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The fall 2008 BB Dakota coats just keep arriving. This Saturday we had two models:
Paige – who last month competed in the 2009 Miss Michigan Teen USA pageant and won the most photogenic award!
Jolene – this was the first time we worked with Jolene and she was great! Jolene brought along her twin babies and we had to get pictures of them also.
The weather was mild and we decided to have some fun at the photo shoot and take the pictures outside. We walked down the street, leaned on old buildings and threw leaves around. Everyone had a great time and we got some fun shots.


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This modern and spacious apartment on the 12th level of the 'Evolution' building is in the heart of Brisbane's CBD with magical panoramic views from the spacious alfresco entertaining area as the river city shines at night, entertaining with friends or even just unwinding after a hard day will be an exceptional experience.
Apartment features:
– Spectacular views
– Entertainment balcony
– Airconditioned throughout
– 2 Bedrooms
– 2 bathrooms
– 1 secured carpark
– Unfurnished
Offering the ideal location, the Evolution building is within easy walking distance of the South Bank cultural precinct, Roma Street gardens, and the Queen Street Mall. An on-site car space is included but you may never want to leave home with amenities including a heated lap pool, spa, gymnasium, games room, media room, sky lounge and BBQ area.
Please register your details online via the 'Contact Agent' (or) 'Book Inspection' tab located against this listing.

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Teen Mom star Amber Portwood has experienced a lot in her short life. As fans of the show are well aware, an unplanned pregnancy thrust her into motherhood arguable years (or even a decade) before she was mature enough to handle the responsibility. Then there's that ridiculous rocky and violent relationship with her baby daddy. Things only seemed to get worse for Amber. Recently, a sit down with Dr. Phil revealed just how far gone the poor girl was. She opened up about a suicide attempt and confessed to being high on Fentanyl patches while in rehab. Not exactly the path to creating a stable home for her daughter. Now, Amber may finally have the support she needs to get on the straight and narrow and it comes from a surprising place.
Even those who do not like Amber, have to admit her interview was incredibly brave. She was honest about her faults, her drug addiction, and where she needs to desperately take her life in order to be a good parent for her child. That openness has earned her a lot of moral support – which is exactly what she needs to move forward. Most notable are the words of encouragement that came from Teen Mom 2's Leah Messer, who tweeted:
"Blessings sent to Amber Portwood and her family! God bless all of them … Life always throws some unexplainable things at us sometimes, but we have to keep moving forward no matter what! Always keep looking up girl! Watching you and your strength on the @DrPhil show! Xoxo."
This is exactly the kind of reaction someone in Amber's state needs. It's easy to pick her apart and attack her for those many bad choices. But what does that really do? It's like kicking a dog when it's already down. Right now, she needs to know that redemption is possible and that people are pulling for her. Undoubtedly, she will still have to contend with some haters and naysayers, but hopefully she will be able to turn to sweet and supportive comments like this when the rest of the world gets her down.
What did you think of Amber's interview with Dr. Phil? Does it change the way you think of her?
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In 2015 some 500,000 Chinese students headed abroad, with some 300,000 heading to the USA, still the number one destination (46% in 2016), followed by the UK (31%), Australia (20%), Canada (18%). Asian destinations are slowly coming up.
The USA has around one million foreign students, one third coming from China.
Other European countries like Germany and France attract each well under 10% of them.
Most preferred majors are business (27%), engineering (17%) and liberal arts (16%).
Source: China Daily.
Recently the vast majority of the students is returning to China. Add to those the 120 million overseas tourist trips (2015) and one can wonder about the impact on China: in how far do they bring back "foreign influences" such as wondering about the Chinese Great Firewall?


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When thinking about progression of movement, one of the things I keep going back to is that I have to accumulate energy before I can spend it.
Accumulation is a dance by Trisha Brown based on mathematical systems of accumulation. It was rudimentary investigation of the body's joints using extend, rotate, and lift to create invented movements. The dance was built on repetitions and addition to a sequence.
I recently tried to create a sequences of gestures using this technique and found it extremely difficult to remember where or how many repetitions I had done. Once Brown had mastery over the form, she added talking to the sequence, even slicing two stories together without preparation, which I couldn't imagine being able to accomplish. It's interesting to me how she took basic blocks of movement to challenge perceptions of virtuosity, which so much of the post-modern dance movement was about. I find her process-based approach similar to my own, leading to an everyday dress aesthetic that mirrors the content of the work.
Water Motor is the antithesis of Accumulation with liquid movements based on memory of a childhood event. What I'm most interested in his Brown's ability to work in two distinctly different styles. I could probably talk forever about this because I've been reading Rosenberg's Trisha Brown: Choreography as Visual Art, which provides a comprehensive account of Brown's influence in post-modern dance and her ties to the conceptual art world of the 60s.


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Many of you have known member Jan Norman for years, and are aware of her successful use of Clicker Training with her horses. Some of you may have even attended her fund raising clinics at Brushriders a few years ago.
I hooked up with her in 2004 and started videoing her Clicker Training her foal, Amy. We now have produced 4 videos in the "Clicker Training Amy" video series. When my foal Ivy was born in 2005, Jan videoed my early work with her, and we produced 2 more videos, "Ivy's First Days" and Ivy's Next Days".
I saw a call for abstracts for the 2nd International Equitation Science Symposium that would be held September 19th and 20th in Milan, Italy. The work with our foals met 2 of the stated 4 objectives listed. I thought, "Why Not?" and proceeded to write an abstract to submit for their consideration., Jan thought "you're crazy!" but she put up with my notion. Low and behold, the first abstract was reviewed, and we were invited to revise and resubmit it to them. Our revised abstract was accepted, and we were invited to present our work in poster form at the symposium.
Here is the abstract as submitted:
Beth C. Bliss 1. Jan Norman
1. Registered Nurse, Three Rivers Community Hospital
500 Ramsey, Grants Pass, Oregon 97527
Horses are born precocial. They are pre-programmed by nature to learn many things immediately, for survival. We wanted obedient foals that were reasonably safe to handle. We documented, using video recording, how quickly our foals could learn a variety of behaviors using a marker sound that was consistently followed by positive reinforcement. We used a tongue click as a behavior marker. A verbal bridging signal was variably used. Initially, a friendly scratch or rub was the reinforcer. Both foals began to accept sweet feed as a reinforcer by day 10. Physical and verbal cues signaled for a behavior. No control group was used. One foal was targeting by day 6 and being bathed without restraint at day 9. At 2 months old, both accepted handling of all body parts, wore a halter, surcingle and butt strap, gave to pressure, trailered and targeted objects. At 4 months old both stood tied, lounged and ground drove. By one year of age, on cue behaviors for both foals included picking up objects, coming when called, urinating, drinking, sitting on a beanbag, side passing, backing, executing forehand and haunch turns, putting their head down, wearing a saddle, breast collar and crupper, and Spanish walking. One also jumps objects, lies down, and squares up; the other straddle walks logs, teeter totters, and puts her eye and ear in our had on cue. We have found no negative outcomes with these foals using this method when working within the newborn or juvenile horses natural physical capabilities based on age. They have become reasonably safe to handle and can be cued to execute a variety of behaviors.
With the help of Martin's Printing, we designed and they printed a poster for the symposium. Then we went to Milan to join 150 equine behaviorists from around the world. We thoroughly enjoyed the speakers and discussions presented each day and learned so much. Our poster presentation was well accepted and we were warmly received. You can see the proceedings at http://documenti.fondiz.it/65.pdf.


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That is the bottom line. Fostering saves the life of the animal you foster and saves the life of another animal waiting for that spot in the shelter.
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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has made a new goalkeeper his top January target, after losing patience with current number one David de Gea, according to reports from The Mirror.
The Spaniard has struggled to adapt to life in the Premier League since his 2011 arrival, making a series of costly errors.
Fergie has persisted with the 22-year-old in spite of some shaky displays, but has now decided to search for alternatives in a bid to keep United's title charge on course.
It is thought that a stopper who is eligible for to play in the Champions League is desired, rather limiting the Scot's list of targets.
Stoke 'keeper Asmir Begovich is believed to be one of his favoured options, after a string of impressive displays with the Potters this term.
He could also make a shock move for Liverpool star Pepe Reina, whose future at the club is far from certain following an underwhelming start to the campaign.
The Red Devils have chopped and changed between de Gea and back-up goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard, but neither has been able to fill the void left by Edwin van der Sar.
Fergie is thought to be worried about de Gea's physical attributes and command of his area.
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I don't decorate for Valentine's day or have a Valentine :( but I'm crazy in love with some of the cute ideas out in the blogosphere. I thought I'd share some of my favorite with you. If you make one, send me a picture and tell me how it turned out!
This one is from Martha Stewart. I heart the decorated soaps and could see myself making these. The lettering is such a cool idea. I've always wanted to try making soap!
These filled tarts look yummy and are from The Farm Chicks.
I think the texture of the fabric wreath from Design-Aholic is great! Scroll to the bottom of the link for the tutorial.
These aren't necessarily "Valentine's Day" specific, but they are awfully cute. I'm too old to wear these hair barrettes, but I know a couple of little girls in my extended family who would be very happy to get them as a gift. These are from The Purl Bee.
Hope you enjoyed a quick tour of some of the things that I'm loving.


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Metro has withdrawn a plan to discontinue night bus service in parts of Southeast Washington where the transit agency says buses are routinely pelted with rocks.
The contentious proposal to cut service after 8 p.m. to neighborhoods served by the W6 and W8 routes was widely criticized by city officials, while Metro said the change was necessary to reduce attacks that have injured riders and drivers and damaged buses.
Metro's decision was made public Monday just hours before a public meeting in Southeast where D.C. Council members and more than 100 others were told by police and transit officials that they plan to redeploy resources to address the attacks directed at buses and increase collaboration between the two agencies.
"We depend on our jurisdictional partners to assist us," said Michael A. Taborn, chief of the Metro Transit Police. "Any Metrobus that operates in a jurisdiction is also the responsibility of that jurisdiction. We all have invested responsibility."
City leaders, including Mayor Vincent C. Gray (D), had protested Metro's plan to discontinue some night bus service in Southeast, saying the agency had not justified the change. With many Ward 8 residents needing public transit, any cuts in bus service should not be made lightly, they said.
Council member Muriel Bowser (D-Ward 4), who represents the District on the Metro board of directors, had also said that cutting service for safety reasons was unacceptable.
Bowser convened Monday's meeting, where D.C. police and Metro Transit Police officials were expected to discuss a plan to improve safety on the W6/W8 routes.
Jack Requa, Metro's head of bus services, said the agency heard the concerns from District officials and decided to withdraw the plan after getting a commitment from D.C. police and Transit Police to provide enhanced service along the route.
"After we heard the input from the community and the police agencies, we believe it is worthwhile trying to keep the service here and try to all work together," Requa said at the meeting. "We think we can get ridership back up, and things will be safer and things will be better all around."
The areas off Stanton Road where Metro was proposing to stop night service are places where shootings and other violent crimes are common and include bus stops at Jasper Road, Robinson Place, Bruce Place and Elvans Road.
At the meeting Monday night at the Angels of Hope Ministries, residents and community leaders called on law enforcement to more actively investigate the attacks, which they say are also directed at cars. Some residents said they could not understand why Metro would propose to cut service when other parts of the city also have seen rock attacks.
"Is it because of the population here, is it because of the fact that we make less money over in this ward, is it because of the academic status of this particular ward?" said the Rev. Alfred L. Harrison, co-founder of the ministry.
In the past weeks, Transit Police and D.C. police have offered differing views on the extent of the rock-throwing problem. City officials said that few of the incidents have been reported to D.C. police and that detectives are not assigned to investigate them because they fall under Transit Police jurisdiction.
Metro's police force, with a couple of dozen officers handling Metrobus crime, has not been able to stop the incidents.
Although rock-throwing incidents targeting buses have been a citywide problem for years, Metro says they are more common in areas of Southeast. The W6 and W8 routes, which begin at the Anacostia Metro station, are targeted several times a week, Metro said. Metro, however, would not provide data to substantiate that claim.
But a report that Metro provided to Bowser indicates the W6 and W8 routes are among the bus lines most affected by safety-related incidents that occurred this year across the Metrobus system.
More cases of vandalism have been reported on other bus lines, including the W2, W3 and W4, which also serve the Anacostia area, according to that report. And on the list are the Wisconsin Avenue/Pennsylvania Avenue bus lines, which cover some of the affluent sections of Northwest.
Resident Rufaro Jenkins said the neighborhoods need more community centers and after-school opportunities that she said are available to residents in other parts of the city.
"We are all citizens and we all pay taxes," she said.


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Affordable. Compact design. Stock Android UI with no bloatware. Compatible with all major carriers. Excellent call quality. Long battery life.
Dim display. Not great for gaming.
Bottom Line
The Moto G4 Play is the smallest, least expensive phone in Motorola's unlocked G4 lineup, with decent overall performance and broad carrier compatibility.
The Moto G4 and G4 Plus are great phones for buyers on budgets, but not everyone wants a 5.5-inch screen. The unlocked Motorola Moto G4 Play scales things down to 5 inches and drops the price to $149.99 while keeping the design language, software experience, and broad carrier compatibility consistent across the board. But the G4 Play has a lower-resolution display and less-powerful hardware than its larger counterparts, making it slightly less appealing. It's no threat to the Blu R1 HD, which delivers better performance for less money, and retains Editors' Choice honors in the budget unlocked phone arena.
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Design, Features, and Display
The G4 Play has the same gray-and-black polycarbonate design as the G4 and G4 Plus, just in a smaller form factor. The handset measures 5.7 by 2.8 by 0.4 inches (HWD) and weighs 4.8 ounces, smaller and lighter than the G4 (6.0 by 3.0 by 0.4 inches, 5.5 ounces), and roughly on par with the R1 HD (5.6 by 2.8 by 0.3 inches, 5 ounces). One-handed use is easy, though I'm not fond of the fairly thick bezel around the display or the lip at the bottom.
All other physical features remain largely the same as the other G4 models. The power button and volume rocker can be found on the right side, a micro USB charging port is on the bottom, and the 3.5mm headphone jack is up top. The back cover peels off to give you access to the SIM card slot, a microSD card slot that works with a 256GB Samsung Evo+ card, and a removable 2,800mAh battery. That last feature is one you won't find on either the G4 or the R1 HD, which is definitely a plus if you like to carry around a spare battery.
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Network Performance and Call Quality
The Play is compatible with all four major US carriers, which is a big advantage over the R1 HD, which only works on AT&T and T-Mobile. It supports GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz), CDMA (850/1900MHz), HSDPA (850/900/1700/1900/2100MHz), and LTE (1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/25/26/41) bands. We tested it on AT&T and Verizon in midtown Manhattan and saw
Call quality is excellent. Transmissions came through loud and clear on both ends, with very little distortion even with loud construction noise nearby. And the earpiece is loud enough to be heard in noisy environments.
Processor and Battery
The big difference between the Play and the G4/G4 Plus is performance. The Play is powered by a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor clocked at 1.2GHz, compared with the Snapdragon 617 that powers the other G4s. The difference in benchmark scores illustrates a notable difference: The Play scored 28,647 in AnTuTu, which tests overall system performance, while the G4 managed nearly double that at 46,260. It's also worth noting the Play scored lower than the MediaTek 6735-powered R1 HD (31,847).
Despite having a high UX score due to a lightweight UI, the Play managed a 3D score of just 720, compared with the R1 HD's 3,277. That means you'll get much better gaming performance on the R1 HD, which can actually run GTA: San Andreas, as
Battery life is a bright spot. The phone clocked 7 hours and 50 minutes in our rundown test, in which we set screen brightness to maximum and stream full-screen video over LTE. That's better than both the R1 HD (5 hours, 57 minutes) and the Moto G4 (6 hours, 1 minute). You shouldn't have any trouble getting a full day's use out of the phone, especially since you can always buy a spare battery and swap it in when needed.
Camera and Software
The G4 Play has a capable 8-megapixel camera that falls in between the G4 and R1 HD in terms of picture quality. Shots taken outdoors are crisp, with colors that appear true to life. Autoexposure handles the contrast between shadows and sunlight well, better than most phones we see at this price range. There's some noise, though, specifically in the corners of pictures, and dimmer lighting results in muddiness and grain.
The Play is also capable of recording 1080p video at 30fps, but it can be a bit jittery. The 5-megapixel front-facing camera takes clear pictures, with occasional softness depending on lighting conditions. Overall, it's a solid camera for the price, capturing sharper images than the 8-megapixel R1 HD, but not quite as sharp as the 13-megapixel G4.
The Play comes running a stock build of Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, with no changes, additions, or customizations to speak off, aside from Motorola ID added to Settings. There's no bloatware, leaving you with 10.96GB out of 16GB of total storage. You can also take advantage of Android's Adoptable Storage feature, which lets you treat a microSD card like internal storage.
Overall, the Motorola Moto G4 Play is basically a more compact, less expensive version of its larger siblings.


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Note: The Hot Topics of No. 307 were published ahead of time as a separate edition.
National Grain Price Declined Dramatically after Harvest
Buryung County Focuses on Growing Medicinal Herbs rather than Farming
Buryung County Fires Farming Laborers for Scanty Harvest
Confiscation and Incineration of South Korean Clothes
Pharmaceutical Factories in Hamheung City Sell Medicine in the Black Market
In Shinyang County, the Families of County Party Officials Live a Privileged Life
Reinforcement of the Reporting System for the Residents Living Near the Inter-Korean Border (the Armistice Line) in Jangyeon County
The Number of Defectors is Not High This Year, But Most of Them Are Party Members
Follow-up Investigation Strengthened Due to the Increased Number of Defectors
Gimchaek City, Young People from Poor Households Are the Only Ones Volunteering for Mt. Baekdoo Power Plant Construction
No Outside Aid for Nursing Homes in Wonsan-ri, Hoeryong City
Hoeyang Middle School Designated as an Exemplary Physical Education School
Middle School Instructs Students to Buy Gym Suit for Nomination as an "Exemplary Physical Education School"
Pyongsung – Chungjin, Railroad Blocked for 5 Days Due to Train Accident
National Grain Price Declined Dramatically after Harvest
National grain price have declined dramatically after the harvest season. The price for rice in early September reached its highest at 2,500 NK Won. However, as of November 4th the price has significantly decreased to 1,700 – 1,800 NK Won. Even corn, which was priced around 1,100 NK Won is now under 800 NK Won. As of early November, the food prices are the highest in Chungjin and Hamheung areas and the lowest in Heaju.
Buryung County Focuses on Growing Medicinal Herbs rather than Farming
Buryung County, which is located in the high attitude of the North Hamgyoung province, has small, unsuitable land for farming. Even though they raise corn, the corn farming is not expected to do well this year due to shortage of fertilizer. The farmers experienced food shortage last year as well as this year. The farmers are worried that they might not even be able to afford porridge next year. Min Kwan Kim (alias) recalls, "This is the first year in my 80 years that I have experienced such bad corn farming." As a result, Buryung County farmers are turning to growing medicinal herbs rather than traditional farming. Buryung County is known as one of the best places to grow herbs even without fertilizing. The farmers are able to earn some living since the government purchases the herbs from the farmers. Because the farming is not good this year, increasing number of farmers are growing a variety of mushrooms and herbs.
Buryung County Fires Farming Laborers for Scanty Harvest
The Committee of Armed forced party of Buryung County in the North Hamgyong Province criticized the division party secretary and farm managers for lack of their qualification and fired them. The Committee then replaced them with qualified laborers. The new laborers, however, only went to their assigned places only after the party vituperated and forced them to go to the place. A laborer complained, "The farming did not fail because the farmers were lazy or the officials lacked the ability. For good farming, there must not only be good weather but also good fertilizer. However, the Farm Resource Provision Unit of the Province Farming Management Commission did not provide sufficient amount of fertilizer to Buryung County because they deemed this place unfit for farming. Yet when the farming fails and crop yield decreases, we are criticized harshly during the meeting of the County Party. Would that make you want to go the place?"
Confiscation and Incineration of South Korean Clothes
On September 30, it was uncovered that companies affiliated with the Pyongyang City Trade Bureau have illegally sold and distributed South Korean ready-made clothes. Children's clothing, men and women's clothing, and underwear were sold to various stores in cities such as Pyongyang, Pyongsung, Sariwon, Haeju, and Wonsan. On charges of selling the South Korean clothes, CEOs and directors of the trading companies, and even those Trade Bureau workers who overlooked the sales were arrested. South Korean products can only be legally traded through the Samchunri trading company. Beyond that, South Korean products are forbidden to be imported through China or other third countries. If sellers took off South Korean labels from the clothes before selling them, they would not have been caught. The Central Party ordered each of the cities to withdraw and incinerate the confiscated South Korean clothes. The Central Party assured officials that they would not be responsible even if people protest.
Pharmaceutical Factories in Hamheung City Sell Medicine in the Black Market
Even during the 150-day fight period, there was high absenteeism among workers in the pharmaceutical factories of Hamheung city, south Hamgyong province. Instead of going to the social mobilization which gave no wages, workers worked to earn their daily sustenance through alternative means, such as catching squid. The workers' absenteeism did not get improved, despite factory officials visiting each house to encourage them to participate in the social mobilization. Absenteeism remained high even after officials sent some of the workers to discipline centers. Most of the workers who came to the workplace did not work hard enough. In some pharmaceutical factories that produce medicine such as Aspirin, workers' attendance rates are high because workers could earn money by secretly selling medicine on the black market. In the past, drugs produced by the Hamheung pharmaceutical factory were well-known in the market, but these days, their reputations have become tarnished because the drugs are not as effective as in the past. However, there are many drugs that illegally sold because of drug supply shortages. A significant fraction of the 100,000 doses of penicillin and mycin produced for tuberculosis hospitals in the first, 4th, and 5th Corporation have instead been sold to the black market. Factory efforts to prevent the unauthorized sale of drugs have not been effective. Since August 1, factories organized security details consisting of 8 single young women. They guard the front and rear gates.
In Shinyang County, The Families of County Party Officials Live a Privileged Life
The extended families of County Party officials live with them on the Shinyang village collective farms located in Shinyang County, South Pyongan Province. Due to the privileged status of their relatives, family members receive better farming land and more fertilizer. In reality, actual farming on Party member land is performed by ordinary mobilization workers who work on the collective farms without pay. Officials visit their families every Friday, but they only supervise and do not personally help with the farming. Party Family members receive a larger share than other collective farm workers, and they can even exchange their corn rations for rice. When the family grouping on the collective farm was first created, the families of County Party officials did not want to join. These days, family members are eager to join their relatives on the farm.
Reinforcement of the Reporting System for the Residents Living Near the Inter-Korean Border (the Armistice Line) in Jangyeon County
The Department of Propaganda of Jangyeon County Party in South Hwanghae Province is reinforcing the political work that strengthens the ideological resolution of the residents. The Party stated that it will mobilize the officers of the National Security Agency and the People's Assembly. The officers will inform the residents of the reporting system and awaken their ideological awareness by providing training for the system in order to build up a strong foundation of socialism. Accordingly, the residents living near the Inter-Korean border are educated to promptly report every problem that occurs.
The Number of Defectors is Not High This Year, But Most of Them Are Party Members
On October 15th, the Central Party sent a directive to each Province, requesting stricter punishment for defectors. The Party demanded severe punishment, stating that each Province should not overlook the increasing number of the party members who do not participate in the party-related activities because most defectors to South Korea from this January to September 30th are the party members who did not participate in the activities. In Gimchaek, North Hamgyong Province, the total number of defectors in the directive was thirteen. The Gimchaek city authorities announced that they will soon fire the party officers who did not pay attention to the situations of the missing party members and thus failed to prevent their defections to South Korea. Many defectors are party members because the security of the border has been tightened for the past few years. Only those who are relatively rich, that is, party members, can afford to defect because of the increased risk and the cost of crossing the border.
Follow-up Investigation Strengthened Due to the Increased Number of Defectors
Although the number of defectors is not very high, a post-investigation is expected to be strengthened because of the increased number of defectors this year. According to the Central Party directive, the number of defectors this year is not high but has increased since last year. As a result, a joint team made of the parties of each Province, city, county, the National Security Agency, and the Police Station has been conducting follow-up investigation work for missing people, people not living at home, and especially the families of defectors. The Central Party stated that any law enforcement officer will be dishonorably discharged if one household or more than two people in an area where the officer is in charge turn out to be defectors. When the general residents' meeting is held after the 100-Day Battle, many officers are expected to be discharged following this statement.
Gimchaek City, Young People from Poor Households Are the Only Ones Volunteering for Mt. Baekdoo Power Plant Construction
The Youth Union Committee in Gimchaek City, North Hamgyong Province is having difficulty finding replacement laborers for the Mt. Baekdoo power plant construction. The party secretary and managers are making personal visits to farms, agencies, and enterprises to recruit young people because nobody volunteers for the work. The officials at factories and enterprises are trying to persuade people to volunteer by offering 50,000 NK won and 15kg of food. For those young people who are the head of a household they are offering guaranteed provision of wood for heating. A profile of the volunteers shows that a majority of them are the children of poor laborers who survive day to day on a diet of porridge. They are volunteering for the work because they want to provide extra food for their family. Unconcerned by food shortages, the children of the rich or government officials do not volunteer for the work.
No Outside Aid for Nursing Homes in Wonsan-ri, Hoeryong City
There are about 100 elderly people, including about 30 who are unable to move, at the nursing home in Wonsan-ri, in North Hamgyong Province. The nursing home does not receive any aid from the city's People's Council. As such, it can only rely on outside aid from the United Nations, foreign visitors, and overseas Koreans. However, the city diverts aid materials intended for the nursing home to the Osan Motel to take care of high officials who come for inspections. The nursing home tried to renovate three of their residents' rooms, but there were not sufficient resources in the budget. So, the director and employees had to work on the farm. The director of the nursing home pleaded to the City Party to share some of the aid materials received from overseas Koreans, but to no avail. On the contrary, they were criticized by Jin Yong-ho, the first vice chairman of city People's Council and received reprimands. The food situation at the nursing home at Wonsan-ri is not so good either. Elderly residents in the facility live on porridge made with corn powder. Those who can still move around do their own small patch farming to support themselves. Those who are immobile do not receive enough corn powder porridge, suffer from various diseases, and face slow death. Once there were big competitions to get admitted to the nursing home using personal connections because of its good facilities and stable provision of food, but those conditions have become a thing of the past.
Hoeyang Middle School Designated as an Exemplary Physical Education School
On September 13, 2009 Hoeyang Middle School in Hoeyang County, Kangwon Province demonstrated physical fitness, mass gymnastics, Taekwondo, and received the designation of 'exemplary physical education' school. The officials from the Ministry of Education, Provincial Party Education Department, Provincial People's Council Education Department, and the Hoeyang County Party Education Department served as judges. The school had been practicing high intensity training for mass gymnastics and youth Taekwondo from 2pm to 7pm after having regular classes during the morning hours so that they can receive an exemplary designation. The 4th to 6th grade students performing mass gymnastics had to wear dark blue uniforms and the 1st to 3rd graders were required to wear red uniforms. However, the poor parents who struggle to buy food could not buy the uniforms, which cost 12,000 NK won for mass gymnastics and 9,000 NK won for Taekwondo, respectively. On the day of assessment, about one third of the students had to go home because they did not have the required uniforms. The homeroom teachers visited the homes of the students and pleaded with their parents, but many of them could not afford the uniform. They had to proceed and perform the demonstrations only with those students who had the uniforms being able to participate and earn the exemplary designation. Nevertheless, the school did not receive a high mark.
Middle School Instructs Students to Buy Gym Suit for Nomination as an "Exemplary Physical Education School"
In Pohang Middle School in Pohang Division, Chungjin, North Hamgyong Province, the students have done several exercises, including Taekwondo and group gymnastics, every day after school since the fall. The training was for the sake of the school's nomination as an Exemplary Physical Education School. The teachers told the students to buy a red uniform to unify their outfit.
However, parents who are daily wage earners could not afford the price of the uniform, which costs more than 10,000 won. Not fully understanding their family's financial situation, children refused to go to school, clamoring for the uniform. In addition to the uniform, the school also prepared gifts of alcohol and cigarettes to win the judges' favor. The alcohol and cigarettes were also collected from the students, adding to the distress of their parents.
Pyongsung – Chungjin, Railroad Blocked for 5 Days Due to Train Accident
On October 17, a train from Chungjin in North Hamgyong Province heading for Pyongsung in South Pyongsung Province was derailed. A female merchant from Pyongsung, on her way back home after purchasing 35 rolls of cloth in Chungjin, got off the train at the station immediately before Pyongsung in order to avoid any inspection. In her haste, she hurriedly unloaded the cloth and it rolled into the wheel of the train. Since the train stops at the station only for 5 minutes, the merchant was in a hurry. The train ended up derailing as the wheel became entangled with the cloth.
After slipping off the rails, the five passenger cars continued more than 300 meters, leaving the rail bent and breaking the railroad ties. 30 minutes after the accident, the director of the South Pyongan Province Railroad Authority, a political commissioner, and officers from the public prosecutors office of the railroad police station came to the scene and immediately ordered repairs, which were delayed due to a lack of railroad ties. North Korea's Rail Authority directed the railroad to be repaired in 24 hours but it actually took more than 5 days. The accident caused huge inconveniences in several industry sites since it occurred during the 100-day battle.
Deliveries of steel to the munitions factory in Kangye in Jagang Province were delayed, causing interruptions in the manufacturing process. The cloth merchant, the security guard of the train, and his immediate superior were all arrested and held accountable for the accident. The police station personnel and the train crew of the Chungjin railroad authority office in North Hamgyong Province are all subject to a joint inspection by the Central Party and the Organization and Guidance Department of the Provincial Party.


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For more than four years, David Morrison shared his insights publicly, creating a remarkable online community. When he announced in September 2007 that he would delete the blog from the TypePad server, I commented,
David, first of all, thank you for what has been an excellent resource–humane, thought-provoking, wise (usually!), often touching. Those who would caricature our Church's stance on "Discipleship and Same Sex Attraction," as you categorize it, can only be confounded by your careful and patient teaching here.
You've established this as a "safe space" (to reclaim a buzz-phrase from the theological revisionists) where readers can see that even if they don't accept the Church's teaching, they can express doubts and ask questions without immediately getting jumped on as heretics or perverts. First of all they are recognized as people made in the image and likeness of God. Yet at the same time, you insist firmly that the easy answers the world provides to questions about sexual desire just won't do; people are owed nothing less than the truth, inconvenient as it may sometimes be. Would that all Christian sites showed such charity and clarity towards people who are attached to gay ideology!
Before the site disappeared, David gave permission to anyone who wished to save any of his posts or repost them on our own blogs. I went to some trouble to capture most of the pages, with the intention of eventually setting up a permanent archive online, only to find recently that my own clumsy efforts to archive the site were largely unnecessary, because almost all of Sed Contra was already preserved at Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
So here's where to find almost everything.* The Wayback Machine apparently didn't capture the last few months of the blog (during which David was writing less frequently in any case), so I'll hope to eventually put up those pages here. Note: The archive didn't quite preserve the layout of material, so you may have to scout around on a page to find sidebars and such.
You can read Sed Contra by following the links in the right sidebar under S.C.'s Categories. In particular, I'd suggest looking at the categories Discipleship and Same Sex Attraction, Culture, Discipleship Generally, and Correspondence. (These contain a lot of material, so they may load slowly.) Do take a look at posts for which there are several comments; the dialogues among "Sed Contrarians" gave the site a particularly welcoming tone.
It's not possible to comment at the Wayback Machine, but I imagine that some readers would like to have their say about some of the Sed Contra posts and comments, so I'm opening up a forum, and we'll see if maybe some old Sed Contrarians might feel moved to join in a renewed discussion.
I may eventually post a list of links to individual posts that are noteworthy–if you have a favourite, please nominate it in the forum.
*If you should happen to look at the Wayback Machine's index page for the site, you'll see a great table of dates on which it collected data, but note that these are not necessarily the dates on which David posted anything. Moreover, it wasn't that unusual on Sed Contra (unlike many other blogs) for readers to comment on something long after it was posted, so if you were to try to find a post by going to the next date in the Wayback Machine's list, you'd miss out on any comments that might have been posted long afterwards. So you're better off, if you decide to poke around on your own, to start from the most recent archive, June 6, 2007, because TypePad's internal archive meant that there was a cumulative record of virtually everything that had appeared on the blog. So that's the most comprehensive set of links and the one I used to generate the S.C.'s Categories list in the right sidebar. My only real reservation about that set of files is that I much preferred David's original tagline "Notes from a Life Lived Beyond Gay" over the one he replaced it with at the beginning of 2007, "Because Not All Who Wander Are Lost." It was his blog, though, and I don't really see it as my place to impose my own editorial preferences in the matter at the expense of making his last few months of material harder to access.


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A wise man once said, "Failing to plan is planning to fail". But what about those instances where planning does occur and yet, failure still follows? For example, what good is it to schedule shipment pickups or deliveries if, when the carrier arrives, he finds a line of others waiting to load/unload; or worse, a yard altogether closed? Why is scheduling of shipments so frequently an exercise in frustration and waste? And what can be done to improve the current state of affairs?
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Last week I took Emmy to All State Choir. It happens during the Kentucky Music Educators (KMEA) conference in Louisville. We get to stay at a nice hotel and she is in rehearsals for a few days while I watch and try not to pick up band directors because I have terrible luck with them. She auditioned back in October and we had to wait for what seemed like forever to find out of she made it. For the first time in school history a 6th grader made it. So yeah super proud mommy moment. I may be a little braggy about having one of the best singers in Kentucky. Two if you count Abbey who didn't make all state but came close. Her director said sight reading threw her off.
On day 1 I was having trouble connecting to the internet. Seriously expensive hotel why not have better wifi? My sister suggested turning my phone off and back on to see if that helped. A note to those with iphones and who have not updated their ios. DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR PHONE!!! My phone wouldn't turn back on. I had to chaperoned a trip coordinating with other parents and I had no working phone. It really made me wonder how my parents survived parenting. Then I remembered they didn't chaperoned trips so they wouldn't have cared. I had to wait until I got back home and call tech support. 3 tech calls later my phone was working again. This was our view. If you looked to the right you could see people exercising. I found that more fascinating than the river.


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I've thoroughly enjoyed reading posts about the copyright war brewing between a photographer and Wikimedia about who owns copyright to monkey selfies.
In 2011 a photographer, David Slater, set up a camera while visiting Indonesia. Monkeys were curious about the buttons and took selfies. The monkey self portraits were then posted on Wikimedia and the photographer asked the site to remove them, citing copyright law. Wikimedia refused. They state that because copyright belongs to the individual who takes the picture, and because an animal clearly cannot own copyright, the images therefore are in the public domain. Slater countered that because he set up the camera and acted as the creative force behind the photographs, that he still owns the copyright.
This is a very interesting question for the courts. I hope that it does go that far so that courts can interpret copyright law in this very unusual situation. What do YOU think?
If nothing else, what a marvelous story to start discussions about intricacies of copyright law with the students! This just might make it into an information literacy class or two! It certainly has a lot of people's attention… if just for the 'awwwww' factor when looking at a cute monkey selfie! I could look at them all day!
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Friday January, 23rd, 2014 marked the release of the second round of collaborations between Levi Funk, of the Funk Factory Geuzeria and Marc Buttera, of O'so Brewing Company. This latest round release featured two beers: Framrood, a raspberry lambic; and Door Kriek, a cherry lambic. The two beers, released exclusively at the party, were "spontaneously fermented" by allowing the hot wort (unfermented beer) to cool in a shallow open vessel referred to as a coolship. The wort cools in the coolship (more on this below) and is then added to the fermenter, in this case French Oak barrels for fermentation. If you would like a more in-depth discussion of the use of coolships in brewing, please refer to last week's Framrood post, for now though, let's give Door Kriek its due.
A kriek is a lambic with cherries. All lambic-style beers can vary in taste based upon the microbes that fermented the wort, but a kriek is also heavily influenced by the choice of cherries used. For Door Kriek, Funk Factory and O'so used what I believe to be Wisconsin Montmorency cherries from Door County, which are well known for their tart, or as some would call it, sour flavor. Compared to the sweeter Bing or Ranier Cherries which can be eaten on their own, tart cherries are commonly used as an ingredient in something that can cut the tartness like a pie, a jam or jelly, dipped in chocolate, or paired with something savory (like cheese or meat) to give a recipe added depth.
Last year Marc Buttera and Levi Funk released the first in what will hopefully be many collaborative lambic-style beers, and now here we are with the second major launch event, and a bottle of Framrood. On with the review.
They Say:
Door Kriek is a blend of lambic style beer that was aged in used French oak wine barrels for 18-24 months. It was then re-fermented with two pounds per gallon of tart cherries for three months. We are proud to be using 100% tart cherries grown by a small family farm operating in Door County, WI, an area long-famous for their superb cherry crops. Expect this Kriek to be tart yet balanced, complex yet delicate, and bursting with that pi-cherry flavor we love!
We recommend drinking Door Kriek in the first year, but it will age very well in the cellar.
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Door Kriek pours a brilliantly clear, bright red with pink highlights when held up to the light, the color is reminiscent of watermelon juice. The thin, small bubbled, white head holds very low retention before fading to a very thin collar and leaving behind minimal lacing. A soft, pale maltiness leads in the aroma, with a hint of fruity tartness. Light tart pie cherries and a slight funkiness linger into the finish. The tart pie cherries become more prominent as Door Kriek warms to room temperature.
Door Kriek is mildly funky, with a strong note of tart pie cherries on the front end. Notes of tart lactic acid mingle with slight barnyard/horse blanket funkiness and the tart pie cherries that linger throughout. There is more tart pie cherry in the finish and long lingering aftertaste. As in the aroma, the cherry notes become more prominent as the beer warms to room temperature. At the end of the bottle, I poured a little of the yeast dregs in with my last few ounces of Door Kriek. The addition of the yeast added a strong pie crust character which turned the tart pie cherry into a cherry pie, an amazingly awesome cherry pie! Door Kriek is light bodied with a moderately high level of carbonation, which is dead on for a good kriek.
Door Kriek is an excellent kriek with a moderate level of funkiness and a strong tart pie cherry flavor. As with Framrood, Door Kriek will continue to develop in the bottle becoming funkier and picking up additional depth as it slowly oxidizes; the wild yeasts will make the beer even funkier. In a recent twitter exchange with Crooked Stave, they mentioned that they prefer their American Sours after at least one year of aging in the bottle. I guess that means I will have to hold onto my last bottle of Door Kriek for at least a year before I open it. It will be hard to hold off that long because this is an excellent kriek that, like Framrood, signifies great things to come from all future Funk Factory / O'so Brewing collaborations. With a beer like this, I can't wait to taste the Funk Factory Geuzeria's upcoming releases! once Levi starts rolling out releases.
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北川原 温
- 1951年 長野県出身
- 1974年 東京芸術大学美術学部建築科卒業
- 1977年 同大学院修士課程修了
- 1975年〜1982年 国内外で設計修行
- 1982年 株式会社北川原温建築都市研究所設立
- 東京芸術大学教授
- 日本建築学会会員
- 日本建築家協会会員
- 日本建築士会会員
- 日本デザインコミッティ会員
- 1級建築士日本建築家協会登録建築家
東京芸大学在学中に国際設計コンペで1位となり20代から設計活動を始め、これまでに多くの作品が世界に紹介されています。 詩や音楽、現代美術などをモチーフにした個性的な発想や独創的なデザインで知られ、日本建築学会賞、グッドデザイン賞金賞、 アルカシア賞ゴールドメダルをはじめ国内外の多数の建築賞を受賞。地域の文化や経済の振興に貢献する建築や都市の設計が評判を呼び、 世界各地から建築展。講演の依頼を受けるなど、今最も注目されている建築家のひとり。
建築以外の分野でも活躍。世界的なオランダのモダンバレエ団(ネザーランド・ダンス・シアター、芸術監督イリ・キリアン)の 舞台美術を手掛け、パリ・オペラ・ガルニエやニュヨーク・リンカーンセンターで公演されました。
また、東京芸大の大学院専攻北川原研究室では、科学や音楽、新しい表現芸術などの分野の専門家と協力し、 建築・都市・空間に関する様々な研究・創作活動を展開しています。
CD-ROM / Into The Architect : 北川原温 失われた時を求めて(ハートランド 1995)
THE JAPAN ARCHITECT vol.8 / 北川原温 (新建築社 1992)
現代建築 / 空間と方法7 北川原温 (同朋社 1986)
Atsushi Kitagawara
- 1951 born in Japan (at the foot of the Japan Alps)
- 1974 Bachelor of Architecture, Tokyo University of Arts
- 1977 Master of Architecture, Tokyo University of Arts
- 1975〜1982 studying and working as architect in Japan and other countries
- 1982 Principal, Atsushi Kitagawara Architects, Inc.
- Professor, Tokyo University of Arts (Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music)
- Member, Architectural Institute of Japan
- Member, Japan Institute of Architects
- Member, Japan Federation of Architects and Building Engineers Associations
- Member, Japan Design Committee
- Registered Architect by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
- Registered Architect by the Japan Institute of Architects
Atsushi Kitagawara was born in 1951 as a member of a family of pedigree at the foot of the Japan Alps. Today he is one of the most significant Japanese architect. He has been engaged in a wide range of architectural projects, along with urban planning, landscape design and furniture.
He is famous for his original and creative architectural idea and design methods, often inspired by a spectrum of fields of art such as poetry, music and contemporary arts. His works are appreciated so highly that he has won many prizes and gold medals both in Japan and overseas, including the Architectural Institute of Japan Award in 2002, the first prize in the Innovative Architecture International Award (Italy) in 2006, the Grand-Prix in the Kenneth Brown Architecture Design Award in 2007 and so on. As the registered architect by the Japanese government, he has also won many first prizes in competitions and commissioned some large-scale projects, such as Fukushima Big Palette International Exhibition and Convention Centre, which is completed in 1998.
The source of his creation is often derived from his researches on philosophy and literature at the university. Since he won the first prize of an international architectural design competition when he was only 21 and a student of the national art university, he committed himself to be involved in the world of architecture for life. During the period of his study, he was devoted with avant-garde art, theater and music. Also he showed a great interest in literature. Especially, he was interested in the contemporary Japanese novels of Kobo Abe, Yukio Mishima and Junichiro Tanizaki, as well as foreign literature such as André Breton, Michel Butor, Frenz Kafka, Georges Bataille, Stephane Mallarme and many others.
The architect thinks that the architecture should be an incubator with highly creative potential which gives proper solution to requirements, conditions and programmes to arouse human imaginations, to generate new meanings as poetry of Mallarme does. The architectural aesthetics Kitagawara mentions consists of not only form and volume but also rich creativity within architecture. The architect believes that it is the architecture that makes dreams and hopes for people as other art forms do.
In recent years, Kitagawara is motivated at environmental issues and committed in environment- symbiotic architecture, while his design itself has always been based on the belief to poetical aesthetics of architecture. His recent activities are not limited within Japan but all over the world since he established his new office in Europe. Kitagawara intends to participate in more international projects near future.
As one of the leading architects in Japan, Kitagawara is also contributing to an academic field. With teaching experience at several universities, Kitagawara is a professor of Tokyo University of the Arts which he graduated from. Through his researches at his laboratory in the university, he practices his design activities with his associates of Atsushi Kitagawara Architects.
Atsushi Kitagawara, In Search of Lost Time: CD-ROM medium, Hartland Co.,Ltd, 1995
Atsushi Kitagawara and Koichi Inakoshi Archigraph 2: photographic monologue, TOTO Publications, 1993
Atsushi Kitagawara, JA vol.8: The Japan Architect Special Issue, The Japan Architect Co.,Ltd., 1992
Modern Architecture / Space and method 7 – Atsushi Kitagawara, Doho-sya, 1986
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The "X" Factor
Douglas spent the winter dreaming of that special day when his course would open with its ice-breaker tournament. The harsh memory of mornings spent shoveling the overnight snowfall would melt with that first drive of the new season.
This year, though, thanks to months of anticipation, Douglas played far worse than the 18.8 Handicap Index with which he'd finished last season. He picked up on seven holes when his better-ball partner, Roger, played like a champ. On top of that, the group only finished 16 holes before dark. Although the day was not a total loss - Douglas and Roger placed third - a scorecard with seven X's left Douglas despondent that he not only held the team back, but could not post the round as the committee expected.
Fortunately, Roger knew better and informed Douglas that the USGA Handicap System's provisions allow any player the opportunity to post a score almost any time he tees it up. That's especially useful to a player who is out of a hole and picks up to speed up play.
Section 4-1 of the USGA Handicap System states, "If a player starts but does not complete a hole or is conceded a stroke, he shall record for handicap purposes the score he most likely would have made. The most likely score consists of the number of strokes already taken plus, in his best judgment, the number of strokes that the player would need to complete the hole from that position more than half the time. The most likely score should be preceded by an 'X.' "
Section 4 deals with three types of postings:
- Incomplete holes. Douglas was 15 feet from the hole in two at the par-3 fourth when Roger holed out from a bunker for birdie. As he pocketed his ball, Douglas determined that he probably would have two-putted at least half of the time, so he replaced that X with an X-4.
- Shortened rounds. According to Section 4-2, "If a player does not play a hole or plays it other than under the principles of the Rules of Golf (except for preferred lies), his score for that hole for handicap purposes shall be par plus any handicap strokes he is entitled to receive on the hole." Using the allocation of handicap strokes from the scorecard, his Course Handicap of 21 and each hole's par meant Douglas replaced those last X's with an X-6 and X-5.
- Although not happy with a 113, Douglas could post it in the computer. He realized the two-step process was simple - determine his most likely score on a hole, then see if it exceeded his Equitable Stroke Control maximum. If there was a lesson, it was that going into his pocket didn't necessarily mean posting a big number.
Roger pointed out a nearby bulletin board with a USGA Handigram, a poster of frequently asked questions to assist those uncertain of how to apply the procedures. Douglas left the course proud of the few holes where he had contributed to the team, and vowing that the next time his play proved less than satisfactory he would still post a proper score.


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The German Glassmakersby Gary C. Grassl, President The German Heritage Society of Greater Washington, D.C.
Captain John Smith, the President of the Jamestown
Colony, complained that most of the settlers were unaccustomed to hard labor. They "never did know what a day's work was, except the Dutchmen [Germans] and Poles, and some dozen other." Many were unused to
hard labor, because they were gentlemen. The German glassmen and carpenters and Polish pitch, tar and soap-ash makers, who were recruited from their particular countries because of their skills, went right to work
producing commodities, including clapboard and wainscot plus "a trial of glass" to send back with Newport's ship around 1 December 1608. This first sample of glass was made at James Fort where Hessian
crucibles with adhering glass were discovered by archaeologists.
After their initial experimenting with glass production within the Fort, the German glassmakers built a Glasshouse probably with the help of
the German carpenters and others. Like James Fort, it faced the James River, which provided a ready supply of sand for glassmaking. The Glasshouse was located on the mainland, however, just beyond the narrow strip of
land that connected it to the peninsula on which stood James Fort. It was described in a contemporaneous account as situated "in the woodsnear a mile from James Town." Its distance from the Fort exposed it to
Indian attack, but its bordering forest provided the fuel for firing its glass furnaces and kiln. In fact, the reason the English wanted to establish a glasshouse in distant Virginia in the first place was because
firewood was as abundant there as it was scarce at home. The colonists' secretary William Strachey described it in 1610 as "a goodly house ... with all offices and furnaces thereto belonging."
The Glasshouse accommodated three ovens made of river boulders cemented together with clay: A fritting furnace for preheating the glass ingredients, a working furnace for melting the glass and for keeping it at working
temperature, and an annealing furnace for slowly cooling the finished pieces. The Glasshouse, which measured about 37 by 50 feet, also included a kiln to fire pots or crucibles used in melting the glass.
The foundations of the furnaces and the kiln have been uncovered by archeologist Jean Carl Harrington. They may be viewed behind a glass enclosure constructed by the National Park Service. An historical marker erected
by the U.S. Department of Commerce at the entrance to the enclosure reads:
Next to the remains of
the original glass furnaces a replica of the original Glasshouse has been erected where visitors may watch costumed glassblowers making glass products in the 17th century manner.
It must be pointed out
that the glassmakers of 1608 were more than that term connotes today. When they arrived in the wilderness, they had to first build their four ovens and find the raw materials before they could produce any glass objects.
The modern glassblowers at the replica glasshouse--dressed though they are in 17th century costumes--had the glass ovens all ready made for them by people we would call engineers today. The German glassmakers of 1608
built their own factory, small though it was.
In 1609, the Glasshouse went into full production. According to Harrington, "Archeological evidence [shows] that considerable glass was melted and
fabricated. It shows also that all of it was 'common green' glass." This was known as Waldglas in Germany. There is no documentation of glass production after 1609. "In any event , glassmaking most certainly
would not have continued during the terrible period of starvation and sickness" during the winter of 1609-10 when "all but 60 of the 500 inhabitants of Jamestown died," writes Harrington. "Relief
came to the Colony in the spring of 1610, but there is no evidence that the glass factory was revived at the time." We don't know if the operation ceased because of the poor quality of the sand from the James River
(the replica glasshouse uses sand from Pennsylvania), the difficulty and cost of transporting such a breakable product such a long distance, or if the German glassmakers died during the winter of 1609--10 along with the
majority of settlers.
After investigating the remains of the Glasshouse, Harrington concludes that "the colonists made a sincere attempt to start a manufacturing enterprise, and that even though
the time was not ripe for success in their glass ventures, they were able to, and did, produce a workable glass comparable to that made in English glass houses."
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UC Davis Veterinary School is using their new positron emission tomography [PET] scan machine to diagnose injuries on horses. It's the only facility of its kind using the equipment.
The medical school is helping prevent injuries and extend horse's running career.
"PET scan has never been done on horses because of the configuration of the machine. It was too big," said Dr. Mathiew Spriet, a radiologist at UC Davis. "Our mobile machine allows us to get images we couldn't get before."
The mobile PET scan was designed for human heads. UC Davis uses it to check horse legs.
The PET scan is a pretty complicated machine. The horse is injected with a weak dose of a radioactive substance. That substance works its way into bones.
The PET scanner measures where the radiation is and shows doctors weak or injured spots in the bones.
"The radiation has a short half-life," Spriet said. "It will pass through the horse in a matter of hours."
The short radiation exposure does not hurt the horse, Spriet said. Doctors do have to work fast because the horse is under anesthesia and the radioactive substance dissipates quickly.
Six horses have already gone under clinical trials.
More work is needed before the technique becomes regularly available for animals at UC Davis. With more study the PET scan will become useful in helping diagnose and prevent injuries in horses.
"The PET scan gives us a three dimensional view of the bone," Spriet said.
Doctors at UC Davis are using the PET scan and their bone scanning CT machine together. This allows doctors to give a more accurate diagnosis so they can find more accurate treatments.


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My parents are from the outer islands, so my mum is from Darnley and my dad is from Saint Pauls, but I grew up on T.I. Life here was, I guess, it was fun, growing up on an island, fishing. I sort of kind of grew up around that little island there [points to an island in the background] and my mum worked over that side of the island so we would make little canoes and then go across to that island and spends the days there so as a child, that is what I did but then I grew up and things changed.
I'm a high school dropout, so I left school at, halfway through grade twelve, I didn't finish grade twelve, for a job and I've worked ever since that day but I realised the importance of education, so I've been back to uni.
I did a degree in Community Administration, so many years ago in Adelaide, at the task force, then I did nothing, oh I worked, I didn't consider an education because I thought that degree was it. It kind of, for me it wasn't good enough, so I wanted more. So I went on to do a postgraduate in Health Promotion through Sydney Uni. Then I went on to do a Masters of Public Health. I enjoyed that very much as well, I just enjoy study and now I'm currently doing my PhD.
So for me to enrol in my first degree, I guess twenty years ago there was a lot of support. You just had to fill in an expression of interest and that was it. They didn't consider OP scores or anything like that so it was just an expression of interest to get into that degree. It was really easy but that was like twenty odd years ago.
To get back into uni and doing it through Sydney Uni, the enrolment was a little bit harder but again, there was support people around, Indigenous support staff that helped people like us that wanted to get into uni. For me to enrol in my Masters of Public Health, again it was really easy. There was just Indigenous staff, situated in uni's that were willing to help you but for me to enrol in my PhD was a little bit harder. This time it was like me trying to do it by myself. There's no Indigenous staff around to support you and say if you've forgotten this form, you've got to do this, you've gotta to that, there was nothing so to actually enrol took a bit longer than the other times I wanted to get into uni.
The first challenge I had, with my first degree, I had two girls. So off to uni and leaving them behind. It was in blocks or residential, it was full time uni, so I had to actually leave them behind. So that was the challenge but I had such a supportive mum who just took care of that. The other challenge I guess was, leaving home and you get down there and you don't want that life. You want to come back to this, whatever life it was, but I knew that if I wanted to make a difference I actually had to break away, I had to change myself in order to achieve what I wanted to achieve.
I guess another thing is time management so fitting all of my studies in too because I work full time. I have a very full on job that takes me out to the outer islands so how do I study and fit all of that in is another challenge but I kind of, I think I grew up a lot through my uni years and really I study from three to five every morning and then I do other stuff, then I go for my runs or whatever and then I go to work. So my days are really full on.
I know T.I seems to be the place you want to be, you want to be here because of all the fun stuff, the fun things happen here but it's about you know going to uni, uni is fun, uni is fun too. It's about setting yourself up, getting yourself an education and a career and then you've only got to do uni for about three years to get a degree, depending on what you're doing, three years is not a long time. Nineteen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, you've got a degree before you're twenty one, you're set for life. So I would encourage anybody, all the young ones to really think about going to uni. But I tell everybody that uni's the best years of their lives. I feel sorry for the ones now that I've said that to, cause then they go to uni and I say 'what do you do?', 'oh it's great, we like partying', but that's not what I meant!
Ella's Interview
Location: Thursday Island
Occupation: Public Health
Ella is a health and wellbeing manager from Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, QLD. Growing up on the T.I. Ella dropped out of high school midway through grade 12 to start working full time. She later realised the importance of higher education and has since gone back to uni to complete a Bachelor of Community Administration, Masters of Public Heath and is now working towards her PhD. Studying full time and looking after daughters was a real challenge but Ella sought the support of her family and Indigenous Education Unit in order to reach her goals.


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A major new production of the smash-hit West End and Broadway musical swings into the new Marble Arch Theatre.
Nomax is single, broke and drinking his sorrows away when five guys named Moe - Big Moe, Little Moe, Eat Moe, Know Moe and Four-Eyed Moe – appear out of nowhere to help him straighten out and sing and dance his way to love!
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Cotton warehouse's collapse a stark reminder of a fading farm culture
Another piece of Rock Hill's farm town history came crashing down this week when an old cotton warehouse partially collapsed near downtown.
For 68-year-old Chick Williams, news of the accident left him feeling "like somebody grabbed something from me."
Williams sold the faded brick building to real estate appraiser Hugh Rock a few years ago, but he remains the foremost expert in town on its history. It passed through three generations of his family, starting when Rock Hill was just a railroad stop and cotton could be bought for nickels on the pound.
If it had happened 100 years ago, the collapse would have dealt a sizable blow to York County's economy.
'We all worked down there'
Williams recalls the warehouse opened around 1900 as a farmers' cooperative, a place where families brought produce to pool together and sell to the highest bidders. E. Les Williams, Chick's grandfather, took ownership in the 1920s and formed Williams Cotton Co.
The building sits on a hill above Dave Lyle Boulevard, off Oakland Avenue next to The Station Bar & Grill. "Cotton Warehouse" is still painted in white on the side, though the last few letters are now erased.
Farmers would bring fresh-picked bales and haggle with merchants over prices. The bales would then be taken to mills for weaving into cloth.
"There was a lot of cotton grown in York County back in those days," Chick Williams said. "Thousands of bales."
Much of the grunt work fell to the eight Williams children. They weighed bales, loaded bales onto trucks, drove bales to mills and unloaded bales again. Their father, Thomas Sr., kept close watch over the routine.
"Five o'clock in the morning, he was rousing us up out of bed," recalled Pook Williams, 73. "Mama always had breakfast ready for us. He had eight kids, five of us were boys. And we all worked down there at one time or another."
A slow decline
By the late 1960s, the family business was starting to die. Synthetic fiber became a cheaper option than cotton. To stay afloat, Chick Williams shifted to storing cotton for nearby mills.
That didn't last either, so Williams took a job at City Hall, where he handled property maintenance until his retirement in 2000.
As the years passed, the warehouse fell into disrepair. On Wednesday afternoon, heavy winds caused a wall to tumble over, strewing wreckage across Dave Lyle Boulevard. No one was hurt.
"It's sad to see something that's been a part of Rock Hill for so long go," said Rock's wife, Betsy. "Things will just have to evolve with what we can afford to do. We'll come up something."
A while after she spoke, a bulldozer pushed bricks and dusty planks of wood, clearing remnants of Rock Hill's past.


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Xiaoqing Eleanor Xu, Ph.D., CFA
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Xiaoqing Eleanor Xu, Ph.D., CFA
Department of Finance
I joined the Stillman School of Business in the Fall of 2002 as an Associate Professor of Finance. My teaching interests are in investments and fixed income. My research covers exchange-traded funds, hedge funds, mortgage-backed securities, emerging markets and risk management. I have published over three dozen research articles in high-quality finance journals and a book on international investments. I have frequently presented at national and international conferences. I was promoted to a Full Professor of Finance in the Fall of 2007 and served as Chair of the Finance Department from 2008 to 2010. I am a winner of many research awards and grants, including the 2014, 2009, 2007 and 2006 Seton Hall Researcher of the Year Award, the 2007 NJPRO Bright Idea Award in Finance, the 2006 Real Estate Research Institute Research Grant, and the Stillman Research Achievement Awards from 2003 to 2010.
I have also received recognition for my teaching achievement at the Stillman School. Prior to joining Seton Hall University, I was an Assistant Professor of Finance with the Cook School of Business at St. Louis University. I received my Ph.D. in Finance from Syracuse University with honors in 1998. I am also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and the principal contact for the CFA University Recognition Programs at Seton Hall.
Courses at Seton Hall
- Investment Analysis (BFIN 4227)
- Fixed Income Analysis (BFIN 4250, BFIN 7245)
- Security Analysis (BFIN 7219)
Research Interests
- Exchange-traded Funds, Hedge Funds, Mortgage-backed securities, emerging markets, and risk management
- Ph.D., Syracuse University
- M.B.A., Indiana State University
- B.A., Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, P.R.China
- "Tracking Performance of Leveraged Energy Exchange-traded Funds." The Journal of Derivatives, Volume 23, Issue 3, pp. 37-60, March 2016.
- "Do Leveraged Exchange-Traded Products Deliver Their Stated Multiples?"
Journal of Banking and Finance, Volume 43(6), 29-47, June 2014.
- "Tracking Performance of Leveraged and Regular Fixed Income ETFs."
Journal of Fixed Income, Volume 23, Issue 3, pp. 64-90, January 2014.
- "Solving the Return Deviation Conundrum of Leveraged Exchange-traded Funds."
Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Volume 48, Issue 1, 309-342, February 2013.
- "The effect of monetary policy on real estate price growth in China."
Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 20(1), 62–77, January 2012.
- "An Examination of Hedge Fund Survivorship Bias and Attrition Before and During the Global Financial Crisis."
The Journal of Alternative Investments, 13(4), 40- 52, March 2011.
- "The Performances of MBS Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds: A Puzzle."
Journal of Investment Management, 6(4), 59- 89, December 2008.
- Advances In International Investments: Traditional and Alternative Approaches.
World Scientific Publishing, 2008.
- "What Drives the Return on Venture Capital Funds?"
Journal of Private Equity, 12(1), 42- 55, February 2008.
- "What Drives the Return on CMBS?"
Journal of Portfolio Management, 33(5), 145- 157, September 2007.
- "Time and Dynamic Volume-Volatility Relation."
Journal of Banking and Finance, 30(5), 1535- 1558, May 2006.
- "What Moves the Mortgage-backed Securities Market?"
Real Estate Economics, 33(2), 397- 426, June 2005.
- Stillman School Research Achievement awards: 2003-2010, 2012-2013, 2017
- Stillman School Teaching Achievement award: 2006, 2009, 2017
- Beck Research Award, Stillman School of Business: 2013-2018
- Researcher of the Year in the Stillman School of Business, Seton Hall University: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014
- Bright Idea Award in Finance, NJPRO: 2007
- Faculty Advisor, First place, Investment Research Challenge, New York Society of Security Analysts: 2006
- Summer research grants, Seton Hall University: 2003, 2004, 2006
- Research grant, Real Estate Research Institute, 2006
- Business School Summer Research Grant, Saint Louis University, 1999-2001
- Beaumont Faculty Development Fund, Saint Louis University, 1999-2000
- Doctoral Prize of School of Management, Syracuse University, 1999
- Certificate in University Teaching, Syracuse University, 1998
- Teaching Associateship, Future Professoriate Project, Syracuse University, 1996-1998
- Teaching Fellow, Syracuse University, 1997-1998


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text: hello, i have combed through all 600+ matches for "no such object" and read through turbo's openldap howto thoroughly, and yet i still can't get my SASL/GSSAPI slurpd replication to work. like others with this issue, all other functionality works; i can bind to the slave and search around with 'ldapsearch' (and see sensitive data) via SASL, and i can even use 'ldapmodify' to submit the rejected slurpd modifications via SASL. my slave has the EXACT same data, as i simply copied the .dbb files from the master (and, yes, i had the same problems when populating the slave from an LDIF). i have convinced myself from other peoples' experiences and my own, that it is an access control problem. when i change my updatedn to gibberish (just to see what happens), i notice that the error becomes "insufficient access". interesting, since this would somehow mean that the updatedn is being recognized as 'special' (in that it gives "no such object" errors, as opposed to the access errors for all other updatedns). i noticed that on turbo's site (bayour.com), the suggested updatedn, "uid=replicator.+\+realm=FOO" will halt my slave slap in it's tracks with an "invalid dn" error from the config file on startup. i've noticed in the debug output that the actual dn that gets used is "uid=replicator+realm=FOO" (foo being my realm), and using a single '.' works for the binds. in any case, this is driving me nuts, as it seems that everything should be working... i can see that slurpd binds with the same dn as ldapXXX does when using SASL, so what could possibly be the problem...? thanks very much in advance, -chris grierson


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At that point I stopped eavesdropping, lost somewhere between contemplation and amusement, fascination and puzzlement. They all have a way of mixing on hearing some comment that, from the moment it's made, I know will remain stuck in the little gray cells, like a roadblock, stopping all other traffic.
Yes, this one's definitely a keeper, I thought at the time, a stray comment sure to be called up again and again whatever state of confusion the news has reduced me to at the moment.
For the news is too much with us early and late, and watching and listening, we waste our powers of concentration. The flickering images in the corner come and go, distracting us beyond end, capturing and holding our attention day after day, night after night, while our own lives are put on hold, and the Buddha in the corner is forgotten, lost in the ferns and knick-knacks. It might as well be a potted palm, or some long unnoticed picture in the hall.
The ever-present flow of
Vanity of vanities, as the Preacher observed millennia ago. And those charged with commenting on this all too familiar parade, like pathologists staring at X-rays day after day, yearn for surcease. Effect without cause, reaction without thought, one piece of news follows another with no apparent pattern or purpose, a string of random events that seem to have no connection with first things, permanent things, the kind of things that cry out with what
Tens of thousands of children arrive at our southern border unescorted, unprotected, vulnerable and confused -- and our leaders want to debate how they got there, who is to blame, what laws need to be enforced or not enforced, repealed or changed or ignored. ... Meanwhile these children and political footballs are moved here and there and who knows where, the very picture of the least of these. You'd think anybody confronted by a child in need of help and help right now -- food, shelter, clothing, a comforting presence -- would help now, ask questions later. At least you'd hope so.
Once the children are taken care of, a place found for them, there'll be plenty of time to debate the causes and cure for this influx. But for now, first things should come first. Instead the usual politicians, demagogues on all sides of the issue, and kibitzers in general are too busy fighting the problem to fix it. Midterm elections are coming up fast, and there are voters to stir, rhetorical points to be made, anything but solutions to pursue. First things will have to come any time but first.
The same goes for crisis after crisis, whether real or hyped. In an empty field somewhere in
The evidence in the field decays while investigators are held at bay day after day. It will be weeks before the far-away burials begin amidst all the incriminations as a war goes on all around the neglected dead. As for the suffering living, the latest crop of refugees is left to gather on a barren mountainside in the
Through it all, the televised images keep flickering in the darkness, and the Buddha stares impassively on, lost in all the little trinkets and house plants and cute antiques around it.
Speaking of antiques, remember the old Glass-Steagall Act? It successfully separated ordinary commercial banking from high-risk speculation for most of a century -- till it was quietly repealed in the heedless Clinton Years in a kind of bipartisan absence of mind. Now it's been replaced by this Dodd-Frank monstrosity that could have been designed by Rube Goldberg, and now remains a work forever in progress. It's supposedly being fleshed out by an army of new regulators, but they may never finish the job. Why should they? Once they're done, they could be put out of work.
Glass-Steagall was, in toto, 37 pages long; Dodd-Frank ran 848 at last count, and that's not counting all the rules and regs, the clauses and sub-clauses still being extemporized by this administration. It's the kind of law authoritarian regimes love, for if it's sufficiently murky and always getting murkier, the bureaucrats can keep making it up as they go along, forever issuing new exceptions and waivers to benefit those interests the administration favors and punish those it doesn't. In that sense, Dodd-Frank is the financial version of Obamacare, always changing, never finished, shaped only by the ever changing preferences of those shaping or misshaping it.
First principles? Not a sign of them. Small is beautiful? The simpler the better? A government of laws, not of men? Constancy of purpose in policies foreign and domestic? All of that is lost in the undergrowth. Like the Buddha in the TV room.
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