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As venture-backed companies seek to control cash burn while still seizing strategic opportunities and upgrading talent, the need for a compensation plan that supports business objectives becomes critical. Decisions made today in regard to the mix of cash, equity and incentive compensation will have a long-term impact.
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At Maclaren, we firmly believe in supporting organisations that share our same desire to nurture children and ensure a better tomorrow for future generations. As such, Maclaren supports the following charities:
Baby Buggy
Baby Buggy works with a network of more than 50 community-based organisations to distribute new and gently used baby essentials to New York City's families in need. From cribs and buggies to clothing and bottles, every item is closely evaluated for safety prior to dispersal. Baby Buggy's product distributions are combined with wide-ranging social service assistance, as well as parenting support and education.
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The mission of The Brain Trauma Foundation (BTF) is to translate neuroscience into effective solutions by increasing awareness and understanding of symptoms associated with head injuries. With a focus on educating healthcare professionals on the immediate care for patients, the organisation estimates that thousands of lives can be saved each year in the U.S., millions worldwide thus reducing the number of life-long disabilities.
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The mission for Charley's Fund is to raise money to find a cure or treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), a globally devastating muscle disease, affecting 1 in every 3,500 male births. Charley's Fund is dedicated to investing in translational research that focuses on moving science from lab experimentation to human clinical trials to help save lives.
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Room to Grow Foundation is dedicated to alleviating poverty among children and unaccompanied minors from Burma who have sought refuge in Thailand. The foundation assists in the acquisition of food, shelter, education, and other basic needs. The Foundation allows children to focus on being children; starting and ending each day well nourished, attending school and having a roof above their heads.
Soil Association
The Soil Association is the UK's leading charity campaigning for humane and sustainable food, as well as farming and land use. The Soil Association pioneered the first organic standards in 1967, which remain among the highest in the world. Wherever you see the Soil Association symbol, you can trust the product has been produced sustainably and in harmony with nature without the use of chemical pesticides and fertilisers.


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Hello everyone. My house has two bare strips along either side of the driveway that are begging to be filled with some nice plants. I'm currently unsure of exactly what to do with them.
I'm given to understand that you should plan the design first, then choose the plants to fit the design. With that in mind, I'd like some ideas on what I should be thinking about here. Since I don't want to spend a lot of time on maintenance, my first impulse is to find something low-maintenance and just fill up the sides of the driveway with it. Would that be terribly gauche? I'd probably leave a few spaces for some annuals here and there. When I consider which plants to use, here are some factors:
Please give me your thoughts on the direction I'm heading. The pictures below show the current landscaping.
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I would be tempted to fill them with a variety of things. Spring bulbs for spring color, iris (repeat), sedums for late summer, maybe a small shrub with winter interest like a red twig dogwood, and some low growing annuals up front for all (warm) season color. Nice Home! Sue |
I've never gardened in your zone, so I can't recommend plants, but I think I'd plant the rest of the bare areas with a groundcover to unify the whole planting, rather than add a bit of this and a bit of that. A groundcover would be low enough to avoid obstructing the view of oncoming traffic, and would cover a large enough area to make an impact. It would also give you a ground plane and an area to rest your eyes. See the current thread about getting rid of the lawn. |
Thank you for the opinions. I was a little concerned about the landscaping becoming even more of a hodgepodge than it already is, so I'm liking the idea of adding groundcover to fill in the gaps. |
I keep wishing I had this kind of space to plant spreading conifers, and although the books say sun, I've seen junipers growing in lots of shade. Tsuga (hemlocks) and Yews can can also take shade, and there are nice spreading cultivars: Taxus bacatta Repandens, Tsuga canadensis 'Jedelloh' or 'Coles Prostrate'. Other spreaders that might work include Microbiota, Microcachrys, and even Cedrus deodora, several cultivars like Feelin' Blue. Not much late summer colour from conifers though, although that doesn't seem to deter conifer addicts, which is starting to describe me. Cotoneaster might actually be a better bet on that basis for fall colour and berries. Gardens West magazine May 2006 issue (just arrived today, may also be available in your area) has an article on Cotoneasters. |
I was thinking Cotoneaster as soon as I saw the pictures. I would also consider a narrow stone paving along the drive edge as a stepout to the passenger side of visitor cars parking there--the drop from the drive edge seems like it might be a bit unnerving when stepping out of a car too close to the edge. It would also provide a dithering zone to bleed the man-made surface of the drive into the more naturalistic plantscape. Between these stones may be planted a walkable ground cover, such as creeping thyme, mosses, etc. Good luck. |
I planted a grouping of Cotoneaster 'Coral Beauty' near the end of my driveway three years ago, because the spot is sunny, dry-ish, and too far from the hose to bother dragging it out there. The shrubs are thriving, and the berries are attractive for a long time in winter, but they catch leaves and debris that is hard to get out of the tangle of branches that are so low to the ground. |
Interesting! I will definitely look into the Cotoneasters. |
- Posted by autumnmoon 6a/se ks (email@example.com) on Fri, Apr 28, 06 at 21:07
Some creephing phlox as a ground cover would be nice... by your boulders you could put some of the red ground cover sedums... I'd plant some spring bulbs in there and maybe even leave a small space for annuals, for some color and to brighten things up. I think one important thing you need if nothing else would be some mulch to tidy things up a bit. |
- Posted by buyorsell888 Portland Oregon (My Page) on Sat, Apr 29, 06 at 22:58
My first thoughts were of heathers and heaths that will flower in summer, fall and winter instead of spring since you mentioned your yard is heavy to spring bloomers. They are evergreen, low maintenance too. There may not be enough sun for heathers though..However if roses thrive and bloom, heather would be fine. Personally, I'd mix it up rather than plant one thing and I would plant ground covers to unify but then I hate bare dirt. I'd be tempted to yank the roses since they are very cottagy and your house and rest of landscaping is classic Pacific Northwest. I'd add ferns and dwarf rhodies, azaleas, dwarf Pieris, there are several, Skimmia would provide berries (if you plant a male with females) and likes shade too. The Cotoneaster would be fine but I have seen them collect trash as mentioned. Ajuga is my current favorite ground cover but I know it is very common and some don't like it. I like 'Chocolate Chip' which is at least different than most. I have a lot of Scotch and Irish moss around my yard too but they want sun, they aren't really moss. There aren't a ton of plants with summer, fall or winter blooms that really fit your house and current landscaping as well as the spring blooming ones I mentioned do but you may not care what I think! You could do some ornamental grasses, my Oriental fountain grass blooms from July to November but it looks awful from January to May. Blue Oat grass or fescue are more evergreen than fountain grass is. I love your house and neighborhood. Those mature trees on the skyline. Gorgeous. My neighborhood just has a lot of butchered Doug firs. Yours looks like the wonderful one my brother lives in in Everett. What have you got planted in the rest of the yard? |
buyorsell888 - There's a wonderful yaku rhodie that's just out of the picture on the south side of the driveway. Some enormous oregon grapes too. To the north side, below the dropoff, there's a huge heather that's blooming right now, and all along the north side of the house, more rhodies. Huge, robust rhodies that are hopefully going to burst into flower any time now. :) (This is my first spring in the new house, I've had a few surprises from my new plants.) Just out of the frame on the right of the "view from the street" picture is a series of ugly, overgrown Mugo pines that I am in the process of removing. I'll be posting another thread for inspiration on what to do with that space, once I've got it cleared out. I was surprised to find some rather nice boulders buried under those ugly mugos. |
- Posted by buyorsell888 Portland Oregon (My Page) on Mon, May 1, 06 at 22:06
Yakus are wonderful aren't they? If you've got enough sun for heather there are varieties that bloom other than spring. I have at least one in bloom 365 days a year. There are varieties that don't get huge, have colorful foliage such as yellow, gray or red too. Heathers are one of my plant obsessions.... There are Mugos that stay very small that would be evergeen and look nice. I personally like them when they are small ones. Blue Star junipers have great blue color but grow slow and stay smaller than many. I like them combined with heathers. I believe you can prune the Oregon grape drastically by cutting the tallest stems to the ground to keep it more compact if it is too big. Not positive, I don't have any. Is that a dogwood to the left of the driveway? |
I could see massing some big billowing grasses such as Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Moudry', or Stipa arundinacea, along with winter blooming herbaceous perennials such as Euphorbia characias. Grouping some upright perennials behind for summer/fall color such as Verbena bonariensis could also give you a jolt of color.Foreground plantings of lower growing things such as Convolvulus mauritanicus or Euphorbia myrsinoides could also do nicely, or an interesting foliage plant like Juniperus conferta or Helleborus argutifolius. |
With the yellow cypress (Alaska cedar) so prominent heaths and heathers would be natural associates--if the soil is suitable for these. You could choose ones in both foliage and flower colors that went well the roses and so forth. Like related rhododendrons and azaleas, these have special soil requirements--commonly planted here yet many plantings in less than perfect spots have partial failures (stunted or dead individuals) evident. Cotoneaster x suecicus cultivars (such as 'Coral Beauty') would soon overwhelm this small space and be arching out into the drive. Then there is the possible problem of the quantities of bees these attract when in flower, this can be a nuisance where there is walking or driving nearby. The color of their persistent fruits would also clash with the rose. Another nice, lush low carpet besides the creeping phlox is Rubus pentalabous 'Formosan Carpet'. Covers the ground like scales. Main drawback from a maintenance standpoint is that stems are prickly, making gloves necessary for weeding--at least a little of which will have to be done indefinitely whenever planting any groundcover that isn't a couple feet high. If you want to play up more to the rose(s), maybe add some more good companions/foregrounds for these are rosemary and lavender. Just be sure to choose hardier rosemary that won't go back if it gets below 15F, and disease resistant lavenders that won't rot out just as they are filling in nicely (tags mention which ones are fungus resistant). |
I think I will be yanking the roses as suggested earlier in the thread. They were just planted there by the previous homeowner when she was trying to spruce up the yard for the sale. They seem a little out of place to me. I'm intrigued by the suggestions of the heathers, since the heathers I have seem to be doing really well in a nearby spot. I will have to look into the different kinds - I knew there were some less common varieties, but I haven't read much about them. And yes, buyorsell888, that's a dogwood. It's just starting to bloom now. |
- Posted by buyorsell888 (My Page) on Fri, May 5, 06 at 13:03
Heaths and heathers are one of my plant obsessions. I have about twenty five crammed on my very small lot. I have recently mail ordered some exceptional ones from Heaths and Heathers which is up your way. 'Dark Beauty', 'Velvet Fascination' are two I just ordered. 'Tib' is a favorite that is fairly easy to find. I'm not big on the Mediterrean pink or white you can find at Home Depot, they get too big for me. I need to cram more in. There are gray foliages, orange/red foliages, chartruse/yellow foliages in addition to green and they bloom in all colors of reds, pinks, purples and white at all different times of the year. Some get fairly large and some stay tiny. Some low conifers mixed in are really nice too. I have Oriental fountain grass and Crimson Pygmy barberry in my heather bed too, plus heathers mixed in around the yard in all but the shadiest spots. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Heaths and Heathers Nursery
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Olivier Messiaen was born in 1908 in Avignon, France. At the age of 11, he entered the Paris Conservatory where his piano teachers included Marcel Dupré, Maurice Emmanuel, and Paul Dukas. In the course of his studies, Messiaen was awarded five premier prix: in counterpoint and fugue, piano accompaniment, organ and improvisation, music history, and composition. In 1931, he was appointed organist at the Eglise de la Trinité and held this position until the end of his life. It is in this capacity that Messiaen wrote a number of important compositions for the organ. Taken as a prisoner-of-war in Silesia in 1940, Messiaen composed the Quatuor pour la fin du Temps (Quartet for the End of Time) while in captivity. On his release, he was appointed to the Paris conservatory where he taught harmony and analysis, and eventually, composition. His students included Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Iannis Xenakis.
Messiaen's music, which at first alarmed and shocked his audiences, has wielded an influential and idiosyncratic influence on the twentieth century. Intensely personal, his art embodies a deep connection to the Catholic faith, the celebration of human love, and his love of nature. Messiaen's compositional language includes rich and chromatic harmony, derived from Debussy's use of 7ths and 9ths and modal progressions. He employed the ondes Martenot in the grand symphony Turangalîla, along with exotic percussion instruments, producing an oriental effect. His organ works make special use of acoustic reverberations and contrasting timbres producing a unique range of colour and intensity. In 1966, the same year that Messiean was promoted to professor of composition at the Paris conservatory, he was elected a member of the Institut de France. In 1971, he received the Erasmus Prize and in 1978 retired from the Conservatoire. He died in Paris in 1992.


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Oh no!! The rumors that have been going around for some time have been confirmed by US Magazine.
Katherine Heigl and T.R. Knight , aka Izzy and George will soon take off their scrubs for good.
When Us Weekly asked James Pickens Jr. (a.k.a. Grey's Dr. Richard Webber) if Katherine is leaving Grey's Anatomy, he said, "Yes, she is." And he continued, "Wherever Katherine goes, I wish her nothing but the best."
T.R. Knight is interested in pursuing other career opportunities also.
"He complains to Katherine all the time," a set source has said of Knight "The energy on set will be much better when he's gone."
They have both been wanting out of their contracts for some time - now it seems they're finally getting their wishes.
I can't imagine Grey's Anatomy without Izzy and George – what do you think – will it have an effect on the show??


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August 4th, 2011 8:26 am
Posted by Patrick Ryan
Tags: Automating cluster tests, Cluster, cluster management, cluster test runs, high performance computing, HPC, HPCC, Intel Cluster Checker, Intel Cluster Ready, Intel MPI, simplify
Levels of Wellness Tests and Automation Scheduling
Intel Cluster Checker can run a variety of tests depending on what the user is trying to accomplish. For general wellness of a cluster, Intel Cluster Checker offers five levels of thoroughness. For automation, we'll focus on levels one, three, and five.
Wellness Level One is a very short run of tests that check basic connectivity throughout the cluster as well as basic uniformity checks amongst the nodes. This test focuses on BIOS settings, and processor, memory and system configurations. The level one tests are quick and show that the cluster is online and ready for use.
Wellness Level Three is the default run level for Intel Cluster Checker. It builds on level one and includes more rigorous modules that test parameters like disk and memory bandwidth, MFLOPS, and network performance. It also performs an in-depth hardware uniformity test along with an Intel MPI Collectives and message Integrity test. It takes a bit longer to run this check that assures the performance of the hardware is up to par.
Wellness Level Five adds a packages test, comparing currently installed packages with a generated list of expected packages at a given time. It also runs the HPCC module (a performance benchmark test). The level five tests can take a bit longer but assures the users that all the pieces of the system are working in harmony. This test is useful for the admin to make sure a user hasn't installed or uninstalled anything that may affect the cluster.
For my clusters, I have set up the following schedule that runs these wellness levels at various times.
- Level One - set to run each weekday
- Level Three - set to run once a week, on Saturday
- Level Five - set to run monthly, on the first Sunday
For our lab with multiple smaller clusters this automation schedule is perfect, allowing users to login to one of the clusters, see when each of the wellness levels passed and know that their jobs will run as expected.
Every cluster has a different purpose and a different load. Running tests at the intervals or frequency I have set may not be feasible or needed for every cluster. However, automating the test runs on a schedule that meets your needs will help assure that your cluster performance remains optimal, and frees up the cluster(s) for jobs during normal business hours.
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How to thank a vet on Veterans Day
Lip service.
That's how we Americans stand behind our men and women in uniform these days.
We talk about how much we love them, but we are increasingly detached from the military, uninvolved in the wars they fight on our behalf. We would even scream our protest if required to pay for those adventures rather than billing our children. So much for commitment.
With Veterans Day a couple of days away, I'm reminded that Israel has the right idea. In that country, military service is compulsory for all over 18, three years for men, two for women.
Shared sacrifice has not only the virtue of equity, it imbues citizens with a durable sense of responsibility and duty to protect their country that you do not spontaneously sprout in between episodes of "American Idol" and "Dancing with the Stars." Besides, nothing makes a young man or woman grow up fast quite like heaping responsibility on their shoulders in a lethal setting.
Let me reach way back to my own experience to make the point. In mid-October I drove to John Synowsky's ranch south of Weatherford, Texas, where eight of us gathered from the Dragon platoon of the 334th Attack Helicopter Company, Cobra pilots in the Vietnam War.
As we relaxed around the campfire swapping decades-old tales we probably heard before, Larry Pucci was telling a story while my mind drifted back to a different episode that he probably would love to forget.
In 1970 President Nixon broke with his predecessor and ordered American forces to cross the Cambodian border to cut the enemy supply lines coming from North Vietnam down the Ho Chi Minh Trail — at long last!
Larry Pucci was just 19 years old, an Aircraft Commander in a 334th Cobra, the first helicopter designed as a weapons platform, a gunship. His copilot sitting in front of him was Wayne Hedeman the day they were on the tip of the spear of the Cambodian incursion; Wayne was an elder at 25 years old.
Larry and Wayne were caught in a helicopter trap, where a very tough enemy placed .51 caliber anti-aircraft guns at the three points of a triangle, and when you make a rocket run at one of them, one of the other two guns would have an easy broadside shot. One of those big .51 rounds was not even slowed down as it passed through Wayne's neck, and 19-year-old Larry pulled the guts out of that Cobra flying as fast as it would go to the Tay Ninh hospital, but it was too far and Wayne was dead when he landed on the pad.
There was no time for grief because Larry's wingman needed him and the battle was a big one, so he rounded up a replacement copilot while the ground crew patched the canopy holes and washed the blood out of the cockpit, rearmed and refueled, and Larry flew back to rejoin the battle, pushing the bad experience way down in his gut to hide in the secret box that combat troops use to conceal the bad stuff so they can do their job.
The bad stuff never really goes away, and when they open the lid once in a while decades later, those memories are still wrapped in feelings they had at the time, as fresh as yesterday. And we wonder why many vets have a hard time talking about it.
That was just one day for one guy long ago in Vietnam. Our troops today are doing the same modern-day version repeatedly in Iraq and Afghanistan, with four or five deployments to a war zone common and their families at home serving their own tense tour as they wait.
Every day for the last 10 years American troops have been doing things in combat far beyond our imagining, with heavy responsibility for subordinates' lives, mixing extreme physical stress with operating highly technical multi-million-dollar equipment, while back home others their age have only a passing awareness of the war while they focus on their smartphone and wouldn't dream of anything so drastic as working with their hands.
The disconnect between our armed forces and citizenry reminds me of the medieval privileged class hiring mercenary forces to do their dirty and bloody work, concerned about results but not casualties; they aren't "our" people.
I know, I know, you do care!
Nonetheless, It is on our behalf that our troops are sent again and again to a war zone. It is on our behalf that politicians seeking our vote publicly declare a war in progress to be immoral or wrong war, wrong, time, wrong place, or compare our troops to Nazis or Stalin or Pol Pot. It is on our behalf that political games are played with surges and drawdowns, announcing to our enemies when we will quit the battlefield.
It is on your behalf and mine that combat rules of engagement (ROE) emphasize extreme caution about civilians even when that elevates the risk to our own troops. It is on our behalf that the leadership measures victory in world opinion rather than conquest by overwhelming force.
It is arguable that our leadership's new obsession with news cycles and combat restraint is the root cause that America's enemies no longer fear us and some friends no longer respect us.
It is on our behalf that the deficit commission results may require draconian defense cuts even while our troops are in harm's way, even while untold billions of political pet projects remain in the defense budget over military objections. We are responsible for that train wreck.
I admit to having a deep love and respect for every uniformed U.S. boot on the ground and butt in a cockpit, but I also have an abiding mistrust of our political and military leadership. Rising to the top ranks requires political savvy, and they sometimes do not act in the best interest of our troops. Here's one example.
Michael Yon is a highly regarded war correspondent in Afghanistan, a former soldier. He recent wrote an open letter to the Secretary of Defense about the U.S. Army's policy of displaying red crosses on Army medevac helicopters, and therefore by Geneva Convention they may not be armed. Since a red cross is simply used as a bull's eye by our enemy, the U.S. Air Force, Marines and British helicopters have removed them so they can carry weapons to defend themselves.
Here's why it matters more than it would appear. While the U.S. Army refuses to remove the red crosses, operating without weapons means they are not allowed to pick up wounded in an unsecure area unless and until helicopter gunships arrive to provide them cover, just as I did long ago in Vietnam.
The problem is in Afghanistan the distances are vast, the gunships too few, and delays mean more wounded die before reaching a hospital. But the Army won't budge. See why I don't trust them?
If you really do care, there are a few things you can do. You can write a letter to your Congressman and Senators and President to tell them to help the Army pull its head out of its stubborn butt, tell them if they want your vote they better stop playing politics with our troops. My critics think I say these things as a political ploy against Democrats, but Republicans disgust me, too, just not quite so much as Democrats.
Right here in Peachtree City there are a few things you can do to say thanks to our troops. You can help Father David Epps and the Marine Corps in their annual Toys for Tots program (see http://newnan-ga.toysfortots.org).
Cathy McMullen in Peachtree City continues her efforts to help improve the lives of kids through a program named Embracing Military Families (see http://www.embracingmilitaryfamilies.blogspot.com/).
Mimi's Good Food on Ga. Highway 54 at Petrol Point, my coffee hangout, will be collecting donations to send goodies to our troops again this year.
All these programs need and depend on your help, a way to multiply your good will to those doing the dirty work in our stead.
Show our current troops your support where it counts. That is the greatest gift I know you could ever give a vet on Veterans Day.
[Terry Garlock of Peachtree City occasionally contributes a column to The Citizen. His email is firstname.lastname@example.com.]
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we don't choose our wars wisely nor do we seem to value the life nor limb of our guys. If we did, you could cut the list casualties in half.
I remember the VN war all too well. I saw how it destroyed my friends. The core of it was old macho men's pi$$ing contest. (don't split hairs about Johnson, Kennedy, and the rest with me...I know those details) I hope Johnson (and the rest responsible) are roasting in hell for prolonging it. I also wish they had to fight..it would have ended much quicker when their blood and body were on the line.
My heart went out to those Vets, and way before it was 'fashionable', I let them sit in my couch, cry and pour out their hearts to me. What we did to them and for what, in my eyes will always be criminal.
A lot of our later vets were used (middle east) for big oil's interest.
The price/value of our young men's lives has been set and it has been cheap.
I can trace my family back to Rev soldiers, Confederate, WWI and WWII and they all served with honor. It looks good on paper. But the dirty little secret is the messed up lives of the Vets and their families.
I would fight anyone on sending my son off to war for big oil, or anything short of killing us here on US soil.
My ex was a 'Rambo' type in VN. Marine Scout, but he is laying in a Kentucky hospital dying/on a resporator from his war wounds as we speak. My son is sitting at his bedside crying for a father that could never play sports with him, who was haunted by flashbacks, memories of friends dying, hand to hand, was in constant pain and could never be a real Daddy to him. What a crime against my child.
Was it worth it? Would I let my son do it? Hell NO!
...has the best program for instilling duty to nation in their youth - compulsory service to the nation. For 2 years after their 'high school' completion every young man & woman must serve in either the military, national hospital system, or several other agencies/fields available. At least it was that way when I was there '88-'91. The military option avoids it being a true 'draft', as it is a choice, and I imagine their attitude(s) are/would be much better than being forced - specifically - into service. Anyone know if it's still that way?
Never mind; Google found my answer. Seems that program has ended; too bad...
The discontinuation of mandatory military service in Germany also means an end to a parallel system for community service. It will be replaced by a new voluntary system in July 2011. But will young people still work if the law no longer demands it? Powered by www.newslook.com Producer : Deutsche Welle
other than to protect itself and for civil unrest, correct? If so, it's hard to compare two years of compulsory service in that regard to fighting foreign wars. That is more like our National Guard.
I have a friend and he was a child during WWII. Because of that he refused to join the German army when he got older and wound up moving to Canada, then he wound up here just in time for the VN draft!
Their army is not the old goose stepping bunch, but they are still very much around.
If anyone remembers the Lufthansa flight 181 rescue, that was some of their
'Rambo' guys. That was really something. I knew one of those guys.
and today
The German Federal government control the joint military and civil force called the Bundeswehr. It's role is to be a "defense force", but they were certainly prepared to defend West Germany in its day with armored regiments and divisions. The Germans have capped their Bundeswehr at around 340,000, but I don't think they have that many in it currently. IIRC, they are armed with leopard tanks and can be quite effective. I imagine they will abandon the capped numbers sooner or later. How long are we going to fight WWII and Korea?
I think they will always try to keep a 'low profile' when it comes to a military because of the stigma from WWII.
It is sad what happened to them. They are no doubt some of the smartest people on earth, but they got caught up in Hitler's deal.
Twice, such a small country took on the world and gave a mean fight that caused other countries to be on their guard for many years. They recognize this, so they never make a big deal about their military.
The birthrates and demographics are changing in europe. When that happens and Europe changes character, all bets are off. Look at how is reproducing over there. It isn't the French or Germans. It is the North Africans and Middle Easterners living in these countries that have four or five times the birthrates.
but I was talking about the German people as they were. I would think they are still in control, but what you are saying is true. Too many countries have been shamed into taking a lot of malcontents, so to speak, not trying to say that of NA or ME, but not up to snuff immigrants.
As Nuk pointed out, some countries have kept their sanity and not been shamed into taking people that have given them nothing but grief. He was talking about New Zealand. They don't have the legacy of WWII stigma, or the US slavery BS. Now look what they have (New Zealand) and what we have. Their housing prices are going up, people want to move there. They have a great country. The tide is changing a little in this country, but we have taken immigrants, paid their medical and put them at the head of the line, why? BS.
I believe strongly in helping ourselves first. This country is in bad shape and we need to get our armies home and help our people.
If the muslims outnumber the old socialists dying out and the young socialists not reproducing, then government will be under muslim control. Will they have their right-wing religious leaders run things? Or will they simply merge into the do-nothing, government dole lifestyle and reject their religion?
I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment that we, as Americans, do not appreciate the sacrifices made on our behalf by our men and women in uniform. Young lives are lost, parents lose children, children lose parents, spouses lose spouses, and the list goes on. It is a heavy price to pay indeed and we are forever indebted to those Americans from all wars that have fought for our freedom.
I disagree with your statement however that "Israel has the right idea" in their cumpulsory system of military service, i.e. "the draft." I know many veterans of the Vietnam war who felt they were legally forced into servitude to fight a war they didn't belong in for a cause they didn't believe in. The social opposition of the time along with the resentment of this situation is still being felt a generation later.
Today, the military and all of its branches are a real and viable educational and career path for our youth. Most will learn valuable and marketable skills they can build on later in civilian life careers, and get paid to learn them! For those who choose a future in the military, they can retire in as little as twenty years with full medical benefits and a pension. Yes, there is a risk of injury and death, but with today's wars being fought more so on a technological front, the percentage and number of lives lost is minimal compared to the ground wars of yesteryear.
Most importantly, these brave and valiant men and women are in their position because they are proud Americans and want to serve. It is only fair they are justly compensated now and in the future for their work.
This system works Terry and a suggestion to return to an antiquated compulsory service system is unrealistic, unnecessary, and would prove to be unproductive in the end.
Otherwise, your article serves as a necessary reminder to us all of the importance we all should put in thanking our veterans every time we get the chance.
. . . just to be clear I absolutely do believe compulsory service for young Americans would be good for them and good for the country, despite the fact some would be reluctant, despite the fact the military leadership would prefer not to deal with conscripts. With some thoughtful management on who gets what job it could work without damaging combat effectiveness, and I would envision an alternative to military service, like Peace Corps equivalents. We need not wrangle over details because it's academic anyway, will never happen.
I see you drank the Vietnam Kool-Aid, but can't dissuade you without writing a book here. When I talk to high school students about the war I tell them their parents very likely know some things for sure about the Vietnam War that have never been true, because generations have been raised hearing a myth-based message. You have plenty of company my friend.
we agree completely in the main gist of your post, which is that we all are guilty of not thinking or thanking enough those who fought for our freedoms. You'll have a hard time convincing me that a compulsory draft is better than a volunteer system but as you said, probably a moot point.
When we have that coffee I would also like to get your thoughts on the current situation in Iran and their nuclear program. I have been struggling with the appropriate US response on that, since sanctions don't seem to be enough of a detriment to change the Iranian course.
I keep asking myself, what would Haddix do?
You think we should thank our vets by forcing their kids into involuntary servitude? I, for one, would rather not be thanked.
If my sons decide to go into the military it will be their decision, not yours or some scuzball politician's looking for cheap cannon fodder. And if they do decide to volunteer, I don't want them fighting next to some draftee whose only goal is to survive for two years and do as little work as possible.
The last thing we need right now, or ever, is another huge government program to pay for and deal with. The conscription of all 18, 19 and 20 year olds would be about 14 million people! Can you imagine the size and cost of the government bureaucracy it would take to deal with that?
I was going to post this exact line of reasoning about how untrustworthy the army is, but how we should be forced to turn our kids over to them for a few years for the good of the nation! Interment camps anyone? But, Editor Cal seems to banish me for a few days when I expose the logical fallacies of his regular contributors.
Maximus wins 6.5 Ninja points for partially exposing the truth! Sharpen that pen some more!
Jackets will prevail even without God on their side!
I don't deny your opinion on the military being all voluntary, but your apparent disdain for those who have been (or might be) conscripted is surely borne of personal experience. I would offer that many, including myself, have had the experience of serving with draftees whose courage and fidelity were far above that of those 'regular' types.
…quite the opposite. But, it almost sounds like you might have a little disdain for those "regular" types.
I can only go by what my own attitude might have been had I been drafted rather than going in on my own free will.
The fact that most draftees rose to the occasion doesn't make it right. And, if you force all 14 million hapless souls in that age group into the military, or some make-work situation, you're going to end up with a lot of bad attitudes and huge bill.
Offer the pay and support that it takes to build and maintain an all volunteer force. People who support the draft are usually looking for a cheap way to build up the military, or want to force their idea of character on to today's yutes.
No disdain for anyone, regular or no, wearing the uniform. You are right that most draftees did rise to the occasion just as their regular counterparts. My rationale for those who didn't was a lack of leadership. I would be interested to hear your view.
Somewhere between what Mr Garlock believes and your stance lies the answer for currently we as average citizens have little to no contact with those who stand prepared to defend us. A most noble endeavor that I trust you would not deny.
The problem is and has been a lack of leadership, especially at the top when claiming that a draft was necessary.
And I agree with everything that Terry says when making his points on the complete lack of leadership and common sense. He talks of the lack of leadership, reasoning, and direction from the white house, the Army brass with their heads up their butts, how some of our elected "leaders" compare our troops to "Nazis, or Stalin, or Pol Pot".
He makes these observations, and then thinks that we should turn all of our kids over to these same people as soon as they turn 18!
Garlock has some great ideas on what we can do to help, and one really bad one.
Happy Birthday Marines!
My friend, I must point out that your statement: "many veterans of the Vietnam war who felt they were legally forced into servitude to fight a war they didn't belong in for a cause they didn't believe in." does not represent the typical Viet Nam veteran.
Does this very same statement represent those of my father's generation who were drafted and bled on the shores of Normandy, Tarawa, or on the outskirts of Bastogne? If so, are you saying that as an individual we get to choose which leaders we follow? Do we only obey those laws we believe are valid?
That resentment and social opposition is not indicative of those who actually fought in that conflict, but I contend that resentment remains in many of those who did not participate and perhaps now decades later feel remorse. Just my take.
BTW, the retirement package for employees employed by your own city is more lucrative than that of today's military.
In any regard, a great subject for a breakfast discussion.
And thanks for the explaining another side. Having not served in the military, you are a better judge than I am on the perceptions and lasting impact of the draft and those that served. My point, which I do believe, is that the idea of a volunteer organization, that offers a prosperous career path, is superior than a draft that randomly chooses who will and will not serve.
In regards to military benefits versus those provided by the city, I am not sure what your issue could be. The Mayor has stated he spent three years overseas (for what we know not) and thus certainly has the expertise to make an informed decision in that arena. Comparatively, there is significant training needed and inherent danger in an occupation involving, oh let's say, maintaining the cart paths for instance. There service should be rewarded equally.


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Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful as he arrives to celebrate a Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 11 to mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council. The Mass also opened the Year of Faith. (CNS/Paul Haring)
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the start of a special Year of Faith, Pope Benedict XVI called on Catholics to revive the "authentic spirit" of Vatican II by re-proposing the church's ancient teachings to an increasingly Godless modern world.
The pope spoke at a special Mass in St. Peter's Square Oct. 11, half a century to the day after the opening ceremonies of Vatican II. About 400 bishops from around the world, including 15 of the 70 surviving members of the 1962-65 council, attended. Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury attended as special guests.
The observances featured ceremonies recalling milestones of Vatican II, including the enthronement of a book of the Gospels used at the original gathering and a re-presentation of the council's final "messages" to various categories of lay Catholics, such as artists, workers and women.
Vatican II, Pope Benedict said, had been "animated by a desire ... to immerse itself anew in the Christian mystery so as to re-propose it fruitfully to contemporary man."
He noted that Blessed John XXIII, in his speech at the opening of the council, called for both the safeguarding and the effective teaching of the "sacred deposit of Christian doctrine ... this certain and immutable doctrine, which is to be faithfully respected, (and) needs to be explored and presented in a way which responds to the needs our time."
"The council fathers wished to present the faith in a meaningful way," the pope said, "and if they opened themselves trustingly to dialogue with the modern world it is because they were certain of their faith, of the solid rock on which they stood."
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"Because television cameras from all over the world were taking pictures, all the lights were on in the basilica," said Bishop McNaughton, 85. "I thought I was at the gate of heaven."
The commemoration was less spectacular and less well-attended than the 1962 event.
"The many empty seats here, five minutes before the beginning of the Mass, show that we have many challenges, like decreasing interest in the church," Capuchin Father William Henn, an American who teaches at Rome's Pontifical Gregorian University, told CNS.
Pope Benedict's homily celebrated Vatican II but deplored much of what followed in its wake.
Many Catholics misunderstood or ignored the council's teachings under the influence of secular culture and "embraced uncritically the dominant mentality, placing in doubt the very foundations of the deposit of faith, which they sadly no longer felt able to accept as truths," he said. "Recent decades have seen the advance of a spiritual 'desertification.'"
Fifty years ago, history offered glimpses of a "life or a world without God," he said. "Now we see it every day around us. This void has spread."
Yet, the pope said, a "thirst for God, for the ultimate meaning of life" is still evident in "innumerable signs," including the growing popularity of religious pilgrimages.
"How come so many people today feel the need to make these journeys?" he said. "Is it not because they find there, or at least intuit, the meaning of our existence in the world?"
Calling for a revival in the church of the "yearning to announce Christ again to contemporary man," the pope stressed that any new evangelization "needs to be built on a concrete and precise basis, and this basis is the documents of the Second Vatican Council."
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How do I extract values from a named range in excel?
Hello, I'm fairly new to Javascript and excel and have struggled with this for days now. No amount of Googling has revealed the answer to me.
How do I access the values in a named range in Excel using Javascript?
I can see how to access a single value in a known location e.g.
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how do I retrieve the values in a named range e.g. "MyRange" and assign them to variables?
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Learn how to do basic printmaking in this class. We will create drawings which will be used for printing two to three bookmarks. They will be enhanced with color and collage materials\, laminated\, and finished with string which will make them keepsakes.
Ages 6 to 10.
Class limited to 12 students.
You must pre-register. Fee is $40 per student per class. You can sign up for one or all four classes for $145.
Diane Bigda is a teacher at the Art Institute of Boston\, where she teaches watercolor\, natural history drawing\, surface design and book illustration. She is the creator of all the Clearflour Bakery posters and the tree in the back of the Booksmith.
Anna Jo Beck will be assisting Diane. She is a senior at the Art Institute of Boston. In her spare time she doodles\, binds books\, and plays ukulele.
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Ages 8 to 12.
Class limited to 12 students.
You must pre-register. Fee is $40 per student per class. You can sign up for one or all four classes for $145.
Diane Bigda is a teacher at the Art Institute of Boston\, where she teaches watercolor\, natural history drawing\, surface design and book illustration. She is the creator of all the Clearflour Bakery posters and the tree in the back of the Booksmith.
Anna Jo Beck will be assisting Diane. She is a senior at the Art Institute of Boston. In her spare time she doodles\, binds books\, and plays ukulele.
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With enrollment declining, Flossmoor School District 161 officials are considering plans that include turning its neighborhood schools into grade centers.
Board President David Dreyfuss said it is all part of a facility evaluation of the district's four elementary schools and one junior high school.
Children in kindergarten through fifth grade attend neighborhood elementary schools — three of which are in Flossmoor and one of which is in Chicago Heights — and all of the district's sixth- through eighth-graders attend Parker Junior High School in Flossmoor.
Dreyfuss said the evaluation is being done due to the loss of students in the district. Enrollment has dropped from 2,600 students to 2,400 in three years.
"People are not selling their homes," Dreyfuss said. "Kids are moving to high school and to college and people are staying put."
Dreyfuss said the district's architect is analyzing building usage and will present its findings to the District 161 board this summer.
Dreyfuss said the board considered turning its schools into grade centers a decade ago but rejected the idea. He said turning the schools into grade centers is one of several ideas Supt. Craig M. Doster is considering. Doster will then submit two to three realistic plans to the board for further consideration, Dreyfuss said.
Any plan likely would include modernizing classrooms and building new ones at Parker Junior High School, and construction or reorganization plans likely wouldn't go into effect until the 2014-15 school year, he said.
"It's very much a situation in flux," Dreyfuss said. "That's why we're taking awhile to look at this."
The board last week also tentatively approved reassigning Western Avenue School Principal Jennifer Camilleri. Doster is to decide whether to reassign her, after which the board would vote on the final approval. Dreyfuss declined to say why Camilleri might be reassigned, saying it was a personnel issue.


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Mat I enjoyed the post, and I fully agree with you.
I am sure that the "Old Masters", if they had todays technology, both materials and tools they would also be using them.
As for the "New Masters" I am sure that they all use the technology available today, whatever form it may take.
How many of you buy your lumber from shops or lumber yards, they are certain not have hand saw the trees and been down a saw pit to saw them into planks, and I bet they also kiln dried the wood - so is this also cheating?
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Don't let the provocative poses, jiggling mammaries and damsels in apparent distress fool you, the Dead or Alive series is highly-regarded among hardcore fighting game fans. Also, that girl in "distress" is a master of some form of kung-fu.
Like many modern fighting games, the latest entry in the Team Ninja developed franchise attempts to balance deep mechanics with accessibility, and succeeds somewhat.
In our Dead or Alive 5 review we said the game has "fast, slick, brutal combat" but offers more "flash than hardcore excellence."
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- CVG: 8.1 - If you want flash rather than hardcore excellence in your fighter, this is the game for you. Best played in tag mode with mates, not solo in the duff story mode.
- VideoGamer: 7 - Tits, thongs and throws, it still offers everything you'd expect from Team Ninja's famous fighter, though maturing fans might find themselves put off by all the titillation.
- GameSpot: 7.5 - Dead or Alive 5 is a deceptive game: behind all the gorgeous women and explosive areas rests a dynamic and enjoyable fighter.
- NerdReactor: C+ - DOA 5 is a beautiful and complicated fighting game that will entertain most fighting game fanatics for endless hours, but for the average gamer, it will maybe hold your interest for a few hours.
- OXM UK: 7 - A safe sequel that sticks to a formula that still works
- Famitsu (via Eventhubs): 36/40 - "All the explosions and mayhem you can cause in each stage is impressive, too. I get the feeling you don't have as many moves at your disposal as other 3D games these days, but in terms of preserving gameplay balance, you could say that there isn't a needlessly huge amount."


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What skill does a forger use to forge a document? I don't seem to find something usefull on the character card….
Forger and forgery
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Posted 03 May 2013 - 07:41 AM
I would use coordination, skullduggery or Tradecraft. Allow the player to specialize accordingly.
Here are the difficulties I'd use:
Forge a letter identically: skullduggery or coordination (or education acquired) 2d to 4d
Forge a letter that changes what a person has written: add education for certain: +1 or +2 difficulty
Forge a badge of wood or metal: Skullduggery or coordination or tradecraft (specialization forgery in whichever one the player has chosen): 1d to 4d
Create an engravers punch for a coin-press: tradecraft, skullduggery or coordination (of course all the value is in the metal) 2d to 4d
Create a wood-cut for a copy of a signet ring for wax impressions: skullduggery 1d to 3d
Create a duplicate of a painting - 3d to 5d (masterpiece)
Now, NIETHER education nor tradecraft are career skills, but would be invaluable to any character gaining them. Education would be exceptionally important when attempting to change any written materials, otherwise you're dealing with mis-spelled words and the like while doing writing activities.
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Yeah, Emirikol has some great stuff here. I don't disagree with anything he suggests. It is what I would suggest.
Posted 06 May 2013 - 03:30 AM
To forge a document I would go for Skulduggery (Int) check. Remember though that a character needs Education to be able to read or write
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Understaffed? To God be the Glory! God still accomplishes His purposes with or without us! A common theme in ministry is a shortage of people to get the jobs done. There's always tons of people who need to be ministered too, but not usually enough people to do the ministering. Many of us face burn out. Why?
In my own life it's because I take my eyes off Jesus. I focus on the people or the events and not on the One who gives me the strength to minister in the first place!
He only gives us as much as we can handle. He knows our limits! Sometimes He stretches us when we face the impossible, sometimes He's trying to teach us to rely on Him. 2 Cor. 9:8 says "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have abundance for every good work."
In the Youth Action Department of Family Life, we have recently experienced this. At the end of September our director left unexpectedly and the pervious spring one of our staff members left also to continue his education among other things. So we went from a staff of four to a staff of two, doing the same number of events. My remaining Co-worker, Steve, is a very talented actor and was involved with our Performing Arts department putting on the Gifts of the Magi dinner theater all across our network. Steve could help plan our events but couldn't physically be there for most of them this fall because of the show.
I will admit I had my moments of doubt and brief panic attacks as I wondered how we were going to effectively minister when Steve and i were pulled in so many directions. During those times, I was forgetting two things; God and the body of Christ. Once I placed the events in the Lord's capable hands (we were doing the events for the Lord anyway right?), He took them and we had some amazing time of ministry! Every time I would start to get over whelmed a co worker from an other department would come by ask what they could do to help or a friend would call. God placed people at just the right times when we needed the help the most! It was amazing to watch God work through His people.
Looking back, I'm blown away at how well everything went and how many people the Lord used to help get His work done. During the last month and half we have held 7 large youth events all over our net work. Two of these events were overnights! We had contact with over 1000 adults and teenagers in that short 6 weeks and were able to present the Gospel message to them.
We couldn't not have gotten through this time without the body of Christ. Staff members from other departments stepped up and helped in tremendous ways. We also have an amazing crew of volunteers! Thank-you!
God will always get the Glory and will make the impossible, possible if we let Him!
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Guides you through the process of script writing for informational videos, commercials, and public service announcements.
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