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Introduction to Glaciation
Various types of paleoclimatic evidence suggest that the climate of the Earth has varied over time. The data suggest that during most of the Earth's history, global temperatures were probably 8 to 15° Celsius warmer than they are today. However, there were periods of times when the Earth's average global temperature became cold; cold enough for the formation of alpine glaciers and continental glaciers that extended in to the higher, middle and sometimes lower latitudes. In the last billion years of Earth's history, glacial periods have started at roughly 925, 800, 680, 450, 330, and 2 million years before present (B.P.). Of these ice ages, the most severe occurred at 800 million years ago when glaciers came within 5 degrees of the equator.
The last major glacial period began about 2,000,000 years B.P. and is commonly known as the Pleistocene or Ice Age. During this glacial period, large glacial ice sheets covered much of North America, Europe, and Asia for long periods of time. The extent of the glacier ice during the Pleistocene, however, was not static. The Pleistocene had periods when the glaciers retreated (interglacial) because of mild temperatures, and advanced because of colder temperatures (glacial). Average global temperatures were probably 4 to 5° Celsius colder than they are today at the peak of the Pleistocene. The most recent glacial retreat began about 14,000 years B.P. and is still going on. We call this period the Holocene epoch.
In North America, the Pleistocene glaciers began their formation in the higher altitudes of the Rocky Mountains, and high-latitude locations in Greenland and north-central Canada. From these locations, the ice spread in all directions following the topography of the landscape. In North America, the glaciers from the Rocky Mountains and north-central Canada met each other in the center of the continent creating an ice sheet that stretched from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean. At their greatest extent, the ice sheets of North America covered most of Canada and extended into the United States to a latitude of about 40° North.
A similar pattern of glaciation has also been scientifically documented in Europe and Asia. In Eurasia, ice sheets had their birth place in the Alps Mountains, Scandinavia, northern British Isles, and northern Siberia. The ice sheets of Eurasia, however, did not form a single ice sheet through convergence and their furthest extent south was limited to a latitude of about 45° North.
Occurrence and Types of Glaciers
Today, glacial ice covers about 10% of the Earth's land surface. During the height of the Pleistocene, ice sheets probably covered about 30%. Currently, the most extensive continental glaciers are found in Antarctica and Greenland. We can also find smaller glaciers at higher elevations in various mountain ranges in the lower, middle, and higher latitudes.
Glaciers can be classified according to size. Continental glaciers are the largest, with surface coverage in the order of 5 million square kilometers. Antarctica is a good example of a continental glacier (Figure 1).
Mountain or alpine glaciers are the smallest type of glacier. These glaciers can range in size from a small mass of ice occupying a cirque to a much larger system filling a mountain valley (Figure 2). Some mountain glaciers are even found in the tropics. The merger of many alpine glaciers creates the third type of glacier, piedmont glaciers. Piedmont glaciers are between several thousand to several tens of thousands of square kilometers in size.
Glacial Processes
Growth of Glaciers
Ice that makes up glaciers originally fell on its surface as snow. To become ice, this snow underwent modifications that caused it to become more compact and dense. Glacial ice has a density of about 850 kilograms per cubic meter. The density of snow ranges from about 50 to 300 kilograms per cubic meter (the density of fresh water is approximately 1,000 kilograms per cubic meter). After the snow falls, the crystals can be reduced by the effects of melting and sublimation. Scientists call this process ablation. For most glaciers, ablation is a phenomena dominant in the summer months. The snow also undergoes physical compaction through melting and refreezing. At first, these processes cause the original snowflakes to be transformed into small round crystals. This partly melted, compressed snow is called névé. Névé has a density exceeding 500 kilograms per cubic meter. If the névé survives the ablation that occurs during the summer months it is called firn. When this process happens year after year, a number of layers of firn can accumulate. Accumulation then causes a further increase in density, modifying the firn into glacier ice, as the lower layers of firn are compressed by the weight of the layers above. On average, the transformation of névé into glacial ice may take 25 to 100 years.
Glacier Movement
To be called a glacier, a mass of ice must be capable of motion. Glacial movement occurs when the growing ice mass becomes too heavy to maintain its rigid shape and begins to flow by plastic deformation. In most mountain glaciers, flow of ice begins with accumulations of snow and ice greater than 20 meters.
Flow rates within the various regions of a glacier are not uniform. From directly above, the middle of the glacier appears to flow with the greatest speed (Figure 4). At the margins of glaciers, surface movement is slowed down because of the frictional effects of the valley wall. Looking at the glacier in cross-section, we notice that the bottom of the glacier also moves slowly, once again, because of the influence of frictional forces (Figure 5).
Figure 6 illustrates the typical pattern of ice flow in a valley glacier. In the upper reaches of the glacier, ice and snow accumulate in a broad basin formed by the effects of physical weathering and erosion. As the glacier proceeds to move downslope, the flow lines of the ice begin to converge because of the narrowing of the valley. This convergence causes a compression of the ice flow in central section of the glacier, and a resultant increase in velocity. At the terminal end of the glacier, flow lines spread out, and glacier speed is reduced.
The velocity of flow of glacier ice is influenced by a variety of factors. Some of the more important factors are the gradient of the valley floor, the temperature and thickness of the ice, and the constriction caused by the valley walls. The movement of ice over the ground in most temperate glaciers is enhanced by a process known as basal sliding. The immense pressure caused by the weight of the overlying glacial mass causes the ice making contact with the ground to melt because of pressure, despite subzero temperatures (pressure melting). The melting ice then forms a layer of water that reduces the friction between the glacial ice and the ground surface. This basal meltwater can be supplemented by surface meltwater reaching the glacier base. This water then facilitates the movement of the ice over the ground surface by producing a layer with very little friction. Because of basal sliding, some glaciers can move up to 50 meters in one day. However, average rates of movement are usually less than 1 meter per day. Cold glaciers are frozen to their bed and tend to move very slowly because there is no basal sliding, and cold ice is harder and deforms more slowly than warm ice. Movement in these glaciers takes place mainly due to internal deformation of the ice.
Glacier Mass Balance
Scientists often view glaciers as systems that are influenced by a number of inputs and outputs. The main inputs to the glacial system are water, in the form of snow, and eroded sediments that are picked up by the moving ice. Water leaves the glacial system when ice is converted into water or vapor. Sediment is deposited at the base of the glacier as till and at its terminal end as moraines or materials reworked by glaciofluvial processes.
We can also use a systems approach to help us understand why glaciers expand and shrink, and advance and retreat. Glaciers advance and retreat in response to changes in mass balance. The mass balance of a glacier involves two main components: accumulation of snow in the glacier's zone of accumulation and the ablation of ice in the zone of ablation (Figure 7). The zone of accumulation occurs in the upper reaches of the glacier where yearly additions of snow exceed losses due to melting, evaporation, and sublimation. The surface of this zone is covered by snow throughout the year. Below the zone of accumulation is the zone of ablation. In this zone, the losses of snow and ice from melting, evaporation, and sublimation are greater than the additions. The line that separates these two areas is called the firn limit or snow line.
Figure 7 illustrates the major components of glacier mass balance. Additions to the glacial system occur in the zone of accumulation where snow is converted into glacial ice over time. This ice then flows downslope into the zone of ablation. In the zone of ablation, losses occur from the glacier from the melting, evaporation, and sublimation of solid and liquid forms of water.
Forward flow of glacial ice is controlled by gravity and the accumulation of snow in the zone of accumulation. If losses due to ablation are identical to accumulation, the glacier will appear to be standing still in spite of the fact that the ice is actually moving forward. Melting at the terminus merely equals the forward motion of the glacier.
If a climate change occurs that increases the mass balance the glacier will advance, in an attempt to reach a new equilibrium position. The surplus of accumulation that exists must be balanced by an increase in ablation, which is accomplished by expanding the low-elevation terminus zone of the ablation area. If a climate change occurs reducing mass balance the glacier will retreat in an attempt to achieve equilibrium. The retreat will reduce the area of the glacier in the lowest elevation terminus area where ablation is highest. If by retreat mass balance equilibrium is reached the glacier will cease retreating. If the glacier cannot acheive equilibrium via retreat, it is in disequilibrium and will disappear.
Ideally, the rate of flow and movement of the glacier's terminus should be controlled by net accumulation and net ablation. This relationship, however, is not temporally immediate. In many glaciers, there are significant time lags between one year's net accumulation and net ablation and the corresponding movement of the glacier. This response time ranges from a few years on smaller alpine glaciers to several decades on large alpine glaciers and centuries for ice sheets.
Eventually, all glacier ice is lost in the zone of ablation by the processes of melting, evaporation, and sublimation and calving. This process occurs when a glacier terminates in a body of water of sufficient depth to generate calving. Calving involves the separation of portions of the glacier ice into the water body. Many icebergs enter the oceans of the world from the calving of the Greenland and Antarctic glaciers. Glaciers that calve icebergs tend to retreat more rapidly as this process allows for rapid mass loss, than land terminating glaciers.
Today most glaciers are retreating because of the general warming of global temperatures since the beginning of this century (Figure 8). This indicates that the mass balances of these glaciers are negative because of less snow accumulating or higher levels of ablation. During the Little Ice Age, when global temperatures were cooler than present, many glaciers over much of the world made strong advances.


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It's not stealing when Apple does it, because it wasn't stealing when Google did it either
0. phoneArena 13 Jun 2013, 16:17 posted on
Every time there are new features announced for iOS, there is an uproar around the web about Apple "stealing" features. I have talked before about why I think this is a silly argument, but I wanted to put up a refresher on the idea, because the claims simply won't die out. Here's the simple reason: it's not stealing when Apple does it, because it wasn't stealing when Google did it either...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
1. tedkord (Posts: 9706; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
Watch out, Michael. Both sides are gunning for you now.
5. biophone (Posts: 1909; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
Such is the problem with being unbiased. Any rational person regardless of os prefrence isn't gunning for him though.
46. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2698; Member since: 26 May 2011)
If everyone disagrees with me, I'm either doing my job really well or really poorly. I'm just aiming for the former.
74. the_best (Posts: 139; Member since: 14 Oct 2012)
The problem isnt that we Think that they are stealing.
The problem is that companies as apple, microsoft, google and so on keep claiming that everybody else is stealing from them even if its true or not.
And when people see these obvius thefts they get angry because these big companies never get what they deserve.
78. ihatesmartphone (unregistered)
89. taz89 (Posts: 2014; Member since: 03 May 2011)
Like you I've always felt that it's not stealing and everyone b copies ideas and builds of one another.. The issue I've always had is with apples hypocrisy..you said not to judge them by Steve jobs apple but imo it looks like they still trying to run apple the Steve jobs way.. Am pretty sure they are seeing over the s3 and s4 and they were after Steve lobs death.. True apple not the only one in litigation but in most cases if anyone is suing apple it's usually just to defend themselves.. I hope your right the "new" apple will not be suing over petty things and I know it's just as much the fault of the dumbest patent system ever that these lawsuits even exist..
106. Dr.Phil (Posts: 1095; Member since: 14 Feb 2011)
I thought it was a good article. I don't view the features shared by iOS, Android, and WP8 as copying each other or stealing from each other, but rather I view it in the sense of which company is actually leading and which company is just a follower. If a company is just adding features that have already existed for months or years to its devices, then to me they aren't the real leaders or innovators in the mobile space. If, however, they bring something new and innovative that others then want to put onto their devices, then they are the true leader in that respect. So, the question then becomes: with the recent introduction of iOS 7, was Apple a leader or a follower?
It looks like the readers have already made up their minds.
145. buccob (Posts: 2481; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
Exactly my thoughts. Thumbs up for you Dr.
And there are ways to innovate without strictly following... its true you don't have to re-invent the wheel every single time, but there are other ways to add functionality while keeping aesthetics and simplicity.
149. Dorothy69 (banned) (Posts: 498; Member since: 21 May 2013)
I completely disagree. First and foremost: tldr!!
Secondly, the tidbits I was able to quickly scan over and process with my bionic vision implied a comparison between various desktop platforms and Android (or Google Chrome) and, therefore, I am at an utter loss as to how these analogies apply specifically to two mobile operating systems, Android and iOS, respectively??
152. Dr.Phil (Posts: 1095; Member since: 14 Feb 2011)
Perhaps you should read the article then and maybe you would know why he made those comparisons. I don't understand how someone can say they disagree with something when all they did was scan through the entire article. You missed a lot of important points.
154. datoserigarylaw (unregistered)
112. Stuntman (Posts: 834; Member since: 01 Aug 2011)
I think the quality of the comments here reflect that you are doing your job well.
155. a_tumiwa (Posts: 373; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
so Michael, do u agree that Apple is wrong when they started a patent war against Samsung and the others?
157. VZWuser76 (Posts: 3562; Member since: 04 Mar 2010)
See I've been saying something similar to this for awhile now. I'd mention a feature that was supposedly new, and then bring up that they've had that feature on desktops & laptops for quite awhile. The response I'd always get was "Yeah, but this is on a phone!" So what? A smartphone is basically a pocket computer with radios to make wireless calls. All of these OSs for these phones could work or be adapted to work on a non mobile platform. So rather than re-issuing patents for mobile, they should go off of the original patent that's applicable, whether desktop or mobile. I'd bet a lot of the patents that people are suing over would be invalid because what they did was adapt someone else's patent to work on their device, and figured since it's on a mobile device that's new ground.
171. joey_sfb (Posts: 5205; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
I agree with you 100% that why Samsung and the rest of the world was shock when Apple sue Samsung over their design patent.
Now everyone want to sue every body else over design and software patents. Learn about the new Oracle and Google follow-up law suit. Oracle and Microsoft wants more protection over their codes.
172. Mittal (Posts: 493; Member since: 14 Dec 2011)
your thoughts on features having been present in other devices/platforms in some form or the other makes sense. But when we talk about taking inspiration from real life scenarios, to some extent , yes, we can say that its not a case of pure genious, but we must credit the first company to adopt that feature for its farsightedness and confidence to do the new thing in the electronic world.
174. haroonazeem638 (Posts: 138; Member since: 29 Mar 2011)
It is not the stealing part that should really bother anyone. With so many advancements in technology, it is almost impossible to come up with something that may not have existed before. This is because every new technology MUST depend on older technologies. Otherwise, it's like saying that everyone has been stealing from GOD.
The reason why Apple is highlighted in this issue most is because of the terms they use when introducing products. You can't copy something and call it innovative or new or whatever term you want to use. You copied it, fine! Move on. So there IS a difference here.
184. Anti-troll-returns (banned) (Posts: 11; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
Stop putting ban on me.
207. JunitoNH (Posts: 1566; Member since: 15 Feb 2012)
This is the reason adults run the world, not children. Fantasy is one thing, reality a whole different story.
224. jroc74 (Posts: 5967; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
I agree with this article, Michael. I just wish an article like this popped up when soooo many fanboys accused Google, Android of copying Apple, iOS.
So...in that sense expect some backlash for this article....lol.
2. Anti-Troll (banned) (Posts: 64; Member since: 12 Jun 2013)
And yet you are calling yourself unbiased.
4. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2698; Member since: 26 May 2011)
And, there's the first person to completely misread the article...
8. Anti-Troll (banned) (Posts: 64; Member since: 12 Jun 2013)
Thanks for replying. This is the first time that you have replied me.
141. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Cause you're new to PA®
185. Anti-troll-returns (banned) (Posts: 11; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
I am not new kiddo.
11. Anti-Troll (banned) (Posts: 64; Member since: 12 Jun 2013)
But the point is.. They steal from it others. patent it and yet call it "innovation". They even sue others. That is not fair.
For Example: iOS 7 multitasking is copied from WebOS/WP8 multitasking, did they gave credits? No.
17. feres13 (Posts: 306; Member since: 23 Dec 2011)
Has MS gave credits to WebOS when they copied their Multitasking UI in WP?? No
27. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2698; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Ah feres got my point exactly
175. haroonazeem638 (Posts: 138; Member since: 29 Mar 2011)
YES, but when Apple copies, they also go to court for silly things they didn't really invent.
186. Anti-troll-returns (banned) (Posts: 11; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
But still they are not calling it like "revolutionary" or "innovation".
Please accept the facts.
187. Anti-troll-returns (banned) (Posts: 11; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
194. ihatesmartphone (unregistered)
Seems that phoneareana are out of control...
40. Hallucinator (Posts: 344; Member since: 24 May 2010)
how could they have copied it from wp8 when ms copied it from web os and so on?
65. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
THAT is a point I will give. The overall concept of the article is correct to my viewpoint, but when apple dates to copy something seen as standard or that predates it, and then goes to court over it (which, as Michael H stated, seems to not have happened in the last couple years), it is a severe breach of, well not sure what to call it, decency or a universal agreement not to be jerks?
42. darkkjedii (Posts: 19196; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Extremely well written, and intelligent article Michael. 100% agreed +100 lol.
47. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2698; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I'm gonna have to talk to the guys upstairs about adding a "+100 lol" button
55. iamfoolhehe (Posts: 28; Member since: 03 Jun 2013)
Michael bro.
This is a offtopic..its very rare to get you .
Can you add battery test along with reviews like gsmarena do?
Can you the upstairs guys ;)
58. iamfoolhehe (Posts: 28; Member since: 03 Jun 2013)
Can you ask*
68. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2698; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I'll mention it to the others, for sure!
209. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2698; Member since: 26 May 2011)
I checked with the editors, and I've been told we are working on adding more extensive battery testing to reviews.
150. Dorothy69 (banned) (Posts: 498; Member since: 21 May 2013)
I completely disagree; tldr and pointless.
169. Charlie_boy (Posts: 69; Member since: 04 Jan 2013)
how can one disagree with something they havent read?
One has to understand it first before disagreeing...
177. duckymomo26 (Posts: 19; Member since: 01 Jun 2012)
I would also have to disagree with your existence. Its also pointless why you have to live.
203. ghaniosman (Posts: 78; Member since: 06 Jun 2013)
If thats the case apple should make their patents like 'pinch to zoom' and 'slide to unlock' and 'rectangular device with rounded corners and screen in the middle and a thin profile' (can u believe that ridiculous sentence is a registered patent) to make them universal standard and if not get ready for excepting taunts of 'stealing' which r valid..
135. Gawain (Posts: 417; Member since: 15 Apr 2010)
You've obviously missed Michael's articles about Google and Android...he's pretty much all-in with Google/Android etc.
3. biophone (Posts: 1909; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
Good article mike.
I don't have any problem with "stealing" as long as one company isn't trying to steal another's brand identity. Otherwise its just building upon others which is smart.
39. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2698; Member since: 26 May 2011)
50. maxican16 (Posts: 364; Member since: 29 Sep 2011)
I agree. Well put article. One of these days I'll get over hating Apple.. one of these days. Your point about it not being Jobs company actually helped quite a bit. I just can't see Cook saying something as ridiculous as "going thermonuclear" on a company.
That said, I don't hate the people that use their products. I'm happy my iOS friends are getting these "new" features.
188. Anti-troll-returns (banned) (Posts: 11; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
Thanks to you also for putting ban on me.
210. MichaelHeller (Posts: 2698; Member since: 26 May 2011)
Sorry, but I never even gave you a warning.
222. Potato. (banned) (Posts: 607; Member since: 14 Jun 2013)
Eh, sorry. Off the topic. But I can see Anti-troll-returns is banned. Just asking.
41. gustavoace (Posts: 173; Member since: 13 Nov 2012)
I think exactly the same way. Some features are great, and I want it on my phone, regardless the OS. But Apple crossed all the lines with the copying thing, patenting ridiculous things (e.g. the rectangular with round corners design), and now everyone else accuses them of stealing. Karma is a bitch.
70. biophone (Posts: 1909; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
Copying things I feel is ok as I stated as long as they aren't trying to steal brand identity.
The patents were redic however its the uspto fault for putting them through
196. tedkord (Posts: 9706; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
The USPTO is definitely effed up, but Apple its just as much to blame. If you take advantage of a messed up system, you are at fault.
If I use an ATM, and it starts spitting money at me from everyone else's account, keeping it would be wrong on my part. Returning and doing it again would make me a pretty awful person. It would be the banks fault for having a faulty ATM, but I know the difference between right and wrong.
Apple walks right up to that ATM, and time and again withdraws all the money and tells us to blame the bank.
6. TechWorld_Observer (Posts: 15; Member since: 17 Aug 2011)
Remember the first iPhone? No really innovation as there were many features already on contemporary phones at the time, but Apple was able to put the top features from each phone into the iPhone, not real innovation, right? simple, any company COULD do it, but never did. Worst thing about it is that these other companies knew about it and yet they wanted to keep selling junk. Yes, you remember, ugly designs, buggy software, gosh you had to keep messing with the software features all the time (if you could) just to get your phone to a satisfying point.
A TV screen, an existing circuit board, a few other existing components, they just put them all together into one product... the PC. All easy, right, no true innovation at this, any boy could do this in their parents garage.
What's the lesson here?
206. Sauce (unregistered)
Last time I checked there still are ugly & hideous designs, buggy software, as well as still having to mess with the software to get your "awesome" phone. This is why I left android for windows and iOS.
7. RORYREVOLUTION (Posts: 3103; Member since: 12 Jan 2010)
Everyone knows that every company in the world "steals/borrows" from their competition, they make it better and improve on it, advance it as much as possible. Nobody has a problem with that, we have a problem with the fact that Apple has stolen ideas from the very start and then had the nerve to try to ban and sue the hell out of their competition when they themselves are no better.
But sure, we can pretend that Apple isn't a money hogging billion dollar corporation that steals from their own developers and takes the credit for themselves and tries to bully and scare competition right out the door.
9. biophone (Posts: 1909; Member since: 15 Jun 2011)
Michael mentioned that. Apple hasn't started any lawsuits under Tim cook. That was a jobs thing and he isn't part of apple anymore.
85. Stuntman (Posts: 834; Member since: 01 Aug 2011)
That is true, but many people still see Jobs as the face of Apple and still remember those lawsuits while he was running the company. I don't know how long it will be before that perception changes.
125. roscuthiii (Posts: 2127; Member since: 18 Jul 2010)
Until the current cases are resolved most likely.
And then of course there has to be no new anti-competitive lawsuits filed.

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Team Kabuto
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This team, disguised as Konohagakure ninja, were Otogakure spies that took part in the Chūnin Exams to observe Sasuke Uchiha for Orochimaru. Kabuto proved most successful in this goal, but withdrew from the exams before the preliminary matches. Testing Sasuke's mettle was left to Yoroi Akadō, who was defeated by Sasuke in the first preliminary match. Misumi Tsurugi was later defeated by his opponent as well.
Yoroi, Misumi, and their unnamed team leader were not seen again in the manga. In the anime, Yoroi and Misumi made another appearance in the Land of the Sea assisting Orochimaru's scientist, Amachi. Both are killed when Misumi was trapped inside a collapsing cave and Yoroi sinks into the depths of the ocean and drowns. The unnamed leader also makes several anime only cameos, most prominently at Hiruzen Sarutobi's funeral and later in Part II as a member of the Nijū Shōtai.
- Kabuto's name (meaning helmet), along with Yoroi's (armour) and Misumi's (sword), makes up the helmet-armour-sword trio.
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Kids in an anti-abduction class Saturday learned how to defend themselves if a stranger were to try and grab them.
Many times kids are taught to put up their fists and try to fight off an adult predator or to simply run away. But that's not always possible if the predator has a strong grip on them.
So Saturday, CFMAF (Calvary Family Martial Arts and Fitness) taught kids a much more effective technique that is easy to learn and remember.
Around 80 families took part in the free training that educates not only children, but their parents. This way both can practice skills they learn at home.
Instructors played out a scary scenario we hear about all too often: a stranger pulling up in a car and asking a kid to get in and help find a lost pet.
But now dozens and dozens of kids know how to say no.
"It's sad that nowadays you can't just send your kids to the playground and know that they are gonna be okay. So it's nice to know that he knows he can stand up for himself," said Jackie Williams.
Williams' 4-year-old son Cayman was one of the few kids teaching other kids what to do is a stranger tries to grab them.
"While punching is effective for older kids, the reality of it is when the kids are small, who is gonna hit harder? The kid or the predator?" said instructor Isaac Costley.
That's why he taught these kids to not throw punches, but instead D.D.A. This stands for Delay and Draw Attention.
They can do this with a simple technique called "Grip, Dip, and Spin." Basically the kids grab onto the predator's legs and start yelling.
If they do it right, the kids can even knock the adult to the ground.
"It actually teaches the parents and child to delay and draw attention to the attack so that person cannot pick up the child, put the child in a vehicle, carry him or her away...other people's eyes are drawn to that attack so they can intervene on behalf of the child," said Costley.
It's an easy skill that children, even at the age of 3, can do.
"What do you tell that stranger? 'No!' Then you do what? Run and yell 'fire, fire fire.' Do you yell that really loud? Yes. And why do we yell 'fire, fire, fire?' Because that gets attention," said Williams and her son Cayman.
Instructors also taught kids these easy to remember stranger danger rules:
-If a stranger approaches, take three steps back
-Tell the person NO
-Run away and scream "fire", because that word draws the most attention
-Make sure you have a code word so your kid can tell if a person is a stranger or friend, and after someone uses that word, change it
These skills are being taught by these instructors at schools all across the community.
But with this class parents and kids can practice the skills together.
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BW080: Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain!
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As Ash and co. are on the home stretch to Icirrus City which is over the mountain, they saw those boulders are about to fall on them as they try to run. From here on, they encounter a man name Brycen after he and Beartic save them, in which Cilan knows him in his dream that he's a movie-star action hero featuring several flims. Which is "Enter the Beartic", "The Way of the Beartic", and "Fists of Ice". Apparently, he had to go through rigorous training with Beartic to get to where he is today. So Ash and his Krokorok must prove to be worthy by training with them before they can be like them, but after the training, clouds came in gray covering the whole sky, and lightning flashed. A Volcarona appears and is being pursued by a Pokémon Hunter name Rinzo and his Jellicent in which Brycen calls it "The Guardian of the Mountain". Can Ash and co. be able to help and free Volcarona? And why is Iris keeping her distance from Brycen?
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- Brycen: You there. Are you alright?
- Ash: Yeah.
- Brycen: Well I'm glad to here that.
- Brycen's Beartic: Bear!
- Iris: AHHHH! I'm not good with Ice-types. Even saving us.
- Cilan: You couldn't be."YOU ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRE!"
- Iris: You know who he is Cilan?
- Ash: Okay, let's nail this. (while he and Krokorok gets ready to punch the rock)
- Ash's Krokorok: KROK! (punched the rock) "KRAA! KRAK-OR-ROK! KRAK-OR-ROK! KRAA-KA!" (When his fist are red).
- Ash: (As he pushed Krokorok towards the waterfall) It's just training, so don't be scared! Uh? (then fell) AHHHHHHHHHHHH! (down the waterfall).
- This is the first appearance of a Pokémon hunter since Hunter J.
- When two of those Jellicents use Double Hydro Pump against Beartic's Brine, you can see the difference of power, which means Brine is better than two Hydro Pumps combined.
- Brycen wouldn't reveal himself that he's the Icirrus Gym Leader until the end of the episode.
- Who's that Pokémon: Volcarona (US).
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In an effort to draw attention to the needs of residents in need, Montgomery County Councilmember Valerie Ervin came up with the idea of the SNAP Challenge: Get public officials to try to pay for their meals on just $5 a day.
The program is designed to to make an impression on lawmakers to influence their policy-making decisions.
"Roughly 34 percent of our kids are in poverty, and about 80 percent of those kids receive free lunch, not just free and reduced lunch," says Montgomery County School Superintendent Dr. Joshua Starr who is taking part in the SNAP Challenge.
To underscore the scope of the issue, Starr says the number of kids qualifying for free and reduced meals in Montgomery County is greater than the total number of students enrolled in D.C. public schools. Montgomery County has 149,000 students enrolled.
Day one of the challenge kicked off with a trip to the grocery store. Starr looked closely at the prices of fresh fruit and noted, "I'm trying to find things that are both healthy and filling."
Councilmember Ervin ticked off the items in her shopping cart — dried black beans, tuna and a whole chicken.
"This chicken is special to me," she jokes. "It was half price! I'm going to roast it when I get home tonight and make it last for four days. I can do a lot with a chicken," she says.
Council President Nancy Navarro says the challenge reminds her of her college days and later, working out a budget as a new parent. The challenge is proving even more daunting 20 years later.
"I can barely afford fresh vegetables, and it's really amazing. I didn't realize how expensive, for example, milk was … because now you shop and you just do it," she says of the SNAP budget.
There were some special challenges for other participants.
Councilmember Nancy Floreen, a breast cancer survivor, found that milk was out of the picture. She was intent on getting five fruits and vegetables a day into her diet which, she found, meant heading to Costco. Even buying in bulk, Floreen had to pinch pennies to stick to an anti-cancer diet.
Finding healthy foods was also a challenge for Board of Education President Chris Barclay who has diabetes.
The focus should not be on the participants or the novelty of the challenge, Ervin says. While it's a helpful exercise, the real focus should be on the perspective it provides.
The reminder that Montgomery County, as wealthy as it is, also has many families who struggle, is the lesson Ervin says. And managing on a tight budget isn't nearly as easy as some might think.
Navarro says the image of the county needs to be grounded in reality.
"Yes, we're the economic engine of the state, but we also have needs and we need to come together and address them," she says.
For the participants of the SNAP challenge, the five day event ends on Friday. But for those enrolled in the SNAP program, the challenge takes place every day, Ervin says.
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Good luck with your prep! You will do great. I have not personally had braces at any stage of life, but my little sis just got hers off and is so happy with the results. Hang in there!
Good luck with all your prep, packing, travelling and teaching, etc. I know you'll be great and will have a fabulous time! You'll survive the braces – I bet people won't even notice!
Best wishes with the summit. I wish I could go…especially now that it's so close! Oh well. I'll enjoy it vicariously through your posts. 🙂
Good luck with 'the summit', you'll be just fine 🙂 Remember to have FUN!
When a person gets braces, at our age, it's different than at 13. I personally think, oh wow, they are going to look even more incredible once they are off. At an older age, we look at it as inhancement … as a kid, I felt like a nerd. As an adult, I'm inhancing my overall health and looks. Bet you look wonderful! Have fun … wish we could all go 🙂
I got braces when I was 42. I had had them as a teenager but hated them and didn't persevere. The the second set were 'welded' to my teeth so there was no 'taking them out because they hurt'.
I soon stopped being self conscious even though I was in a job which involved meeting the public, organising events and chairing meetings so I know you will be just fine. I'm
WhooHOooooo! The girl is going to the Sewing Summit….you and Dana….two of my fav people! Have fun girlie!

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The Sewing Summit sounds like so much fun! I'm sure you'll do great! I would be so excited (and slightly nervous) to attend any kind of sewing event! It's so inspiring to see other sewer's work and how creative they are. Good luck! 🙂
The great sewing summit in the sky! I love that. Have a great time, wish I was coming… maybe next year 🙂 I got my braces after I turned 16. which in my mind was basically an adult. And I survived. The first two months were the worst, after that my teeth looked at least straight(er) than they had. You'll be wonderful I am sure!
I once had the mushroom hair cut too, it grew out but there's still photographic evidence that needs burning!! I'm sure yours isn't that bad and sometimes it's how they dry it. Don't feel bad about the braces, I'd get them if I could!!
Relax and enjoy the sewing summit 🙂
I have had the 'priveledge' of having braces twice, once as a teen as once in my 20'2- dating age. It isin't so bad. In fact, my now husband asked me out the day I got them off and now 10 years later we are happily married and I have much to smile my beautiful straight teeth about. Have a great time.
have so much fun…sewing summit sounds wonderful.
I will look forward to hearing all about the sewing summit : )
Have loads of fun, and I'm sure no-one will notice the hair or braces :o)
I have that mushroom haircut to they must be going around. You are such a sweetie nobody will notice and they have come to meet and see what you have to teach them about their favorite thing quilting. Good Luck and have fun.
I am crushing on that striped binding! It will be pretty on that quilt.
I had Invisalign a few years back and that went pretty well. Hurts just as much as any other braces, but hardly anyone knew I was wearing them. You will look back on this time and think 'now, that wasn't bad, and so worth it!'
Have a wonderful time. Looking forward to details!
You are going to have so much fun! I got braces at 51 and went to my first Quilt Market sporting them. I know how you feel! But quilters are the best – kind, loving and accepting. You'll forget all your worries once you get there. Can't wait to hear from everyone how it went!
I'm in your class and I'm so excited! Heading out of Atlanta tomorrow! See you in class.
Have fun at the Summit – wish I could go, but the airfare was just out of reach. You'll do great because you're fab! Good luck with the braces – I've never had them either, but wished upon all wish that I could have them in junior high like the rest of the peeps. See? Now I just feel left out all over again!! 🙂
Have fun at the Summit – wish I could go, but the airfare was just out of reach. You'll do great because you're fab! Good luck with the braces – I've never had them either, but begged for them so that I could have them in junior high like the rest of the peeps. See? Now I just feel left out all over again!! 🙂
I wish I was going to the Sewing Summit.
I waited until I was 46 to get braces and I was very proud of them. I wore them for 3-1/2 years and I was a sales manager and had to talk on the phone a lot. Even had to make a presentation a couple of weeks after I had them put on.
It was all worth everything I went through.

Have fun at the summit. I sure hope you blog about the trip
I wish I had gotten braces in my earlier years. Just think how much prettier you will be. And I cannot remember names or birthdays either. Have fun at the sewing summit. Show us things when you return.
Have a fantastic time at the Sewing Summit. Your blog is awesome and certainly something that brings a smile to my face.
No worries 🙂 you will be fine…I am especially looking forward to the eternal sewing summit with perfect bodies and minds (and hair?) But for now: great picture!! the greens/blues are perfect and made me sigh happily–thank you!
Have a blast at the Sewing Summit Amy! You'll do great at the class and you'll probably be the cutest one there! I can't make it (would love to) so just say hi to everyone I know (?) from me!!
I too was an adult braces wearer, it will be okay and get even better. It was a present to myself, I was so aware of my crooked teeth I found myself not smiling. I got through it just fine and feel so much better for doing it. I wish you luck and send prayers for a great talk and for the summit to go awesomely great. I wished I lived in the area so I could attend.
I've just returned to Australia from a month in the US with my husband. Had the best time, especially shopping around Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with one of my Aussie quilting buddies that we met up with over there. Quilting heaven! Your blog is always inspiring.
I'm sure you will have a great time at the summit. The braces will be so worth it in the end. Anyone that gets them as an adult has a lot of guts.
I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time and have lots of stories to share. Good luck on your presentation!
I had braces as an adult & have worked in the orthdontic field for 31 years…..YOU WILL SURVIVE & BE SO HAPPY WHEN YOUR TREATMENT IS FINISHED!! One of the best things I ever did for myself.
I had braces as a girl (this is going back 40-50 years) but they were taken off too soon and I wasn't given a proper retainer. So not only did my teeth go back to being crooked, they ended up worse than when I had started. When I was in my 50s, my husband (the saint) gave me a birthday present of…INVISALIGN, braces that don't show. I now have nice straight teeth, and I wear my


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The Crownlands
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The Crownlands is one of the nine constituent regions of the Seven Kingdoms. It was never a sovereign nation, instead being contested between the Riverlands, the Stormlands, and other regions until Aegon the Conqueror seized control of the area during his invasion and made it his primary foothold on the continent, three centuries before the death of King Robert Baratheon. It is therefore the newest of the regions in Westeros, and as a result, does not have much of a distinct "cultural identity", so much as it is shaped by its distinction as the region containing the capital city.
The Riverlands were always more of a borderland frequently changing hands between rival strong kingdoms and were not an independent kingdom at the time of the Targaryen Conquest, and thus are technically not counted as one of the "Seven" Kingdoms, instead loosely making up the eighth "kingdom" or region. The Crownlands are even younger than the Riverlands, which at least existed as a loose cultural area for thousands of years even if they weren't always politically independent, thus the Crownlands functionally make up the ninth "kingdom" within the realm anachronistically known as "the Seven Kingdoms". Culturally and historically, the Crownlands were primarily an extension of the Riverlands, but with cultural influences from neighboring regions which periodically captured territory in the region, such as the Stormlands, the Vale of Arryn, and even the Iron Islands. One of the main reasons Aegon the Conqueror begin his invasion in the area which would become the Crownlands is because it was where the borders between these three powerful rival kingdoms met. None of them wanted to deal with the Targaryen threat directly, and each wasted so much time arguing that Aegon was really the problem of the other two respective kingdoms that the Targaryens were able to land all of their forces and establish a firm beachhead unopposed.[1]
Instead of being ruled by a Lord Paramount, the Crownlands are ruled directly by the King on the Iron Throne from the city of King's Landing, the largest city in Westeros and the capital of the Seven Kingdoms. Thus for most of its three centuries of existence the Crownlands were ruled directly by House Targaryen and their subordinate vassals. When House Targaryen was deposed at the end of Robert's Rebellion, seventeen years before the War of the Five Kings, Robert took the throne, and his new House Baratheon of King's Landing took up the rule of the Crownlands. On Robert's death, control of the Crownlands and King's Landing passed to King Joffrey Baratheon, backed by House Lannister.
The Crownlands is divided into two areas: the mainland part administered directly by the King on the Iron Throne and his Small Council from the city of King's Landing, and the offshore islands under the authority of the Prince of Dragonstone, traditionally the heir to the throne.
Bastards born in the Crownlands are given the surname Waters.
The Crownlands are located on the east coast of Westeros, on the shores of the Narrow Sea, north of the Stormlands and south of the Vale of Arryn. The Reach borders it to the southwest, and the Riverlands border it to the northwest. The Crownlands do not directly touch the lands of the Vale, as the Bay of Crabs separates them by sea, and a small strip of the eastern Riverlands separates them by land. Gods Eye lake forms the southern part of the border between the Riverlands and the Crownlands, but the northern part of the border with the Riverlands is arbitrary, not defined by geographical features.
The Crownlands consist of two major regions: the mainland area which is ruled from King's Landing itself, and the islands of Blackwater Bay, which are ruled from Dragonstone island by the heir to the throne.
The mainland itself is divided into three regions. The main region lies between the Blackwater river in the south, and Crackclaw Point in the north. The Blackwater Rush, as it is known, is the major waterway of the Crownlands, flowing out of Gods Eye lake. King's Landing itself sits on the north side of the Blackwater. This area is a warm coastal plain with fertile fields that feed the capital city. Besides King's Landing itself, the major towns of Rosby and Duskendale are also located here.
Crackclaw Point itself in the north is a forested, hilly region filled with bogs and pine barrens. This backwater region is sparsely populated by local hill-lords who have been feuding with their neighbors and each other since the days of the First Men, but who submitted to the Targaryens. South of the Blackwater river, the Crownlands extend to include a narrow strip of the southern coast of Blackwater Bay, ending in Massey's Hook. This southern strip of land is sparsely populated, and dominated by the northern half of the Kingswood, a large forest which spills across the border into the Stormlands.
As befitting the region containing the capital city, many major roads link the Crownlands with the rest of Westeros. The Kingsroad extends south to Storm's End in the Stormlands, and continues north through King's Landing, passing up through the Riverlands, then to Winterfell in the North and ultimately to The Wall. The Roseroad passes from King's Landing to Highgarden in the Reach, before continuing on to Oldtown, the second largest city on the continent. The Goldroad passes from King's Landing through the Riverlands to the west to reach the city of Lannisport in the Westerlands. It is also relatively easy to reach King's Landing by ship from the two other port-cities on the east coast of Westeros, White Harbor in the North and Gulltown in the Vale of Arryn. A multitude of ships and foreign merchants from the Free Cities on the east shore of the Narrow Sea frequently visit the city for trade.
- King's Landing, the capital city of Westeros, currently ruled by King Tommen Baratheon.
- The Red Keep, the castle that towers over King's Landing.
- Rosby, the seat of House Rosby.
- Antlers, a holdfast north of King's Landing near the border with the Riverlands.
- Dragonstone, the ancestral home of House Targaryen, currently ruled by King Stannis Baratheon.
- The Whispers, a ruined castle on the tip of Crackclaw point.
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In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Crownlands are an administrative region under the direct control of the Iron Throne. The Crownlands are the Royal Domain, or Desmesne (derived from the Latin, "dominus" which means "lord") of the united Seven Kingdoms. In real-life medieval countries such as England or France, kings did not sit at the top of a delegated hierarchy of power. Instead of relying on national taxation, they drew support from lands ruled directly by the monarchy and the wealth they generated. Over time, fines and tariffs did go to the monarchy, and eventually taxes were implemented, but monarchies only came to actually rely on centralized taxation in the Early Modern era. Thus, there were no large permanent standing armies of professional soldiers, paid for by regular taxation. Author George R.R. Martin has stated that the societal and technological level of Westeros is loosely equivalent to Western Europe during the War of the Roses or Hundred Years' War, which was a long period of transition from the medieval to Early Modern periods. Joffrey himself states in "Lord Snow" that while administrative regions like the North do pay some taxes to the crown, the kingship doesn't have a standing royal army of professional soldiers, instead relying on the regional Lords Paramount like House Stark to supply soldiers as feudal vassals of the crown. Thus, the military forces of the royal House itself are raised from within the Crownlands, which they directly control. This is comparable to how in medieval France, the king directly ruled the area of Île-de-France, essentially as the lead duke among the several dukes (or counts, barons, etc.) who ruled the other large regions of the country, such as Burgundy, Champagne, or Normandy.
Castles of the Crownlands
- The Red Keep of King's Landing, the capital city of Westeros, currently ruled by King Tommen Baratheon.
- Castle Stokeworth, the seat of House Stokeworth.
- Duskendale, the seat of House Rykker, a major port north-east of King's Landing.
- Rosby, the seat of House Rosby.
- Dragonstone, the ancestral home of House Targaryen, currently ruled by Lord Stannis Baratheon.
- Claw Isle, the seat of House Celtigar.
- Driftmark, the seat of House Velaryon.
See also
- ↑ Complete Guide to Westeros: Dragonstone
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- As I write this, I'm coming down from one of the best weekends of my life.
My head's still down by the Greenbrier River. My heart is in Lewisburg, which I'm thinking might now be my favorite place.
In 2011, Budget Travel magazine designated Lewisburg as the "Coolest Small Town in America." Now I know why.
I traveled to the area (to nearby Ronceverte) for a girls' weekend in a small trailer that was advertised as being "down near the water."
Near the water, it was. But it was also near railroad tracks.
Very near.
Still, it had been ages since I'd had a grown-up weekend away, and can't remember a time when I needed a trip more than this. There was a bonus in that nearby Lewisburg was holding its first-ever Literary Festival that same weekend.
Because of the festival, many of my writer friends I normally see only once a year, at a conference, were in town. Among them one of the festival's featured authors, Lee Maynard, who invited me to join him for dinner at his place.
Earlier the same day, I'd heard that the festival's other two guest authors, Jerry West and Homer Hickam, were staying at The Greenbrier, so I made the assumption that Maynard was staying there too. I thought "dinner at his place" meant a fine steak from The Greenbrier.
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That he was so amused when I said something about him being at The Greenbrier.
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Except his place was the Greenbrier River.
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When the meat was ready, he removed a big knife from his pocket and flicked it open. I checked the blade for traces of blood and fur. There were none.
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For an evening I never wanted to end.
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22 U.S. Code § 2151b - Population planning and health programs
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(a) Congressional declaration of policy
The Congress recognizes that poor health conditions and uncontrolled population growth can vitiate otherwise successful development efforts.
Large families in developing countries are the result of complex social and economic factors which change relatively slowly among the poor majority least affected by economic progress, as well as the result of a lack of effective birth control. Therefore, effective family planning depends upon economic and social change as well as the delivery of services and is often a matter of political and religious sensitivity. While every country has the right to determine its own policies with respect to population growth, voluntary population planning programs can make a substantial contribution to economic development, higher living standards, and improved health and nutrition.
Good health conditions are a principal element in improved quality of life and contribute to the individual's capacity to participate in the development process, while poor health and debilitating disease can limit productivity.
(b) Assistance for voluntary population planning
In order to increase the opportunities and motivation for family planning and to reduce the rate of population growth, the President is authorized to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, for voluntary population planning. In addition to the provision of family planning information and services, including also information and services which relate to and support natural family planning methods, and the conduct of directly relevant demographic research, population planning programs shall emphasize motivation for small families.
(c) Assistance for health programs; special health needs of children and mothers; Child Survival Fund; promotion of immunization and oral rehydration; control of AIDS and tuberculosis
(1) In order to contribute to improvements in the health of the greatest number of poor people in developing countries, the President is authorized to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, for health programs. Assistance under this subsection shall be used primarily for basic integrated health services, safe water and sanitation, disease prevention and control, and related health planning and research. This assistance shall emphasize self-sustaining community-based health programs by means such as training of health auxiliary and other appropriate personnel, support for the establishment and evaluation of projects that can be replicated on a broader scale, measures to improve management of health programs, and other services and supplies to support health and disease prevention programs.
(A) In carrying out the purposes of this subsection, the President shall promote, encourage, and undertake activities designed to deal directly with the special health needs of children and mothers. Such activities should utilize simple, available technologies which can significantly reduce childhood mortality, such as improved and expanded immunization programs, oral rehydration to combat diarrhoeal diseases, and education programs aimed at improving nutrition and sanitation and at promoting child spacing. In carrying out this paragraph, guidance shall be sought from knowledgeable health professionals from outside the agency primarily responsible for administering subchapter I of this chapter. In addition to government-to-government programs, activities pursuant to this paragraph should include support for appropriate activities of the types described in this paragraph which are carried out by international organizations (which may include international organizations receiving funds under part III of this subchapter) and by private and voluntary organizations, and should include encouragement to other donors to support such types of activities.
(B) In addition to amounts otherwise available for such purpose, there are authorized to be appropriated to the President $25,000,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1987 for use in carrying out this paragraph. Amounts appropriated under this subparagraph are authorized to remain available until expended.
(3) The Congress recognizes that the promotion of primary health care is a major objective of the foreign assistance program. The Congress further recognizes that simple, relatively low cost means already exist to reduce incidence of communicable diseases among children, mothers, and infants. The promotion of vaccines for immunization, and salts for oral rehydration, therefore, is an essential feature of the health assistance program. To this end, the Congress expects the agency primarily responsible for administering subchapter I of this chapter to set as a goal the protection of not less than 80 percent of all children, in those countries in which such agency has established development programs, from immunizable diseases by January 1, 1991. Of the aggregate amounts made available for fiscal year 1987 to carry out paragraph (2) of this subsection (relating to the Child Survival Fund) and to carry out subsection (c) of this section (relating to development assistance for health), $50,000,000 shall be used to carry out this paragraph.
(4) Relationship to other laws.— Assistance made available under this subsection and sections 2151b–2, 2151b–3, and 2151b–4 of this title, and assistance made available under part IV of subchapter II of this chapter to carry out the purposes of this subsection and the provisions cited in this paragraph, may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries, except for the provisions of this subsection, the provisions of law cited in this paragraph, subsection (f) of this section, section 2394–1 of this title, and provisions of law that limit assistance to organizations that support or participate in a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization included under the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund heading in the Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003 (Public Law 108–7).
(d) Administration of assistance
(1) Assistance under this part shall be administered so as to give particular attention to the interrelationship between
(B) development and overall improvement in living standards in developing countries, and to the impact of all programs, projects, and activities on population growth. All appropriate activities proposed for financing under this part shall be designed to build motivation for smaller families through modification of economic and social conditions supportive of the desire for large families, in programs such as education in and out of school, nutrition, disease control, maternal and child health services, improvements in the status and employment of women, agricultural production, rural development, and assistance to the urban poor, and through community-based development programs which give recognition to people motivated to limit the size of their families. Population planning programs shall be coordinated with other programs aimed at reducing the infant mortality rate, providing better nutrition for pregnant women and infants, and raising the standard of living of the poor.
(2) Since the problems of malnutrition, disease, and rapid population growth are closely related, planning for assistance to be provided under subsections (b) and (c) of this section and under section 2151a of this title shall be coordinated to the maximum extent practicable.
(3) Assistance provided under this section shall emphasize low-cost integrated delivery systems for health, nutrition, and family planning for the poorest people, with particular attention to the needs of mothers and young children, using paramedical and auxiliary medical personnel, clinics and health posts, commercial distribution systems, and other modes of community outreach.
(e) Research and analysis
(1) Health and population research and analysis carried out under this chapter shall—
(A) be undertaken to the maximum extent practicable in developing countries by developing country personnel, linked as appropriate with private and governmental biomedical research facilities within the United States;
(B) take account of the special needs of the poor people of developing countries in the determination of research priorities; and
(f) Prohibition on use of funds for performance or research respecting abortions or involuntary sterilization
(1) None of the funds made available to carry out subchapter I of this chapter may be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions.
(2) None of the funds made available to carry out subchapter I of this chapter may be used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilizations as a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations.
(g) Authorization of appropriations
(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the President, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes—
(A) $290,000,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $290,000,000 for fiscal year 1987 to carry out subsection (b) of this section; and
Source(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. I, § 104, as added Pub. L. 93–189, § 2(3),Dec. 17, 1973, 87 Stat. 715; amended Pub. L. 93–559, § 4(1),Dec. 30, 1974, 88 Stat. 1795; Pub. L. 94–161, title III, § 304,Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 857; Pub. L. 95–88, title I, § 103(a)–(c), Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 534; Pub. L. 95–424, title I, § 104(a),Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 945; Pub. L. 96–53, title I, § 102,Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 360; Pub. L. 96–533, title III, § 302,Dec. 16, 1980, 94 Stat. 3145; Pub. L. 97–113, title III, § 302,Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1532; Pub. L. 98–473, title I, § 101(1) [title V, § 541(a)], Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1884, 1903; Pub. L. 99–83, title III, §§ 303–305(a),Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 214; Pub. L. 99–529, title I, § 103, title IV, § 404(1),Oct. 24, 1986, 100 Stat. 3011, 3019; Pub. L. 106–264, title I, § 111(a), title II, § 203,Aug. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 751, 759; Pub. L. 108–25, title III, §§ 301(a)(1), 303 (c),May 27, 2003, 117 Stat. 728, 737.)
References in Text
The Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003, referred to in subsec. (c)(4), is Pub. L. 108–7, Feb. 20, 2003, 117 Stat. 11. Provisions under the heading "Child Survival and Health Programs Fund" in Pub. L. 108–7appear at 117 Stat. 161 and are not classified to the Code.
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (e)(1), was in the original "this Act", meaning Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, as amended, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables.
References to Subchapter I Deemed To Include Certain Parts of Subchapter II
References to subchapter I of this chapter are deemed to include parts IV (§ 2346 et seq.), VI (§ 2348 et seq.), and VIII (§ 2349aa et seq.) of subchapter II of this chapter, and references to subchapter II are deemed to exclude such parts. See section 202(b) ofPub. L. 92–226, set out as a note under section 2346 of this title, and sections 2348c and 2349aa–5 of this title.
Amendment by Pub. L. 98–473is based on 303 of H.R. 5119, Ninety-eighth Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives May 10, 1984, which was enacted into permanent law by Pub. L. 98–473.
2003—Subsec. (c)(4) to (7). Pub. L. 108–25added par. (4) and struck out former pars. (4) to (7), which related to coordination between governments and organizations to prevent vertical transmission of HIV, prioritization of HIV/AIDS in foreign assistance program efforts, appropriation of funds for fiscal years 2001 and 2002, and coordination in developing a comprehensive tuberculosis program.
2000—Subsec. (c)(4) to (7). Pub. L. 106–264added pars. (4) to (7).
1986—Subsec. (c)(2)(B). Pub. L. 99–529, § 103(b), substituted "$75,000,000 for fiscal year 1987" for "$25,000,000 for fiscal year 1987".
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 99–529, § 103(a), inserted provision allocating $50,000,000 of the amounts available for fiscal year 1987 for carrying out par. (3).
Subsec. (g)(1)(B). Pub. L. 99–529, § 404(1), substituted "$180,000,000 for fiscal year 1987" for "$205,000,000 for fiscal year 1987".
1985—Subsec. (c)(2)(B). Pub. L. 99–83, § 304, inserted provisions authorizing specific appropriations for fiscal years 1986 and 1987.
Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 99–83, § 305(a), added par. (3).
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 99–83, § 303, in amending subsec. (g) generally, substituted in par. (1) provision authorizing appropriations of $290,000,000 and $205,000,000 to carry out subsecs. (b) and (c), respectively, for fiscal years 1986 and 1987 for provisions authorizing $211,000,000 and $133,405,000 to carry out such subsecs. for fiscal years 1982 and 1983, and in par. (2) struck out provision that not less than 16 percent of available subsec. (b) appropriations or $38,000,000, whichever amount is less, be available in fiscal years 1982 an 1983 only for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities.
1984—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98–473designated existing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2).
1981—Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 97–113, § 302(b), added par. (3).
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 97–113, § 302(a), substituted provision authorizing appropriations of $211,000,000 and $133,405,000 to carry out subsecs. (b) and (c) for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for provision authorizing $238,000,000 and $145,300,000 to carry out such subsections for fiscal year 1981 and provision that not less than 16 percent of available subsec. (b) appropriations or $38,000,000, whichever amount is less, be available in fiscal years 1982 and 1983 only for the United Nations Fund for Population Activities for provision making minimum of $3,000,000 available in fiscal year 1981 only to support the World Health Organization's Special Program of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction.
1980—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–533, § 302(a), made provision for information and services relating to and supporting natural family planning methods.
Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 96–533, § 302(b), substituted in par. (1) appropriations authorization of $238,000,000 for fiscal year 1981 for authorization of $201,000,000 for fiscal year 1980 and made $3,000,000 available for World Health Organization's Special Human Reproduction Program, and in par. (2) appropriations authorization of $145,300,000 for fiscal year 1981 for authorization of $141,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, which made $4,000,000 available for development of John Sparkman Center for International Public Health Education at University of Alabama at Birmingham.
1979—Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 96–53, § 102(b), inserted provisions respecting use of community-based development programs.
Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 96–53, § 102(a), substituted provisions authorizing appropriations of $201,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, for provisions authorizing appropriations of $224,745,000 for fiscal year 1979.
Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 96–53, § 102(a), substituted provisions authorizing appropriations of $141,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, for provisions authorizing appropriations of $148,494,000 for fiscal year 1979, and inserted provisions relating to the Sparkman Center for International Public Health Education.
1978—Pub. L. 95–424amended section generally placing greater emphasis on programs and efforts to change social and economic conditions which produce high birth rates.
1977—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–88, § 103(a), transferred to subsec. (b) provisions covering the President's authority to furnish assistance for health purpose and, in the provisions covering population planning remaining in subsec. (a), struck out provisions authorizing the appropriations of $145,000,000 for fiscal year 1974, $165,000,000 for fiscal year 1975, $243,100,000 for fiscal year 1976, and $275,600,000 for fiscal year 1977, struck out provisions requiring that not less than 67 percent of the funds made available under this section be used for population planning, and inserted provisions authorizing an appropriation of $167,000,000 for fiscal year 1978.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–88, § 103(a), added subsec. (b), consisting of provisions transferred from subsec. (a) covering the President's authority to furnish assistance for health purposes, inserted references to disease prevention and environmental sanitation, and inserted provisions authorizing an appropriation of $107,700,000 for fiscal year 1978. Former subsec. (b) redesignated (c).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 95–88, § 103(b), redesignated former subsec. (b) as (c).
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 95–88, § 103(c), added subsec. (d).
1975—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94–161, § 304(1)–(3), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), authorized appropriations of $243,100,000 and $275,600,000 for fiscal years 1976 and 1977, and prescribed minimum percentage (67) of funds available for any fiscal year to be used for population planning, either in separate programs or as an element of health programs.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–161, § 304(4), added subsec. (b).
1974—Pub. L. 93–559increased appropriations authorization for fiscal year 1975 to $165,000,000 from $145,000,000.
Effective Date of 1985 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 99–83effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1301 ofPub. L. 99–83, set out as a note under section 2151–1 of this title.
Effective Date of 1979 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–53effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 512(a) ofPub. L. 96–53, set out as a note under section 2151 of this title.
Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 95–424effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 605 ofPub. L. 95–424, set out as a note under section 2151 of this title.
Effective Date of 1977 Amendment
Pub. L. 95–88, title I, § 103(d),Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 535, provided that: "The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1977."
Delegation of Functions
For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title.
Pub. L. 106–264, title II, § 202,Aug. 19, 2000, 114 Stat. 758, provided that: "Congress makes the following findings:
"(1) Since the development of antibiotics in the 1950s, tuberculosis has been largely controlled in the United States and the Western World.
"(2) Due to societal factors, including growing urban decay, inadequate health care systems, persistent poverty, overcrowding, and malnutrition, as well as medical factors, including the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the emergence of multi-drug resistant strains of tuberculosis, tuberculosis has again become a leading and growing cause of adult deaths in the developing world.
"(3) According to the World Health Organization—
"(A) in 1998, about 1,860,000 people worldwide died of tuberculosis-related illnesses;
"(B) one-third of the world's total population is infected with tuberculosis; and
"(C) tuberculosis is the world's leading killer of women between 15 and 44 years old and is a leading cause of children becoming orphans.
"(4) Because of the ease of transmission of tuberculosis, its international persistence and growth pose a direct public health threat to those nations that had previously largely controlled the disease. This is complicated in the United States by the growth of the homeless population, the rate of incarceration, international travel, immigration, and HIV/AIDS.
"(5) With nearly 40 percent of the tuberculosis cases in the United States attributable to foreign-born persons, tuberculosis will never be controlled in the United States until it is controlled abroad.
"(6) The means exist to control tuberculosis through screening, diagnosis, treatment, patient compliance, monitoring, and ongoing review of outcomes.
"(7) Efforts to control tuberculosis are complicated by several barriers, including—
"(A) the labor intensive and lengthy process involved in screening, detecting, and treating the disease;
"(B) a lack of funding, trained personnel, and medicine in virtually every nation with a high rate of the disease;
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"(D) the risk of having a bad tuberculosis program, which is worse than having no tuberculosis program because it would significantly increase the risk of the development of more widespread drug-resistant strains of the disease.
"(8) Eliminating the barriers to the international control of tuberculosis through a well-structured, comprehensive, and coordinated worldwide effort would be a significant step in dealing with the increasing public health problem posed by the disease."
Progress Report on Implementation of Immunization and Oral Rehydration Promotion Programs
Pub. L. 99–83, title III, § 305(b),Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 215, provided that: "Each annual report required by section 634 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2394] shall describe the progress achieved during the preceding fiscal year in carrying out section 104(c)(3) of such Act [22 U.S.C. 2151b (c)(3)]."
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