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Evgeny Vitishko was recognized as a political prisoner by the Human Rights Center "Memorial" on February 13, 2014, as the prosecution will be charging Vtishko with an offence that did not take place. This is in violation of the right to a fair trial and demonstrates the use of disproportionate punishment. The activist was charged under Part 2 of Art.167 of the Criminal Code ("Deliberate destruction or damage of property, if these acts inflicted significant damage, motivated by hooliganism ") for damaging the fence around the garden of Krasnodar Governor Alexander Tkachev. On June 20 2012, he was sentenced to three years imprisonment with two years probation. On December 20, 2013 the court overturned the probation and replaced it with 3 years in a penal colony. On February 12, 2014 the decision came into force. (Memorial)
Environmental Watch on North Caucasus repeatedly stressed that the prosecution of Vitishko for damaging the fence is politically motivated and unproven. As pointed out by the Russian Supreme Court in its judgment of 21 October, 2013, during the appeal against the sentence, to put stickers on an illegal fence in the forest can not be considered hooliganism, and in fact there is no evidence that the owner suffered significant damage.
The formal reason for the ending of probation was an alleged violation by Vitishko of the conditions of restrictions imposed on him. But these so-called violations are ridiculous. The prosecution claims there were three. The notice of the first one was issued to him when Vitishko went to Krymsk on an election campaign, and advance notice to the inspection was given. The second notice was issued when Vitishko appeared for his scheduled inspection, not on the day that he was ordered to show up. A third notice was issued after Vtishko's visit to Krasnodar. In order to collect enough evidence to imprison Vitishko, he was held under constant surveillance by the authorities, his phones were tapped, and his whereabouts tracked by using mobile phone billing.
One of the possible reasons for the prosecution may be a report prepared by Ekovahta: "Sochi 2014: ten years without a right to law. How to build a " better world". The report is a culmination of the decade of work by environmental activists Evgene Vitishko, Dmitry Shevchenko and Suren Ghazaryan. It contains a chronicle of the construction of Olympic facilities in Sochi and it's consequences.
However, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) refuses to see the Sochi connection in the case of Vtishko. The IOC thus relinquished responsibility for the persecution of Vitishko, and revealed that it's officials are not competent when making public statements on the issue. Environmental Watch on North Caucasus believes that this may violate the IOC Olympic Charter.
On February 12 Evgeny Vitishko began a hunger strike to protest against the unjust decisions of the Tuapse municipal and Krasnodar regional courts.
Family and colleagues of Evgeny Vitishko appeal for financial assistance: Yandex-money 410012177141628, PayPal firstname.lastname@example.com
More information about the persecution Evgeny Vitishko can be found here.
Ekovahta report about the destruction of nature "Sochi 2014: ten years without a right to law. How to build a "better world" " can be found here.
For the last several months, Milieudefensie and its sister organisation Zelenyi Svit / Friends of the Earth Ukraine have been researching the environmental impact of Shell's shale gas activities in Ukraine. This study shows that Shell is using harmful techniques in drilling for shale gas (1) that would be illegal in the Netherlands; polluted fracking water is being dumped into open reservoirs. In 2013, Shell entered into the deal with recently ousted President Viktor Yanukovych, representing Ukraine and the Ukrainian company Nadra Yuzivska. This happened in the presence of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (2).
Geert Ritsema, head of the energy and natural resources campaign at Milieudefensie: 'Shell must withdraw its agreement with the Ukrainian state now that Yanukovych has been removed. The Ukrainian people never assented to shale gas. Ukrainians are being doubly penalised by Shell: the environment is being polluted as Shell is dumping toxic waste water into open reservoirs and it also seems that Nadra Yuzivska is being used to funnel money to Yanukovych and his supporters.'
Shell entered into the USD 10 billion shale gas deal with the Ukrainian government and the Nadra Yuzivska LLC company in Davos in January 2013. Nadra Yuzivska LLC receives half of the profits and 90 per cent of the company is owned by the state. 10 Per cent of this company, however, is in the hands of a small shadowy company (3) that has frequently been linked by the Ukrainian media to the Yanukovych faction. There are strong suspicions that the company serves as a cover to channel funds to the Yanukovych family (4).
Toxic fracking water in open reservoirs
In recent months, Milieudefensie and Friends of the Earth Ukraine investigated Shell's drilling locations (5). They discovered that polluted drilling liquid and fracking water are being stored in open-air reservoirs, which are separated from the underlying ground by only a layer of plastic. The water in these reservoirs contains fracking chemicals and toxins such as heavy metals, volatile organic compounds and radioactive materials, which occur naturally deep underground. These substances are harmful to health when they get into groundwater or evaporate from the reservoirs into the air.
Geert Ritsema: 'Shell employs a double standard and would rather drill for shale gas in countries where regulations and enforcement are not as strict. It is unacceptable that a Dutch company such as Shell – which wouldn't dare to risk getting involved with shale gas in the Netherlands – can use these harmful and dangerous techniques in other countries.'
In the Netherlands, storing fracking water in open reservoirs is not permitted, due to the danger of leakage and the vaporisation of harmful substances such as benzene. Moreover, large quantities of methane, a greenhouse gas that has a great impact on climate change, vaporise in open reservoirs. If drilling fluids and fracking water are stored in sealed tanks, this gas can be captured, but not from open reservoirs (7).
Shale gas protests worldwide
In Ukraine, just as in the Netherlands, people's objections to shale gas are increasing, based on the dangers of groundwater pollution, earthquakes and the impact on the landscape. Pavlo Khazan, campaign leader at Friends of the Earth Ukraine: 'The Ukrainian people have never agreed to shale gas. A number of municipalities have declared themselves 'shale gas free'. Now that Yanukovych has been ousted by the Ukrainian people, a new government must immediately end this contract with Shell.'
In the time to come, Milieudefensie will be investigating Shell's shale gas activities in Ukraine, Argentina and South Africa. Together with sister organisations in the Friends of the Earth network we will try – just as in the Netherlands – to prevent or to stop drilling, to call on Shell to honour its responsibilities and to call on governments to make greater efforts toward clean energy.
For more details about our investigation in Ukraine, video material of the open reservoirs, interviews with local residents, and for more information about our national and international shale gas campaign, please contact our press office: +31 (0)20-5507333, email@example.com
(1) Communications about Shell's activities in Ukraine, such as in the media, always refer to shale gas; strictly speaking, however, it is not shale gas but tight gas that is referred to. This is gas that is trapped in compacted sandstone instead of slate (shale). The method of extraction, in which fracking takes place deep underground by pumping in highly pressurised water and chemicals, is for the most part the same as is done with shale gas and thus the risks and impact on the surroundings are comparable.
(2) News item 24 January 2014: 'Ukraine and Shell sign $10bn shale gas deal' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21191164
In addition to the deal made in Davos in January 2013, Shell also has a partnership agreement with the Ukrainian gas company Ukrgazvydobuvannya for unconventional gas extraction in the same region. More information on both partnership agreements can be found on Shell's Ukrainian website (in Ukrainian): http://www.shell.ua/aboutshell/our-business-tpkg/onshore/where-we-operate.html
(3) SPK Geoservice (http://spkgeoservice.com.ua/)
(4) News items on the links between Yanukovych and Nadra Yuzivska LLC:
-Forbes news item (in Russian): http://forbes.ua/business/1338156-rassledovanie-partner-shell-i-chevron-v-gazovyh-proektah-neprostaya-malenkaya-firma
-Pravda news item (translated from Ukrainian by the Anticorruption Action Centre): http://antac.org.ua/en/2012/08/partners-of-exxonmobil-and-shell-companies-based-in-bedroom-communities/
-News item: 'Ukraine to become shale gas superpower': http://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Ukraine-to-Become-Shale-Gas-Superpower.html
(5) Shell has a permit to drill for shale gas in an area of nearly 8,000 square kilometers between the cities of Kharkov and Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. The first drilling was done at the end of 2013, and is now taking place at the second location. Images of the two drilling locations (Belyaevsky-400 near the village of Vesele and Novo Mechebylivska-100 near the village of Alisivka ) can be requested from Milieudefensie. Shell plans to carry out drilling in ten locations in 2014 and start commercial shale gas extraction in Ukraine in 2015 (news item 27 January 2014: 'Ukraine's cooperation with Shell expanded' http://en.for-ua.com/news/2014/01/27/104827.html).
(6) Four reservoirs measuring 7,500 m3 are situated at the drilling locations. At the Belyaevsky-400 drilling location, three reservoirs are currently filled with fluid and drilling waste; the fourth reservoir is intended for fracking water storage. At the Novo Mechebylivska-100 drilling location, reservoirs have been dug but are not yet in use.
(7) Methane is a greenhouse gas that is 83 times as powerful as CO2 for the first 20 years. In the Environmental Impact Report for the Belyaesvska-400 drilling location, Shell stated that the methane emissions during the fracking phase would be 15.7 tonnes (Table 4.2.18 line 7, column 7 p. 54 http://s04.static-shell.com/content/dam/shell-new/local/country/ukr/downloads/pdf/update20130830/obhc-b400.pdf). A study on comparable shale gas wells in the US with both open reservoirs and sealed storage tanks including methane capturing installations (Allen et al. 2013) shows that average emissions in the fracking phase is 1.7 tonnes of methane. The lowest measured emission in that study was 0.04 tonnes of methane, with the use of the best available techniques such as also required by the European shale gas guidelines. Methane emissions at Belyaesvska-400 are thus nearly 400 times higher than permitted European limits.
Friends of the Earth Europe calls on the European Union to undertake all possible diplomatic steps to end the abhorrent violence witnessed in the streets of Kiev, Ukraine. Standing in solidarity with Friends of the Earth Ukraine/Zeleny Svit, we are deeply concerned for the safety of all citizens, and express our sympathies for the victims of brutality.
Magda Stoczkiewicz, director of Friends of the Earth Europe said: "We stand in solidarity with our colleagues in the Ukraine, and condemn the violence. The Ukrainian government must bring an immediate end to brutality on Kiev's streets, for the sake of its citizens, and democracy."
Friends of the Earth International is demanding that all charges against Friends of the Earth Ukraine member Vadim Shebanov, and other activists arrested and detained by the police during a peaceful protest in the city of Dnipropetrovsk on January 26, are dropped. Mr Shebanov, who is a well-known activist and former deputy of the Dnipropetrovsk regional council, was engaged in an effort to try and open negotiations between local authorities and protesters gathered in the city centre.
Urge Sri Lankan authorities to strengthen environmental protection for this precious area.
This first massive tree ordination ceremony in Sri Lanka was held on the 11th January 2014 in Akkara Anuwa and Dimbuldena villages in the Nilgala Forest. Fifty Buddhist monks, over 300 local people and a range of environmental organizations participated in the event. Muslim religious leaders from the area also joined the event. The Centre for Environmental Justice (CEJ)/ Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka initiated this tree ordination ritual in order to highlight the massive forest destruction of the Nilgala forest.
Symbolic tree ordination is a ritual initiated by Ecology Monks (Phra Nak Anuraksa), a group of Thai Buddhist Monks. It has also been practiced by Cambodian, Vietnamese and Burmese monks in the last two and a half decades. On the surface, tree ordination is presented to the world environmentalist movement as a clever and original idea, using the widely respected symbol of monastic robes to make loggers hesitate to cut down trees. It combines the pre-Buddhist values of spirit worship, the Buddhist values of respecting nature and the political messaging of saving the forests and trees from destructive development.
It is generally acknowledged that the first tree ordination - wherein a tree not already considered sacred was wrapped in saffron-colored cloth and given monastic vows - was performed in Thailand in 1988 by the monk Phrakhru Manas Natheepitak of Wat Bodharma in Phayao Province, Northern Thailand. Phrakhru Manas arrived at the idea after hearing the story of two highway workers who had been forced to cut down a bodhi tree, and thereafter were beset with misfortune.[1] Venerable Keeranthidiye Pannasekera Thero and several environmental activists ordinated the giant "Dun" tree located along the Baduraliya-Kukulegama road in 1997, which was suppose to be cut down to make way for the road expansion for the Kukule hydropower project. Venerable Dr. Balaharuwe Sirisumana Thero and several farmers' organisations, with the support of CEJ, ordinated the giant 'Red Sandalwood' tree in Badulla town in 2008 when the Municipal council decided to cut it down to expand a nearby road.
Buddha said that "A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, warmth and protection to all living things. It even gives shade to those who wield an axe to cut it down". Primitive man had the highest regard for trees, because in his view it was another living being. In Buddhist thinking the tree also has a soul like other living beings and thus it could, when hurt or damaged, feel pain, or even bleed. Buddhism and Hinduism believe that there are 330 million gods, goddess and deities in the world and some of them are living in big trees.
People sometimes make small shrines under trees to worship them. Some also believe that the spirits of our ancestors are also living in ancient trees. Banyan trees are commonly believed to be such sprit trees.
Since Guathama Buddha attained Nibbana (or Nirvana) under a bo (or bodhi) tree, these trees are never harmed or chopped down. The term 'bo' (or 'bodhi') is used by Buddhists to imply two distinct meanings: in a narrow sense, it implies the bo Tree (Ficus religiosa) tree under which the last of the Buddhas, Siddhartha Gautama, attained Enlightenment. In a broad sense, it implies any tree under which a Buddha has attained enlightenment. The most historical and venerated tree is the Sri Maha Bodhi located in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka.
It is believed that as many as twenty eight Buddhas were sitting under different types of tree when they attained enlightenment [2] . Like the bo tree, it is widely believed that none of these trees should be cut down.
A Buddhist monk is prohibited from cutting down a tree or having a tree cut down not only because it has life but because it could also be the abode of a deity. The Vinaya Pitaka, the Book of the Discipline, which lays down rules for the proper behaviour of monks, describes the destruction of vegetable growth (meaning five different kinds of propagation - what is propagated from roots, from stems, from joints, from cuttings and from seeds [3]) is an offence requiring pacittiya (or expiation/ amends)
Ancient followers of Buddha followers also practiced the principle of 'no harm to the trees' unless the felling of a tree or cutting of a branch is absolutely necessary. They followed strict rituals and urged deities and animals in the trees to move away before cutting trees or burning forest to make way for cultivation.
Similarly, in the old days in Thailand when certain big trees were required for the making of the traditional royal barge or posts for the tall roof of a royal pire, an offering had to be made and a royal proclamation read to the spirit before the tree could be cut down. This was a wise practice to preserve big trees from wanton felling by the simple folk.
In that sense the massive destruction of the forest is a modern practice and not in line with Buddhist beliefs.
Urge Sri Lankan authorities to strengthen environmental protection for this precious area.
In modern society where money has become the only measure of value, people look at forest as 'land' and trees as 'timber'. All Buddhist beliefs about nature, forest and trees are being lost. This loss of respect and sanctity for nature is the main reason for all the man-made environmental disasters we face today.
A tree is a symbol of altruism. It doesn't expect anything, but it provides for other living beings and for nature. In modern culture humans have very little or no respect for trees in return. Therefore, it is important to revive ancient beliefs about forests and trees. One can ask whether ordination of a tree is the right approach and a 'proper' Buddhist ritual. Thai Buddhist Monk Achan Chah once said, "They ask, "Then are you an arahant [or Arhat - meaning one who has attained enlightenment]?" Do I know? I am like a tree in a forest, full of leaves, blossoms and fruit. Birds come to eat and nest, and animals seek rest in its shade. Yet the tree does not know itself. It follows its own nature. It is as it is." (Ajahn Chah, A Tree in a Forest)"[4] Arguably every tree is an 'Arhat'.
The notion of the ordination of a tree is a timely ritual to bring back respect and sanctity for nature. Tree ordination builds villages' and nations' commitments to protect trees from unending development.
We pledge to protect all the large and small trees living in this forest. We know that harming the ordained is a great sin. Instead of elites and officials protecting the forest from commoners, as in ancient times, now it is the commoners who must protect the forest from the encroaching elites and powerful land grabbers. Instead of picking trees to be felled, the villagers now pick trees to be saved.
Let the trees remain standing and serve nature because they are ordained now. "Thou shall not cut these trees."
1 Avery Morrow,Tree Ordination as Invented tradition http://asianetworkexchange.org/index.php/ane/article/viewFile/11/6
2 Walter Wijenayaka, Ata Visi Budhuvaru – The 28 Buddhas http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-‐details&page=article-‐ details&code_title=51122
3 Prof J. B. Dissanayake, What Buddhists believe about the Bodhi Tree "Thou Shalt not cut this Tree!" http://srimahabodhi.org/disanayaka.htm 4 http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=2622
Hemantha Withanage is the Executive Director of the Centre for Environmental Justice/ Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka. He is the Treasurer and an executive member of Friends of the Earth International and the Convenor of the NGO Forum on ADB.
]]>Petition: Ask Sri Lankan authorities to strengthen environmental protection for this precious area.
Land grabbing is threatening to devastate Nilgala forest. The forest, known for its medicinal plants, is being torn up to make way for cash crops such as rubber, sugarcane, plantains and rambutan.
Instead of preventing the land grabs, local politicians appear to be encouraging and benefiting from the destruction. Opportunistic land grabbers have sprayed weed killers in the delicate forest, killing undergrowth and medicinal plants. Some of these trees, such as Aralu, Bulu and Nelli, are invaluable, rare and have been growing in the area since King Buddhadasa's reign in the fourth century .
Friends of the Earth Sri Lanka/ Centre for Environmental Justice organized a massive ceremony on January 11 this year to raise public awareness. The ceremony took a special and relatively new approach to forest preservation techniques: the trees were ordinated (similar to consecration or sanctification) in a Buddhist ritual.
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Reuters for The Voice of Russia, 22 January
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BBC News, 16 January
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EU agrees rules to curb food speculation
FOOD Navigator, 16 January
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The Guardian, 13 January
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Wilmar's crimes span continents: it has much to amend. In West Kalimantan, Indonesia, one of Wilmar's suppliers, Bumitama Agri, stands accused of destroying thousands of acres of forest and maintaining illegal plantations inside protected forest reserves. Friends of the Earth has called on Wilmar to stop purchasing palm oil from Bumitama and to sell its shares in the company, but Wilmar has yet to do so.
In the Kalangala Islands of Uganda, Wilmar subsidiaries have taken thousands of acres from local communities and have destroyed natural forest to grow palm oil. Communities that depend on the region's natural forests and lakes for subsistence are being driven off their land with little warning or compensation.
In Nigeria, Wilmar has acquired land that overlaps national forest reserves and community-owned lands, and has already deforested and bulldozed thousands of acres of forest and farmland. Our partners in Nigeria have launched a lawsuit to stop the destruction, but have yet to see any remedy. If Wilmar is to fulfill its commitment, it needs to halt its operations in Nigeria until and unless all legal and ecological concerns are addressed and until it gets full community consent.
Roughly five thousand people demonstrated at the city's park on Sunday January 26, before moving to Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration. The demonstrators were calling for the repeal of recent anti-democratic legislative amendments. [UPDATE January 28: These laws have since been repealed]
Three people, including Vadim Shebanov, were nominated to negotiate on behalf of the protestors. They discussed their demands with Vice-Chair of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Administration, Mr. Krupsky. Among their demands was a request to improve the security situation, which had been getting out of hand. Unfortunately, police arrested peaceful activists including Vadim Shebanov instead. He was detained by police and sentenced to two months pre-trial detention in the same night.
Vadim Shebanov is a well-known Dnipropetrovsk activist, member of Friends of the Earth Ukraine/ Zelenyi Svit, chair of a sports associations, public activist and former deputy of Dnipropetrovsk regional council.
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We strongly urge the Ukrainian government to fully reverse recent anti-democratic national legislation adopted on January 16 that effectively criminalizes political, civil and social activities. Of particular concern are bans on public assembly, criminalization of international collaboration and the labeling of NGOs as 'foreign agents', restrictions on information sharing and repressive regulations governing NGO activities in general. Far from posing a threat to society, these activities help to develop community life, build peace and protect the free and frank exchange of ideas.
We are alarmed by the potential impact of the new legislation on the entirely peaceful activities of Friends of the Earth (FoE) Ukraine / Зелений світ. FoE Ukraine is a vibrant and extremely active member of both the international federation Friends of the Earth International and the regional network Friends of the Earth Europe. FoE Ukraine's transnational cooperation is a vital part of its work to raise environmental awareness in Ukraine and contribute to regional and international solutions to shared environmental problems. Placing legal obstacles in the way of NGOs, such as FoE Ukraine, in the name of security is a dishonest affront to the very idea of international solidarity – a cornerstone of the architecture of a peaceful global community.
Environmental issues do not, by their nature, respect national borders. This work necessarily involves international cooperation. The recent legislative moves by the Ukrainian government can only damage international cooperation through myopic, reactionary national measures. Further, this raft of legislation will suffocate online and offline media and academic discourse, encourage xenophobia, and subject civil society activity in all its forms to the scrutiny of public officials: history is littered with illustrative examples of how such government interference in public life cripples innovative, creative and progressive work across education, business, civil and cultural life.
We demand that the international community works swiftly to pressure Ukraine to end the violence, allow investigations into documented abuses by the police to date and repeal anti-democratic legislation, using all available diplomatic channels.
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Books by Thayer School Faculty
Alternative Breast Imaging: Four Model-Based Approaches
Editors: Keith D. Paulsen, Paul M. Meaney with Larry Gilman
Synopsis: Medical imaging has been transformed over the past 30 years by the advent of computerized tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and various advances in x-ray and ultrasonic techniques. An enabling force behind this progress has been the (so far) exponentially increasing power of computers, which has made it practical to explore fundamentally new approaches.
Publisher: Springer, 2004
Keith D. Paulsen is the Robert A. Pritzker Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Thayer School, Professor of Radiology at The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Director of the Dartmouth Advanced Imaging Center at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, and Co-Director of the Cancer Imaging and Radiobiology Research Program at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
Paul M. Meaney is a professor at Thayer School.
This Business of Television: The Standard Guide to the Television Industry
Authors: Howard J. Blumenthal, Oliver R. Goodenough
Synopsis: Broad in scope and rich in detail, This Business of Television has been the essential sourcebook for producers, writers, broadcasters, network executives, and other television professionals since the first edition was published in 1991. And as the television business continues to evolve, This Business of Television evolves along with it. This comprehensive guide to the legal, economic, and production aspects of the industry has been completely revised and restructured to reflect the rapid changes in television today, both domestically and internationally. A user's guide to television contracts, plus directories of associations, governmental agencies, and producers and distributors, make this book an invaluable resource for anyone involved with — or simply interested in — the business of television.
Publisher: Billboard Books, 2006
Oliver R. Goodenough is a professor at Vermont Law School and an adjunct professor at Thayer School.
Coastal and Estuarine Studies: Quantitative Skill Assessment for Coastal Ocean Models
Editors: Daniel R. Lynch, Alan M. Davies
Synopsis: As we work through the implications of industrialization for oceanic systems, there can be little doubt that estuarine, coastal, and shelf circulation modeling will assume increasing importance in the immediate future. These issues will place new and serious operational demands on available models, and the rapid increase in computational power we now enjoy makes it possible for us to respond with detailed simulations in many categories. The purpose of this volume is to assemble and present what is known about the intrinsic quality of simulation output.
Publisher: American Geophysical Union, 1995
Daniel R. Lynch is the MacLean Professor of Engineering at Thayer School.
Creep and Fracture of Ice
Authors: Erland M. Schulson, Paul Duval
Synopsis: This is the first complete account of the physics of the creep and fracture of ice, and their interconnectivity. It investigates the deformation of low-pressure ice, which is fundamental to glaciers, polar ice sheets, and the uppermost region of icy moons of the outer Solar System. The book discusses ice structure and its defects, and describes the relationship between structure and mechanical properties. It reviews observations and measurements, and then interprets them in terms of physical mechanisms. The book provides a road-map to future studies of ice mechanics, such as the behavior of glaciers and ice sheets in relation to climate change and the dating of deep ice cores. It also highlights how this knowledge is transferable into an understanding of other crystalline materials. Written by experts in the field, it is ideal for graduate students, engineers, and scientists in Earth and planetary science, and materials science.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009
Erland M. Schulson is the George Austin Colligan Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Thayer School and Director of Thayer School's Ice Research Laboratory.
Designing for Change: A web-based course on program design
Author: Stephen Taylor
Synopsis: The successful engineering of complex computer programs depends upon a team's ability to write code that is readable, easy to maintain and update, and designed for change. The best practices in software engineering presented in this text enable programmers to maximize the system's maintainability and minimize the cost of software maintenance. The text emphasizes the importance of both modular programing—a method of program design that combines a series of independently constructed modules—and conceptual integrity—a complex system's ability to perform the task that it was initially designed for. While the book's examples are written in C, its methods can be applied to any programing language.
Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1998
Stephen Taylor is a professor at Thayer School.
Introduction to Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Author: Benoit Cushman-Roisin
Synopsis: This is the second edition of the only introductory level text available on geophysical fluid dynamics. Emphasis is placed on physics, not mathematics. Simple and complex laboratory demonstrations are featured in most chapters. Special contemporary topics of climate dynamics and equatorial dynamics are covered, including the greenhouse effect, global warming, and southern oscillation.
Publisher: Elsevier Inc., 2011
Benoit Cushman-Roisin is a professor at Thayer School.
An Introduction to Parallel Programming
Authors: K. Mani Chandy, Stephen Taylor
Synopsis: This introductory text explains important concepts in parallel programming to new students. First explored in the 1950s, parallel programming is a computational method that calculates a given specification through the use of cooperating programs. While the most common application of parallel programming is data processing using super computers, this system is also used in programs that control space vehicles, circuits on a chip, and scientific applications that are executed on concurrent supercomputers. The text covers topics including transformational programs—programs that are specified by their initial and final states—and reactive programs—programs that interact with their environment during execution and cannot be specified purely in terms of their initial and final states.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 1992
Stephen Taylor is a professor at Thayer School.
Law and the Brain
Editors: Semir Zeki, Oliver Goodenough
Synopsis: This volume represents a first serious attempt to address questions of law as reflecting brain activity, emphasizing that it is the organization and functioning of the brain that determines how we enact and obey laws. It applies the most recent developments in brain science to debates over criminal responsibility, cooperation and punishment, deception, moral and legal judgment, property, evolutionary psychology, law and economics, and decision-making by judges and juries. Written and edited by leading specialists from a range of disciplines, the book presents a groundbreaking and challenging new look at human behavior.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1st edition (April 27, 2006)
Oliver R. Goodenough is a professor at Vermont Law School and an adjunct professor at Thayer School.
Law, Mind and Brain
Editors: Michael Freeman, Oliver R. Goodenough
Synopsis: The international and interdisciplinary chapters in this volume are written by experts in criminal behavior and justice. They concentrate on the potential of neuroscience to increase our understanding of blame and responsibility in such areas as juveniles and the death penalty, evidence and procedure, neurological enhancement and treatment, property, end-of-life choices, contracting and the effects of words and pictures in law. This collection suggests that legal scholarship and practice will be increasingly enriched by an interdisciplinary study of law, mind, and brain and is a valuable addition to the emerging field of neurolaw.
Publisher: Ashgate, 2009
Oliver R. Goodenough is a professor at Vermont Law School and an adjunct professor at Thayer School.
Mixed Models: Theory and Applications
Author: Eugene Demidenko
Synopsis: Mixed models are generalizations of linear and nonlinear regressions for clustered and measurements multi-dimensional data estimated by Empirical Bayesian approach. Mixed models became a subject of intensive theoretical research as well as an indispensable tool for practical analysis of complex-structure data. This book covers all aspects of linear and nonlinear mixed models with the emphasis of their theoretical statistical properties and algorithms for parameter estimation using the method of maximum likelihood and its approximation. Applications include statistical analysis of ensemble of shapes and images, and mathematical modeling of tumor response to treatment.
Publisher: Wiley, 2004
Eugene Demidenko is a Professor of Community & Family Medicine (Biostatistics) at The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Adjunct Professor of Engineering at Thayer School, and Adjunct Professor of Mathematics at Dartmouth.
The Neurolab Spacelab Mission: Neuroscience Research in Space
Editors: Jay C. Buckey, Jr., M.D., Jerry L. Homick, Ph.D.
Synopsis: The Neurolab Spacelab Mission reveals the results of Neurolab, a 16-day space shuttle mission dedicated to studying how weightlessness affects the brain and nervous system. This book shows the complex — and sometimes surprising — changes in the brain and nervous system that allow astronauts to adapt to weightlessness. The results suggest that the developing nervous system may need gravity to develop normally; it also demonstrates how gravity works may be "built into" the brain.
Publisher: Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (May 21, 2003)
Jay C. Buckey, Jr. is an Associate Professor of Medicine at The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and an adjunct professor at Thayer School.
Numerical Partial Differential Equations for Environmental Scientists and Engineers: A First Practical Course
Author: Daniel R. Lynch
Synopsis: This book concerns the practical solution of Partial Differential Equations (PDE). It reflects an interdisciplinary approach to problems occurring in natural Environmental Phenomena: the hydrosphere, atmosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, and ionosphere. It assumes the reader has gained some intuitive knowledge of their solution properties and now wants to solve PDEs in the context of practical problems as they arise in real situations. The practical aspect of this book is the infused focus on computation. It presents two major discretization methods: Finite Difference and Finite Element. The blend of theory, analysis, and implementation practicality supports solving and understanding complicated problems. It is divided into three parts. Part I is an overview of Finite Difference Methods. Part II focuses on Finite Element Methods, including an FEM tutorial. Part III deals with Inverse Methods, an introduction to formal approaches to practical problems.
Publisher: Springer; 1st edition (December 15, 2004)
Daniel R. Lynch is the MacLean Professor of Engineering at Thayer School.
Author: A.O. Converse
Synopsis: The employment of operations research or analysis, and the subsequent optimization, has developed to such an extent that engineering and business students are well advised to include these subjects in their education. At the present time it is rather difficult to carry out such study in a reasonably short time, particularly in the field of optimization. One of the reasons for this difficulty is the scarcity of texts with a sufficiently broad coverage, and the corresponding preponderance of specialized texts. This text was written hopefully to overcome this difficulty. — from the Preface of Optimization
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1970
Alvin O. Converse is Professor, Emeritus at Thayer School.
Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics: Implementations and Results Using Parallel Computers
Editors: A. Ecer, J. Periaux, N. Satofuka, S. Taylor
Synopsis: This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the 1995 Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) conference held in Pasadena, California. These papers cover subject areas including novel parallel algorithms, parallel Euler and Navier-Stokes solvers, parallel Direct Simulation Monte Carlo method, parallel multigrid techniques, parallel flow visualization and grid generation, and parallel adaptive and irregular solvers. The research disseminated in this text documents global developments in the utilization of parallel computing as a computational tool for solving complex fluid dynamic problems. Each year, the CFD conference facilitates research collaborations on parallel architectures and parallel processing that improve the performance of supercomputers and high performance computers.
Publisher: Elsevier, 1996
Stephen Taylor is a professor at Thayer School.
Parallel Logic Programming Techniques
Author: Stephen Taylor
Synopsis: Programing language research seeks to find abstractions that connect the human thought process with the operational patterns of computers. This text surveys both how parallel computers are programmed as well as concurrent logic programming languages. By covering a broad range of techniques for language implementation, compilation, and complexity analysis, the work examines the strengths of using parallel architectures to solve complex computational issues. In particular, the text examines the implementation of the tools and various advanced programing techniques including high-level communication protocols and enhanced meta-interpreters.
Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1989
Stephen Taylor is a professor at Thayer School.
Physical Oceanography of the Adriatic Sea: Past, Present, and Future
Editors: Benoit Cushman-Roisin, Miroslav Gacic, Pierre-Marie Poulain, Antonio Artegiani
Synopsis: This monograph is the first book on the oceanography of the Adriatic Sea. It is a synthesis between the physical oceanography of the Adriatic Sea, its water masses, overall circulation and regional dynamics as well as its connection to the rest of the Mediterranean Sea. Topical coverage ranges from historical surveys to contemporary methods of investigation and simulation. A final chapter identifies topics in need of further inquiry. This reference book should be an aid to all scientists and policy makers with an interest in the Adriatic Sea.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001
Benoit Cushman-Roisin is a professor at Thayer School.
Physics of Ice
Authors: Victor F. Petrenko, Robert W. Whitworth
Synopsis: In this volume the physical principles underlying the properties of ice are carefully developed at a level suitable for both students and applied researchers in the field. Important topics such as the current understanding of the electrical, mechanical, and surface properties of ice, or the occurrence of many different crystalline phases, are developed in a coherent way for the first time. An extensive reference list and numerous illustrations add to the usefulness and readability of the text.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002
Victor F. Petrenko is a professor at Thayer School.
Physics of the Magnetopause
Editors: P. Song, B.U.Ö. Sonnerup, M.F. Thomsen
Synopsis: This volume provides a comprehensive overview of our current observational knowledge and theoretical understanding of the outer boundary of the Earth's magnetic field: the magnetopause. The magnetopause itself is closely coupled to the high-latitude ionosphere. For this reason, the volume should be of interest not only to scientists and students concerned with the physics of the magnetopause proper but also to magnetospheric, ionospheric, and upper atmospheric works in general. Much of the material in the volume is relevant to other planetary magnetopauses and, as an example of an interface between two collisionless plasmas, the Earth's magnetopause is also relevant in solar, interplanetary, cosmic, and laboratory plasma physics.
Publisher: American Geophysical Union, 1995
Bengt U.Ö. Sonnerup is the Sydney E. Junkins Professor of Engineering, Emeritus at Thayer School.
Principles of Sequencing and Scheduling
Authors: Kenneth R. Baker and Dan Trietsch
Synopsis: Principles of Sequencing and Scheduling strikes a unique balance between theory and practice, providing an accessible introduction to the concepts, methods, and results of scheduling theory and its core topics. With real-world examples and up-to-date modeling techniques, the book equips readers with the basic knowledge needed for understanding scheduling theory and delving into its applications. The authors begin with an introduction and overview of sequencing and scheduling, including single-machine sequencing, optimization and heuristic solution methods, and models with earliness and tardiness penalties. The most current material on stochastic scheduling, including correct scheduling of safety time and the use of simulation for optimization, is then presented and integrated with deterministic models.
Publisher: Wiley, 2009
Kenneth R. Baker is the Nathaniel Leverone Professor of Management at Tuck School of Business and an adjunct professor at Thayer School.
Programmation en logique concurrente: Comparaison des techniques
Author: Stephen Taylor
Synopsis: To meet the increasing need of large-scale computing capacity, major manufacturers are using parallel programing to build systems that connect parallel computers to large systems. Written for industry professionals and students interested in the field, this book examines the fundamental techniques of concurrent logic programming. Topics covered include flat concurrent prolog, language and implementation, compilation and design of abstract machines, and the optimization of communication protocols. This text seeks to popularize the field of large-scale computing by making this type of computation accessible to a large audience.
Publisher: AFNOR, 1991
Stephen Taylor is a professor at Thayer School.
Space Physiology
Author: Jay C. Buckey, Jr.
Synopsis: The success of any space flight mission depends not only on advanced technology but also on the health and well-being of crew members. This book, written by an astronaut physician, is the first practical guide to maintaining crew members' health in space. It combines research results with practical advice on such problems as bone loss, kidney stones, muscle wasting, motion sickness, loss of balance, orthostatic intolerance, weight loss, and excessive radiation exposure. Additional topics include pre-flight preparation, relevant gender differences, long-duration medical planning, post-flight rehabilitation, and the physiology of extra-vehicular activity. Designed as a handbook for space crews, this text is also an invaluable tool for all the engineers, medical personnel, and scientists who plan and execute space missions.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2006
Jay C. Buckey, Jr. is an Associate Professor of Medicine at The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth and an adjunct professor at Thayer School.
Strand™: New Concepts in Parallel Programming
Authors: Ian Foster, Stephen Taylor
Synopsis: Upon its release, Strand was the first of a new generation of software languages specifically designed for parallel programming. The language enables programmers to easily build portable, parallel applications that are able to calculate sophisticated algorithms on large-scale, interconnected systems. Subdividing tasks among individual processing units dramatically increases the computational speed of these programs as well as the complexity of the tasks that they are able to perform. This text introduces new concepts in parallel computer programing that have been made possible by the Strand™ programming language.
Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1990
Stephen Taylor is a professor at Thayer School.
Sustainable Natural Resource Management for Scientists and Engineers
Author: Daniel R. Lynch
Synopsis: This book uses applied mathematics familiar to undergraduate engineers and scientists to examine natural resource management and its role in framing sustainability. Renewable and nonrenewable resources are covered, along with living and sterile resources. Examples and applications are drawn from petroleum, fisheries, and water resources. Each chapter contains problems illustrating the material. Simple programs in commonly available packages (Excel, MATLAB) support the text. The material is a natural prelude to more advanced study in ecology, conservation, and population dynamics, as well as engineering and science.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (March 2, 2009)
Daniel R. Lynch is the MacLean Professor of Engineering at Thayer School.

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Does San Anselmo's newest boutique, , have too many secrets?
At the July 10 San Anselmo Town Council meeting, Jennifer Hansen, the owner of said the new boutique's marketing is misleading as many of her customers don't realize Georgi and Willow are fictional. "Georgi and Willow is not genuine. A lot of my customers don't understand that these two women aren't real and that's alarming to me."
In June Patch, the first-of-its-kind nonprofit full of trendy clothing and other items curated from Bay Area Goodwill stores. The boutique's title combines the names of two fictional Marin County women. (See Georgi and Willow Brand Director Tim Murray describe the two archetypes of Georgi and Willow in the video at the right.)
Organizers have developed an elaborate Georgi and Willow backstory, with details including how the two characters met - they became friends at a young age and went to Sir Francis Drake High School.
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The "about" section on the shop's website begins:
The elaborate story continues on the site.
The Marin Independent Journal also noted that the site features quotes from both Willow and Georgi commenting on their partner's personality.
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"They're trying to make people identify with these women like they're one of us."
Alaina Yoakum, who manages Georgi & Willow's ongoing social media, said that the "About" section of Georgi & Willow's Facebook page explains that the two women are archetypes.
In an e-mail to Patch, Yoakum said the characters only "live" on the Georgi & Willow website and Facebook page. "They don't exist on Georgi & Willow's Twitter, Pinterest or Google+ because those are social media sites that don't lend themselves to conversations," she said.
Murray told the IJ they want to make the real story behind Georgi and Willow a special secret.
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Upper East Side New York hotel near Museum Mile
With a stay at Hotel Wales in New York (Central Park), you'll be minutes from The Jewish Museum and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
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- General
A rooftop terrace graced by potted plants and flowers and furnished with umbrella tables provides views of New York's Upper East Side and a glimpse of the East River.
On the second floor of the Hotel Wales, the spacious Pied Piper Room has drawings and paintings depicting Victorian childhood fables; rose-brocade chairs; deep couches; green-marble-topped tables; brass light fixtures; Oriental rugs on a dark-wood floor; potted plants; fresh flowers; and lace blinds dressing tall, flower-box-lined windows looking down on the lively neighborhood street scene.
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Valet parking:
$42 for 24 hours, and $5 additional for in/out privileges. Price does not include tax, may vary by weekday, and is subject to change without notice.
Ground transportation:
Private cars and shuttle vans of varying prices are available. They can be selected during the process of booking a reservation for this hotel, via this Web site, and added to the total trip cost.
- Concierge services
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Restaurant
- Room service (limited hours)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Parking garage
- Parking (surcharge)
- Multiple large conference rooms
- Banquet facilities
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Business services
- Secretarial services
- Total number of rooms - 87
- Multilingual staff
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- Porter/bellhop
- Security guard
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Video library
- Pool table
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Number of floors - 10
- Elevator/lift
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Rooftop terrace
- Parking limited (surcharge)
- Business center
- Laundry facilities
- Wireless Internet access - surcharge
- Internet
Available in all rooms: Wireless Internet access (surcharge)
Available in some public areas: Wireless Internet access - surcharge
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- Premium TV channels
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- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Complimentary newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Voice mail
- Complimentary bottled water
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Wake-up calls
- Turndown service (on request)
- Shower/tub combination
- In-room massage available
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- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Television
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- In-room safe
- Daily housekeeping
- Window opens
- Clock radio
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Climate control
- Wireless Internet access (surcharge)
- Dining
Sarabeth's - Popular neighborhood restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, dinner daily and Sunday brunch. Lunch choices include salads, sandwiches, burgers, and specialties such as chicken potpie, penne with goat cheese, grilled tuna. Dinner choices such as smoked-salmon potato pancake, crab cake, grilled white asparagus with figs, grilled duck breast, pistachio-coated halibut, steak, lamb, and weekly specials. Café seating for espresso drinks, pastries, desserts, ice cream.
Paola's - Upscale Italian restaurant with a menu of traditional and innovative dishes. Guests can start with their choice of antipasti, followed by selections from the robust pasta and secondi menus.
Juicy Naam - Juice bar serving fruit and vegetable juice beverages and health food items for breakfast and lunch.
- Recreation
Central Park, one block from this Upper East Side New York hotel, offers a variety of recreational opportunities, including tennis courts, boat rentals, and miles of trails for hiking, biking, running, and in-line skating. Rockefeller Center's skating rink, 1.25 miles away, opens in winter. Guests of the Hotel Wales receive a discount at the 92nd Street Y health club, two blocks away.
The recreational activities listed below are available near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Ice skating nearby
- Rowing or canoeing nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Tennis nearby
- Aerobics nearby
- Pilates classes/instruction nearby
- Yoga classes/instruction nearby
- Racquetball/squash nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Helicopter/airplane tours nearby
- Playground nearby
Policies & Fees
- Check-in
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out
Check-out time is noon
- Payment types
Accepted at this hotel: American Express, Diners Club, Discover, JCB International, MasterCard, Visa
- Pets
Pets allowed
- General
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- Fees
- The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 12.95 (for 24 hours, rates may vary)
- Valet parking fee: USD 49-59 per day
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.


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Bethlehem dog shelter operator arrested
Man wants his more than 60 dogs back; court hearing to resume today
LITCHFIELD -- Frederick Acker, director of the Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals of Connecticut, left Litchfield Superior Court in handcuffs Monday after police arrested him on 62 counts of cruelty to animals.
Acker, a 60-year-old Monroe resident, was released on a $15,000 bond for a hearing Dec. 10 in Bantam Superior Court.
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no sympathy here for him only for the dogs. "
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leonard buono wrote on Nov 20, 2012 8:51 AM:
so they take the dogs out of his place and were now? death row???????????????????????Lacking heat can be work on. "
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Jack wrote on Nov 21, 2012 8:00 AM:
Small dogs were in varikennels lined only with newspaper in a 32 degree barn. A vet testified the dogs were shivering so hard the crates were shaking. Animal Voice - you are definitely NOT the voice of the animals if you support this man.
I would guess that many people (the so called holier than thous) have adopted many animals. I myself have owned over a dozen discarded dogs over the years and will continue to adopt shelter dogs. The problem with Acker is he is NOT a decent man who rescues dogs. He is a man who shops the country for dogs and warehouses them until he has his next tent sale. This dogs were mere inventory to be sold - nothing more. Go sleep in that unheated barn and see how it feels. "
Jack wrote on Nov 21, 2012 8:03 AM:
He plans to fight this. Do you know what that means? It means the dogs sit in kennels for months as evidence until the criminal case is settled. If he cared about these dogs, he would sign them over and let them get homes. The only reason these dogs will not have homes is Acker's lunancy. "
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This guy is a joke wrote on Nov 21, 2012 4:06 PM:
My friend worked for them at one point. His employees are paid under the table and work under poor conditions. My friend had to ask repeatedly for pay that was owed from weeks prior, and the final check came over a month after leaving. Every time I've visited this shelter, a good amount of dogs have feces and urine in their cages, and the smell can becomes unbearable at times. If his personal shelter is cold, what about the dogs that live outside at the SPCA year round?! He is frequently rude to potential adopters, and has made some pretty awful remarks to them.
This guy should have gotten over himself a long time ago if he really cared about finding good homes for the dogs he "rescues." I believe he honestly cares about them, but his personal distaste for certain people has been doing these dogs a disservice. "
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CF Dexter Fowler (2 for 5), 2B Marco Scutaro (2 for 5 with a double) and C Wilin Rosario (2 for 4 with a home run) helped key the Rockies offense, but despite their 2-run rally in the 3rd inning and 3-run rally in the 8th inning, they could not overcome SP Vance Worley (W, 5-5 -- also 2 for 3 with a double batting).
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With spring finally upon us, the bulbs stating to sprout and the first tree buds about to make an appearance what better theme for March than 'Leafy Green'! Not to mention of course a certain St Patrick's Day on 17th March!!
Thanks to Nilsa for this month's theme pic!!
This month sees a change to the prizes too. As we have been seeing a much larger volume of entries to the theme contest I thought it only right that the prize be split slightly. So now we have a 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize!!
Plus the winning pic will spend a month featured on our front page and be the public header for our Twitter & Facebook Fan Page too!
The 'rules' of the theme photo competition are very simple:
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Oh wow! I love the idea!
I'll post my picture tomorrow, since I've no daylight left to photograph
Since my guys are Irish, this is gonna be a lot of fun!!!
Brilliant! it's always fabulous to see new members get involved with the theme contest!!
Marcela Anders Gorga said:
Oh wow! I love the idea!
I'll post my picture tomorrow, since I've no daylight left to photograph
Since my guys are Irish, this is gonna be a lot of fun!!!
Your photo is just adorable and precious, Lilly! What a cute idea! And thank you for the blessing.
Lilly, Chevalier-Fox said:
Here is my entry for this month of march. It's call "Wake up little Pat"
Little Pat is a baby leprechaun, and the Spring fairy come to wake him up when the first flowers are blooming.
and here what she said.
May the sun shine, all day long,
Everything go right, and nothing wrong
May those you love bring love back to you
And may all the wishes you wish come true!
( Irish proverb)
I do wish you the same my friends.
Little Pat, is a boy from the Heart family from Mattel . the pic was taken 30mn ago around our little town
What a wonderfully mysterious and artistic photo! A very creative idea with the leaf as "bath towel".
Mark Herr said:
Here is my entry for this months theme ( Garden Sprite ), and as you can see her thumb isn't the only thing that's green.
I'm glad you figured out how to post photos. It can be a little confusing at first. Your party girl is soooo pretty with her sparkly bag and nice hair band.
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I'll give it a try, here is a leafy green party girl, Spring time party....
Hi... Here I am... I promised I'd post this pic on Saturday, but unfortunately, painting the diorama this was set in made me very sick for the rest of the weekend, so I'm sorry for the delay, and here it is...
Deirdre really hurt Aidan...
The full short story will be on Flickr 'till the afternoon (I hope) now that I'm better... =D
Hope you guys like it!
Sorry for the delay,
Here is my entry : A WALK THROUGH PAISLEY PARK
love the fashions on your dolls, David and Marcela
I thought the same thing Nilsa.Very mermaid like.Nice job Valerie.Beautiful pic!
Nilsa M. Donelan said:
Valerie, she is so cute, looks like a mermaid! Is she a Susie (sp?)?
Valerie Suwanseree said:I just got a new smart phone (Galaxy Note) and I'm learning how to use the camera. I photographed lots of dolls in green yesterday and chose the best photo for my entry called "A moment to relax"
I'll put some of the other green photos up in the general album
I love this Nilsa!Luck of the Irish to ya!
Nilsa M. Donelan said:
Well here is my entry. I like St. Patrick's Day so here is what I come up with this years.
The story goes like this:
A group of friends that every year celebrates St. Patrick's Day, met by the ruins of an old castle.
Then they have an unexpected guest!!
I will have more photos in my photo albums.
thanks so much David!!
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Unable to complete sentences between tears, 56-year-old Donald Young explained how being shot in a botched carjacking last year "messed up" his life.
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I asked readers what I should ask you today, and @ItsJustJill55 wanted to know what your husband thought of what happened during your MTV Movie Awards acceptance speech with you and the "Magic Mike" cast. As @ItsJustJill55 put it, "the hot and heavy on stage."
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According to Rabbi Shmuley, it's important to learn from the past without being limited by it. Old wounds can either scar us for life, he says, or they can inspire us to live in the hope of a better, brighter future. He talks about letting go of the past and learning to embrace a positive outlook on life.
Following a difficult divorce, many people are often closed off emotionally and turned off to relationships, Rabbi Shmuley says. But if you can choose hope over fate, he says, then you can choose to be happy. "No one says you shouldn't learn from those relationships," Rabbi Shmuley says. "But it shouldn't hold you back from finding love again, and you shouldn't be negative about it."
Similarly, Rabbi Shmuley says many children of divorce have jaded views of marriage. They see their parents fight and assume the same will happen to them—even though their own lives can take completely different courses, he says. "It's someone
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Regardless of your past experiences, Rabbi Shmuley says it's important to get past that old baggage, which can limit you from living life to the fullest. "Instead, you have to change it to a story of promise," he says. "When you define yourself as a victim, you limit yourself greatly."
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"We are meant to learn from our past without being limited by it. Although the past has many lessons to offer, it can also make us overly cautious, cynical and paranoid. While we should extract lessons and inspiration from the past, we dare never live in it. Rather, we should embrace a promising present and a hope-filled future."
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Meal Planning Monday (19th November 2012)
Morning meal-planners. How are you diddling? I'm crook and still on a diet so this is not going to be very exciting, no wonder I've been ousted from the Foodies 100.
I have to say though, my dieting days will be over in about two weeks and I'm looking forward to a massive cookathon. I won't have reached goal but there's no way on this earth I am dieting through December! Christmas is my favourite time of the year! Nope, diet goes on hold and I'll assess the damage in January. I think whilst I am feeling a bit rough I shall batten down the hatches in the evenings this week, sit by the fire and do some serious Christmas food planning.
This week we are mainly eating whatever Waitrose has on offer today. Well, Mr M has leftover pasta bake from yesterday for his tea tonight and as I am having lunch with friends I shall have a gourmet feast of soup for my evening meal. The rest of the week for me will be things like stuffed peppers, roasted veg and I really fancy some fish so maybe a fishcake or two. I'm having egg and chips on Friday night though, that's going to be my treat dinner this week. For the rest of the family there will be spaghetti bolognese, pizza (man do I miss pizza when I am on a diet) and chicken burgers with the works.
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Parents are asked to line up for registration no earlier than 5 a.m. Park curfews will be enforced for patron safety.
The community center sites are open to participants ages six to 14, for eight weeks of recreation –themed activities. Swimming opportunities will also be offered for program participants at limited sites this summer.
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Registration for Summer Youth Program school sites, open to youth ages six to 12, will be held on Saturday, May 3, and on Saturday, May 10, from 8 a.m. to noon, with registration locations and information to be announced.
The program runs Monday, June 16 through Friday, Aug. 8, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Lunch and an afternoon snack are included. The school sites utilize school gymnasiums and outdoor enclosed areas. Sites will be closed on Friday, July 4. Fees are based on a sliding scale, according to income and family size.
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2014 Program Dates: | June 16 - Aug. 8 (Closed July 4) |
Time: | 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. |
Fees: | Fees based on sliding scale |
Ages: | 6 - 12 year olds at SYP School Sites; 6 - 14 at Community Center sites |
Location | Address | Phone |
(James) Bode | 901 Rigsby Ave. | 532-1212 |
(Nicholas) Copernicus | 5003 Lord Rd. | 648-1072 |
(Richard) Cuellar | 5626 San Fernando | 436-0908 |
Dawson | 2500 E. Commerce | 227-1627 |
Denver Heights | 300 Porter St. | 533-5242 |
(Gilbert) Garza | 1450 Mira Vista | 435-6806 |
(Virginia) Gill | 7902 Westshire | 675-2123 |
(Lou) Hamilton | 10700 Nacogdoches Rd. | 654-7749 |
Harlandale | 7227 Briar Place | 924-8021 |
Meadowcliff | 1260 Pinn Road | 674-0820 |
(Dorie) Miller | 2802 Martin Luther King Drive | 333-4650 |
Miller's Pond | 6175 Old Pearsall Road | 623-2900 |
Normoyle | 700 Culberson | 924-0770 |
Palm Heights | 1201 W. Malone | 207-3099 |
(Gilbert) Ramirez | 1011 Gillette Blvd. | 921-0681 |
(Father) Roman | 11030 Ruidosa | 627-2138 |
San Juan Brady Gardens | 2307-S. Calaveras | 225-5410 |
South San | 2031 Quintana | 927-1640 |
Southside Lions | 3100 Hiawatha | 532-1502 |
(John) Tobin | 1900 W. Martin | 225-0941 |
(Joe) Ward | 435 E. Sunshine Dr. | 732-2481 |
Woodard | 1011 Locke St. | 225-5445 |
(Jean) Yates | 568 Rasa Drive | 673-1152 |
For more information call 207-3000.
The Parks and Recreation Department sponsors a Summer Food Program funded by a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant at approximately 60 sites each summer. Food is served at summer youth recreation sites, selected Parks and Recreation swimming pools, and other agencies throughout the summer program. High quality meals similar to those served during the school year by the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs are offered free for youngsters ages 18 and under at the pre-approved sites. Meals are usually served around 11:30 a.m. and snacks at 3 p.m. Children do not have to be registered at the site in order to participate in the Food Program.
In accordance with federal law and USDA policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination write:
USDA, Director, Office of Adjudication and Compliance 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C., 20250-9410 Or call 1-866-632-9992 (toll free), 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay Service) or 1-800-845-6136 (Spanish Speaking Assistance).
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Teens ages 13 to 18 can stay physically active and involved Monday through Friday. This program offers a safe, supervised free open gym and active games and sports. Hours vary depending on the site. Register the first day of the program.
The San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department annually seeks active and enthusiastic people to fill approximately 600 seasonal jobs each summer. Multiple, temporary positions are available working with youth at more than 60 Summer Youth Program sites and also at the department's 24 outdoor pools.
Summer Youth Program positions include Administrative Associates, Recreation Assistants, Specialists and Supervisors. The department is also looking for Recreation Instructors who specialize in math, science and art. Starting salary for these positions begins at $8.75 per hour.
Pool positions include Public Service Attendants, Pool Supervisors and Lifeguards. Lifeguard applicants must be at least 16 and must pass a prerequisite skills test. The department provides CPR and lifesaving training to prepare them for their lifeguarding responsibilities. Applicants who have passed the prerequisite test will be scheduled for training classes. The starting salary is $9.01 per hour.
Applications must be made on-line. To apply, applicants can go to www.sanantoniog.gov/hr/jobs. For information on lifeguard training and certification, call the San Antonio Natatorium at 207-3299 or visit Swimming Pools.


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