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If your business received 10,000 requests for a product you had in stock, would you sell it to them? In just seven weeks, the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, through ebooksforlibraries.com, has collected 10,000 signatures requesting publishers provide ebooks to libraries by developing a business model that allows publishers and authors to thrive. The goal of 10,000 signatures was reached today at 9:05 am CDT.
While sales of ereaders and tablets skyrocket, libraries are having trouble getting ebooks to fill up these popular devices. Some of the largest publishing companies are creating barriers to delivering library customers the books they want in the format they want them.
The library encouraged readers to send a message to publishers about the limits they are imposing on supplying ebooks to libraries. A petition was set up on www.ebooksforlibraries.com. Readers – from as far away as Australia and Spain – responded to help surpass the goal.
"Our customers are buying ereaders, and want to read library books with them. Those large publishers aren't giving our readers that choice. Our goal is to give them that choice," said David King, Director of Digital Services. "We want those publishers to hear from you that you want to read books on your terms – not theirs."
The petition, signatures and comments will be printed out and mailed it to these publishers in hope of change. Their business practices of the past year include adding restrictions and price increases, or simply not selling ebooks to libraries at all:
- Penguin recently ended ebook sales to public libraries.
- HarperCollins has a 26-checkout limit on each ebook. Then, the library has to buy it again.
- Random House allows unrestricted access to ebooks, but recently raised prices.
- Macmillan, Simon & Schuster and Hachette don't sell ebooks to libraries at all.
This means that library customers can get a print copy of a book from a library, but can't get that same book in an ebook format. But that's not what library customers want; they want books, in all formats.
"Libraries and librarians put books in the hands of readers millions of times in just one year. We have relationships with readers and are a trusted source for finding great stories and information," says Gina Millsap, Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library CEO. "Libraries buy lots of books and serve as the outlet for readers to discover a new genre or author, and then make purchases of the books they want to own."
According to the American Library Association there are more than 169 million library cardholders nationwide, comprising of 57.1 percent of the population. In 2009 public libraries total collection expenditures amounted to $1.3 billion, of which 12 percent was spent for electronic material, such as ebooks.
Library Renewal is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization with a mission to support libraries in e-content research and distribution cosponsoring this initiative. Millsap, as well as David Lee King, TSCPL's Digital Branch director, serves on its board.


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War-ravaged Syria is understandably a no-go area and Tunisia's wind plans have also ground to a halt, but players in Libya's recovery say building is imminent on the country's first 61MW.
"Power is among tight spending priorities for recovery," said one Spanish developer active in the region, who prefers to remain anonymous. "Wind planning in Egypt and Libya was already advancing before the Arab Spring; it makes sense to pick up from where things left off."
The Egyptian government has confirmed its commitment to the pre-existing wind programme, including a 7.2GW wind target to 2020. But whether institutional and political stability offers a solid enough base remains under evaluation, says Silvia Macri, regional specialist at global wind consultants IHS-EER.
However, there are clear signals of government determination. In March, Egypt's state-run New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) resumed an international contest for wind prospecting concessions at six sites in the Gabal El Zeit area of the Gulf of Suez, each earmarked for up to 100MW of development. The call had initially been scheduled for January 2013 but the institutional pieces were still not in place, says Macri, underlining NREA's perseverance.
In April, NREA also made a request for proposals (RFP) to build, own and operate a 250MW wind project in the same area. The process has secured central bank guarantees for energy off-take and is backed by a financing agreement with the Japanese Agency for International Co-operation (JICA).
On 5 May the government held its first clarification meeting with international qualified bidders, confirms Faisal Eissa, who heads El-Sewedy Wind Energy Generation (SWEG), the wind turbine and services division of Egyptian electrical engineering firm El-Sewedy. Contenders, including SWEG, are competing on a power-sales auction basis.
Egypt's existing capacity and the planned new capacity depend on government established power sales agreements, points out Macri. Government discussions to establish a renewables feed-in tariff for a free market take off are still far from crystallisation, she adds. Much depends on negotiations between Egypt and the IMF for recovery funding.
Encouraged by Egypt's example, Libya's government is pushing ahead with wind power and will soon start building the country's first wind plant, the 61MW Al-Fatayeh development in the windy port town of Dernah, between Benghazi and the Egyptian border.
SWEG, the project's turbine supplier, through its 70% ownership of Spanish manufacturer M Torres Olvega Industrial (MTOI), had already shipped the first eight 1.65MW turbines to Dernah before the 2011 civil war put everything on hold. Another 13 turbines were shipped from Spain last year. "We are preparing the final stages to start civil engineering work," says Eissa. He expects the plant to operating at its full 61MW capacity by the end of 2014.
Virtually all Libya's energy generation is fired by its vast oil and gas resources, sufficient to cope with power consumption that more than doubled between 2000 and 2010. But within its Kyoto commitments, the state-run Renewable Energy Authority of Libya (REAOL) has upheld Gaddafi's former wind targets of 750MW by 2015 and 1.5GW by 2020, to help reach renewables penetration targets of 6% and 10% respectively.
The only other authorised wind project, according to a leaked REAOL document, is the 120MW Al-Magrun development on the other side of Benghazi. However, a 120MW extension to that project is under negotiation and REAOL is planning for two more 250MW concessions in the west and south of the country. The General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL) also intends to double the capacity of two existing transmission links with Algeria and Egypt.
The REAOL document highlights the obstacles to a wind market in the region, particularly the lack of power purchase frameworks and local technical expertise and institutional instability. The outcome of the Al-Fatayeh development will demonstrate how those barriers can be overcome.
Eissa points out the security fears arising from a militant arson attack at the 190MW Metline and Kchabta plant in Tunisia 2012, which, together with funding issues and low transmission capacity, have halted that country's development. He believes the Al-Fatayeh wind plant stands as a symbol of recovery and enjoys government protection. But whether such government commitment endures in Egypt and Libya won't become clear until the Arab Spring dust settles more convincingly.


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Emo rap is a real thing, and Juice WRLD is leading the charge.
The emcee had his big break with "Lucid Dreams" and is back with a new, highly angsty, Benny Blanco-produced single called "Roses." To legitimize his emo cred, the rapper recruited none other than Panic! At The Disco's Brendon Urie to help out with the track.
The singer comes in for the second verse, lamenting "Say you want my love and I believe you / But every look you give, it's like I'm see-through / Show me that you want me like I need you / And I need you, yeah." SO. EMO.
Check out "Roses" below, and listen for Urie around the two-minute mark.
The P!ATD frontman recently divulged a want to diversify his band's music a little more, suggesting they incorporate metal, among other genres, into their sound.
"I always feel as though I need to be more diverse," he admitted to Rock Sound. "Yes, all of the Panic! albums do sound different and have their own vibe, their own aesthetic and imagery, but I still feel like I can do more. Even from song to song within one album I feel like things could change even more drastically, and maybe that'll happen as time goes on. I still have so many different things that I want to do, particularly in terms of genres."
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Slender Man
16 comments:
- Jay's Shadow said...
O.K. For some reason that creeps me out.
Probably because I just pictured it at my bedroom door....
- March 21, 2012 at 7:19 AM
- Rot said...
I'm man enough to admit that I'd die of fright if I saw that at my bedroom door.
Like literally die.
I'd love to sneak a prop like that over my brother's house and position it exactly like that.
- March 21, 2012 at 7:36 AM
- James Colton said...
I think that might be the creepiest photo you've posted on this blog *shudder*
- March 21, 2012 at 7:48 AM
- Rot said...
I wonder why elongated arms and legs and a smooth pale face is so terrifying.
- March 21, 2012 at 7:53 AM
- Jay's Shadow said...
If you look real close, you can see two shadowy eyes and a smile. Probably has REALLY big pointy teeth when he opens his mouth.
Dammit. now I'm not going to bed today....
- March 21, 2012 at 8:02 AM
- Anonymous said...
Glad I'm not the only one this scared the crap out of....
- March 21, 2012 at 9:58 AM
- NoahFentz said...
Actually Slenderman has quite a following on Youtube. There is a whole backstory on his appearance in assorted photos and videos. He usually hangs around where children play....
- March 21, 2012 at 12:03 PM
- Jon Glassett said...
Maybe we recognize them.
- March 21, 2012 at 12:25 PM
- Shotgun_Mario said...
Want. Going to make one I think. That's easily the scariest prop I've ever witnessed.
So much potential to terrify people... especially if you made it as a puppet that could be operated just a little bit.... :D
- March 21, 2012 at 2:02 PM
- Colleen said...
- March 21, 2012 at 6:33 PM
- Wikkedmoon said...
It's like he could slip in anywhere - under the bed, or in your closet.
- March 21, 2012 at 9:10 PM
- Marrow said...
The SlenderMan scares the hell out of me.
- March 22, 2012 at 2:41 AM
- JHMDF said...
He is a creepy fellow. Would be cool as an animated prop if he slightly bent down to peer in the room or a window.
- March 22, 2012 at 11:33 AM
- MorbidMariah said...
Yes, this is really terrifying. Ugh. Anything peeking into your bedroom by the door is awful, but this....this skinny, tall, mostly faceless guy.....SHUDDER.
- March 23, 2012 at 10:27 AM
- Johnny said...
That freaked me out. Just scrolling down to the picture.
- March 23, 2012 at 11:50 AM
- MorbidMariah said...
I watched several of the Slenderman vids on Youtube. While watching it with my husband in the room, and the lights on, I thought "yeah, ok, whatever". Then later, with all the lights out, the house all quiet...I was so on edge, it was difficult to get to sleep! And getting up in the middle of the night to pee...sheer terror!
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this is a discussion within the College Community Forum; Monday, August 13, 2007 By Pierce W. Huff Tulane Coach Bob Toledo said he has been asked the question "too many times" from Green Wave fans from Shreveport to Uptown and everywhere in between. "Coach, who is going to be ...
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Monday, August 13, 2007
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Tulane Coach Bob Toledo said he has been asked the question "too many times" from Green Wave fans from Shreveport to Uptown and everywhere in between.
"Coach, who is going to be your starting quarterback this season?"
And each time Toledo, an affable fellow with a quick wit and dry sense of humor, gives the same answer: "I haven't decided yet. I'm going to wait and give them an opportunity."
With that in mind, junior Scott Elliott, sophomore Anthony Scelfo and redshirt freshman Kevin Moore, took the field Sunday to make their case to be the starting quarterback in Tulane's second practice under the sweltering sun at the Westfeldt Practice Facility.
Elliott worked with the first team for the second day in a row, but that doesn't mean that the starting quarterback job is his.
"He's got to prove to me that he's the guy, but he's the junior and he does have the most experience," Toledo said.
Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Dan Dodd said the team will go through the first seven to 10 days of practice before releasing the depth chart.
"The way I look at it is that we've got a 1A, a 1B and a 1C, and there's really nobody at the A, the B or the C," Dodd said.
But Elliott said he likes his chances of being Tulane's starting quarterback for its Sept. 8 season opener against Mississippi State at the Superdome.
"Without being cocky, I think I'm the guy," he said.
Elliott does have an endorsement from a key player on Tulane's offense, star running back Matt Forté.
"I'm really confident in Scott, because I came in with Scott, and I've seen him play all three years I've been here, and Scott has the most experience of all three quarterbacks," Forté said. "If I wanted to go into battle in any game, and if I had to pick any one of them, I would pick Scott."
None of the three did much to help his cause Sunday. All the players had their share of bad throws, poor decisions and missed timing.
"I don't think we threw the ball with a lot of accuracy today," Toledo said.
Dodd said each of the quarterbacks started slowly in workouts before improving in the team period midway through the practice.
Here is the best way to handicap the three quarterbacks: One has experience (Elliott); one is a two-sport star with tremendous mobility (Scelfo); and one is a young player who probably has the strongest arm (Moore).
Dodd said Elliott is a good manager who gets the team into a right play from a wrong play. Dodd said Scelfo is a guy who can make things happen. Dodd said Moore does things brilliantly on one play and then not so brilliantly on the next.
Elliott played in six games last season, completing 13 of 30 passes for 132 yards and one touchdown. He started three games and played in seven games in 2005, completing 48 of 92 passes for 515 yards, four touchdowns and four interceptions.
"He's started in college football, and that's always a big factor," Dodd said.
Scelfo, who also plays on the Tulane baseball team, played in four games last season, completing three of six passes for 31 yards and had one interception.
Moore sat out last season, and he said he's happy to be on the field practicing.
"I'm out here trying to make the most of my reps," he said.
Scelfo said he has picked up Tulane's new West Coast offense well.
"I think I fit this offense well, because it's all about timing and getting rid of the ball," he said.
And Elliott is just trying to keep on working with the first team.
Elliott said he isn't concerned about what Scelfo and Moore do to try to win the position.
"I can't worry about anything," he said. "I just have to go out and play."
FIRST FIGHT: The Green Wave had its first fight during workouts when senior defensive tackle Avery Williams got into a shoving match with sophomore Tyler Rice during an offensive and defensive line drill.
"They're getting irritable already," Toledo said. "That's good. I like it. You know I get nervous when we don't have any fights, but we'll calm them down."
FASHION STATEMENT: The Green Wave's centers, Rice, senior Aryan Barto, freshman Dhamari Thomas and junior Michael Parenton, each wore last season's game pants instead of shorts to help them with the center-quarterback exchanges.
BEST CATCH: Redshirt freshman Casey Robottom, who played at St. Charles Catholic, made an over-the-shoulder catch on a long pass from Moore during team drills.
INJURIES UPDATE: Toledo said there were no injuries, although a few players were pulled out because they were starting to cramp.
"We're in pretty good shape," he said.
THEY SAID IT: "Play when you're tired. You're always tired in the fourth quarter." -- Dodd, yelling to the offensive players during period 20 of the 24-period practice.
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Ireland's president calls it home. It's a former royal hunting ground and it's widely regarded as Europe's largest city park. Where are we? You guessed it: Dublin's Phoenix Park. And it's just one of many cool city cycles around the island
Big, as we know, is beautiful, and the Phoenix Park is living proof of that. It's also living proof that seeing, enjoying and experiencing a park of 1,752 acres, is best done by bike.
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Paul is the perennially smiling face behind Phoenix Park Bike Hire. A swift search in TripAdvisor of 'Phoenix Park Dublin' drags in reviews that attest to one thing: Paul knows what he's doing.
"...we walked to Phoenix Park, quite a long walk but a good way to see the sights. We hired bikes and spent half a day riding around this beautiful park. Our children aged 8 and 10 had a ball."
"There is no better way to see the vast parkland than by bike. Rent-a-Bike at the entrance to Phoenix Park is great value for money, plus they rent out tandems."
Herds of fallow deer, the White House-in-miniature, Áras an Uachtaráin (the residence of the Irish president), Dublin Zoo, the Victorian People's Flower Gardens and the former childhood home of Winston Churchill are all just a pedal away.
Keep your eyes open, too. You might just spot a familiar face.
A recent customer of Paul's was a rather well-known face: Beyoncé. The singer took her bike around the capital's streets during her stay. Flagged by one of the city's top hotels that a VIP was on her way, Paul recalls what happened...
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"On the day we were ready with our best bike and, sure enough, it was Beyoncé. They all had a great cycle around the streets of Dublin, and then the Phoenix Park. When they got back they said the park was amazing, which was pretty cool."
So what's the appeal of the Republic of Ireland's capital city? Well, it's partly to do with the fact that Dublin is an eminently cycle-friendly city – it's compact and relatively flat, with cycle paths lining most streets.
You can also admire Dublin's sights from the roadside. Cruise past St Patrick's Cathedral or whizz down the quays and pause to take a photo of the Samuel Beckett Bridge.
Brian Griffin spends his days cycling around the city leading Dublin City Bike Tours' groups. He says "it's eco friendly and we have great cycle routes. If it was good enough for [George Bernard] Shaw, [Séan] O'Casey and Michael Collins, it's good enough for us."
There's high praise from elsewhere, too: Copenhagenize Consulting ranked Dublin as one of the top cycling cycling cities in the world, in part because of the very successful Dublin Bike Scheme. Bike stations that are located throughout the city centre. Visitors can hire one and cycle at their leisure around the city's sights.
Dublin isn't the only city with bike bells ringing. Derry City Bike Tours takes in Derry-Londonderry best and brightest. The late tour guide Martin McCrossan could even count comedy actor Will Ferrell among his satisfied customers.
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Angie Hicks '95, co-founder and chief marketing officer of Angie's List, and Dennis A. Trinkle, provost and chief academic officer of Harrison College, have joined the board of directors of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce.
With membership of nearly 3,000 businesses representing 230,000 employees in the Indianapolis region, the Indy Chamber is leading the effort to strengthen the business climate, improve the state of education, revitalize neighborhoods and enhance the region's workforce. Learn more here.
Hicks, who was a Management Fellow and economics major at DePauw and earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, had an entrepreneurial idea right out of college which led to the creation of Angie's List. The company now has almost 2.5 paid members who create and share reviews of local businesses and Hicks, the face of the organization, regularly appears in major media to discuss consumer issues.
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Fallin's announcement is no surprise as she's been actively raising money all year.
She reported raising about $550,000 during the second quarter this year and having more than $970,000 in her campaign fund at the end of June.
The only candidate to announce plans to run is Norman Democrat R.J. Harris, who previously ran for Congress as a Republican and as an independent.


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Natural disasters like Saturday's earthquake and Hurricane Sandy may have major implications for B.C. homeowners, driving up insurance premiums and deductibles even in regions thousands of kilometres from seismic shifts and cyclonic storms.
"Earthquake coverage increases after a major event," said Lubo Li, senior director at J.D. Power and Associates, a Toronto-based marketing information company.
He cited rate increases in disaster coverage after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan last year and Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
"When … the Japanese earthquake happened, it added a lot of costs to the global insurance industry. And eventually that sort of damage will trickle down," he said.
"If you go to the industry events, everybody is highly aware of that kind of catastrophic event. And I think what happened over the weekend in B.C. reinforces that concern."
While the recent 7.7-magnitude earthquake and its aftershocks off the coast of Haida Gwaii did not cause significant damage, the situation worldwide is at least as relevant, said Lindsay Olson, vice-president of the Insurance Bureau of Canada for Western Canada.
"Insurance companies that actually insure the homes locally don't retain all of the risk. They actually buy what's known as reinsurance from the worldwide market of reinsurance companies. And those companies are obviously paying out for some of the international damage," Olson said.
The earthquake in Chile earlier this year and in Haiti in 2010 may have affected British Columbians' insurance rates by adding pressure to the global reinsurance market.
"The increasing number of earthquakes should be of concern to us all. I don't think it's going to escape the attention of the insurance companies either."
Olson added that insurance reverberations from Hurricane Sandy would only be felt indirectly in Canada through the reinsurance market.
Notably, earthquake insurance does not cover water damage — or almost any other expense — that might result from a tsunami, a disaster of near equal concern for many British Columbians far from the Queen Charlotte Fault but close to the coast, she said.
The earthquake coverage add-on for a house only includes "shake damage," which can affect everything from the foundation to the roof to the china teacups in between.
Neither is any sort of hurricane coverage available to home insurance buyers, other than for damage done by strong winds, already covered under standard plans.
"The consequences are just way too much for insurance companies to handle" without charging huge amounts in premiums, said Walter Chan of Westland Insurance in Vancouver.
Insurers as a whole may incur $5 billion to $10 billion in costs from Hurricane Sandy, according to catastrophe modeller Eqecat Inc. The total includes losses on auto, home and commercial coverage and follows record losses for the industry last year on disasters in Asia and the U.S.
In B.C., more than half of all homeowners with property insurance have additional earthquake coverage, according to a J.D. Power and Associates report to be released Thursday. That number is significantly higher than the national average. Across Canada, only one in five homeowners have earthquake coverage on top of their property insurance.
Canada also has high earthquake coverage compared to the U.S., where only one in 20 insured homeowners has it. In relatively high-risk California, roughly one in five insured homeowners opted for earthquake coverage.
In Richmond and Delta, soft soil and the potential for liquefaction generally make earthquake insurance a pricier option than in places underlain by bedrock.
"In Richmond we're charging a 10 per cent deductible, but in Vancouver we're charging 5 per cent," said Chan at Westland.
Policy prices depend on the postal code, literally: "When you punch in the postal code, it automatically adjusts the according deductible."
Chan said a $50 to $70 earthquake add-on with Westland would insure a condo owner for $50,000 to $70,000, which covers damage to personal possessions but not structural repairs.
Karen Roller, a manager at Aon Reed Stenhouse in Vancouver, said so many factors play into disaster coverage costs, it's difficult to pin down a number, or the premium increases, from the recent quake.


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America's most notorious gatecrashers want to apologize to President and Mrs. Obama for any troubles they caused by sneaking into a state dinner. They also want Congress and the media to apologize to them.
"We're sorry to the president and first lady for this situation that's happened," Tareq Salahi told TODAY's Matt Lauer Tuesday in New York.
"The storm of media," his wife, Michaele Salahi, offered.
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"The storm of media," he agreed. "We're sorry for what this created for the president and the first lady. Absolutely."
The Salahis were talking about six months ago, when they went from obscurity to a very long 15 minutes of fame by slipping through several layers of security to crash the Obamas' first White House state dinner, in honor of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Not only did the couple get into the posh bash; Michaele got to meet the president, and the couple posed for pictures with Vice President Joe Biden. Afterward, they were summoned before Congress. They remain under investigation by the Department of Homeland Security, which hasn't decided whether to charge them with a crime, and, if so, what crime to charge them with.
Traffic stop
The Salahis say it was a total coincidence that the limo in which they were riding last week was stopped after trying to turn into a park across from the White House on the night of another state dinner, this one for President Felipe Calderon of Mexico. They repeated to Lauer their explanation that they were on their way to a dinner party with friends at a nearby restaurant, a claim corroborated by other guests and he restaurant at which the dinner was held.
The traffic stop thrust the couple back in the spotlight, a position they appear to have little objection to occupying. When they were stopped, they had a camera crew in tow, reportedly from "Inside Edition." They had also been followed by a camera crew while preparing for their visit to the November state dinner.
The Salahis, who often finish each other's sentences, would not say who the camera crews were working for. "We're not allowed to talk about a lot of things that happened that night. We signed non-disclosures," Tareq told Lauer.
In a recent video appearance on RadarOnline, the Salahis, who own a Virginia winery, seemed to want an apology from the White House.
"It would be nice if somebody apologized to us," Tareq Salahi told the gossip site, suggesting that once he and his wife got into the state dinner without an invitation, they should have been asked to stay. "I'd still welcome anybody to my house or the winery, and be gracious," he said.
'Series of misunderstandings'
But on Tuesday, the couple denied to Lauer ever asking for an apology from the White House. Tareq Salahi said the people who should apologize are the congressional representatives who made fun of them, and the media that camped outside their home.
"I was very troubled with the way the media was treating us, the way the media was coming to our house, going through our cars, looking at the registration, really invading our privacy. And being prejudged by members of Congress before the hearing even got started," Tareq said. "I wanted some sort of apology by the media for the way they treated us or by members of Congress calling us things before we even had a chance to even go to Congress."
They also think it's time to close the investigation into their gate-crashing. They continue to insist they were invited to the dinner by Pentagon official Michele Jones, who did communicate with them about the party, but ultimately did not secure them an invitation.
Still, while she was getting her hair done the day of the November dinner, Michaele told a hairdresser she had an invitation and it was in her car. Why, Lauer asked, did she lie about having an invitation?
"I was asked to say that to go along with something," she said, adding that the stylist was told to ask her that question by a television producer. She and her husband said confidentiality agreements preclude them from saying more.
The bottom line is that it's all been a colossal tempest in a teapot, the Salahis seemed to feel.
"It's been a series of misunderstandings over six months," Michaele said. "Recently we saw Vice President Biden and President Obama speak at the correspondents' dinner and joke about us. That's why we decided to come today; we thought if they could joke about it, maybe it's time everyone moved forward."
If the file is finally closed on that episode, it doesn't necessarily mean the end of the Salahis' 15 minutes. There are hot rumors that Michaele will be one of the women spotlighted on an upcoming extension of Bravo's popular "Real Housewives" reality-TV franchise, "The Real Housewives of Washington, D.C."
What about it, Lauer asked.
"We have to wait and see what happens," Michaele said.
"We're not allowed to talk anything about a series or anything. We've been strongly told," Tareq said.
Before he could finish, his wife picked up for him, adding," by a lot of people not to talk about a lot of different things."


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Political comedy isn't the first thing to spring to mind when thinking of Jack Black, the blustery actor who amusingly wreaked havoc in "School of Rock."
But on the Web, he's offering lessons in pointed satire.
Black stole the all-star show, playing Jesus in the 2008 hilarious "Prop 8: The Musical" viral video, which used song, dance and comedy to attack California's same-sex marriage ban. Now he's back on the (very) small screen in a Web video series skewering attempts to repeal or alter the landmark health care law passed this year.
In the two episodes of "The Mis-Informant," Black plays Nathan Spewman, a corporate mercenary who pretends to have an aging disease as he goes undercover as a student in a classroom full of eight year olds. His mission: to turn the youngsters against President Obama's health care plan.
"Hey, you hear Obama's gonna kill our grandmas?" the mustachioed Spewman whispers to a classmate. "Did you ever hear of a death panel? Say your goodbyes now – for real!"
He finds a disciple in a fresh-faced little girl who accuses their teacher – played by America Ferrara – of being a socialist shill for the president and screams, "You hate America!"
"I really get what you're saying. I like to lie, too... I want to spread lies just like you," the girl tells Spewman.
The videos, though, are more than just inspired satire: They're co-produced by an advocacy group, Health Care for America Now! The videos link to a "Stop Spewman Now" site, along with the requisite Facebook page and Twitter feed – and the grassroots group's Web page.
"The Mis-Informant" is an entertaining, effective and timely effort, particularly with the health care plan bubbling up as a key issue in next month's crucial midterm elections.
The videos, though, also mark the latest example of the sometimes disorienting blurring of comedy and advocacy on the Internet: director Ron Howard earlier this year assembled Jim Carrey and comics who played presidents on "Saturday Night Live" for a video pushing for a consumer protection agency. The short was made in support of Americans for Financial Reform and the Main Street Brigade, which were involved in the ultimately successful push for the agency.
Huffington Post chief Arianna Huffington and comedian Bill Maher were among those promoting a video parody of "It's a Wonderful Life" that served late last year as part of a call for consumers to pull their money from big banks and make deposits with smaller savings and loan operations.
Black will never be mixed up with Maher, but he gets the point across while keeping within his own decidedly unsubtle, raucously silly style. Whether or not laughter is the best medicine, it's certainly not a replacement for health care. But in this case, at least the jokes are free – get a fix below:
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King's X drummer Jerry Gaskill suffered a heart attack Saturday night, according to a Facebook post from singer-bassist DUg Pinnick. The veteran prog-rock band's stickman (far right in above photo) apparently is in stable condition after being operated on at a hospital.
Pinnick first posted this message on Sunday afternoon: "Jerry had a heart attack last night. He was operated on and is in stable condition at the hospital. Were all waiting for more info. I will keep you posted."
He then followed that post up with this message late Sunday night: "Julie said Jerry woke up pulling chords out, she says hes feisty! That's a good sign! Thanks everyone for prayers and good vibes! It can only get better now!!!"
King's X, who've been around for more than 30 years, were gearing up to hit the road for a U.S. tour set to kick off March 28 in Austin, Texas. With Gaskilll in intensive care, the tour has been canceled.


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Time to crack open a few cold ones and get ready for one of the best shoot interviews of the year as THE SANDMAN has returned home and gave an exclusive shoot interview covering his time in WWE and the "new" ECW. This wasthe fourth shoot with the extreme icon and, truth be told, this is could be the best one yet! Hak covered his entire WWE experience; from being contacted about appearing on the legendary One Night Stand PPV and it's follow up, being offered a full time contract to work in the ECW revamp, and everything up to and including his recent release.
We got Hak to talk on the record about everything that happened when he was offered a full time job within the WWE circus and he gave us a first hand account of everything that went on behind the scenes. How was Paul Heyman dealing with the ECW that Vince McMahon wanted? What were the strengths and weaknesses of the new ECW? What does Sandman think of CM Punk, Mike Knox, Kelly Kelly, and the other new talents on the ECW roster? Why didn't Sandman want to work with Test? What was the experience like working the major PPVs and the top guys in WWE? Hak answered these and many more questions in the straight forward and hilarious method that all of his fans enjoy. Sandman is one of those few wrestlers that could do a hundred interviews and each one would be a pleasure to listen to.
We got Sandman's take on what went down at the original One Night Stand, including the infamous beating of Blue Meanie at the hands of JBL. We got Sandman to talk about what it was like to work with Johnny Ace and Steph and what he thought about the punishment Rob Van Damn and Sabu received after getting busted for smoking pot. Everything you could possibly think of is covered in this fantastic shoot including Hak's emotional reaction to the Benoit tragedy. ECW fans will remember that Nancy Benoit was Sandman's former valet and Hak opened up on that story along with his thoughts on the effects of steroids and drugs in the world of professional wrestling, including his surprising views on legalizing marijuana.
But that's not all! Sandman talked about what it was like working on the Hardcore Homecoming tour, tells his side of an oft-rumored story between what happened between him and Ricky Steamboat on a plane trip, described what went down in Africa and why WWE took him off the show, and even gives his opinion on the independent wrestling scene today, including great detail on groups such as CZW and PWU. This is a MUST HAVE shoot for fans of The Sandman and anyone who would like to know more about what is going on behind the scenes in WWE today. You couldn't ask for a better speaker and Hak brings the goods in this latest release.
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Whereas Germany is having difficulty putting together a coalition government, Austria's youthful Chancellor, the youngest head of government in the world, has been successful. Sebastian Kurz, 31, leads the Austrian People's Party. His party is now in coalition with the "extreme right" Freedom Party, led by Heinz-Christian Strache. The latter party is often compared to the Nazis, whose leader, Adolf Hitler, was from Austria. This is an exaggeration, to say the least.
Both leaders and their supporters, are concerned about the invasion of their country by Muslims and encroaching Islamization. They announced the formation of their government on Kahlenberg Mountain outside of Vienna, the same hill where Islamic Turks were defeated on 9-11 (& 12), 1683, ending the Muslim threat to western Europe. The new government joins Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia in turning against the tide of immigrants welcomed by Germany's Chancellor, Angela Merkel. Interestingly, all five of these countries were parts of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed after World War One.
One thing is certain – Austria has become the first western nation with a genuine conservative government.
"The new coalition was agreed on Friday (15th December) by the conservative People's Party (ÖVP) and the Freedom Party (FPÖ), pledging to stop illegal immigration, cut taxes and resist EU centralization.
It will be led by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who took over the ÖVP in May and yanked it to the right, securing his party first place in October elections. At 31, Kurz will be the world's youngest leader.
At his side for the investiture by Austria's (figurehead) president in the Hapsburg dynasty's imperial palace in Vienna was FPÖ chief Heinz-Christian Strache, 48, now vice-chancellor, and FPÖ general secretary Herbert Kickl, the new interior minister.
"Strache has said Islam "has no place in Europe" and last year called German Chancellor Angela Merkel "the most dangerous woman in Europe" for her open-door refugee policy.
On Sunday, Strache trumpeted to his 750,000 followers on Facebook that the new government would slash social benefits for asylum-seekers.
"It will no longer happen that migrants who have never worked here a single day or paid anything into the social system will get thousands of euros in welfare!" he said in a post that has gained 9,000 "likes."
("European far-right jubilant as Austria's new government is sworn in." The Local, December 18th)
Coincidentally, at the same time the Austrian government was agreeing a coalition, my wife and I were watching the "Sisi" trilogy on Turner Classic Movies. These three films, made over 50 years ago in Austria (with English sub-titles), portrayed the Austrian Empress Elizabeth, wife of the Emperor Franz Josef, who reigned from 1848-1916. Elizabeth came from Bavaria. She was sympathetic to the aspirations of Hungarian nationalists and was influential in the historic agreement that united Austria and Hungary in the Austro-Hungarian Empire (in 1867). Her life was rather tragic – her only son, the Crown Prince Rudolf, committed suicide and she herself was assassinated a few years later, while visiting Geneva.
It was an interesting time in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. A great deal of liberalization took place under Franz Josef as Austrians tried to keep their multiethnic empire together. Often overlooked is the fact that this major empire gave a home to eleven different nationalities, all united under the Hapsburgs. Today, each ethnic group has its own sovereign state, each one weaker than the old empire.
"The great Czech historian Frantisek Palacky once said that if the Hapsburg Empire had not existed, it would have been necessary to invent it" (The Emperors, by Gareth Russell, 2014, pages 40-41). The European Union is no replacement as it is German dominated.
Some of the former Austrian nationalities are again marching together. Austria, Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia are all opposed to further Muslim immigration, wanting to protect and preserve Catholic Europe. These five countries are set to form the Eastern leg of the biblically prophesied revived Roman Empire.
Following the fall of the Roman Empire in the West in the fifth century, there have been a number of attempts to revive it – most recently, in 1922 Mussolini announced a revival of the Roman Empire; in 1957 European leaders signed the Treaty of Rome, forming what is now the European Union, another attempt at uniting Europe. Perhaps out of the rubble of the EU will come the final European Union, led by Germany.
"Whereas you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; yet the strength of the iron shall be in it, just as you saw the iron mixed with ceramic clay. And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile. As you saw iron mixed with ceramic clay, they will mingle with the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. And in the days of these kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people; it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever." (Daniel 2:41-44)
Every year, the British monarch speaks to the Commonwealth on Christmas Day. This is a tradition that began with her grandfather, King George V, in 1932. At the time Britain was a global superpower, ruling over a quarter of the world's people. With the introduction of radio in the previous decade, the king could now address all his subjects around the world.
In 1957 the annual radio broadcast began to be televised. By this time, the empire was fundamentally changing. Indeed, in 1957's broadcast, the Queen welcomed Ghana and Malaysia into the Commonwealth, as both nations had become independent that year. The 52-nation Commonwealth continues to this day, with the Queen as its Head.
For some years now, the queen's message has embraced multiculturalism. The Commonwealth is multicultural in itself, composed of nations that have different religions and a great deal of ethnic diversity. This year, she took a different approach to her speech. Instead of emphasizing multiculturalism, she praised the citizens of London and Manchester who suffered terrorist attacks last year; and the heroism of Emergency Responders who helped save lives.
Sadly, it is, of course, multiculturalism which has led directly to terrorism, not just in the United Kingdom but in other countries in Europe.
The queen is a deeply religious woman, never more so than at Christmas. In her speech this year she talked of how Jesus Christ "suffered rejection, hardship and persecution." Having experienced all three in recent years, I was encouraged by her words, which prompted a Bible Study from this angle.
Queen Elizabeth is not the only Head of State who gives an annual Christmas speech. President Steinmeier of Germany addressed the German people on the same day. The German president, like the British monarch, is a figurehead, playing an important role in unifying the nation at a difficult time. The German president devoted his speech to reassuring the German people, who still do not have a government over three months after the election. This is the longest period in the Federal Republic's history and, for some, brings back memories of the rather unstable Weimar Republic. Today's German republic is more resilient and Germany should soon have a new coalition government, made up of two or more parties.
The Pope also gave a Christmas speech. Whereas the British monarch and the German president were careful not to advocate more immigrants, the pope called upon nations to open their doors wider to receive more refugees. Ironically, on the same day, ISIS in Somalia called for the assassination of the pope and for attacks on more western cities, like Manchester and London.
And so it goes on. The West has lost its way and does not know how to respond to radical Islam's assault upon it. It won't, until its religious roots are revived. Most people in the West still give lip-service to Christianity, but few think deeply about their traditional religions, both Catholic and Protestant.
Acts 4:12 says of Jesus Christ: "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved." Muslims deny Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Therefore, to equate Islam with Christianity, makes no sense and endangers Christians, who are ill-prepared for the assault that is taking place upon them today.
The British monarch is the titular Head of the Anglican Community. The Pope is the Head of the Catholic Church.
They need to wake up to what is happening and to see clearly the threat to traditional Christianity.
The Pope, in his annual speech, focused on Jerusalem, calling for an independent Palestinian state, the "two state solution" that has been official policy of most countries in recent years. What the pope is calling for pits him (and the Church) against the US Administration, which is recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
"Pope Francis has used his traditional Christmas Day message to call for "peace for Jerusalem" and dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians. Acknowledging "growing tensions" between them, he urged a "negotiated solution . . . . that would allow the peaceful co-existence of two states." US President Donald Trump recently announced that America recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The hugely controversial move drew condemnation across the Muslim world. The Roman Catholic leader gave his Urbi et Orbi speech, which in Latin means "To the city and world," in Saint Peter's Square." http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42477274
I've taken to looking up just about everything depicted in historical movies and television programs. As we watch a series, I keep my laptop on my lap and google the "facts" depicted by Hollywood and others who make movies. The "facts" are rarely factual. Note the following:
1) The new "History" channel series "Knightfall" depicts the Knights Templar around the year 1300. In the first episode of the series, the Catholic soldiers saved the Jews who were expelled from Paris by King Philip the Fair in 1306. According to the series, the Jews were saved by the Knights Templar.
This is a total fabrication. Note the following from the BBC's Religion section:
"During the first half of the 13th century the attitude of the Church towards Jews hardened from disapproval to loathing. On 22 July, 1306 King Philip IV of France expelled all Jews from his kingdom."
2) The second season of "The Crown" (Netflix) implies that Prince Philip cheated on his wife in the 1950's and early 60's. There is no evidence for this. It may be true – it may not be true. But people watching the otherwise excellent series will no doubt believe everything they see.
3) "A United Kingdom" was an otherwise good movie, telling the story of Seretse Khama and his wife Ruth Williams. Sir Seretse led Botswana to independence in 1966. He met his wife while studying in London. They were a bi-racial couple in southern Africa, not very common in those days and forbidden in neighboring South Africa, the regional powerhouse. In 1947 the movie referred to the presidents of four neighboring countries, not one of which had a president at the time, as they were all a part of the British Commonwealth.
4) This is the worst one! 'The Viceroy's House" is a recent movie set in India at the time of independence and partition, in 1947.
Everything in the movie was good until somebody opened a drawer and pulled out a two-year-old highly secretive British government paper advocating partition of the country into India and (Muslim) Pakistan. So what, you may ask?
Well, this file changed history. Instead of Earl Mountbatten being responsible for partition, the file "revealed" it was war-time leader Winston Churchill. As the anti-colonial Guardian reviewer put it – it was the equivalent of somebody in Germany opening a drawer and finding that the Holocaust was first proposed, not by Hitler, but by Mussolini.
Why can't the entertainment industry ever get it right? As far more people will watch the movie than read any book on the subject, Churchill will now be blamed for one of the greatest disasters of the twentieth century.
One very good series we've seen was on the National Geographic Channel. It was a biography of Albert Einstein. One of the most brilliant minds in history, he was absolutely hopeless at personal relationships.
I thought you might appreciate the following quote from the great physicist himself: "The universe is so extraordinary that only God could have created it. My job is to figure out how He did it." (Einstein)
The two greatest scientists of all time were Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Many people today see science and religion as opposites — these men did not. They both believed in God. Be sure to share that fact with others.


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Michelle LeBeau has been a Whirlpool employee for 8.5 years and is the founder of REACT Thyroid Foundation. In November of 2009, at the age of 30, she was diagnosed with a rare form of thyroid cancer called Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma. At the time of diagnosis, the cancer had already spread throughout both of her lungs classifying it as stage IV cancer. Unfortunately there is no known cure for any form advanced stage thyroid cancer and it is not responsive to traditional chemotherapy.
In March of 2011 Michelle started on an experimental treatment designed to block the blood supply to the cancer cells and prevent its ability to grow and spread. Unfortunately, the cancer will eventually build up a resistance to this drug and Michelle will need additional treatment options. There are a few drugs currently in clinical trials that show effectiveness for approximately two years but until an actual cure is found, Michelle will need to rely on these novel treatments to fight the cancer for the rest of her life.
Thyroid cancer is the fastest increasing cancer among men and women. In August of 2011 Michelle decided she wanted to make a difference and decided to form the REACT Thyroid Foundation. Their mission is to educate others about the importance of early detection and raise money to support the research for novel therapies and ultimately find a cure.
There are thousands of other people in the same situation as Michelle who are also desperately waiting for new treatments to be developed and gain FDA approval.
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I am so sorry - there is a typo in the subject line for the first post. It should read -Spin cycle - agitates but does not spin, does NOT drainI looked for an edit post button, but couldn't find it.My apologies!
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At least it is not the transmission.
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Continuing the weekly theme, inspired by Family History Across the Seas.
Many parishes produce a small history of the Parish and the Church. Over the years I have collected a small group of these histories.
The histories give us a really good understanding in the history of the Parish and the importance that The Church and Religion played in the lives of our ancestors.
We are then cast back into a time when the bells rang out across the parish calling parishioners to Church where they could give thanks for the the lives they had. The significance of the bells is important, many people could not read, and even if they were able to afford a clock the chances are they could not tell the time. Even now, when I hear bells ringing out on a Sunday I have a lovely feeling!
The depth of the booklets and histories varies considerably. I have several where a brief history is given, acting as a leverage to a published book. Others give more depth to the history of the parish. Whatever the data they provide they are a welcomed addition to understanding the environment that our ancestors lived in. They often provide further stepping stones to other archives.
One thing that does seem consistent is that each book provides brief details of Memorials and Pews within the Church and it is that information that can provide further data. Memorials are often made to substantial members of the parish – wealthy landowners and alike. Very often those same families had their own pews in the Church. It is well worth checking the archives of the records office and to see if there are any papers that relate to the well known family.
My own ancestry is in the Guildford area of Surrey. There were well known family archives and it is worth checking these papers and diaries to see if there is any references made.
- Loseley Papers
- Victorian County History (Surrey)
- Percy Wood Manuscripts (Godalming)
- Smallpeice Family Records
As I said, the parish was intricately interwoven with the Church. Establish the name of the Rector and Curate and other Parish Officials. Did any of them leave a collection of papers, or a diary?
In the Village of Puttenham Surrey, the Curate called Charles Kerry kept a series of manuscripts which have survived. They are currently in the Records Office in Derbyshire which is where Kerry was born, but there are copies available. I hold some of the data relating to Puttenham in my one place study.


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Humans have a diverse set of settlement strategies, ranging from high-mobility foraging characterized by ephemeral shelter to high-density urban living in permanent settlements. Starting with experiments with sedentarism in the early Holocene, humans have now become a mainly urban species, with almost 60% of the global population living in urban environments. Yet, our understanding of where urban environments came from, how and why they persist, and why they spread is still in its infancy.
My doctoral research, under the supervision of Richard McElreath, Anne Kandler, and Bret A. Beheim, aims to develop an understanding of urbanisation that is in keeping with Human Behavioral Ecology (HBE). To do this, I am working on extending theory in HBE to account for urbanisation processes, as well as conducting an empirical study in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. In Ulaanbaatar, I work in the rapidly expanding regions of the city (the so called "ger districts") which provide an appropriate context in which to explore differential investment in housing given the heterogeneity of the built environment.


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Three big trends stand out when reflecting on international aid to Africa in recent years. The first trend is the notable successes in key health indicators: particularly HIV incidence, malaria-related deaths and child mortality — in large part the result of international funding. The second is that aid has come under increasing attack for the perverse effect it can have on the building of viable and accountable institutions. The third trend is that regardless of the positive or negative impact of aid, Africa is abundant with new confidence, and stronger governments, entrepreneurship, new international relationships and private sector investment are rightfully sidelining traditions of aid dependency.
To those concerned with aid and development in Africa, these three trends pose interrelated opportunities and challenges. To sustain the positive impact on diseases and mortality there will need to be more strong institutions, these institutions are unlikely to be stable or independent while dependency on aid remains high, meaning that somehow they need to integrate financially into the emerging opportunities presented by more effective government, regional bodies, private sector growth and active citizenship.
This transition will not be easy or smooth. Many aid and development institutions in Africa are in their third or fourth decade of aid dependency, and no one really knows how or if their services would continue if foreign influence and funding were withdrawn, or what purely local leadership and funding would choose to prioritize. There is an understandable reluctance to risk people's lives to find out.
Agencies providing international aid are committed to "do no harm," but in the long run, aid dependency does just that. It undermines local incentives for resource mobilization by offering easier routes to finance. It reduces the need for institutions to worry about local accountability as their financial power comes from abroad. It stifles local initiative and ownership in favor of international donor priorities.
These challenges were diagnosed decades ago, and capacity building has never been off the agenda, but incentives for change were often shallow as the status quo held perks for both the donor and recipient institutions. Of late, however, we are seeing growing resistance against the donor-recipient paradigm, and it is coming from African institutions themselves.
Between Oct. 19and 21in Addis Ababa, the largest network of humanitarian institutions in the continent, the African Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, will be engaging with these issues under the theme "Investing in Africa," and promoting major shifts in the shape and nature of the aid architecture in which they have long been located.
The first shift is in financial backing of African aid institutions, with a renewed emphasis on partnerships with government, regional bodies, the private sector and local communities, to root financial and institutional accountability in its local context. Progress in this area will be country-specific, but for large parts of the continent, with resolved conflicts and growing economies, it will be increasingly possible to move in this direction. The fact that Kenya Red Cross Society raised $10 million from local donations in 2011 is testament to the potential.
The second shift is to further consolidate country-level ownership of the international aid and development agenda, in line with last year's High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea. The idea of country ownership is widely endorsed but it moves against the tide of multiple donor agendas that shape aid allocations before they arrive at a country-level. If ownership is to be strengthened it needs to happen at the recipient end by having the confidence to attach conditionality to the sort of aid that will be accepted and a commitment to be contractually compliant.
All this will work better if we make a third shift to look at nonemergency aid as a form of investment into sustaining development work at a national level. This implies a mutual responsibility: The investee needs to provide assurance of the security of a return — that institutions will get stronger and that resources can be raised nationally, and the investor needs to focus on the long journey of building the capacities needed to achieve that return — people, management systems and technology.
Again, this is not easy, because it introduces the rigor of investment security over the good-hearted faith and relationships that have been the basis for much institutional aid. Yet this rigor only reflects the growing stature and responsibilities of African institutions located in some of the fastest growing economies in the world.
It will still be a balance for a long time — for the foreseeable future urgent humanitarian needs in much of Africa will require immediate international support, but the immediate action should not undermine the long-term plan. The long-term plan should be to support institutions able to sustain development and humanitarian action autonomously at a national level. Long term, institutions require more investment and less charity to thrive.
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NEW YORK (WCBS/CNN) - Delta Air Lines says despite worry from passengers, a thick layer of fog recorded inside a plane's cabin as it was getting ready for takeoff formed simply as a result of humidity.
Passengers waiting to take off Sunday night from Jacksonville, Fla., were alarmed by the mist that filled the cabin of Delta Flight 100. They say the flight crew gave little to no explanation as to what was going on.
"There was a lot of fog, very heavy. You couldn't even really see in front of you, the person next to you," passenger Amanda Goncalves said. "People were wondering why it was lasting so long. The flight attendants didn't really make an announcement. They just said they were practicing for their Halloween haunted house and made a joke of it, instead of saying it was from the humidity or condensation."
Goncalves says there was no odor, but the fog lasted for 30 minutes, as the plane sat on the tarmac before the trip to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. She says she understands how the situation could have made some people uncomfortable.
"I'm not a nervous flyer per se, and neither were the people I was with, thank God," Goncalves said. "I think if you are somebody who's already anxious to get on a flight and you didn't really necessarily know... I understand seeing a little bit of it with the humidity, but this was like a full fog."
Aviation expert Alan Yurman, a retired National Transportation Safety Board air safety investigator, believes the phenomenon was condensation, based on the video. He says it's not uncommon on a hot, humid day for small amounts of mist to pour from vents but added he has never seen it that thick before.
"It appears to me like they were making fog, like they were making a cloud inside the cabin area," Yurman said.
Delta says the incident was related to humidity, and it's not required to report it to the Federal Aviation Administration.
It's unclear why the mist was so thick on this occasion.
Aviation experts say passengers should always report anything unusual and are right to ask what's going on, regardless if they are a nervous or frequent flier.
Copyright 2019 WCBS, Amanda Goncalves via CNN. All rights reserved.


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Classy, gracious, humble.
That was Oscar Pistorius. Before Thursday, Ato Boldon said, Pistorius' name would have been the last to come to mind if someone told him a track athlete was charged with murder.
"Not the second-to-last, not the third-to-last," the retired sprinter said. "The very last."
Boldon, a four-time Olympic medalist and NBC analyst, spent Thursday morning exchanging shocked text messages and social media posts with his cohorts in the track community. They knew the double-amputee from South Africa as a transcendent figure who reminded fans of sports' greatest virtues.
Then came the news, just six months after Pistorius competed at the Olympics on his carbon-fiber blades, that he was arrested in the shooting death of his girlfriend.
"He exudes class. He's gracious. He's humble," said Boldon, who felt he knew Pistorius well.
At what was supposed to be a celebration of elite track athletes, several American stars found themselves answering questions about Pistorius at a news conference in Manhattan promoting Saturday's Millrose Games.
Nick Symmonds, who finished fifth in the 800 meters in London, is friendly with Pistorius. He learned the news when he woke up at 6 a.m. and turned on the TV.
"I was just shocked like everybody else," he said. "We're going to have to let the courts down in South Africa sort out the facts."
In a sport that struggles to stay relevant in the U.S. for the four years between Olympics, Pistorius drew in fans who may never have even watched a race. On this day, track was all over the news for the most horrible of reasons.
Symmonds didn't want to sound callous in mentioning the sport's past doping scandals in a conversation about a murder investigation. But he acknowledged a strange sense of relief that at least this negative news didn't involve positive drug tests.
Said Boldon: "It really bothers me that it seems our biggest headlines as a sport are always, always, always negative headlines."
"There are housewives and kids that couldn't name another track and field athlete -- and some of them who probably couldn't name another athlete, certainly in South Africa -- who know the name Oscar Pistorius and know his story and feel like they were along on that amazing journey with him last summer," Boldon added.
Bernard Lagat, owner of six outdoor world championship medals, is often called an ambassador for the sport with his outgoing personality. He doesn't know Pistorius well, but feels the ache of a dark day for track.
He wants fans' reactions to be: "Did you see that? Did you see that world record? Did you see that amazing marathon?" When the attention has nothing to do with such feats, Lagat said, "that's the saddest thing."
The sadness was felt all the way to the small Italian town of Gemona. It was on a new track in the northeastern corner of the country that Pistorius trained last year for his Olympic debut.
"It's come as a huge shock to everyone who knew him," Mayor Paolo Urbani told The Associated Press.
"He's a delightful person, not only as a sportsman but also how he is as a human being," Urbani added.
Pistorius fought for years to be able to compete against able-bodied athletes after many said his blades gave him an unfair advantage. He finally won his case in 2008.
He made South Africa's team for the 2012 London Olympics, reaching the semifinals in the 400 meters and then running on the 4x400 relay squad in the final.
The International Olympic Committee, International Paralympic Committee and South African Olympic committee said they were not yet in position to comment, other than to offer condolences to the families.
Pistorius was born without fibula bones because of a congenital defect and had his legs amputated at 11 months. But he still played sports, including rugby. He dominated at the Paralympics before becoming the first double amputee to compete on the track at the Olympics.
Former Italian pole vaulter Andrea Giannini coached Pistorius from 2009-11.
"I'm hoping it was just a tragic accident," he told the AP. "He's a marvelous person, a really sweet and calm guy. It seemed like this was a calm time for him. He seemed really happy and well-balanced."
Boldon had spent enough time with Pistorius that he felt he could confidently say the "Blade Runner" hardly seemed capable of murder.
"There's nothing in his past, at all -- at least that we knew, the public and the track and field fraternity -- that gave any indication that anything like this was remotely possible," Boldon said.


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The most ominous event of Diretide is the annual suspension of Roshan's enchantment. Freed from his fearful den, he is compelled to wander in search of the one food that can satisfy his infernal craving: Greevil Taffy!
While Roshan roams through endless night, heroes fill their coffers with sweet delight, each team racing to collect more taffy than the other...until Roshan catches their scent! And then, like a scaly, winged, downright epic version of the neighborhood bully, Roshan will let no puny heroes stand between him and his taffy.
Once he has stuffed himself, the affliction known as Sugar Rush comes over Roshan--and then the whole neighborhood is in trouble. It will take the combined strength, speed and cunning of both Radiant and Dire to bring Roshan down.
After you trounce the beast, the rewards are sweet indeed. For where normally he harbors cheese and immortality, in the Diretide season Roshan drops rare essences and even (weirdly enough) eggs!*
Speaking of essences, Time is of that very stuff! The clock is ticking! The Rooster of Dawn and the Wolf of Dusk are getting hoarse!
Each fight against Roshan is watched and recorded by the imperious, judging eye of a battlefield dronebird, which instantly wings off to report to the great scorekeeper in the sky. It's good to know that even in Diretide, somebody cares.
When it comes to making Greevil Taffy, the Confectioners of Yhauron have guarded their secret process closely, and no wonder. It is a truly horrible process!
In fact, should Greevils ever discover what has been done in their name, no Yhauronish candymaker could ever know a moment's peace. But we can spill the secrets here, because Greevils never read (and Yhauron is not pronounced anything like the way it is spelled).
It's all very simple really. Take a Greevil. Stretch and fold it ten thousand times on a colorful greevil-taffy-torture-rack, and abracadabra: Colorful, savory, tough and extremely gristly taffy!
Is it any wonder that only Roshan can stomach the stuff?
If you are a gentle soul who finds the Diretide season too terrifying, you can exorcise the spirits of Direness by shopping. At the Dota Store you will find seasonal enhancements for Invoker, Death Prophet, Windrunner and Antimage, along with keys for opening the especially Dire crates that drop during Diretide battles. These are all part of the lamentable Dire celebration, so they are possibly a bit frightening. But there is nothing the least bit ominous about an adorable baby Roshan.
The culmination of the Diretide festival, ironically enough, is an occasion of joy.
Joy, that is, if you find hope in the arrival of swarms of chaos-loving Greevils, for this is when they Hatch!
Throughout the Diretide celebrations, you must treat your egg well. Feed it the essences dropped by Roshan...or don't! It's really up to you. It is said (by some elder sage or other) that the hatchlings are highly susceptible, and that each essence exerts a unique influence on the incubating creature. Is there method to this madness? Trial and error, and some comparison of results, will surely reveal the rules of Greevil husbandry.
To every hero who stalks and slays Roshan, an egg will surely fall. Should you find yourself wishing to experiment further, Greevil eggs are also available in the Dota Store. Buy a dozen--or even a gross, in honor of the flavor of Greevil Taffy.