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Monday, November 7, 2011
Setting A Table
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Please advise.
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St. Paul -- The Minnesota Department of Education and the Minnesota Office of Higher Education released new data today showing a more than ten percent increase in the number of Minnesota students taking Advanced Placement (AP) tests.
The data also shows a nearly 13 percent increase in the number of students scoring a three or higher on their exams, which is the cut score used by most colleges to award college credit to new entering students. The AP program allows high school students to take college-level courses in a high school setting.
"The increase in Advanced Placement test scores once again shows that as we raise academic expectations, Minnesota students will rise to the challenge," Education Commissioner Alice Seagren said. "Since 2004, the number of students enrolled in AP courses increased by more than 10,000 students. At the same time, the number of students achieving high test results also increased. We must continue to expand opportunities for all students to experience rigorous postsecondary courses in high school."
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"The increased participation in these rigorous courses being offered in our public high schools is very encouraging," said David Metzen, director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education. "When students are challenged in high school, they are much more likely to be successful in college."
The continued increase in the number of students taking AP coincides with the implementation of the Get Ready Get Credit program proposed by Governor Tim Pawlenty and passed by the legislature during the 2005 legislative session. The Get Credit portion of the program encourages students to earn college credit while in high school through AP and other programs.
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Minnesota students also continued to perform well on the SAT, which is a college entrance exam administered by the College Board and taken by fewer than 10 percent of Minnesota high school graduates. The ACT is the predominant college entrance exam taken in Minnesota, with the SAT typically taken by students interested in attending college on the east and west coasts.
Minnesota public school students posted SAT mean scores of 599 in critical reading, 612 in mathematics and 579 in writing. These mean scores for the state compare to a national critical reading mean score of 496, a national math mean score of 510, and a national writing mean score of 487.
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VV9 also features a number of performative lectures and thematic workshops dealing with video realities. We will follow up on the long tails of rebellion with Mosireen Collective in Cairo and Margarita Tsomou in Athens. Boris Traue and Achim Kredelbach, aka Jo Cognito, will discuss YouTube's recent forays into televisual terrain and its delegation of organizing power to commercial "networks" and media agencies. Boaz Levin will look at the way media gravitates towards im-mediating events, and Miya Yoshida will critically question familiar terminologies from "amateur" and "user" to "prosumer" and "citizen reporter."
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day 224. parisian thoughts on art-and-you.com, startups and coworking
whoa! if there were two cities that i would call a couple, it would be paris and new york. it absolutely astonishes me to look up and see a crystal clear blue sky, with a subway rubbling the ground beneath my feet and amazingly the most polite people on earth... well except for one short little man who must have separated ways with his identical twin brother... and while one terrorizes the politeness of new york, the other fines his vain in paris.
it's my last full day in paris. it's a monday. the sky is blue and the air a bit crisp. my friend lucia and her roommate are somewhere between barcelona and paris and i have two appointments and one unscheduled stop.
first i run to art-and-you.com to interview mary-noelle - beyond the crazy story that she and i share a mutual friend in nyc and discover that we share a mutual friend of a friend in geneva. mary-noelle and i talk (ie she talks and i record) about how art-and-you.com has yet to "officially" launch but is already becoming a well heeled video staple in the Parisian art community. using the fine video skills of friends, art-and-you offers a unpretentious view of art, the galleries, the styles and all the jazz one would normally spend four or five years studying. too boot, they have an online space for artists to upload images of their work to be critiqued from the global community of nobodies like you and me BUT also notable curators, artists, and people who are blessed with societies' knowledge of art.
now here's the best part and why it ties into the whole coworking tiff. art-and-you just doesn't work online, but they have the necessity for their OWN ART gallery. yeah that's right, they need a physical space for work to be displayed, events to be held, and a location to lasso their community... in my mind, it's not too far from the average plight of a normal startup or independent worker.
btw, they also have a partnership where parisian bars and pubs select from art-and-you's catalogue to add ambiance. if you like what you see online, well just run down the street and see if it suits your fancy. it's amazing that this is this a whole network to educated people in art, where to find art, and also how to collect art! currently, if you go to art-and-you's gallery, you'll find a young collector's pieces and a workshop on how to become an art collector. RAD? yah, i think so. btw, next year they're bringing this program to brooklyn!!
around 12h45, i met with mary-noelle's husband, ludoovic dardenay. sidenote, ludo's business partner in World Zhulu Corporation is in china and with my drupal buddies jacob redding and robert scales, the three will talk about drupal in china at drupalcon 08 in boston... but back to ludo's problem, first here's an excellent example of a modern technogenious. the man is bucking the french trend and working hard to start businesses. yes, that plural. apparently (i only use this word because i no longer have access to the economist report on france's markets and how they prevent startups) france has a major problem in startups. most of this has to do with labor law and taxes and the fact that people are guaranteed employment, healthcare, pensions, etc... you know, all the good things that americans so despearatly want but corperations and governments use the french example to thwart.
so ludo's got three business in the oven - the geek consultancy (aka a drupal development shop), a film production company and a restaurant - oh and he's working on a vineyard (yeah, did i mention he's french?) so ludo's problem is multifold (and i'm not talking about the two cell phones that he carries). ludo needs an insprational center where he can be connected with a community of communities and find other young startups or independents that need complementary services... the reason why he needs this "concierge" service is convoluted and maybe as an american i can just say that it is a french way of doing things. needless to say, the nature of an individual who's as a awesome as ludo no longer needs to toy with some henchmen nor a social networking shite. ludo now has a location in central paris where he can go and suss out problems or clients. the solution - la cantine - it is parisian for coworking.
after our conversation, i ran back to the subway and ran into mary-noelle (she was on her way to a meeting at ludo's office; i'm telling you this couple is mad busy. i was happy to have the few hours i had with them :* ). as my last day in paris, i had to track down the latest development of paris ideal of coworking. two weeks ago, i got a little email reminder that la cantine is open for business.
heading back to the same general direction i came from, i found myself at the same metro stop i exited to meet mary-noelle. nussled down the street from the grand boulevards metro stop, i discovered one of the thousand little side alleys of commerce. wrapped in the dusklating sunlight, i entered under a scaffolding to the ideal of many independent / freelance workers.
behind the store front glass stood none other than christophe. he appeared to be an introductory meeting of some sorts. now christophe is another one of those crazy french guys. it had been seven months since christophe and i last met. then it was a hot summer day and i was running into town and he was running to mediate some labor dispute. over multiple shots of coffee we discussed the future of coworking and his ideals of a location in paris. (see the video)
as i stood in front of the door, i hesitated to enter. i knew once i entered this threshold, i would spend a minimum of a few hours talking to people, asking questions and figuring out what does coworking mean to them. for a second, i thought i could just come back in a few mins... but my heart was racing, beads of sweat were growing. if i didn't know better, i would think this was love at first sight.
it could have been a small mirror that bounced off an upper floor window and onto a plate glass which illuminated the inside... but to me it seemed as if god sneezed light. as i walked through the front door, the cafe erupted in color. orange, green, white and black... (btw, in france black is a god given color.) while my photos provide no justice... the place is a palace
wrapped in projectors, outlets, wifi, and ample desk-space. the 11 day old facility has become a hive of parisian geek culture. according to marie noeline (i kid you not, it's another NOEL!) the space is used every night by geeks wanting to come by, hang out and hive. from drupal to wordpress, from php to ruby, from barcamp mashup to impromptu troubleshooting sessions. la cantine is the place to see and be seen.
as the training wheels are adjusted, cost of the space is variable. since the palace is managed by silicon sentier, a concierge for parisian startups, and there are partnerships with the likes of upgrade, dorkbot, orange labs, fing, city of paris, cap digital - so they are looking to cast their net far and wide. if you have a chance, drop by.
and casting the net far and wide is just what two users of the space are working on... karen and vincent are working on a traveling book series. this is not just about travelers and their stories, but the travels their stories take. if you hop on over to http://traverses-lelivre.com you'll be able to track down copies of a book that feature their own serial number and feature a series of french stories from around the world... sometime this summer, karen and vincent are going to purchase two mules and walk from portugal to the netherlands. too boot, over the summer karen is going to release a series of books she's written and a DVD of her trip where she walked from paris to istanbul and then rode a bike to Jerusalem. awesome, i think so!
with the day waning on, marie noeline found a few more mins for me and we started making lists of what she needs and what resources i knew. we talked about the coworking email list - "work at jelly" - collaborative art conferences - conflux - unconferences and the like... in the end, she kept on saying "what do you want this place to be?" if you're in paris don't pass up this opportunity, you have a free space filled with all the resources the city has to offer.
by the time the sun was below the horizon, my friend lucia came to pick me up. seriously, i felt like a kid at playschool not wanting to leave my new friends... and as lu and i were walking the front door out a group of artists were setting up an interactive floor display. this floor is installed every night for development while the artists hammer on the software... seriously, i almost did turn to my friend and said, "can we stay longer?" but alas, i just made another resolve to find a mechanic to fix my motorboat so i can come back and forth as i please.
day 223. PHOTOS, LIFT and why am i in paris?
ok, now that i look back on the past seven months and i see a about a ba-gillion and one things that i could have done different... but in the end, i'm am more happy now than i ever could have thought. i am at peace with my self and more importantly, i am at peace knowing we have much work ahead.
for those who are planning a similar exploration, i'll warn you... the hardest part of traveling the world is finding balance. it is one thing to absorb, and then there is another to complete work. yes, i do mean work. don't get me wrong, shlepping has it's payoffs but sometimes you'll find it hard to leave the safe confines of an apartment for yet another drive, walk, or exploration of the environment...
now combine that with a active campaign seeking out an angle for good content. if you're like me, after seven months you'll find it quite hard to fit the world inside of a camera, and after having a forest gump running moment, you realize that you're tired of running and you just stop... it gets even harder when you've run out of money, the weather is shitty and you are stuck in houston, tx.
two weeks have passed since the official end of my journey and i find myself at the tail end of my illness, not the subtle illness of a chest cold and/or parisian flu... but at the end of some monumental aliment that took me to the end of the darkened tunnel of love and was rescued through the hospitality of normality.
so for the last two weeks i've been a smooth rock, skipping first from houston, then into NYC - i had to reconnect with my bestest peeps/sleep in my bed, but like a good skip, they sent me sailing across the pond for yet another home coming...
many years ago when i concocted this crazy idea, i drunkly called up my airline miles and planned a little adventure to a small little city in switzerland. with the little money i had, i purchased a conference ticket and then scouted out ways to stay for free... at the advice of a friend, i found couchsurfing.com and a little technology convergence titled LIFT.
three years later, i'm on LIFT's main stage spewing my crazy idea of my global journey, hugging the world, meeting new friends and still couchsurfing.
now, for the past week and a half i've been in paris bouncing from a friend's couch (the ex-girlfriend who sent me on this journey), picking up the parisian bug, aka the illness (and when i mean illness i mean the desire to live here and i also mean a serious cold), then bouncing into the lovely arms of Dr Miggy whom i met in houston (and was making her first international voyage), and back on to my friend's couch.
during this time (that being the seven months on the road) i've languished in writing, detailing photos, and videos......and i'm just now realizing that only a third of the story is public. luckily, now that the trip is over i don't have to worry about new content, i just have to find a job and series of NYC couches to hold me off for a month... (more to come later)
so now that this journey is physically ending, i'm not gonna worry too much about NEW content. NOW the focus starts on the stories yet to be told... the 50 some odd hours of video a massed. the hundreds of pages scribbled here and there. the thousands of over exposed / underexposed photos that tell more about the people than the places... frankly, the more i think about it, the more it excites me. i now get to relive the journey from the lenses of my self, i now can be the spectator of the adventure i took, and you get to join me!
so seeing how i still haven't found an employer, i can take the liberty to say that i'm going to follow my heart and relaunch this project and look for funding on using following framework... on 07/07/08, i'll reboot the vlog and start all over again giving you weekly episodic content that combines what happened "a year ago" and what's happening now with the movie / book / luck of seven strategic framework (btw, i'm going to crystallize the seven topics into a new cagey / guru need not apply / corporate physiotherapy / "hey look, the geeks at the front of the classroom have social skilz and we're going to harvest an evolution" / < insert your witty t-shirt catch phrase here>)... so in a year's time frame (marchish 2008) all of this should parlay itself into the release of a documentary film...
just so you don't think that this is your uncle's wacky disneyland adventure where you're force fed sugar and told to sit still, this documentary will feature many "call outs" for content... for example, i want a really cool hand drawing video (a-la, make mag's weekend projects / four eyed monster) that sketches the world and colors the continents as i bounced or special effects, etc, etc, etc... in other words, a number of tasks that allow you to help fill-in the kernels of content that i can't pay to produce, nor know how....
long story short, the story is just beginning... below i've selected a few photos that since i last uploaded photos on my last day in ushuaia.
Episode 12 - Christophe Aguiton, future coworking software and the barcamp/coworking community
Recoded: 24 July 2007
Locations: Paris, France
Tags: documentary, coworking, barcamp, activist, paris, france, technology, luck of seven
Music: On the Carousel - The Hollies
About: Christophe Aguiton, Orange / France Telecom labs, lays out the plans for future coworking software. he also articulates why coworking and barcamps are so important to the nature of production and the protection of society.
day 20. sleep the most valuble currency
words can not describe the thanks i have for the hosts who have blessed me with their homes...
as i discovered on day 18, pushing hard moving from country to country at an early morning hour, not sleeping and eating sporadically doesn't bode well for mental acuteness. actually, it's a recipe for disaster. no really, it was a total disaster.
speaking of disasters, my ipod nano stopped behaving and i was forced to do a factory restore. in many ways, i was looking forward to this moment. now, i am now left with a handful of albums stored on my hard drive and ambient train contemplation.
first, let me say thank you to all of my hosts. if the rest of the trip allows me to cross paths with exceptional characters like these, then i think the world isn't too far off kilter.
in paris and out of the blue, Aurélien Tabard came to my rescue. he gave me keys to his uncle's vacant apartment, and aurélien's hospitality didn't stop there. as he cooked dinner on the first night, we discussed our displeasure of the current political march to the right and the inability for the left to act coheranetly.
though our personal history, we compared notes on activism and our frustration working within the confines of political systems. both of us agreed that the bickering has to stop and activists must diversify their work.
we both recognized the opportunities that lie within technology. if we are unable to capitalize on building a digital world as free as our physical world, we are doomed to confinement. as aurélien introduced me to his phd thesis, we analyzed the opportunities that exist in integrating technology with our day to day actions. we both agreed that our future should not compete with our day to day, but should enhance our day to day.
day 16. hello paris
in the same fashion as i entered london, i depart for paris.
tired, hungry, sleep deprived and eager to find out what's next. comically, this time i have a pair of very wet underwear that has yet to dry from my last night laundry at 2 am.
though unlike london, i have now transitioned into the unknown. today, marks the longest i've traveled independently from any friends or family.
day 19. running around paris
ugh, in an early morning with a sour left foot, i attempted to visit the indian embassy. after running around looking for a photobooth, i stood inline for 15 mins. realizing a huge error, i departed in frustration.
why? i have no to paperwork stating where i'll be going, whom i'll be visiting and worse, i have no definitive exit plans...
in angst, i limped off to meetup with my host, Aurélien Tabard and his merry crew of classmates. after a brief introduction, i ferociously devoured email and tagged photos for flickr.
around 16h30, i realized that i was running desperately late for paris couchsurfing's rondeviuz. after slapping some high fives, i departed for a little tour of the latin quarter and XXX.
upon arrival, i found a lovely handmade flag and a few folks wearing couchsurfing t-shirts. as we meandered the winding streets, i introduced my self to many.
one of the first couchsurfers i ran across was heather smith, an american and a recent graduate of a social working school in Arkansas. standing at 5'4" with long brown hair and freckles, this american had a backpack full of snacks and tall bottle of rum punch. as we meandered, we talked the past two months, her trip to algeria and our trips around europe.
when the couchsurfers finally stopped at some snappy bar, heather and i departed to find a $3 bottle of wine and sit next to the seine. across the river bank, a man wailed in his saxophone. as the day turned to dusk, we mooned passing tourist boats and fended off passing drunks.
as the clock chimed 23h30, teetering on the river banks we drunkenly gathering our belongings to catch the last train that would part us in opposite directions.
I plan on starting my trip in Europe. From 7/8 July to 7/8 Aug, I will bounce around looking to cover as much as possible. If you have something to add, please feel free!
== '''Week 1''' ==
* '''08 July''' - 1 hour in Barcelona
* '''08 - 09 July''' - 22 hours in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamplona Pamplona] for [http://www.sanfermin.com/2006/guia.php?lang=eng&sec=6 Running of the Bulls], i'm in need of a guide and couch to crash
* i never found internet and there for never met up with [http://www.couchsurfing.com/profile.html?id=1SALGCA Lauryn Dempsey]
* '''09 - 14 July''' - Flight to Prague to teach at [http://www.tol.cz Transitions Online]'s [http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article_courses.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=23&NrIssue=7&NrSection=10&NrArticle=18144 New Media Essentials] (thanks [http://www.tol.cz/look/TOL/article_courses.tpl?IdLanguage=1&IdPublication=23&NrIssue=7&NrSection=60&NrArticle=18300 Evgeny Morozov])
* castle Konopiste
== '''Week 2''' ==
* '''14 - 18 July''' - Berlin, Germany
* Meet with [http://travisjtodd.com Travis J. Todd] and Freelance/[http://wiki.coworking.info/Coworking+Berlin Coworking Berlin] community
* Interview regine from http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/
* tour the [http://www.theberlinpaper.com/berlinguide/27482.html subway bunker]
* [http://www.kunstraumkreuzberg.de/start.html street art festival]
* '''19 - 22 July'''
* '''London, UK'''
* hang out with Joey Baxter and [http://www.designswarm.com Alex Deschamps-Sonsino]
* [http://opennetworkers.pbwiki.com Steve Purkis]
* Mongol Rally and profile team [http://mrdinosaur.org/ Mr. Dinosaur]
* check out [http://tinkerit.eventwax.com/h3-hardcore-hardware-hacking Hardcore Hardware Hacking Weekend]
* '''Brighton, UK'''
* Profile [http://www.tacticaltech.org Tactical Tech] and Dirk Slater.
* Visit [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrophenia_%28film%29 Quadrophina] locations
== '''Week 3''' ==
* '''23 - 25 July''' - Paris, France
* Interviews with Barcamp and Coworking community. [http://wiki.coworking.info/CoworkingParis Paris Coworking]
* [http://www.couchsurfing.com/organization.html?gid=4065 Couchsurfing Collective Paris 2007 Project]
* Meetup with Eric-Olivier Lamey
* '''26 July''' - Antwerp, Belgium
* Interview with [http://buytaert.net/ Dries Buytaert] Drupal founder and pioneer of open source
* '''27 - 30 July''' - Amsterdam, NL
* hangout with [http://termie.jaiku.com/ andy smith] and friends
* profile individuals at [http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/219415/ RoomWare DevHuis 6] at [http://www.wakoopa.com/ wakoopa's office]
== '''Week 4 & 5''' ==
* '''31 July''' - Eindoven, NL
* profile and hang out with [http://unraveled.com/ Joshua Kauffman]
* '''1 - 8 Aug''' - Istanbul, Turkey [http://wiki.couchsurfing.com/en/Turkey CS info]
* Hostel - http://www.chillouthc.com @ 10 euros a night
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_Cistern basilica cistern]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Bazaar,_Istanbul grand bazaar]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia Hagia Sophia]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Ahmed_Mosque the blue mosque]
* ''couchsurfers''
* erdal aka [http://www.couchsurfing.com/profile.html?id=2I8S7TP eternity and a day]
* kenan aka [http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/keyno keyno]
* isa aka [http://www.couchsurfing.com/people/isafakir ISAFAKIR]
* still looking for more couchsurfers...


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NAPLES, Fla., Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For many Americans, the definition of retirement success is simple: It means having enough money to live the type of retirement they want. Today, creating financial security for the future is likely to fall largely on your own shoulders. You can still pursue the retirement of your dreams, but you'll need to plan for it and make wise choices about your money.
"The planning process can be more effective if you take into account risks that have the potential to derail your future financial security," said Jack Kuhn, CFP, Managing Director – Florida West Coast, BMO Private Bank. "Some possible risks everyone should consider when planning for retirement include inflation, soaring health care costs and potential need for long-term care."
Don't ignore inflation: A dollar today will be worth less at retirement because of the impact of inflation on the cost of everyday goods and services. Even a relatively modest 3 percent rise in prices means $100 worth of groceries today may cost $200 in 24 years. If your objective is for your retirement savings to at least keep pace with inflation, it will likely require broader diversification into investments beyond cash equivalents. Just how aggressive a person can appropriately invest involves a number of considerations including suitability, risk profile and time horizon or how long you intend to be invested.
If seeking to outpace inflation, it might be appropriate to consider placing a portion of your portfolio in diversified investments that are to some degree growth-oriented. Notably, increased potential for higher returns that provide 'growth' of assets also comes with increased risk and volatility. However, if you have a longer time horizon for your investment, accepting some risk and volatility may prove worthwhile to help protect against the effects of inflation, which carries an uncertain degree of risk itself.
If you cannot stomach the idea of riding the ups and downs of the financial markets in pursuit of long-term gain, annuities may be worth considering. Annuities are essentially investments that have an insurance component, but there are various types of annuities, each offering different features. For example, an annuity may offer a cost-of-living adjustment that can be used as a means to help protect your retirement savings against the impact of inflation over time.
Take the temperature of health care costs: Longer life spans, skyrocketing medical costs and decreasing health care coverage by private employers make managing medical expenses a significant concern for retirees. New health care provisions set to go into effect in 2014 may reduce premiums somewhat, but if medical costs continue to trend higher, it is projected that half of retirees in 2030 could spend more than one-quarter of their income on medical bills and insurance premiums.* To help pay some of the services not covered by Medicare, you might consider purchasing supplemental health insurance and boosting the savings you have earmarked for medical expenses in retirement.
Think long term: One of the greatest risks to retirement planning is the cost of long-term care. That's because one-third of people will need some type of long-term care during their lives, according to the National Association of Health Underwriters. Medicare may help, but currently, it only covers a maximum of 100 days in a nursing home. That's why it is a good idea to consider what options you have to meet potential on-term care costs. Paying out of pocket is a possibility for some with sufficient means. You may also consider disability income insurance and securing a long-term care solution to help protect your lifetime savings against the potentially devastating financial impact that a prolonged injury or illness can create. Long-term care insurance is based on age, so the earlier you purchase a policy, the lower the annual premiums may be. Other long-term care solutions are also available if you do not qualify.
"Developing a realistic financial plan to help meet your needs as you transition into and through retirement doesn't have to be overwhelming," said Kuhn. "There is a lot to look forward to in retirement, including having the time and freedom to pursue whatever activities make you happiest."
Your BMO Harris Financial Advisor can provide useful information, as well as valuable perspective, on the options for successfully creating the lifestyle you want now and for years to come. Visit www.bmoharris.com/financialadvisors for tips and guidance to help you plan for your retirement needs -- whether you are currently saving for, nearing or living in retirement.
BMO Harris Financial Advisors, Inc. is a full service brokerage and SEC-registered investment advisor, which along with BMO Harris Bank N.A., are affiliates within BMO Financial Group.
*Dratch, D. Health Care for Retirees. http://www.bankrate.com/finance/retirement/health-care-costs-a-huge-retirement-factor-1.aspx
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As a young priest, Pope Benedict put his name to a document calling for the Church to seriously investigate the obligation to priestly celibacy.
Joseph Ratzinger was one of the signatories of a 1970 document calling for an examination of priestly celibacy which was signed by nine theologians.
The memorandum was drawn up in the face of a shortage of priests and other signatories included Karl Rahner and the future cardinals Karl Lehmann and Walter Kasper.
The German newspaper Die Sueddeutsche reported about the document today.
The memorandum, which was sent to the German bishops reads: "Our considerations regard the necessity of a serious investigation and a differentiated inspection of the law of celibacy of the Latin Church for Germany and the whole of the universal Church."
According to the Sueddeutsche, the document said if there were no such investigation, the bishops' conference would "awaken the impression that it did not believe in the strength of the Gospel recommendation of a celibate life for the sake of heaven, but rather only in the power of a formal authority".
If there weren't enough priests, the document said, then the "Church quite simply has a responsibility to take up certain modifications".
The signatories who had drawn up the document acted as consultors to the German bishops' conference in a commission for questions of Faith and Morals.
The document's release coincides with a renewed debate on priestly celibacy after prominent German politicians called for the Church to change the teaching on priestly celibacy in the face of a serious lack of priests.
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Publication Date: 21 October 2013
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484343470.002
Keywords: exchange rate, exchange rate volatility, exchange rate regime, exchange rates, exchange rate regimes, Exchange rate regimes],
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On the morning of April 25, Israel's Supreme Court held the final hearing on the proposed demolition of the Bedouin village of Al Khan Al Ahmar near Jerusalem, as well as the forcible transfer of its inhabitants.
The case of Al Khan Al Ahmar is important, as the village holds a community
that serves approximately 160 children in the area. The school was constructed out of mud and tires, with the funding of the Italian government. According to Defense of Children International Palestine, it is the only school in the area, and the closest alternative is 45 minutes by car.
The case of the small bedouin village is especially important due to the highly political character and repercussions the ruling could have on the future of the 'two- state solution.' It has extended over more than nine years, first entering the court in 2009.
The case will be ruled by three Supreme Court judges. The center judge, Noam Solberg, lives in the illegal settlement block of Gush Etzion. Another one of the judges, Yael Vilner, was also an ideological settler in the past, and nominee of the extreme right Israeli Minister of Justice Ayalet Shaked.
The latest sessi
on was held to rule on a petition by settler organisation
that called for the state to carry out ta long standing demolition order on the village, as well as a petition filed by the bedouins to ask for the state's recognition of their houses.
The Supreme Court has ruled several times that if the state demolishes the bedouin structures, it should foresee an alternative. The alternative the Israeli state has proposed consists of apartment buildings built in Jabal West, an area between the Palestinian towns Abu Dis and Al Eizariya.
According to the Bedouins, this solution is not suitable. The apartments are built in close proximity to a landfill, and do not constitute a healthy living environment. Moreover, moving to these apartments would mean giving up their traditional herding lifestyle. UNRWA Director of Operations Scott Anderson
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; "it is well documented in previous instances that the transfer of Bedouin communities into urban settings is socially and economically non-viable."
The village is built in Area C of the West Bank, which falls under complete Israeli administrative and military control. The village is surrounded by the settlements of Kfar Adumim and Maale Adumim. Area C covers 60% of the West Bank, and while all Israeli settlements are built in this area, it is virtually impossible for Palestinians to obtain building permits there.
Moreover, the village is built in the area that falls under the
put forward by Israeli authorities in 2012. This seeks to expand urban Jerusalem to the East, by building settlements outside the city's border to create a united block. This is of strategic importance, as it could divide the West Bank in a Northern part and a Southern part, effectively ending any possibility for a future Palestinian state in the West Bank.
The forcible transfer of this Bedouin community to apartment buildings is of great importance as it could set a precedent for the state to transfer other Bedouin communities in the area.
The lawyer defending the settler's organisation Regavim told Palestine Monitor there is "no doubt that the Palestinian structures are illegal and should be demolished." The settlers' organisation argued for immediate demolition regardless of whether there is an alternative for the bedouins or not.
Remarkably, the court case also included a group of settlers who claimed to be on the Bedouins' side. They are from the adjacent settlement of Kfar Adumim. The settlers did not argue against forced transfer, but wanted to pressure the state to foresee more viable solutions for the Bedouins to live. A representative of the group told Palestine Monitor that the state's solution of housing the Bedouins in Jabal West was "absolutely impossible."
The court proposed for the state to foresee more viable alternatives than the area of Jabal West. After adjourning, the state categorically rejected the court's proposal, and claimed it will not designate other areas for the Bedouins to live than the apartments near the garbage dump.
Shlomo Lecker, the lawyer defending the Bedouin community, told Palestine Monitor that he was arguing for the solution that entails the least damage. "Everything that has been happening for the last 30 - 40 years is in breach of the Geneva Convention, but the Israeli court does not follow the Geneva Convention. We did not come to the court to make statements, but to find the best solution."
He was hereby saying that he did not use the argument that transfer of civilian population into occupied territory is prohibited under the Geneva Convention, and the Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal. This would mean that the Israeli state has little right to discuss legality of indigenous Palestinian structures in the West Bank.
The legality of forcible transfer was not at the center of the discussion in court. The discussion mainly revolved around which location the bedouins would be moved to.
This was the last hearing on the fate of the Bedouin community of Al Khan Al Ahmar. The judges will render their ruling in one week.
The Palestine Monitor went to the location of the Al Khan Al Ahmar village to gauge the reaction of its inhabitants. Mahmoud Odeh Mohammad Jahalin told the Palestine Monitor that the Israelis have threatened the village with demolition since decades, but the actual demolitions only started in 2009.
When asked about alternative locations, he answered that the Israelis will always try to make offers to push bedouins out of the area. "But I was born here, and I grew up here. I was here before the settlement. I will stay here. I am not hurting anyone, so I don't care about their offers."
He was pessimistic about the court hearing: "I don't have much hope or faith in the Israeli court. I don't think they will ever rule in the Bedouin's favour."
According to Jahalin, the Bedouin's plan either way is to stay. "If they want to move us, we will oppose them with everything we have; our people, our children our sheep. We will not move."
Lead photo: "Bedouin community representatives wait for the all-Hebrew court case on the fate of their village to commence."
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It's been a trying week for Syria. The United States and Britain suspended providing even non-lethal aid to the country. A prominent Syrian opposition leader has gone missing. And now winter has brought snow and cold weather.
The aid was halted, officials say, because Islamist rebels took over bases that belonged to the Western-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA). The foreign aid that was captured consisted of communications equipment, vehicles, and medicines.
BBC's Lyse Doucet, who is in Damascus, says the Syrian government's reaction to the news has been "smug."
"This has been their narrative from even before there were Islamist groups operating in Syria. They have been saying they have been fighting, in their words, against armed groups and terrorists," she says. And the Syrian government has been cautioning the international community about these "terrorists," calling them a threat not just to Syria, but also to the world.
While it's very difficult for independent journalists to get detailed information on the opposition groups, Doucet says, there is a general perception that Islamist forces are prevailing over other rebel groups because they're better armed and organized.
Adding to that, a new alliance called the Islamic Front was formed a few weeks ago, bringing together multiple Islamist groups. It was the alliance that took over the bases.
The Syrian opposition is not happy with the reaction of the US and Britain. They have constantly requested more help from the West.
Doucet says some places, like the city of Homs, are ghost towns. "I've walked through neighborhoods where not a single building is left unmarked by the shrapnel, aerial bombardment. Nothing lives in those areas," she says.
Meanwhile key Syrian opposition leader Razan Zaitouneh was kidnapped. Fellow opposition members are anxious for any news from her.
"She was the one who had still held onto the idea of peaceful protest and trying to bring about peaceful change. There are very few of these people left," says Amr Al-Azm, professor at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, and a member of Zaitouneh's opposition group.
No one has officially claimed her abduction so far, but Al-Azm believes she was taken from an area that was under the control of the Islamic Front.
"If we know who has her, and we know that for sure, then we can bring pressure on them, but the fact that she is missing in this void is of great concern," he adds.
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Gabriele wrote:There was a time in which it was common in british armour too. In fact, i seem to remember that's where the Israelis picked up the habit, although i might be wrong
mr.fred wrote:multi-barrelled smoke launchers (i.e. not a mortar)
Lord Jim wrote:remanufactured form refurbished Leopard 2s for what is in the budget for the CR2 CEP
ArmChairCivvy wrote:Poland got close to that for euro 5 mln a piece... what was the exchange rate again?
Lord Jim wrote:Challenger2 upgrade if done by the user.
RetroSicotte wrote:Poland got awful quality ex-2A4s that they absolutely regret buying though. Their Leo fleet is an absolute shambles of mismatching variants [...] Wouldn't use theirs as a comparison.
Gabriele wrote:Soldier magazine notes that the 60mm mortar can be operated from inside the turret. Cool, but i'm guessing that's while it is loaded, then someone has to reload from outside for obvious reasons.
Wonder how difficult it would be to retrofit the mortar that the israeli Merkava uses, which is breech loaded from inside.
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Forest elephants, scientists and chance
By Carlos Drews,Global Species Programme Director
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Crossing paths
Andrea Turkalo from Wildlife Conservation Society has been studying elephants from this location for two decades and has identified over 4,000 individuals. I found her observing a large bull with her binoculars. She expressed her frustration at witnessing many of the well-known animals leaving the park, into areas where poaching is rampant, never to return. Turkalo is convinced that forest elephants are a separate species from savannah elephants. And she can refer with authority after 30 years in the Central African Republic, about how the establishment of logging companies and their road networks increase poaching pressures on elephants and facilitate ivory trade.
Elephants, buffaloes and other species meet in Dzanga-Baï, a unique forest clearing and source of water and minerals for wildlife in Central Africa. © WWF / Carlos Drews
I was unaware of the chance event that was about to happen as she introduced to me another senior scientist on the platform, Peter, who was using a thermal camera to observe elephants at night. The device showed in blues, oranges and yellows the temperature of any object in view. He pointed out to me through the camera that one could even see the veins on the ears of elephant bulls, which transport blood to the large skin surface for cooling purposes. More importantly, however, he was able to see the elephants with high definition in absolute darkness.
Peter has also set up a device to record the sounds at the Baï uninterruptedly for 6 months, as a way of monitoring elephant trumpeting and other vocalizations as indicators of activity levels. When he revealed to me his surname, Wrege, and his affiliation to Cornell University I realized that we had met 28 years ago in Kenya, when he was studying the social behaviour of bee-eater birds and I was studying migratory birds.
We hugged and laughed and recalled the circumstance that brought us together: he was bitten by a venomous snake during a nightly visit to the bee-eater nests, barefoot to minimize disturbance. I remember accompanying him through the agony of hours, monitoring his pain on the leg, his feeling of numbness in the face and other strange symptoms. We had anti-venom, but decided to observe the evolution of the condition before administering the dose, aware of the risk of a sudden allergic reaction that could have killed him. He recovered well, without the anti-venom. And there he was, at age 64, fit and cheerful as always, following his passion for animals and spending the nights on his own, up on a platform in the heart of the Congo Basin.
Yellow mud gives a distinct look to this forest elephant in Dzanga-Baï, Central African Republic. © WWF / Carlos Drews
These two fascinating characters I met today are examples of a life-long dedication to the study of animals in the wild. Good wildlife conservation needs to be based on the best available science. Turkalo and Wrege, in their own ways, contribute knowledge that can better inform the decisions of conservationists and policy makers.
Agents of change
And then there is Terence Fuh, a young and energetic Cameroonian, whom I met yesterday. He was recruited by WWF to run the gorilla habituation camp in Dzanga Sangha. The vision for his rightfulness, skills and commitment to learning is to become a leading conservationist and a powerful agent of change. Fuh and Lamine Sebogo, WWF´s African Elephant Leader born in Burkina Faso, are examples of the African talent that is so much needed to influence the path of conservation in this region.
On an ironic note, I learned this evening that three of the endangered elephants that we all so much care for were killed recently in the national park by a falling tree as they were digging for minerals close to its roots. I was reminded by this incident and the meeting of Wrege today that chance is in itself an agent of change too, sometimes in favour, sometimes against our interests. There is nobody to thank and nobody to blame. I would need to blame myself, however, if I did not maintain an open mind for the unexpected, look at the glass half full, and grasp with enthusiasm the opportunities that chance may put before me.
Terrence Fuh, a young Cameroonian, is the head of a gorilla habituation camp in Dzanga Sangha and a dedicated talent to wildlife conservation. © WWF / Carlos Drews


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Alrighty.... I wasn't sure I was going to get this challenge accomplished this week because it has been a crazy week, BUT since I had a baby shower to attend tomorrow I really wanted to make a card so I thought I would try to combine the two. Although I wish I had one of the cute little mouse stamps with them in the baby shoes to use, this is the best one I had to use. So with that said I went with it because after all it is cute too. So... since everyone else seemed to keep the same design, I decided I wanted to flip the design sideways and I also made it into a tri-fold card. I made a shaker box for my main element of focus. I soo love making them and knew as soon as I seen this sketch I was going to make one of some kind. I really didn't want to do a circle, because once again everyone seemed to be doing circles, except a few, BUT I did one only because I wanted to do my sentiment in the manner that I did it, so it worked perfect for me to stamp my image and make a shaker box. I did my text wrap in word. I also did the inside which is also below. Since my shaker box hung over the edge of the card when you opened it I stamped another image more close up and placed it on the inside without color (see below) I think this turned out super cute and I am quite pleased with it. I don't ever use sketches to make cards, not sure why, because it is so much easier and takes a lot of the thinking and design process out of it for you... but I enjoyed using this sketch and I truly enjoy seeing what everyone else comes up with! Thanks for looking and double thanks if you left some luvins! Have a squeaky kind of day!!
The blog had a sponsor 2redbananas this week, not only are they donate a fab prize but they created and joined in with this challenge to give us even more inspiring work to look at. Here is the sketch they gave us and under that is what I came up with. The link to this challenge if you want to see all the others great creations is in my title post.
February 20, 2009
House Mouse Monday Challenge 25 - Sketch
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Sometimes in life, it may seem as if you are peddling twice as fast and only going half as far as you used to go. As long as you are moving forward. You are good...
Sunday, February 10, 2008
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Family Relationships Quarterly No. 10
Articles include using routine data collection at FRCs to examine the ways in which mothers and fathers utilise services
The Australian Institute of Family Studies acknowledges the traditional country throughout Australia on which we gather, live, work and stand.
We acknowledge all traditional custodians, their Elders past, present and emerging, and we pay our respects to their continuing connection to their culture, community, land, sea and rivers.