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Getting fired is a painful experience that usually comes without warning and, sometimes, under suspect circumstances. For many, it causes upheaval to ones career, family and self-esteem. I often equate the employment relationship to dating and depending on the length of the employment relationship and the manner of the termination emotions can often run amok.
If the day comes when you are being terminated, the best thing to do is nothing. As emotionally upsetting as the situation may be, you should not admit to any wrongdoing, raise your voice or threaten to get a lawyer and/or sue the company. If you are offered a separation package do not sign it (or any other document you do not understand) or try to negotiate it. You will not be in the right frame of mind to truly address the myriad issues that might be relevant or to properly apply whatever leverage you may have to negotiate for a more severance.
If you feel up to it you might ask questions about what the effect your termination will have on your health care, equity, pension or 401k, vacation payout, and right to unemployment insurance. You may also want to ask what prospective employers will be told if they call to verify your employment. You can even ask for the reason for the decision, although do not expect an answer that makes sense (nor is your employer legally obligated to give you one).
Other than those types of questions, it is best not to react. Simply accept the decision, leave quietly and, if you feel the decision was improper or even illegal, contact an attorney.
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Contract lobbyists tax taxpayers
Recently, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Topeka Unified School District 501 had hired a contract lobbyist. A board member said, "We need somebody desperately -- all the major school districts have somebody there."
The school board member was referring to having someone lobbying on the district's behalf at the Kansas State Capitol. USD 501 selected a representative to join the growing ranks of school lobbyists that include the Kansas Association of School Boards, Schools For Fair Funding -- the group that successfully sued the state for $800 million -- and others representing large local school districts.
Historically, local units of government have paid dues to a statewide association that would represent their interests. In the case of school boards, it was the Kansas Association of School Boards that carried their "water" in the statehouse.
However the current trend is for local units of government (including school districts) to pay dues to an association AND hire their own lobbyist. In the case of USD 501, they are paying dues to the Kansas Association of School Boards and now have committed $36,000 to a contract lobbyist for enhanced representation.
USD 501 chose a lobbyist highly skilled in the legislative process -- a former speaker of the House, at that. As the district's legislative liaison, he will represent the school district extremely well.
Unfortunately, the list of registered government lobbyists has been rapidly growing. The Secretary of State's Legislative Lobbyist Directory shows nearly 80 lobbyists were employed to promote local government's various special interests to lawmakers in 2007.
Many Kansans equate contract ("hired gun") lobbying with large corporations and few are even remotely aware their tax dollars are spent to influence legislators. Government lobbying has existed for years and is restricted only by the amount of tax money a local government is willing to spend.
Government lobbyists are not necessarily a bad thing. There are times a lobbyist can provide valuable information to lawmakers. In a hectic, fast moving legislative session, good information is paramount to making good legislation and a balance of information is essential in achieving the best solution. As director of governmental affairs for the Kansas Press Association, I lobby the Kansas Legislature as well.
However, 80 government lobbyists can easily disrupt the balance of information in the legislative process. Their sheer number and ability to quickly organize mean local government officials can inflict tremendous pressure on lawmakers.
--------Local government's agenda may not necessarily reflect the will of the people. Issues involving taxation/spending, annexation of private property and even open meeting/open records training for governmental officials are recent examples where local government's views were in conflict with those of the people.
While the people's interests are best served by more "openness" in government, local government often attempts to "close" it. It's not uncommon for government lobbyists to promote an agenda that would further limit/restrict public access to meetings, information and records.
Ironically, while government lobbyists work to "close" government to the people, they are compensated -- usually extremely well -- with money derived from your tax dollars.
With 80 lobbyists employed to represent local units of government, who then represents the will of the people?
The magnitude of the issue was made clear when the USD 501 school board member said, "We need somebody desperately -- all the major school districts have somebody there."
This statement reflects the attitude of many local government officials. Whether it is a school district, city or county government, representation by a statewide association is no longer enough.
When does it all end? Are there ever going to be "enough" government lobbyists?
-- Richard Gannon is director of governmental affairs for the Kansas Press Association
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| Issue 43 Contents |
Dr Nicola Bidwell
Ships fit to fare unfathomed oceans are cautiously evolved. Thus the Association for Women in Science and Engineering (AWiSE), soon to be officially launched in the UK, ventures with sails furled after much forethought. The inspiration for AWiSE emerged from conclusions drawn by a working group on Women in Science, Engineering and Technology. The group was convened in 1993 by the United Kingdom Government to advise on how the potential, skills and expertise of women could be best secured. In its subsequent report The Rising Tide (HMSO, 1994) the group recognised the value of networking and mutual support among women in science, engineering and technology (SET).
The concept of a widely accessible network for women forging careers in SET became actuality with the formation of the first AWiSE branch in Cambridge in 1994. In the way of its Australian older sister WISENET, AWiSE developed from grassroots with branches propagating across Britain. Each branch was driven by the vigour of women seeking to advance the participation of girls and women in SET, and propelled by the reassurance that their efforts would be incorporated into a national initiative.
By September 1995 representatives of 7 AWiSE branches and officials from 8 different allied technology associations endorsed the constitution at an inaugural meeting of AWiSE, chaired by its president Anne McLaren (DBE, FRS).
The status and prospects of women in SET in the UK are truly a turbid sea. Indeed the impetus behind the work for The Rising Tide was the UK government's acknowledgment that 'women are the country's biggest single most undervalued and therefore underused human resource' (Realizing our Potential: HMSO, 1993).
As shown by a 1992 Labour Force survey, despite an increase in the total proportion of women working in SET over the past decade, from 8.5% to 30%. their progress to senior positions remains tardy. Reiterating the international situation there is a steep decline in the ratio of women to men with increasing seniority. Above the age of 30, women account for only 20% of the workforce and after the age of 50, women account for only 13%.
This trend is not adequately explained by a limited pool of suitable women. In the extreme case of the Engineering Institutions women represent 10% of the student membership but 0.2% of the fellows. Even in the biological sciences, in which women undergraduate students have outnumbered men for nearly a decade, few women survive to positions of seniority and influence.
Recognising that many different factors contribute to the disproportionality of women scientists throughout industry and academia, AWiSE functions to challenge the problem with a diverse pragmatism in two senses. First, is a commitment to the representation and support of an eclectic constituency of women in SET. Second, that this is most effectively achieved using a variety of approaches. AWiSE acts as a forum for women throughout SET in the broadest sense, from anthropology to mathematics, from biomedicine and engineering to environmental science. It stands as a collective voice and unified identity for women working in all areas and at all levels, from education and research, to industry, administration, and the media.
An umbrella was adopted as the provisional working logo for AWiSE. The umbrella has been replaced by a more singular emblem but the central tenet it symbolised remains intact. AWiSE consolidates the experience and perspectives of many women working in SET and mobilises the broadest spectrum of professional expertise. AWiSE endeavours to reflect a comprehensive opinion when participating in discussion of matters of importance in SET. It fosters allegiances with existing organisations with mutual interests, ranging from professional associations, such as the Women Chemists and British Women in Mathematics, to equal opportunities societies, like Fawcett, and politically active organisations such as the trades' union Science Alliance, which consists of AUT, NATFHE, MSF and IPMS. The scope for reciprocal membership with cognate organisations and the British Association for the Advancement of Science is also being pursued. These affiliations not only enhance the opportunity for the association to contribute effectively to policy formulation but also extend the possibilities for collecting and disseminating information on women in SET.
Time and again it has been remarked that there is an absence of information for women in SET, that statistics relating to their employment are deficient and career advice is sparse. AWiSE has the capacity to fill this void as a central mechanism to amalgamate and communicate information. AWiSE is co-ordinated through a National Office in central London. This houses databases and a reference library and promises, in time, to become a resource for a comprehensive range of materials and career advice. It is hoped that the strong alliances with affiliated organisations in Britain will enable cooperative distribution of newsletters and recruiting literature. Electronic networking is served by the UK e-mail list for women in SET, Daphnet, while a homepage on the WWW is being developed linking AWiSE with sister organisations across the globe.
While the specific issues concerning women in different professions of SET might vary, common factors impede their progress. The resulting lack of representation at executive levels thwarts decisions necessary for a
shift in the culture of SET, and thus the glass ceiling is reinforced. A perplexing statistic, mentioned in a 1992 Cabinet Office report, is that women held less than 13% of 917 public appointments to the Councils and Boards in SET related fields.
A clear role for AWiSE is to compensate for the skewed representation of women at the levels of influence by accenting the obstacles women face as they advance their careers in SET. AWiSE aspires to exhort employers in SET to modernise working practice, such as allowing career breaks, part-time working and jobsharing. AWiSE is pivotal in raising the priority of these issues on the political agenda and in the public consciousness. Connections with the MSF Union, which represents some 100,000 SET employees, has enabled AWiSE to organise high-profile meetings, most noteably at the House of Commons (January, 1996) and contribute to national conferences, such as on International Women's Day.
AWiSE is in close communication with the Development Unit for Women, in the Office of Science and Technology, now part of the Department of Trade and Industry. Instituted in the wake of The Rising Tide report, the Unit was charged with taking forward those recommendations accepted by the Government.
The Unit has made considerable progress towards satisfying its broad remit, despite restrictions imposed in the political rhetoric of modest resources and an intended life-span of just three years (which may be extended). In its mission to encourage equal opportunities the Unit has appealed to industry and the research councils to implement family friendly practices by arguing the savings gained by reducing the loss of skilled women.
The Unit communicates with other government departments and briefs ministers on matters relevant to women in SET. To promote the representation of women in SET at decision making levels, it issues a catalogue of databases of women in SET to departments responsible for public appointments.
The Unit is primarily an initiator and facilitator and, as emphasised in its annual report, attributes its progress to cooperation and partnerships with expert bodies. Recognising their experience and essential contribution, the Unit has brought together women in SET organisations in a number of forums and workshops. This has enabled the Unit to augment its resources to promote science to women and girls as well as permitting vital networking between the groups. Indeed, the first National Women in SET day during Science Week in March 1996, devised by the Unit incorporated activities organised by AWiSE regional branches and other associations allied to AWiSE.
Since the incipient branch at Cambridge University, AWiSE branches have sprung up across Britain from the South-West to the North-East. With independent foundations and autonomous organisation, the activities of each AWiSE branch reflect the needs and the talents of women in the local SET community. This makes for a confluent network, each branch reflects the complexion of regional employment for example local industry, in the case of the AWiSE-affiliated Glaxo Wellcome group in Stevenage; research institutes, in the case of the Wessex branch; a University; or group of Universities.
Branches enable direct mutual support and discussion for women in SET and are the best means to collect and disseminate information of special local relevance such as job vacancies, child-care facilities, or opportunities for women returning from career breaks. As a local collegiate there is the opportunity for informal mentoring for women at earlier stages as they negotiate the psychologically isolating environment of careers in traditionally male dominated fields. Some branches have organised career development workshops specifically designed for women in SET. Others organise meetings and invite speakers, facilitating the opportunity for women at earlier stages to meet role-models with whom they might identify. Such occasions are no less a celebration of the fortitude and creativity of those women who have accomplished the feat of raising a family combined with founding successful scientific reputations.
A number of branches have been very energetic in promoting SET. They have found imaginative ways to promote science to young people, thereby countering pervasive gender stereotyping. Some liaise with local women's groups such the Women's Institutes to challenge the tacit acceptance that science is an exclusively male pursuit. AWiSE is thus instrumental in widening access to SET, sharing its intrinsic beauty and fun in addition to contesting the cultural diffidence that it is the domicile of an elite.
The practicality of funding such an extensive association is in some ways aided by AWiSE's all inclusive pragmatism. Separate financing of national AWiSE and regional branches ensures individual annual subscription to National AWiSE will be modest and will not preclude membership of other professional organisations or societies.
National activity is sponsored by industry, and institutions supporting science, for instance some of the Research Councils and the Wellcome Trust, who generously provided the central office. University departments have contributed in kind, for example Cambridge Engineering department is to host the website. Wide external funding is a tangible acknowledgment by industry and academia of the vital importance of the objectives of AWiSE. This is extended to the regional level where AWiSE branches have attracted financial support from local industries and institutions.
The principle asset of AWiSE is that it is crewed by a diversity of expertise. Its broad appeal enables AWiSE to draw upon the talents and experience of women conversant in science from divergent professional avenues. So as her sails gradually unfurl and swell, AWiSE aspires to steer science, engineering and technology towards a healthier future.
If you are planning a trip to the United Kingdom and would like to liaise with one of the AWiSE Branches direct your inquiry through The Administrator, AWiSE National Office, 1 Park Square West, London NW1 4LJ, tel. +44 171 935 3282/5202, fax +44 171 935 0736, email [email protected]
We have a recruiting leaflet for the national Association and a distinctive logo. Our acronym is written as AWiSE to avoid confusion with the Engineering Council's WISE campaign, which has been going since 1984.
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Dolphins are marine mammals closely related to whales and porpoises. They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, eating mostly fish and squid. The family Delphinidae is the largest in the Cetacean order, and evolved relatively recently, about ten million years ago, during the Miocene. Dolphins are among the most intelligent animals, and their often friendly appearance, an artifact of the “smile” of their mouthline, and seemingly playful attitude have made them very popular in human culture. Isn’t this amazing?
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By Sean Setters
I was lucky to have existed in a time that allowed me to purchase a DSLR camera long before I ever purchased a smartphone. But saying that, the time of your birth or the circumstances leading to the evolution of your own photographic journey shouldn't prohibit yourself from making a decision right now – to henceforth capture images of yourself that are more meaningful and productive.
Nearly all of us have done it. We've extended our arms a little higher than our head and snapped a quick shot of our faces just to prove where we were at a moment in time. Or maybe we snapped it just to show we were happy. There's nothing technically wrong with the now-traditional selfie. Except maybe that it's lazy. And the lighting is all-too-often terrible. And the image quality is typically lacking.
"Selfies" have been around in one form or another for hundreds of years. Even before the invention of the camera, artists carved their own likeness in stone, created charcoal renderings or painted themselves. In contrast to today, self-portraits from generations past took many hours (sometimes days or weeks) to complete. But why did artists devote so much time to creating their own self-portrait? Are all creative types just that vain? (I don't think so.)
Fast forward to today and the effort that goes into making a typical selfie is shamefully minimal.
Why Should You Create More Self-Portraits?
Devoting time to taking self-portraits has many benefits. First, taking a self-portrait allows you to test out new techniques or refine existing techniques so that you're better prepared to handle future situations. Most of my self-portraits were taken while I was testing a new camera, lens, or light modifier. After playing around with the new gear, I had a pretty good idea of how the gear would perform when used in a for-profit portrait session.
And here's an obvious benefit that is often overlooked – when it comes to testing gear, you're always available to be your own subject. Your subject won't likely get bored or annoyed if things don't go according to plan (especially if the photographer takes an unusually long period of time getting familiar with the new gear).
Need a profile photo for your website? Or business card? Create the image that you're most happy with. Don't rely on someone else's vision to perfectly represent who you are as an artist.
In case it's not overwhelmingly obvious, I don't usually like to smile in my self-portraits. I like the "intense" look and can usually pull it off fairly well. The funny thing is that I'm really very friendly, approachable and – dare I say it – possibly even a goof ball. But taking my own self-portrait allows me to be whoever I want to be (even if only in pictures). However, I found out the "intense" look isn't very good for online dating profiles. Smiling picture, check.
Self-portraits can also be inspiring.
After taking a self-portrait one day, I thought it might look interesting as a magazine cover.
So after a little bit of Photoshop work, I created something fun that I really enjoyed.
That image led me to create several more tongue-in-cheek magazine covers in the series.
After flipping through the fake magazine covers found on my Facebook page, a client asked me to create one for him. So not only had I honed specific photography and Photoshop skills while creating the personal project (which snowballed from a single self-portrait), but doing so led to business I would not have had otherwise.
I'm not saying that there's never an appropriate time for a cell phone snapshot.
But as photographers, we should take pride in the images we post for people to see.
Instead of just capturing where we were at a moment in time, we should take the opportunity to hone our craft through self-portraiture so that we're even better prepared
for tackling all of the photographic challenges that we might otherwise be ill-prepared for.
If you're reading this, you've obviously made a relatively serious investment in (and commitment to) photography. Get the most out of that investment by creating images of yourself that you can enjoy sharing as much as creating.
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The reproductive events in the primate calendar are copulation, gestation, birth, and lactation. Owing to the long duration of the gestation period, these phases occupy the female primate (among higher primates anyway) for a full year or more; then the cycle starts again. The female does not usually come into physiological receptivity until the infant of the previous pregnancy has been weaned.
Most lemurs and lorises show one or more discrete breeding seasons during the year, during which time they may undergo more than one reproductive estrous cycle (i.e., period of sexual activity). The breeding seasons are separated by periods of anestrus, which in bush babies and mouse lemurs are accompanied by changes in the skin of the external genitalia (vulva), which closes over, completely sealing the vagina. When living in the wild in the Sudan, the lesser bush baby (Galago senegalensis) has an estrus that occurs only twice yearly, during December and August. In captivity, however, breeding seasons may occur at any period in the year. In the wild, birth seasons are closely correlated with the prevailing climate, but in captivity under equable laboratory conditions, this consideration does not apply. For instance, in its native Madagascar, the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) has only a single breeding season during the year, conception occurring in autumn (April) and births taking place in late winter (August and September). However, in zoos in the Northern Hemisphere, a seasonal inversion occurs in which the birth period shifts to late spring and early summer. These examples indicate the influence of environmental factors on the timing of the birth seasons.
Reproductive cycles in tarsiers, apes, and many monkeys continue uninterrupted throughout the year, though seasonality in births is characteristic mainly of monkey species living either outside the equatorial belt (5° north and south of the Equator) or at high elevations in equatorial regions, where dry seasons and seasonal food shortages occur. Seasonality of births in macaques (genus Macaca species) has been documented in Japan, on Cayo Santiago in the Caribbean (where an introduced population thrives under seminatural conditions), and in India. Observations of langurs in India and Sri Lanka, of geladas in Ethiopia, and of patas monkeys in Uganda have also demonstrated seasonality in areas with well-marked wet and dry seasons. Those within the equatorial belt tend to display birth peaks rather than birth seasons. A birth peak is a period of the year in which a high proportion of births, but not by any means all, are concentrated. Equatorial primates such as guenons, colobus monkeys, howlers, gibbons, chimpanzees, and gorillas might be expected to show a pattern of births uniformly distributed throughout the year, but population samples are as yet too small to make this assumption, and some equatorial monkeys, such as squirrel monkeys (genus Saimiri), are strictly seasonal breeders. Even in humans, there is evidence of high birth peaks. In Europe, the highest birth rates are reached in the first half of the year; in the United States, India, and countries in the Southern Hemisphere, in the second half. This may, however, be a cultural rather than an ecological phenomenon, for marriages in certain Western countries reach a peak in the closing weeks of the fiscal year, a fact that undoubtedly has some repercussions on the birth period.
Gestation period and parturition
The period during which the growing fetus is protected in the uterus is characterized by a considerable range of variation among primate species, but it shows a general trend toward prolongation as one ascends the evolutionary scale. Mouse lemurs, for example, have a gestation period of 54–68 days, lemurs 132–134 days, macaques 146–186 days, gibbons 210 days, chimpanzees 230 days, gorillas 255 days, and humans (on the average) 267 days. Even small primates such as bush babies have gestations considerably longer than those of nonprimate mammals of equivalent size, a reflection of the increased complexity and differentiation of primate structure compared with that of nonprimates. Although in primates there is a general trend toward evolutionary increase in body size, there is no absolute correlation between body size and the duration of the gestation period. Marmosets, for example, are considerably smaller than spider monkeys and howler monkeys but have a slightly longer pregnancy (howler monkeys 139 days, “true” marmosets 130–150 days).
An extraordinary and somewhat inexplicable difference exists between the dimensions of the pelvic cavity and the dimensions of the head of the infant at birth in monkeys and humans on the one hand, and apes on the other. The head of the infant ape is considerably smaller than the pelvic cavity, so birth occurs easily and without prolonged labour. When the head of the infant monkey engages in the pelvis, the fit is exact, and labour may be a prolonged and difficult affair, as it is generally with humans. Human parturition, however, is generally a much more extended process than that of monkeys. Like the human infant, the monkey is born head first. Twin births are rare in most monkeys and apes, but marmosets and some lemurs and lorises habitually produce twins.
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40 Fabulous Floor Reading Lamps For The Design Conscious
Floor standing reading lamps are not just an accessory to a room decor scheme. They can set the style of a living room, be multipurpose task lighting in a home office, or define a cosy reading corner in just about any room. Due to the proportions of tall floor lamps, they appear less as a second class accessory and more a piece of actual furniture. Careful thought goes into selecting a large item of furniture for your home, so choosing the design of a floor lamp should be given due consideration too. We’ve selected 40 fabulous floor reading lamps that we think may light up your life!
Serge Mouille Style Floor Lamp: This would be ideal in a mid century modern room scheme, with its slender tripod leg base. Made from carbonized steel and copper, it comes in this matte black colourway with contrasting white shade interior.
AJ Style Contemporary White Floor Reading Lamp: Spun steel with a tiltable shade, this was inspired by mid-century design by Arne Jacobsen. Modern floor reading lamps with a quirky shape look right at home in a Scandinavian style setting.
Lean Floor Lamp: The Lean can be selected in either a black or white finish that is subtly distressed to create an industrial look. The arm of the cool floor reading lamp is in raw brass and the detail is rubber.
Foscarini Fork Floor Lamp: The large casual shade of this lamp by Diesel has a patchwork structure to the canvas that, when lit warmly from within, is reminiscent of campsite tents. It also has a stitching style similar to jeans. The joints of the floor lamp make the stand very flexible, and the shade can be rotated 360°.
Spar Floor Lamp Replica: Living room reading lamps are in the room most displayed to house guests, and this striking red and black creation would certainly turn heads. If you want to go a step further than this modern replica, the original is available here.
Affordable Energy Efficient 3 Pivot Floor Reading Lamp: LED floor reading lamps are becoming more in demand as people grow more mindful of the environmental effects of energy consumption, and as the monetary costs of consuming energy continually rises. This brushed anodized aluminum design is an affordable lamp that presents a way to help protect the Earth and your bank account.
Link Ring Shaped LED Task Floor Lamp: Another of our favourite contemporary floor reading lamps that is fitted with LEDs. LED technology provides brilliantly bright floor reading lamps that are perfect for a shadowy reading corner that is situated out of the reach of a main overhead light. This is also a floor lamp with dimmer, so if the LEDs prove too bright then they can easily be made less dazzling.
Sparq Arc LED Floor Lamp: Arc floor reading lamps are able to reach over a piece of large furniture like a sofa or chunky armchair, in order to better centre the light source over a book or task. Minimalist floor reading lamps like this have no lampshade, so they don’t encroach on your space or decor scheme. This one is dimmable too.
Linear Floor Lamp: This futuristic LED lamp has a cool lightsaber look, perfect for sci-fi fans. This is the Linear Edition of Brightech’s curved Sparq Arc lamp (previous pic). It has a straight 58in wand that displays at a steady angle from a 5ft metal pole that comes in either high-shine silver or gloss black.
S7 Snake Like Floor Lamp: Rising from the floor like a snake charmers serpent from its basket. It can also be repositioned thanks to its malleable form that is reshaped by pulling the coils apart, so you could adjust the lamp to be shorter, more coiled or super wavy. The poseable silhouette does not require any tools to adjust it, it’s simply plug and play.
De Padova Style Circle Floor Lamp: Looking a little like a long stemmed leaf, this design presents a unique way to light a reading area, or add style over a dining table where there is no ceiling light fixture available.
Solveig Floor Lamp: Solveig means ‘path of the sun’ in Swedish, though this may appear more like a satellite or flying saucer rather than the sun – until the gloss white reflector is illuminated. The repoussé sheet steel shade is connected to the black lacquered base by a magnet, allowing the angle of the circular reflector to be modified.
Archer Floor Lamp: Wooden floor reading lamps bring a sophisticated look. This one has a chunky beech wood base post, and the shade has a frosted diffuser for minimising glare to provide the user with a comfortable level of light.
Tolomeo Reading Floor Lamp: On the back of the Tolomeo table/task that achieved the Compasso d’Oro award for Italian industrial design in 1989, engineering and performance features have been refined to create a new series of models, including this floor model.
Adesso Atlas Tall Floor Lamp: Smart outlet compatible, making it furture-proof. Task floor lamps often focus their light on a small concentrated area but this 77in tall design boasts a glow over a larger area.
Floor Reading Lamp With Lampshade: With a classic elevated crane design, this would look at home in any room of the home. The linen textured hanging shade is a neutral tone to fit with just about any colour scheme too.
Triple Light Conical Reading Floor Lamp: Built-in LEDs mean that you don’t have to worry about changing the bulbs, making it a time, energy and money saver. Although this is a 3 light floor lamp, it has a lightweight composition which means it’s easy to transport between rooms.
Oil Rubbed Bronze Metal Finish Floor Lamp: A traditional looking piece, this lamp makes a perfect accompaniment to a classic wing chair. Despite its traditional appearance, it has very modern dimmable LED natural daylight simulation to reduce eye fatigue.
Modern Arc Globe Floor Lamp: As far as living room reading lamps go, this is one that provides flexibility thanks to a dimmer switch located on the pole that can adjust bright light into mood lighting. Bright floor reading lamps are great when completing tasks but it’s always great to have the option of a softer setting.
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Rosenau: Vana's team defends Mass. Four-Ball championship
Annika Sorenstam dominated the national golf headlines last week, but Frank Vanna Jr. was the most noteworthy story locally.
Vanna Jr., who plays out of the Marlborough Country Club, paired with former Marian High School teammate Michael McCarthy (Woodland Golf Club), to capture the Massachusetts Four-Ball championship last week. The event was held at the Country Club of New Seabury and Oysters Harbor Club in Mashpee.
The tandem won their second straight Four-Ball title by shooting a two-day eight-under-par total of 135. After a first-day minus four 68, the duo trailed two-time champions Bruce Chalas and Steve Tasho, who both hail from the Thorney Lea Golf Club, by three strokes.
On the second day, Vanna Jr. got off on a great start by recording a birdie on the first hole, a 496-yard par 5. Vanna also birdied the par-3 eighth hole and the par-5 10th hole. McCarthy earned two birdies as the team combined to shoot a 68 for the second consecutive day.
Vanna Jr., who is the reigning Massachusetts Mid-Amateur champion, is expected to compete in Marlborough July 2 in the MetroWest Open. Vanna Jr. was the top amateur in last year's inaugural event.
MCC's Mark Klotz, who is in charge of the MetroWest Open, is hoping to increase the field significantly. Last year, 46 local pros and 20 amateurs competed. This year, Klotz is hoping to have 100 pros and 25 amateurs. Greens Fees are $180 for pros and $100 for amateurs. Sponsorships are still available for a few holes.
According to Marlborough Shamrocks head coach Tom Grasso, the team is tentatively scheduled to have its first practice on June 11. Grasso said that long-time quarterback Dave Palazzi, who has retired several times in the past.
The Shamrocks would like to have Ralph Barone return as their signal caller. He has led Marlborough to one national championship and to a second-place finish in another title game.
Barone is still a top EFL quarterback, but he's not a youngster. Look for the Shamrocks to bring in a young quarterback to learn the ropes.
A few interesting notes form the Sports pages last week. Kyle Darrow, who is a junior at UMass-Dartmouth, was named to the Little East Second Team. A relief pitcher, Darrow also plays for the Stan Musial Eagles, whose season should be beginning shortly. ...
Marlborough ace Jimmy Fuller continues to dominate, as the hurler threw a one-hit hit shutout earlier last week. Fuller (4-1) has not allowed an earned run in his last two starts. In Sunday's game, Matt Zagwyn (7-2) pitched a no-hitter against the Mid-Wach A co-champions, Algonquin.
The Panthers won the Mid-Wach B title with a perfect 10-0 league mark. Marlborough has won an incredible 29 straight league games.
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Youth Drop-In Gym is Monday through Friday 3:15 – 5 p.m. Kindergarten through grade 12 may participate. Cost is $2 per participant, or $1 for those participants with a Youth Gym ID.
FAQ Topic: Daily Visits & Drop-In Activities
Visit the Drop-In Art Program Page for current drop-in art offerings.
See our current daily admission rates.
The indoor pool schedule contains information about lap lanes and open swim.
View our current Ice Arena schedule.
Drop-in gym is held at the Kettering Recreation Complex 7 days a week.
The use of the track at the KRC and KFWC is free for Kettering residents. Non-residents pay a $2 fee for each use.
The track at the KRC is available the following hours: Monday – Thursday 5:30 a.m. – 10 p.m. Friday 5:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. Saturday 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. The track at KFWC/Trent Arena has a calendar of availability.
We have drop-in exercise classes at both the KRC and KFWC
Visit the Group Exercise page for complete information on daily pricing, schedules and exercise passes.
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Annual Squash champions crowned!
Following the Chesham 1879 squash championships on Friday 3rd May, congratulations to the winners and runners up.
The results were;
Main Competition: Neil Hollister bt Roger Hill
B Grade Comp: Richard Berger bt Mick Higgins
Juniors: Patrick Ellerton bt Rachel Roger-Lund
Vets: Neil Hollister bt Roger Hill
Congratulations to our champions!
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An insider's guide to choosing the new pope.
ROME — For the gaggle of reporters who have descended upon Rome over the past two days, the next election of the head of the Roman Catholic Church will be, of course, like no other in anyone's memory. Pope Benedict XVI's surprise abdication on Monday, Feb. 11, means that the electoral conclave -- for the first time since 1415 -- will not follow the death of the preceding pope. This time, it's a rare retirement. The Vatican has said that Benedict's papacy will expire at 8 p.m. on Feb. 28, when a live -- if frail -- ex-pope will leave office and enter an abandoned convent on Vatican City grounds.
The departure leaves a gap for the gathering press corps. The vote to determine Pope Benedict's successor will not be preceded by the usual funeral pomp for a dead Holy Father or emotional calls for his sainthood, as erupted in the wake of the death of Benedict's predecessor, Pope John Paul II. Still, Benedict's eight-year reign will officially end the same way John Paul II's did: with the smashing of the golden papal ring by a hammer. (Unusually, to say the least, Benedict could have the chance to smash it himself.)
Despite the dramatic changes in the prelude, the election should be familiar to anyone like me who covered the 2005 vote or anyone around when John Paul II was elected in 1978, or his short-lived predecessor, John Paul I, that same year. In the lead-up, there will be plenty of pre-vote rumors, gossip, and predictions of who will win. A sea of red caps and white lace will wash over Vatican City in the form of the 117 electors of the College of Cardinals. The venue for the election, the Sistine Chapel, will be swept for electronic bugging devices so that the deliberations remain secret. In the chapel, the cardinals, under the stern gaze of Michelangelo's Last Judgment, will pledge never to tell anyone what went on.
And within a few days after the conclave is convened, the famous white smoke will pour out of a Vatican chimney, church bells will ring, and an official will stand on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and say, in Latin, "Habemus Papam." We have a pope. And then the world will hear the name of the winner.
I covered the 2005 election for the Washington Post, and I remember it framed as a contest between continuity and change -- a competition that is likely to continue. In 2005, Benedict (then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger) represented continuity to the max. Since 1981, under Pope John Paul II, he had headed the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a kind of Vatican enforcement office for Catholic dogma. In the waning years of Pope John Paul II's reign, Ratzinger issued astonishingly broad pronouncements on foreign policy, assaults on feminism, and critiques of what he called relativism -- the notion that there is no sure truth but only equally competing and valid points of view. He also had long aligned himself with Pope John Paul II in labeling homosexuality a disorder, opposing women's entrance into the priesthood, focusing on abortion and contraception as key targets of disapproval, and defending the centrality of the Vatican in decision-making for all levels of the church.
Arrayed against him and conservatives like him, I recall, were Catholic leaders who, while not necessarily contesting elements of the established dogma, wanted to shift the focus to justice, peace, and alleviation of poverty. They also wanted a more collegial, even democratic, church, one in which bishops and cardinals and perhaps laymen and women would have more influence on decision-making.
The contest between the John Paul-Benedict era of continuity and something different persists. But while direction and dogma may differ, obstacles unite -- child sex abuse scandals in the church and the difficulties of outreach to other religions, in particular Islam, span the concerns of both sides.
The first challenge for anyone trying to understand where papal candidates stand is trying to figure out who is seriously in the running. On this score, the neophyte reporter in Rome will find a couple of Italian shorthand words useful when perusing newspapers and speaking with supposed experts: papabili and its close cousin, toto-Papa.
The papabili are cardinals believed to be viable candidates. Toto-Papa, or "pope-betting," is the game played by Vatican watchers to handicap the favorites. It's a game hardly any observer wins, mostly because the information about how the vote will go is 90 percent guesswork. If by chance one gets to ask a cardinal whom he favors, he will answer (if he answers at all), "The Holy Spirit will let me know."
That doesn't stop every outsider, expert or otherwise, from having an opinion.
When I covered the last election, the Post asked me to list some papabili for a preview article; I put down three from Latin America, an African, a pair of Italians, an Austrian, and an Asian. The morning before the article went to press, I woke up with a revelation: What about Ratzinger, then 78, who had played a powerful role behind the scenes of John Paul II's papacy?
Several Vatican watchers had warned me off him -- too old and crotchety, they said. Yet, a few months earlier, I myself had described him in an article as a "strong candidate." Oh, well. I decided to erase the Asian and insert Ratzinger. The last-minute bet (courtesy of the Holy Spirit?) saved me from some embarrassment: Ratzinger became pope.
Good luck in compiling a viable toto-Papa list this time around, given the number of names bandied about. But the editors will require it, so let's give it a shot.
Geography is a good place to start. Since John Paul II's election -- the first non-Italian pope for several centuries -- geographical factors frequently dominate the papabili guessing game. This year, Latin Americans are again considered strong possibilities. The continent is home to half the world's Catholics.
In matters of policy, however, a Latin American selection might herald a shift in direction from concern with doctrine toward social issues and poverty. Among the Latin American papabili are cardinals from two megalopolises: Norberto Carrera Rivera, 62, from Mexico City, and Odilo Pedro Scherer, 63, from Sao Paulo. Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, 70, archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, is also in the running; his city and country are overrun with poverty and high crime. Another Latin American candidate, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 76, of Buenos Aires is considered more in line with the ultraconservative leanings of Pope Benedict XVI than with the cause of social justice.
Europe could produce a winner, given the number of Europeans in the conclave (61) and tradition (no pope has come from outside the continent since Gregory III, a Syrian, in 731). That revives the chances of Christoph Schönborn, 68, archbishop of Vienna, who some may see as a plus because he oversaw a cleanup of the church in Austria after pedophile scandals. He was a mentioned candidate in 2005. French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran's name is also making the rounds, partly because he heads the Vatican department in charge of relations with other religions -- an important post in today's conflicted world of religious rivalries. But, at 69 years old, he suffers from early stages of Parkinson's disease, and the cardinals may not want to put someone with a known health problem in place after a pope just quit over declining health.
Italy possesses 28 voters in the conclave, and if they stick together, that's a formidable bloc. Italians produced popes for 455 years before the election of John Paul II, and they might be eager for a return to the historical norm. The name bouncing around now is Angelo Scola, 71, archbishop of Milan and a Benedict confidant. Being in charge of a big diocese gives him street cred among voters who want someone experienced in the nitty-gritty of local affairs and who also favors papal supremacy and a continuation of Benedict's conservative outlook.
It's become fashionable for Africa to get a mention. One African so far has entered the list of papabili: Cardinal Peter Appiah Turkson, 64, from Ghana, though he may have eliminated himself when he presided over the screening last year of a controversial video suggesting Muslims were soon to take over Europe through demographics.
Finally, unlike last time, North Americans are getting mentioned, notably Timothy Dolan, 63, archbishop of New York. Don't bet on it. The world's only superpower is not going to get a pope. (Spoiler alert for Americans focused on hot-button social issues: You're not about to get a pontiff who tolerates abortion, homosexuality, or euthanasia for people who want to end suffering in old age. Radio reporters calling from the United States were somehow shocked when I told them that in 2005, but that's the way it was then and still is now.)
However, America's northern neighbor might conceivably produce a pope: Marc Ouellet, 68, head of the Vatican's department of bishops, a conservative ally of Pope Benedict, and former archbishop of Quebec City.
With luck, this year's reporters and commentators will get a closer look at the potential candidates and their thoughts than we did, back in 2005. After Pope John Paul II's funeral, I had looked forward to the novemdiales, a nine-day period before the conclave during which the cardinals are traditionally free to wander Rome and speak with whomever they want. It was a chance to hear what ideas would dominate the conclave itself.
It was not to be.
Ratzinger, as dean of the College of Cardinals, presided over preparations for the conclave. On April 9, a day after the funeral, the Vatican announced a news blackout. Ratzinger had persuaded everyone to stop talking, cardinals quietly told me: no interviews, no open discussion of pre-conclave meetings -- no nothing except homilies at masses celebrating the virtues of John Paul II.
The prohibition left the public stage to Ratzinger himself. On the morning the conclave opened, he delivered a sermon to the cardinals that amounted to a combination keynote and self-advertisement. In it, he warned of a "dictatorship of relativism … that recognizes nothing definite and leaves only one's own ego and one's own desires as the final measure." He added that the church must withstand "tides of trends and the latest novelties." Some saw the speech as a fortification of true faith; others as a clear effort to stifle debate. Ratzinger won in the second ballot and was confirmed by acclamation.
In any case, I'm guessing there is probably one elector whom I interviewed before the 2005 blackout who will be giving no interviews this time: Cardinal Roger Mahony, 76, ex-archbishop of Los Angeles, who is beset by new revelations that he hid incidents of priestly child abuse from the police. Questions about pedophilia alone might scare the Vatican from letting the cardinals spout off too much.
At the end of this month, Ratzinger will disappear into Castel Gandolfo, on a lake near Rome, implicitly taking with him any possible influence on the forthcoming election. But his shadow will stretch all the way to the Sistine Chapel; he appointed just over half the cardinals who will elect his successor. And he wouldn't have picked them if they didn't agree with him in some measure.
But let's hope the cardinals open their thinking to the journalists waiting at St. Peter's and to the world. If they do, it'll tell us at least one thing for sure: that Ratzinger's influence is quickly waning and the race is wide open.
Arturo Mari - Vatican Pool/ Getty Images
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First off... Greetings & Salutes...
Starting my very first Boba, after reading these forums un-registered for over 2 years. Right now I am working from WizardofFlight's templates to build a rough Beta Stage bucket merely to fit to my noggin' and test various issues with the helmet.
While in the process of doing this, however, an interesting thought popped into my head, and I thought it wise to post it here for comments and discussion:
We have the dimensions of the buckets used in the film, plenty of source photos, and more collective talent on these boards than anyone could've imagined. Why not pool what we know about the parts of the armor, model each piece to scale, and create moldable prototypes using a stereolithography machine?
I realize I'm new here, and I shouldn't make too many waves, but I'd definately be willing to put in the man-hours to accurately model the 'hard parts' of the armor (i.e. not the fabric based parts) in 3D Studio MAX, Maya, Lightwave, or whatever, so long as someone could help in getting the most accurate measurements of each piece. (i.e. exact placement of dents, scratches, re-touches, damage repair, paint job alignment, etc). There is a local manufacturing facility not far from my residence that offers stereolithography prototyping (my father may also be able to get me access to one at the Jet Engine manufacturer he works at, I know they have one there for sure) as well as mold making, and assembly line manufacturing.
I'm not looking to make any money here, quite the opposite, I'm just trying to get the most accurate armor for the least money (probably just like everyone else, hehe). For the time being, I'm going to make a dozen or so buckets based from WOF's templates for tweaking and practice, the rest of my armor will probably go the same way. I'm aiming to build a suit as a Halloween custume, depending on how these go, I may get serious and contact Northeast Mold and Plastic Inc for pricing on prototyping.
What do you guys and gals think?
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Objective: Our objective was to identify factors that affect clinicians' compliance with the evidence-based guidelines using an interdisciplinary approach and develop a conceptual framework that can provide a comprehensive and practical guide for designing effective interventions.
Design: A literature review and a brainstorming session with 11 researchers from a variety of scientific disciplines were used to identify theoretical and conceptual models describing clinicians' guideline compliance. MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and the bibliographies of the papers identified were used as data sources for identifying the relevant theoretical and conceptual models.
Results: Thirteen different models that originated from various disciplines including medicine, rural sociology, psychology, human factors and systems engineering, organizational management, marketing, and health education were identified. Four main categories of factors that affect compliance emerged from our analysis: clinician characteristics, guideline characteristics, system characteristics, and implementation characteristics. Based on these findings, we developed an interdisciplinary conceptual framework that specifies the expected interrelationships among these four categories of factors and their impact on clinicians' compliance.
Conclusions: An interdisciplinary approach is needed to improve clinicians' compliance with evidence-based guidelines. The conceptual framework from this research can provide a comprehensive and systematic guide to identify barriers to guideline compliance and design effective interventions to improve patient safety.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Virginia Tech will face Wake Forest on Thursday at 6 p.m. in the opening round of the 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament. The event is being held at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, N.C.
Tech (7-22, 3-13 ACC) enters as the 10th seed and will face the seventh seeded Wake Forest (17-12, 7-9 ACC) in the first round on Thursday evening. Virginia Tech and Wake played each other on Sunday in the regular season finale for both teams. WFU picked up the 68-39 win in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The winner of the game will advance to face No. 2 seed Miami on Friday, March 2 at 6 p.m.
Both the first and second rounds can be seen on Regional Sports Network (RSN). Stations include Fox Sports Net South (FSNS), ComCast Sports Net (CSN), Fox Sports Net Florida (FSNFL) and New England Sports Network (NESN).
Complete tournament information can be found at tournament central on TheACC.com.
For updates on Virginia Tech women's basketball, follow the Hokies on Twitter (@VT_WBBall).
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By Rebbetzen Siobhan Dansky, Participant in the Chief Rabbi’s Ma’ayan Programme
A popular custom on Tu B’Shevat is to eat 15 different fruits, including a new fruit that one has not eaten in the past year. There is also a particular focus on the fruits for which the Land of Israel is praised in the Torah: grapes, figs, dates, olives and pomegranates (see Devarim 8:8).
Why do we celebrate the trees in the middle of winter when they are at their most barren? Surely we would appreciate them more when they are full of blossom, or their branches are heavy with fruit?
Trees grow through all four seasons. In spring and summer, they blossom and produce delicious, sweet fruit. In autumn and winter, they lose their leaves and are bare and vulnerable. Tu B’Shevat is the day in mid-winter when we mark the time that the sap starts to rise inside the tree that will ultimately lead to it becoming fruitful again. Even though the tree looks dead on the outside, there is movement hidden deep inside the trunk. It is this potential for growth that we celebrate on Tu B’Shevat, teaching us that even in the cold of winter, the tree has the potential to blossom in the spring.
The Torah compares humans to a tree, “ki ha’adam eitz hasadeh – for a person is a tree of the field” (Devarim 20:19). Just as trees grow through the seasons, we also have similar patterns in our lives. There will be times when we flourish, are productive and see the incredible fruits of our labours, and there are times when we may feel frozen and stuck, and it may be a challenge to feel we are able to thrive. Tu B’Shevat teaches us that we should never give up hope – it may be precisely because of the harshest experiences that, in time, we are able to grow, become stronger and flourish in the future. Each stage of life is necessary as part of our growth process.
If the lesson comes from the trees, why do we celebrate by eating fruit? Surely it would make more sense to celebrate the trees themselves, not their produce. Sometimes we see our value in life according to what we have in our bank accounts, our possessions or our personal achievements, but our true value is in what we contribute to the world and what we give to others. There is a saying that “we make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give”. The fruits are the trees’ gifts to us. Celebrating with the fruits teaches us that as we grow through each season of our lives, we should always retain hope in the future and translate our potential into a life of giving to the world.
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From Palms Springs to Phoenix
Trip Start Sep 01, 2012
9Trip End Dec 02, 2012
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It’s a four hour drive to Vegas through more desert. Occasionally a town with no reason at all to be there crops up offering rooms for $30 and casinos. The Vegas sprawls eventually starts and we have to drive up the Strip to get to our hotel. And Vegas was what we were expecting, though, oddly, we were expecting it to be even more so
We don’t look back and head north for a great big dollop of natural beauty. The dessert gives way to mountains and we gradually climb to 8,500 feet. We have a few days in Bryce Canyon, which is not in fact a canyon as its extraordinary landscape is not carved by a river. It is impossible not to see things in the ‘hoodoos’ the bizarre orange pillars created by the endless freeze, thaw and fracturing of the relatively soft rock. Look… there’s a cathedral, there’s an Indian temple, there’s a bunch of meerkats. We walk down amongst them, squeezed and breathless with occasional glimpses of brilliant blue skies in perfect colour contrast to the oxidized rocks
Only the thought of the Grand Canyon tears us away and we drive through hours of mountain and dessert. It is the country of cowboys and injuns, landscape we only ever saw in monochrome at Saturday morning cinema. The roads are lined with the trading stalls of the remaining native Americans selling pottery, baskets and reproductions of their ancient artifacts. Their houses are barely houses at all, and we wonder how their lives must be.
We stop for an impromptu tour of the immense Glen Canyon damn on the Colorado River. We are warned that we mustn’t say words like bomb or terrorists and take a lift 600 feet down to the base of the damn where 30 foot concrete walls hold back the water. As a result of the detour we arrive at the Canyon in the dark and a strange pink glow in the sky is all that tells us there is something out of the ordinary waiting to be seen. We are staying in an historic hotel, a giant and grand log cabin badly in need of a bit of updating but it doesn’t matter. When we wake up and go outside the canyon is quite literally incredible. It would be wise to stop with that word as anything else written here risks under-representing a landscape of such immense scale and grandeur. None of the pictures we take come close to capturing the truth. It really is a place you have to see for yourself. One of the joys of the State Parks is the Rangers. And here like every park there are talks and walks and enthusiastic staff who with deep knowledge help us to understand more of the geology, fauna and flora. A few facts must suffice to fuel the imagination for those who have not seen it. It is 227 miles long, more than a mile deep and 11 miles wide.
Utah and Arizona are huge and empty but by now we are comfortable with driving hour after hour through the beautiful mountains and desserts
And, oh goodness, three months has gone and we must away to Phoenix to make our way home to the cold and the familiar. It is tempting to try to make a summary of our travels but we feel it is premature without a time for reflection.
We can say though that we have had a marvellous adventure, have seen astonishing natural beauty, visited some intriguing cities and have grasped a little of the American perspective. We have met some fascinating people, enjoyed meeting old friends on their own turfs and have found good coffee quite often. It could be the trip of our lifetimes but with luck there may be other trips to other places, as the old saw that says travel broadens the mind is so manifestly true.
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Many of you may have noticed that lack of activity on my end in recent weeks. The truth is, I started this blog as a semester-long class assignment, which I have since submitted for grading. This is one of the best assignments I have ever been given, but I’m not going to lie when I say it was a headache.
I have loved all of my brewery trips. But Cedar Falls just does not have an ample supply of breweries nearby, so every post had to be planned around a trip once I had exhausted most of my local resources. I enjoyed all of them, but trying to squeeze them in between a heavy course load, a restaurant job that demands nights and weekends, and then making time to sit down and craft a blog post has been a bit stressful at times.
So I feel okay to go ahead and admit that I have not TOUCHED anything blog-related in the last week. But today you all blew me away. In a last-ditch effort to procrastinate my homework, I checked my Google Analytics app. To my surprise, my traffic has been super-steady and ya’ll just keep showing up.
I had been debating whether or not to keep this blog up, because after graduation in 2.5 short weeks I will no longer have free site-hosting and software usage from UNI. But seeing the love today, I don’t feel like I can stop. And I imagine blogging is much more enjoyable when its not being graded.
I cannot promise a post every week. There will be an address change once UNI kicks me off. And you probably still won’t see much of me until after graduation, moving, and life settles down a little bit. But I promise that every time I make it to a new brewery or just have something wonderful to share, I will be back. In the meantime, cheers to you and all your love!
P.S. Feel free to email my professor at [email protected] and tell him to give me an A! Seriously.
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It’s tempting to follow the lead of elite athletes and try every training method they use—but are they really useful for the everyday runner or swimmer?
If you were able to pull your eyes away from all those medals around Michael Phelps’s neck at the 2016 Olympics, you might have noticed some other round things on his skin— the tell-tale circular marks of an ancient Chinese medicine practice called cupping, also used in many other cultures for centuries. Cupping involves using heat or an air pump to suck out air from glass or hard plastic cups placed on the skin: the suction causes capillaries to burst under the skin and leaves perfect circles of purple hickey marks.
And just like eating our Wheaties, if Olympians do it, we more typical mortals often want to try it too. But should we?
Here we’ll look at three popular tricks elite athletes are using to improve their performance and whether the evidence supports it. Spoiler: sometimes it does, but you will need to think twice about whether to incorporate into your own daily workout.
Cupping dates back to at least 1500 B.C. Athletes are attracted to the claim that cupping pulls blood to the area where the cups are placed to reduce soreness and speed up the healing of overworked muscles. Other described mechanisms of cupping include “releasing toxins” from body tissues, activating the lymphatic system and clearing and “activating” blood vessels, among others.
Just because something has been used for millennia, however, doesn’t mean it works. Over the years, cupping has been recommended by its various practitioners to treat a long list of conditions: pain, shingles, cough, asthma, acne, common colds, hives, stretched or torn ligaments, frozen shoulder, mastitis … The list goes on.
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“Normally, one does suspect that a ‘cure all’ is, in fact, a ‘cure nothing,’” said Dr. Edzard Ernst, an emeritus professor of complementary medicine at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. “If one treatment is recommended for a wide range of conditions, it does in all likelihood cure none.”
The evidence on cupping mostly bears this out: no evidence exists to support the biological mechanisms described above, and Ernst noted the studies “are flimsy in almost every respect.” A research review concluded “there is insufficient high-quality evidence to support the use of cupping therapy on relevant diseases.”
But some evidence suggests cupping might help with one thing—pain. For example, a small study on cupping for neck pain and another on cupping for knee pain found mild benefits compared to a different therapy or no therapy. These studies also had significant flaws, and a 2011 meta-review called for more rigorous studies before recommending cupping for pain. But Ernst describes one way cupping could help with pain: counter-irritation.
“One pain can make another one disappear or appear to be less,” he explained. “If you hit yourself accidentally with a hammer, your headache will seem less for a while. The crucial point is that the effect is neither curative nor long-lasting.”
And the practice is not without risks or harm. Dry cupping is mildly painful, costs money, leaves those characteristic purple hickeys, and may dissuade people from seeking more effective treatments. (I can also attest that the pain can last several days after dry cupping with heat is done.) Wet cupping, in which the skin is pricked or sliced multiple times so the person bleeds into the cups, can lead to dangerous infections.
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)
Some elite athletes head in the opposite direction for a cutting-edge technology called transcranial direct current stimulation, or tDCS. A device worn on the head non-invasively transmits a low-intensity direct current that reaches the brain, which already uses electricity to function.
“You can get the current to go to different parts of the brain and when it gets to the brain, it can change the way the brain operates,” explained Marom Bikson, a dTCS expert and professor of biomedical engineering at the City University of New York. TDCS is regarded as very safe when used in a very limited dose and with high-grade technology, he said.
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Though not approved by the FDA in the U.S., tDCS has been approved in Europe for treating depression and types of chronic pain such as migraine. Now some elite athletes have begun using it to add an edge to their performance, but the evidence for that edge is limited.
Bikson points out that sports performance involves everything from an athlete’s speed to their focus and attention to their perception of fatigue. And one recent lab study found that tDCS affected cyclists’ perception of their effort and how tired they were, which translated into an estimated four percent better performance. But Bikson cautions not to get caught up in percentages, especially from just one small trial (a mere 10 cyclists).
“You can get this performance in the lab, but we need to be careful about saying that it will necessarily work in the real world,” he said. Similarly, some lab tests show a possible effect on motor performance, but it hasn’t been replicated. The athletes using it, however, don’t seem to care.
“Maybe they feel something,” Bikson said, “but it’s not scientific proof that it’s working, and it’s not scientific proof that it doesn’t work.”
Hypoxia refers to oxygen deficiency. The “thin air” at the top of a mountain is hypoxic, making it harder to breathe than at sea level because you’re not getting as much oxygen with each breath. If you stay in that environment long enough, your body adjusts by churning out more oxygen-carrying red blood cells to ensure your tissues get enough oxygen. When you then return to sea level, you may feel a bit more energetic for a few days because the air is now rich with oxygen while your body still has all those bonus red blood cells.
It seems logical, then, that training in environments with low oxygen might boost performance at lower elevations, and a number of products claim to take advantage of that, from hypoxic masks that reduce the oxygen you breathe in to specially designed hypoxic rooms or “altitude tents” to train in.
But there’s a hitch: training in a hypoxic environment doesn’t actually help performance.
For decades, Olympic athletes experimented with training at higher altitudes to improve sea-level performance, but the evidence was mixed, explained Jim Stray-Gundersen, M.D., the sports science advisor for the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association in Park City, Utah. He and a colleague conducted a study in 1996 that discovered the secret to maximizing the benefits of high altitude: live high, train low. They compared three groups of college runners: one group living and training at sea level in Dallas, one living and training at altitude in Park City, and one living in Park City but training at sea level in Salt Lake City.
“The big finding from our study was that it’s not the training in hypoxia that’s helpful. It’s living at altitude that’s important to get sea level performance,” Stray-Gundersen said.
And the masks? They don’t work, said Stray-Gundersen, who has studied several of them.
Meanwhile, Stray-Gundersen said, practices such as cupping or tDCS come from a long line of things Olympians will try for any extra edge they can get, but for ordinary athletes, the best way to improve performance doesn’t need to be as complicated as building a hypoxic room.
“Most athletes don’t train right in the first place,” he said. “Improving a performance can be done by just getting your training right.”
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Belt, the Proxima belt contains fine grains with similar average temperature and total mass.
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Dubbed as 'Planet Nine,' the Mars-sized body is believed to be somewhere near the Kuiper
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Abu Dhabi: OCB Oilfield Services, a company owned by Abu Dhabi based Gulf Capital has acquired 100 per cent of Kuiper
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Gulf Capital announced today that its portfolio company OCB Oilfield Services, has acquired 100 percent of Kuiper
International Pte LTD, a player in the offshore construction and maintenance services sector, with a particular stronghold in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region and Australia.
Who would have expected a blue sky in the Kuiper
Animal welfare activists, who named the pup Kuiper
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In 2011, scientists announced that comet 103P/Hartley 2, from the Kuiper
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8 billion km), Nasa's New Horizons robotic probe awoke from hibernation on Saturday to begin an unprecedented mission to study the icy dwarf planet Pluto and sibling worlds in its Kuiper
The planned search will involve targeting a small area of sky in search of a Kuiper
Belt object (KBO) for the outbound spacecraft to visit.
The known Solar System can be divided into three parts: the rocky planets like Earth, which are close to the Sun; the gas giant planets, which are further out; and the frozen objects of the Kuiper
belt, which lie just beyond Neptune's orbit.
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Northview — Just after lunch recently, Nikole Lewis’s fifth-graders filed into her classroom and quickly took their seats, eager to get to work creating Native American dioramas.
One student in each group of three or four retrieved and carried a shoebox of a scene-in-progress to awaiting classmates, who quickly arranged supplies such as clay, markers, rocks, leaves, grass and sticks for the hour’s work.
Meanwhile, Lewis assembled an array of sculpting clay and tools in a corner of her classroom. Students who approached her to acquire the supplies knew the price: offer a fact about something they had learned so far.
All four of Highlands Middle’s fifth-grade social studies teachers do the project with their classes. The Native American unit studies four territories: Pacific Northwest, Desert Southwest, Great Plains and Eastern Woodlands. Fifth-graders learn about the histories of each group and how they adapted to their location, including the animals they hunted, the tools they made and used and the foods they grew and ate.
In between clay store “sales,” Lewis loudly posed what she called “teacher challenge” questions over the enthusiastic cacophony of diorama-building.
“Which Native American territory used kiva pits?” she asked the class, eliciting a surplus of raised hands.
Vonteay Manning’s group assembled a diorama of the Pacific Northwest, which, as he explained, was “surrounded by a lot of lakes and oceans. They also hunted whales, and they also told stories with totem poles.”
Emily Doss’s group’s diorama focused on the Woodlands territory.
“It’s not by the water, and we don’t have plank houses; we have long houses, which are touching the ground,” she explained. “Plank houses are on stilts. And they have a hole in the top for fires, because (Native Americans) made their food in there. And (fires) for families to sit at.”
It was Lewis’s third year leading the diorama project.
“I love that this gives the students a chance to show what they know, and (that) it isn’t in a typical ‘test’ format,” she said. “We have so many kids who don’t learn or can’t show their growth with just a paper and pencil, so they need other creative and engaging ways.”
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Sue Shellenbarger, in today's Wall Street Journal, reports on a Harvard Business School study that showed benefits of taking some time off from work every week. Shellenbarger also tried to keep one day per weekend work-free all month. She also reported good results: "On one recent Monday, after an invigorating weekend of working out, attending church and watching college football and hiking with friends, I quickly solved a work problem that had baffled me the previous week."
What's surprising about this study is that the results are a surprise to anyone. Working while exhausted does not promote the world's greatest critical thinking. Yet, crushing work schedules continue to be a badge of honor among senior executives. I wonder how many bad acquisitions could have been avoided if the acquiring CEOs and CFOs followed Shellenbarger's prescription?
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San Francisco Chronicle writes about Feed Your Pet Right
This article appeared yesterday in the Datebook section. The dogs loved the food—a huge relief because we had not tested the recipes (oops).
Challenging the pet-food dogma
Meredith May, San Francisco Chronicle, June 23, 2010
In her best-selling food industry exposés “What to Eat” and “Food Politics,” Marion Nestle taught the nation how to shop smarter at the supermarket. Now the New York University nutrition professor and Chronicle Food Matters columnist has teamed with animal nutrition expert Malden C. Nesheim to examine the $18 billion pet food industry in “Feed Your Pet Right: The Authoritative Guide to Feeding Your Dog and Cat” (Simon & Schuster; $16.99).
Their research-based work examines the politics, marketing and science behind pet food, and offers pet owners advice on how best to feed America’s 172 million cats and dogs. She recently visited The Chronicle’s test kitchen, where canine tasters wolfed down an easy-to-prepare recipe from the book.
Q: This book began when you couldn’t understand the ingredients on pet food labels?
A: I couldn’t! I was in a supermarket in Ithaca (N.Y.), and the pet food aisle was 120 feet long. I was stunned by the amount of real estate devoted to it. This had to be some huge industry, and it surprised me because I didn’t think dogs and cats had taken over the world. I looked at the label and it didn’t make any sense at all: stuff about guaranteed analysis, profiles and health claims all over it. We gathered all the books we could find on feeding pets, and they were so dogmatic – saying you have to feed your pet this one way and everything else was poison. They were enormously contradictory, and none seemed to be based on actual research.
Q: Is it in the best interest of the pet food industry to confuse us?
A: Of course – they are selling products that are inexpensive to make and profitable to sell, and all they have to do is convince pet owners if they don’t use their products, they are making a big mistake.
They would prefer you don’t think about what’s in there – the byproducts of human food products. There are billions of pounds of leftover parts of cows, pigs, chickens and sheep after they are slaughtered for human consumption, and something has to be done with it or it will be wasted. One way is to feed it to dogs and cats. They don’t care what part of the animal it comes from.
Q: Give us a cheat sheet. What should we look for on the label?
A: If you want one-stop shopping that meets all the nutritional needs of your cat or dog, look for the words “complete and balanced” on the package. That’s code for meeting all the nutritional standards set by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO) – the non-regulatory agency that sets the pet food standards.
Next is the ingredient list. Our rule of thumb is to check the first five ingredients; after that, the ingredients are so small, they do not amount to much. The first five should be real foods – not wheat gluten or something that doesn’t sound like real food. A lot have meat byproducts in them that are quite nutritious, but a lot of people think they are disgusting.
Beyond that, if you are concerned about the quality and interested in organic, seasonal and locally grown, you can find a commercial pet food that meets those standards, but typically you will pay more.
Q: Is there some truth to the claims that some foods are for aging pets, puppies, weight loss, organic, premium?
A: You can pretty much trust it the way you can human food labeling. There will be cheats every now and then.
Q: Is price an indicator of quality?
A: We were rather surprised by what we found. We bought a collection of chicken dinners for pets that were all premium brands, which is a code for higher price. We compared the first five ingredients, the health claims and price, and although the ingredients were all the same, there was a threefold increase in price. So there’s some heavy marketing going on here. The word “premium” has no regulatory meaning, so you have to read what’s in the product.
Q: What are the main things we are doing wrong when it comes to feeding our pets?
Q: Should we just be cooking for our pets?
A: People who do say it is healthier. One of the funniest things we found was a big clinical research book for cats and dogs put out by Hills Co. that had a very long chapter about how dangerous it is to cook for your pets, then it gave generic recipes for cat and dog food that were easy to follow. We put the recipes in our book!
Q: Since the invention of commercial pet food, is there any evidence that pets are healthier or living longer? Or the opposite?
A: We were curious what did people do before commercial pet food. But there was little information and an astonishing lack of research about pet life spans. In the last 10 years, there’s been some preliminary evidence that life spans of dogs and cats have increased a little bit, but I wouldn’t want to push that too hard. There’s certainly evidence that pets are not doing any worse since commercial pet food was invented.
Q: The top five pet food companies control 80 percent of the market – who is regulating them?
A: All of those five companies are also either human food companies or consumer product companies. Governing them is a complicated regulatory system comprised of the (Food and Drug Administration’s) Center for Veterinary Medicine, AAFCO and states. States have their own rules, AAFCO sets models it wishes all states would follow but about half do, and the FDA regulation is minimal. But that’s changing.
Q: Is that because of the pet food recalls in 2007 that were traced to melamine in China?
A: Yes, it made everyone realize we only have one food supply – and it feeds humans, pets and farm animals. If we have a problem with pet food, then there will likely be a problem with all food. Sure enough, melamine showed up in baby formula in China and in a lot of products that were supposed to be containing milk. We need a food-safety system covering the whole thing, and the FDA is not unsympathetic to that approach. We need food labels on pet food that we can read, and calorie counts should be on them.
Q: What foods are deadly to pets?
A: Raisins, grapes or macadamia nuts, onions, garlic and chocolate. Little amounts really won’t do any harm; it’s pounds that causes problems.
Q: If you want to cook for your pet, how do you do it properly?
A: Follow a recipe.
Q: On your book tour, what are the most common questions people have?
A: A lot of questions about poop and how to keep the amount down – all these people in Manhattan apartments want to know. I tell them feed a high-premium, low-residue product with not much fiber in it. PetCo even has a sign showing the poop size comparisons using these kinds of products.
Recipes: Homemade food that gives pets the nutrition they need. E5
Homemade Dog Food
From “Feed Your Pet Right,” by Marion Nestle and Malden C. Nesheim (Simon and Schuster; $16.99). This recipe, adapted from guidelines in “Small Animal Clinical Nutrition” (2000), feeds one 40-pound dog. Amounts should be adjusted to the size, age and condition of the animal.
- 8 ounces cooked grains (rice, cornmeal, oatmeal, pasta and other grains and cereals)
- 4 ounces cooked meat (beef, lamb, pork, chicken, turkey, fish)
- 2 teaspoons fat (beef fat, chicken fat, vegetable oil, olive oil, fish oil)
- 1 ounce raw or cooked vegetables
- 1 teaspoon bone meal (or dicalcium phosphate supplement, see Note)
- 1/4 teaspoon potassium chloride supplement (salt substitute)
- 1 human adult daily multi-vitamin, multi-mineral tablet
Instructions: Combine the ingredients in a bowl. Mix well and serve.
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American Forces Press Service
March 21, 2007 – Coalition and Iraqi forces killed 17 terrorists, detained about 90 suspected insurgents, and found several weapons caches in operations throughout Iraq in the past three days, military officials reported. Coalition forces killed five terrorists, destroyed a bomb-making factory and detained three suspected terrorists during an operation today near Taji. As ground forces entered the target buildings, they encountered several armed men. Coalition forces used self-defense measures, killing five terrorists and detaining three suspected terrorists.
During the raid, coalition forces discovered an adjacent building was being used as an explosives factory. Inside the building, coalition forces found large-caliber ammunition and explosive manufacturing materials including numerous 50-gallon barrels of explosive material. Coalition forces conducted an air strike to destroy the explosives factory, associated vehicles, ammunition and weapons.
Elsewhere, Amiriyah police and Marines from Regimental Combat Team 6 engaged armed groups of al Qaeda for more than five hours today, killing eight insurgents and wounding five, south of Fallujah, near the town of Amiriyah.
Iraqi police posts observed sporadic enemy mortar fire for about one hour this morning. Marine artillery units assigned to RCT6 identified the location of the mortar team and counter-fired, forcing the al Qaeda in Iraq attackers to flee the scene. Amiriyah police then received sporadic enemy fire from an unknown number of insurgents. The police positively identified the enemy gunfire and returned fire, killing two insurgents and wounding five. Five policemen were wounded during the engagement.
Enemy fire continued sporadically throughout midday, when supporting fixed-wing aircraft engaged about 20 insurgents with guided munitions and strafing fire. Six insurgents were killed and their vehicles were destroyed as a result. The five wounded policemen were transported to a local hospital and treated.
In other operations, coalition forces destroyed a weapons cache and detained 23 suspected terrorists today during raids targeting foreign fighter facilitators and al Qaeda in Iraq networks.
During a raid near Balad, coalition forces detained 10 suspected terrorists and found a large amount of weapons in two targeted buildings. The weapons found included numerous machine guns, assault rifles, AK-47s, grenades, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and a DShK anti-aircraft heavy machine gun. Due to the large amount of weapons found, coalition forces destroyed the two buildings and the weapons inside to prevent further use by terrorists.
West of Taji, coalition forces captured three suspects with alleged ties to car bomb operations and foreign fighter facilitation.
Six suspected terrorists believed to be involved in foreign fighter facilitation were detained in Mosul.
Coalition forces also conducted a raid west of Abu Ghraib targeting foreign fighter facilitators. During the raid, ground forces detained four suspected terrorists at the targeted building.
In other developments, the western Ramadi district police conducted a massive police operation targeting insurgents yesterday in Ramadi. Coordinating between several stations within his district, Brig. Gen. Khalil Ibrahim Hamadi, chief of the Ramadi district police, personally led more than 500 policemen as they conducted house-to-house searches in the capital city of Anbar province.
"The sons of Ramadi work tirelessly to eradicate criminals and bring them to justice," Khalil said. "Today we achieved a noble goal in providing security and stability to our families and the people of Ramadi."
During the 10-hour operation, named "Operation Lions of Ramadi," police detained more than 45 suspected insurgents, confiscated propaganda material and discovered several caches containing assault rifles, machine guns, and mortar and artillery shells used to produce improvised explosive devices. Insurgents using an IED during the operation killed one civilian and injured five. The wounded were transported by local citizens to a nearby joint security station, then evacuated to a coalition medical facility for further treatment.
Elsewhere, at least four Iraqis were killed and 14 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb yesterday in an eastern segment of the Iraqi capital. The attack occurred around 11:20 a.m. when a taxi packed with mortar rounds plowed into a crowd in the al-Sheik Omar area.
An Iraqi army element from 4th Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division, and soldiers with the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, responded to the blast and sealed off the area to prevent residents from approaching any unexploded ordnance. The injured were treated on the spot before being transported for further medical care.
In another operation, coalition forces detained nine suspected terrorists yesterday during raids targeting the al Qaeda in Iraq network.
In Mosul, seven suspected terrorists were detained with alleged ties to al Qaeda in Iraq and attacks against coalition forces and the Iraqi police. One of the detainees reportedly procures chemicals for the production of IEDs.
In another raid southwest of Abu Ghraib, coalition forces netted two suspected terrorists allegedly involved in moving foreign terrorists into Iraq.
A contraband-search-turned-firefight yielded two caches for Multinational Division Baghdad soldiers March 19 in Falahat, Iraq. Soldiers from Troop C, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, raided three buildings in Falahat, where they detained three suspected insurgents and confiscated two AK-47s, one shotgun and five magazines.
Troop C was preparing to enter a fourth building when a vehicle with four men drove by and fired weapons at the soldiers, who reciprocated with shots of their own. Three of the men fled the scene on foot but were captured by the soldiers. Follow-on searches yielded the day's second cache: one 122 mm artillery shell, four fuses, one grenade, four rocket sleds, four ammunition vests, one AK-47 and more than seven magazines.
In Ramadi, Iraqi police captured a suspected insurgent, reportedly linked to an IED cell, during operations with coalition advisors March 19. The suspect is allegedly involved in multiple bombing attacks targeting coalition forces and Iraqi security forces in the area. Iraqi forces detained three additional individuals for questioning.
Separately, Iraqi army soldiers took three terrorists into custody during an operation March 19 near Taqa. Soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, detained the three men, who were found on a road that skirts the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, with materials for making IEDs.
In another operation, Iraqi and coalition forces conducted a raid in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Kadamiyah on March 19. The raid was targeting suspected insurgents implicated in the placement of roadside bombs in the area. During the raid, elements of the 3rd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division, entered the Abass Mosque. No contraband was found in the mosque and about 50 people were held in the area until the search was complete. All 50 from within the mosque were released.
After the search, Iraqi and U.S. soldiers came under rocket-propelled-grenade and small-arms attack at about 9 p.m. from a separate group of 20 armed men in the same area. Coalition forces returned fire, killing three insurgents. Three men from the armed group were detained. U.S. military aircraft participated in the operation but did not expend any ordnance.
(Compiled from Multinational Corps Iraq and Multinational Force Iraq news releases.)
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Come on, come on
Do the ScoMo-motion with me
The Locomotion, by Little Eva.
Bullying, standover tactics, sit-ins – allegations of misconduct flow thick and fast in the aftermath of Peter Dutton’s botched Liberal Party leadership coup, a fiasco which Scott Morrison helped create – then exploited in his ambition to topple Turnbull.
Morrison’s plotters voted for the spill only to switch their allegiance in the next round. Lucy Gichui maintains, moreover, Morrison’s mob had been planning to knife Malcolm Turnbull, at least, since June.
The revelations do nothing to mollify members of the Coalition’s hard right rump, whose mistrust of Morrison goes back at least to his betrayal of Tony Abbott in 2015. Abbott declares he’s still up for a leadership bid. No-one takes seriously his pious piffle that “the era of the political assassin is over”. It simply echoes his “no sniping”.
Then again, he did explain that no promise of his was to be believed – unless you had it in writing. Pathological liar or not, deeds do speak louder than words. Abbott’s are still speaking.
Who can forget his inspiring leadership in bullying Julia Gillard, “ditch the witch” or his services to party misogyny – well before he even contrived to insult all women in Australia by appointing himself the minister for women? His legacy may still be seen today.
This week women MPs speak of a culture of bullying in the Liberal Party. Male MPs, lobbying for Dutton, enter women’s offices early and refuse to leave in an intimidating and bizarre type of sit-in, unless the MPs sign up to Dutton’s faction. Some women MPs are told they must sign or they would lose their pre-selection, they allege.
“… I’m talking about senators and ministers who were in tears because they were at the crossroads where they could not choose, especially the ones from Victoria went through a very, very rough time because they were holding a carrot … like this is your preselection — ‘hey you do this, we do that’,” Liberal senator Lucy Gichui alleges.
Gichui threatens to name names under parliamentary privilege next week. MP for Chisholm, Julia Banks says she will resign from parliament and not re-contest the next election. For her, the spill was “the last straw” and “women have suffered in silence too long.” Dutton and his henchmen disavow all knowledge. So, too do party leaders.
Scott Morrison dismisses the women’s claims. Appearing on The Project, he denies there’s a bullying issue.
“I believe there was a lot of pressure, that it was applied over a very intense period, okay? Australian politics had been “ferocious” and “tough” but he would not describe any behaviour as bullying. Problem solved. It’s all a matter of how our Humpty Dumpty PM defines a word. And power and gender politics.
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that’s all.”
Morrison has another go. Votes may be lost over this. The Australian reports that he’s going to be a bully-buster.
“I have laid down the law to my cabinet. I have laid down the law to my ministry and to the parliamentary secretary ranks of my government. They know what I expect and I have every confidence they will live up to what I expect,” Morrison says.
Bully the bullies – get them to live up to “my standards”. What could possibly go wrong?
Cue the big guns. Victorian Liberal Party President and expert feminist Michael Kroger dismisses the women’s evidence, Monday on our ABC RN. There’s no bullying problem in the Liberal Party. It always helps to be dismissive in conflict resolution as in dealing with complaints but Kroger’s also patronising. The females are imagining it.
Why, if it were, true, President Kroger would be the first to do something about it.
Also in denial, is his wife, former Liberal Senator for Victoria and president of the Federal Women’s Committee, Helen Kroger. She blames the victim. Toughen up buttercup. It’s just “part of the rough and tumble of politics”.
The euphemism “robust” is abused all week. It’s now code for rude, abusive and distressing. An example will help.
Alexander Downer in July 10 2007 used The Australian, to call then Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd shallow, cynical, immodest, mealy-mouthed, duplicitous, a boy in a bubble, a foreign policy imposter and unfit to lead the nation. That’s robust. Morrison merits all of these insults and more but it’s unlikely they’d upset him either.
Craig Kelly’s language doesn’t help any attempt at denial. The women should “roll with the punches”, he says.
As for living up to his expectations, Morrison’s 45-40 victory divides the party. So, too does his apparent duplicity. Parliamentary Liberals are furious. Voters are also angry. Why and how is Morrison our new PM?
Morrison has no answer. As Paul Bongiorno reports in The Saturday Paper, ScoMo is quickly the target of a vicious “scuttle Scott” campaign from within his own party. A flood of leaks this week undermine him.
The Herald Sun Monday has his infrastructure plan, $7.6 billion that Turnbull had handy to splash in marginal electorates around election time. Tuesday he reads details of his former boss’s now not so secret $4.4 billion deal to buy off Catholic schools over the next ten years. Wednesday, The AFR, leaks details of how Turnbull planned to use $3.6 billion of the blocked corporate tax cuts to provide “accelerated relief” to small business.
The Sydney Morning Herald publishes Liberal polling, midweek, suggesting that the party not over-react to the Longman byelection. The candidate’s false medal claim and poor campaigning are more to blame.
It’s clear that Morrison has already made enemies but there’s nothing new about that.
Even Sydney Boys High School alumni- (SBHS Old Boys) has had its robust Facebook page public forum locked by moderators after former students said they were “embarrassed” to be associated with their former classmate.
“His political actions are a disgrace to humanity and his Christian hypocrisy is mind-boggling. Hardly someone to hold up as a model of what SBHS turned out.”
It’s not a new phenomenon. The Guardian reports that in 2015, 300 alumni signed an excoriating open letter when Morrison was invited to speak at a school fundraiser. SBGS Old Boys, including former supreme court judge Hal Wootten and acclaimed journalist John Pilger, criticised Morrison for “flagrantly disregarding human rights”.
Parliament resumes next week. Labor will challenge the PM’s legitimacy with the help of Liberal leaks. Given the government’s lack of a majority, Labor could move that Peter Dutton be referred to the High Court.
The Opposition may allege that Dutton’s financial interest in RHT Family Trust, which runs two childcare centres, and his failure to recuse himself from cabinet discussion of childcare funding, puts him in a position to profit and in breach of Section 44(v) of the Constitution. The centres have received government subsidies since 2 July.
Meanwhile, Dutton publicly bullies his former head of Border Force Roman Quaedvlieg, over his testimony that on at least three occasions, Dutton as Minister for Immigration, intervened in the granting of visas to au pairs. Dutton responds that his friend and former protégé is mentally unwell. Calls on his employer to arrange medical help.
It’s a form of bastardisation which leading medical experts condemn in The New Daily. Dutton, they allege, is “lowering the tone of public discourse, seeking to delegitimize another person by way of stigma, damaging years of work to improve public attitudes, and breaching his duty of care.”
But it’s up our new Prime Minister to dig deep into his own faith-healer’s medicine bag to give the nation some of that old-time religion and good, old fashioned, self-righteous judgmentalism that will get us all out of trouble.
ScoMo-locomotion grips the nation this week as Uber-Pastor Morrison and his travelling revival show make a mad dash back to Canberra after freeing our trade in Jakarta. It’s the big deal Turnbull vowed he’d conclude in 2017 but for the teensy problem that apart from a million tourists to Bali, we don’t produce much Indonesia needs.
Indonesia ranks us lowly in trade. Suharto family and ruling elite sock puppet PM Joko Widodo is blunt. “You need us more than we need you”, he says. The left has not recovered since the 1960s when the military massacred hundreds of thousands of “radicals” crushing opposition to the ruling class and suppressing democratic reform.
Do we care? Our 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper barely mentions Indonesia. Abbott and Hockey cut Australia’s foreign aid by a billion dollars in 2015. Indonesia’s aid was slashed 42% from $542.5m to $323m. But no biggie.
Enter “power-housing”, a breakthrough which lets both parties talk about “leveraging access” to third markets that neither could access on their own, a bit like ScoMo’s PM coup in which he leveraged himself off the back of Dutton’s plotters, duping everyone, at least for a week or so. Indonesia? After eight years, a one page outline.
Off like a frog in a sock on to Sydney, ScoMo’s all over soul bro, Alan Jones, where our accidental PM attacks Safe Schools’ “gender-whisperers”. Alan loves a PM who gets how schools brainwash children about sex – and gender.
“I don’t want the values of others being imposed on my children in my school and I don’t think that should be happening in a public school or a private school.”
Morrison’s clearly a big picture man, too. He exudes tolerance, insight; a profound grasp of a balanced curriculum.
“When it comes to public schools, as you know they’re run by the state governments, but how about we just have state schools that focus on things like learning maths, learning science and learning English?”
Too bad, he’s criticising “respectful relationships” an optional case study which is part of the Victorian curriculum.
But who expects our self-appointed PM to know what he’s talking about? He comes up trumps when the parrot mentions unions. Scott’s into John Setka and his kids using an obscenity to mock the obscenity that is the ABCC, head, whose predecessor Nigel Hadgkiss, despite a salary of $426,421 per year, broke the Fair Work Act.
“You know, when you see children being used in these sorts of protests, and we saw it in some of those horrific things in relation to the protests around terrorism, this kind of stuff just makes your skin crawl,” says Morrison.
It’s the type of incoherent babble Trump deals in but ScoMo passes The Parrot’s on air values test, well before his Thursday pilgrimage to Albury, NSW, birthplace of The Liberal Party in 1944 for a sermon on the Murray.
And to pray for rain. “Voters should love all Australians” he preaches. But especially himself.
“I’ve come to talk to you today about what’s in here,” says Morrison, pointing to the black rock of his heart. It’s a set-piece for your average high-functioning sociopath. In Albury, it’s also an excuse for fluff. How he loves Australia. How he and Jenny know all about ritual and how this connects them with Aboriginal peoples.
His homily, entitled “until the bell rings”, in subtle homage to Menzies, (not Pavlov) is over-praised by Katharine Murphy and Gareth Hutchens in The Guardian as “trialling a new anecdotal approach to political communication”.
No. It’s story-telling. His colleagues’ body language is wary but few appear asleep.
As for Menzies, he was just as much of a hypocritical blowhard, who built the Liberal Party out of eighteen different political parties and groups who were united only in the determination to defeat the Labor Party.
“No party seizes the imagination of the people unless the people know the party stands for certain things. And we’ll fight for those things until the bell rings.” RG Menzies
No-one does vacuous platitudes like Morrison. Billed by our ABC 24, breathlessly as “a major speech by the PM”, Morrison’s sermon on the Murray is a cliché-ridden homily full of banalities about a fair go and having a go. But even at the end of it, exhausted listeners still don’t have a clue what the man or his government stand for.
“I don’t believe that for you to do better, that [others] have to do worse. I don’t think you need to be taxed more for [others] to be taxed less,” he says. It’s a mantra you could chant at any flat tax magic pudding Tea Party.
“I don’t think that, for someone to get ahead in life, you’ve got to pull others down. I believe that we should be trying to lift everybody up at once, that we get away from this politics of envy.”
As he’s just amply demonstrated with his knifing of his former Prime Minister.
Like the notoriously treacherous reaches of the Murray itself, however, there are dangerous undercurrents and snares as he evokes a society of lifters and leaners. ScoMo is doubtless inspired by Menzies’ gold standard:
“The great vice of democracy … is that for a generation we have been busy getting ourselves on to the list of beneficiaries and removing ourselves from the list of contributors, as if … there was somebody else’s wealth and somebody else’s effort on which we could thrive.”
The “love” Morrison preaches is far from inclusive, humane or enlightened. Instead it seeks to exclude the poor and disadvantaged; divide our nation into worthy and unworthy according to our need for welfare.
Social contract fixed, ScoMo scoots off to the arse end of the Frankston line, Morrison’s venue of choice to meet Melbourne media for the first time since he deposed Malcolm Turnbull and stitched up Peter Dutton.
“Congestion-busting” is his mission, ScoMo tells reporters at Leawarra station. It’s also Alan Tudge’s new portfolio, but Morrison’s a man of vision; he’s also on a mission. There are prejudices to massage; policy to be made on the run; climate change denialists to reassure. As Giles Parkinson notes, there are huge concerns here.
This week, Australia tries to water down the language of the Pacific Islands Forum declaration on climate change. In Bangkok it sides with the Trump administration and Japan in attempting to weaken climate finance obligations in a move Parkinson says “that has horrified some observers.”
The NEG is dead, because, he lies, we’ll meet our (inadequate) Paris commitments at a canter. Bugger climate change. Or the environment. In reality, it’s a sop to the right wing, a tactic which is eerily familiar of his predecessor.
Morrison’s lack of interest in climate change is matched only by his profound ignorance. He tells new energy minister Angus Taylor, a wind energy hater and a climate change sceptic, despite his protestations, to focus only on “bringing down prices”. Ensure the nation retains as much “fair dinkum” coal in the system as it can.
What could possibly go wrong? OK. The rest of the world won’t continue to trade with us if we can’t show we’re serious about curbing emissions – and we’re coming under increasing international scrutiny. Pray for clean coal.
Morrison’s next choice is even more alarming. New environment minister Melissa Price, a former mining company lawyer is responsible for emissions. She’s spruiking new coal-fired generators?
We’ve scuttled back into Abbott’s foetal position on energy and environment. It’s all too hard, not settled and besides those coal companies give your party such wonderfully generous political donations, don’t they? Great talking points, too.
Energy and environment fixed, midweek, ScoMo appears on Seven to backflip on his promise to make us work until we’re seventy, a “reform” he once swore was vital to protect the national economy going bust from funding elderly work-shy bludgers.
When you’ve just knifed your PM and put down your colleagues as “a Muppet Show” which somehow you are not part of, a few running adjustments help you keep yourself nice. Even micro-popularity needs a boost.
“I was going to say this next week but I may as well say it here … I’ve already consulted my colleagues on that. And next week, cabinet will be ratifying a decision to reverse taking the [pension] age to 70. It will remain at 67 …”
Announce publicly first, obtain consensus later. ScoMo’s has rule by cabinet consensus all under control.
His vision of an Australia, girt by xenophobic seizures, a federation of homophobia and paranoia that ends at the parish pump and his gospel of self-help or as he puts it “having a go” are not to be hidden under a bushel. His frantic, manic pace and his parochial vision are guaranteed to make us relaxed and comfortable
By Friday, the ScoMo show and its all-star cast including Jenny and the kids, gets rave reviews in ScoMo’s promos; his office’s dumps to favoured news outlets. But it’s not without sacrifice. He’s had to turn down a leadership role in the Pacific Islands Forum on Nauru to hang with his Sydney talkback radio pals on 2GB and 3AW, shock jocks Alan Jones and Raving Ray Hadley. And he’s had to cram for his sermon on the Murray and the Frankston whistle-stop. Especially Frankston. It’s a huge performance.
Up front is bantam opposition leader, a former Baillieu government’s bodgie planning minister and mobster’s mate, natty Matthew Guy, while Scott Morrison is a knockout as a not so daft as daggy, demented father figure spitting Chips Rafferty fair dinkums and other stuff he just makes up like “Tulla”, which like the word “mate” he repeats.
Endlessly, Mate. Is he auditioning to be the host of ABC’s Macca All Over? Morrison loves the show and has already won Annabel Crab’s admiration for record number of mate in a sentence, mate. Spare us the faux, folksy bonhomie, you monster.
Tulla turns out to be a reprise of Turnbull’s promise to build a railway from Melbourne to Tullamarine Airport, a project certain to appeal to every Frankston voter. Is that Dunkley’s, too cool for school, Chris Crewther over there? Or is it some Year 12 student from Flinders Christian College dressed up in a suit for work experience week?
Fresh from his sermon on the Murray where he tells astonished multitudes that all you need is love, Rev Morrison segues effortlessly into fixing “decongestion”, his government’s patent medicine for curing Victoria’s public transport ills by electrifying the eight kilometres of the Stony Point track which runs between Frankston and Baxter. It’s also used by diesel trains to Bluescope Steel at the Port of Hastings. Sheer genius.
It’s the same exciting new announcement Malcolm Turnbull made six weeks ago when he was still allowed to be Prime Minister. Fair go? It’s been a Frankston Council project since 2012 but in 2016, the Turnbull government committed an incredible $4 million dollars. Now motormouth Morrison’s having a go, mate.
A woman journalist spots the similarity between the Pastor’s spiel and Turnbull’s. She asks, quite reasonably, if ScoMo plans to re-announce all of Turnbull’s projects. Will she now ask if he’s stolen not only Malcolm’s job but all his talking points?
You can tell by the way he overdoes his head-nodding that Morrison takes an instant dislike to her.
“It’s a great opportunity to affirm the continuity of the commitment, here,” the new PM says.
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The Lake Tahoe Basin was formed by geologic block (normal) faulting. A geologic block fault is a fracture in the Earth's crust causing blocks of land to move up or down. Uplifted blocks created the Carson Range on the east and the Sierra Nevada on the west. Down-dropped blocks created the Lake Tahoe Basin in between. Some of the highest peaks of the Lake Tahoe Basin that formed during this process were Freel Peak at 10,891 ft (3,320 m), Monument Peak at 10,067 ft (3,068 m) (the present Heavenly Valley Ski Area), Pyramid Peak at 9,983 ft (3,043 m) (in the Desolation Wilderness), and Mt. Tallac at 9,735 ft (2,967 m). Evolutionary theory believes this formation occurred between 2 and 3 million years ago. The Creationist model contends this happened during the flood.
Snow, rain, and streams filled the southern and lowest part of the basin, forming the ancestral Lake Tahoe. Modern Lake Tahoe was shaped and landscaped by the scouring glaciers during the Ice Age. Many streams flow into Lake Tahoe, but the lake is drained only by the Truckee River, which flows northeast through Reno and into Pyramid Lake in Nevada.
Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the United States and the tenth deepest in the world, with a maximum depth measured at 1,645 ft (501 m), average depth of 1,000 ft (305 m). Crater Lake in Oregon is the deepest lake (1,949 ft or 594 m) in the United States. Please Note that the depth of Lake Tahoe changes every day as the lake level changes. The deepest measurement from the 1998 bathymetric survey was 1,637 ft (499 m) deep. The depth of Lake Tahoe depends on the height it is measured from; some measurements use sea level as a base reference, others use different points of reference. The appropriate reference, or datum, for Lake Tahoe's depth is still being debated. Therefore, the measured depth of a lake is only preliminary data and may change.
Lake Tahoe is about 22 mi (35 km) long and l2 mi (19 km) wide and has 72 mi (116 km) of shoreline and a surface area of 191 mi2 (495 km2). The floor of the Lake Tahoe Basin is at an elevation of about 4,580 ft (1,396 m), which is lower than the surface of the Carson Valley to the east! With an average surface elevation of 6,225 ft (1,897 m) above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the highest lake of its size in the United States.
The water temperature near the surface generally cools to 40 to 50 °F (4.5 to 10 °C) during February and March and warms to 65 to 70 °F (18 to 21 °C) during August and September. Below a depth of 600 to 700 ft (183 to 213 m), the water temperature remains a constant 39 °F (4.0 °C).
Lake Tahoe has a water clarity of about 100 ft (30 m) deep. Factors contributing to its clarity include the following:
40 percent of the precipitation that falls into the Lake Tahoe Basin lands directly on the lake. Remaining precipitation drains through granitic soils, which are relatively sterile and create a good filtering system.
Approximately 85% of the land surrounding Lake Tahoe is protected from development as Nevada or California State land or land under the jurisdiction of the United States National Forest Service. The largest communities at Lake Tahoe are South Lake Tahoe, CA /Stateline Nevada, Tahoe City, CA and Incline Village, NV.
The above scientific Information on this page was gathered from the Stream and Ground-Water Monitoring Program, Lake Tahoe Basin, Nevada and California (pdf format) fact sheet, also available on the web at http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/FS-100-97/.
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MISSOULA – In honor of Food Day, a nationwide celebration and movement for healthy, affordable and sustainable food on Oct. 24, University of Montana President Royce Engstrom will sign the Real Food Campus Commitment on behalf of the University. By signing the RFCC, colleges and universities pledge to buy at least 20 percent “real food” annually by 2020.
The commitment is designed and administered by the national organization, The Real Food Challenge. It aims to support a healthy food system that is “community-based, ecologically sound, fair and humane.” The pledge specifically details the types of purchases that fall into a “real food” category, including food that is locally produced within 150-250 miles of campus, and food items such as cage-free eggs, grass-fed beef and organic produce.
The RFCC directs the University to establish a Food Systems Working Group that consists of students, staff and faculty who are responsible for developing and coordinating the implementation of a “real-food” policy and multiyear action plan that will guide the University toward increased purchases of “real food.” This initiative will augment and complement the ongoing efforts of UM’s Farm to College Program, which has been purchasing local foods for UM during the past decade.
UM Dining will host a local-food Farm Stand from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25, in the Corner Store to celebrate local foods and the signing of the commitment. ASUM President Asa Hohman, UM Dining Director Mark LoParco and UM Dining Director of Sustainability and Food Procurement Ian Finch will add their signatures to the commitment at noon during the same event.
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After our delicious Thanksgiving feast, we continued putting the lights on the house. I did around the front windows, the door and the garage doors. I went out one of the upstairs windows onto the roof and got yelled at by the kids and they told on me...so JC came out and made me get down. ARGH!!!!
Needless to say, he got out the ladder and put the lights on the downstairs trim. Somehow I'm gonna get lights on the top portion of the house too. Just gotta figure out a plan!!!
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Zonda managing principal Kimberly Byrum says she is seeing the best apartment market fundamentals in her 30-plus-year career in the multifamily industry.
“We think it’s smooth sailing for the next couple of years,” she says. “We don’t see any changes other than we probably need more product to meet the demand.”
Byrum outlined the latest multifamily market fundamentals and trends from the COVID-19 pandemic in a recent webinar for Zonda, Multifamily Executive’s parent company.
For supply and demand conditions, traditionally the industry had been running around the pace of 300,000 units absorbed and built on an annual year-over-year basis looking back to 2016, according to Byrum. The absorption figures dropped in the second and third quarters of 2020 when things came to a standstill due to the pandemic, but beginning in the second quarter of 2021, the industry has seen a jump. Year over year, she notes the industry is sitting at 600,000 units absorbed as of the third quarter.
For multifamily deliveries going forward, Byrum predicts they will hit around 270,000 units this year, just under the 300,000 watermark that has typically been seen.
“We have seen about a three-month slippage in deliveries based on municipalities not being available and the catchup as it relates to the lockdowns,” she says. For 2022, she is forecasting around 300,000 deliveries and a little over that figure for 2023.
Occupancies are at an all-time high, reaching 97% at the national level—above the 95% mark pre-pandemic. In addition, third quarter renewal rates are exceeding the 52% benchmark in almost all markets.
Byrum also notes that Texas markets like Houston, Dallas, and Austin; Charlotte, North Carolina; Denver; Nashville, Tennessee; and San Diego have been some of the markets that have benefited the most from the pandemic’s migration trends.
Other highlights from Byrum’s webinar include:
- The REITs are returning to the Sun Belt states. A lot of the migration already had been happening, but the pandemic certainly accelerated that. Byrum says lower regulatory risks and favorable business environments are most appealing about these locales; however, the supply growth is always a risk.
- Several larger developers, such as Trammell Crow Residential, LMC, Alliance Residential, Kennedy Wilson, and AvalonBay Communities, have created brands to focus on middle-market attainable housing. Byrum says this new product is typically garden-style communities located in suburbs or tertiary markets. Design is usually simplified, with two to three floor plans, basic amenities, or sometimes no services. The target aims to be 15% to 20% lower than market-rate.
- Single-family rentals, or horizontal apartments, continue to maintain the pricing edge. Byrum says one new trend she is seeing is an increase in project sizes from the 150- to 170-home range to 250 to 300 homes planned in newer projects. “We’re also seeing people integrate duplex and townhome designs into the product, and as the luxury multifamily builders get into this business, which they are, we are also starting to see some larger unit sizes,” she says. “Amenities are important, especially when you are competing with the multifamily sector. It’s a matter of land since you want to maximize your density. You are asking $500 more than a multifamily community so you need to have some competitive amenities, such as a fitness center and a pool.”
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Researchers in Finland are saying type 2 diabetes is programmed in utero and that the increased risk for type 2 diabetes associated with small size at birth is further increased by high growth rates after seven years of age.
Tom Forsen, MD, and colleagues at the National Public Health Institute in Helsinki, Finland, studied 3,639 men and 3,447 women born at the Helsinki University Central Hospital between 1924 and 1933. The patients went to school in Helsinki and still lived in Finland in 1971. Detailed birth and school health records were available for all 7,086 participants, and the results were published in the August 1 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
Forsen says the incidence of type 2 diabetes increased with decreasing birth weight, birth length and placental weight.
“Men and women who had low birth weight as a result of slow fetal growth have increased rates of type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome,” wrote Forsen. “This finding has led to the hypothesis that diabetes is one of a group of related disorders, including coronary heart disease and hypertension, that originate through adaptations that occur when the fetus is undernourished.
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Continuing with of my previous blogs on BusinessObjects File repository servers here is another one for Managing File Repository servers. Below are some of the best practices for managing File repository servers.
A. Setting Instance limits at various folder levels based on the Business requirement
It is always recommended to maintain only instances that are required in the system at any point of time. Managing reports that are no longer required by the business will take unnecessary disk space in Output file repository. This is the place where Instance management is come in to picture where you can limit instances based following criteria
- Number of Instances
- Age of Instance
- Instance limit for Users/Groups
To understand more about the Instance management planning you can refer here BusinessObjects Instance Management
B. Control the report storage in Users personal folders.
- Personal folders
Controlling document storage with in User’s personal folder has also equally important compared to that of instance management. Replication of same report in multiple places will again create the report duplication in turn the space utilization in Input File store. To avoid this we should have a firm security in place so that only the authorized users can create/copy the reports that too only in their personal folders with their report level personalisation.
Managing reports inside User’s inbox is also a cumbersome task for the administrator as there are no utility/feature/Security rights to limit the number of objects for user’s Inbox. It is the responsibility of the administrator to manually monitor user’s Inbox volume on periodic basis and notify the user for deletion. There are some SDK utilities using which Administrators can limit User’s inbox documents though there is no out-of –box solution.
C. Use of Repository Diagnostic Tool to minimize the CMS Database and File store synchronization issues
In most of the BusinessObjects deployments there could be a possibility for a discrepancy between File repository store and the CMS database. This could be due to CMS server crashes and Input/output FRS crash. As a result the report that is available in file store might miss its corresponding entry in CMS database and the related entry CMS database could miss its counterpart in File repository store.
Repository Diagnostic Tool will be handy to identify and resolve inconsistencies between CMS database and the File repository. Refer the below wiki page to understand more about RDT. http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/BOBJ/How+to+use+Repository+Diagnostic+Tool
Hope you find this interesting.
File Repository Servers Management – Blogs
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“Eufloria” is an ambient game of space exploration and conquest that employs surprising themes of plant growth and bio mechanical evolution. The game allows the player to explore a beautifully realized universe rendered in a style that is both unique and compelling. “Eufloria”’s aesthetics are reminiscent of children’s books like “the little prince” and the gameplay is supported by an original ambient soundtrack by Brian Grainger.
Alex May is respect programmer with over 7 years of industry experience. He has been involved with a number of very well known licenses including Buzz and Avatar the last Airbender and is very active as an independent developer working on innovative and high quality titles.
Rudolf is a game design veteran who has worked on a plethora of games ranging from small and fun titles for handheld systems to multi-million selling games and franchises on consoles and pc. His professional experience includes work on original new IP as well as famous established brands like Harry Potter, Championship Manager and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Brian Grainger is a multitalented and prolific musician and audio specialist whose output is enormous and of high quality. He released over 50 albums, remixed for many people and runs his own record company. Brian is an avid computer and console gamer, and hopes to continue audio design and soundtrack work within the gaming industry.
FILE PAI 2011
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An RPG puzzle game set in a town whose population gets killed off one by one each night by a mysterious Beast. You, as the Stranger, must delve into the Beast’s cave to solve the mystery.
Purchase(May be affiliated)
Release DateJune 15, 2017
RatingNR - Not Rated
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Romney and Obama comments show need for intelligent discussion about government
Updated: September 28, 2012 at 1:10 pm
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The two major presidential candidates have both set off political firestorms in recent weeks with controversial comments about the nature of the relationship between Americans and their government. First, President Barack Obama attracted a fusillade of attacks for his ill-advised use of the phrase “you didn’t build that.” Now, more recently, Governor Mitt Romney has become a bug on the nation’s political windshield because of his remarkable assertion that 47 percent of Americans are “dependent” on the government and think of themselves as “victims.”
Romney’s comments were not actually new or surprising to anyone who pays attention to the modern American conservative movement. Inhabitants of “free market” think tanks, radio talk show hosts and many other conservative politicians have been making the same argument for years. Their central claim: that a large proportion of Americans have “no skin in the game” because they don’t pay federal income taxes and that public “entitlements” are “out-of-control.”
A look at the facts, however, demonstrates that such contentions are, even when viewed through the most generous lens, plainly inaccurate.
A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities makes clear that virtually all Americans — even the very poor — pay significant chunks of their income in federal taxes, including payroll taxes and excise taxes on gasoline and other items.
Moreover, when state and local taxes are included, the poor often pay a higher percentage of their income than the wealthy. In North Carolina, the richest one percent of taxpayers pays a significantly lower share of their income in state and local taxes than do taxpayers at the middle and the bottom.
The Center has also debunked common mythology about “entitlement” spending. This 2007 report showed that, aside from the “big three” programs of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, so-called entitlement spending was and is taking a declining share of the gross domestic product.
So, given these hard data, how do we make sense of the demonstrably false claim that a huge proportion of Americans are, in effect, freeloaders? What lies behind it and how can we address it in a positive way so that the rancor and divisions it helps breed can be eased?
A look at the recent political rhubarb surrounding President Obama’s controversial “you didn’t build that” comment might actually help. Though the President’s comments have clearly been taken out of context by his political opponents, it’s true that his choice of words was poor and that it touched a nerve in millions of people whose nerves were already close to the surface.
Whether we like it or not, a large proportion of the American public has come to subscribe to a new and rather radical vision of the country in which: a) all private business owners are beleaguered heroes, b) their own government is the enemy (or at least a competitor), and c) in a rather massive bit of irony, that they are victims.
The origins of this attitude are clearly complex. Fears brought about by rapid economic and demographic change combined with incessant propaganda from the Fox Newses and Rush Limbaughs of the world clearly play a big role. Still, it must be noted that pundits and politicians of both parties have played “government is bad” card for decades. Moreover, there can be no doubt that many of our governmental structures and systems — like all large public and private structures — are bureaucratic and flawed.
Sadly, in the modern hyper-consumerist American society, too much of the citizenry has come to relate to government as it relates to a big box store — not as citizens and stakeholders, but as consumers whose goal is to get the most for him or herself at the cheapest possible price. Though understandable, this is a dangerous perversion of our system.
The American government was not designed to be “run like a business.” It was designed to be a unique and very public institution in which Americans come together collectively to accomplish great things that no individual or corporation could ever accomplish alone.
What is needed right now in the United States, perhaps more than just about anything else, is a revival of this public spirited attitude; a renewal of the once prevalent belief that public systems and structures are not “theirs” but “ours” — ours to co-own, to build and to share.
Founding father Ben Franklin once uttered the wry and now famous observation at the outset of the American experiment that “We must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.” In 2012, Americans and their leaders would do well to remember and revive this truism — both with respect to the way they think about their fellow citizens and their government. : :
— Rob Schofield is the Director of Research and Policy Development at N.C. Policy Watch (ncpolicywatch.com).
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The pumphoats are probably the most common Filipino canoe. They have many uses. They are used for fishng, hauling supples and ferrying folks from the mainland to the many small inhabited islands that ring the larger islands here. They range in size from 16 feet or so to well over 35 feet in length. They are powered by waterpump engines. Larger versions of the same motors that are used on lawn mowers in the US. Brigs & Straton seems to be the most popular brand but Honda, Kawasaki and a few local brands are also used. They range in size from about 5hp to 16hp. Some pumpboats have special plaining hulls made of 3/4 inch ply and are used with 16hp motors specialy rebuilt for racing. They are quite fast. Construction is ply over frame fastned with copper nails and epoxy. Typical of all canoe construction here. Most pumpboats are too big to be a dugout but you will see an occasional dugout canoe with a smaller motor. As I said before there is a lot of overlap with the different types of Filipino canoes.
More info at bottom of page.
I will cover the constructin in more detail in the section about my boat. Some of the pictures here will show a little detail of the layout and building methods used. Most of the boats pictured here are in the Sindangan area and a few are from Galas near Dipolog City. Some use bamboo for the cross beams and some use steel pipe. If you look closely you can tell which is which. Next trip to Bohol I will get some pictures of the larger pumpboats. Those shown here only range up to about 25 feet or so.
Nice 20 footer from Galas
Slightly different view of boat on left
I This one is about 23 feet long.
Also from the Galas area
Detail of lashings
Interior with net and paddle
16hp Brigs & Straton engine
LIned up on the Baybay
Tilted Picture so ocean won't run out to right
Nice and new. Won't stay this way long
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Fault tolerance is in the center of distributed system design that covers various methodologies. This research paper aims to investigate different types and techniques of fault tolerance which are being used in many real time distributed systems. The fault can be detected and recovered by many techniques. Moreover, an appropriate fault detector can avoid loss due to system crash or any kind of failure in system. This paper provides a framework for detecting fault in real time system which is supposed to be handled and processed further by the help of coordinator.
Keywords: Fault Tolerance, Fault Detection, Real Time Distributed System, Processor faults, Coordinator, Actuators
When multiple instances of an application are running on several machines and one of the server goes down, there is a need to implement an autonomic fault tolerance technique that can handle these types of faults. Distributed Computing Systems consists of variety of hardware and software components. Failure of any of these components can lead to unpredicted behavior of system which results in failure to guarantee availability and reliability of critical services . A failure occurs when a hardware component is broken and needs replacement or a node/processor is halted or forced to reboot; or software has failed to complete its run. Fault tolerance is the property of a system, where system tends to work even in case of fault present in system.
When a fault present in real time distributed system is not detected and recovered properly on time then it results into failure of system. A task running on real time distributed system should be feasible, reliable and scalable, real time distributed systems like nuclear systems, robotics, air traffic control systems, grid etc. are highly dependable on deadline. Fault present in system can be detected by applying reliable fault detector followed by some recovery technique. These systems must function with high availability even under software and hardware faults. Hardware fault-tolerance is achieved through applying extra hardware like processors, communication links, resource (memory, I/O device) whereas in software fault tolerance tasks, messages are added into the system to deal with faults. The main aim of fault tolerant distributed computing is to provide proper solutions to these system faults upon their occurrence and make the system more dependable by increasing its reliability.
Real-time computer controller is typically provided with sensors which will provide readings at periodic intervals and the computer must respond by sending signals to actuators. There may be unexpected or irregular events and these must also receive a response. In all cases, there will be a time-bound within which the response should be delivered. The ability of the computer to meet these demands depends on its capacity to perform the necessary computations in the given time. The paper is organized as follow: Basic Concepts and Types of Fault is described in section 4 as background along with behavior of failure systems, related works is described in section 5, The proposed model or framework of fault tolerance in section 6, methodologies of framework is described in section 7 and finally we conclude with conclusion and future works in section 8.
Basically system to be fault tolerant is much more similar with concept of dependable system, and any system to be dependable it must be available, reliable and secure. Following are few terminologies that are very closely related to dependability of system and its behavior. Fault can be termed as defect at the lowest level of abstraction and there can be different failure in a system they can be of following types .
Processor faults (Node Faults): Processor faults occur when the processor behaves in an unexpected manner.
It can be classified into three types:
a) Fail-Stop: Here a processor can both be active and
participate in distribute protocols or is totally failed and will
never respond. In this case the neighboring processors can
detect the failed processor.
b) Slowdown: Here a processor might run in degraded
fashion or might totally fail.
c) Byzantine: Here a processor can fail, run in degraded
fashion for some time or execute at normal speed but tries to
fail the computation.
Network fault: A Fault occur in a network due to network
partition, Packet Loss, Packet corruption, destination failure, link
Physical faults: This Fault can occur in hardware like fault in
CPUs, Fault in memory, Fault in storage, etc.
Media faults: Fault occurs due to media head crashes.
The occurrence of fault in a system cannot be predicted and
even small changes or failure in system can lead to tremendous
effect. So, in order to make processing of transaction more reliable
for achieving better outcome of result even in presence of fault,
need of fault tolerance is essential which can avoid faulty system.
There are some important methods for tolerating fault in
various systems given by many authors in their research. According
to Alain Girault et al. the Algorithm Architecture Adequation
(AAA) method will generate a static code automatically for real
time distributed embedded system. This method basically used for
processor failure with fail stop behavior. Luo et al. mention that
TERCOS and DEBUS are the best approaches used to exploiting
redundancies in Fault-Tolerant and Real-Time Distributed Systems.
Girault et al.mention that processor and communication link
failure can be tolerated by using offline scheduling technique and
generate a fault tolerate distributed schedule. Job scheduling is
one of the method in grid computing for scheduling a task. The
fault can be occur in loosely coupled job scheduling with job
replication scheme such that jobs are efficiently and reliably
executed can be tolerated . In programming asynchronous
multiprocessing systems, the customary approach has been to
make process synchronization independent of the execution rates
of any components which means that synchronous algorithm
is required in which one process must wait for another to do
something before it processed ahead. These time- independent
algorithms cannot be fault-tolerant because a process could fail
by doing nothing, and such a failure manifests itself only as a
reduction of the process’s execution rate . Leslie Lamporthas
made an additional assumption that the clock are synchronized to
keep approximately the same absolute time in order to show how
they can be used in solving the synchronization problems that
occurs in distributed systems and use of clock allows elimination
of acknowledgement message. If distributed system is really single
system, then the processes must be synchronized in same way.
Conceptually, the most easiest way to synchronize any process is
just to get them to do the same work at same time. In this paper
also they have implemented a kernal that performs a necessary
synchronization i.e. making sure that two different process do not
try to modify file at same time(Figure 1).
Fault detector is used to detect fault in a system and it runs
on each node in the user space. Fault Detector monitors all the
systems where system activities are classified into two of classes:
a) Normal type and
b) Anomalies type
Here system detector checks whether the activities are of
normal type or is of anomalies type. If the activity happens to be
of anomalies type then the Fault Detector sets an Alarm and next
step is handled by coordinator.
After detection of fault in a system, it is coordinator which is
responsible to carry out the further tasks. Once the fault is detected
in a system, coordinator gets the alarm from fault detector and
after getting those alarm, the coordinator must be able to take
corrective action within certain period of time. Finally, all records
are supposed to be recorded in the fault log table[9,10].
Monitoring task is performed by fault detector where task of
fault detector is to take input from systems. Once input is set in a
system then fault detector detects whether there is any types of
fault present or not. If fault is found then the system send those
occurrence of fault to the coordinator where corrective task is
supposed to be performed by coordinator, but if there is not any
types of fault present in system then further task is supposed to be
carried out by system.
This process is activated as soon as there is presence of fault
in a system. After detecting any sorts of fault in a system, the
coordinator gets alarm from the system once fault is detected.
After that coordinator isresponsible for handling those fault. For
handling the fault, the coordinator searches for the new node with
sufficient resources. It then requests that node to perform the task
and halts the process running is the fault node.
Fault tolerance has been an important issue from the
beginning of the phase. Several researches have been carried out
for solving this issue. Still it is a prominent issue in this area. This
paper deals with existing approaches to solve the problem of fault
tolerance. To address this issue, a framework has been designed
with its working mechanism. Furthermore, this model requires
to be validated which can be performed by using the simulation
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Topic: Kritempis livida
Hi Chris, I'll defer to your dipteristic-knowledge, but does Kritempis livida need adding as a synonym of Empis livida? I.e. has the subgenus been raised (or sunk at some point)? I can't find any literature sources, but the name Kritempis livida does seem to be used round and about.
Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership
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By Scott Halasz [email protected]
February 19, 2014
COLUMBUS — A pair of Greene County residents head the list of candidates who qualified to run for statewide offices in the May 6 primary.
On the list released by Secretary of State John Husted on Monday were Sharen Swartz Neuhardt of Yellow Springs and current Attorney General Mike DeWine of Cedarville. Neuhardt, 62, is on the ballot with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Edward FitzGerald. Republican DeWine, 67, is seeking a second term as attorney general. He previously has served as Lt. Governor, Ohio and U.S. Senator and in the U.S. House dating back to the early 1980’s.
A total of 21 candidates were certified while four who submitted petitions did not make the cut. Among those who were not certified was Fairborn resident Aaron Keith Harris, who submitted petitions to run for Secretary of State for the Libertarian party.
Others certified to run for governor and lieutenant governor were Larry Ealy and Ken Gray, Democrat; Charles R. Earl and Sherry L. Clark, Libertarian; and incumbents John Kasich and Mary Taylor, Republican.
Certified to run for auditor in addition to DeWine were David Pepper, Democrat; and Steven R. Linnabary, Libertarian.
Certified for the auditor of state race were incumbent Dave Yost, Republican; and John Patrick Carney, Democrat.
Husted, a Republican, will appear on the ballot with Nina Turner, Democrat.
For treasurer of state, incumbent Josh Mandel, Republican; and Connie Pillich were certified.
Four were certified to run for two supreme court justice seats. For a full term commencing Jan. 1, 2015, incumbent Sharon L. Kennedy, Republican; and Tom Letson, Democrat will appear on the ballot. For a full term commencing Jan. 2, 2015, incumbent Judi French, Republican; and John P. O’Donnell, Democrat, will appear on the ballot.
To have qualified for the ballot, major party candidates must have collected 1,000 valid signatures and minor candidates must have collected 500 valid signatures.
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Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2005 April 26
Explanation: What goes there across the plains of Mars? A dust devil. For the first time, definitive movies of the famous spinning dust towers have been created from ground level. The robot rover Spirit has now imaged several dust devils from its hillside perch just within the past two months. Each image in the above sequence was taken about 20 seconds apart. Inspection of the digitally resized images show the passing dust devil raising Martian dust so thick that it casts a shadow. The new dust devil movies have been made possible by a new hybrid interaction system where the robot Spirit on Mars takes many images and humans on Earth inspect thumbnails and decide which full resolution images to send back.
Authors & editors:
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: EUD at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
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You've probably heard about autonomous cars by now - but what about a self-driving garden? University College London’s (UCL) Interactive Architecture Lab designed and built a nomadic, self-driving, and self-cultivating garden that they’ve named Hortum machina, B (the ‘B’ is short for Buckminster ‘Bucky’ Fuller). Encased in a large geodesic sphere, the modular garden is wrapped around a robotic aluminum core that monitors the plants’ responses to the environment and is able to propel the structure towards sunlight to best satisfy the garden’s needs.
J. R. R. Tolkien’s Ents, a race of anthropomorphic tree creatures, belong to the fantasy world, but the moving and autonomous Hortum machina, B is rooted firmly in reality. Designed by UCL students William Victor Camilleri and Danilo Sampaio under the supervision of the Interactive Architecture Lab’s director Ruairi Glynn, Hortum machina, B draws inspiration from Buckminster Fuller’s landmark book ‘Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth’ and his geodesic domes. The mobile ecosystem uses a network of electrodes to monitor the garden’s physiological responses to the environment and then, using this data, propels the sphere into motion. For example, if the plants at the bottom of the sphere lack direct light, the individual panels begin to shift until those plants are sufficiently lit. The robotic core can also move the sphere to a new location if the garden requires shade or if air pollution levels are unhealthy.
“With all the discussion of ‘“smart-buildings’” and ‘“smart-cities’” focused on human needs, and the arrival of driverless cars, drones and many other forms of intelligent robotics starting to co-habit our built environment, Hortum machina, B is a speculation upon new opportunities for bio-cooperative interaction between nature, technology and people, within the city landscape,” write the designers. “A growing body of research has revealed electrochemical mechanisms in plants analogous to those found in the animal nervous system. By networking and amplifying plant electrophysiology, [we] believe it opens the doors to giving nature a say in how we design and manage cities better in the future.”
Hortum machina, B was tested in London. All plants in the garden are native to Greater London and the machine is powered by an attached solar panel. The unit also has built-in water storage. The experimental project was seen as a way to expand the reach of London’s green space to new terrain.
Images via Hortum machina, B
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I stumbled upon “Pasar Karat” – a direct translation from Bahasa Malayu is “Rusty Market” while on my photo walk around Chinatown – Kuala Lumpur. In the 80’s the market was also referred to as the “Market of Thieves” apparently due to the questionable source of the goods for sale.
Pasar Karat is on the fringe of Petaling Street and starts at 5 am and stall owners are around to 10 am and I understand that Sunday is the busiest day with all the vendors turning out with their wares. Some of the old timers have been hawking for 20 – 30 years.
I spent Christmas in Luang Prabang Laos, a peaceful holiday away from the bustling metropolis of Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia.
Luang Prabang’s climate is different from Kuala Lumpur’s, it is much cooler in the mornings and evenings.
From my research for the holiday I was aware of this, but unfortunately my packing lent on the side of summer ensembles. Due to low cloud hanging in the valley the sun often didn’t appear until about 11 am and its enveloping warmth feels like a visit from a dear friend. My packing choices meant I wore the same jeans, puffer jacket and long sleeve shirt twice daily for ten days. Once home, I swore never to wear these items of clothing again, and stored them deep in the recesses of my wardrobe.
Featured here is a selection of my favourite photographs of the Ma Song – Spirit Horses from the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket. I’ve reproduced them in black and white which is my preferred medium. To understand the history of the festival and its ritual practices please visit an older post documenting the Festival in Phuket – Thailand
Ipoh was on my list of must visits while living in Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh is the capital of Malaysia’s Perak state and travel by electric train from KL Sentral is approximately 90 minutes. Ideally, we wanted to stay somewhere within walking distance of the Old Town with an agenda to escape the city buzz and relax walking around the Old Town, experience great food, and visit the cave temples.
The boutique hotel Sarang Paloh, only a short walk of 600 metres from the train station sounded perfect. Sarang Paloh is a heritage stay in the Oversea Building and the Yick Woh building. The art deco façade is beautifully restored along with the interior which is decorated with antiques and preloved old furniture. The restoration is of a high standard and materials as close to the original have been used. The staff are knowledgeable about Ipoh and very helpful. I loved my stay in at Sarang Paloh.
During a tour of the streets of Pasar Seni on a street photography mission by chance, rather than good planning I arrived at the Sri Maha Mariamman Temple. One of Kuala Lumpur’s most popular temples.
As the temple is a holy place, I removed my footwear and asked permission to take photographs inside the Temple, which was granted.
I sat for a moment in the prayer hall to clear my mind, and take in my surroundings.
I was pleased to have arrived in time for the Abhishekam – a Hindu ritual of bathing the deity. According to my google search an Abhishekam of milk removes all sins, and coconut water increases the overall wellness of the family.
The primary deity of the Temple is Sri Mariamman or the Divine Mother – she provides protection for her worshippers from evil spirits.
I’d noticed a regular gathering of skaterboarders at the Ampang Park LRT Station Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia and often had my arms filled and no camera.
This evening I made a special trip with my camera in the hope that the skateboarders would be out and about. I chose the 24-70mm lens for speed and flexibility, and decided to use only the available natural light. As luck would have it, three skateboarders rolled out from the LRT Station, and the late afternoon light was nice and bright.
I introduced myself to the skaterboarders and asked if I could hangout and take photos of them. They agreed, these are the photos I took of the ‘Ampang Park Street Gang – APSG’.
My first Muay Thai event at the Bangla Boxing Stadium in Patong, Phuket – Thailand was an experience. Attending martial art events is not something I’d normally do but after hearing all day long from a van decorated as a boxing rink driving around the streets of Phuket and announcing from a megaphone “Tonight – Tonight – Big fight, BIG FIGHT” I thought I’d go and see a match.
Muay Thai is the national sport and cultural martial art of Thailand and I had high expectations. The stadium was filled with cigarette smoke and Sarama the traditional music of Muay Thai playing through the sound system adding to the atmosphere in the stadium. Small groups of gamblers scattered throughout the stadium betting on each fight added to the tension of the evening.
I enjoyed watching the wai kru ram muay – the pre-fight ritual dance being performed to pay respect to the fighters, trainers and coaches.
It was fascinating to see ringside spectators facial expressions circulating through a range of emotions as the fights intensified.
Beside us a bench of tourists getting into the spirit of the event and chanting ‘Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi Oi Oi.’
Please see a collection of photographs taken of the ‘nak muay’ and ‘nak muay – farang’ fighters at the Muay Thai event in November 2010.
According to popular legend, in 1825 a traveling Chinese opera company, ngiu in Thai orpua-hee in Hokkien dialect, came to perform in Naithu Village, Kathu. After a time, many of the performers became terribly sick, and they decided that the cure was to eat only vegetables as they had done in China, in an act of contrition or expurgation for the sins incurred by the killing and consumption of animals. The ill members of the group were miraculously healed, and so the Chinese immigrants arranged for a festival to be held again the next year, and every year since. Thus, many believe holding it helps prevent illness, death and the loss of innocent lives in the community by promoting physical and spiritual recovery through ritual practices that cleanse the body and mind while strengthening the faith.
The Hindu-Balinese believe the body is impure, a temporary shell, having no significance at all, except as a container of the soul and its anchor to the earth. All thoughts at the time of death are concentrated upon the spirit and its passage to heaven. The body is just there to be disposed of, and, instead of grieving, the Balinese prefer to throw a great celebration, in the process hastening their dead friend’s soul to oneness with god.
The village community members banjar work together to make the bamboo stretcher for the first ritual, nyiramin layon the bathing of the corpse.
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — There are some shocking allegations against a counselor and confidant in a Brooklyn community. A therapist stands accused of sexually abusing a young girl who looked to him for advice.
However, not everyone thinks he’s guilty. As CBS 2’s John Slattery reported Tuesday, there’s outrage over support for alleged abuser.
The culturally colorful streets of Williamsburg now have a bit more color — posters in Hebrew, urging support for a counselor charged with abusing one of his clients, starting when the girl was 12.
“I would not support him. No, no, no, no,” resident Yoel Chajmodicz said.
But many Chasidim will support him. The defendant is Rabbi Nechemya Weberman, who pleaded not guilty last year to committing a criminal sex act, rape, endangering the welfare of a child and sexual abuse after a 16-year-old girl told police that during counseling sessions the 53-year-old forced her to perform lewd sex acts.
However, in this community, people like Bella Hiller support the fundraising poster, saying it’s too easy to make up accusations. When asked if she believes Weberman rather than the 16-year-old girl, Hiller told CBS 2’s Sean Hennessey on Tuesday night, “Of course. Wouldn’t you?”
CBS 2’s Slattery went to Weberman’s building on Tuesday, but the building manager said he was not available.
“He says to speak to his lawyer,” the man at the door told Slattery.
The posters promote a Wednesday fundraiser for Weberman’s defense fund, but there is a rumbling of opposition, which one victims’ advocate explained.
“The suggestion is that this victim, by going to the authorities and reporting the abuse, is attacking the entire community,” said Ben Hirsch of the group, “Survivors for Justice.” “I believe one of the posters shows a missile coming down on the community. The missile is, of course, the victim and the community is everyone alongside the accused.
“They’re saying worse than she should shut up; they’re saying she’s a menace, a danger to the community, needs to be shunned and thrown away.”
Weberman’s attorney said everyone is entitled to a strong defense.
“What’s wrong with having a fundraiser if you believe that a person who is falsely accused? Everywhere you go with these people that are opposed to it. They are condemning him as a molester. They don’t wait for the process to work itself out in court,” George Farkas said. “Possibly the worst thing that can happen to a person, worse than child abuse itself, is to be falsely accused of it.”
CBS 2 has reported extensively on the sex abuse issue in the ultra Orthodox community and the increasing criticism over the way District Attorney Charles Hynes handles cases. There have been charges that he has a cozy relationship with rabbinical leadership. Unlike other DAs, he refuses to release the names of alleged abusers, a practice CBS 2 has legally challenged.
“It’s a civil rights statute that precludes us from identifying the people,” Hynes said recently.
While some said Hynes is being influence by political rabbis, Hynes said that’s not the case. In fact, Hynes said this is a case in which he went after a prominent figure. The defense attorney said Weberman would not consider pleading to a lesser charge.
“He’s not interested. He’s not pleading to anything he didn’t do,” Farkas said.
What do you make of the fundraiser? Sound off in our comments section below.
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- Product Description
DetailsDecorated with drips of vibrant glaze, the Odela multi-coloured ceramic trophy object is a bold and quirky design that makes a fun gift.
Part of the Odela range, made in Italy by the renowned Italian ceramic manufacturer Fasano and exclusive to Habitat, each trophy is unique, due to its hand-decorated nature.
- Details & Dimensions
- W18 x H41 x D18cm.
Product Code: 381055
- glazed ceramic
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Delivery & Returns
Delivery UK Mainland & Northern Ireland
Accessory orders over £50 = FREE
Standard service within 3 days = £4.95
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Standard Service = £12
Click here to see more on our Delivery & Returns page.
- Care Instructions
- Wipe with a damp cloth.
- Do not use abrasive cleaners.
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Super trendy mama bear necklace! This piece is such a fun take on our extremely popular California bear necklace. What a fun and adorable way to show off your love for children. This make the perfect gift for mothers.
Mama bear and baby bear size info
-MAMA BEAR SIZE - .85 x .4 inches (21.56 x 10.13 mm)
-BABY BEAR SIZE - .57 x .249 inches (14.47 x 6.32 mm)
-Please note that the bears are included in the length of the overall necklace. I recommend the necklace be on the shorter side so the charms wear more horizontal similar to the model in photo.
Number of Charms
- Please select the TOTAL number of charms you'd like on your necklace. E.g. if you have 3 children, select 4 charms (1 mama bear charm + 3 baby cub charms).
Metal Color Options
- Your choice of: Sterling Silver, 14K Gold Fill, or 14K Rose Gold Fill
♥We do NOT sell cheap gold plated pieces.♥
♥Pendants have a brushed Matte Finish.♥
ENGRAVING DETAILS: If you select the engraving option, please provide the following.
-Font choice (Option 9 is default if nothing is specified)
-Exact text to engrave in exact upper/lower casing (LOVE YOU vs. Love You).
View our other Bear jewelry!
This is the second time I've ordered from the Hometown Haven and all I can say is.....perfect as like my first order. My fiance loved the first one and absolutely loves the second one.. Tanya is amazing at responding to any questions or concerns that I've had. Very prompt. I would very much recommend them for anyone that orders from this site. Thanks again Tanya and the Hometown Haven.
We must be notified within 2 weeks of customer receiving item that jewelry will be returned. Once notified, The Hometown Haven will need to receive the jewelry within 30 days of it being delivered to customer. It must be in original, undamaged condition in its original packaging to quality for a return.
Earrings: To ensure proper hygiene and sanitation for all customers, we do not accept refunds on earrings. All other items can be returned.
Rings: To keep the price of our rings affordable, we do not accept ring resizing or returns. We urge customers to get fit prior to purchasing to ensure their ring size is correct.
Engraved Jewelry: Anything with engravings are considered personalized and are subject to a 40% restocking fee.
All Other Jewelry: Subject to a 15% restocking fee.
Processing Time: Orders can take 1-2 weeks before it is shipped. Customers in the United States will receive orders via USPS first class mail which has a 2-5 day estimated transit time. We are located in California, so the closer you are to California, the shorter the estimated transit time. International customers can expect packages to arrive within 1-4 weeks after order has shipped. International transit is very unpredictable so we don't recommend purchasing if you need the jewelry in a short time frame.
Shipping Address: Please double check your shipping address. Orders lost due to incorrect shipping addresses will not be refunded or resent.
Customs and Duty Taxes Information for International Customers
All international packages coming from The Hometown Haven and other sellers outside your country, are subject to a possible customs duty charge. This charge is done randomly to a few selected packages entering your country. Most of our customers do not get charged this but it is best to anticipate it if you decide to purchase from our shop.
We highly recommend that you familiarize yourself with all the possible fees you MAY incur from receiving an international package. The Hometown Haven is NOT responsible for paying your duty tax or custom fees and we will not accept returns on orders where packages are sent back to us from unpaid customs fees.
Jewelry should last indefinitely but we will provide a free replacement if anything should happen within 90 days of receiving your jewelry.
Exceptions: Warranty does NOT cover tarnishing and stress related damage to necklace chains (e.g. chain that has been strenuously pulled on causing the links to stretch out and/or break).
Procedure for replacement of damaged jewelry
Send us a photograph with a short description letting us know what happend to help us better understand how to improve our jewelry. Please include your order number.
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Technical progress of the last few decades has been quite remarkable. The trend for more embedded electronics is probably one of the main driving forces. When we then add mobile radio capabilities into the mix, we move into the IoE era and the possibilities become endless.
The latest incarnation of the cell phone network will offer internet connectivity and possibilities that could only be dreamt of previously. Depending on your standpoint this will either be a frightening or fascinating prospect. In any case, this Internet of Everything will no doubt have many beneficial effects. This is particularly true when it comes to health care applications.
We have already reported that the German Telekom is currently in the process of rolling out a 5G Europe-wide IoT network. Compared with the 4G system the new network offers not only greater capacity and higher data rates, but also allows a higher number of simultaneously connected devices and higher system spectral efficiency. In addition, IoT devices integrated into the Internet will use less energy. When you add that together with the rapid advances in sensor technology and nanostructures, it’s no surprise that a whole slew of novel applications are starting to appear as the IoT turns into the IoE.
A case in point is this novel ‘smart bandage’ concept, which is beginning to attract a fair dose of press hype. It is conceivable that sensors embedded in a medical dressing could continuously monitor the wound healing process and send alerts to medical personnel when an infection is detected. Doesn’t this seem somewhat unrealistic? Will the patient not be aware that something is wrong? Maybe pain is not a valid indicator of biological dysfunction. The problem is that we all have different thresholds; some stalwarts may endure the pain and only end up visiting a doctor as a last resort when the simple infection has developed into something nastier. Other patients will be convinced that a slight twinge is evidence of a life threatening condition. An objective assessment of the patient’s state of health will not only be reassuring to the patient, but also lead to a more efficient use of medical resources and reduced health care costs.
For this reason, band-aids with sensors and 5G network interfaces seem like a win-win formula. They will give the doctor an early indication of problems and may even be able to run rudimentary diagnostics to indicate the cause of the problem. Instead of long waiting times for appointments and expensive laboratory tests we could, for example get an immediate recommendation of an effective antibiotic. This is just one small example of the many benefits that the IoE will eventually bring to medical care in the future.
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Smart bandage brings early diagnosis
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Technical progress of the last few decades has been quite remarkable. The trend for more embedded electronics is probably one of the main driving forces. When we then add mobile radio capabilities into the mix, we move into the IoE era and the possibilities become endless...
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The profile of a boy who is doing this to you suggests that he won’t give up until he is challenged directly. You have done all you could and the fact that he won’t stop and is finding ways to disrespect you means you need help from adults. If it is happening in school I recommend telling the counselor or a trusted teacher. You have done everything right and the fact that he is talking about you and not respecting your boundaries means it is time to act. Research on bullying supports this. Don’t keep trying to manage this yourself. The time for that strategy has come and gone.
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