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Gutjahr named Fellow of AGU, April 14, 1999
SOCORRO, N.M., April 14, 1999 -- Dr. Allan L. Gutjahr, longtime professor of mathematics at New Mexico Tech, has been named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), an honor limited to no more than 0.1 percent of the membership eligible for nomination to fellowship in any given year. Currently, the AGU has about 35,000 members with approximately 300 fellows.
The fellowship is awarded to scientists who have attained acknowledged eminence in one or more branches of geophysics. Much of Gutjahr's research work involves applying statistical techniques to problems in hydrology.
The citation for Gutjahr reads: "Allan L. Gutjahr--for fundamental contributions in the application of statistical methods to subsurface hydrology and diverse collaborations on applications of geostatistics to geophysical problems."
He was informed of the award in a letter from John A. Knauss, president of the AGU, headquartered in Washington, D.C. The fellowship will be presented at an AGU conference later this year.
Gutjahr joined the New Mexico Tech faculty in 1971 and worked to establish a program in probability, statistics, and their applications. He was chairman of the Mathematics Department for three years and served for two-and-a-half years as Vice President for Academic Affairs and for six years as Vice President for Research, stepping down in 1997.
Gutjahr has been involved with mathematical research for virtually all of his professional life. "You can gain a deep understanding and appreciation of the basic elements of your field by the research you do," he once said. He also finds that "the hardest part of using a problem-solving approach is identifying the problem."
In his early days at Tech, Gutjahr collaborated on a research project with Dr. Lynn Gelhar, a New Mexico Tech hydrologist, with Gutjahr providing the statistical analysis. Much of his later research involved applying probability to hydrology problems, and this semester he is teaching a graduate course in hydrology with Dr. John Wilson.
But Gutjahr's reputation at Tech is based on more than his research. "He's tremendously respected by the faculty," said Dr. James Corey, professor of humanities and former Associate Vice President for Research and Academic Affairs.
That respect extended to the classroom: Gutjahr was one of the first members of Tech's faculty to be honored with an Outstanding Teaching award, in 1987, "and deservedly so," said Corey.
"Some people at Tech measure their success by how many students they fail," Corey said. "Allan's measurement is by how many of his students succeed and earn good grades that reflect their understanding. . . . And, I know he continues to have ties with a lot of students who have graduated from Tech, especially graduate students."
Corey also served with Gutjahr on the university's first Strategic Planning Committee. "His role became similar to that of the facilitator, a level head among the group," Corey said.
Gutjahr has roots in South Dakota, and grew up in a community similar in size to Socorro, whose population hovers at the 10,000 mark.
"I think he is very well suited to this size of town and school," Corey said. "At Tech, you have a chance to know the students and watch them mature from young freshmen to graduate students. You can't do that at larger schools, and yet Tech has all the excellence of the bigger universities," Corey said.
Gutjahr also cuts a somewhat colorful image. It's not unusual for him to come to class wearing a polka dot tie with striped suspenders and a brightly colored shirt. This, said Corey, fits in with Gutjahr's persona as an "extremely cheerful guy . . . he'll laugh at almost anything; and, of course, this is another of the reasons he can relate so well to the students."
This ties in with something Gutjahr said in a 1990 interview: "I get a lot of enjoyment out of what I do. People outside of science may not realize the sense of play involved in the field."
He also believes that research helps revitalize teaching. "I can take what I've done, and with modification, incorporate it into some of my courses," he said. "At the same time, I am often reminded of what Professor Emeritus Charles Moore--a New Mexico Tech Research Award winner and freshmen physics teacher par excellence--said about the importance of going back to our basic foundations in so much of what we do in our research."
Over the years, Gutjahr has conducted research funded by the National Science Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and Sandia and Los Alamos national laboratories.
He enjoys his associations with outside agencies, "because it gives me contact with people who are actually applying what is taught here," he said. "This helps make my teaching more relevant. But, most especially I enjoy my association with the excellent students and faculty at New Mexico Tech. When you work with quality, it makes work fun and interesting."
Gutjahr received his doctorate in applied and mathematical statistics from Rutgers University, his master's in operations research from Johns Hopkins University, and his bachelor's in mathematics from the University of Washington.
Before coming to Tech, he spent nine years as a researcher with Bell Telephone Labs in New Jersey.
He and his wife, Peggy, live in Belen.


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Toffees brush aside Oldham
Everton booked their place in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and ended Oldham's memorable run with a routine 3-1 victory at Goodison Park.
Latics raced into the lead during their 3-2 triumph over Liverpool in round four and against David Moyes' men in a dramatic 2-2 draw 10 days ago. But Everton placed their opponents under pressure from the first whistle this time and Kevin Mirallas got the breakthrough when he converted Darron Gibson's excellent 15th-minute cross.
Leighton Baines' penalty made it 2-0 at the interval after Connor Brown handled. Oldham's cup hero Matt Smith - Liverpool and Everton's chief tormentor in those memorable Boundary Park ties - came off the bench to claim his fourth goal of the cup run but, by that stage, Leon Osman had ensured the Toffees' smooth passage into the next round and a home quarter-final against Wigan.
Oldham looked to use the pace of left-winger Jordan Obita in the early stages, but a pair of attempted through balls from Jose Baxter were misplaced when trying to send clear the man who opened the scoring in the first game. That honour on this occasion went to Mirallas, who applied the finish to Gibson's superb cross from the right.
Oldham were almost back on terms immediately as Baxter collected Lee Barnard's lay off to launch an exquisite lofted effort over Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard from 25 yards and against the upright.
Referee Michael Oliver was disinterested in a 24th-minute penalty shout for the hosts, despite replays suggesting Latics centre-back James Tarkowski had a good handful of Nikica Jelavic's shirt as he battled to meet Phil Neville's cross. Baines then scythed an effort from distance that Dean Bouzanis in the Oldham goal did superbly well to keep out of the bottom corner.
Tarkowski again engaged in an unseemly grapple with Jelavic as Seamus Coleman delivered from the right byline but, although Oliver missed that indiscretion, the referee pointed to the spot when the cross struck full-back Brown's outstretched arm. Bouzanis got a hand to Baines' 34th-minute penalty but there was sufficient power for the ball to slip underneath him and into the net.
In the 55th minute, Latics introduced Smith in place of the ineffective Chris Iwelumo. Their attacks briefly acquired renewed vigour and fellow replacement Robbie Simpson, on for Obita, forced Neville to into a last-ditch clearance behind, while Lee Croft rifled a shot that glanced the side-netting.
But Everton responded by extending their lead slightly fortuitously in the 62nd minute. Steven Pienaar's in-swinging ball from the left was glanced goalwards by Osman, a header that evaded both Jelavic's outstretched boot and Bouzanis' fumbling attempts to gather.
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I apologize profusely if this has already been discussed, but I am not sure how the searching works!
I have always wanted to learn to cook azuki, especially to make daifuku (I could order just this at sushi restaurants!)
I went looking for some uncooked beans at Wegman's(<3) but all I could find were canned beans. I've now found a source for the dry kind, but I don't want to waste the can I bought.
Can anyone explain how to use canned azuki beans and prepare them to be cooked and made into paste? I would assume that the only difference is that I don't need to soak them overnight, but I would rather ask you experts before I get my spoons dirty!
Thank you all so much for your advice in advance!
Canned azuki comes in sweet or non-sweet/unseasoned (may have some salt) varieties. Which one do you have? If you have the sweetened kind you can use them in desserts - one easy thing to do is serve it with vanilla ice cream. If you have the unsweetened kind, you could just cook them the way you do any other canned beans. Hope that helps!
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Ingredients: Organic Aduki Beans, Water, Kombu Seaweed
I'm guessing that they are unsweetened.
Ok so the azuki is simmerin' now, dreaming of becoming anko paste. My next question is: can you store anko? Can I freeze it and unthaw like I freeze rice?
Update: It never really became a "paste" - maybe I needed to mash them harder? I was afraid to...
the Daifuku was still pretty tasty though XD It was kind of nice to have the beans intact...
I think Maki advised against freezing it here:
Not sure if her warning applies to all azuki paste or only the non-canned stuff. I have successfully frozen white bean paste for months at a time (still got some, actually) with the only drawback being a bit of freezer burn. My red bean paste turned out funky to begin with, so I'm not sure if that one had any texture changes.
Since the freezer section sells buns and mochi with azuki paste inside, there's got to be some kind of way to freeze it....
You can freeze it, but the texture does turn a bit grainy. You may not mind it though.
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A thousand different ways have been proposed for how humans and computers will someday become one: chips installed in our heads, people's minds uploaded to the internet, you name it. But computers might be perfectly content with just our DNA.
That's the argument made by Professor Jian-Jian Shu and his team at Nanyang Technical University in Singapore. Their idea is that DNA strands could present a far more powerful alternative to binary code.
They explain:
"No matter how fast tomorrow's conventional silicon-based computer can become, in order to solve specific classes of problems, it may take the fastest silicon-based computer months or even years to process the calculations. This is mainly due to the serial computing nature of the conventional silicon-based computer...Silicon-based computing relies on a binary system. With DNA-based computing, you can do more than have ones and zeroes. DNA is made up of A, G, C, T, which gives it more range. DNA-based computing has the potential to deal with fuzzy data, going beyond digital data."
Shu is referring to adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine, the four chemical bases of DNA. While this DNA-based computing is a long ways off, Shu and his team have already had a few initial successes with manipulating DNA to improve its ability to store information.
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A Sioux Falls radio station reports that Werner Fajardo, of Sioux Falls, could face life in prison when he is sentenced Nov. 6. The 35-year-old owner of the former El Cuervo bar in Huron was found guilty in August of assaulting a 12-year-old girl and two 14-year-olds at the bar late last year.
The El Cuervo closed after state regulators revoked Fajardo's liquor license in January.
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HARROGATE, Tenn. - The Georgia College & State University softball team (6-12) ended a tough two-day non-conference road trip Friday night with a pair of losses at Lincoln Memorial University (12-0). The Railsplitters won game one 7-1 and took game two 8-5.
Game one was tight until the sixth. LMU put up a pair in the second, taking advantage of a Georgia College error. The Bobcats had to wait until the fifth to cut the lead in half. Kayla Smith (Lexington, S.C.) reached as leadoff hitter on a fielding error, moved over on a sacrifice bunt and came across on Brandie Monroe's (Guyton, Ga.) single.
Georgia College's best chance for the tie came the next inning, when after a pair of outs to start, Haley Burnett (Columbus, Ga.) and Smith had back-to-back singles. The final out then followed to end the threat.
In the bottom of the sixth, the Railsplitters blew the game open with five runs. The 'Cats helped out with three errors, as three of the five runs were unearned.
Burnett took the loss (4-6) in five innings, fanning five and allowing three earned runs. Ciera Mudd improved to 4-0 with 5 2/3 innings allowing no earned runs and just three hits.
The Bobcats got more firepower in game two, tripling their hit total and finding themselves down by just a single run in the bottom of the sixth. LMU once again struck late with more insurance runs.
The 'Cats jumped on LMU early, as Lauren Potts (Gray, Ga.) ripped the third home run of her young Bobcat career, a two-run opposite-field blast for a first-inning lead. LMU notched five runs in the first three innings to take the lead back 5-2. An RBI single by Kelsea Martin (Dacula, Ga.) in the fifth, followed by an RBI double by Monroe in the sixth made the score 5-4 heading into the bottom half.
The Railsplitters got three runs on four hits and a sacrifice fly, and the Bobcats suddenly found themselves down 8-4 going into the last inning. Back-to-back singles started off the seventh, and after an out, a Potts single drove home Martin. LMU starter Meghan LaFevor then re-entered the contest, getting the final two outs to preserve the LMU victory.
Potts finished game two at 3-for-4 with three RBI and a run. Martin was the lone Bobcat with a pair of multi-hit games today, going 4-for-8 total with two runs and an RBI.
Sophomore Caitlin Duvall (Douglasville, Ga.) dropped to 0-3 with 1 2/3 innings of work. LaFevor improved to 7-0, going six total innings for the win.
The Bobcats are back in action Wednesday, March 3 at 4 p.m., hosting St. Andrews Presbyterian College at the Peeler Complex.
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U.S. agriculture exports may be $1 billion more in value than the record $77.5 billion government officials forecast. That's according to estimates from Phil Abbot, agricultural economist, Purdue University.
Abbott says much of that added $1 billion will be for wheat. "In addition, these new forecasts show lower prices and decreased quantities of corn than the May forecast," he adds. Abbott specializes in international trade and ag development.
Most of that added value bump comes from higher grain and oilseed prices, but what might that mean in the longer term? Abbott points to a study by Iowa State's Center for Agriculture and Rural Development showing that the United States may eventually use 75% of the corn it produces to make ethanol.
"If you read between the lines, their study shows that the United States will have to import corn to accommodate this demand for corn to make ethanol," he notes. "We would flip from an exporting country to an importing country, if their study is correct."
Abbott doesn't think the market will eventually play out that way noting that the price of corn would have to increase dramatically more than the $4.05 the CARD model predicts. "The study assumes too much adjustment to price in foreign and domestic demand, and that's why their price doesn't go any higher than it does."


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S1 E09 Who's Zoomin' Who?
Seattle Grace Hospital is overrun with secrets, sex and syphilis. Cristina Yang puts it perfectly, "The only thing that spreads faster than disease is gossip." Everyone has a secret. There are secret phone calls, secret lovers, secret surgeries and the biggest secret of all—a secret spouse.
George asks Alex to take a look at this strange rash he has. It's syphilis. Yes, syphilis. Of all people, we did not expect George. Alex maybe, but definitely not George. The only person George has been with is Olivia, the nurse he's been dating. Cristina dubs him Syph Boy and the name catches on FAST.
Chief Webber has a brush with a surgeon's greatest fears—losing his eyesight. He swears McDreamy to secrecy about removing his eye tumor. He's afraid of the vultures ready to swoop in and take his position. They won't know if his eyesight will recover 'til he wakes up.
George isn't the only one with syph. There's a major outbreak at Seattle Grace Hospital which means they are all sleeping together. The staff giggles through a safe sex class just like in high school. And they all have to get tested. C'mon it's funny—that is if you don't...
Burke's oldest friend needs a biopsy of a mass in his bladder. Alex jokes that it looks like an ovary. Burke says, "This is one of my oldest friends. You better take this seriously." We want Burke as our friend. He'd have our backs. George comes in with the test results—that mass, it's an ovary. But that is just minor compared to what they discover later!
Cristina & Izzie's patient dies unexpectedly. They do not want to be called the next 007's. They try to get the family to agree to an autopsy but the family is adamantly against it. They do it anyways and get caught by Bailey. She comes down on them harder than we've ever seen but for good reason—not only is it unethical but illegal.
Burke wonders why Cristina is in the syphilis testing line. He tells her there's no one else and asks her "Do I need to be in this line?" They walk away together, satisfactory smirks on their faces. It just makes you say "ahhh."
Meredith and McDreamy decide they should have some rules about their relationship, now that they're admitting that they actually have one. Meredith finally tells McDreamy the secret about her mother.
During the surgery, Burke discovers that his friend could not be the father of his wife's baby. Burke confronts his friend's wife about it. "What Bill doesn't know won't hurt him." Burke is going to tell him—he's a doctor and his friend. How do you break the news to your best friend that you have an ovary and you're not the baby daddy?
Bailey, Cristina & Izzie tell the autopsy patient's family that he had a genetic heart condition and the daughter might have it too. Bailey convinces the family to retroactively sign the consent form. Whew, it all worked out.
Olivia apologizes to George for giving him syphilis. George finds out that she got it from Alex but it was before she and George were serious. George beats the crap out of Alex and the other interns have to pull them apart. Maybe George will shed his beta-boy rep.
Meredith meets McDreamy in the lobby but he has something to tell her before they leave. A beautiful redhead woman shows up and he immediately tells Mer, "I'm sorry." Mer is confused, especially when the woman introduces herself as Addison SHEPHERD and says "You must be the woman screwing my husband." What a bombshell! And all McDreamy has to say is "I'm sorry." Really??? Oh, we were pissed. So pissed.


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I really like the book because I really like animals. My favorite part is when the bobcat comes out at night because the bobcat is my favorite wild animal.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes wild animals. I think that most second graders would like this book because most second graders like animals. You'll find out a lot of neat things about animals that stay awake during the night and those that are awake during the day.


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It's Halloween and if you happen to work for a company trying to write Web or mobile software, today is just as scary as every other day when it comes to the risk of introducing that software to your customers. After all, it takes a long time to build a good reputation — and a few seconds to shatter it — if you happen to foist some bad software on your customers.
But for most companies, testing software is not their special sauce. That means most companies are not very good at software testing, so that they overlook one or two crucial details that become embarrassing when they find their way to the general public.
But rather than trying to do it yourself, you can hire a huge team of testers from around the world.
A recent example of why this matters is Apple Maps — here is my list of its six most epic fails. Apple clearly had no idea about how flawed it was until people started using it. And testing out all those real-world use cases is the job of Southboro-based uTest.
In an October 19 interview with uTest's CEO, Doron Reuveni, I learned that the company has grown rapidly since it was founded in September 2008. Mr. Reuveni has expertise in software development and his co-founder, Roy Solomon, brought the quality assurance chops. And with the help of its employees and 60,000 bug testers working in 190 countries, uTest now has 1,500 customers.
Mr.Reuveni has a unique deal with those testers and with its corporate customers. uTest contracts with its corporate customers to ask them how they would measure a successful testing process. For example, if uTest finds a software bug that the company decides must be fixed immediately, that is far more valuable to the customer than one that goes on a bug list to be fixed in the next six months.
And those 60,000 testers — who seek out software flaws in areas such as security, usability, and load capacity — agree in their deal with uTest to take on the risk that they will work for days without finding such mission critical bugs. For the most part, these testers are working full-time jobs elsewhere and participate in uTest's network with an open source ethos.
There are many talented developers, for example, who are happy to invest countless hours with no cash compensation to develop open source software such as the Firefox browser or the Linux operating system because it gives them satisfaction and a chance to show off their coding chops to the broader community of developers.
So uTest's network of testers views the chance to get paid if they find an important software bug for its clients as a bonus. Meanwhile, uTest clients pay it a fee that varies depending on the size of the company from "under $30,000 a year to the high six figures," according to Mr. Reuveni.
uTest has a solid staff and good capital base — $37 million in total from East and West coast firms — with which to take its share of the $56 billion market for software testing. It has 110 people — double the number at the end of 2011, and it's actively hiring more in sales and marketing, development, and community management.
uTest expects to double again in 2013 and if that keeps happening, it will be well-positioned for an IPO. Mr. Reuveni believes that uTest is growing fast because it faces no competition for what he calls "in the wild testing." Though he says, "it sounds simple, over the last four years, we have collected an amazing amount of data on past performance that we can use to run more effective test programs."
More specifically, for uTest, its rapid growth comes from "assigning the right testers to the right test projects to maximize customer value."


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20 min walking from center of Biala, less than an hour drive from Varna City. It is in front of the port of Biala Town.
DistanceTake a car
WalkInstant access (< 5min)
Easy to find?Easy to find
Public access?Public access
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Alternative name Quiet Gulf
Wave qualityRegional Classic
ExperienceAll surfers
BottomSandy with rock
PowerPowerful, Ordinary, Fun, Powerless
Normal lengthShort (< 50m)
Good day lengthNormal (50 to 150m)
Good swell directionNorthEast
Good wind directionNorth, East, NorthEast
Swell sizeStarts working at 1.0m-1.5m / 3ft-5ft and holds up to 3m+ / 10ft+
Best tide positionAll tides
Best tide movement
Week crowdEmpty
Week-end crowdEmpty
- Rocks
- Man-made danger (buoys etc..)
It is a great left hander, but it is not always, when the waves are in, that the spot rules. It is easy to access, it is safe to park your car and is a must chhek point, when searching the optimal waves, when a swell arrives!
Sometimes - best sessions round year, other - nothing: only specific swell direction and wind makes it perfect.
It is a must-to-check surf spot for all surfers from Bulgaria.
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By anonymous , 28-01-2005
- better bring your board...you can get a second hand one for about 150-200E but you'll be very very limitted in choice...one or two to choose from :)
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- I have not been in Bulgaria for some time so I am not sure if you can rent boards there so if I were you I would bring my own board just for back up.
By anonymous , 19-01-2005
Can i hire a board - HI iam working in Bulgaria next year and wonder if i can hire a board ro should i bring my own?thaknslee
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English students at Bethany benefit from both small class sizes and an excellent student-to-faculty ratio. In upper division and general education classes the number of students in a classrom rarely exceeds twenty-five. In fact, most upper division classes average between eight and fifteen students. Because of our close community, students get to know each other very well and experience strong camaraderie with their professors. Our students create informal and formal cohorts that study, read, and write texts together, and share challenges and breakthroughs. As a result, the discussion of texts, ideas of authors, and responses and viewpoints of students is more personal and meaninful than in larger classroom settings.
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This weekly showcase for beginners lets the newest comedians in the Northeast try out their material in front of a live audience for the first time. It features up to ten new acts and gives you the chance to see the stars of tomorrow today. Many established comedians also drop by from time to time to test out their latest gags.
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NRDC's Walke discusses impact of court decision rejecting EPA emissions regulation
Last month, a federal appeals court rejected the Bush administration's Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR) for regulating mercury emissions. How will this ruling impact utilities that have proposals for new coal-fired power plants in the works? Which states will be most affected? Should existing projects and proposals have to meet the more stringent standards called for in the ruling? During today's OnPoint, John Walke, clean air director and senior attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council, explains why he believes all pending projects should be required to meet new, more stringent, mercury emissions standards.


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Letter to the Education and Labor Committee, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions on NEA's Goals and Priorities for Health Care Reform
March 09, 2009
Dear Chairman Andrews:
The National Education Association commends you for holding a hearing on "Strengthening Employer-Based Health Care." We respectfully submit these comments for the record in conjunction with the hearing.
NEA applauds Congress for engaging in a dialogue about health care reform. We believe this effort is vital to the nation's economic recovery and a crucial ingredient for great public schools for all students. Ensuring quality, affordable health care for everyone in America is fundamental not only to our economic future but also critically important to our nation's children and their families. Students can't learn unless they come to school healthy. When school nurses become primary care providers, as happens all too frequently today, we're well past the time for health care reform.
NEA members know firsthand that the lack of necessary medical and dental services for children and students of all ages creates a serious impediment to the learning process. In addition, families with access to a regular source of medical care are more likely to keep the entire family healthy and create a better learning environment within the home. Helping public schools attract and retain high-quality educators, along with secure, affordable health care benefits, play an important role in ensuring great public schools for all students.
NEA is committed to health reform to ensure that every person in America has quality, affordable health care coverage. Not only is this a moral imperative, it is a key component of controlling spiraling health care costs. Health reform must also guarantee a choice of health care plans and providers through a private health insurance plan, including one that an employee may currently have through their employer, and a public health insurance plan. This choice is a fundamental feature of an American solution for health reform and another critical piece of cost control. Health reform that provides comprehensive benefits to all at an affordable cost guarantees a choice of health plans and rewards quality and innovation as an attainable goal that the public supports.
More specifically, NEA believes that health care reform must:
1. Guarantee coverage for the uninsured, currently estimated at 45 million individuals, including 9 million children;
2. Control costs so that premiums and health care services are affordable to all, regardless of income or employment status;
3. Incorporate provisions and standards related to medical safety and quality;
4. Result in comprehensive health care coverage that includes but is not limited to medical, surgical, hospital, behavioral health, prescription drug, dental, vision, hearing, and long-term care services and allows choice of providers;
5. Include preventive, wellness, rehabilitative, and disease management programs;
6. Make use of health information technology to reduce medical errors and administrative costs.
We recognize that there are many ways that health care reform could attempt to achieve the broad goals outlined above, but we also know that some proposals under discussion could ultimately be more harmful than helpful. For that reason, NEA also believes that reform must:
- Ensure the availability and security of employment-based health benefit plans. The employment-based system is a proven and effective way for workers and their employers to mutually agree upon the health benefit packages that make the most sense for them. Health care reform must not disrupt this system.
- Guarantee that the employee tax exclusion for health benefits is not limited or capped in any way. Over the course of their careers, many public education employees have traded salary increases for the long term security of a comprehensive health plan. Telling hard-working employees that benefits will be cut or that they will pay more taxes would unfairly penalize them. A tax on salaries above a certain amount would also be unfair to experienced educators who, after decades of dedicated service, have climbed to the top of their salary schedules. Limiting or capping the tax exclusion for health benefits could have a disastrous effect on public education by discouraging highly qualified workers from entering or staying in the profession.
- Maintain the ability of workers and employers to determine the appropriate level of health care benefits available to both active and retired employees, including the ability to negotiate above any basic benefit plan floor that might be legislated.
- Recognize and accommodate the specific circumstances of public sector employers, including their tax status. For example, proposals that include employer incentives to encourage continuation of employer-sponsored health care benefits should be mirrored in the public and private sectors.
- Ensure that health care benefits are available through a current or former employer, a government-sponsored program such as Medicare, Medicaid, or the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and/or a new initiative that would meet the goals outlined here. To ensure coverage of those who need it, NEA would support the creation of a well-funded public plan with comprehensive benefits intended for individuals and for small employers who do not currently offer health care benefits to their employees.
We thank you for the opportunity to submit these comments for your consideration. We look forward to working with Congress to ensure quality, affordable health care for everyone in America
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by Ayasha Guerin, 08/18/12
Since 1995, The Christian Council of Mozambique has managed a program that offers tools (such as bicycles, sewing machines and hoes) to those who bring in their weapons — relics of the country's former 16 year civil war — for exchange. The weapons are then broken down and separated by material. The swap supplies a group of Mozambican artists with free materials which have been turned into sculptural forms like animals and thrones.
After more than 30 years of civil war, the Cambodian government began systematically destroying 125,000 weapons that were spread across the country. Sasha Constable, a small arms specialist with the EU, acknowledging the potential of the material, created the Peace Art Project Cambodia in 2003, which turns art into sculptural furniture.
Mexican Artist Victor Hugo Zayas has used guns recovered by the City of Los Angeles' Gun Buyback Initiative to create strong, abstract sculptures that he exhibits in galleries. He has dedicated his exhibitions to victims of crime and to those who have been affected by gun violence.
London's Olympic Stadium has attracted some attention for its green building strategies. One such strategy, which we reported on a while back, has been the incorporation of melted down metals from guns and knives that have been confiscated by the metropolitan police. Rather than harm, the weapons (literally) supported some of the best athletes of all time.
Artist Al Farrow creates models of religious sites made entirely from ammunition and firearms. Treating the metal as one would LEGO pieces, the San Francisco-based sculptor creates miniature mosques, churches and synagogues to provoke visual contradictions that can't be ignored.
Motivated by the city of Culiacan's high rate of gun deaths, Pedro Reyes held a campaign to collect 1,527 guns from local residents in exchange for coupons that would help them buy appliances and electronic devises. The guns were then melted down to create shovel heads to plant trees and shrubs throughout Culiacan's community. The initiative aims to both beautify a city affected by weapons and crime, and curb the trade of small arms weapons.
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Alien Invasion
by Catherine Ripley
Once upon a time, the hot, humid forests on the small Pacific island of Guam were filled with the songs of birds. While blue-tailed skink lizards darted under ferns to snap up crickets, greenish blue kingfishers called to each other. At night, tiny flycatchers slept peacefully as bats swooped among breadfruit and tangantangan trees to feed on nectar and fruit. When the bats pooped, they spread the breadfruit's seeds and those of other plants. In a nearby clearing, where all the plants had been uprooted by a stormy typhoon, new trees and bushes would soon sprout.
But then—The Brown Tree Snake! Because of this intruder, the forests of Guam are now very different than they were fifty years ago.
How could one species of snake make such a difference? Simple. It upset nature's balance. It disrupted the web of relationships among the animals and plants on Guam that had developed over millions of years.
An Alien in Paradise
Brown tree snakes probably came to Guam hiding among boxes of cargo brought to the island in airplanes. Guam was a paradise for the brown tree snake—with all its favorite kinds of foods and no enemies that could harm it. The animals on Guam never had to develop defenses against a nighttime hunter. So catching food was a snap for the night-hunting brown tree snake. It could swallow a sleeping bird and then move on to feast on a young bat. Gulp—gone!
But while the snake thrived, the original inhabitants suffered. Flycatchers, honey-eaters, kingfishers, and more have all been devoured…nest by nest, bird by bird. The bats? Nearly all gone. The native lizards? Five types are extinct on the island.
Today scientists estimate there may be up to two million snakes on Guam. The forest is strangely quiet. With fewer fruit bats and nectar-feeding birds, pollination and the spreading of seeds is down. With fewer insect-eating lizards and birds, pest insects have increased.
Because of the brown tree snake, the variety of life forms on Guam—its biodiversity—has nosedived.
Nature Can Fool You
Not all change is bad. It is normal for ecosystems like Guam's tropical forest to change and develop over time. Some species die out and new species arrive, but usually it happens very, very slowly—over millions of years. But thanks to humans who crisscross the world in planes and ships, the arrival of alien animals or plants in ecosystems where they don't belong is now lightning fast. Scientists say that today, after habitat destruction, the biggest threat to biodiversity around the world is the spread of alien species.
For more cool examples of invasive species, read Aliens from Earth by Mary Batten.
BIG Mistakes!
Often humans don't understand that a change they make in the environment may have a very different result from what they expected. The web of nature is complicated!
In the 1930s the government wanted to control soil erosion in the southern United States. So it hired hundreds of workers to plant fields of kudzu, a beautiful vine that is native to Japan. Big mistake! Without Japan's cooler climate and kudzu-munching beetles to keep the plant in check, kudzu grew out of control. Today it's an expensive problem. Kudzu covers millions of acres of land, smothering native trees and plants.
In the late 1880s someone brought mongooses to Hawaii to control the rats (which had also been brought by humans). Nice try! But mongooses hunt during the daytime, while rats are active at night. So what's a hungry mongoose to do? Prey on birds, including the nene, a wild goose that is Hawaii's state bird. Once there were 25,000 nenes on Hawaii. Now, thanks to human interference, there are less than 500 nenes left in the wild.
- ecosystem:
- All the living and nonliving things that exist and interact in one place.
- erosion:
- The process of being worn away bit by bit, such as by water or wind.
- habitat:
- The place where an animal or plant naturally lives and grows.
- How has the brown tree snake changed the community of animals on the island of Guam?
[anno: The brown tree snake has hunted and killed many animals that have not developed natural defenses against the snake. Many species of animals are declining on Guam because of this invasive snake species.]
- Do you think the government of Guam should introduce an animal that is a natural predator of the brown tree snake? Why or why not?
Explain your answer in a few sentences.
[anno: Answers will vary. Students may believe it is a good idea because it would help other species make a comeback on the island. Students may believe it is a bad idea because the introduction of a brown tree snake predator could bring other problems as well.]


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The Earth is blessed with energy in abundance. In thousands of years, humans have discovered many different ways to harvest the energy provided by nature. We learned to use the power of the wind, the heat of the sun, the waves of the ocean. We learned to burn ancient plant matter, and we learned about the consequences of doing so. It's time to explore new ways to address energy challenges, get people involved across borders and work together to build awareness and effect change.
IUCN's Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) and Alcoa Foundation have launched the 'Powered by Nature' competition in which European communications students are challenged to co-create a social media campaign. The goal of the final campaign is to raise awareness of "natural solutions" for energy and encourage the young generation to become "powered by nature".
Our societies are more and more dependent on energy and at the same time the type and amount of energy we use impacts the world ecology. The unsustainable use of energy sources combined with low energy efficiency places increasing pressures on ecosystems and people.
Young people can be change agents and new communications technologies and social media can help them promote a more sustainable world.
Communications students from eleven European countries are invited to submit their ideas for innovative communications campaigns that encourage other young people to use more sustainable behaviours. A jury composed of international leaders in the field of nature conservation, energy, industry and advertising, will pick the best idea from each country. All national award winners will be invited to a weeklong collaborative creativity challenge workshop in the Netherlands in August.
The experts of the IUCN CEC will identify potential candidates for the award from a selected number of European countries. Eligible countries are Belgium, France, Germany, UK, Netherlands, Spain, Iceland, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy and Norway. The winners of the award will have the opportunity to develop a European campaign with support from experienced IUCN CEC communicators.
For more information and to apply, go to www.powered-by-nature.org.
The project is supported by the IUCN European Union Representative Office.
Start and end date: budget 1 January 2013 - 1 December 2013, $ 100,000
Contact: Chantal van Ham


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Family-friendly holidays
Farm holidays are very popular, family-friendly and a chance to learn something new, no matter what your age. If you book a farm holiday, you will stay on a farm in a private room at either full or half-board. You'll have the chance to take part in the daily activities of the farm, helping out with a wide range of jobs and learning about small-scale agricultural production.
Country breaks
Another similar holiday experience is a country holiday, where you stay at a separate location in a house or apartment and are responsible for your own food. You can still take part in activities at the local farm, if they offer such an experience.
Farm holidays cost around 400kr for two people sharing a double room. Breakfast typically costs 50kr per person per day and dinner, 100kr. Country holidays peak around 3,500kr per week for an apartment with four beds.
Further reading
Several tourist agencies organise farm and country holidays, for example:
The National Association for Rural Tourism
The National Association for Organic Agricultural Tourism


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The Babes of 'Bachelor Pad': Crush of the Day [PICTURES]
The 'Bachelor Pad' is back this week on ABC. But don't despair if your wife or girlfriend has it locked on the TV: there's ample eye candy for those of us who have to suffer through the cat-fights and backstabbing. With that in mind, we offer our first ever Crush of the Day: The babes of 'Bachelor Pad.'
'Bachelor Pad' gathers up some of the most memorable male and female characters from past episodes of 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette', and casts them together in a glitzy mansion. They then compete with each other to avoid elimination, a la 'The Apprentice,' and vote each other out, a la 'Survivor.'
Along the way they flirt, fight and hook up with each other like high school seniors on a booze cruise.
Luckily, the mansion plays home to some bodacious bods, like Gia Allemand, a sizzling ginger who previously appeared on the 14th season of 'The Bachelor.' We also dig girl-next-door Ella Nolan, and we'd gladly sit for a hair cut from Michelle Money.
They almost make the 'Bachelor Pad' watchable.


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Traveling Schedule - Spring/Summer 2014
26th Feb to 27th March - Krasnoyarsk (Bhagavad-gita seminar);
28th March onwards (about two weeks) - Moscow,
2nd half of April - Voronezh, possibly Krasnodar, Yaroslavl; maybe Perm;
1st half of May - Ufa, maybe Sterlitamak;
2nd half of May - Poland (through Lithuania); Germany;
1st half of June - Lithuania, maybe Latvia;
2nd half of June - mid July -
Russia, Siberia: Novosibirsk, Kemerovo, maybe Krasnoyarsk again, Irkutsk.
2nd half of July - 1st half of August -
2nd half - 1st half of September -
Georgia and Armenia.
Mid September -
Russia, Altai festival.
End September - India.
Bhaktivedanta Sadhu Maharaja is a disciple of Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja. He was born in Lithuania, Eastern Europe, and got in touch with Krsna consciousness and devotees in 1989. Having been a temple devotee in ISKCON in Vilnius, Lithuania in the early 90's, he was looking for a bona fide guru. Finally, he met Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Goswami Maharaja in Vrindavana in 1999 and got harinama from him. Srila Gurudeva then gave him the name Parjanya dasa. Then, he received diksha initiation in 2000, during Srila Gurudeva's first visit to Russia.
Srila BV Narayana Maharaja at once gave Parjanya dasa an order to preach in his country and print his books in Lithuanian language. During Kartika festival of 2002 in Vrindavana, Srila Gurudeva gave Parjanya dasa saffron cloth (status of a brahmacari). After staying in Rupa Sanatana Gaudiya Math in Vrindavan (winter 2002 - 2003) and Gour Govinda Gaudiya Math in Birmingham (2004), Parjanya dasa Brahmacari started organizing Srila Gurudeva's sannyasis' tours of Russia and Lithuania and translating Srila Gurudev's and Vaisnavas' harikatha into Russian and Lithuanian languages on regular basis.
On Guru Purnima day of 2009 in Navadwipa Dhama Srila Gurudeva bestowed upon Parjanya dasa the holy order of sannyasa and the name Bhaktivedanta Sadhu Maharaja.


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Christie Henrie, a kindergarten teacher at Everett's Madison Elementary School, said the difference is dramatic.
Expanding her young pupils' school day from a half day to a full day of learning allows more time to learn basic classroom skills: listening in a group, raising their hands before speaking or answering a question, and following directions.
Mastery of these steps is key to allowing 25 high-energy 5-year-olds to learn.
Having students from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. each day allows her to spend a large block of time teaching reading and writing. "In the half-time program, we had it every other day," she said.
This year, an additional 220 Everett youngsters are participating in full-day classes, doubling their daily instruction time. Similar increases in full-day kindergarten enrollment are being reported in school districts throughout Snohomish County and across the state.
Mukilteo was one of just 34 districts in the state that didn't take state money for all-day kindergarten. The district simply didn't have the classroom space, said spokesman Andy Muntz.
Expansion of full-day kindergarten and other improvements were possible due to a welcome infusion of state money. Nearly $1 billion more is being deposited in Washington school districts' coffers over the next two years — almost $1,000 for every student in public schools.
Following four years of budgetary drought — cutbacks that forced scattered layoffs, mandatory furloughs and constant paring of academic offerings — it's been a refreshing change for school districts.
The money will be spent in a variety of ways: for supplies, buses, tutors and teacher salaries as well as smaller classes in some grades and a doubling of enrollment of all-day kindergarten statewide.
The decision by state lawmakers to spread about $1 billion among school districts throughout the state followed a sharp legal elbow in the ribs last year from the Washington Supreme Court, which found the state was not adequately funding public education.
"While the additional money from the state still does not bring us to the funding level we had in 2009, it does allow us to begin to add back staff in areas and programs in which we had previously made reductions," said Lake Stevens School District Superintendent Amy Beth Cook.
The billion dollars from the state is about a quarter of what is needed to satisfy the 2012 court order requiring the state to pay the full cost of basic education for roughly 1.1 million students enrolled in kindergarten through 12th grades.
Justices gave the Legislature until the 2017-18 school year to comply. They also required annual progress reports, which they intend to critique. Lawmakers turned in their latest at the end of August.
Snohomish schools Superintendent William Mester is among a crowd of educators urging the Supreme Court to keep the pressure on.
"While we had hoped the additional funds we received from the state would give us leeway to restore some previously cut items, in many cases they did not," he wrote in an open letter to the community. "We had also expected that the Legislature would make significant strides toward lowering class size. They did not.
"It is my hope and expectation that after reviewing these reports, the Supreme Court will provide stronger direction to the Legislature to fulfill its obligation as expected by the court," he wrote.
Superintendent Dan Chaplik of the Sultan School District talked about the silver lining.
"Whether they were perfect in the Legislature or not, we didn't go backwards," he said. "I feel pretty good about that."
School districts are receiving different amounts of money and are spending it in different ways.
Each gets funds to restore pay cuts imposed on teachers and classified employees in the last budget. And each will be receiving more money per student for materials, supplies and operating expenses, as well as additional dollars for pupil transportation based on a formula approved by lawmakers. Districts can count on extra funds for their Learning Assistance Programs based on the number of students needing extra academic help.
Some districts, but not all, were eligible for funding of full-day kindergarten classes and fewer students in targeted grades. That eligibility is based on the percentage of students signed up for the federal Free and Reduced Lunch program.
Here's a sample of what's happening in some districts.
Everett School District
State money totals nearly $11 million out of the district's $203 million budget. About $922,000 is being used to expand full-day kindergarten, including five additional kindergarten teachers. That means about 58 percent of kindergartners are attending full-day classes, nearly six hours of instruction instead of just under three, said Cynthia Jones, who oversees federal and state programs for the district.
The district expects to spend some $3 million on supplies and operating costs, $2.6 million on salary increases, and $1.2 million for the Learning Assistance Program to help low-achieving students and $825,000 for special education.
Edmonds School District
The district's $212 million budget includes $11 million in state funding. Of that, about $4 million is being spent to add 40 teachers, half of whom are working in elementary schools, said Stewart Mhyre, executive director for business and operations.
About $1 million is allocated to a program that helps students who are struggling academically.
College Place, Chase Lake and Spruce elementary schools are expanding all-day kindergarten with $650,000 in state money.
About $1.2 million will go toward paying salaries for teachers and administrators, another $1.5 million for benefits.
Roughly $1 million will be used to hire additional staff to help principals with the state's new teacher evaluation system.
Special education funding will increase by $650,000, and slightly more than $500,000 will go to hire additional staff in the district's English Language Learner program.
Lake Stevens School District
The district's $79.5 million budget includes $3.9 million in additional state dollars.
It received $1.3 million for supplies and operating expenses and $400,000 each for transportation and help for low-achieving students, but it did not qualify for funding for smaller class sizes in targeted grades.
Lake Stevens did not receive money for all-day kindergarten classes, though it offers a full-day program at each of the district's six elementary schools in which the state pays for half a day and parents cover the rest through tuition.
With the boost in state funding, the district is hiring eight teachers and 16 classified employees along with the equivalent of one and a half full-time counselors, according to Teresa Main, assistant superintendent of business services.
"We are fortunate that the state has increased funding," she said. "It has put us in a position to be really proactive in using our resources in the classroom."
Marysville School District
The district's $120.5 million budget includes nearly $7 million of additional state dollars, of which $1.9 million is for materials and operating expenses, $792,000 to provide extra help to low-achieving students, and $490,000 for pupil transportation.
It also is receiving $1.2 million to increase the number of schools with full-day kindergarten program from two to five and to reduce the number of students in some classes in grades kindergarten through third. These changes are resulting in the hiring of 10 teachers.
A portion of the incoming money will go into training and evaluation of teachers and to strengthen the district's reserves.
"After years of annual budget reductions in education from the state for districts across Washington, including Marysville, we will see a slight turnaround in dollars allocated from the state this year," said Jim Baker, the district's executive director of finance and operations. "While this is good news, it is not enough to make up for the nearly $20 million in reductions made over the past six years."
Mukilteo School District
The district's $156 million budget includes $7.9 million from the state, with $6.8 million going for salary and benefit increases for its 1,600 employees, said Andy Muntz, the school district's spokesman. "Our biggest expenditure is salaries," he said. "It's 80 percent of our costs."
An additional $1.1 million will go for items such as adding two assistant principals who will split time between four elementary schools; a staff member at Mariner High School to help track student progress on graduation requirements; and adding a class at Odyssey Elementary School for special education students with severe behavioral problems.
Mukilteo qualified for $1.6 million from the state to expand all-day kindergarten, but the district never accepted it, Muntz said.
"Unfortunately, when you go from half-day to full-day kindergarten, it takes twice as many classrooms. We simply do not have those classrooms."
The district is considering plans to add an early learning center, which would house kindergarten classrooms and also relieve some of the crowding in elementary schools, Muntz said. A decision on this and other building projects is expected by early November.
Snohomish School District
The district's $97.1 million budget includes $4.6 million in additional state dollars.
The single biggest piece, $1.6 million, is for supplies and operating expenses, with $640,000 for transportation and $300,000 to help low-achieving students. The district received no money for state-funded full-day kindergarten classes but did receive $60,000 toward smaller class sizes.
Mester, in his letter to the community, said those dollars enable the district to add the equivalent of five and a half teachers plus give educational assistants more time in classrooms district-wide to help students.
Money is also getting used to make up for the loss of federal funds in special education and other programs due to sequestration.
Sultan School District
The district's $20.4 million budget includes nearly $1 million in additional state dollars.
It received $300,000 for supplies and operating expenses, $225,000 for learning assistance programs, and $155,000 for pupil transportation.
Sultan also pocketed $164,000 to dramatically expand its full-day kindergarten offerings at Gold Bar and Sultan elementaries.
This year, there are six all-day programs – two at Gold Bar and four at Sultan. Last year, there were only two — one at each campus for which the state paid half the cost and parents covered the remainder. There also were state-funded half-day programs at each campus.
Another area of spending is in student safety; the district will buy and install one or more security cameras inside each school bus, Superintendent Chaplik said.
And the district also will be focusing dollars into making sure third-graders are reading at grade level, he said. That will result in hiring an instructor.
"We've tried to do this more in the past but did not have personnel and funds to do it," he said.


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Get your travel planner out for flight twenty-seven over the Bible from 30,000 Feet, as we soar over Psalms 1-72. On this flight, Pastor Skip will take us through the first seventy-two chapters of Psalms, which is divided into five books of songs, prayers, and poetry. Join us as we look at the deepest thoughts and emotions on the love and power of God. The key chapters to review are Psalms 1, 14, 23, 40, and 63.
DESTINATION: Psalms 1-150
The Book of Psalms is a collection of songs, prayers and poetry which expresses the deepest of human emotions. Not only do the Psalms contain more chapters than any other book, they are also the most well known in the Old Testament. These artistic masterpieces were compiled over a period of roughly 1,000 years from the time of Moses in the 15th century B.C. to the time of Ezra and the return from the Babylonian Exile in the 5th century B.C. They were used as the temple hymnbook during the Kingdom period. The Psalms are divided into 10 major types including Messianic, Historical, and Hallelujah Psalms.
Moses writes Psalm 90
David's Psalms written
Time of Solomon
Kingdom divides
Northern Kingdom (Israel) taken captive
Southern Kingdom (Judah) taken captive
The book of Psalms is filled with lyrics of heavenly music suited to every man's experience. This book of classic works is filled with words of the greatest of sorrow and depression to the most thrilling expressions of joy and gladness. One theme is constant, and that is a complete dependence on the love and power of God. The Psalms are divided into five books.
Book 1 (Psalms 1-41)
Book 2 (Psalms 42-72)
Book 3 (Psalms 73-89)
Book 4 (Psalms 90-106)
Book 5 (Psalms 107-150)
Zion - A name applied to Jerusalem and portions thereof by King David. The original location was a Jebusite fortress located on the southeast hill of the junction of the Kidron and Tyropoean Valleys. It was taken by David in 2 Samuel 5 and renamed "The City of David." In the Psalms, Zion generally refers to the whole city of Jerusalem.
Temple - The temple is the central place of worship in Judaism. It was here that all sacrifices were made and sins were atoned for. The first temple was constructed by Solomon and destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar in 586 B.C. The temple was later rebuilt by Zerubbabel after the return from captivity and destroyed again in 70 A.D. by the Roman legion led by Titus. The Psalms speak of both the earthly and Heavenly Temples.
Heaven - Heaven is mentioned 74 times in the Psalms. Sometimes the Psalmists speak of the stars, the sun and the moon as the heavens, but often Heaven is referred to as the dwelling place of God. The longing and hope for this heavenly dwelling place is a strong thread that runs throughout the book of Psalms.
Egypt - Egypt appears 15 times in the Psalms to commemorate the Exodus of Israel from bondage. The great signs and wonders that God executed upon Pharaoh and on behalf of His people are spoken of often and are celebrated in the Psalms.
Babylon - Psalm 137 was written about the Babylonian captivity. Babylon was the capital city of the Babylonian Empire. Its name means "The Gate of God." Judah was taken captive there in 586 B.C. Psalm 137 is written from Babylon, longing to be home in Jerusalem.
Sheol - Reference to Sheol is recorded 65 times in the Old Testament. It is translated as "grave" 31 times, "hell" 31 times and "the pit" 3 times. Sheol is generally looked upon as the place where departed spirits go, both the righteous and the unrighteous. Prior to the Cross, there were two places for the departed: Abraham's bosom for the righteous and torment for the wicked (Luke 16:19-31). After the finished work of Jesus on the Cross, He took those from Abraham's bosom to Heaven to be with Himself.
David - The book of Psalms is often attributed to David primarily because he wrote the largest number of Psalms. Of the 150 chapters, 73 Psalms are ascribed to him in their titles, though he probably wrote more. David was called "the sweet psalmist of Israel" and had many talents, including being a shepherd, a soldier, and a king, as well as being an extraordinary musician.
Sons of Korah - Ten Psalms are attributed to this group of musicians. Korah was a grandson of Kohath the Levite and ancestor of this ancient group of worship leaders.
Asaph - Son of Berechiah, a Levite who was appointed by David as the minister of music in the center of worship which was Jerusalem. Asaph is credited with wrting Psalms 73-83 and was also a gifted musician.
Solomon - The son of David and third king of Israel. It was Solomon who built the first temple. Solomon is known for his wisdom and for the Book of Proverbs. Psalm 72 and 127 are the words of Solomon.
Ethan - Ethan was the Ezrahite spoken of in 1Kings 4:31. He was renowned for his wisdom in Solomon's time, and is the author of Psalm 89. This Psalm prophetically speaks of the unchanging covenant that God made with His servant David, establishing his throne forever.
Heman - The son of Joel and grandson of Samuel, Heman was the first of three Levites to conduct the vocal and instrumental music in the tabernacle during David's time. Referred to as "David's seer," Heman also wrote Psalm 88, one of the most melancholy of all Psalms.
Moses - Moses is known as the great deliver of Israel, the man chosen by God to lead the Jews out of Egypt to the Promised Land. Moses wrote the Book of Exodus and the giving of the Law, but Moses was also a Psalmist. He was the composer of the 90th Psalm.
The anonymous Psalms - There are 50 Psalms that do not list the author; however, it is highly likely that David wrote some of these. Psalm 2 is quoted in Acts 4:25 and said to be written by David. Psalm 1 is thought to be by the same author, and it is interesting to compare 1 Chronicles 16:7-22 with Psalm 105 and 1 Chronicles 16:23-36 with Psalm 96.
Crucifixion - Psalm 22 is known as a Messianic Psalm. It begins with the words "My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?" These same words were spoken by Jesus from the cross hundreds of years later. Long before crucifixion was practiced as a legitimate form of execution, God had prophesied the way in which His Son would die hundreds of years later.
Longest and Shortest - The Book of Psalms contains both the longest and the shortest chapters in the entire Bible. Psalm 117 is the shortest chapter, with only two verses, and Psalm 119 is the longest chapter, comprised of 176 verses.The book of Psalms is itself the longest book in the canon.
Tolaath - Tolaath is the Hebrew word for worm that is mentioned in Psalm 22:6. This word is translated scarlet 34 times, worm 8 times, and crimson once. The insides of this worm, when crushed, were used to produce scarlet dye for clothing and materials. This worm before its death would climb a tree and suspend itself from one of the branches. It was there it would give birth to its young, exploding from the inside and leaving a scarlet stain upon the tree. Within days, that scarlet stain would turn white and flake away. It is a reminder to us of Isaiah 1:18, "Come now, and let us reason together," says the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool. "
Psalms - The meaning of the word Psalms comes from a Greek word meaning, "a song that is sung to the accompaniment of a plucked instrument." The Psalms are the inspired responses of various individuals to God's revelation of Himself in the Old Testament era.
Of the 283 direct quotations from the Old Testament found in the New Testament, 116 are from the Psalms.
Psalm 118 - This is the middle chapter of the entire Bible. There are 594 chapters before and after Psalm 118. The sum of these is 1188. Psalm 118:8 is the middle verse of the entire Bible: "It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man."


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The Family Online Safety Institute announced the list of confirmed speakers for its 2009 annual conference to take place November 4th and 5th in Washington, DC. Speakers include child online safety expert Danah Boyd, Online Safety Technology Working Group co-chair Anne Collier, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children board member Larry Magid (Collier and Magid are co-founders of online safety group ConnectSafely).
Also scheduled to speak are OSTWG member and parental controls expert Adam Thierer and Attorneys General Patrick Lynch and Rob McKenna of Rhode Island and Washington state, respectively.


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Remember the writing life before blogs? It's hard to recall those dim, distant days when we wrote in isolation, without a million online distractions at our fingertips, and the term "web log" – shortened to blog – wasn't part of our everyday vocabulary.
For better or worse, here we are in 2012, when every writer is expected to have a blog and "blog tours" are all the rage. If authors can't or won't do full-blown, rigidly organized blog tours when their new books come out, they feel the pressure to at least do a respectable number of guest blogs. That means contacting bloggers – most of them other writers – and inviting yourself into their space, their online homes.
In the case of well-known authors with major publishers, the chore of scheduling is often handled by in-house publicists. Other writers have started hiring publicists, at their own expense, to arrange blog tours for them. Some of the publicists, to put it gently, seem unfamiliar with how blogs work and who the blog owners are. And that can cause frustration on both sides. This has happened to us a few times lately at Poe's Deadly Daughters, and we'd like to offer some tips to authors who may want to visit us. All of this applies to individuals arranging their own guest blogs as well as to those employing a publicist.
First, please remember that writers with blogs are writers first of all, just like you, and they're busy with their own work. They fit blog duties into their few free moments. Never forget that the blog host is doing you a favor, not the other way around.
|Can you imagine Eddie on a blog tour?
If you have a publicist arranging a blog tour for you, please pass this on: Don't request a guest spot on very short notice, then proceed to be inflexible about it. Many bloggers – and the Deadly Daughters are among them – schedule guests weeks or even months in advance. Sorry, but we are not going to reschedule someone who arranged his/her guest blog months ago just to accommodate somebody who asked at the last minute.
Some publicists are savvy about the way blogs operate, but others are clueless. An author should find out which type of publicist she has working for her, and make sure that person isn't ticking off the very bloggers who
Even when the date is arranged by a publicist, the author herself should discuss the blog directly with the host and send the material directly when it's ready. That goes for bestselling authors as well as lesser-knowns. Few things are more insulting to a blog host than being kept at arm's length by a publicist, as if she or he is not worthy to communicate directly with the author. Again: the blog host is doing the author a favor, not the other way around, regardless of how famous the writer is.
When you commit to a date, get the guest blog in on time – and that doesn't mean late the night before it's due to run. Your host needs ample time to get a guest blog ready to publish, especially when the guest's typos and spelling errors have to be corrected and the author's photo and book cover have to be sized and positioned with the text. If the host asks for the material a week ahead, or three days ahead, make a note of that deadline and be sure you meet it.
Don't offer material that has already appeared, word for word, elsewhere. As fellow writers, we understand how difficult it is to come up with something fresh for every stop on a 15-blog or 30-blog "tour" – but our sympathy does not extend to letting you use our blog to recycle tired material. If you can't write something new for every stop... well, to put it bluntly, that's your problem, not ours. Perhaps you should scale back the length of your blog tour.
If your guest appearance takes the form of an interview, please recognize that an interview is extra work for the host and it's up to you to make it worthwhile. Be reasonably expansive in your answers. Don't answer every question with a yes, a no, or a single short sentence. Don't use canned answers that you've copied and pasted from your website.
While we realize that your guest blog's purpose is to interest people in your new book, we won't use a post that is a relentless hard sell or little more than a summary of the plot with review quotes added. If you have a funny or intriguing story about what inspired you to write the book, tell us about it. If something unexpected turned up in your research and forced you to alter the plot, write about that. Choose a particular aspect of the story and write about your interest in it, or tell us how your kids or spouse contributed to the plot.
Unless you're at a loved one's bedside in the ICU or in Timbuktu without internet access, you should visit the blog on the day your contribution runs and respond to comments. It's the least you can do for people who take the time to read what you've written.
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This weekend I visited the Southern Historical Collection located on the 4th floor of the Wilson Library at UNC. I checked out a box from the William S. Powell Papers. This was my first visit to the Collection library. I was allowed to bring my laptop and digital camera in, but had to use the loose leaf paper and pencils they provided to me. They do not provide photocopying services, and if I had not had digital camera, I would have been able to check one of theirs out for free. The only two conditions to using digital cameras were 1) I cannot use a flash and 2) I had to sign a form that said I would not reproduce any images I photographed without the written permission from the Southern Historical Collection.
The purpose of my trip was to find the research notes of William S. Powell that he used in writing his book, "When the Past Refused to Die: The History of Caswell Count, North Carolina." On page 71, he mentioned my ancestor, "Colonel Henry Williams" as a Revolutionary War soldier and I would like to know what source Powell used to indicate that my ancestor was a Colonel or that he was a Revolutionary War soldier. I have blogged previously here and here that I can't find any other documentation that he was a Colonel or participated in the Revolutionary War.
The box I reviewed had 5 folders in it which were not named or numbered. As I took a folder out, I had to insert a placeholder in its place. The first folder had printed pages from the book with some corrections Powell made. The 2nd and 3rd folder had correspondence Powell had with his publisher, the Caswell County Historical Association members, and Caswell County residents, just to name a few. I found a few index cards with notations made of other collections titles that Powell reviewed (although he did not list the repository – whether they were contained in the Southern Historical Collection, the Duke Manuscripts, or North Carolina State Archives, for example), but no reference to any Revolutionary War Records.
In one of his letters to his publisher, Powell mentioned that he had indexed every name and place title he found in each record he reviewed on index cards. These cards were not included with these materials. Maybe he sent these cards to his publisher?
I learned a lot about writing a North Carolina history book from reading Powell's correspondence. I learned about the administrative practices of securing an agreement with a publisher and securing funds. I learned about feasibility and finding enough subject material to write about. I learned about how to get the county residents involved and soliciting submissions for historical essays on the history of places like churches, mills, houses, and schools. I also found in his papers a guide that was written about how to write a county history including a list of subject matter and outline material! I also saw some correspondence Powell had with people who disagreed with the information he wrote about their ancestors. This gave me great insight into what it would be like to write a historical book, which is something I would like to do someday!
So all in all, my trip was good. I would love to do more research in the Southern Historical Collection. I found their online finding aids to be very information and specific enough to determine if a collection is what I am looking for. Although I did not find exactly what I was looking for, I will not lose hope.
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