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OWENSBORO, Ky. (7/31/14) — RIVERARTES, an exhibition of 75 works of public art by sculptors of national and regional prominence, is designed to celebrate the vitality of Owensboro, enhance its creative placemaking efforts and further establish it as a cultural tourism destination.
The exhibition is scheduled for 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., Saturday Aug. 23 at 901 Frederica Street, Owensboro, Ky. The guest speaker will be Mayor Ron Payne. The event is sponsored by Owensboro Health.
The monumental works of art in the exhibition are available for lease. The project follows a national model for collaborative community efforts involving stakeholders focused on the aesthetic enhancement of urban environments. Potential sponsors for leased sculpture include local governments, businesses and individuals, foundations, granting agencies and civic organizations.
Opportunities abound in Owensboro's new riverfront for the placement of public art, a visual additive creating an atmosphere of fun, excitement and celebration.
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Valve Software's Half-Life 2, for 99.9 percent of those who played it, proved a phenomenal first-person shooter experience and the best title to grace the genre since FPS granddaddy Castle Wolfenstein first put it on the map. But how exactly was what turned out to be an awesome end product that dropped into the eager clutches of trigger-happy punters put together at the developer's HQ? Valve's marketing director Doug Lombardi and writer/game designer Marc Laidlaw explain...
Lombardi: The first Half-Life was made available in November 1998. Immediately after the game was sent to replication, folks here took a break to recoup from crunch time and spend some time with their families. Once everyone was back from all that, the decision was made to pursue Half-Life 2. It was agreed that Valve would self-fund the project and time would not be a constraint. The only benchmark set for the team was quality: make the greatest game experience you can imagine in the Half-Life universe.
Laidlaw: One of the key story elements that hung on technology was the extent to which we believed we'd be able to develop strong, well-rounded characters and put them in dynamic, dramatic scenes. For a long time, the character and animation systems were very rough, and those of us closest to the story had to live with a strong level of trust that the technology would eventually get to the point where we could actually implement the scenes we were sketching out.
Writing for a Half-Life-style game is an ongoing collaborative effort that starts in the earliest phases of project development and doesn't really end until the game is finished. The writing of dialogue ends once all the English language voice-acting has been recorded and the script sent off to localisers; but even then, there are many little decisions regarding how the game unfolds which each affect the way a player perceives the story. However, the writing is no more (or less) important than any other element of the game, which is one obvious way in which it differs from a book, where the writing is everything.
Lombardi: We had a glimpse of the larger threat when we were working on Half-Life 1. In other words, we knew that once you cleared out the Nihilanth (end-of-game boss), you were going to discover something worse beyond it. We knew that some immense threat had chased the Nihilanth and its creatures out of their own world and into Xen, from which location they were all too glad to seize the opportunity to continue on to Earth with suppression through the citadels. But the exact nature of the threat was left to be solved in Half-Life 2.
Laidlaw: It's a classic science-fiction technique to build your world with details, any one of which could be made into a story or a book in its own right. There's something skimpy and cheap about trying to extract full-scale entertainment from every single little detail, rather than just liberally scattering them about. Some writers will take one idea and spread it very, very thin; others will take that one and five others like it and stuff them ten to a page for hundreds of pages. Guess which kind I prefer? We're trying not to be stingy, but to strike sparks and suggest more stories than can possibly be told. In a game especially, some of our fans love looking for clues that help them piece together a sense of the world, others want to get on with the shooting. We try to satisfy both camps; perhaps this is impossible, but we do try.

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Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)Kerry no stranger to Assad, once called dictator 'generous man'
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September 3rd, 2013 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) John Kerry has delivered some speeches recently, condemning Bashar al Assad's regime and his recent attacks on civilians. Kerry may be in a better position than most to talk about Assad. The current Secretary of State has had several visits with the dictator. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Although Kerry's recent speeches have called for strikes against Syria, a move that most Americans and the international community believes would be a mistake. Kerry knows Assad personally, having made several visits to the dictator.Kerry visited Assad first in 2009 as the head of a delegation sent by Obama to reassess relations with countries the U.S. previously considered hostile. It was an olive branch and an opportunity to warm relations between the two countries. Assad told Kerry that the U.S. should "move away from a policy based on dictating decisions." Assad called for a "proper understanding" by the Obama administration on regional issues. This was a polite way for Assad to tell Kerry to get out and stay out of the region, at least politically and militarily. Kerry returned just two months later to discuss Syria's role in the peace process with Israel and other "regional issues." Finally, a planned visit by Kerry in 2011 was nixed by Obama and France. That visit was intended to invite Syria into a closer relationship with the West, and away from Iran, but both Obama and the French government were concerned the visit would suggest weakness on their part. Kerry stayed home. Not long after that, tensions erupted into civil conflict in Syria. Kerry continued to court Assad through 2011, calling him "very generous" and referring to him as a man of good faith. Kerry's words were kind, but as all politicians go, they were likely intended to court a favorable outcome than to convey true feelings. In other words, Kerry was either misguided in his conclusions about Assad's character, or he was lying. Both misjudgment and lying are common in politicians. Today, it is likely that Kerry feel much differently about Assad as he serves as Obama's drum major for war against the Syrian dictator. Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


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It's the rare expectant couple that doesn't go through classes to prepare for labor and delivery—events that, while momentous, are over in a matter of hours.
But few mothers- and fathers-to-be receive training for the much more challenging and long-term tasks: becoming good parents and remaining close and loving partners in the face of new stresses and strains as their family grows.
Being a parent may be the most important job you ever have, and it's the one for which most of us are poorly prepared. You create a new human being, and it doesn't arrive with any instructions. Expectant couples need practical training and support to deal with the many issues that confront them during and after pregnancy.
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I voted pro because I understand social networking technologies promoted by computer industry companies is inseparable to education, and economy nowadays. But I'm still not sure whether it would really bring any positive changes to educational methods, in and out of the classroom or not... Even now myself using this contraption. I am a slave to it. Everyday I need to sit before it, and talk to it...
Social networking
This house believes social networking technologies will bring large [positive] changes to educational methods, in and out of the classroom.
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Social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook have now become a ubiquitous part of many students' lives. The value of social networking has been defined, in one sense, as the collective power of community to help inform perspectives that would not be unilaterally formed - e.g. the best thinking comes from many not one. Others argue that significant time spent on social networking platforms actually distract students from their studies. So a question emerges, could the introduction of social networking tools be useful in a formal classroom setting? Additionally, is the concept of social networking a progressive, but legitimate, form of student-to-student and student-to-teacher collaboration?
Background reading
Online social networks: Everywhere and nowhere
Social networks: Facebook for suits
Social networking: Joined-up thinking
Social networking: Hanging with the in-crowd
The President of Intel, Mr. Barrett, official sponsor of the debate, observed many good things while he was interviewed by the publisher of The Economist. Some of those were: Technology can make education more exciting. However, I firmly believe that technology is only a tool. Computers aren�€™t magic. Teachers are magic. They can get results with or without the tool. Teachers are fundamentally responsible for a good education. Technology is merely a tool. How well teachers use the tool is determined by how well the teacher is trained�€�Young people must have good and qualified teachers in the classroom. We must then get them tools, connectivity, internet, and online learning�€�The standards we set for our kids need to be in line with kids in Russia, China, India and Brazil (the emerging market). In the last 15 years, the world economic system has opened up to them. There are 3 billion more capitalists to compete with. Established economies have not grasped this yet. We are competing with the world�€�We are tracking to our plans. First we have committed to train 13 million teachers�€�Next we are bringing IT tools �€" low-cost computers, connectivity and content �€" into classrooms�€�
I�€™m a positivist, and voted Pro because I understand the need for the inevitable, but I maybe forgiven if I find a corporate goal in this, you know? I can remember Intel's interest in developing a low-cost computer to educate the next-billions. They planned the 100-dollar laptop under One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, maybe to pursue the goal. But I may be forgiven again to believe that when the project began scoring initial successes within only a few months, Intel quickly developed a business-focused competing product, not $100 but the $250 Classmate PC with hopes to enter the next-billions market in emerging economies. In all these cases, the limits between education and marketing campaigns, between a sense of right and wrong and good business, are often unclear.
I am surprised that someone like Michael Bugeja is taking the "Con" view. Michael, you train journalists. Media lives from advertising. Most content is marketing-related especially the nicely written stuff in glossies and on expensive cell phones. But this has never stopped academia from using any device they like. It's only a delivery channel and a process, if the prof uses it to get his English students to consider a new line of Caldwell or Coleridge for tomorrow's lecture-room discussion and the release time is 6:30pm, or the tutor uses it to interactively coach a group of students with the same weakness, should not this advancement be embraced? Some people have been trying to control others by using processes in various forms since civilization began. Human nature will not be changed and neither will the power of the individual. Forward Ho!
I am flattered that at least one participant took my comments seriously, and I am very grateful to PostColonialTech for the attention devoted to my point of view....
Now, the following comment by PostColonialTech expresses exactly the same frustration that I have:
"Or even the 'mainstream' of students - Mr. Shrubak asks 'If only 1/3 of those enrolled in US universities succeeds, is it a bad thing or a good thing?' An entirely school-based question which shows the disconnect. What if the question were this (consider now just the US) - what if half the population of a democracy could not even bother to vote in the most important elections? What if half the population could not distinguish between fact and fiction on newscasts? What if 60% of the population did not believe in basic science? What if more than half the population struggled so with 'how to learn' that any job-change was completely traumatic? What if half of incoming university students could not accurately distinguish between 'England' and the 'United Kingdom' or explain how Canada is governed? What if only 40% of the population could find Iraq - where their nation has been fighting a war for 5 years - on a map? Would this suggest that things are working well and that only 'moderate' change is needed?"
I agree with every single word of this statement except for the conclusion that only the moderate change is needed. (And the one about "the disconnect.") I said that only the moderate change would happen. A dramatic change is needed, indeed. When your car is broken, you don't buy a helicopter for a daily commute. You fix the car instead. The car IS broken. The level of ignorance in many societies is outright shocking. (Please do forgive me for such an arrogant statement, but there's no other way to express the same feeling nicely.) My point is that social networking is not the cure. Remember, the proposition is whether social networking will bring large positive changes to educational methods. Not whether is should, could, or would. Yes, it should. Yes, it could, possibly, in some galaxy far, far away. Yes, it would, if the stars lined up in a good way. But,.. I'm very much afraid it won't. Just like printing press did not bring about literacy revolution. Just like Aristotle did not convince Plato, just like democracy tends to degenerate into populism and the half of the population that votes does so without having a faintest idea what they vote for. (Well, scratch that, I would not dare to say that out loud, would I?)
This debate may produce some passionate comments and arguments, but it is important to remember that all participants are expected to be genuinely interested in the improvement of the quality of education, on both relative and absolute scale. The reason the opposition (so aptly represented by Dr. Budeja) is making its opinion known is because the past technological developments with high social impact had a tendency to disappoint as far as their affect on education is concerned. Let's not talk about Guttenberg anymore. It took printing at least 400 years to gain wide social acceptance, give or take. Take television for example. It was touted as truly revolutionary invention that would kill movies, books, radio, and other media, and would enlighten the world along with producing other socially important benefits. What do we have in the US and EU now? Quoting "Pink Floyd": "Thousand of channels of shit on TV to choose from." (Forgive me if the quote is not verbatim.)
Putting one's hopes in SNS is, to me, a way to ignore, quite blissfully, the real problems of education. Number one, the lack of talented educators. I consider myself lucky to have studied from a few really talented ones, but... this is why I consider myself lucky. Let's talk about the role of unions and the institute of tenure in restraining the quality of education. (I do hope I am not getting shot for saying things like that.) PCT is right to say that my point of view is entirely school-based. My (impoverished) family instilled in me a great respect for schooling. This is also why I believe I might have actually benefited a little from going to school. This leads me to problem number two. The lack of parental involvement in education. No social network will ever replace a parent, no matter what amount of peer pressure one may be exposed to. I hear a lot that there's an intrinsic bias in education when it comes to rich communities vs. poor communities. Could it be due to the fact that parents in rich communities actually see the value of formal education? This is a really tough, albeit a politically incorrect question. How about focusing on parents so that their children don't blush when they hear the word evolution, don't just blink their eyes when asked to show a foreign country on a map, and don't spend all of their time looking for a date on MySpace instead of doing their calculus homework when they actually get to college.
There's more to say on this topic, and I hope I'll have a chance to do so later on in this very interesting debate.
PostColonialTech's argument regarding Dr. Bugeja's "fundamental factors" seems to illustrate how this debate is affected by the main problem of all debates - that of defining the topic. I would definitely disagree that a vote for the Opposition implies denial of social networks and inability to accept or even acknowledge them. In the Plato and Guttenberg example, I would certainly add Alexander Hamilton's argument against democracy, too. He was afraid that "power to the people", when delivered to the people yearning for it, would do more harm than good. He's been proven right so many times... Yet, Churchill's saying about democracy being the worst form of government except for all the others tried by humankind is the best way to describe its benefits. The point of the Opposition, as it seems to me, is not so much to deny the benefits altogether or to claim that technological and pecuniary constraints would not allow us to use social networking for positive change. It's more about people. If only 1/3 of those enrolled in US universities succeeds, is it a bad thing or a good thing? Only 1/2 of the US marriages are successful. This is a very low success rate for a social interaction of two people. As the number of participants in a social network increases, so do the chances of failure, whatever success and failure are in any given case. Furthermore, what will happen to the 2/3 of US university students, if they relied more on social networking rather than on rigorous academic environment? I have yet to see the empirical evidence that their performance and, most importantly, their motivation would improve. Umberto Eco said, discussing a different topic: "We are supposed to live in a skeptical age. In fact, we live in an age of outrageous credulity." It may very well be that the current PhD's decide who gets to become a new PhD or not. But without such a "gatekeeper", the information overload will most likely destroy altogether any chances that the failing 2/3 may still have now. The Moderator pointed out that the social changes down the course of human history tended to be of a moderate kind, and that will likely remain so. Social networking will indisputably affect education, but I still doubt that the immediate and even somewhat remote effects will be largely positive or positively large. I wish I were wrong...


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I just moved into this 2 yo complex in florida. There are two problems:
- humidity level is about 55% which i find uncomfortable. I had maintenance check ac and it turned out ok. I tried a portable dehumifier but they are loud and blow hot air. - walls are thin; can hear everything going on in next door bedroom. I admit i am more sensitive to these things than most people would be; however at the high rent i am paying, i was expecting better. Is there anything i can do about humidity? And how am i supposed to spot problems like this before signing a lease? I checked reviews on apartmentratings.com and they were mostly ok( there were not that many reviews though) |
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I've never rented an apartment with central A/C, so I can't help much with that. I know with my window A/C unit, I have to set it for much cooler than I want in order to keep the humidity down. With the noise, for future apartments, try and bring a friend along when you view the place. Have the friend go into another room and talk or play an iPod loudly, so you can get a feel for how sound carries from room to room. (It's possible that there'd be more sound-proofing between apartments than there is between rooms in the same apartment, but I haven't found that to be the case very often). Also, while you are in the building, listen carefully for noise from the units upstairs or downstairs, and noise from the hallway that might carry through the walls. If possible, try to see the apartment on a weekend or in the evening when the residents might be home, instead of the middle of a weekday when many people will be at work. Seeing the apartment at the weekend or in the evening will also give you a better clue as to who else lives there--lots of young people, lots of older people, lots of kids, for example--which can let you see if you will fit in well with the existing residents or not. |
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Islamic dreams about Horse Swallowing Snake find dream interpretations. Meanings & explanations for Horse Swallowing Snake dictionary!
Horse Swallowing Snake dream interpretations
Swallowing Dream Explanation
— To swallow something one is chewing in a dream means debts, or collectors demanding their money. To swallow dust or sand in a dream means poverty, giving someone a warning look, greed, or it could mean bribing someone in authority. (Also see Chewing; Food)
Snake Dream Explanation
— (Boy; Contemptible person; Enemy; Hidden treasure; Idolatry; Innovators; Power; Unjust ruler; Woman) A
in dream represents a person who lives in a valley. A
in a dream also means enmity from one's in-laws or children, or it could represent the evil and jealousy of one's neighbor. A sleeping
in a dream means a sleeping enemy. As for an unjust person, a water
in a dream means receiving help, or it could represent a verdict. Owning a
in a dream means gaining power and authority. Its flesh represents enemy money, or it could mean joy. If one sees himself wearing the skin of a
in a dream, it means that he will unmask his enmity toward others. Killing a
in a dream and staining one's hands with its blood means destroying one's enemy. A
in one's dream also represents a rich enemy, for its poison means money. If one sees snakes being killed in the streets in a dream, it means a war. A small
in a dream represents a little child. Hunting snakes in a dream means tricking or deceiving one's enemies. A black
in a dream represents a strong enemy. A white
in a dream represents a weak enemy. If one sees a
talking to him and saying nice words to him in a dream, it means enjoying pleasant moments with one's adversary, or benefiting at the hands of one's enemy. If the
talks harshly to him in a dream, it means suffering from tyranny and oppression caused by one's enemy. Becoming a
in a dream means being contemptible against one's own religion. Seeing oneself as a half-snake half-human in a dream means being able to neutralize half of the enemy's power. Discovering a
skin which is made from gold in a dream means that one will discover a hidden treasure. If a
swallows someone in a dream, it means that he will reach a powerful position. If one sees a
sitting over his head in a dream, it means that he will earn the respect of people in authority. A field which is covered with snakes in a dream represents a destructive rain. A
with a horn in a dream represents a profitable business. Black snakes and pythons in a dream represent army generals. Water snakes in a dream represent money. If one sees his garden covered with snakes in a dream, it means that its trees will bear fruits and exceed the normal crop. A
coming out of its hole in a dream represents a son. A
leaving one's house in a dream means its destruction or demolition. Killing a
in a dream means marriage. Tapeworms or other intestinal worms in a dream represent one's relatives and their children. Seeing snakes eating on one's table in a dream means separation between friends. Desert snakes in a dream represent highway robbers. In general a
or a serpent in a dream represent jealousy, envy, perfidy, swindling people's properties, deceit and an avowed enmity. (Also see Belt; Sting)
Snake Dream Explanation
— See Serpent.
Possessing a
Dream Explanation
— Possession a
in such a manner that he does not feel any fright is suggestive of wielding power and owning vast lands and properties. The great the
the greater the lands and properties. Such a
does not symbolise an enemy.
Being Bitten by a
Dream Explanation
— If a person sees a
biting him it means his enemy will harm him as much as he will be harmed by the
Killing a
Dream Explanation
— The one who kills the
will gain victory over his enemy. Leaving the
in two pieces means he will do likewise to his enemy.
Snake-cucumber Dream Explanation
— (Cucumber; Large cucumber; Squirting cucumber) Seeing or eating the large variety of cucumber known as snake-cucumber in a dream means blessed money, a good business, or buying a new property. On the other hand, a snake-cucumber in a dream may represent money that does not remain long in one's hand. If a woman sees a snake-cucumber in a dream, it means that she is pregnant. (Also see Cucumber)
Fearing a
Dream Explanation
— Fearing a
without seeing one means he will be protected against his enemy. He will not be terrorized. And if he sees the
it means he will be terrorized but no harm will come to him.
Snake charmer Dream Explanation
— (Diphtheria; Quinsy; Tracer; Tracker) A
charmer in a dream represents mixing with evil people, participating in a competition, or racing against one's enemy. If a sick person sees himself sitting with his snakes in a dream, it means that he will recover from his illness and live a long and a happy life. If the basket carries silkworms instead of a
in his dream, it means repentance of a sinner, or prosperity of a poor person, or it could mean changing a bad profession for a good one. The presence of a
charmer in a dream also represents the presence of a deceiver, any taunting profession, or it could mean an illness or suffocation. (Also see Tracker)
Snake bite Dream Explanation
— (See Snake; Sting)
Fighting a
Dream Explanation
— Fighting a
means a person will fight his enemy. Overpowering it means he will gain victory over him. And if he is overpowered it means he will be defeated.
in the House Dream Explanation
— If a
is seen entering a perbond house then this represents his women folk and close relatives who are his enemies. If if seen leaving his house then they are his distant relatives who are his enemies.
Kissing a
Dream Explanation
— (See Weasel)
Possessing a Black
Dream Explanation
— The owner of such a
will become the leader of an army.
with Hands and feet Dream Explanation
— His enemy is powerful with great resources at his disposal.
Possessing a Beautiful White
Dream Explanation
— He will acquire fortunes from the treasures of the king.
leaving a Perbond Ear or Stomach Dream Explanation
— If a
is seen leaving his ear, stomach or back passage it means he has an enemy amongst his children who will soon part from him
Horse Dream Explanation
— (Castle; Chivalry; Generosity; Goodness; Merchant; Nobility; Partner; Son; Travels; Wife) Owning horses in a dream means prosperity, or victory over one's enemy. Riding a
in a dream means dignity, honor and wealth. Perhaps it could mean that one will befriend a noble person, or meet a good companion on the road. Owning a mare in a dream means begetting a beautiful son. If it is a nag or a workhorse in the dream, it means that he will live satisfied, or that he may marry a rich and a noble woman who will bear his children. Seeing a
in a dream also may connote owning a good house. If it is a blond
in the dream, it means knowledge, devotion, piety and fear of wrongdoing. A nag in a dream represents a wife or a husband. A saddled
in a dream means a woman in her menstrual period, during which time it is not permissible for the husband to engage in marital intercourse with her. A gathering of horses in a dream represents a gathering of women for a funeral or a wedding. Owning a herd of horses, or taking care of their feed in a dream means presiding over people, or it could mean managing a business. If a
dies in one's presence in a dream, it means loss of his house or business. The fit of a
in the dream represent man's own state. Descending from a
in a dream means committing a sin that will force one to resign from his position, or be dismissed from his work. A hairy
in a dream represents a large family. If the tail of one's
is cut off at its end in a dream, it means that one may come to see the death of his children and clan before his own eyes. If the tail of one's
is simply clipped in the dream, it connotes his own death and that his name will be quickly forgotten. If one is attacked by a
in a dream, it means that a noble person, or a young boy will stand to him and require a just retribution from him. A flying
with two wings in a dream means that one may be tried with affections toward a perverted boy or a woman who will tempt him then follow him. If a descendent of the family of Allah's Prophet, upon whom be peace, sees himself flying on a winged
in a dream, it means that he will rise in station and preside over people. If one sees horsemen coming through the skies in a dream, it means that a war may take place in that land. Riding a
and holding a spear in one's hand in a dream means forcing people to do something, or forcing them to pay what they owe. If one sees his
drowning in a dream, it means that he may die from an illness. Buying a
and tending the money to the seller in the dream means profits in one's business, or earning money from teaching. Selling one's
in a dream means doing good and being grateful for it. If one's
bites him in a dream, it means that he will lead an army in a war. If one kills a
in his dream, it means that he will be awarded status, rank and money. Slaughtering a
for other than food in a dream means spoiling one's livelihood. If one sees a
whose owner is not known entering a town in a dream, it means that a noble person will enter that town and people of his trade will fear his competition or his becoming a danger to their business. If such a
reverts his course and leaves that town in the dream, it means that a great, though unknown person from that locality will die shortly. Horses running across the streets in a dream represent a destructive rain or devastating floods. A feeble
in a dream represents the weakness of his owner. (Also see Dung;
fright; Nag)
Horse Dream Explanation
— a
in the dream symbolises perbond status, rank, honur, dignity, power and glory. If he sees any increase in its quality and excellence it means similar increases in the quality and excellence of the above.
Horse Dream Explanation
— The
symbolizes power, authority, and prosperity. Its tail represents the offspring and grandchildren.
• Riding on a tamed
that goes slowly and perfectly under the horseman's command: Will enjoy power, authority, prestige, dignity, and wealth as much as the
was obedient in the dream. Tying up a
would have the same meaning.
• The longer the horse's tail, the more followers the rider has in real life. The reverse applies, in case the tail was cut off, for example. Every part, every limb, of the
represents a division of similar importance working under the ruler.
• The
bolting (taking the bit between its teeth), making it impossible for the horseman to control it: The latter will commit a sin or face a catastrophe inasmuch as the
was difficult to stop. In other words, it could mean that the dreamer would be carried away by his own whims and passions. It is all the more so if the
was spoilt as a result of good treatment, dissatisfied, or violent.
• Riding, in general, is good only on earth or in horses tracks. Therefore, riding a
on the wall, on the roof, or in a sanctuary would be a bad omen, except if it was a winged
flying between heaven and earth. The latter case would mean dignity in life, travel, and deep religious faith.
• A piebald or spotted
means fame. A fair-haired one could mean either sorrow or victory, because "the angels horses were blond," asserts Ibn Siren. A man told Ibn Siren he dreamed that he was on a
with iron lances. "Then you should expect death," said the great interpreter.
dying at a person's hands or in his house: The death of such a person.
• Riding on a white-footed
with a white fringe and all white harness while dressed as a full-fledged horseman: Will gain power and prestige, merit praise, and live secure from all enemies. A bay, roan, or reddish brown
would be best if the dreamer were a combatant. The salamander (a color of Arab horses) refers to dignity and disease.
• Riding on a
and making it run till it sweats: Will be overcome by passion and commit sins to earn your living. It is noteworthy that sweat emanating from running is an expenditure on some sinful matter, in view of the verse of the Holy Quran that reads: "Run (flee) not, but return to the good things of this life which were given you, and to your homes, in order that ye may be called to account. They said: Alas for us! Woe to us! We were indeed wrongdoers!" ("Al-Anbiyae" [The Prophets], verses 13–14.)
• Seeing a
of either sex from a distance: Good augury, in view of a saying by the Holy Prophet that welfare accompanies horses till the Day of Resurrection.
• Driving a horse: The dreamer is trying to serve or seeking the service of an honest man.
• Riding on a two-winged horse: The dreamer will become a king or ruler if his stature permits. Otherwise he will simply obtain what he is aiming for.
• The runaway, bolting, or ungovernable horse: An angry and ungrateful man who takes things lightly and unconsciously. The same applies to a stubborn
• A jumping horse: Desires will be fulfilled quickly and abundance is ahead.
• The
running fast but keeping step: Things will be straight and even.
• Disagreement between the horseman and the beast: Insubordination of a slave or servant, disagreement with a business partner, or incongruity and rebellion of the wife.
• Seeing the pendent of a horse: The enemy will beat the horseman.
• Seeing horsemen flying in the air: Temptation, intrigue, and war will erupt in that place.
• Horses running bare between houses without their saddles and stirrups: Torrential rain.
• Seeing a herd of horses with saddles on their back but no stirrups: Women will gather in a wedding or a funeral.
• Owning or looking after a number of horses: The dreamer will become a governor or have more influence in his sphere.
• Riding on a saddled stallion or mare: Dignity and authority, because riding is the privilege of kings and horses are what King Solomon used to ride. Such an authority could come through a woman the dreamer would marry or a slave girl he would buy. However, such a dream would not augur well in any case if the subject rode without reins, which symbolize guidance, wisdom, religion, and command. Losing the reins would also mean that welfare will slip away.
• Falling from the back of a stallion or mare while riding bareback: Authority will wane, conditions will deteriorate, and corruption will encompass the dreamer's wife.
• Seeing a saddled but unknown stallion or mare in one's house: A woman will enter the house for sex, marriage, or a simple courtesy call. The same situation involving an unsaddled
would mean that a man would enter that house for marital purposes and the like. Draft horses or packhorses symbolize man's perseverance and struggle. They are midway between a mare and a donkey. They represent a low-class wife and a slave or servant. On the other hand, they also refer to energy, luck earned through tears and sweat, and prosperity.
• Seeing one's draft
rolling in the dust: Efforts will be stepped up, and wealth will increase.
• A yellow packhorse: Sorrow.
• If someone used to riding mares rides a draft
, his prestige will fall, his power will wane, and he might abandon his wife to go with a slave girl or a nanny.
• Conversely, if a person used to riding donkeys rides a draft
, people will talk highly of him and praise him and his income will increase. His sexual standard might also be promoted by going to bed with a free woman, rather than a slave.
• The higher and the stronger the pack
, the greater and more solid the religious faith.
• Dreaming that one's draft
has become insubordinate and one is unable to control it means the wife will have the upper hand.
• The packhorse talking to the dreamer: Plenty of money will come from the wife's side, and respectability will be enhanced.
• Making love to a packhorse: Will do a favour to one's wife and abstain from complaining of any weakness.
• Riding on a draft horse: Will embark on a distant journey and get plenty of welfare from the wife's side.
• Riding and flying with a draft horse: Will travel with one's wife, who will become somebody.
• The draft
being angry with the dreamer: His wife is an infidel.
• Death of a draft horse: Death of a wife.
• Theft of a packhorse: Divorce.
• Loss of a draft horse: Wife will be immoral, obscene, and uncontrollable.
• A dog jumping over and making love to the dreamer's draft horse: A Magus (Magi or Magian) enemy is following the dreamer's wife. If the one jumping on the packhorse is a monkey, the flirting enemy is a Jew.
• A gray packhorse: A ruler or powerful man.
• A black draft horse: Money and sovereignty or supreme power.
• An unknown packhorse entering one's hometown without any material: A stranger will step in. The seahorse symbolizes a liar or something that will not materialize. (See under Muhammad for winged horses.)


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First Jerusalem, then Posh - now Jumpy, yet another West End smash transfer from the Royal Court. And this certainly has all the hallmarks of a hit production.
Tamsin Greig (Hilary), Doon Mackichan (Frances) in Jumpy at the Duke of Yorks Theatre, London Photo: Tristram Kenton
April De Anglelis' dark comedy makes the audience a passenger alongside menopausal mother Hilary, played by Tamsin Greig, as her biological clock stops ticking just as that of her frighteningly angry daughter Tilly, played by Bel Powley, starts.
It's at times sensitive, horrifying and very funny. De Angelis has created in Hilary such a real, rounded character - the sort of woman most other women will either think they are or want as a friend - that there is a palpable sense of desperation in the audience as we try to grip her sweating hand while she slithers off the precipice.
De Angelis has always had the knack of utterly capturing what it is to be a woman at various stages of their lives. It is edifying to other women and fascinating to men who feel they are being given a secret glimpse of "what women actually think".
And so it is true here. Anyone middle-aged, certainly any middle-aged parent, and definitely any middle-aged parent of a teenage daughter, will resonate like a struck bell at Hilary's escalating predicament.
Nina Raine offers subtle direction. De Angelis has a wonderful way with nuance and Raine allows that to remain unswamped by the rather more direct aspects of the script.
Greig, as she does so often, inhabits her character. She is one of our finest actresses when it comes not only to comedy but to finding the pathos within. She allows Hilary a jolly bravery, but subtly opens the chinks in her armour to show her fragile vulnerability beneath.
Doon Mackichan's Frances is a great counterpoint - an outgoing single, childless actress who, as her raunchy dance routine demonstrates, has allowed desperation to over-rule reservation.
In both cases, it would be difficult to imagine anyone else taking the role. Mackichan has such presence, but also the skill to not let that upstage anyone else. There's possibly not enough subtlety written into her character, but perhaps if there was, Frances would compete with Hilary for the central story.
The men, on the other hand, cannot compete. Ewan Stewart, as Hilary's husband Mark, is utterly emasculated in his house of women - a mouse of a man. While actor Roland, played by Richard Lintern, has been reduced to constant self-examination by his awful bullying wife Bea (Amanda Root). They are bit parts in all of this. And quite right too. No menopause? No right to moan.
But De Angelis has placed perhaps her most frightening creation at the heart of this - Tilly, played by Bel Powley - Hilary's terrifyingly angry teenage daughter. Powley sizzles with the rebellion of burgeoning adulthood tempered with the vulnerability of the child that still exists beneath the make-up and the bravado. It fuels the play, almost as much as the fears of every parent in the audience.


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About NepalSource: http://www.mountainvolunteer.org Nepal's acronym of Never Ending Peace And Love, does well to characterize this nation of good natured and accommodating people; a land of majestic Himalayan scenery comprising eight of the world's ten highest mountains, including Mt Everest: the uppermost place on earth at 29,029ft (8,848m). Situated between India and Tibet, the Kingdom of Nepal is filled with as many different ethnic groups, customs and traditions as it is diverse in geography. From the hot Indian plains and steamy southern Tarai lowlands, the terrain crosses the Kathmandu Valley and rises to the frozen heights of the Himalayan peaks towards the Tibetan plateau known as the 'roof of the world'. Spread across these varied altitudes are communities of colorful cultures and people (many untouched by modern development), animated cities and towns, and far-flung mountain villages. Life here revolves around an intricate intermingling of ancient Hindu and Buddhist religious rituals. Numerous festivals are celebrated throughout the year colored by a diversity of religious and tribal traditions. The capital of Kathmandu brings an assortment of these different societies together into a vibrant collection of brilliant sights and exotic smells, with modern shops co-existing with street sellers, while pyramidal Buddhist temples, holy Sadhus of the Hindu faith and medieval palace squares fill the urban landscape. Nepal is well endowed with glorious scenery - verdant terraced valleys, rushing rivers and ice-blue lakes that originate in the 'abode of snows', or Himalayas. The uplifting sight of soaring mountains is a magnet for mountaineers and trekkers, offering some of the greatest challenges and most scenic walking opportunities on earth. Its diverse terrain offers tremendous opportunities for adventurous activities, and although mountain climbing and trekking are the most popular, there is also superb white-water rafting on steep mountain rivers, as well as elephant-back safaris or tiger tracking in the Royal Chitwan and Royal Bardia National Parks situated within the jungles of the southern Tarai belt. Nepal has many attractions, but the essence of the country is its smiling, friendly people with their heartfelt palm-pressed greetings, and together with its inspiring scenery, this beguiling kingdom is a place where one visit is usually not enough to satisfy the captivated traveler. Language:Nepali is the official language. English is spoken in all major tourist areas. Customs:Nepal has numerous cultural practices that are unusual to foreigners. In the tourist areas there is a high degree of tolerance towards visitors, but away from these places foreigners should be sensitive to local customs. Never accept or offer anything, or eat with the left hand. Do not eat from someone else's plate or offer food from one's own. Women should dress conservatively and cover as much as possible. Permission should be sought before taking photographs, particularly at religious sites. Public displays of affection between men and women are frowned upon. Tipping:Restaurants and hotels may add 10% to bills in which case no further tip is required; otherwise a 10% tip is customary in places that cater to tourists. It is customary to tip guides and porters on treks. Elsewhere it is not customary to tip, but gratuities are always appreciated. Business:The Nepalese are warm and friendly, and business tends to be conducted with a combination of formality and sincerity. Much time is given to small talk and socializing. Handshakes are fairly common, though one should wait to see if greeted with a hand, or a namaste - a traditional greeting of a small bow accompanied by hands clasped as if in prayer. Visitors should return the greeting. Dress tends to be formal and conservative, with suits and ties the norm. Titles and surnames are usually used; the elderly in particular are treated with great respect and the word 'gi' is added after the name as a polite form. Punctuality is important, although it may take some time to get down to business, and negotiation can be a long process. English is widely spoken and understood, though discussions in Nepali may occur between Nepalese themselves within a meeting. Business hours are usually 9.30am or 10am to 5pm Sunday to Thursday (closing at 4pm in winter). Saturday is a holiday. Electricity:Electrical current is 220 volts, 50Hz. Round two- and three-pin plugs are used. Communications:The country code for Nepal is +977, and the outgoing code is 00, followed by the relevant country code (e.g. 0044 for the UK). City/area codes are in use, e.g. (0)1 for Kathmandu and (0)41 for Pokhara. Two mobile phone operators provide GSM 900 network coverage in the main cities and towns, but this does not extend to the summit of Mount Everest! In the main tourist centers of Kathmandu and Pokhara there are Internet cafes on every corner. Nepal Climate: The Kathmandu Valley has a mild climate most of the year, situated at an altitude of 4,297ft (1,310m). Summer temperatures range from 67-81°F (19-27°C), and in winter temperatures are between 36 and 68°F (2-20°C). During the rainy monsoon season between June and August, there is an average rainfall of between 7.8-14.7 inches (200-375mm) in Kathmandu. May and June can be very hot and humid until the monsoon rains bring relief. In spring (March to April) and autumn (October to November) the temperatures are pleasant with occasional short bursts of rain, while November to February are dry, but can be very cold, especially at night. Nepal Embassies:Royal Nepalese Embassy, Washington DC, United States (also responsible for Canada): +1 202 667 4550. Royal Nepalese Embassy, London, United Kingdom (also responsible for Ireland): +44 (0)20 7229 1594/6231. Royal Nepalese Embassy, Canberra, Australia: +61 (0)2 6162 1554. Foreign Embassies in Nepal:United States Embassy, Kathmandu: +977 (0)1 400 7200. British Embassy, Kathmandu: +977 (0)1 441 0583. Nepal Emergency Numbers:Emergencies:100 (Police); 228094 (Ambulance) Kathmandu Airport:Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) Location: The airport is situated four miles (6km) east of Kathmandu. Passport & Visa Requirements:Avoid the stress and queues, get a visa agency to arrange your visa. Entry requirements for Americans: United States citizens must have a passport and visa. Entry requirements for UK nationals: British citizens must have a passport and visa. Entry requirements for Canadians: Canadians must have a passport and visa. Entry requirements for Australians: Australians must have a passport and visa. Entry requirements for South Africans: South Africans must have a passport and visa. Entry requirements for New Zealanders: New Zealand citizens must have a passport and visa. Entry requirements for Irish nationals: Irish citizens must have a passport and visa. Passport/Visa Note: Tourist visas can be issued on arrival to most nationalities. A 60-day visa costs US$30 and a 150-day/multiple-entry visa costs US$80. Tourist visas are valid for Kathmandu Valley, Pokhara Valley and Tiger Tops in Chitwan. Visitors intending to trek or visit other areas should obtain a permit from the Central Immigration Office. 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Juan Pablo Hernandez shoots 65, leads by a stroke at Northern Amateur
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Updated: August 27, 2013 6:42AM
CHESTERTON — Juan Pablo Hernandez, a native of Mexico, warmed up to the warmer weather in the second round of the Northern Amateur.
Hernandez, who just graduated from Arizona, has had, in his words, two forgettable performances at the Northern Am.
"Honestly, I don't know how I finished," he said.
Thursday, Hernandez had a round he won't soon forget.
He shot a 7-under 65 at Sand Creek Golf Course in conditions that were considerably easier than they were on Wednesday when the wind blew and the temperatures were hovering in the mid 60s.
"I hit it much better," he said.
How much better? He got around the course with 24 putts and he finished off his day with a pleasing birdie — an 18 footer — that turned out to be his longest putt of the day. He leads the tournament with a 137 total.
His round topped off plenty of really good scores for the day. Chad Merzbacher shot his way back into the tournament, finishing with a 66. His two-day total is 5-under-par. First-round leader Jack Perry is a stroke back after shooting a 69 — the same score he had on the first day. And Matt Gilchrest, from Auburn, shot a 67. He is three strokes back after shooting a 67.
The 65 for Hernandez ties his best round ever in competitive play.
He said he has shot that number about 10 times.
After he finishes with the Northern Am, he will play in the Western Open and the U.S. Amateur before he heads off to South American to play on the Latin America Tour. The LAT is a new feeder for the Web.com Tour, which is one step away from the PGA. The top five finishers in the LAT automatically qualify for the Web.com.
Kyle Grassel of Chesterton had the low round for the local players. Grassel shot a 70.
His 2-under score was nine strokes better than what he opened with.
Grassel said he felt more comfortable on the tee after a poor opening round.
"I just was more confident," he said. "I got a little to ahead of myself in the first round."
Grassel also got off to a good start, playing his opening nine 3-under par.
He slipped a little on the back, mostly because of some loose drives.
It also helped that the wind was down and the course was playing easier.
He doesn't expect the final round to be as easy.
"The pins were definitely accessible," he said. "The pins are going to be harder. They're going to make the leaders go after it."


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The 1930s-vintage Bantam typewriter above, bargain priced at $11, was marketed to "boys and girls from four to 12." It featured a simplified keyboard that had no numbers and only a few marks of punctuation. The color-coding was meant to teach touch-typing, highlighting the keys for which each finger was responsible. Similar systems are still in use in the computer era.
Transparent models like this one are the only typing instruments available to inmates in some state and federal prisons. A single company, Swintec, continues to manufacture typewriters made of clear plastic, and sells them to correctional institutions in 43 states.
Wardens frequently ban inmates from using computers out of concern that tech-savvy convicts will hide illicit files from guards, and require see-through housings so guards can easily check for contraband. As an additional precaution, officials have hired California Typewriter Company to inspect even these transparent machines to verify that they contain only the original parts.
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The Madison Square Garden Company has commissioned BBB Architects to oversee the rehabilitation of the Forum concert venue in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood. BBB—which also is overseeing the transformation of Madison Square Garden—will modernize architect Charles Luckman's 1967 design, an interpretation of the Coliseum of ancient Rome.
Planned changes include revamping the building's interior bowl, upgrading the 40,000 square foot outdoor terrace, and adding a sky deck. The exterior will be repainted in a 1960s "California sunset red," while a tinted glass wall will separate an expanded concession area from the arena floor.
VIP customers will have access to the thematic music-inspired Forum Club, as well as Chase Lounge, named for the venue's new corporate partner. The revitalization aims to improve the experience for entertainers and their crews through luxurious dressing rooms and an exclusive dining space.
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For the upcoming season I am wanting to graft all my tomatoes onto disease resistant rootstock. I chose RST-04-105-T from Harris Seeds and started 4 test seedlings. They are very slow growers, but around 3 weeks after germination they start showing signs of disease, beginning with white bumps on the stem, and then they start to hunch over, and the leaves curl upwards until they are rolled up. So far two of the four have had the same problems and I'm hesitant to start any more until I figure this out. None of my regular tomato seedlings have exhibited any type of behavior like this. The soil for all my seedlings is moistened and then microwaved for 4 minutes, reaching temperatures up to 200 degrees to sterilize it in very small batches. The soil goes into a coconut coir shell molded for starting seedlings. Does anybody have any idea what is going on? It's strange to have this happen to a plant that is supposed to have resistance to TMV, Corky Root, FW (1,2), V, Root-knot Nematode, Bacterial wilt and intermediate resistance to Southern Blight. I have another rootstock on order to try out in case this is something insurmountable. |
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The store I purchased it from said it was probably some form of mildew - bizarre to say the least since everything around them were never affected in the slightest as those seedlings were consumed. They recommended an anti fungal spray. I sprayed them with neem oil dilution and the ones that hadn't died did recover. I have mainly moved to Estamino rootstock to avoid this entirely. When I do try this seed again I spray the seed with neem oil and that seems to take care of the issue. I believe the seeds are harboring the spores. |
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I've always been a political person, and also really into food and cooking. But I always kept those two things separate. When I really started to make the connection was in late 1990s and early 2000s when I was living in New York City. I joined a CSA and a community garden, and my girlfriend was working for Greenthumb, the city organization that oversees the community gardens. Then Mayor [Rudy] Giuliani declared the gardens "communism" and put them on the auction block, and there began a protracted battle between Giuliani and the community gardeners. In that battle, that is when I really started to think hard about the politics of food and the class issues around food.
When the economy of New York was in freefall in the seventies, the landlords—especially in poor neighborhoods—were literally not making in rent what they were paying in taxes, and there was this rash of fires where landlords would torch their buildings, collect the insurance, and check out, leaving these lots of rubble that the city didn't have the resources to deal with. Community members organized and cleaned them up—they were often African Americans from the South, or West Indians who came from a tradition of family or community gardens, or in some cases hipsters or hippies that just wanted to garden. These people built these gardens and the city was only too happy to have them do it, and it leased them the lots for a dollar a year. Then came the real-estate boom in the nineties. And if you're a developer getting federal money to build affordable housing and you go to East New York and walk around the neighborhood and decide which lot you want to build your quote-unquote affordable housing on, the part of the neighborhood that has the community garden is going to be the nicer part because there are people in there all day, eyes on the street, this beautiful space that people care about—there's going to be a lot less drug dealing on that corner than on the next one over, where there's just a vacant lot sitting there. The developers really wanted those spots, so Giuliani declared that the dollar-a-year lease was communism and put them on the block.
So sort of analyzing the way that whole thing went down, and thinking about why the question wasn't: How can we support this? But rather: How can we destroy this? That's when I really got involved in the food movement as more than just a consumer.
What do you think of Michelle Obama's effort to tackle children's health and nutrition?
I think it's amazing to have a First Lady or anyone high up in the administration thinking about these issues and talking about them more or less frankly in public. But I have to say that after all that hype I am really disappointed—though not surprised—by what looks to be the outcome of the school lunch reauthorization proposal. The Obama budget asked for about $1 billion a year, and frankly even that number wasn't sufficient—it would have added about twenty cents a day to the current amount for ingredients for school lunch. Then [chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee] Blanche Lincoln cuts that in half. Where does that leave Michelle's efforts? So the money is one thing, but in the end, if she is really serious about this thing, she's going to have to confront the food industry head-on. And whether she's willing to do that remains to be seen. Right now it's about engagement with the food industry, and maybe that's okay. But at some point, if she's serious, there will have to be a showdown.
How do you manage the political reality in Washington? How do you translate the vision for this movement with what is actually feasible in the policy-making realm?
I've been thinking about this in terms of what happened on health care. They didn't take out industry, they preserved the role and profitability of the big insurance companies. At the same time, we've been led to believe that they are going to provide affordable insurance to 30 million uninsured people. It remains to be seen, but on paper at least they achieved this policy goal and did it without breaking the bank, and overcame incredible opposition. So what would such a thing look like in food policy? The political realists won the day. What could we achieve that would be like that in the realm of food policy?
But that's got to be the next big battle on the food front, right? To begin to change the policies?


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I have no idea if track lighting is "out". I've been looking at it, myself, and have decided to use some in our new place. That said . . . I might put in track lighting, but aim the heads up at the ceiling, so the light is (mostly) indirect. Use some of them for direct task lighting, if you like. Or, for a more labor-intensive option (more drywall & electrical work), I would put sconces around the room, and use lamps for task lighting. Unless you're going to be having hamster shows or micro-stadium football (both of which need great lighting I've heard ;o), an overall good ambient light is great for living spaces. This isn't a kitchen, after all. Hope that helps . . . |
It's not out, but it has been updated - the clunky plastic of yesterday is out. The new look is streamlined metal-finished tracks and lines with lots of variety of track lights and pendants. I have beamed ceilings like yours and am about to redo the old tracks. Do you have Lamps Plus? They will come out and give you a free consultation, or you can peruse their catalogs. Since your celing is not that high, nestle the tracks on the inside of a beam. There are also cable systems where you can run a cable between the beams and hang pendants off them, say over the coffee table. |
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January 31, 2003
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Press Release, 03-03
USPTO Announces Two Key Appointments
Agency's Chief Financial and Administrative Officer and Civil Rights Director Named
The Department of Commerce's United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today the appointments of two key players in the USPTO's management team.
Jo-Anne Barnard will serve as the agency's Chief Financial and Chief Administrative Officer. During the past seven years, Ms. Barnard has been director of USPTO's Office of Space Acquisition. In that capacity, she has managed the selection and development of the agency's new campus in Alexandria, Va., which the USPTO will begin to occupy later this year.
"Jo-Anne has done a tremendous job overseeing the complicated process of acquiring and building the Carlyle campus," said Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property James E. Rogan. "I am confident that she will do an equally outstanding job as this agency's top financial and administrative officer."
Maria Campo, an attorney in the Office of General Counsel, will serve as director of the Office of Civil Rights. Ms. Campo has been at the USPTO for three years and has dealt extensively with labor, employment and civil rights issues. Prior to working with the federal government, Maria had several years of experience in the public, private and corporate sectors dealing primarily with employment and labor issues.
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Anthrax is an infectious disease caused by specific bacteria. It can occur in humans when they have been exposed to contaminated animals or tissue from these animals.
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Skin infection causing:
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Gastrointestinal infection causing:
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- Abdominal pain and swelling
- Swollen lymph glands
Inhaled infection—this is the most serious form and can cause:
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Anthrax is treated with antibiotics. All forms of anthrax can be fatal, especially if not treated.
These people should get 5 doses of the vaccine in the muscle. The first dose should be given when there is risk of exposure. The other 4 doses should be given at 4 weeks and 6, 12, and 18 months after the first dose.
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A better life than hers
Every generation of women aspires to what mom didn't have. Now it's baby boomers' turn to be told that our frantic lives didn't cut it.
Kerry Clare is 28, with domestic gifts that have always escaped me. She bakes a mean strawberry pie, grows gorgeous vegetables and knits her own socks in eye-popping stripes. She also writes and blogs about books, which is how I discovered her.
Kerry has just read My Mother's Daughter. She enjoyed it—somewhat to her surprise, it seems. She didn't identify at all with my story of the conflict between me, a have-it-all baby boomer, and my mother, who lost her academic career for daring to get pregnant in the heyday of Tupperware parties. "That lack of identification is the very point," she says in her blog. "It's important that women my age know what not to take for granted."
I didn't set out to write a book about why feminism matters. I just wanted to capture the passion and pain that bound three generations of strong, ambitious women determined to excel. In fact, the clashes that drive my tale have as much to do with culture as with character. All three of us wanted extraordinary lives. All three of us hoped to fly higher than our mothers could do. All three of us collided with the shocking reality of barriers based on our gender. So there you have it: a feminist book.
My mother raised me on hard-luck stories in which she and my grandmother, a Jewish immigrant, played starring roles. Long before the old boys' club took her teaching job away, there was Grandma's even crueler fate in the Russian shtetl where she was raped by a Cossack at age nine—and then beaten by her mother (Damaged goods! Who would want her?).
I felt sorry for Grandma, but surely her life had nothing to do with mine. We had a faded old photo from Grandma's childhood, in which her peasant boots and embroidered blouse suggest an old folk tale handed down from mother to daughter. She looks positively quaint, except for the fear in her eyes.
My My mother's own childhood on the Canadian prairies seemed only slightly less remote than Grandma's. After all, Mother had lived in a house with dirt floors; she remembered when the King of England gave up his throne for love. Her family had no indoor toilet, let alone a TV. She'd had it tough all her life. As I saw it, her travails in the workplace were the sad but unsurprising result of being born in the silent-movie era.
I was a modern girl. The world was waiting for me and my whole post-war generation; I'd read this over and over in Life magazine. Grownups couldn't hustle fast enough to meet our needs. Spanking-new cinderblock schools, TV alter egos like Beaver Cleaver, the arrival of Barbie, the first doll in history with style and sex appeal...it was all about us.
I came of age as feminists declared, "The personal is political." This was back around the time that a glamorous young journalist named Gloria Steinem was going undercover at the Playboy Club by getting hired as a bunny. Her piece had spirit and courage, but I didn't see its relevance to me, a thinking woman who scorned the Playboy crowd. My grasp of daily life as political struggle extended not much further than the piled-up dishes in the kitchen sink. I waged a heated campaign to divide the housework with my husband.
We eventually called a truce the easy way. We bought a dishwasher and hired a cleaning lady. Gardening, for us, meant once over lightly with the lawn mower, once in a great while. No tomatoes and peppers for us; we were too busy working.
I thought the workplace would be eager to win my loyalty, just as Mattel and the networks had been. I became the first woman in my family with an office and an expense account. With hard work and talent, I could soar just as high as I pleased. Then I found myself fighting to be paid what I was worth. I had entered a world where men made the rules.
They still do. And young women, for the most part, still haven't noticed.
They haven't seen the isolation of women in corner-office jobs, who are so often the lone woman at the boardroom table.
They don't know how it feels to suppress your true self for fear of looking "soft" to the guys.
They haven't asked themselves why the range of acceptable behaviours for a woman remains so dismayingly narrow that women can't win (if we're tough-minded, we must be bitches).
I can't say I'm surprised. That women pay a price for being born female is a profoundly threatening idea. It negates our dearly held belief that we can be and do whatever we want. It challenges our view of human history as a march of progress. It tells us that our privileged modern lives, so brimful of options, may not be entirely different from the lives our mothers led.
This heritage of pain holds the potential to bring mothers and daughters together, but it can also drive them apart. I've never known a daughter who didn't want a better life than her mother's. I've never known a mother who didn't want her daughter's wish to come true. Yet mothers, unlike daughters, have a job to do—perhaps the hardest one they'll ever face. They must prepare their beloved daughters for the hazards of real life. They are keepers of hopes, but also of warnings rooted in their own experience. Their daughters, far from being grateful, may come to see them as killjoys.
That's what happened between my mother and me. I knew it wasn't fair that she had lost her teaching job to a man with inferior credentials. But I detected something shameful in her humiliation, as if it might contaminate me. So I kept my mother's pain at arm's length. (Meanwhile, I raged daily and loudly at the humiliation of black Americans who simply wanted to vote, go to school and ride the bus like everyone else. Speaking out for black people felt safe. What was happening to them could never happen to a white girl like me.)
I never had a daughter, but I've found a few surrogate daughters while mentoring younger women. Toward the end of my editing career, I noticed something new. Talented women in their 20s did not want lives like mine. Although they didn't say so directly, they thought their mothers' generation had missed a beat. We had worked too hard for dubious returns. So they resolved to leave the office at 5 o'clock sharp and cook a low-fat dinner from scratch. Their ideal job was part-time.
In spite of myself, I felt a twinge of dismay that these terrific young women would question the choices of women like me. Without us, where would they be?
One of them has since left the work force. From time to time I wonder if she's made the right choice. A divorced woman with a couple of kids and a 10-year-old resume will need retraining, not to mention luck, if she hopes to pick up where she left off. But why torture myself? It's her life, not mine, so I wish her well. I wish her challenge, joy and homemade strawberry pie, if that's her pleasure.
Most of all, I wish for an end to the barriers that still restrict women. Then she'll have a better life than I did.
My understanding of the mother/daughter bond owes much to Paula J. Caplan's rich and provocative book Don't Blame Mother: Mending the Mother-Daughter Relationship. And speaking of books, you'll find lots of good reading ideas at Kerry Clare's blog, Pickle Me This.
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An ultra-green picking experience can be had at this intimate orchard in western Massachusetts that has offered PYO only since 2008. Orchardists Jen Williams and Steve Gougeon eschew even the use of broad-spectrum pesticides approved for organic orchards. There's no lawn-mowing here either: grass is kept cropped by a flock of recently acquired Shetland sheep.
What to Pick: The Freedom (a little-known apple variety that's firm and sweet with a hint of tartness); the Liberty (sweeter and softer); and the Northern Spy, a tart late-variety apple perfect for pies
Most Unusual Offering: The three-acre, 300-tree orchard borders the Bear Swamp Reserve, where you can hike miles of trails and get a bird's-eye view over the apple trees.
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