling Center at Næstved Hospital in Denmark.
The concept is a cluster of seven small houses surrounded by green space. Each house has a specific function, all seven forming a functioning and useful compound that features such simple amenities as a library, kitchen, conversation room, lounge, shops, a gym, and wellness facilities.
Leif Vestergaard Pedersen, CEO of the Danish Cancer Society, said, “The house will feel homely and comfortable and provide room for all forms of activities. The center will be located quite close to the hospital, this will make it easy for cancer patients and their relatives to come by for a cup of coffee and maybe a talk between treatments.”
Perhaps the features are simple, but as the title of the new center suggests, the purpose of this thoughtful and beautiful design is comfort, therapy and overall well-being for patients.
The difference and roof height and the variety of materials used gives the counseling center a distinctness that will separate it from the surrounding hospital buildings, giving it a mental barrier from the fray. Though ascetically removed, the hospital’s oncology center and cancer ward are in fact nearby for convenience and collaboration.
Construction is set to begin this August, and be completed for opening as early as spring of 2013. For more images see EFFEKT’s Facebook page.
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The “Summer Surge” has begun in Afghanistan, though more with a whimper than a bang if we measure it in terms of media attention. The death toll creeps higher each day, but one has to search hard to find any mention of it. The stories that do appear on a war that is now eight years old (and counting) tend not to be headline fare in most U.S. news outlets, and those stories that do appear exude something of an everyday, taken-for-granted quality about the whole matter.
While news stories seem lacking, there have nevertheless been a small number of slide shows cropping up at various news outlets (here and here, for example) over the past several weeks. What marks these slide shows is their almost singular banality as they repeat over and again the same, tired, visual clichés for representing war that we have become accustomed to in recent times: tight close-ups of marines—in many cases young boys trying to appear like hardened veterans—expressing intense and stern determination; images of U.S. troops preparing to do battle or returning from battle or approaching and searching what appear to be empty villages or fighting the boredom of war or playing games with local children; photographs that feature the advanced technology of U.S. warfare, including weaponry, night vision capabilities, and so on. Rarely and only occasionally do we see some actual fighting—and perhaps for good reasons—but on the whole what we are shown are stock pictures we have seen before and but for the fact that they emphasize a desert locale, there is nothing particularly distinctive about them. In short, there would appear to be no news here.
And yet, for all that, it would be imprudent to ignore what such visual displays show us and how such “seeing” contributes to normalizing our understanding and attitudes about the war. The photograph above led off a recent slide show of forty seven images at the Denver Post website titled “Marines Pour Into Afghanistan.” One might imagine such a slide show beginning with photographs of marines parachuting from planes or embarking from helicopters, literally “pouring into” the Afghani countryside, but instead of emphasizing the activity of the headline caption we encounter an anonymous and relatively passive soldier. That the image crops out the face and head of the soldier does more than just accent his anonymity as a cipher for the U.S. military, for the photograph is shot as if literally from his point of view. Notice how the camera locates the viewer in the physical space of the soldiers’ head and eyes. We see what he sees—or what we might imagine that he sees if he were to hold his gaze—and thus the photograph coaxes our identification with his very being by suturing our vision with his.
And what he/we see, of course, is the Holy Bible, which sits at the very center of the image. And more, along with the hand that holds it, it is photographed as if in a portrait, where the face is in sharp focus and all that surrounds it is softened so as to direct and hold our attention on the main object. One might think of the photograph in this respect as one more cliché of war rhetoric, an aestheticized visualization of the old saw that “there are no atheists in foxholes.” But of course the conflict in Afghanistan is at least in some measure a religious war, and as such representations of the Holy Bible take on a much larger significance. Here, it is not just a symbol of comfort for those in harms way—though it may certainly be that—but poised at the beginning of the slide show as it is, it frames the meaning of all that follows.
But what is that meaning? We get something of a clue by attending to the brief narrative paragraph that precedes the above image where it quotes the commander of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines as he speaks to his troops as they are about to embark on their military mission: “You’re going to change this world this summer and it starts this morning.” The name of that mission is “Operation Khanjar, or Strike of the Sword.” Now look at the photograph one more time and notice that the Bible holds the place where one might otherwise imagine a weapon—a rifle, or in an earlier epoch, perhaps a sword—particularly in the hands of a Marine about to occupy hostile terrain. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death …
There are other ways to interpret the photograph, to be sure, but the point here is that the photograph needs to be interpreted. And this is all the more so when the images shown by such photographs appear to be all too normal and ordinary, or when they beckon our identification all too seamlessly.
Photo Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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Simpson Timber Co. is one of a handful of businesses
in Humboldt County that chooses to help employees addicted to
methamphetamine get treatment. As part of a documentary on methamphetamine
abuse in Humboldt County produced by KEET-TV (Channel 13), Randy
Robertson, Simpson's human resources manager, talked on camera
about how his company's proactive policies on drug use. The program,
along with a half-hour documentary focused on teens and meth,
will air on the public television station on May 2, starting
at 7:30 p.m.
1. How does Simpson deal with an employee's
If we suspect they are under the influence of meth
or any substance, we're going to take them aside and talk to
them and we're going to take them in for a drug test. That could
mean going to an after-hours clinic, emergency rooms, local hospital
or a local physician that we contract with to provide a drug
test. At that point, we're going to suspend them without pay,
and if the drug tests comes back negative then they're going
to get reimbursed for their time off and they'll go back to work.
If the drug test comes back positive, specifically for meth,
there's a couple of options we're going to do. We'll offer them
the opportunity to go into drug rehabilitation or treatment.
If they refuse that, it's their option to seek help at that point.
If they say no, I'm not going to do drug rehab, then at that
point they're terminated.
If they're going to deal with their problem, then
we're going to support them in going and solving the problem
of drug use, whether it's marijuana, whether it's meth. And there's
no question that in the last two years meth has been the single
biggest problem for Simpson as an employer when there is a drug
problem or we have a positive drug test. Meth is everywhere,
and it's a big problem for us as an employer.
2. Why does Simpson choose to help them get
treatment rather than fire them?
We've invested a lot of time, a lot of money into
their training. There's a huge benefit for Simpson if we can
say, "O.K., we're going to provide you with an opportunity
to fix your problem," we're not having to retrain somebody,
we're not losing that knowledge that person has. It's also good
for the employees. It sets a culture of people actively caring
for each other, or a company actively caring for their employees.
That gets talked about a lot, I think a lot of companies say
they do it but it's really in the actions; the behaviors that
a company puts out there to the employees. It's real easy to
fire somebody and never offer them the opportunity to fix a problem
and come back to work. It's certainly harder and more costly
to provide the opportunity for somebody to go seek treatment,
but in the long run you're sending the right message to the employees
that we care.
Rarely do you have people who go through treatment
really, truly fail after the fact. At least, that's our experience
at Simpson. I would say well over 75 percent of the folks who
go through treatment are successful and maintain that straight
and sober lifestyle for years and years.
3. Have you been able to share resources with
other companies in Humboldt County?
For the most part, for employers, I think this
is one of those dirty little secrets nobody talks about. When
I was involved in the Meth Task Force a couple of years ago,
Simpson was one of the few employers represented on that board.
Employers, I think, just don't want to talk about drug use and
specifically about meth. So it's very difficult to go to other
employers and ask them for resources or what their experiences
are. One, I think they don't want to admit the problem, and then
two, they don't know how to deal with it, and then three, I don't
think they believe there's adequate resources out there to help
employees. They end up with two choices: One, they continue to
ignore the problem until the person collapses and exits the company
for whatever reason, or they just terminate the person on the
spot without making an attempt to offer the person the way to
have a clean and sober lifestyle.
4. Do you have an opinion on the impact meth
has had on Humboldt County?
I think it destroys families. Young children are
certainly impacted by it. Neighborhoods are impacted by it. Employers,
in many cases, have a hard time finding good employees, as those
of us who do pre-employment drug tests end up losing about a
quarter of the people that come in and apply for jobs because
they can't pass their drug tests. It's typically meth and marijuana
that causes the problems. For employers, it's difficult to find
good, solid employees.
5. Do you think the lack of funds is an issue
in Humboldt County?
The problem with funding is the lack of viable
treatment. The treatment that works is when somebody can go into
a facility, stay there for an extended period of time and then
come out with the aftercare. What we've run into is that these
facilities are full. So, typically, where the employee may be
off for 30 days, it can be extended to 60 days or 90 days while
they employee waits for a spot to open, because we're not going
to bring them back to us until they can show us the certificate
that says they completed that treatment program and they're in
an aftercare program.
Most of our employees, if they've been with us
long enough, they have health insurance. So that health insurance
opens the door faster for employees getting into a treatment
facility. The biggest problem is finding enough beds, enough
places for these folks to go without a long wait. Because if
they're out, they have no income and they're not going to get
any income from state disability until they're inside a treatment
program. So they're without work 60, 90 days, and that's a huge
income if you have a family.
6. Is there an image that is most vivid to you
About 18 months ago we had a long-term employee,
wonderful guy, and I had not worked with him in a long time.
He typically was a muscular, well-built, happy-go-lucky, hard
The supervisor came to me and said, `You need to
go look at this guy.' I looked at him, and was shocked by his
physical appearance. We brought him in and talked to him, and
this young man looked like one of those folks that you see in
Holocaust movies. I hate to say that, but that was really what
he looked like, just skin and bones. The supervisor had kind
of been avoiding talking to him until a coworker said, "We've
got to do something, here." So we brought him in and talked
He brought his son in, he brought his wife in,
and it became a family situation of trying to deal with a terrible
situation, because this person was at the point of losing his
job and going away. That was the image that stuck with me --
the effect that the drug had on the person, but also on the wife
the who was traumatized by it and by the son who was traumatized
by it, by seeing dad become a shadow of himself. The other side
of that, though, was a year later, when that employee came to
me and hugged me and thanked me for the opportunity. The son
called and the wife called and just said, "Thanks -- it's
a year of clean and sober and without you it wouldn't have happened."
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Marble could also be seen as a laggard with its 13.5-percent increase in mid-year imports, although it’s hard to argue against a total of $264.6 million coming into the country.
The big drivers in the first half of 2006 are – as seen in the last few years – travertine and granite. Travertine, marble’s closest kin in stone, moved closer to overtaking its calcareous cousin with its $259.2 million, posting an 18.7-percent overall rise from mid-year 2005.
Granite, meanwhile, spent the first half of this year building its position as the king of dimensional stone. The customs value of granite brought into the United States in 1H 2006 is $732.4 million, representing a 26.4-percent increase from the same time last year.
Add up all the value of stone imported into the country in the first half of 2006, and granite accounted for 46.9 -percent with its $734.2 million. Compare that to 1996, when all dimensional-stone imports for the entire year only came to $564.3 million.
Is there anything to put the brakes on continued growth? Economists like to point to declining U.S. housing starts and soft real-estate sales in calling for a slowdown in the construction market, but stone isn’t likely to follow suit.
Homeowners who end up staying put in their current digs usually consider remodeling, where stone use remains strong. And, stone’s continued affordability is a plus.
Stone imports may slow from one important source – China – due to an ongoing political tussle involving the Chinese government’s policy of keeping the value of its national currency, the renminbi (or yuan), constant with the U.S. dollar. Controlling the value of the yuan makes Chinese goods affordable in the United States, which some politicians see as a detriment to U.S. industries.
A move in the U.S. Congress to impose a 25-percent tariff on all Chinese goods gained enough steam to force China into increasing the value of the yuan. This would make anything from China – including stone – more expensive, and some Chinese stone vendors are now raising prices to compensate for a possible drop in U.S. orders. Whether this will lead to a decline in overall U.S. stone usage, or if materials from other countries would pick up the slack, remains to be seen.
Granite remains the driving force in U.S. dimensional stone. Through the first half of this year, it continues with tremendous growth in the amount imported into the country – both in dollar value and tonnage.
The customs value of all dimensional granite entering the United States indicates that there’s no letting up with the stone’s power in the market. All of granite’s Big Four – Brazil, China, India and Italy – posted gains in the first half of 2006, compared with the same time last year.
Not all of the Big Four grew their imports equally, however. China posted the largest gain – 53.9 percent – from the first half of last year, followed by granite import leader Brazil with 35.5 percent. India grew by a healthy 20.8 percent, while Italy’s gain looked somewhat marginal at 10.6 percent.
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Gaining a broader awareness of the world while at Harvard
Lake's ignorance of other collegiate options than Wake Forest College suggests the limited mobility of his small town. He attended Harvard University, however, as a law student because Wake Forest lacked accreditation. Harvard broadened his horizons both socially and spatially.
Citing this Excerpt
Oral History Interview with I. Beverly Lake Sr., September 8, 1987. Interview C-0043. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Full Text of the Excerpt
- CHARLES DUNN:
Well, going on into your college career, was there ever any doubt that
you'd go to Wake Forest?
- I. BEVERLY LAKE:
No, I didn't know that there was any other place to go. I
thought all people with fine sensibilities would naturally go to Wake
Forest because I had grown up here. There were great rivalries in those
days between Wake Forest, and Carolina, and what is now State College,
Trinity, as Duke was then called, and Davidson. When one of those
schools would come over to play baseball, the Seaboard would run a
special train over usually to bring the State student body, and
sometimes the Carolina student body, over to see the ball game. They
would park down on the side track at the athletic
field. We had great contests in baseball.
Then, as I say, I went on to college, a remarkable opportunity under that
faculty which I mentioned. One of the benefits was, by virtue of the
smallness of the institution, most of my work was under the heads of the
various departments. They were, indeed, scholars and gentlemen, and I
learned a great deal due to their efforts.
When I graduated, I first planned to go to the University of Chicago, as
my father had done, and do graduate work in Physics and Math, which were
my majors in college. I had the idea of teaching. In my senior year I
became interested in the possibility of studying law. So my father said,
"It doesn't cost you anything to go to law school
here because you get your tuition free as a child of a faculty member,
and you can live at home. So why don't you take a year at law
here and see whether you like it." So, I did--and a
marvelous Law School faculty, the dean of the school, Dr. Gulley, and
his associates, Professors Timberlake and White, great
professors--and I became very much more interested in law.
Then I went on to Harvard.
Wake Forest, in those days, although a fine law school and, I think,
generally regarded as the best in North Carolina, was not a member of
the American Association of Law Schools. Wake Forest had remarkable
success in getting its students to pass the bar examination. At that
time, I think, most practicing lawyers in North Carolina were products
of the Wake Forest Law School, either directly or the graduates of
Carolina or Trinity who would come here to take
their review courses for the bar examination. I went on to Harvard
because, as I say, Wake Forest was not an accredited law school at that
time because we did not have the physical resources that the Association
of American Law Schools regarded as essential.
I went on to the Harvard Law School, and there, again, I had a remarkable
opportunity. I think I went to Harvard in what is called "the
Second Golden Age" of the Harvard Law School. Roscoe Pound was
the Dean, and on the faculty were Professor Williston, who was an
authority on Contracts; Professor Warren, who taught Property; Professor
Bohlen, who taught Torts; Professor Morgan, who taught Procedure;
Professor Scott, who was a world authority on the subject of Trusts; and
Professor Powell, who taught Constitutional Law. I don't
think he was a particularly great teacher but he was an interesting man.
There again, I just had a remarkable opportunity. So I enjoyed my three
years at Harvard. I had to start all over again. My year at Wake Forest
helped me a great deal to get along with Harvard standards, and I
graduated in 1929. That was my first acquaintance with a large
university. Of course, that in itself was an educational experience.
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Which evil nation state are you? (similes for Microsoft, Yahoo and Google)
OK, i can no longer resist posting this even though it’s not so very nice. In a moment of snarkiness, i was thinking about how to frame the perceived attitude of the three big search companies: MYG (Microsoft, Yahoo, Google). By thinking on a global landscape and thinking about empires, i decided that you could draw similes between each company and powerful nation-states in the 20th century. Yes, it’s a crude and rude model drawing off of stereotypes to build caricatures. But it is kinda funny. I was trying to resist posting this because it feels so inappropriate, but why should that stop me?
Microsoft is Germany. They did some pretty evil things a while back but you don’t remember the details, you just know that you really hate them. Even though they’re really no worse than any other large corporpation/country, you can’t help but distrust them permanently because, well, you always have.
Yahoo is Japan. It had an economic crisis that almost destroyed it and it plays too nice with all of the other evil empires, supporting the most evil endeavors. It hasn’t really innovated for a while, but it tries to improve on known products to support average people. It’s currently trying to sell culture in the form of animated cutesy iconic images which you kinda like and kinda despise.
Google is the United States. It has never seen trouble on home turf. It is arrogant and loved by the elite. You know you’re supposed to respect them for being better than everyone else, because they think they are, but you actually kinda resent them for being so rich and powerful. Yet, you really like their cool toys.
Note: This post is meant to be humorous in that way when you make fun of things which are intimately a part of your life. I have much respect for all three companies and while parallels are drawn that sting, it is meant in jest, to poke at the issues of how attitudes by each company are perceived. I also know that this post can be read as xenophobic because i draw on stereotypes of different powerful nation-states. With both the companies and the countries, i am not saying anything about the employees/residents – this has to do with corporate and historical brands, not with the actualities or individuals.
I tried to draw parallels that were equally dismissive and offensive of each company, so don’t think that i’m aiming for one company in particular. I do respect all three companies and countries, even when they (as institutions) make a fool of themselves. In fact, i work for Google because i respect Google. But in any case, i figured you’d enjoy these caricatures and tear them to pieces (or at least critique the hell out of them).
(And thanks to Barb for the image!)
Update: The comments are *fantastic* – make sure to read them and play along!
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"Everyman's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers." Hans Christian Anderson
OLD ACADEMICS never die, they just lose their faculties
OLD ACCOUNTANTS never die, they just lose their balance
OLD ACCOUNTS never die, they are deleted
OLD ACTORS never die, they just drop a part
OLD ALCAHOLICS/DRUG ADDICTS never die, they just get wasted
OLD ANTHROPOLOGISTS never die, they just become history
OLD ARCHERS never die, they just bow and quiver
OLD ARCHITECTS never die, they just lose their structures
OLD ASSETS never die, they just depreciate
OLD ASTRONAUTS never die, they just go to another world
OLD ATOMS never die, they just decay
OLD BANKERS never die, they just lose interest
OLD BANKERS never die, they just want to be a loan
OLD BASEBALL PLAYERS never die, they just go batty
OLD BASEBALL PLAYERS never die, they just run their last lap
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~A story I'll tell of a burglar bold
Who started to rob a house;
He opened the window, and then crept in
As quiet as a mouse.
He looked around for a place to hide,
'Till the folks were all asleep,
Then said he, "With their money
I'll take a quiet sneak."
So under the bed the burglar crept;
He crept up close to the wall;
He didn't know it was an old maid's room
Or he wouldn't have had the gall.
He thought of the money that he would steal,
As under the bed he lay;
But at nine o'clock he saw a sight
That made his hair turn gray.
At nine o'clock the old maid came in;
"I am so tired," she said;
She thought that all was well that night
So she didn't look under the bed.
She took out her teeth and her big glass eye,
And the hair from off her head;
The burglar, he had forty fits
As he watched from under the bed.
From under the bed the burglar crept,
He was a total wreck;
The old maid wasn't asleep at all
And she grabbed him by the neck.
She didn't holler, or shout or call,
She was as cool as a clam;
She only said, "The Saints be praised,
At last I've got a man!"
From under the pillow a gun she drew,
And to the burglar she said,
"Young man, if you don't marry me,
I'll blow off the top of your head!"
She held him firmly by the neck,
He hadn't a chance to scoot;
He looked at the teeth and the big glass eye,
And said, "Madam, for Pete's sake, shoot!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Pondering old age
How do I know that my youth is all spent?
Well, my get up and go has got up and went.
But in spite of it all I am able to grin
when I recall where my get up has been.
Old age is golden-so I've heard it said-
but sometimes I wonder when I get into bed,
with my ears in a drawer and my teeth in a cup,
my eyes on the table until I wake up.
Ere sleep dims my eyes I say to myself,
"Is there anything else I should lay on the shelf?"
And I'm happy to say as I close my door,
my friends are the same, perhaps even more.
When I was young, my slippers were red,
I could pick up my heels right over my head.
When I grew older, my slippers were blue,
but still I could dance the whole night through.
But now I am old, my slippers are black,
I walk to the store and puff my way back.
The reason I know my youth is all spent,
my get up and go has got up and went.
But I really don't mind when I think, with a grin,
of all the grand places my get up has been.
Since I have retired from life's competition,
I accommodate myself with complete repetition.
I get up each morning, and dust off my wits,
pick up my paper and read the "obits".
If my name is missing, I know I'm not dead,
so I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed
Good morning everyboomie.
Welcome to the weekend!
I'm off today, ergo I'm hoppy OOPS
Hoppy is for Easter.
I guess you could say I'm ho ho happy though.
After all, here it is the Saturday before Christmas, we're going to be sunny and 65 degrees, I'm off, and I get to go dig all day, and put my back out, hopefully to find some Easter eggs OOPS
Easter eggs are for......................you know.
I guess I should get to bed. The Easter Bunny may not come if I'm not asleep.
Have a happy day everyone.
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The General Assembly of the United Nations has recently voted in favour of recognising Palestine as a non-member observer state. The EU was unable to reach a common position on the issue, with some states voting in favour and others, including Germany and the United Kingdom, abstaining. EUROPP editors Stuart A Brown and Chris Gilson asked Noam Chomsky for his views on the vote and Europe’s wider response to the Israel-Palestine crisis.
This interview was originally posted on the LSE EUROPP blog
Europe should have agreed to Palestine’s observer status at the United Nations being upgraded, but they were, as you know, split on this. The US, of course, was strongly opposed. The reasons are very explicit and it’s worth looking at them. They were discussed again in the New York Times last week where, of course, the newspaper took the same position as Washington almost reflexively. There are two problems, they say. One is that if Palestine gains observer status it might try to bring to the International Criminal Court charges against Israel’s actions in the occupied territories, which of course are totally illegal: even the Israeli government agreed to this back in 1967, it’s not a question. We have to block that because we can’t allow the International Criminal Court to judge actions of an ally of the United States, or of course the United States itself. That’s not what the court is set up to do, so we’ve got to block that. The second argument is that Palestine might try to gain entry into other UN organisations, just as it has into UNESCO, and that will probably cause the United States to defund those organisations, which would be a serious blow to them. So those were the two arguments against allowing Palestine to upgrade its status. I won’t comment on those two arguments, I don’t think there’s any need to.
What Europe ought to have done is disregard those arguments – in fact with contempt – and vote with the rest of the world. I recently visited Gaza and there’s an ironic slogan there, which is that: “Israel destroys; Gazans rebuild; Europe pays”. That’s roughly true, in the West Bank, too, and I don’t think that’s a role that Europe should adopt. Europe is pretty much following behind US policy – the UK overwhelmingly and Continental Europe to a large extent – no matter what that policy is. Now, in fact, US policy for 35 years has been to block a political settlement, a settlement which is supported by virtually the entire world: namely a two state settlement on the international border, with minor and mutual border modifications. This settlement was in fact official US policy from 1967 up until the early 1970s, when it shifted.
This proposal for a two state settlement, with full guarantees for the rights of each state – including Israel’s right to exist in peace and security within secure and recognised borders – was brought to the UN Security Council in 1976 by the three major Arab states: Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The United States vetoed it; the Europeans I believe abstained at that time. There was a similar vote in 1980 and although I won’t go through the record, it essentially continues until the present. The most recent US veto was in February 2011. Now that one actually got a little bit of publicity because it was so outlandish. Obama vetoed a resolution calling for implementation of official US policy, namely against expanding Israeli settlements. There was another case just a couple of weeks ago when the Security Council was debating a proposal to call for a cease fire during the latest Israeli attack on Gaza, and the US blocked it: because we’ve got to allow it to continue.
Now Europe can go along with that if it wants, or it can take an independent course. This is quite significant in the case of Gaza. The torture of Gaza goes way back, but the contemporary phase began in January 2006, when there was a free election in Palestine. This was carefully monitored and recognised to be free and fair, but the ‘wrong’ people won. Not what the US wanted. And when the wrong people won, the United States at once, along with Israel, initiated a harsh punishment of the population: harsh sanctions, increasing violence, all sorts of things. And Europe timidly went along, the way it usually does. Well, I don’t approve of that either.
The United States also, at once, returned to standard operating procedure when you don’t like an elected government: namely initiate a military coup. So it began to organise a military coup based on a Fatah ‘strong man’, Mohammed Dahlan. The coup was supposed to take place in 2007, but it was blocked by the elected government, which then took over completely. The way that’s described in the West is that Hamas took over by force, ignoring the fact that they were blocking a US run military coup. And Europe went along. Now maybe they’ll pay when Israel destroys and Gazans rebuild, but I think Europe can go way beyond that.
Note: This article gives the views of the author, and not the position of the British Politics and Policy blog, nor of the London School of Economics. Please read our comments policy before posting.
Noam Chomsky is an Institute Professor and Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has written extensively on foreign policy, capitalism and the mass media, and is considered one of the world’s leading public intellectuals.
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Survey: Americans say college is important but want cheaper, more flexible programs
- Study documents value of college degree, even in this recession
- The case against college is old and flawed (essay)
- Study casts doubt on idea that spending more per student leads to better educational outcomes
- College leaders need to reframe discussion of value (essay)
- Scholars reject idea that college costs can't be controlled
Despite the popular narrative of recent years that a college degree might not be “worth it,” Americans still generally agree that a degree is important. But they might be likelier to pursue one if colleges were more flexible and – of course – less expensive.
That’s the impression left by a new survey by Gallup (on behalf of the Lumina Foundation), which asked 1,009 adults 18 and older what they think about the quality, accessibility and financing of American higher education.
While 38 percent of respondents without a college degree said they were likely to go back and get one, many struggle with obstacles like time and family that keep them from doing so. But they seemed to indicate that newer models (such as prior learning assessment and competency-based education) that place less weight on learning tied to a specific place and time could help more adults get back in the classroom.
“We’ve got to help them understand that their pathway does not have to follow a traditional model – that there are ways to get their traditional credential, faster,” Jamie Merisotis, Lumina's president, said in an interview. “When you think about the rapidly rising demand for talent that we have in American society…. our ability to deliver that, and deliver it in a way that people can get access to, is going to be really important.”
The public’s overall impression of higher education is mixed, the findings suggest, with 46 percent saying the quality of higher education is better than in other countries, but 38 percent saying it was still better in the past. (Three in 10 people said the quality is the same in America as in other countries, and 31 percent said quality in America is the same as it was in the past.) People place more faith in "traditional colleges and universities" than they do in community colleges or online programs. (See chart below.)
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Lumina asked survey takers about their openness to new ideas that Lumina says are crucial to increasing degree attainment. (Currently, 4 in 10 Americans hold a two- or four-year degree; Lumina wants to raise that to 6 in 10 by 2025. At the current rate of attainment, the country would be 23 million degrees short by that deadline.)
Eighty-seven percent of respondents said students should be able to receive college credit for knowledge and skills acquired outside the classroom (through, say, community partnerships). Three in four said they would be more likely to enroll in a higher education program if they could be evaluated and receive credits for what they already know, and 70 percent said students should get credit without completing an entire course if they can demonstrate they’ve mastered the material in less time.
Still, only 26 percent of people said higher education is affordable “for everyone who needs it,” despite the fact that the vast majority believe a certificate or degree is either “very” (72 percent) or “somewhat” (25 percent) important. That’s largely for financial reasons: 96 percent say education beyond high school is important to earn more money and to get a good job.
Many adults without a degree -- 41 percent -- said they’ve thought about going back to college in the last year. But all respondents, those with and without a degree, acknowledged they face significant barriers.
Only 4 percent say the biggest barrier is a lack of information; most (36 percent) said it’s family responsibilities. That’s followed by the cost of higher education, at 28 percent, and job responsibilities, at 15 percent. About one in 10 people say job responsibilities are the biggest barrier, and 3 percent said it’s a lack of social support.
To help address the cost issue, people clearly think other entities – institutions, government and employers – should do more to chip in. (See chart below.)
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|State governments should provide more assistance||10%||11%||20%||21%||38%|
|The federal government should provide more assistance||15%||10%||19%||15%||40%|
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Some college presidents and policy makers have gotten behind Lumina’s push for competency-based education and other, more innovative models, but uncertainty about application and accreditation has kept the movement from taking hold. Merisotis says the survey results – looking at the esteem in which people hold academe and the barriers that make it hard to access -- are evidence that the public, at least, is ready for a new direction.
“The public’s understanding that the system’s got to change is growing,” he said.
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Meeting local needs: United Way launches campaignNewcomers to Dickinson look to the House of Manna for clothing and household supplies. Senior citizens rely on Elder Care for transportation and meals. The Safety City educational program will continue, despite loss of its grant funding.
By: Linda Sailer, The Dickinson Press
Newcomers to Dickinson look to the House of Manna for clothing and household supplies. Senior citizens rely on Elder Care for transportation and meals. The Safety City educational program will continue, despite loss of its grant funding.
All of these services have turned to United Way of Dickinson for a helping hand.
United Way began Sept. 16 with the sale of brats, and the major push continues through the end of October, said Jill Gregoire, United Way executive director.
“Once a year, we do a fundraising drive on behalf of partner agencies,” she said. “It’s a very effective and efficient way to do fundraising. We ask for a donation once a year instead of every four or six months.”
The goal is set according to the agencies’ needs. It’s the same as last year — $282,000. Last year, United Way raised $256,000, said Gregoire.
“It’s not about meeting the goal, it’s about meeting the need,” she said. “Our agencies need our help to continue services in Dickinson. I’m always hopeful that we’ll reach the goal — we do the best we can. If our agencies are not funded at 100 percent of request, sometimes difficult choices have to be made.”
United Way asks the agencies to provide realistic numbers through applications, which are reviewed by a board of directors.
“They’re not asking for oodles of money, but to keep their services going,” she said.
This year’s theme is Building Blocks for a Good Life. The target issues are education, income and health.
r Education: Youth who may engage in risky behaviors, drug and alcohol abuse, bullying, good parenting skills and positive role models for youth.
r Income: Individuals without enough money to meet basic needs and individuals who can’t afford to increase their job skills.
r Health: Family or elder abuse, substance abuse, obesity, mental health, reducing the number of uninsured or under-insured families and nutritious meals.
“We’ve worked with other United Ways across the state who use this model and have been very successful with it,” said Gregoire.
Overhead expenses for United Way of Dickinson is 19 percent — nationally it is recommended to be below 40 percent, said Gregoire.
Doing further research, she said United Way of Dickinson raised over $3.75 million during its first 48 campaigns.
Upcoming events include a United Way breakfast from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Oct. 16 at Lady J’s Club and Catering. Classic Lanes also is hosting a bowling tournament Jan. 14.
Gregoire credits the volunteers — from those who review the applications and serve banana splits, to the volunteers who distribute the packets to businesses in the greater Dickinson area.
Campaign Chairwoman Sue Roller believes in United Way because of the good it does for people with needs.
“I think it makes Dickinson a more welcoming place for everyone,” she said.
“I’ve worked with non-profits before, but I can reach so many people on the United Way Board than with the other boards,” said United Way President Lorrie Nantt.
Honorary Chairwoman Ninetta Wandler added, “You can help so many people with one group. There isn’t one group that can help so many people.”
The volunteers started their service to United Way by delivering packets.
“I love visiting with the people — they believe in United Way,” said Nantt.
When reviewing applications for funding, the board wants agencies who fill a need, whether it’s for the homeless, meals or services of the domestic violence shelter, said Roller.
“We can always use more volunteers to get the packets out or just help with serving breakfast or doing some bowling,” added Nantt.
The newest agency is Safety City, a safety education program for young children —teaching everything from how to dial 911 and poison awareness to wearing bike helmets and observing traffic signs.
“I get a lot of complaints from parents because their children become backseat drivers,” said Safe Communities Coordinator Becky Byzewski. “The kids say, ‘Mom, you’re not wearing your seatbelt.’ It’s all good.”
Safety City has been funded through a registration fee, support by the Kiwanis Club and a Department of Transportation Grant. However, the grant ended across the state.
“We lost all the salaries that help make the program work,” she said.
With extra support from United Way and Kiwanis, she expects the two-week program will continue next summer.
The House of Manna relies on United Way to help pay for its utility bills and rent.
“We help people who are in need — people who are moving to town in need of house wear, furniture and clothes,” said House of Manna Manager Nan Rapp. “They come here with basically nothing. Yesterday, I helped a gal from Minot who was flooded out. She lost everything.”
House of Manna has averaged from 110 to 130 people who go through the doors when open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons.
“The first hour is really crazy,” she said. “On Monday, we had couples from California and Idaho — there’s no jobs out there.”
She relies on the public to donate the furniture, household goods and clothing.
“We’re going through bedding and blankets this time of year — we could use winter coats now,” she said.
House of Manna can only use good, useable items. The volunteers must sort through the piles of items before the doors can open.
“We’re always looking for volunteers, especially men,” she added.
This year’s United Way agencies are:
Best Friends Mentoring Program.
Boy Scouts of America, Northern Lights Council.
Caring Program of North Dakota.
Community Action — Prairie Rose Center.
Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Center.
Harvest Home — St. Joseph’s Hospital and Health Center.
High Five Camp.
House of Manna.
Dickinson Adult Learning Center.
Pregnancy and Parenting Services.
Senior Companion Program.
Southwestern District Health Unit — Health Maintenance Program.
Stark County Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Sunrise Youth Bureau.
West Dakota Parent and Family Resource Center.
For more information regarding United Way of Dickinson, call 701-483-1233 or visit the website: www.dickinsonunitedway.org.
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Game maker Blizzard Entertainment's internal network security has been breached, the company informed customers today.
While the company behind World of Warcraft and Diablo believes no sensitive financial information was compromised, it said e-mail addresses for non-China Battle.net players and scrambled passwords were stolen, Blizzard President Michael Morhaime said in a company blog post:
This week, our security team found an unauthorized and illegal access into our internal network here at Blizzard. We quickly took steps to close off this access and began working with law enforcement and security experts to investigate what happened.
At this time, we've found no evidence that financial information such as credit cards, billing addresses, or real names were compromised. Our investigation is ongoing, but so far nothing suggests that these pieces of information have been accessed.
In addition to the e-mail lists, the company said the personal security question and mobile and dial-in authentication information for users in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America were also illegally accessed.
The company said it believes its cryptography techniques will make it very difficult to crack the passwords and hack into accounts.
"Based on what we currently know, this information alone is NOT enough for anyone to gain access to Battle.net accounts," Morhaime said in the blog. However, the company is nevertheless recommending that users change their passwords immediately:
We also know that cryptographically scrambled versions of Battle.net passwords (not actual passwords) for players on North American servers were taken. We use Secure Remote Password protocol (SRP) to protect these passwords, which is designed to make it extremely difficult to extract the actual password, and also means that each password would have to be deciphered individually. As a precaution, however, we recommend that players on North American servers change their password.
The disclosure comes at a time of heightened awareness over password security. Last month, Yahoo confirmed that some 453,000 login credentials stored in plain text were stolen from the Web pioneer's network. Other recent high-profile password thefts at LinkedIn, eHarmony, and Last.fm contributed to approximately 8 million passwords posted in two separate lists to hacker sites in early June.
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MFISH NAMES COMPANIES
12 February 2004
The Ministry of Fisheries has named the five companies involved in the termination of the Tauranga based Ministry of Fisheries Operation Purse yesterday.
Two Tauranga-based vessels, Matariki II and Tawera II, seized as part of this operation were fishing permits from the five companies Matariki Ltd, Nelson Fisheries Ltd, Pelco NZ Ltd, Sealord Group Ltd and Tawera Fishing Co Ltd.
To take fish commercially, a person or company must do so under the authority of a fishing permit issued by the Ministry of Fisheries.
If a fishing vessel is used the vessel must also be registered with the Ministry.
A registered fishing vessel may fish more than one fishing permit, which is the case in Operation Purse.
It is the responsibility of the permit holder to ensure the accurate completion of fishing returns which are required to completed for any fishing voyage. This return is used to measure the type of fishing, the amount of effort used to catch the fish and the weight and species of fish caught on each voyage by each permit holder.
The permit holder is also responsible for completing a return to the Ministry of Fisheries at the end of each month recording all the fish caught by or on behalf of their permit so the fish can be counted against the catch entitlements of that permit holder. The total amount of fish recorded on the monthly return should equal the combined total amount of fish caught by the permit holder for all the fishing trips during the month.
The investigation alleges the five companies involved have breached fisheries law by failing to accurately record approximately 170 tonne of fish caught by the vessels against their catch entitlements.
In addition it is alleged three of the companies, Pelco NZ Ltd, Sealord Group Ltd and Tawera Fishing Co Ltd, either caught approximately 950 tonne of fish over a three month period using an unregistered fishing vessel, or purchased fish from a vessel that was not currently registered.
The two vessels at the centre of the enquiry have been seized and searched with computers and other documents removed for further analysis. Today, after the completion of this process, the vessels were released under a Ministry of Fisheries bond.
The principals of each company have been given the opportunity to provide an explanation for the alleged discrepancies. These explanations, along with computers and several hundred documents removed from various premises around the country, are to be analysed, so decisions can be made regarding possible charges in relation to the alleged discrepancies.
The Tauranga District Compliance Manager Brendon Mikkelsen said all five companies have been cooperative throughout the investigation and continue to assist with on going inquiries.
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WASHINGTON - Suddenly, the Democrats' grip on the Senate looks very tenuous indeed.
With the party poised to take power with a 51-49 edge in January, Sen. Tim Johnson's unexpected hospitalization ignited the possibility of a 50-50 Senate and a return to the unprecedented power-sharing pact that existed during the first half of 2001.
Johnson's illness alone would not create a vacancy in the Senate. Senators have convalesced for months, even years, and retained their Senate seats.
If Johnson's seat were to become vacant sometime in the next two years, South Dakota Gov. Michael Rounds, a Republican, would select a replacement. A GOP appointment would split the Senate anew, giving Vice President Dick Cheney the tie-breaking role and, thus, the numerical majority in the chamber to the Republicans.
But that doesn't necessarily mean Republicans would be in charge.
On Jan. 4, the first day of the new Congress, the Senate will vote on a resolution that will officially establish Democrats as the party in the majority, give Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada control over the legislative agenda, set the ratios of committee representation and other organizational matters.
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Federal securities regulators are considering new restrictions on the multitrillion-dollar securities lending market used by short-sellers after the credit crisis revealed that the industry was “anything but low risk.”
Some pension funds, mutual funds and foundations that loaned their securities were “significantly harmed,” Mary L. Schapiro, the chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said Tuesday at a public meeting in Washington to review short-selling, Reuters reports.
Historically, institutional investors viewed securities lending as a way to put their dormant assets to work. But during the financial crisis, many of them lost money from their cash collateral reinvestment programs that invested money received from stock lending.
“For a long time, securities lending was regarded and described as a relatively low risk venture, but the recent credit crisis revealed that it can be anything but low risk,” Ms. Schapiro said.
Securities that are loaned are often used by short-sellers, who make profits by betting on a stock’s decline. Short-selling has been blamed by some lawmakers and corporate executives for part of last year’s sharp drop in stock prices.
Some funds feel burned by the middlemen who borrowed their securities, then loaned them to short-sellers.
“We seem to be the big loser and it was our money that was put out there to buy the stock that then went out on loan,” said Jerry Davis, chairman of the trustees of the New Orleans Employees’ Retirement System, according to Reuters. “We have suffered real cash losses.”
The plan that is starting to take shape would essentially carve up the global solar panel market into a series of regional markets.
The company said there was no indication that the deaths, which occurred away from its factories, were work-related.
The Wall Street bank is selling its remaining shares in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, signaling the end of a highly profitable investment it made in 2006.
Robert Douglas Lawler, an executive at Anadarko, will succeed Aubrey McClendon, a Chesapeake co-founder who was forced to leave after a shareholder uprising.
Designers focused on improving lives for poor farmers have a solar-powered pumping plan.
A day after Yahoo’s board approved a deal to acquire Tumblr, Marissa Mayer, Yahoo’s chief, and David Karp, Tumblr’s founder, reassured users that Tumblr would operate as it did before.
Mr. Venturi won the 1964 United States Open, nearly collapsing from heat exhaustion. He later became a chief golf analyst for CBS Sports, where he worked for 35 years.
A nutritional energy bar called Balance Bar begins a campaign to strengthen the brand name.
A federal judge’s ruling could halt the resale of digital music as well as other digital good like e-books.
A world-renowned physicist meets a gorgeous model online. They plan their perfect life together. But first, she asks, would he be so kind as to deliver a special package to her?
The Winklevoss brothers have moved on from their battle with Mark Zuckerberg and are more active than ever.
Although most attention is focused on the safety of infants and toddlers, their sudden jabs, bites, head-butts and kicks can inflict injuries on parents and other caregivers.
With pimples emerging well before the teenage years, and a rise in the number of preadolescent patients, doctors have put together guidelines on treatment for children as young as 7.
Bed rest is widely recommended in high-risk pregnancies. But there is little evidence to support it, and in some cases it may cause harm.
The board of Yahoo agrees to buy Tumblr for about $1.1 billion in cash. | Steven A. Cohen of SAC Capital has received a subpoena to testify before a grand jury. | Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase will have the opportunity to deliver a rebuff to Jamie Dimon. | BlackRock has become more active in recent years.
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Special Review by Scott Pagliaroni
In the wake of war, nations have had to deal with the inherent issue of having their soldiers return to a life they are unaccustomed it. While they have had to endure boredom, terror, and perhaps perform acts unthinkable, life at home continues to trudge forward, with or without those who left to fight. These changing times, in combination with an influx of idle, yet ready, hearts, minds, and hands can lead to a birth of many new ideas and ventures. Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’ covers one such movement.
At the outset of ‘The Master’, protagonist Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix, ‘Walk the Line’), a U.S. Navy man, is seen whiling away the hours at the end of World War II before being discharged back into civilian life. In the midst of a variety of rudimentary psychology exams, he is told that he will have a tough time readjusting to ‘normal life’, but that it is the right time to do something new, such as open a business or go back to school. Freddie, shown drinking torpedo fuel as an alcohol substitute, is not exactly college-bound material. After bouncing between jobs, concocting various homemade (and probably quite dangerous) liquors along the way, Freddie finds himself on the run and stows away aboard a ship which, unbeknownst to him, is leaving port for a long journey. This nomadic, coincidental move sets forth his life path for the foreseeable future.
Aboard the ship, Freddie meets Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman, ‘Capote’), the host of the ship who is taken by Freddie’s liquor, candor, and baseness. When asked of his profession, Lancaster replies with many titles, but primarily a man, with a thirst for knowledge. He has a belief that humans are above animals, and, therefore, should be better than them by avoiding common urges and emotions which would lower someone to that of a lesser beast. Lancaster sees Freddie for his simpleton and base urges, and decides that he will become his protégé.
Upon joining with Lancaster and his followers, Freddie gets to experience Dodd’s primary belief, that we as humans are ‘sleeping’, have lived many lives before, and need to be awakened from our current state. Exterior doubters arise, questioning the veracity of Lancaster’s claims, or his cult-like following. Freddie stands out in the group, and some of Dodd’s inner circle, including his ardent wife, Peggy (Amy Adams, ‘Doubt’), and daughter (Ambyr Childers, ‘All My Children’), do not trust Freddie, or question the reason Dodd retains his presence. Freddie’s bond is what drives a large amount of the plot and movie.
There have been five years since P.T. Anderson’s previous film, ‘There Will Be Blood’, which centered upon father-son relationships, with both actual progeny, and bonds and relationships made that were very paternal in nature. ‘The Master’ also delves into this territory, mainly exploring this surrogate familial dynamic between Lancaster and Freddie. Lancaster’s birth son from a previous marriage, Val (Jesse Plemons, ‘Friday Night Lights’), is following his father on his journey, but seems to be disinterested his affairs. This distance between a father and his son leaves open for the possibility of someone to fill that need or role in Lancaster’s life, which is where Freddie steps in. The main problem with their relationship (which occasionally could be mistaken for some kind of homoeroticism) is that despite his affinity for Freddie, Lancaster appears to truly view him as an oddity, an animal, something that he can tame, cure, or heal.
Much like P. T. Anderson’s other works, ‘The Master’ is a meticulous piece of film craft that resounds as a work of art. Jonny Greenwood, mainly known for his work in the band Radiohead, delivered the score for ‘There Will Be Blood’, and once again provides a moody, yet tense accompaniment to Anderson’s direction. Both leads are in top form, with Hoffman’s restraint and charisma almost upstaging Phoenix’s raw, animalistic performance. One scene in particular stands out of as one of the best, most intense scenes seen in some time. A dense collection of vignettes, ‘The Master’ displays artful ideas about humanity and cult of personality that will be worth revisiting.
Recommended if you like:
-There Will Be Blood
-Sound of My Voice
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GovTrack’s Bill Summary
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Library of Congress Summary
The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress.
12/20/2010--Reported to Senate without amendment.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced.
The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.) Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010 - Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and extend funding for FY2012-FY2016 a grant program for reducing diesel emissions.
Authorizes the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to:
(1) provide contracts and rebates to eligible entities to achieve significant reductions in diesel emissions; and
(2) support rebate programs administered by states that are designed to achieve such reductions.
Includes among entities eligible to receive funding for reducing diesel emissions:
(1) an entity that has the capacity to sell diesel vehicles or equipment to, and arrange financing for, individuals or entities that own or operate diesel fleets or to upgrade diesel vehicles or equipment with verified or EPA-certified engines or technologies; and
(2) any private individual or entity that is the owner of record of a diesel vehicle or fleet and that acts pursuant to a contract, license, or lease with a federal, regional, state, local, or tribal agency or port authority with jurisdiction over transportation or air quality and in accordance with requirements for notice and approval as the Administrator of the EPA establish for the use of vehicles to be purchased or retrofitted using a grant, rebate, or loan under such Act. Includes Puerto Rico within the meaning of "state" under such Act. Revises provisions concerning the distribution and use of, and applications for, funds.
Requires the Administrator to develop a simplified application process for applicants to expedite the provision of funds.
Requires the Administrator and each state to publish on its website a description of each application for which a grant or loan is provided.
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We’ll be looking for a source of summaries from the other side in the meanwhile.
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President Obama, faced with the insubordination of General Stanley McChrystal, should take a look at the showdown between President Truman and his top general in 1951. General Douglas MacArthur, a hero of the Pacific War, had turned the Korean War around by a brilliant landing at Inchon to the rear of the apparently unstoppable North Korean invaders and then blundered by ordering U.S. troops to advance to the communist Chinese border.
A brown envelope, red-stamped “Action for MacArthur,” was brought by a Signals courier to MacArthur’s home in Tokyo. The letter he read with his wife, Jean, at his side, was signed by the president: “I deeply regret it becomes my duty as commander in chief of the United States military forces to replace you as supreme commander, Allied Powers, commander in chief of the United Nations command; commander in chief Far East Command; commanding general, U.S. Army, Far East.”
Watch President Truman Fire MacArthur
Truman’s dismissal defied public opinion. MacArthur returned home to the cheers of 7 million people at a ticker-tape parade in New York. His oracular address to a joint session of Congress, calling for the bombing of Manchuria and a blockade of China, was broken by paroxysms of cheering and 30 wild standing ovations, climaxing in a pandemonium of tears and shouts of acclaim. Twenty million people across America watching grainy black and white television never forgot his moving peroration, “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away…”
Truman called it, “Nothing but a bunch of damn bullshit.”
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• More Daily Beast contributors on McChrystal’s futureTruth is, Truman was slow to act, as Obama seems to be slow to act now, confronted with the second act of insubordination by the much-admired General McChrystal. Truman regretted how long he put up with MacArthur. In the White House, he called him a double crosser but without a showdown MacArthur just stepped up his private and public campaign against the Truman administration for total war on China. He demanded that 26 atomic bombs be dropped. He openly disobeyed the Joint Chiefs’ order that only South Korean troops could approach the Chinese border. He supported the red-baiting reactionary House Minority Leader, Joseph Martin, who said if Truman refused to go out for total victory, he should be indicted “for the murder of thousands of American boys.” Alas, it was MacArthur himself who merited that charge. Having turned back the invaders, he was reckless. He split his forces. His provocations of the nervous Chinese unleashed a massive surprise counterattack. MacArthur’s armies were heart-breakingly pushed back all the way they’d come, the longest retreat in American history with terrible losses.
For a time, it looked as if Truman’s presidency was at risk. Republican Robert Taft asked the general to be his running mate. MacArthur had bigger things in mind. His eyes, wrote William Styron, were “like those of a man whose thoughts had turned inward upon some Caesarean dream magnificent beyond compare.”
An important part of the delirium MacArthur evoked was an explosion of the pent-up frustrations of a people longing to hear that the most intractable problems were susceptible to the exercise of America’s moral will. Sound familiar?
Some 69 percent of Americans backed him—but as passions cooled, more sober thoughts prevailed. The crowds and Congress cheered, but only 30 percent were willing to risk a wider war with China.
Another general had an eye on the White House.
He was described as the apotheosis of mediocrity by MacArthur, but he was much wiser and shrewder. Unlike MacArthur—or General McChrystal—he knew there was a time to speak and not so. In the MacArthur hubbub, this general would only say: “I am going to maintain silence in every language known to man.” Dwight David Eisenhower, not MacArthur, was elected the 34th president of the United States—and ended the Korean War.
Harold Evans is the author of The American Century.
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A West German chemical company has agreed to pay $3.75 million to a woman who said her leukemia was caused by a detergent used to launder her diapers when she was a baby.
The woman, Fawna Wright, 23 years old, of Mound City, Ill., reached the settlement with the BASF Wyandotte Corporation on Monday. Her lawyers maintained that chemicals in the detergent Loxene might have harmed thousands of infants before it was pulled from the market in the 1960's.
''I'm amazed by it,'' said Ms. Wright, whose leukemia is in remission. ''Something that happened as a baby took part of my life.''
Ms. Wright sued in 1985, charging that her illness was caused by chemicals in Loxene that included pentachlorophenol, a substance more widely used as a pesticide and wood preservative. The detergent was used at Booth Memorial Hospital in St. Louis, where Ms. Wright was born. The trial was to have begun Monday.
Despite being warned as early as 1959 that pentachlorophenol was unsafe, the suit charged, the company instructed the hospital how to use Loxene on diapers, crib sheets and other linens. The hospital, now defunct, was operated by the Salvation Army for unwed mothers.
The Salvation Army agreed to pay Ms. Wright $5,000, and the Dow Chemical Company settled for $60,000, said one of her lawyers, Robert S. Bogard. Dow and Monsanto were accused of manufacturing chemicals in the detergent. Monsanto was dropped as a defendant.
In a statement, BASF said it was ''not directly responsible for her condition'' because the hospitals where it was used ''disregarded clearly stated use instructions and warnings.''
Ms. Wright became gravely ill when she was 5 days old but recovered. Her leukemia was diagnosed when she was 12 years old, the lawsuit said.
Because of sealed records, her lawyers said they were able to trace only eight other babies born at Booth at the time the hospital used Loxene.
Two died as infants and a third suffers from a learning disability, the lawyers said. In 1966, an outbreak of illness attributed to Loxene at Pembina County Hospital in Cavalier, N.D., left one infant dead, they said.
Mr. Bogard said Wyandotte Chemical, as the company was then called, should have recalled Loxene after the North Dakota outbreak instead of waiting until the product's registration was revoked more than a year later.
''We now have hundreds of persons exposed at Booth or other hospitals using Loxene during the 1960's who may be suffering from problems,'' Mr. Bogard said.
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Feed yourself first
Scarborough's Roger Doiron has a "subversive plot" — one that could "radically alter the balance of power" in this country, but will "only work if I share it with as many people as possible." The lowdown? Food is a form of power — and gardens, simple and green, offer ordinary folks the chance to take that power back into their own hands. The founder of Kitchen Gardeners International, which connects more than 20,000 people worldwide in a collaborative effort to relocalize the global food supply, Doiron is adamant that, in a world where resources are getting scarcer, but more food is needed than ever, it's time to redefine what food is (not pre-packaged and plumped up with high-fructose corn syrup), redefine what front yards look like (leafy and fruitful oases instead of empty lawns), redefine local food-sovereignty laws (the right to grow food where and how you see fit, and to sell your surplus) and otherwise "set garden entrepreneurism free."
Engage with the world
"The audience that we're developing have demonstrated the ability to create change," Adam Burk told the Phoenix's Deirdre Fulton last month, while conceding that there is "more for us to do" — especially when it comes to figuring out how to "sustain" all those great ideas once the attendees head back out into the real world, where the know-nothing Tea Party brays louder than ever and Paul LePage sits in Augusta, gazing longingly at a photo of the Koch brothers.
But in a country with a lot of problems — one whose populace can sometimes feel more polarized and mutually antagonistic than ever — it's better that events such as these exist than if they didn't. Good ideas, even if unrealized, count for something.
For all the enlightening notions proffered at TEDxDirigo about renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and more efficient and effective health-care delivery, one theme that kept cropping up was the need to expose oneself to people and ideas that are unfamiliar and different. To avoid easy classification and stereotyping.
Zadie Smith wrote in the New Yorker this week, "The rise of the Internet dovetailed with [a] tribalism" in the 10 years since 9/11. "You could pass a decade online without ever hearing from the 'other.'"
TEDxDirigo offered a valuable counterpoint to that head-in-the-sand worldview. Jeff Thaler made the powerful case that in this lazy age, massively mediated by television and computer screens, there is a "greater need to interact" than at any time in the past.
We're "more prone to indifference and bias and stereotype than ever before," he said. The antidote? "Get out of your chairs, push away from your screens, and open yourself to the unfamiliar."
Attracting changers:Portland's getting attention as a place on the grow
At lunchtime on Saturday, TEDxDirigo attendees headed across Congress Street to Maine College of Art, where students were hosting lunch. (TEDxDirigo is collaborating with MeCA on a public art project, "Inside/Out," that will take to the streets this November, timed to the mayoral elections.)
There I met Darrell Williams, founder and CEO of Eighteen Ventures, a Portland consulting firm aimed at helping IT startups navigate the capital investment process. He's a Maine native. Portland High. Bates. In fact, he said, he used to work in that very building, back when it was the Porteous department store.
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Ring A Go-Round
Prince William gave Kate Middleton his late mother, Princess Diana’s platinum engagement ring that features an 18 carat oval blue sapphire surrounded by 14 smaller white diamonds from Garrard.
According to jewelry expert Michael O’Connor, “Since this ring was originally set in platinum, the highest quality metal, it looks as beautiful today as it did years ago, and as it will for generations."
Platinum has a deep history with British royals. At the coronation of George VI in 1936, his wife Queen Elizabeth (the late Queen Mother) was crowned with an elegant platinum crown holding the famous Koh-I-Noor diamond. Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, who exchanged platinum wedding bands with King Edward VIII, declared platinum the one and only choice for evening wear.
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Franklin College students have the chance to intern at various organizations and businesses around the state and even the country! Internships serve as exploratory tools, a way for students to “test drive” a career. And with the ability to gain valuable internship experience as early as freshman year, students have ample time to experience a variety of career opportunities during both spring and fall semesters as well as Winter Term.
In today’s job market, employers want and need workers with experience in the field. For a recent grad, finding a job that doesn’t require at least some previous related work experience can be a task. That’s why serving in internships is so crucial for today’s students. Internships not only help students gain experience; sometimes internships can develop into full-time jobs for our grads!
In the past, students have interned at Rolls Royce, the Indiana Pacers, WISH TV, Indiana Senator Richard Lugar’s office, Dolphins Plus, The Indianapolis Star and the Indiana State Senate, among many other noteworthy locations. Students have also found internships at not-for-profits like Franklin Heritage, Girls Inc., Esperanza En Jesucristo,Youth Connections and the Riley Children’s Foundation.
The Franklin College faculty and staff do everything that they can to help students make valuable contacts within the working world. Students interested in internship opportunities should contact Career Services for available positions and a detailed list of internship requirements. Students are welcome to search for outside internships on their own, however, all internships must be approved by Career Services before a student will receive credit toward graduation.
Click here to view internship and job placement statistics.
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The roundabout — the second on a county roadway and the first with more than one lane — opened to drivers last week when the road striping was completed. The other county roundabout is near Woodbridge.
Najee Zarif, San Joaquin County Public Works engineering services manager, said the $2.7 million roundabout took 80 days to construct and has a 160-foot diameter. It replaces a four-way stoplight.
Watching cars navigate the traffic circle from the edge of 11th Street, Leroy Ornellas, who represents the 5th District on the county board of supervisors, was pleased with the results.
“While this was being talked about in meetings and in construction, I had a lot of people unhappy with this project. This is something new,” Ornellas said. “Now that it is done and in use, they are saying it’s not too bad.”
Tractor trailers and cars merged as two lanes of traffic circled through the roundabout.
“I think, in the end, this is going to work out pretty well,” Ornellas said. “Caution is required, but the traffic keeps flowing — it lets vehicles keep moving instead of sitting at the lights.”
Also watching the traffic Thursday, local resident Martha Kitchen, 84, was happy with the roundabout.
She has lived just east of the intersection since 1971 and has seen many crashes near her home.
“It’s going to useful,” she said. “There has been so much traffic on this highway and there have been so many accidents, they have to be mindful and careful on the road.”
While the roundabout appears confusing, Kitchen said she expected drivers to get used to it.
“Seems everyone is being careful as they are going through,” she said “It’s something that’s really necessary — just have to learn how to do it.
The main goal of the roundabout’s design, according to San Joaquin County Public Works Director Tom Gau, is avoiding “90-degree crashes” — when one car pulls out in front of another at an intersection and is struck broadside.
“Once you get comfortable with it, the traffic flows a lot better,” Gau said.
Traffic is expected to move quickly through the area with no signal lights to impede drivers.
“It’s a nice flow of traffic,” Gau said. “Roundabouts are a new concept in San Joaquin County. We’re getting away from the traditional intersection to free-flowing traffic. It gives more traffic volume with no cars stopped idling at traffic lights.”
Drought-resistant landscaping and LED street lighting are among the roundabout’s green features.
Three more roundabouts could replace signals on the stretch of 11th Street east of city limits, if funding allows.
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has an interesting post:
Participate in this fast and easy book meme – or follow the trail and find out where it started (if find out, let us know!).
Here are the rules:
* Get the book nearest to you. Right now.
* Go to page 56.
* Find the 5th sentence.
* Write this sentence – either as a comment here or on your blog (link back to us by replacing the trail link with this blog’s link).
* Copy these instructions as commentary of your sentence.
* Don’t look for your favorite book or your coolest but really the nearest.
My book is Comprehension Connection by Tanny McGregor (Publisher is Heinemann). The quote comes from a chapter about inferring. Tanny is describing listening between the lines where the children listen to the song and infer the symbolism and the figure out the layers of meaning. She includes her favorite songs in this section.
“The possibilities are endless: try searching your local library or your personal music collection.”
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USC tragedy demands unity, not division
On Wednesday, graduate students Ying Wu and Ming Qu were fatally shot in front of Wuâs residence west of campus.
The university has delivered a heartwarming response to the shooting. But varying community responses have also highlighted campus divisions. Wu and Qu were international students from China â and that fact has received more attention than it deserves.
The response should not be about race, wealth or country of origin.
As we cope with the aftermath, we canât lose sight of the fact that the shooting isnât just a tragedy for the international student community: Itâs a tragedy for the entire Trojan Family.
As of 2011, USC had 8,615 international students. About 2,500 of those students are from China. The groupâs size is a source of pride for the administration, but it also makes the formation of separate communities within USC more likely.
For one, the majority of students who attended the vigil were Asian. Word about the vigil circulated through social media, including RenRen.com, a Facebook-like social network based in China. Many students who did not attend said they simply didnât hear about the vigil soon enough.
Further highlighting the divide, the media has repeatedly framed the incident in terms of nationality. On Thursday, LA Weekly reported that a Chinese media outlet blamed the shooting on the studentsâ supposed display of wealth. (The Daily Trojan initially reported that Qu drove a late-model BMW. Later sources clarified that the car was a used 2003 BMW.) Neon Tommy published an article about the vigil titled âUSC Shooting Brings Together Divided Asian Community.â The headline seemed to suggest that the shooting was an event to be mourned largely by Asian students.
Finally, some students have claimed that Wu and Qu became victims because, as international students, they had a poor understanding of safety in Los Angeles. One comment on the Daily Trojan website said that âinternational [students] should . . . make an effort to assimilate with their native U.S. classmates.â
This line of thinking might allay the fears of non-international students, but it disregards the fact that, as second-year Viterbi graduate students, Wu and Qu were hardly naĂŻve newcomers. Moreover, throngs of students â students of all backgrounds â walk, bike and drive home from Leavey Library in the early hours of the morning.
What happened to Wu and Qu could have happened to anyone. Their plight is our plight.
Staff editorials are determined by the senior editorial board. Its members include Maya Itah, Melissa Caskey, Sean Fitz-Gerald and Giovanni Osorio.
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The first thing that should be said about today’s “qualified mortgage” rule is that it is just one of many new regulations the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) will issue under Dodd-Frank. Believe it or not, the 2,500 pages of Dodd-Frank contains both a “qualified mortgage” rule and a “qualified residential mortgage” rule, the latter of which has yet to be issued. And the powerful and unaccountable CFPB — subject to a lawsuit by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the 60 Plus Association, and the State National Bank of Big Spring (Texas), a community bank — still has the incredibly broad power to ban a mortgage or any other financial product it deems “abusive.”
The “qualified mortgage” regulation involves the types of mortgages banks and credit unions can issue with reasonable certainty they won’t be sued. It’s the proverbial cart that pulls the horse. Dodd-Frank massively increased the ability of borrowers to sue lenders not just for fraud and deception — in which cases lenders should be held accountable — but for not assessing correctly borrowers’ own “ability to repay.”
Never mind that in many cases, “predatory borrowers” lied about their own ability — or willingness – to repay; they weren’t called “liar loans” for nothing! Never mind that through the purchases of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, through the insuring of l0w or no-down payment loans by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), and through the mandates of the Community Reinvestment Act, the government encouraged loans to those who didn’t have the ability to repay.
It’s true that the rules issued today — spelling out terms of loans that would give lenders a “safe harbor” or “rebuttable presumption” — are not as inflexible as they could have been. Perhaps that’s in part because the bureau is watching itself more due to the pending lawsuit.
Low-doc and no-doc loans have already almost disappeared due to both banks and government agencies recognizing their folly. But under this rule, lenders and borrowers will face some needless, additional burdens of documenting “ability to repay.” That means a lot of needless new paperwork, as well as asking borrowers intrusive questions about personal matters that could bear on the ability to repay alone, such as the state of their marriages.
And as Edward Pinto of the American Enterprise Institute points out, loans subsidized by Fannie, Freddie, and the FHA still get a pass from these new rules. He writes:
Rather than banning the irresponsible underwriting practices of the FHA … they are grandfathered for up to seven years or until these agencies issue their own rules codifying their irresponsible lending practices. The GSEs and their automated underwriting systems are also grandfathered for up to seven years, notwithstanding that the GSEs and their systems were instrumental in the housing market collapse.
This rule is a continuation of what I have called “Dodd-Frank’s Fannie Trap.” Private sector actors are restrained, yet their governmental competitors are allowed to run almost completely free. Because of this, as Pinto concludes, “this rule does little to limit borrower leverage and lays the foundation for the next bust.”
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GOP Moves to Put Brakes on Net Neutrality
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (Reuters) - A group of U.S. House of Representatives Republicans urged the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a market analysis before proposing a new rule to maintain an open Internet.
In a letter Monday to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, 20 Republicans asked the FCC if the agency will be examining networks, services, consumer electronics equipment, applications, as well as cable, wireline, wireless, satellite and broadband to determine if a rule to govern Net neutrality is necessary.
"You have repeatedly said that you want this to be the most data-driven FCC ever," wrote the Republicans, led by Cliff Stearns, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet.
"This is an opportunity to demonstrate that commitment."
The FCC is due to propose a Net neutrality rule on Oct. 22 aimed at ensuring that network operators treat the flow of Internet content and applications without discrimination.
The rule, which is currently being considered by the FCC commissioners, would prevent network operators from blocking consumer access to any lawful Internet content, applications and services.
The letter from Stearns and other House lawmakers is the latest push by Republicans in questioning the need for a Net neutrality rule.
The measure is opposed by big wireless companies such as AT&T Inc and Verizon Wireless, who say they need the ability to protect their networks from capacity-hogging applications like video file sharing.
Verizon Wireless is a joint venture between Verizon Communications Inc and Vodafone Group Plc .
Gigi Sohn, head of the Public Knowledge advocacy group, called the letter "another attempt at a delaying tactic by those who favor big telecom and cable companies over competition and innovation."
On Friday, House Republican Leader John Boehner and Republican Whip Eric Cantor wrote a letter to President Barack Obama, expressing concern that a rule would thwart further broadband investment.
The rule, if adopted, would likely force U.S. phone companies to open their wireless networks to rival Internet services like eBay Inc's (EBAY.O) Skype and Google Inc's voice services.
An FCC panel crafting a national broadband plan, to be submitted to Congress in February, said last week it would cost between $20 billion and $350 billion to expand access to all Americans.
"Net neutrality rules would make it harder, not easier, for such investments to occur," Stearns and the other Republicans wrote.
An FCC spokeswoman declined to comment. (Reporting by John Poirier, editing by Matthew Lewis and Tim Dobbyn)
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On the Challenge of Voice Quality
Voice quality needs its own theory that must provide a conceptual framework for the main ideas of the field as well as some explanatory power, describe or at least propose possible mechanisms for the phenomena addressed, and suggest methods of attack on unsolved problems. Establishing a framework would lead to a more cohesive vocabulary. It would provide a platform to guide thought and discussion about voice quality related phenomena. One of the features of such a theory should be the mapping between the signal and the percepts, or between the “subjective” and the “objective”.
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(Also, the online application
includes instructions that guide you through the application.)
Page 2: Fellowships: Honors, Publications, Extracurricular Activities
If formatting allows, separate information by: listing in rows if possible OR divided information using semi-colon and space – briefly explain if title is not self-explanatory:
Emerson Grant (student/faculty research collaboration incorporating field work on refugees in Israel)
Debate Team (co-captain)
Habitat for Humanity (participant and site leader in South Carolina)
Future Plans: (upon returning to US):
E.G., I will begin work in the field of mental health with a social service agency
Specifically dealing with...I plan to...
If possible to tie future plans to your Fulbright proposal – MAKE THE CONNECTION!
Abstract of Proposal:
Be specific –
A brief, concise description of what you will do.
This proposals aims to gain an understanding of ...
This research proposal in the biology department at ... will examine...
Page 3: Fellowships: Honors, Publications, Extracurricular Activities
(repeat of page 2, but more space provided here)
Section should be easy to read: divide information by heading and spacing –
Research:… Briefly explain if title is not self-explanatory.
Page 4: Occupational Experience
- Use reverse chronology (MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE FIRST is the best way to list information)
- Foreign Experience (if applicable): reverse chronology – dates, location, reason
The point is to make all of this information easy to read and to refer back to –
rather than a jumble of information.
Choosing Your Place and Your Project.
The key to a good Fulbright application is in the academic validity of your project. That means you must have a very good academic reason for going where you propose to go. It is not enough to propose a good academic program in Brazil if you have no academic reason for pursuing that program there. The best reason to go to any particular country is that you could study a subject there better than anywhere else, perhaps because there is an expert in the field who teaches there. Seek your mentors' advice so that you can choose your destination well, and make sure there is a good fit between the project and the place.
If you are applying for a Fulbright Grant to study, conduct research or carry out an independent project you must arrange an affiliation with a university or with some other appropriate individual, institution, organization or entity in the country of your destination. E-mail makes this much easier than it sounds. Correspondence with individuals doing work relevant to your interests may provide feedback and information that helps to formulate your proposal. Once you have carefully chosen your project and your place, ask the appropriate if he/she would be willing to oversee your work (to accept you as a student or as an assistant in their lab or whatever) if you were to be awarded a Fulbright Grant. This takes courteous persistence and requires that you follow up on all leads.
All grantees must
have a host country affiliation. Types of affiliations vary, and may include universities, laboratories, libraries, non-governmental organizations, and others. Grantees are usually affiliated with institutions of higher learning in the host countries. Conditions concerning affiliation vary. See Participating Countries
in the Fulbright book for specifics.
Some countries or awards may require acceptance of arranged institutional placements. However, applicants may indicate preferences for placement on the application form.
Some countries may require that students arrange their own affiliations.
If you are arranging your own affiliation, request letters of support from host-country affiliations early in the process, and include acceptances with the application packet. These letters must be sent by fax or pdf and MUST be on letterhead and include writer's signature.
Applicants in the creative and performing arts and applicants proposing independent research as well as applicants proposing full-time study, must indicate
potential or arranged affiliations in their Statement of Proposed Study or Research
placements are arranged by Fulbright Commissions in the host country. Do not indicate affiliations or preferences.
U.S. Program Affiliation:
Only rarely will grantees be permitted to enroll in the graduate programs of American universities abroad. The objectives of the Fulbright Program are best served by attendance at a foreign university.
Page 6: Statement of Proposed Study
This statement lays out your year abroad and is the linchpin of your application.
"Describe your study or research plans and your reasons for wishing to undertake them in the country of your choice. Outline a plan that realistically can be completed in one academic year abroad. Graduating seniors, applicants in the creative or performing arts, and applicants for teaching awards are not expected to formulate detailed research projects. Graduating seniors should describe the study programs they wish to follow in terms as specific as possible."
"All candidates should submit projects indicating in detail their reasons for choosing a particular country, the form their work will take, the results they hope to obtain, and the contribution that a foreign experience will have on their future development."
The project essay for a Research Grant, might follow this format:
2) Explain why this course is worth pursuing and the "results you hope to obtain."
3) Explain why on the basis of your undergraduate course work or other experience you are qualified to do it.
4) Say what steps you have taken or will take to investigate the program of study and to secure an affiliation with the institution of your choice. (Have you written for or received information regarding faculty, courses, library or other facilities? Do you have an application?) Include in your application any letter indicating that you will be welcome to the institution.
5) Explain how the program of studies relates to your future career interests.
Your statement should be as specific as possible. Four content areas are typical:
- Thesis paragraph summarizing your entire proposal.
- Answer the questions: WHAT, WHERE, WHY, HOW, WHEN
- Think of the first paragraph of the proposal as a news article.
- Set up your proposal and define your project in this paragraph. Get specific: identify the university
- or institution (museum school, etc.) you will attend, or the research project you will conduct or the
- independent study you will pursue (indicate the specific research topic or intellectual issue you might
- focus on and explain why what you propose to do is especially suited to that institution in that country.
You must present a feasible project that necessitates a presence in the host country.
2. Broad statement of your research topic.
Before you lay out your project, you want to interest your reader in the broad subject you hope to research. Say you are applying to study the work of an adult literacy organization in New Delhi. Before discussing the nuts and bolts of your project, you would want to broadly interest your reader in illiteracy in India. You should cite statistics and other relevant work to demonstrate the magnitude of the problem---in other words, this section of your proposal needs to be researched.
3. Project statement.
This is the heart of your essay, in which you lay out the specifics of your project.
Here you will want to answer the following basic questions:
What are you proposing to study/research? Specifically explain what you will investigate, study, teach, research…
Where you will study and why it is imperative that you travel to country X, cite compelling reasons to be there
Why it is important to you, compelling to pursue this project/conduct this research/teach English, etc.
How you will carry out your project, methodology, plan of action
When you plan to carry out your project, time frame. State the duration of your project (based on the academic year for host country, info found in Fulbright book country summary)
Identify preliminary contacts and their significance to your proposal. Avoid using jargon.
Someone with no knowledge of your area of study should be able to understand your proposal.
Supply relevant information: language facility (if applicable), time frame for project, and all information that lends to the feasibility of your plan.
4. Defense of your project:
As a critical reviewer reads your proposal, he or she is going to form potential objections to your project. Are your language skills sufficient? Will you have access to the research resources you say you need? Is your project dangerous or politically sensitive? Is your project too broad in scope to be accomplished in nine or 10 months time? Do you have the requisite skills and foundation to successfully pursue the project? Have you secured or at least identified useful in-country support/affiliation? You should anticipate some of these questions and speak to them in your proposal.
English Teaching Assistantship Applications
Students applying for teaching assistant positions are not expected to present extensive research plans. Rather, they should describe for the reviewers:
Why you would like to undertake a teaching assistant assignment. THIS IS KEY! Be specific and enthusiastic about why you want to teach English in a particular country. TURN UP THE HEAT ON WHY YOU WANT TO TEACH ENGLISH THERE!
Share the qualifications and experiences which relate to teaching English – think inclusively – tutor, TA, camp counselor, being a language student yourself...
How do you expect to benefit from the assignment and what use will you make of the experience upon their return to the U.S.
If you are conducting an independent project on the side (some countries require this), be specific about what you will do, how you will go about it… Caveat: Be sure to make it clear that any independent project or research will not interfere with the ETA responsibilities.
What use they will make of their time outside the classroom. (Most ETAs work no more than 20 hours per week.) This may include the side project / research mentioned above or it may include other ways to be a part of the community in which you live.
This statement provides a picture of you as a person, an intellectual biography.
Page 7: Curriculum Vitae (Personal Statement)
It gives you an opportunity to connect the dots.
"This statement should be a narrative giving a picture of you as an individual. It should deal with your personal history, family background, influences on your intellectual development, the educational and cultural opportunities (or lack of them) to which you have been exposed, Connect the dots:
and the ways in which these experiences have affected you. Also include your special interests and abilities, career plans, and life goals, etc. It should not be a recording of facts already listed on the application or an elaboration of your statement of proposed study."
Readers should be able to see the roots of your project, what influenced, inspired, sparked your interest in your project topic? Discuss the influences, personal, academic, professional that bring you to this project.
Discuss the relevant skills and background that you bring to the project. How did you acquire
them --- academic programs, internships, research, employment, etc.? How does the project inform or how is it connected to your future academic and professional plans? Connect the dots!
Be sure to include personal information that is relevant...
AND be sure to include your passion and your enthusiasm for the project.
This essay gives you the chance to present yourself as intellectually alive and culturally aware, a tactful person of goodwill who will make an excellent ambassador in the Fulbright year. Explain how your proposed program of studies or teaching assignment relates to your personal intellectual growth at the close of your undergraduate years. Stress any special intellectual interests, avocations, artistic or musical abilities that you could develop or contribute during your Fulbright year. Coordinate this personal essay with the project statement, so that they complement and do not repeat each other.
ENGAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY
The primary aim of the Fulbright Program is to further mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries. Demonstrate a clear commitment to the host country community. Becoming involved in the local community will contribute significantly to this goal and will enhance your experience in many ways. Speak to this point and include some examples of how you might interact with your host community through volunteer and extra-curricular activities. This may be done in the proposal if involvements are related to your proposal or in the personal statement if activities are outside of your proposal.
Since applicant's Statements can not exceed two pages, a formal bibliography is not necessary; however, if background data is provided it is appropriate to briefly cite sources, within the two pages.
A Final word on proposal and cv:
Both essays must be well thought out and clearly presented.
Organize your statement carefully. Don't make reviewers search for information. We urge you to have several people read and critique your Statement including a faculty adviser, a faculty member outside your discipline, a fellow student, and/or a colleague. It would be ideal to have a host country academic/artist review your proposal for refinement and issues of host country sensitivity/security.
Languages. It is usually expected that you know the language of the country to which you are applying. The major exception to this rule is if you are going to be working in an international laboratory where English is the language of the lab. There are also countries where university courses are commonly taught in English and where you may not need the local language to carry out your project, though of course you will want to communicate with your neighbors when you are not actually studying – so explaining your plan to acquire hospitality and survival skills in the language of your host country is important. Otherwise, you must be prepared to do your work in the language of the country, and the level of competence required may vary from country to country. When applicable a foreign language report is part of the application and must be filled out by a teacher of the language you propose to speak.
Letters of Recommendation
. Three references are required. They should be from professors in your major field. Make sure you supply those who are writing for you with up-to-date information about your project, because they must comment not only on the work you may have done for them in the past but on the academic validity of your project, on its feasibility in terms of resources available abroad, and on your ability to carry out the project. If you are applying after a year of study abroad, you may ask for a reference from one of the professors you had during your junior year, but make sure that your referee knows what kind of information is asked for on the form, and make sure their mailed response (no e-mail or fax) can arrive at Hamilton College on time.
Letters may be written on letterhead instead of on the form, but you must complete the top portion of the form and your reference writers must complete the bottom portion. All letters must be sent to Ginny Dosch at Hamilton College, who will send them along with your application to the Institute of International Education in NYC. All materials for the Fulbright application must be submitted by the Student Fellowships Coordinator.
Official Fulbright deadline: Monday, October 19.
That is the day students return from Fall Break. There's a lot of traffic on the Fulbright site the day of the deadline.
Let's work to submit your application on Wednesday, October 14!
We can do it!
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Microsoft has given out more than $250,000 in prize money to Black Hat hackers who found ways to protect its software. Redmond's first Blue Hat prize were unveiled at a hip club at a mobbed party complete with dancers, high-energy DJ, and explosions of shimmering confetti.
The top prize of $200,000 went to doctoral student Vasilis Pappas. Pappas came up with a method to countering "the most popular attack technique” that Redmond is seeing at the moment. This is called Return-Oriented Programming which is a hacker technique that is often used to disable or circumvent a program's computer security controls. Pappas came up with something called kBouncer which blocks anything that looks like an ROP attack from running.
Microsoft security response center senior director Mike Reavey said that Redmond posed a challenge to the researcher community and asked them to shift their focus from solely identifying and reporting individual vulnerabilities to investing in new lines of defensive research that could mitigate entire classes of attacks.
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Have synagogues been doing membership backwards?
“Many of our synagogues start with membership. Someone calls and right away they’re diving into, ‘Do you want to join?’” said Rabbi Rick Jacobs, who was installed last June as the new president of the Union for Reform Judaism, the body that oversees Reform congregations across North America. “This idea that membership is our desperate need is the wrong frame. Doing meaningful Jewish teaching, observances, social justice, things that really define who we are, [people] should meet us and say, ‘I resonate with what this institution is doing. I would like to be associated with them.’”
Jacobs spent Jan. 10–12 meeting with Reform congregations and communal groups throughout the Seattle area. His visit came about in large part due to the efforts of a former colleague, Rabbi Beth Singer of Temple Beth Am, who served with Jacobs in the 1990s in New York.
“For me, Rabbi Jacobs’s visit to Beth Am was a double win,” Singer told JTNews. “He had the opportunity to see results of the intensive creative effort Beth Am has put into welcoming diverse Jewish individuals and families to a Jewish community that matters, and we had the opportunity to learn directly from the leader of our national movement about the direction Reform Judaism is headed.”
As Jacobs sees it, the direction Reform Judaism is headed is very much up to people who choose to engage. People may be eschewing denomination, he said, but they aren’t eschewing spirituality — they just aren’t fulfilling their needs inside the walls of a synagogue or church.
“People are hungry for meaning. They’re hungry for real community. Not fake community, not presumed community, but real community,” he said. “People are hungry to matter….Modern culture, in particular modern North American culture, is not nourishing us in the deep way that many of us hunger for.”
Part of the alienation “comes from people being disgusted by organized religion being so focused on money and power…values that they don’t resonate with,” Jacobs said.
He pointed to one group he feels is doing outreach right: “A lot of people talk about Chabad,” he said. “I have very warm feelings for what they try to do. They understand that relationships precede memberships.”
Or, in essence, putting the horse before the cart to engage people before asking them to become a part of a community, he said.
“Dramatic, transformative things can and must happen in synagogues if we’re going to matter in the next generation,” Jacobs said. “The majority of Jews right now live outside the walls of synagogues. So if we only bother and focus and nourish those inside the walls, you’re kind of leaving out most of the Jewish people.”
Reaching outside of those walls is an important initiative Jacobs and his cohort have laid out in the past year and a half. At the same time, strengthening struggling congregations within the movement is a priority, as is ensuring that strong congregations continue to stay that way.
“The ones that are doing really well, they won’t be doing well in a couple years if they don’t pay attention,” he said.
Two initiatives devoted to early childhood and another, what Jacobs referred to as “engaging the next generation” — Jews in their 20s and 30s — are also top priorities.
“Most 20s and 30s are not in synagogues, and they really are not in most of our Jewish institutions, they’re really kind of in-between,” Jacobs said. “How do we meet them where they are, and somehow engage them in Jewish life — not see them as potential members primarily, but young people with whom the tradition hopefully will grow?”
Jacobs may have found an exception to the rule. He celebrated Shabbat evening with nearly 200 young adults at a Jconnect dinner at Hillel at the University of Washington. His talk began by addressing “the common perception inside the establishment Jewish institutions that people in their 20s and 30s are just absent from Jewish life,” said Rabbi Oren Hayon, Hillel UW’s Greenstein executive director. “It was kind of half funny, half ironic to be saying that in a room that was absolutely packed to the walls with people who were there to celebrate Shabbat.”
An open and honest dialogue followed, which allowed people to express their opinions on Judaism and spirituality.
“I was really impressed that he made a point of putting this on his itinerary,” Hayon said. “Anyone who’s serious about the spirituality of Jewish young adults would do well to look at Jconnect.”
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The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and the Great Plains Institute (GPI) conducted an analysis, with extensive input from the participants of National Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative (NEORI), to inform NEORI’s recommendations for a federal production tax credit to support enhanced oil recovery with carbon dioxide (CO2-EOR). In particular, C2ES and GPI explored the implications of the recommendations for CO2 supply, oil production and federal revenue. This document describes the research, assumptions, and methodology used in the analysis.
C2ES and GPI compared the likely cost of a federal tax credit for greater CO2 capture and supply with the federal revenues expected from applying existing tax rates to the resulting incremental oil production. C2ES and GPI quantified two key relationships for CO2-EOR develop-ment and a related tax credit program:
- Cost gap – the difference between CO2 suppliers’ cost to capture and transport CO2 and EOR operators’ willingness to pay for CO2. The goal of the tax credit is to bridge the cost gap. Thus, the cost gap determines the expected level of the tax credit in a proposed competitive-bidding process.
- Revenue neutrality/revenue-positive outcome - the federal government will bear the cost of a CO2-EOR tax credit program, yet it will enjoy increased revenues from the expansion of CO2-EOR oil production when existing tax rates are applied to the additional production. C2ES and GPI analyzed when the net present value of expected revenues would equal or exceed the net present value of program costs.
C2ES and GPI calculated the tax credit required to bridge the cost gap, and the cost and revenue implica-tions. C2ES and GPI developed input assumptions based on real-world physical and market conditions after consulting with NEORI participants and other industry experts and reviewing available literature. C2ES and GPI developed a core scenario based on “best guess” inputs and conducted several sensitivity analyses of key inputs. C2ES and GPI demonstrated that a program can be designed that will become “revenue positive” (defined as when the federal revenues from ad¬ditional new oil production exceed the cost of a carbon capture tax credit program after applying a discount rate to both costs and revenues) within ten years after tax credits are awarded. Sensitivity analysis reveals that the program remains revenue positive using a realistic range of likely assumptions.
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NURS 220PL/AC Theoretical Concepts for Nursing Practice 3 sem. hrs.
HI: This course presents the history of the nursing profession and the socioeconomic and political factors that have influenced the evolution of the profession and the scope of nursing practice. The professional role of the nurse is addressed with emphasis on critical thinking and accountability and responsibility. The student is introduced to the School of Nursing's philosophy, purpose, and conceptual framework. An examination of general systems theory and selected nursing theories is undertaken to explore relationships among the major concepts of the nursing metaparadigm: nurse, client, health, and environment. The student will examine the processes of adaptation, homeostasis, and disrupted homeostasis as they apply to the client who is interacting with stressors in the internal and external environment. Nursing process, care planning, and critical pathways are discussed as the methodology for providing and evaluating therapeutic nursing interventions which are intended to promote, maintain, restore, and reorganize health or to support death with dignity. The student will explore theories from the sciences and liberal arts that guide nursing practice including, theories of growth and development, communication, critical thinking, and teaching/learning. The student will be given the opportunity to conceptualize his/her own philosophy of nursing. Computer informatics is used as a medium for communication among nurses and nursing students and as a source of nursing information. Offered every spring and summer semester.
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If the swinging yoke is frozen up with rust, they can be really tough to get apart. I had one that I never did get apart even after heating the iron work cherry. I got it to free up enough to swing, sort of, but I never did get it apart. That's the only one which defeated me. Just soak it a long time with penetrating fluid and lightly tap it from time to time with a ball pien hammer to vibrate the penetrating fluid into the joints. Do this for a couple of days. If that doesn't loosen it enough, heat it until it is cherry or verging on white, then let it cool. The metal will all expand, then when it cools the parts contract away from each other leaving a looser joint than before heating. Then you can either take it apart, or go back to the penetrating fluid. One of the toughest disassembly problems comes when two different metals like bronze and iron corrode together. One time on a large bronze bell I had to make a hydraulic puller with a 100 ton hydraulic jack, an I beam and log chains. It was crude and took almost a week of penetrating fluid and pressure, but one day it popped loose. I was a little learly to stand too close to it when pumping the jack for increased pressure each day. I also added penetrating fluid each day. Aren't war stories fun? -- Neil
I collect U.S. church and fire tower bells and research the foundries which made them.
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Most people will agree that recycling is "the right thing to do" which is why the City of Blackfoot is encouraging residents to take part in an inexpensive monthly recycling effort offered by Bingham Curbside Recyclers.
Husband and wife team Levi and Kendra Stacey of Wapello started the recycling business three years ago after Levi lost his job in Idaho Falls. They are now filling a niche in the community by offering curbside recycling pickup, twice a month, for just $5.50 a month.
Blackfoot Mayor Mike Virtue said that since the city is not in a position to endorse a recycler or to do its own recycling, he encourages everyone to take advantage of the service offered by Bingham Curbside Recycling.
"The city is supportive of this recycling effort," Virtue said. "It is a benefit to the city because anything that is recycled will not go into the city's waste refuse, which saves us money. Economically, recycling makes sense for the city."
Levi agreed, adding, "I believe people want to do the responsible thing, which is to recycle. Reduce, reuse and recycle...it's all about making something out of something else."
The Staceys have "practiced what they preach" by taking old, 55-gallon plastic water barrels, cutting the tops off them, and giving them a new purpose as the catchy blue barrels that the business uses for curbside pickup. Levi said that they accept just about everything for recycling at this time except for glass and styrofoam.
"We are working on an outlet for glass and styrofoam," he said. "We are always seeking ways to recycle better."
Bingham Curbside Recycling currently operates with just three people; however, Levi said he is looking forward to growth in the business so that he can hire more workers.
"We truly appreciate all of the customers that we have but know that there is an immense amount of work to be done," Kendra added.
Virtue and the Staceys concur that it doesn't take families long to get into the habit of recycling and that it's "the right thing to do."
For more information or to sign up for Bingham Curbside Recycling pickup, call 208-681-8597.
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This is one of the most genius things I’ve ever seen, and I’m very pleased Siim allowed me to repost his gorgeous Christmas card here:
I’m usually pretty bah humbug about Christmas kitsch, but when someone creates a snowman out of sand grains, I squee. This is a geology geek’s holiday delight. I especially love the garnet crystals along the sides – I’m a sucker for all things garnet – but stars made of forams? Those are brilliant.
Sandatlas quickly became one of my favorite blogs. This is just one of the many reasons why. I’ve linked it quite a bit in Los Links, but if you somehow missed it, go remedy that. Consider it my Christmas present. And as a bonus gift, visit Michael Welland’s wonderful Through the Sandglass as well.
Sand seems so small, so inconsequential, but these two blogs reveal the worlds contained in those tiny grains. William Blake was so very right. The next time you’re by the water, pick up a handful of worlds and allow yourselves to dream deep.
Enjoy your holidays, my darlings.
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So my birthday is coming up on July 8th. My birthday wish this year is that everyone donates money or time to their local LGBTQP...
Often enough, we realize that not everyone knows that Scarleteen does way more than simply providing thousands of pages of accurate, inclusive and pioneering sex education that even sex educators themselves often use for information. Providing information like that is a big part of what we do and have always done, and we’re so glad when people find it and use it for themselves.
But it’s not only only part of what we do, in a lot of ways, we think of that static information as just a starting point, or as extra reference for the one-on-one work we can do with our users and readers.
In other words, someone can go read a few articles, then come to us to talk about them, ask extra questions, and then get help putting that information into the context of their own lives. And if a person is looking for help with something about sex, sexuality or sexual relationships they can’t find a piece for, we also are always happy to work with that person in our direct services to find them what they need and talk them through it, whether that talk lasts a few minutes, a few days, or even months or years.
The online tool we have to do this is our message boards, which we’ve run for over twelve years now, with over 50,000 registered users, and with complete, active moderation from our staff and volunteers. We’ve also worked hard to make our online community one of the most sensitive, safe, flame-free, and comfy places to be about some often-uncomfortable issues we think anyone can find online, whatever their age.
The help we can give, and have given, our users there includes, but is not limited to:
- Talking through sexual choices or relationship issues
- Pro-choice pregnancy options counseling
- Help managing and finding sexual healthcare
- Help with birth control, safer sex, coming out (or staying in!), talking with parents and guardians about sex
- Help working through sexual trauma or abuse
- Talking through body image or sexual identity
- Fact-checking information about sexuality or sexual health you’ve seen elsewhere
- Peer support from all of the other many members of our community when you want and need it
So, don’t forget!
If you’d like some extra help, conversation or support — for free! — to round out the sexual information you’ve received from us or elsewhere, any time of day, every day of the year (and you’d like to have those conversations without worrying about having them affixed to your name with Facebook, or your handle on other sites, like tumblr), from people you know have a lot of credible experience doing just that, we’ve got your back. You’ll find us happy to help you right over there whenever you need us. :)
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49-year old woman…true story
It’s really a matter of life and death. No exaggeration. For men and women.
Earlier this week, I received an email from Anna, one of your Body Project trainers.
She shared a story with us about one of her long-time clients.
Last year she had a heart attack.
Just after she started exercising at the gym, her chest suddenly tightened, she felt nauseous, and vomited.
Tests confirmed she had a heart attack. She ended up with a 1” stent in a major artery after tests revealed that there was a 99% blockage.
In a wave of fortune, she experienced “traditional symptoms” and more importantly, she had the intuition to act quickly, knowing something was not right.
Here is what is most striking about this:
- She was training for a half-marathon.
- She is in great condition.
- She is lean and fit.
- She is only 49 years old!
None of us are exempt.
You may not have the “typical” risk factors of a heart attack (obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure…) but this woman’s story is a loud and clear reminder of the importance of keeping close tabs on our health.
Realize that your risk factors aren’t always visible on a scale, a blood pressure monitor, or even a blood test.
Take the time to learn about your family genetics and don’t skip out on your annual physicals (even if you “feel” healthy). This story has forced me to make setting my appointment with my doctor my #1 priority on my long “To-Do” list (I know you all have those “lists” too!).
Do some research or find a fitness professional to teach you about heart rate training. Not only is it effective for fat loss and overall fitness conditioning, it empowers you to listen and connect to your body and know when something just isn’t right.
We recently did a week of heart rate training in our boot camps, educating our clients how to monitor their heart rate while exercising (even without fancy or expensive equipment)…it was amazing how in just a few short workouts, they learned more about their body than most people do in a lifetime.
Your body is THE most intricate, incredibly complex, and utterly amazing machine.
Let’s make a vow to give it the respect it deserves, the appreciation it needs, and the opportunity to stay on this earth for as long as possible.
February happens to be National Heart Month – I encourage you by the end of this week to take one concrete action that will connect you closer to your heart.
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Reporting Tony Romeo
By Tony Romeo
HARRISBURG, Pa. (CBS) – The Corbett administration’s controversial new asset-test policy for food stamp recipients takes effect this week.
Anne Bayle, spokeswoman for the state Department of Welfare, says in order to qualify for food stamps, recipients under the age of 60 will have to have less than $5,500 in certain assets, while the limit is $9,000 for those 60 and over or disabled. She says new recipients will be evaluated when they apply the first time.
Otherwise, “When someone comes in for their benefit renewal process – which is something that’s already happening, something that you must do when you receive welfare benefits – that’s when we will go over their assets. So, we won’t be checking people all at once, right away.”
Critics say the asset test will unnecessarily hurt poor people, while the administration says it wants to make sure people turn to their own resources before seeking assistance. The Welfare Department estimates fewer than 1 percent of food stamp recipients will be affected.
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FORT WORTH, TX.-
A unique pay order signed by Alamo defender Jim Bowie and an 1839 copy of Guide to the Republic of Texas, used by settlers in the early Texas wilderness, highlights more than 200 lots of memorabilia in Heritage Auctions
' March 1-2 Texana Signature® Auction to benefit the Texas State Historical Association. The auction is an important component of the group's fundraising activities and will be held during its 117th annual meeting, Feb. 28-March 1 in Fort Worth.
"The once-a-year auction is an excellent opportunity to own historical Texas maps, signed documents, books and manuscripts as well as meet and learn from important collectors with a passion for Texas history," said Sandra Palomino, Director of Historical Manuscripts at Heritage. On items donated by TSHA members, Heritage Auctions is again donating its 19.5 percent buyer's premium to support the TSHA.
"Because this auction's audience goes beyond traditional collectors, we expand our focus to include all objects related to Texas," said Sandra Palomino, Director of Historical Manuscripts at Heritage. "Each auction is special in its own way and includes many one of a kind rarities."
Leading off the selection is a March 10, 1829 pay request James "Jim" Bowie issued to his longtime friend and business partner Angus McNeill in the amount of $134. Bowie's business deals made him famous, or infamous depending on the circumstances, across the Texas frontier. He died on March 6, 1835 defending the Alamo, assuring his place in the pantheon of Texas heroes. His signed pay order is expected to bring $70,000.
The establishment of the Republic Texas brought an influx of traders, settlers and new businesses. One book helped promote emigration to Texas: Richard S. Hunt's and Jesse F. Randel's Guide to the Republic of Texas. The tome shows for the first time the newly laid out town of Austin and include a history of the region, its climate and soils and major industries.
"Unlike most copies, this one still has the original full, hand-colored map on onion skin paper with an inset map of the Rio Grande and the country west to the Pacific Ocean," Palomino said. The 1839 volume is expected to bring $30,000+.Additional highlights include but are not limited to:
A broadside condemning General Vicente Filisola for the retreat of the Mexican army is expected to bring $20,000.
An 1857 version of De Cordova's Map of Texas, a large hand-colored version of one of the most correct and authentic original maps of Texas ever compiled, is expected to bring $30,000.
A partial document signed by David "Davy" Crockett in 1834 as a U.S. Representative, two years before his death at the Alamo, is expected to bring $15,000.
A rare, elephant folio edition of War Between the United States and Mexico by George Wilkins Kendall, in two volumes with 12 illustrated plates, is expected to bring $25,000.
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It is a misunderstanding to think that our government collapsing is the first step towards an actually free society. Not voting will maintain the status quo. We will vasselate between varying degrees of capitalism and socialism or collapse. Neither of these options is favorable. I think if the federal government collapses, not one state in the union will become more free. The population will not immediately embrace individual rights. We'll go back to a modified capitalism or worse. The idea that people will recognize the true cause of the collapse and then embrace freedom, anarchy or a foundation of libertarianism is laughable. There is not a significant number of people that can, with force or reason, keep a tyrannical socialistic group from taking control. Awareness of the moral significance of individualism and the nonaggression principle are increasing yes, but not as fast as the birth rate of the ignorant masses. If we are to have a free society, imo, it must come from within, step by step. Elect Ron Paul. End the Fed, stop spending, first in foreign aid, then militarism, then least significant special interest groups, then eventually healthcare and welfare. Abolish forced taxation. And then, once we have the ideas of less government taking hold, we can discuss abolishing the state completely, but not until we have a more moral educated populace. In this condition, anarchy would not result in freedom, we must first have an agreed upon moral premise of individuality and nonaggression before any state is abolished. Until then, the best course is to vote into office people who will incrementally decrease the size of government. Not voting while being a libertarian, anarchist or anarchocapitalist, is a waste. All of you nonvoters really do make what I consider a travesty.
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Orkla defines corporate responsibility as achieving commercial profitability in a way that is consistent with fundamental ethical values and respect for individuals, the environment and society. The Group is a member of the UN Global Compact initiative, and endorses the Global Compact’s ten principles. Through clearly defined attitudes, active influence and targeted improvement efforts, Orkla companies will help to promote human rights, good working and environmental standards and zero tolerance for corruption, both in their own operations and in respect of their suppliers and external partners.
The Group directives on corporate responsibility and business ethics were revised in 2011, and were approved by Orkla’s Board of Directors. The Group has also drawn up a human rights policy and a responsible sourcing policy which elaborate on the principles that Orkla applies in connection with these issues. The object of the revision was to further strengthen efforts in this field and to update the Group’s directives to bring them in line with changes in external norms. Orkla’s business areas were involved in the revision process, in which the Group’s union representatives participated actively. Implementing the new directives will be a priority task in 2012, through training programmes and other activities.
Orkla’s internal procedures for following up on the business areas’ corporate responsibility activities were enhanced in 2011 by establishing a system of annual progress reports to the business areas boards. The Group also decided to improve its risk analysis procedures in order to identify more effectively any risk of breaches of the Group’s directives on corporate responsibility and business ethics. The changes in risk management procedures will be implemented in 2012.
Efforts to provide training for internal management staff and key personnel continued in 2011, with particular emphasis on the topic of responsible sourcing. The regular dialogue between the administration and the union representatives in the Group on corporate responsibility activities also continued.
Two meetings of Orkla’s Corporate Responsibility Council were held in 2011. The main focus of the Council’s work has been the revision of the Group directives on corporate responsibility and business ethics.
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Hood design based on London find no. 246, as presented in the Museum of London "Textiles and Clothing" book. Triangular pieces are inserted as gussets in the sides of the hood. The button holes in the original were initially supported by an inner facing, or perhaps a lining, and we have chosen to completely line the hood in complimentary colored linen. This sort of close fitting buttoned hood is seen in manuscripts, and was generally worn by women. They were often worn open atop other clothing in a variety of ways to suit the weather. Round wood buttons, Machine buttonholes, no other visible exterior machine stitching.
Linen exterior, lined in linen. Also available with wool exterior lined in linen.
Colours are listed outside colour/lining colour.
Model is wearing burgundy/purple.
This product was added to our catalog on Friday 17 October, 2008.
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Retro London Cabs On The Road Toward Extinction
Originally published on Sat November 10, 2012 12:54 pm
Cabbie John Crowood's traditional London taxi was one among hordes as he began trundling through the city's streets with so many other benevolent black beetles more than 30 years ago.
Today, he's one of a dwindling band. Crowood says that the only company that makes the classic retro London cab had to recall 400 of its newest vehicles after a mechanical defect was found, leaving hundreds of his fellow cabbies unable to ply their trade.
The cabs have "been ordered off the road because they're not fit for use. And now the cab drivers are stuck because they can't get the replacement taxis because there aren't enough spare taxis available for them to use," he says.
Part-time drivers had already nabbed all the available rental vehicles just ahead of the lucrative holiday season. Gary Nickles had been driving his new taxi only two weeks when it was recalled — too late to grab one of the last remaining rental vehicles, as he discovered after contacting all the rental firms.
"I've got my name down on three or four different companies," he says. "I can't get a cab for love nor money. So, I mean, really ... I'm going to be stuffed, you know?"
The London cabbies are on the receiving end of a perfect economic storm. The manufacturer of the classic taxicabs, a firm called Manganese Bronze, was already in trouble before the recall. Among other things, it's lost a lot of business to the makers of People Movers, increasingly the taxi of choice on British roadways. Manganese Bronze has now filed for bankruptcy protection.
So not only can the drivers no longer buy a new vehicle from Manganese Bronze, but they also can't get replacements for the defective parts, which came from China.
Richard Anderson is on the faculty of engineering at Coventry University, right down the road from Manganese Bronze headquarters. He suspects that executives may have been asleep at the wheel.
"Setting up business with companies in China requires a lot of time, expertise," Anderson says. "Perhaps they did not apply sufficient of either when they were setting up this operation."
Anderson says the traditional London cab is such an iconic brand it's still just possible a deep-pocketed buyer for the firm can be found. Cabbie Crowood hopes so.
"We're obviously hoping that another company's going to take over and manufacture the London taxis. Otherwise, that's the end of them," he says.
The company's only other hope: an 11th-hour cash injection from its Chinese partner, the same firm that introduced it to the supplier of those problematic parts.
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Could TerraCycle and Guerillapps have hit upon the next FarmVille?
The Trash Tycoon Facebook game that launched yesterday challenges players to find and recycle trash that can be used to make eco-friendly products that translate into game money and points. Its sponsors include TreeHugger and the CarbonFund.org, as well as TerraCycle.
The game, developed by Guerillapps, was a finalist at VentureBeat's GamesBeat 2011 startup contest, and you can see why. The game provides a clever introduction to the lucrative possibilities of upcycling, the use of recyclable elements to make new products. (One nit: the horrible music. I had to mute it.)
Trash Tycoon has players collecting glass, organic, plastic, architectural elements, paper, and jewelry. By using other tools like worms for composting, players are shown the kinds of useful products that can be made from recyclable goods.
The game mimics TerraCycle's real-world business model.
The New Jersey-based company is known for its recycling "brigades" in which anyone can mail in recyclable items needed by TerraCycle in exchange for two cents per item being sent to their charity of choice. Shipping for the items is paid for by TerraCycle. Using any box, participants simply print out a label for it, and mail in their items.
Using this method, TerraCycle has made the Garbage Garbage can, a garbage can made from old chip bags and the rubber elastic left over from the production of baby diapers. Other products includes bicycle chain picture frames, Capri Sun drink bag totes, pencil cases from cookie wrappers, circuit board coasters, Clif Bar duffel bags, and Kashi place mats, to name a few from its hundreds of quirky-looking products.
The game has a real-world component as well.
People who contribute recyclable waste to TerraCycle's real-life brigades and facilities will earn game points.
Just like TerraCycle's real-world product placement advertising in which it utilizes wrapper logos to contribute to product design as with its Skittles Eco Kite and Target ReTote, the Facebook game will also feature sponsorship by showing trash wrappers with various brand logos, according to Guerillapps. … Read more
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Written by Steve Van Beek
Yesterday, we walked through NAFCU's comment letter to the CFPB on the proposed change to the definition of finance charge (and the subsequent impact on the annual percentage rate - APR). Today, we'll look at a comment letter NAFCU sent to NCUA on the finance charge proposal and the potential impacts on credit unions.
It is important to note that NCUA historically looked to the Federal Reserve Board (prior to Reg Z transferring to the CFPB) for interpretations of what is considered a "finance charge" - but they are not required to by law. NCUA has the ability to make its own determinations - for usury ceiling purposes - of which fees are finance charges and which are not.
From NAFCU's comment letter:
"The Federal Credit Union Act (FCUA) imposes a statutory limit on the interest rate that credit unions may charge. Currently, the National Credit Union Administration’s (NCUA) regulations cap the APR at 18 percent, inclusive of all finance charges. 12 C.F.R. § 701.21(c)(7). NAFCU is concerned that, if the CFPB moves forward with its proposal, the changes might prove problematic given the NCUA’s reliance on the definition of the finance charge in Regulation Z. Specifically, under the new proposal, the precise finance charge, and what fees or charges should be included, will vary from product to product in a way that is not currently the case. This will likely cause confusion as the NCUA’s regulations may not provide enough clarity regarding exactly how a credit union should calculate the finance charge for different products." (emphasis added).
Thus, it is very important for credit unions to consider not just the impact the CFPB's proposed change would have from a Regulation Z perspective - which will be huge - but also from a usury ceiling perspective.
If the CFPB goes forward and finalizes their proposal, NCUA should take a good hard look at abstracting themselves from relying on the CFPB's interpretations of finance charge for purposes of the usury ceiling. The NCUA has the ability to make their own determination and they should be prepared to take that step.
"Accordingly, NAFCU requests that the NCUA begin examining options it might pursue if the CFPB moves forward with its proposal. Specifically, NAFCU recommends taking steps to clarify how credit unions should calculate the finance charge for different products."
If your credit union was on the fence regarding sending a comment letter to the CFPB (and NCUA) prior to the November 6th deadline, this may be just the push you need.
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Who We Are
The Board of Trustees of Kent State University is composed of 11 members who are appointed by the Governor of the State of Ohio, with the advice and consent of the State Senate. Trustees, with the exception of two student trustees, are appointed to nine-year terms of office. The two student trustees are appointed to a two-year term as nonvoting members of the Board.
What We Do
The Board of Trustees is the governing body of Kent State University. By Ohio Law the Board is responsible for selecting and appointing the president; setting the operating budget; approving personnel appointments; granting all degrees awarded by the University, including honorary degrees; establishing tuition and fee rates; approving contracts; and approving all rules, regulations, curriculum changes, new programs and degrees of the University.
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CHICAGO — The Telecommunications Act passed by Congress earlier this year was wrapped in promises of new services and technologies. Whether the law delivers on those promises now lies in the hands of the Illinois Commerce Commission.
At issue is who will benefit from local telephone competition--all consumers or just a few big users and the telecommunications giants.
Competition can work. Over the last decade, average charges for long-distance service in the competitive interstate market dropped 15 percent, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Meanwhile, average charges for local phone services provided by monopoly companies such as Ameritech rose by 21 percent during the same period.
For local competition to benefit all Illinoisans requires the Illinois Commerce Commission to set and enforce tough ground rules covering consumer rates, the cost of access to local phone networks and minimum service and quality requirements.
Specifically, the ICC must take the following critical steps:
- Set fair prices for the use of local phone lines and switches controlled by Ameritech so that new companies are able to compete.
- Establish adequate pricing, quality and consumer protection rules that apply equally to all competitors, with swift and sure punishment for violators.
- Require fair marketing practices, combined with consumer access to data comparing the rates and services of all telephone companies, so that everyone can make sound decisions about phone service.
So far the record has been mixed here in Illinois. The commissioners' decision this summer on access costs to Ameritech's local phone system for potential competitors was a good step.
Yet the Citizens Utility Board has documented significant shortcomings by the ICC when it comes to assuring the quality of residential customer service. In a rate complaint now pending before the commission, CUB contends that Ameritech has been regularly draining dollars from its captive local customers to underwrite expansion into non-monopoly businesses like cellular phones, home security systems and cable-TV ventures.
Consumers already have been assaulted by a flurry of marketing claims from Ameritech and its new rivals competing for their future local phone services. But the bottom line on whether competition will work is simple for most consumers. Did my rates go down? Did my service improve? Do I have more options, and can I easily switch to another company?
The power to decide those questions lies in the hands of the five members of the Illinois Commerce Commission. They will determine if the rosy promises surrounding the Telecommunications Act become a reality or just turn out to be another way to fatten the profit columns for telephone monopolies.
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Thousands of civilians are fleeing one of the final strongholds of an al-Qaida-linked militant group in Somalia, according to the U.N. refugee agency.
"So far this month, more than 10,000 people have fled from Kismayo fearing the resumption of fighting. Movements substantially increased on Monday and have been continuing since. Some 7,500 people fled the area in the past four days amid growing tension," UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said in a news conference in Geneva.
The agency said that Somalis were leaving in minibuses, in trucks and on donkey carts.
Kismayo, a port city south of the capital of Mogadishu, is a key potential battleground between African Union forces and Al-Shabaab, a group that has long tried to overthrow the Somali government but has been increasingly beleaguered.
The exodus of civilians comes as AMISOM, the African Union force, announced that it had captured Janaa Cabdalla, a town about 25 miles (40 kilometers) from the center of Kismayo.
A spokesman for the Kenyan Defense Force, which makes up the majority of troops in the offensive, said they were using land, sea and air forces to attack Al-Shabaab and degrade its forces before an eventual attack on Kismayo.
"We need to consolidate or position first before we attack," Col. Cyrus Oguna said.
Oguna said that Al-Shabaab militants have been leaving Kismayo in pickup trucks in recent days, leading to speculation that some were fleeing before a major offensive. "We don't know if they are fleeing or just regrouping to mount an insurgency against our troops," he said.
Al-Shabaab has denied that anyone has left. "It is blatant lies," the group said on its Twitter feed.
Military analysts believe, however, that Al-Shabaab is militarily cornered. After losing control of much of Mogadishu last year, Kismayo became even more critical to the militant group. Al-Shabaab uses the port to garner much needed tax revenue from the illegal charcoal trade and smuggling operations.
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Text: Genesis 2:18-24 Mark 10:2-16
In the name of the +Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Those whom God has joined together, let no one put asunder.
I promise…until death do us part. This is my solemn vow.
How many of us have repeated these words? They seemed so true, so beautiful, so eternal, so right, didn’t they, when we first said them? Yet for some of us, they have become bittersweet. With near half of all marriages in this country ending in divorce, there is scarcely a family that remains untouched by the pain of separation and divorce.
Let’s look at this challenging text from Mark’s Gospel…
Jesus has moved on from Capernaum to the land across the Jordan River, continuing to teach the growing crowds of people who congregated wherever they discovered Jesus to be. Word had spread. Jesus had healed the blind, deaf, and lame; he had cast out demons and had been transfigured by his Abba in the presence of Peter, James, and John.
And Jesus had taught. And taught. And taught some more. He had spoken with passion and authority about the Kingdom of God, about the nature of sin, about the cost of discipleship. He had spoken with love and joy and welcome to sinners, to all who recognized that they had fallen short of their Creator’s ideals, with a message of hope, of redemption, of repentance and new life. Again and again, Jesus had taught those who came to hear the lessons of God’s love for them, about God’s desire that men, women, and children learn to live without fear, God’s desire that they become lamps through which the divine love might shed light on all who knew them.
Over and over, as word of his teachings and his miracles spread, those in the ” religious establishment” of his time stepped forward out of the crowds to do their best to trip this Jesus up. They were the ones who were knowledgeable about the will of God. They were the experts. They knew. After all, God’s will had been revealed in Holy Scripture, once and for all. They knew the Law. This Jesus was such a know-it-all young radical; what did he know? What kind of education did he have, after all? He was just a carpenter’s son from a backwater town in Galilee.
Here they are at Jesus again. “We’ll get him this time,” they thought. “This time we’ll trick him into saying something we can nail him on.”
“Teacher,” they asked, chuckling behind their hands, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” Well, of course it was lawful; they knew Moses had said it was, but they asked anyway.
Jesus turned the question back on them: “What did Moses command you?” “Well, Moses said it was okay, that a man could divorce his wife anytime he wanted to, just be deciding to do it and drawing up the necessary paperwork.”
“Why?” asked Jesus. “Why would Moses do this, knowing that in the creation stories God had created Adam and Eve as equals, bone of each other’s bone, flesh of each other’s flesh, for eternity? Why?”
The Pharisees had no answer for Jesus. Jesus refused to be tricked into betraying the will, the dream, the desire and intent of God in favour of the letter of the Law. “I’ll tell you why,” he said. “Because of your hardness of heart; because God knew that your humanity would lead you away from one another. Human beings have hard hearts. That’s a fact. Human beings–even the best ones–fall short of God’s dreams for them, and they fall short. God’s dream is that each couple be divinely joined, joined with God as the “third partner” in the marriage, and that all who witness this divine union respect and uphold it, that no one dare to separate it.”
It was true then. It’s true now. Despite our strongest hopes, our best intentions, we humans have hard hearts. We fall short of God’s dreams for us, for our lives together. People change. We grow, sometimes in different directions. Sometimes we become cruel to each other; we forget that we are indeed “one bone and one flesh” and we begin to destroy one another, oblivious to the fact that we’re destroying ourselves in the process. Sometimes marriages have to end to keep this self-destruction from totally eradicating all possibility of a future life for one or both partners. Estrangement happens. We’re human.
However, marriages don’t exist in a vacuum. Christian marriages include the entire community. They’re not just about vows made between two individuals. We who witness these vows make our own promises: that we will do all in our power to uphold these two persons in their marriage. “We will!” we answer with enthusiasm.
There really is no way to take these difficult words and stuff them back into Jesus’ mouth, is there? There are churches that do not permit remarriage after divorce under any circumstances. There are those who do nothing to try to uphold two struggling persons in the vows they have made to one another. Mirroring the secular culture, for which everything is temporary, transient, we hear, “Oh, you’re divorcing? That’s too bad. Oh well. Better luck next time,” as though Jesus’ words had never been uttered.
And there are faith communities in which each couple finds support and guidance, through the good times and the rough. They share the struggles that take place in every long-lived marriage: problems with children; financial struggles; differing priorities for time and resources; the cyclic nature of sexual activity, with physical and romantic attractions to one who is not one’s spouse; destructive lifestyles of whatever kind; abuse, addiction, and plain and simple boredom. By walking as a community through the rollercoaster of life, they share a journey of life, a journey of faith which can be a support.
I know a story of one such community: When he was 54 years old, this man married his school sweetheart. They had been married for 30 years, and then he met a younger woman who seemed to be his “soulmate“: They thought the same way. They enjoyed the same activities, loved the same authors, the same music. They completed each other’s sentences. It was true love, he believed.
Through much struggling, and with support and counsel from his local priest and church, he turned away from this lovely woman who seemed to promise so much, but who threatened what God had joined together, and he returned to his wife. They have now been married for 51 years, and he has not regretted his decision. He explains it as a natural, human phenomenon, and states that the vows he made before God were all that kept him in his marriage 20 years ago. But he and his wife prayed together through the crisis, which lasted three, almost four, years. They have offered this to others for many years now, and their experience has “upheld” many in their promises.
I am sure by now, you can see what kind of community I seek to foster in this Church: a church which seeks to uphold the sacrament of marriage and yet is realistic about our human frailty and not condemnatory when things do, unfortunately, go pear-shaped.
For the ideal can’t always happen. It doesn’t always work. There are times when we must divorce.
Christ has given us the ideal. He has spoken to us the living Word of our Creator. When Christians divorce, it may never be in a cavalier, casual way. Divorce must be accompanied by repentance, even if it is perceived to have been the “fault” of only one party. The two are one bone, one flesh. Ideally, both partners can repent, can do that 180-degree turn back toward God and toward God’s hopes and dreams for them. But if not, then one can do it alone for the two. In addition, the community must repent as well of their failure (our failure) to “do everything in [our] power to uphold these two persons in their vows.” Repent, and begin anew, as we do with any of the myriad ways we fall short of God’s ideals.
And here’s the good news. What happens when we repent, when we “turn around” once again to face our God? We are redeemed, washed clean by the love of God in Christ, by the face of Christ in one another, and by the grace that surprises us with new life, with new possibilities, with new hopes. We can claim again God’s dreams for us, claim again the unique image of God in which each of us is created, and as we allow ourselves to be healed, we can once again become the lamps through which the love of Christ is made known in the world. Stronger, wiser, we continue the rich and complicated and joyous journey toward the Kingdom. Together. And that’s good news!
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Should Jack and Jim share a shelf with Ernest and Julio Gallo in Oregon's grocery stores? A lot of Oregonians would raise a glass to that. As it is, distilled spirits are welcome only in the state's 243 liquor stores and prohibited wherever milk and bread are sold.
Efforts to privatize the distribution and sales of liquor have come along before in Oregon, which is one of 18 states with a monopoly on liquor sales. Thankfully, the idea is getting some serious discussion again now that Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Dudley has pushed the idea in his campaign materials. A privatization initiative effort in Washington is also increasing chatter about where Oregonians should buy their booze.
If voters in the state next door go for privatization and it lowers the price of spirits there, "Vancouver" might become the answer to the question, "Where should Oregonians buy their booze?" -- at least for Oregonians living near the state border.
The Oregon Liquor Control Commission doesn't expect that privatization in Washington would take a significant chunk of Oregon's overall liquor sales. But the OLCC does recognize that the change could prompt more questions about why Oregon remains committed to a post-Prohibition law that many see as outdated, cumbersome and outside the core functions of government.
Though the agency remains neutral on privatization (and silent about Dudley's proposal to dump it as the state's liquor source), Tom Erwin, OLCC government affairs manager, offers some perspective on the status quo. Erwin notes that every retail sale takes into account public safety, education and supply. "We make sure there are enough sellers to satisfy needs of Oregonians without oversaturation." He adds that the agency is relatively small, with just more than 200 employees. Private agents are contracted by the state to sell in liquor stores.
But a lot of folks crave more saturation and understandably want to buy the ingredients for a cocktail in the same place they buy the rest of their groceries. There's no argument it would be more convenient. And it would save on car trips and fuel. Having private businesses making market-based decisions about alcohol would probably bring cheaper prices to individual consumers, too. It happens elsewhere.
Also clear, however, is that the state makes money -- big money -- being the sole provider of liquor. And the state will need to recoup that revenue somehow. If not, the budget woes Dudley might inherit will get even worse.
The OLCC says its net revenue is $172 million a year. Most of that pours into the state general fund, with some flowing to cities, counties and mental health and alcohol services.
Kent Craford, acting campaign manager for Dudley, concedes liquor is a moneymaker. "It's true that the OLCC and state monopoly of liquor distribution and retailing does make money for state coffers. But that doesn't mean it can't, if it were privatized. The way you do that under a private system is to put a fee on it."
The reality is, the state is already taxing consumers with markup and operating expenses.
Craford insists the private sector can supply adult beverages better and more cheaply than the state. With a fee and fewer operating expenses, the state could keep its profit margin, too.
"The idea that the state would lose money is just totally specious, because the state has an infinite ability to make money under privatization," he says.
Some people want the state to monopolize the liquor business because they feel safer with it in charge. They believe that with limited access and price controls, the social problems associated with overconsumption are limited as well. But it's hard to argue that a state monopoly on liquor helps curb alcoholism when distilled spirits are available at more than 200 liquor outlets, and wine and beer are already sold in grocery stores.
Dudley and others pushing privatization in Oregon need to make clear that current safety measures on alcohol sales would not be sacrificed, that the OLCC would keep its public safety functions and that any change in sales would be revenue-neutral to state, city and county budgets. Once that's handled, the philosophical argument against a liquor monopoly is easy to sell.
Though state-run liquor retailing made sense in the years following Prohibition, it doesn't now. For all the good the OLCC does, having the state involved in something so far outside its core function is confusing, distracting and unnecessary.
As Craford said, "It's a symbol of Oregon state government being overstretched. And if we can't fix this, what can we fix?"
Elizabeth Hovde writes a Sunday column and posts regularly at The Stump. Reach her at email@example.com
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If sewing has always been a hobby of yours, then there is no reason why you can’t turn this hobby into something more profitable and set up a small sewing business which you can run from home.
Firstly you need to think about what type of service you will offer. For example one of my neighbours used to make curtains to order and she always had a waiting list of customers. You may care to consider what you are best at; Alterations and repairs, knitting, bridal wear, costume design, baby clothes, beach bags, toys......Some seamstresses have even discovered a niche in the animal market and are busy making dog outfits and blankets for horses.
You must have excellent sewing skills. If you feel that you have scope for improvement then sign up for an adult education class and learn some new techniques or improve on what you already know.
How will you promote your sewing business and get customers?
Working from home means that marketing costs can be kept to a minimum. School fetes are a good place to start promoting your services. Hire a stall and sell some tote bags with the school logo for example. With each tote bag purchased give out one of your business cards or a promotion leaflet.
Visit craft fairs and get new contacts and meet potential customers, advertise in shop windows, contact local businesses such as dry cleaners and fashion shops who often offer their customers alteration services.
Word of mouth is an excellent way to build up a regular customer database. Once you have a customer, don’t let them forget you! Send out greetings cards for the New Year, this is a good way to keep in touch with your existing clients.
If you have a printer at home then business cards or leaflets can be printed at home on a small scale. If you don’t have this facility then business cards can be printed through the Internet, local printers and even supermarkets have machines from where you can create and print your own business cards. These are cheap and a great way to start marketing your sewing business.
Use the Internet to reach a much larger market. An extremely popular option for selling craft, vintage and hand produced products online is the website Etsy which is the the world's most vibrant handmade online marketplace. Etsy allows you to create your own shop for free.
Don't forget to use the social networks, which are probably the most influential marketing tools and its important to remember that you have immediate and free access to them! Facebook, Twitter as well as Pinterest.
When you start to get orders, now is the time to borrow or buy equipment.
You will need a reliable sewing machine. Second hand machines are a good outlay at the starting stage. Buy the best quality that you can to ensure both good results and an enjoyable stress free experience for you!
You will also need measuring tapes, rulers, cutting scissors, pattern markers, threads, needles etc. A full length mirror and dressmakers mannequin will also be needed if you intent to do alterations or create outfits from scratch.
How much are you going to charge? Check the classifieds and see what other seamstresses or dressmakers are charging. One of the biggest mistakes when starting a business from home is to under price yourself. Make sure that you don’t end up working for nothing and calculate your time, electricity, materials and make sure that you make a profit.
Avoid any misunderstandings with your customers and discuss exactly what they want and what you can offer. Some customers may provide their own fabrics, while others will rely on you to do this for them. Remember that deadlines are important so be realistic with your deadlines and make sure that your customers know when to expect their order.
How to turn your sewing hobby into a business
Has anyone already set up a sewing business from home ? If you have any tips or advice please leave a comment....
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Supreme Court to look at employees' privacy rights
An Ontario, Calif., police officer sued the city for violating his privacy rights when it went through personal messages sent from his department-issued pager. The Supreme Court is taking up the case.
The US Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case examining to what extent employees have an expectation of privacy in personal communications conducted on employer-issued communications equipment.Skip to next paragraph
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Workplace privacy is becoming an increasingly thorny issue with a broadening array of office technology used to aid efficiency and job performance but that can also provide a paper trail of intimate and potentially embarrassing details of a worker’s personal life.
That’s what happened to Police Sgt. Jeff Quon.
As a member of the Ontario, Calif., Police Department’s SWAT team he was issued a digital pager.
The city maintains a policy for computer, Internet, and e-mail use that barred personal use. It says employees should have no expectation of privacy or confidentiality.
When the city purchased pagers in April 2002, it announced that they, too, would be covered by the city’s e-mail policy. But this instruction was not expressed as a formal amendment to the written policy.
Instead, day-to-day practice evolved into an informal policy on the use of pagers. The contract with the city’s service provider allowed 25,000 characters of use each month. If an officer went over that limit, a department official would contact the officer and obtain payment for any overage.
This informal policy suggests that the city understood and accepted the fact that many department members were using their official pagers to send and receive personal messages.
Then in August 2002, the police chief, without notice, ordered an audit of pager use. The city contacted the pager service and requested transcripts of communications from pagers that had exceed the 25,000 character limit. Sergeant Quon’s was among them.
Explicit personal messages
The transcripts revealed not only that Quon was using the pager for personal messages but that many of these messages were sexually explicit. Some were sent to his wife Jeriyln. But others were sent to a dispatcher, April Florio, at the department with whom Quon was having an affair, according to court documents.
Quon, his wife, his alleged girlfriend, and another officer, Steve Trujillo, responded to the release of the transcripts by filing a lawsuit in federal court claiming violation of their privacy by city officials.
At trial, a federal jury returned a verdict for the city. On appeal, the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals reversed, ruling that Quon and the others all had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the personal messages sent on the city’s pager. The appeals court also ruled that the city engaged in an unreasonable search when officials requested transcripts of the pager communications from the service provider without first seeking permission from a sender or recipient of those messages.
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To all U.S. readers: Take a moment today to go to Wikipedia, enter your ZIP Code, and follow the link to your Congressman. Tell them to vote AGAINST SOPA and PIPA, the two bills now before Congress that would suppress the internet.
Existing copyright law, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), are sufficient to protect rights owners' interests.
This isn't China. This isn't a dictatorship. This is a free country with free speech enshrined in its basic principles. Protect it. If you don't speak up, we all get what you deserve. Do it! Right now. Help save the free internet. Please.
Featured Comment by Ernest Theise: "I responded."
Featured Comment by Erik: "Congress.org can be used to identify senators and representatives."
Featured Comment by T Bannor: "I sent a note to my senators urging SOPA be dropped. The lack of due process is a big problem. However, as a stock shooter who's had images ripped of from sites that paid for legitimate use, I think we need to come up with some way to protect folks like me. One of my stolen images is now on free wallpaper download sites all over the planet."
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Three child nutrition directors who serve on the seven-member Farm to School Advisory Committee recently toured farms in Nash and Wilson counties to see the operations of Fresh-Pik Produce, owned by James Sharp, and Spring Acres Sales Co. along with some of the fresh produce soon to arrive at schools across the state.
The group saw the packing houses for Fresh-Pik Produce and Spring Acres, plus one of Fresh-Pik’s greenhouses full of watermelon seedlings. Visitors learned more about these two family farms and what is involved in growing produce that is part of the Farm to School program.The child nutrition directors asked questions about food safety, company history and size, and production costs.
Sharp explained that he has 16 full-time employees and 70 seasonal workers on his farm. Much of his seasonal help comes through the H-2A worker program, which allows foreign nationals to enter the United States for temporary agricultural work. The workers are critical to his farm, he said.
“Ya’ll would not get anything from this farm without this program,” Sharp said.
Workers at James Sharp's farm plant watermelons.
Jobs must first be advertised locally and must be offered to any American worker. Sharp said he has few local takers each year and those who do seek employment with him typically do not stay for the whole season.Farmers can request workers from a previous year if they are still in the program, and Sharp said his farm has about a 95 percent return ratio.
Food safety is a top priority in all aspects of the farming operation, from the field to the packing house. “With food safety, every employee has to be trained before he can even go into the field,” he said. In addition to worker training and traceability through detailed record keeping, in-plant testing is also now part of his regular operation.
Nutrition directors were able to see the fields where Sharp raises strawberries and Romaine lettuce that are featured on school lunch menus in April and May. Both crops are grown on rows of black plastic.
While the strawberries still needed more time to ripen, the cheery bright green Romaine lettuce looked salad-ready, bunch after perfectly shaped bunch.
Rows of Romaine lettuce will be harvested and shipped to schools as part of the N.C. Farm to School program.
One of the interesting stops was at a greenhouse full of watermelon plants in small float trays. Sharp expected those watermelon plants would plant a 50-acre field.
Farm visitors check out a greenhouse full of watermelon plants at James Sharp's farm.
Spring Acres Sales Co. in Spring Hope is one of the Farm to School program’s sweet potatoes providers. Clay and Dianne Strickland started the company in 1973 to sell products for their farm. Their youngest daughter, Cindy Joyner, is now president of the farm and sales company.
During the visit, the nutrition directors saw sweet potatoes moving through the packing house on various conveyors where they were washed, sorted and packed. During harvest, workers pre-grade potatoes in the field into canning, Number 1′s and Jumbos.
Workers sort sweet potatoes at Spring Acres Sales Co. in Spring Hope.
In the past, school systems have ordered Jumbos, but have found that Number 1′s are better suited for school lunches. Some canning potatoes are planted for next season’s sweet potato crop, while others could end up in baby foods or other processed sweet potato items.
One field near the business is where sweet potato plants were growing under clear plastic sheets in an almost greenhouse-like environment. Workers will come back through the field and clip off the green growth, and those rootless cuttings will eventually grow into plants.
Sweet potatoes from Spring Acres Sales Co. are ready for shipment.
In 2012, the Farm to School program topped $1 million in sales for the first time, featuring fruits and vegetables from the mountains to the coast. Apple slices, strawberries and blueberries are among the most popular offerings.
Farmer James Sharp, right, answers Alison Francis' questions about this year's strawberry crop. Francis is the child nutrition director with the Haywood County School System.
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Jillian, social studies/journalism teacher at Braden River High School, is championing a great cause: reviving this area's participation in the Florida Scholastic Press Association. The FSPA is a non-profit organization that, since it was founded in 1946, has aimed to educate, train and support scholastic journalists and their advisers throughout the state. But our multi-county District 5 has been dormant for years.
Enter Ms. Jillian. She took over this school year as District 5 director for FSPA, and while the district encompasses several counties, she has placed the primary focus this year on Manatee. Last Saturday, she and her students held a fantastic workshop for FSPA and drew more than 100 students and teachers from all counties. East Manatee Editor Jim Jones and I had the privilege of joining the occasion.(Actually, Jillian got us on a short leash and had me as keynote and Jim as a workshop leader!)
She brought in FSPA Executive Director Wayne Garcia and President Joe Humphries, and built workshops for print, photojournalism, education, weeklies, yearbooks, TV production, sports broadcasting, multimedia, design and editing. It was quite an impressive agenda.
It was held in Braden River High School's Media Center, where she had copies of their outstanding newspaper, the Spyglass.
As Editorial Page Editor Chris Wille writes in Friday's editorial:
Any professional would admire this work, performed by a staff of more than 50 — an incredible number for a high school newspaper. At 16 pages, the October edition offers something for every student, from news columns to humor pieces, sports and features coverage, even advertising.
Look for their work in an upcoming “Journalism Next.”
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OLYMPIA… Attorney General Rob McKenna today hailed the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to allow individuals and corporations who voluntarily clean up hazardous waste sites to recover costs from other liable parties as a victory for the state and the environment.
In a unanimous decision in U.S. v. Atlantic Research Corporation, the Court affirmed that the federal Superfund law authorizes individuals and companies who voluntarily incur costs to clean up hazardous waste contamination to recover costs from other persons who share liability.
“The Court’s decision ensures that many contaminated sites which might have been unaddressed for a significant time will be cleaned up,” McKenna said. “In Washington, more than 1,200 sites are listed on the state’s contaminated sites list. Of these, approximately 250 are in the process of being cleaned up by liable parties under the state’s formal oversight.
“Because the state does not have resources to address every known site in the state, the remaining sites will likely be addressed as voluntary cleanups,” he said. “This means that a party who has liability for cleaning up the property will undertake the cleanup without any action by the federal or state government. The ability to obtain contribution to the costs of cleanup from other parties who have liability for a contaminated site is one of the key incentives for parties to perform these voluntary cleanups.”
The ruling concerns the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, also known as “CERCLA” or the “Superfund” law.
The case arose after the Atlantic Research Corporation retrofitted rocket motors for the United States in the 1980s. The rocket propellant contaminated soil and groundwater, which Atlantic Research voluntarily cleaned up.
When Atlantic Research sought to recover some of its clean-up costs from the United States under CERCLA, the government objected. It argued that only persons who were “innocent” could seek cost recovery under CERCLA.
The United States contended that when a party was itself also liable for a site, like Atlantic Research, the party could sue only for “contribution” and then only if the E.P.A. sued or settled with the party.
The government’s interpretation made "little textual sense," said the unanimous opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas.
The ruling vindicates the position of Washington state. Washington led 37 other states, the District of Columbia and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico in submitting a “friend of the court” brief to the Court. The Court also granted Washington permission to present oral argument along with the private company.
At the April 23, 2007, argument, Deputy Solicitor General Jay Geck explained the importance of cost recovery under CERCLA to finance costly cleanups. “Private parties rely on cost recovery as a financial incentive to conduct a clean-up,” said Geck.
The amicus states emphasized that the federal government’s position would leave the bulk of voluntary cleanups without cost recovery or contribution rights. Both E.P.A. and state environmental agencies focus on the most serious sites, making voluntary cleanups the primary mechanisms by which lower-priority sites are cleaned up.
“The Court’s decision today preserves vital incentives for voluntary cleanups to continue in Washington,” said Ecology Director Jay Manning. Manning also noted that cost recovery is limited to voluntary parties who comply with the state and federal requirements, thus ensuring that voluntary cleanups provide full protection to people and the environment.
CERCLA establishes broad categories of parties liable for cleaning up or paying for the clean-up of contaminated sites, including those who own or operate the site and those who dispose of the waste on the site.
At many sites, the state Department of Ecology or the US Environmental Protection Agency works with the liable parties to require them to perform the necessary clean-up. If the parties refuse, the government may sue a liable party and obtain a court order requiring action. If one liable party is sued, it may then sue other liable parties and the court then divides up the costs for which each party is liable depending on the party’s contribution to the contamination.
In US v. Atlantic Research Corp., the federal government argued the provisions in CERCLA that authorize lawsuits to recover costs spent investigating and cleaning up contaminated sites are not available unless the party seeking to recover the costs has already been sued by the state or federal government for the cleanup. They claimed those provisions are not available to parties who voluntarily remediate contamination, like Atlantic Research.
In the amicus brief prepared by assistant attorneys general from the state of Washington, the states argued that CERCLA does authorize lawsuits to recover costs spent voluntarily investigating and cleaning up contaminated sites as Atlantic Research did. The states supported this argument by discussing the plain language of CERCLA and the policies supporting CERCLA.
Other states joining this brief were: Alabama; Alaska; Arkansas; Colorado; Connecticut; Florida; Georgia; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Montana; Nevada; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; North Dakota; Ohio; Oregon; Rhode Island; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Vermont; and Wisconsin.
A broad array of other interested parties, from cities to industry to environmental leaders, filed similar briefs supporting parties who voluntarily clean-up contaminated sites.
Contact: Janelle Guthrie, AG Communications Director, (360) 586-0725
Jay D. Geck, Deputy Solicitor General, (360) 586-2697
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Virgin Galactic to forward space travel says astronaut
Helping push the emerging space tourism industry, a British astronaut has suggested Virgin Galactic will help forward the possibilities of space travel
Virgin Galactic is to make space travel a viable option to many and iron out the safety concerns associated with venturing beyond the limits of the earth a British astronaut has told T3.
Praising the Sir Richard Branson backed project for its efforts in expanding the possibilities of space travel and helping pioneer space tourism, Helen Sharman, who was the first Briton in space back in 1991, has suggested the Virgin Galactic programme will break down the stigma and safety concerns associated with space travel.
“Space tourism has been beginning for a long time,” Sharman said in an exclusive interview with T3. “Ever since the 1960s when we got to the moon people have been talking about space tourism but it’s really now reached the point where it has become commonplace enough, it’s still expensive to book your ticket on Virgin but nonetheless a lot of people have that sort of money.”
Suggesting that it could take just a decade for Virgin Galactic to spark a series of spinoff and rival space tourism options, Sharman, who visited the Mir Space Station, said: “If you look ten years down the line when Richard Branson has done it a few time and he’s got the hang of the safety aspects, I think space tourism is going to be well within the reach of far more people.
“It’s really just a question of making people comfortable with the safety angle. At the moment we are still getting into space with rockets which require three or so G-Forces maximum but most people can cope with that. We have had some fairly elderly people in space already as astronauts and they have managed fine.”
Adding that the space tourism industry will rapidly increase in numbers and flight options, Sharman added: “This is something that people will aspire to do an you won’t just go up and back either, what’s even better is that you will soon be able to do a whole orbit of the earth and then we are talking space hotels.”
Do you consider space tourism and space flights the next big thing in luxury holiday experiences or a passing fad that are doomed to rapid failure and potential dangers? Let us know your thoughts via the T3 Twitter and Facebook feeds.
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On Sept. 5, a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) panel ordered the commission to reconsider its earlier finding that Canadian lumber exports to the U.S. were a threat to the health of the U.S. lumber industry.
The NAFTA panel was critical of the commission’s finding, and charged that it was reached “on the basis of considerable speculation and conjecture.” The panel added that it was “particularly troubled by the extensive lack of analysis undertaken by the commission of the factors applicable to a determination of whether there is a threat of material injury to the domestic softwood lumber industry.”
The NAFTA panel can order the U.S. to rescind the duty — which would have the same force as a ruling by U.S. courts — if it does not receive a valid response from the U.S. commission.
Rayburn said that the latest proposal from Ottawa would compromise Canada’s interests in a number of ways.
“First, Canada would have to give up its legal appeals to the World Trade Organization and NAFTA, where its chance of success is very good and where it has already scored significant victories in its bid to break down trade barriers,” Rayburn said.
“Furthermore, if Ottawa were to enter into an agreement with Washington, it would be left at the mercy of U.S. lumber producers, who have a veto over any deal reached with the Canadian government,” he said.
“It makes absolutely no sense for Canada to agree to quotas and the other concessions demanded by U.S. lumber companies,” he said. “Such a deal not only harms Canada, but millions of American consumers who rely on a steady supply of softwood lumber. Quotas interfere with the market and cause increased price volatility, which negatively impacts home builders, lumber dealers, home buyers and consumers in the U.S.”
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PERMA is an acronym used in positive psychology used to explain the four key dimensions of happiness. Jane McGonigal argues that all four dimensions are accessed when playing games, and, as a result, we can lead more meaningful lives by engaging with the world in a gameful way. + 50 Brain Power! + New Secret Unlocked: Key to Happiness. Yep, I’m going to just try to own my dorkiness today.
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[Letters] Making more efforts for national integration
As the Korea JoongAng Daily reported, the glorious accomplishments of the young Korean athletes at the London Olympic Games made every Korean citizen happy. We also rejoice over the success of K-pop around the world and cultural dominance the young artists have achieved.
Western supremacists used to think Korea would not be so successful in the steel, automobile and semiconductor industries. But today, appliances and automobiles by Korean companies are omnipresent in streets and homes around the world. Recently, Moody’s Investors Service upgraded the Republic of Korea’s sovereign rating from A1 to Aa3, on par with China and Japan, the second and third largest economies in the world.
In fact, there is no other country in the world that has accomplished solid industrialization and democratization from extremely challenging circumstances in such a short period of time since the age of geographical discoveries in the 15th century. So Koreans deserve to feel proud of Korea’s glorious accomplishments.
However, other countries have already begun holding Korea’s growth in check. As Japan is declining, it is picking fights by bringing back the old order of East Asia. The jury verdict of the battle between Samsung Electronics and Apple is not unrelated. They are checking on Korea out of jealousy and envy, and to save their jobs. Unless the global economy takes an upward turn for recovery, the check on Korea is likely to continue.
We need to maintain stability and growth and create a society where every member can be content and prosperous. We should seriously contemplate social issues such as polarization, growth without employment or aging of the population. We will have to make more efforts for national integration to mend the discord and divisions created by these problems. Moreover, we need to pay more attention to global issues and make due contributions as a responsible member of the international community. Historically, countries that have created values were able to maintain their leadership longer.
by Park Bun-soon Chief economist at Samsung Economic Research Institute
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Author and humanitarian Greg Mortenson — once praised by the Pentagon for his charitable works in Pakistan — is firing back after a "60 Minutes" investigation alleging that his inspirational multimillion seller "Three Cups of Tea" is filled with inaccuracies and that his charitable organization has taken credit for building schools that don't exist.
"I hope these allegations and attacks, the people doing these things, know this could be devastating for tens of thousands of girls, for the sake of Nielsen ratings and Emmys," Mortenson told his hometown newspaper, the Chronicle of Bozeman, Montana, in a phone interview Friday.
In what so far has been his only direct contact with the media since the details of the “60 Minutes” report appeared, Mortenson insisted to the newspaper that he had been ambushed by the CBS broadcast and not given a chance to defend himself.
He told the newspaper that he had spent 18 years doing charitable work, that “60 Minutes” had spent months probing him, but didn’t contact him until “the 11th hour” — March 30 — to give him a chance to respond.
“This could be devastating," he told the newspaper. "It's very difficult when you're being stalked, bullied and harassed."
Viking, the book's publisher, told The New York Times in a statement Monday that in the wake of the report, it will review the book's contents with Mortenson.
The report, which aired Sunday night, cited "Into the Wild" author Jon Krakauer as among the doubters of Mortenson's story of being lost while mountain-climbing in rural Pakistan in 1993 and stumbling upon the village of Korphe, where the kindness of local residents inspired him to build a school. The "60 Minutes" story drew upon observations from the porters who joined Mortenson on his mountain trip in Pakistan and dispute his being lost. They say he only visited Korphe a year later.
The report also cast doubt on Mortenson’s assertion in his book that he was kidnapped by pro-Taliban fighters. “60 Minutes” reported that it had tracked down the men who appeared in a picture with Mortenson and that they had denied abducting him or being members of the Taliban. One man charged the writer's version was "totally false," a tale told "to sell his book."
Mortenson told the newspaper that the men had “detained” him for eight days and kept his money and his passport. He insisted that at the time, “I thought it best to befriend the people detaining me."
But the most damaging allegations in the CBS report involve the charitable work done by Mortenson and CAI.
The "60 Minutes" report alleges that numerous schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan that Mortenson's Central Asia Institute is said to have established either don't exist or were built by others. According to the CAI's website, the institute has "successfully established over 170 schools" and helped educate over 68,000 students, with an emphasis on girls' education."
Mortenson provided the newspaper with a letter, written by Kroft and dated last Wednesday, in which the correspondent alleges that “a number of people” had questioned whether there was "inadequate separation" between the charity's finances and Mortenson's personal financial interests.
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“The letter cited a warning from CAI's own attorneys last December and January that if audited by the IRS, Mortenson would likely be found in violation of rules against gaining 'excess benefits' from the charity,” the Chronicle reported. It also questioned why “only 41 percent of the money it raised actually went to pay for schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” and highlighted whether CAI spent “millions to advertise Mortenson's best-selling books and to hire charter jets to take him to $30,000 speaking engagements around the country, yet it received almost none of the money from his speeches and books.”
Mortenson told the newspaper that he receives “50 or 60 cents” royalty on each book, that he has donated $100,000 of his own money to the organization, and that the percentage of its revenues that CAI spends on schools is higher than “60 minutes” reported and that a portion of that money has been set aside as a “nest egg” to guarantee that the charity remains viable “if something happens to me.”
The newspaper also quoted its own assistant managing editor, Karin Ronnow, who has written extensively about Mortenson and CA, and has also contracted with CAI to produce its annual "Journey of Hope" publication, which it sends out worldwide. She defended Mortenson, arguing that the accusations in the “60 Minutes” report do not match her observations.
"He sees a huge need and he is always pushing forward to try and meet that need," said Ronnow, who according to the paper did not participate in the writing or editing of the Chronicle story. Every time she sees Mortenson in Pakistan, she said, "someone else is waiting there to say, ‘Can you help us? Can you help our children?' ”
Standing by his story
In a statement published Friday on CAI’s website, Mortenson defended the book he co-authored with David Oliver Relinhis, and his humanitarian work.
"Afghanistan and Pakistan are fascinating, inspiring countries, full of wonderful people. They are also complex places, torn by conflicting loyalties, and some who do not want our mission of educating girls to succeed," Mortenson said.
"I stand by the information conveyed in my book and by the value of CAI's work in empowering local communities to build and operate schools that have educated more than 60,000 students. I continue to be heartened by the many messages of support I receive from our local partners in cities and villages across Afghanistan and Pakistan, who are determined not to let unjustified attacks stop the important work being done to create a better future for their children."
He did, however, concede that some elements of the tale he told in his book may have been trimmed to fit the narrative. “The time about our final days on K2 and ongoing journey to Korphe village and Skardu is a compressed version of events that took place in the fall of 1993 … There were many people involved in the story and also those who produced the manuscript. What was done was to simplify the sequence of events for the purposes of telling what was, at times, a complicated story."
"Three Cups of Tea" was released by Penguin in 2006. Spokeswoman Carolyn Coleburn declined comment, saying the publisher had not seen the "60 Minutes" story.
The book sold moderately in hardcover, but was a word-of-mouth hit as a paperback and became an international sensation, selling more than 3 million copies.
Mortenson has received numerous honors, including the Sitara-e-Pakistan (Star of Pakistan), a civilian award rarely given to foreigners.
The Associated Press contributed reporting to this story.
© 2013 NBCNews.com Reprints
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The New York Times had a story today titled:
New truths about the origin of the cosmos as we currently know it are being revealed through the tools of our own divinity–human inquiry and ingenuity. This revelation is being sought out via debate and uncertainty, rather than handed down from some omniscient authority. I find the parallels between this modern, cosmological search for truth and meaning, and the ancient search for understanding the origin and ultimate fate of the universe to be very interesting.
This latest discovery begs the question not only of the conditions of the current universe at its seminal moment, but also how its nature and makeup will affect its ultimate fate.
I’ve often thought that Christianity would have been a more palatable religion for an even greater population if the book of Revelation hadn’t made it into the canon (or been written at all). It’s view of the end times is, to me, foolishly superstitious and downright mean. But we are still searching in our own way today for a better understanding of the hereafter. Perhaps a few thousand years from now, humans will see our current efforts as simplistically silly. At least I hope so because continuous revelation is part of the human condition. The end times will come for humanity when we seal revelation in box once and for all and have nothing new to learn.
Back to the “beginning,” this is my interpretation of Genesis 2:16-17:
…”You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
This really has nothing to do with original sin, but with human nature and destiny. The day we understand everything there is to know, we will surely die, because their will be no more of the miracle of uncertainty that keeps us alive.
My own faith tradition, Unitarian Universalism, lists as the first of its many “sources of the living tradition:”
Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces that create and uphold life.
When this tree is void of its fruit, life will not be worth living. Revelation is continuous…thank God…..
Keep the faith,
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A $243 million program led by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to build 150 health care clinics in Iraq has in some cases produced little more than empty shells of crumbling concrete and shattered bricks cemented together into uneven walls, two reports by a federal oversight office have found.
The reports, released yesterday, detail a close inspection of five of the clinics in the northern city of Kirkuk as well as a sweeping audit of the entire program, which began in March 2004 as a heavily promoted effort to improve health care for ordinary Iraqis. The reports say that none of the five clinics in Kirkuk and only 20 of the original 150 across the country will be completed without new financing.
Written by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, an independent office, the reports cite a wide range of factors, including disputes among Iraqi construction companies and problems with local materials, that have contributed to the program's failures. The American company Parsons, the prime contractor for the work, also comes in for stiff criticism.
But the reports' main finding is that lax oversight by the Army corps is responsible for the failure of the overall program. Cowed by security fears that the reports suggest may have been overblown, the corps sometimes inspected the work only through what it called "windshield surveys" — hasty drive-bys.
Poor cost accounting and a rapid turnover of United States government personnel in Iraq also contributed to the problems, the reports say.
Whatever the causes, the impact of the failure on the American effort to rebuild Iraq is enormous, said the inspector general, Stuart W. Bowen Jr.
"This was the most important program in the health sector," Mr. Bowen said in an interview. "It sought to fulfill a strategy to get health services to rural and remote poor in Iraq."
But he said it was not until the fall of 2005, a year and a half after the program began, that the corps began focusing on the shortcomings of the work by Parsons and its Iraqi subcontractors. By then, Mr. Bowen said, "the chasm was so wide that the remedial actions were unable to salvage the overall program."
Because most of the clinics are more than half finished, Mr. Bowen added, it is still possible that with new money many of the program's original goals could be realized.
But the criticisms in the reports have created deep disagreements between Mr. Bowen's office and the gulf region division of the Corps of Engineers, which is responsible for the program. In a series of objections included in the reports, the division's commander, Brig. Gen. William H. McCoy Jr., rejected many of the findings and tried to shift much of the blame to American and Iraqi contractors.
"Contractor performance and lack of openness in addressing schedule and budget issues in a timely fashion obscured the severity of the financial problem," General McCoy wrote.
"It should be noted that until the fall of 2005, the contractor insisted their schedules were correct and that they would finish up to 114 P.H.C.'s by the end of December 2005," he wrote, using an abbreviation for primary health care centers.
The reports, however, say that in effect, the buck stopped with the Army corps.
"It is the government's responsibility to oversee the contract and, given that the government was aware of problems with the project for quite some time, we believe the effective government contract oversight was not provided," the report covering all 150 clinics says.
The reports describe a series of baffling managerial decisions by the Army corps. For example, Parsons estimated that completing all the clinics would take two years, but the corps ordered the company to complete them in one year. Parsons also asked that the construction take place region by region in order to husband the company's thin supervisory staff in Iraq, but the corps directed that all 150 clinics be started simultaneously.
Some of the most remarkable observations appear in the inspection reports on the five clinics in Kirkuk. Interior photographs of the structures show bare walls made of brick fragments through which sunlight streamed and stairs made of concrete already crumbling into dust.
And when inspectors compared what they saw to progress reports, some of the numbers seemed suspiciously high. One structure, essentially a rickety shell of uneven bricks, had been declared 56 percent complete. The second floor of another shell held up by little more than wooden sticks — a standard method of bracing unfinished floors in Iraq — had been declared half complete.
Late Friday, the inspector general also released an audit report on a $147 million United States-led program to train and equip thousands of Iraqis to protect oil pipelines, electrical transmission lines and hundreds of key installations in both sectors.
Begun in September 2003, the effort, called Task Force Shield, was so disorganized that the auditors were never able to determine basic facts like how many Iraqis were trained, how many weapons were purchased and where much of the equipment ended up, the report says.
Of 21,000 guards who were to be trained in protecting oil equipment, for example, probably only about 11,000 were, the report says. And of 9,792 automatic rifles purchased for those guards, auditors were able to track just 3,015.
Even more severe shortcomings plagued the program to protect the electricity infrastructure, which ended almost as soon as it had begun.
In an echo of management problems that have hobbled nearly every noncombat effort in Iraq, the training in both programs was partly controlled by three different entities: the American military, the civilian-run Coalition Provisional Authority and an Army Corps of Engineers initiative to restore Iraq's oil infrastructure.
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Freedom of Information
Justices consider Va. limits on access to public records
The Supreme Court’s justices suggested Wednesday that state laws limiting access to government records to their own state residents might be pointless, but the justices seemed not to be persuaded that the laws are also unconstitutional. Lawyers for two men who had sought government records from Virginia – joined by a broad group of media organizations and professional data miners – asked the court Wednesday to invalidate those restrictions, arguing that they discriminated against out-of-state residents in ways that violated two separate constitutional limits.
Intellectual Property Issues
Free Speech Battle Over Publication of Federal Law
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) asked a federal judge today to protect the free speech rights of an online archive of laws and legal standards after a wrongheaded copyright claim forced the removal of a document detailing important technical standards required by the federal government and several states. Last month, the association of Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors (SMACNA) claimed an online post of a federally-mandated 1985 standard on air-duct leakage violated its copyright and demanded the post be removed. After a threat of legal action from SMACNA, the document was taken down.
Public Domain, My Dear Watson? Lawsuit Challenges Conan Doyle Copyrights
Some 125 years after his first appearance, Sherlock Holmes remains a hot literary property, inspiring thousands of pastiches, parodies and sequels in print, to saying nothing of the hit Warner Bros. film starring Robert Downey Jr. and such television series as "Elementary" and the BBC’s "Sherlock."
But according to a civil complaint filed on Thursday in federal court in Illinois by a leading Holmes scholar, many licensing fees paid to the Arthur Conan Doyle estate have been unnecessary, since the main characters and elements of their story derived from materials published before Jan. 1, 1923, are no longer covered by United States copyright law.
DRM Lawsuit Filed By Independent Bookstores Against Amazon, "Big Six" Publishers
Three independent bookstores are taking Amazon and the so-called Big Six publishers (Random House, Penguin, Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Macmillan) to court in an attempt to level the playing field for book retailers. If successful, the lawsuit could completely change how ebooks are sold. The class-action complaint, filed in New York on Feb 15., claims that by entering into confidential agreements with the Big Six publishers, who control approximately 60 percent of print book revenue in the U.S., Amazon has created a monopoly in the marketplace that is designed to control prices and destroy independent booksellers. The complaint centers on digital rights management, or DRM, the technological lock that prevents consumers from transferring any ebook they buy on an Amazon Kindle onto, say, a Nook or Kobo ereader.
Oxford Blocks Google Docs in Response to Phishing Scams
The University of Oxford temporarily blocked Google Docs on Monday in an attempt to make its students and professors more aware of an increase in phishing scams that use the Web service. In a blog post, Robin Stevens, a communications programmer at Oxford, said university officials had decided to take "extreme action" after what they perceived to be Google’s inaction on the issue.
In the schemes, attackers, often pretending to be from Oxford, send out Google Doc forms that ask users to enter their personal e-mail passwords. Students and faculty members deceived by the form then freely type in that information, unwittingly lending their account to the attacker. "Almost all the recent attacks have used Google Docs URLs, and in some cases the phishing e-mails have been sent from an already-compromised university account to large numbers of other Oxford users," said Mr. Stevens.
33% of Seafood Mislabeled in Grocery Stores, Restaurants & Sushi Venues
Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, uncovered widespread seafood fraud across the United States, according to a new report (PDF) released today. In one of the largest seafood fraud investigations in the world to date, DNA testing confirmed that one-third of the 1,215 fish samples collected by Oceana from 674 retail outlets in 21 states were mislabeled. Among the report’s other key findings include:
- Only seven of the 120 red snapper samples collected nationwide were actually red snapper
- 84 percent of the white tuna samples were actually escolar, a species that can cause serious digestive issues for some individuals who eat more than a few ounces
- Fish on the FDA’s "DO NOT EAT" list for sensitive groups such as pregnant women and children because of their high mercury content were sold to customers who had ordered safer fish
Oceana is calling on the federal government to require traceability of all seafood sold in the U.S. Tracking fish from boat to plate would not only significantly reduce seafood fraud and help keep illegally caught fish out of the U.S. market, it would also give consumers more information about the fish they purchase, including the species name, where, when and how it was caught, if it was farmed or previously frozen and if any additives were using during processing.
Research – Public Reporting of Hospital Infection Rates
Health-care associated infections (HAIs) kill about 100,000 people annually; most are preventable, but many hospitals have not aggressively addressed the problem. In response, twenty-five states and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services require public reporting of hospital infection rates for at least some types of infections, and other states and private entities are implementing such reporting. We report on work in progress, in which we assess the quality and suitability of different state websites and reports for different target audiences and the extent to which they meet best practices for online communication.
White House Open Access Memo Strong, Could Be Stronger
Today [Feb. 22], the White House released a memorandum (PDF) in support of a more robust policy for public access to research, making the results of billions of dollars of taxpayer-funded research freely available online. The memorandum gives government agencies six months to detail plans to ensure the public can read and analyze both research and data, without charge. Both open access and open data are key to promoting innovation, government transparency, and scientific progress. This comes on the heels of Congress’ introduction of FASTR (Fair Access to Science & Technology Research), a bill that sets into law many of the same goals as the memorandum. There are, however, some key differences.
Mobile Device Security: Boosting Confidence and Trust in Health IT
Mobile devices like laptops, smartphones and tablets have the potential to increase the quality and efficiency of health care by, among other things, making it easier for health care providers to access patient information when and where they need it. Because health care providers are increasingly using these devices, the HHS recently released a new set of online tools to help providers comply with their obligations under HIPAA when using mobile devices. Mobile devices pose unique risks to the security of health information; the biggest cause of health information breaches is theft and loss of laptops and other portable media.
Kerala State Central Library Starts Digitizing Hundreds of Rare Books
The Kerala State Central Library, which happens to be one of the oldest in India, has made the big leap to the digital age by having digitized hundreds of books, some which dates back hundreds of years. During the initial phase, 707 rare documents which includes 644 English and 63 Malayalam books comprising 3,28,268 pages were added to the Digital Archive. 480 more English books comprising a total of 1,84,321 pages were added in the second phase in 2012.
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The Intersect Alert is a newsletter of the Government Relations Committee, San Francisco Bay Region Chapter, Special Libraries Association.
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How Benefits Are Reported to Taxpayers
Social security benefits are reported on Form SSA-1099. Taxpayers who did not receive Form SSA-1099 or have misplaced it, can obtain a printout of benefits from their local social security office or request a replacement by accessing the Social Security Administration's web site at www.ssa.gov.
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As Facebook floats on the Nasdaq, cynicism
remains over the third largest inital public offering (IPO) in
United States history, after Visa and General Motors.
The social network offered over 400 million
shares at $38 (£31) each in its IPO on 17 May before the main
flotation on 18 May. Mark Zuckerberg's social network
will raise $16 billion in its first
offering, making it the third-largest IPO in US history and by far
the largest technology IPO ever, dwarfing the $1.67 billion (£1
billion) of Google's 2004 offering.
Mark Zuckerberg's personal wealth is now
estimated at $19.1 billion (£12 billion), making him
the 29th richest person in the world, and
Facebook is valued as a bigger company than such grand old names as
McDonald's and Disney. Zuckerberg celebrated the flotation by
posting "Mark Zuckerberg listed a company on Nasdaq" on his
timeline -- all thanks to
a clever hack by one of his
Full public trading of Facebook shares was due
to begin at 11am EST on 18 May, but the sheer number of retail
investors wanting to buy Facebook shares overwhelmed the Nasdaq's
servers and meant that the launch was pushed back by half an hour.
The price of shares had already jumped up to roughly $42 (£27), but
the whirlwind of hype around the flotation meant estimates of what
the shares would launch at were varying wildly (and for one brief
15-second period before the Nasdaq opened shares were valued
$50,000 each, a price that would have
left Facebook's value larger than the earth's GDP). $4.5 billion
(£2.8 billion) worth of Facebook shares were bought and sold in the
first five minutes of trading alone.
There has, however, been widespread cynicism
over the "true" value of Facebook as a business. The initial
offering of £31 per share assumes an overall market value for the
company of $100 billion (£66 billion), despite only having a staff
of 3,500 people and annual profits in 2011 of $1 billion (£632
Some have argued that Facebook will have to
earn five to ten times that over the next few years to come close
to justifying the company's quoted value.
Facebook remains in the firm grasp of Mark
Zuckerberg, too, as he maintains control of 54 percent of the
site's voting shares regardless of the float.
Much has been made of the unique position in
history that Facebook occupies, with more than 850 million users
voluntarily entrusting the site with their intimate personal data.
Word-of-mouth endorsement is the thing advertisers want more than
anything else, and investors are betting that Zuckerberg will find
a way to turn that inter-personal trust into something with a
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The Bird is a mob that flies away when the player gets near.
In the picture the bird is perched. When a player goes near the Bird, it goes into the flying position
- The Bird only has 5 health, making it easy to kill with a ranged weapon.
- Birds also can be killed by hostile enemies, like the Corrupt Bunny.
- Birds do not drop anything.
- The bird was first shown in Redigit's post that showed Duck Hunt. It also showed the Bird Statue and the Shotgun.
- Added to the game.
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Shortly after Yale Law professor Harold Koh was named the State Department’s top lawyer, a source sent me a snickering note noting that Koh had deemed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq illegal, and that therefore by Koh’s definition his new boss, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, had potentially supported a massive war crime. Koh had also taken other firm positions against expansive wartime presidential power in the name of national security, including his zero-tolerance position on torture, not only on humanitarian but also legal grounds, leading conservatives to mock him as a pointy-headed leftist.
But inside the Obama administration, Koh has played a very different role, defending a series of legally questionable positions–including the expansive use of U.S. drone strikes against suspected terrorists and the Navy SEAL raid that amounted, more or less, to an execution of Osama bin Laden. And on Tuesday, Koh again found himself in an awkward position, this time by defending the legal grounds for the Obama administration’s decision not to seek explicit Congressional support for its intervention in Libya. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Koh called the word “hostilities,” a trigger for the Congressional War Powers Act, an “ambiguous legal term of art” that doesn’t apply in the case of Libya. (Koh reportedly argued this case during private administration deliberations on Libya, prevailing against the views of other top Obama lawyers.) As former Bush White House lawyer Jack Goldsmith has noted, this is a position that would seem to exist at least in tension with Koh’s past scholarship on the presidential obligation to consult meaningfully with Congress before engaging in wars.
In an NPR segment Tuesday morning, Koh acknowledged such critics: “The longer I serve in government, I get questions of the following form: ‘You’re a hypocrite, aren’t you?’” he said. Hypocrite is a strong word. It may simply be that it’s easier to mount a legally pure policy critique from the outside than it is to actually fashion legally pure policy from the inside. Koh’s views aside, that difference, from detainee policy to electronic surveillance, has been a defining theme of Barack Obama’s national security policy to date.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento city leaders got an earful Tuesday night from medicinal marijuana advocates and others who said the plants have brought crime and other problems to their neighborhoods.
The Sacramento City Council voted to ban outdoor cultivation of medical marijuana after hearing from more than a dozen people who signed up to speak.
While some feared the ban would hurt poor patients, others called the law a good accommodation for all sides.
"They're going to absolutely stop me from getting medicine at all, and that's why I'm a little overwhelmed," said Sioux Colombe, who opposed the ordinance.
"In town, to grow in your backyard, the compromise has to be for sunlight to occur in a secure structure, and that is preserved under this ordinance," James Anthony said. "This is the best ordinance we've seen yet for personal use cultivation. Sacramento can make this work."
City leaders pointed out, some residents have also complained about a strong odor from the plants, which also prompted the move to ban outdoor medical pot grows in the city.
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The Crystal Empires of FranceSaturday, March 24, 2012, part 1
Lorraine & Alsace, France
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Next on the itinerary: Our spring tours in Barcelona, Venice or Prague
A couple of years ago, while in Paris for Thanksgiving, we were strolling along the cobbled lanes of Isle Saint Louis in Paris, and stopped to enjoy the window display of an intriguing antiquaire on rue La Regrattier. An elegant Art Deco pair of crystal candlesticks kept calling Kirk's name, and, carefully cushioned in bubble wrap, they came back to Virginia with us, where they now are one of the first things you see when you enter our home.
Kirk wanted to know the provenance of these beauties, and Monsieur Kieken, the owner, told us they were from the renowned Saint Louis crystal factory in northeastern France.
When we saw that very factory, and the associated museum, listed on this Lorraine-Alsace trip itinerary offered by the French Tourist Office, we were excited that we would be able to see the place from where our candlesticks came.
The Cristallerie Royal Saint Louis was founded in 1787 by order of Louis XV, beginning as a glass factory. Since the discovery of crystal fifteen years later, the factory has been devoted to the design and production of crystal items.
A fabulous crystal chandelier hangs above the bare earth, surrounded by a winding showcase of centuries of dazzling craftsmanship.
Before we look through the museum, we must first see from where these gorgeous pieces come.... the glowing furnaces, kept at a temperature of at least 1200 degrees fahrenheit, heat the room as high as the catwalk upon which we stand... glad we're not here in the summer!
Molten crystal streams from one furnace - we watch from a safe distance!
After our factory tour, we're free to tour the museum, and shop at the boutique. I tell the museum guide about our candlesticks, describing their stacked square base, and he immediately knows the era and the designer, Jean Sala, and says that some of his work of the same style is in the museum, as well as in the Paris Museum of Decorative Arts on rue de Rivoli. So now I'm on a hunt, and breezing past the ornate styles of centuries past, I head for the Art Deco period, and there it is, a candlestick with the same base, designed by Monsieur Sala.
Although we're tempted by some gorgeous champagne flutes in the boutique (how can we resist such a factory price?!) we make it back on the bus without any more crystal delights.
Next stop, a more familiar name, Lalique, just down the road in Wingen-Sur-Moder in Alsace. This is the village where Lalique set up his factory in 1921, after being told by the Saint Louis factory that they were not interested in jewelry. Baccarat, also, is not far from here, and has its foundations in the Saint Louis factory as well. Why are there so many crystal and glass factories in this northeast corner of France? The two reasons, we're told, are the raw material of sand and dirt, and the abundance of forests - the wood was needed to stoke the fires.
Before viewing the recently opened Lalique museum, we're invited to lunch at their café.... and the delicious meal is a work of art on its own! We'll see these delicate green-stemmed glasses often in the next couple of days - used, as they're intended, for Alsace's prized Riesling wine.
And then, a feast for the eyes - one piece after another of Lalique's exquisite jewelry,
perfume bottles designed for particular fragrance- houses, and larger pieces - vases, urns, and more, delight our eyes.
It's a good thing that our guides are hurrying us along to the next stop... that boutique was even more tempting than the last one!
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How much greater would be our chances of success if we could predict whether someone we meet will turn out honest or dishonest? Maybe you use hard-won experience or you listen to your “gut feelings” about a person. But either one is hit-or-miss at best. Using the Emotional Tone Scale as laid out in this booklet you can accurately estimate the conduct, reactions and ethical standards of those you meet. You can learn to judge people accurately and so assure yourself of a more certain and happier future.
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Postal Service: This week the Senate passed a postal bill that throws billions at the beleaguered monopoly but does nothing to fix it. If Congress can’t even manage to get this reform right, the country is doomed.To get a sense of how out of whack lawmakers’ priorities are these days, consider that Congress has for years made naming post office buildings its most crucial task — passing more bills to do that than anything else.
Since 2005, there have been 288 post office designation laws, according to an IBD review of Library of Congress records. That accounts for one of every five laws enacted over those years.
All this happened while the U.S. Postal Service was careening toward bankruptcy. And now, with that fate imminent, the Senate passes a bill that would make it virtually impossible for the USPS to shut these — or any other — post offices down, no matter how little used they are or how much money they lose.
This isn’t just a minor issue.
The USPS is losing $25 million each day and has already piled up $13 billion in debt. It’s so bad that the Postal Service itself desperately wants to cut costs to keep the service more or less viable.
What it got instead was a Senate bill that sets up new restrictions on how the USPS can manage its costs, along with a truckload of taxpayer bailout money to cover its losses.
Even the postmaster general isn’t buying it.
Over on the House side, Darrell Issa, who heads the Government Reform Committee, vows to block the Senate bill.
Of course, what the Postal Service needs isn’t just a little more freedom to cut costs, but wholesale privatization. Many other countries have privatized their postal services, opening them up to competition and watching as market forces improve quality and lower costs.
The bigger issue is this:
If lawmakers don’t have the stomach to let even a few post offices close because doing so might inconvenience some voters, what’s the chance that they will ever be able to reform the nation’s entitlement programs, or fix the tax code, or do other the other things needed to wean millions of Americans off their growing dependence on government?
FROM: IBD Editorials
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S. TAYLOR ELLIOTT, who resides in the same house in which he was born, June 7, 1848, owns the old farm of eighty-three acres which lies in Cross Creek Township. His parents were John and Elizabeth (Young) Elliott.
John Elliott was also born in Cross Creek Township and was a son of Hugh Elliott. The greater part of his life was spent as a farmer but in early manhood he was engaged for a time in the manufacture of woolen goods, having a factory on Cross Creek. He was married three times, his first wife being Elizabeth Young, who was a daughter of William Young, and was born in Hancock County, West Virginia. She died in 1849 and both parents of Mr. Elliott were buried in St. James Cemetery, Cross Creek Township. To his first marriage John Elliott had three sons born to him: George, John and James; to his second three sons, William A., S. Taylor and Andrew; and to his third one son, Nathan.
S. Taylor Elliott went to school during boyhood as opportunity presented, but soon became interested with his father in cultivating the home place, and has always resided here, purchasing the interests of the other heirs when his father died. This is one of the real old homesteads of Jefferson County--productive land, flourishing orchards, many improvements and comfortable general surroundings. The same old roof tree shelters the children of the present generation as it did those of a half century ago.
Mr. Elliott was married June 7, 1875, to Miss Bethan Pauntney, whose death occurred February 19, 1910, a daughter of John and Charlotte (Clayton) Pauntney. The parents of Mrs. Elliott resided on their farm in Wells Township, where both died, and their burial was in the Tent Cemetery. They had the following children: Sarah, who married James Clayton; Stavin; Eliza, deceased, who was the wife of William Armstrong; Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of James Snell; Josephine, deceased, who was the wife of Alfred Graham; John, who is deceased; Ellen, who married Philip Trainer; and Mrs. Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott had three children: John, Gertrude and Mary. Gertrude being the only survivor. Mrs. Elliott and daughter were members of the Presbyterian church.
In politics Mr. Elliott is a Republican. Although he has never advanced himself as a candidate for public office, he has served in many responsible positions through the wish and will of his fellow citizens. For thirty-four years he has been township trustee and has also been a member of the school board. For many years he has been identified with the Odd Fellows and belongs to Wildwood Lodge, No. 590, at New Alexandria.
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Chimney Cap Measuring Guide
How to Measure for a Chimney Cap
An improperly sized chimney cap
is a lot like an ill-fitting hat; it can't do its job properly and tends to look strange rather than stylish. Fortunately, determining what size chimney cap you need isn't as difficult as it seems. This guide will take you through every step of what is actually very simple process.
Identifying Your Flue Type
The kind of flue you have dictates what chimney caps you can use and, consequently, the measurements you'll need to select the right one. Below is some information about the most common flue constructions. If you're not sure what type of flue you have, just take a look inside your chimney and pick the description that best matches what you saw.
Single-Flue Chimneys with Extended Flues
- If your chimney has a single flue that extends above its crown, this is the type of system you have. Extended flues are amongst the most common and easiest to cap - chimney caps for this kind chimney can be directly attached to the flue with clamps or screws.
Single-Flue Chimneys without Extended Flues
- This kind of chimney features a flue that is completely flush with its crown. Capping one of these chimneys requires either a standard single-flue chimney cap with legs or brackets or a top-mounted model.
Single-Flue Chimneys with Flexible Metal Liners
-In these systems, the smoke from your fireplace
, or stove
is vented through a flexible liner housed inside your chimney rather than the through the chimney itself. It's unlikely that a system like this would be installed without a chimney cap, but if you look into your chimney and see a soft round metal tube, then that's exactly what you've got. When capping this kind of chimney, you have to use a slip-in model.
- A multi-flue chimney, is as you've probably guessed, a chimney that houses more than one flue. This kind of venting system requires a top-mounted chimney cap regardless of whether the flues are extended or not.
Factory-Built Round Metal Chimneys
Single-Wall Metal Chimneys
- If you have an older wood burning stove, there is a chance it is venting using single wall stovepipe. Single-wall chimneys are literally just metal tubes; they don't contain any insulation or other internal features. This type of chimney is no longer acceptable by code and is becoming less common. When it comes to capping, they require products specifically designed to work with single-wall pipe.
Double-Wall Air-Insulated Chimneys
- This kind of chimney features an inner pipe and an outer pipe separated by open space and uses air to cool the flue. Because they are so specialized, it's best to use a chimney cap produced specifically for your brand of double-wall air-insulated vent pipe when possible.
Double-Wall Solid-Pack Insulated Chimneys
- Double-wall solid-pack insulated chimneys also feature an inner and outer wall, but use insulation to separate the two. In some instances the insulation is left exposed, while in others it is covered with a metal cap. Both varieties require a chimney cap specifically designed for that type of double-wall solid-pack insulated pipe. As with air-insulated models, it's best to use a cap produced by the same manufacturer as your pipe.
- These work just like double-wall air-insulated pipes. They feature three concentric pipes separated by air and should be covered with a triple-wall chimney cap made by the same manufacturer whenever possible.
Triple-Wall Solid-Pack Insulated Chimneys
- Triple-wall solid-pack insulated pipes feature three walls separated by some kind of insulation. You'll find models that leave the insulation exposed as well as models that cover it with a metal cap. This kind of chimney requires a cap specifically designed for triple-wall insulated pipe and, as with other types of metal chimney pipe
, it's best to use one produced by the same manufacturer.
It's important to know how your flue is constructed when selecting a chimney cap, but you also need to be aware of your flue's shape. Flues can be round, oval, square, or rectangular and a cap that's appropriate for one shape isn't going to be suitable for another. The shape of your flue can limit your chimney cap options and will, of course, affect the measurements you need to determine a proper size.
Understanding What to Measure
Once you know what kind of flue you have, you're ready to take some measurements. To learn more about the information you'll need, locate your flue type in the list below.
Measuring for Masonry Chimneys
1. Single Flue Chimneys with Extended Square or Rectangular Flues:
If you have this type of chimney a chimney all you need to do is measure the length and width of the outside of your flue. Then you can simply search for a chimney cap designed to fit those dimensions.
2. Single Flue Chimneys with Square or Rectangular Flues that are not Extended:
The measurements you'll need if you have one if these depends on what kind of chimney cap you've decided to get.
3. Single Flue Chimneys with Round Flues:
- Chimney Caps with Legs or Brackets - If you want to install a chimney cap with legs or brackets you'll need to measure the outside width and depth of your flue. Then, as when looking for a chimney cap for an extended flue, you can search for a model designed to fit your specifications.
- Top-Mounted Chimney Caps - Measuring for a top-mounted cap that attaches directly to your crown is slightly more complicated. Start by measuring the entire length and width of your chimney. Then measure the length and width of the area that encompasses your flue. And, finally, measure the height of your flue. Now, depending on your goals, you can either choose to get a chimney cap big enough protect your entire chimney from weather damage or, if you're looking to save money, you can get a one that will cover just the area surrounding your flue. Regardless of what kind of coverage you want, though, your cap must be at least five inches taller than your flue.
There are two different types of chimney caps suitable for round flues. Each one requires different measurements.
4. Single Flue Chimneys with Flexible Metal Liners
- Chimney Caps that Fasten to the Flue Exterior - If you want this kind of cap all you need to do is measure the outside diameter of your flue. Then you can simply look for a chimney cap with the same diameter.
- Chimney Caps that Slip into the Flue - Finding a chimney cap for this type of flue is also very simple. Just measure the inside diameter of your flue and search for a cap with that diameter.
: The inner diameter is the only measurement you need when capping a metal chimney liner. Once you have that number you can search for a slip-in chimney cap of the same size.
5. Single Flue Chimneys with Oval Flues:
You need to measure the outside length and width of your flue in order to cap an oval chimney termination. Then you can search for a chimney cap designed to fit an oval opening of those dimensions.
6. Multi-Flue Chimneys:
Chimneys with multiple flues require top-mounted chimney caps regardless of whether any of their flues are extended or not. The measurements you need for this kind of chimney are essentially identical to those required if you're buying a top-mounted cap for a single flue. You need the length and width of your chimney, the length and width of the smallest area that will encompass all of your flues, and the height of your tallest flue. Then, depending on your priorities, you can get a cap large enough to protect your entire chimney or a more cost-effective model that only accommodates your flues. Just remember to make sure your cap is at least five inches taller than your tallest flue.
Measuring for Factory-Build Round Metal Chimneys
1. Single-Wall Metal Chimneys:
For this type of chimney you need a chimney cap that fastens to the flue exterior. The only measurement required for this kind of cap is your pipe's outside diameter. Once you have that you can just pick a model with the same dimensions.
2. Double-Wall Air-Insulated and Solid-Pack Chimneys:
You need to know both the inner and outer diameter of your pipe when selecting a chimney cap for any type of double-walled venting system. The diameter of the chimney cap you choose needs to be the same as your pipe's inner diameter; a pipe with a seven-inch inner diameter, for example, requires a seven-inch chimney cap. The outer wall of your pipe also needs to be covered by your cap, but it doesn't matter if your cap extends beyond the edges of your pipe.
3. Triple-Wall Air-Insulated and Solid-Pack Chimneys:
Even though these chimneys have three walls, you only need to know the diameter of the inner and outermost ones. Your pipe's inner diameter is the number you need to match when selecting a chimney cap; a pipe with a six-inch inner diameter, for example, requires a six-inch chimney cap. The outer wall of your pipe also needs to be covered by your cap, but it doesn't matter if your cap extends beyond the edges of your pipe.
Measuring for Specialty Chimney Caps
Some specialty chimney caps require measurements other than the ones listed above. If you're planning to purchase a non-standard model, the following instructions will tell you how to get the information you need.
1. Caps Designed to Increase Draft:
Because this type of chimney cap differs from standard models in the way the top is constructed rather than the way it connects to the flue, you can usually measure for them the same way you would a regular cap. This holds true even if your installation requires an adaptor.
2. Outside-Mount Chimney Caps (for Masonry Chimneys):
Because masonry chimneys are hand-built, many outside-mount chimney caps are made to order. In those instances it's best to talk to your retailer before taking any measurements. If, however, you want to buy a stock model, you'll need the length of each of your chimney's exterior walls and the height of your tallest flue. As when selecting any kind of cap, it's crucial that your cap's height be at least five inches taller than your tallest flue.
3. Chimney Cap and Damper Combinations (for Masonry Chimneys with Square or Rectangular Flues):
For this type of cap, you'll need to measure the inside length and width of your flue. Then you can simply search for a model that will fit those dimensions.
But What If I Don't Have a Flue?
So you've hauled out your ladder and climbed up to the roof, ready to get down to some serious flue measuring, only to discover that your masonry chimney does not, in fact, have a flue. Don't worry. It's still possible for you to have a chimney cap. You can get a standard single flue cap and attach it with mounting brackets or buy a multi-flue model. Regardless of which type you want, you need to start by measuring the length and width of your chimney's opening. Then measure the length and width of your entire chimney.
Now you've got a choice. If you want protect as much of your chimney as possible, you should opt for a largest chimney cap available that will be able to sit on your chimney. If, however, you're more interested in saving money, you can get a cap that is only large enough to cover your chimney's opening. Just remember that, no matter what approach you choose, you still need to make sure that your chimney cap is at least five inches taller than your chimney's crown.
A Few Measuring Tips
Measuring for a chimney cap
might seem like a difficult task, but the hardest part is actually determining what you need to know. Now that you've done that, you'll find that all of the steps involved are really quite easy - except, perhaps, for dragging the ladder out of the garage. Here a few more tips for making the measuring process as quick and simple as possible:
1. Take a pencil and paper with you when you go up to your roof to take measurements. Nothing is more frustrating than winding up with the wrong size chimney cap because of a misremembered measurement.
2. Measure at least twice. It might seem tedious, but making sure your measurements are accurate before you place an order will save you a lot of work later.
3. If your chimney system doesn't match any of the descriptions provided in this guide or you're still unsure of what to measure, ask an expert. They'll be able to help you determine what you need to do.
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“One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.”— Lewis Carroll
Everybody’ s got Alice fever in Alice town — Llandudno, Wales — but no one is as curious or as excited as me!
That’s because on Friday, May 4, this famous seaside Welsh resort is launching a fantastical Wonderland event. It will celebrate what would have been the 160th birthday of my distant relative, Alice Liddell, the Alice behind what is arguably the greatest children’s book of all time —Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The Liddell family, who were close friends of the book’s author, Lewis Carroll, owned a holiday home in this charming town recently voted the happiest place to live in Wales. Their home, formerly called Penmorfa, sat on the top of a high cliff at the West Shore. And to this town and to this family home came many celebrities of the day, including family friends Sir William Blake Richmond and British Prime Minister William Gladstone. It was here that Sir William painted his famous painting called The Sisters, featuring young Alice and her siblings. It was here that young Alice and her sisters learned that the great Mr. Gladstone suffered from vertigo. And so they tenderly guided him down the steep path to the beach with his eyes shut!
It is here that I shall be staying on May 4, 2012!
The May 4 Alice Day event is the day before the town’s world famous Victoriana Extravaganza, which offers another three days of fun filled Victoriana themed festivities, stalls, shows, a grand parade, and streets brimming with talented entertainers. Talk about the best week in the year to head out to Llandudno in Wales!
Organizers at Alice in Wonderland Ltd. of the May 4 Alice Day birthday celebration have been inundated with young passionate Alices, White Rabbits, Mad Hatters, Queens of Hearts, and Cheshire Cats requesting details of the Wonderland festivities planned, and begging to be involved in this highly anticipated event which will be launched on the town’s promenade at 12:30 pm promptly on the big day.
Llandudno’s charming and talented Miss Alice 2011-2012, Miss Nicol Thompson, whose public duties during the year have included public appearances at local and national events, has been very busy. She has been sending special Mad Hatter Tea Party invitations to dignitaries, including lucky old me. This means I shall have the great honor of sitting at Miss Alice’s top table for what promises to be the very best Mad Hatter Tea Party of all time! During the course of tea and jam tarts, Miss Alice has promised to reenact for us the first encounter between Alice and Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll), a momentous occasion that the audience (including over 700 school children) are looking forward to seeing. Local hoteliers are busy importing extra tables and chairs to accommodate all the participants, and the town’s chefs have promised they shall not run out of jam tarts for the world record attempt for jam tart eating! Street performers, actors, art competitions, on-site illustrators, face painters, fancy dress, birds of prey and live music promise to keep families entertained throughout the day. Members of the Lewis Carroll Society will be dressing as characters from the Alice books.
The day will be hosted by the local celebrity Ian Turner, who is an Alice in Wonderland fan. His stage is already set with the backdrop of a 1910 Llandudno Victorian Tram.
So would you like a little more Alice Tea? Then why not join us at 12:30 p.m. on the Promenade in Llandudno! Bring a picnic, bring a friend, but most important, bring your passion and your curiosity for a children’s story with an enduring legacy.
For more information:
Photos courtesy of the St. Tudno Hotel.
C. M. Rubin is the author of two widely read online series for which she received a 2011 Upton Sinclair award, “The Global Search for Education” and “How Will We Read?” She is also the author of three bestselling books, including The Real Alice in Wonderland.
Follow C. M. Rubin on Twitter: www.twitter.com/@cmrubinworld
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Welcome to Apple iPhone news and Chat discussion forums. iPhone Discussions is dedicated to iPhone,Talk about iPhone modifications,software,reviews,Support, iPhone news , iphone mobile,iPhone OS and more...
Preschool Games - Beach Fun. The app is a collection of 10 mini games for preschoolers that seamlessly blend one into another as the kids advance in solving various tasks. Each game focuses on its own aspect of preschool education. There are tasks that teach children to easily identify Fruits, Eatables, Animals, Vehicles and Musical Instruments.
Each game focuses on its own aspect of preschool education. There are tasks that teach children to easily identify Fruits, Eatables, Animals, Vehicles and Musical Instruments. Others help kids to differentiate between shapes, colors, sizes, and learn the alphabet.
The gameplay is designed specifically keeping the littlest ones in mind. There are no confusing menus and after successful completion of a task the kid is offered to solve the next one. If children are having some troubles with a task, there's a hint button to help them out.
The interactive objects and characters present in the app entertain kids as they learn the basics of counting, spelling, differentiating colors etc. The music, sound effects and voice overs were performed by a professional artist and we'll definitely be enjoyed both by preschoolers and their parents.
"Zack's Preschool Games - Beach Fun is a special project for me. I've started the work on it with my two little daughters in mind. The idea was to make something fun and educative at the same time. My two girls, Urvi and Anvi, helped me with designing and testing the app. I feel really happy with the results and I am sure that lots of kids around the world will enjoy learning while playing with Zack." - says Ninad Shah, the founder of AU Software Technologies Pvt Ltd.
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
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Pricing and Availability:
Zack's Preschool Games - Beach Fun 1.1 is $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.
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Iran claimed it has captured a US drone, an unmanned military aircraft, that entered Iranian airspace over the Persian gulf. But a US defense official denied this report, saying all US Navy drones operating in the Middle East are accounted for. The US official also stressed that drone operations only take place in internationally recognized air space. Iranian officials identified the drone as a Scan Eagle, an unmanned aircraft with a wingspan of about 10 feet capable of flying for 24 hours without refueling. It is used in the military for surveillance operations. Exactly one day ago, in Dec 4, 2011 Iran shot down another US drone, a MQ-1 Predator, conducting a surveillance mission over international waters 16 miles off the coast of Iran.
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Announcing that a decision about his reincarnation will be taken when he turns 90 years old, the Dalai Lama seemed to confirm that his successor will be chosen before he dies, thus thwarting any effort by the Chinese government to nominate a puppet monk.
The spiritual leader is currently 76.
On the other hand, the Dalai Lama also suggested that the office could be eliminated altogether, the Hindustan Times reported.
“When I am about 90, I will consult the high lamas of the Tibetan Buddhist traditions, the Tibetan public, and other people concerned who follow Tibetan Buddhism, and re-evaluate whether the institution of the Dalai Lama should continue or not,” the paper quoted a statement issued by the Dalai Lama as saying.
The Dalai Lama reiterated that the Chinese government can have no say in who is eventually chosen to replace him.
"If it is decided that the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama should continue and there is a need for the Fifteenth Dalai Lama to be recognized, responsibility for doing so will primarily rest on the concerned officers of the Dalai Lama's Gaden Phodrang Trust," the paper quoted the Dalai Lama as saying.
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Ira Merton England
Ira Merton England, one of Celeste’s pioneer community builders, celebrated
his 90th birthday and his 80th year in Hunt County last Sunday, September 30,
1951, at the home of a daughter, Mrs. J. E. Surratt, 5336 Willis, Dallas.
More than fifty members of the family and a host of friends were present for
Born September 30, 1861, at Sardis, Tennessee, Merton England left Tennessee
soon thereafter to live in Illinois as his parents moved there to live with
his grandparents during the Civil War.
After the end of the war, Merton England and his parents again lived for a
while in Tennessee, but like many families of that day, decided to pioneer it
to Texas. Mr. England remembers that they started on the steam ferry, their
wagons pulled by oxen. These slow animals, however, were traded off in Kansas
for faster horses for the move down through Indian Territory into Texas.
From the age of ten until now, Merton England has been near the tracks of the
Katy Railroad. He remember that they followed the right-of-way of the MKT then
under construction through what is now Oklahoma, so they could camp near the
construction camps each night because even in 1871, Indians were known to
occasionally molest white people.
Down into Hunt County, Merton England joined his uncle, Lem Kennedy, in his
big general store in the White Rock community. Uncle Lem had gone to Texas
before the rest of the family—prior to the Civil War—and had established what
became a tremendous mercantile undertaking in those days, which Mr. England
remembers as furnished in hand-carved oak.
All this was before Celeste was born. In those days, Hunt County’s prairies
were still covered in native grasses, so Merton England got to participate in
the cattle drives to New Orleans and Saint Louis. But the Katy followed young
Merton down into Hunt County and with the coming of the Santa Fe, Celeste was
born in 1887. Today Mr. England lives in the first house ever built within the
city limits of Celeste, family property since it was constructed.
In 1880, Merton England though a youth of nineteen years, was already a man
through the necessities of pioneer life. It was in that year that he and Flora
Kennedy ran off to the Indian Territory to be married. Their happy union
continued for sixty-seven years until Mrs. England’s death in 1948.
Eight of their nine children are alive today and include Mrs. Albert Norris of
Celeste; Mrs. Leon Puckett, Mrs. John E. Surratt, Mrs. Calanthe Bowman and
Kennedy England, all of Dallas; Mrs. R. F. Lewis of Hillsboro; Willard D.
England of Detroit, Michigan; and Mrs. Frances Mires of Houston.
A brother and a sister, Arthur England and Mrs. J. Riley Green live in
Ira Merton England has served Celeste and Hunt County as farmer, landowner,
dry goods merchant, oil mill manager, county road commissioner, and steward in
the Methodist Church, of which he is a life-long member.
He was appointed to the Commissioners Court during the first highway
construction days and helped supervise a $2,000,000.00 road program. His
conscientious service brought him a second elected term by the people of the
area. US Highway 69 today is laid on the foundation, which was built under his
Mr. England has seen Hunt County go from a cattle country to a grain, corn,
and cotton land and in recent years back to cattle land again.
He is part of Celeste and Hunt County. He was here before Celeste was born. He
and his family helped build Celeste and Merton England has chosen to make this
community his home ever since.
(October 5, 1951, The Celeste Courier)
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Carolyn McClanahan, Contributor
Physician/Financial Planner. I discuss all things money and medicine.
As conference season heats up for financial planners, I’m on the road again sharing particulars of the Affordable Care Act. There is still much education to provide, as many important parts of the law have been implemented. In fact, most of the train has left the station.
This week I spoke in Las Vegas to an inquisitive group of very seasoned professionals and financial planning instructors. After my session, one professor of financial planning confessed he knew only about 5% of the information I discussed in my talk. He stated, “Everyone gives the same polarized sound bites.” He wished more would talk objectively about the scope of the problems in health care and acceptable solutions. If this respected professor knows so little, what does that portend for the rest of the country?
At the beginning of my sessions, I spend about ten minutes providing an overview of the ten titles within the law. I stress that most of the “sound bites” come only from Title One, which covers health insurance. As I go through the rest of the law, I ask for a show of hands to get an idea of how many people are familiar with each of the provisions.
The current high risk pools where the previously uninsurable can now get insurance coverage? About 10% heard something about them.
How many knew about www.healthcare.gov? This website is the future of the health insurance exchange, where people will shop for their insurance coverage. It also covers preventive care, tracks quality of care measures, offers navigation of the health care system, and provides details about the Affordable Care Act. Only three people in the audience had looked at the site.
How many understood the changes in health care delivery – accountable care organizations, medical care homes, changes in payer models, rebuilding of primary care? Not one attendee. Or no one who would admit they knew anything.
I shared how much of the Affordable Care Act has already been implemented. Creating that list made me stop and think – if the entire law is repealed, what happens to all that has been implemented and the billions of dollars already spent? A small part of what has been enacted so far:
High risk pools – will these all of a sudden be stopped, and people who now count on this coverage once again be uninsured?
Preventive care for individuals - entirely too much money goes toward end stage care, when preventive education has the potential to provide more bang for the buck. There are some problems with how prevention is being implemented, but this is a work in progress that needs to continue.
Guaranteed issue insurance for children – although greater attention has been paid to problems such as attention deficit disorder, depression, asthma, and childhood obesity, these problems and labels basically made many children uninsurable. Should children not have access to coverage because adults feel the need to stick labels on them that may affect them for the rest of their lives? At least cover them until they are adults.
Prohibit rescinding coverage – one thing that makes me nervous about a total free market system is that many insurers have proven in the past they cannot be trusted to do the right thing. Should a woman newly diagnosed with breast cancer have her coverage cancelled because she forgot to disclose a previous case of acne? These shenanigans occurred too frequently before the ACA was passed.
Rebuilding primary care workforce – a strong primary care workforce provides better and more cost effective care, and we have done a great job of decimating our primary care workforce through our fee for service model. It will take money and time to reestablish a strong primary care base. In Family Medicine, the number of residency positions available and positions filled continue to increase after passage of the ACA. Too few physicians enter primary care, and once all questions regarding the ACA are answered, maybe we will get the exponential growth that is needed.
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Board of Trustees
Key Functions of the Board of Trustees:
The Board of Trustees sets the Gallery’s direction through its Corporate Plan, the centrepiece of the accountability regime adopted by Parliament for Crown corporations. The Plan keeps Parliament and the public informed of the Gallery’s priorities, objectives, strategies, and performance indicators. It commits the Gallery to a planned strategic direction over a five-year period.
Monitoring and Reporting the Gallery’s Performance
The Board’s oversight role requires regular monitoring of corporate performance, annual assessment of the performance of the Director, and annual reporting to Parliament. Regular monitoring of corporate performance alerts the Board to new developments within the Gallery and in its external environment, and assists the Board in decision-making.
The Board ensures that the Gallery’s principal business risks have been identified and that appropriate systems to monitor and manage these risks are implemented. All major decisions involving Gallery assets and their financing are reviewed and approved by the Board.
For reassurance about the integrity of the information it receives, as well as the Gallery’s internal control system, the Board relies heavily on the Gallery’s audit system. The internal and external audit regime is set out in Part X of the Financial Administration Act. An external Gallery audit consists of an annual audit and, at least once every ten years, a Special Examination conducted by the Office of the Auditor General.
The Board establishes a set of corporate policies that clarify its expectations and management’s authority and responsibilities. These policies govern areas such as acquisitions, research, conservation, exhibitions, human resources and contracting. The Board of Trustees reviews and updates all corporate policies according to a five-year cycle, ensuring that the policies continue to provide the necessary direction.
Succession Planning/Board Self-Assessment
The Board plays a key role in the effective succession of Trustees and critical Gallery management positions. Notwithstanding the Government’s prerogative to appoint Trustees, the Board is expected to play an active role in making recommendations to the Government. The Board is also expected to plan for the succession of its Chairperson by establishing appointment criteria and providing nominations to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages. As well, the Board appoints the Director of the Gallery with approval of the Governor-in-Council.Top
Michael J. Tims, Calgary, Alberta
Appointed Chair of the Board of Trustees on November 22, 2012.
Served as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees from June 18, 2008 to November 22, 2012.
Michael Tims is the Chairman of Peters & Co. Limited, a Canadian investment firm specializing in the oil and gas, oilfield services and energy infrastructure industries.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree (with distinction) from the University of Calgary, a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University, and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Calgary. He is a Chartered Business Valuator.
Mr. Tims has previously served as the Chairman of: the Canadian Investor Protection Fund; the Investment Dealers Association of Canada; the United Way of Calgary and Area; and West Island College (Alberta). He has served on several other not-for-profit boards and was a member of the Wise Persons’ Committee, which studied securities regulation in Canada.
In addition to his involvement with the National Gallery of Canada, Mr. Tims is presently a member of the Management Advisory Council at the Haskayne School of Business of the University of Calgary. He remains active with the United Way, West Island College (Alberta) and with several other not-for-profit organizations.
Mr. Tims was the first recipient of the Management Alumni Excellence (“MAX”) Award from the University of Calgary and was the 2007 recipient of the Distinguished Business Leader Award, presented by the Haskayne School of Business and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. In 2008, he was named “Citizen of the Year” by the City of Calgary in recognition of his long-standing involvement with community, educational and charitable organizations.Top
Harriet E. Walker, Toronto, Ontario
Appointed Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees on April 26, 2013. Served as a Trustee of the Board of Trustees from September 15, 2006 to April 25, 2013.
Harriet Walker is President of the firm Harriet Walker & Affiliates.
Mrs. Walker has been a Governor of the Royal Ontario Museum from 2003 to the present and is the current Chair of the major donors group called the Royal Patrons Circle.
Mrs. Walker is Chair of the Patient Relations Committee of The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
Between 1997 and 2003, she sat as Trustee and as Co-Chair of the Board of the Royal Ontario Museum. She is currently a Governor of the Foundation Board of the Royal Ontario Museum.
In the past, Mrs. Walker has occupied several other functions, including Director of Public Relations at the London Museum of Archaeology, Director of the London Chamber of Commerce, and Vice-Chair of Arts Heritage London. She was Program Consultant to the Royal Visit for the Office of International Relations & Protocol.Top
Paul R. Baay, Calgary, Alberta
Appointed as a Trustee of the Board of Trustees on June 27, 2006; reappointed for a second term, effective June 27, 2009.
Paul Baay is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario with a Bachelor of Arts degree in administrative and commercial studies. With more than 20 years of experience leading oil and gas exploration and production companies, Mr. Baay is currently the Chairman of Touchstone Exploration Inc. and has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2009. He has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vero Energy Inc. since 2005, the Chairman of Veraz Petroleum Ltd. since 2007 and has been a member of the Board of Directors of Millennium Seismic Inc. since 2001.
Prior to Touchstone, Mr. Baay held the position of Managing Director of Abacus Energy, a division of Abacus Private Equity. Until September 2007 he served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of True Energy Inc. a position he held since founding True Energy Inc. in 2000. From 1998 to 2000 he was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Request Seismic Surveys Ltd. and served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Remington Energy Ltd. from 1991 to 1999.
In addition to his involvement with the National Gallery of Canada, Mr. Baay has held a variety of positions within the not-for-profit sector. He is a a Director of the Rundle Mountain Charitable Foundation and a member of the British North American Committee. Mr. Baay has held past positions with the Alberta College of Art and Design (Director), the Calgary Humane Society (Director), the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (Governor), the Canadian Oil and Gas Symposium (Chairman), the Calgary Zoological Society (Director), Junior Achievement of Southern Alberta (Chairman) and the University of Western Ontario Alumni (Calgary Rep.). In 1998, he was chosen by the Financial Post Foundation as one of Canada's Top 40 under 40.Top
Jean-François Béland, Gatineau, Quebec
Appointed as a Trustee of the Board of Trustees on February 10, 2010.
Jean-François Béland is Executive Vice-President at AREVA Canada Inc. He joined AREVA Canada in August 2008 after spending a year at AREVA’s global headquarters in Paris. Prior to that time, Jean-François worked in the Canadian public service and in the Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, where he served as Policy Advisor on Treasury Board and Governance issues.
Mr. Béland is a graduate of the Université de Montréal (B.Sc.), l’École Nationale d’Administration Publique (MPA and graduate diploma in public administration), l’École des Hautes Études Commerciales (graduate diploma in management), Bordeaux Business School (MBA) and l’Université Paris IX Dauphine (M.Sc. Strategic Management). He completed courses towards a Ph.D in Management at l’Université Paris IX Dauphine.
Mr. Béland is Treasurer of the Fondation du College de Montreal and a member of the Investment Committee of the Fondation du CSSS de Gatineau. Jean-François is also on the Board of the Canadian Nuclear Association and is a Member of the Energy Council of Canada.Top
Allan D. Benoit, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Appointed as a Trustee of the Board of Trustees on March 5, 2009.
Allan Benoit holds Masters’ Degrees in Natural Resources Management and Architecture from the University of Manitoba. Mr. Benoit is the owner and Principal of Ahtikaki Consulting Inc., a community development consulting firm for cultural and economic initiatives in Manitoba. Mr. Benoit served as the Coordinator for the Red River Cart Journey (North American Indigenous Games). He also served as Senior Architectural Designer in Toronto, Chairperson for the St. Norbert Parish Métis Council, and as a member of the Métis National Museum Steering Committee in Winnipeg.Top
Guy Bourgeois, Saint-Bruno, Quebec
Appointed as a Trustee of the Board of Trustees on August 4, 2009: reappointed for a second term on October 4, 2012.
Guy Bourgeois is a graduate of the Université de Moncton with a Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) specializing in marketing. He has completed additional studies in advertising at the Université de Montréal.
He is currently the National Director - Marketing Communications for Rogers Wireless, overseeing go-to-market strategies for the Fido brand. He has held various senior positions in branding and advertising since joining the company in 1997.
Guy is also himself an artist, both as an amateur photographer and a digital artist. Over the past 11 years, some of his work has been exhibited at various locations in Montréal, including at O Patro Vys, Quartier électro, the Wilder & Davis Gallery, and at the Université de Montréal.Top
Linda Hutchison, Kentville, Nova Scotia
Appointed as a Trustee of the Board of Trustees on January 29, 2008; reappointed for a second term on March 1, 2012
Linda Hutchison is a committed supporter of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) University, and currently serves as Director of University Relations. She previously served as its interim President and as Vice-Chair of the Board of Governors. She is a long-serving alumni representative on the Board of Governors and the NSCAD Alumni Association.
Ms. Hutchison has a business background that includes design work in the corporate and non-profit sectors and the operation of support services for family physicians. She was also the first foreign artist to hold an exhibition in the province of Ciego de Ávila, Cuba, in the post-revolutionary period. She was invited to speak with the Cuban Union of Artists in the province, lectured and toured art schools in Cuba and was interviewed by Cuban media.
Linda Hutchison is a longstanding volunteer engaged with Visual Arts Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Talent Trust. She has works of art held in the permanent collection of the Nova Scotia Art Bank and Acadia University.
G. Howard Kroon, Calgary, Alberta
Appointed as a Trustee of the Board of Trustees on March 26, 2009; reappointed for a second term on April 25, 2013.
Howard Kroon is a chartered accountant and a graduate from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree and a Master of Arts degree. Until the fall of 2011, he was the long-time President and CEO of Palliser Lumber Sales Ltd, a secondary manufacturer and distributer of wood products.
Mr. Kroon is currently the Executive Advisor / Acting CEO of Fitmetabolism Inc., a premier exercise physiology clinic dedicated to using scientific programming in combination with a passion for people to foster healthy lifestyles. He also recently created a management consultancy firm specializing in executive coaching for CEOs and operational consulting.
Mr. Kroon serves on various boards, including Dynetek Industries Ltd., and is the current president of the Cochrane Minor Hockey Association. Mr. Kroon has also been very active in numerous not-for-profit endeavours, both nationally and internationally.Top
Liza Maheu, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Appointed as a Trustee of the Board of Trustees on March 5, 2009; reappointed for a second term on April 25, 2013.
Liza Maheu is a committed volunteer who combines her strong belief in community service with her passion for the arts and culture.
Ms. Maheu is the Director of the Foundation, Les amis des arts visuels du Manitoba Inc. From 2004 to 2013, Ms. Maheu served as the Executive Director of La Maison des artistes visuels francophones du Manitoba, a centre for contemporary artists from the francophone community in Manitoba. Ms. Maheu previously served as the Marketing Director for the Centre culturel franco-manitobain.
Ms. Maheu’s community service includes serving as a member of: the Advisory Committee for the Women of Distinction Awards for Manitoba, the National Advisory Panel for the Canada Prizes for the Arts and Creativity, and the Board of Directors of the Association des groupes en arts visuels francophones in Ottawa. Additionally, Ms. Maheu has been actively involved with various community activities, including the Festival du Voyageur, Tourisme Riel, and a strong advocate and fundraiser for Saint-Boniface’s Le Jardin de sculptures.
Ms. Maheu holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration.
Marsha Sobey, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia
Appointed as a Trustee of the Board of Trustees on November 1, 2012.
Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick and resident in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia since 1965, Marsha Sobey is a committed volunteer, fundraiser and philanthropist. A teacher by vocation, she spent 22 years in the teaching profession, including several years with Landmark East School in Wolfville, Nova Scotia – a school dedicated to students with learning disabilities.
Ms. Sobey holds a Bachelor of Physical Education degree from Acadia University, a Bachelor of Education degree from Saint Mary’s University and a Master of Education degree from St. Francis Xavier University.
Her extensive volunteer work includes service on numerous boards and committees. Ms. Sobey is presently a Governor on the Board of Governors of Saint Mary’s University and a Director of the Children’s Wish Foundation in Nova Scotia. She is also the Chair of Pace and Leadership Gifts for the Canadian Cancer Society’s $17 million dollar Daffodil Place Capital Campaign, a fundraising drive to expand Daffodil Place: The Lodge that Gives, a residence for cancer patients and families who travel for treatment. She previously served as a Director on The Sobey Foundation Board of Directors.
In her spare time, Ms. Sobey is an award-winning, national level competitive curler.
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Wind more dense in South Africa ?
Hmmm, I dont think so, not much...
But if it feels more powered, there could be other reasons, but I can not see why the density should be that different.
The air is mid day around 27C (80F) in the summer (now) and of course the density is lower if warmer, but I doubt that it would make that big an impact.
As the water is colder, the air might be less than 27C, true, but even if the air is 15C warmer in other countries (around 40C maybe), the difference is only 4-5 % in density thus 4-5 % difference in power and lift too.
So if you are talking about this difference 3-5% max, you are right
I think it is mostly because it is windier out on the water in Capetown, as simple as that.
Because it is fully sideshore, the wind is quite low over the land, but lots as soon as out in the break
Waveriding is typical with 4-8m2 kites every day in this area, and half the time the months we have been there, with 5-6m2 (for 80kg riders)
Occasionally on low wind days, you might be able to ride with a big 9m2 kite, in waves, but quite rare down there.
So air temperature can be felt, for sure - but IMO not a huge difference from CT to other countries...
Comparing winther (0C) to high summer (30C) is an easy difference to feel, as this is around10% in density difference, which means a 10m2 instead of an 11m2 has the same power.
But the difference sometimes feels a lot bigger than that, because (here) the wind is way more gusty and changing in the winther - and more steady in the summer.
So we get the impression, that the wind is much "harder" so to speak
Just some thoughts and observations.
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Songfacts®: You can leave comments about the song at the bottom of the page.
Neil Peart ("Roll The Bones Radio Special"): "Roll The Bones' is the perfect title, because through all of the thoughts that I go through on the album, about all these nasty things that happen, and all these terrible things that could happen to you: a drunk in a stolen car could run over you on your way home tomorrow night, and you could have the best-laid plans for what you want to do, but there's still that element of chance that it could all go wrong. But the bottom line of that is, "Take the chance, roll the bones." If it's a random universe, and that's terrifying and it makes you neurotic and everything, never mind. You really have to just take the chance or else nothing's going to happen. The bad thing might not happen but the good thing won't happen either, so that's really the only choice you have."
Geddy Lee (October 1991): "I guess that track is something that was influenced by more of the spoken word stuff that is going on, although I can't sit here and say I'm a fan of rap. I like some rap things, but a lot of I don't like. I think there's some of it that's really well done - there are some clever people out there. But it's also not a new influence. People are talking about rap music like it's something new - it's not new at all. It's been around for over a decade, if not always in one form. And there are songs, like "Territories", where we have used a similar kind of thing, although it was never related to rap because it wasn't the music of the moment - so we have used spoken word sections before."
Peart (1991): "The song Roll the Bones is full of any number of little decisions that I had to make about what I thought, and how best to express them and how to introduce the idea that yes we do have free will and yes we do have choices, and yes our choices do affect the way our fates turn out. But at the same time, there are always these wild cards that are going to come along, sometimes tragically, sometimes triumphantly. The motto comes down to 'Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst'."
Geddy Lee (October 1991): "This one is written more from Neil's point of view. The lyrics were written very much in concert with contemporary rap music: the way the words react against each other and the structures form more in sympathy with what's going on in a contemporary rap way. To a degree we are having fun with that. We couldn't make up our minds really if we wanted to be influenced by rap or satirize it, so I think that song kind of falls between the cracks and in the end I think it came out to be neither, it came out to be something that is very much us."
Neil Peart ("Roll The Bones Radio Special"): "Yeah, that started off as a lyrical experiment for me; I was hearing some of the better rap writers, among whom I would include like LL Cool J or Public Enemy, musicality apart, just as writers, it was really interesting. And it struck me that it must be a lot of fun to do that; all those internal rhymes and all that wordplay and everything. That's meat and potatoes for a lyricist; it's stuff you love to do and can seldom get away with being so cute in a rock song. So I thought, "Well, I'll give it a try," and I submitted actually I think the song "Roll The Bones" without that section to the other guys and got them to like it, and said, "Well, I have this other thing I've been working on, and see what you think." You know, not knowing how they'd respond, but I'd had the fun of doing it and I've been rejected before; my notebook's full of things that haven't made it too, so that was the situation there. And they got excited about the idea, but then how to treat it was the other question, and we did think of trying to get a real rapper in to do it, and we even experimented with female voices, and ultimately found that that treated version of Geddy's voice was the most satisfying as creating the persona that we wanted to get across, and was also the most satisfying to listen to. And with the female voice in it, it wasn't as nice texturally going by, where Geddy's voice treated like that became a nice low frequency sound, and you could listen to it just as a musical passage without having to key in on the lyrics or anything, just let the song go by you. And it was pleasant to the ear, so I think that was probably one of the big factors in choosing that. We'd even been in contact with people like Robby Robertson; we thought we'd like to try his voice on it and had contacted his office, and so on. John Cleese we thought of; we were going to do it as a joke version, get John Cleese in it: "Jack, relax." Get him to camp it up, but again from the musicality and longevity factors, that would have got tired quickly; that's the trouble with jokes." (thanks, Mike - Mountlake Terrace, Washington, for all above)
The "rap" parts are the electronically-enhanced voice of Geddy Lee. Rupert Hine
, who produced the track, explained: "After initially wanting a variety of 'famous voices' for that part (the final favourite of which was John Cleese) we finally decided that it should be less of a 'cameo role' and more 'self-contained.' Geddy asked me to do it, but after some experimentation we managed to effect his own voice to achieve a similar apparent depth."
Richard explains how Joe Walsh kickstarted his career, and why he chose Hazard, Nebraska for a hit.
Mike Love of The Beach Boys
The lead singer/lyricist of The Beach Boys talks about coming up with the words for "Good Vibrations," "Fun, Fun, Fun," "Kokomo" and other classic songs.
Dean wrote the screenplay and lyrics to all the songs in Footloose
. His other hits include "Fame" and "All The Man That I Need."
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Recycling is worth the extra clutter
My wife, Kay, and I live in a green house.
No, I don’t mean our house is painted green. That would be awful. I mean that over the past year or so, we have been recycling. This Thursday is Earth Day, and it made me think a little bit about all of the work we have been doing when it comes to recycling, in an attempt to do our part to help clean up the earth.
Now, when I say that we’ve been recycling, I am using that term very loosely. To legitimately be recycling, that would mean that Kay and I were actually making trips to the recycling center in West Branch to drop off our recycling. No, in reality we are being very careful to separate all of our recyclable things from our garbage, and then storing it in our home for months at a time without actually taking it anywhere.
So now, in our guest bathroom and entryway, we have approximately six months worth of newspaper and cardboard, just sitting in bags waiting to be taken to the recycling center. They’re starting to really get in the way. But not quite enough yet to get me to load them in the car and take them to the recycling center.
That’s the problem with recycling. It’s great for the environment, and I’m all for that, but it requires so much extra work to do that good deed.
And people have tried for years to give us some sort of incentive to get us to recycle. Such is the case with the bottle deposit, where you get 10 cents back for every bottle you take back.
Only that’s not really true, because you only get that 10 cents back on bottles that held a carbonated beverage. Why? Who made this decision? Is there some sort of different makeup in the plastic used in bottles for non-carbonated beverages that causes us not to be able to recycle them?
And it’s not just that you can’t get 10 cents for non-carbonated beverage bottles, they won’t even accept them. Have you ever tried to take them to a bottle return? They won’t allow it.
But my point is that even though they are essentially paying you to return your old bottles, many people still don’t bother to do it. In fact, they’re not even paying you, they’re charging you 10 cents extra when you purchase the beverage, and then allowing you to get your money back (if the stupid machine actually accepts the bottle) if you recycle, and people still won’t do it. In essence, they’re telling us that if we don’t recycle, they’re going to steal 10 cents per bottle from us.
And many people are OK with that, because they don’t want to take the extra effort to recycle.
It’s a lot easier to toss your recyclable objects in the trashcan. There are trashcans everywhere — not so many recycle bins. Not to mention, if you throw them in your own trash, all you have to do is put it at the curb each week, and the trash fairies will come by while you are at work and take it away, leaving you an empty trashcan.
I’m sure a lot more people would be willing to recycle if they could just take it to the curb.
But the thing we must all remember is that all it takes is a little bit of extra effort to help save the planet and help keep it clean. Landfills are filling up everywhere, and there’s no need to throw away things that can be reused or recycled.
So take a few extra minutes this week around Earth Day, and take a trip to the recycling center with your recyclable items.
And let’s not let it stop there. We should all make an extra effort all year long to recycle. Even if it means bags of recycling cluttering up your house for a few weeks before you can get to the recycling center.
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December 06, 2012
By HAMZA HENDAWI and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press
Egypt descended into political turmoil on Wednesday over the constitution drafted by Islamist allies of President Mohammed Morsi, and at least 211 people were wounded as supporters and opponents battled each other with firebombs, rocks and sticks outside the presidential palace.
Four more presidential aides resigned in protest over Morsi's handling of the crisis, and a key opponent of the Islamist president likened Morsi's rule to that of ousted authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak.
Both sides were digging in for a long struggle, with the opposition vowing more protests and rejecting any dialogue unless the charter is rescinded, and Morsi pressing relentlessly forward with plans for a Dec. 15 constitutional referendum.
"The solution is to go to the ballot box," declared Mahmoud Ghozlan, a spokesman for Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, asserting the charter was "the best constitution Egypt ever had."
The clashes outside the presidential palace in Cairo's Heliopolis district marked an escalation in the deepening crisis. It was the first time supporters of rival camps fought each other since last year's anti-Mubarak uprising, when the authoritarian leader's loyalists sent sword-wielding supporters on horses and camels into Cairo's Tahrir square in what became one of the uprising's bloodiest days.
The large scale and intensity of the fighting marked a milestone in Egypt's rapidly entrenched schism, pitting Morsi's Brotherhood and ultra-conservative Islamists in one camp, against liberals, leftists and Christians in the other.
The violence spread to other parts of the country later Wednesday. Anti-Morsi protesters stormed and set ablaze the Brotherhood offices in Suez and Ismailia, east of Cairo, and there were clashes in the industrial city of Mahallah and the province of Menoufiyah in the Nile Delta north of the capital.
Compounding Morsi's woes, four of his advisers resigned, joining two other members of his 17-member advisory panel who have abandoned him since the crisis began.
Mohamed ElBaradei, a leading opposition reform advocate, said Morsi's rule was "no different" than Mubarak's.
"In fact, it is perhaps even worse," the Nobel Peace Prize laureate told a news conference after he accused the president's supporters of a "vicious and deliberate" attack on peaceful demonstrators outside the palace.
"Cancel the constitutional declarations, postpone the referendum, stop the bloodshed, and enter a direct dialogue with the national forces," he wrote on his Twitter account, addressing Morsi.
"History will give no mercy and the people will not forget."
The opposition is demanding that Morsi rescind the decrees giving him nearly unrestricted powers and shelve the controversial draft constitution the president's Islamist allies rushed through last week in a marathon, all-night session shown live on state TV.
Speaking at NATO in Brussels, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the unrest shows the urgent need for dialogue between Morsi's government and opposing voices on a constitutional path going forward.
"We call on all stakeholders in Egypt to settle their differences through democratic dialogue and we call on Egypt's leaders to ensure that the outcome protects the democratic promise of the revolution for all of Egypt's citizens," she said.
The huge scale of the opposition protests has dealt a blow to the legitimacy of the new charter, which Morsi's opponents contend allows religious authorities too much influence over legislation, threatens to restrict freedom of expression and opens the door to Islamist control over day-to-day life.
In addition, the country's powerful judges say they will not take on their customary role of overseeing the referendum. Zaghloul el-Balshi, secretary general of the state committee organizing the referendum, said on the private Al-Hayat television that he would not go ahead with preparations for the vote until the fighting stopped and Morsi rescinded his decrees.
The country's new attorney general, a Morsi appointee, hit back, ordering an investigation of Ahmed El-Zind, chairman of the judges' union that is spearheading the call for a boycott.
The December 5 clashes began when thousands of Morsi's Islamist supporters descended on an area near the presidential palace where some 300 of his opponents were staging a sit-in. The Islamists, members of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood, chased the protesters away from their base outside the palace's main gate and tore down their tents.
The protesters scattered into side streets, where they chanted anti-Morsi slogans as the Islamists shouted, "The people demand the implementation of God's law!"
After a brief lull, hundreds of Morsi opponents arrived and began throwing firebombs at the president's backers, who responded with rocks. The clashes continued well after nightfall and spread from the immediate vicinity of the palace to residential streets nearby.
The deployment of hundreds of riot police did not stop the fighting. The police later fired tear gas to disperse Morsi's opponents. Volunteers ferried the wounded on motorcycles to waiting ambulances, which rushed them to hospitals.
"I voted for Morsi to get rid of Hosni Mubarak. I now regret it," Nadia el-Shafie yelled at Brotherhood supporters on a side street.
"God is greater than you! Don't think this power or authority will add anything to you. God made this revolution, not you!" the tearful woman said as she was led away from the crowd of Islamists.
"May God protect Egypt and its president," read a banner hoisted atop a truck brought by the Islamists, as a man using a loudspeaker recited verses from the Quran.
"We came to support the president. We feel there is a legitimacy that someone is trying to rob," said Rabi Mohammed, a Brotherhood supporter. "People are rejecting democratic principles using thuggery."
The Islamists portrayed their attack on opposition protesters as defense of the revolution.
The clashes, said top Brotherhood leader Essam el-Erian, pitted "those who are protecting the legitimacy and the revolution against the counterrevolution and coup plotters."
Vice President Mahmoud Mekki called for a dialogue with the opposition to reach a consensus on disputed articles of the constitution, which he put at 15 out of a total of 234. The referendum must go ahead, he said, adding that he was acting in a personal capacity, not on behalf of Morsi.
Speaking to reporters, ElBaradei said there would be no dialogue unless Morsi rescinded his decrees and shelved the draft constitution.
Asked to comment on Mekki's offer, he said: "With all due respect, we don't deal with personal initiatives. If there is a genuine desire for dialogue, the offer must come from President Morsi."
Morsi's Nov. 22 decrees were followed last week by the constitutional panel pushing through the draft constitution without the participation of liberal and Christian members. Only four women, all Islamists, attended the session.
If the referendum goes ahead as scheduled and the draft constitution is adopted, elections for parliament's lawmaking lower chamber will be held in February.
November 29, 2012
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press
Attorneys for Florida A&M University on Wednesday asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the family of a drum major who died last year after being hazed by fellow band members, claiming Robert Champion was a willing participant in the ritual.
University attorney Richard Mitchell said Champion wasn't forced to board a bus parked outside an Orlando hotel where the hazing took place. He was an adult able to make his own decisions at age 26, and he had risen through the ranks of the famed Marching 100 band without taking part in hazing until that fateful night in November 2011, Mitchell said.
Champion’s willingness to take part in an illegal act gives the university immunity from the wrongful death lawsuit, Mitchell said.
“Robert Champion knew exactly what he was doing,” he said. “If Mr. Champion had not gotten on that bus, he would not have been hazed.”
Circuit Judge Walter Komanski didn't immediately issue a ruling.
Champion’s parents filed a lawsuit contending university officials did not take action to stop hazing even though a school dean had proposed suspending the Marching 100 band just days before their son died. The lawsuit also alleges that school officials fell short in enforcing anti-hazing policies.
An attorney for Champion’s family asked the judge to allow a jury to decide who was responsible for Champion’s death.
“A jury needs to decide how to allocate responsibility for the death of Mr. Champion,” said lawyer Kenneth Bell. “Please allow that to be heard.”
Champion’s parents, Robert and Pamela Champion of Decatur, Ga., rejected a $300,000 settlement offer from the university earlier this month. An attorney for the family, Chris Chestnut, said no further talks are taking place.
Ten FAMU band members face felony hazing charges in the case, while two others face misdemeanor counts. They have pleaded not guilty. Hazing that involves bodily harm is a third-degree felony in Florida.
“This is a commonsense case. It’s complex but common sense,” Chestnut said after the hearing. “There is a clear history of hazing at FAMU.”
Champion’s parents also are suing the bus company that operated the bus on which the hazing took place, as well as its driver. An attorney for the bus driver said her duty to protect the students ended when she dropped them off at the hotel.
An attorney for the bus company told the judge that Champion’s participation relieved them of liability.
“It is not an issue of whether he was a participant in hazing,” said Dick Ford, an attorney for Fabulous Coach Lines. “He certainly was a participant in hazing.”
George Zimmerman plans to step up fundraising to pay for his expenses while he awaits trial for fatally shooting 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
The former neighborhood watch leader’s attorney said Wednesday that Zimmerman plans to launch the New George Zimmerman Defense Fund next month.
Donors will receive “thank you” cards individually signed by Zimmerman.
Attorney Mark O’Mara said an existing fund has raised $140,000 since last May, but the money it is running a bit low.
Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and claims the shooting was self-defense under the state’s “stand your ground” law.
A trial is set for June, but a “stand your ground hearing” could be held by April.
By JULIE PACE and
President Barack Obama will host his former political rival Mitt Romney for a private lunch at the White House Thursday, their first meeting since the election.
Obama promised in his victory speech earlier this month to engage with Romney following their bitter campaign and consider the Republican’s ideas.
“In the weeks ahead, I also look forward to sitting down with Gov. Romney to talk about where we can work together to move this country forward,” Obama said at the time.
Obama aides said they reached out to Romney’s team shortly before Thanksgiving to start working on a date for the meeting. The two men will meet in the White House’s private dining room, with no press coverage expected.
In the days after his loss, Romney told top donors that the president was re-elected because of the “gifts” Obama provided to blacks, Hispanics and young voters, all of which are core Obama constituencies.
“The president’s campaign, if you will, focused on giving targeted groups a big gift,” Romney said.
Many Republican officials, eager to move on quickly after the loss, disputed Romney’s comments and urged the party to focus on being more inclusive.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Obama was looking forward to having a “useful discussion” with his former competitor. But he said there was no formal agenda for the lunch.
While in Washington, Romney will also meet with his former running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, according to a Romney campaign aide. Ryan is back on Capitol Hill, where he’s involved in negotiations to avert a series of automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts that have come to be known as the “fiscal cliff.”
Much of that debate centers on expiring tax cuts first passed by George W. Bush. Obama and Romney differed sharply during the campaign over what to do with the cuts, with the Republican pushing for them to be extended for all income earners and the president running on a pledge to let the cuts expire for families making more than $250,000 a year.
The White House sees Obama’s victory as a signal that Americans support his tax proposals.
Obama and Romney’s sit-down Thursday will likely be their most extensive private meeting ever. The two men had only a handful of brief exchanges before the 2012 election.
Even after their political fates became intertwined, their interactions were largely confined to the three presidential debates.
Romney has virtually disappeared from politics following his loss in the Nov. 6 election. He's spent the last three weeks largely in seclusion at his family's southern California home. He has made no public appearances, drawing media attention only after being photographed at Disneyland in addition to stops at the movies and the gym with his wife, Ann.
Former aides confirm that Romney is expected to move into an office at the Boston-area venture capital firm Solamere Capital. The firm was founded by his oldest son, Tagg Romney, and Spencer Zwick, who served as his presidential campaign’s national finance chairman.
It’s unclear what role, if any, Romney will play at the firm. Former aides said Romney was subletting office space from Solamere.
November 22, 2012
Grand Polemarch Randall C. Bacon Laurel Wreath Laureate devoted member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Los Angeles Alumni, Western Region has died. He served over 55 years in numerous leadership positions in the fraternal organization while simultaneously extending his exemplary visionary leadership in the field of Public Administration with the County of Los Angeles, County of San Diego and the City of Los Angeles.
“Randall Bacon was an outstanding public servant in the city of Los Angeles where he served as general manager of the Department of General Services,” recalls Assemblyman Mike Davis, vice chair, California Legislative Black Caucus.
He was also a leader in the American Society for Public Administration in the city of Los Angeles and was national president of the Forum of Black Administrators and various organizations throughout the nation,” remarked Assemblyman Davis.
The Celebration of Life is scheduled for Friday, November 23 at Angelus Funeral Home, 3875 South Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. 90008. The public viewing is between 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., Omega Ceremony (Closed to the Public) 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., Family Tribute 8:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
On Saturday, November 24 the Funeral Church Service is at 11:00 a.m. at First African Methodist Episcopal Church (FAME) of Los Angeles, 2270 South Harvard Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90018. Interment is at Inglewood Park Cemetery, 720 E. Florence Ave., Inglewood, CA 90301. Immediately after services there will be a repast celebration at the Los Angeles Kappa Kastle, 1846 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019.
The Bacon family asks that in lieu of cards, flowers and gifts, please consider making a donation in his name to help further champion the causes and organizations that he so passionately cared about – health and education. The memorial fund is being administered by the General Manager of the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation Inc.
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The downsides are huge, though: higher federal spending, new taxes on life-saving medical devices, a vast grant of discretionary authority to the executive branch, and subsidies designed in a way that punishes lower-middle-class people.
It didn't have to be that way. We could and should have increased coverage with a much less government-centered law.
We could have changed tax and regulatory policies to foster a national market in individually purchased insurance, while creating well-funded risk pools to cover people with pre-existing conditions. That would have cost much less and ceded less power to bureaucrats.
Obama says the law cuts "wasteful" Medicare spending. All it does is pursue strategies - tighter price controls, government-funded research on effective practices, pilot programs - that have failed for decades.
And that's the best thing Obama has done on entitlements - indeed, the only thing he has even proposed while in office.
He has been trashing promising ideas such as improving Medicare's efficiency by letting insurers compete for beneficiaries' dollars. Many Democrats have supported that approach.
Paul Ryan's proposal for addressing the country's debt challenge has its flaws. But to attack it while advancing no alternative is to abdicate leadership.
These aren't the only reasons to oppose Obama's re-election. There is also his pattern of rewriting laws to suit his preferences when Congress doesn't oblige him - something he has done on immigration, welfare and health care.
Then there are his positions on abortion and the courts, which many people abhor.
His conviction that his mere presence in the Oval Office would alter the conduct of other countries to America's benefit now seems like vanity rather than a sound foreign policy.
It's remarkable to watch a president run for re-election without discussing his plans or the elements of his record.
The stimulus and the health care bill are two of Obama's most consequential policies, and Americans could be paying for them for a very long time.
They are only footnotes to Obama's campaign.
They ought to be his political epitaph.
Ponnuru, a senior editor at National Review, is a Bloomberg View columnist.
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Stafford Hospital neglect examined
Patients left in soiled sheets, others crying out in pain and some so dehydrated they drank from flower vases,
The inquiry looked at how failures in care were allowed to happen by managers and regulators at a hospital where, between 2005 and 2009. there were hundreds more deaths than expected.
In his report Sir Robert Francis QC has found there were failings from the top to the bottom of the NHS. The 1,781-page study catalogues missed opportunities at every turn to put a stop to the neglect.
But why did it take so long to get to this point, when the alarm was first raised by Terry Deighton, a member of a local patients' group, more than six years ago?
In 2006, Mr Deighton decided to carry out an inspection of hygiene standards at the hospital and found "shocking" conditions at A&E.'Left in disgust'
He said: "The area itself was dirty , there were hypodermic needles and dressings on the floor where patients were going in and out."
He wrote a report expecting the patients' group, the PPI , to demand urgent action from the hospital - but nothing was done.
End Quote Helene Donnelly Nurse
I saw people dying in very, very undignified situations which could've been avoided”
"There was the fear the report would cause friction between the hospital and the PPI and they felt the report should be watered down."
Mr Deighton ignored them and went straight to the hospital's chief executive, Martin Yeates.
"He didn't like it and his view was that I had exaggerated. I only had about seven or eight minutes with him and I left in disgust," Mr Deighton said.
At the same time, a nurse at the hospital, Helene Donnelly, was also trying to raise the alarm about A&E.
She said: "I saw people dying in very, very undignified situations which could've been avoided.
"They weren't just one-offs now and again; they were relatively frequent."'Didn't want to know'
She asked managers to take action but they told her to fill out an incident form if she had a concern.
During her six years in A&E she submitted nearly 100 such forms.
"I had no indication these were read; managers were just not listening and didn't want to know," she said.
She said the hospital, at that time, was cutting costs so it could meet government targets to become a foundation hospital trust.
It was awarded foundation status on 1 February 2008.
The health secretary at that time, Labour's Alan Johnson, denied that political pressure had an affect on hospital care.
He said: "That suggests that the chief executive was right to cut staff and put receptionists on triage nursing because he was under so much pressure.
"I don't accept that at all: it was disgracefully poor management at the hospital."
End Quote Dr Heather Wood
Nurses who didn't understand cardiac monitors and were annoyed by their bleeping actually switched them off”
In early 2007, the Dr Foster research group published findings that Mid Staffordshire Hospital Trust had the fourth highest death rates in England.
Professor Sir Brian Jarman from the group said instead of trying to find out why, hospital managers questioned the figures.
He said: "Their reaction was to employ some academics to try to discredit us, which was frustrating.
"It was frustrating to not to be able to go there and explain to them what the problem was and over that period, those months, more people were dying in their hundreds."
In September 2007, 86-year-old Bella Bailey died at Stafford Hospital after being admitted with a hernia.
Her daughter Julie Bailey said she had witnessed "appalling standards of care", and wrote a letter to a local newspaper asking for other people's experiences.
Ms Bailey said the response was "overwhelming" and led to her setting up the Cure the NHS campaign group.
- May 2008: Healthcare Commission (HCC) begins its investigation into unusually high death rates
- October 2008: HCC demands Stafford Hospital takes immediate action to improve A&E department
- 3 March 2009: Hospital chief exec Martin Yeates and chairman Toni Brisby resign days before HCC report published
- 18 March 2009: HCC report published. Then Health Secretary Alan Johnson apologies for hospital's failings and establishes two independent investigations
- June 2010: Following public campaigning, Prime Minister David Cameron launches first public inquiry into Stafford Hospital
- July 2010: Robert Francis QC holds first hearing
- Nov 2010: Mr Francis makes opening statement and inquiry begins
- December 2011: Inquiry ends
"I just wanted to stop what was going on in the hospital and after the first meeting, we realised that the problems at the hospital were more than just our own experiences."
After 18 months of campaigning by local people, the Healthcare Commission (HCC) carried out a surprise inspection of A&E at Stafford Hospital, leading to a damning report which was published in March 2009.
Dr Heather Wood, who worked at the HCC at that time, said: "Virtually everywhere we looked on the emergency department, medical wards or the surgical wards, problems were there.
"We had a situation where nurses who didn't understand cardiac monitors, and were annoyed by their bleeping, actually switched them off."
Dr Wood said Mr Yeates was "shocked" by their findings. He resigned three days before the publication of the report.
Since that report, politicians have made a number of recommendations to prevent another scandal on the scale of Stafford Hospital.
Now the findings of the inquiry will bring in a whole new series of measures for the NHS and its staff.
Julie Bailey said her campaigning would not stop until those recommendations were "successfully implemented".
She said: "I hear complaints every day, some not dissimilar to what my mum suffered.
"There aren't those systemic failures but on an individual basis and that's got to stop because my mum didn't die in vain."
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The Tenth Amendment Center sent the following:
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on SB0250 earlier this week, Tennessee state Senator Brian Kelsey played the role of historian and constitutional expert. He lectured bill sponsor Sen. Mae Beavers, fellow committee members and the large crowd gathered in the chamber on the history of nullification and the structure of the Constitution itself.
Judging by his delivery, with his occasional condescending chuckles while “educating” people during the hearing, you’d think that Kelsey had spent years studying these important subjects and was some kind of expert. But based on the substance of his arguments and the endless litany of historical errors in his statements, it’s seems he might as well have learned about the Constitution in Chicago…from a certain lecturer named Obama.
I actually have to give the guy some credit for his ability to stuff so many misstatements and historical untruths into such a short amount of time.
Do-Or-Die for Bills to Nullify Federal Gun Laws in TennesseeLast week, Senate Bill 250 (SB0250), the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act, was heard in the Senate Judicary committee, where Brian Kelsey presented a number of false historical statements and convinced other committee members to delay a vote on the bill.
A new hearing has been scheduled – and a hearing for the House companion bill has been scheduled as well. Your phone calls are needed right now to ensure that this bill can move forward. If the bill does not get out of committee, it dies.
SB0250 was introduced by Tennessee State Senator Mae Beavers, and HB0248 was introduced by Representative Sheila Butt. If passed, the bill would stop federal gun restrictions within the State. It would nullify federal attempts to “ban, regulate, or restrict…ownership, transfer, possession, or manufacture of a firearm, a firearm accessory, or ammunition” within the State of Tennessee.
Hearings will be held in both the House and Senate on Wednesday, 02-27-13
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Presidential Tracker: "Show Me the Money"
Over the past month, President Barack Obama’s state visits and events have correlated with typical general election campaign strategy –formulated around our winner-take-all rules for allocating electoral votes. Although political calculations of course don’t govern all travel decisions by a president, they are clearly factors (just as evidence shows they were in 2003-2004, when George Bush ran for re-election without a primary opponent).
Under these rules, swing states are often prime for public events, same-party “safe” states are frequented for fundraising and most opposing-party “safe” states are ignored. The White House today continues to show this pattern. For example, since the last Presidential Tracker update on Sept. 14th, President Obama has visited the following nine states, according to the Washington Post. They are:
· New York (safely Democratic, good for fundraising)
· Ohio (swing state)
· Washington (leans Democratic, good for fundraising)
· California (safely Democratic, good for fundraising)
· Colorado (swing state)
· Missouri (leans Republican, but within reach)
· Texas (safely Republican)
· Pennsylvania (swing state)
· Florida (swing state)
These nine states comprise an insightful mixture of “safely” Democratic states, swing states and one traditionally Republican, but very wealthy state. When we look closer at the type of events held in each, the reasons for those visits (and how they fit into the winner-take-all dominated campaign strategy) make a lot more sense.
Based on our analysis, New York, California and Washington are all considered blue states. New York and California are safely Democratic, while Washington State is leaning Democratic. Both New York and Washington saw two campaign fundraising events in the last month. California, on the other hand, had a total of five fundraising events in just two days.
Swing states top the list as most visited in the past month. Ohio, Colorado and Pennsylvania each received a public event visit, while fundraisers were the only events in Florida and Missouri. These five swing states will most likely receive more attention as time passes.
Then there is Texas. In Texas, two public events and two fundraisers were held – all in one day. Although this type of visit could mean that the Obama campaign believes the Latino vote in Texas could turn the state blue , it’s more likely the fact that this big state earns special attention for its wealth and importance for the national economy.
In all, trips to these nine states over the past month consisted of 22 total events: seven public events and fifteen fundraisers. Clearly, it is still the fundraising time of campaign season, but it’s also a time of increased swing state visits – visits that will only increase in number as time goes on.
Unfortunately, this special focus on certain states is a result of the current winner-take-all rule in states governing how they allocate electoral votes. New York, holding the number one spot for most events held, experienced its 46th event this month (money and size sure can talk even when your state doesn’t matter in general elections!) Meanwhile, 10 other states have never seen a targeted visit by the President since he took office. The map below shows this disparity among state visits, totaling event visits since January of 2009.
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Right. My patient (30 year old female) has contradictory beliefs and feelings, which seems to be a pattern used in many interactions with women. On one hand she feels guilty and responsible for well-being of another person (sister, mother-in-law, friends, etc), and in the same time she feels angry that those people are not supposed to demand anything from her. She describes that she feels as a victim (feeling traped, guilty, etc) of others' needs, but is also seen as offender (those women show her that she is the cause of their discomfort). Example: While she is the person who calls, visits and listen everything is fine (being in the same time angry that she's doing the things she doesn't like), but when she deals with her own life and doesn't call she recieves a call/sms/e-mail, which says how bad person she is, that she doesn't care for the feeling of significant others, that the person was waiting for her call and couldn't do something... Magdalena
When my patient was trying to get any feedback from those person on what they expect from her none of such demands appeard.
So- feeling guilty and angry, being responsible, denied expectations from others with strong sense that they exist.
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Goldfinches & Hummingbirds #4
About the hummingbirds, it has been such a strange winter that if you live in the South, now may be a good time to put the hummingbird feeders up.
I already have one out.
Addendum, LowerCal added an interesting link about hummingbirds that stay over winter. (#4)
Now the Goldfinchs. These are my favorite birds. They come through here in their winter colors, start changing to bright yellow and move on up north.
When I lived up north it was wonderful to see the bright yellow birds clinging to stems of purple thistle flowers and eating the seeds.
I liked these birds so much that once I spent nearly a weeks pay on a porcelin goldfinch figurine.
(Still have it 20 some years later).
Someone also sent me a collectable plate with goldfinches on it. It's in the glass front "treasure' cabinent.
But still my favorite goldfinchs are the ones I see outside. Here are this years pictures of goldfinchs in their transition colors.
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“It’s universality is obvious. Who among us, sometime in his life, hasn’t shared living quarters with another human being?…The play represented everyone in the world, including, I imagine, astronauts in space for weeks at a time.”
Neil Simon on his play/screenplay The Odd Couple
While my post on Scent of a Woman showed a movie that was first based on a character, In Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple, the initial inspiration seems based more on a situation. Of course, the characters were part of what made the situation interesting, so maybe it’s unfair to divorce the two. Speaking of divorce…
“Anyone who has ever read anything about my career probably knows the oft-told story of how The Odd Couple was born. The birth was the result of the union of my brother Danny and his friend Roy Gerber, an agent, who in the early sixties, were each divorced. They decided to move in together to save expenses., helping to defray the cost of alimony, which they were both paying. What inevitably happened to these two roommates is that the fights and squabbles they had recently left behind, after their marital breakups, suddenly resurfaced in their own new relationship in the apartment they now shared. The odd thing about this off couple was that Roy and Danny were having the same problems with each other as they did with their wives. Perhaps worse. The point being that if you have annoying traits, habits and idiosyncrasies, you bring them with you no matter where you go. Felix (my brother Danny) was the stereotypical ‘housewife,’ who puffs up the cushions immediately after someone gets up from a chair or tells you to eat your slice of pizza over the dish to avoid leaving crumbs on the floor. Oscar (Roy Gerber) was the complete opposite. He would rather leave crumbs on the floor well past the following Christmas than to get out a vacuum clearer, which was probably broken from lack of use. Hence an idea was born.”
Introduction by Neil Simon in The Odd Couple I & II The Original Screenplays
Neil’s brother Danny was a gifted comedy writer who worked alongside people like Jackie Gleason, Red Buttons,Buddy Hackett, Carl Reiner and Larry Gilbert (Tootise). He was eight years older than Neil and taught Neil a lot about writing. He taught others as well.
“I learned a few things on my own since, and modified some of the things he taught me, but everything, unequivocally, that I learned about comedy writing I learned from Danny Simon.”
Back in the 80s & 90s Danny gave workshops on comedy writing. I met him once in L.A. and wanted to attend his workshop but didn’t for one reason or another. But I have always wonder what kind of things he covered in the workshop. Can’t find out much about it online, either. But if anybody did, I’d love to hear about it. Danny did the workshop for 15 years so I’d surprised if there isn’t a book of material or some CDs kicking around somewhere.
Danny originally started to write what became The Odd Couple but couldn’t get past the 14 page mark. Danny later told the Post, ”Neil thought it was the greatest idea ever and kept calling me up every four weeks to see how the play was coming, But I kept looking for excuses not to write it.” He eventually told his brother, ”Doc, I’ll never get around to writing this play. You better take it.”
Neil took it and ran and it became Neil’s most preformed play. In the last year it’s probably played somewhere near where you lived. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Art Carney, Tony Randall and Jack Klugman are just a few of the hundreds of actors who have played Felix and Oscar. Sally Struthers and Rita Moreno were the original Broadway cast of The Female Odd Couple. There were other spin-offs as well such as The New Odd Couple and even an animated series. Neil reportedly paid Danny 10% of the royalties from the play.
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-1973) was a groundbreaking gospel singer and musician, who paved the way for the popularity of rock ‘n’ roll and influenced Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, among many others.
Tharpe’s biographer, Gayle Wald, found some of the singer’s contemporaries who were willing to talk off the record about her bisexuality; one fellow musician claimed to have walked in on Tharpe and two other women in bed together during her “honeymoon tour” right after her third wedding in 1951.
Wald writes, “The circulation of this and other lore indicated that the gospel world had its own legends of outlaw identities and behaviors: of sissy men and bulldagger women, of philandering evangelists and pilfering prophets, of hypocrites who boozed up backstage before singing in front of the curtain about the virtues of holy living. For homosexuals in her audiences, rumors about Rosetta’s sexuality might have been liberating, an invitation to look for tell-tale signs of affirmation of their own veiled existence.”
Source: Gayle F. Wald, Shout Sister Shout! The Untold Story of Rock-n-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Beacon Press, 2007.
After the war Decca paired her with Marie Knight, a sanctified shouter with a strong contralto and a more subdued style than Tharpe. In their hit, “Up Above My Head”, Knight provided the response to Tharpe in traditional call and response format, then took the role that would have been assigned to a bass in a male quartet after Tharpe’s solo. It has been reported that it was an “open secret”, in show business circles that Knight and Tharpe were lovers.
with Marie Knight
why the weird glow/blurring on his lovely face?
“Wow look at all that fur!” I said as Pavel was getting undressed.
“Yeah I know,” he said proudly. “I’m letting it grow out. I want to see how hairy I can get!”
He was definitely looking very studly. Even his beard was nice and thick!
Dane looked over and nodded. “I don’t have much hair on my chest,” he said, rubbing his pecs. “But I’m growing in a beard!”
The two of them were getting along really well. And I could tell both of them were horny!
Some photos of Deon’s friend, during Mardi Gras in New Orleans, wearing costumes. Check out more on my website at www.felixdeon.com
“I love these pictures! They were commissioned by a Japanese gentlemen who loved my work and hired me to photograph leather men he had seen around and in publications.” – Jim Wigler
check out baby astronauts
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A little eco car has to tick a few boxes; it should emit less CO2 than a trumpeting mouse, be as cheap as a Primark suit and, if it's really on its game, still be fun to fizz about town in. With the Corsa Ecoflex, Vauxhall has failed.
Its main problem? The Fiesta Econetic, which trounces it on CO2 and claimed mpg, while managing to stamp a grin on your face as you drive it. The Corsa is slow and ponderous in comparison.
It comes down to this: 119g/km CO2 in the Corsa versus 98g/km in the Fiesta. Similar story on claimed fuel economy - 62.8mpg plays 76.3.
Taken in isolation, the Corsa isn't bad - it falls into the lowest tax threshold and won't cost you a fortune to run. But don't forget, you pay no tax at all in the Fiesta, which has a CO2 of well under 100g/km. Even the non-eco Fiesta 1.6 diesel chucks out less CO2 than this Corsa.
And that's because the only thing Vauxhall has done to make this thing ‘eco' is to adjust the ECU. So there's no special aerodynamics, no low resistance tyres and the gearing remains the same as the standard car.
Instead, Vauxhall promises to recycle your old car and give you up to a grand towards your new one. Not massively eco, but it's a redeeming feature of sorts. But on a car that fails in almost every other department, it's really not enough to save it.
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Phoenix Elementary School District
Cox Communications® brings state-of-the-art connectivity to the Phoenix Elementary School District.
At the simple click of a mouse or tap of a computer key, students in the Phoenix Elementary School District have the world at their fingertips at the highest possible Internet speed available thanks to a new partnership with Cox Business. Cox Business just inked a deal with the Phoenix Elementary School District to provide the district's connectivity, meaning high speed Internet beginning in July.
"This partnership so greatly increases connectivity and bandwidth size that when teachers use the Internet as an instructional tool, the speed will increase by 100 percent and in some cases even faster. It's a phenomenal tool for the students to use in the classrooms," says Tom Lind, the director of instructional technology for the district.
There are 15 schools in the Phoenix Elementary School District and a number of administrative offices and sites, which Cox Business will link together. The schools will communicate back and forth on a private network that links them together, and will allow information to go out to all of the district's schools simultaneously from a central location.
"Cox is very pleased to be providing high speed Internet services and state-of-the-art technology to the students and teachers of Arizona. This is a win-win partnership for everyone, especially and most importantly the students," says Mike Petty, vice president for Cox Business.
There are approximately 7,900 students in the Phoenix Elementary School District and 500 teachers. It's the oldest school district in Phoenix, which will now be outfitted with the newest and best possible technology. Just last week, J.D. Power and Associates’ released its 2006 Major Provider Business Telecommunications Data Services StudySM. It ranked Cox Business the “Highest in Business Satisfaction With Small/Midsize Data Service Providers” in the nation.
Note to media: For interviews with a Cox Business Service expert please call Linda Nofer at (623) 328-3267. To interview someone from the Phoenix Elementary School District please call Sara Bresnahan at (602) 549-4763.
Cox Communications® Arizona
Cox Communications®, the nation’s third largest cable television provider, is a multi-service broadband communications company serving over two million residential and business service subscribers in Phoenix and Southern Arizona. A service subscriber measures an individual service purchased by a customer. In the Phoenix area, Cox serves more than 1.7 million service subscribers in 23 communities. In Southern Arizona, Cox serves nearly 300,000 service subscribers in 14 communities. Cox’s 15,000-mile hybrid fiber coaxial cable network throughout Phoenix and Southern Arizona, provides homes and businesses digital television, high-speed Internet access and telephone service. Cox Communications, Inc. serves approximately 6.6 million customers nationwide, including 6.3 million basic cable subscribers. For two consecutive years, Cox Digital Telephone received highest honors from J.D. Power and Associates in Local Residential Telephone Customer Satisfaction in the Western region (2003-2004). It also ranked #1 in Customer Satisfaction for Bundled Residential Long Distance Telephone Services in a National J.D. Power and Associates Study. Statewide, Cox contributes more than $10 million annually in cash and in-kind contributions to community-based organizations, including local youth and education programs.
Phoenix Elementary School District #1
Serving kindergarten through eighth grade students since 1871, Phoenix Elementary School District #1 is steeped in heritage and tradition and located in the heart of downtown Phoenix. The District offers a breadth of special programs and curriculum and is dedicated to the total development of every student by setting high expectations and fostering academic leadership. For more information on Phoenix Elementary School District #1 please visit www.phxelem.k12.az.us.
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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD,saying ,
Thus speaketh the LORDGod of Israel,saying , Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.3
For, lo, the dayscome , saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my peopleIsrael and Judah,saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
And these are the words that the LORDspake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.5
For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear,a and not of peace.6Ask ye now, and see whether a manb doth travail with child ? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail , and all faces are turned into paleness?7Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob'strouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
For it shall come to pass in that day,saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:
But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.
Therefore fear thou not, O my servantJacob,saith the LORD; neither be dismayed , O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return , and shall be in rest , and be quiet , and none shall make him afraid .
For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogetherunpunished .
For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable , and thy wound is grievous .
There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healingmedicines.14
All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy , with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased .
Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased , I have done these things unto thee.
Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured ; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.17
For I will restorehealth unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds,saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast , saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after .
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob'stents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap,c and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
And out of them shall proceedthanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry : and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few ; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small .
Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be establishedbefore me, and I will punish all that oppress them.
And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near , and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.22
And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.23
Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuingdwhirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked.24
The fierceanger of the LORD shall not return , until he have done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latterdays ye shall consider it.
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JOHN F. FLOYD: Electoral process desperately needs return to civility
Published: Friday, November 16, 2012 at 7:09 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 16, 2012 at 7:11 p.m.
Every politician or pundit in the United States has an opinion or observation about the presidential election.
Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press wrote an article entitled “If Only a President Sounded Like.” This commentary encompassed what most Americans must be thinking after the bludgeoning both candidates received during the campaign.
Albom wrote the victory speech he would have liked to hear. Here’s how it began:
“Thank you, America.
“And I’m sorry.
“I’m sorry this election turned into a campaign of hate. I’m sorry every ad was dipped in venom. ...
“The truth is the guy I ran against is not a bad man. He is not a total fraud. The truth is the guy I ran against is not a bad man. He is not the devil incarnate.”
The United States did have two good men, of vastly different political persuasions, running for president.
We, the American electorate, were convinced both candidates were evil. Republicans were sure Obama was the devil and Democrats demonized Romney. This has to stop.
Albom is saying the electoral process in the United States must return to civility. If there is no return to an electoral system that addresses issues rather than non-ending personal harangues, the previous election cycle will continue unabated with character assassinations rather than the addressing of national problems.
The most damning part of his essay begins:
“Also, now that the voting is over, let’s get this straight: Not everyone who earns money in this country is the devil, and not everyone who doesn’t is a freeloader.
“We pitted you against each other to win an election.”
The 47 percent issue went a long way in defeating Mitt Romney. American citizens on the lower side of the comment felt a huge disconnect with the Republican candidate and, quite frankly, many of Romney’s constituents felt the same way. There was something personal about the remark that offended most Americans, including me.
I grew up in what could be considered the lower echelon of Gadsden. I never was cognizant of this designation because it was never a consideration in my life.
East Gadsden was considered the blue collar part of Gadsden with all the ramifications. As Eastside students, we were sequestered in East Gadsden until high school.
We never rubbed shoulders with children of doctors, lawyers or businessmen until we crossed the river to attend Gadsden High School. East Gadsden Junior High students were accepted with few reservations by the “uptown crowd,” a great group of individuals.
There was no definitive class distinction, and even though we were sophomores and a year late when entering Gadsden High, there was a smooth integration into high school activities. We all became the Class of 1954.
It was a wonderful experience for a boy from, arguably, the wrong side of the river. As a matter of fact, I married one of the Gadsden students, the best decision I ever made.
Class distinction never was an overwhelming issue until the 2012 presidential campaign. That’s when the game changed and politicians determined it was necessary to win a presidential campaign.
To me, the mere mention of class under any circumstances is detestable, and I abhor the word. The term “class” is not definable because there is no distinction, only artificial inequalities.
I firmly believe that the diverse capabilities of individuals produce advantages in opportunity — and, consequently, different levels of income — but not class.
Every job in the American economy, no matter how small or large, has individual importance. The financial difference comes in the level of responsibility. The more responsibility, experience and education required, the higher the financial reward.
The American free enterprise system does not recognize inequality. The attributes free enterprise systems recognize and reward are hard work, ingenuity, dedication and entrepreneurship.
When the process is interrupted with outside restraints such as unwarranted government regulation, it devastates totally, with the heaviest devastation on lower-income families.
“I don’t want to reach across the aisle — I want to live in the aisle. I am the president. I have to surrender partisanship.”
Prophetic and powerful commentary. Let’s hope today’s politicians, both Democrat and Republican, get Albom’s message to surrender partisanship.
If the present political dialogue is indicative of what Americans can expect for the next four years, the U.S. is truly facing the abyss.
John F. Floyd is a Gadsden native who graduated from Gadsden High School in 1954. He formerly was director of United Kingdom manufacturing, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., vice president of manufacturing and international operations, General Tire & Rubber Co., and director of
manufacturing, Chrysler Corp. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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A six-foot-tall, 120-pound baby highlights the 25th annual Zoo Babies, presented by Coldwell Banker West Shell, at the Cincinnati Zoo. “Zuri,” a female baby Maasai giraffe was born April 2 and guests will get their first chance to see the baby and her parents outside at the Giraffe Ridge exhibit during Zoo Babies. Zuri is certainly this year’s most popular baby, but she’s not the only baby you can see at the Cincinnati Zoo. This year’s crops ranges from short to tall to fuzzy to scaly and even buck-toothed.
So, see what all the fuzz is about this May at the Cincinnati Zoo during Zoo Babies. Some of the babies you will see at the Zoo include: bonobos, Garnett’s galagos, Florida manatee, pancake tortoises, white-handed gibbon, little penguin, black rat snakes, naked mole rats, leaf cutter ants and so much more!
Parents and children are also welcome to enjoy three weekends of fun family entertainment sponsored by College Advantage. Live performances will be held at the Wing of Wonder Theater, every Saturday and Sunday, at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Kicking off the weekend fun is a storybook favorite - Clifford the Big Red Dog – on May 7 & 8. Songs, games, storybook readings, fun dances and lots of audience participation are jammed into all of these live performances. The fun continues the following weekend, May 14 & 15 with Curious George and wraps up the final weekend of Zoo Babies with the Berenstain Bears Kids - Brother and Sister – May 21 & 22. (Entertainment is free with price of admission.)
Zoo Babies, presented by Coldwell Banker West Shell, will be celebrated the entire month of May. The event is FREE with regular Zoo admission. Admission prices are $14/adults, $10/children (2-12), children under two are free and parking is additional. The Zoo opens daily at 9 a.m. For more information, call (513) 281-4700 or visit www.cincinnatizoo.org.
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The world famous Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden was rated the #1 attraction locally and one of the top zoos in the nation by Zagat Survey. It has also been recognized by Child Magazine as one of "The 10 Best Zoos for Kids." Over one million people visit the Zoo’s award-winning exhibits, and more than 500 animal and 3000 plant species annually. The Zoo is an accredited member of the American Zoo & Aquarium Association (AZA) and the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (AABGA), is internationally known for its success in the protection and propagation of endangered animals and plants, and engages in research and conservation projects worldwide.
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Movies and TV shows have successfully romanticised art crimes. I think not one woman would complain if Neil Caffrey broke into their homes. White Collar has made art crime very sexy. Movies like The Thomas Crown Affair, etc. also adds to the attraction. Most people agree that art crime is a ‘victimless’ crime. Well, yes and no.
Yes, because if we work on the assumption that no one was home while Neil stole the Picasso and Van Gogh, indeed nobody got hurt (physically). Except maybe for the insurance company. No, because the real crime is the loss of cultural heritage. We can all agree on that. And we can debate this topic for a long time on how many other ways it hurts us individually and as a society. There are much more sinister reasons too for different kinds of art crimes.
But let’s stay on the fun side of this. Or… the Hollywood side of it. If you were to become an art criminal, what would you choose? Forgery? Ninja-type cat-burglary? I thought it was acceptable enough to make Colin that kind of thief. It seems harmless enough, especially since he steal back illegally acquired artworks. I does call himself ‘the art re-appropriator’.
So, one of my ‘favourite’ art crimes is one that happened in 1990. In the early hours of St Patrick’s day, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts were robbed of numerous masterworks, including masterpieces by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas and Manet. And till today it remains a whodunit. The FBI is quoted to say that they have been aggressively investigating the Gardner heist for 22 years. I smiled when I read that. Really? Aggressively? And by now it’s kinda embarrassing for them.
Well, on that day. two Neil-types dressed themselves up as police officers and smooth-talked their way into the museum. They then duct taped (seems like essential heist equipment!) and handcuffed the guards. Where? In the basement. I mean, how much more Hollywood does this get, right? Well, the thieves took their time and spend something between 60 and 90 minutes making art theft history. This is an especially bad heist since the museum didn’t have any insurance at that time. It’s also bad because they actually cut some of those works out of the frames – this made me cringe.
There have been many theories. Of course. One theory states that it was the IRA. Yes, the IRA! One of my favourites came out the beginning of last year when the finger was pointed at a 75-year old mobster from Connecticut. It’s at this point that I really start giggling. I really, truly love a good conspiracy theory, but when it involves faux-police, masterpieces and the Mob? Yeah, now I’m laughing. It’s just so cool, that I’m tempted to write something like this into one of Genevieve’s adventures. Seriously, art imitates live because the truth is truly stranger than fiction. There is no ending to this tale, though. No one has been caught. Yet.
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