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Hasidic Prayers: Examples
The rungs of prayer and how to climb them.
Hasidic literature contains no systematic manual of contemplative prayer. The texts below appear in a collection of passages culled from the records of the teachings of the Ba'al Shem Tov, the Maggid Dov Baer of Miedzyrzec, and their immediate disciples in the latter part of the eighteenth century. They have been meticulously and sensitively translated into English by two prominent scholars, one a specialist in Kabbalah and the other a scholar of Jewish literature and Jewish education. Excerpted from Your Word Is Fire by Arthur Green and Barry W. Holtz (Jewish Lights Publishing).
We Do More Than Pray to God
People think that they pray to God.
But this is not the case.
For prayer itself is of the very essence of God.
--Rabbi Pinhas Of Korzec
The Power of Your Prayer
It is possible to be so humble
that your very humility
keeps you far from God.
A humble person may not believe that his own prayer
can cause the Presence
to flow through all the worlds.
But how then can you believe
that even angels are nourished
by your words?
Know the power of your prayer
And serve your God in fullness.
--Ya'akov Yosef of Polnoye, Toledot Ya'akov Yosef 172c
Preparing the Way
A person of spirit may begin his prayer
in awe and trembling,
saying to himself:
"Who are I, a poor clod of earth,
to stand before the King of Kings in prayer?"
He speaks only a partial truth.
He does not yet know the higher truth, however—
the truth that all things,
even the material world,
are filled with God's presence.
Indeed he cannot speak the words of prayer—
better that he remain silent before the Lord.
Thus scripture says:
"God is in heaven and you are upon the earth;
do not rush to speak, and let your words be few."
As long as you believe that God is only in heaven
and does not fill the earth—
let your words be few.
Only when you come to know
that you too contain His Presence-
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Biased Texas Voting Laws Challenged
It was with some relief that I read today that the Justice Dept is challenging the recent voting laws in Texas (and other states) that tried to limit the participation of minority voters and Democrats in general in elections. Those laws, as you will remember, have tried to cut down on the time period for registering to vote, eliminating early voting, and other such things that, for instance, create long lines of waiting voters (over 8 hours wait in some places) who just happen (?) to be largely minorities--and other such shenanigans. I was really beginning to fear that the Republicans were going to be successful in gerrymandering Republican candidates into office (including for President!) by drastically curtailing the minority vote.
The recent Supreme Court ruling that declared no states (which historically had a record of racial discrimination) had to submit their voting plans for review by the Justice Department certainly had me worried where we were heading.
I'm happy to report that the Justice Department may have found a way to restore some control over the wild and woolly Texans.
Here is a selection from today's Reuter's newsclip:
The U.S. Department of Justice will ask a federal court to reinstate its authority over Texas voting laws, part of a new Obama administration strategy to challenge state and local election laws it says discriminate by race, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday.
"This is the Department's first action to protect voting rights following the Shelby County decision, but it will not be our last," Holder said to a standing ovation at the annual conference of the National Urban League, a civil rights organization, which is meeting in Philadelphia.
The Texas action was expected to be the first in a nationwide roll-out of voting rights cases aimed at counteracting the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that invalidated a key part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
The Obama administration has been searching for new ways to oppose voting discrimination since a 5-4 conservative majority on the high court ruled that a formula used to determine which states and localities were subject to extra federal scrutiny was outdated.
. . .
As a first step in its new strategy, the Justice Department plans to make clear it supports a pending lawsuit that racial minorities brought against the redistricting plan in federal court in Texas.
If the court agrees the plan was racially discriminatory, then the Justice Department will ask the court to place Texas back in the preclearance process for an undetermined period of time, according to Holder's prepared speech.
The Supreme Court in its June ruling left in place the preclearance process and most other parts of the Voting Rights Act, invalidating only the formula for states and localities to be subjected automatically to extra scrutiny.
Three cheers for Holder--and for the voting rights of the American public! Every once in a while, we do get some good news out of D.C.!
Yes, pidge--a very good point. I'm just waiting now for the dominos to fall, one after another, as red state after red state finds its biased voter registration laws invalidated, one after another!
Now I hope the Justice Dept. (or whoever) figures out a way to invalidate all the red states' anti-abortion laws also. Republicans have had a whee of a time slamming laws into place that the states know are unconstitutional, but they don't care. They are passing them anyway, hoping for a constitutional challenge that will overturn the constitutional laws they don't support. Their pie-in-the-sky strategy, I guess. I really hope we soon see them with pie-in-face results, don't you? LOL
Kate's OP: "The U.S. Department of Justice will ask a federal court to reinstate its authority over Texas voting laws, part of a new Obama administration strategy to challenge state and local election laws it says discriminate by race, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Thursday."
Someone remind me what states are for.
There are several states that still don't allow early voting. Should the federal government force them to allow it? Allowing early voting certainly makes it easier and more convenient for voters, but how does not allowing it specifically cut down on participation of Democrats and minorities and not Republicans?
This post was edited by kittiemom on Thu, Jul 25, 13 at 20:47
It is well known that a large number of minorities take advantage of the earlier voting opportunities--among other reasons, to avoid those long lines that have to wait 8 hours or more to get into the voting booth on election day--only in largely minoritiy neighborhoods, however! How did that happen? Well, ask the Republicans in charge. They could double or triple the number of voting places so that no one would have to wait in line 8+ hours to vote, but no--they don't want to change that . Why not? Because they know that a large percentage of those minority voters will vote Democrat and the Republicans in charge want to discourage the Democratic vote by making them wait so long that the (minority) voters will get discouraged and go home without voting.
How do we know this? Because the Republicans in charge in those states have said that is what they are doing. Which state was it--maybe Pennsylvania?--where after the Republicans in charge changed the voting laws (eliminating early voting, etc.) the governor exulted directly into the TV microphone that they had just made sure that the state would go Republican in the next election.
Why doesn't it affect Republicans? Because the Republicans in charge make sure there are plenty of places for voters in largely white neighborhoods to vote without having to wait 8 hours--in fact, in white neighborhoods, the average wait is something like 10 minutes! Therefore, they rarely take advantage of early voting--because they don't need it.
This is hardly news. Most people who follow politics have known about this for quite a few years now.
Also, minorities tend to have lower-paying jobs and cannot afford to take time off to vote during business hours so that is why extended voting hours and weekend voting hours are more important to them.
Boy, if we ever get to Internet voting, imagine how many more people will vote because they didn't have to wait in line! Think that will happen?
I don't see why internet voting couldn't happen somewhere down the line. Every registered voter gets a "control number" like that which appears on stock proxys. (The word "control" will annoy some.)
But the physical act of going in person to one's polling place and exercising the franchise by marking a ballot might be too steeped in culture to change.
Is it really about culture Duluth? Voting is a right and privilege. It should never be taken lightly. I get up in time to be at the poll when it opens with my ID in hand. Though I can think of times when I would choose to go back and change my vote, Jimmy Carter and Bobby Jindal come to mind. I have thought seriously about my vote and go with the serious intention of voting for who I think is best. That is what I hope to see from every voter. Not just people who are corralled and bussed to a polling station for an outing. I don't want people to vote two or three times for someone, because what do they really care about the process. Why should a vote that was paid for with a five dollar bill count? I don't care what side of the aisle you are on, your vote should be one of the most important things you do as a citizen. If I had to drive or catch a ride to go twenty miles to vote, I would do it. And I want every voters vote to be just as important to them.
I think you might have misconstrued what my last sentence was meant to convey.
Lightly? I don't take voting lightly and also consider it both a right and privilege. And I would always prefer going to my polling place and physically marking a ballot in lieu of signing on my computer. I may be wrong, but I believe many think that way too despite whatever direction the internet might go.
Being there along with others being there to participate is the cultural aspect I intended - and I doubt if the participants who are "corralled and bussed" (your words) in after a church service look at going to vote as a mere outing.
Being there along with others being there to participate is the cultural aspect I intended - and I doubt if the participants who are "corralled and bussed" (your words) in after a church service look at going to vote as a mere outing.
You are absolutely right. I should have said some, certainly not all.
I guess what I mean, is I want voting to be very important to the voter. There are people who do not even know the name of the vice president. I shudder to think of these people going to the polls with no clue who or what they are voting for.
I don't even like mail in ballots. I think they should be reserved for shut ins or the disabled. But, I don't live in one of those states, that's the voters choice.
Even voters who live in States that have early voting and mail-in voting (and other variations) have a choice--they can still go physically to the voting place and, along with the general public, mark their ballots, if that is what is meaningful to them.
My concern is that places that take away that choice--by banning other options. Voting physically at the voting place is not particularly meaningful if you have no other choice. Besides, there are all sorts of people who for all sorts of reasons may want to use early voting or mail-in voting. Who is to say that vote isn't just as meaningful to them as it is to the person who goes to the public place to physically cast their vote?
As to the busload of churchgoers--let say it--usually we are talking about Black churches/churchgoers. I can think of all sorts of reasons why a black churchgoer might prefer going en masse to the voting booths. One possibility that pops immediately to mind is the decades of intimidation blacks too often faced when they tried to vote with the general public. That problem may not be so prominent now, but if I were a black person knowing that history, I too might feel more secure going with a group I trusted.
Other reasons--many blacks still have lowerclass/lower-paying jobs and can't get off on the general election day. If they can get to church, that is also a good time to go vote. And I suspect some might be poor enough that they don't have ready transportation, or can't afford it. The church bus solves that problem.
I'm sure there are other reasons. Given the history of denying blacks the right to vote in this country, I'd guess going as a group celebrating their right to vote makes that bus trip very meaningful to many, maybe all, of the churchgoing voters.
And I must add--there is almost no evidence of voters voting two or three or four times. Some may try--but they get caught and their vote doesn't count. As far as someone getting paid $5.00 to vote, that could happen just as easily at the voting booth. It has no relevance to the issue of early voting or mail-in voting.
I think the fact that some minority voters in some places stood in line for over 8 hours in order to vote at the voting booths shows that lots of people, minorities included, believe voting is their right and privilege. I can think of some whites I know who wouldn't stick around if they had to wait that long!
Stop with the race baiting Kate, my exchange with Duluth had nothing whatsoever to do with race, on my part and nothing that I read that the she wrote would make me think on her part as well. I would imagine that the right to vote is of the utmost importance to black people, considering how few years they have had that right.
Voting is a right and privilege. It should never be taken lightly.
Voting is a right guaranteed by the Constitution. If you wanted to go into the polling booth and use a dart to pick a candidate, that would be your right as a citizen of the US. Just as you have the right to vote for any candidate you want, that vote is yours and you also have the right to waste it if you want.
I was not race baiting, mrsk. I 'm sorry you read it that way. The simple fact is that I do not completely agree with a number of the statements you made earlier. Just throwing in my two cents worth.
And I thought a number of us were involved in this discussion. I did not realize this thread was a private conversation between you and Duluth.
And I must add--there is almost no evidence of voters voting two or three or four times.
Thank you, Kate. This fact should be repeated often.
I also don't think that Kate played the race card, but rather described actual events in Florida and other places where laws were enacted to restrict access to voting. Many African American churches participated in the civil rights struggle, and continue the struggle against the new Jim Crow -- in whatever form it takes.
oops....moved those dang goalposts!
You bet, for only three instances.
I'm glad that you're not in charge of budgeting and allocation of resources; you'd incur tens of thousands of dollars of expenses for something like .00000002% likelihood of occurrence.
Why would I incur any expenses.
Given your endorsement of laws restricting voter registration, that's a significant expense for an insignificant problem -- statistically nonexistent -- for which there is an already effective solution.
Your country certainly takes something as simple as voting and makes it very complicated. You would think after all these years, you could have figured out how to make it easy for everyone to cast their vote.
I've never had to wait more than ten minutes at a polling station.
IN Canada, "By law, qualified electors must have three consecutive hours to cast their vote on election day. If your hours of work do not allow for three consecutive hours to vote, your employer must give you time off." WITH PAY!!!!.
To clarify matters, Nancy was incorrectly accused of saying that there was no evidence of anyone voting more than once.
Well, mrsk, you can take your claws out of her. That is NOT what she said. She quoted me, and what I said was:
And I must add--there is almost no evidence of voters voting two or three or four times. [bold added for those with reading comprehension problems]
That statement is still correct. There is very little double or multiple voting going on, and the few occasions when it has been tried, the miscreant voter got nabbed and the faulty ballot tossed out. In other words, multiple voting is a tiny miniscule problem that the Republicans get themselves all worked up about so that they can carry on prolonged arguments about something that is practically a non-issue while they declare Republicans are saving America and the integrity of the voting booth. Of course, catch them when they think no outsiders are listening, and they frankly and openly admit that all the "clean up the vote" measures they keep pushing are really for propaganda reasons (to make the Democrats look bad) and, even worse, to discourage minority voters who insist too often in voting Democrat.
And NO, I am not race-baiting. Republican leaders admit they are trying to suppress the minority vote so that Republican candidates can win more elections. It is the Republicans that are playing the race-card, not me. I'm just describing what they are doing and admit they are doing.
Now, how many times do we have to go back and forth on this topic again (and again and again). ? As far as I'm concerned, it has been adequately covered now.
Ann, though it varies slightly from state to state, workers are given time off to vote and many states prohibit firing or docking employees because they took time off to serve as election workers.
The polls open early and stay open late; most of us are fortunate in being able to zip in and out, but that's not the case in states where the not so subtle voter suppression tactics are in place. It's a fervent hope that the DOJ can replace the teeth knocked out of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
I found this interesting from an Elections Canada piece:
• Non-land owning men had the right to vote in 1920.
•May 24, 1918, women were given the right to vote in federal elections if they were over the age of 21, not alien-born and met the property requirements in the provinces where they existed.
• Aboriginals in most parts of Canada had the right to vote from Confederation on ��" but only if they gave up their treaty rights and Indian status through a process defined in the Indian Act and known as "enfranchisement". On March 10, 1960, the House of Commons finally gave Aboriginal people the vote without making them give up treaty rights in exchange.


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Pauline Hopkins -- playwright, journalist, essayist, novelist and poet, publisher, lecturer, historian, actress, musician; and stenographer for the Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics -- is known as the "Dean of African-American Women Writers."
She was born in Portland, Maine, but moved to Boston as an infant and attended public schools there. After winning a literary competition at the age of 15, she went on to become a prolific writer.
Her first play, "Slaves' Escape: or the Underground Railroad," was produced in Boston in 1880. Her work often featured mixed-race characters and their struggles. Her 1900 novel, Contending Forces, follows the fortunes of a racially mixed family from 1790 Bermuda to late 19th-century Boston, and emphasizes feminist themes of female bonding and empowerment. She also wrote a four-part magazine series on the global African community, "The Dark Races of the Twentieth Century," published in The Voice of the Negro.
Hopkins also founded and was literary editor of the first significant African-American journal of the 20th century, the Boston-based Colored American magazine. She wrote numerous magazine essays and articles (sometimes using the pseudonym Sarah A. Allen), and she became a frequent lecturer on black history.
Selected Bibliography
- Contending Forces: A Romance Illustrative of Negro Life North and South (1900)
- Hagar's Daughters: A Story of Southern Class Prejudice (1902)
- Of One Blood, or, The Hidden Self (1903)
- A Primer of Facts Pertaining to the Greatness of the African Race and the Possibility of Restoration By Its Descendants (1905)
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AMHe is a wise man who does not grieve for the things he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. ~Epictetus
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. ~Cicero
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. ~Unknown
Seeing as this week we will be celebrating Thanksgiving and considering that I happen to enjoy a little senimentality around the holidays, I thought it would be appropriate to propose that we all take a moment out of our hectic lives to stop and reflect about the world around us, and find something that we can be grateful for.
For some, this is just another day off from the markets or an excuse to come in late to work and relish the quiet work day for those stuck behind the cube. For others, it is a time to spend with close friends and family. I know I am traveling tonight in order to be with family and am looking forward to spendind a few days away from work. Some of you are doing what I'm doing today, others tomorrow and some of us are stuck in the trenches despite it being Thanksgiving.
I can't help but think about something my father said to me the first Thanksgiving out of college. I was stuck behind a desk, waiting for the market to close Wednesday afternoon, dreading the fact that I expected my boss to call 5 minutes before the close and give me an asinine, time wasting task that had no redeeming value to anything that needed to be completed for Friday morning despite being out of the office and "on vacation" until Monday (and yes, he did email me at 8 AM Friday asking me to email him with the completed task before spending a dull and dead Black Friday in the office), in a dead office, twiddling my thumbs with little to do. My dad gave me a call to find out what my plans and time table were for the evening, and as I sepnt a few minutes just bitching about the uselessness of the day before Thanksgiving, he reminded me that despite all the bullshit around me and regardless of whether I liked dealing with it or not, there was always something to be thankful for, no matter what was going on. After I hung up the phone, I took a look around and found something to be thankful for staring me right in the face. I was in the company of people I liked to work with in an empty office and all we did was essentially hang out and bullshit all day, a rare treat given the hectic nature of life. The same held true when I left the office and drove to my parents home, being thankful for a commute that took me less than 40 minutes (from Manhattan into suburban Jersey no less) to go door to door from the office until I walked through the door at my Parents house. Ultimately, I realized that I was thankful for the fact that I had a quiet night to enjoy to myself and precious time to spend enjoying a family dinner with good food, good wine and most importantly good company.
I look back at the last two years and can think about everything I am thankful for, but that list would go on for a while. Instead, I look at this year and realize that a bit of simplicity is better in realzing what I am thankful for. This year, I'm thankful for having a few days to spend with my family and the time to enjoy hanging out with my kid sister, who I don't see often enough. I'm thankful for having kickass people to work with and an awesome manager. I am thankful that this year has been a year of deep thought and reflection for me, something that I had forgotten how to do since I started working. I am thankful for the newfound focus, the renewed drive and desire and perspective that reflection brings with it.
Most importantly, this year, I am thankful for rediscovering how to step back, stop and smell the roses, if even only for a fleeting moment, despite the world keeping on turning. To that effect, despite the fact that I despise my former roommate, that's a long story for another day, nor do I have any desire to see or hear from him ever again, I am truely grateful to him for reminding me how to find a bit of Zen and reflect on the world around me even though the madness and chaos (or in his case, drug and steroid abuse, yes he was a meathead juicer, coupled with the destruction he caused, his massive ego, a complete and utter lack of any respect for anyone but himself and his bouts of anger and rage if something dind't go his way) still continues on whether we like it or not.
It doesn't matter where you are on Wednesday night or Thursday, be it New York City, Los Angeles, Toronto, Paris, London, Singapore, Hong Kong or some podunk redneck town in the middle of Colorado, take a little time to find something seemingly small and insignificant, or maybe just something so wrote that you do it mindlessly without much thought, and stop to appreciate it.
Find something small and appreciate it. Find something to be grateful for and enjoy it. Find someone that you don't normally think of who does something in to help you and tell them thank you.
With that, I leave you with two more pearls of wisdom on giving thanks and gratitude and want to know what you are all giving thanks for this year.
Best Wishes to everyone for a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. ~Unknown
Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world. ~John Milton
I'm honestly thankful for
OI'm honestly thankful for this post, as it gave me a moment to reflect upon the things I am grateful for in my own life. (Despite the fact that I'm a recent grad-school dropout, looking for work.)
Great post. This is very
?Great post. This is very well put and definitely something that is often overlooked by many.
It's funny, but the past two
HFIt's funny, but the past two weeks at work have seemed like a ridiculous series of events designed to make me feel ungrateful. I've had to cover other people's work because of a flat tire and a doctor's visit that went too long (are you kidding me bro?) and I'm being being increasingly confronted by the fact that my job is awful and that the paycheck is just barely keeping me in there. I'm feeling a little hapless as to what to do next as I never seem to quite fit the requirements for whatever grad school or job I'm applying to. Unlike you Frieds, the core group I work with is cool but I have to deal with some of the dumbest people I have ever met all day long, and my closest family member lives over 1000 miles away.
So I'm still figuring out how to be grateful this Thanksgiving. I'm grateful for my friends, my family, the fact that I have a place to live and some extra cash to spend. It's also nice to get a day off, first day the stock market closes since Labor Day. But I'll be honest, this Thanksgiving feels pretty bleak, Doostang email reminding me to be thankful or not. Good post though.
Thanks Friends. Always enjoy
COThanks Friends. Always enjoy your posts. I've been through a lot of shit this semester and I def agree, its nice to have family to be grateful for at the end of the day.
Same here, these past few
?Same here, these past few weeks have been testing for me and I've started to overlook the smaller things that really matter. Great post Frieds, thanks.
People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis, you can't trust people Jeremy
Thank you for the post. It's
?Most people do things to add days to their life. I do things to add life to my days.


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Animal Modeling
The conservation of ecosystems focuses on evaluating individual sites or landscapes based on their component species. Building on successful single species evaluation methods (e.g., habitat suitability analysis and population viability analysis), I developed a method for estimating the value of a particular site based on its ecological components, i.e., species, and the threats facing it. The method has two important features: it assigns an ecological value based on many species and facilitates multispecies assessments of ecological effects. The goal is to minimize the extinction risk and maximize habitat quality for the component species; the viability of the populations, rather than just the species' presence, is considered. As a demonstration I applied my method to a set of California species that are included in the California Gap Analysis Project (Davis et al. 1998).
I combined habitat suitability maps for each species with the extinction risk faced by each species in a single map of multispecies conservation values (MCVs). Using the risk of extinction as a weighting factor means the more imperiled a species is, the more priority is given to its habitat requirements. A high value for the MCV (e.g., 9 or 10 on a scale of 1 to 10) represents the highest-quality habitat for the set of species with the highest risk of extinction or decline.
Many types of models can be used to estimate the risk of extinction and the contribution of each cell; the model choice depends on the species and the data available. In this example I constructed spatially explicit population models, using RAMAS GIS (Applied Biomathematics, Setauket, New York; Akçakaya 1998), for a set of species in the 10 southern counties of California (Root et al. 2003). This method, though, is not limited in the number of species or the size of the area that can be included; I chose only six species and a reduced area to simplify the computations.
The six species used for this analysis were California Gnatcatcher, Cactus Wren, California Spotted Owl, desert tortoise, Stephens' kangaroo rat, and San Joaquin kit fox. For each species, I created a raster map of habitat suitability based on the California Gap Analysis database with values of 0 through 5, with 5 being the most suitable (Davis et al. 1998). These maps were imported into RAMAS GIS (Akçakaya 1998) and served as the basis of the spatial structure of the metapopulation or population.
Based on the available data, I constructed a female-only, stage-based, stochastic, spatially explicit model for each species (Root et al. 2003) using published data and models wherever possible (see Table 1 for references). I assumed populations were limited by both the quality and the quantity of habitat, and dispersal and correlation among populations was distance-dependent. The contribution of each cell to the overall risk of extinction was estimated as the difference between the risk of extinction with all populations included minus the risk with the population (that the cell belonged to) removed. Therefore, the MCV for each cell j was the sum of the products of habitat suitability for species i at location j (Sij), risk of extinction in 50 years (Pi) and contribution of location j to the viability of species i (Cji) divided by the sum of all of the extinction risks:
MCVj = , (Root et al. 2003).
For comparison, I also examined an alternative measure of risk, the risk of a 50% decline in abundance in 50 years.
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Federal |
State |
Sources |
Coastal California Gnatcatcher |
Polioptila californica californica |
Threatened |
None |
Akçakaya 1997; Akçakaya & Atwood 1996, 1997; Bontrager 1991 |
Cactus Wren |
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus |
None |
None |
Akçakaya and Atwood 1996 |
Northern Spotted Owl |
Strix occidentalis caurina |
Threatened |
None |
Call et al. 1992; Lahaye et al. 1994 |
Desert Tortoise |
Gopherus agassizii |
Threatened |
Threatened |
Doak et al. 1994; Luke et al. 1991; O'Connor et al. 1994; Root 1999; Turner et al. 1986 |
Stephens' Kangaroo Rat |
Dipodomys stephensi |
Endangered |
Endangered |
Price and Kelly 1994; Price et al. 1994 |
San Joaquin Kit Fox |
Vulpes macrotis mutica |
Endangered |
Threatened |
Disney and Spiegel 1992; White and Garrott 1997 |
Based on these models, the MCV map (Figure 1a) revealed valuable habitat patches scattered across the 10 southern counties of California. Nine percent of the polygons (5.3% of the total area) had a value in the top category of the MCV values, and 24.1% (12.4% of the total area) were in the top two categories of the MCV values. Approximately 29% of the polygons (38.9% of the area) had a negative MCV value, which occurred when a particular location, if included, increased the overall risk of extinction (e.g., a sink population).
When the alternative risk measure, i.e., risk of a 50% decline, was used in estimating the MCV, the resulting map showed a few changes (Figure 1b). In this case there were fewer negative MCV values. Only 7.7% of the polygons (9% of the total area) had a negative MCV value. The top two categories of the MCV values included 19% of the polygons (7.9% of the total area), and the top category included 18% of the polygons (7.7% of the total area).
Figure 1. Multispecies conservation values maps of the southern 10 counties of California for 6 species based on their habitat suitabilities from the California Gap Analysis (Davis et al. 1998) weighted by (a) the probability of extinction for each species, or (b) the probability of a 50% decline in abundance for each species, estimated from population models. The categories shown represent ten intervals of equal area; a larger value indicates a higher conservation value.
The resulting MCV maps highlight regions of conservation importance for the six species that were included. Sites with higher MCVs (e.g., 9 or 10 on a scale of 1 to 10) had, in general, higher habitat suitability for species with a higher risk of extinction or decline. The regions where there was the greatest overlap among the six species were also where many of the highest MCV values were found. The most valuable locations, in general, were along the eastern side of the state, which closely reflects the higher risk of extinction for the species found in these areas. The valuable sites along the eastern side correspond with the highly endangered coastal sage scrub habitat included in reserves designs of Natural Community Conservation Planning Program (Akçakaya and Atwood 1997; Davis et al. 1998).
It is interesting that the map based on the risk of a 50% decline rather than risk of extinction shows a slightly different pattern. Areas on the western side of the state had a higher MCV value under the risk of decline compared with the MCV value under the risk of extinction. Species may have a very high risk of a large decline but a negligible risk of complete extinction and would be valued higher in this weighting. The risk of a decline may provide an important early warning for species that are not currently considered threatened or endangered but may be quite vulnerable to changes in their environment.
Using a model to explicitly measure the risk of extinction or decline is generally preferable to using an index when data are available (Root et al. 2003). The amount of data needed is driven by the choice of model for estimating the risk of extinction and the contribution of each location; a simple unstructured population model will require far less data than an individual-based simulation model. There are also methods for estimating the risk of extinction of a species using only presence-absence or siting data (see Solow 1993a, b; Burgman et al. 1995, 2000). An important advantage of models is that they can highlight which parameters have the most influence on the risk of extinction, warranting further study, and guide future research efforts. For many of the species included in this example, the adult survival value had the greatest influence on the population growth rate and subsequent risk of extinction or decline.
The risk-based multispecies conservation value is also flexible in terms of scale. Both the habitat suitability analysis and metapopulation models can be developed at a scale appropriate for the individual species. Many more species can be readily accommodated with this method than the six I used in this test case. Dynamic elements can be explored, such as the effects of fires, timber harvest, drought, and other factors. One can incorporate a potential effect in the metapopulation model, estimate the risk, and compare the resulting MCV map to the map without an effect. Potential changes also can be incorporated into the habitat suitability maps that reflect planning choices so that the outcomes of different plans can be compared. This method (now implemented in software; Root 2002) provides a quantitative and spatially explicit conservation value useful for such applications as a multispecies recovery plan, a regional habitat conservation plan, or an evaluation of local management alternatives.
Akçakaya, H.R. 1998. RAMAS GIS: Linking landscape data with population viability analysis. Version 3.0. Applied Biomathematics, Setauket, New York.
Akçakaya, H.R., and J.L. Atwood. 1996. A geographic extinction risk model for the management of multiple species reserves. Technical report. Southern California Edison, Rosemead, California.
Akçakaya, H.R., and J.L. Atwood. 1997. A habitat-based metapopulation model of the California Gnatcatcher. Conservation Biology 11:422-434.
Bontrager, D.R. 1991. Habitat requirements, home range and breeding biology of the California Gnatcatcher in south Orange Country, California. Santa Margarita Company, California.
Burgman, M.A., R.C. Grimson, and S. Ferson. 1995. Inferring threat from scientific collections. Conservation Biology 9:923-928.
Burgman, M., B.R. Maslin, D. Andrewartha, M.R. Keatley, C. Boek, and M. McCarthy. 2000. Inferring threat from scientific collections: Power tests and an application to Western Australia Acacia species. Pages 7-26 in S. Ferson and M. Burgman, editors. Quantitative methods for conservation biology. Springer Verlag, New York.
Call, D.R., R.J. Gutiérrez, and J. Verner. 1992. Foraging habitat and home-range characteristics of California Spotted Owls in the Sierra Nevada. The Condor 94:880-888.
Davis, F.W., D.M. Stoms, A.D. Hollander, K.A. Thomas, P.A. Stine, D. Odion, M.I. Borchert, J.H. Thorne, M.V. Gray, R.E. Walker, K. Warner, and J. Graae. 1998. The California Gap Analysis Project. Final report. University of California, Santa Barbara. Available from http://www.biogeog.ucsb.edu/projects/gap/gap_rep.html.
Disney, M., and L.K. Spiegel. 1992. Sources and rates of San Joaquin kit fox mortality in Western Kern County, California. Transactions of the Western Section of the Wildlife Society 28:73-82.
Doak, D., P. Kareiva, and B. Klepetka. 1994. Modeling population viability for the desert tortoise in the western Mojave Desert. Ecological Applications 4:446-460.
Lahaye, W.S., R.J. Gutiérrez, and H.R. Akçakaya. 1994. Spotted owl metapopulation dynamics in Southern California. Journal of Animal Ecology 63:775-785.
Luke, C., A. Karl, and P. Garcia. 1991. Review of the emergency listing of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Report. City of Ridgecrest, California.
O'Connor, M.P., L.C. Zimmerman, D.E. Ruby, S.J. Bulova, and J.R. Spotila. 1994. Home range size and movements by desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, in the Eastern Mojave Desert. Herpetological Monographs 8:60-71.
Price, M.V., and P.A. Kelly. 1994. An age-structured demographic model for the endangered Stephens' kangaroo rat. Conservation Biology 8:810-821.
Price, M.V., P.A. Kelly, and R.L. Goldingay. 1994. Distances moved by Stephens' kangaroo rat (Dipodomys stephensi merriam) and implications for conservation. Journal of Mammology 75:929-939.
Root, K.V. 1999. RAMAS ecological risk model for desert tortoise. Technical Report. Southern California Edison, Rosemead, California.
Root, K.V. 2002. RAMAS Multispecies Assessment: Estimating multispecies conservation values across the landscape. Applied Biomathematics, Setauket, New York.
Root, K.V., H.R. Akçakaya, and L. Ginzburg. 2003. A multispecies approach to ecological valuation and conservation. Conservation Biology 17(1):196-206.
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Solow, A.R. 1993b. Inferring extinction in a declining population. Journal of Mathematical Biology 32:79-82.
Turner, F.B., P. Hayden, B.L. Burge, and J.B. Roberson. 1986. Egg production by the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in California. Herpetologica 42:93-104.
White, P.J., and R.A. Garrott. 1997. Factors regulating kit fox populations. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75:1982-1988.
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Dang mice!!
The other day, while doing some "organizing" in the living room, I found a Christmas stocking, of the deep red, with white fluffy top, variety, lying in a pile of things.
With a nice hole dug into it ... and nothing apparent inside to attract a mouse.
A few days ago I was going to be carrying on a shortish day, at home, so went to put on a pair of heavy gray wool socks, that had been lying on some books in a bookcase, near where I'd been darning some socks a while ago, but the wool ones were intact, with the tops pulled up over the feet, ready to slip the feet into, then pull up the top ... or so I'd thought. There as a hole chewed into the top of the top sock ... with some chewings lying beside it.
The well water tested as polluted (too close to the former barnyard) when the farm was sold eight years ago, and still smells when hot, so I bring water from the city in jugs for drinking and most cooking.
Some of the mostly formerly cider jugs take to leaking when they get old, or damaged - some seniors can attest to similar circumstances - and I'd repaired one with duct tape a while ago. When I looked at it, sitting on the counter the other day, the duct tape looked unusual ... and a mouse had chewed a corner of it off (but it still held water O.K.).
They chewed one of those pillar-style dispensers that one finds for catsup or mustard in restaurants, a while ago, right down to the level of the catsup inside.
And chewed a hole in a bottle of pancake syrup in the same cupboard ... which I didn't notice till some of the syrup dripped onto the floor.
Last night, having bought a 1.5 quart coated cardboard carton of apple juice yesterday, and not having room for it in the fridge, I placed it on a table in the back porch ... with some trepidation, for mice had chewed stuff there, earlier.
This afternoon, when I came out, there was liquid on the table ... the mouse had chewed some places on the corners of the carton and some of the liquid had come out. The carton is now reclining, quietly, upside down, in the sink. I'd set it on the carpeted stair, at first ... but thought better of that idea ... just in case!
I've caught some in traps ... but the traps sit there quietly, unused, a good bit of the time.
With regard to just yesterday: Mouse/mice ...1 ... Joyful ...0.
ole joyfuelled ... in spite of it all
P.S. One nice thing about it - no family fuss going on in my family food factory.
I get my own way in my kitchen - apart from the (silent) mice, that is.
o j
Sounds like you have a lot of the little buggers. Maybe you need an exterminator? I feel your pain. I remember one year when I was growing up,we were overrun by the things. (we lived in the country on a farm). Turns out that a neighborhood farmer burned down an old barn and everyone within about 3 miles were overrun with mice and rats. I don't remember having rats in the house but I do remember having rats in the out buildings. I don't know how my parents ever managed to get rid of them but I remember a year later, it wasn't a problem anymore. Anyway, did someone in your neighborhood burn down an older abandoned building?
Ed, there is an ultrasonic mouse/rat trap, which you can order online or I believe Lowe's sells them. Take a look at this site and it tells how they work:
Here is a link that might be useful: Ultrasonic rodent traps
Had mice in my kitchen last year and NOTHING worked except the poison that I got and dropped behind the stove, as I was fairly certain that's where they were hanging out. After a few days a couple staggered out and I was able to dispatch them with no problem. Trying other methods took almost a month and the expense of the various treatments. I should have gone for the poison first thing.
By the way, I did call an exterminator who told me that what they could do would be exactly the same thing I could do.
Sure fire bait for a mouse trap:
Chew a little white or whole-wheat bread in your mouth. Stop when the stuff gets moistened. Pinch off a small ball and apply to the bait treadle on the trap. Load several traps with the mouth moistened bread.
As the bread dries, it will adhere to the trap making it impossible to remove without triggering the trap. Mice really go for this bait. A theory states that the saliva of your mouth begins to convert the starch to sugars and this attracts the mice.
Thoroughly cleanse a trap after it has caught a mouse. The odor of blood deteres a mouse. Other strong odor cleaners may also deflect mice.
Forgot about the cats. Last year my daughter had a few mice and this year she hasn't had a one. The reason, there's stray/ferral cats running around outside this year and there were none last year. She used to complain about the cats but when I pointed out that she didn't have mice this year, she quit complaining.
I hate mice. We kept getting one in the back of the house, we'd kill it and get another one. Thankfully they came nowhere near the kitchen. Anyway, I started spraying the outside of the house with a homemade concoction that repels mice, and they don't come in anymore. I can't seem to figure out exactly where they're coming in, but I have a general idea, and that's the area I spray.
If it looks like we have mice, I take out our metal humane trap (from the hardware store). I bait it with some peanut butter. Once a mouse goes in, a lever closes and it can't get out.
Nearly every day I drive near a wetlands area, so if there's one in the trap that day I take the trap with me, open it and deliver the mouse to the marsh.
Whether it starts a new life or becomes a snack for a hawk, it's out of our kitchen.
I haven't had to use the trap for quite a while, so I guess it has done its job.
I've been using the peanut butter - worked for a long time, but not lately. Maybe I'd better splash the trap with Javex-laden water.
Will try the chewed well-bread whole grain - I have some.
Iva mae ... your story had me pant-ing!
Actually, I noticed the other day that I still have a couple of new pair of the under-mentionables from son, with the plastic tape binding them.
The original narrow elastic girdle that I made is pretty well retired now ... having lost most of its snap-back.
It was making noises about going on pension ... but I said that it had never contributed.
I forgot another major story about the mice.
Son gave me a cordless phone, with an extra set, when he upgraded two or three years or so ago.
A while ago the phone quit working, so I rather figured that it likely had expired from old age.
I'd thought to check out the line from the jack on the wall to the connector, but hadn't ... until about the time that I found the chewed Christmas stocking ...
... and I found the wire leading from the jack on the wall was O.K. ... but when I moved it ... found that it ended abruptly a couple of feet down the line, about where it went behind the filing cabinet.
Mouse had chewed not only the insulation ... but the wires, as well, I guess.
Looks like farm mice are tough.
I looked for the bag where I keep phone-related stuff, but couldn't find it.
As it is, I have a phone on the wall in the kitchen, which is a bit hard to get to and another in the living room, that isn't hooked to a wall jack, so declines to offer service of any kind.
I found a patch phone cord the other day, strung it from wall jack to connector - and the phone by the computer works!
The barn cat, that likes to have me feed her (have two pans of water - bring one into the house daily to thaw the resident water that overnight has got hard for a cat to deal with) and loves to have me pet her and won't let me hold her, hasn't been allowed in the house. She's good at catching mice, though - outside.
In fact, last fall, when she'd caught several on her own, declined to eat the ones that I'd caught in one of the traps.
She's getting a bit large in girth - probably the aftermath of some of the visitors that stayed around for a few days or a week, a couple of months ago.
So much for the goings on at ole joyful's place!
o j
Susan_on, would you be able to share the recipe for the homemade concoction you spray with? We have problems with mice at our camp every fall/winter. Currently, I put moth balls in the campers and cabins when we close camp in the fall, but then we are left with the smell of the moth balls to air out in the spring. Would love to hear a good alternative!
Jemdandy, the heck with thoroughly cleansing! I hate the filthy little buggers so much, that if I catch one in a trap (which happens a few times a year at the camp), I handle it the same way that I do dog droppings! I put my hand in a plastic bag, pick up the trap, pull the bag down around it, tie it shut, and straight to the garbage! Yep, I know I spend more on mouse traps that way, but I just don't want to rehandle them after they've caught a dirty disease spreading mouse! I know, I'm extreme, but I sure don't like 'em! Never have!
I found a dead mouse in the spare bedroom the other day, right out in the middle of the floor. That was sure a puzzle. We live in an old, turn of the century (1900) house with an unfinished basement. We've been here five years. We do get mice in the basement, and other 'livestock' (a chipmonk once or twice) too, but have never seen a sign of one on the main floor or upstairs! All I can figure out is that maybe he came into the house in a box of something??? But even so, how did he end up dead on the floor?
We once lived in a house for a number of years without any real mouse problems. Then, one winter they got really bad. Some came into the house, but the worst part was the ones that were in the walls. We could hear them there all the time. They actually chewed a few small holes in the ceiling panels! Poison, and lots of it, was the only way we made a dent on the populations. I wonder if someone burned down a barn in that neighborhood!
Ed-get a 5 gal pail and a tuna can-drill a hole each side at the top to accomodate a piece of baling wire-attach the tuna can to the wire,1/2 way across the top of the pail.Put whatever in the tuna can for the mice-and about 4" of water in the bottom of the pail.Mice cross wire to get to tuna can,can flips over,mice fall into water,drown-end of them.This is guaranteed to work.
Well, one useful result comes this - even if in another thread - we found a recipe for what appears to be a good deterrent!
And for some flying nuisances, as well.
Trouble is ... where do "my" mice get in? It seems wisest to spray in that vicinity. Preferable to inundating the whole house.
o j
Phone quit working.
Checked the ends at the close end - nothing: still no signal.
Checked at the jack by the wall ...
... mice had chewed this wire off, right by the file cabinet, as before!
Dang mice! ... over again!
So - I used the wire with the endless end ... as in "useless" end ... to loop around the replacement cord ... and lift it up, to straight up the wall ... sticking the two ends of the dead cord under some books on top of the file cabinet.
Don't tell the mice that it goes back to the floor again, under the throw rug, in front of the file cabinet ...
... or can you visualise o j hopping over a cord a couple of feet off of the floor, several times a day ... even in the dark??
How come mice have gotten so smart?
ole joyful
Poison is not a good solution if you have outdoor cats and dogs. When a mouse gets sickened with poison, he leaves his home to travel away to die. That's when a cat may catch and eat it and now the cat is poisoned.
That's how we lost some cats. Our neighbor's house and barn was 1/4 mile away. They had no barn cats and resorted to poison to kill off rodent infestations. Sick rodents would travel down the road toward our house and if one off our cats ate one, it would sicken and most often died. A distance of a quarter mile was not enough separation to protect our catgs.
So, break down and bring in an indoor cat or dog. Will help keep you warmer and will help for the mouse problems too.
You must have a lot of mouse-friendly landscaping around your place OJ. There's where you need to start. As long as you have mouses outside, and they're getting in now, they're going to continue to come in until you make the area less mouse-friendly. An exterminator won't do much good for long. Traps will be an ongoing battle although theyre needed inside to help. I like the windup traps. Put them against the wall and they'll get a couple dozen each.
The 5 gal pails work well but you don't need to get fancy. Just place it against the wall with boards running up each side and hanging over. They will run off the end of the board and fall in and eventually drown with enough water in it. I always put 6"-8" of water in it. You can put some powder on the boards to see if they're just coming from one side or using both sides. Fasten the boards to it so they don't fall off. Remember you need to have it against the wall. Mice seldom run across the middle of the room. They use the wall to guide them.
Another thing is to simply get some cat fur and/or dog hair and spread around. They are repelled by the smell. Go to a pet groomer and ask them to save some and if you know cat owners who brush their cats ask them to save some for you. It made a big difference at the cabin.
The ultrasonic repellers worked quite well for me too. They're not that expensive but there's varying quality of units. Some work better than others.
"Victor" are an old-line maker of mouse traps.
Son lent me one, made by them, named, "Tin Cat" on the lid ...
... that is a box that has a couple of small entry ramps, that fall when the mouse runs over one ... to lift a door and hold it, that can only be reopened when the top end of the ramp goes up to the roof!
Tried it.
With cheese.
Peanut butter.
Chewed bread, as was recommended here.
Too dang smart mice, around my place!
Friend says to get a sticky piece, that the mouse can run on to ... then not lift his/her foot!
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History is replete with examples of use of religion for social-political mobilization and for community control. The backdrop for this Dossier reflects processes leading sociological Muslims to becoming institutionalised subjects of organised Islamic nation states, communities and families.
This issue of the Dossiers focuses on two main areas: the role of culture in the making of religious identities; and progressive interpretations within Islam. The issue of culture viz religion and identity is crucial to us; one of the aims of WLUML is to facilitate debate towards disentangling cultural identity from religious and political identities.
This publication is out of print and is unavailable in electronic format.
Based on the sharing that took place at the 1999 WLUML Outreach Strategies Exchange Programme meeting, this tool documents some of the network's experiences of outreach and identifies the basic principles that underlie outreach activities – no matter how diverse the actual activities have been across the Network With the aim of inspiring experimentation and dialogue among groups conducting outreach activities, it shared strategies at both general and specific illustrative levels.
Interview and articles from Riffat Hassan, the progressive theologian and academic specialized in Islamic sciences. Riffat Hassan defends a more humane, democratic and feminist interpretation of Islam in general and of the Quran and other sacred texts in particular (in French).


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To cater to the health needs of international and adventure travelers, London Drugs is offering travel and immunization clinics at 16 stores in British Columbia and Alberta.
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CALGARY, Alberta – To cater to the health needs of international and adventure travelers, London Drugs is offering travel and immunization clinics at 16 stores in British Columbia and Alberta.
The western Canada drug chain said Thursday that travelers can book a one-on-one consultation with a London Drugs travel medicine pharmacist to discuss their needs and get vaccinations. Pharmacies can also direct bill most patient's insurance plans.
"We educate and prepare patients for a safe and healthy trip, and we administer vaccinations. All these services are available by-appointment and do not require patients to visit their doctor," Jacqueline VandeBeek-Ainslie, a travel medicine pharmacist at London Drugs, said in a statement.
The London Drugs travel and immunization clinics, which include a new clinic in Calgary, Alberta, help protect travelers against cholera, hepatitis A/B, typhoid fever, meningitis, yellow fever and other diseases.
Vaccine recommendations depend on a variety of factors, including destination, duration, and nature of travel, age and previous immunization history, the drug chain noted. For example, international health regulations require a yellow fever vaccination for travel to countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South America, and Saudi Arabia requires proof of meningococcal vaccination travel during certain dates. The traveler clinics are designed to help people understand the requirements for certain types of travel and the preventive options available.
"Certain vaccines are required to enter a country. Others are recommended to help avoid common illnesses affecting vacationers such as traveler's diarrhea or hepatitis," VandeBeek-Ainslie explained.
Besides vaccinations, the travel clinics also can provide guidance on travel medical insurance and travel first aid, as well as advise people with diabetes and those on prescription medication how to prepare for their trip.
London Drugs said its travel medicine pharmacists are internationally certified, undergoing a yearlong training program and taking an exam through the International Society of Travel Medicine to receive a certificate in travel health. The London Drugs travel and immunization clinic is a certified yellow fever vaccination center, the drug chain added.
Customers planning international travel or adventure vacations can find a list of travel clinic locations on the London Drugs website at LDTravelClinics.ca. Overall, London Drugs has 77 stores in more than 35 major markets throughout British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as well as an online store LondonDrugs.com.


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The Importance of Staying Calm on International Flights
Each day, a large number of American citizens hit the sky. While many are only traveling from one state to another, there are some who are traveling from one country to another. If you are one of those individuals, you may be nervous, rightfully so. If you are a first-time flyer or if you have a problem with flying in general, it is advised that you learn to calm your nerves as much as possible. Although it may seem impossible to do, there are a number of benefits to doing so, namely for your own safety.
Unfortunately, in today's society it seems as if air travel has gotten a little bit out of control. Airport security, airline personnel, as well as other passengers, are all concerned with their safety. While it is important to be concerned with your safety and the safety of others, it is seem as if what it takes to make everyone feel unsafe has also gotten a little bit out of control. If you are on an airplane, especially on an international flight, and someone carelessly mentioned the word bomb, your flight would probably land at the nearest airport. The same can be said for uncooperative passengers. That is why it is extremely important that you remain calm, aboard an airplane, at all times.
Many travelers are nervous about flying, all on its own, however, others display a wide array of emotions for other reasons. One of those reasons is dissatisfaction. On international flights, like all other flights, you will find that your actions are limited in the air. There are only certain times when you can remove your seatbelts, use the bathroom, or use your electronic equipment. If these times do not meet with your schedule, you are advised to just deal with it. Becoming upset or hysterical will not accomplish anything for you; expect for maybe a date with local authorities at your next stop.
One of the number one reasons why trouble begins on a plane, even if is innocent enough as being scared to fly, is because travelers do not know the consequences of their actions. A nervous, jittery, or confrontational passenger is what flight attendants are taught to look for. Although you may not be a terrorist, you may be displaying noticeable symptoms. In the event that this does happen, your plane will likely be rerouted, where you and other passengers will be met with airport security or local authorities. Depending on what your actions involved, you may be charged with disorderly conduct or something similar. Essentially, this means that it is extremely important that you remain calm at all times.
In addition to remaining calm aboard an international flight, it is also advised that you remain calm at the airport. All international airports are on high alert. This means that they will not only be looking for prohibited items, but suspicious travelers as well. If you are nervous about flying, you need to think of something enjoyable; it may help to calm your nerves. If you are asked to do something by airport security, such as step aside, you are advised to do so. If you do not, it is likely that a confrontation could brew. Starting a confrontation in airport is just as serious as starting one in the air. In fact, you will likely be met with the same consequences, as mentioned above.
Although it is important to know what could happen to you if you fail to remain clam in an international airport or aboard an international flight, is it is also important to work on ways to stay calm. Whether it involves thinking happy thoughts, bringing along headphones, or by taking long deep breaths, it is advised that you develop multiple ways to keep yourself calm and level headed. If you fail to do so, you may regret your decision to fly for the rest of your life and that is something that shouldn't have to happen.
Philadelphia International Airport
Are you a Philadelphia resident who is interested in vacationing in another area of the world? If so, it is likely that you will need to use the Philadelphia International Airport. The Philadelphia International Airport is so well known that it isn't just popular among Philadelphia residents. In fact, residents from all over the state of Pennsylvania, as well as other nearby states, make the trip to Philadelphia just for the Philadelphia International Airport.
The Philadelphia International Airport, like many other international airports, offers service to a number of other areas. Many of these areas are considered popular vacation destinations. You will find that flights leave the Philadelphia area for Canada, Paris, London, Toronto, Amsterdam, Manchester, Dublin, among other popular locations. Air France, US Airways, Delta, American Airlines, and British Airways, are just a few of the many airlines that service all of the previously mentioned areas.
Being situated along the Eastern side of the United States works to the advantage of the Philadelphia International Airport. The location of this popular airport makes to possible to have direct flights, even to areas located overseas. This is important for many air travelers. The less stops your plane has to make, the quicker you will be able to arrive at your intended destination. However, before you can start thinking about your intended destination, you are urged to think more about the Philadelphia airport, namely their airport layout, the services offered to travelers, and the security screening procedures.
Perhaps, the most important thing that you need to be concerned with, when flying out of the Philadelphia International Airport, is airport security and air travel rules. The United States has a long list of items that are prohibited from being stored in your carryon luggage. These items include, but are not limited just to, liquids, sharp objects, flammable materials, and explosive materials. While it is important to keep the United States air travel rules in mind, it is also important to examine the air travel rules found in other areas of the world, namely the area that you will be traveling to. This will prevent unnecessary incidents from occurring in the air or in a foreign airport.
It is also advised that you familiarize yourself with the layout of the Philadelphia International Airport, especially if you have never been there before. Not only will you want to learn where you will board your plane or arrive to start the check-in process, you may also want to know where you will be when you return to the airport. Although you can easily receive airport maps as soon as you arrive at the Philadelphia International Airport, you are advised to plan ahead. By visiting www.phl.org, you should be able to find an interactive map of the airport. If you wish, you should also be able to print off that map for your records.
When it comes to parking, you will find that you have a number of different options. Those options, if you plan on leaving your vehicle at the airport while you travel overseas, include garage parking or economy parking. They are both considered long-term parking facilities. Although many travelers prefer to have their vehicles parked in a parking garage, it is normally more expensive. In fact, it is almost half as cheap if you leave your vehicle in the economy parking lots, which are outdoors. The overall cost of parking will be determined by the length of your international trip.
While waiting for you international flight or after you have returned, you may be interested in exploring what the airport has to offer. The Philadelphia International Airport, like many other large sized international airports, has a wide array of different eateries, shops, and much more. Whether you are looking to purchase a souvenir for your trip or just enjoy a nice meal, you should be able to find what you are looking for, without even having to leave the airport.


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Disney Launches New Line of Digital Cameras for Kids
The Disney Pix line of digital cameras and camcorders is meant to foster creativity and stretch imaginzations. At affordable price points, parents will be happy. With nice features (LCD screens) and several themes, like "Disney Chrome," "High School Musical," "Pirates of the Caribbean," "Cars," "Little Mermaid," "Disney Princess" and "Tinker Bell", there is sure to be one that will make the kids happy.
Since kids want to be able to see, edit and print their images, Disney has introduced a line of cameras with different feature sets. Several models have LCD screens and the cameras will ship with Disney Pix software that will allow kids to customize their photos with Disney characters, stamps, frames and more.
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The Disney Pix line is now available at national retailers, including Target, Best Buy, Circuit City, Limited Too, Claire's, Toys 'R' Us, KB Toys, Ritz Camera, and many others.
Digital Camera Owners Look to Accessorize
According to a new IDC survey, digital camera and camcorder owners are looking to accessorize what they already own. 84% of the respondents say that have already done so. Topping the list of wanted accessories are memory cards, lens accessories, and 4x6 photo printers.
Some other conclusions from the study:
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"Why Do You Love Football" Photo Challenge
Archie Manning has kicked off the Canon and Pro Football Hall of Fame "Why Do You Love Football" photo challenge. There are two categories: "Action" and "Feature". The Action category is for capturing football action during game play. The "Feature" category is for other football imagery that happens outside of game action on the field. The contest is open nation-wide to anyone who wants to enter.
Fourteen finalists will be chosen by a panel of expert judges: Peter Read Miller, Sports Illustrated; Mark Duncan, Associated Press; Craig Melvin, US PRESSWIRE; John Reid III, Cleveland Browns team photographer; Tony Tomsic, freelance photographer and Archie Manning, former NFL quarterback. From the 14 finalists, fans will be able to vote on their favorites for first place in each category and a Grand Prize winner, in early January.
The Grand Prize winner will be awarded a trip for four to attend Super Bowl XLI in South Florida and will earn a once in a lifetime opportunity to have his or her photo displayed in The Pro Football Hall of Fame, in Canton, Ohio. Additionally, the winner will receive a trip for four to the 2007 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Celebration in August 2007.
If you'd like to enter, submit up to 10 images by visiting www.usa.canon.com/nfl and following the online instructions and official rules. The contest ends on November 27, 2006.
AgfaPhoto Going Digital
AgfaPhoto has granted an exclusive license to plawa, a digital camera specialist, to produce and market Agfa branded digital cameras. plawa hopes to take advantage of the excellent Agfa brand recognition to gain a five percent market share in the medium term. In addition to the brand, the excellent product quality, warranty, and support package will help achieve this market share.
The new line of cameras will be launched in September, with 5-10 megapixel cameras in the 99-199 euro price range. The first cameras will be unveiled at Photokina in Cologne at the end of September.


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A Web-Based Lunch Ordering System
Maybe this article should be entitled "How I Discovered Python and Ditched Everything Else", instead. I have always wanted to write web-based applications but somehow found that getting started was quite intimidating. So, having procrastinated for years, I finally got around to writing my first application. My work required an intra-office application for which some values needed prompting on a web page. These values are sent to a CGI script, cross-verified via an SQL database, dispatched to a waiting process via sockets, and the results sent back to the web page.
By luck, I stumbled upon a scripting language called Python. I was reading a recent issue of Linux Journal (December 1999), in which they interviewed Eric Raymond, who mentioned that he now programs only in Python. At that point, I was a day into implementing the above system in Perl and was not quite finished. If Python was good enough for Eric, it was worth a try.
Well, I finished what I wanted to do in just over two hours. This was using a language that I had not heard of two hours earlier. At the risk of losing my professional advantage, I thought I would share with others how easy Python is to use, especially to do CGI (and almost everything else). As the above application would be too technical and boring to actually work through (and I'd probably get sued by my employers), I've decided to work through another, much more interesting exercise.
Work being situated in a semi-remote location (culinary-wise, except for the place next door, which has excellent food but is a bit expensive to eat lunch at every day), take-out lunch was organised to be delivered to us once a week. Each participant took turns organised the lunch orders. Being spread out over three floors, it was quite a chore, and no one looked forward to doing it. A web-based ordering system seemed to me the obvious solution but not having done any CGI programming before, it seemed quite overwhelming. The others did not seem to care. But writing CGI web systems can be quite simple, especially when one can do it using Python. (Okay, Perl gurus may disagree, but that's the whole point, i.e., a Perl guru versus a Python novice!)
I knew roughly how I wanted it structured. There'd be a web page with a pull-down list with the restaurant menu, and, by clicking on a submit button, an e-mail with the person</#146>s order would be sent to the nominated lunch organiser.
Based on hearsay and some cursory research on the Net, I decided to use the following tools:
Javascript for the client end (the web page)
Python for the server side
Apache for the web server, which is distributed with Linux (well, it was with my copy of Red Hat Linux 6.2); there is also a Windows version, too, if one is so inclined
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In designing the web pages, I decided to keep it fairly simple: a pull-down box with some radio buttons (see Figure 1).
I could have used some HTML editor but decided that I could not handle learning another new package, so I did it by hand. Since what I wanted to do wasn't complicated, the by-hand method proved sufficient.
It was easy to install the web server using Linux. When I was installing Linux, the option to install Apache was ticked. When I typed in localhost as the URL to Netscape, it displayed the Apache page with the message that if I saw that page, everything was A-Okay! Whoo-hooo... so far so good. (See http://www.apache.org/ for more details). You'll probably need to be root (the superuser) to do the install.
Using Javascript to write a web page seems semi-obvious. There are several functions for data input verification (ValidLength() and ValidEmail()). MenuHeader() displays the header part of the page. Each call to MenuEntry() displays an input row. In this case, it is called four times, once for each lunch order item (see Listing 1).
The most tricky lines would be the ON-SUBMIT statement:
<FORM NAME="order" onSubmit="return Validate();" ACTION="http://localhost/cgi-bin/lunch.cgi" METHOD="POST">
There are two ways a web page can communicate with a CGI script: GET and POST. In a nutshell, GET sends the information as part of the URL (i.e., you might have seen some URLs which resemble http://localhost/script.cgi?param1=value1¶m2=value2 in your surfing of the Internet). When POST is used, the form information is sent via the standard input, i.e., the CGI script needs to read in standard input, and then parse the input separate out the various parameters.
It is generally accepted that POST is better (more robust, not limited by the maximum character limit of shell used). The methods used to extract the data differ according to whether POST or GET is used, but Python hides this from you (which is good).
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