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Readers discuss whether military defense and deterrence or diplomacy is most effective.
To the Editor:
In the last few months, North Korea has tested a more powerful nuclear weapon and a three-stage rocket that could reach targets on the West Coast. As the country works to combine these technologies into a long-range nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile, the United States should be taking concrete steps to better protect its citizens.
Our most important protection against Pyongyang's bomb is the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense missile defense network. Interceptors in Alaska and California have proved they can stop an incoming ICBM with eight successful test kills, leading the White House to declare that we are now "capable of defending against any North Korean ballistic missile attack." But we must continue to improve radars and expand our interceptor fleet to handle larger-scale raid attacks.
Missile defense has broad bipartisan support; President Obama praised the system in his State of the Union address, and Congress has voted to study expanding it to the East Coast, which was recently recommended by the National Academies of Science. But missile defense doesn't need cheerleaders; it needs funding.
The administration's proposal to cut our total nuclear forces in hopes of persuading other nations to do the same is a bad idea. Nothing is going to persuade North Korea to give up its hard-earned nukes, nor can we prevent it from transferring nuclear weapons technology to Iran. We need a strong deterrent to convince Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, that there's no upside to attack and to assure our allies that they need not seek out nuclear weapons of their own. We can't stop Kim Jong-un from building a nuclear bomb; let's not give up the tools to stop him from using one.
JAMES A. LYONS Jr.
Warrenton, Va., March 11, 2013
The writer, a retired Navy admiral, was commander of the Pacific Fleet from 1985 to 1987.
Readers React
Admiral Lyons is a strident voice of the military-industrial complex that President Eisenhower warned us about many years ago. By vastly exaggerating North Korea's current missile capabilities, he has become part of the overall demonization of North Korea and its leaders that has kept us from talking to them seriously and patiently as we did with South Korea when it developed a secret nuclear program 40 years ago.
North Korea says it no longer validates the 60-year-old armistice that ended the fighting in the Korean War but has never brought peace. Pyongyang wants a peace treaty with us, and to achieve that we need to talk to the North Korean government, something that Admiral Lyons apparently does not consider a worthy tactic.
He seems to prefer that we keep mute and spend additional billions on missile defense while North Korea becomes a full-blown nuclear power, which could trigger similar programs in South Korea and Japan.
Armonk, N.Y., March 14, 2013
The writer was United States ambassador to South Korea from 1989 to 1993.
One of Admiral Lyons's key assertions is: "The administration's proposal to cut our total nuclear forces in hopes of persuading other nations to do the same is a bad idea." It is not. Neither North Korea nor Iran has anything to gain by launching nuclear attacks on any country. A nuclear assault by North Korea on South Korea and the United States and by Iran on Israel would be catastrophic globally.
If President Obama's aim is to initiate nuclear disarmament negotiations with other nuclear-armed countries, he should say so publicly. His next step should be an open declaration that the United States will not attack either North Korea or Iran if not threatened with a nuclear attack, and that America will assist both countries economically if they give up their nuclear ambitions.
Mansfield Center, Conn., March 13, 2013
Protecting our country from missile attacks by rogue governments is a no-brainer. What is so surprising to me is the failure of this administration to pre-empt the horrible prospect of a nuclear Iran, with the capability to develop and acquire (from North Korea) the means to threaten Europe, destroy Israel and perhaps reach the United States (certainly our military bases).
Regardless of the political fallout and the censure of other countries — who would secretly applaud the action — the United States should collaborate with Israel and destroy the potential bomb-making sites in Iran once and for all. The Israelis have demonstrated in Iraq and Syria that sites associated with nuclear or chemical weapons can be destroyed with minimal, transient political fallout.
Not to worry about the North Koreans. Bluff and bluster are the tools of an adolescent ruler, puffing out his chest for a restless country whose citizens are fully aware of the failings of many decades of totalitarian rule. They just have to look south to see the differences. It's the Iranian government that we need to worry about.
Albany, March 13, 2013
The problem with Admiral Lyons's argument for deterring North Korea is that it is focused solely on a military response. Missile defense is certainly needed, considering North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile testing, yet diplomacy would be far more prudent in restraining such a country.
The real effort should be in pressuring China, North Korea's primary sponsor, to make it very clear that its bellicose comments and aggressive actions will not be tolerated. China has to be made aware that any military conflict on the Korean Peninsula will have a direct effect on its economic well-being.
New York, March 13, 2013
Attempts to pacify North Korea with bribes (such as food aid) have just given its government time to develop nuclear weapons and destabilize Asia and the world. There is a time for dialogue and there is a time for strength. We cannot reason with the Kim dynasty of Pyongyang.
New York, March 13, 2013
The writer is a former professor at Korea University in Seoul.
Admiral Lyons appears to have a distinctly cold-war attitude about nuclear proliferation and our efforts to deter nuclear threats. The delivery vehicles and warheads that we now have in our operational strategic force number in the thousands. The key would appear to be strategic placement of our nuclear arsenal, so I see nothing wrong with cutting our nuclear forces in an attempt at persuasion.
And the idea of adding to the missile defense system is another outdated position. As the admiral says, the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense missile defense network, with interceptors in Alaska and California, is a suitable deterrent to North Korea's potential threat.
In my opinion, the real nuclear threat going forward will not be missiles, but smaller delivery systems smuggled across our borders or delivered through our porous port system.
Let's update the definition of deterrence.
North Wales, Pa., March 13, 2013
The Writer Responds
Diplomacy with Pyongyang does not have a promising track record. In the past, the United States has offered financial incentives to North Korea (as suggested by Mr. Kutty) and implored China to put pressure on Pyongyang (recommended by Mr. Hoffner). These efforts have failed to halt the country's nuclear weapons or ballistic missile programs.
The United States should still make every effort to negotiate, as former Ambassador Gregg suggests. But when the schoolyard bully cocks his fist, you don't drop your guard. As then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told Congress, diplomatic efforts and "strong support of missile defense" go hand in hand.
I agree with Mr. Maginnis that we must tighten border and port security. But North Korea's explicit threat was to pre-emptively "shell" Washington, D.C. Missile defense provides the only real protection against that. And I reject his view that we should stand pat on our current defensive capabilities.
North Korea will grow and innovate its nuclear arsenal. The Obama administration on Friday wisely proposed increasing our operational interceptors. We must also continue to test the system against emerging countermeasures and install an East Coast interceptor base to face the Iranian threat noted by Mr. Tanenbaum.
We must also modernize our nuclear deterrent, ensuring that it is redundant, resilient against pre-emptive strikes and large enough to protect troops and allies worldwide — not just in the Asia-Pacific region. The big stick of American nuclear might has helped forestall a hot nuclear conflict since the cold war. Cutting it now could invite dangerous acts of aggression, just as when overly permissive diplomacy led Saddam Hussein to invade Kuwait.
As the director of national intelligence, James R. Clapper Jr., recently testified, few know exactly what Kim Jong-un would do to prop up his regime.
JAMES A. LYONS Jr.
Warrenton, Va., March 15, 2013


text: Recently Herne spoke with Russian artist and photographer about her art, her inspiration and her views on spirituality. In this interview Olga tells us about her journey in art and gives some advice for people interested in taking up an artistic or creative lifestyle! Read on to find out more about this wonderful artist!

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I don't have a background in design, so I think it's always about what I see in the world and what inspires me. So yes, I am designing for myself. I'm going through this whole evolution, which is a process of growing up and going from modeling to styling to designing.
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Brown's hometown is Wakefield, Mass. And for one term, he served the state as its U.S. senator. He moved to neighboring New Hampshire to run for office this year against Shaheen. When your aim is to endear yourself to a new constituency, suggesting that your old and new states are one and the same (it's all New England, we guess) may not be politically wise.
When asked what constitutes as "in town," as the headline of the news release states, Brown campaign spokeswoman Elizabeth Guyton noted that the statement itself clarified that Obama was "in New England." Guyton reiterated that Shaheen "wasn't there, even though the money raised at the event will be used to prop up her race."
The Senate is in session this week and had votes scheduled Wednesday on a health-care bill for veterans and student loans. Shaheen also attended the state delegation's 5th annual New Hampshire reception on Capitol Hill in the evening.
Looks like @SenatorShaheen is in he element at the "Experience New Hampshire" reception in Russell 325 http://t.co/I9Co8UnAma #HillLife
— Heard on the Hill (@HeardontheHill) June 11, 2014
This isn't the first time we've had a little fun with Brown's state swapping. In March, we reported Brown's fundraising for Massachusetts pols. And in April, we reported that with all the address changing, Brown's campaign forgot to pick a party when it filed his original exploratory committee form with the Federal Election Commission.
In other Brown news, the Boston Globe reported that a New Hampshire-based former poet laureate and children's book writer penned a poem in the Concord Monitor summing up the Democrats' attacks on Brown in one three-line poem:
Get out of town,
You featherheaded carpetbagging Wall St. clown,
Scott Brown!


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6 Key Differences Between The BMW M2 And M240i
The new M240i looks uncomfortably close to the big daddy M2 on paper, but as we'll explain, performance figures don't tell the whole story with BMW's hot compact coupes
Ever since BMW facelifted the 2-series and transformed the M235i into the M240i, I've noticed the same question cropping up again and again from CTzens. Why bother with the M2?
On the face of it, you can understand that rationale. The M240i actually has more torque (369lb ft vs 343lb ft, although an overboost function briefly bumps the M2 to the same figure), and the power difference has dropped to 36bhp. In fact, a recent comparison video (admittedly a not terribly scientific one) revealed the M240i to be faster at certain points, partly down to the M2 being around 100kg heavier due to all the extra meat in its suspension.
But as we like to point out time and time again, cold, hard facts and figures never tell the whole story in the world of cars. So, to find out where your extra £9000 goes when opting for the full-fat M Division car as opposed to the semi-skimmed M Performance machine, we've put 'our' M2 longtermer together with an M240i for a detailed analysis.
If we were talking about the old M235i this would be much easier, because the M240i's predecessor and the M2 share the same N55 turbocharged straight-six. Well, almost: the version in the M2 gets forged pistons, a forged crankshaft and additional oil cooling.
The death of BMW's '35i' cars has also spelt the end of the N55, with the newer '40i' models (M240i, 340i, 440i and so forth) receiving the all-new B58 unit. It's part of BMW's new modular engine series, available in three, four and six-cylinder configurations each packing 500cc per cylinder. Keen maths enthusiasts should already have worked out that this means the six pots are 3.0-litre units, blown by a single twin-scroll turbocharger.
Sounds like an identical setup to the N55, but the B58 is actually bigger by, err, 1cc. But it's more powerful than the old engine, and torquier too.
Both cars get standard-fit six-speed manual gearboxes, and while the M2 gets a fancier linkage, the two transmissions feel much the same. And by that, I mean a tad rubbery, and not anywhere near as good as the slick six-speeder in the Porsche 718s. Both the BMWs get an auto-blip feature too, although the M240i's seems to only rear its head during more spirited driving.
Where there is a big difference though is with the automatic versions: the M240i makes do with an eight-speed ZF-sourced 'box, while the M2 gets a seven-speed M Division dual-clutcher lifted from the M3/M4 brothers.
If you're really into driving, this is the most important point here. The M2 gets front and rear subframes pinched from the M4, with a track that's 63mm wider at the front and 69mm wider at the rear compared to the M240i. It sits lower on stiffer springs, there's beefier bracing between the suspension towers, and there are no suspension bushes at the back whatsoever. Instead, the rear subframe is attached directly to the body, upping stability and stiffness at the expensive of comfort.
Curiously, the M240i can be specced with adaptive dampers, something you can't option on the M2.
Here's another biggie. The M2 gets an electronically-controlled, multi-plate limited slip-differential that's able to send up to 100 per cent of power to either rear wheel. It's clever too - how it operate depends on steering lock, throttle position, brake pressure and yaw rate.
What goes on at the back of the M240i is a little less sophisticated: you get an open-differential, and that's it. As we'll explain later, that's a bit of an issue giving all the power which is sent rearwards.
Both cars get four-piston callipers at the front and two-piston jobbies at the rear, but the discs are slightly larger on the M2. They're drilled too on the latter car too, and the brake hubs are made from aluminium.
The M2 has a set of dramatically widened wheel arches to accommodate the wider track, and my, does that make a difference to the car visually. The M240i looks weedy in comparison, and its 18-inch wheels are dwarfed by the 19-inch rims on the M2 with their slight tyre stretch.
The M2 also gets a different front bumper to aid cooling but also aero, with the 'air curtains' on the outer edges working with the new arches, side skirts, rear diffuser and small boot spoiler to reduce high speed lift by 35 per cent while cutting drag compared to the regular 2er.
So, that's all the technical stuff out of the way, but what about the feel of these cars?
I drove the M240i immediately after a few days in an Audi R8 Spyder, providing a decent way to 'cleanse' my automotive palate with something entirely different to the M2. And even after a bout of bombastic V10 power, the M240i feels exceptionally quick.
There's an enormous amount of clout in the mid-range, and you never really need to rev the engine out. It sounds slightly different its N55-engined predecessor, but it still isn't an especially sweet-sounding six-pot.
The M240i is a very capable and entertaining B road weapon, but you do get the feeling it's skirting around the boundary of what its more basic chassis is capable of taking, and - depending on the conditions - a little over it. The lack of limited-slip differential means it doesn't feel awfully comfortable when you lose grip at the rear (we're in one-tyre-fire country here, boys), something you'll find happening fairly often with that fat serving of mid range torque. The brakes could do with being stronger, too.
Back in the M2, I immediately discovered that all those changes detailed above amount to completely different car. You get the kind of confidence in the corners that the M240i just can't deliver, with a keener turn-in and far less body roll. Thanks to a properly sorted limited-slip differential, it's far grippier, and has a much more controllable attitude when you nudge past the limit. The M240i's open rear diff really is its Achilles heel, and the optional (at dealer level) £2500 LSD is seriously worth considering if you buy one of these.
The performance is a tricky one, as the M240i does actually feel quicker thanks to the beefy torque delivery. But the M2's old N55 is much more enjoyable to use: it's more responsive, and a lot reviver. In the M240i you'll rarely find yourself changing above 6000rpm, whereas the M2 is much happier being smashed into the rev limiter.
For its £35,090 asking price, the M240i is unquestionably an utter bargain. To give similar straight-line performance to the M2 and even more expensive sports cars like the Porsche 718 Cayman S plus an engaging drive for that kind of money is impressive.
But I wouldn't call the M240i an out-and-out sports car. 'Fast coupe' seems like a much more appropriate description. The M2 on the other hand? Hell yeah, it's a sports car.
The gap in straight-line performance is awkwardly slim now, to the point at which there's preciously little difference between the two. But it is worth pointing out that we're comparing a car that's had it's mid-life update to one that hasn't. When it is update time for the M2 it's looking like an M4-engined 'CS' will redress the balance, and BMW may well tweak what will become the regular M2 while it's at it.
Even with the straight-line performance similarities though, the M2 more than justifies the premium over the 'lesser' M240i. It's an entirely different feeling car, it's far better looking and more lustworthy thing with all that muscular bodywork, and the draw of having a proper M Division car rather than an M Performance pretender cannot be ignored.
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Introduced by Brian Corcoran, Managing Editor, Emmanuel Research Review
This issue takes a look at the history and recent collaboration between the Emmanuel Gospel Center's Boston Education Collaborative (BEC) and the Boston Public Schools Faith-Based Partnerships. An increasing number of congregations and faith-based organizations are thinking about how they can assist public schools and various aspects of educational justice, and the BEC's story provides a model which can inform the church broadly when navigating the complexity of collaboration between private, faith-based organizations and an urban, public school system.
This issue also features an article by Lydia Johnson Reynolds on the partnership with the Boston Public Schools' "Circle of Promise" initiative and the BEC's "Reflection and Learning Sessions" that provide tools, encouragement, networking, and support for people from churches and nonprofits working with students. We've also included a video interview with Ruth Wong, Director of the Boston Education Collaborative, and a link to download the BEC's Guidebook for Boston Public Schools Faith-Based Partnerships.
The Boston Education Collaborative, a program of the Emmanuel Gospel Center, works with churches, schools, and nonprofits to empower underserved urban students with the education they need for transformation—in their lives and in their communities.
Building upon educational research and needs assessments, the BEC supports urban churches and organizations in strengthening their existing programs, starting new initiatives, evaluating the short- and long-term impact of their programs, coordinating learning groups, and organizing trainings. Churches and Christian organizations have been instrumental in having a positive impact in the lives of urban students and their families. However, these churches and organizations often face the challenges of:
working in isolation from other Christian organizations;
lacking the capacity to fully support their staff with professional development;
lacking the know-how or connections to access resources;
and funding instability and frequent staff turnover.
To be effective, these churches and Christian organizations need:
a current understanding of urban education and the ways they can engage in the process of empowering urban students through education;
support around resources, curriculum, and training;
mental and physical space to evaluate and reflect on their programs;
and opportunities to network with other churches and Christian nonprofits that also have educational programs.
Now in its 13th year (writing in 2012), the BEC has worked through various means towards its central mission of "working with churches, schools, and nonprofits to empower underserved urban students with the education they need for transformation—in their lives and in their communities." Some of this experience has been featured in past Emmanuel Research Review issues and other publications.
In the August 2005 issue of the Emmanuel Research Review, "The Role of Churches in Mapping Out a Road to Higher Education," Rudy Mitchell, Senior Researcher at EGC pointed out that "Churches and Christian ministries can play a significant role advising, motivating, and equipping young people to obtain a college education," and he shared a case study by Edward R. Davis and Amy L. Sherman on church-based Higher Education Resource Centers (HERC) entitled, College Prep Ministry in Boston: León de Judá, which the BEC helped launch.
In the September-October 2010 issue of Inside EGC, in an article called "The Boston Education Collaborative: Helping Urban Churches Motivate & Support Underserved Students," Steve Daman, senior writer at EGC, wrote about the beginning of the BEC's "Reflection and Learning Sessions" which are built "upon research and needs assessment studies at EGC… to support urban churches and organizations in strengthening their existing education programs, starting new initiatives, and evaluating the short and long-term impact of their programs" through "coordinating learning groups, and organizing peer trainings for Christians involved in education."
In the April 2011 issue of the Emmanuel Research Review, "The Boston Education Collaborative Church Survey Report," by Laura Neal and Ruth Wong, provides a preliminary investigation and overview of how Boston-area churches are currently engaged in education, what areas of programming they are interested in further developing, and what resources are needed for them to become more involved in education. Even with some of the world's most famous learning institutions in our backyard, Boston-area churches continue to assist and complement local public and private educational systems by providing a diverse spectrum of programs that reach beyond spiritual formation.
An Interview with Ruth Wong, BEC Director and Coordinator of Boston Public School Circle of Promise
In this interview, Ruth Wong talks about how she became involved in the BEC, the BPS Circle of Promise, and how their collaborative partnership is impacting students, teachers, and local schools. As an increasing number of congregations and faith-based organizations are thinking about how they can assist public schools and various aspects of educational justice, the BEC's story provides a model which can inform the church broadly when navigating the complexity in collaboration between private, faith-based organizations and an urban, public school system. As Ruth points out, The Office of Community Engagement and Circle of Promise has an online survey for (Boston) Faith-Based Institution's Resource Assessment: www.svy.mk/faithpartner
(See also Boston Public Schools' blog "All About BPS" entry for Friday, December 7, 2012, titled "Ruth has Faith" http://www.allaboutbps.blogspot.com/2012/12/ruth-has-faith.html)
Guidebook for the Boston Public Schools Faith-Based Partnerships
The Guidebook for the Boston Public Schools Faith-Based Partnerships is a brief guide and resource for schools and faith-based institutions alike. It relies on the BPS's Office of Community Engagement and Circle of Promise (CECoP's) cumulative learning from interviews with leaders of partnering institutions, literature reviews of cases, articles, and publications local and abroad, and practical experiences in initiating and supporting such partnerships. Contact Ruth Wong (link below) for a free downloadable copy.
The Boston Education Collaborative's Partnership with Boston Public Schools
Exciting New Partnership for the BEC and Boston Public Schools
by Lydia Johnson Reynolds
When Boston's Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Carol R. Johnson launched a new initiative called the Circle of Promise in January of 2010, BPS appointed Brian Barnes, a former BPS teacher and administrator as the coordinator for the program. Brian's main initial emphasis was to support existing partnerships and create new partnerships within the Circle's geographic area, which includes 47 schools.
In the process of reaching out to principals and leaders of many faith-based institutions in Greater Boston, Brian contacted EGC because he knew about the Boston Church Directory, a publication and online resource of EGC, which he thought would be a helpful resource in finding potential community partners. Erik Nordbye, ministry associate in field research in our Applied Research department at that time, not only helped him with the directory information but also passed along his information to Ruth Wong, director of EGC's Boston Education Collaborative (BEC), whose mission aligns well with the Circle of Promise goals.
Ruth contacted Brian and subsequently became a part of his advisory committee, working along with him and others toward some of the key early efforts of the Circle of Promise. EGC's network and Brian's own network complemented one another well, and Brian and Ruth had a natural sense of shared purpose in bringing together faith-based and school partners. Ruth was particularly excited for this partnership because the BPS Office of Community Engagement and Circle of Promise (CECoP) was extending an invitation to the entire community to support schools and families.
In May of 2011, CECoP, along with faith and community partners, hosted a kickoff event (left image) attended by Superintendent Johnson and about 200 people, including more than 20 school leaders and about 50 faith-based organizations. From surveys at this event and its follow-up, CECoP began to focus on efforts to meet these two main identified needs: matching the resources of the community organizations with needs within the schools (and vice versa) and technical assistance in setting up and evaluating partnerships.
Throughout the following school year they continued to survey people engaged in existing partnerships and gathered again in March of 2012 to talk further about sustainable partnerships. Of course these partnerships look really different from school to school, but those engaged in them were able to learn from each other's experiences. They invited one of EGC's nearest neighbor—St. Stephen's Episcopal Church—to share about how their partnership endured through multiple leadership changes at the Blackstone Elementary School. In addition to the March workshop, Brian and Ruth presented about the Circle of Promise at a BPS-wide conference, and the CECoP even hosted the US. Department of Education and President Obama's Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships for a visit to see the work that has been done so far.
As Brian prepared to start a doctorate program this school year, he recommended Ruth to replace him in his BPS position due to her substantial contributions to the project. Brian also valued EGC's substantial reputation in the community, commenting that "EGC historically has been in the business of supporting youth in this city, so the work [of the Circle of Promise] is validated even more by its involvement."
Ruth was appointed Coordinator for the 2012-2013 school year and will continue in her role as the Director of the BEC. Ruth sees her BPS role as a critical stabilizing factor for supporting partnerships through turnover within either the schools or the community organizations, and is excited to continue engaging new partners both within the Circle and throughout Boston. "These two positions fit together in a way that allows Ruth to readily pursue both, and we're excited for the opportunity for strategic partnership with the BPS," says Jeff Bass, EGC Executive Director.
EGC is excited for this opportunity for extensive partnership with BPS with the alignment of the BEC's work and that of BPS's Office of Community Engagement and Circle of Promise through Ruth's engagement in both. It's always interesting to see how the various phases of ministry unfold over the years! Here is another element to add to the ongoing narrative of the BEC timeline.
Since its founding, the BEC has helped make an impact on church-based programs in Greater Boston that help urban residents reach educational goals.
1999: helped launch church-based Higher Education Resource Centers. Three continue to serve college-bound, urban students in the South End, Dorchester, and Worcester.
2003: created the New City Scholars Program through a partnership with Gordon College. This successful program, which is now called the Clarendon Scholars Program, is run by Gordon, and is in its 7th year.
2007: helped Greater Boston Vineyard start an ongoing, two-year, college readiness program.
2009 and 2010: developed learning relationships with leaders from over 50 churches and ministries to understand how they are already serving their students and to assess the needs for further support.
2009-2011: convened and supported a growing network of Christian leaders for reflection, learning, prayer, peer support, and coordinated action. Over 40 individuals representing more than 25 churches and organizations participated in BEC learning community events and trainings.
2009-2011: helped the Episcopal Quincy Chinese Center with program and staff development. We helped to launch a college preparation program for immigrant Chinese high school students.
2011: took a leadership role to support the Boston Public Schools (BPS) Circle of Promise Initiative's efforts to foster partnerships between schools and faith-based institutions. We helped to plan, prepare, and facilitate a May event that gathered more than 150 school principals, staff, faith leaders, and congregants to hear about different models for partnerships and for dialogue. We are continuing work with the BPS to complete follow-up work for this event and to help with partnership matches.
The Circle of Promise
The Circle of Promise strategy is a shared initiative of Boston's Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Carol R. Johnson as part of BPS's larger five-year plan to improve academic outcomes for students within the geographic area shown in the red circle (left image). There are 47 schools within the Circle, covering all grades. Ten of the current 11 "turnaround" (designated by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education as significantly underperforming for several years) schools within the Boston school system are located within the Circle.
What's new about the work being done within the Circle is that BPS is working to extend its community engagement work to include the largely untapped resource of faith-based institutions. Dr. Johnson recognized that faith-based institutions—including churches, mosques, synagogues, various other religious centers, and faith-based nonprofits—are a part of the fabric of Boston with a long history of supporting and nurturing the growth and education of this city's children.
The Circle is part of the BPS's Office of Community Engagement and Circle of Promise (CECoP), which is currently focused on two main areas: improving the school choice process and fostering partnerships between schools and community organizations. EGC's Boston Education Collaborative has been a part of the work in both of these areas, including helping to build faith and community partnerships with schools, serving on the stakeholders' group for the school choice process, and helping co-facilitate discussions at community meetings.
BEC Reflection and Learning Sessions provide tools, encouragement, networking, and support for people from churches and nonprofits working with students
The BEC began offering Reflection and Learning Sessions (R&Ls) in fall of 2009 as a way to support people from churches and Christian non-profits as they, in turn, support students. Since then, the BEC has hosted these informal sessions quarterly as an opportunity for the attendees to take a step back from their work lives, reflect on what's been happening, and learn from it. R&Ls have also given attendees time for fellowship together and opportunities to network among their peers. The BEC has added an evening session, which duplicates the morning session, in order to accommodate participants who can't attend during the day.
Each session includes some fellowship time followed by a topic for discussion or presentation. Usually about 10-12 people attend the morning sessions and three to five attend the evening ones. During the first year of the R&Ls, the discussion theme was "transformation." This past year the discussions centered on systems thinking topics, and participants were able to do some systems mapping of elements of their work.
Here are stories of a few participants impacted by the sessions.
Andrew Walker is a Sunday School teacher at First Lutheran Church of Boston. Andrew has participated for the last school year, requesting time off from his daytime job to attend. "[The sessions have been] very instructive and a great opportunity for conversation with other people in similar pursuits," he says. Andrew particularly appreciated learning about EGC's systems thinking tools and says he is "eager for more" in the coming year.
Jovan Zuniga is the Director of the Salvation Army's Bridging the Gap program in Boston. Jovan, whose program serves court-involved youth, has attended the R&Ls since August 2010. "I always make room for the sessions because I value the chance to step out of what I do and reflect," he says. Jovan has used the R&Ls as an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of his work and think together with his peers on how to go back and be more effective. "The sessions enable me to gather with others doing similar work, which is encouraging and educational. Overall, the meetings make my work better."
David Edwards is the Director of the Bridging the Gap program in Cambridge. David has also participated in the R&Ls since August 2010, and has really valued the support—particularly spiritual support—and networking opportunities made possible by the R&Ls. He took what he learned in the sessions on systems thinking this last year back to work, and it has strongly influenced the way he works now. He mentioned the bonus of not only reflecting together with his colleagues during the sessions but also connecting outside of the R&L sessions and being able to partner together and share resources to address specific work challenges.
Christian educators, youth workers and program staff in Greater Boston are invited to participate in the R&Ls. For more information, contact Ruth Wong at rwong[at]egc.org.


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When Citizens Assemble documents the deliberations of Ireland's Citizens' Assembly around the 8th Amendment to the Irish Constitution, a de facto ban on abortion. It's about making progress rather than seeking power. It's about the triumph of empathy and consensus over conflict and propaganda. It's about ordinary people being individually transformed as they collectively tackle a hot potato issue that traditional politics had serially failed to resolve. The Citizens' Assembly is chosen by lot and is an excellent example of representative, deliberative democracy in action. The film was funded by a grant from Australia's newDEMOCRACY Foundation.
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Two UC Berkeley professors will be researching issues involving economic inequality and family structure, and whether where students from across the income ladder attend college affects their economic standing, thanks to new grants from the Washington Center for Equitable Growth.
Daniel Schneider, an assistant professor of sociology, will spend the next year and a half exploring if rising inequality and economic insecurity are causing family insecurity and changing family structure, particularly childbirth outside of marriage, or if it works the other way around. Schneider's work focuses on social demography, inequality and the family.
Meanwhile, in the Department of Economics, assistant professor Danny Yagan will research equal access to top colleges and universities and whether the college attendance process may retard economic mobility when qualified low-income students aren't admitted to schools that offer the most opportunity.
The Center for Equitable Growth said Yagan will use "gold-standard, restricted-access tax data" to determine which colleges are improving the economic standing of students from all income levels.
Berkeley is already home to a "research cluster" of professors from various academic disciplines who study different facets of economic disparities. The group is chaired by Hilary Hoynes, an economist at the Goldman School of Public Policy. It is part of the campus's Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society.


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I went over three modern sayings in a previous post that are popular to say, but just don't make any sense. After writing it, a few more have come to mind.
1) "What someone does in his/her personal life doesn't affect me."
To a certain extent, such libertine sentiment is true. What type of food a person chooses to eat doesn't affect me. What kind of drapes a person puts up in his home doesn't affect me. But often times so-called private actions can lead to public consequences, which does affect me.
This whole privacy matter generally deals with privacy in the bedroom. For instance, how many liberal protestors who advocate homosexual rights based on "My personal life isn't the government's business," but quickly turn around and want to place limits on how big my "carbon footprint" is, or dictate if I can smoke or not, or even dictate how much electricity I can use? There's a double-standard – they're willing to let the government intervene on those issues, but not on sexual issues.
Regardless, what goes on in the bedroom can affect me by affecting society. What we do is often reflected upon our children. As I pointed out in a previous post, sexual immorality tends to go hand-in-hand with other forms of immorality. Thus, if one is engaging in sexually immoral acts in the bedroom, then one is more apt to perform immoral acts in public.
The connection to public corruption, however, is almost irrelevant. Though it may not be the government's business what goes on in the bedroom or in a person's personal life, as a human being I have an obligation to point out immorality when I see it. I have an obligation to point out what is wrong (in a loving way) in the way someone is acting. By being human, a person's personal life is my business.


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Workers' Defense Project (WDP) held a press conference this morning to call on CapMetro to implement "Better Builder" standards on the new proposed Plaza Saltillo development. The CapMetro board will take a vote on the proposal on March 21st.
WDP is asking that the construction of the development, which will be on city owned property, include a living wage for construction workers as well as: OSHA-10 training, workers' compensation (for those injured on the job), local hiring practices and independent site monitoring to ensure compliance. The project is slated to pay $11.85 an hour, WDP is asking for the City of Austin standard of $13.03 an hour.
The group is supported by at least two CapMetro board members, City Councilmembers Ann Kitchen and Delia Garza who were both present. Councilmember Pio Renteria, who represents the East Austin district that includes Plaza Saltillo, also spoke in support of the higher standards.
Supporters of the project as it stands suggest that the final product will include many community benefits, but Renteria said, "in 2016 it isn't just about the final product…We need to make sure that the way we get there is something we can be proud of."
Worker misclassification, wage theft and death of construction workers has plagued Texas' construction industry which is by far the most deadly in the nation (166 deaths last year alone). We are the only state that does not require workers' compensation. WDP executive director Jose Garza said, "These are not a request for charity or handouts, these are the fundamental building blocks of good, safe, jobs. The people who build our city deserve to live here and work here with dignity."
An Austin Chronicle story in November of last year revealed that a company of one of the developers has been accused of withholding overtime pay and essentially avoiding accountability of injured workers through sub contracting.
Speaking from a podium, CM Garza told the media that paying a living wage to local workers was an important to our community and that "we must hold public projects to a hire standard." She said she looks forward to working with stakeholders and that "I believe we can find a solution that both protects workers, and serves the public and agency as well."


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Words cannot reach this unstoppable beast!
Bandai Namco has finally released the full reveal trailer for Broly, one of two confirmed upcoming DLC characters for Dragon Ball FighterZ. After his first announcement and an insane amount of teasing, players finally have close to fifteen unadulterated seconds of Broly goodness.
It's only a matter of time before players break down this brief albeit action-packed trailer and connect all of its references to other Dragon Ball media. Bardock's trailer cannot be too far behind, and a release date for both fighters should be right around the corner.
I hope that Broly gets a character color that gives him his blue hair from his initial Super Saiyan transformation; he went Super Saiyan Blue before it was cool. Check out the trailer for yourself, below!
Source: Bandai Namco Entertainment


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Does this sound familiar to you?
It really did drive me crazy. Bug only appeared in a certain phone model with a certain version of the app. Not in emulator, not in other phones, not with other version of the app and just 2 weeks ago – without major change in the app – all was running good in this certain phone. Of course I did not remember one crucial thing that happended in these 2 weeks: I upgraded my IDE NB from 6.1 to 6.7.1.
Shouldn't matter you say? Not in J2ME development. In J2ME developmpent as a rule everything matters, I mean every little tiny seemingly irrelevant thingy you can imagine. So also an IDE change *did* matter.
The reason I found after about 2 hours of WTF's: with 6.7.1 the proguard obfuscator changed and apparently introduced some bugs. Without obfuscating the app was running all smooth on this partucular phone. Fun thing is that I actually already had this problem once with an earier version of proguard, made a note and forgot about it.
I know about the location where the errors occured and am guessing its one of the errors that has been fixed in version 4.4. After I upgraded from proguard 4.2 to 4.4 all good again. I really want to remember this the next time I encounter such a nasty bug. I hope this post helps me with it, and hopefully it is also useful for some of you guys.


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Sarah Millican
Leeds Town Hall
Frank, funny and unapologetically filthy, comedian Sarah Millican takes over Leeds Town Hall for four nights on March 6, 7, 8 and 9. In her new tour Control Enthusiast she chats about the benefits of a casserole, how to talk to shop assistants, the correct way to eat a biscuit and the joys of bra fitting. If you are the person who arranges the nights out and takes charge of passports on holiday, you'll enjoy Sarah's show.
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I've been pretty quiet over the last month or so because I've been working to develop Quilliam, a favorite character of mine, into a picture book concept! Here are a couple peeks at his new design.
I've also added a new section to the site focusing on images from my sketchbooks. Here's two pages of Quilliam character exploration and visual development. I'll be adding more to this page as time goes on, so keep an eye out!


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Carmel mission is to commercialize the expertise and knowledge within the university.
We locate projects within the university that have commercial value and find the right partners to invest or collaborate with.
Our main ways of commercializing the expertise within the University of Haifa:
Investment agreements:
For projects with high commercial value, we locate the right partner, who is willing to invest in return to some rights as first right of refusal etc.
Such an agreement can include royalties' agreement, establishment of a VC or starting a new company.
Carmel Inventions Fund: this exclusive fund, owned by Carmel & private investor, invests in selected projects emerging from the advanced Pharma & Natural Science labs.
After being reviewed by its board of Directors, each project receives support for 2-3 years.
Cooperation agreements:
In cases where our technology is mature enough, we locate a partner for cooperation.
Such an agreement can include royalties' agreement, establishment of a VC or starting a new company.
Consulting & research agreements:
Many researchers offer unique skills and knowledge which is useful for commercial companies.
Such agreements can include a research aiming in solving a problem for the company.
In the past years, researchers at the University of Haifa conducted Resaerch & Consulting to top companies as General Motors, Israel Electric Company, Source and many others.


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I recently received a red light camera ticket in Montgomery County and thought that I would share my experience. Repeating what is generally in the notice that the registered owner receives, you cannot get points and the ticket cannot be used to increase your insurance rates. The tickets are annoying and somewhat expensive. The suggested charge was $75 for my alleged failure to stop for a red light.
I sent in the form and requested a trial. On the trial date I had a conflict. They were very civilized about it and I contacted the Rockville city Police Department by telephone and they told me they would postpone the case. Initially I thought I needed to file a continuance in the District Court which is normal but the District Court doesn't seem to accept those motions.
Regardless, I received a new trial date.
In preparing for your trial you should check your ticket carefully. It will give you the ability to review full-color images and a moving video at a website listed on the top right part of your ticket. Put in the citation number and the pin number and you can watch your actions in living color. In my case the video clearly showed me stopping past a faded white line. There was no question that my vehicle came to a complete stop. Not a rolling stop or a California stop.
Armed with this knowledge I went to court.
When you get the court representatives from the city of Rockville will be present prosecuting the case. They will have a computer and a large video screen. They will have the videos that were recorded available to play for the court. Apparently no matter how you plead the judge wants to see the video to determine the extent of your guilt. Frankly, everybody ran the red light quite clearly. Most people slow down significantly but absolutely nobody stopped. Based on the situation the court usually reduced the fine but did add court costs. Usually people got out of there spending about $65 total rather than $75. The docket took about 1 1/2 hours so it might not be worth your time. I did not see a single acquittal.
Onto my personal case. I will say they ran the docket in alphabetical order and they use the person's first name. Thomas is pretty far down the alphabet so I was able to watch what was happening with everybody else. I appear in court for a living so my approach was somewhat different.
Initially I argued that the citation they mailed me was fatally defective because it did not comply with the language required by the transportation article. The judge did not consider that argument very long and rejected it.
Thereafter we went through the video. It was quite clear that the stop line was not "clearly marked" as required by the statute. It was also clear that I went over the stop mark before coming to a full stop. I argued to the court that the line was not properly painted and more strongly argued that obviously my vehicle did come to a complete stop. The court took the argument well and did not impose a fine upon me, it still imposed $22.50 in court costs.
Not sure if it's worth going back if something like this happens again. It bothers me somewhat that I received a ticket from a machine that a police officer would not have written. I received a ticket for a hypertechnical violation. It is also somewhat bothersome that the ticket was issued for an event that occurred in almost Gaithersburg and the trial was held in Silver Spring. I don't know why the trial would not be held in Rockville.
I can't imagine the upside of having the services of an attorney in a case of this nature. I think that I did better because the facts were on my side, not so much the law.
Monday, February 2, 2015
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By most accounts this past quarter was uncharacteristically busy and the traditionally busiest quarter is now upon us, but with the twist and turns of a frothy stock market and upcoming U.S. Presidential election it's anybody's guess how the used jet market will perform. It's clear, however, that low pricing and tightening, but still plentiful, supply continues to attract buyers.
Some markets run hot and cold. Take the Falcon 2000 market right now. In August last year there were only six for sale. Today there are 32. That number has doubled since the beginning of the year, rising from 15. The 32 for sale today equates to about 14 percent of the number in operation. They are selling at rate of one per month, which places the current supply at a 24-month absorption rate. Prices have averaged in the low-$4 million range, according to AircraftPost. The aircraft that have sold this year must have been priced right, as their average time on the market was a respectable 139 days. Pricing alone will bring buyers back in droves like last year. Models seem always to fluctuate between overbought and oversold, with pricing the catalyst that drives the markets in both directions.
On the other end of the spectrum is the venerable Citation XLS, which continues to remain stable compared to many of its counterparts. In fact, supply sits at 15 right now, and only half of those are U.S.-based. The inventory represents just shy of 5 percent of the number in operation, making a decidedly tight market. Pricing runs from about $4 million to the mid-$5 million range and sales are moving at about one per month.
By contrast, the number of Hawker 800XPs for sale is growing and now stands at 58, or 12.4 percent of its active fleet and represents a two-year high. Seven- to 10-percent availability is generally considered normal in terms of supply of any model type. Asking prices range from $1.4 million to $3.9 million and the average is $2.33 million, down $250,000 year-to-date. The current supply translates to a 24-month absorption rate. Year-to-date there have been 28 transactions of 800XPs or 3.5 per month, compared with 30 transactions for the same period last year. Sale prices have ranged from $1.5 million– to $3.5 million.
The successor 850XP has fared much better over the past 12 months, fluctuating between seven and 10 offerings on the market, with nine currently for sale, equaling 7.5 percent of the fleet. Six of the nine 850s available are registered in the U.S., a shift in the geographic distribution from more overseas sellers in previous months. Asking prices range from $3.2 million to $5 million.
Five 850XPs have traded this year compared versus seven last year. Sale prices are grouped in a tight range from $4.2 million to $4.6 million, with the average 850XP selling for $4.28 million after 210 days of market exposure. The low was a 2006 model with 4,000 hours. A 2007 model with 1,900 airframe hours represented the peak selling at a reported $4.6 million in July.
Challenger 604 offerings swelled to 45 in July, but then retreated below the six-month moving average as buyers swooped in on deals. There are 38 available, or 10 percent of the active fleet. The majority of the supply is located in North America (25), with the remainder in Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific. Roughly half have the upgraded -150 APU and about 45 percent have Wi-Fi. Asking prices range from $3.5 million to $8.7 million. Sales activity shows a rate of two per month and given the current stock, that's about a 20-month supply.
A similar percentage of Challenger 605s are available, with most of them parked outside North America. In fact, only one third of the 30 for sale reside within N.A. That might be in part the result of economic conditions in North America from 2008 to 2010, coupled with an increase in buying activity abroad. Asking prices range from $9 million to $17.5 million (the high representing a 2013 delivery).
The supply of Global 6000s sits at just 6 percent, but lackluster sales mean that the 12 being offered represent a 33-month supply. Prices range from the mid-$30 million range and carry up near the mid-$50 million range and just one quarter of the current offerings are U.S.-based. Its market counterpart, the G550, after enduring some excruciating pain in the price department, seems to be closing in on a level that is attracting buyers. When earlier this year some early G550s fell through the $20 million floor the airplane began to receive heightened attention. That hasn't moved the inventory needle much yet though, as choices are perched squarely at their 12-month moving average of 33 aircraft. That number represents 6 percent of the 530 in operation. Prices range from about $17.5 million to $41 million, and that wide spread is simply an indicator of the long production run the G550 has enjoyed.
Barring any market disruptions, which may prove to be an understatement given the upcoming election, activity looks poised to continue. The confluence of low pricing, low interest rates and strong stock market point to a continuation of greater activity in the used jet market through year-end.


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While Good Morning America covered the news that Omar bin Laden, the son of the terrorist mastermind, has condemned the U.S. for his father's killing, no mention was made of GMA's January 22, 2008 friendly interview with the young man.
On Wednesday, reporter Jim Sciutto explained, "Another of bin Laden's son, Omar, who is living in Saudi Arabia and other family members have condemned the raid, calling it an illegal assassination of an unarmed man."
Yet, in 2008, correspondent Nick Watt tossed softballs to Omar bin Laden, parroting, "[Omar] wants to be an ambassador for peace. First up, he wants to meet with President George Bush to explain to him what his father is all about." Watt failed to press the offspring of the mass murderer on comments such as this: "My father is a very kind man...He's very sorry when he does something like 11 September."
[See the 2008 video below. MP3 audio here.]
Watt couldn't even come up with a good response to Omar's assertion that he would "hide" his father if aware of the terrorist's location. (The journalist simply added, "You would?")
Instead, he played up the love affair between bin Laden and his much older English wife: "Omar has now married an English woman who he met while horseback riding in sight of the pyramids...He's 26. She's a 52-year-old grandmother. That didn't matter. And neither did Omar's name."
NBC's Today also interviewed the younger bin Laden in 2008, but offered no coverage on Wednesday.
A transcript of the brief mention of Omar bin Laden on the May 11 show can be found below:
JIM SCIUTTO: Another of bin Laden's son, Omar, who is living in Saudi Arabia and other family members have condemned the raid, calling it an illegal assassination of an unarmed man. And, Robin, those family members are also now calling for the release of bin Laden's wives and children, saying they've done nothing wrong.


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At the Annual Meeting on January 12, 2013, the membership voted in favour of an increase in the Certificate fee.
Effective 2014, Certificates will increase by $5.00.
Members should start collecting the new fee for this season (2013) for payment against your 2014 Club dues.
Certificate Fee = $30.00 (was $25.00)
All other fees and/credits remain the same.
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Many children enjoy playing with stuffed animals. Fantastical, colourful stuffed toys such as dragons may appeal to a child's sense of imagination. Toy dragons come in many forms and patterns and can appear happy, playful or fierce. You can fashion a toy dragon based upon a fairy tale, mythology or cultural images. Regardless of how you envision the ideal toy dragon for your child, you can sew a basic pattern.
Use a pencil to draw an image of a dragon onto a sheet of waxed paper. The image should be a simple side-view outline of a dragon. Draw on the side of the paper that is not coated in wax. Draw the image so that it is 1 inch wider on all sides than you would like your finished dragon to be.
Use scissors to cut the dragon image out from the waxed paper.
Fold your chosen fabric in half so that the good side is on the inside of the fold. This good side of fabric is the side with colour or patterns.
Pin the dragon image to your fabric. Pins should go through both sides of the folded fabric.
Use a pencil to trace around the dragon image so that an outline appears on the fabric.
Use scissors to cut the dragon pattern out of the fabric. Cut through both layers of folded fabric. Cut along the pencil line you have drawn.
Remove the pins and waxed paper.
Pin the two cut dragon shapes together again without the waxed paper. Place pins along the shapes' circumference, approximately 1/2 inch from the edge. Be sure that the good sides of the fabric are still touching each other.
Use a sewing machine to stitch the pinned dragon shapes together. Stitch approximately 1/2 inch from the edge, where you have placed the pins. Remove pins as you stitch. Leave approximately 3 inches of the circumference unstitched.
Turn the sewn dragon shape inside out so that the good sides of the fabric are showing.
Stuff the sewn shape with batting until you have reached the desired firmness for your toy dragon.
Thread the needle.
Use the threaded needle to sew the opening closed. Tuck the edges of the material inside the opening as you sew.
Most recent
- "Making Stuffed Toys"; Jane Gisby, et al.; 1995
- "Toys to Sew"; Claire Garland; 2006
- "Make Your Own Toys: Sew Soft Bears, Bunnies, Monkeys, Puppies and More!"; Sue Havens; 2010
- After you have finished sewing your toy dragon pattern, embroider details such as eyes, mouth, nose and claws.
- Choose fabrics and threads that match your child's favourite dragon images. For example, your child may prefer a red Chinese dragon.
- Digital Vision./Photodisc/Getty Images


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Blurred Wings over Waves
Caught these Black Skimmers as they went behind some waves in the Gulf of Mexico.
Taken with Canon 7D and Canon 500mm F4 IS II with 1.4X III mounted on Skimmer ground pod with Wimberley II head.
1/80 sec @ F5.6, ISO 500, +2/3 exposure compensation
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I think I love it, but sure would like to see at least 800px on the long side.
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|Team HART at the PGDC on Saturday!
Nearly 50 HART employees participated in different race events during this year's Publix Gasparilla Distance Classic (PGDC) last weekend.
HART employees who participated in last weekend's PGDC ranged from every level of the organization, including senior level leadership. All these wonderful employees have a special story to share of how their lives have been transformed as a result of the health and wellness tools and opportunities afforded to them as HART employees.
HART takes their employees' health seriously and a few years back implemented an agency-wide wellness program to both challenge and reward those individuals who adopt healthy habits.
As part of the HART Wellness Program, the agency works to bring employees together and engage in becoming healthier and happier at work and home. It annually provides opportunities for employees to earn wellness incentives through participation in wellness-related activities, such as the PGDC, with the purpose of recognizing and rewarding active employees who practice healthy behaviors and those who wish to make improvements. Activities such as wellness exams, biometric screenings, health risk assessments and tracking physical activity, can earn an employee up to 4,000 points to purchase items in the "wellness store" in October.
|HART CAO Kenyatta Lee participating in the PGDC
One reason employees may be embracing the wellness culture is the support received from the top. HART Chief Administrative Officer Kenyatta Lee encourages employees to participate in the wellness program with this message:
"Take the time to invest in your health, both physical and mental, enjoy the benefits that well-being will provide you…You are the lifeline of this company, and with your well-being, HART will enjoy healthy growth as well."
The authority's efforts are leading the way to make their employees and the Hillsborough County community healthier.


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June 07, 2016
The Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research in Israel has long been at the forefront of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy treatments and this video expertly shows the profound and life changing effects that HBOT has had on patients suffering from traumatic brain injury and Fibromyalgia.
Unfortunately, just like many of these Israeli patients, patients in the UK will find that treatment for such injuries using HBOT is plagued with NHS funding issues and a distinct lack of clinical referrals or support; despite extensive research from organisations such as The Sagol Center that undoubtably prove the benefits of HBOT in treating these conditions. This means that many patients who could greatly benefit from HBOT in England, must either go without, or burden the heavy costs of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy treatments themselves.
Oxygen Healing's chambers are working closely with the British Hyperbaric Association and NHS England to help improve the situation and hopefully work towards a future where HBOT is accessible and affordable to all who will benefit from it.
If you would like to know more on the benefits of HBOT, the conditions it can treat, or how you can help to raise awareness, then please call 01788 579 555 (for Midlands and North based patients) or 020 7806 4021 (for London and the South of England).
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Pet Spotlight: Atlas and Abbey
Meet Atlas and Abbey, my four-legged kids who are the reason we have a TO RELEASE HOUNDS PRESS HERE doorbell. Also, the reason we warn house guests not to wear black–it clashes with the brown fur they'll inevitably wear home–and the reason we drive a gas-guzzling SUV. (Have you tried to fit two hundred and fifty pounds of dog in a Prius?)
We rescued Abbey as a crawling-with-worms-and-fleas five-week-old pup. She's a seventy pound, six-year-old now, extremely attached to me and the most neurotic dog in the world. (My husband uses this fact to point out how dogs end up like their owners. I pretend I don't know what he's talking about as I check to make sure the coffee pot is off for the fifth time.) She's terrified of thunder so during the summer she spends every afternoon shaking under the bed. Did I mention we live in Florida? She also has very poor social skills. After getting attacked at a dog park by a five pound dog, she is now insecure and very aggressive with small dogs. She's a fast learner though, right? We tried trainers, who helped her a bit but never to the point we could trust her again at a dog park.
So, we did what any sane dog parents would do. We got her a 180 pound mastiff to play with at home, Atlas. Atlas is truly a gentle giant and they are inseparable. But Atlas is also what one trainer called "an independent thinker" and not in a good way. Atlas can open doors … with door knobs. Also, he'll only listen to me if he first thinks my request through and decides it's in his best interest. He's truly the smartest dog I've ever had. His favorite show is Game of Thrones (I think he has a crush on a certain direwolf); he won't do tricks for anything less than peanut butter slathered apple slices and his favorite place to nap is on my yoga mat. In fact his obsession with my yoga mat gave me the idea for FAUX PAS, the first book in my new Paws & Pose mystery series.
I can't imagine my life without these two, and not only because they inspire my writing, but because they are the greatest teachers of unconditional love on the planet.
Shannon Esposito lives in a magical gulf coast town with fluorescent sunsets, purple dragonflies and the occasional backyard alligator. Her mysteries transport readers to Florida without the hefty price of airfare. Although she knew from the age of five she wanted to be a writer, she briefly entertained the idea of being a scientist, until she found out it involved math, which gives her hives. She shares this little corner of paradise with her husband, twin boys and dogs. If she's not writing, you'll find her coddling one of the above, hiding with a book or daydreaming with her toes in the sand. You can visit her at murderinparadise.com FAUX PAS is now available in the U.K. and will be released in the U.S. in December.


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Company Press Release
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 5, 2012 � American Century Investments" Senior Vice President
North America Peter Cieszko, who joined the company in August 2011, has been named to the firm's Management Committee, the seven-person senior leadership team that oversees all key functional areas of the company. Reporting to American Century President and Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Thomas, Cieszko"s new title is Chief Client Officer - Americas with responsibility for all North and South American sales and distribution activities in the institutional and financial intermediary channels.
�Peter's appointment to our Management Committee is in recognition of the tremendous
experience and leadership he's brought to his role overseeing two key growth areas for American Century -- institutional and intermediary sales,� said Jonathan Thomas. �His industry knowledge and relationships have been invaluable as we work to meet the evolving needs of our clients. On behalf of the entire Management Committee and the company, I congratulate Peter on this well-deserved appointment.�
Based in New York, Cieszko continues to work with the company"s institutional and
intermediary sales leadership to deliver the firm"s investment management expertise and solutions to corporate and public pension plans, endowments and foundations and Taft Hartley clients, as well as wirehouses, regional and independent advisors, registered investment advisors, banks and insurance companies. Cieszko and Michael Green, head of American Century"s international business, will continue to work collaboratively on a coordinated global sales and distribution strategy.
�Congratulations to Peter on his elevated position on our leadership team,� said Michael Green.
�Since joining us last year, he"s spearheaded a number of initiatives designed to build upon our recent momentum. Working together, we are creating a distribution strategy that is better aligned with the global ambitions of our clients, as well as American Century.�
In addition to Cieszko, the company"s Management Committee is now comprised of CEO
Jonathan Thomas, Chief Operating Officer Barry Fink, Chief Investment Officer Enrique Chang, Chief People Officer Mark Gilstrap, Chief Marketing Officer Mark Killen and Chief Client Officer - International Michael Green. Led by Thomas, this senior leadership team is charged with establishing the company's strategic priorities and ensuring collaboration across all functional areas in order to achieve enterprise goals.
�I am honored to join the Management Committee and sincerely appreciate the trust and
confidence American Century has placed in me to help guide this important client relationship
function,� said Cieszko. �Since my arrival at the firm last year, I"ve been very impressed by both the quality of its people and the integrity and ethics of the entire American Century organization. The company has an incredible brand based on delivering �best in class" investment management expertise and solutions and I"m proud to be part of this exceptional company.�
Cieszko came to American Century Investments from Fidelity Investments Institutional
Services Company, where he served as president of the business unit that provides investment
management services to financial institutions. Prior to Fidelity, Cieszko was president and chief
executive officer of Evergreen Investments, the investment management arm of Wachovia, which was later purchased by Wells Fargo. At Evergreen, he also served as president of global distribution where he was responsible for the firm"s distribution, product and long-term growth strategies.
Cieszko joined Evergreen from Legg Mason, where he was head of U.S. distribution and also
served as head of the U.S. retail and high-net worth businesses of Legg Mason's predecessor firm Citigroup Asset Management. Throughout his 25-year financial services career, Cieszko has held various senior leadership positions with Nuveen Investments, Montgomery Asset Management, E.F. Hutton & Company and Merrill Lynch. He graduated from Villanova University with a bachelor's degree in business administration.
American Century Investments is a leading privately held investment management firm,
committed to delivering superior investment performance and building long-term client relationships since 1958. Serving investment professionals, institutions, corporations and individual investors, American Century Investments offers a variety of actively managed investment disciplines through an array of products including mutual funds, institutional separate accounts, commingled trusts and sub- advisory accounts.
The company's 1,300 employees serve clients from offices in New York; London; Hong Kong; Mountain View, Calif. and Kansas City, Mo. James E. Stowers Jr. is founder of the company, Jonathan S. Thomas is president and chief executive officer and Enrique Chang is chief investment officer. Through its ownership structure, more than 40 percent of American Century Investments' profits support research to help find cures for genetically-based diseases including cancer, diabetes and dementia. For more information, visit www.americancentury.com.
Before investing, carefully consider a fund�s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. Go to americancentury.com for a prospectus or summary prospectus containing this and other information. Read it carefully.
American Century Investment Services, Inc., Distributor


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- Antonio Diez de los Rios & René Garcia, 2006. "Assessing and Valuing the Non-Linear Structure of Hedge Fund Returns," Staff Working Papers 06-31, Bank of Canada.
- Michiel D. de Pooter & René Segers & Herman K. van Dijk, 2006. "On the Practice of Bayesian Inference in Basic Economic Time Series Models using Gibbs Sampling," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 06-076/4, Tinbergen Institute.
- Massimo Franchi, 2006. "A General Representation Theorem for Integrated Vector Autoregressive Processes," Discussion Papers 06-16, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics.
- Ken-ichi Mitsui & Yoshio Tabata, 2006. "Random Correlation Matrix and De-Noising," Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 06-26, Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics.
- Bruce Mizrach, 2006. "Nonlinear Time Series Analysis," Departmental Working Papers 200604, Rutgers University, Department of Economics.
- Ole E. Barndorff-Nielsen & Peter R. Hansen & Asger Lunde & Neil Shephard, 2006. "Subsampling realised kernels," OFRC Working Papers Series 2006fe06, Oxford Financial Research Centre.
- Alfredo García Hiernaux & José Casals Carro & Miguel Jerez, 2005. "Fast estimation methods for time series models in state-space form," Documentos de Trabajo del ICAE 0504, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Instituto Complutense de Análisis Económico.
- Jose Eduardo de A. Ferreira, 2006. "Periodically Collapsing Rational Bubbles in Exchange Rates: A Markov-Switching Analysis for a Sample of Industrialised Markets," Studies in Economics 0604, School of Economics, University of Kent.
- Giulietti, Monica & Otero, Jesus & Smith, Jeremy, 2006. "Testing for stationarity in heterogeneous panel data in the presence of cross section dependence," The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) 758, University of Warwick, Department of Economics.
- Arabinda Basistha, 2005. "Trend-Cycle Correlation, Drift Break and the Estimation of Trend and Cycle in Canadian GDP," Working Papers 05-07 Classification- JEL, Department of Economics, West Virginia University.
- Marco Corazza & A.G. Malliaris & Elisa Scalco, 2006. "Nonlinear Bivariate Comovements of Asset Prices: Theory and Tests," Working Papers 137, Department of Applied Mathematics, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia.
- Liesenfeld, Roman & Hogrefe, Jens & Aßmann, Christian, 2005. "The Decline in German Output Volatility: A Bayesian Analysis," Economics Working Papers 2006-02, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Department of Economics.


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For all the Chicken dishes lovers, there's nothing better than a well-prepared Chicken dishes. And, a hotel, a restaurant, or even a simple Dhaba which can bind your tongue with the taste of its delicious chicken is no less than paradise. So, all the chicken lovers make some noise! In this article, we'll share 10 best spots in Mumbai where you can enjoy delicious Chicken dishes.
Also Read: 10 Non-Indian Vegetarian dish from Asian, Middle East, and African Nation
Best Chicken places in Mumbai
1. Bademiya – For Kebabs
Once our grandparents had to withhold their late night meaty cravings till morning and then there was Bademiya. Located on Main Street of Colaba, this place serves mouth-watering Kebabs to Mumbaikars since 1946. And today, every chicken lover in this city will agree to this fact that Bademiya serves the best Kebabs!!! Once a small roadside joint, Bademiya now owns two fancy fine dining restaurants as well. However, it's the original roadside stall where you will find the rush late night. Don't miss their Chicken Tikka, Reshmi Tikka, Chicken Shami Kebab.
2. Café Noorani – Chicken Masala Curry and Biryanis
Located opposite to Central Mall on Hajiali Circle towards Tardeo Road, this place is easy to miss if you don't look properly. Yet, their food is something that shouts out loud. It has samples of all their dishes displayed on the counter to choose from. Try their chicken Masala with Afghani Roti, Tandoori Kebab and Biryani. However, Chicken Masala is to die for.
3. Tibbs – Chicken Frankie
This famous joint "Tibbs Chicken Frankie" place opened in 1969 by its owner to introduce India with Lebanese style of street food with Pita bread. Tibbs is pioneer and inventor of Chicken Frankie. The dish was named Frankie and the outlet was named as Tibbs after the owner's wife. Today Frankies are famous not only in Mumbai but all over India and Tibbs has become a synonym of Frankie. Frankie at Tibbs is not only highest quality and taste but it is also suitable to the pocket of all class of society.
Also read: 10 Non-Indian Vegetarian dishes from Asian, Middle East, and Africa
4. Britania & Company – Chicken Berry Pulao
Over the years, Britania has become the icon of classic heritage Mumbai; so does its famous dish, Berry Pulao. Britania is the face of Irani Cafes of Mumbai and it has lived up that expectation by not changing at all over the years since 1923. Starting from ambiance and décor to the food quality, Britania is the same as it was started. And the 95-year owner, who still comes to the table to take orders and tell the history of Britania to customers. Berry chicken pulao is a surprisingly cool preparation of rice, chicken and topped with barberries. This dish is not available anywhere else in India because the signature barberries are imported from Iran by the restaurant, as they are still not available in India
5. Jimmy Boys – Chicken Dhansak
Located on the Bank street, Jimmy Boy is another Irani Restaurant serving delicious Parsi cuisine to its customers. Unlike its other Irani counterparts, Jimmy Boy has done modifications to its décor slightly to allow AC seating on the first floor. Along with their fish preparations, Chicken dhansak with brown rice from Jimmy Boy is to die for. A chicken sandwich is also a tasty option for that midday snack.
6. Lucky – Chicken Biryani
There are many famous places for Biryani in Mumbai like Jafferbhai, Noorani, Bademiya etc. But Lucky tops them all without any competition. Lucky's situated at a busy crossroad of suburban Bandra, Mumbai. Lucky's Biryani has become quite a household name since its inception way back in 1938. Luckily excels in serving mouth-watering biryanis to its customers with the highest selling of them is Chicken Biryani. Chicken Biryani is flavored rice with a perfect blend of spices with Chicken pieces, topped with white rice and fried onions. Their biryani is always cooked to perfection and taste never changes. It's almost nostalgia.
7. Poptates – Grilled Chicken Sizzler
Poptates serves the best sizzlers in Mumbai, better than Yoko's as per my views. Located at various locations, Poptates is a casual dining place with the wide range of alcohol and food options. Cuisines go from Italian, Mexican to continental. But the sizzlers are the best they offer. Get a choice of sauce (peri peri, grilled etc.) with your choice of sizzler base (Rice/noodles) and it will be served with a grilled chicken breast, fries, mash potato in capsicum, pan fried veggies and cheese corns as addition with decent portion size.
8. Fatboy's Kitchen – Chicken Burgers
Fancy a burger at 2 AM night? No worries, Fatboy is at your service. This joint remain open till 3 AM and serves fat loaded burgers to late nighters. Non-vegetarian options have Chicken dishes and Beef dishes on the menu before the Beef Ban and that leaves them with Chicken specialized place for Burgers. But they do some great burgers with chicken and cheese, usually served with crisp French fries and dips.
9. Pizza Express – Chicken Pizza
It's a gourmet Pizza place and a worldwide chain. And the best thing is from the décor to the food taste, everything is exactly same in their all outlets around the world. This means the pizza you eat at Mumbai Pizza Express will taste the same as Pizza Express in London. Though Chicken dishes is not their specialty, I have had the best chicken pizza there from all joints in Mumbai like Piza hut, Dominos, Eva's, Papa John's etc. Choose from classic Arrabbiata, Pollo Forza, Apollo or Pollo coriander pesto (Little bit of Indianised version of Italian Pizza with chicken Tikka)
10. Global Fusion – Chinese
A Little bit on the costlier side, this place serves great Asian fare on the buffet. They have a huge spread of dishes catering all dietary choices. But the Teriyaki chicken and Chicken in Peri-Peri sauce was amazing and shadowed other items in the menu. The best Asian food I had in a long time.


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In the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), people from a variety of backgrounds and beliefs embark together on a spiritual journey. Although their individual beliefs may vary, Quakers share a TESTIMONY OF EQUALITY based on the idea of a Divine presence in all people. A testimony is not a belief; it is committed action arising out of spiritual experience that describes the way that Friends testify or bear witness to their beliefs in their daily life.
The Divine presence in everyone is the source from which Quakers draw their strength to witness to human dignity, to work for peace and justice and to respect the earth and all its parts. Though some programmed Quaker meetings continue to struggle for unity around gender and sexual diversity, most unprogrammed Quaker Meetings, including all in Florida, have found unity in welcoming and supporting gender equality.
The Religious Society of Friends (used interchangeably with Quakers) began in England in the 17th Century. Early Friends sought to revive a form of primitive Christianity, without creed, outward sacraments, or paid clergy. In the course of Quaker history a variety of spiritual practices evolved as testimonies emerged which lead toward simplicity, equality, justice, nonviolence, peace, and stewardship of the earth.
Contemporary Quakerism is a movement which grew originally from a Christian base but does not now require adherence to a formal creed although most Quakers consider themselves pacifists and tend to be socially and politically liberal. Quaker practice includes two types of worship, programmed and unprogrammed. In unprogrammed Meetings for Worship, like all those in the Tampa Bay Area, worshippers gather together in silence without a minister to seek the Divine presence, speaking out of the stillness when led to do so by the movement of Spirit. Actions are agreed upon unanimously when the group comes to unity.
There are presently about 350,000 Quakers worldwide with many diverse branches including about 50% living in Africa. More than 1/5th of Friends Meetings are affiliated with Friends General Conference (FGC), the most tolerant and inclusive group of Quakers. In 2004 FGC wrote a formal gender equality minute (a unanimous resolution) acknowledging the past contributions of LGBTQC Quakers and affirming LGBTQC Quakers.
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text: Human Rights Observatory UNESCO Adopts Controversial Jerusalem Resolution UNESCO's executive board on Tuesday approved a resolution that Israel says denies the deep historic Jewish connection to holy sites in Jerusalem — and that has angered Israel's government and many Jews around the world. The board adopted the measure by consensus in its morning session at Paris-based UNESCO. A draft form of the resolution had already been approved by a commission last week. The resolution is not expected to have direct impact on Jerusalem...Read complete article© Voice of America - Tuesday, October 18, 2016