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Posted on Thursday, April 18th, 2013 under Applying to College, Campus Correspondents, Choosing a College
I am amazed at the variety of experiences I’ve had touring colleges. The first thing I learned was that visiting a college in person is a totally different ball game than browsing a college’s website.
For example, I thought UC Santa Cruz was right on the ocean! It turns out that Santa Cruz is called the “City Upon the Hill” by its neighbors because it sits, literally, atop a hill overlooking the gorgeous bay and is surrounded on all sides by national parks.
» Read More of Why College Tours Are So Important
Posted on Monday, January 14th, 2013 under Applying to College, High School, Jobs
A resume is important to have even if you are still in high school and not looking for a job.
In fact, a high school resume can still include lots of information that tells readers about your life.
You might be surprised by how much information you can add to your resume, even if you have no job experience.
Learn how to maximize the experience you already have.
» Read More of A High School Resume
Posted on Wednesday, December 26th, 2012 under Applying to College, Campus Correspondents, Choosing a College
College application deadlines are looming.
High school students all over the nation are preparing to make a decision that is just as scary as it is exciting. Seniors must choose where they want to spend the next four years of their lives.
So as a high school senior, how did I approach this kind of choice?
» Read More of College Applications: Apply Early
Posted on Friday, December 21st, 2012 under Applying to College, Choosing a College
The college process often brings conflict between parent and student.
The wise parent uses these conflicts as teaching lessons.
The wiser parent learns when to recognize their teen’s desire for independence and let go and when to stand firm.
Here is a list of do’s and don’ts for parents when conflict arises.
» Read More of When Parent and Student College Choices Differ
Posted on Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 under Applying to College, High School
If you’re a college hopeful worried that your application still has a few holes in it, there’s no question about it: it’s time to start signing up for some extracurricular activities while you’re still in high school.
But there are a few things to keep in mind to make sure you go about joining and participating in these activities in the right way. Learn what they are, and how to make the most of your extracurricular college experience.
» Read More of High School Extracurriculars: 3 Ways to Shine
Posted on Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 under Academics, Applying to College, Testing
Before you apply to the Ivy Leagues, it is helpful to learn the average SAT scores of these schools.
You might find the numbers interesting or even encouraging as you apply.
Of course, if your scores are below the average range, you shouldn’t assume it means you can’t get in. But knowing the typical score range can give you an idea of whether you should take the SAT again or submit your current score.
» Read More of Ivy League Average SAT Scores in 2012
Posted on Wednesday, November 14th, 2012 under Applying to College, Choosing a College, Testing
If you want to gain admission to a top university, it helps to check out their average SAT scores.
From small liberal arts colleges like Bowdoin and Kenyon to larger schools like the University of Notre Dame to specialized schools such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, we’ve compiled a list of average SAT scores for their most recently admitted classes – the class of 2016.
Read on to get an idea of the scores it takes to gain admission to these universities.
» Read More of Average SAT Scores for 10 Top Schools in 2012
Posted on Monday, November 5th, 2012 under Applying to College, Choosing a College, Testing
A college’s average ACT scores don’t represent all it takes to get accepted.
However, they can give you a good idea of how your scores stack up against those of other applicants.
We’ve put together a list of great colleges from across the country, both small schools and large universities, from the North to the Midwest to the South, and gathered the ACT scores of their recently admitted classes of 2016.
» Read More of Average ACT Scores for 10 Top Schools In 2012
Posted on Thursday, October 25th, 2012 under Applying to College, Choosing a College
If you can’t actually visit the college you want to go to, try an online campus tour instead. This is a fast, inexpensive way to get to know the school without flying anywhere.
Of course, there are additional ways to find out more about the college you are interested in.
If you are short on cash, or are simply considering too many colleges to make a trip to each one, you can find out the facts without leaving your desk.
» Read More of Virtual Campus Tour: A New Way to Visit
Posted on Monday, October 22nd, 2012 under Applying to College, High School
There is not necessarily a magic number of how many colleges to apply to, though there are some guidelines.
But you should ask yourself a few questions before you decide on the number of colleges to consider.
Read on for some important questions to ask before you choose the number of reach, match and safety schools to which you’ll send out applications.
» Read More of Deciding How Many Colleges to Apply To
Posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2012 under Applying to College, Testing
If you are planning to apply to the Ivy League schools, you should know the average ACT scores.
Though one test score does not define you during the application process, it is helpful to know what scores enrolled students received so you can see if you are in the ballpark of an acceptable score.
If you have not yet taken the ACT, you’ll find out how high you should score if you want a good chance of getting accepted into an Ivy League school.
If you have already taken the test, you can compare your score and decide whether it will help or hurt you during the admissions process.
» Read More of Ivy League ACT Scores
Posted on Monday, October 15th, 2012 under Applying to College, Campus Correspondents, Choosing a College
At first, choosing where to go to college can be a very scary thing to think about. There are so many things to consider!
However, if you simply sit down with a trusted family member or friend, it is a lot easier than it seems.
There are many things to think about when you’re choosing which college to go to, but just take it one step at a time and it will seem so much easier than you expected.
» Read More of Choosing the Right College for You
Posted on Monday, October 8th, 2012 under Applying to College, On Campus, Student Housing
Living in the dorms can be a major part of your college experience. After all, you will probably be spending a great deal of time studying, sleeping and socializing in your room.
A campus tour is the perfect time to get answers to all your burning questions before you choose a place to live for the next year or more!
We’ve compiled a list of questions to ask both yourself and your tour guide when visiting campus. They include questions about room space, laundry, safety and many other aspects of dormitory life.
» Read More of Living in Dorms: Questions for a Campus Tour
Posted on Monday, September 17th, 2012 under Applying to College, Dates to Remember, Graduate School
If you are considering applying to graduate school, you need to plan about a year ahead of time, at the very least. This means that if you plan to enroll in fall 2013, you need to start planning now!
Get an idea of the timeline you should follow to make sure you feel prepared — not rushed — during your last year of undergraduate studies.
From summer to spring, we can help you map your graduate school application so you’re prepared every step of the way.
» Read More of Follow a Timeline to Apply to Graduate School
Posted on Monday, July 30th, 2012 under Applying to College, Dates to Remember, Testing
If you plan to take the ACT, consider the test dates well ahead of time so you know when to register. In general, registration takes place about a month before each test date, so you need to plan ahead at least a little bit!
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Family History Through The Alphbet : Letter N
The lovely folk at Gould Genealogy have issued a challenge to genealogists and family historians. Their idea is The ‘Family History Through the Alphabet’ Challenge We will work our way through the alphabet, using one letter each week and discuss anything relating to our family history starting with that letter. This week is the Letter N.
N is for Newtonbury Farm at Dunton, Bedfordshire, England. This land was farmed by the family of my Great Great Grandfather THOMAS WATERS in the 19th Century. The photo at the side is the for sale notice that appeared when the farm was sold in 1909. At the time of the sale the farm had already passed from my family’s hands. The land in the area was very fertile and much used for growing vegetables. The house on the property was moated. Looking at google earth, it’s still possible to see markings on the land where the moat was situated, but unfortunately the house is not still standing.
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Strategy for You
Do you have a plan for life?
Think back on your life and how you arrived at where you are today. Did you envision where you wanted to be and then map out a strategy for getting there? Or, have you bounced around like a bumper car from one thing to the next? New research shows that only 15% of adults have a written plan for their life. But what if you believe that you have more to offer? Much more.
In Strategy for All, world-renowned business strategist Rich Horwath provides a five-step plan for building a bridge to the life you want. Using the foundational principles of business strategy, Horwath lays out the five steps you can take to create a more fulfilling and successful life:
- DISCOVER: Uncover your purpose through insight.
- DIFFERENTIATE: Identify your unique strengths.
- DECIDE: Allocate your resources.
- DESIGN: Develop your action plan.
- DRIVE: Execute your plan.
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Mining rights granted by the national government do not trump municipal planning schemes, the Constitutional Court has ruled.
A judgment to this effect, made last week in a case described as “raising issues of great constitutional importance”, has been welcomed by environmentalists and lawyers representing groups fighting several mining and prospecting permits in the Western Cape and elsewhere.
One is advocate Martin Coetzee, who is heading the legal challenge by property owners in the Moutonshoek valley near Piketberg against approved prospecting for tungsten and other minerals in this agricultural area.
Saying the Concourt judgment had “finally brought an end to this matter”, Coetzee added: “Some people might now try and argue that prospecting and mining are not the same. I, however, would say that they might be farting against thunder! I have yet to see any agricultural zoning that permits prospecting as a primary, additional or even consent use.”
The Concourt judgment, written by Justice Chris Jafta, dismissed an appeal by local aggregate company Maccsand against a Supreme Court of Appeal judgment that had in turn confirmed an earlier Western Cape High Court ruling.
This was to the effect that Maccsand could not mine sand from sand dunes in Rocklands and Westridge in Mitchells Plain before these properties – most of them zoned public open space – had been rezoned for mining, despite its permit from the Mineral Resources Department.
The Concourt also dismissed an appeal by the Minister of Mineral Resources, Susan Shabangu, against a SCA judgment that confirmed the municipality’s refusal to allow granite mining on a farm in the Swartland area because it had not been zoned for mining in terms of the provincial Land Use Planning Ordinance.
Melissa Fourie, executive director of the Centre for Environmental Rights, said the Concourt’s “crucial” judgment confirmed that mining operations and mining companies had to comply with all laws, and that the national Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act did not trump other legislation. | <urn:uuid:102879c1-9c74-4aea-9e37-0d65db499260> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/western-cape/lawyers-hail-key-ruling-on-mining-rights-1.1276694?showComments=true | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00025-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963979 | 437 | 1.820313 | 2 |
CINCINNATI - Garden-Fresh Foods is voluntarily recalling several ready-to-eat products . They include salads, slaw, salsa, bean and dip products sold under various brands and code dates.
The products may contain onions from Gills Onions, which could be contaminated with listeria. Listeria an organism that can cause serious and sometimes-fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, a listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.
Products were sold in various size containers from eight-ounce to eight-pound packages. The products were sold in Ohio and Indiana.
If you have purchased any of the suspect products you are urged to return them to where you bought them for a full refund.
As of this writing, there has been no illness reported related to this recall.
If you have questions, you can contact the company at 1-800-645-3367 Monday through Friday between the hours 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
For more information about the recall, go to http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm313901.htm .
Copyright 2012 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
As most of us become more active in the spring and summer we may run the risk of some common over-use injuries. Wellness expert Mary Beth Knight says there are a few self care techniques that we can employ on a regular basis that can eliminate the pain and prevent the pain from holding us back. | <urn:uuid:058f3aef-3c3d-4342-80a8-1202bf57ac37> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/money/consumer/recalls/Garden-Fresh-product-recall-in-Ohio-and-Indiana | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951356 | 370 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Following the last two posts about city branding, we were asked about any work that we’ve done in this area. To respond, we begin today a two-part post about our work in Pensacola/Escambia County, Florida:
Pensacola, a region of 450,000 people in a spectacular setting on the Gulf Coast, lags behind its regional rivals in economic growth, downtown development, and reputation. To respond to this challenge, the Pensacola Bay Chamber of Commerce set out to accomplish a key competitive strategy – to brand its region.
Their mutual goals, as identified Smart City Consulting and Stone Mantel (an international branding firm) were to develop a shared vision for the future of the people of the region, to create stronger self-identity and positive self-image, and to improve Pensacola’s awareness and competitiveness.
In keeping with the Pensacola Bay Area Chamber of Commerce’s economic growth plan, a primary objective was to position Pensacola strongly to attract talented workers and business investment.
After conducting its in-depth process, Smart City Consulting/Stone Mantel delivered comprehensive brand strategies that had immediate impact. Already, the new city brand has attracted strong support and widespread attention, and an internal program to engage Pensacolians as advocates for the brand has involved more than 45,000 people.
Frequently obscured by the predominant features of the region – water and wind, beach and barracks – is a city surprising in the charm of its historic district and downtown, its artistic and cultural reach, and its lack of self-confidence.
Pensacola was knocked on its heels in 2004 by Hurricane Ivan, which destroyed 10,000 homes, heavily damaged 27,000 others, flooded downtown, and left $6 billion in damage to the area. The scale of the natural destruction had not been seen in a century, and the psychic toll on the people of Pensacola was palpable.
Although the city wasn’t incorporated until 1822, it has played a pivotal role in the history of Florida and the United States – as the first European settlement in North America in 1559, first territorial capital for Florida, home of U.S. Naval aviation and the Blue Angels, and alternating Spanish, French, and English occupations, but its history often overshadows its revitalized downtown, signs of an emerging research center, ambitious plans to reclaim the waterfront, and other dramatic signs of progress.
As a result, the challenge for the Pensacola brand was to embrace the strengths of the past while speaking to Pensacola’s ambitions and aspirations for the future.
The approach taken by Smart City Consulting/Stone Mantel set these objectives:
1. To create a higher purpose that gives meaning to stories about Pensacola
2. To drive intent into experience
3. To generate cultural value with those who live, work, and play in Pensacola
4. To act as catalysts for best thinking
5. To express what is true
6. To leverage all available assets
7. To bring people together and put them at the center
To meet these objectives, a unique process was developed to take Pensacola from its current perceptions to its aspirations for the future.
Milestone 1: Reading The City
The first step in the Smart City/Stone Mantel branding process was to gather first impressions of Pensacola. The team began with a first-hand, unannounced two-day visit to Pensacola in which we assessed 36 qualities that define successful cities. More than 200 questions were asked in this evaluation, and the city was given grades in each of the 36 categories.
The highest scores for Pensacola were in natural and cultural assets building a unique quality of life, quality public space, attractive with a strong sense of place, festivals that celebrate the city, values and capitalizes on scenic resources, distinctive neighborhoods, pleasurable rides, strategic investments in strategic assets, and entrepreneurial leadership.
The lowest scores were in connectivity and design, balanced transportation options, an understanding of the big picture while paying attention to small details, a compelling national brand, green ethos, prepared for globality, and vibrant street life.
Milestone 2: Pensacola By The Numbers
To deepen understanding of Pensacola, Smart City Consulting and Stone Mantel read and analyzed all existing reports, research, and data about the region. Some of the information was submitted by the Pensacola Bay Chamber of Commerce, and the team conducted its own independent research and analysis, particularly concerning demographic and economic trends for the region.
To complement this research, the team scanned the daily newspaper, traditional media, and new media, especially blogs, and to evaluate Pensacola’s digital identity, comparisons were made between Pensacola’s economic performance and its regional competitors.
From this exhaustive review, a 26-page report was written to profile Pensacola and to provide the team with context as it began the serious work of branding the region. The report included a general overview and impressions, history, tourism, economy, statistical and demographic profile, competitive comparisons, significant players in Pensacola, economic development plans, and strengths and weaknesses.
Finally, Smart City Consulting/Stone Mantel wrote a request for proposals for the creative firm that would be hired to convert the branding recommendations into a communications and marketing plan, and after evaluating the responses, a strong recommendation was made for the Pensacola Bay Chamber of Commerce to hire Bpm, a Pensacola-based multimedia company. Bpm participated in the entire process, and because of it, the brand recommendations were seamlessly converted into creative communications and marketing strategies.
Milestone 3: Dialogue: The People Who Know Pensacola Best
After these first impressions, grading the city on 36 qualities of competitive cities, and reviewing and analyzing research and reports, Smart City Consulting/Stone Mantel began the multi-pronged dialogue phase of the brand process.
This phase included a meeting with a core team of advisers for Smart City Consulting/Stone Mantel to introduce their methodology and concepts and to receive advice and reactions. In addition, 30 to 40-minute, one-on-one interviews were held with key stakeholders and community leaders to obtain their personal, emotional, and factual perceptions about Pensacola and their direction for the branding process.
Milestone 4: Audience Immersion
It’s impossible to get at the right answers if you don’t ask the right questions, and Smart City Consulting/Stone Mantel developed an interview guide that triggered the imagination, that identified Pensacola’s heroes, and that grounded the purpose of the city.
After crafting provocative questions that inspired insight into Pensacola, dozens of one-on-one interviews were conducted with regular citizens, young professionals, tourists, and businesspeople.
Following this phase, themes that were emerging from the first half of the process were summarized:
• Pensacola is an intimate, personal experience to the people who live there
• Opinions about Pensacola tend to the extremes
• Pensacola is a layered city that reveals itself grudgingly
• There’s a growing sense of collective purpose although there is no consensus about what the future should be
• People like having options like the beach even if they don’t go there
• Hurricane Ivan left a discernible psychic toll, but there is a survivor’s pride in taking a blow and rebuilding community
• Parents want their children to have the option of good jobs that keep them in Pensacola after graduation
• Young professionals are looking for “peak experiences” – the best that can be found anywhere – rather than a variety of good experiences
Milestone 5: Competitive Review
Smart City Consulting/Stone Mantel analyzed the competitive context of Pensacola with other cities to identify opportunities or gaps in the competitive landscape that can be filled.
It revealed the areas of the economy that were strengths and identified weaknesses in order to develop a full competitive context for the Pensacola region.
Milestone 6: Brand Charrette
The branding process culminated with two days of charrettes aimed at testing the themes and creating a common understanding about the strategies. By the time the charrette process ended, more than 150 people had participated in the process.
From the information that had been gathered, Smart City Consulting/Stone Mantel developed the overriding themes for Pensacola:
• Discovery and adventure
• The actual, cultural, and symbolic role of water
• History and heritage as a platform for innovation
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One of the bills vetoed this past session by Gov. Mark Dayton was a bill to legalize several kinds of fireworks that are now illegal to sell in Minnesota. Opponents of the law argued that it would lead to greater injuries.
We don't know if the law would have had any effect on the situation reported by the St. Paul Pioneer Press over the weekend.
According to the report, a 31-year-old man in Linwood Township is in critical condition after the St. Paul Bomb Squad removed an unexploded firework from his chest.
The man was apparently shooting off illegal fireworks around 9 p.m. Saturday. He loaded two rounds of fireworks into a mortar tube, and was holding it when the first round shot into the air. The second round shot out the back end of the tube and into his chest, tearing into his heart. Medical staff at Regions Hospital called the bomb squad when they found the round still imbedded in his chest.
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A paradigm (para-dime) is typical pattern or model of something.
One of the paradigms of visual storytelling has been a certain type of camera. For years these cameras were the domain of professionals…large, extremely expensive, totally amazing pieces of technology. It took big bucks to get one and you made big bucks if you had not only the technical knowledge but the aesthetic sense and storytelling ability to use one.
Then…the paradigm shifted in the early 2000s. The big boys still made big bucks with big gear…but suddenly there was a new class of camera…halfway between the little consumer cams and the big professional guns. The pro-sumer camcorder. It had many of the nifty features of the pro cams, such as good glass and three chips and professional audio inputs. Manual controls. Good stuff all around, although noticeably not really up to pro standards.
And these little baby-cams began to gain in popularity as more and more people began to use them for an audience who demanded more and more video. The digital explosion send shock waves across the planet with the better quality cameras and affordable non-linear editing programs brought a new technology into the hands of the citizenry.
Another paradigm shift is going on right now and we see it every day and don’t even think about it. Cell phones began sprouting up in the 1990s…then morphed into phones that could take pretty lousy still shots…then not-so-bad stills. Then by leaps and bounds these little wonders turned into do-it-all mobile devices. Talk. Text. Surf the ‘Net. Shoot stills – and video. Not just plain ole video and stills, but high def stuff.
And they are taking over. Some years back when I began this blog I did a posting on Dinosaurs Fighting or Survival. Times had changed and if the pros who shot news (both still and video) didn’t change with them, they were out a job.
But back then the pros were either flocking over to the new technology or resisting mightily. It was a threat to their way of life – what they knew and could do.
Then technology ramped up its game and the gear got so good that the definition of “professional” took on a whole new meaning as more and more folks acquired the new smaller cameras. It quickly became apparent that the size of the lens and the heft of the camera had little to do with the ability to communicate. What mattered (and still very much matters) is a sense of aesthetics and storytelling. AND knowing how to make the gear you are working with work with you to tell the most powerful story possible.
But even the pro-sumer cameras (and many consumer cams too) had the familiar look to them. Lens in front, kinda boxy and rectangular. LCD on the side. It still looked like a real camcorder.
Enter the new mobile devices…thin, flat and less than the size of the palm of your hand. No optical zoom and minimal digital zoom. A new style of shooting and storytelling came with these new devices.
No longer able to pull in a far-away shot, you now had to zoom with your feet (or arms) to get in closer. The camera is no longer part of your body (hold it close to keep it steady…tripod it, cradle it). The camera is now an extension of your arm…your hand. In order to get a variety of shots you really need to get intimate with your subject. As in, arms-length close. Or closer.
And the storytelling end has had to change too. Rather than full-blown packages (including interviews, variety of shots, lotsa b-roll) stories are simpler. One long shot of an event such as a parade or riot. An interview covered with b-roll of an event or meeting. Impressions rather than full explanation. These “impressions” are often paired on the Internet with text and more information, which together tell a full story. The audience can choose to view the video and get the background from the other resources available or just read the information or just view the video to get a sense of what happened.
I doubt very much that mobile devices are going to take over the visual storytelling world any more than consumer or prosumer camcorders took over from professional gear. What they do is open up an entirely new way and new possibilities in visual storytelling to even more storytellers.
Yeah – it’s nice to belong to an exclusive club. Been there. Done that. But the new wave of stories coming at us will open our eyes and the world even more. And can that be a bad thing?
Transparency: Co-author Larry Nance and I have been discussing how to include all levels of gear in our pending textbook,The Basics of Videojournalism. He is a big proponent of technology and not only keeping up with the latest, but staying on the cresting wave as it thunders across the ocean. So expect full inclusion of not only prosumer and consumer and DSLR…but also mobile devices in the book.
Update – forgot that an earlier posting has a number of examples of mobile storytelling (using a Kodak Playtouch). Check it out.
I’ve always said that audio is just as important as video when producing visual stories. If an audience has to struggle to hear sound, they will tune out and turn off (or skip to another site).
How you get sound into a camera (or story) can vary.
The most obvious (and worst) mike is the built-in mike on the camera. Generally this is an omni-directional mike. It picks up sound from every direction…with the closest noises recorded at the highest level (don’t cough – oh no!). That means the person holding the camera trumps the person being interviewed. (NOTE: if you MUST do an interview w/an on-camera mike, get in as close as you can. That means FILL THE FRAME with their face (no – DON”T zoom). Put them in an environment where there is NO distracting background audio. Even an air conditioner or dog barking in the background can ruin your interview audio. I told my students to reach out and touch the person they were going to interview…and back up no further than that.)
Don’t purchase a camera that only has an on-board mike.
Not to worry – there is a workaround. If you’re into simple editing and have patience.
Just pick up one of those little digital audio recorders (I got mine for about $65). You can either place it near your subject (or noise source) or plug in a clip-on mike and tack that onto your willing subject. Much cleaner audio. Problem is, you have to match up or synch(chronize) the audio in a non-linear editing program.
Which gets us into what a clapboard really is. It’s not just something to bang around in front of the camera or make note of which scene and take you are up to. The matched visual of the clapper hitting the board along with the ensuing sound are what enable you to synch up audio and video later. (First workaround – just clap your hands right in front of the lens/camera. The cheapest “clapper” I know of/have used.)
Failing that…hope that your subject at some point used a “P” or a “B” or even a “W.” Those consonants have very distinctive audio cues…
The “B” sound can ONLY be made by putting your lips together and pulling them apart. (Yeah – just TRY to say baby without putting your lips together).
The “P” sound is similar. Lips begin pressed together.
“B” sucks in…”P” pushes out.
And if your interview subject says “welcome” or “why” or “whatever…”, the lips once again begin pressed together, but then open up and down.
Find those B, P, and W words and then try to match the lip action with the sound. Piece of cake. (And you can try it with other letters of the alphabet too – these have just been easiest for me.)
Moving along…let’s say you were smart (or lucky) and have a camera with audio inputs. Today’s camera basically use two types of audio connectors. XLR (professional) and 3.5mm (mini-jack, consumer & prosumer).
(First let’s get the dirty little language lesson out of the way. There are male and female connectors. The boys have prongs. The girls have holes. End of lesson.)
The mini-jacks come in either stereo/two channel (left & right) or mono/one channel. This is a tiny connector you plug into your camera. Beware: it can come loose easily.
XLRs are grounded and balanced and locked. This means they are hot swappable (no noise when plugging in/unplugging). A balanced cable allows you to run longer cable runs without noise. And locked? The mini-jack can be pulled free but an XLR locks into place…no fear of losing audio if the cable pulls loose.
XLRs don’t come in stereo or mono. Most cameras with XLR inputs have two. Channel one and channel two. You can choose to record on both channels with your on-board mike, or plus in another mike and record from the camera on one channel and the plug-in on another…or even plug in two mikes and record separate sound on each channel. Wow. (That’s professional for ya.)
Now thanks to the wonderful world of adapters (and Radio Shack and its kin), you can actually interchange mini-jack and XLR mikes. There are screw-on interfaces which allow you to run a mini-jack out of your camera and plug XLR cables into it. And you can go the other way – although why, I can’t imagine.
OK – so now you know what kind of input you have on your camera. Hopefully you know if it is stereo or mono. Final step: what mike are ya gonna use?
Microphones. I’m going to overgeneralize, just to keep this simple.
First – there are wired and wireless mikes. Well, not mikes, but systems.
A wired mike uses a cable to plug into the camera. You are limited in range to the length of your mike cable.
A wireless mike is actually a transmitter with a mike plugged into it and a receiver, which is plugged into the camera. This increases the range of the mike from the length of a cable to the distance the signal can be received.
So what exactly ARE you gonna plug into your camera (or wireless transmitter)?
One. Two. Three.
A stick mike is the tool of choice for many TV cameramen/reporters. It is omni-directional – it picks up sound from nearly every direction. It allows the user to choose who/where they will point it. It allows the user to control the interview by pulling the mike back as needed. And most stick mikes (the professional grade again) are solidly built. My Electovoice 635 could be used as a hammer.
Clip-on mike, aka lavalier microphone. The word “lavalier” is French in origin and refers to a pendant worn around the neck on a chain. The original lav mikes were placed around the neck of the interview subject with a cord. Today’s lav mikes are tiny and can be clipped on unobtrusively on an interview subject (or reporter). Most lavs are omnidirectional.
Shotgun mike. Now this has always confused me. A shotgun actually sprays out it’s projectiles in a widening pattern. However, a shotgun mike is a unidirectional mike. It has a narrow range it can pick up audio from. Perfect for aiming across a room at someone speaking or getting interviews with several subjects in a fairly noisy venue.
Which do you use in which situation?
1. They can all be used for interviews.
2. The stick and shotgun mikes allow you to interview several people at the same time, just by pointing the mike at the person you want to hear speaking.
3. The lav mike can only be pinned on to one person at a time.
4. The stick and shotgun allow you to control the interview by pulling the mike away from the interview subject and asking new questions. A lav mike gives the power to the subject, who can just ramble on.
5. Stick mikes are generally solidly built and can outlast cameras.
6. Lav mikes are generally be delicate.
7. Shotguns can be used on booms (long poles) and operated by a sound person, who points it at the desired sound source.
8. Generally speaking, stick mikes are least expensive, followed by lavs, followed by shotguns.
As usual, there are exceptions to all generalizations.
Um…in a later posting I’ll get into why cost and quality go hand in hand. Also why prosumer/professional cameras are a better choice simply because they allow you to control/mix audio coming into the camera.
Oh – and mike and line?
Those are refences to what level (how high/low) the audio levels are that come into the camera. Mike level is lower. Line level is high – at times overwhelmingly high. If you feed a line level into a mike input, you’re gonna get blown away. Distortion. Most consumer cameras don’t even need to worry about this…unless you for some reason want to link into an audio mixer to take a feed. A very unlikely scenario for the average consumer. Even potting (aka turning) the sound all of the way down with using a mixer won’t help. But professional and prosumer cameras often come with a switch that allows you to choose which level you want the audio feeding in at (mike/line). Plus controls to pot it up or down.
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“A great comedy duo” is how Time Magazine describes Sergey Brin and Larry Page. But these two dropouts from Stanford’s doctoral program in computer science look to be the ones set to do the proverbial laughing all the way to the bank. That’s because they left Stanford in 1998 to launch Google.com, and in just a couple years their search engine has become the Web’s coolest.
Talk with Page and the Russian-born Brin, both 27, and one-liners are more likely to roll off their tongues than algorithms. But these are unquestionably brainy guys who started with the shared assumption that Web searching was broken: As the Web grew, finding good information got harder. So they devised a wholly new approach to sorting search results that they call PageRank: The more links there are to a page, the higher it vaults in Google’s hierarchy. Another innovation: To climb high in the search results, a page needs external validation. Proprietary algorithms that parcel out rankings to pages aren’t influenced by spamming and the other techniques that marketers sometimes use to boost a page’s rating in other search engines. The math gets complicated-some 6,000 computers get involved-but for the user, Google is simple and easy to use.
When Brin and Page began talking up their sorting strategy, Andy Bechtolsheim, a founder of Sun Microsystems, heard their pitch and promptly wrote out a check for $100,000 to help seed-fund their venture. Later, the founders assembled an all-star venture capital team, with money from both Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital (between them, these firms funded Apple, Amazon.com, Cisco Systems, Netscape and Yahoo!). That kiss of the gods of Silicon Valley means big things are expected of Brin, Google’s president, and Page, the CEO.
And they have been delivering-a fact underscored in June when Yahoo! dumped its relationship with longtime search leader Inktomi and installed Google as its default search tool. Google is the first engine to index more than one billion pages, and it won this year’s “Webby” award for technical achievement, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.
Brin and Page both like talking about how they got to where they are and where they hope to take Google. They provided commentary in conversations with Northern California freelance writer Robert McGarvey. | <urn:uuid:03a4577d-21f0-4c77-8a41-1fa2e8481410> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/400833/search-us-says-google/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00030-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933869 | 510 | 1.59375 | 2 |
For a marine mammal, the hedgehog spends a disconcerting amount of time on land. What do they want, what are they up to?Hedgehogs are troubled spirits, and yet, they never fail to entertain the masses with their acrobatic feats. Many people don't know, however, that hedgehogs aren't born this way. Hedgehogs need to be trained and molded into the tiny, fiscally responsible acrobats we know and love.That's where you come in. Train your hedgehog in more than 40 challenges and keep his cunning mind from veering. We will give you a sensible amount of ropes (11) and 6 special powers. Crash those orbs as fast as you can, collect those stars and keep track of your performance with built-in stats. We will even let you tweak the rope physics, because we're not just accomplished scientists, we're also human.You might encounter detailed animation along the way. But don't fall for it. It's designed to fool you into empathy. | <urn:uuid:88641732-a568-4165-9030-a563cdff3eee> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/wide-sky/details | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00038-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973342 | 212 | 1.53125 | 2 |
How to Remember a Person's Name (And What to Do When You Can't). Written by . . . ummm . . . Mr. . . . ummmmmm . . . . You know who I'm talking about.
Growing Up Colt. A review of the new book by Brad & Colt McCoy. I love the principle "Prepare your children for the path, not the path for your children." Our culture teaches that parents are supposed to make life easy for their kids. And here is Colt's video testimony:
Education: It Must Begin and End With Virtue. An encouragement to focus on reading, writing, and art.
Low Fertility in Europe Reversed. A population needs to between 2.1 and 2.2 children per women in order to maintain or grow its numbers. Since World War II, most countries in the European Union have seen their birth rate decrease. Some of this has stabilized, but currently zero of the 27 EU nations met this fertility rate, and over half have a rate below 1.5.
Six Truths on Christian Involvement in Society. Notes from a John Piper sermon from 2000. Similar (but a more theological case) to what I wrote about Why Christians Should Serve Outside of the Church.
5 Pieces of Art by Children with Autism. You'll want to see these, and read the descriptions from the artists. Here's one example:
Why Are Air Conditioners So Heavy? Not a complicated answer -- it's the copper in it. But this title caught my attention because we've had 100 degree whether, and our building (for our summer camp) is cooled by five window-AC units.
Why Do I Keep Doing the Same Sin Over & Over Again? The core problem is that I think I am stronger than my sin. I need the power of Jesus working in me, and this happens best in community. | <urn:uuid:6ab38544-8e8d-42dd-8482-82eb96b5640b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://differentway4kids.blogspot.com/2011/06/saturday-round-up_25.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942327 | 383 | 1.570313 | 2 |
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Last year, a group of conservatives in Saudi Arabia filed a lawsuit against a book they declared to be "an outrage to the norms of Saudi society." The book was too controversial to be published in Arabia itself, but pirated copies were smuggled over the border from Lebanon or sold for hundreds of dollars online. The book's author received death threats and a petition circulated to strip her of her state scholarship to study in Chicago.
It's probably not a situation you'd associate with Bridget Jones, but the book in question is self-proclaimed "chick lit"—albeit with a very political bent. Rajaa Alsanea's first novel, Girls of Riyadh, was only released this month in English, but its 2005 debut in the Middle East sparked both a storm of controversy and a flurry of new literature in Arabia. For months after its publication, conservative Muslims condemned the novel as contravening Shariah law, calling for a government crackdown on its distribution. But the book's popularity continued to spread, even while some critics tried to dismiss its success as a product of Alsanea's feminine wiles: "Rajaa has the looks, and so even when the product, i.e. the novel, is bad it sells and is selling like hot cakes," one disgruntled man told Arab News.
Alsanea's looks don't explain the flurry of debate, news and editorializing it has provoked (reportedly over 250 articles): The Iranian organization Homan claimed that "al-Sanie's frank and sometimes shocking insight into the closed world of Saudi women is making waves," while London's Independent newspaper called it "revealing, hilarious and chilling in turn." It has even become the subject of litmus-test questions in job interviews, and Alsanea herself received a supportive call from the Saudi royal family.
Much ado about a book on the love lives, sex and shopping habits of four rich Saudi girls. A modern epistolary novel, it's written as a series of emails sent to a Yahoo! group list serve by a mysterious, lipstick-wearing Saudi woman. In another world, it would be a trivial lip gloss narrative of life as a desirable young woman in Riyadh. But such a story can't avoid being political—and it turns out that chick lit is a convenient vantage point from which to critique Saudi society. Alsanea explores Saudi values in all their mundane invasiveness; this is a world where possessing The Nutty Professor on DVD is a political act, inviting social disgrace. And beyond the picayune restrictions lies blatant hypocrisy: the Saudi elites enforce dressing conventions at home and happily change into chic Western attire on the plane out of Riyadh.
Details form the basis of Alsanea's careful criticism: In an atmosphere where every action is politicized, and where convention always trumps personal preference, human relations are reduced to envy and power play-which makes chick lit the ideal genre in which to discuss such problems. A friend's wedding is not just a celebration, but a political battleground. While one character, Sadeem, garners praise for her help in planning the party (a suitable wifely quality), the more liberal Michelle draws "sharp looks" for refusing to cover up when the men enter. In short, this feminine world is a one straight out of Mean Girls-backbiting gossip, jealousy and personal politics-only the stakes in Riyadh are higher. It's not a question of high school popularity, but marriage and lifelong prosperity. Yet the basic tools-handbags and husbands-are the same.
The prose stays mostly light, even gratingly so at times. Hushed-up nose jobs in Lebanon, makeup tips, modest robes tailored to show off curves and designer-label hijabs are all part of the bitchy game that decides a girl's future. And even once the thumbprint is on the marriage contract (women aren't allowed to sign), the woes aren't over: How long, for example, is it appropriate to make one's husband wait for sex? One night after the wedding? Seven? Which unspoken code of behavior might be governing his actions, and will he punish you if you're wrong? Navigating this maze of requirements could mean the different between divorce—and thereafter possible confinement to the house—and a tolerable lifestyle.
It's hardly surprising, then, that courtship often manifests as a materialist status race. Alsanea expects a lot of her guys: money, height, prestige, culture, Barry Manilow-singing teddy bears, diamonds on Valentines Day, affectionate notes stuck on the fridge, and so on. And from the weak-minded puppets of familial authority, to abusive cheaters and pathologically suspicious control-freaks, the guys always disappoint. Flirting, officially forbidden, struggles through a variety of tortured avenues-instant messaging, "numbering" girls through tinted windows (that is, publicly displaying one's cell number in the hopes of getting a call), and the occasional covert café meet-up.
Despite her criticisms, Alsanea is cautious, which is probably why her book has received much support as well as censure. None of the book's main characters ever truly defy their families; most instead find livable compromises. And Alsanea is a moderate when it comes to method; she says that change is unachievable without a degree of respect for tradition: "There are a lot of people who want change in Saudi Arabia but they're not succeeding," she told Newsweek, "because they're not going through the right channels, or they're not doing it gradually. They're just screaming, ‘We went this change and we want it now.'"
In that sense, Girls of Riyadh can seem disappointingly un-revolutionary. But it's a useful exposé of a social malaise—a community stranglehold so tight that it poisons individual relations and imbues personal decisions with intense social meaning. Which, to any Clueless fans, ("Why should I listen to you, anyway? You're a virgin who can't drive") makes chick lit a fitting place to start the discussion.
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A dream comes true for two Newburgh families. They are now homeowners, thanks to Habitat for Humanity. Our Elaina Athans was there for the joyous moment.
NEWBURGH, N.Y. -- 12-year-old's dream finally comes true. She now has a closet big enough to stuff with shoes, cloths and handbags.
“I get my own room finally," said Deenaysia Wright.
Wright' family is one of two that received a new Habitat for Humanity home Sunday. Dozens of well-wishers came out for the monumental event.
"It’s my first time living in house," said Darryl Wright.
Habitat for Humanity offers affordable housing to local hard-working families.
The conditions that they’ve been living in they have to make hard choices about what to do with their money and now they’re going to be in a stable environment," said Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh Director Cathy Collins.
Each of these families put in more than 250 hours worth of what's called sweat equity in order to get keys to these homes. That basically means they had to help on construction projects for other Habitat for Humanity homes in order to get their own.
"We have lived everywhere in apartments and we’re excited to have our own house," said Gloria Arriaga.
The homes are located on Benkard Avenue. it's an area the organization is currently cluster building to improve the neighborhood. The non-profit says doing this, from past experience, will bring change.
"People then begin to start fixing up their own homes around us. It’s an inspiration to them," said Collins.
But for Deenaysia Wright, the only change she's looking forward to is not having to share a bedroom with her little brother.
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Arizona's education system is broken and Republicans are to blame, three Democrats vying to represent Legislative District 9 contend. All three believe they can fix it.
Two of them will emerge from the Aug. 28 primary to face Republican Ethan Orr for the north-side district's two seats in the Legislature.
"Cutting back on education is cutting at our throats," Victoria Steele, a counselor and college instructor, told the audience at an Arizona Clean Elections-sponsored debate.
"We need to value our teachers so we can give our kids the success they deserve," Steele said.
In a debate that touched on topics ranging from SB 1070 to how to kick-start a battered economy and improve the health-care system, education surfaced as the dominant issue.
Citing a decrease in state funding and a Republican-led Legislature that they say can't get its priorities straight, Dustin Cox, president of CM Concordia Consulting LLC and Mohur Sarah Sidhwa, a career and personal transitions coach, agreed when it comes to education - Arizona they believe is on a steep decline.
They began delving into the issue by discussing their opposition to publicly funding private and religious schools.
"It was public education that produced our finest thinkers," Sidhwa said. "We have a problem because most private schools tend to be religiously affiliated. Down comes the wall of separation between church and state."
Sidhwa said she liked the idea of charter schools, but not the way they're being implemented locally.
Steele said fixing the education system includes increasing state funding, shifting curriculum decisions from politicians to educators and focusing on STEM, an acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Steele, who returned to school when she was 40 years old after a 20-year career in newscasting, wants to expand access to adult education as well.
Cox agreed with Steele's points while emphasizing the arts and sciences carry equal weight in the classroom.
"What happens if we have an entire society full of engineers who have never heard of Shakespeare?" Cox said.
"It's not (either) STEM or arts and humanities. I think it's both. And we have the resources to do that."
Cox said he'd like to serve on the Appropriations Committee to fix a broken budget, which is where he said most of the problems are rooted.
"The budget is our moral document. The budget is what we frame our priorities as, as Arizonans," he said. "So what are our priorities today? They're not education. They're not creating jobs. They're not stimulating the economy and supporting the industries that could be the future employers of our state."
Sidhwa added her top education-related priority is to instill a strong appreciation for the sciences among students early on in school.
"I know of too many labs in high schools and middle schools that have equipment that belongs to another century," she said. "This is not how we compete globally."
She noted the relationship between the University of Arizona's research institutions, the state's economy and how they boost one another.
All three agreed that the path to having their ideas implemented by the Legislature won't be easy due to partisan gridlock.
"Who in their right mind, Mohur and Victoria, would want to go into that?" Cox said, joking. All three put their hands in the air. "Me, too. You got to be a little crazy to do this."
On SB 1070, all three candidates said they would have preferred that the Supreme Court killed the entire bill, rather than just most of it.
They all also voiced support for the Affordable Care Act, and for boosting the economy by investing more in solar energy and biotech industries.
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Age UK’s Moneybus has helped older people claim more than £300,000 in health and income benefits. Sponsored by Legal and General, the Moneybus visited English regions with the highest number of older people that are eligible for financial benefits, but haven’t claimed – Cheshire, Leeds, East Riding, Bradford and District, Country Durham, Northumberland and Wiltshire. Pippa Webster, who manages Age UK Salisbury’s Information and Advice department, tell us about her experience on the bus.
When the Moneybus came to Salisbury at the beginning of October, I spent the day giving advice to all those who climbed aboard. The organisation of the event and the Age UK volunteers who came as support were absolutely fantastic – giving away 950 goody bags and encouraging more than 50 people to come into the bus to discuss the benefits they might be entitled to.
Although it was a bit of a tight squeeze at times, it was remarkable how many older people came along to see us who weren’t at all perturbed at discussing their financial situation with us on a bus! Continue reading
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Far too many older people are living in poverty – the latest figures put the number at 1.8 million. That’s an incredible number of people struggling to ‘make do’ on less than 60% of average (median) income after housing costs.
But despite the scale of poverty in later life, a huge amount of benefits, £5.5 billion, goes unclaimed each year. About 30% of older people who are eligible for Pension Credit do not take up their entitlement.
So, you may ask, if so many older people living in poverty are in such desperate need, why don’t they claim their benefits?
The Moneybus visits Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
Many older people have had negative experiences when claiming benefits, finding the whole system insurmountable. For example, the application form for Pension Credit is 43 pages long. Older people are more likely than any other age group to miss out on their benefits because they are hesitant to claim, don’t think they are eligible, or believe the claiming process is over-complicated and intrusive. There is a real need to get rid of the stigma that some people associate with claiming benefits.
Age UK’s More Money in Your Pocket campaign aims to overcome these barriers, offering independent information and advice that is delivered by our trusted local Age UK partners. Our Information and Advice workers support older people them to claim what they are entitled to.
Today marks the start of the More Money in Your Pocket road-show, sponsored by Legal & General (L&G). After several months of planning, our newly branded Age UK bus is on the road visiting the eight areas in England that the Department of Work and Pensions have identified as having the highest numbers of older people who are eligible for Pension Credit but have not claimed.
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Get used to it Ten. This is what you'll get from these typical extremists. There's no room for you in there world if you don't see exactly the same they do.<br><br>You find the same kind of people in history that killed entire populations because they didn't believe in the same God they did. The only difference here is that she's not in a position of power. The scary thing is, she supports and promotes others in power that would do exactly that if they were given the chance.<br><br>"You're off the edge of the map, mate! Here there be monsters!"
<blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>Banner says "Mission Accomplished" not "War Over".<br>Big difference.<p><hr></blockquote><p>I guess thats kind of like how a broomstick up the @ss is a "big difference" from rape? We really need to get our vocabulary straight here. <br><br>
My "credibility flying away"? I thought you started all of this because you are such a great patriot! You felt super strongly about injustices being committed against "innocent americans" by "animals"…<br><br>Oh wait… whom I am replying to:<br>skuldugary/skullduggery n : Crafty deception or trickery or an instance of it.<br>n : verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way<br>-dictionary.reference.com<br>AKA<br><br><br>Good Show!<br><br>If you really did care about what happened to Nick Berg, you would probably what to hear what AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL has to say about it. Because crying about it hear is not going to stop it from happening again. Nor will the trials, or the rich men in suits.<br><br>I don't care what you think of me! But I am going to respond accordingly to the bigoted hate that you post. It is a public forum, it is not all about you. Others will read what I post, hopefully some of them will read the links. I call you blind, you cry "personal attack!" and cover you eyes! <br><br>PeaceOut!<br><br>
she?<br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>You find the same kind of people in history that killed entire populations because they didn't believe in the same God they did. The only difference here is that she's not in a position of power. The scary thing is, she supports and promotes others in power that would do exactly that if they were given the chance.<p><hr></blockquote><p>WOW! That's rational thinking… <br>WHAT?<br><br>
No need for name calling through PM's, 'Cheery'... <br><br>If you wanted me to delete my post, I would have gladly done so if you had asked nicely...<br><br><br><br>I wiped it out anyway, just because I'm that kind of guy.<br><br>[color:red]You slap my back, I'll slap yours!</font color=red>
I find it laughable that after ALL the names that have gone back and forth between you and about 5 different people on this board, that MY post put you over the edge...<br><br>Have fun wherever you land...<br><br>[color:red]You slap my back, I'll slap yours!</font color=red>
WHAT!?<br><br>First to the broomstick thing you have brought up twice? What is your point? I haven't seen any accusations of an Iraqi prisoner being sodimized with a broomstick. And if such a thing did happen then those who did it and those who knew it was happening and allowed it to happen should be locked up.<br><br>Second, I am correct that "Mission Accomplished" is a far different statement than "War Over". The war is not over and not one person has ever claimed that it was.<br>Just because you feel it's true because you march lock-step with the view of those out to defeat Bush in the next election does not make it any closer to truth.<br>In fact here's a couple of quotes from the speech the President gave that very day the picture was taken...<br><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p>The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September the 11th, 2001 and still goes on. <p><hr></blockquote><p><blockquote><font size=1>In reply to:</font><hr><p> The war on terror is not over, yet it is not endless. We do not know the day of final victory, but we have seen the turning of the tide. <p><hr></blockquote><p>Dean Davis
This isn't directed at you John, just the topic in general:<br><br>What the fsck has happened to this place that we're sitting around here debating about whether or not sexual abuse is considered rape???<br><br>WHAT THE FSCK DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE???<br><br>The people were mistreated/abused/raped/tortured or whatever we/you/they want to call it. This discussion has lowered itself to the point where it *almost* seems as though some people are trying to somehow condone what's happened just because a penis wasn't thrust into an anus!<br><br>Gimme a freakin break already...<br><br>
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I'm sorry, I thought you were female. I seem to remember others referencing you as 'she' or 'her'. <br><br>My reference to your gender was not intended as a slight.<br><br>"You're off the edge of the map, mate! Here there be monsters!"
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bcrowell writes "I'm a college physics professor. My students all want to use calculators during exams, and some of them whose native language isn't English also want to use electronic dictionaries. I had a Korean student who was upset and dropped the course when I told her she couldn't use her iPod during an exam — she said she used it as a dictionary. It gets tough for me to distinguish networked devices (iPhone? iTouch?) from non-networked ones (calculator? electronic dictionary? iPod?). I give open-notes exams, so it's not memory that's an issue, it's networking. Currently our classrooms have poor wireless receptivity (no Wi-Fi, possible cell, depending on your carrier), but as of spring 2011 we will have Wi-Fi everywhere. What's the best way to handle this? I'd prefer not to make them all buy the same overpriced graphing calculator. I'm thinking of buying 30 el-cheapo four-function calculators out of my pocket, but I'm afraid that less-adaptable students will be unable to handle the switch from the calculator they know to an unfamiliar (but simpler) one." | <urn:uuid:32738b32-e659-4068-8b46-824ef456070d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ask.slashdot.org/story/10/09/13/2341246/Preventing-Networked-Gizmo-Use-During-Exams?from=rss/eqWf+(Slashdot:+Slashdot) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00030-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979027 | 241 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Lenovo has announced the first ThinkPad laptops running Intel's latest Sandy Bridge chips, which help make the PCs faster and more power-efficient than older models.
The company's new ThinkPad T, L and W laptops run on Intel's latest Core i3, i5 and i7 processors, which were officially announced earlier this year. The power-efficiency features on Intel's Sandy Bridge chips, combined with Lenovo's new power-saving features, have helped prolong battery life on the new laptops, said Preston Taylor, ThinkPad product marketing manager at Lenovo.
The ThinkPad T420, which includes a 14-inch screen, delivers up to 15 hours of battery life with a nine-cell battery, better than the 11 hours of its predecessor, Taylor said. The ultra-thin T420S, which also includes a 14-inch screen, offers six hours of battery life on a six-cell battery, but users can extend that to 10 hours by plugging an optional battery in the optical bay. The ThinkPad T and W laptops provide a 33-percent battery performance improvement over previous models.
The battery life of laptops is also boosted by Intel's Turbo Boost 2.0 chip feature, where inactive cores can be automatically shut down to preserve power. Performance on the processing cores can be dialed up in case extra performance is needed for tasks like video rendering, Taylor said.
Some laptops are also bundled with Intel's Core VPro hardware and software platform, which enables IT managers to remotely manage and secure laptops. Intel's anti-theft technology, which is bundled in VPro, allows IT managers to remotely disable stolen or lost laptops over wired, Wi-Fi or 3G networks. The laptops can be later reactivated through a code provided by the IT department. A GPS capability in the anti-theft feature also allows laptops to be tracked, and establish boundaries so laptops are kept within specific confines.
The new ThinkPads will become available worldwide in March and include dual- and quad-core Core i3, i5 and i7 processors running at clock speeds between 2GHz and 2.7GHz.
The ThinkPad T420 and T420S are priced at $1,029 and $1,399, respectively, in the US. The T520 comes with a 15.6-inch screen and is priced starting at $999. The laptops will support up to 8GB of RAM, and up to 320GB of hard drive storage.
The ThinkPad W520, which includes a 15-inch screen, is priced starting at $1,529. The desktop replacement laptop weighs 5.95 pounds (2.7 kilograms), and supports up 32GB of memory. The laptop includes USB 3.0 ports and multiple storage options.
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Everyone is abuzz about the social media. Yet its application for healthcare is not entirely clear. When you consider that 64 percent of word of mouth conversations happen face-to-face and not online, well the luster dims a bit. And when you consider that, unlike other industries that use coupons and other devices to drive immediate sales, healthcare services are something that people, by and large, do not want. We can’t issue a Groupon that says “Buy one nursing home day, get the second free. Act now.” So let’s simplify the social media equation for healthcare organizations.
Here is my take on how healthcare should use the social media.
Facebook - most people are looking for deals, coupons, etc from services and products that they use on an ongoing basis – think restaurants, retail. So it is not a perfect fit for healthcare. However, to the extent that you can build communities of people based on their affinity – caregiver community, Alzheimer’s community, weight loss community, diabetes community – that would help. And for everyone else, it is not about what you do as an organization but about what you share that can help him or her live a healthier life.
You Tube - picking up from the last line above, people will care less about viewing a procedure or process as they will care if your activity professional produces a video on activities elders can do at home to promote quality of life. Provide information people can use. Over time they will remember who provided it and think of you when they need what you offer. That also ties to your CRM efforts in which you collect data about prospects and clients so that you can give them what they want in both marketing and customer experience.
Twitter – the best use is to use one of the many Twitter tools out there and monitor mentions of your company. That is what Comcast does for their company and they identify customer service issues immediately. So using it in service recovery is becoming essential. A family caregiver leaves your facility and tweets about something that went wrong. You can deal with it immediately.
But you can also use these for breaking news that really has an impact and to create flash mobs at events or even in advocacy efforts. Take a cue from the following event.
A flash mob of dancers dressed as grey-haired senior citizens recently hit New York City’s Times Square to draw attention to long-term care insurance. Members danced a choreographed waltz in pairs, while a string quartet accompanied them. After the waltz, the dancers tore off their costumes and began a swing dance number. Following the dancers, an eldercare expert addressed a small crowd of spectators and spoke about the increased need for seniors to purchase long-term care insurance.
The mob was sponsored by non-profit group 3in4 Need More, which focuses on long-term care advocacy and the need for LTC insurance.
The Power of Four
Erik Qualman in a blog post “Social Media Made Simple: The 4 Steps” outlines four steps for success.
- Interact: Join the conversation
- React: Adjust your product or service based on
Notice what is last? Companies often jump straight to step four, selling. Start with listening. Without listening the other three steps will not happen.
Want a jump start on all of this? A free e-book exploring why and how to use social media in medical marketing is available from bryantBROWN Healthcare. It contains eight short chapters covering:
- An overview of social media and the power of building brands by building databases
- How to craft effective email campaigns
- The 20 websites we all should know
- How to blog your way to success
- Understanding SEO, SEM, and website analytics
- Developing brand advocates
- The value of web alerts
- Repurposing social media content across all media
Don’t be afraid of the social media or think it is too big and too much to handle. And please don’t bow to the gazillion so called social media experts out there who can tell you how it is done or promise incredible SEO ratings for your efforts.
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Top Places for Whale Watching
Whale watching is a very interesting activity and one that many people take a keen interest in. However, you may
be disappointed at the glimpses you get if you aren’t in the right locations. Knowing the best places for whale
watching can help you to plan your trip to do so. It can also ensure you are able to get the most from that
experience. During the winter months, whales migrate along the coastal areas. Therefore areas of Florida and
California are prime locations. Along the Gulf of Mexico is also one of the top places for whale watching
You may want to talk to your travel agent about whale watching vacations. For example you can take a cruise that
will follow along a route that the whales take. Keep in mind that they don’t get as close as some people would
like. This is so they don’t harm any of the whales in the process with the ships. These vacations often dock in the
best locations though to see the whales too. In fact, you can even get a guided tour so you won’t have to locate
those spots on your own.
Generally you will have the best luck watching whales from the middle of April to October. However, the season
will depend on many factors including the location where you are. It will also depend on the weather as issues
including global warming and changes in the seasons can affect when the whales will migrate.
This also means that you can watch whales from colder climates too. For example whale watching is very common in
Oregon, as that is an area where they move from as winter sets in. Then they can be watched as they head back from
California coast as the warmer months are approaching.
You will also find plenty of whale watching on the other side of the USA as well. Massachusetts has plenty of
great locations for this activity. Chances are that just about any ocean access you have may provide you with such
opportunities. There are certain times of the year though when the whales will be closer to the shore though than
As a last resort, you can definitely consider whale watching from certain family oriented areas too such as Sea
World. While you won’t be watching them in their natural habitat you will still get to see these amazing mammals up
close. This may be the only option you have so take it and make the most of it. Some people assume that these
whales at such locations are only doing shows. However, many of them also allow you to go into underground viewing
areas where you can observe what the whales take part in.
The internet is the perfect resource to help you find the best whale watching locations. Some of them may be in
closer proximity to you than you realized. Perhaps you already have a great vacation planned to some area where
they will be noticeable. You can add whale watching as a delightful activity for the entire family to take part in.
Many people have a new found admiration for whales after such an experience.
If you haven’t gone whale watching before, you are in for quite a treat. Be prepared to get wet if you are close
to them though because they can make quite a splash as the emerge and then go back under the water. You may want to
take binoculars too so you can see what is going on if you aren’t up close. Don’t forget a camera either because
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easy as pie | easy as abc
Meaning: If something's as easy as pie, or easy as abc, it's very easy.
- Setting up the printer was as easy as pie.
- You'll have no trouble finding your way around the website. It's easy as abc.
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Maurice says that Google’s new syndication protocol, which I asked about yesterday, is an indication that Google is putting a gate in the wall around its garden to enable queries into its data. That would be good. But what it really should allow is not just queries into but scraping of its data for that data is our data that we put there in services like Google Base. Why do I care about this? So that new services can come along and aggregate distributed posts — classified ads, listings, reviews, whatever — wherever they are on the internet, in blogs, in other still-closed services, or in open blogs. Now that Google is trying to become a repository of our data, that should be open to the world to aggregate and analyze as Google aggregates others’ data. The Golden Rule of the Google Age should be: Scrape unto others as you would have them scrape unto you. I hope that’s what the new syndication protocol does but I’m still not sure. | <urn:uuid:f3418030-a87e-4a8b-a7fa-183e10b1ae4c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://buzzmachine.com/2006/04/22/googles-syndication-protocol/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00032-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972271 | 207 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Location: Edson Hill, Stowe
Date Protected: December 1992
Current Landowner: Stowe Land Trust
Conservation Purposes: The purpose of conserving this property was to protect the scenic, recreational and productive landscape for present and future generations.
Project Background: Muriel S. Wiessner, known as Moo Moo, knew for years that she wanted to conserve the 104-acre parcel she owned located off Edson Hill Road. Twenty years before beginning negotiations with Stowe Land Trust, Mrs. Wiessner and her husband, Fritz, had looked into various means to preserve the land but they were unable to establish a deal that met their needs. The Wiessners, residents of Stowe for 40 years, were ardent conservationists and wanted to ensure that their land would be maintained perpetually in the way that they saw fit. After Fritz died in 1988, Moo Moo continued to pursue the idea of conserving the property as a tribute to Fritz’s life and accomplishments. Ownership of 79 acres of the property was donated to Stowe Land Trust in 1992. Conservation restrictions placed on the remaining lots, which made up the original parcel, guarantee the scenic conservation value of the property will remain intact.
Property Description: As the name suggests, Wiessner Woods is almost entirely forested. There is a small portion of meadow visitors must pass through to get from the parking area to the trail head. The forest is a mature stand of hardwood and softwood trees including hemlock, spruce, white pine, maple, beech and birch. Several small streams traverse the property creating periods of standing water during spring run-off. The property contains an extensive network of trails including a portion of the Catamount Trail which connects to trails on the adjacent Halvorsen and Edson Hill properties.
Public Access: Wiessner Woods is open to the public for pedestrian recreational use including hiking, snowshoeing, cross country skiing and dog walking. In accordance with the wishes of the donor, hunting and motorized and mechanized recreation is not permitted.
Directions: From Stowe Village, take Route 108 (the Mountain Road) 3.5 miles to Edson Hill Road. Turn right onto Edson Hill Road, pass the entrance to Stowehof Inn and take the next drive on your right. Park in the Wiessner Woods parking lot (please do not park alongside the road) on the left and follow signs to the trail head. | <urn:uuid:edf334ad-ece0-41fe-bf1c-dbd844757ecd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.stowelandtrust.org/conserved/properties/wiessnerwoods/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711005985/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133005-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960168 | 510 | 1.828125 | 2 |
EURORDIS advocating to improve patient access to orphan drugs in Europe Rare disease patients do not have equitable and timely access to the approved orphan drugs they need. This is often because the national authorities in their countries take too long to decide on the pricing and reimbursement of these drugs, thus delaying their arrival on the market. EURORDIS advocates for immediate action to promote cooperation at the European level in order to facilitate national decisions on pricing and reimbursement, thus reducing these delays and improving patients’ effective access to orphan drugs. This advocacy action is taken to implement the policy framework adopted at EU level in the last 12 months and is based on a broad consultation of concerned stakeholders.
Rare Disease Day 2010: Coming up! With only three months to go, the organisation of the third edition of Rare Disease Day is well on track. This year the rare disease community will drum up around the motto “Patients & Researchers: Partners for Life”. Thousands of patient organisations will be organising activities on and around 28th February to raise awareness of rare diseases and the impact that they have on patients’ lives. Read on to find out what’s happening and how you can get involved too!
Bridging Patients and Researchers: The case of DEBRA International How can patients help advance research into their disease? One answer comes from a young woman suffering from EB (Epidermolysis Bullosa), who recently accepted to be among the first people to try a new skin-cell therapy that has the potential to greatly improve EB patients’ quality of life. Read on to find out how Melissa Smith, and the patient organisation to which she belongs, is helping to translate painstaking research into treatment.
Noonan Syndrome Angels: An Italian patient organisation is fighting for them Antonella Esposito, the President of the Italian Association of Noonan Syndrome patients, shares her experience as a multi-tasking woman: psychotherapist, militant and mother of three children, one with Noonan Syndrome.
Swine flu (influenza H1N1) and rare diseases A considerable amount of information about swine flu is currently featured in the media and on the internet and ranges from the denial of any risk to absolute alarmism. We therefore consider it useful for Eurordis to publish a message that is independent of both national policies and commercial interests.
Many rare diseases carry risk factors with regard to flu. It is therefore important that patients and the persons who frequently provide daily care can benefit from suitable protection measures and, if necessary, effective early treatment.
Patient associations have shown for years that they form an independent channel of validated scientific information consulted by a broad public.
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Funded Projects Past and Present!
Last year four projects were funded that advanced the Network through health information outreach or advancing health information practice through knowledge management.
In November we announced available funding opportunities for the 2011-2012 year. Proposals were submitted and reviewed by corresponding Communities of Interest. Three projects were approved for funding:
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston
Standards for Care for Rehabilitation Services.
The Standards of Care for Rehabilitation Services project will research and investigate systems that would be appropriate to manage the creation and revision of the Department of Rehabilitation Standards of care and integrate them into clinical practice. Physical, occupational, and speech therapists author and review the standards and manage standards documents. The library will develop a knowledge management process that will allow for the creation, approval, and ongoing revision of the standards within an integrated system.
Community Engagement Project
Healthy Acadia serves as the Healthy Maine Partnership for Hancock County and provides public health services for Hancock County, Maine’s second most rural district. The Community Engagement Project will enhance the awareness and use of National Library of Medicine health information resources among service providers as well as the general public. The project aims to conduct 15 training sessions and reach 170 participants.
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Worcester Campus)
Improving Health Information Literacy in Middle School Children
This project uses community-based, interactive, and age-appropriate strategies to introduce 6th graders to the role of libraries in higher education, educate about lead poisoning, and improve students’ ability to use and apply health information. The program includes off-site components that bring students to public libraries, academic libraries, and art museums to explore the uses of lead and the effects of lead poisoning.
Rhode Island Welcome Back Center at Dorcas Place (RIWBC)
Health Information Literacy Outreach Project
RIWBC based at Dorcas Place adult education center is an initiative designed to help underemployed internationally educated medical practitioners re-enter their professions or alternative health careers in the state. . The project will partner with RI Community Health Workers Association and will use a train the trainer mode for workshops designed to inform RI’s health and adult education providers about how to effectively promote reliable health information to underserved minority populations. The project aims to reach 2,000 adult learners and community health workers.
Projects began on or after the start of our second fiscal year, May 2012. Projects will be completed by April 2013. In November, NER will announce its funding opportunities for the third (2013-2014) fiscal year. | <urn:uuid:538bf8be-f7e3-4f25-9644-754f140220f2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nnlm.gov/ner/blog/2012/07/16/funded-projects-past-and-present/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00025-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931539 | 533 | 1.507813 | 2 |
We made sun jars using these instructions by Cre8tor at Instructables: Home-made Sun Jar. It’s based on the Sun Jar design by Tobias Wong. These notes are what we learned along the way.
The short version:
– Ikea Slom jar, smallest size, about $3
Disassemble the Ikea jar and spray the bottom half with glass frosting spray. Get the solar panel and battery pack out of the solar garden light and mount it on the underside of the jar lid (see below for specifics). Reassemble the jar and you’re done.
The long version:
The guts of the homemade sun jar are made using a solar garden light. These can be found at hardware and garden stores, and there are lots of types to choose from. Obviously since we’re ripping it apart we’ll be using the cheap ones. I love the solar garden lights for their intended purpose and will probably get some for our front walk. They work like this: the solar panel charges the NiCAD battery during the day, the batteries power the LED light when it turns dark, and a little diode turns the light off during the daylight hours. You put the jar on a sunny window sill and that’s it, it runs itself.
After my first try where I discovered that the components had been glued into place, I compared a few kinds until I found one that worked. I found that the components needed to unscrew easily, and have one battery. My unscientific testing and general assumptions bring me to say two batteries take longer to charge during the day. These are the ones that didn’t work: set of 4 Hampton Bay lights from Home Depot, glued in place; set of 6 Malibu brand lights from Fred Meyer, had 2 batteries; set of 4 Westinghouse brand lights from Sears, I was completely unable to get open. There might be other kinds out there that work just great, but at this point I was tired and running up against a deadline.
update: In the years since I wrote this tutorial it’s become easier to find individual garden lights that pop off their ground stake and are small enough to fit inside the lid of a jar. See the update note at the end of this page for pictures. End of the update.
I settled on Malibu brand lights from Lowes which come individually packaged, about $10 each:
These come apart easily and there is no separate light sensing diode as shown in the Instructables site, if you cover the solar panel the light comes on. The LED light is mounted underneath the battery already, making it very simple to assemble for the jar. Also the solar panel is just the right size to fit inside the jar lid and still allow it to close. The light in these is amber.
However, after this initial happy find I bought six boxes of these (we were making them as gifts) and found that the components inside were not always the same! Tragedy! Here are the three kinds we found:
If you feel like you can get away with it while in the store, open the box and peek inside. You want the one that looks like the picture just above.
Unscrew the four (or sometimes two) screws that are holding the solar panel into the frame, you’ll need a tiny phillips head screwdriver. Do not unscrew the screws holding the battery pack to the electronic bits, that can stay just as it is. The solar panel and battery bits which are attached to one another with wires. Discard the protective plastic sheet and plastic frame, as well as the rest of the bits that come in the box, let’s hope they are recyclable in your area.
We used Ikea jars – the smallest in the Slom series (about $3) which you can find in the kitchen marketplace area. The jars seem really small in the store but we found the medium jar too large for the reach of the LED light to do a good job.
Happy surprise: the Ikea jar wire bits come off easily with a little pushing and pulling.
The only part which needs some help is the hinge:
This makes painting the jars far easier. We used a glass frosting spray paint which worked nicely. You don’t want to spray the jar top, it needs to stay clear as that is where the solar panel will be mounted to collect sunlight. We put the jars up on some skewers so they wouldn’t stick to the paper.
Now we prepare the light guts. In these pictures we used a silicone sealer glue (it’s essentially clear caulking, I think), but the Instructables project uses Blue Tak, aka that sticky moldable stuff you used to hang posters in high school. We decided to use glue because we were shipping the jars across the country and didn’t want them to shake apart in transit, but when we make our own I’m going to use the tacky stuff as it worked plenty well in my test. Also, if the battery should need to be replaced it will be easier to get to.
This is what we’ll be doing: attach the solar panel to the inside of the jar top so that it catches light during the day. But first we’ll attach the battery and light to the bottom of the solar panel so that when the jar is closed the light is pointing down inside.
Stick the battery and light to the bottom side of the solar panel with the light at the center, pointing straight up:
Then dot the four compass points of the inside of the jar lid with the sticky stuff of your choice:
And put the solar panel, with the top of the solar panel facing towards what will be the top of the jar, on the sticky bits, centered carefully:
Now, reassemble the jar and you’re done.
This was a lot of fun, but of course the homemade jars won’t look as good at the real thing. Also, we tested these during a rainy, overcast Seattle December and found that the battery was barely charged by the end of the day. We got a few hours of light before it faded. We’re sure there will be stronger light during the summer months, but we’re pretty happy anyhow.
update April 2007: My homemade sun jar made it into the pages of ReadyMade Issue 28, thanks ReadyMade.
UPDATE: It’s been a few years since I first made this tutorial and the option for lights to fit inside a jar are easier to find. I found the following at Lowe’s, they are individually sold garden lights and the small top portion simply pops off of the ground stake they are mounted on. The top component is small enough to fit inside the top of a jar and wouldn’t need any modification. All you need is some glue to mount it underneath the lid of the jar. Neat, eh?
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Filmmaker and documentarian John Johnsen has worked in all aspects of freelance photography and videography. John became involved in cryptid projects by accident; having produced and released three documentary films: "Keeping the Watch", "Spotlight on the Patterson Gimlin Film: the M.K. Davis Theory" and "Hunt the Dogman". John and his work with M.K. Davis present an interesting theory on the creature we know as Bigfoot.
Author and filmmaker Ken Klein presented his thesis that Egypt's Great Pyramid was built by Enoch, and serves as an oracle to help humankind transcend to their higher nature. Klein contended that the Egyptian ruler known as Thoth, who wrote The Book of the Eternal Day (later called The Egyptian Book of the Dead), was actually Enoch, a real human, who was later deified. Further, the Greek god Hermes was also Enoch, he stated. Enoch never died; he was taken to the Arcturus star system, and helped populate a "godly race," said Klein, adding that the Great Pyramid was built to memorialize the fact that Enoch escaped death.Enoch will return in a ship, and the current proliferation of UFOs, is preparing us for the call to leave, he continued. According to the prophets, it is our destiny to go into space, he noted. ... More »Host: George Noory | <urn:uuid:d48dfbf7-af07-4398-88af-b3ecd52a4fcc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.coasttocoastam.com/guest/johnsen-john/7214 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00028-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984493 | 283 | 1.585938 | 2 |
Conn. firm recalls ice cream over salmonella fear
MILFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut ice cream company says it’s recalling a peanut butter and jelly product because it could be contaminated with salmonella.
Milford-based Buck’s Ice Cream says the recall involves Iskream Inc. brand Peanut Butter and Jelly No Sugar Added Ice Cream. It says the decision was made because of an expanded recall of nut products by the Sunland Inc. organic peanut processing plant.
The Sunland plant in New Mexico was shut after salmonella was found in Trader Joe’s Creamy Salted Valencia Peanut Butter. Thirty-five illnesses in 19 states have been linked to the product.
Salmonella can cause sometimes fatal infections in children, elderly people and those with weakened immune systems. Healthy people often experience fever, diarrhea, vomiting and abdominal pain.
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Ever wonder what the Interior of Alaska looks like in November?
Well, here you go ... our winter wonderland, with the sun setting at 3:22 on a balmy afternoon. Temperature -35F.
This is what November looks like in Interior Alaska.
And this is what shaking a tree in Interior Alaska looks like in November.
And this is what working inside a not quite insulated Momplex looks like.
Down coats, insulated bibs, snow boots, gloves. This is a warm day.
On a cold day, it looks the same ... just no workers.
We can do temporary heat, and borrowed this heater from my brother. But the exhaust is awful and require ventilation, and it burns alot of fuel. It's good for spot heating, but not reasonable for our situation as a main heat source.
We have this temporary heat source today to heat the ceiling up to allow us to spray foam. Spray foam is a warm weather creature and doesn't quite work right when it's -35 below out ... and inside too.
Yes, today's the big day!!! We are putting the ceiling insulation in and will have the Momplex fully insulated today!
This is a big day for us!
Of course, we got to get all dressed up for this special occasion!
And up the ladder he goes.
In the attic, we have the spray foam kit.
You can buy the little bottles, but you would need so many, we opted for the box.
All ceiling electrical boxes get spray foamed to prevent any heat loss through the boxes.
Bathroom vents are spray foamed as well.
This place is a high security prison for heat. Every possible opening is spray foamed.
And we've got the heat source plumbed up to make sure it sets up right.
But the spray foam is just for the open cracks that will allow moisture to escape and build up in the attic. We also have to insulate to prevent the warm air temperature from escaping.
We will be blowing in insulation. With the blow in insulation, we get a free rental of the blower, which fluffs the insulation and blows in up a pipe into the attic.
Insert insulation here.
The bags get cut in half.
And stuffed into the opening, half a bag at a time.
Easy? Yes. Fast? No.
One bag down, 74 to go.
This process took much longer than expected, and when finally done, it was well past dark.
Everyone was too tired to celebrate that night, but we all felt a huge burden lifted from our shoulders. Whatever Alaska brings us, we can keep working inside the Momplex for the rest of the winter.
Thanks for seeing us to this huge milestone!
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A S Dulat is neither a Kashmiri nor a politician, yet he is among the major players in the chessboard that is Jammu and Kashmir. Not for nothing is he known as a walking encyclopaedia on the Kashmir issue.
As a senior officer of the Intelligence Bureau, he handled Kashmir for many years. Later, as chief of the Research and Analysis Wing, he got to know the macro dimensions of the state.
During the Atal Bihari Vajpayee regime he served as an advisor on Kashmir in the Prime Minister's Office. His Kashmir input helped National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra formulate Vajpayee's Kashmir policy. Although his assessment has been debatable at times, his networking, knowledge and experience have made him a key figure.
Dulat was, once again, called back unofficially to hook the All Parties Hurriyat Conference back into the government's next moves in Kashmir. Although Srinagar has seen many representatives of New Delhi who rarely visit Kashmir or know their sensitivities, none has been as skilled as Dulat in understanding the Kashmir tangle.
In an interview with Senior Editor Sheela Bhatt, he gives an idea of the ground realities in the Kashmir Valley.
How important is Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Kashmir?
It's important because he is visiting Kashmir for the first time. His meeting with General Pervez Musharraf in New York was received well in the Valley.
Ahead of PM's visit, militants kill six people in J&K
Also, the announcement of reduction of troops in Kashmir is a positive step. In view of it, Kashmiris will wait for him. People will wait to hear his speech. Whatever negative signals Kashmiris send, they always give attention to the speeches by leaders from New Delhi. They want to normalise the security situation. They want relief. For political leaders visiting Kashmir, how you say it is as important as what you say.
Kashmiris are feeling hopeless and their hopelessness has turned into cynicism. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh can make a difference in the situation.
What about Home Minister Shivraj Patil's remarks that Pakistan is not allowing the Hurriyat to talk to the Centre?
The communication gap increases when a change of government takes place. Once the rapport is established again things will move in a positive direction.
There is need to do groundwork. Once that's done, there should not be any hurdles in talking to the Hurriyat.
What's your assessment of the Hurriyat?
I can assure [you], the Hurriyat is not at all averse to the idea of talks. They are concerned about the modalities of talks. Since there is no deputy prime minister in this government, they will be a little wary.
Once confidence is established, talks shall resume. At least at this point the ruling People's Democratic Party and National Conference are supporting the Centre's talks with the Hurriyat.
What was the outcome of the two rounds of talks the Hurriyat's separatist leaders had with then deputy prime minister L K Advani?
Those meetings can be termed as meetings for confidence building. The government in New Delhi did not know what the Hurriyat would ask for, and on the other side the Hurriyat had apprehensions too. They wanted to proceed with honour and caution. But both sides were relieved once the meeting took place. They were successful meetings.
Advani, who many of them considered a hawk, was found reasonable in his talks by the Hurriyat leaders. And Advani too found that progress is possible.
In the second meeting Advani requested Professor Abdul Gani Bhat to get a kind of roadmap for talks between the Hurriyat and the Centre for the next meeting. But then, his government lost the election.
What's your latest assessment of the ground situation in Kashmir?
I met many leaders including from the Hurriyat on October 29. I had gone to play golf in Kashmir. I must say that many Kashmiris miss A B Vajpayee. Kashmiris saw a ray of hope in him. Now, they are waiting for the arrival of Prime Minister Singh. His words and way of delivery of speech will be under scrutiny. Kashmiris want the end of militancy. They feel even if India wants to crush militancy it can't, because of Pakistan which holds the key to stopping the violence.
Because of this, Vajpayee's April 18, 2003 speech in Srinagar was important for them.
Dr Singh, too, will surely make an impact. As I told you before, though Kashmiris will tell you they are not concerned with the prime ministers' visits, they will go on a strike but will listen to him. Prime Minister Singh's initiative for reduction of troops has already sent the right signals.
What is the next big step expected in Kashmir?
Talks with the Hurriyat. Look back to 1996. After the turmoil of the bloody insurgency, for the first time a process had started. The National Conference government came to power. Whether you like it or not the democratic process, indeed, got revived. In 2002, the second phase came in the form of Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's government. Some may think the People's Democratic Party is also an interim government but it has certainly consolidated the democratic process.
These two governments have been a big forward movement in Kashmir. Today, Kashmiris feel their own people are in power.
Why are you, lately, giving importance to the Hurriyat? Are they not playing games Pakistan wants to play?
The process which started in 1996 has to reach its logical conclusion. We must take this process ahead. It's compulsory. In the minds of Kashmiris the issue of Kashmir is unsettled. We have to address their concern. It's necessary to talk to the Hurriyat. Let us give them one chance. The Hurriyat has relevance. Americans and Pakistanis have been talking to Hurriyat leaders. After all, the Hurriyat influences militancy in Kashmir.
I consider the Mirwaiz [Hurriyat Chairman Omar Farooq] a promising leader. Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti, Sajjad Lone and the Mirwaiz are the tomorrow of Kashmir. It has to be seen who emerges as the stronger leader.
Do you agree with the view that the Mufti government is unable to come up to people's expectations?
Oh, what do you think of Kashmir? Kashmir is capable of robbing the shine off veterans. All governments face ups and downs. Don't forget that he is in power only with 16 MLAs. His opponent, the National Conference, has 28 MLAs. Muftisaab needs space to balance.
How do you see Pakistan's recent moves vis-à-vis Kashmir?
They are getting diminishing returns after investing in the hawkish elements in Kashmir. They know it's becoming counter-productive. General Musharraf is repeatedly assuring the world that he will eradicate extremism from Pakistan. Now, how can he continue funding extreme elements in Kashmir?
Also, remember Shabir Shah and Yasin Malik have not joined the [Syed Ali Shah] Geelani faction. Ordinary Kashmiris have understood the futility of guns. The hawks in Kashmir now know they will have to participate in elections. Whether they have the people's support or not is not tested so we should also encourage them.
The Mirwaiz has said he wanted to go to Pakistan before the third round of talks. They want the talks to be all-inclusive.
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Some in anguish, some in fear, Venezuelans raced for home and stocked up on food and water Tuesday after the government announced the death of President Hugo Chavez, the larger-than-life firebrand socialist who led the nation for 14 years.
Vice President Nicolas Maduro's voice broke and tears ran down his face as he appeared on national television to announce that Chavez died at 4:25 p.m. local time (3:55 p.m. EST, 1755 GMT) "after battling hard against an illness over nearly two years."
He did not say what exactly killed Chavez, although the government had announced the previous night that a severe new respiratory infection had severely weakened him.
A few hours later, Foreign Minister Elias Jaua affirmed one of Chavez's final wishes: Maduro would be interim president and then be the ruling party's candidate to carry on Chavez's populist "revolution" in elections to be called within 30 days.
It was a day fraught with mixed signals, some foreboding and some violent. Just a few hours before announcing Chavez's death, Maduro made a virulent speech against enemies he claimed were trying to undermine Venezuelan democracy.
And he said two U.S. military attaches had been expelled for trying to destabilize the nation.
In announcing the death of the former army paratrooper who wielded Venezuela's oil wealth to benefit the poor and win friends regionally, Maduro shifted tone.
He called on Venezuelans to be "dignified heirs of the giant man" Chavez was.
"Let there be no weakness, no violence. Let there be no hate. In our hearts there should only be one sentiment: Love. Love, peace and discipline."
The government declared 7 days of mourning and closed all schools and universities until next Monday.
All across downtown Caracas, shops and restaurants began to close and Venezuelans hustled for home, some even breaking into a run.
Many people looked incredulous or anguished.
"I feel a sorrow so big I can't speak," said Yamilina Barrios, a 39-year-old clerk who works in the Industry Ministry, her face covered in tears. "He was the best this country had."
"I hope the country calms down and continues the work that he left us, continues in unity and the progress continues," Barrios said.
Among the nervous was Maria Elena Lovera, a 45-year-old housewife. "I want to go home. People are crazy and are way too upset."
There were several incidents of political violence.
In one, a group of masked, helmeted men on motorcycles, some brandishing revolvers, attacked about 40 students who had been protesting for more than a week near the Supreme Court building to demand the government give more information about Chavez's health.
The attackers, who didn't wear clothing identifying any political allegiance, burned the students' tents and scattered their food just minutes after the death was announced.
"They burned everything we had," said student leader Gaby Arellano. She said she saw four of the attackers with pistols but none fired a shot.
Outside the military hospital where Chavez's remains were visited by loved ones and confederates, an angry crowd attacked a Colombian TV reporter.
"They beat us with helmets, with sticks, men, women, adults," Carmen Andrea Rengifo said on RCN TV. Video images showed her bleeding above the forehead but she was not seriously injured.
Maduro and other government officials have recently railed against international media for allegedly reporting rumors about Chavez's health, though RCN was not among those stations criticized.
After nightfall, several hundred people gathered at Bolivar Square, a symbolic place for Chavistas because it has a huge nine-meter-tall (30-foot-tall) statue of Simon Bolivar, the 19th century independence hero who Chavez claimed as his inspiration.
Some arrived singing Venezuela's national anthem and holding up posters of Chavez. Many chanted "I am Chavez," which had been a campaign slogan of the president.
One man began shouting through a megaphone a warning to the opposition: "They won't return." The crowd then joined in, chanting: "They won't return."
Maduro, who had urged people to meet at the square, called on the opposition to respect "the people's pain."
"Those who never supported the comandante Hugo Chavez, respect the pain of the people. This is the moment to think of our families, of our country."
Chavez leaves behind a political movement firmly in control of the nation, but with some doubt about how a new leadership will be formed.
Chavez's illness prevented him from taking the oath of office after he was re-elected to a new term on Oct. 7 and the constitution says the speaker of the National Assembly, Diosdado Cabello, should take over as interim president under such circumstances.
Emma Watson revels in her post-"Potter" freedom at Cannes.
More cursing happens in Maryland than across the Potomac River.
How much did a painting of a topless "Golden Girl" fetch?
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Dan Rooney tracks down American in Ireland for 9/11 memorial
Mystery woman has brought flowers to same spot for ten years
Ambassador to Ireland Dan Rooney has discovered the identity of a woman who has marked the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks each year at the US embassy in Dublin.
Rooney became curious about the identity of the woman - who leaves a bouquet of flowers outside the US embassy in Ballsbridge each year - to mark the anniversary.
Eithne Boland, an American who moved to Ireland after studying at UCD in 1965, had her identity uncovered at Rooney’s request.
'I was astonished to get a lovely phone call,' Boland told The Irish Times. 'It’s kind of overwhelming. I’ve always known that the people in the embassy really appreciate the flowers being laid there, and I love doing it,' she added.
'The origin of it was September 11th 2001, and the day after this place was an acre of flowers. So I just kept on bringing flowers because I’m from New York and I remember the Twin Towers being built.
'There was a lot of controversy about them being built at the time, and you could see them from almost anywhere in Manhattan. It was amazing.'
New 9/11 photos to be unveiled at Dublin, Chicago exhibit
Hero 9/11 officer Moira Smith to be honored in Dublin exhibition
Will the 9/11 ten year anniversary be Irish ambassador Dan Rooney’s swan song?
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Family defines Saxon Homestead Farms in Wisconsin. Brothers Karl and Robert Klessig, and their wives, Liz and Kathleen, with Gerald and Elise Heimerl and all their children actively contribute. Jerry and Elise nurtured the dream of making cheese. Karl and Robert oversee the farm and, along with Jerry, who oversees the creamery, are partners in the creamery. The milk is from grass-fed cows, who are allowed to roam free year round, even on winter meadows, except in inclement weather. The Klessig's preserve the goodness of their cow's milk in cheese by making it with living cultures, and mature it in fresh air to cultivate natural rinds. It is nutrient rich, delicious, great looking, flavorful cheese made in harmony with their little corner of the natural world, on the shores of Lake Michigan, near Hika Bay.
Green Fields is an Oka-style cheese, made in the tradition of Canadian monasteries producing washed-rind cheeses. Like the best Canadian Oka's, Green fields is an earthy, elegant table cheese. Sweet nutty tones of the cheese vary with the seasons and cow's diet. A semi-soft washed rind from raw cow's milk, carefully tended for 70 days. Green Fields is great for melting, blending in salad dressings, or at snack and meal-time on the family table.
1st Prize at the 2010 American Cheese Society in the American Originals: Oka Category.
- Made from unpasteurized cow's milk.
- Photo depicts whole 7 lb. form of cheese.
- We cut and wrap this item by the half-pound.
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You're no cynic, but you must admit you loathe the song "What a Wonderful World." And why not? It's only human to be sick of the Louis Armstrong version of the tune, which has been featured incessantly in movies, commercials, and on easy listening jazz stations. In fact if "Satchmo" were standing right in front of you this very minute with a big friendly smile on his face, you'd punch his lights out. No need to get violent. There's a lot more to New Orleans-born Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) than that treacly ditty. Armstrong, nicknamed "Satchmo" for his "satchel mouth," truly was a major force in music. Not just a trumpet player with a sensitive and energetic style, he virtually invented the instrumental solo (okay, some folks might be pissed about that), doing time in the bands of greats such as Kid Ory, King Oliver, and Fletcher Henderson in the early 1920s, and enjoying stints in the mid-1920s with the Hot Fives and the Hot Sevens. During a remarkably lengthy career Armstrong fronted several of his own musical groups, appeared on Broadway, worked in feature films, released tons of hit records, and expanded into a gravelly voiced crooner, earning a Grammy Award for his rendition of the Broadway musical theme "Hello Dolly!" Originally recorded in 1968, "What a Wonderful World" did better in the United Kingdom, where it was a number-one hit, than in the U.S. Blame the 1987 movie Good Morning, Vietnam for the song's ascent up the American Top 40 chart and its subsequent jamming down our throats.
Armstrong may not have been around to enjoy that particular triumph, but the amiable figure achieved much success in his time and continues to be revered as one of our consummate entertainers. Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, a veteran of Wynton Marsalis's Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, brings his combo to the Joseph Caleb Center (5400 NW 22nd Ave.) tonight at 8:00 for a Tribute to Louis Armstrong. Attendees are invited to a preshow jazz concert and reception featuring some of our best local musicians and singers. Tickets cost $15. Call 305-696-0805. -- By Nina Korman
Dance Melancholy Moves
Not everything that's related to the Nazis, Hitler, or World War II has to be a downer. The fictional musical Springtime for Hitler in Mel Brooks's Broadway show The Producers is an example. Okay, it's the only example we can think of at the moment. In sadness and despair there's always the chance for hope and redemption. That might be some of the motivation the Davie-based International Ballet Company had when members got together. The company decided to devote itself exclusively to performing just one piece: The Promise. The full-length classical ballet, which IBC director Mary Buttner and her daughter Deborah wrote, directed, and choreographed, is a story about two Polish/Jewish college students who meet and fall in love during World War II. The couple ends up in the Warsaw ghetto in Poland, which saw 3 million of its 3.3 million Jewish population wiped out in the Holocaust. The piece had its world premiere in Broward last week and makes its Miami debut tonight at 7:30 at the Jackie Gleason Theater of the Performing Arts, 1700 Washington Ave., Miami Beach. Tickets range from $35 to $100. Call 305-673-7300. -- By Nina Korman
Dropping Drawers Bottoms are tops in new/old comedy
Always wear clean underwear, in case you get into an accident. Or if by chance you lose them in a crowd while watching a parade. At least that's how it happened in Carl Sternheim's 1910 play The Underpants. The period comedy opens with a woman unwittingly losing her frilly foundation as it falls around her ankles while she tiptoes for a better view of the procession. (These are pre-elastic days.) And what a fetching garment it must have been since a host of potential suitors soon comes to call. The whole bawdy affair has been given a modern absurdist twist with an adaptation by comedian/actor/wild and crazy guy Steve Martin. Showtimes are 8:00 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, and 2:00 p.m. Sunday through Monday, June 14, at Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, 280 Miracle Mile, Coral Gables. Tickets cost $40 Friday and Saturday; $35 other days. Call 305-444-9293. -- By John Anderson
The term Cuba Libre can be interpreted as a rallying cry for liberty or just the name of the right mix of rum and Coke, but either way it's cause for celebration. And the Globe Café and Bar (377 Alhambra Circle, Coral Gables) will put on just that at 4:00 p.m. during the 1st annual Cuba Libre Block Party. The party will pay homage to Cuba's 1902 Independence Day with a bash reminiscent of the island's swinging, pre-Castro era. That means a hot, Havana night theme in the spirit of the famed Tropicana club, but don't expect any recollections of the period's rampant political corruption and puppet regimes. Do expect Bacardi, the popular brand of Cuban-born rum, to commemorate those wonderful days with free, sugary mojitos and Cuba libres.Entertainment will include the Zarabanda Band, DJ Le Spam, and renowned Cuban singer Albita (above). And if that is not enough Cuba for you, the night will also feature a fabricated domino park. Admission is free. Call 305-445-3555. -- By Humberto Guida | <urn:uuid:f4b31ed1-115f-47bd-88cb-a3b424a0df3e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2004-05-20/calendar/stretched-armstrong/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00039-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950024 | 1,190 | 1.625 | 2 |
Registered: Jan 2009
09-30-12 05:04 PM
I've been trying to hand calculate some backtest results from Amibroker when doing a 100:1 margin spot forex test. This is the best I can come up with for some of the results. I have questions about most of it so I hoped some regulars can help me out.
Let's say I'm looking at EURUSD. On the day I enter a long position, it is going at $1.21800. So I need $1.21800 dollars to get a euro. However, it trades in lots of 100 as its base. So I need $121.80 dollars to get 100
euros. But the base currency is USD so I basically pay $100.00 to get, like 82.10... euros.
I want to enter $100k into the long position, using 100:1 margin. Here's where I get confused . The Amibroker instructions are to enter a margin deposit of 1,000 for 100:1, but I would have figured 100. When I did my math with just 100, it didn't work, and I had to enter 1,000. So we'll continue with that and maybe change this story later if somebody comments otherwise.
First, how many contracts can I do with that? with $100,000 I assume $100,000 divided by 1,000, which is 100 contracts. But due to some commissions at most I can reason is 99 contracts.
Say EURUSD goes up a pip. So it's now $1.21801. My profit would be:
99 * (1.21801 - 1.21800) * 100 * 1000 = $99. Just raking it in there. (It's just for this situation. )
Note that none of this factors in the bid/ask spread. I may be asking about that next.
Is all this right? Any idea why with the margin it's x1000 instead of x100? Right now my own math correlates to amibroker backtest results with these numbers, but only because of these numbers. | <urn:uuid:4943ea58-cca8-4186-bd9a-5708aaac1ed4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=250351 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00016-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95645 | 442 | 1.546875 | 2 |
If an anxiety disorder is diagnosed, the next step is usually seeing a mental health professional. The practitioners who are most helpful with anxiety disorders are those who have training in cognitive-behavioral therapy and/or behavioral therapy, and who are open to using medication if it is needed.
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Russia expands treason law, critics fear crackdown
Posted at: 11/14/2012 1:05 PM
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV
(AP) MOSCOW - Adding to fears that the Kremlin aims to stifle dissent, Russians now live under a new law expanding the definition of treason so broadly that critics say it could be used to call anyone who bucks the government a traitor.
The law took effect Wednesday, just two days after President Vladimir Putin told his human rights advisory council that he was ready to review it.
His spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies Wednesday that Putin would be willing to review the treason law if its implementation reveals "some problems or aspects restricting rights and freedoms."
But what Putin might consider a problem is unclear. His opponents say a series of measures enacted since Putin returned to the Kremlin in May for a third term show he is determined to intimidate and suppress dissidents.
One recent measure imposes a huge increase in potential fines for participants in unauthorized demonstrations. Another requires non-governmental organizations to register as foreign agents if they both receive money from abroad and engage in political activity. And another gives sweeping power to authorities to ban websites under a procedure critics denounce as opaque.
After fraud-tainted parliamentary elections last December, an unprecedented wave of protest arose, with some demonstrations attracting as many as 100,000 people. Putin still won the March presidential election handily, but the protests boldly challenged his image as the strongman Russia needs to achieve stability and prosperity.
Under the new law, anyone who without authorization possesses information deemed a state secret _ whether a politician, a journalist, an environmentalist or a union leader _ could potentially be jailed for up to 20 years for espionage.
While the previous law described high treason as espionage or other assistance to a foreign state that damages Russia’s external security, the new legislation expands the definition by dropping the word "external." Activities that fall under it include providing help or advice to a foreign state or giving information to an international or foreign organization.
The definition is so broad that rights advocates say it could be used as a driftnet to sweep up all inconvenient figures.
"I believe this law is very dangerous," said human rights council member Liliya Shibanova, according to the ITAR-Tass news agency. Shibanova also heads Golos, Russia’s only independent elections watchdog group.
"If, for example, I pass on information about alleged poll violations to a foreign journalist, this could be considered espionage," she said.
"It’s very broad and it’s very dangerous," Rachel Denber, deputy director of Human Rights Watch’s Europe and Central Asia division, told The Associated Press.
She said it’s not clear yet how vigorously Russian authorities will enforce the bill, but says it recreates a "sense of paranoia and suspicion and uneasiness about foreigners."
Putin has repeatedly dismissed opposition leaders as pawns of the West and once accused U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of instigating protesters to weaken Russia.
The law, which was drafted by the Federal Security Service, the main KGB successor agency known under its Russian acronym of FSB, also introduced a punishment of up to eight years for simply getting hold of state secrets illegally even if they aren’t passed to foreign hands.
The FSB explained in a statement run by the ITAR-Tass news agency that the new clause better protects confidential information. It said the previous law, which dated back to the 1960s, failed to provide efficient deterrence against foreign spies.
"Tactics and methods of foreign special services have changed, becoming more subtle and disguised as legitimate actions," the spy agency said. "Claims about a possible twist of spy mania in connection with the law’s passage are ungrounded and based exclusively on emotions."
Tamara Morshchakova, a former Constitutional Court judge, told the presidential rights council meeting Monday that the new law is so broad the FSB no longer needs to provide proof that a suspect inflicted actual damage to the nation’s security.
"Their goal was simple: We have few traitors, it’s difficult to prove their guilt, so it’s necessary to expand it," Morshchakova said. "Now they don’t have to prove it any more. An opinion of law enforcement agencies would suffice."
The revised treason bill first came up in 2008, under then-President Dmitry Medvedev, who quickly shelved the bill after an outburst of public criticism.
Medvedev, now prime minister, was seen as more reform- and compromise-inclined than Putin and initially raised tepid hopes that Russia would turn away from the domineering policies of Putin’s first two terms as president. But Medvedev was a comparatively weak leader and stepped aside to allow Putin to run for another term.
Now "there is an effort to recreate an old sense of fear," Denber of Human Rights Watch said, adding that the new legislation was apparently aimed at discouraging Russians from joining protests. "One of the aims is surely to never have that happen again and to demonize any ... people or organization that might be associated with that."
Along with the series of tough measures enacted this year, Moscow in October ended the U.S. Agency for International Development’s two decades of work in Russia, saying the agency was using its money to influence Russian elections _ a claim the U.S. denied.
Denber said her group already felt a new chill on a recent visit to one of Russia’s Siberian provinces while doing a research on health care. Local officials demanded to know who invited them, who paid for the trip and the names of the group’s local contacts.
"It was very hard. It was an echo of a different time," she said.
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The List of Android Versions
Since its first release, Android has been updated in order to fix bugs and to add more usable and impressive features. Each version of this Google’s operating system has been named alphabetically i.e. Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb and the upcoming version Ice Cream Sandwich.
Here are the release versions of Android operating system from its original release:
Beta version of Android is released in November 5, 2007 and the Software Development Kit (SDK) released in November 15, 2007. SDK is a set of development tools that allows developers to create or to add various applications for an open-source operating system.
The 1.0 version was released in September 23, 2008 and the HTC Dream from HTC is the first mobile phone to run this OS version. The features include Android Market, web browser, camera support but with limited features, grouping application icons into a single folder, email access, Google Application support (Gmail ,Google Sync, Google Search Google Talk and Google Maps), media player, YouTube video player, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.
The 1.1 version was released in February 9, 2009. This version features update and improvements maps’ details and reviews, the show and hide dial pad, attachments saving in message, and support marquee in layouts.
The 1.5 version (Cupcake) was released in April, 30 2009. It features new update of the earlier version such as Virtual keyboard, Widgets, video recording and playback, Bluetooth Stereo support, copy and paste features added in web browser, animated screen transitions, upload photos and videos.
The 1.6 version update (Donut) was released in September, 15, 2009 with several features i.e. voice search, text to speech engine, easier searching in Android Market, speed enhancements in system, searching and faster camera access.
The 2.0 version (Eclair) was released in October 26, 2009. The updates included contact synchronization, multiple accounts in email, updated Bluetooth 2.1, flash and digital zoom features for camera, enhanced typing speed with a smart dictionary, improved hardware speed, supports for bigger screen sizes and higher resolutions, updated version of Google Maps. The updated version of 2.1 included support for voice commands and improved functionality in the email and phonebook applications.
The 2.3 version (Gingerbread) was released in December 6, 2010 and it featured user interface refinement, multiple cameras access and a front-facing camera support, faster virtual keyboard and copy/paste enhancement, internet calling support (VoIP), Near Field Communication (NFC) support, enhanced audio and graphic for better gaming applications.
The Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) was released in February, 22, 2011 and it was developed for PC tablet usage. The first tablet featured this OS is Motorola Xoom (announced in February, 2011). It supports typical large screen of tablet and it is equipped with many new UI features and supports multi-core processors and hardware acceleration for graphics. The updates of this OS are the 3.1 version released in May, 2011 and the 3.2 version released in July 2011.
The upcoming Android OS release is the Ice Cream Sandwich and it is considered to be the combination of Gingerbread and Honeycomb versions. Google claimed that Ice Cream Sandwich will be released in October or November this year and will feature a new facial recognition technology and new Application Programming Interface (API) that is able to reduce fragmentation.
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Eyecare Gets 'Mobil-eyezd'
In the digital communications world, the momentum toward mobile is building to a tidal wave.
By all expert accounts, 2013 is promising to be the year when culture, entertainment, health care and business communications and marketing shift toward the access of information, commerce and services from all forms of digital “screens.” And the implications for health care and eyecare professionals and optical retailers are major.
The research and pace of change is lightning fast. Information from the Pew’s Internet & American Life Project and Vodaphone reveals the following facts
- Among adults 18 years and older, laptop, smartphone and tablet usage is on the rise, while desktop PC usage is starting to decline. (see chart, page 42).
- In 2011, 48 million people used their mobile devices to access maps.
- In 2011, users check their mobile phones, on average, 120 times per day.
- Tablet sales grew from 17 million in 2011 to 70 million in 2012.
- By 2013, websurfing on a PC will be overtaken by websurfing on a mobile phone.
- By 2013, nearly 50 billion apps will have been downloaded.
- One in four consumers have made a purchase with their mobile phone.
The impact of mobile is also transforming intra office communications among doctors and their peers, doctors and patients.
David Gweipel, of the media firm Qwasi, described the big trend as ‘SoLoMo,’ or ‘social,’ ‘local’ or ‘mobile.’ These are the trends that will drive companies’ digital communications so that they can expand the number of ‘touch points” with their target consumers. The implications for businesses, as well as for health care professionals, he said, is to make sure that their web presence also involves a mobile strategy.
Gweipel explained, “Mobile sites are optimized across multiple mobile phones and tablets. While the average cell phone user is only moderately engaged with the mobile web, tablet users are highly connected these days. Texting is taking on more importance, so sites need to be optimized to function via mobile. And apps are gaining ground.”
The advent of mobile is changing the way patients are interacting with doctors and how eyecare professionals are extending their connections to their current patients as well as in the hunt for finding new patients.
Back in June of this year,
EyeCarePro.net, which develops websites and advises ECPs about digital media, conducted a retroactive analysis of its website data on mobile device usage to access its customer websites. As Michael Porat, COO, noted, “Our data indicated that use of mobile devices to access data of eyecare websites was climbing.”
EyeCarePro recently revisited that data and reviewed over 100,000 optometric practice website visits from across a sample of its customers’ sites. Porat said, “While in June, we indicated that our optometric sites showed that almost 15 percent of visitors came from mobile devices, our September findings show an increase to 18 percent. This is a big jump and shows the trend accelerating. We found that iPhone users accounted for 45 percent of these visits (compared with 39 percent) of the visits in June. iPad visits accounted for 24 percent of site visits and iPad users’ page visits and visit duration are almost twice those of other device users.”
EyeCarePro has, in fact, predicted a 50 percent growth in mobile traffic in each of the next three quarters bringing mobile visits to 50 percent of all website traffic by the end of the first quarter, 2013, Porat said.
He advised, “It’s important that ECPs prepare their practice and their online marketing approach for this growing body of mobile users. Your website content and features should be more mobile friendly. Make sure your address, location map, and phone number are easily accessible.”
On the following pages, VM highlights some of the apps now available to help ECPs capitalize on the mobile explosion and innovate in the way they bring their patients through the eyecare process.
To reach customer service, please call (800) 825-4696.
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Editor’s Note: Maria Pia Negro, a graduate student at the University of Maryland who is working as an intern with Catholic News Service this summer, had a big day this week and shared her story.
By Maria Pia Negro
Catholic News Service
I observed World Refugee Day on Wednesday by becoming a citizen of the United States.
Holding folders with our Peruvian passports, green cards and flashcards with 100 civic knowledge questions, my sister and I walked into the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building in Baltimore with excitement and anxiety.
It might have seemed like a formality but being ready to pledge allegiance to the country that was my home for the past seven years was a big deal to me. Immigrating to America a year before finishing high school was not my decision, but this was.
The road that followed our arrival was full of surprises and blessings in disguise.
Rather than turning my back on the country that saw me grow, by becoming an American citizen I’m embracing the place that helped me become an adult and allowed my parents to offer us a hopeful future.
We passed the test!
At 2 p.m., I was sworn in with about 50 other immigrants and refugees; my sister changed her legal name so her naturalization ceremony will be later. “The Star Spangled Banner” took on a whole different meaning. And some of the people surrounding us were either smiling or crying out of emotion when facing the flag.
(Something that I love about going to these ceremonies, my mother’s a year ago and my own, is seeing how many people from all parts of the world come here and want to be part of this country. And this country wants them back.)
You could see the excitement in many of their faces. I was so excited that I filled out my voter registration card on the car ride back to the CNS office. My colleagues at CNS were so happy for me; they made me feel at home.
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Singapore, 14 March 2011 – The legacy of Singapore Zoo’s most iconic resident, Ah Meng, continues to grow with the recent birth of her first great grandson earlier this year. Chomel, Ah Meng’s granddaughter, gave birth to the male orang utan on 31 Jan at about 4.20am. Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) is inviting Singaporeans to pick his name via an online voting system on Facebook.
The Zoology team at the Singapore Zoo has shortlisted four names for the newborn and is asking members of the public to choose their favourite. The names are:
1. Ah Boy: A common term of endearment for many boys at home in Singapore
2. Bino: Meaning ‘Brave’ in Bahasa Indonesia
3. Terang: Meaning ‘Bright’ in Malay
4. Xing Xing: In Chinese, this means both ‘star’ and ‘ape
The contest on the WRS Facebook page is open to everyone who is a fan of the page. Voting will end 31 March 2011 and the name which earns the most number of ‘likes’ on Facebook will be the chosen name for the baby orang utan.
A lucky participant will be selected at random from the winning votes and will win a dining experience for five at Singapore Zoo’s Jungle Breakfast with Wildlife. The winner will also have the opportunity to take an exclusive photo with mother and baby.
The little orang utan made his public debut in February during Jungle Breakfast with Wildlife with mother Chomel, and will make regular appearances at this special wildlife breakfast programme. Singapore Zoo, operated by WRS which also runs other award-winning parks such as the Jurong Bird Park, Night Safari, and the upcoming river-themed attraction River Safari, is the only zoo in the world that offers this unique dine-with-wildlife experience, which allows visitors to get up close to animals like orang utans and snakes during a breakfast buffet.
In celebration of the baby orang utan’s appearance on Jungle Breakfast with Wildlife, one child dines for free with every two paying adults from now until 20 March 2011.
The newborn is the 36th orang utan and the fourth descendant of Ah Meng to be born at Singapore Zoo. Keepers say he is a very amiable and expressive baby, and always looks like he has a smile on his face.
A total of 26 of these charismatic apes live at the zoo and are displayed as a large social group in a spacious naturalistic enclosure. Singapore Zoo is the first zoo in the world to create free-ranging areas for these arboreal creatures to swing, climb and play. These exhibits comprise tall trees, thick branches, abundant foliage and vines which replicate the animals’ natural environment.
There are two species of orang utan – Bornean and Sumatran. The population of Bornean orang utan is estimated at 55,000 while there are only 7,500 Sumatran orang utan left in the wild, making this species critically endangered. Ah Meng was a female Sumatran orang utan that was smuggled illegally into Singapore and given a home at the Singapore Zoo in 1971. She lived to a ripe old age of 48 (or approximately 95 orang utan years) and was the first to host the Zoo’s Breakfast with Ah Meng programme.
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Went to cook some scrambled eggs this morning and first sprayed the pan with one of those spray oils.
Always conscious of my weight I checked the calorie content: zero. Zero? Really? It is, after all, oil and oil is NOT zero calories.
Turns out the agency that regulates the measurement standards has set a minimum level where they figured if it’s below this level it doesn’t matter.
That got me to thinking. Maybe it would make sense if we did the same thing.
I am absolutely convinced neither you nor I can hear the difference between 0.01% THD and 0.001% THD despite the fact one is 10 times lower than the other. We may be able to hear the method used to lower the distortion (like applying more feedback) but all things being equal, I don’t think the difference between these two measurements matters.
Why publish it? Why not make it easy on people trying to evaluate equipment, based on specifications that are basically meaningless to them?
For example: THD less than audibility. Now there’s a spec I can live with. The fact it may be 10 times lower than the next guy’s is a marketing man’s dream – but truly meaningless to the person it should matter to.
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Honor the Victims of Sandy Hook: From Moment of Silence to Moment of Action
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Jaldhar H. Vyas
jaldhar at BRAINCELLS.COM
Tue Aug 19 21:20:41 CDT 1997
On Sat, 16 Aug 1997, Ramakrishnan Balasubramanian wrote:
> Jaldhar, I have read many works of shrI sha.nkara and shrI sureshvara
> and know quite well that GYAna and karma cannot be combined. All I said
> was in a few and rare cases GYAna may be obtained without going through
> the physical Ashrama of sannyAsa. shrI sha.nkara very clearly says so in
> his BG bhAshhya and also in the BSB. References were provided and please
> do look it up. Read the orginal sanskrit itself. It's the same shrI
> sha.nkara you are also quoting. You have said nothing about those
> quotes, except that shrI sha.nkara is not the pope.
The question at hand was whether a _householder_ could be a sannyasi. I'm
saying they cannot. You're saying that physical sannyasa is not
neccessary exactly 100% of the time. These views are not incompatible.
So what's the arguing about?
> If you are saying that these exceptions should not be used as an excuse
> to be a householder, yes I fully agree. Actually in many cases GYAni-s
> do karma so that the ignorant are not misled. Take H.H abhinava
> vidyAtIrtha mahAsvAmigaL for example. H.H told one disciple that when
> his guru taught him the upanishhad-s etc, he thought "Oh, the
> upanishhad-s are saying the same thing what I already experienced". Why
> should such a person do chandramaulIshvara pUjA, etc with atmost
> diligence? It's only to set a example to disciples that he did so. Once
> a person asked Ramana Maharshi, how he as a person who always taught
> ajAti vAda could write poems on aruNAchaleshvara and asked if it was for
> setting an example to others. He answered in the affirmative. If you
> don't want to believe these two persons, Ishvara makes it amply clear in
> the BG.
No I agree.
> All in all, I find your method of argument rather strange. You don't
> hesitate to quote shrI sha.nkara et al when they agree with your views.
> When they do not, you claim that they are not the "pope". All in all you
> seem to think that you yourself are the highest authority. Either that
> or there is some other advaitin who has written bhAshhya-s on the
> prathAnatrayI whose views are the same as yours. To be an Acharya, one
> has to either write bhAshhya-s on the prasthAnatrayI or one's teachings
> should conform to the views of a person who has written bhAshhya-s on
> the prasthAnatrayI. If there is one, it's not anyone any of us have
> heard of. I am talking about your views on sannyAsa, brahmaloka and many
> others here.
Now about that Pope remark. In the Catholic church the Pope is the
authority on interpretation. When he makes some announcement there is no
arguing about it. That's the law. This is not Shankaracharyas role.
Rather he is part of a larger conversation (or argument if you will)
We see a big problem on this list is people who may have read a little or
a lot but are led to erroneous conclusions because they don't understand
the _context_ of the words they read. For such a person one doesn't just
quote chapter and verse, first they have to understand _why_ it is
important to know what Shankaracharya said and _then_ you can quote him.
I doubt if anyone can really understand the works of Gaudapadacharya and
Shankaracharya that well unless they were also familiar to some degree
with Mimamsa, Sankhya, even Buddhism. Similiarly it is hard to fully
appreciate Shri Harsha or Swami Madhusudana Saraswati unless you know they
are engaging in polemic against the Dvaitins and what the issues are. All
this requires use of ones critical faculties.
Of course there is a danger that the enquirer will not be convinced and
choose some other interpretation but Advaita Vedanta has withstood
challenges for hundreds of years. I do not fear it crumbling now. I do
not see all these great thinkers as being from the past. Rather I imagine
them being my own teachers and I question them and argue with them and
listen to them just like my real teachers.
What do I consider authority? First of all I take the term Smarta very
literally. What did my grandfather do? How did his grandfather behave?
In the case where there is a discrepancy between what some book says and
what was actually done, it is time honored tradition that takes
precedence. This is what informs many of my views on "controversial
My father was reminiscing about the after school pathshala he went to in
the 1950s. This was the kind of education Brahman boys who were not going
to become professional Pandits got. By that age they had already started
learning Sanskrit in school and sandhyavandana, puja etc. They would have
learnt at home so this institution was organized around an indepth study
of the Ramayana (actually the Awadhi Ramacharitmanas of Tulsidas which is
_the_ Ramayana in the North and West.) The Maharaj would treat the text
not as a story but as a guide to dharma stringing along at appropriate
points passages from the Puranas, Valmiki Ramayana, and Dharmashastras.
The boys would have to memorize it then every week they would have to
debate the issues raised therein. So the idea of approaching the shastras
in a rational and critical way is not some invention of mine, this is how
it was done. Another thing. During the adhyatmic parts, the Maharaj
would introduce passages from the Gita or Panchadashi etc. This was
considered a big innovation at the time (probably happened due to the
influence of the RK mission and other "reformist" groups) Orthodox
people didn't study the upanishads etc. _at_all_ unless they were
sannyasis. So we can discuss the theoretical possibility of householders
being sanyasis but the fact is the people who are learned and worthy of
being followed do not believe it. Therefore neither do I.
It is precisely because I _don't_ believe that only my views count that I
bother posting to the list. One danger of being rational is you can lapse
into narcissism. By putting forth my views as strongly as possible I
sharpen them. Mostly i'm right but I think the record shows that where
I've been wrong I've acknowledged that. (like with the Brahmaloka
thread.) If I was right a 100% of the time I wouldn't need to talk or
write to anyone.
Lastly on this whole mainstream issue, various members of this list have
had various arguments with each other but if you look at the areas of
disagreement, they are much smaller than the areas of agreement. I think
there is a clear demarcation between those who follow the siddhanta and
those whose philosophy is a delusional mess. I am quite confident I am on
the right side of that line.
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Second quarter economic growth revised up as jobless claims fall
The revised data on total economic output, also known as gross domestic product, narrowly beat expectations and came as the Labor Department reported another hopeful signal -- weekly claims for unemployment insurance dropped by 37,000 last week to 391,000, the lowest figure since early April.
Economists say claims below 400,000 are a positive sign for job growth. The unemployment rate was 9.1% in August after the economy failed to add any new jobs.
The two government reports indicate fears of another recession are unwarranted right now, said Chris Rupkey, chief financial economist for the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in New York.
"The economy is not teetering on the edge of a cliff, getting ready to fall over into a recession," he said.
The definition of a recession is two straight quarters of negative growth. In the first three months of the year, the economy barely grew, expanding at an annual rate of just 0.4%, leading to fears of double-dip recession as the economy struggled to recover from the deep downturn that technically ended in June 2009.
The Commerce Department originally had estimated second-quarter economic growth at 1.3% in July, but revised the figure down to 1% last month.
Despite the somewhat improving outlook, major corporate chief executives aren't very optimistic about the direction of the economy. Their expectations for sales, capital expenditures and adding U.S. jobs dropped significantly in the third quarter, according to findings released Thursday from the Business Roundtable's CEO Economic Outlook Survey.
"While we still see strong business fundamentals in America, the quarterly survey results reflect increased uncertainty among CEOs concerning the economic climate and business environment, said Boeing Co. Chief Executive Jim McNerney, chairman of the group.
For example, the survey found that 36% of CEOs expected to add employees in the U.S. in the next six months, down from 51% in the second-quarter survey; 24% expected to lay off workers over the same period, up from 11%.
McNerney and the group's president, John Engler, said that although the outlook by corporate leaders was down, they were not anticipating a recession. The survey's overall index showed expectations of positive growth.
"We’re still in the expansion category, albeit at a slower anticipated rate than the last quarter," McNerney said.
The CEOs survey estimated that GDP would grow by 1.8% in 2011, down from a projection of 2.8% in the second quarter survey.
-- Jim Puzzanghera
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Prime Minister Hisham Qandil on Saturday denied that Copts had fled their homes in Egypt's Sinai peninsula, after officials and residents said the Christians left after receiving death threats from suspected Islamists.
"The instructions given by the Egyptian authorities is to protect the Coptic brothers wherever they may be," Qandil told reporters in remarks carried by the state-run MENA news agency.
He said there were no "forced evacuations" of Copts from the Sinai, but that one family had decided to relocate.
But the National Council for Human Rights set up by Islamist President Mohamed Morsi issued a statement on Saturday saying "threats" had been made against Copts in the Sinai border town of Rafah forcing families to flee.
The council said it was monitoring developments in Sinai with deep concern and urged the authorities to protect them, warning of dire consequences if their lives were at risk.
"If the state drops this responsibility, it will be a dangerous precedent in Egypt, taking the country to dark ages, instead of (strengthening) the rule of law," the statement said.
On Friday officials and Sinai residents told AFP that several Christian families have fled their homes in the Sinai after receiving death threats from suspected Islamist militants.
Last week, flyers began circulating in the town of Rafah on the Gaza Strip border demanding that its tiny Coptic population move out, residents said.
Father Mikhail Antoine of El-Arish church told AFP "the families moved voluntarily because they feared for their lives after the threats."
Copts have been nervous since Islamists came to power following an uprising that toppled president Hosni Mubarak last year.
They have also been fearing the backlash from an anti-Islam film apparently produced by a Copt in the United States that sparked violent protests worldwide, and that they believe will lead to further persecution at home.
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The Atlas Mountains are the largest mountains in Morocco. The unique variety of landscapes in this region of North Africa comprises a variety of coastlines and vast deserts as well as a fascinating and intriguing world of mountain scenery. The majestic mountain range extends across 3 countries, Morocco, Northern Algeria and Tunisia.
Donkeys and mules are the main means of transport in the rugged, steep and desolate areas that are located some distance away from the main roads. For many years, the warlike Goundafi Berber controlled the strategically important routes that cut across the mountains.
The journey to Tizi n'Test Pass is a splendid experience, where the seemingly endless view reaches up to the great mass of the Atlas Range.
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An award-winning environmentalist says he has received hate mail since speaking in favour of GM crops at the Oxford Farming Conference.
Abusive messages were sent to environmental activist Mark Lynas, who once spent several years ripping up GM crops, after he told conference delegates he was now in favour of the technology.
Mr Lynas told delegates he regretted starting the anti-GM crop movement during the 1990s - demonising a technology he now believed could and should benefit the environment.
His comments have infuriated GM opponents.
"The GM debate is finished," Mr Lynas said, adding that farmers should be free to grow GM crops, which could help feed the world's poor.
"We don't need to continue to discuss it. You are more likely to get hit by an asteroid than to get hurt by GM food."
The conference speech by Mr Lynas has been downloaded more than 130,000 times in the four days since he delivered it on Thursday (3 January).
But it angered environmentalists who remain opposed to GM crops - some of whom have pilloried Mr Lynas via email and social media, including Twitter.
One Twitter message was sent by the prominent anti-GM campaigner Vandana Shiva. It said: "Saying farmers should be free to grow GMOs, which can contaminate organic farms, is like saying rapists should have freedom to rape."
Mr Lynas replied: "Comparing me with rapists is disgusting and offensive. You are a reactionary fraud and an enemy of the poor."
Mr Lynas said he refused to be intimidated by the emails he had received. Supportive messages far outnumbered those criticising his conversion to GM crops, he added.
But he warned that he was prepared to publish some of the hate mail online - including the names and computer addresses of those who sent it.
"I don't want to play the victim here - I couldn't care less about the nutters really."
He added: "To everyone sending me hate mail: I may post your messages, emails and IPs in the public domain. Just so you know."
The speech has been criticised by the pro-organic Soil Association - although there is no suggestion that the organisation is behind any of the abusive messages.
Soil Association innovation director Tom Macmillan said Mr Lynas was right that improving agricultural productivity had an important part to play in feeding the world sustainably.
But "banging on about GM crops" was a "red herring," said Mr Macmillan, who also criticised pro-GM comments made at the conference by DEFRA secretary Owen Paterson.
"Farmers and the public have been promised the earth on GM yet the results to date have been poor," said Mr Macmillan.
"The UK government's own farm-scale experiment showed that overall the GM crops were worse for British wildlife."
US government figures showed that pesticide use had increased since GM crops have been grown there because superweeds and resistant insects have multiplied, Mr Macmillan claimed.
"Lynas, Paterson and other GM enthusiasts must beware of opening floodgates to real problems like this," he added.
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Walter Leuba (1902-1983) and Martha Leuba (nee Dryburgh) (1909-1988) collected books, wood block prints, other art, and signed letters by writers, artists, and other notable figures. They were married in 1938 and lived for much of their lives at 516 Jacksonia Street on Pittsburgh's North Side. Walter’s collecting activities began in the 1920’s, around the time that he met his first wife, Mildred Wallach (1908-1932).
Walter Leuba spent his early life in New York, Rhode Island, and Pittsburgh. After high school, Leuba attended Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University), where he studied fine art, English, and history. Through Porter Garnett, founder of the Laboratory Press at C.I.T., Leuba developed his love of finely printed and illustrated books.
Leuba left C.I.T. in 1923 for financial reasons and moved to New York. While there, he wrote poetry under the name Paul Sandoz and published his first book of verse,
Legend, in 1925. After a year in Europe, Leuba returned to Pittsburgh in 1926. He married Mildred Wallach in 1927. Their son, Julian Christopher Leuba, nicknamed “Beppo,” was born in 1929. In 1932, Leuba was laid off and the family lived on Mildred’s wages until her death in December 1932, following a brief and sudden illness. In early 1933, Leuba left his son in the care of his paternal aunts in California. When Leuba brought his son back to Pittsburgh two years later, a succession of friends, relatives, and a children’s home cared for Christopher until Leuba married Martha Dryburgh. In 1934, Leuba began working as a caseworker at the Allegheny County Board of Assistance. He earned a B.A. and an M.A. in social work from the University of Pittsburgh in 1947.
Leuba was a prolific writer of poetry and prose. He wrote frequent letters to the editors of the
Times Literary Supplement and Pittsburgh newspapers, and contributed to literary journals and
The Pittsburgh Point. In 1947, Macmillan published Leuba’s
Poems out of a Hat. In 1967 his
George Saintsbury was published in the Twayne Men of Letters series. His books of poetry
No Other Mirror and
Quips and Cranks, the prose-poem
Two Essays on Bach were privately printed. Leuba also produced a number of books through collaborative efforts. In 1947, his correspondence with Ernest Nevin Dilworth about modern education was published by Macmillan as
Smith Unbound and received considerable critical notice. Leuba and Dilworth collaborated again on
Two Dialogues: Norman Douglas and George Santayana in 1974. With Robert McCullough, Leuba wrote and took photos for
The Pennsylvania Main Line Canal (1973). In addition, Leuba contributed poems to a collection of Norton Peterson woodcuts and text to a George Nama portfolio,
Beginning in the 1970s, the Leubas began donating books and prints from their collection to the University Library System (ULS) of the University of Pittsburgh. After Martha Leuba’s death in 1988, their remaining prints, books, and papers were transferred to the ULS Special Collections Department.
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Collective Bargaining in California Charter Schools: Cooperation or Conflict?
As unions begin to target charter schools, James Moss in his doctoral dissertation for the University of Southern California describes the effects a unionizing workforce has on charter teachers, administrators, and students' educations. Union agreements, even the "contracts lite" usual for newly unionizing schools, tend to tie administrators' hands and increase costs. They also make charters much more like their traditional public school counterparts, robbing them of their unique structures and offerings. The author describes alternative ways to give teachers a hand in school governance and decisions without making long-term, hard to change and binding contracts that may hamper a school’s adaptivity. | <urn:uuid:98280bc1-7f2a-4d6e-961f-7d4c6de42a4a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://heartland.org/policy-documents/collective-bargaining-california-charter-schools-cooperation-or-conflict | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94783 | 144 | 1.8125 | 2 |
Elaine Hirsch, Kmareka’s West Coast correspondent, sends a post about some of the professionals who volunteer their skills at Occupy Wall Street. Here in Providence the need is clear, and Occupiers with first aid skills have responded and in cooperation with Public Safety have helped people in need get to the Emergency Room. Health security for the 99% would free our workers from scrambling for a job with benefits or being one health emergency away from financial disaster. Small businesses would be the first to benefit, and I know some doctors who would welcome an integrated system that let them do what they went to school for– and I don’t mean billing.
Occupy Wall Street’s Healthcare
A number of sympathetic doctors, nurses, veterinarians, and other healthcare professionals have banded together to volunteer their time, seeking to provide free medical care for the Occupy Wall Street protesters. A number of the healthcare professionals involved in the endeavor identify with an informal group calling itself Doctors for the 99%. These caretakers’ assistance goes beyond merely supporting the Occupy protests, but in its way constitutes its own protest, adding dissatisfaction with the American healthcare system to college and master’s degree debt, bank bailouts, joblessness, and other woes.
Some of the doctors have occupied an abandoned hospital, while elsewhere round-the-clock care is available in a surplus medical tent reminiscent of an old M.A.S.H. Set. Most of the care being offered is relatively rudimentary. There have been reports of nurses stitching wounds and doctors providing over-the-counter medication, but most of the care seems to be basic first aid and preventive treatment.
A major goal seems to have been to limit the spread of contagious disease in the cramped conditions common in the protest camps. To that end, a number of doctors from Columbia Health Center and Doctors for a National Health program recently arrived to offer free flu shots. As winter approaches, another major focus of the medical team has been educating the protesters about warning signs that indicate the beginning stages of hypothermia.
According to Pauly Kostora, a licensed practical nurse from New Mexico, protesters will also be able to find free mental health treatment.
The healthcare system in place among the protesters is limited, and the professionals volunteering their time rely considerably on actual hospitals. No doctors have come forward to acknowledge providing prescriptions, and when protesters arrive with serious injuries, nurses are instructed to call emergency services.
The volunteers are either sympathetic to the movement or have joined its ranks outright. The doctors and nurses report anger over the state of healthcare in the United States, and view the assistance they’re offering to the protesters as a contribution to the fight for universal health care. The doctors and nurses appear to be working day jobs, and finding time to offer aid to the protesters during their off-hours.
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Stock Traders Are The Most Bullishly Positioned In Six Years
In Late 2006, the S&P 500 futures market traded around 1435 and the commitment of traders was at an extreme net long position. The market fell shortly after only to manage a miraculous rise in the face of hedge funds going bust and an exploding and over-leveraged credit market. In mid-2008, the S&P 500 futures also traded around these levels, from where the epic collapse really began. Six years later, the S&P 500 futures traders are the most bullishly positioned they have been since those heady over-confident days…. Chart: Bloomberg
Worst U.S. holiday sales since the recession
U.S. holiday retail sales grew 0.7 percent this year versus analysts’ expectations of 3 to 4 percent growth according to MasterCars’s Spending Pulse. This year’s figures mark the most tepid pace of expansion since 2008, when the U.S. economy was in recession. WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. holiday retail sales this year grew at the weakest pace since 2008, when the nation was in a deep recession. In 2012, the shopping season was disrupted by bad weather and consumers’ rising uncertainty about the economy. A report that tracks spending on popular holiday goods, the MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse, said Tuesday that sales in the two months before Christmas increased 0.7 percent, compared with last year. Many analysts had expected holiday sales to grow 3 to 4 percent. In 2008, sales declined by between 2 percent and 4 percent as the financial crisis that crested that fall dragged the economy into recession. Last year, by contrast, retail sales in November and December rose between 4 percent and 5 percent, according to ShopperTrak, a separate market research firm. A 4 percent increase is considered a healthy season…
Chinese rating agency Dagong Global Credit Rating Co. on Tuesday put U.S. sovereign debt on a negative watch and highlighted what it said was a lack of political consensus on how to tackle Washington’s debt problem over the long term. In a statement on its website, the rating agency said “each political party insists on the proposition favorable for its own interest. Therefore, it is difficult to form a long-term consensus on solving the debt problem ultimately, which leads to the unceasingly fiscal deterioration of the government.” Dagong said outstanding U.S. federal debt will rise to 105% of GDP and 609% of fiscal revenue by the end of 2012. It warned that the “solvency of the federal government is on a descending trend.” It also warned of a difficult 2013 if there was no resolution on how to avert the fiscal cliff of austerity measures due to take effect at the start of the year. “The U.S. economy will probably fall into recession in 2013, and stay weak in the long term, which will further weaken the material basis for the government to repay debt.” In August 2011, Dagong cut U.S. Treasurys to A from A+, with a negative outlook, saying growth in U.S. debt is still outpacing revenue growth.
The December Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index is out and it’s a miss.The headline number fell to 5 from 9 in November. Economists were looking for a reading of 8. “Looking at the broad indicators of activity, new orders were virtually unchanged, shipments grew more slowly, and employment declined,” wrote the Richmond Fed. “Other indicators were mixed. Capacity utilization turned positive, while backlogs fell further. Moreover, the gauge for delivery times inched higher, while finished goods inventories grew at a slightly slower pace and growth in raw materials inventories edged higher.” The survey tracks manufacturing activity in the central Atlantic region of the U.S….
GALLUP: Half of America Expects No Deal
PRINCETON, NJ — Americans’ optimism that President Barack Obama and congressional leaders will reach a budget agreement before Jan. 1 has waned somewhat over the past week. Fifty percent now believe this and 48% are doubtful, a change from the previous three weeks, when the solid majority of Americans were generally confident leaders would reach a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. | <urn:uuid:3ee9b098-0c90-4c25-b148-9fe2d12b61b1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://investmentwatchblog.com/market-alert-stock-traders-are-the-most-bullishly-positioned-in-six-years-while-u-s-post-worst-holiday-sales-since-the-recession-chinese-rating-agency-puts-u-s-on-negative-watch-richmond-fed-manu/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00027-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961572 | 889 | 1.5 | 2 |
1. Paying full price for add-ons. Don’t undermine your savings by buying accessories like cables and batteries at list price, says Dan de Grandpre, CEO of DealNews.com. Stores display these items prominently and conveniently for a reason. Especially with electronics, the accessories you need to get are strictly commodities; one store’s isn’t going to be measurably different from another’s in quality. Yes, it’s a little more effort, but these are the kinds of items online shopping was invented for.
2. Not bothering to comparison shop. “One mistake is assuming that something in a store, simply because it’s on sale on Black Friday, is a good deal,” says Jim Wang, founder of the blog Bargaineering.com. “It might be a decent deal, but you could do better going online.” In fact, it’s gotten easier to do the Black Friday sale experience without having to leave your house — or even wait until Friday. Many online retailers, along with some brick-and-mortar chains, are rolling out their holiday specials throughout this week. If you do hit the mall on Friday, though, most of our experts strongly suggest taking a tablet or smart phone with a price-comparison app or two so you can make sure you’re getting the real-deal best deal.
3. Buying toys too early — or too late. No matter what the ads say, you’re not going to get the best deals on toys on Black Friday, says de Grandpre. “Toys in general are almost always cheaper in the first two weeks of December,” he says. At mass-market stores that aren’t stocked with a huge supply of toys year round, “Those toys have an expiration date. Those toys are not going to move after Christmas,” he says. But on the other hand, waiting until the last possible second isn’t the best tactic, either. “If you wait too long, five to seven days before Christmas, prices climb again because they’re getting the procrastinators,” he says.
4. Getting the wrong features on a TV. TVs are a hugely popular Black Friday door-buster, and Gary Merson, editor of TV blog HDGuru.com, says a lot of people make the mistake of trying to score the cheapest set they can without considering whether it meets their needs. On LCD or LED TVs, one feature is the refresh rate. Your choices are generally 60 hz or 120 hz, which refers to the number of times per second the picture changes. “120 hz gives better motion resolution than 60 hz, so that’s something people who watch sports or action movies should consider,” he says. Also, while manufacturers have been talking up 3-D and smart TVs, the catch with 3-D is that there’s very limited content available, Merson says. “Unless you’re into movies and have a 3-D Blu-ray player, then it’s probably not that big of a deal.” Smart TVs let you stream content from the Internet, but you can get the same result with a “dumb” TV and an external streaming device like Roku or Apple TV that costs a hundred bucks or less.
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5. Getting the timing wrong. Many of our experts pointed out that Black Friday actually starts at midnight or even earlier this year. Stores like Sears and Walmart are rolling out door-busters starting on Thanksgiving night, and many big chains are staggering the hours of their openings and their sales. If you’re bound and determined to get that dirt-cheap TV, make sure you’re not going to get there hours after they’ve sold out.
6. Settling for something more expensive. This brings up another point about door-busters. There are usually only a few of them, sometimes as few as two items per store. Walmart instituted a guaranteed availability of some sale items this year, but that’s the exception rather than the rule. In other words, if you’re not reading this on a mobile device while shivering in a sleeping bag on the sidewalk outside the store by now, you’ve probably missed your chance. Stores don’t mind practically giving away a few things because they know most of the other people in line will want to get something for their time and numb toes, so they’ll sell lots of other stuff that isn’t the deal those shoppers were coming for. Don’t be one of those people.
7. Opening a bunch of store credit cards. Yes, you’ll probably get 10% or 15% off. You may even get to cut a monstrous checkout line. But signing up for store cards left and right can leave you with a credit hangover that lasts well into the new year, says John Ulzheimer, president of consumer education at SmartCredit.com. The potential damage starts before you’ve even taken your bags out of the store. “Retail-store inquiries are among the most damaging type for your credit scores, and they can impact your scores for 12 months,” he says. The damage is cumulative and increases with each additional card you apply for. What’s more, store cards tend to have a combination of high APRs and low credit limits, which can catch you if you don’t pay off the whole balance by the due date or if you max it out. “Low limits are problematic for your scores because the cards can be heavily leveraged even with modest spending,” he says.
8. Not reading the fine print on price-matching offers. “A popular move for top retailers such as Best Buy and Target in 2012 is their claimed price-matching programs,” says Brad Wilson, founder of BlackFriday2012.com and BradsDeals.com. Even though some of these deals claim they’ll match prices of online retailers like Amazon, “the catch is that many of these items, electronics especially, now have a unique model number assigned to each retailer. For example, the exact same Toshiba 42-in. LCD TV would have a unique model number, hence excluding it from any price-match guarantee.” | <urn:uuid:e9b167ed-5aa2-422d-9772-6637b267d32c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://kdkb.com/hippie-dom/blog/5-black-friday-mistakes-you-can%e2%80%99t-afford-to-make?rate=tk4uKMtluW_b-H6isSs_CUF6ePI9vBgRh609Al6rFk4 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00003-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947256 | 1,346 | 1.539063 | 2 |
The Dirty on Clean Air: Engine Air Filters In Kalispell
Every Kalispell car owner who has taken their car in for an oil change has been told that their engine air filter’s dirty.
Here’s what goes into the determination of when to change the filter: First, your Subaru owner’s manual will have a recommendation of when to change the filter. Second, a visual inspection by your Kalispell technician may determine that your filter it is visibly dirty and needs to be changed.
So between your owner’s manual and your Kalispell technician’s inspection there’s really no guesswork involved.
Now, most air filters purchased in Whitefish, Columbia Falls, or Big Fork don’t cost a lot to replace. It’s just that MT people hate getting caught with an unexpected expense. On the plus side, though, changing a dirty air filter at Loren’s Auto Repair can often save enough on gas to pay for itself before your next oil change in Kalispell.
Think about a dirty furnace filter in your Columbia Falls home. When it’s all clogged up, enough clean air can’t get through. In your Subaru, that means that your engine can’t get as much air as it needs to burn the fuel efficiently. So it makes do with less air and has to use more expensive MT gas to move your vehicle around Kalispell roads.
Your Subaru actually needs about 12,000 gallons of air for every gallon of gas it burns. Engine air filters don’t cost much in Kalispell at Loren’s Auto Repair. When it’s time to change yours, just get it done. You’ll buy less fuel, have better performance and protect your engine. | <urn:uuid:a8233543-c8eb-49d1-88b4-cd5518c2d276> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lorensauto.com/clean-air-for-your-engine-engine-air-filters-in-kalispell/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00011-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942269 | 374 | 1.578125 | 2 |
View Full Version : Written Knitting Directions
10-31-2006, 09:47 PM
I have a friend in the hospital on bedrest waiting for her second baby. I know she has to be going stir crazy and at one time she mentioned she would like to learn to knit.
I thought I would get some pretty bamboo needles, some soft yarn and instructions. I won't be able to show her how myself and her husband will be delivering for me. So...does anyone know of a good set of directions I can print for cast on, knit and purl stitch?
I would rather just give her the link for the videos, but she won't have access to a computer until she gets home.
10-31-2006, 10:20 PM
If you Google knitting instructions, or go to www.knittingpatterncentral.com and look at the instruction directory, you should be able to find all sorts of sites. See what one you think has the best printed instructions. You also might be able to pick up a simple how-to book when you get the needles and yarn.
10-31-2006, 10:31 PM
Maybe if you look for a little pattern booklet to go with the package, you could look for one that has basic knitting instructions included. Lots of them do.
11-01-2006, 01:44 AM
The Lion Brand website has some instructions in the basics that I've heard are very good. You could copy and paste them to print out.
Jan in CA
11-01-2006, 02:23 AM
What a nice thing to do for your friend!
I agree with Lion Brand instructions. (http://learntoknit.lionbrand.com/) They are very clear and easy to follow. It does help though to have other instructions as well since sometimes things are said in a different way that helps, too.
11-01-2006, 07:33 AM
I learned with the Knitting for Dummies book -- nice illustrations, lots of stitch samples, and some basic projects.
11-02-2006, 03:03 PM
I learned the basics in Stitch-n-Bitch.
Also, it wouldn't hurt to call the hospital's volunteering department and ask if they have a volunteer who would like to teach her to knit. I did all kinds of crap when I volunteered at a hospital for a few years. In fact, I picked up some good knitting tips from elderly volunteers! Lots of old ladies volunteer at hospitals, and lots of them knit. Most hospital volunteers don't do all that much and it surely won't be a problem to find 15 mins or more to help a patient learn to knit. I spent a good amount of my time simply talking to patients as opposed to running errands or anything.
11-02-2006, 04:21 PM
this (http://www.learntoknit.com/instructions_kn.php3) is what my coworker had me print and follow. I didn't let these sheets leave my side for at least 2 weeks.
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New Jersey: Migrant Farmers Urged to Have HIV Testing
August 15, 2003
The New Jersey AIDS Partnership recently awarded a $40,000 grant to CATA [El Comité de Apoyo a Los Trabajadores Agrícolas, or The Farm Worker Support Committee], an organization that has urged migrant farm workers across South Jersey to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS. "Being migrant, this is a population that is susceptible to the dangers of HIV and the AIDS epidemic," said Executive Director Nelson Carrasquillo. He said most farm workers, coming from rural areas in their native countries, have limited or no access to HIV education.
In the 1990s, 3.4 percent of migrant farm workers CATA tested in New Jersey were HIV-positive, a figure eight times the national average. As an example of the success of CATA's HIV/AIDS outreach program, the group has tested 500 farm workers who received HIV/AIDS education over the past three years. Only two tested positive.
The majority of farm workers are men who travel the eastern migrant stream without their families, CATA officials said. Living on farm labor camps with limited transportation, the men feel isolated and virtually stranded. The seclusion, according to CATA officials, can lead to incidences of prostitution, same-sex encounters, and alcohol and drug abuse.
Carrasquillo said CATA representatives have offered HIV education and outreach to approximately 1,500 laborers in each of the past three years in Gloucester, Camden, Cumberland, Atlantic and Salem counties and parts of Burlington County. Challenges to CATA's work include workers' high mobility rate, language barriers and a high illiteracy rate. CATA representatives try to develop relationships in the camps to cultivate a level of trust to make it easier to discuss sensitive topics.
Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, N.J.)
08.14.03; Gene Vernacchio
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Two AISD schools, Allison and Kocurec Elementary Schools, found glass in their food.
After the glass was found in food 18 Austin schools removed glass panels from cafeteria serving lines.
On Thursday a cafeteria worker at Allison Elementary School found pieces of glass in pinto beans. She removed the tray and called the supervisor of Health Services to investigate.
They discovered the glass over the food in the serving line was breaking off. A similar incident took place at Kocurek Elementary School.
A spokesperson for AISD said no children were injured in either incident.
New glass will take between two and three weeks to be installed. In the meantime, heavy duty plastic has been used to maintain food safety. | <urn:uuid:db0bbc80-1df2-47b2-ae4a-207ed3125940> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/20262201/2-aisd-schools-find-glass-in-food | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00013-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983013 | 147 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Task Force Demands Action On Hawaiian Incarceration12/27/2012
Michael Broderick, chairman of the Native Hawaiian Justice Task Force, warned media at a press conference Thursday that he wasn't going to rush through what he had to say.
In a kukui nut, the message was this: The state can no longer ignore the growing problem of Hawaiians in prisons.
"It is a tragedy that in their homeland, Native Hawaiians are over-represented at every stage of the criminal justice system," said Broderick, a former Family Court judge now serving as CEO at YMCA Honolulu.
The task force, created by the Hawaii Legislature and spearheaded by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, builds on a 2010 study that confirmed what many had long feared: Hawaiians are more likely to be sent to prison for longer periods than nearly every other racial or ethnic group in the islands. | <urn:uuid:089d5fe3-9c61-43c0-950f-4c9bf74e58c9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.civilbeat.com/articles/2012/12/27/17988-task-force-demands-action-on-hawaiian-incarceration/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00029-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971955 | 183 | 1.65625 | 2 |
|North Korea Table of Contents
This edition supersedes North Korea: A Country Study, published in 1981. The authors wish to acknowledge their use of portions of that edition in the preparation of the current book.
Various members of the staff of the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress assisted in the preparation of the book. Sandra W. Meditz made helpful suggestions during her review of all parts of the book. Robert L. Worden also reviewed parts of the book and made numerous suggestions and points of clarification. Timothy L. Merrill checked the contents of all the maps and reviewed the sections on geography and telecommunications. Rodney P. Katz assisted with the compilation of several of the maps and also helped to collect research materials. Thanks also go to David P. Cabitto, who provided graphics support; Marilyn L. Majeska, who managed editing and production and edited portions of the manuscript; Andrea T. Merrill, who provided invaluable assistance with regard to tables and figures; and Barbara Edgerton, Alberta Jones King, and Izella Watson, who performed word processing. Alberta Jones King also assisted with the bibliography.
The authors also are grateful to individuals in various United States government agencies who gave their time and special knowledge to provide information and perspective. These individuals include Ralph K. Benesch, who oversees the Country Studies/Area Handbook Program for the Department of the Army; Cho Sung Yoon, Far Eastern Law Division, Library of Congress, who reviewed parts of the text and answered queries pertaining to the judicial and the legal systems; and C. Kenneth Quinones of the Department of State who reviewed the text and also offered many valuable suggestions and points of clarification. Inkyong Ahn, Yeonmi Ahn, Paul Dukyong Park, and Key P. Yang of the Library of Congress Korean Section all provided invaluable assistance in researching queries. The editor also wishes to thank the staff of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Mission to the United Nations for their assistance.
Others who contributed were Ly Burnham, who reviewed the portions of the text on demography; Tinothy Merrill who assisted in the preparation of maps and charts; Debra Soled, who edited portions of the manuscripts; Cissie Coy, who performed the final prepublication editorial review; and Joan Cook, who prepared the Index. Linda Peterson of the Library of Congress Composing Unit prepared camera-ready copy, under the direction of Peggy Pixley. Most of the photographs were provided by Tracy Woodward, to whom the editor is extremely grateful, as there are so few travelers to North Korea.
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|Madrid's Feria del Libro|
Last week was the opening day of the "Feria del Libro" in Madrid, Spain. It will run for most of the month of May. There were old and new books for sale all along the Paseo de la Castellana, in typical European style book kiosks. Hubby had a great afternoon walking the Castellana between Plaza Colon and the Cibeles fountain whilst perusing the books and art prints.
What was disturbing was the number of old books from the 1700s and earlier that were sold in pieces (by the page), and also very old (1500s? - 1600s) handwritten court records sold in binders. These pages were ripped or cut right out of books. Who knows how the court records were acquired? Probably the sum of the price of individual pages equals more than the price of the book. I suppose that people like framing the pages to look at the print or calligraphy, but the genealogist in me shudders at the idea.
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Tories call for big changes to cybercrime offences
G-men for the internet, new offence for civil servants
Civil servants who lose public data could be prosecuted under proposals announced by the Conservative Party. It's one of a number of measures touted, as the Tories call for major changes in how the UK deals with cybercrime and data protection.
The Tories' report - Tackling Cybercrime - calls for new offences for civil servants or government contractors who lose confidential data, a new police squad to go after cybercrims and a minister for cybercrime.
More radically, the Tories are also calling for a "breach law" - forcing financial services companies to inform the Financial Services Authority if their systems are hacked or compromised in some way and confidential data is at risk.
The Information Commissioner's Office has been pushing for such a change in the law. Many of the Tories' recommendations on cybercrime closely parallel those made by the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology last August, proposals the government rejected to the consternation of security experts.
A Tory government would also bring forward legislation to "create an offence of reckless handing of personal data by government, making it an offence for a Crown Servant or government contractor to lose personal data from their control".
The Tories also want to establish a cybercrime team within the Crown Prosecution Service, which would work with the proposed Police National Cybercrime Unit, and a central website for reporting internet crimes. A single "Fraud and Cybercrime Complaint Centre" - similar to the US Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) - would be set up to provide central reporting of online crime.
Policies introduced in April 2006 mean the public is advised to report incidents of credit card fraud to the banks instead of to the police. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), created by the merger of the National High Tech Crime Unit and other specialist agencies in April 2006, only takes reports of cybercrime indirectly and tackles only the largest cases.
Her Majesty's Opposition is also calling for the British Standards Institute to back a kitemark so we could recognise emails from large organisations in order to reduce phishing. Given phishers' skills in copying existing email formats, this sounds like it could backfire.
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Hope you're enjoying this amazing summer weather! I guess we appreciate it more when we've been a bit deprived. Here are a few highlights of things going on at council and the Town of Banff.
GEE -- DO THE VISITORS REALLY NOT LIKE US?
In conjunction with some of the discussions of the Land Use Bylaw, you may have read or heard statements such as these:
“Visitors cannot buy products which wouldn’t be available at home”
- “The impression of being in an authentic mountain community...is not being achieved”
These statements come from summaries of the results of the Indexperience Survey, a major survey of how visitors rated various aspects of their experience in Banff and Banff National Park. This survey was conducted in the summertime of 2008 and the winter of 2009.
When I hear a survey being summarized, I'm always anxious to see the actual numbers behind the summary statements. So let's take a look at these numbers, and you can decide for yourself whether the summary statements are justified.
Authentic mountain community: Visitors were asked to respond to the statement "In the Town of Banff you get the impression of being in an authentic mountain community". In the summer survey, 20% of visitors (one in five) said that they either "totally disagreed" or "somewhat disagreed" with this statement. 80% of visitors (4 out of 5) either totally agreed, somewhat agreed, or were neutral on this statement. In the winter survey, 15% of visitors (approximately one in seven) said that they either "totally disagreed" or "somewhat disagreed" with this statement. The rest either totally agreed, somewhat agreed, or were neutral on this statement.
So it would be fair to say that between 15% and 20% of visitors do not get the impression of being in an authentic mountain community, or that the impression of being in an authentic mountain community is not being achieved with 15-20% of the visitors.
Originality of products: Visitors were asked to respond to the statement: "In the Town of Banff, visitors can buy products they cannot find at home". In the summer survey, 17.3% of visitors (approximately one in six) said that they either "totally disagreed" or "somewhat disagreed" with this statement. 82.7% of visitors (5 out of 6) either totally agreed, somewhat agreed, or were neutral on this statement. In the winter survey, 16% of visitors (approximately one in six) said that they either "totally disagreed" or "somewhat disagreed" with this statement. The rest either totally agreed, somewhat agreed, or were neutral on this statement.
So it would be fair to say that between 16% and 17.3% of visitors felt that original/unique products were not available here, or that one out of every six visitors feels that original/unique products are not available here.
Of course we always have lots of room to improve. And of all the questions asked, these were a couple of our least positive responses, so we can hope to concentrate on improving them. But, as we consider changes to our Land Use Bylaw, I do think it's important to understand the exact nature and scale of the visitor comments that we may be reacting to.
You can see more of the summer survey numbers here:
and more of the winter survey numbers here:
And, of course, you can comment on the various ideas being proposed for Phase 2 of the Land Use Bylaw starting here:
BHC WORKING GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS
On Monday, council will meet as BHC shareholders to receive the recommendations from the BHC Working Group. These recommendations cover everything from resale process to BHC board structure to communicating about policy changes. You can see the full reports at this link:
The reports recommend that we send the working group results out for people to look at, hold a public meeting for input, and then vote on the recommendations themselves sometime in September.
MONDAY'S COUNCIL MEETING
You can see the full package here: http://www.banff.ca/Assets/PDFs/Town+Hall+PDF/Council+Agendas+PDF/2010+Agendas+PDF/council-agenda-100719.pdf
A few highlights ...
Subaru Triathlon banners?
Council is being asked by the organizers of the Subaru Banff Triathlon to waive the $100/banner fee that our policy apparently dictates for "corporate" street banners. My initial reaction is that I am uncomfortable with our street banners being used to provide multiple repetitions of a business name all up Banff Avenue, although I certainly understand the importance of sponsorship to event organizers. I'm interested to hear the discussion at council -- and I'd love to hear your comments. You can see the request letter and a picture of the proposed banner starting on page 9 of the package.
Regional Transit Services Commission
I'm delighted that Canmore and ID #9 have already voted to cooperate with us on applying to the Minister of Municipal Affairs for the creation of a regional transit commission for the Bow Valley. Now it's coming to us for approval as well. You can see the reports starting on page 30 of the package. I will certainly be voting for this initiative -- I think that working with our regional partners and Parks Canada to provide transit is an important step toward a sustainable future.
You can see a report starting on page 66 of the package, detailing plans for this fall's municipal election. At present, advance polls are in the works for October 6 and October 13, followed by the election itself on October 18. So you'll have three different opportunities to cast your vote, and I do hope that you will. If you're thinking of running for election, and I do hope that you are, you can find out all you need to know at http://www.banff.ca/town-hall/banff-town-council/election-2010.htm
THE FINE PRINT
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Archive for October, 2010
Parenting could always pose a great challenge to any individual because of the complex situations and even the kind of child that you may have. It is a fact that there can never be anyone who can become an overnight success in terms of parenting but even if this is hard, you could still become better as an individual and parent.
We may call it a “wander” and “wonder” stage for kids being in the position where they don’t actually know for sure where to place themselves in any situation and how they should actually place themselves in their family and More >
If your family life is as busy and hectic as mine, it’s easy to let a few things slide. And when that happens, our families may start to develop some not-so-healthy habits.
Maybe we’re indulging in too many processed convenience foods, maybe we’re letting the kids’ bedtimes get pushed back later and later, or maybe we’re all just watching too much TV.
The good news is this: If we can manage to make small changes in our daily routines, we’ll be able to make big changes in our family’s overall health and well- being over time.
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Waking up on Christmas morning excited for opening presents is something that a lot of kids look forward to every time this festive season rolls around. Not knowing if they have the gift that they wanted, wondering if the Santa letters they sent off would be answered that day, and slightly cranky because they didn’t sleep the night before is the typical morning of Christmas day for a lot of children. So many parents have a hard time getting their little ones into bed without some sort of bribe, and it’s understandable because it’s such an exciting time of the More >
Many parents wonder what they should do when it comes time for their little baby to leave the crib and move into a big girl bed. Would it be better to redecorate the room entirely or stay with the existing color scheme and just buy a new toddler bed and linens to match it? The plan to buy a new bed loaded with heavy decoration, that comes along with it, can be a huge challenge for the parents particularly during these hard financial times where each family is struggling to make ends meet.
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When a female business owner is considering a business partnership, evaluating her prospective partner based on several criteria increases the likelihood that the match will yield positive results for both parties. While gut instinct and good chemistry may make the partnership friendly and enjoyable, those two components on their own do not necessarily create a recipe for business success. Rather, careful evaluation of specific business-related components of the prospective partners personality and experience can lead to entrepreneurial harmony and business success.
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When the winter holidays finally roll around, it’s time to divulge into the hardest part of the season: shopping. It’s so hard to find the perfect gift for someone, especially when it comes down to children. First one has to find out what it is that they truly want to have, then make sure that the item is both safe and age appropriate, finally the item has to be found and purchased, and while that might not seem that hard try to get toys early in order to avoid last minute visiting every store. After all of that’s done it More >
Parents often feel frustration and anger when dealing with children who are defiant, angry, and disrespectful, and then can turn to those same negative actions themselves in a vicious cycle. Determining possible reasons or contributing factors for the unacceptable behaviors is the first step for parents to take when trying to lead the family to positive communication and interactions.
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Living with plants and flowers in close proximity can have very positive impact on your and change your lifestyle. When you have plants and flowers in your room and offices, you will see that it produces a sense of peace, calmness, and freshness and also makes us relaxed. This further impacts our health by reducing blood pressure, anxiety as well as pulse rate. Flowers are a thing of beauty that brings an instantaneous happiness and joyful feeling in our hearts.
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Date of birth: 1817-12-05 — Date of death: 1905-03-25
Engraver. The Dalziel Brothers were a leading firm of Victorian engravers. Founded in 1839 by George Dalziel (1815-1902) and his brother Edward, the two most important members of the firm. Later joined by John Dalziel and Thomas Dalziel (1823-1906). The name of this firm is typically included as Dalziel sc on each wood engraved print. | <urn:uuid:c83c0459-a416-46cd-abbd-20315c8115ea> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.preraphaelites.org/the-collection/artist-biography/edward-dalziel/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959973 | 109 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Prime Minister Julia Gillard will launch Australia's Asian Century white paper on Sunday at the Lowy Institute in Sydney. The 300-page policy blueprint, which took the federal government 13 months to prepare, will spell out long-term targets for the country's political, economic and personal ties with Asia.
When she announced the crafting of the white paper in September 2013, Ms Gillard said that the shift of economic and strategic power from the west to the east would have a major and unparalleled impact on Australia's future prosperity and security.
"Asia presents enormous opportunities for Australia but they won't come to us simply because we're geographically next door. We need a change of mindset if we're to make the most of the opportunities that are likely to arise," Nine News quoted former Treasury head Ken Henry, who authored the white paper.
He said the document would not be a shopping list of short-term policies, but will spell out Australia's long-term vision. The white paper will focus mainly on Australia's relationship with five giant Asian nations: China, India, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea.
"The white paper will be the beginning of a much longer conversation. It's not intended to offer instant solutions," Mr Henry added.
He said all Australians, from corporate heads to students, would need to have a better understanding of Asia, seen as the growth region due mainly to the tiger economies of China and India which combined have a consumer market of more than 2 billion people.
"It's that kind of deep understanding that will enable Australian businesses, and Australians more generally, to integrate with the region," he said.
Besides the launch of the white paper, Ms Gillard is expected to have more opportunities to address the region with her attendance in leaders' summit in Bali, Laos and Cambodia.
In a speech that she delivered at the National Farmers Federation conference in Canberra this week, Ms Gillard pointed out that while minerals such as iron ore and coal made up the first wave of Australia's exports to Asia, the second wave would be composed of agricultural produce and know how such as how to increase yield, reduce water use, cut environment degradation, manage soil and improve marine aquaculture.
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Hendrickie Lansing Fonda
Hendrickie Lansing was born in October 1748. She was the oldest daughter in the family of Isaac and Anna Van Woert Lansing. She appears also to have been referenced as "Hendrickje Van Woert Lansing." Her father was a shoemaker who owned a house in the third ward.
In August 1771, she married the somewhat older Abraham D. Fonda at the Albany Dutch church. At that time, the partners were identified as unmarried residents of the colony. By 1781, six children had been christened in Albany where the parents were occasional baptism sponsors. By 1786, two additional children were baptized by the parents in the Dutch church at the Boght.
During the War for Independence, Abraham D. Fonda was an officer in the Albany militia. His family does not seem to have lived separately in Albany during the war years. We seek information on her wartime situation. Subsequently, these Fondas raised their family in Watervliet.
Abraham D. Fonda died in 1799. From then onward, the aging Hendrickie was not identified as a head of household and probably resided in a home of one of her three surviving children or with other kin.
However, this Watervliet widow was particularly long-lived. In March 1837, Hendrickie deposed that she was eighty-eight years old and a resident of Watervliet when she filed a pension application based on her husband's wartime service. Although not able to recall many of the details of his service, she was awarded a monthly stipend and a large payment of pension money due in arrears.
Hendrickie Lansing Fonda is said to have died in February 1840.
Sources: The life of Hendrickie Lansing Fonda is CAP biography number 3396. This sketch is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources.
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|Jack Welpott (1923-2007)|
|Written by Pedro Meyer|
Jack Welpott Dies at 84.
Jack was an old friend with whom I corresponded in an irregular way, basically because our mutual schedules would make it difficult to do otherwise, yet our emotional communication always flowed back and forth over the years in an uninterrupted manner. There was a real bond between us and a lot of mutual respect.
I tried to have his work shown here in ZoneZero, and in trying to do something special, Jack would always ask for more time to send me some of his images. In the end it sadly never happened, for what ever reasons he had.
He started out by sending me some of the images he had taken when he was fifteen, in his memory we show them today as a tribute to our friendship.
Jack Welpott, one of the great photographers and teachers of the post-World War II generation, passed away last November 24, he was 84.
Jack Welpott was born in Kansas City in April 27, 1923. He grew up in southern Indiana and was educated at primary and secondary schools in Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. He served in World War II, and returned to the Hoosier state to attend Indiana University. In 1949, he earned his BS in Economics from the University of Indiana, Bloomington. Unsure of his direction, he enrolled in a photography class and met the legendary photography instructor Henry Holmes Smith. Under his tutelage, Welpott thrived. He became enthralled with black-and-white photography as a fine art form, and never looked back.
He studied painting under Leon Golub and Harry Engle, and design with George Rickey and received his MS in Visual Communication in 1955. Jack completed his MFA in 1959 and began his long teaching career at San Francisco State College as he pursued his career as a professional photographer. In 1973 he was the recipient of the Medal of Arles, France; a little be later that same year he received the grant from the National Endowment for the Arts; and, in 1983, a Polaroid grant in association with the Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego.
Jack's photographs are in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum, New York; International Museum of Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Center of Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson; University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Norton Simon Art Museum, Pasadena, California; Oakland Museum of Modern Art, California; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. | <urn:uuid:56fd0c94-e61b-49ea-932b-d3571c86be37> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.zonezero.com/zz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51%3Ajack-welpott-1923-2007&catid=7%3Ain-memoriam&lang=en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00012-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974824 | 545 | 1.6875 | 2 |
The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) employs highly qualified attorneys to serve as Attorney-Advisors. OLC’s principal function is to assist the Attorney General in fulfilling the role of legal adviser to the President and Executive Branch agencies. More specifically, OLC’s responsibilities include advising the Attorney General, the White House Counsel, all executive departments and agencies, and the various components of the Department of Justice on constitutional and statutory matters; resolving legal disputes within the Executive Branch through the issuance of binding legal opinions; reviewing for constitutionality legislation proposed by the President or by Congress; and reviewing for legality and form all executive orders, proclamations and memoranda proposed to be issued by the President and all Attorney General orders and regulations.
Because OLC’s 24 attorneys handle some of the most difficult and important legal issues confronting the Executive Branch, the Office is highly selective in its hiring. Applicants must have a J.D. degree, be an active member of at least one bar (any U.S. jurisdiction), and have at least one year of post-J.D. legal experience. The ideal candidate will have exceptional academic credentials, judicial clerkship or comparable experience, strong background in constitutional law, and outstanding legal research and writing skills. Turnover in Attorney-Advisor positions is sporadic and often difficult to predict, and there is therefore no established hiring cycle. For a listing of OLC's current experienced attorney vacancies, please visit the Department's Office of Attorney Recruitment and Management website at http://www.justice.gov/careers/legal/attvacancies.html.
Qualified attorneys who are interested in positions with OLC are encouraged to send a resume to:
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Washington, DC 20530
Attn: Bette Farris
Applicants are encouraged to fax applications to 202/514-0563 or e-mail them to [email protected] rather than mail them.
OLC participates in the Attorney General’s Summer Law Intern Program. Each summer, the Office typically hires three to four law students, usually third-year students who will be going on to federal judicial clerkships. Applications to this Program should be made via the Department's new web-based online application process, which can be accessed at www.usdoj.gov/oarm.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It may be deceitful, but it's no longer a crime in Rhode Island to go online and lie about something as innocuous as your weight or your age.
State lawmakers voted this month to repeal an obscure 1989 law that made fibbing on the Internet a misdemeanor punishable by fines of up to $500 and as much as a year in prison.
Fudge your age on a dating site? Text your spouse claiming to be someplace you're not? Email mom to say how much you absolutely love that ugly holiday sweater she sent you? In Rhode Island, you were breaking the law.
"This law made virtually the entire population of Rhode Island a criminal," said Steven Brown, executive director of the Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union. "When this bill was enacted nobody had any idea what its ramifications were. Telling fibs may be wrong, but it shouldn't be criminal activity."
The law aimed to stop fraud, con artists and scammers, but also outlawed the "transmission of false data" regardless of whether liars stood to profit from their deception or not.
Only a handful of people were ever prosecuted for lying online, but legislators said it made no sense to keep a law on the books that is violated so often by so many people. Rep. Chris Blazejewski, who proposed eliminating the law, said it was likely unconstitutional.
Lies may make you a scoundrel, cost you a relationship or get you fired, but they shouldn't make you a criminal unless
"There are a lot of things we don't condone in our society that aren't crimes," Blazejewski said. "We take freedom of speech very seriously in this country and we should be concerned about the real and serious possibility of further erosion to our First Amendment civil liberties."
While the right to lie about your waistline is not spelled out in the Bill of Rights, even despicable speech must be protected, according to Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University. Although Rhode Island's former law is unusual around the nation, Turley said a federal law making it illegal to lie about military service brings up similar First Amendment questions. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to rule this week on that law, called the Stolen Valor Act.
"It's part of human nature to embellish and at times lie," Turley said. "It's not a redeeming characteristic maybe but it's a common one. When you give the government the power to criminalize lies, you give it the power to determine what is true and what is false, and which lies to prosecute. That's a dangerous tool."
The repeal of the Rhode Island law was prompted in part by a 2010 case in which a former Rhode Island prison guard was arrested for setting up a fake Facebook page in the name of his boss, the state's corrections director. The charges were later dropped, though the guard lost his job. The man's attorney, John Grasso, said what his client was accused of doing "may not be bright, it shouldn't be illegal."
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Food Memoir: The Hungry I
A Primer in Personal Voice and Personal Narrative
June 16 – August 4, 2013.
Taste memory rises from the alligator brain, raw, pre-conscious, deeply personal, close to the bone. Food preferences, habits and rituals are also intimate windows into disparate cultures, classes, eras and places. Today, as the once-dominant culture and its traditional narrators give way to a multicultural world with new, unpredictable and constantly shifting media, it is probably no coincidence that memoir has become the new first novel or that food has replaced sex, drugs & rock-n-roll as the métier for coming-of-age stories.
Designed for aspiring memoirists as well as writers interested in deploying elements of memoir in essays and articles, the seminar includes eight podcasted interviews, editing of assigned or ongoing work, seven conference call workshop sessions and one 30-minute private coaching session. Lectures and interviews are conducted with memoirists such as Diana Abu-Jaber, Molly Birnbaum, Gael Green, Madhur Jaffrey, Judith Jones, Georgia Pellegrini and Ruth Reichl.
WHO For aspiring memoirists and those interested in strengthening personal voice and narrative in their work.
WHEN June 16 – August 4, 2013. Sundays 8:00 P.M. To 9:30 P.M. EDT.
WHERE Assignments are submitted via our virtual classroom. Workshops are conference calls. Access codes for both the classroom and the calls are included in your registration packet.
ETC Suggested readings and assignments are included in the registration packet. From time to time, depending on the interest of a given workshop or individual, the reading list is expanded or additional lectures are included. | <urn:uuid:95dc9e7f-b61a-411f-ab55-fe96805778d0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cooknscribble.com/courses/the-hungry-i-food-memoir/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00028-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939823 | 360 | 1.523438 | 2 |
I'm looking for a single pedal quickly to work on my technique right foot. I like the drums of things, but the current Zeppelin flights right side of my double pedal is not responding quickly enough for those "low-type double hits. I was hoping that some batteries can take several different pedals that have experience that is very fast, but smooth and powerful. I looked in the King Ludwig speed for a while but I've heard mixed opinions about it. and the King of speed, I found the vintage is "better" than new ones. Is it this true? I have really wanted to stay on course for all and stick to one for now. some of them have been looking … Tama Iron Cobra Speed King Ludwig (vintage or new) Thanks Pearl Eliminator much!
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What affects percussion has had on the development of music
Introduction This article examines the effects of drums and percussion have had on the development of music and focus on areas in terms of types of drums, a brief history of the battery, a chronology of the evolution of the drums, the stylistic qualities of the drums in the genres. Also take into account of how the drums have an impact on the development of music. My report will also include a brief description of the old styles of percussion, and how assisted by the development of modern battery of techniques and styles of play still life still very popular today. The search for this topic will be provided through various media such as Internet, journal articles, books. I decided to research because, as a drummer myself. I am interested because I want to investigate the case of the drums began to and how they have evolved into what is available to drummers today. I am also interested in the search for the old styles of percussion to improve my own techniques and styles percussion to make me more versatile. The drum is a member of the percussion family and is technically classified as a membranophone. A drum is a membrane that is the drumhead or drum skin, stretched over the drum shell. A sound is created by striking the drum, which is usually done by hand or chopsticks. The drums are the most ancient world and have a basic design has remained virtually the same throughout history. The first paper battery must be the timekeeper and give rhythm, energy and support to other musicians. Brief history timeline drums battery have a long history and can be dated at least 6000 BC. The barrels are of importance in the world in different cultures. In Africa, this is particularly true drums are widely believed to be from Africa. The drums of Africa are often considered sacred. Are used to symbolize aspects of tribal culture and are used to protect indigenous rights, because of the importance of drums in this culture, which often are preserved in the sacred houses. In the tribal culture of African drums were used as a form of communication, were able to communicate with the tribes miles away. Essentially drums old phones. As the drums began to evolved be associated with the communication of other things. Century in Europe timbales 17 has been associated with royalty. The snare drum This led to the development of the battery. The Drum kits first met in late 1800 after the invention of the bass drum pedal. This allowed all the basic tools used military Hammer for mounting on a drum kit. This allowed a person to play all the individual aspects of the battery at the same time. The drums were usually wood early and traps were also made of metal. In the early 1900's In 1920or the drum, which is used in European infantry regiments, the coded instructions call for soldiers of war. Porter Blanchard was one of the first manufacturers in the drum in the Americas in the manufacture of military drums. 'S was not a certain development in the drum world. This included William and Theobald Ludwig (Ludwig drums) began marketing a new bass drum pedal design. The drum typical of this period is usually of wood. Companies such as Gretsch and Leedy went to their place of current manufacture and replace. Gretsch is ten-story facility high and still stands today. Also a bit sad, in 1918, Theobald Ludwig died. "Since the battery is changed by the incorporation as African drums, a variety of dishes from Turkish and Chinese style (the dishes are a different shape Chinese and Turkish to produce different sounds.) hi hat cymbals and foot, probably the most substantial battery and one of the most important innovations. All these inventions have led to techniques that are still being released today. Also drummer of the 1920 began to incorporate music, they have made interference with jazz musicians and became a partner in the creation of music. (Words: Andy Buckley) Continue ….
What are the best son of Ludwig LM400 vintage box.?
I just bought a 1970 vintage Ludwig drum LM 400 is great. The difficulties accompany it are not the original son of Supraphonic trap. What are the best son that catches can buy to get the best of this classic trap.
Ask your local music store what they recommend. Snappy traps are common. Ask a local distributor Ludwig
I am selling my battery, probably in Craigslist, which were a gift, so do not buy and do not really know what they are worth 5-piece Maple Ludwig Classic Maple Tom Toms -1 -2 trap of flat base frame drum roll Zlidjian zlidjian accident accident-rock wrinkles Ridge zlidjian-Toscano – sabian high hats -2 dish is the pearl yamaha high hat and bass drum pedal. Econline cases for all drums, cymbals and drum unit items Hydraulic throne (do not know the brand) Everything is in very good condition, drum heads are a little worn and a few bumps here is nothing wrong
I would say that perhaps somewhere around $ 1000. depends on the number of dishes you have, because not specified. but about 1k is what I would say.
Ludwig Classic Maple Drums – Living the Led Zeppelin Dream
drum kits are essential complements to any band. Each band has usually need at least three members, a drummer, a bassist and a guitarist. Mostly rock and pop drummers need to keep up while the singer belts words. In popular culture, drums average energy and vivacity, and is known to have a positive effect on the personal attitude of the player in the long term.
The drums are of two types, as for example, acoustic drums and electric battery. acoustic drums are, as their name implies, the full manual. They must be manually tuned before playing, and depend on the skill of the drummer to create good music. Drums, however, have amplifiers, speakers, or even self-adjustment mechanisms attached. This establishment makes these drums so much easier than acoustic.
There are some advantages and disadvantages of electronic and acoustic drums. acoustic drum a drummer with experience can literally play (pun intended) with your kit. The drum can add harmonics, pull-ear sound flask, magnify the sound, all the proper rotation of the screws. These do not depend on other instruments, except perhaps a microphone placed in front of them in time. But a electronic system of the battery depends amplifiers, speakers and even lost or exchangers to produce the kind of music. This makes them heavy enough to carry.
acoustic drums are totally manual, so they require time and patience. The characteristic crack love drummers creation can not occur unless the sweet spot is beaten, which is in a different place for each drum. Location can take hours of intense practice. In a battery electronic shocks occur electronically, so that the crack can be produced at will. However, the most veteran percussionists electronics insist that "crack" does not come anywhere near its variant in terms of quality manual.
electronic drums can act as an easy way for young drummers who do not want to be trapped in the kit for hours. However, in order to master the art, we must practice with acoustic drums. Not only will these improve understanding music player, they also are preparing their ears so you can easily recognize pain among many other good. This helps to hone their skills in the long term.
systems Drum are a great tool to have around. But his master, a budding drummer must endure hours of intense training.
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The representative of this new "Leading Ladies" by staff writer NANCIANN CHERRY SHEET If once the pleasure, twice as nice. It is the process thinking of Toledo Repertory Theatre as it prepares to reopen Leading Ladies. Introduced in January near the full total, cross-dressing comedy are proposed for funding over two weekends of funds for the theater, from August 6. Ken Ludwig's comedy revolves around Jack and Leo, from bottom to its … ludwig
In the coming weeks, I plan on getting an upgrade to my 5×14 Acrolite snare drum. I have to choose between new heads or wires. I was thinking of either an Aquarian Texture Coated with Power Dot over Classic Clear snare side or Puresound Custom 20 strand. Which will make a bigger improvement to the sound? And feel free to give any other suggestions.
For one thing, new heads will give a better sound depending if your existing heads are shot.
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Those who seek humility should bear in mind the three following things:
1. That they are the worst of sinners,
2. That they are the most despicable of all creatures since their state is an unnatural one,
3. That they are even more pitiable than the demons, since they are slaves to the demons.
You will also profit if you say this to yourself:
"How do I know what or how many other people’s sins are, or whether they are greater than or equal to my own? In our ignorance you and I, my soul, are worse than all men, we are dust and ashes under their feet."
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Iran's nuclear program presents a threat to international stability. Yet successive American administrations-Republican and Democratic alike-have misread the intentions and actions of the Iranian regime. How dangerous is a nuclear Iran, even if it never detonates a weapon? What are the guiding principles of the Iranian leadership? To what lengths would the regime go to carry out its agenda? How far have Iran's leaders already gone to fund the world's most powerful terrorist organizations? And why have American leaders failed to gain the upper hand in relations with Iran during the past 30 years? In approximately 60 minutes, Iranium powerfully reports on the many aspects of the threat America and the world now faces using rarely-before seen footage of Iranian leaders, and interviews with 25 leading politicians, Iranian dissidents, and experts on: Middle East policy, terrorism, and nuclear proliferation. | <urn:uuid:81ef3972-0b9f-4951-b7e0-435252e41003> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://johnlocker.com/home/video/1232/Iranium | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00028-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935434 | 167 | 1.789063 | 2 |
Led by the Spirit: The History of the American Assemblies of God Missionaries in the Philippines, by Dave Johnson. Pasig City, Philippines: ICI Ministries, 2009.
Dave Johnson, an Assemblies of God missionary to the Philippines, has written an impressive account of the development of Assemblies of God missions work in the Philippines from 1926 to the present. Johnson’s 676-page book, Led by the Spirit, is arranged chronologically into five sections: 1) 1926-1946, detailing the arrival of the first missionaries through the internment of missionaries by the Japanese during World War II; 2) 1946-1959, describing the regrouping of the missions efforts following the war; 3) 1960-1979, including the development of educational institutions and media ministries; 4) 1980-2000, documenting the further development of national programs and educational institutions; and 5) 2001-2008, showing the maturation of the institutions within the Assemblies of God of the Phillipines and the relationship of American missionaries with the national church. Each section provides extensive documentation of the lives and work of the American Assemblies of God missionaries active in the Philippines. This is an important addition to the literature on Pentecostal missiology and should be in the library of every seminary and university.
Paperback, 676 pages, illustrated. Available from the author for $22.95 postpaid to U.S. addresses. For more information or to order the book, see: http://www.daveanddebbiejohnson.com
Young at Heart: The Story of a Heart Transplant Recipient, by Doris Dresselhaus Menzies. Springfield, MO: Celebration Publishing, 2007.
Doris Dresselhaus Menzies has had two famous last names. Her husband, Dr. William W. Menzies, is one of the most highly-regarded educators in the Assemblies of God. Her cousin, Dr. Richard Dresselhaus, served as the long-time pastor of San Diego (CA) First Assembly of God and continues to serve as an executive presbyter of the Assemblies of God. Few people can claim to be related to one statesman of their caliber, much less two!
But Doris Menzies has her own story to tell. In Young at Heart: The Story of a Heart Transplant Recipient, Menzies recounted her testimony — from her Assemblies of God upbringing in Iowa, to her years in the ministry with her husband, to her roles as wife and mother, to her recent medical triumphs as a heart transplant recipient and as a cancer survivor.
Born on a frigid December day in 1932 on an Iowa farm, Doris was reared in the sturdy Willard and Beatrice Dresselhaus family. Her mother taught Sunday school, and her father was the Sunday school superintendent of the Decorah Assembly of God. Willard, a farmer, served as Farm Bureau president for Winneshiek County, was involved in local politics, and owned his own plane. Young at Heart challenges the assumption, held by certain historians, that early Pentecostals were disinherited or socially uninvolved.
Doris met Bill Menzies, her future husband, at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Bill graduated in 1953 and accepted the pastorate of the little Assemblies of God church in Big Rapids, Michigan. They married soon after Doris’ 1955 graduation and settled into pastoral ministry. Continue reading | <urn:uuid:b67e4022-6ff0-4d8b-87bf-0f77bb138dcc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ifphc.wordpress.com/tag/philippines/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00019-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944604 | 725 | 1.515625 | 2 |
The long and checkered history of the Delaware Tribe of Indians will be presented in one of the Osher Lifeling Learning Institute classes starting Feb. 11.
The OLLI classes — learning for the joy of it — are new to Bartlesville this year but have been popular with the over-50 crowd for several years in Tulsa, Stillwater and Oklahoma City.
Bartlesville’s robust enrollment figures are helping in more than a local way — the Osher Foundation is offering a million dollars to the OLLI@OSU program if Oklahoma can sign up 1,000 members by the middle of February. Tax-deductible donations for OLLI scholarships assist in meeting that goal.
Anita Mathis, Delaware tribal archivist, will use her extensive training and experience in archival preservation to introduce OLLI members to the Delaware’s way of life, both past and present, using slide presentations, guest speakers and a field trip to the national Tribal Headquarters in Bartlesville.
Guest speakers for the six-weeks course that meets from 1 to 3 p.m. on Monday at Eastside Arvest Bank include Jim Rementer, a longtime scholar of the Delaware language; Dee Ketchum, a former chief who will be drumming and singing; his wife, Annette, who will present traditional Delaware clothing; Greg Brown, an archeologist who will speak about the digs he is currently working on at the historic Delaware town site on the James River in southwest Missouri; and Curtis Zunigha, a former chief, who will host the tour of the Delaware complex.
In 2010, the Delaware Tribe of Indians received a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to conserve and enhance the tribal library collection through digitization. Mathis and Marilyn Coffey, archiving assistant, work with the Bartlesville library and the history museum to preserve images of tribal and historical artifacts using state-of-the-art museum cataloguing software. Some of the documents date back to the 1600s.
The tribal archives are located in the Tribal Offices next to the Elder Housing, 170 NE Barbara, and are open Monday-Thursday. Tribal members are welcome to come to the office and see what is being done to preserve their history.
Mathis encourages tribal members to assist in the preservation task by donating pictures and artifacts, as well as by giving her any information on past tribal members, customs, dress, books, activities, etc. Currently, material is returned to the owner after being scanned and/or photographed. Eventually Mathis hopes for donations or long-term loans of the actual objects. Future plans could even include building and equipping a Delaware tribal museum.
The 2013 Delaware Powwow, held every Memorial Day weekend on the Fred Fall-Leaf grounds near Copan, will undoubtedly have Mathis in attendance, as she has been to every one of those powwows for the past 48 years. Always an active participant in tribal affairs, she has chaired various committees and served on the Trust board. Mathis oversees the library, gift shop and research area and currently serves on the Culture Preservation Committee, in addition to tending to the archival work.
The OLLI@OSU courses are sponsored by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and Oklahoma State University’s College of Education. The annual OLLI membership fee of $50, valid through June 30, allows members to take one class at no charge. Additional classes cost $25; scholarships are available. Registration forms are found in the brochure, available at the library, the history museum, Arvest Bank sites, Eldercare and online at education.okstate.edu/olli.
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (cont.)
"That was a great feeling, to have my own place," Jones says.
Jones says one of the hardest parts of her condition was the amount of people who didn't believe she was actually sick.
"There were so many skeptics," she says. "I was not only fighting to feel better, I was constantly having to justify being sick to others because so many people didn't understand. Others view people with chronic fatigue syndrome as unmotivated and lazy."
Jones grew tired of putting hope into new doctors and new techniques to only be disappointed. After numerous attempts with different medications and diets, she decided that taking no medication and small, well-balanced foods was the best choice for her. Her relationship with God, an understanding husband and a daily nap is how she gets through the day.
"It helped me to just accept what it is and live with it," Jones says. "I try to live each day to the fullest and not get so caught up in being sick. It's important for me not to dwell on it."
Today Jones is happily married with two children, which is something that she never thought would be possible with her condition. She says her strong Christian faith is what has made the most difference in her life.
"I really try not to think about the illness itself and how much it has changed my life or that I'll never be better," Jones says. "Some days I'm not able to do as much and some days I'm able to do more. There is life with chronic fatigue syndrome. It may be different and more difficult than originally planned, but it still can be a full, beautiful life."
*Name has been changed.
Editor's Note: Although no cure for chronic fatigue syndrome exists today there is still hope for future research and development. Researchers have been working to find a cure since it was officially accepted as a disease in 1988.
For additional information on chronic fatigue syndrome tune into the chronic fatigue syndrome podcast on MedicineNet.com: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Symptoms and Struggle
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Turkey Needs 'Zero Problems'
By: Kadri Gursel for Al-Monitor Turkey Pulse Posted on December 21.
Anyone who follows Turkey’s new foreign policy and the diplomacy of its founder, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, is surely aware of the concept of “Zero problems with neighbors.” Ahmet Davutoglu is the godfather of the idea. He has the copyright to it.
About This Article
Apart from being a concept, what is the significance of "zero problems"? What is it really? Is it a hope, utopia or a discourse? If so, no problem. We all wish to have no problems with neighbors.
The answer is in the official website of the Turkish Foreign Ministry. There is an icon that reads “Policy of zero problems with our neighbors.’’ Click on it. The first sentence you will see is: “Aware that development and progress in real terms can only be achieved in a lasting peace and stable environment, Turkey places this objective at the very center of its foreign-policy vision.”
When we continue reading the text we realize that “zero problems” is not only an expression or an ideal, but actually a policy.
How does the website link “zero problems" to the context of Arab revolutions?
“We believe that our policy of 'zero problems with neighbors' has gained additional meaning and importance as the Middle East stands at the brink of a historical transformation. We hope that the current dynamic for reform advances in way that will meet the expectations of the people while also contributing to peace and security in the region.”
What has to be underlined here is that the Turkish Foreign Ministry has declared “zero problems” as its policy.
Then we have to look how this policy is implemented. This is where we are now:
If someone attempted to list the achievements of the new Turkish foreign policy over the past three and a half years and praise the results of the "zero-problems" policy, nobody would believe it. Although "zero problems’’ is a legitimate ideal, it is also a policy applied wrongly for diverse purposes.
Ankara now has to reinterpret this policy and transform it into a tool of a pluralist democracy that will set an example for Turkey’s neighbors.
The first task for Turkey would be to make peace with its Kurds. If Turkey doesn’t achieve first for its own Kurds the imperative of “meeting the expectations of peoples” that it sets out in its website and satisfy at least their minimal expectations, then we will be heading toward serious problems with the Syrian Kurds.
This is Turkey’s problem: Ankara sees Syria’s mainstream Kurdish movement, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), which has emerged as a political actor in the environment of war and is aspiring for autonomy, as an extension of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). Ankara is not totally wrong.
Turkish officials are making statements equating Syrian regime’s shabbiha militia with the PYD’s armed wing, the People's Defense Units. Here Turkey faces a dilemma. It will either improve its relations with its own Kurds, and therefore not have a security threat originating from Syrian border, or it will continue to perceive Syrian Kurdish autonomy as a threat against Turkey’s security and stability and will devise a way of intervening in that region.
Sources among the PYD and PKK claim that this intervention is already happening, indirectly. They say Al Nusra Front, which is linked to Mesopotamian Al Qaeda and was recently blacklisted by the US, is supported by Turkey and it is now fighting the Kurds at Ras el Ain right on the Turkish border.
A Turkey that can’t resolve its own Kurdish problem through peaceful means can’t talk of “zero problems” with the Syrian Kurds today or tomorrow.
In the context of the zero-problems policy, Middle East revolutions and uprisings, postulate the following: A Turkey that has major problems with its own Kurds cannot talk of "zero problems" with its Kurdish populated neighbors.
At the “Syrian Turkmens Platform” held in Istanbul on Dec. 15, the foreign minister said: ”The basis of our policy is 'zero problems with neighbors' and brother peoples, not with brutes” — by which he meant Assad.
Sixteen months ago, Turkey with its commitment to “zero problems with neighbors” had to severe its ties to the Damascus regime because of its excessively tough handling of the uprising.
The first postulation of the Arab uprisings was “Turkey cannot have 'zero problems with neighbors' who have major problems with their own people.”
The first major misapplication of the "zero-problems" policy was at the NATO summit held in Lisbon in November 2010 when Turkey had to approve the new strategic vision of the alliance.
The pillar of the new strategic vision was the creation of a ballistic missile-defense system for the alliance. The system that was to counter a nuclear-missile threat from Iran could not be effective unless its radar elements were deployed in Turkey. The minute Turkey approved the new project of NATO was the end of "zero problems" with Iran.
This x-band radar at Kurecik-Malatyua is the main cause of the covert cold war between Iran and Turkey. Turkey’s subsequent efforts to topple Iran’s strategic ally in Damascus added to the tension.
The first "zero-problems" reality Ankara faced was that Turkey could not maintain "zero problems" with neighbors who have major problems with the global system. Turkey is a part of that system.
Turkey initially used its "zero-problems" policies with Iran and Syria to relativize its relations with the Western alliance and re-orient Turkey’s political culture base from Western values to the Middle East. But Turkey simply did not have enough capacity to sustain that policy to the end.
The last three and half years since Davutoglu became the foreign minister have taught Turkey plenty about the implementation of the "zero-problems" policy. Now, in the light of lessons learned, this policy must be reset — but this time in a correct and valid manner, starting with the Kurds.
Kadri Gürsel is a contributing writer for Al-Monitor's Turkey Pulse, and has written a column for the Turkish daily Milliyet since 2007. He focuses primarily on Turkish foreign policy, international affairs and Turkey’s Kurdish question, as well as Turkey’s evolving political Islam.
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In Consumer Reports' most recent report, we paid from $280 to $1,800 for the four types of bikes we testedand we found that more money buys a lightweight frame made of carbon fiber, aluminum (or a combination of both materials), or high-strength steel and other high-quality components, but we did find some lower-priced standouts.
If you are looking for a bike, read our bike guide and take these preliminary steps.
Decide what kind of riding you'll do
That will narrow your choice to one of the four basic types in this report. If you're an avid cyclist you may prefer a conventional road bike, which differs from most of the models we tested mainly in how low you have to bend over the handlebars.
Find a good bike shop
You'll pay more, but we think you're more likely to be satisfied. Bikes from big-box stores might not be properly assembled or well matched to your body. If you don't like the pedals or seat on a particular model, some bike shops will swap components at little or no cost.
Take a test ride
Before you buy any bike, ride it far enough to make sure that the brakes and shifters are easy to use, the fit is comfortable, the gears can go low enough for climbing hills, and the frame and suspension adequately smooth the bumps.
Avoid cheap bikes, except for very casual use
Inexpensive bikes selling for less than $200 from brands such as Huffy, Mongoose, Roadmaster, and Schwinn may seem like good deals, but we advise spending $300 or more, if your budget allows. Why? Because you'll get a lot more bike for your buck.
Mass-market bikes have cheaper construction than higher-priced bikes and can weigh seven or eight pounds more. They come in only one size, so you're not likely to get a great fit. And mass merchants can't match bike shops for quality of assembly, expert advice, and service.
Adults should consider inexpensive bikes from a department store only for the most casual use, and stick with a front-suspension model, which is likely to be better than an inexpensive full-suspension bike. You might want a mass-market bike for kids who will outgrow a bike quickly or handle it roughly.
Consider these extras
A good bike helmet is essential. Special cycling shoes and cleats can ease your pedaling. Gloves will absorb vibrations and help to protect your hands in a spill. Polycarbonate glasses can shield your eyes from bugs and errant pebbles. A water bottle is handy to have on long, hot-weather rides.
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At VELLA NERO, we focus on sourcing high quality, 100% Arabica beans that are sustainably produced and fairly and equitably traded.
All the coffee beans selected and handcrafted by VELLA NERO are certified Rainforest Alliance, or are brought into Australia by our green-bean importers who have direct grower/buyer relationships with the growers where we pay premium prices set by, or negotiated with the coffee growers directly. This social premium allows us to directly contribute to increasing the well being of the growers and their communities, allowing them to invest in and improve their sustainable growing practices, and to ensure that superior quality is maintained.
The Rainforest Alliance is an international non-profit organisation that works to protect the ecosystems and the people and wildlife that depend on them. In order to become Rainforest Alliance Certified, farms must pass inspections by Sustainable Agriculture Auditors who verify that farmers have taken sufficient steps to protect ecosystems and wildlife, conserve soil and water, provide decent, safe conditions and quality of life for workers and their communities and manage pests and waste in ways that limit environmental impacts. Rain-Forest Alliance is an independent Non-Government Organisation that has established comprehensive certification standards and equitable trade initiatives that promote and guarantee improvements in agriculture, forestry, wildlife, and the quality of life of the workers and their communities. Initiatives are voluntary, and producers that comply with these standards and guidelines can have their coffee certified with the NGO’s label. Certification is an incentive to make environmental and social improvements.
Come into our Clarence Street flagship store and pick up some used coffee grinds for free and return them to Mother Earth. It's doing two good deeds in one - caring for the environment and benefitting your garden! Coffee grinds are ideal compost for acid-loving plants. Add them to your garden to watch your plants flourish - not only does it provide nutrients to your plants, it also wards off some plant-eating pests. Another tip - to balance out the acidity of coffee grind compost, add crushed egg shells! Yet another way to recycle from nature to nature.
We also offer the popular KeepCup (the first Barista standard reusuable hot cup) so we can help reduce the amount of waste that disposable takeaway coffee cups produce. When you buy in-store you get your first hot VELLA NERO coffee in it for free! We've also made the cup available for purchase in three sizes online for those who can't get into our city store. Love your coffee, love your planet. | <urn:uuid:c4532a7f-df73-44c0-8ab8-52a1b1c290e7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.vellanero.com.au/index.php/e-boutique/gifting--other/browse/component/virtuemart/about/about/about/library/our-focus-on-sustainability | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946586 | 514 | 1.773438 | 2 |
The subject of money in marriage is always a psychologically hot topic, and it’s even more of an issue during tough economic times.
When one partner loses a job, stress can skyrocket and have severe effects on marriage and relationships—not just a couple’s finances. In my practice I see many couples who are dealing with the job loss of a partner and the psychological effects can be cataclysmic, particularly when one of the partners becomes acutely anxious and is unable to manage feelings of fear, rage and helplessness.
September is National Preparedness Month, a designated time for people to take time out and plan ahead for emergencies at home, business and communities. September is almost over, but it’s important to always be prepared for a disaster. We often think of ways to prepare physically for emergencies—storing bottled water, having a first aid kit and making a contact list of family and friends.
It’s also possible to prepare psychologically. Each disaster is different and requires some flexibility to expect the unexpected. Yet, there are issues and emotional reactions that are consistent in most disasters and can be anticipated. The more you understand how an emergency can affect your thoughts and feelings, the better you can respond to the situation and regain footing.
Many of my clients start their first session by admitting how nervous they are to come see me. I usually respond by letting them know that it is completely normal to be nervous – who wouldn’t be? Here they are sitting in the office of a person they have never met, getting ready to share some of the most private parts of their lives.
Luckily there are things a new client can do to help manage the nerves of the first session. And one of those things is: be prepared. So in the spirit of preparedness, I have compiled a list of things you should bring to your first therapy session.
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A metal roof is an affordable and modern light weight roof tile system that is much cheaper as compared to conventional roofing tiles. Modern metal roof, Naples FL has been carefully manufactured to give a house the beautiful classic look of new tiles. They are light in weight, easier and quicker to install as compared to wooden tiles.
One of the fears that many have when it comes to roofing with metal is the conductive nature of metal. This means that all weather temperatures are actively conducted into the house due to metal’s conductive properties. However, manufacturers of these roofing products have discovered a number of ways of insulating houses built with metal tiles. One of the popular ways is creating a porcelain coating under the sheets that will prevent any conduction of heat into the house during those extreme weather conditions.
The insulating properties achieved by coating them also means that homes with such roofs installed are able to see lower energy loss during the cold seasons. Heat supplied in the house by the various heating system is not lost resulting in very high energy savings.
The beauty of metal tiles is that they are available in a number of colors based on the customers’ preference. Manufacturers produce them in a series of colors and designs; some have been designed to look exactly like old wooden roof tiles. This makes them a more versatile roofing option that can be used in a number of roofing applications depending on the design of the house.
Repairs and replacement of metal roof is equally much simpler due to their light weight nature. Their light weight nature means that the supporting structure when installing them does not have to be complicated and can be done in the simplest way as long as structural integrity is not compromised. It is important to note that a metal roof is designed to be very durable and therefore typical repairs or replacement will only be required after a very long period of time, possibly centuries.
Metal is known to be very susceptible to rust, there are however a number of measures manufacturers take in order to ensure their metal roof, Naples FL are able to withstand conditions such as moisture that causes rust. This is done by carefully selecting the material types, galvanizing is one of the ways of preventing rust. It involves coating of iron sheets with metals such as zinc that is resistant to rust and hence has a longer lifespan.
Due to technological advancement that is constantly taking place, manufacturers are still keen on developing new ways of making these modern roofing systems much better and cost effective to the property owners. At the moment, these are said to be the best form of roofing as compared to all other types of roofing materials in the market.
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The Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit Alliance, aka WiGig, announced today their agreement to consolidate WiGig's certification and development under Wi-Fi Alliance. This is the result of longterm collaboration between the two organizations, since they reached an agreement on the standard of multigigabit wireless networking in May 2011.
While the Wi-Fi Alliance is a popular organization that tests and certifies Wi-Fi devices to guarantee their interoperability, WiGig is a lesser-known entity that develops the 60GHz-based WiGig technology specifications. The Wi-Fi Alliance, however, initiated the work to develop an interoperability certification for 60GHz products.
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Do you just procrastinate or do you procrastinate at a high level? Notice the implied assumption that you do procrastinate! High performance procrastination is our goal here.
Last week, we addressed the challenges associated with to do lists crammed with incomplete items and the draining effect those incomplete items can have on your ability to be productive.
We encouraged you to create a list of all items that are not yet complete, including things being tracked on to do lists, but also reminders stuck in email in boxes, sticky notes on your desk, and even those items that just pop in your head during the day.
Over the years, I have worked with many people who keep transferring the same item from this week's list to next week's list ad nauseum. Even high powered list makers who distinguish types of goals, projects, and next actions can be procrastinators.
My recommendation is that you become world class at procrastinating. In fact, if you employ other people, I suggest that you include procrastination skills in your hiring and promotion criteria.
In order to make any sense out of this apparent non-sense I am spouting, we need to look at what the word procrastination actually means. Dictionary.com gives us these common definitions:
To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness
To postpone or delay needlessly
Am I suggesting that you should become careless or lazy, or that you should be looking for the careless and lazy in hiring people? Of course not.
So, play with me a little here: the word procrastination actually begins with something quite positive. The prefix, "pro," means "in favor of," or "for." So how does something that begins with a positive wind up with such a negative connotation?
If you further dissect the word, you come to the base meaning, the part that has "crastin" in it. So what does that mean? Actually, "crastin" comes from the Latin word, crastinus which means "tomorrow."
That leaves us with "ation." Does "ation" look like a common word slightly misspelled? Stick a "c" in there and you might find "action." The suffix "ion" or "ation" comes from Latin and means "requires action."
So, put all these parts together and what to you get? A word that means, literally, for tomorrow's action. Does that sound lazy or careless to you? Me neither.
In fact, this notion of procrastination can be enormously positive. If you are procrastinating at a high level, sort of "power procrastinating," you would be consciously thinking about what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, and purposefully assigning certain tasks to a future date.
Not what we ordinarily mean, now is it?
Imagine being the employee (or the boss if you wish) in the following scenario. You're sitting at your desk, not doing anything that is apparent to the outside observer, and your boss walks in. Seeing you sitting there "doing nothing," she asks what's going on. You respond with an appropriate level of gravitas, "Why, I'm procrastinating, of course."
Should you get a raise or a pink slip?
In the current economy, we could use a whole lot more power procrastination. There's all kinds of "work" being done by people desperately trying to appear busy so they can hold on to their jobs. In fact, most of these people are actually getting things done.
The only problem is that all they are doing is getting things done. Not important things. Not meaningful things. Not things that will make a difference in any appreciable way. Just getting things done.
In fact, they may be world class list makers and thanks to the miracle of modern technology, can reproduce a list of the thousands of things they have gotten done over the last year. The only problem is that very little of what got done mattered in terms of producing something meaningful, productive, or in alignment with critical goals.
If you did the exercise we asked you to try last week, the incompletion trigger list, then you would have come up with a list several pages long of things that you have on your mind and in your lists that aren't yet done. We noted that each of those incomplete items represents a small bit or your energy that could be used to accomplish something meaningful, but right now is stuck in those various incomplete items.
The advice, however, is NOT to do everything on the list. Instead, the suggestion is to review each item on the list and procrastinate a bit about them. Then you can choose to do what's meaningful, not just what's in front of you.
How to Become a Power Procrastinator
1. Review each item on your list
2. What result, value or meaning will be accomplished if you get it done
3. How critical or important is that result, value or meaning (today vs. tomorrow)
4. For high value, high importance items, keep them on your current list or schedule them on your calendar
5. For low value, low importance items, either place them on a list labeled "Not for now, maybe later", or strike them off the list altogether
6. For high value, high importance items that require action downstream, but not now, you can schedule them out in time, or place them in a folder (paper or electronic) for some future date when you want to be reminded
7. Get to work accomplishing those high value, high importance items that have immediacy to them or are required to prepare the road for what's coming
You can find out more about Russell Bishop at http://www.lessonsinthekeyoflife.com. Contact Russell at: [email protected]
The author of Lessons in the Key of Life, Russell is an Educational Psychologist, professional life coach and management consultant, based in Santa Barbara California.
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Black Duck's Dave Gruber and Peter Vescuso: Open Source Is Maturing
"We are seeing rapid adoption of open source software as well as open source management principles in the enterprise. 2012 showed a significant uptick over 2011, with enterprise more than doubling. That is an indication of the maturing of the open source market and the interest in it. The tech companies - the smartphone and software guys -- have always been huge users of open source."
Mentioning open source to a typical consumer will no doubt result in puzzled looks or a reference to that "free stuff." Even in some business circles, the open source concept may only be synonymous with an alternative computer operating system known as Linux.
On the software development side of the computing industry, however, open source is known for much different reasons. Its practices have become a path to secure, rapid product development with many inherent cost-saving features. The open source business model has seen an impressive growth spurt in the last five years.
of Black Duck Software
Perhaps no one knows this better than Dave Gruber, Black Duck Software's Director of Developer Programs. Black Duck is a software management and consulting firm. The company does not specifically market its own open source product line. Instead, it focuses on helping software developers build better software faster through open source.
With thousands of open source projects under development, the software discovery process can be tricky, noted Gruber. To help enterprise organizations find and evaluate open source products, Black Duck operates the Ohloh website. At Black Duck Gruber drives developer go-to-market strategies and programs. He focuses on helping developers gain greater visibility and insights into the world of open source software leading to faster development.
In this exclusive interview, LinuxInsider talks to Gruber and Peter Vescuso, Executive Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for Black Duck, about the maturing open source has experienced and where it still needs to grow.
LinuxInsider: How would you assess the OSS market generally?
Dave Gruber: At Black Duck we have a pretty deep inventory of all of the projects having to do with open source. We stay fairly close to the growth of open source and what is happening within each community. We also have some insight into what is happening regarding trends with software.
LI: Black Duck recently released its open source report on the top rookie projects for 2012. What trends caught your attention?
LI: Are there rookie projects that involve non-browser based functionality?
LI: How does Black Duck keep up with all of this newcomer activity?
Gruber: Some of these projects involve support for what is going on in GitHub. We monitor what is going on at all the forges such as SourceForge and Bitbucket and all the rest. We aggregate information from all of those forges. We continue to see growth across those.
LI: How has all of this impacted on Black Duck in particular and the industry in general?
Peter Vescuso: We track over 900,000 unique projects today. We are seeing rapid adoption of open source software as well as open source management principles in the enterprise. 2012 showed a significant uptick over 2011, with enterprise more than doubling. That is an indication of the maturing of the open source market and the interest in it. The tech companies - the smartphone and software guys -- have always been huge users of open source. The enterprises are following quickly on the heels of that. [*Correction - March 19, 2013]
LI: What changes do you see happening as a direct result of open source?
Vescuso: IDC reported this year that in the Global 2000 market, 30 percent of the code they are deploying is open source. So that is a pretty harsh statistic for us to hang our hat on. The enterprise market really seems to be growing very rapidly. All of these trends, I think, point to the growing trend of all of these companies having an interest in using open source methods inside the enterprise.
By that I mean large organizations and large businesses are looking at what is happening in the open source industry around them. They are seeing all the innovation around cloud and mobile and the speed at which new projects are being created. They are looking at all of the innovation going on with these rookie projects and are saying that activity is compelling. They are wishing to bring those methods to their own companies internally.
LI: What needs to be done to foster more of this growth?
Vescuso: We are trying to do some educating around that with regard with our own consulting organization. I'm saying, however, that it is a general market trend. At the same time, enterprises are engaging directly with communities. These organizations are looking to influence the direction. They want to make sure that their changes and patches, etc. are part of the mainstream so they are looking to become extensions of those organizations. The whole software development process has gone through a lot of very positive changes, all around open source technology and methods.
LI: From a security perspective, are you seeing any fallout from the recent lapses involving Java?
Vescuso: It's hard to say at this point. Certainly we haven't heard anything from people within the community. There is a continuing thick lens put upon those technologies that are broadly used, especially for the masses. When you think of Java, you traditionally think of it as being used primarily on the server side, and what people are writing in the core application infrastructure on top of Java. That is not a place where there has been a whole lot of security exploitation on the core Java infrastructure side.
LI: So you are not concerned about the Java vulnerabilities impacting on open source?
This is not an unprecedented kind of thing for these types of security holes to open up. It's happened across the different platforms in the industry from time to time. I doubt that they will have any impact whatsoever on the really crazy pace of innovation that is going on today in the client side use of Java. So I would say the fallout will be minimal at best. In fact, when these things happen it causes even more scrutiny on the developers' standpoint in making things even better.
LI: In the last five years, what do you see as having contributed to the maturing of the open source model?
Gruber: One of the interesting things is when you think of open source is that while the source code has been open since the beginning of the open source concept, the process in the way that open source is developing has actually changed quite a bit over the last five years. While open source contributions have been scrutinized by often times a handful of committers who drive open source projects, because of the mechanisms now in place that support the open source world, things are much more visible from a profit standpoint than they have been in the past. The processes have matured a great deal in the last five years.
LI: How is the process different?
Gruber: No longer is it that the committers have all the insight while the contributors have their little niche. Everybody now has complete viewing and complete insight. Mechanisms and tools that are available on GitHub allow people to comment right away as soon as someone puts forward a proposal or a commit of code. The entire community can jump right in and start discussing and presenting their ideas and submit feedback.
So the openness of the discussion and the process around the way open source is built has really changed a lot over the last five years or so, mainly from some of the automated mechanisms that are put in place. And there are other public testing capabilities that make it easier for teams to test in multi-platform environments. All of this contributes to the increase in the pace that we are seeing in the overall development.
LI: If you could draw up a wish list, what needs to be done yet to further this new-found sense of openness and fluidity that is maturing open source?
Gruber: I think it's pulling the pieces together. Today, there are a number of discreet mechanisms that the community is depending on to get things done. As we continue to integrate those mechanisms, there will be new ones added. From the way new poll requests are created to the way new ideas are presented to the teams, bringing all of these mechanisms together today, people depend on certain resources to get things done. They are all very valuable in their own right.
But as we continue to integrate the pieces and parts, the value continues to increase. For instance, on Ohloh where we continually aggregate information from many sources, we are continuously looking at how can we provide additional insight to make projects move more quickly, integrating in bug-tracking data or mailing list data, in addition to the commit stream data and integrating in security data information like we do in some of our core Black Duck products. Bringing all these different pieces of information together in a more integrated fashion for people will continue to accelerate people's ability to move quickly and have a broader, more collective insight.
LI: Are communities using the same old methods for communicating, or are you seeing advancements in that mechanism too?
Gruber: I think there is room for innovation there as well. There are traditional core communication methods in place like IRC channels. I was surprised to learn recently that the Ruby community has rallied around Twitter as a communication mechanism. That might surprise you to learn that an open source community would rely on something like Twitter as a means to actually communicate. So there is a lot of room for growth from a collaboration standpoint. The big acts would be around integrating all these pieces and bits together in a more unified approach.
LI: It is evident that open source is thriving on the developer side of the software industry. But that does not seem to carry over to the consumer side as strongly. Is this a failure from a marketing perspective on open source?
Gruber: It is interesting to see the different perspectives that people have on open source. People often say they know all about free software. Of course, free does not always mean open source. The open source community has not really had much of a consumer marketing element to it. You raise a great point. People are not often aware that they are using open source software. I think many Android phone users have a sense that they are using open source. I think that recognition is starting to come over to the consumer side of things.
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The next time you're crossing a parking lot or stuck in traffic, take a peak into the cars around you. You'll likely spot a variety of technological luxuries, from the now-standard cell phone to new gadgets like global positioning systems (GPSs), laptop computers, and even full-scale audio/video systems.
If you think the popularity of these devices is a passing fad, think again. According to the marketing research firm Frost & Sullivan, current sales for rear-seat entertainment systems is at $200 million and will likely double by the year 2007. The advances in automotive gadgetry make it easier to keep the kids entertained in the car, but they're creating the potential for new electrical problems, as well. I never thought much about power quality in cars until one of my neighbors approached me for help with the audio/video entertainment center installed in his SUV. Tackling this problem was my introduction to investigating power quality problems in automobiles.
As my neighbor Michael explained his problem, I began to envision a whole new dimension of power quality troubleshooting. Since installing a rear-seat entertainment system, Michael found his car's battery would die each night, and he'd need a “hot shot” the next morning to get going. The system installer told Michael he probably had a bad battery or charging system and recommended he get them checked at his dealer. The dealer said the battery system looked fine but thought the recent installation had created a short somewhere. He referred Michael back to the installer for a repair. Instead, Michael came to me.
A ghost load was obviously draining the battery when the engine was off. I knew it had to be a fairly large current draw to completely discharge the SUV's 400Ah battery overnight. The fact that there were no blown fuses and all the equipment appeared to be working correctly only made the situation more confusing. However, I thought troubleshooting the leakage current problem would be as simple as connecting a current meter to the load and beginning the process of circuit isolation by opening breakers until the current draw disappeared.
I don't use a DC clamp-on meter very often, so I didn't have one with me. I did have access to my digital mutlimeter (DMM), though, which can read up to 10A DC current. I hoped this would be enough to pinpoint the phantom load. We disconnected the positive battery cable from the battery and wired up my meter in series with the cable and battery. The meter measured a steady current draw of 5A. There was definitely a faulty circuit somewhere, but finding it was going to take some work.
In modern automobiles, certain loads draw current all the time. The alarm system, automotive clock, and seat memories all require power — even when the car isn't running. In some cases, the interior fan kicks on every once in a while to filter the air in the cabin. With all of these loads, it's no wonder automakers plan to increase the operating voltage from the 12VDC standard to a 24VDC-based system in the near future.
Michael and I began the testing process by pulling the fuses one-by-one to see if my meter uncovered a change in current. As soon as we pulled the accessory fuse, most of the current draw disappeared. Now we knew which circuit to focus on, but finding the short with all that concealed wire bundled together wasn't going to be easy. As I contemplated having to trace wires under the carpet and behind the panels of the doors, I remembered an old troubleshooting trick I learned several years ago while working on DC elevator control circuits. All I needed was a pocket compass.
With the fuse removed from the circuit, I had Michael use a jumper wire to tap the fuse terminals, which created an ON-OFF current flow through the conductors. Using a small key chain pocket compass, I followed the conductors from this circuit by watching the compass needle swing back and forth with the change in current flow. When current passes through a conductor, it creates a magnetic field, so I used the compass to detect the field.
After opening some covers and panels and removing tie wraps, we finally found the culprit. A mounting screw had penetrated some insulation on a couple of conductors that power up the passengers' heated seats. This explained why the current never became a fault current but was large enough to drain the battery. Once we removed the screw and covered the hole with some electrical tape, the system checked out fine.
When it comes to automotive power quality, the same basic rules of electricity still apply. Overvoltage and undervoltage conditions can wreak havoc on electronic systems and components. Most of the time, a faulty regulator or charging system is to blame. But as Michael's problem illustrates, sometimes the cause isn't so obvious.
Electrical Troubleshooting Tricks for Automobiles
Here are some “insider” troubleshooting tricks that should save you time and a few headaches while working on any vehicle.
Replacing a car battery can be frustrating because as soon as you remove the battery cable, everything wired into the car's electrical system loses power, erasing all of your settings. To avoid this problem next time, do the following:
Buy a 12V lantern battery at the hardware store. They go for about $5. Then connect a cigarette lighter plug cord to the lantern battery, making sure to observe the correct polarity. You can find these cords at most electronics stores for about $5.
Once you connect the cord to the lantern battery, plug the cigarette lighter plug into your cigarette lighter socket, which will parallel the lantern battery to the car's electrical system.
When you remove the car battery, the 12V lantern battery will feed the electrical system, keeping all of your electronic devices energized. Be careful with the car battery's positive terminal when connecting the new car battery — it is also energized.
Once the new car battery is in place, unplug the lantern battery.
The following technique is a must if you have a motor home or boat trailer. At some point in time, water will get into a turn signal or connector and start blowing fuses. Follow these instructions for troubleshooting the circuit without power.
Remove the defective fuse from the circuit, and wire up a 12V signal light in place of the fuse. The bulb will act as a resistive circuit element because it is wired in series with the circuit.
Start moving conductors around and tugging on bundles to see if the bulb flickers or dims. If this happens, you're close to the short, and the circuit resistance is changing.
Still can't find the fault? Have someone tap the connections for you, and use a compass to locate the conductor as mentioned in the article. If you move the compass along the wire and it moves back and forth, current is flowing in the circuit. When the needle stops moving, current is no longer flowing in that part of the circuit, so the short must be upstream. You'll find your short somewhere between these two points. | <urn:uuid:743e36b0-6c32-46c6-a18e-26cb034fcfce> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ecmweb.com/content/clean-power-go-pq-suv-age | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00023-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96184 | 1,437 | 1.648438 | 2 |
BLACKSBURG, Va., June 21, 2007 – Three senior officials at Virginia Tech’s Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine recently traveled to South America as part of the continued development of a comprehensive exchange program with the University of Austral in Chile.
Dean Gerhardt Schurig, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies Dr. Roger Avery, and Dr. Bettye Walters, director of international programs, met with their counterparts to refine a November 2005 Memorandum of Understanding that created a comprehensive exchange program.
The exchange program will now include three components, said Walters, who is based on the veterinary college’s College Park, Md., campus.
One phase is designed to create an “Honors Research Program” that encourages University of Austral students to become more interested in research.
The Veterinary Clinical Student Exchange Program is designed to enable veterinary students at each institution to undertake clinical experiences through programs operated at the counterpart school, said Walters.
For example, rising third year student Melinda Cep will spend six weeks in Chile this summer working with an aquaculture program that produces salmon. Similarly, Chilean veterinary students might undertake clinical experiences with American-based Banfield hospitals and others.
A third component of the program is designed to foster exchange experiences for graduate students studying at each university, Walters said.
Schurig began working on the exchange relationship with the University of Austral several years ago. Both the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the College of Natural Resources at Virginia Tech are also involved with the program.
The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM) is a two-state, three-campus professional school operated by the land-grant universities of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg and the University of Maryland at College Park. Its flagship facilities, based at Virginia Tech, include the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, which treats more than 40,000 animals annually. Other campuses include the Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Leesburg, Va., and the Avrum Gudelsky Veterinary Center at College Park, home of the Center for Government and Corporate Veterinary Medicine. The VMRCVM annually enrolls approximately 500 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and graduate students, is a leading biomedical and clinical research center, and provides professional continuing education services for veterinarians practicing throughout the two states. Virginia Tech, the most comprehensive university in Virginia, is dedicated to quality, innovation, and results to the commonwealth, the nation, and the world. | <urn:uuid:6cab14b6-c40c-4d6a-9cb0-260e6601d4a6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/06/2007-351.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942768 | 505 | 1.5625 | 2 |
ENVIS's (Environmental Information System) mission is to provide access to and enhance the use of environment related information in India as well as the rest of the world, advancing understanding of different environment related issues and indirectly serving the needs of public and private decision making.
ENVIS is a network that unites around hundred organizations in India, known as ENVIS Centres. It is dedicated to providing comprehensive, up-to-date environmental information and news. ENVIS exists solely to act as an information broker for environmental information in India.
ENVIS network offers a mother portal which acts as a platform for inter nodal interaction. The entire portal has been designed and organized to provide with easy access to the multitude of environment related information available with the ENVIS Centres.
Mahavir Enclave, Palam-Dabri Road
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Fulvio Melia (born 2 August 1956) is an Italian-American physicist/astrophysicist and author. He is Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Arizona and Associate Editor of the Astrophysical Journal Letters. A former Presidential Young Investigator and Sloan Research Fellow, he is the author of six books and more than 230 articles on theoretical astrophysics.
From 1996 to 2002, he was a Scientific Editor with the Astrophysical Journal, and since then has been an Associate Editor with the Astrophysical Journal Letters. He is also the Chief Editor of the Theoretical Astrophysics series of books at the University of Chicago Press.
In a career that has seen him publish over 230 research papers and several books, Melia has made important contributions in High Energy Astronomy and the physics of supermassive black holes. He is especially known for his work on the Galactic center, particularly developing a theoretical understanding of the central supermassive black hole, known as Sagittarius A*. With his students and collaborators, he was the first to propose imaging this object with millimeter-interferometry, which should be feasible within a few years, proving beyond any doubt that it possesses an event horizon, as predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity. He is also a well-respected and popular publicist of astronomy and science in general, delivering many lectures at public venues, including museums and planetariums. His books have won several awards of distinction, including the designation of Outstanding Academic Books by the American Library Association, and selection as world-wide astronomy books of the year by Astronomy (magazine).
The big question at the center; At the heart of the Milky Way lies an object that emits no light.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)
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Fixing Mistakes: 7 Steps for Any Situation
We all goof sometimes... Though many mistakes are minor, and don't cause much of a ripple in the world, some mistakes hurt other people and have to be dealt with quickly and completely. Here's a 7-step process for dealing with any mistake, whether it's something on a business or a personal level.
1. Acknowledge the Mistake Directly
Don't add to the mistake already made by ignoring it in the hopes that it will go away. Whether you've messed up on a customer order or forgotten your spouse's birthday, ignoring the failure won't make it seem less important; it will just make you seem like more of a jerk. Be straightforward. Directly and briefly, but honestly, acknowledge that you messed up. State specifically what you did and how much you regret it.
2. Take Responsibility
The automatic response of human nature is to jump into self-defense mode; at no time is this response stronger than when we are forced to acknowledge our own shortcomings. Resist the urge to find somewhere (or someone) to put the blame, even if it's justified. There are always extenuating circumstances, and most of us don't mean to mess up. But all the good intentions don't change the fact that you've made a mistake. Don't point fingers or use circumstances to make an excuse; doing so only makes you sound like you care more about getting out of trouble than really dealing with the problem you've caused, however unintentionally.
Those two little words — I'm sorry — need to be heard by the person who's bearing the brunt of your mistake. "Please forgive me" is nice, too. It shows that you understand this person has a choice of whether or not to forgive the mistake. It acknowledges that you need forgiveness. And it puts the responsibility on the offended person, forcing them to either accept the apology, and thus, start moving on, or choose to ignore or refuse your apology and leave you with nothing else to do. Nobody wants to be the bad guy and refuse to accept an apology. If you don't verbally, directly apologize, however, the person who has been hurt doesn't have to make that choice to forgive and move on.
4. Offer a Practical Way to Make Up for the Mistake
In a few, rare cases, there's really nothing you can do to make up for what's been done. Perhaps you accidentally hit a neighbor's beloved family dog with your car and killed it; offering to run out and buy a new puppy isn't going to fix things, so don't offer. However, in most cases, you can think of a way to make amends. If you've broken, lost, or otherwise damaged property, you should offer to pay for it. If you've hurt someone you're close to on a deep level, you might offer to go to counseling together. If you're at a loss for what to offer, ask: "What can I do to make this up to you?"
5. Give the Other Person Time to Think and Respond
The deeper the hurt, the more difficult it is for a person to let go of it. Don't force an immediate response. People need time to think, to process, and to let go of hurt feelings and offense. Make your direct acknowledgment, take responsibility, apologize, and offer a way to make amends; then step back and say something like, "I'll give you time to think this over." Offer another, specific time to talk so you don't forget to follow through with what you've said.
6. Listen and Respond
During both the initial conversation and when you follow up, take the time to let the other person talk. Sometimes what people need most is just to share how deeply they were hurt, or the repercussions of the mistake that's been made. Venting isn't fun to listen to, but it helps people sort through the feelings and get to the bottom line, which is where you need to both get in order to fix the mistake and move on.
7. Do What You've Said You Will Do
The last point is most important: if you've offered a way to make up for the mistake, and it's been accepted, follow through quickly. Failing to do what you've said you will only bring the mistake back in an even more unpleasant way and make it almost impossible for you to be taken seriously when you try to apologize again.
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The Charles B. Wolkon Memorial Day Camp, located in Frankfort and run by the Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter NYSARC, provides meaningful social and recreational experiences for children with developmental disabilities. It also offers their siblings a chance to interact with other children who have a brother or sister with special needs.
Campers engage in arts and crafts, music, pool, karaoke, ping pong, foosball, basketball, softball, frog-catching, volleyball, fishing, baking, and hiking through the woods on an accessible nature trail. This summer, campers journeyed out to visit the Children’s Museum and the Utica Zoo and they took a bus trip to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse.
The Arc is grateful to Operation Sunshine for again making it possible for children with developmental disabilities and their siblings to enjoy the many activities and positive social connections we offer at camp. Funding from Operation Sunshine provided a week at camp for fourteen children between the ages of 5 and 16 in 2009. For a decade now, Operation Sunshine has partnered with The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter NYSARC to ensure that local children, regardless of their ability to pay, are granted the opportunity to create memorable summer-time experiences with campers of all abilities. | <urn:uuid:df504970-35a9-4f65-b3d8-e559a871f526> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wktv.com/younews/59225617.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950801 | 263 | 1.8125 | 2 |
An explosion ravaged the Eastern Anatolia Gas Pipeline near the Turkish city of Agri in the early hours of 19 October. Natural gas deliveries from Iran were completely halted.
Consequently, Turkish company BOTAŞ requested to increase daily shipment of Russian natural gas along the Blue Stream route up to 48 mcm.
Gazprom Export upped the deliveries in accordance with this application. Previous daily supplies totaled 32 mcm.
It remains unknown how long will the repair works last.
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Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport (IATA: GLK, ICAO: HCMR), formerly known as the Galkayo Airport, is an international airport located in Galkayo, the capital of the north-central Mudug region of Somalia.
Like most of Galkayo, the Abdullahi Yusuf International Airport is administered by the autonomous Puntland government. It has acted as a buffer zone between the divided city's two main divisions. Taxes collected by the airport authority are split equally between the Puntland and Galmudug administrations, facilitating relations between the two regional authorities.
On March 25, 2012, the facility was officially renamed in memory of the late Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, the former President of Somalia, who was born in Galkayo.
Airlines and destinations
Accidents and incidents
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Time is often called a taskmaster. Some call it a tyrant. But time, as we have come to regard it, is a fiction. Time doesn’t need to be measured, but it does keep ticking. Time does not march on, we do. We travel the path of time, but at our own pace.
Time does serve a purpose, like gold refined in a fire, it is a crucible of character.
When I let time dictate my actions, feelings, and attitudes, I, and those around me lose. When I walk the path, according to the pace of my own choosing, I walk in peace. Finding the balance between planning, responsibility, and purity of conscience is a delicate act of survival. Letting time have it’s way in my life is the fastest way to death. Ignoring time, and it’s claustrophobic constraints leads to a life of freedom and serenity.
As I wrote yesterday, it is often too easy to be crushed by an artificial timeline, and overbearing sense of responsibility, and a hopeless sense of powerlessness. This impotent feeling is artificial, imposed by an obnoxious enslavement to time.
The one thing time has revealed to me however is the impoverished nature of my character. I am often too quick to submit my values to the tyranny of time. It’s time to put time on the back burner where it belongs. | <urn:uuid:a44f01f3-6406-4a9b-9c4b-5588cbe224a0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.daddytude.com/2012/09/the-crucible-of-time/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00026-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963528 | 293 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Didn’t find that out-of-print book on your last trip to the library or online catalog?
There’s a good chance you can get it, anyway, through a service that connects nearly all Missouri public libraries called “interlibrary loan.”
The Springfield-Greene County Library District can borrow and lend materials with more than 9,100 U.S. libraries, said Rhonda Brown, interlibrary loan manager.
Best sellers, recent publication, textbooks, pamphlets, audio- and videocassettes, rare or valuable materials are not available through interlibrary loan.
“The goal is to connect all 152 Missouri libraries to be a part of that so it can really enhance their collections,” Brown said.
Participating libraries enjoy free courier delivery service two days a week to more than 350 libraries in Missouri, Kansas and Colorado.
Library card holders can submit a request at their library or on www.coolcat.org. The request goes to the closest library that has that title, and is delivered to the patron’s branch in two to five days.
Our library patrons like it, as this one said in a recent survey: “…It allows me to access my author’s books in chronological order. It is also a wonderful tool for accessing very old books and long-gone authors.”
You can learn more about interlibrary loan at thelibrary.org/services/ill.cfm, or call 883-5310.
The district is also one of two public libraries in the state in MOBIUS, allowing us to borrow and lend materials with Missouri academic libraries for our patrons.
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The library is partnering with the American Library Association and Woman’s Day magazine to hear your thoughts on why the library is important to you and your community.
Patrons tell us they’re turning to the library for free entertainment, Internet access, computer training and job hunting.
From now through May 9, women ages 18 and older are invited to describe why the library is important to them in 700 words or less to [email protected]. Up to four stories will be featured in the March 2011 issue of Woman’s Day or on womansday.com. Rules are available on the Woman’s Day Web site at womansday.com/ala. The 2010 winners’ essays are at www.womansday.com/library.
And save some thoughts for an essay contest that the Springfield-Greene County Libraries will kick off April 11 during National Library Week. Among other prizes, winners’ portraits will be featured in a series of “READ” posters for the district. Stay tuned for more details in April.
Kathleen O’Dell is community relations director for the Springfield-Greene County Library District. She can be reached at [email protected].
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Lego Fans' Creations Win Prizes at Library
Bernardsville Library awarded prizes this weekend during the library's first LEGO Challenge for local children.
Thanks to generous donations of LEGO toy building pieces, the Bernardsville Public Library already has been holding weekend drop-in sessions for local children and their family members in the library's children section.
But this weekend, the library tried to step up the childrens' LEGO creative juices with the first ever LEGO Challenge.
All the children who participated were awarded prizes, but the official winner of the LEGO contest on Saturday afternoon was Ethan Bell, age 6, of Bernards Township, said Felicia Ballard, librarian at the Bernardsville Public Library. Ethan, a kindergarten student at the Oak Street Elementary School in Basking Ridge, came to the library with his grandmother.
"He did a wonderful job, creating rockets that could travel into CyberSpace," Ballard said. "It was difficult to choose a winner, as each of our participants did an amazing job."
The library's next Open LEGO Build family program for all ages is scheduled for 3 p.m. on March 16, Ballard said. The library's next LEGO Challenge, with prizes, for grades K-2 is scheduled for 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, Ballard said.
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Your child can enjoy e-books on the Tumble Books program at home. Just go to psd1.org> families>Destiny Library Catalog>Livingston>Tumble Books.
Livingston Elementary School Principal Susan Sparks was selected as the 2012-13 Distinguished Elementary School Principal of the Year for the Lake Wallula region. The award, which is sponsored by the Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP) and Elementary School Principals of Washington (ESPAW) was announced on Oct. 24. With this honor, Sparks is eligible for the National Distinguished Principal Award next school year.
Sparks, who has been principal of Livingston since 2000, was recognized for her knowledge of state standards, strong communication skills, and leadership abilities that support parental and staff involvement. She builds strong relationships with Livingston families and employees and creates a positive learning and working environment.
Under Sparks’s leadership, Livingston Elementary has twice been recognized as a Washington State Distinguished School for academic achievement and improvement on state assessments. And, this year, Livingston Elementary was classified as a Reward school by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). Reward schools are categorized as “Highest-performing” and “High-progress.” As a “High-progress” school, Livingston has been among the top 10 percent of Title I schools in Reading and Math, combined, for three years.
“The work I do, I can’t do alone,” says Sparks. “While I am grateful for this recognition, I give it back to my teachers who work so hard. Together we have that vision and focus to make sure these students get the best education possible.” Sparks also thanked her colleagues for honoring her with their nomination.
Sparks began her teaching career at Livingston Elementary in 1982, and she can’t imagine being anywhere else, she says. Over the years, she taught 2nd-5th grades at Livingston as well as working as a reading specialist for several years. In 1999, she started as assistant principal of Emerson Elementary, and a year later, she became principal at Livingston Elementary.
“I am fortunate to have been able to work with Susan as a colleague for nearly 30 years,” says Superintendent Saundra Hill. “Her ability to have a vision for her students and know how to turn her vision into reality is truly inspiring to all of us. We are so proud of everything she has accomplished.”
Sparks, who is from Spokane and earned her teaching degree at the University of Washington, moved to Pasco thanks to the strong persuasion of her husband, Bobby Sparks. The Sparks family are longtime Pasco residents with a long line of proud Pasco High School graduates. Bobby and several of his brothers wrestled for the Bulldogs; children of their nieces and nephews continue the family tradition today.
District employees Marlando and Quontica Sparks say of their Aunt Susan, “Susan is someone who shapes and molds the minds and hearts of the next generation as well as their parents to become heroes. The greatest compliments we have ever received while working in the District are those that connect us to her: ‘Are you related to Mrs. Sparks, the Principal of Ruth Livingston?’ With great pride and honor we shout out ‘Yes, I am!’ Aunt Susan, you are a great example of Grace with Accountability, Pride with Humility and unconditional love. We aspire to become just like you. We love you and honor you for your great achievement.”
We have exciting news to share!
We are happy to report that Ruth Livingston Elementary School has been identified by the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction as a Reward school. Schools which receive or are eligible to receive Title I funding for students are considered for Reward school status based on the levels of student achievement.
Ruth Livingston is being honored as a Reward High Progress School.
Students in Reward schools-Highest progress are in the top ten percent of Title I schools in Reading and Math, combined, for three years. High schools must also be among the Title I schools with the most progress in increasing graduation rates.
This is an extraordinary accomplishment and is a direct reflection of the hard work of our students, the dedication of our teachers, and the support and guidance of our families. Ruth Livingston’s status as a Reward school is well deserved. In the past years, Ruth Livingston has implemented several improvements that have impacted our students’ success.
I hope you will visit the Elementary and Secondary Education (ESEA) Flexibility Request Waiver website to learn more about the Rewards Schools and the new school accountability requirements for schools in Washington State.
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Hong Kong's leader has said the rejection of his plans for electoral reform means the territory has lost a "significant step" towards democracy.
Donald Tsang said the rejection of his proposals was "regrettable"
Pro-democracy legislators voted against Chief Executive Donald Tsang's plans on the grounds they did not go far enough.
The reforms would have changed the way the territory's leader and legislative council were elected - but would not have introduced universal suffrage.
Mr Tsang said he would not now offer an alternative before elections in 2007.
Speaking at a late-night news conference after Wednesday's vote, Hong Kong's new leader called the result "regrettable" and warned of a serious split over constitutional reform.
"I had hoped for an early Christmas present on democratic development from our Legislative Council members," he said.
"I do believe that we have lost an opportunity to take a significant step on the road to democracy."
Pro-democracy legislators rejected his proposals because they did not consider them ambitious enough.
"In this era of democracy, we do not see how Hong Kong people can be deprived of equality and one person, one vote," legislator Lee Cheuk-yan told Reuters news agency.
Tens of thousands of people marched through the territory earlier this month to demand universal suffrage.
Mr Tsang earlier said his proposals went as far as China and its allies in Hong Kong would allow.
The BBC's Hong Kong correspondent, Chris Hogg, says the pro-democracy camp's vote will probably confirm Beijing's suspicion that the democrats are untrustworthy and unpatriotic.
These are the very reasons some analysts say China is unwilling to offer people true democracy in Hong Kong, our correspondent says.
Hundreds joined a pro-democracy vigil outside the parliament building
Beijing, the analysts say, fears the democrats would win a general election and install an administration that would cause trouble both in the territory and mainland China.
For his ideas to become law, Mr Tsang needed the support of at least 40 of the Legislative Council's 60 members.
Lawmakers voted 34 for and 24 against expanding LegCo from 60 to 70 seats, with one abstention.
The proposal to double the size of the election committee also received only 34 votes, after 24 of the pro-democracy camp voted against.
Since Hong Kong's sovereignty was handed back to China by Britain in 1997, the territory has been governed under a mini-constitution known as the Basic Law.
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A gravestone will be returned to relatives of a World War I veteran from Nebraska.
The stone had turned up in the municipal burn pile of the east-central town of Bradshaw and was turned over to Bradshaw Cemetery caretaker Bob Goodridge, who then tried to find out where it belonged.
Goodridge told the York News-Times on Monday that several people who had seen the newspaper's story about the gravestone joined his sleuthing effort.
It turns out the military-style gravestone of Lawrence F. Steenson had been at the Grand Island Cemetery and likely had been replaced by a different marker. How it ended up in Bradshaw remains a mystery.
Goodridge says he's talked to some relatives of Steenson, who told Goodridge that they were glad the stone had been found.
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Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) waves to supporters as he enters a campaign rally… (Jack Dempsey / AP Photo )
“Ryan Scores Lowest Poll Numbers Since Quayle,” shouted the USA Today headline. “Positive Views of Ryan Jump Higher After Pick,” answered the Washington Post.
Why the significant discrepancy in views about Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s selection for vice president?
Because views of the newly minted Republican candidate might jump sharply as he goes from a relative unknown to one of America’s most public faces and because polling — with its disparate sampling periods and varying methodologies — often produces widely disparate conclusions.
The USA TODAY/Gallup survey was taken on Sunday, the day after Romney introduced the Wisconsin congressman in front of a Navy ship in Norfolk, Va. The poll found that the Wisconsin congressman was seen as a "fair" or "poor" choice by 42% of Americans versus the 39% who thought he was an "excellent" or "pretty good" vice presidential choice.
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That finding got fairly substantial play, particularly because of the comparison to Quayle, whose 1988 candidacy with George H.W. Bush remains widely known for its initial stumbles. Some 52% of those surveyed after the Quayle selection rated him as a “fair” or “poor” vice presidential pick. (That 1988 survey was of likely voters, while the recent survey was of the broader category of registered voters.)
Some of us at Politics Now suggested that the significance of the USA Today poll on Ryan could easily be overstated. It came very quickly (as the Ryan camp noted) on the heels of a choice who remained mostly unknown to the public.
Both the USA Today account of its own survey — and its regurgitation in multiple other outlets — also took considerably less notice of another finding: that almost half of Americans said they believed Ryan would be qualified to be president if something happened to a President Romney. Some 48% of registered voters told Gallup they felt that way versus 29% who did not and 23% who said they were undecided.
The Washington Post-ABC survey — based on adults surveyed Saturday and Sunday — flipped the findings about Ryan on their head. With slightly different categories than presented by Gallup, 38% of Americans expressed a favorable view of Ryan and 33% a negative one.
The Post story highlighted the fact that those with “no opinion” dropped sharply (no surprise) from before the announcement until afterward, with just 30% saying they didn’t know, compared to the 45% in the two days before the Ryan pick.
And those with newly formed opinions moved overwhelmingly to the pro-Ryan column. While 23% viewed him favorably before the selection was announced, that figure jumped 15 points to 38% approval afterward.
Not surprisingly, the Democratic National Committee put out an email blast on the Quayle-echoing USA Today findings. On Fox News, meanwhile, the Post finding that put Rep. Ryan on the move got more play.
With both camps furiously trying to bend public opinion about the 42-year-old congressman, the surveys will doubtless jump again. Sober observers will watch the long-term trends and get less than titillated about results of any individual poll, all of which remain — at best, we repeat — just snapshots in time.
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