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2014-15 Promotions Schedule
Stay tuned & check back for updates!
Friday, 9/5 @ 7 p.m.
#18 FIELD HOCKEY vs. Richmond (at Rullo Stadium)
- Home Opener: Be there to root on #18 nationally ranked Blue Hens Field Hockey in their home opener!
- Promotional poster available to first 200 fans in attendance. Gates open at 6 p.m.
Saturday, 9/6 @ 6 p.m.
FOOTBALL vs. Delaware State (at Delaware Stadium)
- Gameday Sponsor: M&T Bank
- Youth Cheer Day: Girls 12 years of age & younger were invited to register today to participate in the annual Youth Cheer Day. Learn more about the importance of education and fitness while meeting and interacting with the UD Cheerleading teams. Registration is closed for Youth Cheer Day.
- Delaware Day: What better way to showcase and share our excitement of being the flagship University for our state than with Delaware Football hosting Delaware Day as part of the Blue Hens' game vs. in-state opponent Delaware State.
- State employees, including educators, and first responders have been invited through various offers to be a part of a day celebrating all things Delaware.
- Deadline to purchase tickets at this rate is 11:59 p.m. on Tues. 9/2 (online only). Email email@example.com with questions. Not available gameday.
Sunday, 9/7 @ 12 p.m.
#18 FIELD HOCKEY vs. #2 UNC (at Rullo Stadium)
- Rally towel pregame give away to the first 300 fans. Gates open at 11 a.m.
- Hang out with YouDee during pregame and before cheering on the Blue Hens!
Saturday, 9/13 @ 6 p.m.
Delaware Football vs. Colgate (at Delaware Stadium)
- Louviers FCU Band Day
- Band Day Parent Ticket Promotion: The annual High School Band Day will host local school bands to perform with the University of Delaware Marching Band at halftime of the game. Family and friends of those attending can purchase discounted tickets to watch their favorite band members perform on-field. For questions contact email@example.com.
- FHClub Tailgate: FHClub members are invited to enjoy food, fun & games prior to the game from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Welcome goodie bags will be available for pick-up. Members must RSVP by 4 p.m. on Wed, 9/3. For details on how to become a FHClub member click here.
- Class of 2018 Friends & Family Game Package: Families & friends of Blue Hens freshmen are invited to join us for a fun-filled day as Delaware celebrates the newest members of the Blue Hens Family, the Class of 2018. Enjoy pregame hospitality and exciting college football action all for just $25 a ticket! For full event details and to purchase click here.
Saturday, 10/4 @ 3:30 p.m.
Delaware Football vs. Sacred Heart (at Delaware Stadium)
- Gameday Sponsor: IBEW
- Youth Football Experience: All youth football and youth football cheer teams of Delaware (8th grade & younger only) are invited out to see the hard-hitting action for only $5. Deadline to purchase is 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, 9/30.
- Pregame field access will be granted to those youth members that are in their game jersey or cheer uniform to form the tunnel with the UD Marching Band before the Blue Hens take the field.
- Online service fees apply. If you are looking to purchase more than 6 tickets, or buy for your entire team in one transaction, please contact the Delaware Ticket Office at firstname.lastname@example.com or (302) 831-2257.
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- Take a Kid to the Game (TAKG) Promotion: The national NCAA Football TAKG program provides an opportunity for community outreach as it introduces area youth to UD Athletics. Its purpose is to encourage adults to take children to collegiate sporting events, inspiring them to pursue higher education opportunities.
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Saturday, 10/11 @ 3:30 p.m.
Delaware Football vs. Elon (at Delaware Stadium)
- Gameday Sponsor: St. Francis Hospital
- UD Parents & Family Weekend: A special Blue Hens welcome to all parents, family and friends attending the game during their weekend visiting their students. For weekend details click here.
- Twirler Day Parent Ticket Promotion: The annual Golden Girl Twirler Day will host youth twirlers with the University of Delaware Marching Band at halftime of the game. Family and friends of those attending can purchase discounted tickets to watch their kids perform on-field. For questions contact email@example.com.
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Delaware Football vs. Towson (at Delaware Stadium)
- Gameday Sponsor: Delaware Lottery
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Saturday, 11/1 @ 12 p.m.
Delaware Football vs. Rhode Island (at Delaware Stadium)
- Gameday Sponsor: Grotto Pizza
- Military Appreciation Day: Details coming soon...
- Blue Hens Volleyball will be hosting the UD Courtyard by Marriott Invitational Tournament welcoming Rhode Island, Loyola (Chicago), and Albany for a two-day, 6-game tournament.

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Holiday Meringue Dessert Recipe
THIS RECIPE was featured in one of Grandma's favorite cookbooks from the '50s. It's become our traditional dessert for Christmas dinner and seems appropriate for the season since the meringue shells look like mounds of snow. Whatever the topping, it's very festive. -Catherine Morrison, Newport, Pennsylvania
- 1 egg white
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/8 teaspoon almond extract
- Dash salt
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 scoops chocolate ice cream
- Chocolate syrup, toasted coconut and maraschino cherries
- Place egg white in a small bowl and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Add the cream of tartar, extract and salt. Beat on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating on high until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved.
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper. Spoon the egg mixture into two mounds on paper. Using the back of a spoon, build up the edges slightly. Bake at 250° for 35 minutes. Turn off oven and do not open door; let shells dry in the oven for at least 1 hour.
- To serve, fill shells with ice cream; top each with chocolate sauce, coconut and a cherry. Yield: 2 servings.
Originally published as Holiday Meringue Dessert in Reminisce Extra December 1997, p47
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January 24, 2014
While preventing some cold-weather related illnesses seems like common sense, it never hurts to have a little refresher on how dangerous, even deadly, they can be.
Any way you describe it, polar vortex or a polar plunge, January has been unbearably cold for some of us! The frigid temperatures can also be downright dangerous.
One of the most common cold-weather illness is hypothermia, which happens when your body starts losing heat after than it can produce it, causing abnormally low body temperature. Persistent shivering can be the first sign, but confusion and slurred speech are also red flags.
Cabell County EMS Director Gordon Merry is no stranger to the elements. He said quick response is crucial when dealing with hypothermia.
"It's something that needs to be dealt with immediately," he said. "My advice is get them in where they're warm, call 911."
Frostbite causes loss of feeling and color in commonly exposed places.
"Your fingers, your toes and your face are the ones which will get frostbite first normally, so you need to dress in layers and protect those."
Redness or pain in any skin area can be first warning sings
"Obviously, your fingers start getting numb," Merry said. "They get red, they get cold to the touch."
More developed signs are a white or grayish-yellow skin area, skin that feels unusually firm or waxy
We've seen the wind chill numbers dip way below zero several times this winter. That can trigger these illnesses even faster, so if you HAVE to go out in the arctic temps, maybe to shovel snow, use moderation.
"Come in, take breaks," Merry said. "If you start feeling tired, get inside where it's warm and take a break. Don't continue shoveling the snow. You may have a heart attack, the elements may get you."
You may want to consider temporary hibernation mode.
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New resource: Literati by CredoTake a look at Literati by Credo, an online platform that combines reliable, citable reference content with the SHU Library's resources. It helps you to do faster, more effective research.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - The university of Alabama says that former athletic director Mal Moore has died.
The school says the 73-year-old Moore died on Saturday at Duke University Medical Center. Moore had been in the Durham, N.C., hospital since March 13 with pulmonary problems.
He had been part of 10 football national championships as a Crimson Tide player, coach or administrator. Moore was athletic director since 1999 before stepping down March 20 because of the health problems.
The football and athletic administration building bears his name, but his biggest claim to fame might have been hiring Nick Saban as football coach. Saban has led the Tide to three titles in four years.
Moore was an assistant coach under Bear Bryant and Gene Stallings, and played on Bryant's 1961 national championship team.
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Bobby Rush on Technology
Democratic Representative (IL-1)
Proponent's Argument for voting Yes:
Opponent's Argument for voting No:
[Rep. Waxman, D-CA]: This bill will cripple National Public Radio, public radio stations, and programming that is vital to over 27 million Americans. We are now voting to deny the public access to one of our Nation's most credible sources of news coverage. This bill does not save a penny. This legislation does not serve any fiscal purpose, but it does serve an ugly ideological one. This legislation is not about reforming NPR. It is about punishing NPR. It is vindictive, it is mean-spirited, it is going to hit the smallest stations in rural areas particularly hard. Public radio is indispensable for access to news that's hard to get, especially where broadband service is limited.
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. RICK BOUCHER (D, VA-9): Fully 6.5 million households are totally unprepared for the transition on February 17; these 6.5 million households will lose all of their television service, and that number represents about 5.7% of the total American television viewing public. If almost 6%of the nation's households lose all of their television service, I think that most people would declare that the digital television transition has been a failure. In recognition of that reality, this legislation would delay the transition until June 12.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. JOE LINUS BARTON (R, TX-6): The majority is trying to fix a problem that I do not think really exists. We have sent out 33 million coupons: 22 million of those coupons have been redeemed, and 11 million coupons are outstanding. The outstanding coupons are being redeemed, I think, by about 500,000 a week, something like that. In my opinion, you could keep the hard date and not have a problem, but if you think there is a problem, it is not from lack of money. We have appropriated $1.3 billion. About half of that is still in the Treasury, so the redemption rate is only about 52%. Even though we are delaying this until June 12 if this bill becomes law, according to the acting chairman of the FCC, 61% of the television stations in America are going to go ahead and convert to digital. 143 television stations already have converted, and in those areas where they have converted, I am not aware that there has been a huge problem.
Title: To protect individuals, families, and Internet service providers from unsolicited and unwanted electronic mail.
An act to encourage the disclosure and exchange of information about computer processing problems, solutions, test practices and test results, and related matters in connection with the transition to the year 2000.
Provides that no Year 2000 (Y2K problem) readiness disclosure (a statement concerning Year 2000 computer compliance information) shall be admissible in any civil action arising under Federal or State law against the maker of the disclosure to prove the accuracy or truth of any year 2000 statement in such disclosure, except: (1) as the basis for a claim for anticipatory breach or repudiation or a similar claim against the maker; and (2) when a court determines that the maker's disclosure amounts to bad faith or fraud or is otherwise unreasonable.
Corresponding House bill is H.R.4455. Became Public Law No: 105-271.
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Thursday, March 13, 2008
Clinton-Obama Standoffs April 16/19
Space industry advocates may have more chances to ask space-related questions in what may be the last two Democratic presidential debates between Hillary R. Clinton and Barack H. Obama April 16 and 19. The debates may help shape the Democratic Party's race as to who will face would-be Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
Too few space questions have been asked of the presidential candidates outside of brief editorial questions in Texas and a TV news segments in Ohio. Someone may yet ask a question about commercial space launches, ITAR space technologies, and/or space treaties IF mainstream media questions may advance beyond gender and race, the Iraqi War, health care, or a pop quiz of name the Russian president. There needs to be a science journalist on one panel.
Clinton and Obama will debate April 16 in Pennsylvania sponsored by ABC News and April 19 in North Carolina sponsored by CBS. Pennsylvania voters go to the primary polls April 22 and North Carolina voters on May 6. And, who knows, there may yet be a Space Coast, Florida debate?!
Posted by JackKennedy at 10:33 PM
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why would a person whos spiritual advisor thinks the us created aids, did 911 and has members of the nation of islam want to fund NASA? He wouldnt.
Ya know what, WE ALL KNOW that is he were white hill would have a lock on the nod...If we Americans cant say that during an election, what will we not be able to say IF he is elected...Will fight for NASA make us "insensative to the needs of the poor"?
He already said he will cripple NASA
John, please post this, it IS relavent (if poorly spelled)
- Friday, March 14, 2008 5:05:00 PM
Change! (change to no space program)
Hope! (hope that that china and russia dont take a lead in space tech)
I condem the preachers remarks now that others know what he said.
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text: WICHITA, Kan. - Cessna revealed a new aircraft on Monday that the company has been working on in secret. Our news partners at KAKE-TV report that engineers have been sequestered for the last eighteen months, working on the project in east Wichita. Cessna CEO Scott Ernest says the Scorpion is a composite aircraft, built with the goal of governments using it for either military or non-military applications. "This is really an opportunity for us to diversify our product line," said Ernest. "We basically paid for this on our own nickel, through Textron, and it's our way of trying to put a very affordable product out there for the military to use," he added. Ernest made his remarks at the downtown Rotary luncheon. Its first flight is expected by the end of the year.


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Raw Spirit Festival by Philip
Above: Philip and Penni (pic credit: Suki Zoe)
The Raw Spirit Festival held in Sedona, AZ is the years biggest raw food festival - anywhere. It's a great time to get together with the raw food family, eat amazing food, hear the world's best speakers, and just enjoy the warm gushy lovey feeling that is so present there.
Last year I put together a wrap-up video of the festival with a combination of music and pictures. I worked hard on it and released in just days after the festival. This year I decided to do it a little different. I was speaking at the festival this year so filming was really out of the question so I decided to give my perspective of the festival, along with some people pictures of my raw family. I hope you enjoy the film and pictures.
Click here for more pictures.
Click here for my New Raw Spirit YouTube Video.
Thank you to all that were there... for sharing a beautiful space together, manifesting magic, and rejoicing in our oneness.
Thank you for your love,
p.s. Raw Food Right Now has some great wrap up posts if you haven't already seen them. Part 1, Part 2.
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CATEGORIES Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Deals, Warner Brothers, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Movies, CinematicalOne thing I'm loving about Warner Bros and their DC collection is that they aren't neglecting the boys and girls of their Strange Adventures and Weird Western Tales in favor of flashier and more marketable superheroes. So, all should be suitably intrigued by Variety reporting that Warner Bros is bringing Deadman to the bigscreen. The studio has brought Nikolaj Arcel on to direct, and Guillermo Del Toro will produce alongside Don Murphy. Those who follow the exhaustive properties Del Toro has lined up for himself probably remember that he was eying the director's chair for himself a few years back.
So, who is Deadman? Well, he's that pale fellow to your right, and was once a circus acrobat named Boston Brand. His happy life on the high wire was cut short by an assailant known only as The Hook, but he was given a second life courtesy of Hindu goddess Rama Kushna. She gave his spirit the power to possess any living person he chose in order to find his assailant, and assist in the ongoing battle against evil. With his circus past, he's naturally brushed crossovers with the unfortunate Graysons, and he's met up with lots of dead DC heroes. He's most recently popped up in that Green Lantern arc everyone's talking about, Blackest Night, and is helping fight the good fight. Despite not being that well known, Deadman is an intriguing, eerie hero and very movie worthy.
No start date has been set for Deadman, and I'm ashamed to say that I'm unfamiliar with Arcel's work. But with Warner Bros, DC, and Del Toro backing him, I'm expecting good things. They seem unable to do wrong at the WB.


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Paige was a good manJuly 17,2014In memory of John J. Paige of Ludlow, who passed away on Saturday, June 14.
John served the Ludlow community for many years as the town health officer and as a cemetery commissioner. Having served with John on the Cemetery Commission, I would like the members of our community to know how dedicated he was. John was anxious to see that a large hole in the new section was filled and improved, which took several years and was finally completed last year.
A new waterline for irrigation was also added to the upper section, power to the upper maintenance building, new office in the lower building, new flag station and many more small and large improvements to our cemetery.
John was always conservative with our tax monies, and before he would discuss any prospective improvements, his first question was do we have the money in the budget, and then we could proceed with the discussion on the merits of the improvements. John was a progressive cemetery commissioner who favored many of the projects and improvements providing they always benefitted the taxpayer and the folks who had need of our cemeteries.
I could write more, however I think many of us know of Johns dedication to Ludlow. When visiting the Pleasant View Cemetery you can reflect upon the many improvements that John was an integral part of and take a moment to thank Commissioner John Paige for a job well done.
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Welcome to the Feel the Love Giveaway Hop hosted by the Blogging Mamas Network.
Love is in the air as Valentine's Day approaches and I've joined with a group of bloggers who want you to Feel the Love this February! Each blogger in this Hop has a giveaway worth at least $25 that you are sure to love!
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HMV stores to remain open despite job losses
Updated 10:28am Friday 1st February 2013 in Local
HMV administrators Deloitte have confirmed that 190 redundancies have been made across the company's head office and distribution network, but retail staff are safe and stores are continuing to trade.
Nick Edwards, joint administrator from Deloitte, said: "Since our appointment as administrators over two weeks ago, we have been assessing the financial position of HMV.
"Following this review, a number of redundancies at the head office and distribution centres have been made. Although such decisions are always difficult, it is a necessary step in restructuring the business to enhance the prospects of securing its future as a going concern.
"We have been very pleased with the level of interest in the business as a going concern, whilst the response from customers has demonstrated the demand to see HMV remain on the high street.
"Equally, the support received from suppliers has been very positive and has enabled us to continue trading during the administration. As a result of all of these factors, I remain hopeful we will be able to secure a future for a restructured business."
Nick Edwards, Rob Harding and Neville Kahn were appointed Joint Administrators to HMV on January 15.
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|Oh TIGER...
|8 days ago
It's seems the TIGER 2012 dataset is much better than first TIGER imported in OSM. Is something planned by the US community about this dataset ? a new import ? conflation ?
|Importing 1 million New York City buildings and addresses
|12 days ago
Thank you for taking the time to write this interesting and detailled feedback. I'm sure it will be helpful for other imports around the world.
|How to prepare for your first mapping party!
|13 days ago
Good one.
|how a bad query can get you working for 2 days
|2 months ago
Then you simply cannot achieve your task. Or change your goals, do you really need all POI's in Europe ? we have some tools to filter pbf files directly.
|Complex Intersections, or Why We Should Get Rid Of exit_to
|2 months ago
I don't understand your questioning about the destination reference. Why not simply use the tag 'ref' on the link way if it's valide after the junction node ?
|Weekly OpenStreetMap Task
|2 months ago
wow, "bicycle tube vending machines" or "electric charging stations". This is what we can call points of interest for all the people and not just for a limited category of users :-) lol
|New MapRoulette Challenge: Crossing Ways
|2 months ago
I'm assigned to this "challenge": http://openstreetmap.us/iD/release/#id=w157598950&map=18.72/-122.27129/47.50951
What is wrong here ? is it possible that "bridge=viaduct" is not recognized by the QA tool ?
|Classification Survey
|2 months ago
This is a really stange survey. You ask if the tag for a "park" is correct or not by pointing some examples in OSM. But you don't show any aerial or on the ground pictures. Then only the local mappers can answer to your questions or we have to switch to another project just to find a possible answer. Next time, insert pictures or hi-res aerials in you survey !
|4 826 424 "addr:country=DE"
|2 months ago
About the size on disk, I agree that this is not the issue. In France, we had similar discussions about the "cadastre" source tag. But here, we must think first for the contributors. If some newcomer arrives to an already mapped city with 5 or 6 "addr" tags, he will be relunctant to do the same task for the new or missing or failing addresses where he could help and where only 2 are really necessary.
|4 826 424 "addr:country=DE"
|2 months ago
The KISS principle shall apply to the contributors and for that, "addr:housenumber" and "addr:street" are enough. Btw, I'm also against the relation "associatedStreet" more or less for the same reasons (keep it easy for the contributors and on all editors).
|4 826 424 "addr:country=DE"
|2 months ago
Well, if nobody stops the process, then it's a kind of passive consensus. And this is not a small one, it's about 30..50 million tags, I don't know exactly.
|Import du bâti du cadastre du Maine-et-Loire dans OSM
|4 months ago
Je note les buts et bonnes intentions. Si j'ai écris ce commentaire, c'est parce que la dernière phrase m'a fait tilté. Je pense que lorsqu'on se lance dans un projet d'import d'une telle ampleur, sans être assuré d'avoir assez de temps pour aller jusqu'au bout, il vaut mieux aller moins vite sur l'objectif final (compléter le bâti du département) et passer un peu plus de temps pour faire l'intégration correctement par commune.
Bon mapping,
|Import du bâti du cadastre du Maine-et-Loire dans OSM
|4 months ago
"vous êtes libre de corriger les imperfections ... A vous de jouer !"
Je trouve ça un peu facile d'avoir créer de nombreuses erreurs comme des routes qui traversent des bâtiments et de dire ensuite "démerdez-vous". Lorsqu'on fait un import, cela implique aussi la responsabilité de l'intégrer avec l'existant. Et cela implique aussi de corriger la position des routes déjà mappés. Sinon c'est de l'import bourrin. Personnellement, je n'hésiterais pas à faire des reverts et demander un blocage du compte si je constatais un tel comportement dans mes zones d'intérêt.
|New users shouldn't be allowed to delete a lot of data
|4 months ago
-1 If it's "non-editable", then it has nothing to do in OSM. Create a mashup with external data if you are not happy. Admin borders are changing anyway, it shall be possible to modify them and I dont want to see a new elitist caste of super-contributors in OSM. And what after borders ? motorways ? place names ? population ? coastline ? bus routes ? etc... What we need more is QA tools monitoring the quality of the data in general. Special tools are already checking admin borders and coastline.
+1 to create a status of 'new contributor' with reduced write access to the db. But this should be limited in time (e.g. max. 3 days of contributions).
|Über Imports
|5 months ago
Your example in France is outdated:
Don't copy others complains withtout rechecking ;-)
And I see no issue of importing buildings before tracing highways. Nothing in OSM is forcing a priority in features mapping. If you want to start with roads, good for you. If someone else wants to map postbox, forest, fire hydrants or buildings before any roads, why not !? ^^
Happy mapping
|new useful proposal
|5 months ago
For history, just remember that the wiki page has been create a 1st april -> April Fool's joke
|highway=bus_stop - Mappen für den Renderer
|5 months ago
Problem with public_transport is a birth defect : since its first porposal and during approval process, it was never clearly asking to deprecate "highway=bus_stop" for the simple reason that the new solution was more complex than the previous one for simple bus stops and the submitters knew they would fail in such way (by experience, all proposals starting with "depecrates this and that" are always slaped by responders).
|highway=bus_stop - Mappen für den Renderer
|5 months ago
+1 with Richard's comments.
I mapped several bus stops as a public transport (PT) user in the past but I stoped with the new tagging approved. See why:
The old scheme (ignore all optional/common tags like 'name', 'operator', 'ref', etc):
The new scheme:
The new scheme is nice for complex cases, especially stop areas mixing several types of transportation (e.g. tram+bus). But this is painfully over-complicated for the ~95% simple bus stops. How can you convince newcomers that 2 nodes, 1 relation and 6 tags is "better" than 1 node + 1 tag ?
|OpenStreetMap Isn't All That Open, Let's Change That and Drop Share-Alike
|6 months ago
In the other way, if OSM license becomes PD, it will not be be possible to import data sources others than PD themselves. And many public data in Europe still gets some licenses which are ODbL or compatible but not PD.
|OpenStreetMap Isn't All That Open, Let's Change That and Drop Share-Alike
|6 months ago
Well, I'm not a lawyer but ... I agree with Bart about legal expertise. The argument saying "odbl is complicated, move to public domain" is true in first part but is not enough for promoting the second. OSM could be more widely used if we (or the foundation) could provide a better support to developers, projects or companies questions about the license (better than "I'm not a lawyer but ..").


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Kudowa has an attractive 17-hectare Spa Park (Park Zdrojowy) but most treatments on offer involve room and board at one of the sanatoria.
Kudowa has an attractive 17-hectare Spa Park (Park Zdrojowy) but most treatments on offer involve room and board at one of the sanatoria.
The Old Town Hall (Ratusz Staromiejski) was built at the end of the 14th century and hasn't changed much since, though some Renaissance additions lent an ornamental touch to the sober Gothic structure. It was once used as the municipal seat and a market, but today the building is home to the main branch of the Regional Museum.
The highlight of Podgórze is this impressive new museum covering the Nazi occupation of Kraków in WWII. It's housed in the former enamel factory of Oskar Schindler, immortalised in Schindler's List .
Erected by the Dominican order on its arrival from Kraków in 1227, this is one of Gdańsk's oldest places of Christian worship and it certainly feels that way inside. Amazingly, it was the only central church to escape damage in WWII – according to one story, the attacking Soviet troops deliberately avoided shelling it, due to Orthodox believers' high regard for St Nicholas.
The village of Bóbrka, 17km southwest of Krosno, is the cradle of the Polish oil industry. It was here in 1854 that the world's first oil well was sunk by Ignacy Łukasiewicz, inventor of the paraffin lamp. These days, the site where Łukasiewicz first hit pay dirt is a curious open-air museum, and worth the trek out here by bus from Krosno if you have a half day to spend.
Dominating the middle of the square, this building was once the centre of Kraków's medieval clothing trade. It was created in the early 14th century when a roof was put over two rows of stalls, then extended into a 108m-long Gothic structure.
Just a couple of blocks from the Museum of Zakopane Style, along ul Kościeliska, is this small wooden church and adjoining cemetery dating from the mid-19th century. The Old Church was christened in 1851 and has charming carved wooden decorations and pews, and Stations of the Cross painted on glass on the windows.
The Old Town's market square contains a bit of every architectural style from Baroque to postwar concrete structures, the cumulative effect of rebuilding after successive fires and the damage caused by Austrian, Prussian and Napoleonic sieges The bright yellow town hall dates from the 1710s, and looks a bit squat without its tower, which collapsed in 1967.
West of the town hall, opposite the post office, is an intriguing small Fountain built in 1914. Bronze-cast frogs sit on its rim, admiring a statue of a violin-playing boy known as Janko Muzykant, Toruń's very own answer to the Pied Piper story. Legend has it that a witch once came to the town, but wasn't welcomed by the locals.
It's a 15-minute walk west along ul Stawki and then south on ul Okopowa to this cemetery. Founded in 1806, it suffered little during the war and still boasts more than 150,000 tombstones, the largest collection of its kind in Europe.
Just in front of the shipyard gates, the Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers commemorates the workers killed in the riots of 1970. Unveiled on 16 December 1980, 10 years after the massacre, the monument is a set of three 42m-tall steel crosses, with a series of bronze bas-reliefs in their bases.
The parish Church of SS Stanislaus and Wenceslas, east of the Rynek, is a massive Gothic stone building whose facade is adorned with four elegant 15th-century doorways and an 18m-high window (the stained glass is not original). The tower , completed in 1565, is 103m high, making it Poland's tallest historic church tower after that of the basilica in Częstochowa (106m).
The Natural History Museum is housed in a large, finely restored granary from 1591. Though there is little information in English, kids will enjoy seeing the range of birds, animals and insects (albeit stuffed).
The oldest and most important event that takes place in the city is the Dominican Fair , which dates back to 1260, when the local Dominican monks received the papal privilege of holding a fair on the feast day of their saint.
Held on the Rynek beside the statue of Adam Mickiewicz on the first Thursday of December, this contest attracts crowds of spectators.
To the east of The Foregate is the Golden Gate. Designed by Abraham van den Block, son of the decorator of the Upland Gate, and built in 1612, it's a sort of triumphal arch ornamented with a double-storey colonnade and topped with eight allegorical statues.


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Bulgaria Update #3: Home Again
Bulgaria 2008
Update #3
Home Again!
Kay & I arrived home on Tuesday evening October 14 at 6:00 after a hectic several days of travel and sightseeing in Eastern & Southern Europe. It was a great time to unwind after a very rewarding but grueling teaching schedule. As I noted in my last update this year I had more fun teaching my class than I have had to date. This had to do with the level of the involvement of the students, the quality of my translator, and I think with the fact that now, with a history at the College I am more of a known quantity.
My translator, Petia Zlatarov, the Academic Dean of The Theological College commented that I was more approachable than many of the visiting professors there who merely want to conve y their own views to the students, rather than understand where the students are and try to communicate with them in a way that speaks to their context, culture and specific situation.
As I said in the last update, the past two years have brought profound change in Bulgaria, but not for the better. When communism fell the hearts of the people were open and looking for something to fill the void left by 40 years of totalitarian repression. What followed were several years of incredible growth of the Protestant (particularly Pentecostal church). During the past couple of years times have become tough economically. Inflation is running at about 30%. In a country where the average worker earns between $200 and $300/month this is economically and emotionally devastating. Bulgaria has joined the EU. While this should prove a long-term economic benefit to the country, the immediate result is economic shambles. As a result the people of the country have lost hope. They see nothing but bleakness and grinding poverty. The economic security they enjoyed(?) under communism is gone. There is no safety net, no matter how small. What has replaced hope is cynicism and the narcissism of personal gratification: unrestrained sexual indulgence, drugs and alcohol-"Let us eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow we die."
By and large the working age ethnic Bulgarians have left for western Europe (where pay and job opportunities are better) and what remains (painting in broad brush strokes here) are the elderly (about 50% of the population) who have no pension or visible means of support and no support network with their children having abandoned them for the jobs in the prosperous EU, and the Gypsy/Roma people who are illiterate and unskilled and despised. There is virtually no middle class.
This sense of despair and hopelessness is affecting the Christians as well. The local church pastored by our friend Jimmy (one of the theological rising stars of Eastern Europe) has shrunk from about a vibrant 150-200 2½ years ago to about 30 today. Several of the theological faculties (i.e. Bible Colleges ) this year reported no new students! The pastors in my class reported that many of the men in their churches have given up hope and turned drinking to ease the pain of life, which in turn makes the financial woes worse.
Despite the present appearances and cynicism, Dinko Zlatarov, our good friend and President of The Theological College and director of Care for All Ministries, sees the future of Bulgaria with the Gypsy/Roma people. He sees them as the lynchpin to the country's future. You may remember that the first Gypsy college graduates in Bulgaria's history have come out of the Theological College in Stara Zagora where I have taught for these past three years. God has worked in Bulgaria and will continue to work, whether obviously and in visibly mighty ways as He did in the years following the fall of communism, or more subtly when hope is at low ebb.
On a more positive note we experience God's glory and creative beauty all around us as we drove through Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, northern Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria, finally ending in the capital of Czech Republic, Prague (in 6 days). The fall colors glowed and the majestic Alps were as dramatic as we had heard. The small villages and countryside gave a distinct flavor to each country.
Our trip ended up in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. This is one city that still maintains its medieval and Renaissance glory-it of all the major cities of Europe was never bombed. As an historical theologian, I love the beauty and glory of the medieval and Renaissance periods. In California, we do archaeology on anything a century old. In Europe anything that young is barely out of its infancy! (Someone once commented that what the US lacks in depth of history it makes up for in vastness of territory-in three days we visited nine countries and on the fourth made it to our destination 10th, unless you live in New England that is difficult in the USA to even visit 10 states in four days!)
While in Prague, we stayed at the International Baptist Theological Seminary. The seminary occupies the complex that was the Czech command center and headquarters for the Nazi army during WWII-talk about redeeming space! The seminary purchased the complex and has occupied it since 1949. While there I had a chance to talk with Dr. Parush Paruchev the academic Dean of the Seminary and Petia's advisor. Parush earned his Ph.D. in Mathmatics while the Communists were still in power in Bulgaria. After the fall of Communism he moved to California where God found him. He did a Ph.D. at Fuller Seminary and joined the faculty of the International Baptist Theological Seminary. He shared about the difficulty in Europe of having Americans or Brits getting positions in educational institutions recognized as legitimate by the governments. In the US, accreditation is private, whether it be through regional accrediting associations (e.g. Western Association of Schools and Colleges) or through professional accrediting associations (e.g. ATS- the Associations of Theological Schools) while in Europe accreditation is public through the Ministry of Education of each country. To the Europeans the US system as well as the British smacks of an "old boy network" that does not do rigorous quality assurance (having seen from the inside the workings of our system I have to admit that this fear/criticism is not unfounded). Add to this the fact that numerous (particularly fundamentalist and evangelical) American Colleges and Grad schools lack any American accreditation and yet their graduates claim to hold a valid Ph.D. makes a US degree even more suspect in the European eyes. It is here that IBTS steps into the gap. As the only nationally licensed/accredited/recognized evangelical seminary in Europe they are able to train leaders that will be readily recognized as qualified to teach in the University system there.
Your gifts made the trip possible, and God's grace was extended to us through your prayers as Jim taught, as we ministered with students and friends and as we traveled.
Thank you and blessings upon you for your interest in our ministry.
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I am off to Guam on October 31 for 17 days where I will be teaching Introduction to Theology (yes, the students will have to buy the Survivor's Guide to Theology, no, I won't make a lot of $$ by requiring it-about enough for two Starbucks' lattes if I am lucky) at the brand new seminary sponsored by Pacific Islands Bible College. This time I will be teaching in English, the temperature is supposed to be a nearly constant 85o with 85% humidity. While the student body represents countries from all over the Pacific Rim the culture is Microneasan which is very laid back. Please pray for the students, in a conversation with the dean last night he told me that they are still coming to grips with the demands of grad school-it is not just an extension of B.A. work but about two notches higher.
Pleas pray for my health (despite the great time we had in Europe I am worn out from the trip and have come down with a nasty cold.) and communicating cross-culturally so the students will understand the concepts being communicated, not just the words.
Bulgaria Update #2
Bulgaria Update #2
October 2008
It was a grueling time but I have now finished up teaching the class in Introduction to Theology. What follows are a few preliminary observations. This is the third trip to Bulgaria. It still is unnerving to be dropped into a culture where I cannot read the alphabet. (It takes me about five or six days to get my mind shifted enough to sound out the words.) My Bulgarian vocabulary is still extremely small, although I am told that my pronunciation of the handful of words that I know is good (you never can tell—they may just be being polite!).
In many ways this class was the most fun and interesting I have taught here over the past three years. With about 2/3 of the class being active pastors we engaged in much more give-and-take discussions getting in depth into theological issues that they face on a day to day basis. I mentioned in the last update that we had the question of predestination and free-will raised. This issue is as predictable as the day is long. Students always gravitate to this issue which has been a conundrum for theologians for centuries. Usually answers fall off the tightrope onto the side of free-will (understood in the sense of the ancient Pelagian heresy that says we are absolutely free to choose God and be saved accompanied by the assumption that we can change our mind and reject God and lose our salvation) or on the side of determinism (which is usually articulated in such a way as to reduce our status to that of marionettes on a string that do not choose at all). Both sides' answers have to explain away biblical material that does not agree with their presuppositions, and neither does it well.
The next day as we were discussing Lutheranism, we got deeply involved in a discussion of the nature of sin and righteousness; the dangers of self-righteousness, and the issues of forgiveness and acceptance before God on the basis of Christ's righteousness, as opposed to being accepted because of our own righteousness. This issue is more subtle than the predestination-freewill controversy, but more directly related to how we live our lives as Christians—do we live in fear that God will reject us if we sin, that he will not hear our prayers until we confess? Or are we unconditionally accepted before God and admit freely our sins/imperfections because we are in Christ and don't have to hide.
The Bulgarian Protestant church comes from a history of an extremely conservative and legalistic perspective which breeds a lack of honesty about oneself and struggles in relationship to others. It is more important to look spiritual or holy than to be spiritual or holy. In other words, we live in dishonesty before man [and God?] (Hmm: Sounds familiar doesn't it?!).
We have been going to Bulgaria for three years now. In the past three years we have seen many changes. Some very positive, leaders are being trained. The Church in the Gypsy community continues to grow in spiritual maturity, in numbers and in world view. There are now a handful of Gypsy leaders that are college graduates and are pursuing graduate degrees. This was an unimaginable possibility a decade ago.
On the other hand the heady days of easy evangelism are over. There is a cultural hopelessness that has infected the culture and the church. While forty years of communism did not extinguish the deeply rooted Eastern Orthodoxy of the country, the culture as a whole has lost it sense of direction and its moral base. The void that existed at the fall of communism has turned become cynicism without hope. This cynicism is even infiltrating the church as the economic situation of the people has grown increasingly desperate over the past year with prices rising over 30% with no increase in wages.
One of my students this year Assen Mitkov is a pastor in a Turkish Gypsy community and is getting ready to move to Turkey to do church planting among the Turkish Gypsy people. This is an extremely dangerous ministry. Although Turkey is a constitutionally free nation, as one moves away from the area of Istanbul, Christians are under tremendous persecution by conservative Muslims and there have been numerous martyrs. He is leaving for his first trip on the November first. Please pray for his safety and for the Lord's work in Turkey.
Bulgaria Report #1
Bulgaria Report #1
October 2008
It is early Thursday morning (about 1:40 A.M.) I have been teaching for two days now although I am still fighting the jet-lag. After class today I came back to the room and laid down to rest at about 5:00 p.m. I awakened about an hour ago and thought that this would be a good time to jot down some thoughts about the trip so far.
Kay dropped me off at SFO at about 11:30 a.m. on Sunday. It took about 45 minutes to navigate through the line, check my luggage and get my boarding pass. Going through security I was flagged to have my CPAP machine (for my sleep apnea) checked (this is a regular occurrence-anything that might contain a bomb raises red flags in these days of heightened security.)
Then it was off to get a bite of lunch before the flight. As I was eating my sandwich a young Swedish engineer asked to sit at my table-all the tables were occupied and I was the only one sitting alone. When he found out I was a theologian he started describing the condition of the State Lutheran Church in Sweden noting that most Swedes are church members but only attend for baptisms, weddings and funerals. I told him how without a state church, American churches have far more involvement since there is no cultural expectation for them to belong to a church and the state does not pay the ministers. While we didn't get around to the gospel he thought that our approach that starts with individual faith was far superior to the deadness of the State System still prevalent in much of Europe.
After a long flight from San Francisco, I disembarked at Frankfurt and found my way to Terminal B via an airport shuttle train. Then it was through security again. This time it was about a twenty minute wait. Beside me in line was a Chinese woman with her husband and friends all from San Francisco on their way to Istanbul to take a cruise around the Greek Isles and end up in Venice. We stood in line together. She asked me why I was going to Bulgaria. I told her that I am a seminary professor and was going to teach a class on introduction to Theology. She immediately asked me if I had read the book The Shack. I told her that I had and was having my students at Tozer Seminary read it and write a critique. She indicated that she had read it as had several of her friends-with varying reactions. Some loved it, others particularly a couple of Roman Catholic friends hated it. That sparked a fairly lengthy conversation about God and what we should take away from the book. (see my discussion of issues surrounding The Shack @ http://www.sacredsaga.org/jims-blog/2008/8/2/visiting-the-shack.html )
I had 4 hours before the flight to Sofia-the Frankfurt airport is not passenger friendly! I had to hunt for a place to sit down. They wouldn't let me in the gate area until about 45 minutes before the flight.
There was one more security check to get into the gate area-this time they tested my external hard drive for explosives-I have never had that happen before. The two hour flight to Sofia was a rest.
I was met by our friends Pavel and Evgania as I came out of customs. We hopped in the car and headed out for Stara Zagora-about 150 miles East.
About half way there we stopped at McDonalds for dinner-Pavel's favorite. I was standing waiting for my hamburger and all of a sudden I realized I was standing beside Margie Brown, friend from the Bay Area that is a missionary in Stara Zagora! They were on the way back from taking her parents to the airport.
We started back on the road and I fell asleep. All of a sudden I was jolted awake by a loud clunking sound. Pavel had hit something dark in the road. We spent about 15 or 20 minutes determining that the car was safe to drive. Then we limped the rest of the way at about 50 KPH.
I have finished my second day of teaching today (Wednesday). I have a good group-about one third of the students have been in my classes before. About 2/3 are Gypsy pastors who have had little training. We covered background material yesterday and started looking at theological traditions today. Somehow the question of predestination, freewill and eternal security always comes up even when it is not on the agenda. This was raised by one of the young pastors yesterday. We will address it in some detail today as we look at Calvinism and Wesleyan-Arminianism.


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Long John Silver's at 5402 4th Street gets five critical violations.
An employee told us the manager of the restaurant was not available for comment and would not be back at the restaurant today.
The report shows four of the five violations were corrected on site.
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What a ridiculous article. Is it a surprise that whoever wrote this garbage decided to leave out their name? We all remember 2005 like it was yesterday and the slaughter of innocent protestors will always be a testament to the true character of the man. Ethiopia's growth can be attributed to Meles's unhealthy reliance on China who he had left to freely colonize and pillage large parts of our country without a blink of an eye.
Lets remember Meles for who he really is and not use he's unfortunate death to cloud our judgement. Ethiopia is at a crossroads and utterly pointless articles which serve absolutely no purpose but to breath new life into his toxic way of governance have no place in a future Ethiopia.
Mebratu Fiseha!
How can you say you are happy when:
The government is run by one ethnic party - TPLF?
57 of the 61 generals in the army are from Tigray?
The military, security apparatuses, Finance and Economics, and the Foreign Ministry are all held by the Tigrians?
There is only one TV station - Government owned ETV?
There is one government radio station?
There is only one Internet provider - government owned?
There is only one opposition member out of the 547 members of parliament?
The government takes contols of the country's religions - Orthodox, Islam, and Protestants?
You must be out of your mind or else a paid TPLF Internet propagandist!
"Rioting Muslims were beaten back"???they are getting stronger and stronger and they will not be beaten back till they get the right they are protesting for .
Even though the Economist's article is skewed slightly in favor of the ruling junta, it is a good report overall; particularly its conclusion that the TPLF government or junta is dying slowly and surely due to corruption and incompetency.
However, Ethiopia is not as quite and peaceful as you indicated. We, the people, know very well what is going on in Ethiopia than you do. There are several armed and unarmed struggles going on and mushrooming in Ethiopia right now. Watch ESAT TV, Ethiopian Review, Ethiomedia.com, and Nazret.com for what is really going on in Ethiopia.
For those prospective investors from Great Britain, Europe, amd the United States, I would say stay away from Ethiopia. Ethiopia is not a good place to invest. Your investment will not be secure in a country where there is no democracy and respect for human rights. The TPLF government is full of fraudsters. Do you know of any country where the senior military officials and generals are millionaires? Your investment will be taken away by members of the government itself.
to all of you who voiced up against the Economist, you are just plain stupid: Economist has the decency to publish you! Would meles the fuhrer would do that?Look where our brave journalist like Reyot Alemu, Eskender Nega, or brave and brilliant lawyer Andualelem Aregie and thousands of thme, in prison! And you dare come tell the economist that they are wrong to expose 1/3 of meles dictatoriship for which actually I blame them for the following reason: where were they for 21 years when he brutalized Ethiopians, genocide gambella, amhara people? And imposed the superiority of the tigreans? UK gave money to meles the fuhrer saying he was (quoting Blair) " the visionary leader, who practised the best good governance in Africa" really, Mr Blair? and where were you Mr Economist or BBc to denounce that...it is called politics...now you realise the regime is crambling, ethiopians resisting with all what they have, facebook, TV station with small capacity as financed by the diaspora - ESAT TV- and web paper based information. Meles was creating a Korea style regime inviting chinese to take over and the process is on its way because country like USA/UK were busy giving him aid money so he can clean somalia for them...now suddenly, Economist sees the light, really? Call it politics or your job is first to defend UK INTEREST and not Ethiopians...You've never been friends of Ethiopians but you loved puppet regime like meles that you chose and support but then hey he went to far in your eyes...he brought chinese...let me tell dear Economist, I read you regularly - your analysis is pro UK/USA quite legitimately but you could at least for once in your life you and your government stand with the Ethiopian people and free us from TPLF: THEY ARE KILLING US!!!!!! PEOPLE ARE DYING, GETTING POOR BUT AS MY FELLOW ABOVE SAID: YOU WILL NEVER GET YOUR WASP POLITICS IN OUR COUNTRY...never! God is with us, you betrayed Ethiopians the day you betrayed our King Haile Selasse who worked day and night to tight our relation with you without giving you our country at your mercy...you may have short memory of history but we don't Mr Economist...MELES IS A KILLER TPLF a terrorist party where the idea of democraty has no place. But as much as I hate the man who destroyed my country, I would never support the idea of a UK force giving my country orders to execute...we will die for our country, stay out of our business english people! And if you want to stand with us, do it with honest intellectualism not cheap article like this one! Ethiopians will find a way to come out strong from this and avoid your wasp policies!!!! chegaram engilizotch! KOIK -
This article is on balance a good observation. However, It does not dare to go further and talk about the ethnic Apartheid that Meles created in Ethiopia. It does not state clearly Hailemarianm is a puppet prime minster. It does not want to anger the minority regime in Ethiopia by talking about the Elephant in the room that a minority tribe is controlling the entire economic, security and military apparatus of the country.
Blah..Blah. is this suppose to be an ARTICLE?
You have to see the whole picture of the country not having limited understanding. The country of Ethiopia is changed for good regardless of who or which ethnic group is leading the country.
Minorities have been offered high post including becoming ambassador/ambassadorial post.
Females have been given again ambassadorial job.
Many became PhD holders than ever as higher education institutions have increased more than ever. Each region in the country has university. In the past, Ethiopia had only two universities for entire country.
Double digit economy growth has been registered for many consecutive years and still going.
Ethiopia's image has been visible in positive manner to out side world more than ever.
Communication system has been improved.
Media services has been improved where you get current live information about current events in the country regardless of which part of the world you live.
So based the improvement we see in the country, you make make an argument about positive side of the country. We just cannot ignore what has been achieved whether the country was ruled by one ethnic group or not.
Ethiopia has been ruled by one ethnic group for three thousand years and we didn't see any improvements. Why do we care who ruls the country as long as the country is growing and opportunities were given to minority like current leader?
Minilik - I feel your pain! However, the Author of the article is trying to inform the best he can under his constraints, and he is under many constraints. If you read between the lines you can tell he is well informed about Ethiopia and knows much more than what he has written. For instant if he wrote the blatant truth such as minorities that amount to 6% of the general populace are robbing a country of 80 million or creating an unequal society (Apartheid-like society), then he will be labeled an extremist or some such things by his own editors and the general reader too. The general reader is not after the Truth, we Ethiopians are! It is up to us to show the world, inform the world the truth.
The Special lazy European like u make Ethiopia worst & always u are supported dictators ,don`t tell us about this Ethiopian Hitler & His terrorist organization TPLF.u died with meles...How much they paid for you to write this article? you are ETV in West. We r one to destroy this regime u will see nearly. Why did you tell us about our Muslim Brothers ??? u r dirty coffin like TPLF.
Don't be fooled by Meles/Tplf Crones and paid professional cadres. This people are so selfish and greedy they don't care about the oppressed overwhelming majority ppl in Ethiopia. All they care about is their insatiable greed.One bright day,very soon you are going to pay for all the crimes committed against the Ethiopian people. The world is getting smaller because of globalization no where to run except in lawless corrupt Asian countries.The doomsday is coming no matter what you do go and hide behind Chinese skirt hardened criminals scum of the earth.
Long live Ethiopia!
Victory to the Ethiopian people!
I always wonder why these tplf parasites toss the 'double digit growth' theory in to every argument. I am an Ethiopian living in its capital city, I know my neibourhoods, fairly some other regions too. life is getting tougher and tougher evey year the double digit growth is told to have been achieved via etv -the woyane tplf mouthpiece
IMF may recognize your growth rate given that you have filmed the naked officers of them with some of Addis'Konjos...kkk
No bloody body is more Ethiopian than I am. Just because I do not like the in equality being created in Ethiopia, you can not call me a foreigner. I know you are one of the few being privileged and want to defend your benefits, I understand. But I do not expect to hear from you that you want more freedom for Ethiopians, or democracy for Ethiopians.
We are Ethiopians don't try to paint ruthless dictator... how much you got paid for this work?
As much as one might sincerely wish new PM Mariam success, he is inheriting a regionally divided and deeply disgruntled nation and an almost unimaginable level of inequality. Along with widely trumpeted select capital projects like Ethiopian airlines' Dreamliner or the new Rail projects and the egg shell veneer of western style construction projects that thinly coat parts of Addis Ababa give the illusion of a dream of a new 'Meles Ethiopia'. The truth, from what I have seen, is however that even after 20 years of democracy the vast majority of the deeply embittered citizens haven't benefitted in any measurable way at all and still only work to barely cover rent and food if at all.
The article depects a very real, almost Gulf level, cult of the personality which is prevalent across Ethiopian cities. The question is what is it hiding? Meles was a master of playing the West off against it's enemies (and some dark cynics say he may have paid the price for it). Some points the article misses and more poignant questions might be with over 35% of GDP coming from foreign aid and ever increasing dependency on China, what will remain of the growth when the nation ceases being propped up by the West as a bullwark against the unruly islamic neighbours in the horn of Africa and what will remain when the illusion of growth/Smoke has lifted that is currently fired by the same Chinese soft loans which have been blowing into most of Africa for some time?
The answer - Froth, a great deal of unusable low quality junk and an even greater level of bitterness is a strong possibility.
Meles was an acknowledged master of illusion but Ethiopia's young populace are media savy and knowledgable and are starting to see through the illusion. Nothing tangible has been confirmed under Mariam to date. The level of expectation that has been created by the previous regime is colossal. There are some genuine rays of light, let us hope Mariam is chosen to deliver but the 'Meles generation' will be demanding a lot more than ash when the smoke clears.
Really? He killed 2.5 million Amharas?
Thanks to comments and attitudes like yours, the opposition in Ethiopia is not taken seriously by anyone... Good job, keep talking bollocks!
for the person who wrote this as an answer :
guest-laosjwl wrote:
Idiot do you even know what APARTHEID means. your stupidity just disgusts me just knowing there are pepole like your self out there. The closest thing to APARTHEID in this world at this time is the Palestiani-Israeli issue. Please dont just write something just because the internet gives you freedom to do so.
Meles has been ordering the genocide of Gambella ethnic groups ( I can send you the video if you want!) Amhara people 2.5 millions have desappeared and no one knows where they are! Recently they killed 145 suri ethnic people as they refused to be deplaced for their land is being sold to indian investors; Most non tigrean (the ruling party ethnic beign tigre) intellectuals and journalist are perishing in a silent killing either in prisons with torture or they are exiled when they were able to escape, all key posistions in both economic and defense are detained 99.9 % by tigreans - i can send you the link with the details , all the generals in the army are tigreans who owns on top big business and buidings houses they rent to individual and again 99.9 are tigreans, and i can go on and on...if this is not an apartheid system what it is?????? just because no one talks about it and it is not seperated by wall saying forbiden to non tigreans does it make it OK??????????? I guess you are the stupid one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and why bring Israeli here??? Live them alone...they have enough fire on their hands...Amharas are maybe your target and you find maybe it is ok to kill them because they defend the same God of Israel...if you consider there is Apartheid in Israel, why should it be any different in Ethiopia since non tigreans are excluded from eating the cake??? but please live Israel alone...that should not be the subject here! Shalom!
Somethings never change. The Economist is at it again. Reporting rubbish about Ethiopia including the idiotic and white lie on Meles's wife refusing to leave the palace. To those including the Economist, who wished chaos in Ethiopia after the death of the greatest Ethiopian and African leader Meles - well eat your hearts out, Ethiopia is at peace with itself and moving forward. And yes the Architect for this peace before and now is none but the extraordinary Meles. No matter how much useless propaganda you put, WE WILL ALWAYS LOVE MELES!! I for one would have died for Meles if it were possible to change ones life. Meles had solved Ethiopia's problem not only of the past but also of the next 100 years. It is not a coincidence that the power transition was so smooth, unlike the wish of the economist & co., not a coincidence that the young leadership like Hailemariam have come to power smoothly and seamlessly. It is well thought and well designed by none but Meles. Meles is not a man from the past or present, he is from the future!!! LONG LIVE MELES'S GREAT LEGACY! DEATH TO ETHIOPIA'S ILL WISHERS!!!
First, we need an Ethiopia that respects its citizens, an Ethiopia that is free. After that we will build a strong Ethiopia. Any building we do now is only for the minority based dictators.
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Ricardo Machado, originally from Brazil, graduated in 2010 with an MSc in Coaching Science. Still living in Cardiff, we caught up with him and found out a little more about his experience as a student here.
What made you choose UWIC?
I chose to study at UWIC for a few reasons. Firstly, while I was living in London in 2004 I visited Cardiff and liked it very much. I liked Cardiff because I felt the city and people very friendly. Also, the city was not too big neither too small. I am still living in Cardiff and definitely it is a very welcoming and pleasurable place to be, arguably one of the best corners of UK. Secondly, UWIC was one of the few universities in the UK which offered the course that I wanted to take. The modules` titles were very interesting and their contents were exactly what I wanted to study. Finally, UWIC course fee and the cost of living in Cardiff were both lower compared against studying in England.
Which of your lecturers do you remember fondly?
I liked all the lectures and would be unfair to name the best one. They were all very knowledgeable, enthusiastic and professional. However, I will be always grateful to my supervisor, Dr. Kylie Wilson. She got an A+ ; very intelligent, friendly, reliable and she really helped more than I expected.
What has been your career path since graduating?
Since graduation I have been working for a UK charity which promotes community cohesion. I will be coaching football for five weeks during summer.
Do you have any advice for this year's graduates?
Discipline is the answer; do not leave everything to be done at the last moment. Find a good place to live where you feel happy.
Are you in touch with any other graduates?
Yes, I made a friend for life at UWIC. My classmate David, his wife Liz and their three kids were God sent people into my life. I was very lonely and homesick at the beginning of the course and they always invited me to their home and fed me. They are Irish and I will never forget them. They returned to Ireland, but we are still in touch on Skype and when they visited Cardiff in 2011 I put them up in the house where I was living. They fed me again and left lots of food in my cupboard before returning to Ireland!!


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WASHINGTON — For the past week my niece Pamela has been Facebooking about baking a pumpkin roll.
Pam has taken up cooking lately and is trying a lot of different things. She made zucchini bread and made raspberry jam. (Both of which I got to try, and they were very good.) But to jump from zucchini bread to a pumpkin roll is a big leap. A pumpkin roll requires some skill at forming the cake and spreading the filling. It requires special baking equipment and a very good oven to make sure the cake is baked just right.
Each day she'd post a short message about this pumpkin roll she was planning to bake. She talked about preparations and planning her day off to make this culinary creation.
She also promised she would bring the finished product to work. To me, this was a dangerous promise. What if it doesn't turn out well? What if it fails completely? She has now promised an office of forensic scientists and law enforcement officers a delicious treat.
I should mention that my niece is a crime scene investigator. She works for the Fort Wayne Police Department and specializes in fingerprints. She has a degree in biology from Hanover University and has received other special training for her career in crime fighting. This was not an easy crowd she'd promised this pumpkin roll too.
So, after five days of commenting on the roll, the big day finally arrived and ...... nothing! Not a Tweet, an email, a fb message ..... nothing.
Now I'm left to wonder if the pumpkin roll was a disaster, or such a success she didn't want to brag.
I'll share with you a very good recipe for pumpkin roll, but before you tell people you're going to bake one, please, try it out. After all, I haven't heard from my niece for a few days, and while I'm sure she's fine, you just never know.


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The Reader Interview: Ricki Lake
August 2, 2012 at 9:30 am , by Sonia Harmon
Every month an LHJ reader will get the chance to interview one of their favorite celebrities. This month, Karen McCrea of Atlanta quizzes Ricki Lake about her new talk show (The Ricki Lake Show) how she maintains her weight loss, and more.
How will your new talk show be different from your old one?
My new show is entirely different because I'm a more evolved Ricki now. I've been through so much—marriage, kids, divorce, balancing work and family—but I still have quite a bit to learn. I want to get into the audience and, with them, learn from the experts and guests who all have invaluable perspectives on topics like personal relationships and raising children.
How do you maintain your weight loss?
I've tried it all. I have done all of the diets and all of the exercise programs. They all work, basically. The key is being realistic about your body type and goals and sticking to a way of eating and working out that fits into your schedule. I'm conscious of what I eat but I don't deprive myself of treats. And, whenever possible, I choose to be more active than less active, whether that means taking a walk after dinner or taking a nighttime swim rather than sitting on the couch and watching a movie. Read more
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Let us hope the darkness has passed.
For many of us who feel estranged from mainstream politics, there are rare, ephemeral moments of celebration. Today is one of them. When
None of the pundits and psephologists predicted the results. The rightwing BJP-led coalition has not just been voted out of power, it has been humiliated. It cannot but be seen as a decisive vote against communalism, and neo-liberalism's economic "reforms". The Congress has become the largest party. The left parties, the only parties to be overtly (but ineffectively) critical of the reforms, have been given an unprecedented mandate. But even as we celebrate, we know that on every major issue besides overt Hindu nationalism (nuclear bombs, big dams and privatisation), the Congress and the BJP have no major ideological differences. We know the legacy of the Congress led us to the horror of the BJP. Still, we celebrate because surely a darkness has passed. Or has it?
Recently, a young friend was talking to me about
Admittedly, the conflicts in
Each time there is a so-called terrorist strike, the BJP government has rushed in, eager to assign culpability with little or no investigation. The attack on the parliament building, on
Many governments – state as well as centre; Congress, BJP, as well as regional parties – have used this climate of manufactured frenzy to mount an assault on human rights on a scale that would shame the world's better known despotic regimes.
In recent years, the number of people killed by the police and security forces runs into tens of thousands. Andhra Pradesh (neo-liberalism's poster state) chalks up an average of about 200 deaths of "extremists" in "encounters" every year. In
According to the Association of Parents of Disappeared People in
Under Pota you cannot get bail unless you can prove that you are innocent — of a crime that you have not been formally charged with. It would be naive to imagine that Pota is being "misused". It is being used for precisely the reasons it was enacted. This year in the UN, 181 countries voted for increased protection of human rights. Even the
Meanwhile, economists cheering from the pages of corporate newspapers inform us that the GDP growth rate is phenomenal, unprecedented. Shops are overflowing with consumer goods. Government storehouses are overflowing with grain. Outside this circle of light, the past five years have seen the most violent increase in rural-urban income inequalities since independence. Farmers steeped in debt are committing suicide in hundreds; 40% of the rural population in
But in urban
When Pota was passed, the Congress staged a noisy opposition in Parliament. However, repealing Pota never figured in its election campaign. Even before it has formed a government, there have been overt reassurances that "reforms" will continue. Exactly what kind of reforms, we'll have to wait and see. Fortunately the Congress will be hobbled by the fact that it needs the support of left parties to form a government. Hopefully, things will change. A little. It's been a pretty hellish six years.
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Florida Oasis
Review submitted: March 26, 2013 Date of arrival: February 23, 2013
Our chilly arrival to Florida was soothed by the beauty of the lush gardens surrounding the pool. The winding paths through the gardens presented us with something new each time during our 3 week stay. There were several areas for sitting and relaxing so one could enjoy the warm sun or avoid its harsh PM rays. The owner's response to our inquiry about heating the pool was immediate.
The comfortable home was well stocked and comfortably furnished. While we would have enjoyed a TV in the master bedroom. Free Internet access provided us opportunity to catch the morning news and ease into the day.
Tarpon Springs has many fine Greek restaurants and shops. We also found Rusty Bellies right on the water, that served delicious, fresh seafood. Our best dining experience was at Zantes in downtown Tarpon Springs. Excellent food and unique environment, with a trained chef, make this a treasure for all. Clearwater, home of our Phillies Spring Training field is only 30 minutes away.
We already have reservations for next year. This is a private oasis in a quiet neighborhood only three blocks from Sunset Beach.
Recommended for: age 55+, girls getaway, sight seeing
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Beautiful gardens
Review submitted: October 2, 2012 Date of arrival: September 11, 2012
The gardens and pool area are so peaceful and gorgeous, you'll never want to leave. I can't say enough about how comfortable and inviting this home is. Thank you Marilyn for the wonderful stay.
Recommended for: adventure seekers, families with young children, families with teenagers, romantic getaway
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gulf beach gardens
Review submitted: April 7, 2012 Date of arrival: March 21, 2012
It's the garden area of this rental that makes it so special. It's private, quite and conducive to reading,outside dinning, lounging or playing in the pool. We needed the pool heater on, but that was no problem as the owner talked me right through it. The house is good, a little worn but suited our needs just fine. It has a well equipped kitchen with lots of dishes and silverware and having beach towels and chairs is a plus. The toys under the bed were a big help with the children. There are plenty of restaurants in the area, though none you can walk to and you can also get into Tampa or Clearwater in 30 minutes. I will definitely go back if it's available next year.
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Gulf Beach Gardens
Review submitted: February 17, 2012 Date of arrival: February 4, 2012
We had a wonderful stay !!! The house is great, very comfortable. Everything you need was there. We contacted the owner to have the heater turned on the pool. They respone right away. No problems. So we enjoyed the pool with our granddaughter. I loved the furnishings in the home as well as the art work. The gardens are wonderful. You want to come back often to see what it looks like. We did harvest a myer lemon....so great. (they let you enjoy the fruit while you are there) Walking thur the gardens is like an hunt for what you will see next. We can not say enough about the place. Close to town of Tarpon Springs, also to both parks and beaches. Close drive to Clearwater and Dundein. We want to book next year for a longer period of time!
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Gulf Beach Gardens- a private enclave
Review submitted: November 29, 2011 Date of arrival: November 12, 2011
We had a great vacation at Gulf Beach Gardens. What a relief it was to escape the winter up north last year and chill in this tropical oasis. The landscaping is so lush and lovely, you would think there is a full-time gardener on the property. There are hundreds of interesting plants including numerous fruit trees. We loved stepping out the door and picking citrus fruit. The pool area is a private enclave surrounded by palm trees- great for entertaining, grilling and chillin'.
Located in a quiet neighborhood, the house is just two blocks from beautiful Sunset Beach, one of the best places to learn kite surfing in the country. The owner said she could help locate someone to teach us how to kite surf but we opted to try windsurfing instead. She found us a windsurfing rentals and an instructor and suggested we try Fred Howard Park, a 155 acre park, a mile or two up the road. Fred Howard Park is a very safe place to learn to windsurf, surrounded by flat water. You launch from an island off a causeway. Out on the island you can also rent bikes, umbrellas, kayaks and various small boats.
After windsurfing many days we were starving. Luckily, there are tons of great inexpensive restaurants in Tarpon Springs, which is famous for sponges and Greek food. There are tons of things to do in Tampa Bay, but we didn't stray far because everything we needed was so close at hand. When we visit Gulf Beach Gardens next year, we will be sure to see more of Tampa Bay.
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