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Childbirth and C-sections in pre-modern times
Yes, you read that right. Our babies' heads are actually two percent larger than our skeletal anatomy.
|Fetal head and mother's pelvic inlet width
Photo credit: Evolution-of-man.info
Obviously, we've also evolved ways to get those babies out. Biologically, towards the end of pregnancy, a hormone is released that weakens the cartilage of the pelvic joints, allowing the bones to spread; and the fetus itself goes through a complicated movement to make its way down the pelvic canal, with its skull bones eventually sliding around and overlapping to get through the pelvis. Culturally, we have another way to deliver these large babies: the so-calledcaesarean section.
Up until the 20th century, childbirth was dangerous. Even today, in some less developed countries, roughly 1 maternal death occurs for every 100 live births, most of those related to obstructed labor or hemorrhage (WHO Fact Sheet 2010). If we project these figures back into the past, millions of women must have died during or just after childbirth over the last several millennia. You would think, then, that the discovery of childbirth-related burial – that is, of a woman with a fetal skeleton within her pelvis – would be common in the archaeological record. It's not.
Archaeological Evidence of Death in Childbirth
Two recent articles in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology start the exact same way, by explaining that "despite this general acceptance of the vulnerability of young females in the past, there are very few cases of pregnant woman (sic) reported from archaeological contexts" (Willis & Oxenham, In Press) and "archaeological evidence for such causes of death is scarce and therefore unlikely to reflect the high incidence of mortality during and after labour" (Cruz & Codinha 2010:491).
The examples of burials of pregnant women that tend to get cited include two from Britain (both published in the 1970s), four from Scandinavia (published in the 1970s and 1980s), three from North America (published in the 1980s), one from Australia (1980s), one from Israel (1990s), six from Spain (1990s and 2000s), one from Portugal (2010), and one from Vietnam (2011) (most of these are cited in Willis & Oxenham). Additionally, I found some unpublished reports: a skeleton from Egypt, a body from the Yorkshire Wolds in England, and a skeleton from England.
The images of these burials are impressive: even more than child skeletons, these tableaux are pathos-triggering, they're snapshots of two lives cut short because of an evolutionary trade-off.
Where are all the mother-fetus burials?
- Archaeological Theory and Methodology. From the dates of discovery of maternal-fetal death cited above, it's obvious that these examples weren't discovered until the 1970s. Why the 70s? It could be that the rise of feminist archaeology focused new attention on the graves of females, with archaeologists realizing the possibility that they would find maternal-fetal burials. Or it could be that the methods employed got better around this time: archaeologists began to sift dirt with smaller mesh screens and float it for small particles like seeds and fetal bones.
- Death at Different Times. Although some women surely perished in the middle of childbirth, along with a fetus that was obstructed, in many cases delivery likely occurred, after which the mother, fetus, or both died. In modern medical literature, there are direct maternal deaths (complications of pregnancy, delivery, or recovery) and indirect maternal deaths (pregnancy-related death of a woman with preexisting or newly arisen health problems) recorded up to about 42 days postpartum. An infection related to delivery or severe postpartum hemorraging could easily have killed a woman in antiquity, leaving a viable newborn. Similarly, newborns can develop infections and other conditions once outside the womb, and infant mortality was high in preindustrial societies. With a difference between the time of death of the mother and child, a bioarchaeologist can't say for sure that these deaths were related to childbirth. Even finding a female skeleton with a fetal skeleton inside it is not always a clear example, as there are forensic cases of coffin birth or postmortem fetal extrusion, when the non-viable fetus is spontaneously delivered after the death of the mother.
- Cultural Practices. Another condition of being human is the ability to modify and mediate our biology through culture. So the final possibility for the lack of mother-fetus burials is a specific society's cultural practices in terms of childbirth and burial. In the case of complicated childbirth (called dystocia in the medical literature), this is done through caesarean section (or C-section), a surgical procedure that dates back at least to the origins of ancient Rome.
Cultural Interventions in Childbirth
Negat lex regia mulierem, quae praegnas mortua sit, humari, antequam partus ei excidatur: qui contra fecerit, spem animantis cum gravida peremisse videtur.
The royal law forbids burying a woman who died pregnant until her offspring has been excised from her; anyone who does otherwise is seen to have killed the hope of the offspring with the pregnant woman. [Translation mine]
|Example of Roman gynaecological equipment: speculum
From the House of the Surgeon, Pompeii (1st c AD)
Photo credit: UVa Health Sciences Library
There's discussion as to whether this law was instituted for religious reasons or for the more practical reason of increasing the population of tax-paying citizens. In spite of this law, though, there isn't much historical evidence of people being born by C-section. Many articles claim the earliest attested C-section as having produced Gorgias, an orator from Sicily, in 508 BC (e.g., Boley 1991), but Gorgias wasn't actually born until 485 BC and I couldn't find a confirmatory source for this claim. Pliny, however, noted that Scipio Africanus, a celebrated Roman general in the Second Punic War, was born by C-section (Historia Naturalis VII.7); if this fact is correct, the earliest confirmation that the surgery could produce viable offspring dates to 236 BC.
Caesarean Sections and Roman Burials
|Roman relief showing a birthing scene
Tomb of a Midwife (Tomb 100), Isola Sacra
Photo credit: magistrahf on Flickr
In spite of the Romans' passion for recordkeeping, there's very little evidence of C-sections. It's unclear how religiously the Lex Regia/Caesarea was followed in Roman times, which means it's unclear how often the practice of C-section occurred. Would all women have been subject to these laws? Just the elite or just citizens? How often did the section result in a viable newborn? Who performed the surgery? It probably wasn't a physician (since men didn't generally attend births), but a midwife wouldn't have been trained to do it either (Turfa 1994).
Interestingly, the Jerusalem find was studied and reported by Joe Zias, who also analyzed theonly known case of crucifixion to date. Zias and colleagues report on the find in Nature(1993) and in an edited volume (1995), but their primary goal was to disseminate information about the presence of cannabis in the tomb (and its supposed role in facilitating childbirth), so there's no picture and the information about the skeletons is severely lacking:
We found the skeletal remains of a girl (sic) aged about 14 at death in an undisturbed family burial tomb in Beit Shemesh, near Jerusalem. Three bronze coins found in the tomb dating to AD 315-392 indicate that the tomb was in use during the fourth century AD. We found the skeletal remains of a full-term (40-week) fetus in the pelvic area of the girl, who was lying on her back in an extended position, apparently in the last stages of pregnancy or giving birth at the time of her death… It seems likely that the immature pelvic structure through which the full-term fetus was required to pass was the cause of death in this case, due to rupture of the cervix and eventual haemorrhage (Zias et al. 1993:215).
More interesting than the young age at parturition is the fact that both of these young women were likely buried with their fetuses still inside them, in direct violation of the Lex Caesarea. So it remains unclear whether this law was ever prosecuted, or if the application of the law varied based on location (these young women were both from the provinces), social status (both young women were likely higher status), or time period. Why wasn't medical intervention, namely C-section, attempted on these young women? It's possible that further context clues from the cemeteries and associated settlements could give us more information about medical practices in these specific locales, but neither the Zias articles nor the Kent report make this information available.
Childbirth – Biological or Cultural?
Childbirth is both a biological and a cultural process. While biological variation is consistent across all human populations, the cultural processes that can facilitate childbirth are quite varied. The evidence that bioarchaeologists use to reconstruct childbirth in the past includes skeletons of mothers and their fetuses; historical records of births, deaths, and interventions; artifacts that facilitate delivery; and context clues from burials. The brief case study of death in childbirth in the Roman world further shows that history alone is insufficient to understand the process of childbirth, the complications inherent in it, and the form of burial that results. In order to develop a better understanding of childbirth through time, it's imperative that archaeologists pay close attention when excavating graves, meticulously document their findings, and publish any evidence of death in childbirth.
- Coffin Birth, aka Postmortem Fetal Extrusion (Wikipedia)
- Using Votives to Visualize Reproductive Anatomy in Antiquity (Powered by Osteons, 17 Feb 2012)
- The Bioarchaeology of Crucifixion (Powered by Osteons, 4 Nov 2011)
D.W. Amundsen, & C.J. Diers (1969). The age of menarche in Classical Greece and Rome. Human Biology, 41 (1), 125-132. PMID: 4891546.
J.P. Boley (1991). The history of caesarean section. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 145 (4), 319-322. [PDF]
W. Gilbert, D. Jandial, N. Field, P. Bigelow, & B. Danielsen (2004). Birth outcomes in teenage pregnancies. Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine, 16 (5), 265-270. DOI:10.1080/14767050400018064.
K. Hopkins (1965). The age of Roman girls at marriage. Population Studies, 18 (3), 309-327. DOI: 10.2307/2173291.
T. Parkin (1992). Demography and Roman society. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
K. Rosenberg (1992). The evolution of modern human childbirth. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 35 (S15), 89-124. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1330350605.
J.M. Turfa (1994). Anatomical votives and Italian medical traditions. In: Murlo and the Etruscans, edited by R.D. DePuma and J.P. Small. University of Wisconsin Press.
J. Zias, H. Stark, J. Seligman, R. Levy, E. Werker, A. Breuer & R. Mechoulam (1993). Early medical use of cannabis. Nature, 363 (6426), 215-215. DOI: 10.1038/363215a0.
J. Zias (1995). Cannabis sativa (hashish) as an effective medication in antiquity: the anthropological evidence. In: S. Campbell & A. Green, eds., The Archaeology of Death in the Ancient Near East, pp. 232-234.
Note: Thanks to Marta Sobur for helping me gain access to the Zias 1995 article, and thanks toSarah Bond for helping me track down the Justinian reference.


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Scholars and international trade experts will gather at Princeton
for a conference titled "Observing Trade: Revealing International Trade
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March 9-11, in Burr and Robertson halls.
Duke University sociologist Gary Gereffi will deliver the keynote address at 8 p.m. March 9 in 1 Robertson Hall. He will discuss the use of trade data to understand offshore production and new trends in the global labor market.
The conference also will include discussions on innovative approaches to analyzing trade data, logistics that enable or hinder international trade and issues related to governance. A schedule and a list of participants can be found on the conference Web site.
The conference is sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, International Economics Section of the Department of Economics and Princeton Center for Globalization and Governance.

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Even looking around can be deceptive at Korean Garden. Side dishes with apparently similar amounts of red pepper vary widely in heat. Menu semiotics are no help, either. "Haemul Jungol" ($39.99), a two-person casserole, is listed as "mixed seafood and vegetables in special broth," for instance. The English-only reader gets only one other clue about whether to invest in one of these, which is a single asterisk for "Hot and spicy." (In fact, this appetizing hot pot with half a lobster on top is so fiery that it would give pause to a Cajun, and would earn at least three asterisks at a Thai restaurant.)
Korean cuisine doesn't do much about appetizers, since each meal comes with "panchan," a constantly changing array of savory pickles and side dishes. These are a strong point for Korean Garden, which puts out seven with lunch and a full dozen with dinner orders.
The dinner panchan includes three kinds of kimchee (napa cabbage, cucumber, and zucchini), all more spicy than fermented, with the nod going to the crunchy cucumber. There's also baby octopus tendrils; lotus root braised to the consistency of chocolate; dried shrimp; hot dogs sliced with a few scallions (must be very exotic in Korea); dried tiny fish (another favorite, not fishy at all); pickled bean sprouts; black beans in a sweet confection; daikon chunks powdered with very hot red pepper (surprisingly popular); and fresh, crisp pickled onions.
That's a lot of food, so if you still want appetizers you might as well go Japanese — the dry-fried shrimp tempura ($8.99) led our list. "Shumai" ($4.99) here are the Japanese-style wrapped shrimp/pork dumplings that look like six bay scallops. Seaweed salad ($5.99) has the usual sesame-soy dressing, but the portion is large. Our server, since we had ordered lots of seafood, added a complimentary fried smelt — not on the menu — and it was remarkably delicious. The lone Korean appetizer we sampled, "Haemul Pajin" ($9.99), was an eggy squid-and-scallion pancake, and greasier than some.
The marinated short ribs in "Kalbi Gui" ($20.95) was by far the best entrée; this is some of the tastiest meat in any cuisine. While this dish was rather expensive, the waiter sliced the plentiful beef off the bone tableside. "Bulgoki" ($18.95), though listed as barbecue, is actually shaved steak braised in soy sauce, such as would be served over "Japchae" ($15.99), a beef and cellophane-noodle dish that is another easy point of entry to Korean food. You'll like the Bulgoki, but you'll love the Kalbi.
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Reasons for LSU's defensive decline
I for one am glad that last group of players are gone from the Jefferswag era.
While you're at it do you have any questions about the 2011 season?
Sorry...it started with the Towson game when we let them go 80 yards on 6 plays and score a td late in the game. Next game, UF rushes for 239 yards and has a TOP advantage of 37-22. Next, USC goes 77 yards on 11 plays and scores a td with under 2 minutes to play. A&M goes 80 yards on 9 plays to score a td with under 2 minutes. Defense had trouble with Ole Myth and Clemson as well. The loss of TM7 and the mindset of the 6 juniors that left early were the major problems for the defense this year IMO
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(March 18, 2009)--The UTSA Graduate School will host the Lone Star Graduate Diversity Colloquium March 27-28 at the University Center on the 1604 Campus. Established in 2006 as part of the statewide Closing the Gaps initiative, the goal is to help Texas' first-generation college students and those from under-represented groups to attend graduate school and complete graduate studies in Texas.
Today's headlines
- La Prensa Foundation is newest member of UTSA Lone Star Society
- UTSA alumna Jordan Kaufmann wins $50K for new stent-graft start-up
- UTSA begins new way-finding sign installation this summer at Main Campus
- USA Today: UTSA long jumper Tyler Williamson rescues three-year-old boy
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The colloquium runs noon-7 p.m., Friday, March 27 and 7:30 a.m.-11 a.m., Saturday, March 28; a graduate school information fair is 1-3 p.m. March 28.
A collective effort of colleges and universities from across Texas, the event will include workshops and an information fair with representatives from graduate schools and academic departments. Students will receive valuable information to help them be more competitive as grad school applicants. Additionally, Texas graduate schools can recruit students from the diverse group of prospects attending the event.
There will be workshops on applying to graduate school, preparing for entrance exams, funding for graduate school and the value of undergraduate research. Previous colloquiums were at Texas A&M University, University of Texas at Austin and Texas Tech University.
>> Registration for the event is $10 for students and student advisers. (Registration for graduate school recruiters is $100 per recruiter.) See the schedule of activities and workshops and download a registration form at the Lone Star Graduate Diversity Colloquium Web site. The registration fee covers pre-events, meals, workshops and activities.
For more information, contact Lisa Palacios at (210) 458-6406.


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Aaron, I am pretty sure that is correct, but lets get that from Scott or Charles just to make sure....
Aaron, I am pretty sure that is correct, but lets get that from Scott or Charles just to make sure....
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First off let me say Thank You to the support Scott and I have received over the last year. This has been a project in the works for almost two years now and has been quite the path that we have been led down. I dont believe things happen by chance and truly believe that Scott and I have been blessed to know what it is that we are supposed to do with our lives and in that process have had one door after another opened. We had many obstacles and just when things would start to look hopeless, the answer would be just around the corner. So here we are, one dog placed, a growing waiting list, and dogs in the pipeline!
In response to your question, our long term goal is to have an in house breeding program that hopefully will give us the standard that we are comfortable with training and confident that once placed with a recipient a minimal amount of follow up will be required. If we do a good enough job through the placement process we will give the recipient enough information to maintain the dog as well as advance his abilities once they get home and really start to see the things that these dogs can do. In a sense we expect the majority of our recipients to actually take the training we have put into the dog to an even higher specific needs level. This in itself is an incredible type of therapy both physical and mental. It helps immensely with PTSD patients as well as physically damaged recipients. These dogs make them get up and get back into society as well as being a buffer against the world. The dog becomes the focus of social encounters rather than the injury.
These dogs are trained to do as many as 80 different tasks such as pick up and retrieve just about any common item, (cell phone, TV remote, crutches, cane, prosthetic limb, etc.), open and close doors, cabinets, drawers, retrieve items from the fridge, load and unload washer/ dryer, push buttons, alert, push/pull wheel chair, interrupt flashbacks, nightmares, etc .
The thing that sets us apart from most all of the service dog organizations is that we are dog trainers first , we have all the tools and many years of experience. The experience that we have and I am including everyone that reads this board is uniquely diverse from the average service dog organization. We deal with issues at hundreds of yards whereas service dogs are only required to operate within an immediate space around their handler. However, within that immediate area they have to be perfect 100% of the time.
So with our experience in training retrievers to be competitive trial dogs, hunt test dogs, gun dogs, we are also outdoorsmen. We do offer one avenue for a wounded veteran that comes from an outdoor background, a type of dog we are classifying as a combination dog. This is something Scott is very passionate about. Many of the young men and women that are being wounded by coward warfare, IEDs, love to hunt, fish and be outdoors. This takes a dog that is a little more outgoing than the dog you described as the norm. We recognize that it is going to take dogs of several different energy levels to make the best dog for the wide variety of recipients that we will encounter. However, some of these field trial wash outs are superb animals and can be used for these younger wounded warriors that would like to have a gun dog they can hunt with as well as help them get through the course of the day. We are working with a young marine who is currently completing his recovery at Walter Reed. He is a single amputee and barley escaped being a double amputee. He is an incredible young man with one of the strongest kindest hearts Ive met. His name is Jonathon Carnes and I am proud to call him my friend. He has one of the most dedicated fathers I have ever met. His father Jon Carnes has been by his side from day one at Walter Reed, pretty much lost everything but never left his side. What a sacrifice this family has made to protect the freedoms that so many of us can sometimes take for granted. We have been truly blessed to have been born in the greatest country on the planet and have many, many young men like Jonathon putting everything on the line to keep us safe and ensure us of the freedoms that our enemies so despise. Jon has begun to introduce us to many more young men like himself that a dog like this could be lifesaving. Now they are all together sharing a common bond at Walter Reed with an incredible support group but as they are released and go home, that support group is much weaker. We are losing one veteran a day to suicide. We have lost more troops to suicide than have been killed in combat, something is wrong! We need the ability to get as many of these dogs placed and in service as possible.
So a washout could be the perfect fit for this type of service dog. Many of these wounded warriors are in their twenties. They are going to have several service dogs throughout the course of their life. As they age and complications arise with their injuries and as a result of the aging process, etc., a calmer dog may be the ticket further down the line. Hope that helped answer the question, please feel free to keep them coming! The more about service dogs we get out to the public, the better informed we will be!
Thank You!
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I am so proud for you. I have known of your passion since you began your involvement with Tower of Hope. Wishing much success for you and Scott to make your dreams and passion come true.
God Bless you both for your dedication to such a wonderful cause.
SHR Diggs, Soul, Mooney and always HRCH Cinn SH 500 pt club (06/92 to 01/98), HR Rocks (09/99 to 05/04), HRCH UH Schooner SH 1000 pt club (11/95 to 11/07) and HRCH UH Wagars MH 1500 pt club (12/01 to 09/13).
Charles, Are you on Facebook andTwitter?
Janet-Thank You!
Facebook yes, hadn't tackled twitter yet. We also have a facebook page for RFI
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Charles wrote: "We are losing one veteran a day to suicide. We have lost more troops to suicide than have been killed in combat, something is wrong! "
Heart breaking stats.
I and a friend were volunteers a couple of days ago, when Australian Assistance Dogs were having a public graduation ceremony in Melbourne (my state's capital). Assisting wheel chair and companion dogs. Very different requirements.
I could not help becoming emotional during the awards..the human canine bonds were outstanding. How I studied those dogs for a few short hours.
Reading this thread again has me searching for the tissues.
A wonderful thread and good luck ++++++++++++++ from the land Downunder.
The value of dogs never ceases to amaze me.
Field trial labradors, the wind beneath my wings,
sometimes poop under my boots.
RTF, Let's get behind Scott and Charles and make this happen!
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Aussie-Its truly amazing!
Thanks Tim!
Look at: www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/war.casualties/index.html
Over 7,900 US & Coalition forces killed in Afghaniston & Iraq. This website shows where they were killed and where they were from.
As of 10/7/2012
Afghanistan: 3,184 deaths, 17,644 wounded
Iraq: 4,804 deaths, 32,227 wounded
21 is the age of the majority of the soliders killed
I spent quite a bit of time with a young man Sat at a Wounded Warrior event. He lost a son just minutes after birth in Japan, within seconds of handing over his son, he suffered a heart attack, he was deployed to Iraq and blown up, thankfully did not loose a limb, recovered, redeployed and was shot in the head by a sniper. He told me he would do it all over again and misses it everyday. Thank god we are blessed with yound men and women born with this warrior spirit. He is suffering from a Traumatic Brain Injury and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. As a retriever community, we know the value and abilities of these wonderful animals so who better than the retriever community to support this endeavour. There are many organizations like ours, whether or not you support RFI, please support one! There could be another 100 training facilities like what we are trying to do and the nead would still outpace the supply.
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I think if any body reads the responses by Charles and Scott, they will realize that this is not something they just woke up wanting to do. They have put a tremendous amount of time and effort into researching this path...


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"With Wake Forest, I've stayed in contact with Coach Ray McCartney and Coach Duffie. I love the academics they offer and the fact I would have an opportunity to play early. When I was there the weekend of the UNC game, I felt very comfortable with the coaches and the players. The comfort level I have with the program is a big factor for me when I make my decision. The fact that they have so many other Florida players on the roster made me feel at home."
Paul helped Vero Beach Senior High to the second round of the Florida 8A playoffs. Football along the Treasure Coast is some of the most competitive in the country. Whoever lands Paul will be getting a player with seasoning.
"It was a great senior season," Paul said. "I had four interceptions, many pass breakups, a pick six, and a few forced fumbles. I got my film up [online]. I think this was my best season. As a team, we went 9-2, which was pretty good, but lost to East Lake in the region semifinal."
Wake Forest hopes the early September visit will resonate with Paul after he takes visits to Raleigh and Louisville. The coaches see him as a lock-down cornerback who can come in and make an immediate impact in the secondary or on special teams.
"I'm probably going to announce close to signing day now," Paul said. "It will come sometime after my last visit. It's important to me to be in a nice, friendly atmosphere where I can make make the most of my college experience. I want to go to the best place to advance not only my football career but academic career as well. I'm planning on getting a degree in business. I'm going to evaluate all of that after my visits then make a decision."
Recently, new Kentucky head coach Mark Stoops has made a big push to get Paul on campus. At this time, he's unsure if he will take the trip and will likely focus only on his top three schools.


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U.S. State Department Statement on "Subnational Engagement as a 21st Century Foreign Policy Tool"
Reta Jo Lewis, Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs, gave these remarks on "Subnational Engagement as a 21st Century Foreign Policy Tool" at the 7th Annual Peacekeeping, Reconstruction, & Stabilization Conference in Alexandria, VA on February 7, 2012.
Good morning. Thank you, President Doug Brooks, for that kind introduction and for the work you are doing to champion the role of the private sector in international stabilization through the International Stability Operations Association (ISOA).
I am delighted to have the opportunity to participate in the 7th Annual Peacekeeping, Reconstruction, and Stabilization Conference and to meet with this group of talented and dynamic individuals who are committed to stability and security in post conflict nations.
I would like to commend the "whole of government" approach to this event, and to recognize my colleagues from the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) here with us today.
I look forward to discussing with you the logical partnership of the development community and the U.S. Department of State to foster and leverage connections at the state and local level to assist nations making the transition from conflict to stability.
Today, the world faces a unique set of challenges—economic, environmental, social, and political—that will require collaborative innovation and determination of our world's best minds.
A lot has happened in the last 15 months, from revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa, to renewed fears over economic default in Europe. These changes have only reinforced the Obama Administration's conviction for the need to seize this moment, to meet these challenges, and to lay the foundation for sustained global leadership.
Global partnerships which put aside individual philosophies and focus on solutions are essential to solving these global challenges and to building a more stable and secure world.
As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has said, and as the United States has long maintained, our foreign policy relationships will always be nation-to-nation. But the scope of what defines nation-to-nation conversations are shifting in the modern, more global, and more flattened economy—deeming city-to-city, and state-to-state dialogues just as critical to the larger context of executing, implementing, and achieving a nation's overarching diplomatic goals.
Building peer-to-peer relationships between state and local elected officials has a tremendous effect on foreign policy that often goes unrecognized. Still, building these relationships and encouraging this engagement at the subnational level has limitless potential.
Peer-to-peer relationships provide state and local leaders around the globe with an intimate glance into the American way of life, and more importantly, into our democratic institutions and system of governance. Even at a more basic but equally important level, these interactions develop trust—an attribute essential to developing strong bilateral ties.
Secretary Clinton has made it a priority to engage our subnational leaders and utilize them as an extraordinary source of innovation, talent, resources, and knowledge. After all, it is the states and cities that are the engines of growth at the ground level where the transition from policy to practice becomes most visible.
Secretary Clinton has stated time and time again that 21st century global challenges require us to work with new partners to collaborate and innovate globally. At the Department of State, this has meant making a transition to 21st Century Statecraft and engaging all the elements of our national power and leveraging all forms of our strength.
Two years ago, Secretary Clinton created the Office of Global Intergovernmental Affairs (S/SRGIA) emphasizing the need to utilize local leaders as a key component in the much needed widespread and deep-rooted efforts to take on our world's greatest challenges—a key part of that charge is empowering subnational leaders to lead their states and communities to a stable and secure future.
So, just as Secretary Clinton engages in a conversation with the Foreign Minister of South Africa on issues of greenhouse pollutions, so too does our office host pivotal conversations on the matter, with the Mayor of Durban and the Premier of KwaZulu-Natal.
My job is to realize Secretary Clinton's vision by connecting what the federal government does best with what state and local governments are doing and can do, and what our successful private sector is doing and can do.
The federal government has a number of existing programs and initiatives to support this work.
As state fragility and its impact spread, the State Department recognized the need to be more agile and focused in its approach to conflict.
Released by Secretary Clinton in 2010, the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) is a sweeping assessment of how the Department of State and USAID can be more efficient, accountable, and effective in a world of rising powers, growing instability, and technological transformation. At its core, the QDDR provides a blueprint for elevating American "civilian power" to better advance our national interests and to be a better partner to the U.S. military.
In November 2011, the QDDR elevated the former Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization into the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations in order to help make conflict prevention and response a core mission of the State Department.
The CSO Bureau promotes conflict prevention and response across the State Department. One of its key pillars is partnerships with a wide range of groups, from U.S. agencies to foreign governments to local NGOs and multilateral institutions in countries where we work. Its expeditionary diplomats work at the subnational level to prevent conflict and lay the groundwork for long-term peace.
The CSO Bureau aims to bring coherent, high-impact engagements to places of strategic significance with a focus less on reconstruction and more on prevention, as well as analysis, collaboration, and evaluation.
The CSO Bureau strives to make the U.S. effort more focused, analytically rigorous, and operationally flexible.
Rather than ask: What can the United States do?" we will ask: "What is most needed?" And then: "How can the United States be most helpful and direct its resources at those priorities?"
The CSO Bureau can answer these questions by developing and driving a coherent four-step engagement process, which my office is working to support.
- We must start with an inclusive, joint, independent analysis, driven by local voices.
- Second, that analysis should lead to a strategy that identifies two or three priorities.
- Third, resources – funding and personnel – should be applied to these priorities, consistent with U.S. interests and capacity.
- And finally, the process must include ongoing, transparent measurement, evaluation, and adaptation.
We must partner with those who will make us most effective from across the U.S. Government, host countries, multilateral institutions, and local organizations. That includes the private sector, particularly those who can engage local voices.
CSO is adapting our Civilian Response Corps to become a more agile and flexible team of conflict-focused, expeditionary diplomats that can deploy quickly to provide analysis and expertise that informs and organizesconflict prevention and stabilization efforts. Wewill continue to also draw on experts from U.S. partner agencies and collaboration with NGOs, IOs and private sector organizations.
CSO works on the principle that local voices must drive U.S. responses to conflict. In many countries, they work at the subnational level to build governance and mitigate conflict.
- In South Sudan, teams of CSO expeditionary diplomats deployed across the country both before and after its vote for independence from Sudan, reporting on and mediating conflict and building U.S. ties to subnational governments, tribal authorities, and others.
- In the Kyrgyz Republic, CSO worked to establish an outpost that helped the United States engage with ethnic groups in the country's isolated southern region after a coup and ethnic violence.
- CSO has conducted bottom-up conflict assessments in more than two dozen countries, interviewing hundreds of individuals from all walks of life in each place.
As you can see, the work of the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations echoes exactly what we are trying to accomplish with state and local officials and the organizations that represent them around the world.
Organizations such as the National Democratic and International Republican Institutes have a robust history of engaging local actors in order to build strong and responsive democratic institutions.
The National Democratic Institute works with legislators, council members and attorney generals in over 125 countries and territories to promote openness and accountability in government by building political and civic organizations, safeguarding elections, and promoting citizen participation. For example, NDI is managing outstanding citizen programs to aid in the reconstruction and development of Haiti; to aid aspiring women leaders in Ukraine to meet the challenges they face; and to assist political and civic leaders work to restore democracy in Honduras.
Similarly, recognizing that democracy greatly lessens the likelihood of conflict between nations, the International Republican Institute advances freedom and democracy worldwide by developing political parties, civic institutions, open elections, democratic governance, and the rule of law. In Africa, IRI continues to support the consolidation of democratic gains in transitioning African states and focuses on promoting democratic governance with government, civil society and citizens to find common solutions to problems facing municipalities. IRI assists countries throughout Asia that have undergone transition to democracy, as well as those taking steps toward democracy by providing expertise to locally elected officials, political parties and civil society.
The work of USAID has also become increasingly focused on subnational engagement—particularly in nations experiencing decentralization.
Key to its work is partnering with local leaders and elected officials to ensure successful strategies for community development whether it be for delivery of essential services in South Sudan or for responsive and effective local governance in Haiti.
For USAID, this means working in partnership with all key actors—the state, local elected authorities, civil society, and the private sector—to find solutions to local development issues.
The work of these bodies illustrates the power and effectiveness of engaging local elected officials and empowering marginalized groups, particularly women.
These organizations are making investments in the future power brokers and policy innovators of the developing world and post-conflict nations.
They are planting the seeds of democracy, transparency, accountability, and rule of law.
They are exposing these state and local leaders to the tools they will need to build a strong, stable, and secure future for their respective communities.
Again, it is my mission to connect these federal approaches to Secretary Clinton's state and local engagement strategy.
Since the creation of the Office of the Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs two years ago, we have been working on these very same issues with state and local officials, and the organizations that represent them, in order to promote partnerships between U.S. state and local officials and their foreign counterparts to share best practices, and find common solutions to global challenges.
These engagements serve as invaluable dialogues that promote capacity building of state and local officials around the world while also broadening and deepening U.S. bilateral relationships.
While our work to date has focused primarily on emerging economies in Africa, Asia, and the Western Hemisphere, we plan to broaden the scope of our work to post conflict nations and communities.
These communities could see tremendous benefit from the leadership development, training, and perspectives on governance from their U.S. state and local leaders as they restructure their institutions, rebuild their communities, and revitalize their societies.
Through our past and existing engagements with state and local level officials and organizations, a variety of exchanges, programming, and partnerships have emerged which could serve as easily transferable models for similar activities in post-conflict nations. On ad day-to-basis, we work closely with state treasurers, secretaries of states, and city mangers, as well as the International City/County Management Association and the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program.
I would like to share with you several examples of our most successful models:
- In South Africa, the National League of Cities (NLC) has been developing partnerships to support capacity building of local officials. I traveled to Durban to participate in the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) National Conference and to witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between SALGA and the National League of Cities, the oldest and largest U.S. organization dedicated to strengthening and promoting cities. The MOU promotes subnational collaboration between the two municipal organizations and is geared around governance, sustainability, social housing, municipal finance, and economic and community development. SALGA representatives are scheduled to visit Washington, D.C. this spring to participate in capacity building activities at the NLC's Congress of Cities Conference.
- As a part of the U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission, and in cooperation with the Department of State Bureau of African Affairs, my office arranged meetings for two Niger Delta governors and their delegations, culminating in avisit with Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell in Harrisburg. The discussions resulted in a 2011 summer visitors exchange partnership between Pennsylvania's PennDOT and Rivers State to assist them in improving transportation and infrastructure capacity building.
- During President Obama's March 2011 state visit to Brazil, President Obama and President Dilma Rousseff noted the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to foster enhanced cooperation and exchange of best practices in advance of Brazil's hosting a series of major international sporting events, including the 2014 FIFA Soccer World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. In furtherance of the MOU, my office has hosted several visits to the United States by Brazilian state and local leaders. We are also working with our Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs to promote the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality. As a result, John Eaves, Chairman, Fulton County, GA Board of Commissioners, partnered with Brazilian leaders to share best practices, resources and information to promote equality of all racial and ethnic groups in advance of the 2016 Olympic Games. I just returned from a ten-day visit to Brazil where I met with state and local leaders throughout the county to discuss these issues.
American leadership must be as dynamic as the challenges we face. We must be ready to adapt and innovate, and that means leveraging new partners, as done in the models I have described to you today, to work on specific issues such as sustainability, governance, and the economic and political empowerment of underprivileged groups.
In furtherance of President Obama's and Secretary Clinton's emphasis on the importance of subnational engagement, we have been catalyzing our states and our cities to engage with governors and mayors all over the world—advancing the probability and potency of public-private partnerships.
Not only does this offer stronger, and more personalized cultural exchanges—a new contour of 21st century statecraft and diplomacy of the Obama Administration—but it also allows those civic leaders around the world to share ideas about local governance and learn from each other. The greater understanding among localities about how cities are managed, or how business is done, creates new relationships between civic leaders and their citizens, while encouraging new linkages among the private sector in a way never seen before on the world stage.
Conversations that end up pointing how to best deliver goods and services in the new global environment, how to manage housing challenges, how best to battle crime, and how to evenly distribute social benefits—not only give smaller cities motivation to adapt and improve their processes, but they simultaneously give thought to which private entities are best equipped to help in the delivery of these social efforts. Which means that subnational engagements, while on its surface may seem to be a facet of political partnering, also help spur business growth.
But let me be clear. These efforts, while principal pillars of 21st century American diplomacy—are not just about imposing the will of one country onto another; nor is it about boasting particular nations and their cities, as the pioneers of global best practices in urban management.
It is about initiating subnational conversations that will establish a dialogue to transfer knowledge among parts of the world already well versed in managing rapidly expanding demands for services in post conflict societies. Moreover, this peer-to-peer engagement on a city level will offer inclusive growth for nations recovering from conflict, because cities will actively pursue other areas of the world whose resources and demographics mirror theirs, in order to apply best practices in a way that most effectively meets the nuanced cultural demands of a particular region of the world.
Moreover, these points of communication aid private businesses to better compete for bids and contracts in new markets, from the very point of inception, because if we are increasing dialogue about the regional needs of communities, we are also boosting the dialogue about what financial institutions, building contractors, agricultural providers, and other required private entities, are best suited to meet regional public needs.
So again, codifying subnational relationships not only promotes a deeper cultural exchange among nations – better advancing principals of the openness, freedom, transparency and fairness in economic growth; but also opens the door on new bids for development that your organizations can take advantage.
In a 21st century world, there are no shortages of great partnerships, nor a shortage of great ideas when we shore up our collective will to address the challenges we face.
By combining our strengths, governments and philanthropies, we can more than double our impact, to this subnational end. And the multiplier effect continues if we add businesses, NGOs, universities and entrepreneurs. That's the power of partnership at its best – allowing us to achieve so much more together than we could apart.
That's why we can all take a page out of Secretary Clinton's playbook, and start engaging your state and local officials right away, creating new opportunity. You can make the difference. I look forward to working with you to engage state and local leaders to prevent conflict and lay the groundwork for peace.
- First, you can be a convener, bringing together people from across regions and sectors to work together on issues of common interest. Partner with your state and local officials to take advantage of the opportunities around the world in identifying how your businesses or organization can be of help to community needs.
- Second, you can be a catalyst – launching new projects, actively seeking new solutions, providing vital training and technical assistance to facilitate additional projects to those without training. And asking for and expecting best practices from all your interactions with governments foreign and domestic.
- Third, you can be a collaborator, working closely with partners to plan and implement projects – avoiding duplication, learning from each other, maximizing our impact by looking for best practices.
All of you here today are familiar with proactively finding new ways to collaborate to build a better future for post conflict societies—but today I am specifically here to ask you to collaborate with the State Department on this new generation of partnerships. One that reflects a global economy, a flatter world, and cities on the rise.
I encourage you to work with U.S. state and local leaders and their foreign counterparts to expand current partnerships and to embark on new ones. We are eager to explore your ideas and approaches to strengthening our partnerships with state and local officials in pursuit of stability and security globally.
I thank you for understanding what we must do and how the inclusion of subnational leaders can assist in building stable and secure societies while broadening and deepening U.S. bilateral relationships.


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Pros: Neutral frequency balance, plenty of frequency extension
Cons: Possibly the price and the weight, some may prefer a darker sound signature.
It's been an eventful week for me in which I've received three pairs of headphones in four days: a new Audio Technica ATH-M50s, a loaner Audez'e LCD-2, and a loaner HiFiMAN HE-500. I got quite intimate with music via the LCD-2 and was rather wowed by it (see here for more on that). I've also been sitting with the HE-500, and my first impressions are that it's another great headphone that shines in many ways.
The following impressions are based on listening to music via 320 kbps and Apple Lossless audio format files played via iTunes and fed via an optical cable to a Lavry DA 10 DAC/Amp.
Overall, the HiFiMAN HE-500 is a neutral-sounding headphone that presents a high level of detail with a well-balanced sound.
Packaging, Looks, and Physical Feel
After removing the packaging of this loaner HE-500, the black leather-covered HiFiMAN box was revealed to me. It feels solid, robust, and refined, though not as opulent as the case which came with the LCD-2. A few weeks ago, I had some concerns that the HE-500 box may not be ideal for travelling with the HE-500, which some HE-500 owners may like to do, as it may get scuffed and detract from its attractiveness. Though the same could be said of a hardcase, I thought that a more travel-friendly option could be worthwhile, so I suggested that to Fang of HiFiMAN, and he informed me that a travel case for the HE-500 would be available in the near future. That is a great example of HiFiMAN's continued willingness to improve and update their product line and their openness to customer feedback and suggestions. Well done.
The supplied Canare cable was fitted with at ¼" Neutrik connector, was more flexible than the stock LCD-2 cable, and less flexible than the stock Sennheiser HD 6x0 series cables. Connecting the Canare cable to the HE-500 requires screwing some small nuts at the end of the cable into the ear cups. Once the cable is connected it stays firmly in place, but I find connecting it to be a bit fiddly and take a little longer than installing a cable with mini-XLR connectors. It has occurred to me a few times that a tool to assist the cable screw-in process could be a worthy inclusion with the HE-500.
The HE-500 design reminds me slightly of the Stax SR-40, and the gunmetal grey colour of the HE-500 is attractive to me. I find the HE-500 comfortable to wear, but slightly less so than the lighter Sennheiser HD 6x0 series, which I am used to and often forget I'm wearing. Due to the clamping force of the HE-500 pads, I can be aware that I'm wearing it, but not always (I'm wearing it now and didn't notice it was on my head until I wrote the last sentence). But overall, to me the HE-500 is a well-made headphone that feels nice to wear and handle.
Clarity, Timbre, and Sound Signature
The HE-500 clearly reveals all of the details of the recordings I feed it. Mids and treble are presented very well and there's great qualitative bass extension, but more on that later.
There is great PRaT with the HE-500, and though I find that it seems to present the sound of recording upon me with slightly less force and immediacy than the darker-sounding LCD-2 does, I can easily get inside the music with the HE-500, and with it I seem to be in the position of detached observer mode by default, just like I am with the HD 600, to a lesser extent. But the sonic quality is much, much higher with the HE-500.
I really enjoy the soundstage of he HE-500. It is wider than the soundstage of the LCD-2 and HD 600 and narrower than that of the HD 650. I find the HD 650 soundstage very immersive and wide, sometimes too much so for my preference, and for that reason I often prefer the narrower soundstage of the HD 600, which I find places me as if I am sitting further back in the audience or further away from the monitor speakers, situating me at what can sometimes be a more comfortable distance from the music. The openness of HE-500 soundstage is somewhere in between the two Sennheiser models I listed and is really enjoyable to me. I find that I am at enough of a distance from the music and able to immerse myself in it with ease. Though I compared the HE-500 soundstage to that of the HD 600, I just want to clarify that to me the HE-500 soundstage is far more detailed and of a much higher quality. Well done, Fang!
Perhaps one of the few caveats of the HE-500 to me is that it sounds a little bit thin or light at times in relation to what I would call natural i.e. what I would hear when observing a live performance, and that thinness is sometimes just enough so to remind me that I'm wearing headphones. But they are headphones, which is after all a different experience from going to a gig of listening to studio monitor playback. However, the HE-500 has a really excellent frequency balance that reveals all the details of the recording being played, and I often find myself enjoyably immersed in the music I'm listening to with HE-500.
Bass, Mids, and Treble
Since recently spending a few solid hours with the LCD-2, I am still in admiration of its bass reproduction, and the HE-500 also reproduces bass very well. With the HE-500, I find sudden bass punctuations e.g. when a drummer hits a floor tom, more noticeable to me than against the blacker background of a darker headphone such as the LCD-2, which is a definite plus for the HE-500. I find the bass impact of the LCD-2 more realistic for certain instruments e.g. drums, as it seems to produce a more pointed and weighty bass impact, possibly due to its darker sound, than that of the HE-500, which I find to have a softer than natural impact. But the bass reproduction of the HE-500 is very detailed, extends low, and I find it enjoyable.
The mids and treble performance of the HE-500 is excellent and perhaps its best sonic feature. Mids and treble are very clear and vocals are well-represented. A few hours ago, I discovered many new nuances in Frank Sinatra's 'Songs For Swingin' Lovers!,' and am currently enjoying Michael Jackson 'rockin' the night away,' in 'Rock With You.' Though, to my ears, the HE-500 treble has much extension to the point of sounding slightly more forward (or brighter, depending on how you describe it) than natural, I've never found it to make recordings harsh or fatiguing, just detailed and revealing in a very musical way.
With the Lavry DA 10, I find the HE-500 to audibly shine when listening to much of the music I feed it, and have noticed it to be particularly well-suited to acoustic-based jazz and vocal playback. Whilst some may prefer a bassier headphone with more sonic slam for genres/styles such as Rock and Electronic, the HE-500 will accurately represent what's on the recordings you play through it in a way that's true to its nature.
In Closing
I find the HiFiMAN HE-500 to be an excellent quality headphone, slightly reminiscent of the Sennheiser HD 600; its neutral and slightly warm yet forward sound make recordings come alive in a revealing way that is very enjoyable. Well done, Fang, and all else at HiFiMAN.


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Guys will read and discuss boy-oriented books, as well as snacks and do other book-related activities. The first 10 boys to arrive receive a copy of next months book.


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Family: Muridae, Mice and Rats view all from this family
Description Medium-sized vole with tail of moderate length and belly fur that is pale with gray at the base. Grizzled brownish with scattered black hairs above. Long tail is bicolored. Feet are pale.
Dimensions 139-207mm, 38-68mm, 30-81g
Endangered Status The Amargosa Vole, a subspecies of the California Vole, is on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is classified as endangered in California. Non-native plants and animals introduced into its environment have contributed to the decline of this creature. Exotic plants have replaced the plants it needs to survive and it has suffered from having to compete with the House Mouse and other non-natives. Cattle-grazing, water diversion, and other practices have degraded its Mojave Desert habitat, and today it remains in only a very small area.
Similar Species Occurs at lower elevations than Montane Vole; has shorter and less bicolored tail than Long-tailed Vole; larger than Creeping Vole, and has six plantar tubercles; slightly larger than Townsends Vole.
Habitat Meadows & fields, Forests & woodlands
Range California, Northwest
Discussion The subspecies near Inyo County, California (M. c. scirpensis), is Endangered. Prefers low-elevation grasslands and wet meadows, but also found in coastal wetlands and open oak savannas with good ground cover.


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I am making a strong attempt at quitting smoking. Cold turkey like always. Today is not a good day to die ...
Also, I am starting work on the security camera software which I guess is going to be Nicholas and my current money making scheme. Mix that with starting on a new wine recipe and I should have more than enough to distract my nicotine addicted brain.
I still have a ton of recieving work to do, but since inventory is tommarrow, I can't touch any of it. I think I'll leave soon to get to the really important stuff.


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He's got a year and change under his belt now as the guy with the hardest job in sailing, and later this week, straight-talking AC34 Director Iain Murray will sit down with Mr. Clean to share what's next for the Cup in yet another great Sailing Anarchy Innerview.
We're proud that our readers come up with the best questions, it's one of the reasons that SA leads the world in sailing interviews so jump into the thread and ask your own! Title take-off shouts out to one of NY hardcore's pioneering bands.
UPDATE: Richard Worth, ACEA Chairman, just signed on to the interview. It'll be the two of them on camera, with as voice-only (I know a few of you have wished for that!!)
So ask your questions for either guy, and if they are specific to the man, tell me which one you're askin'.
Thanks for the great ones so far.


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Back on June 5, BikingToronto and I Bike T.O. attended Ward 21's Bike First Friday… a breakfast get together for cyclists in Councillor Joe Mihevc's ward.
It takes place on the first friday of every month, so this friday it'll be going again… and BikingToronto and I Bike T.O. will be there again, and giving away some FREE I Bike T.O. t-shirts and selling some too ($20, all profits go to charity), if you've been looking at getting one.
Here are a few photos from the June 5th Bike First Friday – of the breakfast, and one of the winners of a free I Bike T.O. shirt.


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Children enjoy a sunny day in the sunflower field at Clagett Farm. Photo by CBF Staff
Expanding your children's collection of experiences with nature is important whether or not you live on the Bay. Getting kid's outside is now a nationwide initiative—fight "nature deficit disorder" and support the No Child Left Inside Coalition. Encourage your kids to enjoy the outdoors at every opportunity!
Give children a place on the porch, deck or in the bedroom where they can display nature treasures that they find and want to keep. Provide simple tools to aid discovery. Kids love tools! Include a bug box, trowel, magnifier, etc.
When you take children to parks and other natural areas, allow them to explore. Let them decide which trails to take. Stay nearby for safety, but don't interfere or help unless asked.
Take a few leaves from different trees while the children are not looking. Give them the leaves and ask them to find which trees they came from.
If a child asks or remarks about a landmark or natural feature you drive past often, find out more about it and go for a visit.
If you have an appropriate area, let older children build a campfire in the backyard. Set safety rules, then stay away while they and their friends discuss "hot" topics. Check for safety by looking out the window or wandering out to ask if they need more snacks.
Put out bird feeders that can be seen easily from windows. Let children help feed the birds. Keep a bird book by the window to help them identify what they see.
Make up challenges for children to do outside, similar to the Survivor television show. This is a guaranteed kid pleaser, especially if there is a reward (a "gift" of time with Mom or Dad, or perhaps a night off from helping with the dishes).
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TUPELO – A Paris, Miss. man has been charged with enticement of a child.
William Michelletti, 35, of Paris, was charged Wednesday morning by the Tupelo Police Department with enticement of a child for sexual purposes.
Michelletti is in the Lee County Jail awaiting arraignment.


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Islamic arts, the literary, performing, and visual arts of the vast populations of the Middle East and elsewhere that adopted the Islamic faith from the 7th century onward. These adherents of the faith have created such an immense variety of literatures, performing arts, visual arts, and music that it virtually defies any comprehensive definition. In the narrowest sense, the arts of the Islamic peoples might be said to include only those arising directly from the practice of Islam. More commonly, however, the term is extended to include all of the arts produced by Muslim peoples, whether connected with their religion or ... (100 of 68,951 words)
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Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
Image © National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from SST anomaly data, National Climatic Data Center
In this image, representative sea surface temperature anomalies, characteristic of La Niña, are plotted for the early August, 2010. Blue areas indicate cooler than average temperatures; red areas are warmer than average. Temperatures in the Atlantic were much warmer than average. These warm seas fueled the intensification of hurricanes, whereas storms in the Pacific were less likely to intensify due to the cooler temperatures.
This study examines the impact of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on temperature extremes for both observations and coupled climate model simulations, comparing the ability of two climate models to predict temperature extremes.
Both models capture some aspects of the observed patterns; however, the fidelity of the ENSO simulation appears to be crucial for simulating the magnitude and sign of the extreme maximum temperature relationships. Understanding the mechanisms leading to these projected changes will enable better predictions of regional changes due to ENSO.
The recently developed observed gridded dataset of climate extremes indices shows marked contrasts in seasonal composites of the monthly maximum value of daily maximum temperatures during the cold and warm phases of ENSO. Extreme maximum temperatures are significantly cooler over Australia, southern Asia, Canada and South Africa during strong La Niña events compared to El Niño events and significantly warmer over the contiguous United States and southern South America. Two versions of the DOE-NSF Community Climate System Model (CCSM3 and CCSM4) are contrasted for their ability to capture these relationships given their very different simulations of ENSO. The CCSM3 ENSO simulation has a strong biennial frequency that is more narrowly confined along the equator than observations, while the CCSM4 ENSO simulation is more realistic in both frequency and pattern. While both models capture some aspects of the observed regional changes across the globe, the fidelity of the ENSO simulation appears to be crucial for simulating the magnitude and sign of the extreme maximum temperature relationships. Over the US in particular, the composite pattern of maximum temperature extremes with ENSO is opposite in sign for CCSM3 compared to observations while CCSM4 is much improved, capturing the observed increase in US maximum temperature extremes during La Niña with realistic amplitude, pattern and statistical significance. In a future emissions scenario of CCSM4, the contrast between maximum temperature extremes during El Niño and La Niña events strengthens over Australia whereas it weakens slightly over the US.
Dr. Julie M. Arblaster
Bureau of Meteorology
Melbourne, Australia
Basic Research: DOE Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research
Arblaster, J. M. and L. V. Alexander, The impact of the El Niño Southern Oscillation on maximum temperature extremes, Geophys. Res. Lett. 39, L20702 (2012). [DOI: 10.1029/2012GL053409]
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Flea Markets are a gold mine for Treasure Hunters. There is something there for everyone! For the April Monthly Layout Contest, scrap the Treasures in your life! We'd love to see what you've found and to hear why you treasure it. Please post your layouts in the April Monthly Layout Gallery before April 30th at midnight Eastern Time and you could be one of the two people who will win a $10 gift certificate to the Scrap Girls Boutique! Be sure to add your product credits to the description area or in the EXIF properties. Good Luck!
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Now we just need to get the same effort at our home games. All those empty orange seats need to get filled up for the next game.
NYC represented. That's for sure.
I respect Ross. As a gazillionaire he really doesn't need all the headaches that's he's got over this team. He could have just wrote it off and moved on but he stuck with it and now deserves lots of credit.


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Serves 6
Makes 15-20 tacos
The acidity of the tomatillos beautifully balances the fat of the pork shoulder in these tacos, so there is no need for lime wedges when serving them. The onion and additional cilantro provide crunch and fragrance.
In a 3-quart saucepan, cover the tomatillos and chiles with cold water and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer the vegetables uncovered, turning occasionally, until the tomatillos are tender and khaki-green all over but still intact, about 15 minutes.
Heat the cumin, allspice berries, and clove in a small, dry skillet over medium heat, shaking the pan or stirring the spices until they are fragrant and the cumin seeds are a few shades darker, about 1 minute.
Put the spices in a blender along with 1 cup of the tomatillo cooking water and blend until the spices are ground. Using a slotted spoon, gently lift the tomatillos and chiles out of the remaining cooking water and put them in the blender along with the garlic, cilantro, and 1⁄2 tsp. salt. Blend until smooth.
Pat the pork dry and season with the remaining 1 tsp. salt.
Heat the oil in a wide, heavy 4- to 5-quart pot over medium-high heat and brown the pork in batches without crowding, turning occasionally, about 8 minutes per batch.
Return all the meat to the pan and add the tomatillo sauce. Bring to a simmer, stirring to coat the meat, then reduce the heat. Simmer the pork, covered, stirring occasionally, until the meat is tender and the sauce is thickened, 1-1⁄2 to 2 hours. If necessary, continue to cook uncovered to thicken the sauce. Shred the meat with two forks.
Make the tacos with the tortillas, onion, cilantro, and crema.
Note: The pork in green sauce will keep chilled 3 days.
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5.24: Explosive Eruptions
What would cause a giant explosion like this one?
The type of eruption a volcano has depends on the composition of the magma. Silica-rich, felsic magma can trap a lot of gas. So these magmas produce explosive eruptions. Silica-poor mafic magmas trap little gas. These magmas produce quiet eruptions. Which type of eruption do you think is safest to be near?
All volcanoes share the same basic features. First, mantle rock melts. The molten rock collects in magma chambers that can be 160 kilometers (100 miles) beneath the surface. As the rock heats, it expands. The hot rock is less dense than the surrounding rock. The magma rises toward the surface through cracks in the crust. A volcanic eruption occurs when the magma reaches the surface. Lava can reach the surface gently or explosively.
Explosive Eruptions
An explosive eruption produces huge clouds of volcanic ash. Chunks of the volcano fly high into the atmosphere. Explosive eruptions can be 10,000 times as powerful as an atomic bomb (Figure below). Hot magma beneath the surface mixes with water. This forms gases. The gas pressure grows until it must be released. The volcano erupts in an enormous explosion.
Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland spewed ash into the atmosphere in 2010. This was a fairly small eruption, but it disrupted air travel across Europe for six days.
Ash and particles shoot many kilometers into the sky. The material may form a mushroom cloud, just like a nuclear explosion. Hot fragments of rock, called pyroclasts, fly up into the air at very high speeds. The pyroclasts cool in the atmosphere. Some ash may stay in the atmosphere for years. The ash may block out sunlight. This changes weather patterns and affects the temperature of the Earth. For a year or two after a large eruption, sunsets may be especially beautiful worldwide.
Volcanic gases can form poisonous, invisible clouds. The poisonous gases may be toxic close to the eruption. The gases may cause environmental problems like acid rain and ozone destruction.
Mt. St. Helens
In 1980, Mount St. Helens, located between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington, erupted explosively. The eruption killed 57 people, destroyed 250 homes, and swept away 47 bridges. The volcano blew off its top so that it lost over 400 meters (1,300 feet) of height. Mt. St. Helens is still active (Figure below). Within the crater, a new lava dome formed.
(A) Mount St. Helens eruption on May 18, 1980. Mt. Adams is in the background on the right. (B) The eruption of Mt. St. Helens blew down acres of trees like they were toothpicks.
Much of the damage in the eruption was due to pyroclastic flows. Pyroclastic flows of pyroclasts and ash knock down everything in their path. The temperature inside a pyroclastic flow may be as high as 1,000oC (1,800oF). A pyroclastic flow at Montserrat volcano is seen in this video: http://faculty.gg.uwyo.edu/heller/SedMovs/Sed%20Movie%20files/PyroclasticFlow.MOV.
Lahars are mixtures of ash and water that travel down river valleys. On Mount St. Helens, the eruption melted glaciers. The water mixede with ash from the eruption and created tremendous lahars. The lahars raced down valleys and knocked out many bridges.
Mt St. Helens was not a very large eruption for the Cascades. Mt. Mazama blew itself apart in an eruption about 42 times more powerful than Mount St. Helens in 1980. Today all that remains of that huge stratovolcano is Crater Lake (Figure below).
Crater Lake fills the caldera of the collapsed Mt. Mazama. The bathymetry of the lake shows volcanic features such as cinder cones.
Crater Lake, located in Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon.
- eruption: The release of magma and gases onto Earth's surface.
- explosive eruption: A potentially devastating eruption of rock, lava, ash, and gas exploding from a volcano.
- lahar: A volcanic mudflow containing ash, rock, and water from melting snow or rainfall that races down river valleys during an eruption.
- pyroclast: Fire rock. A rock fragment that is blown from a volcano during an eruption.
- pyroclastic flow: Hot ash, gas, and rock that race down a volcano's slopes during an eruption.
- Felsic magmas erupt explosively, creating pyroclastic eruptions.
- Pyroclastic eruption types include tephra, ash, and lahars.
- Mt. Mazama blew its top off and then collapsed, creating Crater Lake in Oregon.
Use this resource to answer the questions that follow.
Understanding Volcanoes: Mt. Saint Helens at http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/discovery-presents/videos/understanding-volcanoes-mt-saint-helens.htm (1:40)
- What was the force of Mt. Saint Helens' eruption?
- How many people died in this eruption?
- How much ash was sent into the air?
- What type of eruption was it?
- What is the deadliest part of an eruption?
- Why do convergent plate boundaries have explosive eruptions?
- Why do felsic magmas erupt explosively?
- How do volcanic gases affect the atmosphere?
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|Mischa Barton
People Magazine recently interviewed The Beautiful Life actress Mischa Barton about her 5150 incident last month. If you remember, Mischa did a Britney Spears by being admitted to a psychiatric ward due to a possible mental breakdown.
And the reason why she was hospitalized? Her tooth. Mischa explains that the hospitalization was that she wasn't able to handle all the stress and pressures from her commitments especially that she had her wisdom tooth removed. She said, "It was like a perfect storm, like everything was happening to me at once. The show, travel and then this fairly routine surgery that went wrong—it's still just healing. But I had to get through it without proper painkillers because I couldn't take those during work. So it's been a nightmare."
Right. Your lie sounds so lame, Mischa. I could come up with a better one, you should have asked me. Oh well, let's wait what she'll say next time she got 5150d again. Boo.


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I always get a tad bit excited when I see a wedding from Evan Hunt Photo pop up in our submissions. And I'll tell you why – I can stare at each individual image for longer than I care to admit, and when the entire wedding comes together? I basically surrender my entire day to devouring all the pretty. It's safe to say he has a way with the camera, and when you pair that talent with a wedding this gorgeous – magic happens. See it all here.
From Evan Hunt… Brittney & Kyle's love is big, and I'm not sure if I can do it justice with words. However, Kyle sent us a note shortly after the engagement session that he wanted to share on their wedding website with family and friends. I will allow his words to do the talking instead of mine…
From the Groom… All of our hopes were met and surpassed by the outpouring of love we received from our family and friends, and we cannot thank them enough.
If I had to summarize our wedding day in one phrase, I would overlook all the little details and simply take a lyric from the greatest love song ever written:
"I have found the one my soul loves." – Song of Solomon 3:4
Photography: Evan Hunt | Cinematography: Evan Hunt | Floral Design: Green Thumb Florists | Wedding Dress: David's Bridal | Cake: Stonegate Banquets | Tux: Gentlemen's Quarters | Venue: Stonegate Banquets | Groom's Shoes: Converse


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Slimming Suits 6/13/11
Beach days are here - the sun, the sand and waves. But finding a perfect bathing suit is enough to keep you indoors. Maybe a swimsuit that promises to make you look slimmer is the answer. This Miraclesuit claims you can "look 10 pounds lighter in 10 seconds." In its quest to find the perfect swimsuit, Consumer Reports ShopSmart recruited a few brave women to try out more than a dozen slimming suits. "We got a fit professional to come in with her tape measure and her experienced eye to check out the women in the suits to see if they met their claims." For Karen, ShopSmart found this 132-dollar Victoria's Secret Firm Control Crisscross Shaping One-piece did trim all over. But even better - this 142-dollar Tommy Bahama one-piece that promises a "flattering fit for any figure." "It does slim you. It does do what it says it's gonna do." For Cherie ShopSmart liked this Spanx Woven Halter one-piece for 198 dollars. The waist detail instantly slims. Cherie, "With this suit when I was sitting down, I didn't feel as though I had to suck in my stomach, so that was a very huge selling point for me." Even better -a less-expensive suit that took one and half inches off Cherie's waist. It's the Lands' End All-over Control Slender Grecian Swimdress for 109 dollars."I like that the skirt hides a lot of evils." Jody Rohlena, "The suits that claim to slim you, I mean they really did slim, and that's impressive, but not every suit looks good on every person. So depending on what your problem area is or how the suit happens to fit. It's really important to try on the suit before you buy it." So, hopefully, the next time you have to buy a bathing suit it's going to be a little less painful. "124240
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Canned tuna sparked with lemon and capers creates a superb sauce that complements many pasta shapes — penne, shells, or linguine, to name only a few. I prefer solid-pack tuna in olive oil for the best flavor and texture. I sometimes add a small handful of unpitted black olives — Kalamata or Gaeta — and a large, ripe tomato, seeded and diced, for a delicious variation. Italians would never serve cheese with fish, but you have my permission to break the rules!
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I love this recipe exactly as is and have made it several times. I have to say the BEST time I made this recipe I used high quality tuna in oil and meyer lemons. I think the meyer lemons really made a difference.
I went along with heating the tuna with onions, added olives and cherry tomatoes and oregano, heat all and add the lemon juice and zest at the very end. Wonderful!
Loved this recipe. Very flavorful even though the ingredients are minimal. I used good quality tuna and the lemon sauce made it so that it was not fishy tasting in the least. Didn't really need the parmesan cheese but I added and it tasted great. Will try adding sliced black olives next time. Definitely a keeper for my house.
I love tuna but was skeptical about this recipe. The ingredients sounded so light that I thought the recipe would turn out too bland for my tastes. Was I wrong! This dish has it all--totally delicious, easy peasy to make, affordable, and healthy. I'll be adding this to our regular rotation. I pan fried the tuna in its olive oil, along with some chopped onions and garlic, as other reviewers suggested, but I honestly don't know that that made any noticeable difference. Maybe I didn't fry it long enough. I used regular capers since that's what we had (Trader Joe's brand in a vinegar brine). I omitted the parsley and cheese since we didn't have any. And I only used 4oz of tuna (our last can). I served over microwave-steamed zucchini noodles (also works over pasta) and garnished with a sliced hard boiled egg. I was afraid that adding plain noodles would make the dish even more bland, but no, the tuna mix paired perfectly with the noodles. The 4oz can of tuna, 2 hard-boiled eggs over 3 small zucchinis provided a perfectly sensible but filling portion for 2 people. Can't wait to make this again and impress the rest of my family with it!
try toasting the tuna in its oil in a frying pan with onion and then follow the recipe! even more amazing
Tuna--who knew? To add a bit of moisture, I cooked down about 1c of canned tomatoes. They blended right in. Great "what's in the pantry" meal.
This gets four stars because 1. it's delicious, 2. requires no actual cooking, 3. can be assembled in the time it takes to boil water, and 4. uses ingredients you probably have already. I think it's best with mezzi rigatoni. The big hollows are like a scooper for the sauce.
Finally got around to making this...WOW, so easy and so good, Added the pitted kalamata olives and the diced seeded tomatoes and used yellow fin tuna in oil. The lemon gave it such a bright flavor. Just loved it. This is the kind of recipe that will be easy to play with, adding different ingredients
easy, fast and fresh. i only had fresh basil and that worked perfectly. love this sauce.
Amazingly easy and delicious recipe that would be perfect for making in a pinch. The only changes I made were browning the garlic in olive oil (three cloves, not one), not draining the tuna, and adding a pinch of red pepper flakes. The flavors were bold and fresh, and the dish looked beautiful with bow-tie pasta. Love this recipe--I will be making it again and again!


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By Michaela Gibson Morris/NEMS Daily Journal
TUPELO – The great green room, the telephone and the red balloon will continue to go home with newborns from the North Mississippi Medical Center Women's Hospital.
On Monday, the Health Care Foundation of North Mississippi and Universal Asset Management each committed $2,500 to purchase another 1,500 of the children's classic "Goodnight Moon" for each child born at the hospital.
"Universal Asset Management really believes in education," said chief operating officer Keri Wright, who challenged other companies to participate in the program. "It's truly an honor to be part of this."
The books have been a hit with parents.
"We haven't gotten this one," said new mom Cherish Prater of Booneville, who received a book for her newborn son Waylon Prater on Monday. She and her husband, Justin, also will share the book with their older son, Elijah, 2 1/2, who loves reading. "This is so sweet."
Since the Mayor's Education Task Force launched the project more than two years ago, they've sent home nearly 5,000 books, said Ellen Friloux, NMMC women and children's services administrator.
The privately funded partnership is an incredible commitment to Tupelo's aim to support lifelong learning, said Mayor Jack Reed Jr.
"I don't think any city in American can start them any earlier than Tupelo, Miss.," Reed said.
The community can keep the program going by donating to a fund established at the CREATE Foundation.


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Now the GCC Developers' Summit is 4 days away. Close to 90 of the most significant GCC developers will be arriving on Saturday for three days of intense highly technical talks and discussions on the future of GCC.
Now the GCC Developers' Summit is 4 days away. Close to 90 of the most significant GCC developers will be arriving on Saturday for three days of intense highly technical talks and discussions on the future of GCC.
Finally after months the GCC Summit is happening. Industry support has been excellent and we hope to bring together all the key players for a meaningful and productive event
At home, 3 months of additional fish tank upgrades and the marine reef system is looking pretty cool. The whole setup is teaching me a whole new appreciation for closed (and open) system ecologies as well as a hellalot of things like coral, anemonae, shrimp, clam, snail, biology (I avoided using the latin names mostly because I fail to spell them correctly.
New house is working out pretty well, the headaches of the hell that is Conservation Coop is long behind us now. A word of advice to people, even if the housing looks good don't give others the ability to pass 'bylaws' on you unless they're armed.
Well things are underway for a GCC Developers Summit. Now all we need is enough content to fill three days and some sponsors to help out with the costs.
Planning for GCC (working name for a GCC Compiler Conference) is underway. Looks like April 15-18th, in Ottawa, likely at the very nice Westin conference space.
Next step is to identify everyone who might be interested in attending such an event... which would be a lot easier if you'd just email me ajhATfinux.org and tell me :)
Nearly recovered from this years OLS and starting to get some interesting ideas. One thing that I've discovered is that I actually like running conferences (well the technical focused kind at least, I still can't stomach much marketing hype).
So, for next year I'm currently in the planning stages for a GCC & Toolchain conference. I'd appreciate any feedback "ajh at finux.org" as I'm currently trying to judge numbers and set dates.
More as things develop
Today we released our FreeS/WAN 1.97 for RedHat 7.3 RPMS.
We encourage everyone to take a peek, the annoucement and
links are at www.steamballoon.com.
The Linux Symposium is pretty much sold out now. The mix of developers who will be attending is very, very, impressive and June should prove to be a very interesting time in Ottawa. Of course I'm pretty much insane from the pressure at this point.
If one person can be more lazy in posting regular diary entries I haven't met him yet.
Seems I was worrying for nothing, seemsOLS is nearing 90% sold out despite the 'economic slowdown'.
Somehow managed to extricate myself from the timewarp that always seems to surround OLS. At some point someone will need to explain to me exactly what did happen during the Symposium.
Other than my Laptop going missing (grrrr) my recolllection of details is somewhat fuzzy. This is presumably due to lack of sleep for 3 days as I did not consume nearly enough alcohol this year (unlike 2000 where entirely too much was quaffed.)
Today courtesy of Mesaba Air and NorthWest I got to fly Ottawa-Detroit then Detroit-Raleigh. The Saab 340 turboprop was reasonably nice if old, but the landing in Detroit in clear weather was quite disturbing as the pilot seemed to experience difficulties finding the runway.
Well that said, I made it safely without any noticable delays and am now sitting at Red Hat and wondering if I can avoid the Brycecam all week or not.
Down to about 40 more spaces available for the Linux Symposium which means I soon get to move on to more exciting work (yea!) so people, sign up and fill those spaces!
Well, time is getting really short for OLS registrations and we're still about 50 people away from selling out this year.
Seems the tech crash has affected far more travel and training budgets than we had anticipated. I'm sure it will sell out, but the slowdown is very noticable.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
Keep up with the latest Advogato features by reading the Advogato status blog.
If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!