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A one-woman play entitled "Isadora Duncan: A Unique Recital" written by and starring Kres Mersky will be presented in the South Pasadena Public Library Community Room on Thursday, February 2 at 7 p.m. The free event is presented by the South Pasadena Public Library, the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library, and the Living History Centre Fund.
Kres Mersky's one hour play depicts the San Francisco-born dancer and teacher near the end of her life. Isadora may have been one of the most flamboyant, creative, and artistic women of the time, but at this point she's no longer dancing, but rather attempting to raise money for her school of dance. The play is adapted from Isadora's own provocative writings and provides a multi-dimensional portrait of a great 20th Century woman whose views on the arts, education, women's rights, marriage, and love continue to provide inspiration today. A review in the "Los Angeles Times" called Ms. Mersky's portrayal "Pure poetry…an excellent performance."
Ms. Mersky hails from Los Angeles where she lives with her husband and director Paul Gersten. Kres has performed widely in film, theatre, and television, appearing in such shows as "Murder She Wrote" and "Charlie's Angels." Her movie credits include "Oh God!", "Rich and Famous," and "Revenge of the Nerds." Her plays have been presented at colleges, universities, and theatres on the West Coast and Canada. She has performed on stage at the Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre in their productions of "A Man for All Seasons," "Hot L Baltimore," and "Getting Out."
Isadora Duncan was born Dora Angela Duncan on May 27, 1878 and by the age of ten had developed a new system of dance with her sister Elizabeth that was based on improvisation and interpretation. With her mother's help, Isadora taught dance and performed for the San Francisco elite. They tried to broaden their fan base by traveling to New York and Chicago, but they were not well-received. They departed for London and in Europe they received great recognition. The European audiences were enthusiastic and excited about her performances and Isadora returned home triumphantly.
Duncan attacked both popular dance -- because of its superficiality-- as well as classical ballet because it was based on convention. Instead, she encouraged dance movements that were derived from the movements of the earth. She concluded that all dance moves stemmed from jumping, running, skipping, and standing. To her, the body could express thoughts and emotions and each movement emanated from the dancer's innermost feelings. Isadora's barefoot dances were exclusively female and reflected the emergence of the "new woman" of this period. In fact, Duncan was so famous that she inspired artists and authors to create sculpture, poetry, novels, paintings, photographs and jewelry in her image. Throughout her career Duncan disliked the commercial aspects of public performance, touring, contracts, and other practical considerations. She thought her real mission was the creation of artistic beauty and educating the young.
Isadora's later life was filled with tragedy. In 1913 her two children drowned in an accident. In 1921 she accepted the Soviet Union's offer to start a school in Moscow that ultimately failed and left her penniless. By this time she had also married Russian poet Sergei Yesenin, an alcoholic who committed suicide. In 1927 Isadora died in a horrific automobile accident, but not before her new views on movement had revolutionized dance forever. Duncan was further immortalized when Vanessa Redgrave received the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1968 for "Isadora."
The Community Room is located at 1115 El Centro Street. No tickets or reservations are necessary. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and refreshments will be served.


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Gay romantic comedy tops Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival
The Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival screened a handful of features and about two dozen shorts over the November 9-11 weekend. Earlier today, the jury winners were announced on the festival's Facebook page. Elliot Loves, a romantic (and mother-son) comedy by first-time feature-film writer-director Terracino, and Douglas Horn's Coffee & Pie, a comedy short in which a jilted woman discovers that revenge is sweeter when pies are involved, were the festival's top movies. (Photo: Jermaine Montell, Fabio Costaprado Elliot Loves.)
The Creative Director's Award, given "to the film that demonstrates creativity and the spirit of LGBT issues" went to Kai Stanicke's short Cold Star, in which a menacing group of people pushes a boy onto a diving platform, where he finds unexpected help from a mysterious man.
The Bob Dietrich Memorial Award given to a short comedy film went to Jason Sax's Do You Have a Cat?, which, as per the festival's website, "examines the trials of bisexual dating and pet ownership."
Road movie featuring two Oscar winners as elderly lesbian lovers on the run is audience favorite
Additionally, the Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival announced Audience Awards in various categories. The Favorite Gay Feature Film was Douglas Langway's Bear City 2: The Proposal, a sequel to Bear City, which follows the personal adventures of a group of "bears, boys and cubs" in New York City and, in the sequel, Provincetown. The Favorite Lesbian Feature Film was Thom Fitzgerald's Cloudburst, a road movie starring Academy Award winners Olympia Dukakis and Brenda Fricker as lovers on the run, and Ryan Doucette as the hustler they pick up while en route to Canada and legal marriage.
Coffee or Tea? and Do You Have a Cat? were, respectively, the Favorite Gay Short Film and Favorite Lesbian Short Film. And finally, the Favorite Documentary Feature was Robert Camina's Raid of the Rainbow Lounge, about the vicious beatings by Fort Worth cops (initially defended by the local chief of police) during a 2009 raid at a local gay bar, while Nathan Gillock's Of an Armed Cavalieri, about Tommaso de Cavalieri's role as the inspiration for some of Michelangelo's work, was the Favorite Documentary Short.


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PHILADELPHIA, PA – Denise Love McDaid '62 will present her exhibit, "Sculpture" from Friday, September 7 through Tuesday, October 7 in the Dwight V. Dowley Gallery located on the fifth floor of St. Joseph Hall. There will be an opening reception for the exhibit on Saturday, September 15 from 4-6 p.m. in the gallery. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. through 7 p.m. daily.
McDaid's work is inspired by natural forms and by her delight in working with clay. Seed pods, vegetables, faces, gestures; there is always an organic reference point but sometimes the end result is an expression of an essential quality or emotion, while other times forms are more recognizable. McDaid investigates the tension between whimsy and formal design elements, movement and meditation.
Denise Love McDaid graduated from Chestnut Hill College in 1962 with an undergraduate degree in art and fashion design. After 25 years of designing children's dress wear and women's sleepwear for Philadelphia-area manufacturers, her focus changed to sculpture when she began studying with Philadelphia artist Jim Lloyd. She has continued her education at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Fleischer Art Memorial and Cheltenham Center for the Arts. She has shown work in dozens of juried exhibitions over the last 15 years and has received numerous awards from Artist's Cultural Exchange, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Fleischer Art Memorial, Wayne Art Center and Greater Norristown Art League.
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Though their music is terrifically well-arranged and they are all expert musicians, the quartet Elvis Perkins in Dearland has a way of making any of their songs sound like it's the first one they've played together. There is both freshness and a charming casualness in the music. It's like they're buskers who chose their corner before dawn, and just now realize that there are others playing here—the same tune, no less. Oh, well.
Songwriter, singer, and guitarist Elvis Perkins released a notoriously long-in-the-making solo album called Ash Wednesday in 2006. To tour in support of the record he assembled an instrumentally diverse band: bassist Brigham Brough, who also plays sax; Wyndham Boylan-Garnett on pump organ, guitar, harmonium, and trombone; and drummer/percussionist Nick Kinsey, who also plays banjo and clarinet. Now comes the eponymous Elvis Perkins in Dearland, which is Perkins' second record and the band's first. (It's Perkins' way of dodging the sophomore album curse, he has said.)
Perkins says that the shift from solo to ensemble has not effected his composing process.
"I'm not one of these people who writes songs for specific instruments," he says from somewhere between Montreal and Toronto. "I just have to be sure that a song is down, with or without additional instruments, whether or not it fits on such and such an album. If it doesn't make sense with just my hands and a guitar, chances are it's not going to make sense down the line.
"I guess I'm the default director if there is one. But it's a pretty intuitive process, the fleshing out of songs. I definitely hear the songs first, so I get a head start. But everybody's got good ideas and we kind of pass them around."
Perkins' parents were both celebrities. His father was the actor Anthony Perkins and his mother was actress and fashion photographer Berry Berenson. Berenson died on 9/11, aboard American Airlines Flight 11 when it was crashed in New York. It was that event and tragedy that put the kibosh on Perkins' progress toward finishing his first record.
There has been much media mining for creative grieving in Perkins' music. You can do that and probably not be disappointed. But for the most part he's simply got a healthy young man's cynical wit, and he can turn a phrase about like W.C. Fields could turn a half-dollar between his fingers. So any line that might refer to the loss of a loved one could just as easily refer to the loss of youth and innocence, or any of the many other things you lose during your 20s. (Perkins is 33 now.) There is also something in Perkins' inherited smile to suggest that he enjoys throwing would-be explicators the occasional red herring.
Perkins says the set list these days has songs that cover a broad span of time.
"The oldest song ["While You're Sleeping"] is probably 10 years old or more," he says. "And the youngest ["I Heard Your Voice in Dresden"] is less than a year old. I can tell that the music has changed. I may not be the best person to say how it's changed. And I'm not sure that I want to know that."
From "I Heard Your Voice In Dresden": "Now let us together sing the sun/To the home in the heavens/From the sea from the sea/O yes and to our loving mother/We'll say, yes, we will see you another day." How the words might apply to Perkins' public biography is nearly beside the point. The accomplishment is that the listener finds it incredibly easy to cast the songs with characters from his or her own story.
Perkins' recordings stand on their own. His parents' and his high-profile loss of them are elements of the attention he attracts. Regardless, now he's away from that life of affection and supposed comfort and he's touring the continent in a van, spending his time on the road and in small, sometimes dingy rock clubs.
"I often don't recognize my life anymore," he says. "It's the David Byrne moment, 'How did I get here? Is this my beautiful van? Is this my beautiful band?' I think it's as good a thing to do as anything with one's time. I myself haven't had much luck writing on the road, or feeling that there's anything to write about. It is difficult to be inspired on the road, and to be properly rested and properly hydrated and properly nourished, in order to be a creative thing. Often we feel more like drivers than we do musicians."
EPID are also making the obligatory festival bills. They'll be returning to the Newport Folk Festival this summer and getting muddy and/or dusty at Bonnaroo. For a person who writes and performs such personal music, one imagines that singing to the sea of faces might be disorienting.
"It depends on the day and how it goes," says Perkins. "You can have an equally wonderful and/or miserable experience in the small room or the big field. It's a different mind set. In this world you've got to be prepared for it all. It is certainly a challenge to confront the cosmos when you're playing outdoors. Bringing your human sound to the elements. When you're in a small club, you're sort of the element."
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…Is amazing!!
Only had 2 days here – yesterday me and Viks tried out surfing. I was fully expecting not to be able to do it, but actually managed to stand up on the board first time (I've been told by locals that this is because of my dancing background!) did get a whole load of sea water in my mouth, eyes, up my nose which was gross (I can stand up, ride a wave almost to shore – but getting off the board was less than graceful, and struggled to get out to the waves afterwards!!)
Today, I tried out ocean kayaking….will not be doing that again. The aim was to see dolphins and maybe a few turtles – all that happened was dehydration and seasickness!! And what sucks is that I didn't even get to see a single dolphin But glad that I gave that a go. I then got a bike and cycled up to Cape Byron to the Palm Valley reserve and took some photos of the beach where I went surfing and kayaking.
I spent the remainder of my time in Byron Bay wandering the shops – got presents for a few folks and some poi for me! (looking forward to poi-ing this summer in Scotland!!!)
One striking thing about Byron Bay though is the new age spirituality, drugs and stuff. I spent a long time chatting to a guy who was a Hare Krishna (according to him my eyes told him that I had a very strong spirtual presence) and various other people. On the street we were staying there was about 3 places you could get your palm read or tarot cards, a masonic centre and many medical centres offer crystal healing, tarot, ayurveda, reiki as standard treatment for illness and disease the same as you would get a referral to a hospital consultant or a prescription for antibiotics in the UK. Byron Bay is full of people searching for peace and answers I guess?
Anyway, I loved Byron Bay (my 'hippy' roots I guess!!) but found it very challenging place at the same time. I'm also very very sore as my rucksack is now much heavier and my body feels like one giant bruise from surfing/ocean kayaking.
Cape Byron – from top of Palm Valley Reserve


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These past few weeks have been stressful for me and our family as a whole. I won't get into the why but what I can say is that if it were not for my wife, I'm not sure that I could have handled it. Her demeanor in the midst of our little storm has given me pause to reflect on her character and her meaning in my life. And I would be remiss if I did not include her in my "If I died today" letters. So honeybunny, this one's for you.
My Dearest Tori,
For you sweetie, there is only one thing I want you to know if I died today.
I Love You
From that moment on Grandpa Harold's front porch on February 15, 1998 when our lips first touched I knew that you were to be the love of my life. I loved you from the very start.
I remember the first moment I saw you. Sitting on the couch in my dorm lounge; cut off shorts, t-shirt, hair pulled up in a ponytail. I thought, "Wow, she's really cute." But it would be another 2 years before we started dating.
I watched you date another and how well he treated you. During that time I struggled in my own relationships. But those hurtful relationships only served to make me appreciate you all the more! When we began talking out of mutual heartache my heart reacted to you like no other.
Those long phone talks that lasted all night . . . I'll never forget how I longed to reach through the phone and hold you. I so wanted to protect you, to just wrap you in my arms and shield you from any more pain. I yearned for you.
Our first date, Applebee's and Good Will Hunting, was so easy going and relaxed. I could let down my guard around you. No pretense was needed with you. Although, I'll admit I felt like a total goob when I started tearing up in the movie. But no guy can watch that scene with Robin Williams and Matt Damon and not cry! I didn't want that night to end. And when you stood on the bottom of the back deck stairs, looking at me as it rained, I ached to kiss you but was scared of what it would mean for me.
Our first road trip, borne out of the reappearance of an ex, was a divine appointment. Holding you at mid-field on that high school football field in the middle of the night I knew that I was falling for you. Those moments leading up to our kiss and my epiphany were sweet and slow, teasing us until just after midnight. The instant our lips touched I knew you were to be my wife and me your husband.
In that moment I felt my life's purpose. I was to love and serve you all of my days.
And from that moment until this moment I have strived to do that. Some days I have failed miserably and others I rocked it! But I must confess I have been far more blessed by you than the other way around.
You could and probably should have left me at any time during those first two years. I was a moron.
I didn't care very much about myself. You saw that. The chemicals and alcohol I put in my system spoke to that. The dead end jobs, late nights, and constantly being broke told of a person living outside their story. And yet you stayed.
You stayed when I got myself fired, you stayed when I drank too much, and you stayed when those chemicals caused me to act a fool. You stayed.
I don't know why you did, but I will live my life in praise of that fact. Were it not for you, I would not be here today. I don't believe that I would be dead or anything overly dramatic but life would be plenty grey without you in it.
God spoke to me through you. He spoke of love, forgiveness, mercy, and grace. Through you I have lived in a way that would not be possible otherwise.
So if I died today I want you to know just one thing: I love you.
I love you endlessly and completely. I love you to the point of hurt. I cannot picture my days without your presence. You are my sunrise and sunset. Your love I covet more than any other. Your smile lights my life and your tears darken my days. Just a word from you could send me marching into the fires of hell or flying to the heights of heaven.
I am a better man directly because of your love. I am who I am because you did stay and I will live my life as a testament to that.
From that first day to my last I will love you with every cell in my body. With all that I am, I am yours.
Honeybunny, you are the single greatest blessing God has given me. Through you I have seen God's great beauty and I desire to spend all minutes in that beauty.
Please know that there are not enough words in any language to write all the things I could. You hold my heart in your hands, and there is no other I would rather hold it.
You and me together, we could do anything.
Forever and desperately yours,


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1962: The Rolling Stones played their first gig at a club in London. The lineup of the band included Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Keith Richards. Drummer Charlie Watts and bassist Bill Wyman joined later.
1969: "The Ballad of John and Yoko" was banned by many radio stations because they found the line "Christ, you know it ain't easy" to be offensive.
1970: Johnny Cash sent autographed records and photos to South Dakota Judge S.K. Hicks, who claimed to be the inspiration for Johnny Cash's single "A Boy Named Sue."
1975: K.C. and the Sunshine Band made their pop chart debut with "Get Down Tonight."
Today's Birthdays: Actor-comedian Bill Cosby is 77. Singer Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac is 71. Actress Denise Nicholas ("In the Heat of the Night") is 70. Actor Jay Thomas is 66. Singer Walter Egan is 66. Fitness guru Richard Simmons is 66. Actress Cheryl Ladd is 63. Actress Mel Harris ("thirtysomething") is 58. Gospel singer Sandi Patty is 58. Guitarist Dan Murphy of Soul Asylum is 52. Singer Robin Wilson of the Gin Blossoms is 49. Actress Lisa Nicole Carson ("Ally McBeal") is 45. Country singer Shannon Lawson is 41. Rapper Magoo is 41. Actress Anna Friel ("Pushing Daisies") is 38. Singer Tracie Spencer is 38. Actor Steve Howey ("Reba") is 37. Actor Topher Grace ("That '70s Show") is 36. Actress Michelle Rodriguez ("Lost") is 36. Singer-guitarist Kimberly Perry of The Band Perry is 31. Actress Natalie Martinez ("Under the Dome") is 30. Actor Erik Per Sullivan ("Malcolm in the Middle") is 23.
1939: Frank Sinatra made his first record, singing "From the Bottom of My Heart" and "Melancholy Mood" with the Harry James Orchestra.
1989: Roseanne Barr filed for divorce in Los Angeles from William Pentland.
1990: The movie "Ghost" was released.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Patrick Stewart is 74. Actor Robert Forster ("Banyon") is 73. Singer-guitarist Roger McGuinn of The Byrds is 72. Actor Harrison Ford is 72. Actor-comedian Cheech Marin is 68. Actress Daphne Maxwell Reid ("Eve," "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air") is 66. Actress Didi Conn is 63. Country singer Louise Mandrell is 60. Actor-director Cameron Crowe is 57. Actor Michael Jace ("The Shield") is 52. Comedian Tom Kenny ("Spongebob Squarepants") is 52. Country singer-songwriter Victoria Shaw is 52. Country singer Neil Thrasher (Thrasher Shriver) is 49. Singer Deborah Cox is 41. Drummer Will Champion of Coldplay is 36. Actor Steven R. McQueen ("The Vampire Diaries") is 26.


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Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, November 06, 2006
Education Plus Madurai
Published on Mondays
News Update
Group Sites
Will a common law serve all?
Learning to fight fire the right way
The Kochi Refinery Learning Centre has been conducting various kinds of courses, including one on fire and safety engineering.
Empty libraries, deserted playgrounds
Once they reach higher secondary, students seem to give up their hobbies and interests. Their hectic schedule leaves no time to read fiction or to visit the school library.
Italian welcome for Indian students
The Italian Government's attempt to internationalise its education offering has resulted in Indian students giving serious thought to higher education in universities there.
I am in class XII and want to know about a career in robotics. Which college in India is best for this course? A robot is defined as an automatically-controlled re-programmable, multi-purpose manipulative machine, with or without ...
National Institute of Design entrance test
The National Institute of Design (NID), which functions as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, has invited applications for a Design Aptitude Test (DAT) for admission to its four-year Graduate ...
ICFAI launches one-year course in Retail Management
Retail management is a fast growing career now due to the increasing number of super markets and shopping malls everywhere. As the retail boom surges in the country, academic courses that are relevant to the field are being launched. One ...
Test Tracker
Coaching for Civil Services, TNPSC exams
The Anna IAS Academy would be offering coaching for civil services preliminary examinations (IAS & IPS) and the TNPSC Group I Services examinations in Chennai, Palayamkottai, Madurai, Tiruchi, Salem and Coimbatore. Correspondence-cum-contact ...
Preparing for GMAT, SAT
Two books that help students prepare for the Graduate Management Aptitude Test (GMAT) and the new Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) from Barron's are now available as special "pass key" editions published for the sub-continent, from New Age ...
Short Takes
The Department of Textile Technology of Jaya Engineering College organised an embroidery workshop on October 27 and 28. The programme was conducted exclusively for home-makers and students from colleges such as NIFT, Mother Teresa Women's ...
The art and science of record keeping
On the importance of meticulous notes for research.
A fun-filled mathematical trail
For all the eight teams, consisting of six students from four different schools, from Chennai and Singapore, it was a wonderful learning experience on November 1, at Dakshina Chitra, near Chennai. The theme for the trail was `Connecting ...
Learn English the hi-tech way
Here's a language tool from IBM that evaluates grammar, pronunciation and comprehension and corrects mistakes.
For a shining career
Lessons in obstetrics through satellite
FOGSI and ISRO have joined hands to offer a novel academic initiative for government medical colleges.
Campus Jottings
Knowledge explosion has made teaching a "challenging job" and teachers should constantly update their knowledge to protect themselves from being archaic, said P. Maruthamuthu, Vice-Chancellor, Madurai Kamaraj University. He was speaking at the ...
Competing for the future
Essentially, winning is not about competing with current goods in the current scenario. A big winner must know how to shape his future and must be able to have a fair idea as to how the future is going to unfold. R. Seshasayee, president of the ...
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12 Infected With New Swine Flu Strain
A new influenza strain has shown the potential for human-to-human transmission.
The days of medical masks at airports and widespread panic may be coming back—that's because at least 12 humans are believed to have been infected with a new strain of swine flu that's not covered by this season's vaccine.
The new swine flu strain, H3N2v, has shown at least some potential for human-to-human transmission in those 12 individuals, which makes it especially dangerous. Between 2009 and mid-2010, more than 17,000 people died worldwide from the highly contagious H1N1 swine flu strain, leading the World Health Organization to call the strain a pandemic.
The 12 people with the new swine flu strain live in Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Officials for the Centers for Disease Control say the sample size of H3N2 infections is too small to know whether it will pose a threat to the population at large.
"It's a very small sample and it's geographically spread, which makes it more difficult to get a handle on it," says Jeffrey Dimond, a CDC spokesman. "Most of the cases have come through direct contact with the animals, through the 4H Club and that sort of thing."
In order to have a true threat of causing an epidemic or pandemic, Dimond says the virus needs to spread easily between humans.
"If you're in close contact with someone who's ill, that's one thing," he says. "To make it like the pandemic flu of a few years ago, it has to be highly contagious from human to human."
H3N2v or another new flu strain could disrupt what CDC officials expected to be a relatively quiet flu season. Each year's flu vaccine protects against specific strains of the virus that researchers expect to circulate. In October, Joe Bresee, chief of CDC's influenza epidemiology and prevention branch, said he was confident this year's vaccine would protect against the most dangerous flu strains.
"The flu viruses this year's vaccine will protect against are very well-matched to those flu viruses that [were] circulating [in October]," he said. "We will have a vaccine that provides good protection this season to help keep influenza illness and serious complications down."
While it's too early to tell if the new H3N2 strain (or another unexpected strain) will develop into a larger threat, the CDC admits the current vaccine will do little to help stop the virus.
"These viruses are substantially different from human influenza A (H3N2) viruses, so the seasonal vaccine is expected to provide limited cross-protection among adults and no protection to children," the CDC wrote in a report released in late November.
Updated on 1/11/12 at 3:10 p.m.


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|Tinkering towards Utopia: trying to make sense of my contribution to the field
|Bill Mulford, (Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia)
|Bill Mulford, (2012) "Tinkering towards Utopia: trying to make sense of my contribution to the field", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 50 Iss: 1, pp.98 - 124
|Australia, Communities of professional learners, Complexity, Leadership, Educational administration, Organizational development, Organizational learning, Principals, Public attitudes to education, Schools, Social capital, Student outcomes
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98 - For a Limited Time Only: John Philoponus
John Philoponus refutes Aristotle's and Proclus' arguments for the eternity of the universe, and develops new ideas in physics.
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• F.A.J. de Haas, John Philoponus' New Definition of Prime Matter (Leiden: Brill, 1997).
• J.F. Phillips, "Neoplatonic Exegeses of Plato's Cosmogony (Timaeus 27C-28C)," Journal of the History of Philosophy 35 (1977), 173-97.
• Philoponus, Against Aristotle on the Eternity of the World, trans. C. Wildberg (London: 1987).
• Philoponus, Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World, trans. M. Share and J. Wilberding, 4 vols (London: 2005, 2005, 2006, 2010).
• Proclus, On the Eternity of the World, trans. H.S. Lang and A.D. Macro (Berkeley: 2001).
• R. Sorabji (ed.), Philoponus and the Rejection of Aristotelian Science (Ithaca: 1987, new ed. 2011).
• G. Verbeke, "Some Late Neoplatonic Views on Divine Creation and the Eternity of the World," in Neoplatonism and Christian Thought, ed. D. O'Meara (Albany: 1982), 45-53.
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Limited time only?
Why a limited time only? Is this a telemarketer trick to get us to listen?
Nevertheless, I liked the lecture. And I look forward to hearing Richard Sorabji!
Limited time only
Well as usual the title is supposed to be funny, or at least wryly amusing. In this case it refers to the fact that he denies the eternity of the world (i.e. the world exists for a limited time only... get it? Hilarious!). Or maybe you knew that and you are just teasing me! Anyway glad you liked the episode.
Me being obtuse and literal
I was being obtuse and literal. Yes, it's funny. Not Whoopy Cushion funny. Philoponic wit worthy of the Grammarian.
John Philoponus' other job
Hi Peter, although you of course mention the importance of Philoponus' Christianity in his philosophical project, it might be worth adding (in the written version) that he was a theologian too, and quite controversial at that. I don't in fact know how much of his theological work survives, but he was known as a champion of "Tritheism," a branch of Monophysitism that claimed that God was not one essence and three hypostases, but rather three essences and three hypostases. He also speculated on the nature of the resurrected body and wrote an explanation of the relation of the Jewish to the Christian Passover.
Philoponus' theology
Hi Nick,
Good point, you actually have spotted something I meant to do but didn't because of lack of space when I got to the Church Fathers. My original intention was to cover this side of Philoponus when I did the Trinity debates but I couldn't squeeze that in. Adding something in the book version is a good idea, thank you for reminding me!
RE: Philoponus' theology
I just came across a recent article on Maximus Confessor vs. Philoponus that might be useful to you when you get around to the revision: Grigory Benevich, "Maximus Confessor's polemics against Tritheism and his Trinitarian teaching," Byzantinische Zeitschrift 105/2 (Dec. 2012): 595-610.


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I've reached the end days phase. The bit of being pregnant where I'm constantly thinking "well this could be the last time I wear this T-shirt before I have a baby." Or "this could be my last shower without a baby." Or even, "Maybe the next time I light the wood stove I'll have a baby." And on and on and on. It's all very exciting. I can't wait to have my body back to myself again, and I can't wait to find out what giving birth feels like.
Looking back its been a pretty pleasant pregnancy. There was that uncomfortable four months of puking, but it's far enough in the past now that I've already begun to repress the memories—or better put, my brain has started to take the kick out of them. Then there was the fun part when I first started to show but had yet to begin the gradual descent into gestational-crippledom and general exhaustion. Which, I might add, culminated last night in me carrying a large bowl of salad for twenty meters, and it destroying my back to the point that I was no longer able to remove clothing or leave the bed without help. My walk went from penguin waddle to shuffling, malfunctioning robot in seconds. After the Beard rubbed some magical herbal stuff on it I was eventually able to manage a shimmy/crawl down the mattress though, so at least I didn't have to wake him up to carry me to the chamber pot for my 340 nightly trips to the toilet.
But for the most part I've had a really easy time health-wise, and I am so glad that so far (knock on wood people, there is still time for the demons to find me and try to drive me into the hospital) I haven't had any serious health issues. Here here. Ladies who have had health issues during pregnancy: I salute you. I think of you all the time and how strong you must be to get through that shit. I haven't had to deal with anything serious, and it's been a pain in the ass, so I can only imagine what some of you have made it through. Good job.
I've never been much of a belly talker—though I sometimes like to imagine that maybe she can pick up images if I concentrate on them just right—but lately I've started giving Mount Peanut motivational speeches about how great it is out in the world, you know, in case she thinks she might be ready to pack up and leave the water cave. At this point she's safe, physically, to come, and if labor started at the end of this sentence I'd be euphoric. All the sappy feelings about being excited to meet her aside, I can't wait to be alone in my own skin again. I have never looked forward to jogging so much in my life. Not to mention the little things I miss, like walking fast and carrying stuff and not getting winded by a walk to the bathroom Wagen. And oh my god, laying on my stomach! And on my back! And sitting close to a table! Now those were the days.
Oh my cod and the birth! That is going to be amazing! The miracle of life! My body doing crazy ass shit I never thought possible! A fully formed human being emerging from my innards! A brain built by my body on autopilot! Eyes that can look and a mouth that makes noises! I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is the stuff of magic. I'm prepared for everything and for nothing, for magic and pain and tears and to come out of a trance to find myself on all fours on my bed mooing like an agitated cow. Wish us luck…
We're running a little guessing pool for our friends to bet on the date of Peanut's arrival. I'd include you in it, but I think it's probably illegal to run random internet gambling circles. Either way, if you feel like putting in your psychic ten cents, leave us your guess in the comments. The gyno says February 20th and the midwife says February 19th. I say "get this thing out of me as soon as possible," so I'm just assuming that she'll wait until the last possible second, ie 14 days later. If you get it right, maybe I'll even send you a little present.
Want to read more about my gorilla pregnancy? Check out these posts… (Or check out the entire gorilla prego category here.)
singing during pregnancy (wherein I lament having to vomit onstage at 37 weeks)
38 weeks pregnant: acupuncture and the labor dance
diy pregnancy: the fold-down changing table
birth, pregnancy, and everyday magic
what i read while i was pregnant
midwives and home births in germany
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Survival Tips for Current Students
- Exercise regularly.
- Do something fun every Friday evening.
- Maintain communication with loved ones.
- Purchase a large bottle of Tylenol.
- Use www.citysearch.com for ideas of activities and events in which to take part in Portland.
- Bring an umbrella.
- Have fun and relax. It will all come!
- Make time for yourself.
- Keep up with assignments and do not get behind!
- Panic is a normal reaction; you will get used to it.
- Your classmates are a tremendous source of support. They understand what you are going through in ways that no one else can.
- Pace yourself!
- Make sure your computer is working properly, and you know how to use it!
- Be flexible and have a good attitude.
- Set short-term goals that are easily achieved in order to feel as if you are working toward something more immediate than graduating.
- Get as much sleep as possible.
- Do not listen to anyone else right before an exam.
- Do not change your answers on an exam.
- Set up a schedule for yourself allowing for exercise, play and learning, of course.
- Put your family first and do a lot of praying.
- Eat well-balanced meals with occasional fun foods (i.e. the essentials like pizza).
- Anything is possible for a short time no matter how busy or difficult it seems.
Advice for Prospective Applicants
- Set your goals and have a plan. If PA school is part of your plan, take all the prerequisites, get the best grades possible because programs are competitive, be willing to move, and apply to as many programs as possible. If you do get an interview, be yourself. Once you get accepted, realize that life as a student is not permanent; it is only a miniscule part of eternity.
- Explore Oregon while you are here, be flexible with your schedule, and work hard.
- While you are working in the medical care setting, go the extra mile, read, ask a lot of questions, and help out in other areas if given the chance. If you learn as much as you can before PA school, it will definitely help you out in the long run.
- Take any opportunity to be in a primary care office. Learn to be comfortable with vital signs, procedure set-ups, and general clinic management. It is a plus if you learn blood draws and injections. You cannot have enough hands-on experience prior to this program. It will help make your educational experience easier.
- Take pharmacology prior to beginning your program if possible.
- Review Anatomy and Physiology as much as possible. It helps to take a refresher course and to review much more thoroughly than is recommended in the acceptance packet. Purchase the course recommended color photo atlas for the anatomy cadaver lab. (The first semester is hard work, but the second is harder and much more intense so be prepared).
- Buy the book "Getting into the PA School of Your Choice" by Andrew J. Rodican. It was very helpful for writing the application essay and practicing for interviews.
- PA school is a lot of work but definitely doable with some nights off. Focus and stay on top of your studies.
- Do not give up on getting admitted to school no matter how far down your name is on the waiting list; the list can move fast even in the last few days.
Have confidence. Confidence exudes from successful individuals and can be felt by those around them.
Get a copy of the current Physician Assistant Programs Directory.
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Patient Stories
Isaac Perkins is like any active 10 year-old boy. He enjoys sports, including soccer and basketball; adventures with friends; video games; and exploring the world around him. Encouraged by parents Todd and Teresa, Isaac is dedicated to piano lessons and his electric guitar and faithfully practices both instruments.
Shari's husband, Jack Hyder, has suffered from Parkinson's disease for almost 10 years. At the current stage of his condition, he is experiencing some cognitive changes. So maintaining his mobility and abilities are the top priorities for Shari and Jack. With Dr. Nashatizadeh's help, they are able to do that.
At 24 weeks in her pregnancy, Julie Clifton delivered Murphy Willingham, Jr. by caesarean section at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. He was immediately put into the care of the hospital's Level IIIb NICU.
When asked to define the rollercoaster of emotions they experienced when their daughter was born prematurely, Kristi and Jason Fine use words such as "scary" and "overwhelming".
Laura Kellogg had learned to live with migraine headaches. For more than 20 years – since the age of seven – they struck like clockwork once, sometimes, twice a month. And when they did, Laura retreated to her dark and quiet bedroom to lie down and simply wait out the excruciating head pain and its accompanying nausea and vomiting.
Imagine waking up in a hospital's ICU with casts on, IVs dripping, machines humming and absolutely no recollection of the incident that led to this acute predicament. That's exactly what 34-year-old Overland Park resident Lisa Butler experienced in late July 2009.
Lorri Roth was the first person in October (2012) to get her mammogram and receive a free mini-pedicure kit!
Patrick Hamilton doesn't know how it happened. One minute he was cruising on his new dirt bike, and the next minute he was cruising to the hospital in the back of an ambulance.
Vince Boggia has a family history of heart disease. His father succumbed to a heart attack at 57 years old, Vince's exact age when he visited Gregory Chambon, MD, his physician at College Park Family Care Center in Overland Park in February 2009. "It was my annual physical," says Vince. "I'm a stickler for preventative medicine."


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Bureau of Land Management
Sky Zaffarano's enthusiasm is exhibited in his voice as he talks about his new position as the off-highway vehicle recreation coordinator for the Redding Field Office. He has been with BLM for two months, but he comes with experience.
Before BLM, he worked in OHV management for the Mendocino National Forest. He started as a seasonal worker in 1999 while finishing college. He received his BS degree in Parks and Natural Resources Management from California State University-Chico in 2000 and was hired on full-time with the Forest Service. He transferred to BLM to be closer to family.
He was raised in Corning, California and has been an OHV enthusiasts most of his life. He discovered his career path while at Chico State and was able to combine his recreation background with his area of study.
Although new to BLM, he elaborates on his two priorities -- getting the road and trail designation process done for the French Gulch and Interlakes area and, developing an alternate access from the south to the Chappie-Shasta OHV area.
There is lots going on here, and I'm blending in," he says. "The inventories are about done. Now we are setting up meetings to work with the public on road designations."
Sky is living in Corning with his wife Jessica and 2-year old daughter, Kylee.


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By Kate Gibson, MarketWatch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures on Thursday fell to their lowest level since early May, upended after stronger U.S. retail sales bolstered demand for the dollar and tarnished the precious metal's allure as another asset option and hedge against inflation.
"The market's roller-coaster pattern continued amid the high-noon standoff developing between the Fed and the U.S. dollar's morticians," said Jon Nadler, senior analyst, Kitco Bullion Dealers.
That view was also strengthened by comments from Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Charles Plosser, who told the CNBC television network Thursday morning, "We need to act pre-emptively." Read The Fed.
After sliding to a session low of $131.55 an ounce, gold for August delivery recovered slightly to end $10.90 lower at $872.00 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Another loser in Nymex metals dealings, July silver fell 70 cents to settle at $16.48 an ounce.
In electronic trade late Thursday on Globex, gold for August delivery fell $1.00 to $871.00 an ounce.
The Commerce Department reported an unexpected 1% rise in retail sales last month, marking the fastest increase in six months. Read Economic Report.
The dollar gained strength in the belief that a rebound in retail sales would back the case for the Federal Reserve to hike U.S. interest rates, with the dollar index /quotes/zigman/1652083/delayed DXY +0.05% , which tracks the greenback against major currency rivals, gaining nearly 0.9% to 73.88. See Currencies.
"Soaring prices will continue to plague the Fed, and keep policy on hold at the June FOMC meeting with a renewed bias in the balance of risk toward higher inflation -- despite ongoing concerns about the economy," said analysts at Action Economics. The Federal Open Market Committee sets U.S. monetary policy and benchmark interest rates.
Metals investors largely bypassed a Labor Department report that initial jobless claims jumped by 25,000 last week to 384,000. See more.
Another report from the Labor Department indicated that prices of goods imported into the country climbed 2.3% in May, less than the 2.7% growth that analysts had been looking for. Read full story.
Bullion's sharp retreat stands in contrast to gains on Wednesday, with bullion prices on a volatile roller-coaster ride tracking the movements in crude-oil prices. Investors buy gold for its appeal as a hedge against oil-generated inflation but have tended to sell the precious metal when the price of crude moves lower.
On Thursday, crude futures climbed 36 cents to close at $136.74 a barrel on Nymex, after spending the bulk of the day on the decline. Read Futures Movers.
Shares of the world's biggest gold miners also fell, with Newmont Mining Corp. /quotes/zigman/235723/delayed/quotes/nls/nem NEM -2.66% ending down 1.1% at $46.66, and Goldcorp Inc. /quotes/zigman/22897/delayed/quotes/nls/gg GG -1.23% shares declining 2.4% to $38.36.
Barrick Gold Corp. /quotes/zigman/12772/delayed/quotes/nls/abx ABX -2.11% dropped 2.7% to $38.55, while South Africa's Gold Fields Ltd. /quotes/zigman/203422/delayed/quotes/nls/gfi GFI -1.75% fell 5.5% to $11.06.
The Amex Gold Bugs Index shed 2.4% to 396.77 points.
The SPDR Gold Trust /quotes/zigman/41663/delayed/quotes/nls/gld GLD -1.15% dropped 1.7% to $85.55 and the iShares Silver Trust ETF /quotes/zigman/417006/delayed/quotes/nls/slv SLV -1.01% pulled lower by 2.1% to $163.43. The Market Vectors-Gold Miners ETF /quotes/zigman/420125/delayed/quotes/nls/gdx GDX -2.12% fell 2.4% to $43.05.


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PGC is a powerful, diverse, and far-reaching movement inspiring young people to take action and protect our planet.
What is the Challenge?
Project Green Challenge 2014 is a global call to action for high school and college students to transition from conventional to conscious living. It successfully engages youth by uniting them in a commitment to sustain a healthy and just planet. Comprised of 30 challenges in 30 days throughout the month of October, PGC presents participants with daily themes (body, food, labeling, paper, fair trade, energy…) and up to four challenge opportunities at varying levels of engagement. Participants are awarded points based on challenge completion and the top 20 daily submissions receive prizes. Students from all over the world are joining the Challenge. Powerful, dynamic, passionate young leaders are stepping up to "be the change" worldwide challenging themselves to sustaining their own lives, school campuses, and local communities! Join Us!
How it Works
Daily challenges will be delivered by email to registered participants at 4 am Pacific Standard Time each morning and will be hosted on www.projectgreenchallenge.com. Challenges will be posted for 24 hours and participants will be asked to complete the Challenge tasks. Each of the 30 days features a unique theme (body, food, style, labeling, paper, fair trade…) and up to four challenge opportunities for varying levels of engagement: green, greener, greenest, extra credit. Participants can partake in one or all, become informed, upload content, win prizes, and acquire points for each of the challenge submissions completed. The challenges and all supporting resources, tips, facts, green glossary, and Green Guide will be available for viewing and further learning! Participants will be asked to share their responses to challenge tasks with direct uploads of photos, videos, and text to this site, as well as TTG Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Pinterest boards. Contestants who complete the 30-day Challenge will be invited to apply for the Challenge Finals, named Green University. Up to 16 finalists from the global collective of participants will be selected to attend this three-day eco summit in late November.
Green University
Finalists will be flown to Green U in San Francisco where they will have the opportunity to learn from and interact with esteemed eco leaders, present experiences from the 30-day Challenge, and work together to create innovative platforms for social action. This new slate of projects will be further developed by the students and mentors and implemented by Teens Turning Green, Partners, and youth nationwide in 2015. A panel of judges will select the Project Green Challenge Champion. The winner will receive a one-of-a-kind Grand Prize and the opportunity to work alongside other Challengers with Teens Turning Green and Partners in the coming year. Finalists will also receive a great prize package.
FAQ's: Get the Scoop on PGC 2014
Who can participate in Project Green Challenge?
Our target demographic is high school and college students. But, the Challenge is open to everyone, regardless of age, gender, or demographic, though only high school and college students in the USA are eligible for daily prizes. All high school and college students can earn a place as a Challenge Finalist and be flown to San Francisco for Green University.
What is an example of a daily challenge?
Each challenge will be built around a unique theme. Although the specific challenges will not be released until day-of, you can take a look at projectgreenchallenge.com/2013 to see the challenges from PGC 2013.
Where did the idea for the Challenge come from?
The mother-daughter duo behind Teens Turning Green is also behind this initiative: Judi Shils and Erin Schrode. They developed the idea in 2011 as the inaugural effort. Alongside a brilliant team of students, partners and sponsors, we are building PGC 2014.
What does Project Green Challenge aim to accomplish?
The Challenge aims to empower and mobilize youth to action, inspiring them to transition their daily lives from conventional to conscious and understanding the significance of each choice we make every day.
Do I have to be eco conscious to sign up and participate?
Nope! The Challenge aims to inspire a transition from conventional thinking to a more conscious perspective. Regardless of current knowledge and lifestyle practices, if you are open to change, ready to learn, and want to make a difference, you are the perfect candidate to participate in PGC2014!
How do I become a Challenge Finalist?
Contestants that participate in the 30-day Challenge can apply for the Challenge Finals with a short application ("final exam") and video that demonstrates their personal transition from conventional to conscious. A panel of judges will review each application and choose up to 16 students to be flown to Green University in late November!
What happens after the 30 days?
We hope that the Challenge will demonstrate to everyone how personal changes can have a big impact on one's own health and that of the planet. If one month can inspire conscious thinking and responsible action, imagine the impact of whole years of mindful living.
How do I share my progress and hear about the experiences of others?
Participants will share daily experiences on the Challenge website with text, photos, videos, and full integration into social networks.
How can my school be involved?
Bring PGC to your high school, college, or student organization simply by signing up here! Many high schools, colleges, and universities are already on board with the Challenge after the success of PGC 2013. Current outreach includes student government, eco clubs, sustainability leaders, Greek systems, journalism, community service organizations, national PTAs, NAIS, Net Imact, and other youth-centered forums. Sign up and be a part of spreading this messaging far and wide!
Has Project Green Challenge ever happened before?
This is Year 4! We hope that this initiative will have a great impact for years to come.
What is Green University?
We have given the Challenge Finals a name, Green University! At the 3-day educational summit, up to 16 finalists will have a full head to toe eco make over, the opportunity to interact with and learn from esteemed leaders, present experiences from the 30-day Challenge, and work to create platforms for social action.
Does it cost anything to participate?
Absolutely not! Participating in this challenge is completely free and open to anyone.
Why should I get involved?
There are many reasons to get involved! Here are a few of our favorites:
Learn the benefits of eco living. Immerse yourself for 1 month – and possibly longer!
Become a leader in your school or community's environmental initiatives. This is a
perfect time to start, complete with tips and resources to guide you along the way.
Reduce your carbon footprint over the course of the thirty challenges. Making a
difference for the planet begins with individual actions.
Use the Challenge as a catalyst for change. Embrace a new, more conscious lens
through which to live your life.
What companies and organizations are involved?
We are incredibly fortunate to have the support of a strong consortium of leading companies, non-profit organizations, and media outlets. Check out the TTG website and click on the Partners page to read more.
Are there prizes for every Challenge?
For every challenge you complete, you are eligible to win points and for the Greener and Greenest Challenges each day, there are great prizes for up to 20 winners! The deeper you go, the better your chances are to be a winner! And don't forget about the fantastic Challenge Finalist and Grand Prize packages. They will be posted in August on teensturninggreen.org.
Does Project Green Challenge have a social media presence?
Yes! And we want to hear from you.
Join us on Facebook at facebook.com/TeensTurnGreen and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/TeensTurnGreen.


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The Museum is open to the general public from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Non-exhibit areas are available for private rental during operating hours. Exhibit areas are available for private rental only during non-business hours. The Museum is not available for fundraising events.


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Human trafficking plagues much of the world, victimizing an estimated 27 million people. For 11 years the United States has tried to stop its proliferation. As part that attempt, the US State Department issues a yearly report on human trafficking. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced publication of the 2011 report on June 27.
Clinton noted that the report chronicles both global efforts to curb human trafficking as well as violations. "Unfortunately," she said,"because of the ease of transportation and the global communications that can reach deep into villages with promises and pictures of what a better life might be, we now see that more human beings are exploited than before."
Report Methodology
The report examines the status of 184 countries. It looks for both human trafficking violations and efforts to stop human trafficking. Those efforts include passing prohibitive legislation, arrests of perpetrators, and convictions following arrests. They are measured against standards specified in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA), signed by US President Bill Clinton, and its reauthorization in 2003.
Next, the report categorizes countries into "tiers." Those tiers are:
- Tier 1: Countries that fully comply with TVPA standards.
- Tier 2: Countries that are not fully compliant with TVPA standards but are attempting to become so.
- Tier 2, Watch List: Countries that fit in Tier 2, but human trafficking incidents are climbing at alarming rates or outpacing efforts to combat them.
- Tier 3: Countries that are not compliant with TVPA standards nor are attempting to become so.
- Special Cases: Countries that, whether through disaster or political upheaval, have experienced a disruption in government so that human trafficking protocols cannot be enforced.
Tier 1 Countries
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Italy, South Korea, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mauritius, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States.
Tier 2 Countries
Albania, Antigua/Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Bahrain, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Chile, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazahkstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Macau, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, St. Lucia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Zambia.
Tier 2, Watch List CountriesAfghanistan, Angola, Azerbaijan, the Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Brunei, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, China, Comoros, (Republic of) Congo, Costa Rica, Curacao, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, The Gambia, Guinea, Iraq, Kiribati, Liberia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Niger, Panama, Qatar, Russia, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
Tier 3 Countries
Algeria, Burma, Central African Republic, Congo (DRC), Cuba, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Iran, North Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
Special Case Countries
Cote d'Ivoire, Haiti, Somalia.
Just because a nation is on Tier 1 does not mean there is no human trafficking within its borders; it means that nation is in compliance with TVAP standards to stop trafficking. And, Clinton stressed, many countries may have enacted legislation to halt trafficking, but subsequent arrests and convictions may not herald real progress.
In 2010, the United States allocated nearly $110 million in foreign aid to help stop human trafficking worldwide. Nations that are on the Tier 2 Watch List for more than two years without providing an action plan for improvement automatically drop to Tier 3. Nations that do nothing to improve their human trafficking status could face economic sanctions.


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From £73,950Find out More Build your own
The first Electric Defender started worked work at the Eden Project near St Austell in Cornwall this summer in an inaugural real world trial of its capabilities. Unveiled at this year's Geneva Motor Show, the Land Rover Electric Defender is a pioneering research project into the electrification of an all-terrain vehicle.
The project forms part of Land Rover's overall sustainability objectives which have included the move to aluminium platforms in the latest all-new Range Rover and Range Rover Sport as well as the forthcoming Range Rover hybrid products. The innovative 4x4 is a rolling laboratory to develop new ideas, and investigate electrification in a real-world environment. A fleet of six vehicles will be placed with organisations where their performance can be assessed.
The Defender 110 Pick Up badged 'All terrain Electric Research Vehicle' effortlessly tows the four-carriage 12 tonne road train carrying up to 60 passengers on a 6 per cent incline to and from the iconic hexagonal-panelled domes. The vehicle has been designed to perform its duties throughout each day before being recharged over night for the approximate cost of £2.00.
The Electric Defender has all the qualities and performance which have become associated with the Land Rover brand during the past 65 years. It has full all-terrain capability, permanent 4WD and a top speed of 70mph.
However, it has been engineered in-house by Land Rover to test out the latest sustainable technologies. The vehicle's Hill Descent Control is linked to a regenerative braking function, and overall up to 80 per cent of the car's kinetic energy can be recovered. During each downhill trip at the Eden Project up to 30kW will be fed back into the batteries. Land Rover's acclaimed Terrain Response system has been adapted for electric drive, offering a 50-mile range with a reserve of a further 12.5 miles.
The result is a zero tailpipe emissions vehicle like no other; eight hours of low-speed off-road use is achievable, and it takes 10 hours for the advanced lithium-ion batteries to be fully charged. 'Fast-charge' technology reducing that to just fours is also possible.
Jeremy Greenwood, Principal Engineer on the Electric Defender project, said the car was ideal for the sensitive ecology of the Eden Project. In addition, the repetitive nature of the work will provide excellent data for future electric vehicles.
"The car has been modified so it now includes a second battery," Jeremy explained. "That will allow it to work a full day at the Eden Project, but also improves weight distribution and stability. In addition, we've linked the land-train's air brakes to the foot pedal of the Land Rover, enhancing safety."
Gus Grand, Climate Change Lead at the Eden Project, said: "We're very pleased to be working with Land Rover on this exciting project. It will be a great talking point for our visitors and proves that electric vehicles can be every bit as tough and rugged as their fossil fuel counterparts, while being much quieter, cheaper to run and with zero emissions at the point of use.
Land Rover has dropped the biggest hint yet towards the design of New Discovery Sport
Land Rover is an official Team Partner of the GREAT Britain entry in the Clipper 2013-14 Round the World Yacht Race
The fastest and most powerful ever production Land Rover will make its prototype public debut at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed (27 to 29 June)
Jaguar Land Rover Limited: Registered Office: Abbey Road, Whitley, Coventry CV3 4LF Registered in England No: 1672070


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What the Saturday Legal Clinic Taught Me
By Caren Nichol, Shareholder at Evans Petree PC
As a working mother with two young children, my Saturdays are sacred family days. So when I was asked to attend a Saturday Legal Clinic with my law firm, Evans Petree, I have to admit that I was less than enthusiastic. Pat Arnoult had agreed to staff the clinic with attorneys from our firm and anyone who knows Pat knows he is hard to say no to. I gave my husband, who is also my law partner, the choice—he could either go to the clinic or watch the kids. He chose the kids. The clinic at least starts at the sane time of 9:30 a.m., and so after dishing out waffles to my boys, I headed over to the library.
Initiated in October 2007, the Saturday Legal Clinic is a project of the Access to Justice Committee, a collaborative effort of the Memphis Bar Association, Memphis Area Legal Services, the Community Legal Center, and other nonprofit organizations providing legal services to those in need. The clinics are held the second Saturday of each month from 9 am to noon at the main library (3030 Poplar Avenue). Volunteers see individuals on a first come, first served basis, and the legal matters are typically very general and simple. To read more, go to http://www.memphisbar.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=164.


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Maybe you didn't go to the gym today because it's so nice outside, or maybe you just decided to wait until tomorrow, again.
If you haven't decided yet where to go to get fit in Ames during 2012, here are several places you can work out.
- Ames Racquet & Fitness Center has three locations in Ames — oad, , and — and if you buy a membership to one, you have access to all three. One location has an indoor tennis court, another an indoor swimming pool.
- Anytime Fitness has three locations in Ames — , and . — and they're open 24 hours, seven days a week. Anytime Fitness features treadmills, cardio equipment, free weights, ellipticals, stair climbers and weight machines.
- offers a 10-week bodyshaping course that combines cardio-kickboxing, strength training, and nutrition to deliver noticeable results in just 10 weeks. Cost for the program is $389.
- is another total body transformation program that incorporates yoga, kettle bells, upper and lower body workouts and nutrition into an eight-week program. The next session begins Jan. 9.
- is a women's only fitness club and there is also , a locally-owned and operated fitness center that offers a nine-week body makeover.
Did we forget one? Add it in the comment section below.


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701 Laurel St, Menlo Park, CA 94025
The City of Menlo Park, a general law city, operates with a council-manager form of government.
The City…More Council appoints a City Manager to fulfill responsibilities such as enforcing laws, appointing city personnel, recommending ordinances, and presenting the city budget. All city departments and projects answer to the City Manager, who is essentially the city's chief operations officer.
Glen Rojas, current City Manager, was hired on August 2, 2007 with an annual salary of $204,000, and an at-will employment contract, which ends July 31, 2010.
City Managers can be removed from office if a majority of The Council votes to discharge them. City Council members are not eligible to be City Managers until one year has passed since their departure from the council.
Starla Jerome-Robinson is the Assistant City Manager.
701 Laurel St, Menlo Park, CA 94025
The Menlo Park City Council discusses and creates public policies that affect the city budget and its residents'…More quality of life. The council is comprised of five members who represent the city at-large, with each member serving a four-year term. Every December, council members choose a mayor and vice mayor who preside over the group for one year. Regular meetings are every Tuesday at 7pm in the Council Chambers. A calendar of all meetings is available here. Interested residents can subscribe to the council's agendas, which are available online in advance of each meeting. Videos of live and archived meetings are also available.


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Cellar/Tasting Notes "Give this Burgundian-style Chardonnay some extra breathing time and it rewards you with tight, fine-spun and complex flavors of lemon meringue, orange peel and brioche, with a streak of creamy vanilla. It's the sort of wine that invites reflection and rewards patience."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "This seems drier than its stablemate, the famous Yellow Label, and is the better for it. There is an urgent freshness here, driven by red currants and tight plum skin flavors. It is lively but full in the mouth, and shows just the right bottle age."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "This is initially very muted on the nose, but it unfurls seductively with subtle, perfumed aromas of lime leaf, white peach, fresh apricot and touches of white flowers: very pretty and well defined. The palate is beautifully balanced, so pure and succinct with wonderful precision towards the..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "This outstanding l'Arrosee is consistent with the Burgundian style that this terroir routinely produces. Never massive, at its best it offers intense flavors of kirsch, raspberry, crushed rock, and spice box. The full-bodied flavors are ethereal in their delicacy. Full, but stylish, precise,..
Cellar/Tasting Notes A flamboyant St.-Emilion, this largely-Merlot blend displays notes of Christmas fruitcake, cedar wood, tobacco leaf, and loads of black currant and blackberry fruit. A showy, extravagantly concentrated, hedonistic style of St.-Emilion, with some wood smoke and roasted herbs adding nuance to the..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "A very pure nose of wet stone, spice and an elegant mix of various wild red berries. There is good richness to the mouth coating flavors that possess excellent volume and surprisingly good power, all wrapped in a mineral-driven finish that delivers excellent length. This is a big Chambolle and an..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Relatively strong reduction hides all but the spice and wood toast notes. By contrast there is good volume and mid-palate concentration to the well-delineated, intense and seductively textured flavors that are supported by firm and reasonably refined tannins on the dusty and moderately austere..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "Soft and generous fruit, its tannins enveloped by a warm and ripe juicy fruit layer. The wine is already delicious, showing sweet tannins and a subtle touch of wood."
Cellar/Tasting Notes "An exceptionally fresh and elegant nose displays dried flowers, citrus and a hint of wet stone before sliding gracefully into detailed, racy and highly energetic flavors that offers the same minerality as suggested by the nose on the dry and moderately austere finish. An understated and..
Cellar/Tasting Notes "A very perfumed wine, this is graceful with soft, fruity acids layered with smoky tannins. Very beautiful."