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As Niagara County's largest business advocacy organization, the Niagara USA Chamber tackles ome difficult issues between businesses and the communities they impact. One such issue is APEX Clean Energy's Lighthouse Wind Project which would be located within the towns of Somerset and Yates.
There are many lingering questions regarding this project, including the final number of turbines, their size and actual location. The Towns of Yates and Somerset are right to do their due diligence in relation to protecting the rights of their residents and businesses. Without adequate information on the financial return to the local economy it is too speculative to gauge the benefit of this project, if any, within these communities. The long term effects also must be addressed. Most notably, what happens to these turbines in terms of upgrades, maintenance or removal if APEX ceases to be the owner either by selling their interest in this project or by closing their doors? The financial burden, if it should fall to the community, would be One of the other major issues surrounding this project is the use of Article X Legislation allowing an appointed State committee to decide the fate of this project for the community. Home rule has been removed from the process, rendering the opinions of the host communities largely irrelevant. With a project of this scope and magnitude, one that can forever change the landscape of these towns, the use of Article X legislation as the sole driving force in the decision-making process is unfair. Local businesses must adhere to the community's laws and codes. Allowing an outside business to circumvent those codes is unfair. Limited input from local stakeholders is wrong.
The Niagara USA Chamber stands with the communities of Somerset and Yates in opposition to APEX Clean Energy's Lighthouse Wind Project.
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I bought the "Dave" Laptop Table from the IKEA store in Atlanta a few months ago. I was in need of a small table that I could use with my laptop while sitting on the sofa. The lap desks that I had tried just were not working out.
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BEMIDJI, Minn. (April 5, 2011) — Sixty-four women from all across the upper Midwest and Canada contributed a total of 83 works to the 2011 edition of "Dust and Fire," one of four literary publications produced annually by students and faculty at Bemidji State University.
Since 1987, Bemidji State's "Dust & Fire" anthologies have held the strong voices of many women and each year expands the treasury of their stories. The first volume was published by Bemidji State's Women's Resource Center under the editorship of Kristine Cannon. It was called "Women's Stories Must Be Told," promising a place where women could share their work with others.
It has kept its promise. For two decades women have sent their words "from the tongue of dust and fire" to be collected and passed around the waiting circle. Over time, "Dust & Fire" has evolved and gained strength. After six years it honored Minnesota writer and activist, Meridel LeSueur, as a mentor to women writers and used her words for a new title, "Dust & Fire." A new editor, Helen Bonner, guaranteed the original intent of the anthology remained true – to honor women's expressions of their life experiences. In 1997 the editors expanded this expression to include art by women, and in 2000 they began two new traditions: awards for submissions and the inclusion of students on the editorial board.
Faculty advisors for the 2011 edition of "Dust and Fire" are Lauren Cobb, associate professor of English; Maureen Gibbon, associate professor of English; and Rosalie Benoit Weaver, professor of English.
The University also publishes anthologies of works by men, high-school aged writers and BSU students.
For more information, contact Maureen Gibbon in the Department of English at (218) 755-4021.
Contributors to the 2011 edition of "Dust and Fire" are listed below by hometown.
BEMIDJI | Sarah Bull, photography, "Untitled."
BEMIDJI | Patricia Conner, poetry, "Our Hands Were Made For Picking."
BEMIDJI | Cyndi L. Fenske, poetry, "Status Updates."
BEMIDJI | Destiny Harmoning, photography, "In Full Bloom" and "Shaded Statue" and "Weathered Bridge."
BEMIDJI | Natalia Himmirska, painting, "Elements of Magic" and "Windy."
BEMIDJI | Deb DeNio Krueger, photography, "Taking Flight" and "Watchful Bambi."
BEMIDJI | Lacey LaFromboise, short story, "The Call."
BEMIDJI | Dawn Loeffler, poetry, "Growing Up."
ANOKA | Sarah Hayes, poetry, "Musings on Einstein."
BLOOMINGTON | Harriet Duerre, short story, "English As a Second Language" and poetry, "Lost Love."
BRAINERD | Charmaine Pappas Donovan, poetry, "Primping Before the Future."
BRAINERD | Doris Lueth Stengel, poetry, "Roger the Noun" and "Vernon's White Onions."
BRAINERD | Sara Ann Swenson, short story, "The Nomad."
BRAINERD | Suz Anne Wipperling, photography, "Crossings" and "Weathered" and poetry, "Undressing Autumn." Wipperling won the publication's Diane Glancy Award for Poetry.
BROOKLYN PARK | Sharon Chmielarz, poetry, "House With a Peony Garden."
CLOQUET | Jan Chronister, poetry, "Strike Up the Band."
COON RAPIDS | K.D. Howells, poetry, "Borrowed and Blue."
CROOKSTON | Hannah Solheim, poetry, "Sobre Portugal."
CROSSLAKE | Sara Duffield, poetry, "Death Watch."
DASSEL | Susan Marco, poetry, "Writer's Workshop."
DULUTH | Teresa Boyle Falsani, poetry, "I Am Not the Woman I Thought I'd Be."
DULUTH | Susan Perala-Dewey, poetry, "Crow" and "Wanderlust."
EDEN PRAIRIE | Catherine Senne Wallace, poetry, "Instinct."
MAHTOWA | Joy Class, poetry, "Lesson Number One: Who God is Not."
MINNEAPOLIS | Nona Kennedy Carlson, short story, "Queer." Carlson won the publication's Jonis Agee Award for Fiction.
MINNEAPOLIS | Anna Dielschneider, multimedia, "Negative Wheel" and short story, "Unexpected." Dielschneider won the publication's Carole Gorney Fisher Award for Art.
MINNEAPOLIS | Norita Dittberner-Jax, poetry, "Duet."
MINNEAPOLIS | Helen Duff Dowds, poetry, "Silo Man."
MINNEAPOLIS | Roseann Lloyd, poetry, "Cold Up North."
MINNEAPOLIS | Amy McCann, poetry, "After the Fact" and short story, "Rink."
MINNEAPOLIS | Mary Kay Rummel, poetry, "For Lilith: Adam's First Wife."
MINNEAPOLIS | Robin Sauerwein, short story, "Shiny Black Shoes."
MINNEAPOLIS | Airra Saunders, short story, "Columbia Heights."
MINNEAPOLIS | Francine Marie Tolf, poetry, "My Father in the Kitchen" and "Poem for Helen" and "Wednesday."
MINNEAPOLIS | Donna Trump, short story, "Beauty School."
NEVIS | Marion C. Holtey, short story, "The Forbidden Dance."
PARK RAPIDS | Niomi Rohn Phillips, short story, "Home."
PLYMOUTH | Gail Milstein, short story, "Scene From an Italian Restaurant."
PLYMOUTH | Linda Pinnell, short story, "Life Estate."
RED WING | Michele Meyer, poetry, "Bittersweet."
RICHVILLE | Sarah Lee, short story, "Yellow."
ROCHESTER | Danielle C. Allen, short story, "Red." Allen won the publication's Carol Bly Award for Nonfiction.
ROCHESTER | Kit Rohrbach, short story, "Pressing Pennies."
ROCHESTER | Pam Whitfield, poetry, "Poor Man's Chicken and Bumblebee Stew" and short story, "Raising Up My Man."
ROSEMOUNT | Mary Ellen Drier, illustration, "Stone House."
ST. PAUL | Kristin Faye Johnson, poetry, "The Woman Who Wouldn't Leave."
ST. PAUL |Marianne McNamara, poetry, "Unforgettable."
ST. PAUL | Wendy A. Skinner, photography, "Water" and "Wind."
WABASHA | Nicole Borg, poetry, "Eve Falls: Part II" and "In Search of Ruby Slippers."
ARIZONA | ORO VALLEY | Audrey Osofsky, poetry, "I Want to Make Poems."
IOWA | CEDAR RAPIDS | Gretchen Brown Wright, short story, "A Matter of Choice."
IOWA | SIOUX CITY | Tricia Currans-Sheehan, short story, "The Underground in Naples, 1944."
IOWA | SUTHERLAND | Carolyn Rohrbaugh, poetry, "Rustic Unpainted Barns."
SOUTH DAKOTA | ST. LAWRENCE | Rosemary Dunn Moeller, poetry, "Spearfish Canyon Defines Gravity."
WISCONSIN | BRULE | Peggy Trojan, poetry, "Ironing Skill" and "Partnered." Trojan won the publication's Susan Carol Hauser Prize for Writing.
WISCONSIN | DRUMMOND | Diana Randolph, illustration, "Summer Meadow" and "Winter Tree."
WISCONSIN | HAYWARD | Naomi Cochran, poetry, "Shoveling Snow on the Other Side of the Earthquake."
WISCONSIN | MIDDLETON | Jean K. Tomasko, poetry, "The Odor of Violets."
WISCONSIN | NEKOOSA | Lucy Rose Johns, poetry, "Diapers" and "Grandpa's Ashes."
WISCONSIN | RIVER FALLS | Carol Pearce Bjorlie, "Round Rock."
CANADA | MANITOBA | WINNIPEG | Carla Marie Loewen, short story, "On Bannock and Boyfriends."
CANADA | MANITOBA | WINNIPEG | Margaret Ullrich, short story, "Easter Bread."
CANADA | ONTARIO | CHRISTIAN ISLAND | Edna H. King, short story, "Dancing with the Autumn Wind."
UKRAINE | ZHYTOMYR | Olena Tulubinska, short story, "Coke."
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Finding the perfect gift for someone is an art. Whether it's a hostess gift or a souvenir from your travels. This is your guide to the best local gifts from Greater Des Moines, Iowa for your shopping pleasure!
1. Gong Fu Tea:
For your zen friends or for those who are new to tea, be sure to stop by Gong Fu. Their wall of tea choices seems daunting at first, but their friendly staff will guide you to the perfect gift.
I recommend their bamboo tea sampler for just $30.
2. Bannor Toys:
A local gem I just discovered with handmade toys stamped with "Made in Des Moines, Iowa."
Due to a recent baby boom in my circle of friends I've stocked up on the adorable Iowa state wooden baby rattles. 100% organic, made of hardwood cherry and finished with locally grown beeswax. You can even customize colors and names for your rattles.
My go-to for hostess gifts. Highlights include their gourmet cotton candy in flavors such as beer, candy apple, merlot, bacon, margarita and more. If that doesn't have you sold, their decadent chocolate covered bacon will! A hit at any party.
4. Johnston Alternative Gift Market: November 21, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
"Because he doesn't need another sweater" is their tagline.Unique gifts can include a polio vaccine, meals for the homeless or vet care for a local pup in need. Meaningful gifts that support local charities such as Animal Rescue League, ChildServe, Salvation Army and Central Iowa Shelter and Services.
5. Beaverdale Confections:
Have you ever wondered what a cloud tasted like? It's at Beaverdale Confections where you can buy their pillowy, dreamy and delightful gourmet marshmallows. Flavors include toasted coconut, banana, vanilla bean, peppermint and more. Share a taste of heaven for your next gift.
Shopping local is easy to do in Greater Des Moines. Be sure to catch Valley Junction or the East Village for lots of additional gift ideas from right here in Iowa. I'd love to hear your go-to gifts in the comments below.
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Is Justin Timberlake finally returning to the recording studio? If you ask producer Jim Beanz, the answer is yes.
"When I get back to the States I'm going to be helping out on 'Shock Value 3' with Timbaland and the Justin Timberlake project," Beanz told Digital Spy. He added: "It's still in the early stages, but they have a lot of tracks."
UPDATE: Or they don't. Timberlake's publicist tells EW.com that the only plans in the works are for "Shock Value 3" and "that's it." The original story continues below.
Although Beanz promises something "crazy," he also hinted that Timberlake's new material isn't trying to top his previous popular albums. "[I]t's not really about topping the last record, it's more about topping music that comes on the radio," the producer said, before adding that Timberlake would "kill" the new record.
Now, before you dust off your "Justin Timberlake is bring sexy back" jokes, there is a chance that Beanz could be referring to "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" soundtrack, which Timberlake signed on to produce in May. The film is set to start shooting later this year, with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, It-girl Chloe Moretz and Timberlake's fiance Jessica Biel in starring roles. (Biel and Timberlake are supposedly tying the knot sometime this summer.)
"The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" tells the story of a group of New Orleans natives who build a raft to cross the Atlantic after Morgan's character loses his wife. Timberlake will also serve as music supervisor, as previously reported by The Hollywood Reporter.
Timberlake hasn't put out an album since 2006's chart-topping Future Sex/Love Sounds and he has long explained his absence from music as a matter of shifting interests. (The former *NSYNC member has since starred in a number of films, from "The Social Network" to "Friends With Benefits.") Timberlake has often discussed his love for music, but he's also called the music industry as corrupting.
In June of 2011, he told Playboy that music was always on his mind.
"You go through these spurts when you miss it. In a perfect world I'd love to be able to involve myself in music and films as they come and go," he said. "But I'm always writing music, always thinking about ideas for songs."
"Unfortunately, the business of music is what taints an artist's desire to make music," he continued at the time. "I don't want to paint a picture of being jaded, because I love making music. I honestly love it. But there is a level where making music becomes a total life-sucking commitment."
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Effective Giving: The Church-Parachurch Tension, Part 2
A few weeks ago we discussed the fact that many people direct their giving towards parachurch ministries instead of their local church, something that poses a few potential problems. This week we are going to expand the conversation and discuss why people may be drawn to give to parachurch ministries instead of their church, why it matters where we give our donations, and finally, a few possible solutions to this issue.
In his excellent book on evangelicalism and culture, Faith in the Halls of Power, D. Michael Lindsay points out that the top 5% of evangelical donors give 51% of all the charitable dollars, mainly towards parachurch organizations. This means that many ministries are largely dependent on the philanthropy of a few select individuals. These donors, Lindsay points out, find it more exciting to give to groups that aren't spending their time "playing church" (pg. 207). Now, the term "playing church" could obviously have many different connotations, but what is most likely meant is that these wealthy donors are uncomfortable giving to churches because of their own poor stewardship and management of resources. Many local churches use the vast majority of their finances on simply perpetuating their own existence; never getting out into the battlefield and making a difference for the Kingdom. Parachurch ministries, however, are on the front lines, bringing healing to lost and hurting people in all corners of the globe.
But directing all one's giving outside the local church has many potential problems. One such problem is that it creates a sense of isolation from community. The joy of doing something productive with one's finances can be tempered by the loss of connection with other Christians committed to the Body. By giving to a church we are connected to a group of believers who more fully represent what it means to be the Body of Christ. Churches bring together people of all walks of life with all kinds of different passions and dreams. By engaging community at the local church level we should be exposed to a whole set of issues that, while we are not particularly drawn to, can be close to the heart of God. A healthy church should broaden our horizons about what is going on in the world and what we should be concerned about. A specialized non-profit does not have this ability.
What then is the answer? As we said last time, parachurch ministries should do better at living up to their name ("para" means alongside or next to) and actually come alongside the work that churches are doing instead of doing their work in a vacuum. More importantly, this requires a reciprocal response from churches. The local church must rededicate itself to engaging society, which may require a radical reorientation of their respective budgets.
Churches are connected to many people who aren't giving as much as they should or could. At the same time, parachurch ministries have developed networks and connections that allow them to be more efficient and effective than a local church ever could be. If the local church and non-profit ministries were to work together they would both increase their effectiveness. Churches would probably see an increase in giving because their members would recognize that the finances weren't going to simply "play church." Non-profits would have the benefit of a local church body praying for, supporting, and giving to the work they do. It is time for the Body to once again act like a body. Collaboration between churches and parachurch ministries is one way to make this happen.
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Thanks for this insightful post, Kolburt. As an employee at a parachurch organization, I think it's right on. The organization I work for has as its mission "to empower the local church to serve the most vulnerable," but sometimes the biggest stumbling block to fully living out that mission is that we get far more funding from government grants (and sometimes secular foundations) than we do from local churches. But were it not for those grant funds, without an exponential increase in the amount of funding from churches and individual Christians, we would be able to do only a tiny fraction of the ministry that we can do today.
There are some wonderful exceptions, but most local churches spend only a tiny fraction of their budget on addressing anything outside of their own walls (whether they do so directly or by supporting the work of a parachurch organization), as most of their income is eaten up by building costs and salaries for staff who primarily serve members of the church. If (whether directly or in partnership with parachurch organizations) local churches spent more on ministering to those who are not (yet) their members–particularly the vulnerable for whom, Scripture makes very clear, God has a special concern–I think that many individual Christians would be inclined to give more through the local church.
I wish that I could do all my giving to the local church and trust that it would work with appropriate partners when necessary to effectively share the gospel, make disciples, and care for the impoverished and marginalized both in our community and around the world. But my church allocates just 2.5% of its budget on ministry to the poor, and just a few percentage points more to international missions, so while I do tithe I direct all giving beyond that directly to parachurch organizations (the one that I work for and others that I've seen doing important and effective work).


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Whether you are a seasoned world explorer or planning a first-time getaway, there are undoubtedly many decisions that you have to make in planning your vacation. If you know what you are doing before you get started, you will be able to make informed choices. The article below will contain good information and tricks for people that show an interest in travel.
Be wise about food allergies when visiting a foreign country in order to avoid dangerous liaisons. If you suffer from severe food allergies, learn all the foreign words for those foods. This will allow you to communicate to others what foods you have an allergy to so that they can be kept out of your meals.
Research as much as you can before booking anything. Look at different websites that have user reviews of the places you want to travel to. Ask other people that have traveled there before.This will give you to anticipate everything that you will encounter.
Look at your alarm when you check in. Set the alarm to a reasonable time or turn it off so that you can sleep peacefully.
If you have a toddler on your trip, be sure to bring items to entertain them. Try bring some of your child's favorite toys. You may even consider purchasing a couple of new toys for the travel because this will offer him enough distraction to keep him busy.
Let a family access your travel itinerary you will be following. This will allow someone still at home to know where you are. Stay in touch with that contact with them as well. They will know you're safe if you check in on predetermined basis.
A luggage tag on the exterior of your luggage is easily lost in transit.
You do not want to awake to the sounds of construction workers everywhere when you are trying to relax.
Make sure that your passport isn't expired. Many countries have specific rules concerning passports. Many will not allow you entry into the country if your passport expires in a certain window of time.
Research currency rates before you travel so you can easily budget your departure since this will make it easier to budget.You can come up with an itinerary and know exactly how much you save money. This trick will allow you to have fun while minimizing unnecessary spending.
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You can use eco-friendly services that are environmentally responsible. Some hotels reuse linens, provide recycling bins, have low-flow plumbing and give guests a recycling bin. Tour operators, restaurants, and other services are also implementing ways to be environmentally responsible.
Take a break every few hours when driving with kids.Breaks give you time to stretch and use the restroom. Getting little kids out of the car occasionally can also help to prevent motion sickness. Your trip may become a little longer, but having less stress is worth the delay.
You will have to plan ahead and make important decisions before you travel. But, if you are properly educated on traveling, the whole process can be simpler. Great travel begins with great planning, so get started!


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Have you always wanted to try weaving? The Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center is proud to partner with Tamarack Artist and Fairmont State alumna D. Jane Gilchrest to present "Mug Ruggin It", a weaving workshop in the style of traditional Appalachian rag rugs. Join us on Wednesday, June 27 at the Folklife Center on the campus of Fairmont State University for a two-hour introductory class.
Participants will create four to six coasters called "mug rugs." The instructor provides all of the equipment & materials. The looms are pre-wrapped and ready for you to weave. Participants are welcome to bring a special piece of fabric or clothing such as a shirt (100% cotton preferred) to make their pieces even more special.
Two class sessions will be offered at the Folklife Center on June 27. The first is at 10 a.m. The second is at 2 p.m. Each class runs about 2.5 hours and is suitable for all levels. The class size is 4 students, and pre-registration required. Contact Jane at 304-695-1580 to register.
Jane has been taking "Mug Ruggin It" to venues throughout the region for five years. This will be her first class offering in Marion County. For more information about Jane, go to LoomyLadi Handwovens on Facebook.


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With sweetness unabated
Informed the hour had come
With no remiss of triumph
The autumn started home
Her home to be with Nature
As competition done
By influential kinsmen
Invited to return --
In supplements of Purple
An adequate repast
In heavenly reviewing
Her residue be past --
By Emily Dickinson
While it's not yet officially fall, I'm definitely ready to start thinking about all the wonderful things that come with the season -- all things pumpkin, apple cider, pretty leaves, campfires, and, especially, the cool, crisp weather.
With the cooler weather, I love being able to break out the boots, sweaters, and scarves. Fall clothes and accessories are so much fun...don't you think?
Here are a few things that I have on my fall fashion wish list...
1. Old Navy Black Denim Jacket 36.94
2. Sperry Saltwater Duck Boot 120.00
3. Jane Cable Knit Cardigan 22.99
4. Vera Bradley Preppy Poly Small Ella Tote 88.00
5. Tieks Ballet Flats in Chestnut 175.00
6. Denim & Co. Printed Fleece Zip Front 42.12
7. White Mountain Blackbird Stone Sueded Boot 63.88
8. Old Navy Oversized Scarf 16.94
9. Lands' End Straight Leg Corduroy 16.99
10. Orvis Ruffled Front Shirt 89.00
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The New Cars 1964
by Lee Friedlander
Introduction by Jeffrey Fraenkel
72 pages
3 color, 33 b&w / 12 x 9.75 in.
Fraenkel Gallery, 2011
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In 1964, two young art directors at Harper's Bazaar named Ruth Ansel and Bea Feitler hired the then up-and-coming photographer Lee Friedlander to photograph the much-anticipated new car models of that year. Friedlander's jazz album covers had proven he knew how to work on assignment, and Ansel and Feitler realized that if Bazaarwas to obtain the photographer's best work he should be let alone to make it. It's difficult now to comprehend how anticipated next year's cars were to Americans of the 1960s, but if Friedlander was aware of this, the photographs he delivered (on time) don't betray it. Rather than depicting the cars in seductive locales, he had them delivered to parking lots near burger joints, cheap furniture stores, downscale beauty parlors and-most ignominiously of all-a used-car lot. As Friedlander says, "I just put the cars out in the world, instead of on a pedestal." The magazine's editor-in-chief was unamused, fearing that the photographs would deter car manufacturers from advertising in Harper's, so Friedlander was paid for his work and the photographs were soon forgotten-until he stumbled across them in 2010. Even a cursory study of this project reveals a compendium of strategies that would soon bring Friedlander acclaim and wreak havoc with widely accepted notions of what constituted a good photograph. Now, the Continentals, Eldorados and Mercury Meteors of 1964 have their day in this beautifully produced volume.


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Last week, Miami New Times Blogger Kyle Munzenrieder accused Matt Drudge of trying to stroke racial flames for reporting the facts in the news.
Mr. Munzenrieder is upset because Drudge linked to stories that reported the violence surrounding the Miami Beach Urban Weekend as part of a larger collection of links covering multiple incidents of youth related violence that gripped such cities as Boston, Nashville, Charlotte, and Rochester over the Memorial Day weekend.
Munzenrieder decried Drudge because some of the incidents in question involved Blacks and gangs, stating in his blog that he thought that covering such story was "kinda racist." Munzenrieder went as far as to offer a quote a racial Gawker conspiracy theory: "since the president of the United States is a black man, and since black voters tend to align with his party, it is to the advantage of the Republican Party and its allies to inculcate fear and apprehension about people who look like him. Hence the top stories on the Drudge Report today."
Mr. Munzenrieder is entitled to his opinions and theories–no matter how farfetched they may be–but to accuse an editor of racism for reporting the facts in the news is the sign of a sick mind.
The mainstream media has taken up Bizarro World News reporting–Good is now bad and bad is now good. Here are a few examples of this tactic:
- Remember when gas was over $4 during the Bush Presidency and all the hardship stories that the press reported on how Americans were suffering? During the Obama Presidency $4 gas has a silver lining: since the number of drivers on the roads are down, carbon emissions are down too.
- Unemployment numbers during the Bush years was often around 4.5-5%, but Democrats (supported by their pals in the media) often accused Bush of only creating "McJobs" (i.e. burger flipping jobs). Yet in the Era of Obama, we have to simply get used to unemployment numbers near 10% and all of a sudden burger flipping jobs, well, are not such a bad thing.
- Remember too it was considered a heroic thing to members of the press when Democrat leaders like Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi pointed out the number of Americans struggling to make ends meet during the Bush years. Yet when former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich called Obama the "Food Stamp President" because 45 million Americans are now on food stamps, members of the media accused him of using racial code words.
I wonder if Mr. Munzenrieder would level the same charge of racism against other members of the media if these incidents of youth violence had happened during the Bush Years.
It would seem that members of the media such as Mr. Munzenrieder have settled on a tactic they feel will get President Obama reelected in 2012: if you believe in reporting on the actual facts behind a news story (over the objection of the gatekeepers in the mainstream media), then you must be a racist.


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Saturday, May 5, 2012
"Why can't you just be happy?"
What were they again?
This last week felt never ending. It really did. Although work is totally nuts (5 weeks of the school year left and literally over 20 events and deadlines in the meantime) time seemed to slow down enough to let me freak out about 5 times per day.
The thoughts in my head go something like this:
"I have no symptoms. I know this is another missed miscarriage."
"No, you have a hand picked embryo, high betas, and progesterone. Plus, your due date is New Year's Day! That's good luck! You're good."
"But, this has gone badly before. This will be the same."
"It's just too early. You are acting like a crazy person! Some people never get morning sickness."
"I wonder when I should schedule a baby shower in Los Angeles? I have a wedding to attend there in October."
"Don't think too far in the future, you'll jinx it. Don't blog about it, you'll jinx it. Don't be happy, you'll jinx it."
"You'll feel better when you see the heartbeat on the 14th."
"But what if you miscarry after that?"
You get the idea.
I have resorted to stupid, self soothing behavior. For example, I was in CVS looking for a Mother's Day card for my mom, and saw FRERs were on sale. It has been over a week since my betas, confirming I am pregnant. But there they wereon the shelf, three for $11.99 to boot.
Yeah, I bought some. Why?
Even if I did miscarry, I would still have a high enough hcg level right now to give me a BFP. But, it made me feel better for 2 minutes to see a fast, dark test line that came back darker than the control line.
This level of anxiety isn't good. It really isn't. But it feels out of my control, like a primal reaction. I can't seem to get attached, be happy, or focus on the positive. It's almost like an out of body experience. Without any symptoms or additional betas, I have nothing to latch onto. Nothing that makes me feel pregnant.
A friend who is waiting on the results of her recent IUI told me that because several people we know (along with myself) have gotten BFPs, that she feels like she is doomed for a BFN. Like there aren't enough BFPs to go around. I completely understand how she feels.
In the last two weeks, several bloggers (Unaffected, Belle, Miss Conception, Mrs. Rochester, Lanie - did I miss anyone?) have also announced BFPs along with me. I am thrilled for all of us. We all deserve to get our babies after battling infertility and loss for so long. But, that cynical part of my brain kicks in sometimes. Are there enough take-home babies for all of us to be successful?
I really, really hope so.
I also can't help but think of the bloggers whom I know and love that have not yet gotten their BFPs or had a recent loss. It hurts my heart to know my BFP caused them any pain. This blogging community is special, but complicated. I know how it is to feel happy for another blogger and yet to feel disconnected and distant from them at the same time, because the sameness of the shared journey shifted.
I'm really hoping that all of you stick with me anyway.
36 comments:
I think you can be happy and anxious at the same time. IF is hard, and of course the things that might go wrong are floating in the back of your mind, but that doesn't mean that they will. I believe that there are enough children for us all. I really do.ReplyDelete
Also, if POAS makes you feel better, pee away my dear!
I'll look forward to lots of good news after your 7 week u/s. Good luck!
Wow this post hit home in so many ways. I totally understand the back and forth thoughts. I think it happens to everyone. But the jinxing and stuff is so me right now. I get that...totally.ReplyDelete
My feelings exactly! Its so hard to just have faith at this point. I still take my temp every morning to reassure myself. I dont know when i will stop that. The ultrasounds do help along the way. So you will be feeling much betteron the 14 once you see that your hand selected embie is growing! I have often wondered about the success if all of our bfp. And i think yeah. We will all take them home. We will. Its funny. We get our bfp finally and then the worry sets in almost immediately. But thats normal. We are going to be moms. We have to try to protect that baby now. Scary stuff! :)ReplyDelete
Sometimes i wonder about mine because it wasnt a hand picked or pgd'd embie. Im praying for all if us!!Replies
Oooh if I was still temping I would still be temping every day for sure. I stopped when we started IVF. This is one of the only times I've missed it. I'm praying for you too girl.Delete
I'm not gonna lie....you're gonna worry the whole time. I've made it past miscarriage stage, made it through all my ultrasounds that I'm gonna have, made it to viability...and now I have found brand new things to worry about that it never would have occurred to me to worry about. Braxton Hicks are the devil and I worry constantly that they aren't Braxton Hicks and that I'm going into preterm labor. And my latest and greatest I now worry THAT MY BUMP ISN'T GROWING FAST ENOUGH, I'm pretty sure this is ridiculous since I was just measured on Monday, growing right on target, yet I've been consumed with worry the last few days because it looks the same as it did last week...and the week before. You'll make it through it all, but worry will be your constant companion. Most of the time I just have to talk myself out of whatever crazy thing I'm worrying about THAT WEEK and move on. The ultrasounds and Dr.'s appts only help for a day...maybe two. It sucks, but it's pregnancy after IF/loss. And YOU ARE PREGNANT!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
I bet your bump did get a little bigger :) Maybe you just can't tell. xoDelete
oh my, you read my mind. I am thinking ALL those things right now. I am ready to go buy a bunch more of the dollar store tests so I can continue testing. I also can't seem to attach to this pregnancy. It's still early so I am hoping it will happen once I have a couple of ultrasounds under my belt.ReplyDelete
We'll have to hold each other up. How does that sound? We'll be happy and confident for each other.Replies
Oooh I forgot about Dollar Store tests.. :) Yes, sounds like an excellent plan.Delete
I completely relate to your friend...In fact, I said the same thing to my husband yesterday - this month CAN'T be our month, because so many other people have gotten BFP. But he reminded me that there are not quotas on these things (stupid logical men). And he's right. Same with staying pregnant in your case - there is NO REASON for it not to work out. I am sure the worry will never go away, so the best advice I can offer is to take it one day at a time and remember "I am pregnant TODAY". Looking forward to hearing the GOOD results of your 7 week u/s.ReplyDelete
I don't know how I missed your great news!! Congratulations! I will continue to have you in my prayers for a long, healthy and successful pregnancy! Oh... and please pass me the BFP vibes!ReplyDeleteReplies
Sending them as we speak. :)Delete
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I know how you feel about feeling that there is a finite amount of good that can go around. Thank you for sharing this post, it definitely makes me feel more sane about my own fears of bad things happening to me b/c good things are happening to others. Totally irrational, but it's nice to see that there are more than me getting caught up in irrational thoughts.ReplyDelete
I was talking to my sister last night, who, like me, suffers from endometriosis and had a long bout of infertility before conceiving her son by chance. We were actually talking about this same anxiety that you're talking about... and that even when we get good news, it's impossible to embrace it fully and not get caught up in the next big hurdle and a series of "what ifs." What she said to me is that this anxiety never ends. Throughout the pregnancy. During labour. After the baby's born. When the baby is a a walking, talking little boy. There's always the next thing that could go wrong.
I kind of found this comforting (in a sick and twisted kind of way, haha). It made me feel like I was a part of something normal. That my anxiety is shared by millions of women around the world. That it's ok to be anxious about getting pregnant followed by anxious about staying pregnant. Followed by... followed by ...
Hang in there. You are pregnant! The odds are IN your favour, not out. It's so hard to be optimistic when we've been faced with let down after let down. But somehow we make it through. You will make it through. And so will your little bean. Yes, things can go wrong (as you so painfully know), but the things that can go right are much more statistically plausible.
Good luck. We are rooting for you!!!!
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Thanks so much for the sweet comment! Good luck with your journey!Delete
I'm stickin' with you!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 5, 2012 at 2:08 PM
I get every word you're saying. I wish I could say something to calm you down, but as if I'm one to talk. :-)ReplyDelete
Just keep throwing yourself into work, and hope for the best, it's really all we can do.
Holding my breath right along with you.Replies
work and ice cream. those are my coping mechanisms :)Delete
Well said, Alicia!!!ReplyDelete
You're going to worry for the rest of your life, but it actually becomes easier with time.
Once you get a BFP, EVERYONE around you gets one. They're contagious. (And maybe, just maybe, you're paying slightly closer attention.) It felt that way for me, and I know EXACTLY what you're saying.
As for symptoms: I never had a single bout of morning sickness - and OBSESSED about it. I poked myself in the boobs A MILLION times a day, just to make sure they were still a little sore. (Then, I obsessed that the amount of poking I was doing was causing the soreness...) I got really good at doing it so no one would notice. And I continued to POAS every few days. (This level of anxiety is why my OB ok'd an occasional glass of wine.)
Hang in there! It WILL get easier after the heartbeat. (Not EASY, but easier.)
P.S. Heads up: Once you have a few symptoms, they come and go, and there will be plenty of days where you don't feel pregnant. Don't freak. TOTALLY normal.Replies
- AnonymousMay 6, 2012 at 6:34 AM
Hi :) First time commenter, long-time reader (at least since starting my blog back in December). Just wanted to send a big hug and many congratulations for your wonderful BFP and hoping you continue to reach all of the milestones until you can bring your baby home!ReplyDelete
I think the anxiety will never go away, especially after going through this IF journey and experiencing a loss - I can relate to that. But I truly believe that all of us deserve our dream to come true, and that sooner or later we will all get there. It is hard to read about other's BFPs and not be able to be there, or be supposed to be there but didn't work out.
But from the bottom of my heart, the hope that it does work out wins over any other feelings. I think this is what makes this community special, that we are all at different stretches of the road, but knowing that we will get there makes it easier to keep fighting on. Thanks for sharing your story ♥
I'm right here with you. Be kind to yourself regarding the anxiety. Who wouldn't have some after what you've been through?ReplyDelete
So very happy for you!
- AnonymousMay 6, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Totally normal. You will be anxious for a while, but you will definitely feel a little once you hear that glorious heartbeat!ReplyDelete
This post is all too familiar!!! I think it's completely natural to feel the way that we do...including the urge to still POAS (especially if they're on sale, right)??? Praying for peace as you await your 7-week U/S. Hang in there, sweetie! xoxoReplyDelete
Sending 1000 good thoughts. The description of the anxiety being almost primal is spot on.ReplyDelete
Just sending a huge huge congrats from me - may those Betas go up and may the 7 week ultrasound be everything you dream it will be!! Big hugs! xxReplyDelete
Oh Hon. ((((((HUGS)))))) What you're feeling/thinking is normal. Shitty, but normal. So stop beating yourself up. I'm thinking of you and hoping that this next week flies by, resulting in good news very soon!ReplyDelete
Is it normal that I'm still using HPTS every morning just to make sure I haven't woke up from this amazing dream?ReplyDelete
The sight of those two lines makes most of my anxiety disappear.
I agree with seeing and hearing the heart beat will help with all the anxiety.
But we've all been down that road or know someone who has heard it and seen it and did end their 9 months with a baby. Or those, like myself, that had that embryo attach in the wrong area.
This is so fragile and we are so fragile - but I have to admit I'm so thankful to have this amazing group of girls - I honestly do not know what I would do without you all!
I'll be thinking of you through it all!
3rd BETA Wed and ultra sound on May 30th - finger, toes, eyes and legs crossed everything works out!
- limoncelloMay 8, 2012 at 12:51 PM
I hope your u/s goes well and the stress leading up to it leaves your body and mind. Sending you goodness and all that is involved with the happiness of a pregnancy. I follow you soon for my own, we can commiserate together when things get too anxious. Best of luck friend.ReplyDelete
I peed on sticks until I had a confirmed heartbeat. And after that I still carried around the FRER unmistakable HPT in my purse. Whenever I'd feel doubtful, I'd pull out the test and look at it. Look at that dark second line.ReplyDelete
Once the baby's heartbeat was audible by Doppler (around 13 weeks for me), I checked the heartbeat EVERY DAY. Every day I was prepared not to hear one, braced for it.
I was ready for bad news, and yeah, even during labor, when things dragged out and I ended up with an emergency C, I thought, "The baby might not make it."
But there were also lovely moments in the pregnancy, when I would talk to my baby. I figured, even if things were not going to work out, I wouldn't want to waste a day this baby was with me. So what if it would make my grief bigger, if something went wrong? Shouldn't I celebrate the baby who was with me that day, that moment?
There were many points my anxiety would spike, before 12w nuchal fold test, any day of first trimester, but there were a lot of good days too. But this doesn't mean that I didn't check the toilet paper obsessively to make sure I hadn't pooped the baby out.
Maybe you should buy a bunch more of the cheapity strips so you CAN pee on one every day without breaking the bank. You might need to start saving to pay for college, just sayin.
I'm staying right here. Love ya too much to leave.ReplyDelete
I really hope this is it for you. I had the same thoughts when I got pregnant, and now I admit I got a little scared for all of you!ReplyDelete


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|Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York
The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today's noon briefing by Michèle Montas, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.
Good afternoon, all.
**Secretary-General Travels
The Secretary-General will this afternoon be in Madison, New Jersey, where he will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He will be the second Secretary-General to receive an honorary degree from the University; the first UN Secretary-General, Trygve Lie, also got one.
He will also deliver the keynote address at the University's Academic Convocation, to talk about global citizenship. He will highlight the need for action to deal with climate change, to implement the Millennium Development Goals and to address security issues like terrorism and organized crime. He will argue that it is in our national, and our personal interest, to think globally. Embargoed copies of his speech are upstairs.
** Darfur
On Darfur, John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, is deeply concerned about reports of continued serious violence in Darfur. Of particular concern is a military offensive in North Darfur and Jebel Marra, which has included sustained aerial bombardments in the Birmaza and Disa areas in recent days and attacks on humanitarians by armed groups in the region.
The towns of Birmasa and Disa serve as important hubs for medical, water and commerce for tens of thousands of people. Insecurity in North Darfur has led to the suspension of vital humanitarian aid, compromising the health and well being of entire towns and villages, and affecting up to 450,000 people.
Holmes urges all parties to the conflict to cease hostilities immediately and engage in meaningful discussions with Joint Chief Mediator Djibril Bassolé towards a negotiated settlement.
All parties to the conflict are reminded of their responsibilities under international humanitarian law to protect civilians, to differentiate between civilian and military targets, and to ensure unimpeded humanitarian access to the millions in need in the region.
** Haiti
The UN has today issued an appeal for Haiti, which has been hit by a series of tropical storms in recent weeks. The nearly $108 million appeal will provide humanitarian and early recovery assistance over the next six months.
According to needs assessments, up to 800,000 people, or nearly 10 per cent of the country's population, are in dire need of assistance. An estimated 70,000 people are living in temporary shelters, and nearly all of the agricultural land has been flooded. This means that the entire current harvest has either been lost or severely damaged.
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes will be here on Friday afternoon to brief you more on the appeal and the latest situation in Haiti.
Meanwhile, the World Food Programme (WFP) is coordinating logistics for the humanitarian community in Haiti. With roads damaged and bridges collapsed, WFP says it is only able to transport food by air and sea. It has sent three vessels and several helicopters to Gonaives, where it is making daily distributions.
WFP also has teams in the country's south and west, which began distributing food after the earlier Hurricane Gustav. So far, 282 metric tons of food have been delivered to Haiti, with WFP and UNICEF together providing high-energy biscuits, rice, beans and vegetable oil, as well as safe drinking water, blankets and hygiene kits. We have more information upstairs.
** West Africa Floods
The international community must not forget West Africans who have been hit by severe floods, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes said today.
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that a series of workshops on flood preparedness and management, which it held in the affected countries ahead of the rainy season, helped reduce the floods' impact this year. For example, 800,000 people were affected by floods last year -- compared to 130,000 this year.
OCHA is also working with the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) to set up a regional stockpile of relief supplies in Mali as a disaster preparedness measure. We have more on that upstairs.
** Cyprus
On Cyprus, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Cyprus, Alexander Downer, is in Turkey today. He met today with President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan, Foreign Minister Babacan and other senior Foreign Ministry officials for a useful exchange of views on the Cyprus issue.
Downer appreciated the opportunity to hear the perspectives of the Turkish Government on the recent renewal of full-fledged negotiations between the Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leadership and looks forward to continuing to engage in a dialogue on the matter.
As we reported previously, Downer is scheduled to be in Cyprus on Thursday to attend the first substantive meeting between Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat in the context of the negotiations.
Matthew Nimetz, the Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for the talks between Greece and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), plans to meet tomorrow with the parties here in New York. The purpose will be to continue discussions on the name issue.
In the morning, there will be a joint meeting. Representing Athens will be Ambassador Adamantios Vassilakis. Representing Skopje will be Ambassador Nikola Dimitrov and Martin Protoger, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff. The joint meeting will be followed by separate meetings with the parties during the afternoon tomorrow.
** Afghanistan
On Afghanistan, Kai Eide, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Afghanistan, today welcomed the decision by that country's Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board to expand the Afghan National Army, increasing its strength to 134,000 personnel.
Eide said that the increase is a huge step towards ensuring that the Afghan Government has the number of soldiers it needs to gradually take over responsibility for the country's security. We have a press release from the UN Mission in Afghanistan with more details upstairs.
**Deputy Secretary-General
The Deputy Secretary-General will be travelling to Lebanon today to attend the twelfth meeting of the Regional Coordination Mechanism hosted by the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) from 13-14 September.
The Mechanism is intended to coordinate the work of UN agencies in the region in order to strengthen coherence, and avoid duplication of activities.
As this will be her first visit to the country, she will pay a courtesy call on Lebanese leaders, including President Michel Sleiman, House Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.
** Nepal
On the Peacebuilding Fund, the Secretary-General has approved $10 million from the Peacebuilding Fund for projects in Nepal.
Pending the establishment of the new Government, areas that are strong candidates for support include the Constituent Assembly and human rights and protection efforts; recovery of communities affected by conflict; and conflict prevention and reconciliation issues. There is more information in a press release upstairs.
** Iraq
On Iraq, the World Health Organization is offering increased support to Iraq's cholera control activities, following an announcement by the Iraqi Government of 21 new confirmed cholera cases in the governorate of Babil, with another 90–95 suspected cases under investigation.
The Babil outbreak means Iraq now has 28 confirmed cholera cases in total. Three deaths are now confirmed as cholera-related through laboratory analysis, but the actual toll may be higher. WHO and other UN agencies have been supporting cholera-affected governorates since the disease resurfaced three weeks ago. We have more details in a press release upstairs.
On Timor-Leste, under its programme of support to the Ministry of Health of Timor-Leste, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) tomorrow will hand over to the Maternity Department two ultrasound machines as well as specialized instruments and supplies for fistula surgery.
Meanwhile, the Timorese President of the National Assembly today officially launched the "Say No to Violence against Women" campaign. The signing ceremony is in support of the Secretary-General's multi-year campaign to end violence against women which aims to engage leaders and mobilize men and boys as partners with women and girls to put a stop to violence against them.
The signing of the campaign will be complemented by various activities aimed at raising public awareness on gender-related violence and also collecting signatures. UNIFEM [United Nations Development Fund for Women] hopes to amass 30,000 signatures from across the country by the end of October.
** Serbia
On Serbia, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has granted the former President of Serbia, Milan Milutinovic, temporary provisional release from detention so that he can undergo a medical procedure in Serbia.
Milutinovic, who is on trial on allegations of a campaign of terror and violence directed against Albanians and other non-Serbs living in Kosovo in 1999, will be under 24-hour electronic surveillance by the Serbian authorities while he is on temporary release. His trial, which began in 2006, had its closing arguments end this past 27 August.
**Press Conferences
Ahead, a press conference this afternoon at 3:30 p.m., a background briefing by senior UN officials on the 25 September High-Level Event on the Millennium Development Goals and on the Millennium Development Goals Report 2008. And you're going to have, of course, packets of information that will be distributed that day. As I said, it's a background briefing by senior UN officials to prepare you for that big event which will be held on 25 September.
Press conferences tomorrow, at 9:30 a.m., there will be a press conference by Sam Parnia, from the Weill Cornell Medical Center, on the opening of the UN/NGO symposium entitled "Beyond the Mind-Body Problem: New Paradigms in the Science of Consciousness".
And at 11 a.m., the Secretary-General will brief you on his priorities for the upcoming sixty-third session of the General Assembly as well as launch the Millennium Development Goals Report 2008. There will be no noon briefing tomorrow, but we will post highlights on the web as usual. The Secretary-General will be with you in Room 226. And this is all I have for you, thank you. Yes, Edie?
**Questions and Answers
Question: Michèle, before I ask my question, I wanted to make a comment that, having recently joined the ranks of the temporarily disabled, I found how difficult it is for people who are disabled and work in this building to get around, particularly with the new fire doors. It's really impossible to open them if you're in a wheelchair or, if, like me, you're on a scooter and I think this should be brought to the attention of the people who are responsible for these things. Secondly, I have also discovered how sparse the handicapped toilet facilities are in this building and I would hope that, if something can't be done, at least immediately, that this will definitely be taken care of in the renovation of the building. And now, my two questions. First, do you have a comment on the decision of New York City to bar public school students from giving tours of the UN because they still consider the building a fire hazard? And then I have another question after that.
Spokesperson: Okay. Edie, your first comment is well taken. You can be sure that I will convey that to the people in charge of management of the building. I think it's a very good point and I think we have someone who has gone through the experience, so it helps to further the cause of the handicapped even though, in your case, it's just temporary.
And about the decision by Commissioner Tiven, I'd like to say that, as you know, the United Nations modified its guided tour route, in effect since 1 August, in direct response to concerns about safety raised by Commissioner Marjorie Tiven. Our New York City-based safety advisers have confirmed that the building is totally safe for visitors, delegations and the staff.
Close to 50,000 students visit the United Nations each year, including many from the New York City area. They are among the nearly 500,000 people from around the world that visit the Organization.
I would say that it is a pity that New York City's public school children would miss the opportunity to visit one of New York's greatest attractions, and to learn about its contributions to peace.
And we want to confirm also that we are confident that the UN facilities are very safe, and we look forward to the opening of the General Assembly later this month and the arrival of delegates from all over the world, as in the previous 60 years. That's what I have to say.
Question: I have another question. The Secretary-General received a letter yesterday from the organization of Myanmar politicians who were elected to Parliament in 1990 seeking to replace the current Government in the UN seat, challenging their credentials. I wonder if the Secretary-General has any comment on this letter?
Spokesperson: Well, the Secretary-General can only convey this letter to Members of the General Assembly. As you know, the matter of credentials is something that is handled by the General Assembly, in this specific case, by the sixty-third session. So we have a meeting of the Committee on Credentials, as you know, at the beginning of every General Assembly session.
Question: So, the letter will be conveyed to the Credentials Committee?
Spokesperson: It will be conveyed…And I think it should have been addressed to the President of the General Assembly.
Question: A follow-up on that?
Spokesperson: Yes, sure.
Question: If I remember correctly, a letter from the Government of Taiwan was relayed to the Secretary-General and he never did convey it to the Credentials Committee. Is there a different standard here between those two letters?
Spokesperson: Well, I don't think that there is a difference. At any rate, it is a matter for the Credentials Committee to examine. The Secretary-General has nothing to say about this. He has no say on it.
Question: But he did not convey to the Credentials Committee.
Spokesperson: The letter was conveyed to the General Assembly; not by the Secretary-General, but it was conveyed to the General Assembly on that issue. And every year, the same issue comes up, as you know.
Question: So, just to put a fine point on this, he has no comment on whether, on that situation, on Burma, or whether the elected officials can represent; he has no say and no comment, he has no preferences on this?
Spokesperson: Well, he's not commenting on this; not on the letter. As I said, it is a matter for the General Assembly. On the issue itself, the Secretary-General has talked a lot about this. As you know, I am expecting to have for you a briefing on Myanmar as soon as Mr. Gambari talks to the Security Council; which should be tomorrow morning. As soon as he talks to the Security Council, we'll ask him to come and talk to you, so you can have more about the issue itself.
Question: Has Gambari expressed readiness to talk to us?
Spokesperson: Yes, he has. Definitely, he has.
Question: Great.
Spokesperson: Yes, Mr. Abbadi?
Question: Thank you, Michèle. On Western Sahara, some media have already announced that Mr. Christopher Ross, the U.S. diplomat, will be the next Personal Envoy. Is there any grain of truth to that?
Spokesperson: Well, I can only say that we're nearing a decision, but we're not ready to make any announcement yet for a successor to Ambassador van Walsum. Yes, Matthew?
Question: In a similar vein, there are reports that Mr. Prodi is under consideration to be made an envoy to Africa by the Secretary-General. Is there a position that's open and is he being considered?
Spokesperson: Well, I would have to say first that you probably are referring to the Corrier della Serra article and they might be referring to a joint African Union-UN panel that was set up by the Security Council on how to support African Union peacekeeping operations. This is supposed to start on Monday. It's going to be for [six] weeks. And in terms of whether I can confirm or not, we'll have an announcement on Friday on who will be heading that group. It was a Security Council decision.
Question: I wanted to ask something on this incident in Georgia where the UN humanitarian personnel were stopped by Russia. Russia has put out a statement, and I guess I just want to get your response to it, saying that they were turned back, that their paperwork, according to Russia, wasn't in order and that no one from the UN humanitarian agencies contacted either the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or any other Russian agency with regard to arranging that trip. Is that true?
Spokesperson: I cannot confirm that. I can only try to find out for you what were the preliminary contacts. But I can tell you that we are very involved in the situation and we're certainly going to work out a way to have more humanitarian assistance go on the ground. Yes, Masood?
Question: On the Secretary-General's visit to Lebanon, you realize that the Secretary-General has given a statement wherein he said that Israel owes $1 billion for the rebuilding of this power plant which was destroyed during Israel's war in Lebanon in 2006. And also, the Israelis are protesting this decision or statement by the Secretary-General, saying that how dare he ask us to pay for it because we were defending the country. When he visits Lebanon, how is he going to resolve this issue?
Spokesperson: Well, the Secretary-General is not going to Lebanon. The Deputy Secretary-General is going to Lebanon. Now, about your question, the figure that is quoted was an evaluation made by the World Bank. The Secretary-General has not appealed to pay that amount. You can read the report; the report is out on the racks. You can have the exact quote from there; and not rely on what the media says that the Secretary-General said.
Question: Michèle, what I'm saying is this is in the Israeli media in particular; there was an outrage at the suggestion coming out of the United Nations. So how does the Deputy Secretary-General resolve this issue?
Spokesperson: Well, the report stands for itself. I want you to look at it and I want you to judge it by its merit.
Question: Okay. On another thing, on these attacks in Pakistan (inaudible), and you have been gathering information, does the Secretary-General have any response to it or is it the same usual response saying that (inaudible)…
Spokesperson: We don't have any specific reaction on this specific incident. What I said earlier stands, really. Yes, Pat?
Question: To go back to the remodelling of the UN, I had a query recently from a city official on behalf of his (inaudible), as I understood, who were neighbours to the UN and they are concerned about rumours that they've heard about the General Assembly building being constructed on the North Lawn. And they've heard this to be temporary, but they're concerned whether it's going to be, somehow end up being a permanent structure because it would block their view somehow. How should I answer that person?
Spokesperson: I think it's very simple. It is supposed to be a temporary building; it is going to be a temporary building. And in terms of their own concerns, I don't think they are legitimate. The UN has to put the General Assembly somewhere and the temporary building is supposed to house the Assembly when it holds further sessions in the following years; about 4-5 years. So you know, it's necessary in terms of security; it is very difficult to hold this outside of the complex itself. So that's why there is a temporary arrangement being made.
Question:…(inaudible)…they seem to have accepted the fact that it's going to be there, I guess they're concerned that they might end up with something going on forever and being a permanent structure…
Spokesperson: No, it's not going to be a permanent structure.
Question:…but you're saying it will be 4-5 years and then it will be…That was the other part of the question; how many years is it expected to be there?
Spokesperson: Well, you can go to the Capital Master Plan site and you'll get all the information you need and how long it will take and who…
Question: I've referred them to that.
Spokesperson: Okay, very good, thanks. Yes, Benny?
Question: To try to square Edie's initial comment and then her question: Isn't the fact that the doors that were made here are not suitable for the use of handicapped people, isn't that by itself already a problem that shows that this comment that everything is safe is a little bit lacking?
Spokesperson: I'll check on that and what Edie says should be examined and we should see what we can do about it. As you know, the last phase of the work that was done was done just to meet the standards that were asked of us.
Question: So you urge diplomats and visitors to come unless they're handicapped?
Spokesperson: Benny, I said that we will see what can be done to redress the situation, and I repeat what I just said.
Question: Michèle, the doors were put in place because the New York City Fire Department…
Spokesperson: Exactly.
Question:…and so, hence they should be asked to resolve this crisis.
Spokesperson: The handicap issue.
Question: Yes, actually. How much money has been spent on these doors? About $2 million, $3 million?
Spokesperson: Three million dollars has been spent on the last series of measures taken to comply with the (City safety) code. Yes, Edie?
Question: I just wanted to make the point that in some other buildings where there are fire doors there is a button that you push if you are handicapped that opens the doors.
Spokesperson: Well, you have that in the Library; you have that in the Visitors' entrance. You have a number of doors that have a button for handicapped people so they can push it.
Question: But not the new doors?
Spokesperson: But the ones that were just added maybe not and this is what we have to talk about. And certainly we will discuss this with the people in charge.
Question: Michèle, can I just confirm that it's the Deputy Secretary-General who is going to Lebanon for the ESCWA coordination meeting?
Spokesperson: Yes.
Question: And can we request a briefing either before or after the visit?
Spokesperson: Well, she has already left.
Question: Okay. After that?
Spokesperson: When she comes back, yes. We will ask her.
Question: It's Africa, and then legal. There are these reports of UN involvement in a military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army which didn't sign this peace agreement in Uganda. Is the UN or MONUC, are they actually helping the Congolese Army to make this attack or they are part of the attack, based on the rules of engagement?
Spokesperson: As far as I know, they're not part of it.
Question: Are they carrying any equipment for them?
Spokesperson: I can get further details for you, but what I know is that they were not involved in the fighting.
Question: Okay. Also, Oxfam has put out a report about MINURCAT, the Mission in Chad, saying that, as of now, only 300 of 850 Chadian police gendarmes have been trained and none are yet in the camps. Does the UN acknowledge that?
Spokesperson: I'd have to check. I was made aware of this report this morning and I am still checking. I asked MINURCAT to give us some information, I don't have it yet.
Question: And then, there was this court decision in the Srebrenica case where the judge decided that the Dutch Army can't be held responsible for Srebrenica because they were operating under a UN mandate. It seems to imply that anything under the UN mandate, regardless, can't be judged in the courts. What does the UN think of that decision?
Spokesperson: Well, that's the decision by the court itself. We have already said about Srebrenica, we have said our concern about the victims. We have [talked] of course of the legal decisions that are taken and of our concerns about the victims and the serious discussions taking place to really help them even further. They're making new proposals to alleviate the problems of the families of the victims. So, as far as I can say, the legal thing is one aspect of it and there is also the other aspect, the human aspect of it.
Question: One last legal question. There is a report of a case in France against a guy, Didier Bourguet that was with MONUC and, before that, in the Central African Republic, and accused of having sexual abuse and exploitation of under-aged girls in both places. Did the UN waive his immunity? Is he being charged? I just couldn't figure out why…I'm just trying to put the two cases together…
Spokesperson: As you know, every time we have cases like this, the country [of nationality or one] that provides the troops has the responsibility to carry on the judicial procedures against whoever is accused of a sexual crime or any other crime. So this is what happened in this case. The French courts, the same way the Indian court has ruled on a number of cases, and so the French courts are working on this specific case.
Question: What I couldn't figure out is, it described him as being a mechanic. I don't know if France ever sent troops to the Congo, so it made me think that may be he is a MONUC staff member.
Spokesperson: From what I gather he was a member of MONUC, but I can check for you on that. In any case, it's the country that provides the person to MONUC who is responsible for the judiciary pursuits.
Question: And also, they're like MONUC civilian personnel who get hired through here, through Galaxy or get hired there. They're not really provided by the Government.
Spokesperson: I can check for you whether that was the case in the case for Mr. Bourguet.
Question: Okay, thank you, I appreciate it.
Spokesperson: You're welcome.
Question: Michèle, on Haiti, there are indications that one reason for the island being hit so hard compared to other Caribbean countries is that the infrastructure has been destroyed because of deforestation over the years and some organizations are now planting trees. Is the United Nations Environment Programme participating in the planting of trees in Haiti?
Spokesperson: Well, I can check specifically on that question. I do know; you're quite right; there is only 2 per cent of the cover in terms of trees, 2 per cent of the territory that is covered now with trees and what used to be forests. It is true that is the main problem. Of course, the main problem also is that, for the first time in quite a few years, we have been hit by three hurricanes in a row that have really crossed the country following the same path every time, except for Ike. Ike hit only the northern part. But every other hurricane went right through the country. So what you say about what UNEP is doing, I can try to find out whether they have a specific programme. But I know there are a number of NGOs who have planting programmes. Thank you very much.
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So what defines a function? It has a name that you call it by, and a list of zero or more arguments or parameters that you hand to it for it to act on or to direct its work; it has a body containing the actual instructions (statements) for carrying out the task the function is supposed to perform; and it may give you back a return value, of a particular type.
Here is a very simple function, which accepts one argument, multiplies it by 2, and hands that value back:
int multbytwo(int x) { int retval; retval = x * 2; return retval; }On the first line we see the return type of the function (int), the name of the function (multbytwo), and a list of the function's arguments, enclosed in parentheses. Each argument has both a name and a type; multbytwo accepts one argument, of type int, named x. The name x is arbitrary, and is used only within the definition of multbytwo. The caller of this function only needs to know that a single argument of type int is expected; the caller does not need to know what name the function will use internally to refer to that argument. (In particular, the caller does not have to pass the value of a variable named x.)
Next we see, surrounded by the familiar braces, the body of the function itself. This function consists of one declaration (of a local variable retval) and two statements. The first statement is a conventional expression statement, which computes and assigns a value to retval, and the second statement is a return statement, which causes the function to return to its caller, and also specifies the value which the function returns to its caller.
The return statement can return the value of any expression, so we don't really need the local retval variable; the function could be collapsed to
int multbytwo(int x) { return x * 2; }
How do we call a function? We've been doing so informally since day one, but now we have a chance to call one that we've written, in full detail. Here is a tiny skeletal program to call multby2:
#include <stdio.h> extern int multbytwo(int); int main() { int i, j; i = 3; j = multbytwo(i); printf("%d\n", j); return 0; }This looks much like our other test programs, with the exception of the new line
extern int multbytwo(int);This is an external function prototype declaration. It is an external declaration, in that it declares something which is defined somewhere else. (We've already seen the defining instance of the function multbytwo, but maybe the compiler hasn't seen it yet.) The function prototype declaration contains the three pieces of information about the function that a caller needs to know: the function's name, return type, and argument type(s). Since we don't care what name the multbytwo function will use to refer to its first argument, we don't need to mention it. (On the other hand, if a function takes several arguments, giving them names in the prototype may make it easier to remember which is which, so names may optionally be used in function prototype declarations.) Finally, to remind us that this is an external declaration and not a defining instance, the prototype is preceded by the keyword extern.
The presence of the function prototype declaration lets the compiler know that we intend to call this function, multbytwo. The information in the prototype lets the compiler generate the correct code for calling the function, and also enables the compiler to check up on our code (by making sure, for example, that we pass the correct number of arguments to each function we call).
Down in the body of main, the action of the function call should be obvious: the line
j = multbytwo(i);calls multbytwo, passing it the value of i as its argument. When multbytwo returns, the return value is assigned to the variable j. (Notice that the value of main's local variable i will become the value of multbytwo's parameter x; this is absolutely not a problem, and is a normal sort of affair.)
This example is written out in ``longhand,'' to make each step equivalent. The variable i isn't really needed, since we could just as well call
j = multbytwo(3);And the variable j isn't really needed, either, since we could just as well call
printf("%d\n", multbytwo(3));Here, the call to multbytwo is a subexpression which serves as the second argument to printf. The value returned by multbytwo is passed immediately to printf. (Here, as in general, we see the flexibility and generality of expressions in C. An argument passed to a function may be an arbitrarily complex subexpression, and a function call is itself an expression which may be embedded as a subexpression within arbitrarily complicated surrounding expressions.)
We should say a little more about the mechanism by which an argument is passed down from a caller into a function. Formally, C is call by value, which means that a function receives copies of the values of its arguments. We can illustrate this with an example. Suppose, in our implementation of multbytwo, we had gotten rid of the unnecessary retval variable like this:
int multbytwo(int x) { x = x * 2; return x; }We might wonder, if we wrote it this way, what would happen to the value of the variable i when we called
j = multbytwo(i);When our implementation of multbytwo changes the value of x, does that change the value of i up in the caller? The answer is no. x receives a copy of i's value, so when we change x we don't change i.
However, there is an exception to this rule. When the argument you pass to a function is not a single variable, but is rather an array, the function does not receive a copy of the array, and it therefore can modify the array in the caller. The reason is that it might be too expensive to copy the entire array, and furthermore, it can be useful for the function to write into the caller's array, as a way of handing back more data than would fit in the function's single return value. We'll see an example of an array argument (which the function deliberately writes into) in the next chapter.
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It breaks my heart when I see all the posts in HE groups from smart, resourceful women breaking their backs to try and get their husbands and even ex-husbands on the same home educational page.
I don't understand. By choice and design my darling and I decided on home education together. We talked extensively before, it was not only my responsibility, but a family team effort.
It's not all roses and sunshine (we have our moments) but in general we trust and respect each other.
We did come to home education lightly, we came as parents who had been fighting against the school to end or even acknowledge the terrible bullying our wee one was enduring.
My hubby has always been "hands on"even when he was working split shifts. He could change a nappy pretty much in his sleep. Was the "burp miracle" when all else failed, spit up be damned.
Yet he always trusted me if I made a decision. From when to bottle feed (she was allergic to my breast milk) to when to let her nap, or wean. If he was unsure, we talked, I'd show him the book or article, he'd read it and once he knew, once he was in the loop he was good.
He wasn't "in the dark" to the hell she was going through. Many a school gate drama happened while he was there.
We set our our rules, together. We had family meetings, and even when things between us struggled we were united in our friendship, respect and educational drives.
It is true that I am often the referee between he and my daughter (peas in a pod) but I tend to be the ideas and organiser while he ends up helping with the "doing" of the activity or project.
The coolest thing is when he "gets" it. He is a shy man, and going out and doing stuff used to be a struggle but as I have been less able he has really stepped up. He has really gotten into the spirit of "try something new". He has fallen in love with our local Asian supermarket, especially the Korean noodles.
He really feels has learned how to talk with his daughter, not just to her. To really hear her as a person. They hangout a lot and enjoy many of the same things.
It is part of the "yes..and.." mentality. It is an improv idea that you always build on and build up together.
I try and give advice to some of those women, struggling. To acknowledge the fear, and shame and blame happening in the brief sound bites. While I know that I could home educate as a lone parent, I know that we are a team. We made a choice to become parents together. We made vows to honour and cherish, in sickness and in health, and honouring and valuing each other is the foundation of it all. I am so grateful and it is something we work on together.
Home education is too important to take seriously.


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Is there a way with free office presentation fo LINUX to force the presentation
To go forever from start
For example the presentation has 10 slides from 1 to 10
When it srtarts from slide 1 it will go to slide 10 and the agai to slide 1 forever unles esc
was pressed .
Can it be done and how ?
Working forever
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Invoke Show=>"Set up Slide Show" and activate the "Loop until "Esc" pressed" option.
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This Paddington renovation included a kitchen and bathroom renovation, with beautiful new appliances.
Sydney Budget Kitchens was very efficient, and completed our renovations ahead of schedule with very minimal fuss. We would highly recommend them for cost effective improvements to your kitchen or bathroom. Thanks to Mick and his friendly team of installers for a very pleasant and easy process.
- Emilie & Rowan
Removal of existing cupboards and appliances; range hood fan and wall tiling. Stand alone oven and cooktop replaced with beautiful new inbuilt gas cooktop and electric oven.
Removal of existing toilet, tiles, shower screen and other existing old bathroom accessories and waste; Water proofing for whole floor area and shower area up to 2m; Floor tiling for whole floor area (300mm X 300mm); Wall tiling up to 2m (300mm X 600mm).
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In which Gerrod returns. What do you mean you don't remember him?
Your heroes look at Attack of the Cybermen. We also welcome our new host, Ash. Check out Ash's other podcasts, Nights at the round table. and Hammered Horror.
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Hi everyone! Today I have two recent purchases from Pahlish to share with you. Both of these are oldies that have recently made a comeback to the Pahlish shop, so if you missed them the first time around, now is your chance to grab them!
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