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The Heritage Conservation Society hosted a second lecture on church heritage conservation at the Museo ng Maynila today. Speaker was Fr. Milan Ted D. Torralba, canon lawyer and heritage advocate. There have been several pontifical statements on the importance of church heritage conservation. Pope John Paul II, in his motu proprio Apostolic Letter Inde a Pontificatus Nostri (25 March 1993) says, “Indeed, by its very nature, faith tends to express itself in artistic forms and historical testimony having an intrinsic evangelizing power and cultural value, to which the Church is called to pay the greatest attention.” Fr. Ted points out that among the underlying causes for the depreciation of Philippine ecclesiastical cultural heritage are (1) misinterpretation of Vatican II or misreading of the objective intent of the Council Fathers that led to confusion, neglect, miseducation; (2) McDonaldification or Disneyfication of the Filipino; and (3) the mystification of tourism as end-all and be-all ("The falsification of authenticity in favour of tourism is a very serious issue." - Richard Engelhardt, 31 March 2008) In his lecture, Fr. Ted quotes Czech historian Milan Hübl, “The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history. Then have somebody write new books, manufacture new culture, invent a new history. Before long, the nation will begin to forget what it is and what it was. The world around it will forget even faster.” Fr. Ted mentions that a Filipino Jesuit priest once asked, “Why preserve or restore Philippine colonial churches when these are symbols of oppression, inequality, and injustice?” So here are some FAQs of church heritage conservation on the side of the Roman Catholic Church which I lifted from his presentation (with his permission of course) and my comments in parenthesis: What is the cultural heritage of the Church? The cultural heritage of the Church is that essential part of her religious patrimony or legacy handed down from its very source and summit, Jesus Christ, to which such heritage is directed. Its pastoral function is to serve the Church of Christ as effective means of catechizing and evangelizing, as affective instruments of fomenting the sense of the Last Things. In a sense and to a certain degree, it is (quasi-)sacramental and ecclesial. Who are accountable for Philippine ecclesiastical cultural heritage? 1. The Roman Pontiff, by virtue of his primacy of governance, is the supreme administrator and steward of all ecclesiastical goods (Can. 1273) 2. Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church Art. 99 – The Commission has the duty of acting as curator for the artistic and historical patrimony of the whole Church. Art. 102 – The Commission lends its assistance to particular Churches and Bishops’ Conferences and together with them, where the case arises, sees to the setting up of museums, archives, and libraries, and ensures that the entire patrimony of art and history in the whole territory is properly collected and safeguarded and made available to all who have an interest in it. Art. 103 – In consultation with the Congregation for Seminaries and Educational Institutions and the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, the Commission has the task of striving to make the People of God more and more aware of the need and importance of conserving the artistic and historical patrimony of the Church (Apost. Const. Pastor Bonus, 20 XI 1992) 3. Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) is the permanent organizational assembly of the bishops in the Philippines exercising together certain pastoral offices for the Christian faithful of their territory through apostolic plans, programs and projects suited to the circumstances of time and place in accordance with law for the promotion of the greater good offered by the Church to all people (cf. Can. 447; Vatican II, Christus Dominus, No. 38, 1; John Paul II, Apostolos Suos, No. 14). What is the role of the CBCP Permanent Committee for the Cultural Heritage of the Church? The Permanent Committee for the Cultural Heritage of the Church, according to Sec. 10 of the By-Laws in the CBCP Statutes (21 October 2000), shall: 1. Promote the cultural heritage of the Church as an invaluable aid to evangelization and catechesis 2. Foment research on and understanding of the ecclesiastical cultural heritage 3. Serve as a consultative body on the scientific conservation of cultural ecclesiastical goods 4. Initiate and sustain collaboration between the Committee and similar government and/or civic agencies involved in the care, conservation and appreciation of the cultural heritage of the Church 5. Act as official liaison with the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church in the Apostolic See 6. Undertake projects in different dioceses or prelatures upon invitation or authorization of, and collaboration with, the ordinaries (bishops) concerned. Can the CBCP reprimand, or even call the attention of, bishops and/or priests who are perceived to have neglected the care of the ecclesiastical cultural heritage? Can the CBCP order the immediate stoppage or termination of renovations of ecclesiastical heritage structures presently on-going in the dioceses and parishes in the Philippines? No (Please see the related question below on the process of filing legitimate complaints with the Roman Catholic Church. Note that you can also file cases in the proper courts based on the laws of the Republic of the Philippines since all colonial churches are at the minimum, declared by the National Historical Institute as Classified Historic Structures under NHI Resolution No. 3, 22 October 1991. That's if the priest and the bishop don't scare the judge into believing that Saint Peter won't let them in Heaven if they decide against the Church. Article 428 of the New Civil Code provides that "the right of an owner over his property is not absolute but is subject to certain limitations established by law") Can the CBCP create a comprehensive list of all heritage churches in the Philippines in aid of information? A qualified yes (I hope the CBCP starts this list) Can the CBCP Plenary Assembly empower its Permanent Committee for the Cultural Heritage of the Church by giving it the sole authority to approve any restoration, construction or further improvements of heritage churches, and by granting it the mandate to order the stoppage of any restoration, construction or further improvement that it deems damaging to a heritage church? Who then has the final say on the proper care of the cultural heritage of the particular churches in the Philippines? The diocesan bishop who will base his episcopal decisions on Canon Law governing the proper care and wise use of the ecclesiastical cultural goods of his particular church, and on concrete pastoral exigencies circumscribed by time and place. And so, if there are legitimate complaints against the judgment or decision of a priest or the diocesan bishop as regards the care of the ecclesiastical cultural heritage in his own particular church, to whom can the said complaints be lodged? 1. Against the decision or action of a parish priest, first to the parish priest. Otherwise, appeal and recourse be lodged with the diocesan bishop (When you write a letter to the bishop, make sure you are able to say everything in one page. More than one page will not be effective) 2. Appeal against the judgment or decision of the diocesan bishop should be lodged with the authority placing such judgment or decision, which is the diocesan bishop himself. 3. Hierarchical recourse against the decision or action of the diocesan bishop can be brought before the metropolitan (or archbishop) of the ecclesiastical province, or directly to the Holy See (You can copy furnish your complaints to H.E. Msgr. Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church, Via della Conciliazione 5-7, Rome, Italy 00193, fax no. +39 0669884621, or e-mail address [email protected]) What now then is the role of the CBCP in protecting and curating the ecclesiastical cultural heritage of the local Church in the Philippines? 1. The CBCP can gently remind the bishops of the universal canonical legislation on the care of the ecclesiastical cultural heritage as a pastoral service assisting them in this emergent apostolic action of the Church that does hold a primary priority. 2. The CBCP, through its Permanent Committee, assists the diocesan bishops in their task of superintending the ecclesiastical cultural heritage in their respective sees by promoting the work of their diocesan commissions for church heritage thereby helping these to assume their proper obligations on heritage care and utilization. 3. The CBCP promotes awareness, sensitivity, appreciation, and valorisation of the ecclesiastical cultural heritage by precisely advancing and supporting the non-formal formation activities of its Permanent Committee expressed through the conduct of the biennial national conventions, regional fora, symposia, and such like settings, and the publication of its journal on cultural heritage studies, the Pintacasi. 4. The CBCP can formulate complementary norms (local canonical legislation), manuals, policies, or guidelines to govern the proper care of the cultural heritage of the particular church in the Philippines. The initiative began with the International Agreement between the Holy See and the Republic of the Philippines on the Cultural Heritage of the Catholic Church in the Philippines signed on 17 April 2007 and which entered into full force on 29 May 2008, following the exchange of the instruments of ratification. What is the philosophy behind of Ecclesiastical Cultural Heritage Management? We conserve heritage – ensuring its security from theft, survival from disaster, and safety from mishandling – for the primordial purpose of maintaining and perpetuating its faith (religious/theological) significance by which such heritage is valued. The connecting line that links the artistic-cultural processes of Christian inspiration and Faith itself is the reference to Jesus Christ. He is culmen et fons (culmination and source) of all heritage of the Church.
Search and recovery continues for Malaysian flight MH370 15 April 2014—am Up to nine military aircraft, two civil aircraft and 11 ships will assist in today's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Today the Australian Maritime Safety Authority has planned a visual search area totalling approximately 62,063 square kilometres. The centre of the search areas lies approximately 2,170 kilometres north west of Perth. The Autonomous Underwater Vehicle deployed last night from ADV Ocean Shield. After completing around six hours of its mission, Bluefin-21 exceeded its operating depth limit of 4,500 metres and its built in safety feature returned it to the surface. The six hours of data gathered by the Autonomous Underwater Vehicle is currently being extracted and analysed. Bluefin-21 is planned to redeploy later today when weather conditions permit. The weather forecast for today is south easterly winds with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms, sea swells up to two metres and visibility of five kilometres. The Chief Coordinator of the Joint Agency Coordination Centre, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston (Ret'd), will provide further updates if, and when, more information becomes available.
Here's another thing i've "heard," and i've checked wiki, but i'm still unclear: i heard that toyota copied/or was licenced to produce the chevy straight 6 and that supposedly all the parts are therefore interchangable. Could you please explain, in great detail, the complete history of this engine(s)? One of the reasons for my asking is simply my own curiosity. BUT, another reason is i work with a few teenagers at my other gig and most of them are irrefutably convinced that the Japanese produce superior quality cars---one of their favorites is the toyota supra. Even though, by their own admission, they know little about cars. (Could they be getting this mentality from their parents?) If it's true about this engine, then i want to "lay this info on them" and see how they react, because among other things, i'm pretty sure the supra had a straight 6 for most,possibly all, of it's production run.
School Lunch Standards In AmericaFri 23 Sep 2011 Story by The Food Revolution Team The National School Lunch Program feeds 32 million kids a day in nearly every community in America. The school districts receiving the federal funds for this program must abide by standards set by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). These standards are not ensuring that kids get the kind of fresh and healthy meals so important to their health & their future. Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) these standards include: • Overall sodium • Overall fat (no more than 30% of calories), and saturated fat (no more than 10%) • Offering of milk • Combination of protein, grains, fruit, and vegetables • Costs about $2.77 (the federal reimbursement rate) This means that what is being served is what the government and school nutrition industry consider a “nutritionally balanced” meal. The big “But…” But… a meal that meets that federal standards for reimbursement can still be highly processed and resemble “junk food”. A reimbursable meal can still contain lot’s of starchy vegetables, lots of white flour, highly processed chicken or beef, flavored milk, and no fresh fruits or vegetables. A new law regarding Child Nutrition was signed at the end of 2010, and we are awaiting the final regulation. Entrenched interests are threatening to roll back the advances that were made. The new law should mean lunch nutrition has to meet stronger Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations, including: • Cap on calories for the first time • Decreases in sodium over coming years • More fresh fruits and vegetables, with specifications for colored and leafy veg • Elimination of trans fats • Milk limited to no-fat flavored or plain and low-fat plain • French fries no more than once a week • Smaller maximum meat and grain portions • More whole grains • Plus, for the first time, regulations on “competitive” foods outside the lunch line, including vending machines, the “a la carte” lunch lines, and school stores The Food Revolution stands for fresh, unprocessed, real food that’s good for kids and families. Read our Charter here. There is still a way to go for all our kids to receive a truly healthy, fresh lunch. Improving school food standards is so important to the followers of the Food Revolution. We must keep working together with our school nutrition staff and government to get the best for our kids. For more information: • Our “The Basics About School Lunch” fact sheet • USDA School Meals website • The Institute of Medicine: Review of National School Lunch and School Breakfast Program Meal Patterns and Nutrient Standards The Food Revolution Team - Something For Lunch. Too Much To Ask For Kiwi Kids? - Dirty Hands Can Lead To Healthy Hearts. - TEDxManhattan: Changing The Way We Eat - The 52 New Foods Challenge: Prepare For Success - Food Truth Chefs Visit Food Literacy Center - January 2015: New Year, New Challenges - Making Wellness Happen In Forest Hills, Queens - The 52 New Foods Challenge: Start The New Year Right - The 52 New Foods Challenge: Easy Soup Recipes - Food Revolution Toronto: Teamwork For A Common Goal - Easy Holiday No Bake Desserts - December 2014 Monthly Challenges - The US School Food Fight: An Update - Blog Of The Month: The 52 New Foods Challenge - Ambassador Of The Month: Getting Kids Excited To Cook - The UK School Food Plan - Year One - Cooking Studio Brings Food Education To Taiwan - Thanksgiving Leftovers For Breakfast - Thanksgiving Food Traditions - Eating Real For The Holidays
Online letters of protest were filled out. A group of nearly 70 civic organizations from around the world delivered a formal letter of disapproval to Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama. Protesters gathered outside the Justice Ministry and thrust an inflated 3-meter-high yellow hand with an extended forefinger toward the building. Hands were clenched in fists of rage. The angry, frustrated, and disfranchised shouted in unison. They shouted again. And again. And at ports across the country, most non-Japanese were fingerprinted and photographed — over and over again. Business leaders cried out. The New York Times quoted Jakob Edberg, policy director at the Tokyo office of the European Business Council: “If businessmen based here have to line up for two hours every time they come back from traveling, it will be a disaster.” And yet more prints were digitized, more photos taken. Click, click, and click. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas Friedman fumed in his New York Times Op-Ed about his own country’s fingerprint program: “Roger Dow, president of the Travel Industry Association, told me that the U.S. has lost millions of overseas visitors since 9/11 — even though the dollar is weak and America is on sale. ” ‘Only the U.S. is losing traveler volume among major countries, which is unheard of in today’s world,’ Dow said. ” ‘Total business arrivals to the U.S. fell by 10 percent over the 2004-5 period alone, while the number of business visitors to Europe grew by 8 percent in that time. The travel industry’s recent Discover America Partnership study concluded that “the U.S. entry process has created a climate of fear and frustration that is turning away foreign business and leisure travelers and hurting America’s image abroad.’ “ Click, click, click. And then the U.S. Commerce Department reported that the number of international visitors to the U.S. in 2007 is set to surpass the near record of 51.1 million set in 2006, which was a 4 percent increase over the number of visitors in 2005. Wait a second. What? The U.S. implemented one of the most unwelcoming, radical personal-information-gathering operations in history, targeted solely at nonresident foreigners, and the number of international visitors has risen over the past two to three years? It doesn’t make sense! It just can’t be true! Oh, but it is. The U.S. travel and tourism industry has posted positive gains in the number of nonresident arrivals for the last 20 consecutive quarters. The last time the number of arrivals was down was the third quarter of 2003, which was before the controversial U.S. Visit fingerprinting program went into effect on Jan. 5, 2004. This is an important point to note. Visits to the U.S. by nonresident foreigners did reach a record high in 2000, and then declined from 2001 to 2003, but since the introduction of fingerprinting in 2004, the number of visitors has risen year after year (up almost 5 million in 2004, 3 million more in 2005, almost 2 million more in 2006, and a projected 2 million more in 2007 to surpass the previous record high attained in 2000). Of course, we can select certain countries, such as Japan, and state that the number of visitors to the U.S. has fallen from 5.1 million in 2000 to 3.7 in 2006. But we can just as easily highlight a number of countries from which visitation has increased since 2000: China, India, Korea, Vietnam, Russia, Spain, Ireland, Australia. Further, the States’ share of international visitor arrivals has gradually fallen since 1992 (recording during the Clinton-Gore administration the greatest declines ever), and would thus not appear to be the result of any recent change in policy. According to data released by the U.S. Commerce Department on Jan. 17, excluding Canada and Mexico, overseas arrivals were up 10 percent for the first 10 months of 2007. And where are all these visitors coming from? Virtually everywhere. Western Europe: visitation up 12 percent for the first 10 months of 2007 (posting double-digit growth from France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands). Eastern Europe: up 10 percent over the same period. Asia: up 4 percent (visitation from India and mainland China has grown by 43 percent and 25 percent, respectively, for the year). South America: up 17 percent for the year so far. Oceania: up 10 percent for the year. Middle East: up 12 percent. Africa: up 10 percent. So the obvious question must be: If the U.S. can “welcome” foreigners with long lines, questioning, and demands for fingerprints and photos, and still have record numbers of outsiders come pouring through its borders to spend record amounts of dollars, does Japan really have anything to fear? You actually have to wonder. As Mr. Friedman wrote, “the dollar is weak and America is on sale.” Against the euro, the dollar lost 10.3 percent in 2007, following a 10.2 percent drop in 2006. Against the Brazil real, the dollar fell 17 percent in 2007. In fact, last year the U.S. dollar declined against 14 of the 16 most actively traded currencies. This is why a trip to Orlando, Fla., a city that has more hotel rooms than any other in America bar Las Vegas, and plays host to Disney World and parks of virtually every theme (ever hear of “Holy Land,” which advertises itself as “Jerusalem in Orlando?”), will usually lead to just as much exposure to non-Americans than a visit to the United Nations. Here in Japan, even though the yen has appreciated considerably in recent weeks, Japan has for the most part also been “on sale.” The yen fell 5.2 percent against the euro in 2007, 10 percent in 2006. The yuan has risen about 10 percent against the yen since China stopped pegging it to the U.S. dollar in July 2005. In October of last year, the Australian dollar strengthened against the yen to a level not seen since 1991; in July, New Zealand’s dollar reached its strongest against the yen since 1986. As we enter the ski season, you only have to visit the Hokkaido resort of Niseko to see foreign currency in action. There, the number of non-Japanese visitors has increased more than eleven-fold since 2000, 80 percent of whom are from Australia. In 2005, assessed land values were up 30 percent, primarily driven by Australian investment, and selling prices were up even higher. Since August 2003, Japan has only twice had a year-on-year monthly decrease in the number of foreign visitors (February 2006, down 1.1 percent over February 2005; January 2005, down 4.1 percent over January of 2004). And where are these visitors coming from? Virtually everywhere: China (up 24.3 percent in 2006), Singapore (up 23.1 percent), South Korea (up 21.2 percent), Finland (up 18.2 percent), Hong Kong (up 17.9 percent), Vietnam (up 15.8 percent), and Portugal (up 14.7 percent), to name a few. Um, Finland? Yes, Finland. The Embassy of Finland in Tokyo reports that there are only about 600 Finnish citizens in Japan, but over 25 times that number visited in 2006, and the numbers were fairly evenly spread out over the 12 months. And the numbers so far for 2007 are much higher than those for 2006. Go figure. Where are visitors not coming from? Principally the Philippines (down 31.6 percent in 2006) and Ireland (down 7.9 percent). The dramatic drop in visitors from the Philippines was a direct result of the Japanese government’s move in 2005 to limit the number of entertainer visas being granted. The number of visitors from the Philippines started falling in August 2005 and continued to show year-on-year monthly drops through February 2007. But the number of visitors from virtually every other country showed a gain in 2006 over 2005, and even though the complete data for 2007 has yet to be posted, the Justice Ministry did announce on Jan. 11 that a record 9.15 million people from abroad visited Japan in 2007, which is up 12.9 percent over 2006. Even the number of visitors from Ireland has rebounded. And based on the trend we see — a weak dollar and yen yielding record increases in the numbers of visitors, even in light of mass fingerprinting in the U.S. — we can project that the introduction of Japan’s new fingerprinting scheme will most likely not have any significant impact on business or tourism here in Japan. Click, click, and click. Send comments on this issue and story ideas to [email protected]
With the release of VisualVM as a standard part of Sun's JDK distribution since JDK 6 Update 7, it is likely that Java developers will begin using VisualVM in situations in which they previously used the separate tools such as jinfo, jmap, jstack, jstat, and JConsole. Fortunately, two of the main features JMX developers were likely to use in JConsole can be used with VisualVM as well. One feature I use very often in JConsole is the "MBeans" tab for displaying manageable and monitorable attributes, operations, and notifications related to my custom MBeans. While this tab does not exist in VisualVM when it is first run from the command-line in Java SE 6, it is trivial to add the MBeans plugin to get behavior very similar to that provided in JConsole. To run VisualVM provided with the JDK distribution, use the command jvisualvm from the command prompt. This is demonstrated in the following screen snapshot: When first started up, VisualVM does not have an MBeans tab like that used in JConsole. However, one can easily add the MBeans plugin by selecting Tools->Plugins from VisualVM. The following screen snapshots show how to do this. This first screen snapshot shows selection of Tools->Plugins. The next screen snapshot shows the MBean tab selection from among the available VisualVM plugins. The next screen snapshot demonstrates what the MBeans tab looks like in VisualVM. The MBeans tab in VisualVM is very familiar to anyone who has used the MBeans tab in JConsole. Another useful JConsole feature is the ability to add custom tabs to JConsole. While the VisualVM JConsole Plug-in Wrapper Tab document recommends using VisualVM's own customizability features when developing new support for VisualVM, it can be handy to use existing JConsole plug-ins with VisualVM. The just-referenced document VisualVM JConsole Plug-in Wrapper Tab does a nice job of covering how to use a custom JConsole plug-in tab in VisualVM. That example uses the JDK-provided JTop custom plugin for the example. The three screen snapshots that follow show how easy it is to install the JConsole plugins tab wrapper in VisualVM and to select a JConsole plugin for use in VisualVM. The final image shows how one JConsole plugin, the JTop plugin provided with the SDK, appears in VisualVM. This first image shows the details related to the JConsole plugin tab wrapper. The next image shows selection of a particular JConsole tab plugin once the wrapper plug-in for VisualVM has been installed. This final image demonstrates what the JTop JConsole tab looks like in VisualVM via VisualVM's JConsole plug-in tab wrapper. For individuals and organizations with large investments in JConsole custom tabs, the VisualVM wrapper plug-in allows those plug-ins to be leveraged in VirtualVM without massive re-writes. For those who appreciate JConsole as an easy-to-use client of custom JMX applications, VisualVM can provide similar capabilities via its MBeans plugin. Besides providing many of the advantages of JConsole via plug-ins and out-of-the-box support, VisualVM provides graphical representation of the monitoring data provided by many tools other than JConsole. With the JConsole-friendly plug-ins mentioned in this blog entry in use, VisualVM is able to combine the strengths of JConsole with the value found in other Sun JDK-provided management and monitoring tools.
Memcached is an in-memory caching system used to improve response and operation times for database-driver websites. JBoss Data Grid offers a server that uses the text based, client-server Memcached protocol, removing the necessity to use Memcached separately with JBoss Data Grid. Additionally, due to JBoss Data Grid's clustering features, its data failover capabilities surpass those provided by Memcached. This quickstart demonstrates how to connect remotely to JBoss Data Grid (JDG) to store, retrieve, and remove data from cache using the Memcached protocol. It is a simple Football Manager console application allows you to add and remove teams, add players to or remove players from teams, or print a list of the current teams and players using the memcached based connector. All you need to build this project is Java 6.0 (Java SDK 1.6) or better, Maven 3.0 or better. The application this project produces is designed to be run on JBoss Data Grid 6.2 If you have not yet done so, you must Configure Maven before testing the quickstarts. Obtain JDG server distribution on Red Hat's Customer Portal at https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html Install a JDBC driver into JDG (since JDG includes H2 by default, this step may be skipped for the scope of this example). More information can be found in the DataSource Management chapter of the Administration and Configuration Guide for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform on the Customer Portal at https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform/ . NOTE: JDG does not support deploying applications so one cannot install it as a deployment. This Quickstart uses JDBC to store the cache. To permit this, it's necessary to alter JDG configuration file ( JDG_HOME/standalone/configuration/standalone.xml) to contain the following definitions: Datasource subsystem definition: <subsystem xmlns="urn:jboss:domain:datasources:1.1"> <!-- Define this Datasource with jndi name java:jboss/datasources/ExampleDS --> <datasources> <datasource jndi-name="java:jboss/datasources/ExampleDS" pool-name="ExampleDS" enabled="true" use-java-context="true"> <!-- The connection URL uses H2 Database Engine with in-memory database called test --> <connection-url>jdbc:h2:mem:test;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1</connection-url> <!-- JDBC driver name --> <driver>h2</driver> <!-- Credentials --> <security> <user-name>sa</user-name> <password>sa</password> </security> </datasource> <!-- Define the JDBC driver called 'h2' --> <drivers> <driver name="h2" module="com.h2database.h2"> <xa-datasource-class>org.h2.jdbcx.JdbcDataSource</xa-datasource-class> </driver> </drivers> </datasources> </subsystem> Infinispan subsystem definition: <subsystem xmlns="urn:infinispan:server:core:6.0" default-cache-container="local"> <cache-container name="local" default-cache="default"> <local-cache name="default" start="EAGER"> <locking isolation="NONE" acquire-timeout="30000" concurrency-level="1000" striping="false"/> <transaction mode="NONE"/> </local-cache> <local-cache name="memcachedCache" start="EAGER"> <locking isolation="NONE" acquire-timeout="30000" concurrency-level="1000" striping="false"/> <transaction mode="NONE"/> </local-cache> <local-cache name="namedCache" start="EAGER"/> <!-- ADD a local cache called 'teams' --> <local-cache name="teams" start="EAGER" batching="false"> <!-- Define the locking isolation of this cache --> <locking isolation="READ_COMMITTED" acquire-timeout="20000" concurrency-level="500" striping="false" /> <!-- Disable transactions for this cache --> <transaction mode="NONE" /> <!-- Define the JdbcBinaryCacheStores to point to the ExampleDS previously defined --> <string-keyed-jdbc-store datasource="java:jboss/datasources/ExampleDS" passivation="false" preload="false" purge="false"> <!-- specifies information about database table/column names and data types --> <string-keyed-table prefix="JDG"> <id-column name="id" type="VARCHAR"/> <data-column name="datum" type="BINARY"/> <timestamp-column name="version" type="BIGINT"/> </string-keyed-table> </string-keyed-jdbc-store> </local-cache> <!-- End of local cache called 'teams' definition --> </cache-container> </subsystem> The following shows the command line to start the server with the web profile: For Linux: JDG_HOME/bin/standalone.sh For Windows: JDG_HOME\bin\standalone.bat NOTE: The following build command assumes you have configured your Maven user settings. If you have not, you must include Maven setting arguments on the command line. See Build and Deploy the Quickstarts for complete instructions and additional options. Type this command to build and deploy the archive: mvn clean package This will create a file at Run the example application in its directory: Basic usage scenarios can look like this (keyboard shortcuts will be shown to you upon start): at - add a team ap - add a player to a team rt - remove a team rp - remove a player from a team p - print all teams and players q - quit q one more time to exit the application. If you want to debug the source code or look at the Javadocs of any library in the project, run either of the following commands to pull them into your local repository. The IDE should then detect them. mvn dependency:sources mvn dependency:resolve -Dclassifier=javadoc
We’ve been waiting for this to come out online for free, and here it is. Tiffany Shlain’s amazing ‘The Tribe’—narrated by Peter Coyote—explores the history of the Jewish people from the time of Abraham up through today, and uses the Barbie doll (created by Southern California Jewish... Bryant out for nine months after shoulder surgery LAMOTH remembers 70th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz Hillel 818 starts anew following Federation-led transformation Jordan prisoner swap on hold, fate of Japanese ISIS hostage unclear Moving ‘God, Faith & Identity’ passes mantle of remembrance Two literary giants, a lawsuit and Dick Cavett Drones, Jews and morality The rebirth of Running Springs Tag: Ruth Handler September 8, 2008 \| 4:41 am September 8, 2008 \| 4:31 am What can the most successful doll on the planet show us about being Jewish today? Narrated by Peter Coyote, the film mixes old school narration with a new school visual style. The Tribe weaves together archival footage, graphics, animation, Barbie dioramas, and slam poetry to take...
KHUST (Czech Chust or Husté; Hung. Huszt), city in Subcarpathian Ruthenia (Transcarpathian district), Ukraine. The Jewish community established in the middle of the 18th century numbered 14 families in 1792. Jacob of Zhidachov was appointed as the first rabbi in 1812. In the mid-19th century, the community became one of the largest and most important in northern Hungary, mainly through the authority of the Orthodox leader, Moses Schick, rabbi of Khust from 1861 to 1879. Most of the Orthodox rabbis in Hungary were trained in his yeshivah, which had some 400 students. His successors, Amram Blum and Moses Grunwald (1893–1912), prevented the development of Ḥasidism in the community. Under Czechoslovakian rule (1920–38), Khust had an active Jewish life: five town councillors represented a United Jewish Party in 1923. The rabbi of the city from 1921 to 1933 was Joseph Duschinsky, later rabbi of the separatist Orthodox community of Jerusalem. The number of Jews living in the town was 3,391 in 1921, 4,821 in 1930, and 6,023 (of a total population of 21,118) in 1941. Most of the businesses and artisan shops in the town belonged to Jews, among them three banks, factories, and flour mills. Among professionals were seven doctors, three pharmacists, and officials. The Jews of Khust were among the first to suffer when the area came under Hungarian rule in March 1939. Jewish men of military service age were forced into the labor battalions, some were sent to the Eastern front, where they perished. Hundreds without Hungarian citizenship were deported to Ukraine, and were murdered there. In 1942 there were approximately 100–130 yeshivah students in Khust. In March 1944 there were 5,351 Jews in Khust, and a ghetto and a Judenrat were set up. Another 5,000 Jews from the area were brought into the ghetto. In late May and early June, all ghetto inhabitants were deported in four transports to Auschwitz, where most of them were sent to gas chambers. In June 1944 the town was declared "*judenrein." A few dozen Jews volunteered for the Czechoslovakian army, which fought together with the Soviet army. After World War II the community was revived. In the late 1960s the authorities permitted a synagogue to open in Khust, the only one in the district, and the community had a shoḥet. At the time the number of Jewish families in the town was estimated at 400. J.J.(L.) Greenwald (Grunwald), Maẓẓevat Kodesh (1952), 45–53; Y. Ereẓ (ed.), Karpatorus (1959), passim; S. Rozman, Zikhron Kedoshim li-Yhudei Karpatorus-Marmorosh (1968, Yid.), 274–5, 322–7, 458–61, and passim. Source: Encyclopaedia Judaica. © 2008 The Gale Group. All Rights Reserved.
Jewish World Review April 16, 2002 / 5 Iyar, 5762 The Vichy regime was the government set up in France after its defeat by the Nazis in 1940. Vichy governed the French colonies and the southern part of France unoccupied by German troops and claimed that it was neutral in the war. The British destroyed much of its fleet, but the United States kept an ambassador there even after Pearl Harbor. Vichy surrendered its Asian colonies to Japan without a fight. It resisted, but only feebly, when Allied troops landed in North Africa in November 1942; German troops then occupied Tunisia and opposed the Allied advance. Our Vichy gamble (as one historian called it) succeeded, in part-we got into North Africa with minimal bloodshed. But it also cost us moral clarity (the movie Casablanca is a denunciation of the policy) and could not be sustained. FDR pretended, for a while, that Vichy wasn't an ally of Germany; Bush and Powell are pretending, for the moment anyway, that Yasser Arafat is not a terrorist and is instead a man Israel should be encouraged to negotiate with. This even though Bush has denounced Palestinian suicide bombings as terrorism and the State Department has placed Arafat's al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades on the list of terrorist organizations. And even though Bush has criticized Arafat repeatedly for doing nothing to stop terrorism. And even though Arafat lied to Bush about the Karine A, which was sailing from Iran to Arafat's territory with weapons forbidden under previous agreements. One-sided. News coverage is focusing on the fact that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has not complied with Bush's request that he halt efforts to uproot Arafat's terrorist network in the West Bank (although he has withdrawn troops from several towns). It is noted, only in passing, that neither Arafat nor any Arab government is complying with Bush's request that they denounce suicide bombings and forswear violence. Critics of Israel denounce it for responding to terrorism while they ignore the refusal of Arabs to denounce terrorism itself. Obviously, there is something incoherent about fighting a war against terrorism and refusing to recognize Arafat as a terrorist. And there is virtually no chance of a lasting peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians anytime soon: Arafat rejected Israel's more generous concessions in 2000, instead launching the intifada and, as we now know from captured documents, supporting the suicide bombings. But Bush's Vichy gamble may be justified if it moves us closer to winning the bigger war against terrorism. And the next major move in that war, as Bush made clear in his press conference with British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Crawford, Texas, will be against Iraq. It is often said that we cannot move against Iraq until we have succeeded in settling the Israeli-Palestinian question. But actually the reverse is true: We can't settle the Israeli-Palestinian question until we move successfully against Iraq. We should realize that while it may be prudent to treat Arab regimes as friends, they are in many respects enemies in the war against terrorism. All publicly oppose a war against Iraq; none will denounce suicide bombings. Saudi Arabia produced 15 of the 19 September 11 hijackers, and Saudis continue to finance al Qaeda and other terrorists. Saudi Arabia, like Iraq, makes payments to families of suicide bombers. The governments of Saudi Arabia and Egypt permit the publication of the most vile forms of antisemitism and anti-American propaganda. They stoke the fires of Arab hatred and foster popular support for terrorism. The Saudis propagate the intolerant and totalitarian doctrines of Wahhabi Islam around the world. There may be good reason to treat them like friends, for a while. But we do not need their support for operations against Iraq. And we should not forget they are acting more like enemies than
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The energy arm of the United States-Israel Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation will be granting $3.6 million to four clean energy projects developed by American and Israeli partners. These latest grants represent the fifth round of funding provided to American and Israeli firms by the BIRD energy program since its inception in 2009. The partnership, administered by the US Department of Energy and the National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Ministry, began as a result of the US-Israel Cooperation in Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, followed by the Israeli government approval of the program in 2008. In addition to their $3.6m. in direct funding, the newly approved BIRD energy projects will be able to leverage private sector cost sharing for a total project value of $8.8m., according to BIRD. “The funding provided to the companies accelerates the development and commercialization of their technologies,” said Dr. Eitan Yudilevich, executive director of BIRD. “We already see sales from projects that we have supported over the last five years.” The US and Israeli governments established the BIRD Foundation in 1977 to promote cooperation between the two nations in the emerging hi-tech and start-up worlds, and have since expanded its scope. In December, the larger BIRD umbrella organization – administered by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Israeli Economy Ministry’s Chief Scientist Office – approved $9m. worth of funding for 11 American- Israeli projects in the electronics, cyber security, life sciences, communications and homeland security sectors. BIRD projects receive up to 50 percent of a project’s budget, and the financial assistance is eventually repaid as royalties from commercial sales. A new bipartisan bill proposed by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-Louisiana), which seeks to expand US and Israeli collaboration on energy developments, would among other things reauthorize BIRD projects through the 2024 fiscal year upon becoming law. Landrieu’s bill passed through the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in early January. In the latest round of BIRD energy funding, one pair of beneficiaries will be Yavnebased EnStorage and Lawrenceville, NJ-based Princeton Power Systems, Inc., which will develop a next generation energy storage system for uninterrupted supply. Another partnership, between Petah Tikva-based GenCell and Birmingham, AL-based Innovative Machine Corp., will focus on creating and industrializing a new cathode for a next generation electrochemical fuel cell generator. Aiming to develop an advanced energy system for remote off-grid electricity generation, Haifa-based Rafael Advanced Defense Systems will work with Pittsburgh, PA -based Aquion Energy. In the fourth and final project, Kibbutz Moran-Winflex will collaborate with Niskayuna, NY-based General Electric Global Research to develop a wind turbine generator with an inflatable rotor. “The [National Infrastructure, Energy and Water] Ministry sees great importance in R&D cooperation between companies from Israel and the United States,” said National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Minister Silvan Shalom. “The synergy accelerates the process of R&D to commercialization and improves market penetration of new technologies.”
American Jews are being urged to host their fellow Jews for Shabbat meals, organize study groups and form havurot. These efforts at spreading Jewish identity and helping “other Jews grow in their Jewishness” are among the recommendations contained in a 36-page draft report of the North American Commission on Jewish Identity and Continuity. The draft was presented at a meeting of the commission on Nov. 16 in Denver at the General Assembly of the Council of Jewish Federations. The 88-member commission brought together leaders from all walks of Jewish life – federations and synagogues, seminaries and national Jewish organizations, rabbis and academics – to map out new directions as the American Jewish community shifts focus from rescuing endangered Jews abroad to strengthening Jewish life at home. The draft, reflecting a year’s discussion of the commission and four constituent working groups, described Jewish identity as “the bedrock of Jewish continuity.” It said the community’s goal “must be to make Jewish identity more central; and meaningful more Jews, not just for the sake of the community’s future, but because of Judaism’s life-enriching power.” But the report did not define Jewish identity. Discussing the draft at the recent commission meeting, Rabbi David Elcott said it was “disturbing” that the commission came up with neither a description of what a Jewish identity entails, nor the building blocks for creating one. “If the report was talking about enhancing health, we would expect recommendations, such as `don’t smoke, exercise,’ etc.” said Elcott, academic vice president at CLAL: The National Jewish Center For Learning and Leadership. It is likely that such recommendations will make their way into a final version of the report, which the commission hopes to present early next year. Proposals range from the abstract, such as calls for greater cooperation between institutions, to the more concrete, such as suggestions that communities make a concerted effort to keep teens involved in Jewish life after their Bar or Bat Mitzvah celebrations. As an amalgam of reports from the four separate working groups, the report contains some inconsistencies. While one group was urging that the high school, college and young-family years be seen as the prime focus of new efforts, the working group on “reaching and involving Jews outside the intensely affiliated core” zeroed in on young people out of college and not yet married. Which should be the priority? “That’s a real issue,” said Jonathan Woocher, executive vice president of the Jewish Education Service of North America, who compiled the report. “it will be resolved not by a commission, but community by community, institution by institution. For any national commission to come out and say, `here is the rank order of priorities’ would be counterproductive.” In one of its strongest messages of how money should or should not be sent, the draft report insists that Jewish identity must be built through both ongoing “formative” experiences, such as family life, Jewish schooling and summer camps, and through “transformative” experiences such as Israel trips. “We see a tendency in continuity to value transformative over formative, to put the big bucks on the singular experiences,” said Joseph Reimer, director of the Hornstein Program in Jewish Communal Service at Brandeis University, summarizing the report of the working group he helped lead. “We’re pleading with planners of Jewish continuity to find the right balance between formative and transformative. The formative takes that moment of high intensity and turns it into a regularized part of our Jewish life,” Reimer said. In its introduction, the report cites several broad requirements for advancing the Jewish continuity agenda. They include: “Vigorous advocacy to make and maintain Jewish identity-and community-building as priority concerns.” “Basic research and ongoing program evaluation” to learn what is effective in enhancing Jewish identity. “Sharing knowledge and resources more effectively.” “Focusing more intently on the needs and growth paths of individual Jews, rather than on institutional needs and accustomed ways of doing business.” Whatever effect the report may eventually have, the unusual grouping of religious and communal leaders in one commission has already yielded some positive results, according to participants. Rabbi David Teutsch, president of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, has begun talking with a federation director about placing rabbinical students with an interest in community organizing and outreach with the federation as interns. “Such ideas have become much more acceptable as a result of the attention this issue has gotten,” said Teutsch. “One of the things this means is places like RRC purposely training rabbis who will serve far beyond the boundaries of the Reconstructionist movement, and entering partnerships with institutions far beyond those boundaries,” he added. And the United Synagogue for Conservative Judaism is taking seriously the discussions about keeping teens involved in Jewish life. “I’ve learned from the commission that this is an important time in people’s lives that we’re not capturing enough,” said United Synagogue Executive Vice President Rabbi Jerome Epstein, who serves on the commission. “We’re going into a new venture to try to bridge formal and informal education, particularly around the Bar Mitzvah area of time,” he said. One thing that commission members are clear about is that “we are not presenting a cure-all,” in the words of Ronne Hess, a CJF board member from Birmingham, Ala. “This is not a problem which you solve,” said Woocher. “It’s not as if you can work three years, stop intermarriage and turn your attention to other issues. This is part of the fabric of a mature Jewish community in an open American society.” The draft report presented last month is the first product of the national commission, which was announced in November 1992, but took nearly a year to convene its first meeting. The commission was convened by CJF, which assigned two senior staff members to work with the commission. Most of the staff work for the commission was undertaken by Woocher Of JESNA, which is located in CJF’s offices. But CJF insisted that it did not “own” the commission, which instead belongs to the entire community. Half in and half out, CJF was criticized by some commissioners as dominating the panel, and by others for not taking an active enough role. CJF is now considering starting its own implementation committee to begin acting on the commission’s recommendations. Like the commission, the new body would also include representatives of the synagogue movements. Mean while, the national effort is being mirrored on the local level by more than 40 federations, which have launched similar local committees to plan continuity and identity initiatives. “In every community in North America there’s action taking place,” said CJF Executive Vice President Martin Kraar. “Some is good action, some I think is flawed, and we need some national activity so we don’t invest our energy and dollars doing the wrong thing. We have federations going in a variety of directions, and CJF has not addressed the effort except to do some networking of heads of local continuity commissions,” he said. Where the commission itself goes from here has not yet been determined. Commission members agree that even when their draft report is polished up, there is plenty of work to be done. But already, one chair of the commission – former CJF President Shoshana Cardin – has announced her resignation, citing other responsibilities, and the other, former UJA national chairman Marvin Lender, is nearing the end of his two-year commitment to the post. A new chair is expected to be announced in a few weeks, according to Woocher. Lender is bringing together a subset of the commission to discuss future directions for the commission. “It could be monitoring implementation, continuing as a think tank – there are a variety of possibilities,” said Woocher.
SYDNEY, Australia, July 10 (JTA) — The future of the Sydney Yeshiva is in doubt, following an Australian court’s decision that the school must repay a $10 million loan to the brother-in-law of its director. The court ruled Monday that the Sydney Yeshiva and its director, Rabbi Pinchus Feldman, must repay the loan to Rabbi Joseph Gutnick, an Australian mining magnate. The judge ruled against Feldman’s claim that the money loaned to the yeshiva by Gutnick was a gift. “If Rabbi Feldman was right, every Jewish person would be scared whenever they lent money to a Jewish charitable organization,” Judge Peter Young said. Feldman, who said the yeshiva would be forced to close if the decision stands, vowed to appeal. In 1994, Gutnick, a major supporter of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, lent $3.3 million to the financially beleaguered yeshiva, which houses the headquarters of the Sydney Lubavitch movement and operates Jewish day schools responsible for the education of more than 600 students. The yeshiva was in debt to the Commonwealth Bank of Australia for just under $16.7 million, but the bank accepted the payment from Gutnick and a similar-sized loan from businessman Richard Scheinberg as full payment. In return, Gutnick and Scheinberg were assigned mortgages of properties owned by the yeshiva, including one housing its boys’ school. The Melbourne-based Gutnick, who was advised by the late Rebbe Menachem Schneerson to seek for diamonds in the Australian Outback, became a multimillionaire after following the rebbe’s advice. He is an ardent supporter of the Likud Party and enjoys a close relationship with Israeli politician Benjamin Netanyahu. His sister Pnina, who is married to Feldman, runs the mining company Diamond Rose. In 1999, Gutnick asked for repayment of his loan only to be told that Feldman considered it to be a gift. When it became apparent that the loan was not going to be repaid, he attempted to exercise his rights over the properties assigned to him by the Commonwealth Bank. After an attempt to settle the dispute before a rabbinical court in Tel Aviv was aborted, Feldman launched a case in the Sydney court in an attempt to block his brother-in-law from selling the properties. But Young ruled the yeshiva to repay $10 million to Gutnick by Aug. 11 or lose possession of the buildings. He also ordered the yeshiva to pay all the costs of the case. "If we´re not paid the money due to Mr. Gutnick’s company, we will take possession and realize the properties by way of sale,” Gutnick’s solicitor, Jeffrey Appel, told JTA. “As far as the school is concerned, the building which is concerned is not their main school building. It accommodates only 35 students." But Feldman said the consequences could be graver for the school. “Today is a tragic day for the Sydney Jewish community whom the yeshiva has served for nearly half a century.” He added: “There is nothing to negotiate. We will go to an appeal which I believe will have a good chance. There is no white knight waiting in the wings. If the appeal fails, it will mean the closure of the yeshiva institution in Sydney.” An Australian Jewish leader vowed to do what he could to keep the school operating. “It’s inconceivable that there will be no facilities in Sydney for the ultra-Orthodox on the scale of the yeshiva, including the school,” said Stephen Rothman, the president of the Sydney Jewish Board of Deputies.
Our common concept of African plants is rather unsophisticated. Most people think of grasses or flat-topped acacia trees, typical of the savanna, which we see on television. But Africa's flora is much more than we see on TV. Consider the baobab, the world's widest tree, and among the oldest. You'll learn more about it in this section. Bear in mind all the furry cute creatures we see, the life and death dramas played out on nature documentaries, all rely on plants. They are where the cycle of energy begins, drawing sustenance from sunlight and Africa's ancient red soils, to nourish and sustain the animals we so easily admire.
Japanese Artist Baku Maeda Uses Natural Resources to Create Wearable Ice Sculptures Using ice as a design medium, Japanese Artist Baku Maeda creates wearable ice sculptures built to withstand the frigid temperatures of his home town of Sapporo, Japan. Talking about the process of making the ice masks Maeda says, "The city of Sapporo has been covered heavily with snow for five month. It is a long winter. For creating the ice mask, I froze the water with cold air for two days. Contrary to the coldness, it melts slowly and can be shaped to create various forms."
Domestic Violence Prevention and Training Everyone positioned to reach a child, teen, adult or family experiencing abuse should be trained to provide the best guidance and the most effective care. JWI continually builds on opportunities to empower clergy, social workers, teachers, parents, lawyers, advocates and mental health professionals to better serve those who ask for help – and identify those who can’t. We also join forces with leaders – of other faiths, and every denomination within the Jewish community – to raise public awareness of domestic violence, and make ourselves heard as a clear and emphatic voice on Capitol Hill. Our National Alliance sponsors monthly webinars, led by the country’s top experts on domestic violence and attended by attorneys, social workers, counselors, educators, advocates, DV organizations, task forces and clergy of all faiths, from every state and seven foreign countries. The Clergy Task Force on Domestic Abuse in the Jewish Community speaks publicly, develops and disseminates resources and training, and provides guidance to clergy working with families experiencing abuse. This group is comprised of clergy from every Jewish denomination, some of whom are survivors of domestic abuse. For communities themselves, we’ve created When the Vow Breaks, an important awareness tool that corrects the misconception that domestic abuse doesn’t happen in Jewish homes. Along with public awareness resources, the toolkit includes our short documentary with firsthand accounts from survivors and commentary from rabbis and a social worker experienced in treating victims of abuse. JWI is also a respected voice on Capitol Hill, with an advocacy agenda that spans the breadth of issues that impact women and girls. On any given day we are advocating for legislation and public policies that strengthen women’s safety, health and economic security – from violence against women, in the U.S. and abroad, to gun control, reproductive rights and equal pay.
Bangkok City and Temples Tour, Bangkok ; Thailand has more than 26,000 temples. Joining this tour, you will be amaze by the statues of Buddha and beautiful architecture around the temples. This tour brings you to the 3 most unique and distinguished temples in Bangkok: Wat Traimitr (Temple of the Golden Buddha) this is the world's largest solid gold Buddha, cast about nine centuries ago. The image is three meters high and weighs five and half tons. Wat Pho (Temple of the Reclining Buddha) it is Bangkok's oldest and largest temple. The gigantic gold plated reclining Buddha with inlaid mother-of-pearl soles is highly revered among Buddhists. Wat Benchamabophit : (Marble Temple) the main building was constructed during the reign of King Rama V. Its interior is magnificently decorated with cross beams of lacquer and gold this is ''the perfect architecture of Thai art''. A large collection of bronze Buddha images lines the spacious inner courtyard.
MEDFORD, Ore. — As the smoke begins to settle in yet again in the Rogue Valley, it has health and school officials worrying about how kids will handle the air quality when school activities begin. But some plans are already in place to help students in the smoke. Officials with Jackson County Health will hold a meeting with school leaders across the region next week to discuss ways to protect children, who are more sensitive to the effects of wildfire smoke. Medford schools already have a tentative plan in place if the smoke sticks around to the start of the school year. Superintendent Phil Long said district officials will be monitoring the air quality each day, then follow a set of guidelines from the Department of Environmental Quality on how much outdoor physical activity kids should do. For example, good air quality means everything is OK for recess outside outside. Sensitive levels mean children should limit how much they exert themselves, and very unhealthy levels will keep kids indoors. “How do we balance quality teaching when we know there’s some unhealthy air out there, or there’s going to be patches of it,” Long said. “That’s the challenge for us.” Long said in his 30 years in Southern Oregon, he can’t remember a time when smoke degraded air quality this badly.
In a garage at Albuquerque is posted: “Don’t smoke round the tank! If your life isn’t worth anything, gasoline is!” And on the wall of a barber’s shop at Taos is prominently displayed: “If you can’t raise fifteen cents, raise whiskers!” “Daddy,” said little George, “I want to get married.” “Do you, my son?” the proud parent asked. “And may In inquire to whom?” “I want to marry Granny.” “Do you, indeed? And do you think I would allow you to marry my mother – eh?” “Well, why shouldn’t I?” retorted the young logician. “You married mine, didn’t you?” “All right, I’ll Fiji.” Tenderfoot: “Pa, are trousers plural or singular?” Father: “Well, if you have a pair, I’d say that they were plural, but if you didn’t have a pair I’d call that singular.” His wife had never made biscuits with anything save the finest wheat flour and her first war-flour biscuits were a dismal failure. She tried to tell hubby all about it. “Don’t worry, dear,” said her lord and master. “I know they’re heavy, but remember, I only have to lift one at a time.” She – “I never could see why they call a boat ‘she.’” He – “Evidently you never tried to steer one.” Fresh – “If you try to take away a fat bone from a hungry bull-dog, what remains.” Senior – “Your remains.” Which is heavier, a half or full moon? The half, because the full moon is as light again. Where He Fed Them Farmer – “That’s a fine lot of pigs your father’s got. How does he feed them?” Tenderfoot – “With corn.” Farmer – “In the ear?” Tenderfoot – “No, in the mouth.” What’s the Use Judge – “The police say that you and your wife had some worlds.” Prisoner – “I had some, but didn’t get a chance to use them.” Gets Back at Mother “Bertie,” said mother, sorrowfully, “every time you are naughty I get another gray hair.” “My word!” replied Bertie; “you must have been a terror. Look at grandpa!” “I understand that you have a new motor car.” “Do you drive it yourself?” “Nobody drives it. We coax it.” The Question Solved Father: “That cat was making an awful noise in the back garden last night.” Arnold: “Yes, Father; I think that since he ate the canary he thinks he can sing.” “How you gettin’ on wid youah ‘rithmetic, Lou?” “Well, I done learned to add up de oughts, but de figgers bodder me.” The Reason Why “Pa, why do they say in the market reports that wheat is nervous?” “I guess, Son, it is because it expects to be thrashed.” First Soldier (in restaurant) – “How’s your egg, Bill?” Second Soldier – “I’ll match you to see who goes back for the gas-masks.” A teacher was telling her class little stories in natural history, and she asked if anyone could tell her what a ground hog was. Up went a little hand waving frantically. “Please, ma’am, it’s a sausage.” “Yes,” said the storekeeper, “I want a good, bright boy to be partly indoors and partly outdoors.” “That’s all right,” said the applicant; “but what becomes of me when the door shuts?” He had been drafted to a cavalry regiment, and was having his first riding lesson. “Here’s your horse,” cried the instructor. The recruit advanced, took the bridle gingerly, and examined his mount with great care. “What’s it got this strap round it for?” “Well,” explained the instructor, “you see, all our horses have a keen sense of humor, an’ as they sometimes have sudden fits of laughter when they see the recruits, we put them bands round ‘em to keep ‘em from bustin’ their sides.” “Did you hear what they do with the transports when they’re late?” “No, what do they do?” Mary had a Thomas cat, It warbled like Caruso. A neighbor swung a baseball bat – Now Thomas doesn’t do so.
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Cleveland's Sense of PlaceRegional Interest Examines regional culture through the contributions of visual arts Arising out of the Cleveland Artists Foundation’s Dialogue Series, a 22-hour-long collection of forums held in cultural institutions and broadcast on National Public Radio, Creative Essence examines regional culture through an exploration of the distinguished contributions Cleveland has made to the visual arts and architecture. The Dialogue Series brought together a variety of people in the visual arts community to discuss the development of the region’s creative life and environment, whether it be through architecture and city planning or through the industrial and fine arts. They shared their views and knowledge about how regionalism has long influenced artistic productivity. Their exchanges and ideas for the future are provocative and thoughtful. Richly illustrated with the work of well-known Cleveland-area artists and architects, past and present, Creative Essence explores the region’s tradition, beginning with the “Cleveland School” of artists that was active and influential during the first half of the twentieth century. It moves on to examine the changes that occurred in the last half of the century and the development of the visual arts in northeast Ohio. Creative Essence is an important resource for understanding the significant role the visual arts play in our cities and societies and how they contribute to the region’s quality of life. For those interested in regional history and for students of art history and the visual arts, this will be especially valuable. Nina Gibans is a lifelong resident of northeast Ohio. A recipient of the Cleveland Arts Prize, she has worked for cultural organizations in volunteer and professional capacities her entire career and has served on numerous civic and cultural boards of trustees. Her degree is in art history and aesthetics. This is her fourth book and fourth video program.
They were t-h-i-s close. Kettering's Formula Racing Team almost pulled it off - building a car in six days - but a bad set of bearings dashed their hopes of finishing the competition May 16 to 20. Kettering's Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Formula Racing Team gave up sleep, going to class and bits of their sanity in an attempt to pull off an engineering miracle. And they came close. The team took delivery of their prototype engine May 9, six days before the competition May 16 to 20, at the Ford Michigan Proving Grounds in Romeo, Mich. They managed to get the car together and get it running in time to register on opening day. Passing Tech Inspection on Thursday, team members hoped they had all the bugs worked out. But Friday they needed to change the bearings on the vehicle's rear suspension. During the endurance run the bearings gave out again and the team had to withdraw from the competition. "Prior to the bearing change they were doing reasonably well," said Dr. Craig Hoff, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering and faculty adviser for the team. "The fact that they got the car done was quite an accomplishment," he added. "In the long run they did a good job building for the future," Hoff said. What might seem like small compensation, a good foundation for the future, is actually good news for a team with a number of sophomores and freshmen members. With more collaboration with A-Section students and a whole year to redesign the car, the team has the advantage of a lot of well-learned lessons. They took a gamble on a prototype engine designed and produced by Mahle GMBH of Germany. Kettering was the only North American team using this prototype engine and transaxle. Redesigning the car around the engine taught them a lot. The Mahle engine is mounted longitudinally, representing a 90 degree rotation from the Honda engine, requiring a lot of design changes from years past. And, because the Mahle engine is 34 pounds heavier than the Honda engine used in previous years, the team had to reduce weight throughout the vehicle - a skill which may come in handy next year. Being on a team that almost produced a miracle has another silver lining, it's helpful when looking for a co-op employer according to junior Reed Pelly, of Pittsburg, "it's (being involved in the Formula team) helpful when you apply for a co-op position or a permanent job after college. It shows you have experience in the whole process, from designing to building to testing a vehicle," he said. And this team made a Herculean effort to complete that process in a very short time. No matter that they didn't finish the race, what they learned along the way is invaluable and their ability to work under pressure is unquestionable. The Formula SAE Competition is for SAE student members to conceive, design, fabricate, and compete with small formula-style racing cars. The restrictions on the car frame and engine are limited so that the knowledge, creativity, and imagination of the students are challenged. For more information on the SAE Formula student competition visit http://students.sae.org/competitions/formulaseries/ Written by Dawn Hibbard
The Corvallis Sustainability Coalition and the Corvallis Independent Business Alliance teamed up for the annual event. Independently-owned businesses will offer discounts as an incentive for people to shop locally. “I think it’s really important to support small business owners,” said shopper Clare VonderHaar. “I kind of shy away from larger department stores unless they have something I can’t get someplace else.” Business owners say the more money that is spent locally, the more money is circulated within the community. “More money you spend when you spend local stays in the community than if you bought from a big conglomerate,” said Animal Crackers Operations Manager Shannon Proctor-Hussey. The Corvallis Sustainability Coalition says for every $100 spent at a local business, $43 stays within the community compared to $13 that is spent at a national chain. Employees at Animal Crackers, a pet supply store in Corvallis, say once they get their paychecks, they buy locally too. “We take our money, and we go shop at another local establishment, keeping even more money in our local economy,” Proctor-Hussey said. Many Hands Trading, a downtown gift store, donates between $1,000-2,000 a month to a local nonprofit as part of its Monthly Day of Sharing. Once a month, 25% of sales goes to a nonprofit. Next month, on Dec. 11, 25% of sales will go to the Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence (CARDV). “I think the most important thing is how much money is given back to the community,” said store manager Theresa McLaren. “Statistically, they’ve found that 250% more is given to nonprofits compared to national chains.” For a full list of the participating stores for Buy Local First Day, click here. “I never want the smaller, independent stores to go away,” VonderHaar said. “And so I really think it’s up to all of us to support them. Or else all we’re going to have are huge chain stores to shop in. And then you don’t have the individuality.”
The What is in the box? game Number of players: What you need: - Nappy box - Items from around the house, for example ball, rattle and board book Find a old nappy box or any type of box. Place a few interesting items in it from around the house. Let your baby explore with the items. Change the objects frequently to keep it interesting for him. - Try and choose objects that have different weight, textures and sounds.
Stonehaven Beach has reached the minimum standards set for water quality by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS). Last year ,Stonehaven’s water quality was failed by the MCS. The group annually puts out the MCS Good Beach Guide which uses data from evironment agencies and local authories during the previous bathing season. Stonehaven beach has received a ‘mandatory’ classification, meaning it has achieved the minimum standard for water quality - 95% of samples did not exceed 2000 E.coli per 100 ml. Stonehaven is on par with over 30 of Scotland’s other beaches but is not included in the highest percentage of Scottish bathing waters in 27 years being ‘recommended’ for excellent water quality.’’ Beaches which don’t meet the ‘sufficient’ standard at the end of 2015 will have to display signs warning against bathing in the sea from the start of the bathing season in 2016. MCS Scotland Programme manager, Calum Duncan, said: “By the end of the 2015 bathing season, all designated bathing waters must meet the new minimum ‘sufficient’ standard due to the revised EU Bathing Water Directive. “This will be around twice as stringent as the current minimum standard and means that some beaches will need to do more to make the grade in the future, which could include reducing pollution from sewage discharges, agricultural run-off and urban diffuse pollution, fixing mis-connected pipework and putting in place more steps to help dog owners clean up after their pets.”
SW Iowa mental health expert says gun control debate is only half the issue December 21st, 2012 by Ric Hanson Debates about gun control continue after the elementary school shootings one week ago, but an Iowa psychiatrist says the debate also needs to include mental health. Dr. Walter Duffy is the founder and CEO of Premier Psychiatric in Shenandoah. Dr. Duffy says we first need to overcome the stigma about those needing mental health care. There’s another challenge, too. “Access is a difficult issue in various places because there’s not enough mental health providers to go around,” Duffy says. “Especially in the Midwest, psychiatry is very depleted, especially if you talk about child and adolescent psychiatry services.” Duffy says even where service is available, there can be another obstacle — the willingness of a person to get the help they need. “If you do not have people onboard with wanting to obtain services, it’s very difficult in this country to make somebody take services,” Duffy says. “If you look at, like emergency protective custody where the courts take over and say you have to receive services. That’s only for people nowadays who are acutely suicidal or acutely homicidal.” Duffy says one of the goals of his practice is to provide service to rural areas where services may not be readily available. “We also do tele-health where we go out to rural communities,” Duffy says. “I don’t like it that people have to drive two hours to see us here. I grew up in a farming community. People need the services where they are and there’s a lot of things like tele-health and other technologies going forward where we can make some big in-roads in that area.” Premier Psychiatric offers tele-health services in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota. He says they hope to expand in 2013 to reach additional rural areas.
This glitter pumpkin is made of plastic. This glitter pumpkin is real. It cost $7.97 and took about 5 minutes to buy. It cost about $65 and took 4 hours to make. If you have a craft room and supplies and love finding projects on Pinterest, then crafting something yourself might be worth it. As for Liza, she had to buy paints and brushes and glue and tape. She had to find some scissors that the children hadn’t ruined. It took her 30 minutes to find the ribbon she liked and she went to 3 different stores just trying to buy black thumb tacks. And in the end, the overwhelming majority said they thought the plastic pumpkin was prettier. Read the comments here. Follow us on Pinterest for more fun craft ideas.
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Flood problems persist for a few unprotected communities, even as the Mississippi River has started to recede in most places. The river was at crest Wednesday in hard-hit Missouri towns such as Louisiana and Clarksville. It was still rising toward an expected crest on Friday in Grafton, Ill. Clarksville and Grafton are small but popular tourist towns and are among the few Mississippi River towns without flood protection. Both are now difficult to get to. Missouri Route 79, the lone highway passing through Clarksville, was closed both north and south of town and in town as well. A winding two-lane road provided the only access to the town of 450 residents. In Grafton, Illinois Route 100 was shut down Wednesday, and Illinois Department of Transportation spokeswoman Paris Ervin said Illinois Route 3 could close by Friday. The river swelled over the past two weeks due largely to heavy rains in the upper Midwest. The flood was the third-worst on record in Burlington, Iowa, the fourth-worst in Keokuk, Iowa, and Canton, Missouri, and the fifth-worst in Clarksville and Winfield, Missouri. Then again, river watchers say, floods are becoming so common that they're never really a shock. "Much as I hate to say it, it's almost a normal thing," said Richard Murry, emergency management director for Pike County, Missouri. Clarksville was forced to sandbag for the fifth time in nine years. This year, the city had no money for a flood fight, but volunteers stepped up. A railroad company and the state donated tons of sand. Male and female prisoners helped sandbag around homes and businesses. Streets are under water, but outside of some seepage through the sandbags, the town remains protected, Mayor Jo Anne Smiley said. Still, she's eager to see the water go away. "It's not fun to sit here behind a wall," Smiley said. "The river plays games with you." The river is flooding scattered homes and businesses in nearby Louisiana, and in Grafton. Meanwhile, bridges remain closed at Louisiana and Quincy, Illinois, and several locks and dams are closed, essentially halting barge traffic. Hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland are underwater in Iowa, Illinois and Missouri. What impact that will have on crops remains to be determined. "In some corn fields, I've got water up to the tassels," Murry said. "Soybeans are underwater, too. It's not a good thing." On the bright side, levees were holding. Earthen levees tend to start breaking when they've held back flood water for an extended period. This flood may be short-lived enough to spare most of them, Murry said. St. Louis and towns to the south will see minor flooding or no flooding at all. Officials won't know for some time just how costly this flood is, said Mike O'Connell, spokesman for the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency.
How to Cast On Stitches All knitting begins with a cast-on, which creates loops on the needle. Long Tail Cast-on is a favorite. Cable Cast-on (or the similar Knitting On) is also quite nice, and good to know for buttonholes at least. After the cast-on, you can work the knit stitch or the purl stitch, which are the foundation stitches of knitting. Also known as Double Cast-On or Continental Cast-On This is my favorite cast on method, I use it almost exclusively. It creates an even, stretchy edge that works well for stockinette stitch or for ribbing. It's easy to knit from, easy to pick up stitches from, and is also the fastest cast-on I know, once you get the hang of it. It's even faster than Single Cast-On when you take into account that this method creates an already knitted row (technically, anyway...but patterns don't count this row). Tip: When a pattern calls to "cast on loosely" (like sock cuffs and turtle necks), I will do this cast on over two needles held together as one. Results are a cast on that is literally as stretchy as your ribbing. I usually give myself 12" of tail for every 20 stitches, more generously if it's bulky yarn. Do what works for your tension. (1/2-1" of tail per stitch.) I specify to dangle the tail from your thumb for two reasons: 1) Your tail length will not fluctuate with the needle size, so it's easier to estimate yarn. 2) The yarn on the thumb side will tend to "untwist" as you go, but since it's not attached to the ball end it's easy to reintroduce the twist as you wish. There is another method of working longtail cast-on, which is a slower to work, called the thumb method. Here's a video: view video Also known as Backward-Loop Cast-On Easiest method to learn, but tricky to knit from evenly. See also Knitting-On, which can be substituted view continental video view english video A gorgeous, flexible cast-on. Stay loose, or it can be quite difficult to get the yarn through. Can also be done with a crochet hook in the right hand.* Start with a slip knot: view video . Knit into slip knot, leaving the stitch on the left needle. Place the new stitch onto left needle, by slipping it knit-wise. Knit into gap between last two stitches on left needle. Place knitted stitch onto left needle by slipping it knit-wise. Repeat from . Note: you can also place the stitch on the needle purl-wise. The results are virtually identical. Thanks to Jean A. in NC for writing in this tip. Knitting-Onview continental video view english video This is a nice method for teaching a new knitter, since it's just the knit stitch, repeatedly made into the last stitch and kept on the left needle. Personally I find this far easier to work than cable cast-on, and often substitute it when Cable Cast On is called for. Start with a slip knot: view video . Knit 1, leaving stitch on left needle. Transfer new stitch onto left needle by slipping it knit-wise. Repeat from . KnittingHelp.com? Help support our work! Elizabeth Zimmerman's last book; dozens of inventive designs, both seamless and garter-stitch, plus her autobiographical Digressions. About Elizabeth Zimmerman Schoolhouse Press was founded in the mid-1950's by British-born masterknitter, Elizabeth Zimmermann, who wanted to supply handknitters with pure wool and circular needles (both a rarity in those days), as well as books, tools, and original designs. Read more... German Twisted Cast-On Also known as Old Norwegian Cast-Onview video Worked in a similar way as Long-Tail Cast-On, but trickier and using a longer tail. This inserts an extra twist into the thumb loop, and there is more drag and difficulty when snugging up each stitch. Try to avoid over-tightening in your attempt at making this even. When done at a good tension, this can gave a nice springy edge. Some sock knitters love this CO. Invisible (Provisional) Cast-On Also known as Looped Cast-On This is a provisional cast-on: one that can be easily undone to expose live stitches, and then knit from seamlessly. Usually done with a second piece of yarn that is ultimately removed, I sometimes do it with the flexible cable of a cable needle. When done with a cable needle, the picked up stitches can be knit directly from the needle. Start with a slip knotview video for the working yarn. Skip the first wrapping of the working yarn on the first cast on stitch, and go directly to wrapping the provisional yarn or cable, as shown in the video (coming soon). Note: When you go to knit off of this bottom edge, every other stitch (ie. on the cable needle) will be twisted. You must knit (or purl) through the back loop of the twisted stitches. (see "k tbl," and "p tbl" in the abbreviations explained page) Provisional Crochet Cast-On There is more than one way to work a provisional crochet cast-on. This is my favorite. Start it with a slip knot. Use scrap yarn for this, then knit off of it with your working yarn. When you want to later expose live stitches, just unravel the crochet from the completed cast-on end. Use a smooth cotton yarn, or similar, for the CO edge, to make it easier to remove. (Alpaca and other fuzzy yarns can actually begin to felt in place, making them difficult to remove). Alternate Cable Cast-On This has a very discreet edge against k1 p1 ribbing. In the video I comment that it's tricky to work. For me, it's because I tend to work it too tightly, and need to focus on keeping it loose. It also requires some clumsy movements as a Continental knitter. Sorry English knitters, I don't have a demo in English. As one viewer commented, it certainly would be more straight forward to an English knitter, although I would still stress that you want to work it loosely. Start with a slip knot: view video . Knit into the slip knot, leaving the stitch on the left needle. Place the new stitch on left needle by slipping it knit-wise. Then Purl into space between last two stitches. Place stitch on left needle by slipping knit wise. Knit into space between last two stitches. Place on left needle by slipping knit wise. Repeat from , ending with the knit stitch, so there's an even number of stitches (including the slip knot). k1, p1* on the following rows for ribbing. TIP: Using a crochet hook in the right hand can make this cast on easier. (Thanks to Jean A. in NC for writing in this tip.)
In his piece on Back to the Future trilogy, Tim Carmody focuses not on the 2015 future of the movies (hoverboards, self-drying jackets, Mr. Fusion) but on what the movies can tell us about technology in the 1980s. This riff on Back to the Future's cassette tape method of time travel is quite clever: I sometimes call this "the cassette era," and sure enough, cassettes are everywhere. Marty has a Walkman, a camcorder, and an audition tape for his band; the Pinheads have recorded a demo even though they've never played in front of an audience. As a material support for a medium, the cassette has certain advantages and disadvantages. It's more portable and sturdy than reels or records, and it requires less user interaction or expertise. It requires very fine interactions of miniaturized technology, both mechanical and electronic, in the form of transistors, reading heads, and so forth. Magnetic tape can actually record information as digital or analog, so it's curiously agnostic in that respect. Cassettes can also be easily rewound or fast forward. It's easy to synchronize and dub the contents of one cassette onto another. And users can easily erase or rerecord information over the same tape. This has clear implications for how we think - and especially, how our predecessors thirty years ago thought-about time travel. It is no accident that many important time travel films, including the Terminator franchise, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and yes, the Back to the Future movies, appear at this time. In all three cases, time travel is accomplished with a technological mechanism that allows its users precise control of where they arrive in the timestream. (In earlier time travel stories, travellers slide down a river or awake from a dream, but in the 1980s, the H.G. Wells/Doctor Who conception of time travel through a technological device pretty definitively wins out.) And in all three cases, the goal of time travel is to save and/or rewrite events within a specific person's lifetime, without which a future timeline will cease to exist. The Kottke post I probably think about most often is 2009's "One-handed computing with the iPhone." It just has all these perfectly rounded sentences in it, like this one: A portable networked computing and gaming device that can be easily operated with one hand can be used in a surprising variety of situations. Try to take the adjectives and adverbs out of that sentence. (Strunk and White say to "write with nouns and verbs, not adjectives and adverbs. Strunk and White are often surprisingly stupid.) But also try adding any more adjectives or adverbs in. Try adding in or taking away any of the clauses. Try writing a better sentence that describes the same thing. (This is also known as "the Mohammed Test.") Try to misunderstand what the sentence means. I'm a professional writer. So is Jason. I appreciate this stuff. There's also a lot of structural and emotional variety in this post. The author gets mad. He makes jokes. But mostly, he observes. He studies. He empathizes. People carry things. Coffee, shopping bags, books, bags, babies, small dogs, hot dogs, water bottles, coats, etc. It's nice to be able to not put all that crap down just to quickly Google for the closest public restroom (aka Starbucks). It is very occasionally necessary to use the iPhone while driving. No, not for checking your stock portfolio, you asshole. For directions. Glance quickly and keep your thoughts on the road ahead. My wife spends about five hours a day breastfeeding our daughter and has only one hand available for non-feeding activities. That hand is frequently occupied by her iPhone; it helps her keep abreast (hey'o!) of current events, stay connected with pals through Twitter & email, track feeding/sleeping/diaper changing times, keep notes (she plans meals and grocery "shops" at 3am), and alert her layabout husband via SMS to come and get the damned baby already. I liked "layabout husband" so much when I read it, I started referring to Jason as "noted layabout Jason Kottke." At a certain point, I forgot where the phrase came from. But read that last paragraph again. You can't read that description of Meg and not think of it every time you either are or aren't doing any of the things she does in that sentence, every time you have to have to carry a bag and use your phone, every time you have to open a door and use your phone, every time you don't have to use your phone while walking down the street but you do it anyways, because you can, and the fact that you can now means that you have to. I think about it every time I cover a new gadget and companies start touting its hands-free features, how it's added a new voice interface, how its new keyboard algorithm makes it easier to correct for typos. People didn't use to market that sort of thing. But companies started to notice it was one of the things their customers liked best. I also thought about it when I read these tweets Meg wrote, just yesterday and this morning, about how the newer iPhone's longer screen borks its one-handed functionality. I have enormous man-hands, and I still think that the trend toward enormous screen sizes on smartphones stinks. Not only is it harder to use a phone with one hand, it's harder to fit a phone in a pants pocket, and a long, thin phone is more likely to tip over and get knocked off a table or shelf. Markets are gonna market, and specs are gonna spec, but it often feels like companies are forgetting that computers are for people, first. And people have bodies, those bodies have limitations, and all of us have limitations in specific situations. We're all disabled sometimes. If I turn off the lights in your room, you can't see. If I fill the room with enough noise, you can't hear. If your hands are full, you can't use them to do anything else. But as Sara Hendren writes, "all technology is assistive technology." When it's working right, technology helps people of every ability overcome these limitations. It doesn't throw us back into the world of assumptions that expects us all to be fully capable all of the time. That's not what good technology does. That's not what good design does. That's what assholes do. I think often about Jason's post on one-handed computing because I'm in the story. He wrote it for his wife, and he wrote it for me. I'd badly broken my right arm in an accident, snapping my radius in half and shooting it out of my body. Emergency room doctors stabilized my arm, then surgeons took the fibula from the left leg and used it to create a graft to replace my missing arm bone. I'd broken my right leg, too, and sustained a concussion. With both legs unstable, I was stuck in a bed most days, and even when I could start putting weight on my left leg again, I couldn't climb in or out of bed to get into a wheelchair without help. I'm over six feet tall and I weigh about 300 pounds, so most nurses and orderlies were out of luck helping me. I couldn't type. I couldn't use the bathroom. I had hallucinations from the pain medicine. I was extremely fucked up. Another victim of the accident was my Blackberry, my first-ever smartphone, which I bought just before I finally got my PhD. (I revealed this once in a 2010 post for Wired. Commenters called for my head, saying anyone whose first smartphone was bought in 2009 had no business writing for a gadget blog. "I'm sorry," I told them. "I spent my twenties learning things, not buying things.") After I was discharged from the hospital, I spent money I didn't have to get an iPhone 3G, which was my phone for the next three years. It was mailed to me at the rehab institute where I learned how to walk again. And it changed everything for me. Even with my left hand, I could tweet, send emails, browse the web. I could even read books again -- even print books weren't as easy as the iPhone. And then I read Jason's post about one-handed computing. And I thought and thought and thought. I started blogging again. I even started my own community blog about the future of reading. The next year, that led to some articles for Alexis Madrigal at The Atlantic. I was back home by then. My injuries had cost me my postdoctoral fellowship and a second crack at the academic job market. But I was able to audition for and win an entry-level job writing for Wired the same week that I did my first stint guest-hosting for Kottke. And I swore to myself that I would never forget: technology is for people. Anyways, the accident that broke my arm in half was four years ago today. It was on Jason's birthday. He was 36 then; I was 29. His son was two, almost exactly the same age as my son, his brand new baby daughter less than a week old. It was all so very long ago. It was the beginning of the rest of my life. If you ask me why Jason Kottke is important to me, it's because in 2005, he found my little Blogspot blog when it only had a couple dozen readers and started linking to it. It's because his idea of "Liberal Arts 2.0" led to a book I made with friends, some of whom went off to make extraordinary things of their own. (We offered to let Jason write the forward; characteristically, he declined.) Then Jason became my friend. Every so often, he gives me the keys to this place he's built -- home to the best audience on the internet -- and lets me write about things I care about. And because of all of that, I got a second chance -- me, with all of my flaws and frailties, my misdeeds and mistakes. But really Jason is important to me because Jason is always writing about how technology is for human beings. He doesn't bang gavels and rattle sabres and shout "TECHNOLOGY IS FOR HUMAN BEINGS!" That's partly because Jason is not a gavel-banging, sabre-rattling sort of person. But it's mostly because it wouldn't occur to him to talk about it in any other way. It's so obvious. The thing that tech companies forget -- that journalists forget, that Wall Street never knew, that commenters who root for tech companies like sports fans for their teams could never formulate -- that technology is for people -- is obvious to Jason. Technology is for us. All of us. People who carry things. People. Us. These stupid, stubborn, spectacular machines made of meat and electricity, friends and laughter, genes and dreams. Happy birthday, Jason. Here's to the next forty years of Kottke.org. They look better, are way cheaper, and, well, let's just say that Amazon puts themselves in a very good position with these increasingly impressive portable media stores. From Tim Carmody: The advantage traditional paper-based media has always had over electronic media is that the consumer doesn't have to bear the cost of the technology up front. If you buy a book or a magazine, the technology that enables its production and transmission is already built in. The cost of the device can turn an electronic media gadget into a prestige device, like Apple's iPod or iPad. But it's nevertheless a hurdle for customers. $500 for an iPad or $400 for the first-generation Kindle is a lot of cash to drop for folks who want to read. It's also a levee bottling up a torrent of content that can be sold and delivered over those devices. With Amazon's new $79 Kindle, $99 Kindle Touch, $149 Kindle Touch 3G, and $199 Kindle Fire, Amazon dynamites that levee. The devices aren't free, but they're so much cheaper than comparable products on the market that they will likely sell millions of copies and many more millions of books, television shows, movies, music and apps. And more from Steven Levy. Tim Carmody gives props to Radiohead for their rare combination of longevity and relevance. Still, I think music fans and cultural observers need to grapple with this a little: Radiohead's first album, Pablo Honey, came out 18 years ago. Here's another way to think about it: when that album came out, I was 13; now I'm 31. And from at least The Bends to the present, they've commanded the attention of the musical press and the rock audience as one of the top ten -- or higher -- bands at any given moment. You might have loved Radiohead, you might have been bored by them, you might have wished they'd gone back to an earlier style you liked better, but you always had to pay attention to them, and know where you stood. For 18 years. That's an astonishing achievement. As Anil has his hands busy with a new baby, I'll wade in here and point out that Tim's examples don't include any pop, rap, R&B, or hip hop. Jay-Z hasn't been around as long as Radiohead, but he's getting there. The Beastie Boys had at least 15 years. Madonna and Michael Jackson each had 20 culturally relevant years, more or less. I'm probably forgetting a few, but yeah, that's still not a long list. Wired published a story on the web today called The Web Is Dead. The most appropriate response to such a claim is something close to Tim Carmody's series of tweets demonstrating the parallels between the growth of the web and Brett Favre's professional football career. The web isn't dead yet, says Carmody, because Brett Favre hasn't retired. It's our culture's most significant symbiotic relationship since E.T. and Gertie's flower. The web became publicly available on August 6, 1991. Brett Favre was a rookie in the Falcons' camp, having signed a contract July 19. 1993 saw the introduction of Mosaic's graphical browser, Favre's first full year as a starter, and the Packers' first playoffs since 1982. In 1995, Favre wins the MVP, the Packers get to the NFC Championships, and Windows 95 brings the internet & graphic interface to the masses. Brett Favre's first Super Bowl win coincided precisely (almost to the day) of Steve Jobs's return to Apple. And so on. Carmody's bottom line: What this means: like Favre, the open web has been with us for a long time, in good times & bad. Never count it out. Never believe the hype. Even concussed, full of painkillers, with a dead dad and a wiped-out house, I'll let that 20-year-old vet lead me down the field. Anytime. Come on, web, just one more year! HTML5'll make you feel young again! Man oh man, thanks to Tim Carmody for more than holding down the fort around here. I liked the part where he tied almost everything in the universe together. Paging James Burke. And how nice of you to ask, here's what I did on my vacation: beach almost every day for two weeks, sweet corn, teaching the boy wiffle ball, fishing without a hook, foggy waves, Red Sox game at Fenway, seven Mercurial commits, whiskey sours, [redacted], building sand castles, teaching the girl how to share, etc. Ready to get back at it. I'm off for another week -- the summer sun is just too tempting, as is another project I'm working on -- so I've asked Tim Carmody to fill the editor's seat for me. Tim is one leg of the Snarkmarket tripod; he was a frequent commenter on the site and the two founding members, instead of saying jeez, guy, shuddup already with the comments, invited Tim to join them full-time. Tim is also an academic with a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory, which is a lot more book learnin' than I've ever had. Things are probably going to be a lot more grammatically correct around here this week. Welcome, Tim. And a big thanks to Aaron Cohen for helming the site last week (and through the weekend even, a rare occurrence around these parts). I don't know where this ranks on Aaron's list of life accomplishments, but my 11-yo self would be super impressed that Who's the Boss's Samantha Micelli retweeted not one but two Cohen-penned kottke.org posts from the past week (after explaining the definitions of "post" and "retweet" to tweener Kottke). At The Atlantic, Alexis Madrigal has an interesting post about Apple as a religion and uses that lens to look at the so-called Antennagate brouhaha. For example, Apple was built on four key myths: 1. a creation myth highlighting the counter-cultural origin and emergence of the Apple Mac as a transformative moment; 2. a hero myth presenting the Mac and its founder Jobs as saving its users from the corporate domination of the PC world; 3. a satanic myth that presents Bill Gates as the enemy of Mac loyalists; 4. and, finally, a resurrection myth of Jobs returning to save the failing company... On Twitter, Tim Carmody adds that Apple's problems are increasingly theological in nature -- "Free will, problem of evil, Satanic rebellion" -- which is a really interesting way to look at the whole thing. (John Gruber the Baptist?) The Antennagate being, of course, the hotel where Apple Inc. is headquartered.
Today in this Windows Phone 7 Tutorial, we will discuss on Navigation Service and Navigation Context. We will create a small demo application to showcase the functionality of those class. We will navigate from one page to another and then again use the history to return back to the previous page. In this chapter, we will use a case study of showing customer details in multiple page and using that demo we will learn about Navigation in Windows Phone 7 series. Read to learn more on it. Source code is available at the end of the post. Index - Windows Phone 7 (Mango) Tutorial Hope, you read my previous chapters of the Windows Phone 7 Tutorial series and learnt about basic of Navigation Service and Navigation Context present in the base page. If you didn't read them, follow the below links to read those first. Also, below are the links from where you can download the Windows Phone Developer Tools 7.1 (Mango) public beta. Explore the new features available in Windows Phone 7.1 too from the below links: Once you are ready with the development environment and created the Windows Phone Application project, it's time to know about the basic about the navigation service and navigation context from the above links. Then jump into our demo project setup and start learning on Windows Phone Navigation mechanism. Once you create the "Windows Phone Application" project, add two new items (Windows Phone Page) in the solution. To do this, right click on the project and Add New Item. From the dialog chose your page. In our case, we will add a "Windows Phone Portrait Page". Assign a proper name and click "OK" to continue. We will follow this step to create two Phone Page named "CustomerListPage.xaml" and "CustomerDetailsPage.xaml". Once done, you will see the added two XAML pages in your project as shown below: Just do a build to make sure that it builds fine. If you get any error, solve it first before jumping to the next step. Create Data Service Before doing anything with the XAML and code, we need to create a mocked data service, which will return a collection of Customer. Let's create a class called "CustomerService" and implement two methods named "GetCustomerList()" and "GetCustomer(id)". The first method will return customers list and the second method will return the Customer based on the supplied customer id. Here is the code snippet of the same: Here we used the following Customer class which has some properties called "Id", "Firstname", "Lastname" and "City". The class implementation is as below: You can also download the source code from the download section of this chapter. Main Page Implementation Now we will design our MainPage.xaml. There we will add a HyperlinkButton in the content panel. When user clicks on the button, it will navigate him to the CustomerListPage.xaml file. Set the proper NavigateUri to the hyperlink button. Find the XAML code of the MainPage.xaml here: This will load the following UI in the Phone page view: There "Show Customer List" is the hyperlink button. Once you click on this link, it will redirect you to the Customer List Page as mentioned in the XAML code. Customer List Page Implementation Our code now redirects the user click in the Home page to the CustomerListPage.xaml but we don't have any content there to load. Hence, let us design the XAML page with a ListBox where we will load the customer list. To do this, we need to create a Customers property of type ObservableCollection<Customer> and make sure that you are creating a Dependency Property. Now bind the dependency property to the ListBox added to the CustomerListPage.xaml file. Set DisplayMemberPath property to "Firstname" and SelectedValuePath property to "Id", so that, it will display the customers first name and returns the selected value as Id of the customer. Also, register the SelectionChanged event for the ListBox. Find the implemented XAML code here: This will populate the customer list in the Listbox when the page loads in the UI. Find below the screenshot of the implemented demo page. Now we need to implement the feature such that, if user clicks on the customer name, it will redirect you to the CustomerDetailsPage.xaml with selected customer details. To do this, let's implement the SelectionChanged event. This time we will show the navigation from the code. If you are familiar with Silverlight, this step is easy for you. In the event implementation, we will use the NavigationService present in the page level of any phone application. If you are not familiar with the Page class, you can read it here: Windows Phone 7 (Mango) Tutorial - 2 - Know more about Page. As shown above, we will call the Navigate() method of the NavigationService and pass the proper Uri to it. Notice that, we used query string paramter to pass the id of the customer to the details page. Now, it's the job of the details page to load the proper record based on the passed id. Customer Details Page Implementation It's time to create proper UI for the details page where we will load the customer information. In our example, we will display firstname, lastname and the city of the customer. Before that, create a dependency property named "Customer" in the code behind. Now add a stackpanel in the XAML which contains a TextBlock which displays Firstname, Lastname and City of the customer. We will also add a button for the back button implementation. Remember that, it is not require to create a back button in the Windows Phone application, as it already has a back button in the hardware level. But to demonstrate the NavigationService behavior we will add such button in the UI. Find the XAML code of the customer details page here: Come to the code behind now and override the OnNavigatedTo() event. There use NavigationContext to retrieve the query string parameter. As shown in the below code, pass the customer id which we retrieved from the query string parameter and pass it to the CustomerService.GetCustomer() method. This will return the respective customer details to you based on the customer id. As shown in the above code, we also implemented the back button click event. In the event implementation, we will check for the property called "CanGoBack" from the Navigation service. This will return whether a history back is possible. If true, we called the GoBack() method from the same NavigationService. This implements the history back functionality to the button. Once you run the application and click the desired customer name in the customer list page, you will be redirected to the details page and you will see the respected customer information in the UI. You can also click the back button. This will return you to the list page. Select a different customer name and this will load the proper value in the details page as shown in the above screenshot. Download Source Code You can download the source code of the above demo application freely from the below link: Hope this will help you to understand the functionality of Navigation service and Navigation context of the Windows Phone page API. Stay tuned for the next chapter of the tutorial series on Windows Phone 7 with Mango. Till then happy coding. Don't forget to share this to your friends and followers. Feedback and Suggestions are always welcome. If you have any queries, let me know. I will try to answer you as early as possible.
4th April 2010 XILS-lab has announced the release of polyKB, the recreation of a very rare, very powerful, polyphonic synthesizer released in the '80s by the French company RSF. Because of the unique sounds, the RSF Kobol synthesizers were used by J.M Jarre, Hans Zimmer, Depeche Mode, Vince Clark, Vangelis, and many more. In true XILS-Labs fashion, PolyKB is true to the original sound but with a modern twist. PolyKB is a subtractive synthesizer based on two waveform morphing, aliasing free oscillators and a self oscillating 4 poles low pass filter. The oscillators create a large part of the sound of this synthesizer. But along with the help of of very complete modulation section and the filter recreating a standard analog chip of the '80s, PolyKB creates incredible sounds. Ranging from gorgeous bass to a warm slowly evolving pad, through aggressive leads and thin crystal keyboards along with a huge range of special effects. - Two waveform continuously modulated oscillators - "A first for software synthesis and difficult to achieve without aliasing". - Very accurate 4-poles self oscillator filter featuring well known '80s filter chip. - Polyphonic sequencer and arpeggiator. - New stereo voice and modulation management. - More than 250 presets made by famous sound designers and artists. Pricing & Availability Priced at €149 / $199 / £129, PolyKB is available for Windows and Mac OS X in VST, AU and RTAS instrument plug-in formats. NOTE: XILS 3 is copy-protected by either of the two available dongles: eLicenser or iLok. You choose the protection you want when you purchase the plug-in.
Third graders at Turner Elementary school in Burneyville learned about drug prevention today. Two local officers attended and brought along their crime-fighting dog. Deputy, Johnny Denney, says the importance goes beyond teaching children about the dangers of drugs... "I don't want kids to be scared of the cops. I want them to come to us if they need help and that's what we're trying to do. Build a relationship. " Local nurses also attended, who spoke to the kids about the consequences of abusing prescription medication.
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most important risk factor for cervical cancer. Certain types of HPV are linked with around 95% of all cases of cervical cancer. HPV is a group of over 90 viruses that cause warts in a variety of places on the body, including the cervix. Those that affect the genital tract are usually spread sexually. Cervical strains of HPV are divided into ‘high risk’ and ‘low risk’ categories based on their association with cervical cancer. HPV 6 and HPV 11, for instance, cause most cases of genital warts but are considered ‘low risk’ because they rarely lead to cancer. Other HPV strains, such as HPV 16, 18, 31, and 33 are considered ‘high risk’ because they have been linked with an increased risk for cervical and vaginal cancer. You may hear that women who have many sex partners or women who started having sex young are more likely to get cervical cancer. This is only true because such activities increase the likelihood of picking up an infection with a ‘high risk’ human papilloma virus (HPV). It is not correct to say that women who get cervical cancer have it because they were promiscuous (slept around) - you could have only slept with one man and still caught the virus and not all women with cervical cancer have the virus anyway. Weakening of the immune system through smoking, poor diet or other infections may permit CIN to develop into cancer. Smoking suppresses the immune system and may damage the in the cells of the cervix. Smokers are about twice as likely as nonsmokers to get cervical cancer. Last Review Date: March 26, 2014
Knowing a few simple relaxation and focusing techniques can help you avoid tensing your muscles or becoming faint during any difficult medical procedure. Although the medical staff performing these procedures are usually good at making small talk and creating distractions that take your mind off your discomfort, you can also soothe yourself or an anxious patient with the following techniques. If you are anxious about medical tests and need them frequently, you will find it helpful to practice these skills at home to make them even more effective when you need them. Breathe — Take three slow breaths, counting to three for each one and breathing through your nose. Breathe out through your mouth, counting to six. Push your stomach out as you breathe in (to breathe more deeply). Slow down if you start to feel lightheaded. Relax Your Muscles — Consciously relax your muscles. Let them feel loose. Focus — Find a focal point to look at or think of a pleasing image. Count — Count slowly and silently to ten. Talk — Chat with someone in the room. The distraction can relax you.
Anthony Samad: FORESCEE is the change the 8th district is looking for. Eight years of desperation doesn’t have to continue. Kenneth Weisbrode: Whom does Obama admire? He speaks often of Lincoln, the Roosevelts, Reagan. Future historians of today’s zeitgeist will note that the best-selling presidential biographies are now of Polk and Wilson. These presidents had in common the setting of a few clear goals and great persistence in achieving them, sometimes against tremendous odds. The results only became evident years after they left office.
He recorded three songs for Dodd, including “Love is a Message” in 1968, which the Swaby brothers, (Horace, later called Augustus Pablo, and Garth) played at their Rockers Sound System. While the song did not garner much success nor maintain Dodd’s attention in Miller, it resulted in Pablo’s sustained interest in Miller. Jacob was featured in the film Rockers, alongside Gregory Isaacs, Big Youth and Burning Spear. In the movie, he plays the singer of a hotel houseband, played by Inner Circle, who are joined on drums by the films hero, Horsemouth (Leroy Wallace) and play a wicked live version of Tenement Yard. Miller had close links with Bob Marley, who was known to promote him as ‘My favourite singer’. One of Jacob Millers biggest Jamaican hits ‘Tired Fe Lick Weed’ betrayed his political leanings as can be seen in his performance of the song in the film ‘Heartland Reggae’, where his open enjoyment of a ‘ganja spliff’ on stage was intended to be seen as a militant statement. Millers most potent works are often attributed to the ‘rockers’ singles of the mid 1970’s with the band Inner Circle, with tracks like ‘Tenement yard’, ‘Tired fe Lick Weed’ and ‘Stand Firm’ among them. However the track which has brought him the most lasting recognition is the rockers standard ‘King Tubby Meets The Rockers Uptown’ with Augustus Pablo. Other notable tracks with Augustus Pablo include ‘Keep on Knocking, ‘False Rasta’ and ‘Who Say Jah No Dread’, all produced by King Tubby. Jacob Miller had a unique vocal style, using staccato motifs in counter play with the rhythm section, a perfect example of which is ‘Tired Fe Lick Weed’. Miller was an intelligent and original artist, and recognised his own potential to lead, releasing a re-cut of his own track ‘Tenement Yard’ with the title ‘To Much Imitator’, a straight out attack on those trying to copy his style. With an obvious energy, Jacob Miller was a magnetic presence on stage,and his appearance at the ‘One Love Peace Concert’ in Jamaica, April 1978 was typical ‘Killer’ Miller. Mesmerising and full of life, Jacob Miller invited members of the Jamaican political coalition, the ‘Peace Committee’ on to the stage for a rendition of ‘Peace Treaty Special’, conducting crowd, band, press and guests all with his customary zeal. Some of Millers later work has been seen by reggae purists to be too much of an attempt at finding a commercial avenue for his music, with his yearning for success becoming evident on the track, ‘I’ve Learned My Lesson Well’, from the Island Records album ‘Everything Is Great’ from 1979. This album, from musical point of view, is almost totaly unconnected to his earlier ‘roots’ work, and exhibits the ability of the Inner Circle band to adapt to different genres, using strong disco themes here. It is with some irony then, that Jacob Millers lasting contribution to the reggae genre will be forever focused on those ‘rockers’ tracks, which are, at least culturally, perhaps more important than reaching ‘The top 100’. Miller died very young in a car accident, cutting abruptly short a promising career that had already taken young Jacob from ‘yard’ (Jamaica) to an international record deal with Island Records. Miller had planned to perform along with Bob Marley and Inner Circle in Brasil and then to tour with them; this tour was cancelled after Miller’s untimely death. Edited by E-Clect-Eddy on 25 Apr 2012, 09:38 Registered users can edit this page. Sign up now, it’s free and you will discover so much great music :) Generated from facts marked up in the wiki. - Formed in - Split in - Founded in - Mandeville, Jamaica You can also view a list of all recent wiki changes. From other sources.
As human beings we hurt one another all the time, intentionally or not. Throughout our adult lives and in our romantic relationships, we all get our hearts broken eventually. There is no denying that love can hurt—but that pain should never, ever be physical. As news reports broke recently about the domestic violence between pop sensation Rihanna and her boyfriend, R&B singer Chris Brown, it made me think about just how many women out there in the world are suffering the same fate. When I was 19 years old, just around Rihanna’s age, I remember getting into a heated argument with my boyfriend who I was quite serious with at the time. I fell to the ground because he pushed me away from him with his comparatively much bigger, stronger body. I could barely believe what had just happened—but I loved him and stayed with him anyway. It never happened again, but thankfully, I eventually worked up the courage to end my relationship with him. A few years later, I heard he was in trouble with the law for physically assaulting someone. A little push might not scare us into taking action, so what does it take? Getting really hurt or ending up in a hospital? As we all keep Rihanna in our thoughts and prayers, tell me: Have you ever experienced abuse or known someone who has? What did you do about it?
first inhabitants of these islands were Amerindians from South America who traveled there hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus landed in the Caribbean. With the arrival of settlers from Europe, foreign diseases greatly reduced the native population, and today few full-blooded descendants remain. The European influence on the culture of Trinidad and Tobago primarily comes from Spain, France, and Britain. All three countries claimed the islands at various times during the countrys colonial history. Spanish rule began when Columbus "discovered" Trinidad and lasted for nearly 300 years. During the latter part of Spains occupation, French immigrants moved into political offices; in addition to African and Spanish influences, Trinidadian culture began to adopt French traits, language, and customs. 1498 - Christopher Columbus claims Trinidad for Spain 1592 - Spanish settle in Trinidad and retain possession for two centuries 1797 - Trinidad is captured by British 1814 - Tobago is ceded to the British 1834 - Slavery is abolished in Trinidad 1845 - Indian indentured immigration begins; program lasts until 1917 1888 - Tobago is joined to Trinidad as a single Crown Colony 1956 - Trinidad and Tobago achieves self-government 1962 - Trinidad and Tobago is granted independence 1976 - Trinidad and Tobago is named a republic 1980 Tobago House of Assembly is established 1797, Trinidad came under British control when Sir Ralph Abercromby captured the island from Spain. In 1802, Trinidad and Tobago officially became British colonies under the Treaty of Amiens. Under colonial rule, slaves were shipped from Africa to work in the sugar fields and plantations. When the African slave trade was abolished officially in 1834, East Indian and Chinese peasants were hired as the Internet for current news from Trinidad and Tobago. Websites, such as: give you a head start. Can you find a school in Trinidad and Tobago with a website? Try to find an e-mail pen pal for you or for your entire class! servants to work the fields. Many chose to stay and live in Trinidad and Tobago, even after the practice of indentured servitude ended in 1917. Today, descendants of these African and East Indian laborers make up approximately 80% of the countrys total population. Trinidad and Tobago were politically united in 1888 when they became a British Crown Colony. In 1958, the Federation of the West Indies was formed. Trinidad and Tobago became an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1962, and in 1967 joined the Organization of American States. On August 1, 1976, the twin islands became the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
29 CFR 18.56 - Restricted access. On his or her own motion, or on the motion of any party, the administrative law judge may direct that there be a restricted access portion of the record to contain any material in the record to which public access is restricted by law or by the terms of a protective order entered in the proceedings. This portion of the record shall be place in a separate file and clearly marked to avoid improper disclosure and to identify it as a portion of the official record in the proceedings. Title 29 published on 2013-07-01 no entries appear in the Federal Register after this date.
7 U.S. Code § 4502 - Definitions As used in this subchapter— (a) the term “Board” means the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board established under section 4504 of this title; (e) the term “dairy products” means products manufactured for human consumption which are derived from the processing of milk, and includes fluid milk products; (f) the term “fluid milk products” means those milk products normally consumed in liquid form as a beverage; (g) the term “person” means any individual, group of individuals, partnership, corporation, association, cooperative, or any other entity; (i) the term “promotion” means actions such as paid advertising, sales promotion, and publicity to advance the image and sales of and demand for dairy products; (j) the term “research” means studies testing the effectiveness of market development and promotion efforts, studies relating to the nutritional value of milk and dairy products, and other related efforts to expand demand for milk and dairy products; (k) the term “nutrition education” means those activities intended to broaden the understanding of sound nutritional principles including the role of milk and dairy products in a balanced diet; (l) the term “United States”, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; (m) the term “imported dairy product” means any dairy product that is imported into the United States, including dairy products imported into the United States in the form of— (n) the term “importer” means a person that imports an imported dairy product into the United States; and Source(Pub. L. 98–180, title I, § 111,Nov. 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 1136; Pub. L. 107–171, title I, § 1505(a), (h)(2),May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 207, 210; Pub. L. 110–234, title I, § 1507(b),May 22, 2008, 122 Stat. 997; Pub. L. 110–246, § 4(a), title I, § 1507(b),June 18, 2008, 122 Stat. 1664, 1725.) Pub. L. 110–234and Pub. L. 110–246made identical amendments to this section. The amendments by Pub. L. 110–234were repealed by section 4(a) ofPub. L. 110–246. 2008—Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 110–246, § 1507(b)(1), added subsec. (l) and struck out former subsec. (l) which read as follows: “the term ‘United States’ as used in sections 4501 through 4508 of this title means the forty-eight contiguous States in the continental United States;”. Subsec. (m). Pub. L. 110–246, § 1507(b)(2), struck out “(as defined in subsection (l) of this section)” before “, including”. 2002—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 107–171, § 1505(h)(2), struck out “produced in the United States” before semicolon at end. Subsec. (m) to (o). Pub. L. 107–171, § 1505(a), added subsecs. (m) to (o). Effective Date of 2008 Amendment Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L. 110–234by Pub. L. 110–246effective May 22, 2008, the date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, see section 4 ofPub. L. 110–246, set out as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of this title. Transfer of Functions For transfer of functions, personnel, assets, and liabilities of the United States Customs Service of the Department of the Treasury, including functions of the Secretary of the Treasury relating thereto, to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and for treatment of related references, see sections 203 (1), 551 (d), 552 (d), and 557 of Title 6, Domestic Security, and the Department of Homeland Security Reorganization Plan of November 25, 2002, as modified, set out as a note under section 542 of Title 6.
Jennifer Sass, Patrice Simms, and Elliott Negin, Nanotechnologies: The Promise and the Peril, 7 SUSTAINABLE DEV. LAW & POLICY 3 (Spring 2006). Dimple Chaudhary, Albert Huang, and Patrice Simms, Making Environmental Justice a National Priority, RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY (Summer 2006). Patrice Simms and John Walke, ‘B’ Is for Best: BACT Analysis Under the Clean Air Act’s PSD Program, EM (Nov. 2006). Lashof et al., Coal in a Changing Climate, NRDC Issue Paper (FEB. 2007). Fields, Huang, Rotkin-Ellman, Simms, Solomon, Katrina’s Wake, Arsenic-Laced Schools and Playgrounds Put New Orleans Children at Risk, NRDC Issue Paper (Aug. 2007). Benfield et al., After Katrina, New Solutions for Safe Communities and a Secure Energy Future, NRDC Report (Sept. 2005). Natural Resources Defense Council updated: August 29, 2012
Spring has sprung. And in addition to flowers and beachgoers, the warm weather also brings out motorcyclists. That’s right; it is officially motorcycle season across the United States and Canada. Whether hopping on his or her bike just to go to work, or to take a long trip with friends across state lines, you will be sure to see a huge increase in motorcyclists on the roads in the upcoming months. But for all you motorcyclist out there (and for all of you with clients on bikes), FindLaw has some safety tips before you hit the road. To begin, just because you are aware of fellow motorcyclist on the road does not mean that cars and trucks have the same level of awareness. The reality is that our roads are dominated by cars and trucks that are much bigger than even the largest motorcycles. Although motorcycles only account for 2% of traffic accidents, these accidents account for 14% of all road traffic deaths, according to the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety. “For freedom of the road, motorcyclists take on greater risks. But you can reduce your risks by doing four simple things,” says personal injury attorney Timothy D. Mahon. “Make sure you’re properly insured, wear a helmet, make sure your bike is in good working condition and keep learning, so you are always improving your riding skills.” In addition to these four great tips, FindLaw has some tips of our own as you embark on motorcycle season: 1. Wear the gear: put on your helmet, strap on some leather and make sure you wear proper eyewear and gloves. Choose clothing that makes sure you are seen by other drivers and protected in the event of a crash. 2. Get Covered: Check to make sure your insurance covers your motorcycle and always carry it on you in the event of a crash 3. Know your bike: If you are one of the many riders who have not touched their bikes since late last summer, or who have recently purchased a new bike, make sure you get to know your bike before heading out onto crowded streets or highways. Always check your bike before heading out to ensure it is in good working condition and consider upgrading certain safety features on your bike such as anti-lock brakes. Those are just some of the many tips we have for you this motorcycle season. Visit FindLaw.com for a complete list as well as resources on insurance, liability, accident protection, and a directory of attorneys who can help if you are injured in an accident. – Michelle Croteau, Director, Marketing Communications with Laura Strachan, FindLaw Audience Team
Shipwreck Webcast - Sarah Ellen After you watch this broadcast, Send Us Your Feedback! (It helps us continue to offer these webcasts AT NO COST to you!) This shipwreck broadcast takes you deep under the cold dark waters of Lake Champlain to the wreck of the Sarah Ellen. Hear the tragic story of the schooner's sinking in the winter of 1860. Then meet our nautical archaeologists who tell of her underwater discovery in 1989. See footage captured by a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), over 300 feet below the surface. GREAT for all ages. Families, teachers, students, and entire classrooms. Check out our Educator Resources for follow-up information, lesson plans, and curricula. This hour-long program was broadcast live at LCMM in Vergennes, VT on November 5, 2009. Many thanks to Vimeo. THANK YOU to all the students and viewers who wrote us questions. We didn't have time to answer all of them on the program, but below are the answers to some of the top questions. Frequently Asked Questions: Why did you choose to investigate the Sarah Ellen? This vessel was one of many shipwrecks discovered with side scan sonar. Because of its high quality of preservation, and the fact that the wreck has not been frequently shown to the public, we wanted to share this unique wreck site for our first webcast. Were there any animals on the boat? No animals that we know of. Are there any other sunken ships like the Sarah Ellen that you have explored? Yes! We know of over 300 shipwrecks in Lake Champlain. Some are military vessels, some are commercial boats like the Sarah Ellen, and others are more modern. Many of these shipwrecks are as exciting and well-preserved as the Sarah Ellen. We've written about some of Lake Champlain's shipwrecks here. Have any "treasures/gold" been found? No gold has been found within the shipwrecks in Lake Champlain. Many of the lake's boats were used to carry heavy cargoes like stone, iron ore, bricks and lumber. How many levels does the Sarah Ellen have? There is main or upper deck, with a raised aft (back) section, and a lower deck. Down below the lower deck was probably divided into three compartments. There was a cargo hold in the middle of the boat, a cabin - living quarters - in the stern, and although buried, it's likely the boat had a small storage area in the bow section known as the forecastle, or fo'c'sle . What speeds could the ship reach? Although it was greatly influenced by wind and other conditions, the Sarah Ellen could probably sail as fast as 8 knots (that's 9.2 miles per hour). (One knot is 1.15 miles per hour.) How long do the air tanks last? There are many variables that affect how long tanks of air will last underwater. Pressure increases as you go deeper, which means that you consume more air the deeper you dive. Another factor is how much work you are doing underwater. A diver that is working hard underwater, or is very cold, will consume more air than someone who is relaxed. But to give you an example, a standard tank which holds 80 cubic feet of air would last approximately 40 minutes in 40 feet of water (such as on the shipwreck General Butler) but would only last 26 minutes on a dive to 80 feet (such as the shipwreck Water Witch). How far was the boat from land? The wreck is somewhere in the middle of the lake between Willsboro, NY and Burlington, VT. Why were the fish glowing on the video? The fish are silvery colored, so the light from the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) reflects off their shiny skin. Was the boat a house or just for business? Both. The crew members lived on board while using the boat to deliver heavy cargoes from one port to another on Lake Champlain. Were there weapons on the ship? No weapons that we know of. How did people keep warm on the ship? These boats were usually equipped with wood or coal-burning stoves. This kept them warm, but also allowed them to cook on board. If they knew there was going to be a storm, would they have kept going? They probably didn't know in advance that there was a storm approaching. In 1860, the technology did not exist to have an accurate weather forecast. Also, this was a working boat; the crew depended upon these deliveries for their livelihood. If they didn't take any risks with the weather, they probably would not have had enough money to get through the long winter. How much has the Sarah Ellen changed since the video was shot in 1989? This wreck was examined again with a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) in 1992, and little had changed during those three years. It has not been examined since then. If the ROV were able to go inside the ship, would it find bottles, dishes or anything else? Most certainly. This boat sank in a hurry, so the crew had no time to remove any items. Everything would be left on board: the cargo of stone, dishes, lamps, bottles, tools, perhaps even clothing and bedding. It's likely that most of these small personal affects are buried in the soft silt (mud). How big is Lake Champlain? Lake Champlain is 120 miles long. It is 12 miles wide at its widest point in the Burlington, VT - Plattsburgh, NY area, although much narrower in most places. The Lake Champlain Basin Program has great information, data, and maps about Lake Champlain in their Lake Champlain Basin Atlas - online and free.
(b) As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the text clearly indicates otherwise. (1) "Board" means the sanitary board as set up in section eighteen of this article. (2) "Governing body" means the mayor and council or other legally constituted governing body of any municipality. (3) "Municipality" means any municipal corporation, incorporated city, town, village or sanitary district in the state of West Virginia. (4) "Sewage works" means a works for the collection and/or treatment, purification and disposal of sewage, in its entirety or any integral part thereof. (5) "Stormwater system" or "stormwater works" means a stormwater system in its entirety or any integral part thereof used to collect and dispose of stormwater and an associated stormwater management program. It includes all facilities, structures and natural water courses used for collecting and conducting stormwater to, through and from drainage areas to the points of final outlet, including, but not limited to, any and all of the following: Inlets, conduits, corals, outlets, channels, ponds, drainage easements, water quality facilities, catch basins, ditches, streams, gulches, flumes, culverts, syphons, retention or detention basins, dams, floodwalls, levies, pipes, flood control systems and pumping stations, and associated stormwater management program. The term "stormwater system" and "stormwater works" shall not include highways, road and drainage easements, and/or stormwater facilities constructed, owned and/or operated by the West Virginia division of highways. (6) "Stormwater management program" means those activities associated with the management, operation, maintenance and control of stormwater and stormwater works, including, but not limited to, public education, stormwater and surface runoff water quality improvement, mapping, planning, flood control, inspection, enforcement and any other activities required by state and federal law: Provided, That, as used in this article, "stormwater management program" shall not include those activities associated with the management, operation, maintenance and control of highways, road and drainage easements, and/or stormwater facilities constructed, owned and/or operated by the West Virginia division of highways without the express agreement of the commissioner of highways. (7) "Works" means sewage works and stormwater works either separately or collectively. Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2014 1st Special Session The WV Code Online is an unofficial copy of the annotated WV Code, provided as a convenience. It has NOT been edited for publication, and is not in any way official or authoritative.
The parents of brain tumour victim Katy Holmes have been invited to meet with the Prime Minister’s health adviser to discuss what more they think the Government could be doing to tackle the disease. Paula and David Holmes, of Margaret Road, Penwortham, near Preston, wrote a letter to David Cameron earlier this year and were delighted to receive a handwritten reply from him sharing his own pain at losing a child. Mr Cameron also stated that the argument that Paula and David made about the need to look into the causes of brain tumours was a powerful one and promised to look into it. The couple have since written back to the Prime Minister to see if he has looked further into the need for research into brain tumours and received a reply telling them that the Government is ploughing £250m into building Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) facilities in Manchester and London to treat up to 1,500 patients every year. PBT is a very precise form of radiotherapy with fewer side-effects and long term consequences which is particularly important in the treatment of children. Mr Cameron also told Paula and David that the National Institute for Health Research has spent £2m over the last three years directly on brain cancer research. Paula, who also has daughters Charley, nine and baby Scarlet said that while she and David are delighted that money is being invested into treatment, they want to see more done into brain tumour research. As a result, the Prime Minister has invited them to meet with health adviser Paul Bate to discuss the issue. Paula said: “David and I were disappointed to have still not had our original questions answered about the causes of brain tumours, the inaccurate recording of information and the lack of progress regarding treatment methods. “To hear that only £2m was spent on the biggest cancer killer of children in the UK was another blow. “It is fantastic that so much money is being ploughed into PBT but what we don’t understand is if radiotherapy hasn’t worked for so many people, then what are they doing about finding other treatment methods? “The point we’ve been trying to make is that if we can do research that uncovers the causes of brain tumours then maybe we can find the solution, so shouldn’t money be spent on this kind of research too? “We are very pleased that the Prime Minister felt our issues were important enough to invite us in to meet with his health adviser. We can ask our questions face-to-face and hopefully get answers to the questions we want.”
Famous Composers and Musicians Teacher Resources Find Famous Composers and Musicians educational ideas and activities Showing 1 - 20 of 11,395 resources 19th & 20th Century Composers: Exoticism VH1 Music Studio has put out another great lesson that incorporates analysis, compare/contrast, and musical terminology. Kids will listen to the song "Habanera" considering the use of specific instruments in evoking a sense of location.... 8th - 12th Visual & Performing Arts Lessons for Hight School Music Classes: Lesson 1 The phrase, "You sold out" has been thrown around among musicians that have lent their talents to the corporate world. Here, the class engages in an interesting discussion on how musicians make a living and the influence of commercialism... 9th - 12th Visual & Performing Arts Using Poetry As inspiration for Composition A reading of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken launches an interdisciplinary study of the connection between the meter of a poem and that of a melody. Composers, including many popular musicians like Bob Dylan and Jim Morrison, often use... 9th - Higher Ed Visual & Performing Arts Beethoven Manuscript Sold at Auction Students react to a series of statements about Beethoven, then read a news article about the sale of a 179-year-old manuscript by the musical genius. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and... 2nd - 6th Social Studies & History Compose and Decompose Angles What does it mean to decompose an angle? You can compose and decompose angles just like shapes or numbers. Real-world examples are used to demonstrate how angles can be broken into smaller parts. An angle is decomposed into two smaller... 4 mins 4th - 5th Math CCSS: Designed "Infernal Dance" From The Firebird, by Igor Stravinsky This activity about Stravinsky's ballet, The Firebird, provides information about the composer, the ballet, and the "Infernal Dance." It also includes questions about the music, as well as extension activities such as a puppet show. 3rd - 5th Visual & Performing Arts Introduction to Ludwig van Beethoven "Ode to la Tortilla" and "Ode to Joy"? Sure! Use Gary Soto's poem to introduce learners to the ode format. After examining the descriptive words Soto uses, class members study a poster of Ludwig van Beethoven, suggest words that describe... 2nd - 4th English Language Arts CCSS: Adaptable What is a Musician and How Do I Act During Performances? Students attend a variety of school concerts and performances to determine how to act at them. In class, they role-play audience members as well as describing the role of performers, composers and conductors. They repeat the lesson... K Visual & Performing Arts Louisiana's Legendary Musicians Students identify and interpret what legendary traditional musicians of Louisiana that allows them to hear new genres of traditional music. They also identify what it means to be a legendary artist and read, write, and create a project... 4th - 8th Visual & Performing Arts
Definition of Cardiac pacemaker 1. Noun. A specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat. Medical Definition of Cardiac pacemaker 1. An electrical device which delivers a small stimulant shock to the heart to effect cardiac contraction at a pre-determined rate. Many of today's pacemakers have two main components: the electrodes and the transducer (pulse generator). The electrodes are wires which are placed into the circulatory system and make physical contact with the heart muscle. A small electrical discharge from the pacemaker electrode stimulates the muscular wall of the heart to contract, thus pumping blood in an organised fashion. The transducer is a small device, usually implanted under the skin, that generates the electrical discharge at a pre-determined frequency. Transducers can monitor your heart's rate of contraction and deliver an electrical shock only when the heart is going too slow. (27 Sep 1997) Cardiac Pacemaker Pictures Click the following link to bring up a new window with an automated collection of images related to the term: Cardiac Pacemaker Images Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardiac Pacemaker Literary usage of Cardiac pacemaker Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature: 1. Identifying Health Technologies That Work: Searching For Evidence by DIANE Publishing Company (1996) "cardiac pacemaker Implantation A marked decrease in the use of cardiac pacemakers occurred in the early 1980s. The decrease has been credited to the ..." 2. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1920) "The rhythmic cardiac impulse originates in a small collection of specialized tissue, the sino-auricular node or cardiac "pacemaker," located in the sulcus ..." 3. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903) "These results confirm that the brad) cardia is not due to a direct effect of Ptil. on cardiac ' pacemaker cells but rather is reflexly mediated by vagal ..." 4. Clinical Research: Hearing Before the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate edited by Mark O. Hatfield (1996) "Examples of innovative clinical discoveries which have changed how medicine is practiced: cardiac pacemaker.—In the early 1950?s, a practicing thoracic ..."
Stand Against Federal Land Grab Baseball is a game of inches. If the placement of a pitch is even slightly off, it could mean the difference between a home run and a strikeout. Similarly, writing laws requires precision. The smallest modification in the wording of a bill can alter the entire meaning of the legislation and change its impact on communities and taxpayers. The Clean Water Restoration Act is a critical piece of legislation that hinges entirely on one word: "navigable." In 1985, this sweeping law was enacted to keep our nation's navigable waters - those used for commerce or transportation - free from pollution and safe for use. To date, waters falling under Environmental Protection Agency jurisdiction as prescribed by the original Clean Water Act have included permanent, standing or continuously flowing wa- ters, such as oceans, rivers and lakes. However, Congress is debating a bill that would strike that key word, "navigable," from the law. Of the 2,308 words in the legislation, "navigable" is the most consequential one. If the bill governs navigable waters, then we have good policy that protects the clean water that we all value and is critical to the livelihood of millions of America's farms and ranches. But taking out that word turns good policy into the largest federal land grab in our nation's history. By striking the limitation to navigable waters, virtually all water would fall under government control. That means streams, creek beds and drainage ditches on the Nolan Ryan family ranch - and every other ranch or farm in the country - would be regulated by the government. This is an egregious infringement of private-property rights, and it interferes with the property management and business operations of our thriving agriculture industry. It defies common sense for farmers and ranchers to have to apply for a permit with the EPA to access their own water, on their own land for their own personal use. Farmers and ranchers must be good stewards of the environment because they strive to produce a more abundant and affordable supply of food for Americans and consumers around the world. They must preserve the land, while simultaneously dealing with unpredictable weather patterns, such as the dangerous drought conditions currently facing much of Texas. Furthermore, expanding the reach of the government compromises the strong partnership that currently exists between federal, state and local entities. For nearly 25 years, all levels of government have efficiently worked together to protect millions of miles of rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, ponds and estuaries. But if the federal government seizes control of "intrastate waters," rather than "navigable waters," as some in Congress aim to do, local communities will also find themselves under the thumb of bureaucracy. This will remove the flexibility of states, cities and counties for efficient planning. They will be forced to answer to the federal government for landand water-use decisions that are best made at the state and local level. Texans have always taken great pride in cultivating and preserving our land. We are committed to the conservation of our nation's rich resources, including every precious drop of water on every farm and ranch in Texas. After all, water is the lifeblood of these industries. Americans will not take kindly to the government exerting control over that land. The proposed expansion of the Clean Water Restoration Act is just another form of abusing private-property rights, and we intend to do everything in our power to prevent this bill from becoming law. For the agriculture industry, the removal of that one word, "navigable," will change the game in a devastating way. Just like that unfortunate pitch to Daryl Strawberry at the bottom of the fifth inning of Game 5 of the 1986 National League Championship Series was just an inch off. Kay Bailey Hutchison is the senior U.S. senator from Texas. Nolan Ryan is a Hall of Fame pitcher and cattle rancher from Georgetown.
Extending marriage to same-sex couples in Florida would generate an estimated $182.2 million in spending to the state’s economy and could generate as many at 2,600 new jobs over three years, according to a new study. Researchers at the Williams Institute, an independent think tank at UCLA’s School of Law, estimates that — based on 2010 U.S. Census data — 48,496 same-sex couples live in Florida. Of those couples, the Institute estimates that 50 percent (24,248 couples) would choose to marry in the first three years, a pattern that has been observed in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Over 15,000 marriages would occur in the first year alone, and bring up to $116 million in revenue to the state of Florida that year. “This study confirms that all Floridians benefit from marriage for same-sex couples, not just the LGBT community,” said study author, M.V. Lee Badgett; Key findings include: - 24,248 in-state same-sex couples would choose to marry in the three years following an opening of marriage to same-sex couples in Florida. The total spending on wedding arrangements and tourism by resident same-sex couples and their guests would add an estimated $182.2 million to the state and local economy of Florida over the course of three years, with a $116 million boost in the first year alone. This economic boost would add $12.1 million in sales tax revenue to the state coffer. Spending related to same-sex couples’ wedding ceremonies and celebrations could generate between 875 to 2,626 full- and part-time jobs in the state. In recent weeks, judges in Monroe, Miami-Dade and Broward counties have overturned the state’s gay marriage ban, but all stayed their rulings, meaning no marriage licenses are being issued to gay couples pending appeals.
Re: Oral histories on film/video jon aubrey ([email protected]) Wed, 12 Jun 2002 15:29:23 -0700 (PDT) The item listed below is a bit of a stretch, but the book of Working is definitely an oral history. The musical version of the book in the BTA* recording (see below) is at least one step removed from the book, but Studs (a giant among oral historians) still had a hand in it. Good luck finding other titles. Perhaps if you defined "oral history" more clearly you could narrow things down a bit. Are you looking more for documentaries like Rosie The Riveter? I would generally consider an oral history to be a record of what people say (interviews, testimonials) about their personal experiences in the historical period/event(s) being reviewed, hence qualifying countless documantaries as oral histories. Shoah, for instance. --Working [videorecording] / adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso from the book by Studs Terkel Imprint [New York] : *Broadway Theatre Archive, Description: 1 videocassette (88 min.) : sd. col., ; 1/2 in Series, Broadway Theatre Archive Note Videocassette release of the 1982 production of WNET and KCET for American Playhouse Directed by Stephen Schwartz and Kirk Browning; Produced by Phylis Geller and Lindsay Law Barry Bostwick, Rita Moreno, James Taylor, Eileen Brennan, Charles Durning, Barbara Hershey, Patti LaBelle, Scatman Crothers Summary This musical adaptation of Studs Terkel's book examines the average worker's viewpoint...showing that he or she is anything but average. > Hello all: > One of our faculty members is looking for films that > can be used as > examples of oral history. One example she mentioned > was "Rosie the > Any thoughts about other examples? All suggestions > are welcome. Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup
Current population survey ... annual demographic files Creator: United States. Bureau of the Census. Data User Services Division. Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Data User Services Division, LCC: HA203 .T445 compu/d Description: This file, also know as the Annual Demographic File, provides the usual monthly labor force data, but in addition, provides supplemental data on work experience, income, noncash benefits, and migration. Comprehensive information is given on the employment status, occupation, and industry of persons 15+ years old and over. Additional data for persons 15 years old and older are available concerninng weeks worked and hours per week worked, reason not working full time, total income and income components, and residence on March 1 in year of survey. Data on employment and income refer to the preceding year, although demographic data refer to the time of the survey. The file also contains data covering nine noncash income sources: food stamps, school lunch program, employer-provided group health insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, CHAMPUS or military health care, and energy assistance. Characteristics such as age, sex, race, household relationship, and Hispanic origin are shown for each person in the household enumerated. Description: Each disk covers 3 years, overlapping with previous and following discs. Description: System requirements: computer system capable of using CD-ROM drive, minimum of 640K; if IBM compatible personal computer, requires CD-ROM software, such as Microsoft CD-ROM extenstions (version 3.1 or higher); file management software; CD-ROM drive; hard disk. Description: Available in print from Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research as: Current population survey. Annual demographic files for ... Subject: Labor supply United States Statistics Periodicals Databases. Subject: Demographic surveys United States Databases. Subject: United States Population Statistics Periodicals Databases. Relation: Current population survey. Annual demographic files for ... Data Lab ID: \\CD-Archives\ISO\DREF\168008365 \|File Name\|\|Bytes\|\|Last Modified\| \|HA203.T445-Mar 1989-91.iso\|\|579999744\|\|Thu Feb 8 15:51:44 2007\| \|HA203.T445-Mar 1990-92.iso\|\|609998848\|\|Thu Feb 8 15:55:20 2007\| \|HA203.T445-Mar 1991-93.iso\|\|640000000\|\|Thu Feb 8 15:59:04 2007\| Categories: CD-ROM, Demographic surveys, Labor supply, Population, United States
Looking for a gift for the children this holiday season without splurging on the sleek new PSP Go? Do you want to get your kids into reading without intimidating them with those insanely thick Harry Potter books? Are your lasses and lads animal-lovers with an affinity for a tad of biology? Then a little book known as Silverwing just might be what you?'re looking for. It?'s got bats, owls and many other great creatures with a superb back-story to boot. Even though it has been a best-seller since its initial publication in 1997; it still doesn?'t seem to have the recognition it deserves. Kenneth Oppel?'s work in the novel creates both a moody and stimulating atmosphere and makes for quite the exciting and unique adventure. Silverwing utilizes many facts about bats and their colonies and hybridizes it with detailed fantasy elements. Almost making the reader know first hands what it feels like to fly and echo-locate. The book (which spawned a 13-episode TV Series of the same name) revolves around the journey of a young runt bat named Shade. The protagonist is barely out of his mother?'s womb when he rebels against his colony?'s law banning any bat to see sunlight. After the colony bully, Chinook, decides to physically out-do him, Shade attempts to one-up him by testing his bravery by breaking the Silverwings?' oldest regulation. He wants to see if Chinook has what it takes to glimpse at the fiery orange ball called the sun. Whilst Shade does get a glimpse after his so-called peer bails out; things only get worse as owls burn down their nursery, Tree Haven. Prior to which, Shade learns of an ancient battle between the birds and the beasts. Since bats basically belonged to both sides, yet neither, they refused to participate in the war whatsoever which consequently banned them from seeing the sun forever. However there is a glimmer of hope for Shade and his ambition for bats to reclaim the right to see the sun. The bat goddess Nocturna and her promise for the flying mammals to be able to fly in daylight once again. Another issue Shade is dealing with is the life-long absence of his father, Cassiel. Who was believed to have been killed at some point. After being separated from his colony in a storm as they migrated toward their winter roost, Hibernaculum; Shade finds himself on an island where he meets a Brightwing bat named Marina. Soon acquainted to some small degree, Marina agrees to help Shade reunite with his colony. Their quest takes them to a large city where inside a cathedral a much older bat named Zephyr reassure?'s Shade?'s hunch that his father is indeed alive. While in the city, two very large Vampire Bats escape from a terrarium close by. One of the large menaces is the story?'s antagonist, Goth. Who is the prince of his colony from the jungle; the Vampyrum Spectrum. The other bat is named Throbb and together these cannibals are capable of eating birds like pigeons and even owls. Goth, in fact, kills an owl to protect Shade. That?'s just a small little bit of what the fantastic story Silverwing tells; it is definitely a book worth checking out. If you like it, check out the other three novels in the series. With a little planning, you can have a frugal Christmas and still enjoy the joy of the season.
It's good to learn how to canoe from more experienced canoeists when you're just starting out in the sport. Never canoe alone, even if you're an experienced canoeist. In the event of an accident you'll need somebody to be able to help you or to get help. Make sure you're a good swimmer before you hop into a canoe. If your canoe overturns (especially in rough conditions like rapids), you'll need to have good swimming ability to be able to survive. Even if you're a great swimmer, wear a life preserver. This is important no matter what, especially in the event that you are knocked unconscious during a canoeing accident. Wear sunscreen! Even on a cloudy day, it's easy to get a sunburn in a canoe. A hat can also protect your face and head. If you're wearing sunglasses, wear a cord to keep from losing them while canoeing. Make sure you have a canoe you're capable of maneuvering and appropriate-sized paddles. Check your canoe for areas that may need to be repaired. It's a good idea to bring an extra paddle, in case you lose one of yours. Always check the weather and water conditions before heading out. You don't want to go out in conditions you're not ready for. If you do come across something you can't handle or an obstacle that would be difficult or impossible to get around, take your canoe out of the water and walk around it. A waterproof bag is a must. You can carry food, your wallet (for identification and emergency purposes), a cell phone and first-aid kit in a waterproof bag. You should also bring a bag for trash; don't litter! Be prepared to get wet. You'll have to get at least moderately wet in order to get into the canoe, but you should prepare yourself as though you'll be submerged. If temperatures are cooler, make sure you dress in layers. Bring a dry bag with dry clothes to change into in the event you have to get out of the canoe and you're not near your base. This is especially important in the event that you get lost. Keeping in mind the likelihood that you'll end up soaked, where a waterproof (not resistant) watch. Get reef shoes. You can wear old sneakers, but those can get heavy when wet. A stainless water bottle is ideal to keep drinking water in. You should make an effort to stay hydrated; it's easy to get dehydrated without realizing it. When canoeing in a group, have one canoe lead and one remain at the back. The rest of the group should remain in between. Learning how to buy a kayak can seem overwhelming, but if you break things down to the basics, you'll find that it's quite easy. Ocean kayaks are sturdy pieces of equipment that can withstand mild abuse, but that doesn't mean a little TLC won't help them to last longer. Recreational kayaks should be examined regularly for damage so that you can make repairs sooner rather than later. This can save you money and might make the difference between a simple repair and having to purchase a new kayak. The history of canoeing dates back thousands of years and remains a popular sport and recreational activity in the US. Do you want to learn how to kayak? Start slowly.
use of ones own urine "In February 1996 the First World Conference on Urine Therapy took place in India (in May 1999 the second world conference took place in Germany). The fact that a number of allopathic doctors also visited these conferences shows that this remarkable and sometimes despised therapy, which for a long time was almost forgotten, is coming back to the forefront. And rightly so. Urine therapy is very effective, and it is always available and quite inexpensive, to say the least, which is absolutely wonderful in a world which sees itself confronted with increasing health- as well as financial problems. But what is this urine therapy? How does it work? What are its roots? What has the medical world to say about it? And, not the least important, how do you go about it? Coen van der Kroon covers almost all questions concerning urine therapy and its history in his book The Golden Fountain; The Complete Guide to Urine Therapy. (The book recently appeared at Amethyst Books/Gateway Books; ISBN 0-944256-73-2). In the following article, connections of urine therapy with the yoga & medical traditions are explored in order to evaluate the spiritual and medicinal benefits of this time old tradition. What is urine therapy? How does it work? Urine therapy means using (your own) urine externally or internally as a way to promote or maintain your health. The first question that probably comes to mind is whether urine is not a toxic substance and how a toxic waste product could ever be of any benefit for your health. Well, urine is NOT a toxic waste product and this has been scientifically proven. 95% of urine is water, 2.5% consists of urea and the remaining 2.5% is a mixture of minerals, salt, hormones and enzymes. Toxic substances are being removed from the body through the liver and intestines, through the skin and through The main function of the kidneys is to keep the composition of the blood in optimal balance. When there is to much water, the kidneys will remove it. But that doesn't make water into a toxic waste product. Only the substance urea can be poisonous when present in very large amounts in the blood. However, this is irrelevant in the practice of drinking urine, as urine is not immediately put back in the bloodstream. In the small amounts urea gets back into the body, it is purifying, clears up excess mucus and has a number of specific, very useful effects. Moreover, it has a wonderful healing and tonifying effect when applied to the skin. You can find urea in many skin products as one of the main components- specifically in many woman cosmetics. Furthermore, urine is entirely sterile after secretion and has an antiseptic effect. We are talking here about urine from the point of view of somebody who follows a reasonably healthy diet, and who does not use chemical drugs or allopathic medicines. Urine therapy is a method based upon the principle of 'natural cycles'. As long as we do not interfere chemically with the body's natural cycle, the body produces urine which is perfectly suitable for re-cycling. If you ingest a great deal of chemical substances - and these days all kinds of processed food contain chemicals - part of this will end up in the urine, in which case the composition of the urine changes. Normally, however, urine is a healthy substance which contains healthy, harmless and nourishing components. Some natural cycles take place more quickly than others, but the cycle in general is the foundation of all life. If we let nature run her course, there will be no waste, and a disturbed equilibrium will always come back into balance. Just as we are capable of disturbing a natural equilibrium, we can also do our part in helping nature recover her balance. In order to support such a recovering of balance, we are equipped with a wonderful, natural 'house pharmacy': our own urine provides us with a swift and safe method for using the powers of the natural cycle. What exactly are the effects of urine therapy? Briefly, if urine is ingested and/or rubbed into the skin, it purifies blood and tissues, provides useful nutrients and sends the body a signal about what is in or out of balance. This last effect is called (oral) auto-immunization. This brings us to a last important feature of urine. Urine itself is, as said, not a toxic waste product. It does contain however minute particles connected with possible disease processes in the body. These minute particles are mainly antibodies, which upon re-ingesting can help the body to react on specific pathological situations. Urine therapy has proven helpful in a great number of various diseases, ranging from a simple cold and a throat-ache, to tuberculosis and asthma, from minor skin problems such as itching, to more serious skin diseases such as eczema, psoriasis and even skin cancer. How to apply urine therapy? Below you will find internal and external applications. - Drinking - Morning urine is best. Take the middle stream. You can start with a few drops, building up to one glass a day. Good as a tonic, as a preventative and in minor - Fasting - Drink all the urine you pass, except for the evenings, otherwise you won't get any sleep. You can also take some extra water. The urine will quickly change its taste into almost neutral. Fasting on urine and water cleanses the blood. Toxins are removed through liver, skin and outbreath. - Gargle - Gargling with urine works wonders when having a throat-ache. Also good for toothache and generally when having a cold. - Enemas - Urine colonemas and enemas work very well in cleansing the colon and in providing a direct immune - Vaginal douche - Helpful in e.g. yeast problems, white - Ear- and eyedrops - Ear infections; conjunctivitis, glaucoma. For the eyes, dilute the urine with some water. - Sniffing urine/Neti - Sinusitis and other nose problems. Very good preventative for colds and to clean the subtle channels in the head. - Massaging/Rubbing - You can use either fresh or old urine. Old urine (4 to 8 days) is generally more effective, but it has a strong to very strong smell. Massaging the whole body is a very important complementary treatment when fasting. It nourishes the body through the skin and helps against increased heartbeat. You can leave the urine on or wash it off after an hour or so, just with water or with a mild, natural soap. Fresh urine as an after shave gives you a beautiful soft skin. But it is also very helpful and healing in all kind of skin problems: itching, sunburns, eczema, psoriasis, acne, - Gentle rubbing of urine into acupressure points (e.g. on the ears) - very useful when reactions are otherwise too strong, e.g. with very heavy allergic reaction. - Footbaths - Any skin and nail problems of the feet (athletes foot, ringworm, etc.) - Compress - When rubbing is not appropriate, this is another way of applying urine on the skin. - Hair- and scalp massage - Renders the hair soft and clean. Sometimes stimulates new hair growth.
Have you ever stopped to appreciate what grows around you? A wonderful tip for sufferers of anxiety is to spend time gardening or walking outdoors. Nature is beautiful. Its not only an energy, it’s a healing energy. If you truly want to feel nature’s energy, put your hands and feet in some soil in your garden or allotment! We are surrounded by natures beautiful plants and flowers. Plants and flowers have been used for centuries to help heal ailments. Most medicine men and shamans remaining in the Rainforests of today are 70 years old or more. Each time a rainforest medicine man dies, its as if a library has burned down. Currently 121 prescription drugs currently sold worldwide come from plant derived sources. The US National Cancer institute has identified 3000 plants that are active against Cancer cells. But you don’t have to travel to the rainforest to find a plant with healing properties. Here are my top 10 common healing plants: - Aloe Vera: This has to be my favourite plant of all! This is one medicinal plant which has so many uses. The bottom stalk of an Aloe Vera plant can be applied to a burn to help soothe the skin, prevent blistering and promote healing. Aside from minor cuts and wounds, this medicinal Aloe Vera is great for treating Eczema and reducing inflammation. Aloe Vera can be taken internally as a juice to help treat digestive disorders, chronic constipation and poor appitite. - Chamomile: This medicinal plant can help to treat over 100 common ailments including the common cold, digestive problems, Eczema, toothache, earache and common wounds. Chamomile helps you to feel calm and relaxed and aids sleep. - Echinacea: This wonderful plant is helpful in the treatment of sores, allergy relief, insect bites and stings. This plant also is known to strengthen the immune system. - Peppermint: This plant is wonderfully aromatic and very easy to grow and has been used medicinally since the ancient times. Its naturally rich in vitamins A and C and is known to reduce symptoms of morning sickness, irritable bowel syndrome, fevers and flatulence. - Sage: This plant can be used in general cooking and is great for the treatment for insect bites, gum or mouth infections. Sage can also be used to help with depression and menopausal problems. - Dandelion: These plants are normally classed as weeds but they have properties that serve as a diuretic. Dandelions can also be used to help with Eczema, Arthritis and the leaves are known to help regulate blood sugar levels - Rosemary: This lovey plant is antibacterial and anti-fungal. It improves circulation to the brain and studies have shown that it helps to reduce a risk of Alzheimer’s disease due to the carnosic acid contained in these plants - Lavender: This plant is known for its calming fragrance but it also has anti-inflammatory properties and anti-septic properties. In ancient Rome, and the Middle East this plant was used as an antiseptic. Lavender is also known to treat anxiety, migraines and insomnia. - Sweet Basil: This plant is an effective insect repellent. Ancient Romans used Sweet Basil to stimulate breast milk production . Today a variety called Holy Basil is widely used in India to treat stress, diabetes, asthama and have even been used for their anticancer properties. - Sunflower: A tea made from the leaves of a sunflower can be used as a diuretic and used to reduce fever. Sunflowers have been used to treat cough and colds. Sunflower can be used to extract toxins from the soil and was used in Russia after the Chernobyl disaster to help clean up the soil. Interesting fact: Frescos dating to 1500 BC found on a Greek island are said to depict a goddess cultivating saffron for medicinal use Please Note: Always consult a medical professional before taking any medications or herbal remedies. Written by Harri K NLP, Hypnosis & Reiki Practitioner & Life Coach
William Starling Burgess was born on December 25, 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts and died in 1947 in Hoboken. He was an American yacht, air plane and car designer. He and two partners founded the company Burgess Co. in 1911 to build land and seaplanes. He sold the company and in 1922 founded the company Burgess, Swasey & Paine in Boston with partners. This design company closed in 1926 and Burgess moved to Burgess & Morgan, Ltd. as a partner. From 1935, he worked as a freelance yacht designer and in 1942 as a civil engineer at the aeronautics department of the Marines. In 1946 he ended up at the Stevens Institute of Technology. According to research by Mike Parker, he drafted a font for Lanston Monotype in 1904 that formed the basis of Times New Roman.
Hi, I purchased Peter Harrison's wonderful book Linux Home Networking II to get my personal Web site on my Linux box working. First, some background and I'll try to make it brief: my computer running Red Hat Linux 9 with Apache 2.0 is one of a bunch of computers that are behind a firewalled Linksys router connected to a cable modem. My cable ISP gives me a static IP address as the outside address for my whole network, and I have purchased a fully-qualified domain name from another company that I have linked to my IP address. I also use port forwarding to direct any requests to my Web server to port 80 on my Linux computer. My Web pages are located in my Linux machine's /var/www/html directory, and after setting everything up following the instructions in Peter's book I have had no trouble in accessing my main site from outside the network. Specifically, my domain name is McCorduck.ws and pointing a browser to http://McCorduck.ws always brings up the index.html file in the above directory. (I thought I also set it up so that my site ought to accept inquiries to http://www.McCorduck.ws; that doesn't work yet, but that's not something I'm too worried about now.) This index.html file redirects to another page which has sound and graphics, and again there are never any problems calling up this page or any of its elements. Under the /var/www/html directory I have a subdirectory named "football" with its own index.html file, intending this to be something like a separate site. When I try to access this "site," however (specifically, when I point a browser to http://McCorduck.ws/football), I can never connect. If I give the address as http://McCorduck.ws/football/index.html or if try to access any of the other pages of this site, though, it does work. Interestingly, on the page that my main index.html pages redirects to, I have a link to this other "site" which I give as "http://McCorduck.ws/football". But when I click on it, I get a "cannot find server" error message, or, tellingly, if I'm using the Opera browser I get an error window reading "Could not locate remote server" and titled "http://localhost.localdomain/football/". Now my Linux machine originally had the default hostname "localhost" and domain name "localdomain," but I had since changed them using the "localhost -v" and "domainname -v" commands and put the new names in my zone files as directed in the Home Networking book. Also interestingly, though, when my Linux computer goes through its initial bootup process, I see it still gives the name and domain of the computer as "localhost.localdomain" but when it gets to the Red Hat login screen, it always says "Welcome to edsgate.mccorduck.ws", i.e. with the name of both the computer (edsgate) and my domain (mccorduck.ws) that I had changed it to. In trying to resolve this problem, I came upon the section "File Permissions and Apache" on p. 97 of Linux Home Networking II. It seemed to be addressing my problem, so I tried the script on p. 158 that Peter refers to. I wasn't sure where to save the script, but from the indications I put it in the /tmp directory. When I ran it, however, I got the error message "bash: ./fix-www-perms.sh: Permission denied". I created the file as root and I got this message both when I tried to run it as root and also as my regular user name, my reasoning being that some of the Web pages I have in /var/www/html were created by this user (indeed, I'm not sure, but I may have originally created the whole "football" directory as this user, but I've since changed its ownership back to root). I also tried substituting what look to me like grave accents around "find $1" in the first line of the script with single quotation marks, but that made no difference. Any help or advice for this problem would be appreciated. Peter, especially, if you monitor these forums, please let me know what you think. Thanks in advance. Department of English State University of New York College at Cortland
Gainesville Eye Associates is an eye clinic that provides LASIK and other forms of eye surgeries to improve vision. The eye is a very complex structure that works nonstop. The retina constantly strains and readjusts in order to be able to make out its surroundings. This includes making out the details of someone’s face, reading small print or trying to make out an image in the presence of a glare. Some people are fortunate and are able to retain 20/20 vision their whole life. Others, however, begin to experience common conditions like nearsightedness, farsightedness or myopia. Whatever the case may be, if you are experiencing loss of vision or any other condition affecting your sight, then you might want to consider visiting Gainesville Eye Associates. The Gainesville Eye Center is a Georgia Eye Clinic where patients can go and have their eyes examined by one of the center’s optometrists. An initial examination will be done to test your eye health and prescribe a solution. The Georgia eye center currently provides the following services: • LASIK – LASIK vision correction is a form of corrective laser eye surgery designed to restore vision to those suffering from common eye problems like astigmatism, nearsightedness and farsightedness. An excimer laser is used to carefully reshape the structure of the cornea. • Eye lift surgery – Also known as blepharoplasty, eyelid surgery is a common procedure done to remove excess fatty tissue around the eyes. While this is primarily done to improve vision, many also undergo the surgery purely for cosmetic purposes. • Laser cataract surgery – Cataract is a condition that causes the lens in the eye to become clouded. With cataract surgery, the lens is removed and new artificial lens are inserted in their place. The procedure is similar to LASIK and is performed using a computer-controlled laser. • Botox – Gainesville Eye Associates also performs treatment in areas surrounding the eyes. Botox is a safe procedure that removes the wrinkles surrounding the eyes. Wrinkles in this area are common as people age and is caused by constant muscle contraction in the area. • Latisse – Some surgical procedures are completely cosmetic. Latisse is a FDA-approved treatment for producing fuller and longer eyelashes. The procedure gives you more thickness, volume and darker eyelashes within as little as eight weeks. Gainseville Eye Associates has clinics in Georgia and North Carolina. You can schedule an appointment with any one of the clinics nearest your residence. The first visit normally consists of a basic examination from an eye care provider. This is useful for diagnosing problems and detecting conditions that you might not even know you had. The examination will also determine whether you are eligible for certain types of surgeries. Some people who are interested in LASIK, for example, may have pre-existing conditions or disease in the eye that disqualifies them from having the procedure done on them. Vision is the primary sense that humans rely on; it is also one that we often take for granted until loss of vision begins to occur. Gainesville Eye Associates is a center you can count on for professional service and treatment using the latest state-of-the-art technology. For more infomation please visit http://www.gainesvilleeye.com/ ListFree.org: Embedded data. \|Contact us at :\| \|Issued By:\|\|GainesvilleEye Associates\| \|Street:\|\|2061 Beverly Road, Gainesville, GA. 30501 USA\| \|Tags:\|\|gainesville eye associates, gainesville eye center, georgia eye clinic, laser cataract surgery\|
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By clicking on CONTINUE you confirm that you are 18 years and over. Note: to turn off these warnings you need to set the 'safe mode' to OFF (on the top right) Battle of the Golden Spurs, also called Battle Of Courtrai, or Battle Of Kortrijk, (July 11, 1302), military engagement on the outskirts of Kortrijk in Flanders (now in Belgium) in which an untrained Flemish infantry militia, consisting mainly of members of the craft guilds (notably that of the weavers) defeated a professional force of French and patrician Flemish cavalry, thus checking the growth of French control over the area. It is so named for the spurs supposedly taken from the vanquished. The towns of Flanders rebelled against the occupying French army and besieged the French garrison at Courtrai castle. France then sent a relief army. The ill-armed militia prevailed over the mounted force by making its stand on a patch of ground surrounded by streams and moats, thus frustrating any attempt at a rapid cavalry charge; the marshy terrain also impeded other efforts of the horsemen \|Liveleak on Facebook\|
The phrase ‘pork-barrel politics’ may not be widely used, but the practice is one that all Indians are familiar with. Pampering a certain group, usually one’s own constituents, in order to curry favour with the electorate is accepted as part of common political practice. Now, civil aviation minister Ajit Singh wants Meerut to be developed as a back-up airport to Delhi. Currently, there are no scheduled flights to the Uttar Pradesh city, which has an airstrip owned by the state government. Before this, former chief minister Mayawati had pushed for an international airport in Greater Noida, also just outside the national capital. Meanwhile, the state tourism department wants an international airport set up in Agra, home to the Taj Mahal. Given that the state ruling party is a rival of the aviation minister’s grouping, getting Meerut on flight schedules may not be all that easy.
Washington, DC (WVLT) – We're learning more about the last seconds inside the cockpit of Comair Flight 5191, as it crashed into the ground in Lexington, Kentucky in august killing 49 of 50 people on board. Around 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, the transcript of the cockpit voice recorder was released. It shows the last conversation between Pilot Jeffrey Clay and the only survivor, First Officer James Polehinke. The transcript says that seconds before the nation's deadliest airline crash in five years, First officer Polehinke noted that it was "weird" that the Lexington, Kentucky runway had no lights. According to the transcript, Clay says, "thrust set", Polehinke responds "that is weird, with no lights", possibly a reference to the lack of lights on the runway. Clay agrees saying "yeah". Then some technical terms for air speed, and "vee one" which means the plane has reached velocity for takeoff. As the plane begins to lift off, Clay can be heard saying "whoa". Two seconds later, the sound of impact. The NTSB has confirmed that the plane took off on the wrong runway. 5:44 a.m. – Cockpit Recording “I guess, when I’m, I’m deciding on making a major decision. If it doesn’t feel right in my gut or if I don’t have a little voice, if it starts talking to me; and I’m like, I need to reevaluate.” 5:55 a.m. – Public Address Announcement “Ladies and gentlemen from the flight deck, [I would] like to take this time to welcome you also onboard Comair flight 5191, direct flight to Atlanta. We will be cruising at 27,000 feet this morning. And once we do get in the air, it looks like one hour and seven minutes en route. “Hopefully, you can catch a nap going into Atlanta. It’s our pleasure having you all on board.” 6:00 am. – Cockpit Recording "Both kids were sick, well, they all got colds. It was an interesting dinner last night." 6:04 a.m. – Public Address Announcement "And, folks, one time from the flight deck, we would like to welcome you on board. We will be underway momentarily. Sit back, relax and enjoy the flight. Kelly, when you have a chance, please prepare the cabin." Clay: "Thrust Set" Polehinke: "That's weird, with no lights." Pilot 1: "100 Knots." Pilot 2: "Check." Pilot 1: "Vee one." Pilot 2: "Rotate." 6:06:33 a.m. – Sound of impact. Also released today, audio communications of the pilots with the control tower. We'll have those on VolunteerTV.com as they become available. We have a crew in Washington, DC following the latest developments on this story. Stay with VolunteerTV.com and WVLT for the latest information as it becomes available.
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Through our physical practice of yoga we begin to better understand the biomechanics and energetics of our body. Over time practice may build strength, stamina, stability and flexibility in our bodies. Unfortunately, we are not always taught how to do certain postures, or even categories of postures, in a way that helps us stabilize and strengthen. Without this awareness we often find ways of compensating, which I like to call “yoga cheating”; we use release valves which are compensatory mechanisms in our bodies that kick in when we are unable to stabilize a part of the body. This is the result of excess mobility (hyper flexibility) or restriction (being stiff and tight), habitual movement patterns, or a lack of understanding and attention, according to Gary Kraftsaw, a leading therapeutic yoga teacher. In our modern postural approach to yoga there is a form-function problem: we get really attached to achieving the form of the fancy postures, but this does not necessarily mean that we are achieving its function, states Kraftsaw. With form focus we may actually miss the potential benefits or even neglect to see the potential harm of the posture. It was only when I started studying with my teacher, Rod Stryker, that this reality hit home. One of the first of many things I learned about my lumbar spine at my initial ParaYoga training was the fact that it was weak and that most of us have weak lower backs. It was the first day of the training module which focused on sequencing, when Rod made the observation about our weak lower backs after observing us in our first practice. It was the forward folds that gave it away. Not only was Rod shocked, but so were most of us! Many people in the training had been teaching for years. So how could it be that most of us were so weak in our lower backs? Rod took the next 30 minutes using one of the participants to demonstrate the point and provide us with proper explanation of how to safely move in and out of forward folds in a way that strengthens. The issue is that many of us were taught to do forward folds in the “swan dive” manner, locking up the knees, compressing the lumbar spine and let the chin lead us forward. This results in many of us looking up the lumbar curve (which is a backbend) as we forward fold. Coming up from the fold we then use some variation of a rag-doll or roll-up, which does not build strength or stability in the posture. Strengthening our lumbar spine The trick to folding forward is that the knees must be out of a locked position, the tailbone stays in the body rather than lifting up (which creates an arch in the lumbar spine for most of us), the chin must stay slightly down - as if holding a tennis ball to the throat - and the torso and spine stay long (don’t collapse the chest into the abdomen). To come out of the fold, the knees are not locked, the chest pulls away from the thighs lengthening the torso and back, the tail draws deeper into the body as we come up to standing. Beginners or those needing to build strength in the lower back can run their fingers down their legs coming into the fold and up their legs coming out of the fold, moving in and out of it dynamically before holding for a few breaths. There are two poses that we emphasize in ParaYoga to build strength in our lower back: Chair pose with dynamic movement in and out - inhale: arms up, exhale: sink into the chair position and fold forward letting the arms and head release, inhale: pull back into the chair and all the way back up to standing, repeat. Hold in the chair position for a few breaths after a few dynamic rounds to complete the series. Simple locust pose - lying in prone position (face down), hand resting at the lower back/sacrum area and arms relaxed, inhale: lengthen through the belly to lift the chest off the mat keeping the chin slightly tucked, exhale: release back down, turn the head to one side, repeat turning the head in the opposite direction on the next exhale. After a few dynamic rounds hold the pose for a few even breaths, then relax. You may want to include lifting the legs as well as a variation. When I incorporated these poses into my practice using dynamic entry and then holding, it was only a matter of weeks before my lower back was strong. I teach these poses in virtually every class and see how student’s backs strengthen quickly. Warning: these poses feel like a lot of work initially, but that only demonstrates that they are strengthening. The subtle anatomy of the lumbar We’ve discussed the form aspect of forward folds to explore how a weak lumbar spine can be identified and then strengthened. The biomechanics of a strong and stable lumbar are related to and support the more subtle aspects of this part of our anatomy. The subtle anatomy of yoga gives us an entirely different view of our worldly experience and reality. In the area of the lower lumbar and sacrum we have svadhastana chakra. This energy centre is associated with our individuation, our “I’ness”, and how we signify and identify ourselves in the world as separate and unique from others. It is also related to our attachments and emotional issues. While working with the physical side of yoga we are also impacting this subtle side. Svadhisthana is known as “her resting place” or “her abode”, meaning that this is where our dormant potentiality is resting, waiting to be awakened. This may sound esoteric to many, but once we journey deeper and connect to our subtle body these layers of our existence are clearer. There more subtle yoga techniques that connect us to the subtle body more readily, but the physical practice plays a definite role. The great mudra, Maha Mudra, where the spine is lengthened with all of its natural curves perfectly lined up, is one technique that bring us into the pycho-spiritual level of being. When we hold this mudra we normally begin to feel a tremendous amount of heat building in the lumbar region. While some of this sensation is due to the physical position of the body and spine, a significant portion of this heat is the result of the breaking up of a psychic knot (granthi) in that area. This is the stuff transformation. The lumbar spine is of importance structurally, but no less so on a more subtle energetic level.
In the early ’90s, just as it appeared the only skill a child would every need was eye-hand coordination for video games, a revolution was erupting amidst the old board games we used to play: Monopoly, Parcheesi, Chutes and Ladders… The spearhead was Klaus Teuber, a German dental prosthetics craftsman, who invented The Settlers of Catan. Instead of rolling dice, turning cards or spinning a wheel and then moving, the games that Teuber (and others) created had a completely different “mechanic.” Suddenly, playr decisions were being made before any dice rolled (if, indeed, dice hadn’t been eliminate altogether). Other designers produced even more mechanics, from auctions (Ra) to area control (Louis XIV) to picking out cities for a postal route (Thurn and Taxis). The Settlers of Catan won Germany’s Game of the Year (1995) and, thanks to some visionary game retailers, leaped the Atlantic at about t time we discovered the Internet. “Euros”—most of these games are designd by Europeans—had arrived. Euros are multiplayer strategy games that allow players to assume roles as diverse as island builders (Puerto Rico), electrical company plant operators (Power Grid) or pirates (Cartagena)—to name three of hundreds. Most are designed to be played in an hour, more or less, and to be played by families (age range is typically 10-plus). Log on to www.boardgamegeek.com(and click on “Games” at the top) for a look. The popularity is ranked by site members; the first 24 listed are all Euros released within the past 12 years or so. (Boardgamegeek is not a purchasing site, but it has links and ads that will lead you to shopping carts). The next time the grandchildren visit, pull a Euro off the shelf and supplement their video game eye-hand workout with a little brain workout. (Doesn’t do us any harm, either.) Courtesy the May-June issue of GRAND Magazine, “Beyond Monopoly” in Grand Central.
Some jargon clarification Some of you might be wondering what a down-payment is; not because you are unfamiliar with the concept, but because you call it something else. Some people refer to a down-payment as a prepayment, a security, or a deposit. Essentially, a down-payment is money that you design client gives to you prior to completing any work. Many organizations and companies use the concept of a down-payment; i.e. when buying a house, taking out a loan, or hiring a lawyer for example. Throughout the article I might refer to a down-payment as any of the above terms. Just know, it all means the same thing. Why charge a down-payment? There are a few good reasons why you might decide to adopt the tradition of charging your design clients a down-payment prior to completing any work (and I’s also love to hear your suggestions and additions to the following suggestions): DOWN-PAYMENTS KEEP BOTH PARTIES HONEST A down-payment is a way for your client to say “We trust you with the project and plan to see it through to the end”. It makes it more difficult to bail out after work has been completed and keeps both you and your client working hard toward the final goal of project completion. DOWN-PAYMENTS MOTIVATE EACH PARTY In addition to keeping you and your client honest with one another, down-payments motivate each of you to complete your portions of the project on time and correctly. Ideally, you will create a contract that both you and your client sign that explains what each of you will do and when. The condition of this contract should be the retaining of the down-payment. DOWN-PAYMENTS ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIP OF TRUST A down-payment can be a great way to establish a relationship of trust with your client. They are offering their trust to you by paying you for work you haven’t even completed yet. Imagine what kind of trust that requires, especially depending on the price of the down-payment. Paying someone hundreds or thousands of dollars prior to completion of a project shows trust and confidence that the project will be completed quickly and well. DOWN-PAYMENTS ENABLE YOU TO MAKE PROJECT-RELATED PURCHASES Another issue you frequently face as a designer is dealing with project-related costs. Whether you need to purchase hosting for your client’s web site, print mock-ups, or simply pay rent on your office, down-payments can keep you in business so you can complete the project for your client without going in to tremendous debt. A word of warning, however: do not spend your deposits right away. If you spend your deposits on rent, for example, and then your client falls through, contract terms are breached, or you cannot withhold your end of the bargain, you’ll need to return the deposit. If you’ve already spent it, you might be up a creek without a paddle. The real question: Do designers DESERVE down-payments? Great, we’re starting to understand why you might consider requiring down-payments from your design clients. But let’s get down to the issue at hand: do designers really deserve down-payments? Is it really something you can pull-off successfully as a designer to charge your clients half the total estimated project cost before you even do anything for them? Some would argue that charging a down-payment on design work is a little excessive. After all, most times you only charge a down-payment on something huge, like a house, a car, an office building, right? Depending on the scope of your project, actually, a down-payment could be a perfect solution for you. You are a hard-working designer with a very busy schedule. You deserve to know that your clients are serious about their projects and will pay when the time comes. For you, time is money and if you work countless hours on a project and then receive no pay for your work, you have been degraded and treated poorly. As a designer, of course you deserve a down-payment from your clients! I am curious to see how you feel about down-payments and whether or not designers should charge their clients a deposit. Feel free to add your agreements, disagreements, etc. in the comments on this article. I think the discussion on this topic can really be quite interesting. How to go about obtaining a good down-payment Now that we have established the fact that you deserve to charge a down-payment to your clients, let’s explore the best way to go about doing it. After all, some of you might be an independent freelance designer just starting out. Why should your clients trust you at all? The solution? A good, solid contract. You’ve heard me preach frequently about the importance of contracts when working with clients. If you aren’t using a contract in your design business, you are running the risk of not getting paid, being sued, getting paid too little, getting paid late, or doing way more work than originally intended without any increase in pay. Frankly, if you are working as a designer and don’t have a standard agreement and contract procedure, you’re crazy. (By the way, I love to chat with designers about their contracts and other aspects of their design business. Feel free to drop me a line about any contract questions you have, concerns you face, or suggestions you have. I’d love to chat with you.) Anyway, your contract or terms of agreement should include how much your down-payment is, when it is due, what happens if it doesn’t get paid and other important details. It is also important to explain to your client why you require a deposit. Help them understand some of the points we have discussed today and you’ll be well on your way to getting paid what you deserve as a hard-working designer. Do you think designers deserve down-payments? Add your thoughts. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the matter so feel free to discuss how you go about getting a decent down-payment, any success stories or tips you might have, and questions or concerns you need resolved. I’m excited to hear your thoughts and comments. Thanks for sharing.
The Geological Museum of Apeiranthos was established in 1964; at the beginning it was housed in the elementary school of the village. The museum closed in the period of the dictatorship of 1967 and reopened in 1987, thanks to the efforts of Manolis Glezos, the famous partisan of the World War II, who had also donated to the museum his collection of rocks and fossils. Ever since the museum keeps operating and attracts the interest of numerous visitors, since it is one of the richest geological museums in Greece. Of course, the commonest rock displayed is the local emery, a dark and hard rock whose exploitation has offered prosperity and affluence to the island for a long time. There are also displayed samples of various rocks and ore coming both from Naxos and from other islands of Cyclades. Thus, the visitor will see beautiful marble from Naxos and Paros, sharp obsidian blades coming from Melos and volcanic material from Santorini. The museum has also samples from volcanic rocks coming from Aetna and Vesuvius, bauxite and other ore from Brazil and small pieces of meteoric stones. Thanks to the special equipment available, the museum offers to the visitors the chance of enjoying the nice colors of some stones, invisible with naked eye. Finally, one of the most interesting and important exhibits are certainly the fossil bones of the dwarf-elephant which lived on the island of Naxos, some 70.000 years ago.
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Music can influence people's political view mainly because it's immediate. It can draw attention to particular issues and encourages people to learn more about them. Probably people would have learned about the same issues reading a book or watching a tv program, but those kind of books and tv shows are often addressed to a specific audience already interested on those matters. On the other hand, anyone can turn on the radio, hear a random song about politics or social issues, become interested in those problems and then learn more about them. Since American Idiot has already been mentioned, I'll try to make another example: there's a famous Italian song that denounces the compliance between State and mafia, and this line "And what does the State do? It's sorrowful, indignant, does its best, then throws in the towel with dignity" perfectly describes politicians attitude towards the whole mafia thing. At first I didn't really get what the songwriter was trying to say, then I payed attention to the way politicians deal with such a problem: officially they condemn it but at the same time they don't really do anything to effectively stop mafia affiliates' activities, they seem to consider it a secondary problem of this country. In short it basically encouraged me to be more critical, to not trust everything politicians say and to be more informed on the matter.
Perennials offer a plethora of benefits to gardeners and landscapers. Chief among them is the fact that they don’t need to be planted every year, saving both time and money. Perennials also offer a huge variety of flower colors and shapes, as well as an infinite number of foliage colors and textures. So what then, are the disadvantages? There aren’t many, but the primary one is gardeners need to be patient, since many perennials do not bloom the first year, and may take up to three growing seasons to reach their full potential. It also means they often aren’t in bloom in the spring when consumers are making their plant purchases, so they can be overlooked at retail. Steve Jones, president of Green Fuse Botanicals in Santa Paula, Calif., has targeted the company’s breeding efforts toward solving this problem. The company’s new line, First Light perennials, blooms the first year because they do not require vernalization. “I was making a presentation to a key retail merchandiser and mentioned a couple of perennials we offered,” Jones says. “He asked if they could be produced for his summer program when there is great demand for perennials but few that will flower without cold treatment and throughout the summer. This started my search for perennial plant lines that would fit this criteria. First Light perennials can be sold in the spring with other perennials, and spring-planted crops can be sold in the summer.” While the benefits to retailers and consumers are obvious, growers will like the speed to finish. “The main production advantages for growers are that they are fast, faster, fastest to finish,” Jones says. “We also want plants to be compact enough for quart and 4-quart containers.” Jones recommends growers consult Green Fuse’s culture sheets for production guidelines because the company offers an assortment of varieties. Perennials have much steeper cutting demand peaks, so he advises against late ordering of cuttings. Picking Perennials For The Program Perennials with the potential to be included in the First Light line are chosen carefully. “Our first goal is to find the right look. Then we work on the plant’s characteristics with the breeder. My first goal is to have beautiful plants for my customer,” Jones says. He adds that some perennials don’t possess the qualities for which his breeders are looking. “In some cases, we have to skip major perennial classes,” he says. “We do extensive trialing in our greenhouses in Santa Paula to evaluate whether the plant will have the look we want. We can also test disease pressure at that site. Our relationship with Michell’s, our distribution company in the U.S., allows us testing grounds in a variety of USDA cold hardiness zones. We use all this information to make our picks.” Meeting Consumer’s Demands Walters Gardens in Zeeland, Mich., is also breeding perennials that bloom earlier or without vernalization and have a long season of interest. “Even though we are a wholesale company, it is ultimately consumer preference that drives demand for our perennials,” says Susan Martin, director of marketing communications for Walters Gardens. Martin sees other trends as well. “In the interest of being “green” and providing a healthy environment for their families, parents are looking to plant things that thrive naturally in their landscapes,” she says. “They want plants that don’t have to be treated with chemicals to stay healthy, and some have interests in native plants.” New varieties continue to be very popular and keep sales strong at all levels, Martin says. “Our new items are typically the first to sell out, and consumers are looking for them at their local garden centers,” she says. “The more progressive growers and garden centers are seeing sales increases, while those whose inventory remains stagnant are not.” What’s Old Is New Again Martin says today’s consumers are looking for low-maintenance, drought-tolerant, deer- and disease-resistant perennials. In addition, there is an increasing interest in the plants their grandparents grew. “Updated versions of heirloom perennials like lavender, hollyhocks and pinks are popular,” Martin says. “Everything vintage is cool these days, even in the garden, and today’s hybrids are generally lower maintenance and showier bloomers.” With these trends in mind, Martin says Walters looks for gaps where there is room in particular perennial genera with a more limited cultivar selection, such as monarda, baptisia, veronica, hibiscus and leucanthemum. “Aside from all of that, however, we are a company of plant lovers who are always looking for the next cutting-edge new plant,” she says. Like at Green Fuse, once a cultivar is ready for introduction, it has gone through and extensive selection and trialing process. Some varieties are marketed under the Walters name. Others are trialed and sold under the Proven Winners Perennials brand. “It generally takes us four to 15 years to hybridize, trial, produce and introduce a new perennial,” Martin says. Once the crosses have been made and the seedlings grown out, they go through an extensive trialing process. Stages of trialing include selecting the best seedlings from the batch of potentially hundreds, or even thousands, of plants and testing them against our own hybrids and other named varieties. We also test them in production before they are introduced. By the time we advertise our new varieties in our catalog, we are confident that they are solid, marketable plants. Our overall focus is to produce new varieties with which our customers and consumers will be successful.”
The highly trained technicians at Jiffy Lube tend to about 24 million customers each year with services such as the Jiffy Lube Signature Service Oil-Change, which helps promote the longevity of each vehicle. Staffers acknowledge that oil plays a crucial role in maximizing the lifespan of each car?it cools the motor and helps prevent moving parts from deteriorating. More than 20,000 technicians who have completed an extensive training program certified by the National Institute Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) service vehicles at Jiffy Lube. In addition to performing oil changes, technicians perform preventative services such as air-filtration, among others, as well as state emissions inspections. Jiffy Lube?s quality pledge includes a commitment to transparency, which stipulates that they will inform car owners of any necessary services, complete a service only after it has been approved, and refuse to replace windshields with saran wrap. Since its inception more than 30 years ago, Just Brakes has expanded from one auto shop to more than 160 outposts across eight states. At every location, ASE-certified technicians maintain vehicle safety with the standard brake service including a lifetime warranty on parts, labor and platonic love. Though their specialty is brakes, the techs also perform routine maintenance and repairs such as oil changes, factory maintenance services, batteries, belt replacement, and fluid services. The Peveto family's name became synonymous with stopping power when John Peveto II opened his first Brake Check shop in 1968. More than 40 years and 40 shops later, the family still helps cars stop (and go) with brake-pad inspections, wheel alignments, battery replacements, and oil changes. With convenience in mind, each shop opens its work bays seven days a week, offers online appointments, and backs up several of their services with lifetime warranties that are then backed up by other even more muscular warranties.:m]]
Dr. Vernon Barnes Vernon A. Barnes, PhD Phone: (706) 721-2195 Education and Training My present research interests involves examining the impact of interventions in the areas of behavior and complementary and alternative medicine. I have over 15 years of experience conducting interventions to evaluate the effectiveness of stress reduction in treatment of elevated blood pressure and associated pre-clinical markers of cardiovascular disease in youth and adolescents. I have received funding as principal investigator from the American Heart Association, the NIH NHLBI and the Georgia Health Sciences University. Contributed to studies with mind-body medicine: Studies on childhood obesity: Co-Investigator (Current) “Effectiveness of AVAPRO in the treatment of salt sensitivity in young African Americans” NHLBI. 5P01HL069999-07. PI: Harshfield Co-Investigator (Current) “Epigenetic basis of obesity induced cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.” NHLBI. 1R01HL105689-01 PI: Wang Barnes, V.A., Kapuku, G., and Treiber, F.A. Impact of Transcendental Meditation� on Left Ventricular Mass in African American Adolescents. eCAM. 2012. article ID 923153. doi:10.1155/2012/923153. 6 pages. Barnes VA, Orme-Johnson DA. Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease in Adolescents and Adults through the Transcendental Meditation Program�: A Research Review Update. Current Hypertension Reviews 20128(3). 8(3) 227-242. Barnes VA, Johnson MH, Williams RB, et al. Impact of Williams Lifeskills Training on Anger, Anxiety and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Adolescents. Translational Behav Med.2012. DOI: 10.1007/s13142-012-0162-3. Barnes VA, Gregoski MJ, Tingen M, & Treiber FA. Family Environmental Influences of Meditation Efficacy On Hemodynamic Function Among African American Adolescents. Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. 2010. Vol 7, issue 1, article 25. Barnes VA, Treiber FA, Musante L, Turner JR, Davis H, Strong WB. Ethnicity and socioeconomic status: Impact on cardiovascular activity at rest and during stress in youth with a family history of hypertension. Ethnicity and Disease, 10(1):4-16, 2000. 2008 - Society of Behavioral Medicine Complementary and Alternative Medicine Special Interest Group Investigator Research Award
A news ticker on a Pakistani TV channel last week left me in some grief, especially the part of my Khushwant Singh-inspired irreverent side, over the loss of a great icon. To my lasting regret, I never got to see in person the man I most admired for indulging a “freehand” almost as if he wanted to provoke a reaction, which of course, he did. Being a self-proclaimed agnostic, he couldn’t fathom the dependence of people on faith, and yet, not only painstakingly authored A History of the Sikhs, but also had Kalima - the Muslim article of faith - displayed in bold Arabic inscription at his residence. A B S Jafri, one of the pre-eminent journalists of the Partition era, and my mentor in his last years, related an anecdote about this interesting side of Khushwant. Jafri recalled: “When I went to meet him, I saw this big inscription cast in iron - Allah in Arabic - hanging over the head of where Khushwant was seated. Taken by surprise, I just said, by way of astonishment, ‘this is huge’.” “A smile parted Khushwant’s lips and he pulled out the top drawer of the table in front of him, saying: “Here is the miniature replica.” My love of all things Khushwant goes back slightly over two decades. The rites of passage were initiated as a student in New Delhi when Portrait of a lady — Singh’s account of his grandmother, and part of the English course - brought home a certain profoundness. But from my time as a freshman, I rarely missed his syndicated column With Malice Towards One & All - with the signature logo (crafted by famed illustrator Mario de Miranda) depicting the Sardarji ensconced in the light bulb. The light may have switched off just one short of a magnificent century, but Mario has to be credited a decent percentage for the instant seduction! In Pakistan, I was drawn to his writing basically for two reasons: one, his irreverence to everything that most people clung to for dear life and; two, his trademark wit. It was a lethal combination. He was a born raconteur, an indulgent name-dropper, who habitually delighted in rubbing the authority the wrong way. Few people made an impact like him with a vocabulary that even school-going kids could relate to. In a manner of speaking, he made simplicity the cornerstone of how a life ought to be lived and related to. And so it became a hobby to collect the Singh-edited issues of The Illustrated Weekly of India from wherever one could lay one’s hands on. One has read almost all of his published oeuvre, including the ones with lesser métier like the series of Khushwant’s Joke Book. Because he was unabashedly vocal about his risque side, it was all taken in good spirit. At least, one hasn’t seen a celebrity loved so much more by women despite the obvious case of “wobbly knees” not entirely down to old age! Consider this: When Fatima Bhutto, the niece of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, went to India to promote her controversial memoir Songs of Blood and Sword in 2010, like elsewhere, Khushwant Singh, too, felt constrained to rave about her looks like a smitten teen crush. Describing her as a “stunner”, he also had an eye for detail well past his age of 95: “the pinhead of a diamond sparkling on the left side of her nose and her long jet-black curly hair falling on her shoulders.” The only difference was that while every foreign writer, who was swayed by Ms Bhutto’s “good looks” in their reviews in the foreign press got a roasting in Pakistan for not being able to see beyond beauty, not a word was uttered for Khushwant. That’s the measure of the man, loved for his free spirit and therefore, seen in a different light - like the Sardarji in the light bulb. Pakistan and Khushwant Singh go back a long way, of course. He was born in Hadali in what became the independent state of Pakistan in 1947 and studied law at the prestigious Government College Lahore. Very few people may know that Khushwant was invited by Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan’s founder, to become a judge after independence, but he chose to pursue a career in the UK. His seminal account Train to Pakistan was first published under a different title (Mano Majra), but it sold well only after the initial title was changed. But it is obvious that he had a soft corner for Pakistan — the few things that melted him was any mention of his birthplace and he would often inquire from Pakistani visitors about it. It is a well-known fact that you could not meet Khushwant without prior appointment and breaching the familiar “Please-do-not-ring-the-bell-unless-you-are-expected” sign at his Sujan Singh Park residence was next to impossible, but when a friend took a chance, in person, last year — after years of failed networking — he was rewarded because he had come all the way from Pakistan. “I am a Pakistani first. Whenever I have gone to Pakistan I always felt that I am home,” is how effusively Khushwant Singh gave his heart to the visitor before asking this friend not to insist on taking him to Pakistan “because then I won’t return” . In a touching gesture, his son Rahul Singh has saved some of his father’s ashes after one regular Pakistani visitor to the Sujan Singh Park residence and friend pleaded that he wanted to bury them at Khushwant Singh’s birthplace in Pakistan. Perhaps, the most loved Indian in Pakistan, suffice it to say, he will be equally missed in Pakistan as in India. ♦ The writer has lived and studied both in Pakistan and India. He is Features Editor.
Could this be the future of Sears Holdings (SHLD) under Eddie Lampert? Maybe; maybe not. But it was certainly the case for Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)(BRK.B). Unless you’re a history buff or a dedicated Buffett disciple, you might not have known that Berkshire Hathaway was not always an insurance and investment conglomerate. It was a textile mill, and not a particularly profitable one. It was, however, a cash cow. And after buying the company in 1964, Buffett used the cash that the declining textile business threw off to make many of the investments he is now famous for, starting with insurance company Geico. So, when hedge fund superstar Eddie Lampert first brought Kmart out of bankruptcy in 2003, the parallels were obvious. With its debts discharged, the retailer would throw off plenty of cash to fund Lampert’s future investments. And even if the retail business continued to struggle, Lampert could — and did — sell off some of the company’s prime real estate to retailers in a better position to use it. Lampert sold 18 stores to the Home Depot (HD) for a combined $271 million in the first year. That Lampert would use Kmart’s pristine balance sheet to purchase Sears, Roebuck, & Co. — itself a struggling retailer — seemed somewhat odd, but his management decisions after the merger seemed to confirm that his strategy was cash cow milking. Lampert continued to talk up the combined retailer’s prospects, of course. But his emphasis was on relentless cost cutting, and he invested only the absolute bare minimum to keep the doors open. Sears Holdings didn’t have to compete with the likes of Home Depot or Wal-Mart (WMT). It just had to stay in business long enough for Lampert to wring out every dollar he could before selling off the company’s assets. The strategy might have played out just fine were it not for the bursting of the housing bubble—which killed demand for the company’s Kenmore appliances and Craftsman tools—and the onset of the worst recession in decades. With retail sales in the toilet (and looking to stay there for a while), there was little demand among competing retailers for the company’s real estate assets. It’s fair to blame Lampert for making what was, in effect, a major real estate investment near the peak of the biggest real estate bubble in American history. But investors frustrated by watching the share price fall by more than 80 percent from its 2007 highs have no one to blame but themselves. Anyone who bought Sears when it traded for nearly $200 per share clearly didn’t do their homework. They instead were hoping to ride Lampert’s coattails while somehow ignoring the value investor’s core principle of maintaining safety by not overpaying for assets. Lampert is a great investor with a great long-term track record, and there is nothing wrong with paying a modest “Lampert premium” for shares of Sears Holdings. If you like Lampert’s investment style but lack the means to invest in his hedge fund, Sears may be the closest you can get. But at $200 per share — or even $100 — the Lampert premium had been blown completely out of proportion. The same is true of Buffett, of course, or of any great investor. As the Sage of Omaha would no doubt agree, there is a price at which Berkshire Hathaway is no longer attractive either. This brings us back to the title of this piece — is Sears the next Berkshire Hathaway? I would answer “yes,” but not necessarily for the reasons you think. Everyone assumes that Buffett’s decision to buy Berkshire Hathaway was a typical Buffett stroke of genius. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, Buffett revealed in an interview last year that Berkshire Hathaway was the worst trade of his career. If you cannot view the video above, please follow this link: “Buffett’s Worst Trade“ We've all been there, Warren. But due to a tender offer that Buffett took as a personal insult, he essentially bought a controlling interest in the company so that he could have the pleasure of firing its CEO. And though it might have given him satisfaction at the time, Buffett called the move a “200-billion-dollar mistake.” Why? Because Buffett wasted precious time and capital on a textile mill in terminal decline rather than allocate his funds in something more profitable — in his case, insurance. Berkshire Hathaway will still go down in history as one of the greatest investment success stories in history. But by Buffett’s own admission, he would have had far greater returns over his career had he never touched it. So, in a word, “yes.” Sears probably is the next Berkshire Hathaway. And investors who buy Sears at a reasonable price will most likely enjoy enviable long-term returns as Lampert’s plans are eventually realized. But Mr. Lampert himself will almost certainly come to regret buying the company — if he doesn’t already. About the author: Mr. Sizemore has been a repeat guest on Fox Business News, has been quoted in Barron’s Magazine and the Wall Street Journal, and has been published in many respected financial websites, including MarketWatch, TheStreet.com, InvestorPlace, MSN Money, Seeking Alpha, Stocks, Futures, and Options Magazine and The Daily Reckoning.
This week in Haaretz 1950 / The government tells the country to Hebraicize names A laconic report in Haaretz on March 16, 1950 told of the decision by the prime minister's bureau "not to issue diplomatic or service passports to Israeli government officials if their surnames, and also their first names, are not Hebraicized." A heated discussion lay behind the announcement: to take a Hebrew name or not? It began during the War of Independence, when army headquarters issued an order in July 1948 to "all unit commanders at all levels," ordering them to "change foreign sounding names [the order specified Russian, French, British, etc.] to Hebrew names." In this way they were requested to serve as "a model to their soldiers, who will also change their foreign names to Hebrew ones." It worked on the soldiers and trickled down to people from all walks of life: In the year following the announcement, no fewer than 17,644 people Hebraicized their names, only half of whom were soldiers. Those looking for ideas could find them in "Choose a Hebrew Name," written by the head of the name-change committee, Mr. Mordechai Nimtza-Bi (originally Nimtzavitsky ), and containing suggestions for Hebrew substitutes for the most common foreign names. But among the people who sought to change their names were those with less common ones who made intriguing choices. Someone named Kojak asked to change it to Rashi, to the chagrin of Hechal Rashi in Tel Aviv, which asked that all requests for the moniker of the medieval French rabbi be rejected. There was no legal grounds for the rejection and Kojak got the name he chose. Mahmoud Hassan of Hadera changed his name to Haim Mizrahi. Someone else's new name raised the hackles of several Haaretz readers, including Zeev Ben-Shlomo of Haifa who wrote: "In the 'To the Editors' column of May 18, 1950, a letter appears by T. A. Agnon. I do not know who penned the letter, but the fact that he chose the name of one of our greatest authors is somewhat astounding ... could it happen in France, for example, that a man would assume for himself the name of Balzac, Hugo or Flaubert?" In March 1949, at the height of what he called name changing fever, Haaretz columnist Ron recalled "a story about the late writer K. Silman, who, sometime after the British occupation, lectured to an audience in Jerusalem and preached the changing of names. A man in the audience asked, 'My name is Wildman, how should it be translated into Hebrew?' Silman answered immediately: 'It's simple: Pariadam!!' [literally, wild man in Hebrew]." But as time went on, and the hunger quieted down, people spoke out against the taking of Hebrew names. "For Jews, name changes have always been always accompanied by a very bitter taste," wrote Dr. Walter Moses in Haaretz in August 1952. "It was a phenomenon typical of conscious assimilation. The problem was that name changes entailed more than the individual's assimilation into a foreign people among whom he dwelled. Betrayal of the father was always at the bottom of it. It was a shying away from the father's name due to contempt and hatred," because of what was known as "Jewish anti-Semitism." In Israel too, Moses pointed out, name changes stem from anti-Semitic feeling against names that are "too Jewish, and so must be replaced by Hebrew names." "This chauvinistic purism is a worrying sign of a degeneration into intolerance," he warned, recalling such a period in Germany in the 17th and 19th centuries, in which "barbarian reformers" sought "to Germanize everything," even the names of Greek gods. "In a time of authentic humanism," Moses pleaded, "there is no contradiction between national and international. They are natural poles of the same spirit." When the government calls on people to change their names, he wrote, "it is time to beware of the spirit of madness, which heralds a return to the Middle Ages." Another prominent opponent was then-Education Minister Prof. Ben-Zion Dinburg. "I oppose, in principle, public pressure to change names to Hebrew ones," he announced to the Knesset in July 1952. A short time later, Prof. Dinburg became Prof. Dinur. (Lital Levin )
- Haas Home - Haas Newsroom - Cover Story - Featured Stories - In Brief - Innovation Wizards - Power of Ideas - Connected at Haas - Alumni News - Personal View - About CalBusiness - Past Issues Quality Tops Quantity in Social Networking Prof. Zsolt Katona shows that influence declines as online contacts increase Taylor has 483 Facebook friends. Cameron has 832 LinkedIn connections. And Paige boasts 1,000 Twitter followers. Are these three online devotees more popular than the average social networker? Not necessarily, according to Assistant Marketing Professor Zsolt Katona. Katona and a team of researchers recently found that as the number of one’s online contacts increases, the average influential power of that individual decreases. Their results challenge the approach taken by many marketers who target people with the most online connections. In their paper, “Network Effects and Personal Influences: Diffusion of an Online Social Network,” Katona and co-authors Miklos Sarvary, a marketing professor at INSEAD in France, and Peter Pal Zubcsek, an INSEAD PhD candidate, study influence in a major social network in Europe from its debut in 2003 until 2006. Katona and his co-researchers analyzed how many members joined the same online social network over time, looking at the first 138,964 users. The intent was to study the site before it was advertised or received much media exposure. Consequently, membership grew entirely by word-of-mouth, with members telling friends about the site. The study defined influence by how quickly a person got someone else to sign up as a new friend. On average, the study found that a person with more friends has less influence. Katona says although the study could not determine the intensity of communication between members, members have limited time and therefore, as the number of friends increases, one has less time for each friend. Of course, being able to identify the “influential” customers is a marketer’s dream. Katona found that influence is driven by a “clustering” effect in online social networks. He defined a cluster as a network of friends who actually know each other as opposed to a group who may have friends in common but do not know each other. The more friends know each other, the denser the cluster. Katona found that the strength of relationships between a member's friends – the density of that member's cluster – correlates with the influential power of that member. In other words, influence is all about the relationship among one’s friends – not just the number of friends an individual has. “This finding is important as it shows that beyond sheer network size, strong communities are more relevant for word-of-mouth influence,” says Katona, who noted a few implications for firms. “If a firm wants to introduce a new product or service, the best way to market it is to target influential customers. These customers might influence other’s preferences and tastes, and thus, by learning about them, the firm can design a better product.”
Two Earthquakes, One Tsunami — Habitat For Humanity Responds To A Spate Of Natural Disasters In Asia-Pacific Sumatra Earthquake Is Second Earthquake To Strike Indonesia In A Month; HFH New Zealand Garnering Support For Tsunami Response In Samoa SUMATRA, 8th October 2009: A team from Habitat for Humanity has made an initial assessment of the damage caused by the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck the coast of Padang, in southern Sumatra, Indonesia, and is in the process of developing a response plan. The main shelter intervention will likely build on the “core house” design implemented in Habitat for Humanity Indonesia’s Yogyakarta earthquake project. The model is a 18 sq. m. house with a latrine that will have earthquake-resistant design features and can be expanded in the future using salvaged materials. Other works would include repair and rehabilitation, water and sanitation, debris removal with a cash-for-work component and the distribution of housing materials and construction tools. Habitat has been participating in meetings with government departments and non-governmental organizations involved in the relief activities. The emergency response and coordination is headed by the provincial disaster management department, or Satkorlak, with support from various United Nations agencies. Based on its experiences from past projects, Habitat for Humanity will implement a community-based disaster response plan where village leaders and people are mobilized to carry out reconstruction based on the principle of gotong royong or community self-help. HFH Indonesia operates a resource center in Medan, in the northern part of Sumatra island. HFH Indonesia has extensive experience in rebuilding after disasters. In May 2006, an earthquake struck Yogyakarta, also on Java. HFH Indonesia mobilized communities to build more than 1,100 homes, including 60 houses for the disabled. It also helped build community facilities. In Aceh, Habitat has assisted more than 6,000 families to date since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. West Java, Indonesia: Habitat for Humanity Indonesia began construction under the first phase of its response to the earthquake which hit West Java just over a month ago. The first 200 homes are due to be completed by December. This is part of the first phase with a goal of supporting 1,000 families in badly affected Pangalengan to rebuild homes and schools and, through mitigation programs, to protect their lives and property against future catastrophes. It will also invest in the capacity to assist thousands more through partnerships with local authorities and other non-governmental organizations. The strategy will be to involve communities in the planning and implementation including ensuring that eligible families benefit from Habitat’s permanent housing solutions. Habitat for Humanity is seeking US$1.2 million for the first-phase of a long-term and sustained effort to rebuild homes and lives following the earthquake on 2nd September in West Java, Indonesia. Samoa: New Zealanders responded favorably to Habitat for Humanity New Zealand’s Project Samoa Hope, a shelter response to the Samoan tsunami. “Over 150 people have responded with offers of help, tradespeople who want to assist in some way. Churches are asking us about how we can partner together,” said Pete North, chief executive officer of HFH New Zealand. HFH New Zealand hopes to support the Samoan community in partnership with the New Zealand government and other non-governmental organizations for the repair and construction of emergency and long-term shelter as well as water and sanitation facilities. Latest estimates indicate that over 1,000 families are homeless in the worst affected areas of Samoa following last week’s tsunami. There is a large Samoan population living in New Zealand.
General Information About International Business College Fundamental to the mission of International Business College is the recognition that students have a wide variety of goals relative to career preparation. In keeping with this recognition, International Business College offers programs in a number of career fields leading to credentials ranging from diploma to associate and baccalaureate degrees. These programs are offered in such a way that they can be completed in as short a calendar of time as practical consistent with educational objectives and thorough student preparation. Institutional statistical data was gathered from the U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, 2009-2010. - 4-year, primarily associate's, Private for-profit Special Learning Opportunities - Academic/career counseling service - Employment services for students - Placement services for completers - Institution does not accept dual, credit for life, or AP credits - Not applicable - Eligible students may receive Pell Grants and other federal aid (e.g. Direct Loans). - Less than 1 year certificate - 1-2 years certificate - Associate's degree - Bachelor's degree - City: Midsize Disability Services Student - 3% or Less Admission Total Applicants Full Time Retention Rate 87% Student Demographics Total Enrolled 746 Native American 0.0 Asian 7.0 African American 37.0 Hispanic 27.0 Enrolled FullTime Undergraduates 580 Enrolled FullTime Graduates 0
Foreign Secretary William Hague said the Government will "make representations to the Russian authorities as necessary" after 30 Greenpeace activists and journalists, including six Britons, were charged with piracy following an Arctic oil rig protest. Mr Hague raised the case with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov last week and the UK's ambassador in Moscow discussed the issue with deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov yesterday. The Foreign Secretary said consular officials had met the British nationals who had been arrested and remained in regular contact with them to ensure their welfare. British freelance videographer Kieron Bryan and UK activists Philip Ball, Alexandra Harris, Anthony Perrett, Frank Hewetson and Iain Rogers have been charged over the protest at Russian state oil company Gazprom's platform in the Arctic's Pechora Sea. A group of 28 activists and two journalists were detained when armed Russian officials boarded the Greenpeace vessel the Arctic Sunrise close to the oil rig and brought the ship and crew to the Port of Murmansk, where they are being held. All have now been charged with piracy by Russian state prosecutors - charges which come after the country's president Vladimir Putin said it was clear the activists were not pirates. Mr Hague discussed the situation with Greenpeace UK's executive director John Sauven and said the Government would raise concerns the environmental campaign group had about due process or welfare with the Russian authorities. The Foreign Secretary said: "We would remain in close contact with all other nations whose citizens were involved, and make representations to the Russian authorities as necessary." Mr Sauven said the decision to bring charges of piracy against the activists and freelance journalists was "completely outrageous". He said: "There isn't a shred of evidence to justify holding these activists, let alone charging them with piracy. "Greenpeace, and the thousands of people who support us, will not stand idly by while these peaceful protesters are locked up on these absurd charges. "This Saturday a mass protest will be held outside the Russian embassy in London and the consulate in Edinburgh. "The Russian authorities should be in no doubt that for as long as they imprison our activists and independent freelance journalists, Greenpeace will campaign to have each and every one released." Earlier the parents of Mr Bryan said it was "ludicrous" he had been charged with piracy. Speaking to BBC Breakfast, Andy and Ann Bryan said they were "absolutely stunned" their 29-year-old son had been charged and hoped senior government ministers would intervene. Mr Bryan said: "He's not a Greenpeace activist, he's not an activist, he's not a member of Greenpeace. He's simply employed by them to make a film, just like any other assignment he might have taken as a freelance." Mrs Bryan said: "He was doing his job, earning his living. "It's a ludicrous charge, absolutely ludicrous. How can two people, armed only with a banner and a piece of rope to climb up an oil rig, seize an oil rig?" The couple, from Shebbear in Devon, said they had not been able to speak to their son for more than a week. Mr Bryan's MP, Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman, has written to Mr Hague to ask him to intervene, his father said. Mr Bryan, a film-maker and videographer, previously worked at The Times. He was hired on a short-term contract by Greenpeace to document its work on Russian oil exploration in the Arctic Circle. Greenpeace is campaigning against attempts by companies to extract oil from the waters of the Arctic Ocean, warning that a spill would be highly environmentally damaging, and extraction of more fossil fuels will add to climate change. Gazprom's plans to start drilling from the Prirazlomnaya platform in the first quarter of 2014 raised the risk of an oil spill in an area that contains three nature reserves protected by Russian law, campaigners said. Mr Bryan said his son understood there was an "element of risk" in taking the job but he "couldn't have imagined" the reaction from Russian authorities. "Given what Putin said last week about the fact that they clearly weren't pirates, the announcement that they were being charged with piracy absolutely stunned us," he said. "He understood that there was an element of risk and the Russian authorities would be aware of what they were doing, but certainly he couldn't have imagined ... that this would have been their reaction. "Obviously now the Government are involved and hopefully they will take it forward and make representation. That's what we want really because he clearly should not be there having been charged with that offence." Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo said: "Our activists have been charged with a crime that did not happen, they are accused of an imaginary offence. "There can be no doubt about why the charge of piracy has been brought and the legal hammer wielded. "An effort is under way to intimidate us, but our peaceful passionate campaign against Gazprom and all other Arctic drillers will not be silenced. "A profound injustice is right now being perpetrated against our friends, our brothers and sisters, our sons and daughters who sit in jail. "I call on people across the world to stand with us against Gazprom and all oil companies who want to drill in the Arctic, join us in this fight against bullies of the very worst kind." Mr Sauven said one of the British activists was taken ill before hearing his charges. "As a precaution, he was taken to hospital for examination, but was not required to undergo treatment. Contrary to inaccurate reports, he did not have a heart problem. "We remain in close contact with the activists and expect the Russian authorities to provide any appropriate care where needed." The family of the activist, whom Greenpeace UK is not naming, were aware of the situation, he added. "It is standard procedure for each crew and passenger on a Greenpeace International ship to have undergone a full medical check-up before boarding." Following the meeting with the Foreign Secretary Mr Sauven said: " We specifically discussed what intervention he could make on behalf of the six detainees to improve the conditions they are being kept in and enable them to make direct contact with their families. "The Foreign Secretary assured me that he would discuss these matters with the Russian authorities. "We also explored how Greenpeace and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office could work together to facilitate the release on bail of those being held and we will have further conversations with officials in the coming days. "I thanked the Secretary of State for all the assistance the consulate staff had given to the six detainees in Murmansk."
Big Island's popular Akaka Falls State Park begins charging visitor entry feeby: Catherine E. Toth posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 at 12:32 AM Visitors heading to Akaka Falls State Park on the Big Island’s scenic Hamakua Coast will now have to pay a fee to enter. The Hawaii state Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) recently began charging entry fees for non-residents and commercial tour vehicles entering Akaka Falls State Park. The fee is $5 per car, or $1 per pedestrian walking into the park. Commercial tour vehicles are required to pay based on vehicle capacity. Hawaii residents with a state-issued ID will not have to pay the parking fee. The fees are meant to help offset the shortfalls currently facing the state parks budget, said Dan Quinn, state parks administrator. The charges are part of ongoing DLNR efforts at generating new sources of revenue to help the statewide park system become more self-sufficient. The Hawaii State Park system comprises 53 parks on Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and the Big Island. The state currently charges non-resident fees at three other parks in addition to Akaka Falls State Park: Diamond Head State Monument and Nuuanu Pali State Wayside on Oahu, and Iao Valley State Monument on Maui. The four parks are among the most visited of all of Hawaii’s state-managed parks. Nuuanu Pali was the most recent state park to begin charging visitor entry fees, beginning in March 2010. Akaka Fall State Park is located at the end of Highway 220, also known as Akaka Falls Road, 3.6 miles out of the former sugar plantation town of Honomu on the Big Island’s Hamakua Coast. The park sprawls over 65 acres with two waterfalls — the 100-foot Kahuna Falls and 442-foot Akaka Falls — along a short, 0.4-mile loop hike through a lush rainforest filled with wild orchids, bamboo groves and draping ferns. In a recent poll, HAWAII Magazine Facebook ohana members overwhelmingly voted Akaka Falls their No. 1 favorite Hawaii waterfall. Here’s a list of the four Hawaii state parks with visitor entry fees, and fees currently being charged for each: • Diamond Head State Monument Location: Honolulu, off Diamond Head Road, between Makapuu Avenue and 18th Avenue Hours: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., daily (with limited weekday hours through TK.) Non-resident visitor fees: $5 per car; $1 per person for pedestrians • Nuuanu Pali State Wayside Location: Nuuanu Valley, turn off Pali Highway (Highway 61) onto marked access road Hours: Daylight hours, daily Non-resident visitor fees: $3 per car • Iao Valley State Monument Location: Iao Valley outside Wailuku, end of Iao Valley Road (Highway 32) Hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., daily Non-resident visitor fees: $5 per car • Akaka Falls State Park Location: Honumu, end of Akaka Falls Road (Highway 220) Hours: Daylight hours, daily Non-resident visitor fees: $5 per car; $1 per person for pedestrian For a complete list of parks in the Hawaii State Park system, click here. Photo: Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA)/Tor Johnson Page 1 2 3 4 5 Check out these related HawaiiMagazine.com posts: Fed shutdown closes Hawaii national parks. Here's what's closed. Entrance fees to be waived at three Hawaii national park sites for five days next week Safety concerns prompt Kauai landowner to restrict access to popular Kipu Falls
Southern California Edison is the coal-fired power plant's principal operator and the nation's second largest electric utility based upon its number of customers, 4.2 million, and its assets of some $18 billion. Mohave's other owners include the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, 20 percent, Nevada Power, 14 percent, and the federal Salt River Project, 10 percent. The generating station burns 6 million tons of coal a year, which arrives in a 273-mile pipeline carrying 50 percent water and 50 percent coal. The coal is strip-mined from Peabody Coal Company's Black Mesa mine in Arizona. For the right to mine coal on Navajo land, Peabody pays annual royalties of $16.3 million to the Navajos; the company pays $3.2 million to the Hopis for the right to tap their aquifer for 1 billion gallons of water. In addition, the Black Mesa mine employs 350 people with an average wage and benefit package of $55,000 per year. Mohave burns coal unencumbered by modern pollution controls, except for an electrostatic precipitator to remove large particulates. Now that the Navajo station at Page, Ariz., is on the road to achieving 90 percent control of sulfur dioxide, Mohave remains the largest single source of sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions in the Southwest and a major contributor to degraded visibility in the Grand Canyon, just 50 miles away. This, though virtually all other Southwestern utilities and copper-smelting companies have installed scrubbers and dramatically reduced SO2 emissions. In addition, the Mohave plant each year emits 44,000 tons of nitrogen oxides, 18 million tons of global-warming carbon dioxide and 10,000 tons of small particulates that can affect breathing. *James Bishop Jr. Southern California Edison can be reached at 626/302-2255. James Bishop Jr. writes in Sedona, Arizona.
May 27, 1996 Despite overwhelming public opposition, Jackson Hole airport officials want to expand the runway of the only airport inside a national park, in Grand Teton National Park. The new Arizona Preserve Initiative allows conservationists to lease state lands, but only those within a three-mile radius of major cities. Native Americans and environmentalists protest a salvage rider timber sale on Oregon's Enola Hill, saying the area is full of sites sacred to Northwestern tribes. Ken "Taz" Stoner, suspected of bombing Quartzite Falls on Arizona's Salt River, is arrested in Sydney, Australia. The National Park Service considers raising park entrance fees that in many cases have remained almost unchanged since the parks were created. Despite his support of the controversial Animas-La Plata water project, Colorado environmentalists seem to prefer Tom Strickland to his arguably greener opponent Gene Nichol for the Democratic candidate for Senate. A new Idaho law allows farmers who suspect beavers are damming water that could be irrigating fields to call on state officials to get rid of the beavers even if the dams are on someone's private property. Recklessness and speed killed nine snowmobilers last winter in Wyoming near Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks. A possible oil and gas boom in Wyoming's Red Desert has environmentalists scrambling to mitigate the impacts without totally alienating local oil and gas workers. Five Western rivers are in American Rivers' annual report, "North America's Ten Most Endangered and Threatened Rivers." Researchers from the Yellowstone Grizzly Foundation hope to learn about the bears' genetic diversity through studying hairs left behind when the animals scratch their backs. The 51st annual conference of the Soil and Water Conservation Society, "Rocky Mountain Rendezvous: Renew Yourself in the High Country," will be held July 7-10, in Keystone, Colo. University of Colorado School of Law's 17th Annual Summer Conference, "Biodiversity Protection: Implementation and Reform of the Endangered Species Act," to be held June 9-12, in Boulder, Colo. Native frog populations throughout the United States - and the world - are declining drastically, and no one is quite sure why. - Mark Bailey on Enough is enough at the Glen Canyon Recreation Area - Mark Bailey on What I learned from 30 years with the Forest Service - Tom McCarty on Enough is enough at the Glen Canyon Recreation Area - Andrew Sipocz on The great salmon compromise - Kyle Klain on Enough is enough at the Glen Canyon Recreation Area
Taper threading is not a usual practice in cnc machine workshops, but sometimes customer want a component with taper threading, So here is the solution. Taper threading on a cnc lathe machine with Fanuc control is just easy with Fanuc G76 threading cycle. Fanuc CNC control threading cycle G76 gives us lot of flexibility.CNC Programming tapered threading with Fanuc threading cycle G76 is not that difficult, just one parameter have to add. Normal Threading with Fanuc G76 Threading Cycle CNC Program N5 G76 P010060 Q100 R0.05 N6 G76 X30 Z-20 P1024 Q200 F2 One G76 parameter which have to be added for tapered threading is R in G76 second block. Tapered Threading with Fanuc G76 Threading Cycle CNC Program N5 G00 X50 Z5 N6 G76 P010060 Q100 R0.05 N7 G76 X43 Z-45 P1024 Q200 R-14.5 F2 The R parameter in second block of G76 is the tapered value. Note that R is given as Radius value. How to calculate R parameter for Tapered Threading on Fanuc with G76 Threading Cycle. R = (Start Diameter – End Diameter) / 2
[image:16889 align=left hspace=1]Preparation: Ferrated Extract of Apples The bark of Pyrus malus. COMMON NAME: Common apple tree. Botanical Source.—This is a well-known tree, growing from 20 to 40 feet high, with rigid, crooked, spreading branches, and a rough, blackish bark. The leaves are from 2 to 3 inches long, about 2/3 as wide, ovate, or oblong-ovate, serrate, acute, or short-acuminate, pubescent above, tomentose beneath, and on petioles from 1/2 to 1 inch in length. The flowers are large, fragrant, expanding with the leaves, of pale-rose color, and borne in subumbellate corymbs. The calyx-tube is urn-shaped, with limb 5-cleft; the pedicels and calyx villose-tomentose. Petals 5, roundish, or obovate, with short claws. Stamens numerous; styles 5, united, and villose at base. Fruit or pome globose (W.). History and Chemical Composition.—The apple tree is a native of Europe, naturalized in this country, and flowers from April to June. There are, probably, nearly 1000 varieties cultivated in the United States, and all of which are said to be derived from the Wild crab (Pyrus coronaria, Linné.. From the fruit cider is manufactured, and both the fruit and its cider are much used for domestic and medicinal purposes. The percentage composition of non-dried apples, according to the average of 36 analyses communicated by J. König (Chemie der Menschl. Nahrungs und Genussmittel, 3d ed., 1893) is as follows: Water (84.79), nitrogenous matter (0.36), free acid (chiefly in ripe fruits; malic acid, 0.82), sugar (invert sugar, with notable amounts of cane sugar, 7.22), nitrogen-free matter (starch, gum, pectin matter, 5.81), woody fiber and seeds (1.51), ash (0.49). Apples are used in the preparation of Extractum Ferri Pomatum and Tinctura Ferri Pomata, which are official in the German Pharmacopoeia. The bark of the apple tree is bitter, and has also been employed in medicine. It contains a principle called phloridzin. The root bark is the most active, and yields its virtues to boiling water. Rochleder obtained a yellow coloring matter, which he named quercetin. The leaves, according to Rochleder, contain a well-crystallizable body, isomeric with phloridzin, called isophloridzin. The seeds contain amygdalin (about 0.6 per cent). Phloridzin, phlorizin, or phloridzite (C21H24O10.2H2O), was discovered, in 1835, by De Koninck and Stas. It is a bitter glucosid which exists in the bark of the trunk and roots of the apple, pear, cherry, and plum trees. The fresh root-bark of the apple tree contains about 3 to 5 per cent, the leaves about 0.8 per cent of this principle, while the dry root-bark does not contain it. To prepare it, the fresh bark of the root of the apple tree is boiled for 2 hours in a quantity of water sufficient to cover it. This water is decanted off, and the boiling repeated with a second portion. This last decoction must be kept separate from the first. It commonly deposits in 24 hours a considerable quantity of granular crystals of phloridzin, which, when dissolved in distilled water and treated with animal charcoal, are rendered quite pure. Another process is to digest the fresh bark of the root in weak alcohol at about the temperature of 50° C. (122° F.), continuing the digestion for 8 or 10 hours. The greater part of the alcohol is then distilled off, and the residue set aside to crystallize. Purify as in the other process. Phloridzin forms small, white, silky needles, has a bitter taste, followed by sweetishness, is soluble in 1000 parts of cold water, but at temperatures from 24.4° to 100° C. (76° to 212° F.), it dissolves in all proportions. It is very soluble in absolute alcohol, but little soluble in ether, has a neutral reaction, and a specific gravity of 1.4298. Its alcoholic solution is optically laevo-rotatory. At 100° C. (212° F.), it loses its water of crystallization, which is not absorbed again even in a moist atmosphere. It melts at about 107° C. (224.6° F.), solidifying upon further heating at 130° C. (266° F.), and melting again at 160° C. (320° F.). Its aqueous solution is precipitated by basic acetate of lead. Boiling with diluted mineral acids converts it into dextrose and crystallizable phloretin (C15H14O5., hardly soluble in water and ether, easily soluble in alcohol and alkalies. Boiling with concentrated alkali converts it into phloroglucin (C6H3[OH]3) and phloretic acid (C9H10O3). (For further details, see Husemann and Hilger, in Pflanzenstoffe, 1884, p. 1001.) Action, Medical Uses, and Dosage.—Apple tree bark is tonic and febrifuge, and a decoction of it has been used with advantage in intermittent, remittent, and bilious fevers, and in convalescence from exhausting diseases. It may be given in. doses of 1 to 4 fluid ounces, 3 times a day. A strong decoction or syrup of the sweet apple tree bark has been employed with success in some cases of gravel. The fruit, or apple, contains both malic and acetic acids, has a pleasant and refreshing flavor, and is a useful and healthy article of diet. However, it should not generally be eaten by dyspeptics or patients afflicted with gout, rheumatism, renal, and cutaneous diseases. If indications for an acid are present, however, it is not especially contraindicated by rheumatism and dyspepsia. When baked, stewed, or roasted, it becomes valuable as an agreeable and healthy diet in febrile diseases, exanthemata, etc., and is more easily digested than when raw; it is also slightly laxative, and is beneficial in cases of habitual constipation. Raw apples should always be well masticated before being swallowed, as otherwise, they may become a source of serious difficulties, especially with children. An apple tea may be made for fever patients, by boiling a tart apple in 1/2 pint of water, and sweetening with sugar. Cider forms not only a refreshing and agreeable drink for patients with fever, but actually exerts a salutary medicinal influence, especially where the tongue is coated deep-red, brown, or black. I have used cider, in which horseradish has been steeped, as an efficient remedy in dropsy, for many years; and it is now used in the preparation of a valuable agent for this disease, the Compound Infusion of Parsley. Cooked apples form an excellent local application in ophthalmic inflammation, erysipelatous inflammations, sore and swelled throat in scarlatina, ulcers, etc. (J. King). Phloridzin is tonic and antiperiodic, and has cured cases of intermittent fever, even where quinine has proved ineffectual; its dose is from 5 to 20 grains. Unlike quinine, it does not cause gastralgia. [image:14182 align=left hspace=1]Related Species.—Crataegus oxyacantha, Linné (Nat. Ord.—Rosaceae), Haw, Hawthorn, English hawthorn. The fruit and bark of this shrub, or small tree, have been introduced into medicine as a heart remedy. The shrub grows abundantly in woods and thickets throughout Europe, central and northern Asia. In England it is cultivated for hedging purposes, and is familiarly known as Hawthorn. The fresh bark of the young branches contains a bitter crystallizable principle, soluble in water, insoluble in ether, little soluble in alcohol. Claims are made for this drug as a curative remedy for organic and functional heart disorders, including cardiac hypertrophy, with mitral regurgitation from valvular insufficiency, and angina pectoris. Sometimes spinal hyperemia is associated with the latter, when both are said to be relieved by the drug. The drug should be studied with a view to its adaptability to cases "characterized by pain, praecordial oppression, dyspnoea, rapid and feeble heart-action, evidence of cardiac hypertrophy, valvular insufficiency, and marked anemia" (Ec. Med. Jour., 1898, p. 176). Prof. J. A. Jeançon, M. D., employs it for venous stasis. The dose is from 1 to 20 drops, 3 or 4 times a day.
A great way to spend a rainy day \|By KRISTEN MILLER\| Sometimes rainy days aren’t all that bad, especially if you know how to spend your time indoors. Some people might choose to lay in bed and watch TV, but for those who want to get out and be somewhat more productive, I would suggest shopping! But not just any shopping. Shopping for books! My favorite place to spend a rainy day is Barnes and Noble Booksellers. Even for people who don’t read the typical novels or biographies, or for people who don’t even like to read, Barnes and Noble has something for everyone. I had previously worked there in the cafe following college graduation, and even before that my mom and I would spend hours wandering around checking out potential reads. There are thousands upon thousands of books to look at, even if you aren’t going to buy anything. Although for me, it is hard not to buy something. Any subject that is of interest is under that one roof, and if it’s not, they most likely can order it for you and send it directly to your home. I enjoy reading all types of books including inspirational books and novels, but I also love those coffee table books with lots of pictures. If you ever need a gift for someone, find a coffee table book about a subject the recipient is interested in. Because even if they don’t enjoy sitting around reading, they can enjoy looking at the pictures. Not to mention the decoration around their home that one book could offer. Besides, books help a person look more intellectual even if they don’t like to read. My dad doesn’t read books, but one year for Christmas, I bought him a coffee table book on the Navy; a picture book and history to reminisce the years he spent at sea. Of course, everyone in my family received something from B and N while I was working there whether they like to read or not. The discount was too hard to pass up on a slim paycheck. Of course, there are plenty of other things at B and N besides books for those nonreaders, including games, CDs and DVDs. It’s a great store to shop for those young kids in your life. I am a strong believer in reading to kids beginning at a very young age, and then encouraging them to read once they can on their own. B and N has a wonderful selection of children’s books and activities that they can enjoy even while the parents roam around the store. Of course as you roam around the store, you can grab a Starbucks coffee from the cafe, or grab a book and sit and eat a snack while you read. It’s a place where you can just sit around, be lazy and browse through your favorite magazines. Cripes you can read an entire book while your there if you’d like. When I worked there, we had regulars that would come in, order a coffee and grab an armful of books as they sat and read for hours. It’s been awhile since I’ve got to visit my favorite store in the whole wide world, and on a rainy day like today, there’s no place I’d rather be.
AP: Newtown marks 6 months since school massacre Newtown held a moment of silence Friday for the victims of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School at a remembrance event that doubled as a call to action on gun control, with the reading of names of thousands of victims of gun violence. Two sisters of slain teacher Victoria Soto asked the crowd gathered at Edmond Town Hall for a 26-second moment of silence, honoring the 20 children and six adults gunned down at the school on Dec. 14. "This pain is excruciating and unbearable but thanks to people like you, that come out and support us, we are able to get through this," said Carlee Soto, who held hands with her sister Jillian before taking the stage. The event then transitioned to the reading of the names of more than 6,000 people killed by gun violence since the tragedy in Newtown. The reading of names is expected to take 12 hours. Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which organized the event in Newtown, also launched a bus tour that will travel to 25 states over 100 days to build support for legislation to expand background checks for gun buyers. Such legislation failed in the Senate in April. The mayors group is also holding events in 10 states calling for lawmakers to expand background checks and urging senators who opposed the bill to reconsider. Those events, which include gun violence survivors and gun owners, will be held in Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Montana, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The gunman in Newtown killed his mother and then the 26 people at Sandy Hook Elementary School with a semiautomatic rifle before committing suicide as police arrived.
Masayoshi Muraki graduated in petrochemistry from Kyoto University in 1972. After graduation from the university, he joined Mitsubishi Oil Company, the current JX Nippon Oil and Energy Corporation, in which he was in charge of R&D of metal working lubricants, engine oils, CVT fluids, and industrial lubricants. He obtained a Ph.D. degree of engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1986. In 2001, he moved from the oil company to Shonan Institute of Technology. His research area has been in boundary lubrication mechanism of oil-soluble polymers as oil film thickness improver and friction reducer and the traction characteristics of lubricants under elastohydrodynamic lubrication. He received the annual best paper awards from the Japanese Society of Tribologists in 1985 and from Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers in 1992, and the annual new technology award from the Japanese Society of Tribologists in 2010. Now, he serves as a Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shonan Institute of Technology. Biography Updated on 19 June 2012
Figure 1: Energy efficient curve. Although implementations 0 and 0′ of the given circuit have the same delay (), implementation 0 consumes less energy. Similarly, implementations 1 and 1′ consume the same energy, but implementation 1 has a shorter delay (), hence is preferable. Points 0 and 1 are on the energy efficient curve. All implementations have the same circuit topology, with different device sizes.
A Chinese delegation called on the mayor of Kochi on Wednesday and expressed keen interest in renovating the Chinese fishing nets in Fort Kochi, one of the most clicked showpieces in the God's Own Country. The delegation headed by Hao Jia, a senior official of the Chinese embassy in India, has submitted a proposal to mayor Tony Chammany suggesting steps to protect these nets and constructing a pavement along the Fort Kochi beach. There are reports that Chinese President Xi Jinping may visit Kochi during his trip to India later this year. "We have received some proposals to protect Chinese nets. We will send them to the central government for its clearance," said the mayor adding the delegation was keen to carry out the renovation before the visit of their president. One of the oldest fishing techniques, these nets are said to be brought to the country by Portuguese voyagers in the 15th century. Called 'cheena vala' in local parlance, the cantilevered nets are a big tourist attraction. A fixed land installation, each net is operated by a team of six fishermen. Its size, elegant construction and slow rhythm of operation attract many tourists. But with rising maintenance cost and poor catch, now only 20 such nets are remaining in the backwaters of Kochi. Set up on bamboo and teak poles, these nets are fixed land installations for an unusual form of fishing — shore-operated lift nets. Suspended horizontally over the backwaters and seas, they look like huge hammocks. Also called dip nets, they don't affect fish hatchlings and considered a safe mode of fishing. "We really welcome the Chinese initiative. I don't think such big nets, rooted in traditional technique and style, existed anywhere in the world. If the Chinese want to preserve one of the oldest techniques, we should welcome it," said KJ Sohan, former mayor of Kochi and president of Chinese Fishing Net Owners' Association. He said Chinese help in protecting such 'monuments' would help widen ties between the two neighbours. The proposal by the Chinese comes at a time when some of the owners are planning to wind up their nets. "Though nets are most clicked and talked about, there is a grave governmental apathy towards them. No insurance company is willing to insure these nets. Also, they have to be changed twice a year involving big expenses," said Sohan. Ancient Chinese fishing nets at Fort Kochi. (HT Photo)
The Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday dismissed the plea of Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only man convicted in connection with the Kanishka bombing, seeking its permission to file appeal against his nine-year sentence for perjury. Reyat was the only person convicted in the June 23, 1985 bombing that killed 329 people on Air India Flight 182. The court dismissed Reyat's application for leave to appeal without costs, the court said on its website. The court, however, granted his motion for an extension of time to serve and file the application for leave to appeal, the release said. While 329 people were killed on the Air India flight, a second bomb had exploded prematurely that same day, killing two baggage handlers at Tokyo's Narita Airport. Reyat was later convicted of lying under oath at another trial of two men acquitted in planning the bombs and was handed nine years in prison. Reyat was convicted of perjury and handed a nine-year sentence for lying during the trial of Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri. Both men were acquitted. The Supreme Court of Canada has not given any reasons for its decision.
in the US 2000 US Census The surname COSCHINA is not included in the US Census Bureau's ranking of surnames with 100 or more people. Since fewer than 100 people with this surname were included in the 2000 Census, it is relatively uncommon. Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000", US Census Bureau. Graves on Histopolis Histopolis currently has 0 grave(s) with the surname Resource Links for Coschina Surname Resource Center [SurnameWeb.org] Coschina Family Genealogy Forum [GenForum - Genealogy.com] Do you know of a web page containing information about this surname that would be useful to genealogy or history researchers? Please add it now! (Free registration required)
Portal was born in Hungerford on May 21st 1893. He went to Christ's College, Oxford, and when World War One broke out he joined the British Army. Portal joined the Royal Engineers and by the end of 1914, he was given the command of the motorbike riders in the 1st Corps Headquarters Signal Company. In 1915, Portal transferred to the newly formed Royal Flying Corps and became a pilot after initially training to be an observer. Portal distinguished himself in the air to such an extent that by the time the war ended, he had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Military Cross and had attained the rank lieutenant colonel. In total, Portal flew in over 900 missions ranging from reconnaissance to directing artillery fire and night time bombing. After the war, Portal joined the newly formed Royal Air Force. His main aim from a technical point of view was to create better bombing accuracy so that the risks that pilots took when they flew had definite end results. In 1927, he was given command of No 7 Squadron. In 1934, Portal was appointed the commander of British forces in Aden. In January 1935, while in Aden, he was promoted to Air Commodore and, after joining the Imperial Defence College, was promoted to Air Vice Marshal. As many became convinced that war was all but inevitable, Portal was tasked with creating thirty new air bases in Britain. When war broke out he was promoted to Air Marshal. In April 1940, Portal was given the command of Bomber Command. On August 25th, Portal gave the order for Bomber Command to start attacks on German cities. These attacks were meant to show the Nazi government the power of the RAF. Though little damage was done in the initial raids they did directly impact the way the Battle of Britain was being fought. Fighter Command was struggling to contain the attacks by the Luftwaffe on its air bases. The attacks by Bomber Command led to a change in targets for the Luftwaffe with London now the main target in revenge for the bombing raids on Germany. This gave Fighter Command the time it needed to recover and go on to win the Battle of Britain. In July 1940, Portal was knighted and in October 1940, he was promoted to Air Chief Marshal and became Chief of the Air Staff. Together with 'Bomber' Harris, Portal developed the tactic that became known as 'area bombing'. Portal believed that mass night time bombing of German cities would sufficiently undermine the civil population's morale that it would turn on the government and force it into surrender. Hence the raids on Hamburg, Cologne, Dresden and others. This bombing campaign remains a contentious issue. Also Bomber Command itself suffered major casualties with over 57,000 men killed. In January 1943, Portal accompanied Churchill to the Casablanca meeting. It was at this meeting that the Combined Chiefs of Staff selected Portal to coordinate the bomber forces of Britain and America in a combined offensive over Germany. This force was under the command of Eisenhower for D-Day in 1944. Once D-Day had been successful, command of this force reverted back to Portal, now Marshal of the RAF (promoted in January 1944). Portal was told by Churchill to bring area bombing to an end in March 1945. Churchill believed that with the war coming to an end, the Allies would take over a wasteland. In August 1945, Portal was made a baron (Baron Portal of Hungerford) and a year later a viscount (Viscount Portal of Hungerford). After leaving the RAF, Portal took on a number of positions, such as Controller of Atomic Energy. He never wrote his memoirs and died on April 22nd, 1971. "Charles Portal". HistoryLearningSite.co.uk. 2014. Web.
Re: [Histonet] calcaflour white The fluorochrome you mean is probably calcofluor white M2R (CI 40622, CI Fluorescent brightener 28). The name "calcofluor white" with various suffixes is used for many of the fluorescent whitening agents that are used to optically counteract the tendency of white fabrics to become yellow with age. These compounds are included in detergents used for washing clothes, for example. They are not all chemically related and will not all work the same way if used as fluorescent stains. Check that the Colour Index number and name are those of calcofluor white M2R. This fluorochrome has many uses (see RW Horobin's Chapter 22, "Polyene dyes and fluorochromes" in the 10th edn of Conn's Biological Stains, 2002). A fairly recent paper on the use of calcofluor white M2R for staining fungi is by R ruchel & M Schaffrinski (1999) J. Clin. Microbiol. 37:2694-2696. They comment that this fluorochrome can crystallize at high pH and recommend another one called "blankophor-P", whose identity I cannot determine. It's generally unwise to use any staining reagent that you don't know and understand, and foolish to use one that nobody knows anything about. For a simple staining technique using calcofluor white M2R see J Aslanzadeh & PS Stelmach (1996) Infection 24:248-250. (Their method is for Pneumocystis carinii but ought to be OK also for fungal hyphae.) All methods using calcofluor white M2R are much the same and extremely simple: Immerse hydrated sections in a dilute aqueous solution (about 0.1 mg/ml) for a couple of minutes, rinse in a few changes of pure water, thoroughly air-dry, rinse in xylene, and coverslip with a non-fluorescent resinous mounting Excite with near-UV. The fluorescence is blue. Histology SLU wrote on 2th October: > Anyone out there have a protocol or any information on doing calcaflour > white for fungus on paraffin embedded human tissue??? Any help would be > appreciated. Thank you. Histonet mailing list << Previous Message \| Next Message >>
Derek Bennion, the designer of the ‘Thermostat’ has developed a composite device that tells the temperature in both degrees celsius and fahrenheit, the time and the date on single device. The temperature reading is the most prominent on the Thermostat – a device that looks like an attractive inverted concave dish that can easily rest upon any wall and blend into it. The temperature can be read from a distance with ease unlike other thermostat devices that look too mechanical and complicated. The base size of the Thermostat is 4.5 inches which reduces and become 3 inches at the top. The rotating click wheel of the device is actually a button that is located at the outer side. The inner circle is the large center button that contains display information and this information is illuminated and can be manually turned on/off by pressing the button. The rotating clock wheel is used for adjusting the temperature, time, date day – which are indicated by LED backlights wherein different color is illuminated for the various adjustments; blue for temperature adjustments, red for time, green for date and yellow for Celsius or Fahrenheit. The Thermostat is an elegant all-one device that can go with any decor and can literally blend with the walls
Nombre de Dios National Park (Name of God) is one of the youngest national parks in Honduras, having been declared a national park by Congress in 2006, during the Maduro administration. Because of this, the park still has limited infrastructure. It is located adjacent to Pico Bonito National Park, and shares the Cangrejal River as a border on its western end with that park. Although the park is new, there are already several small hotels and lodges within its limits, such as La Villa de Soledad, Casa Cangrejal, Villas Pico Bonito, Omega Tours Jungle Lodge, Las Cascadas Lodge, Jungle River Lodge, and El Encanto de Doña Lidia, all along the Cangrejal River. There are a couple of trails into the park which are private trails, but for a small fee, tourists are welcome. The Nombre de Dios National Park’s eastern border is the Papaloteca River, located in the Municipality of Jutiapa, approximately 25 kilometers east of the Cangrejal River in La Ceiba. Towards the North the Caribbean Sea is the limit along part of the area, offering not only beaches, but also lagoons and mangroves. The most visited area of the park is probably the Cacao Lagoon, a lovely lagoon where you can enjoy a sea kayak tour and where you are almost guaranteed to see either howler or white faced monkeys! Several operators provide tours here; the most reputable ones are La Moskitia Ecoaventuras (www.lamoskitia.hn) and Omega Tours (www.omegatours.info). Fupnand, the NGO that manages the park has a brand new visitors center at the Cacao Lagoon that has a nice exhibit with insects from the park as well as pictures of birds and animals that live in the park. There is an entrance fee to the park that must be paid here that is the equivalent to $5.00 US dollars per person. The area is co managed by Fundacion Parque Nacional Nombre de Dios – FUPNAND (www.fupnand.com). The park is much smaller than Pico Bonito, with a total of 26,757 hectares of territory. The area includes the Garifuna villages of Corozal, Sambo Creek and Armenia. For local information call (505) 2441 1322 or email [email protected]. Their offices are located on the Boulevard 15 de Septiembre, across the street from the Financiera del Caribe in the Barrio Solares Nuevos of La Ceiba. February 19, 2013 Learn more about Honduras National Parks
Coral Welsh National Chepstow: Welsh National Anthem by Sara Kempe Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau is the Welsh National Anthem and has been used at the start of sporting events since 1905. Here we hear Sara kempe from Abergavenny give a moving rendition. The UK Paralympic team hopefuls for 2012 are guests on the podium with her. Tags: Coral, Welsh, National, Chepstow:, Anthem, by, Sara, Kempe, Wales, abergavenny, singer, singing, voice, horse, racing, jumps, hunt, races, UK, British, paralympics, team, olympic, games, eliza, United Kingdom, lovetheraces Disclaimer: The Video, tag(s) and description on this page is provided by YouTube.com and is subject to the YouTube.com Terms of Service.
Carl Minchew, Director of Color Technology for Benjamin Moore: The old-fashioned way is to bring a Tiffany box to a paint retailer and find a similar color from the wall of color cards. But now, if you want to get a more exact match, that's where the spectrophotometer comes in. I'm sorry, can you repeat that? A spectrophotometer. It's a device about the size of a shoebox that's hooked up to a computer. It measures color electronically. There's a port on one end that shines a light on the object, or whatever sample you bring us. It takes a very sophisticated reading of each wavelength of light reflected off the object. Like a camera? Exactly. There's a digital memory — sort of like the information that would make a photograph, but we don't print anything out. We call this a prescription, because it calculates the exact amount of various pigments it will take to make a color match. How do you know that the paint mixer will pour out the exact amount of each color? Actually, everything's automated, so no room for human error. The computer measures and pours the colors into the bucket. Ninety percent of the time this will give you the color you want. What about the other 10 percent? That's when you compare the paint sample to your object and it looks a little off. You can then ask to make it darker, lighter, add a bit of red or blue, or make any adjustment you need. Couture color! Is it expensive? It's a bargain. Generally there's no charge for the service — it's provided at the retailer. And when you buy the paint, it's usually the same price as if you just picked a color from the chips. So can I really bring in anything? I've seen people bring in doors, shutters, even a car bumper. Any items that won't work? Unfortunately, yes. Anything metallic will be hard to match because of the sheen — the computer has a hard time compensating for the reflection. Also, the color sample should be at least the size of a quarter to be accurate — meaning it's difficult to match a speck of color in a busy wallpaper pattern. It's also a challenge to match objects with a heavy texture, like carpet. Would a photograph be easier? Not quite. Photos are really tricky, since the colors aren't very precise. They're geared to make pleasing images, which are not always color-accurate. Magazine pages are hard since there are usually colors on the back of the page that show through. But what if the object is too big to bring in — like if I want to match custom wall paint I already have. You can buy a handheld device, which is a much smaller, less sophisticated spectrophotometer (Benjamin Moore's version is $299). If you hold its port up to a wall, or against a box, it will tell you the closest existing color. It won't be custom color, but it's the next best thing. Plus, since it's an existing color, it's easy to find if you need more later. What if I end up needing more of a custom color made at the store with the computer? Do I have to bring the object back in? You can do that if you want. Otherwise, most retailers keep a record of what they sold you, or they'll put a sticker on the can with a code that shows exactly what's inside. Then, if you need more, they can look you up in the system, or check that sticker and immediately reproduce the color. So if I get ambitious, I can paint my whole house Tiffany blue? Well, I'm not a decorator, but what may look great as a small box is going to look a lot stronger on something larger. On a dresser it might be nice, but on an entire wall — that's a lot of blue. Watch - 500+ Favorite Paint Colors App

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