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Scrap metal from Portsmouth makes trek across the globe
Sunday, January 13, 2013
The dots on this map represent locations where ships carrying scrap metal from Portsmouth were tracked during the last 18 months. Vessel traffic was heavier in darker areas. The graphic was created using a combination of public logs from the New Hampshire Division of Ports and Harbors and AIS vessel tracking data. The basemap was provided by Google Maps. Data was processed using CartoDB.PORTSMOUTH — While growing up on the coast of New Hampshire, Christian Salinder developed a natural curiosity about the massive cargo ships that stop by the city's working port on a regular basis.
A Dover High School alumnus, Salinder also studied at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, and later sailed aboard large oil tankers on the West Coast.
Living back in the Portsmouth area once again, Salinder has recently been keeping an eye on some of the cargo ships arriving to load up scrap metal.
The task has been made easier by a website called marinetraffic.com, where a network of shipping enthusiasts contribute information about the global movements of large vessels.
Salinder recently began tracking the journeys of two ships that stopped at the scrap yard in Portsmouth, hoping to find out where they would unload their cargo.
He discovered that one — the IVS Kite — traveled to Turkey, unloading cargo in a place called İskenderun, north of the Syrian border. Another ship called the Hudson Bay, which departed from the Portsmouth scrap yard this month — is also destined for İskenderun, he believes.
So Salinder began to wonder why both vessels were charting a common course, and where the scrap metal culled from around the Seacoast would ultimately wind up.
A spokesman for Grimmel Industries could not immediately be reached for comment Friday about the destination of ships that load scrap metal in Portsmouth.
Marconi declined to comment on the business side of the scrap operation, citing a need to maintain secrecy around proprietary information.
"It's all market driven," he said. "There are different places that [scrap] goes to."
Bulk carrier vessels often pick up scrap in Portsmouth after first loading cargo on the upper reaches of the Hudson River, Marconi said. The ships often face limitations in New York because of shallow water, so they head north to New Hampshire to pick up more scrap, he said.
Marconi said the Hudson Bay, the ship being tracked by Salinder, started its scrap hauling journey at the Port of Albany — Rensselaer in New York. It was loaded up, then traveled to Portsmouth, where it was topped off with scrap metal.
"The cost of the ship — chartering the ship — per day is the same if it's full or it's empty," Marconi said, discussing the economics of shipping scrap metal across the Atlantic Ocean. "Obviously, they want to fill it up."
Another vessel that docked in Portsmouth in the last year was the Cosco Jinggangshan, a 2010-built bulk carrier operating under a Chinese flag.
A transmitter on the ship was detected on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean 10 days later. The Jinggangshan was heading east through the Strait of Gibraltar at a speed of 17 miles per hour, according to publicly available tracking data.
In places like Turkey, products are being manufactured anew from the imported scrap and sold domestically, and around the world.
The scrap metal stored in Portsmouth is trucked there by numerous businesses in southern New Hampshire and portions of Maine.
Among them is Harding Metals in Northwood. Harding does a significant amount of business with industrial clients, such as machine shops, and also takes in scrap metal from smaller metal dealers.
The business ships some products by truck to Pennsylvania, Canada and elsewhere, but a large portion winds up at the Portsmouth yard, according to office manager Ryan Chadbourn.
"It kind of fluctuates based on pricing," he said.
Rusty automobiles, cut metal sheets and other iron products can be taken to the yard, or transferred to Grimmel's shredder in Topsham, Maine, to be ground into a finer material.
The United States is now the leading supplier of scrap exports in the world. In a typical year, the country generates around 70 million tons of ferrous scrap, and exports in the range of 24 million or 25 million.
"This is recycling at its best," said Donald Coker, a former Portsmouth resident and member of the Ports and Harbors Advisory Council. "This is what we ought to be doing — recycling. This is a very big business."
However, Adam Parr, a spokesman for the Steel Manufacturers Association, a Washington, D.C., based trade group for North American steel producers, cautioned the new demand for scrap metal in Turkey has downsides in the domestic market.


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The Bible doesn't clearly express an opinion on the possession of guns, but many evangelicals defend the unlimited distribution of firearms with the same fervor that they defend biblical orthodoxy. According to a recent Public Religion Research Institute survey, 8% of white evangelical Protestants favor tighter gun laws.
But in the wake of yet another deadly school shooting, it's time for evangelicals to contribute to the national discussion beyond: "It's not guns that kill people, it's people that kill people."
In fairness to gun enthusiasts, no reasonable observer could pin the blame for the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting solely on the lack of effective gun laws. Even President Barack Obama and other influential voices have called for a balanced approach that looks not only at guns but also at mental illness, violent video games and a culture of fatherlessness that produces young troubled men. And the research about the effectiveness of gun controls laws seems mixed at best.
Still evangelicals should not defend the use, proliferation and availability of assault weapons with as much vigor as they defend their faith. In spite of some who insist the Second Amendment is drawn from the Bible, there is no clear-cut Christian position on gun control.
On one level, the Bible affirms the government's first and most basic job to protect its citizens, especially the most vulnerable, our children. Romans 13 reminds us that government is "God's servant for our good." The Bible also gives high priority to the welfare of children.
At times, the Bible seems to affirm the right to self-defense. Even when Jesus famously told Peter to put down his sword during Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane, he didn't tell Peter to destroy the sword but put it in its rightful place.
On the other hand, the Scripture is pretty clear that Christians should not only oppose violence but should be advocates for the sanctity of human life. This doesn't simply apply to abortion but to any unlawful taking of human life. Advocating for life also includes taking care of children's and others' well-being after they are born. Each life is created in the image of God; therefore, death is the work of the evil one (1 John 3:15). The Apostle Paul labels death God's final enemy. Christians are also called to be "peacemakers" and not lovers of violence.
Given the lack of a straightforward biblical imperative for or against guns, faithful followers of Christ should be more flexible in their opinions on this issue.
Why can't we support sensible restrictions, such as a ban on military-style combat weapons? These weapons seem to serve no purpose other than the glorification of violence. If we take seriously the command to protect our children, we'll avoid the risk of these weapons getting into the hands of unstable people. Sure, a ban won't eliminate all weapons, especially those purchased illegally, but it may reduce the chance of another Sandy Hook massacre.
We also should also advocate making it harder for people to acquire guns, even sensible weapons purchased for self-defense or hunting. Gun ownership should be a privilege earned by good behavior and conferred only on the most trustworthy of our citizens. I think we can do this without disrespecting the Second Amendment, which besides guaranteeing the right to bear arms calls for this right to be "well-regulated." As blogger Marty Duren says, "While the Second Amendment provides the right to keep and bear ("carry") arms, it does not necessitate the right to own any armament the mind of man can create."
New gun laws won't prevent every future crime, but perhaps a few common-sense regulations would help destroy a culture of violence that so tempts young troubled men.
Some will argue that new restrictions only hurt those who are already law-abiding. This may be so. But as Christians called to care for the common good of our communities, we should be willing to endure the inconvenience if it saves one child from death. Since 9/11, we have all endured more hassle at the airport to prevent even one terrorist from killing our fellow citizens.
Followers of Christ know that it is ultimately not the gun that kills, but evil that resides in every human heart. And yet it is precisely this belief in total depravity that might inform our views on gun control. In a fallen world, the most vulnerable among us need protection from those who cannot or will not discern right from wrong. (Ironically, this is the focus of the Christian anti-abortion argument.) Let's not put instruments of death so close to hands that would do evil.
At the end of the day, living out our faith requires that we do more than simply react in a defensive posture but engage in this important debate. We can protect the cherished right to bear arms in self-defense and still make sure unnecessary and violent weapons are not sold on our store shelves and online and are not accessible by those in our communities who would use them to commit acts of aggression and murder.
Furthermore, an unwillingness to entertain common-sense restrictions casts the evangelical faith in an unnecessarily unfavorable light. It may cause some to think we love our guns more than our neighbors.
There are many things about which Christians should be unyielding; the right to own a killing machine should not be one of them.
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Why Youth Say They Drink
When asked why today's youth drink alcohol, 51% report neither they nor their friends drink. Among reasons cited by youth for why teens drink, 41% say to have a good time followed by celebrate (30%). Nearly three in ten teens (28%) say they drink to get drunk, and two in ten teens say to feel good (24%) or de-stress/relax (21%). (Source: The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, TRU, Omnibuzz February 2003)
Where Youth Drink Alcohol
A lack of parental supervision appears to be the key ingredient in where today's youth drink alcohol. When asked where underage drinking takes place, seven in ten teens cited parties with no parents home, followed by 61% of teens saying drinking occurs at their friends homes when the parents are not home. Other locations include parties in remote locations (48%), parties when parents are home (43%), and at events (34%).
(Source: The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, TRU, Lifestyles and Marketing Study Wave 42, 2003)
The 2013 National Survey on Drug Use and Health reports a majority of current underage drinkers ages 12 to 20 who consumed alcohol in the past month said the last time they drank alcohol it was either in someone else's house (52%) or their own home (34%). Additionally, 78% of these underage drinkers said they were with two or more people the last time they drank.
Where Youth Get Alcohol
Family and friends are the leading source of alcohol for today's youth. When 10-18 year olds were asked the question, "How do you and your friends get the alcohol you drink?" a majority (65%) of today's youth who have consumed alcohol in the past year report family and friends as the leading source from which they get alcohol. (Source: The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, TRU, Omnibuzz May 2003)
- Youth report contributing family and friend sources include older siblings or friends, parents allow me to have it, and taking it from my home or a friend's home without permission.
Overall, kids and parents alike identify the same sources of alcohol for today's youth. In a separate study, parents with children ages 18 and younger were also asked, "How do you think today's youth get the alcohol they drink?" A majority (53%) of parents cited family and friends as the leading source of alcohol for today's youth. (Source: The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, Wirthlin Worldwide, Quorum May 2003)
Recent government studies among the nation's youth have also confirmed parents as one of the leading sources of alcohol. According to the 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the majority of underage drinkers (ages 12-20), 62%, report getting their alcohol from adults such as parents, guardians, other family members or unrelated adults. Additionally, the Centers for Disease Control's 2011 Youth Risk Behavior Survey reported that 40% of students who reported past-month consumption said that they usually obtained the alcohol they drank by someone giving it to them; the prevalence of having someone give them alcohol was higher among females (46%) than males (35%).
Influence of Parents
Despite being identified by youth as one of their primary sources of alcohol, hands down, parents are the most influential person or thing in a child's decision not to drink at all or not to drink on occasion.
- Eighty-three percent of youth report parents are the leading influence in their decision to not to drink alcohol. (Source: The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, February 2012)
Regardless of the source of alcohol, youth report access to alcohol is easy. According to the 2012 Monitoring the Future Study 91% of 12th graders, 78% of 10th graders, and 58% of 8th graders getting alcohol would be "fairly easy" or "very easy" for them to get alcohol. On a positive note, despite reported ease of obtaining alcohol disapproval of binge drinking continues to increase among all three grade levels (8th, 86%; 10th, 78%; 12th, 70%).
Talking about Underage Drinking
Parents and kids are talking more than ever about the dangers and consequences of underage drinking. Nearly half of parents (46%) report they have spoken with their 10-18 year old son or daughter four or more times in the past year about the dangers of underage drinking and a near equal number (42%) of youth ages 10 to 18 reported they that spoke as frequently with their parents, grandparents, or another adult caregiver about the dangers of alcohol in the past 12 months.
Even better news is that kids are listening more than ever to their parents when they talk about underage drinking and are recalling their conversations. In 2003, only one-quarter of 10-18 years reported having conversations four or more times in the last year with their parents compared to 49% of parents who reported speaking to their sons and daughters four or more times in the past year about the dangers and consequences of underage drinking. This represents a 62% increase proportionally in the number of youth who report discussing the dangers of underage drinking with their parents.
Unfortunately, it often takes a tragedy in the news to get the conversation about underage drinking started between parents and their children (54% and 47%, respectively). Other top conversation starters include something seen on TV or a movie (49%; 41%) and someone else getting caught with alcohol or drinking (37%; 36%)
Why Youth Don't Drink
Sixty-six percent of today's youth say they choose not to drink at all or not to drink on occasion because they don't want to. Other leading reasons youth cite about why they don't drink alcohol include:
- it's unsafe/unhealthy (62%)
- it's illegal (57%)
- parents ask/tell me not to (54%)
- it's not cool (49%)
- I'm afraid of getting caught and getting in trouble (24%)
- and it would hurt my athletic performance (22%).
(Source: The Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, TRU, Omnibuzz February 2003)


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American web users commemorate Trayvon Martin's birthday. A photo of Barack Obama with a shotgun sparks controversy in the US. And a two-year-old boy demonstrates amazing basketball skills.
USA: Trayvon Martin's birthday remembered online
A group of demonstrators gathered in front of a Florida court house on Tuesday to remember Trayvon Martin. The black teenager, who was shot dead nearly a year ago under circumstances that remain unclear, would have celebrated his 18th birthday on February 5th.
Tributes and messages were also posted to social networks, throughout the day, with some web users posing in hooded sweatshirts, like the one Trayvon Martin was wearing the day he died. Others have posted photos of packets of sweets, the same ones the high school student had gone out to buy before crossing paths with the man who murdered him. A memorial march is also being planned in Miami on Saturday.
Trayvon Martin was killed on the 26th February 2012 by George Zimmerman, a Hispanic American who was conducting a neighbourhood watch patrol at the time. The teen's death sparked a wave of emotion and public anger across America, with the African-American community calling it a racially motivated crime. Outrage was further fuelled when Zimmerman was not charged immediately, by claiming he was acting in self-defense. An online petition demanding the killer stand trial gathered over 2 million signatures.
And over a month later, George Zimmerman was finally charged with second degree murder, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. His trial is due to open on June 10th.
Barack Obama's skeet shooting photo stirs controversy
This photo, apparently taken back in August for Barack Obama's 51st birthday, and published on the official White House Flickr account on February 1st has sparked controversy on the American web. The picture shows the president with a shotgun, shooting clay targets, and has been released as he is working on toughening up gun laws in the US. Numerous web users have criticized the photo, calling it a vulgar marketing ploy aimed at winning support from gun control opponents.
Numerous Twitter users have condemned Obama for releasing this photo saying it is hypocritical. Web users say he is trying to pass himself off as gun enthusiast, when in actual fact over the past few weeks, he has been advocating tighter measures and controls on fire arm sales in the US.
And with many taking to the net to slate what they consider to be an ill thought out communication strategy, a great many others think the photo is a fake. Scores of web users are saying it's an online conspiracy and that the president was never actually photographed holding a shotgun and the controversial picture has been doctored to win over his opponents by suggesting the president understands gun culture.
And although these allegations have been denied by the Obama camp, they have inspired online comedians, and all sorts of parodies of the famous shot have started emerging on the web: hilarious photomontages that depict the head of state in all sorts of wacky and unlikely scenarios.
Now trending on social networks
Launched at the beginning of December, Benedict XVI's 9 official multilingual Twitter accounts, now collectively have over two and a half million followers and the one hundred or so messages posted by the Pope have generated over 270,000 tweets. These findings are part of a study carried out by Italian Jesuit magazine Popoli which also reports that 10% of comments posted by web users on the Pope's various accounts have been positive and 8 % negative. The detailed results are displayed in this infographic available on the magazine's website.
What urban night skies would look like without pollution
The New York Times has published a collection of photos on its website showing what urban night skies would look like without the atmospheric and light pollution that often veils the stars. A haunting series of shots from French photographer Thierry Cohen, which show New York City, Shanghai and Paris for example in an entirely different light.
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At just two years old, American tot Titus can't dunk like Kobe Bryant but as we can see in this video currently doing the rounds on sharing sites, he can shoot hoops! He can do all sorts of trick and long distance shots, and could well be the next Michael Jordan.


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Sell or solicit advertising space, time, or media in publications, signage, TV, radio, or the Internet. Includes individuals who obtain leases for outdoor advertising sites or persuade retailers to use sales promotion display items.
Sample of reported job titles: Account Executive, Account Manager, Advertising Account Executive, Advertising Account Representative, Advertising Consultant, Advertising Representative, Advertising Sales Representative, Directory Advertising Sales Representative, Marketing Consultant, Sales Representative
Tasks | Tools & Technology | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Maintain assigned account bases while developing new accounts.
- Explain to customers how specific types of advertising will help promote their products or services in the most effective way possible.
- Provide clients with estimates of the costs of advertising products or services.
- Locate and contact potential clients to offer advertising services.
- Process all correspondence and paperwork related to accounts.
- Prepare and deliver sales presentations to new and existing customers to sell new advertising programs, and to protect and increase existing advertising.
- Inform customers of available options for advertisement artwork, and provide samples.
- Deliver advertising or illustration proofs to customers for approval.
- Prepare promotional plans, sales literature, media kits, and sales contracts, using computer.
- Recommend appropriate sizes and formats for advertising, depending on medium being used.
Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
|Desktop computers
|Notebook computers — Laptop computers
|Personal computers
|Personal digital assistant PDAs or organizers — Personal digital assistants PDA
|Special purpose telephones — Multi-line telephone systems
Technology used in this occupation:
|Data base user interface and query software — FileMaker Pro software; Microsoft Access; Oracle software
|Desktop publishing software — QuarkXPress
|Electronic mail software — Email software; Microsoft Outlook
|Office suite software — Microsoft Office software
|Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
|Sales and Marketing — Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
|Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
|English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
|Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
|Clerical — Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
|Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
|Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
|Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
|Persuasion — Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
|Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
|Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
|Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
|Negotiation — Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
|Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
|Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
|Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
|Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
|Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
|Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
|Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
|Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
|Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
|Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
|Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
|Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
|Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
|Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Work Activities
|Selling or Influencing Others — Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.
|Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
|Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
|Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
|Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
|Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
|Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
|Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
|Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
|Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Work Context
|Contact With Others — 99% responded "Constant contact with others."
|Telephone — 100% responded "Every day."
|Electronic Mail — 89% responded "Every day."
|Face-to-Face Discussions — 84% responded "Every day."
|Time Pressure — 84% responded "Every day."
|Deal With External Customers — 78% responded "Extremely important."
|Frequency of Decision Making — 67% responded "Every day."
|Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 68% responded "Very important results."
|In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment — 72% responded "Every day."
|Structured versus Unstructured Work — 47% responded "A lot of freedom."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
|Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
|Related Experience
|Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include food service managers, electricians, agricultural technicians, legal secretaries, occupational therapy assistants, and medical assistants.
|SVP Range
|(6.0 to < 7.0)
Percentage of Respondents
|Education Level Required
|Bachelor's degree
|Associate's degree
|High school diploma or equivalent
Interest code: ECA
|Enterprising — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
|Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
|Artistic — Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.
Work Styles
|Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
|Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
|Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
|Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
|Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
|Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
|Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
|Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
|Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
|Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
Work Values
|Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
|Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
|Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
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|Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
|Loan Officers
|Public Relations Specialists Green
|Copy Writers
|Travel Guides
|Insurance Sales Agents Bright Outlook
|Travel Agents
|Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
|Real Estate Brokers
|Real Estate Sales Agents
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2014)
|$23.02 hourly, $47,890 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2012)
|155,000 employees
|Projected growth (2012-2022)
|Little or no change (-2% to 2%)
|Projected job openings (2012-2022)
|State trends
|Top industries (2012)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014 wage data and 2012-2022 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2012-2022). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
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Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing which was also attended by Spokespersons for the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Human Rights Council, the United Nations Children's Fund, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs, the World Economic Forum, the International Labour Organization, the World Meteorological Organization, the International Organization for Migration and the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council.
Jens Laerke for the Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the latest Syria Humanitarian Bulletin Issue was available on ReliefWeb.
The Bulletin described the effect on ordinary Syrians from two years of spiralling violence, displacement and increasing humanitarian needs. Four million needed assistance and close to one million had now fled to neighbouring countries and North Africa.
The United Nations and partners continued to provide life-saving assistance, but lack of funding was still a major constraint. Of the $519 million requested for response inside Syria, 21 per cent had been received. The $1 billion Refugee Plan was 19 per cent funded.
Of the $1.5 billion pledged in Kuwait on 30 January, about $200 million had been committed. This included $41.7 million to the Syria Response Plan (SHARP) and $100.8 million to the Refugee Response Plan (RRP).
Marixie Mercado for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said a UNICEF assessment showed that Syria's education system was reeling from almost two years of conflict, with severe damage to infrastructure and plummeting attendance rates.
Findings of the assessment conducted in December 2012 showed that one fifth of the country's 21,500 schools had sustained direct damage or were being used to shelter displaced persons. At least 2,400 schools had been damaged or destroyed, including 772 in Idlib (half of all the schools in that governorate), and at least 300 schools each in both Aleppo (8per cent) and Deraa (30per cent). Over 1,500 schools across the country were being used as shelters for displaced persons.
In cities where the conflict had been most intense, some children had already missed out on almost two years of schooling. Attendance had dropped to as low as six per cent in Aleppo, 38 per cent in Idlib, and 70 per cent in Deraa. Many students came to classes only twice a week.
In areas hosting high numbers of displaced families, such as Homs City, classes were overcrowded, sometimes hosting up to 100 students. Over 110 teachers and other staff had been killed in the conflict, and many others were not reporting to work. In Idlib, teacher attendance was 55 per cent. Some schools were being used by armed forces and groups involved in the conflict.
The assessment underlined the enormous importance Syrian families place on education, with many parents singling schooling out as their top priority, and it noted that many parents were now reluctant to send their children to school because of fears for their safety.
UNICEF Syria's priorities in education include providing one million children with school materials; increasing access to education for 150,000 children, particularly among the internally displaced; providing 300,000 children with psychosocial support, and providing pre-fabricated classrooms to increase attendance and support the resumption of educational activities.
UNICEF was currently supporting more than 170 school clubs in Homs, Deraa, Rural Damascus, Tartous, Lattakia, Hama and Quneitra that allow some 40,000 children to receive much needed remedial education and take part in recreational activities. UNICEF was also providing teaching and learning supplies and was rehabilitating damaged schools.
Overall, UNICEF needed $20 million for its education programmes in Syria during the first six months of 2013, of which it had received $3 million.
Answering questions she said it was difficult to collect data in bad security conditions and needed to be verified and shared before distribution, hence the delay between the completion of the survey and this announcement.
Marixie Mercado for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said UNICEF was warning of a rising threat to communities in Central and Northern Mali from ammunition and explosive devices. Since April 2012, 60 victims of explosive remnants of war had been reported with children making up two-thirds of the total.
The 60 victims included 53 people injured, including 38 children and 15 adults, and seven people killed, including five children and two adults. This data was preliminary, she stressed, and it was presumed that the actual number of victims was quite a bit higher.
In December, UNICEF estimated that at least 100,000 people were exposed to the dangers of unexploded ordnance in Northern Mali. This estimate was made before the military intervention, which had involved air strikes and ground operations since January. It was now estimated that approximately 200,000 children in conflict-affected areas in Central and Northern Mali were at risk of injury or death due to explosive remnants of war.
To protect civilians from the explosive threat, UNICEF-supported partners held public events over the past five months in schools, markets and workplaces that had raised the awareness of an estimated 27,000 people. In 2013, UNICEF and its partners were planning to step up mine-risk education activities and radio sensitization campaigns, especially in Northern regions in order to raise the awareness of about 400,000 people in conflict affected areas.
Gustavo Laurie for the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) said UNMAS was expecting to find large amounts of unexploded ordinance in Mali from weapons such as mortars and grenades. A coordination mechanism had been established in Bamako to ensure coordination of all actors involved in mine action. This involved education as well as clearance.
Answering questions he said an emergency deployment of mine clearance experts was about to begin work in Kona. He further clarified that UNMAS was mandated to support the African-led International Support Mission to Mali and Malian security forces. Safety assessments for humanitarian staff were also part of their work. He added that there was no current evidence of anti-personnel landmines.
Rupert Colville for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said the High Commissioner was today issuing a press release on a series of shocking attacks and killings of people with albinism in Tanzania, calling on the Government to take stronger measures and tackle the underlying discrimination.
Four such attacks, three of them against children, took place during a 16-day period from 31 January to 16 February. The attacks were committed in particularly horrifying circumstances, and had involved cutting limbs off people, including children, while they were still alive.
On 31 January, Lugolola Bunzari, a 7-year-old boy with albinism was brutally murdered in Kanunge village, Tabora region. His attackers slashed his forehead, right arm and left shoulder, and chopped off his left arm just above the elbow. The boy's grandfather, aged 95, was also killed in the attack as he tried to protect his grandson.
On 5 February, a 7-month-old baby, Makunga Baraka, narrowly escaped death after armed men attacked his home in the Simiyu region. Villagers chased the attackers away and surrounded the house to protect him. The baby and his mother were taken to the police station the following morning and given temporary sanctuary. On 11 February, at around 2:00 a.m., Maria Chambanenge, a 39-year-old woman with albinism was attacked by five armed men, allegedly including her husband, in Mkowe village, Rukwa region. They hacked off her left arm while she was sleeping with two of her four children. The five suspects were subsequently arrested and the victim's arm recovered. Their trial was reported to be under way.
On 15 February, Mwigulu Matonange, a 10-year-old boy with albinism was attacked on his way home from school, and his left arm chopped off above the elbow by two unidentified men in Msia village, Rukwa region. Three men have been arrested in connection with the attack. Following the attack, the boy was reported to have asked his father to find him "a school where the bad men cannot find me and chop off my other arm." The killing and mutilation of people with albinism was often linked to witchcraft and some practitioners allegedly believed that the witchcraft was more powerful if the victim screams during the amputation, which explained why the body parts were often cut from live victims.
In addition to the Maria Chambanenge case where trials were already underway, Tanzanian police had reportedly opened investigations in two of the other three cases that occurred since late January. However, in general, successful prosecutions were extremely rare: out of the 72 murders of people with albinism documented in Tanzania since 2000, only five cases were known to have resulted in successful prosecutions.
He added that the High Commissioner urged the Tanzanian authorities to strengthen their legal response to such crimes and increase their efforts to bring perpetrators of attacks and killings to justice. Noting that witchcraft beliefs and practices were entrenched in some segments of Tanzanian society, and he said Ms. Pillay called on the authorities to address the issue through a multi-pronged approach.
As well as physically protecting people with albinism, the Government needed to take a much stronger and more pro-active approach to education and awareness-raising campaigns to combat the stigma attached to albinism, she said. She also encouraged the authorities to guarantee the victims' right to redress, and to provide them with medical and psychosocial treatment, as well as legal support.
Rupert Colville for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said the OHCHR was very concerned by the violent unrest which had been taking place in Guinea over the past week, which had led to several deaths and many injuries, although staff in Conakry reported that the situation was calmer first thing this morning.
The clashes started in the neighborhood of Hamdallaye, a suburb of the capital Conakry and then spread to other parts of the city on Friday and Saturday, resulting in casualties and considerable material damage. As of last night, at least five people, including one police officer, had been killed and 172 people had been treated in hospitals, after being injured by stones hurled by protesters, or by live fire from security forces. Three of the deaths, and at least 12 injuries, were caused by the use of live ammunition.
The worst violence was in Hamdallaye, where stone-throwing protestors clashed with security forces who responded with tear gas and live fire. At least 128 people were injured there, including a police officer who later died.
According to OHCHR sources, some demonstrators were attacking people based on their ethnicity, with young ethnic Peuhls and Malinkes allegedly formed into groups and attacked each other's homes in Hamdallaye. Based on these reports the OHCHR condemned the violence and destruction of property by some demonstrators and urge them to refrain from resorting to such methods. It also strongly condemned targeting of people and property based on their ethnicity and the reported disproportionate use of force by security forces in some cases, resulting in loss of life.
Jens Laerke for the Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in Yemen, the safe return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) was at risk due to landmines and other explosive remnants of war (ERWs).
He said OCHA estimated that 140,000 formerly displaced people have returned to Abyan Governorate in southern Yemen. More than three out of four depended on agriculture for their livelihoods. Clearing agricultural land was therefore critical to ensure their sustainable return. While most urban areas, connection roads and public areas have been cleared of ERWs, much agricultural land was still contaminated.
Operations for ERW clearance were on-going in five out of 15 districts in the northern Sa'ada Governorate and eight out of 11 districts in Abyan in the south. The Yemen Mine Action Programme, with the Government and supported by the UN, was the dominant implementing agency. But their operations were in danger of being delayed by a budget shortfall of some $7.9 million. Overall requirements for their activities were $10 million.
The programme had so far destroyed 2,685 IEDs, 4,045 unexploded ordinance, 41 anti-tank mines and 76 anti-personnel mines. In total 4,398 km2 of the initial 10,057 km2 of suspected contaminated land in Abyan Governorate had already been released to the population.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Adrian Edwards for the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said UNHCR was today appealing for a further $69.6 million for its operations in 2013 to help thousands of displaced civilians in the Great Lakes region. The money was for people uprooted last year by conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo's North and South Kivu provinces as well as anticipated displacements this year, and returns of internally displaced people (IDP).
The funding included $22.6 for the DR Congo, $7 million for Burundi, $17.7 million for Rwanda and $22.3 million for Uganda. This was on top of the $282.4 million budget for 2013 approved last October by UNHCR's governing body for all operations in these four countries.
The money was vital for meeting the basic needs of the estimated 453,600 Congolese civilians displaced within the DRC and across borders because of the violence last year in North and South Kivu provinces, including 5,600 refugees in Burundi, 23,000 in Rwanda and 35,000 in Uganda.
The appeal also covered the needs of 50,000 newly displaced people and 50,000 IDP returnees forecast for this year as well as an anticipated 5,400 refugees in Burundi, 11,000 in Rwanda and 40,000 in Uganda.
The supplementary funding covers the costs of registering refugees, protection activities for refugees and IDPs, construction of a new refugee camp in Burundi, infrastructure improvement at sites for the displaced and transit centres in all four countries; distribution of shelter and non-food aid; and support for basic services in IDP and refugee sites, including health, education, and water and sanitation.
The supplementary budget appeal came amid rising political uncertainty and tension – and fresh displacement – in eastern DR Congo following a power struggle within the rebel M23 movement. Thousands of people had been displaced within North Kivu province, including some 3,000-4,000 who took refuge around the MONUSCO base in Kitchanga, while more than 4,000 had fled to Uganda over the past week.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimates that there were currently some 914,000 internally displaced people in North Kivu and 912,000 in South Kivu. Most lived with host communities, but some 114,000 lived in camps.
Answering questions he said the situation remained extremely volatile and this posed problems for access. It was expected that, in these conditions, displacement would continue.
Elisabeth Byrs for the World Food Programme (WFP) said the situation was very fluid in the eastern DRC. There had been clashes between the army and a coalition of rebels in the strategic town of Kitchanga, south west of Goma, North Kivu.
Over 80 people have been killed and over 100 injured. The rebels were allies of the army in their fight against M23 but had now turned against them and were believed to have taken control of the town. On 1 March, there were about 400 people seeking refuge in the Monusco compound. Another 3,000 were still outside the compound.
WFP had airlifted in 3.7 tons of emergency rations for 4,000 people. WFP emergency team from Goma flew to Kitchanga by helicopter to oversee the distribution on Saturday. So far, 1,500 beneficiaries had been assisted with 1.7 tons of emergency rations. Today two (ECHO funded) helicopters were airlift 2.3 tons of High energy biscuits to Kitchanga.
Meanwhile, there was significant population movement in neighboring Maniema province as a result of clashes between the army and Raia Mutomboki rebels. As a result WFP had airlifted 20 tons of High Energy Biscuits to Punia two weeks ago, of which 16 tons were distributed to 1,600 households. However, four tonnes (out of 20) were looted by armed groups.
More than half the inhabitants of the town were apparently made up of IDPs and because of the difficult logistics and lack of security, WFP had not been able to bring in any more food for them.
She added that according to her figures there were now 10,000 IDPs in the area.
Sudan/South Sudan
Jumbe Omari Jumbe for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said IOM, UNOCHA, UNHCR and UK government representatives had visited two open areas in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, where an estimated 40,000 South Sudanese were living in makeshift shelters, waiting to eventually return to South Sudan.
The tour saw shanties made of plastic sheeting, wood and scavenged materials provide them with little protection from the elements, particularly during the rainy season. With no sanitation facilities, defecation in the open is common, which posed huge health risks especially when flooding occurs.
There were 40 of these areas in Khartoum, hosting 40,000 vulnerable individuals. In November last year, 2012, IOM in close coordination with UNHCR airlifted 1,370 extremely vulnerable South Sudanese ton South Sudan.
Thousands of South Sudanese originally moved out to the open areas in late 2010 to take advantage of planned return movements organized by the two governments. However, the suspension of those movements left many stranded in the open, waiting for transportation. Many women were risking arrest by generating income from brewing and selling alcohol – a crime in Sudan.
As well as those stranded in Khartoum, another estimated 3,500 South Sudanese returnees remain stranded at Kosti railway station in the border state of White Nile. Most have been there for over a year, living in extreme hardship, with little or no access to basic services.
One of the few return routes that remained open throughout 2012 is the border town of Renk, in South Sudan's Upper Nile State. Renk currently hosts an estimated 20,000 stranded returnees. The Organization had appealed for $25 million to provide ongoing humanitarian support to returnees in Sudan and South Sudan. To date, it was only sparsely funded.
Human Rights Council
Rolando Gomez for the Human Rights Council (HRC) said the interactive dialogue with the United Nations Special Rapporteur Mr. Juan Mendez continued this morning. Following this came discussions with the Working Group on arbitrary detention including its mission to El Salvador.
After this came the Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism's presentation, followed by a stake-out with him around 5 p.m. Tomorrow's session featured the Special Rapporteurs on enforced disappearances; freedom of religion; and the sale of children. Thematic rapporteurs were also presenting reports covering human rights and environment, the independent expert on foreign debt as was the Secretary-General's Special Representative on violence against children. A panel discussion was planned for tomorrow lunchtime.
No resolutions had yet been tabled in this session, and the deadline for these was 14 March. There were many side events taking place on issues including the death penalty, human rights defenders and Sri Lanka and human rights in China. He added that this Thursday the report from the country Rapporteur on Myanmar was to be published.
Answering questions he said that on Monday (11 March) there were four country-specific reports to be presented and it was possible that the schedule for these may be pushed back as it was currently running late. For this reason press conferences were not yet confirmed. Further details would be shared as the situation became clearer.
Other Geneva activities
Ms. Momal-Vanian said the Conference on Disarmament was currently holding its public meeting. The list of speakers had been distributed.
The Annual Report of the United Nations Office at Geneva had been released, giving statistics on the activities of the office in 2012. Copies were available in the room and on request.
She also announced the launch in Geneva of the United Nations Integrated Technical Guidance Notes on Security Sector Reform. The reception would be held in the Salon Genève, 8th Floor Delegates Restaurant today Tuesday, 5 March 2013, from 5 to 7 pm. Press were invited.
Hans von Rohland for the ILO said the 317th Session of the ILO Governing Body was to be held from 6-28 March 2013. Among the VIPs invited to attend the session during its High-Level session on 22 March were the European Parliament President, Martin Schulz.
Clare Nullis for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announced a press conference on Thursday 7 March at 11 a.m. in Press Room 1 on a high-level conference on national drought policy to be held 11-15 March in a bid to create more drought resilient societies. The speaker was Mr. Mannava Sivakumar, WMO Climate Prediction and Adaptation Branch. There will then be a formal press conference with the heads of WHO, FAO and UNCCD on Thursday 14 March at the CICG at 11 am.
Oliver Cann for the World Economic Forum said the bi-annual Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report was to be launched on Thursday, considering the effectiveness of how countries had developed their travel and tourism industries. This year's focus was on how the industry could contribute to global economic recovery.
Today (5 March) at 1.15 p.m. in Press Room 1 the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture was to talk about his annual report to the Human Rights Council on health care settings and torture, and his reports on the two fact finding missions to Tajikistan and Morocco as well as his follow-up visit to Uruguay which he conducted in 2012. The speaker was Juan E. Méndez, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Thursday (7 March) at 2 p.m. in Press Room 1 the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, Mr. Heiner Bielefeldt, will talk about his annual report to the Human Rights Council on the need to respect the right to freedom of religion or belief of persons belonging to religious minorities.
Tomorrow (6 March) at 3 p.m. the Global Fund held a press briefing on health investments in Mali in Press Room 1.
Thursday (7 March) at 3.30 p.m. the United States Mission held a press conference Freedom of Expression on the Internet in Press Room 1.
International Women's Day
Friday (8 March) was International Women's Day, Ms. Momal-Vanian said, and the theme this year was "a promise was a promise: it's time to put an end to violence against women," which was also the theme of the 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women being held in New York. The message of the Secretary-General on the day was available at the back of the room.
She also mentioned a statement from the Secretary-General yesterday stating, "The Secretary-General was gratified by the 3 March Appeals Court ruling in Mogadishu overturning the conviction of an alleged rape victim accused of maligning the reputation of the state. He regrets, however, that the sentence against a journalist charged in connection with the case, while shortened, had been upheld … The Secretary-General urges the Government of Somalia to ensure that allegations of sexual violence were investigated and perpetrators were brought to justice."
Hans von Rohland for the International Labour Organization (ILO) said that on the occasion of International Women's Day a round-table was planned on the topic of violence at work and ways to stop it. The panel discussion was to be held at 11:30 in the Governing Body room at ILO headquarters. Among those taking part were the wife of the Vice-President of Zambia, Dr Charlotte Harland Scott, and the ILO Director-General.
He also asked whether there was interest for a press briefing on 22 March with Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, who attends the same day a high-level ILO Governing Body session on responses to the social and economic crisis in Europe.
Also relating to International Women's Day she said today (5 March) the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) presented its annual analysis of statistics and trends on women in parliament. This was scheduled to follow the press briefing in Hall XIV and the speaker was Mr. Anders B. Johnsson, IPU Secretary-General,
Amanda Marlin for the Water Supply & Sanitation Collaborative Council (WSSCC) said the Council was holding an International Women's Day event on menstrual hygiene management at the Palais des Nations Palais on 8 March. She said that 335 million menstruated on a monthly basis in India and only 12 per cent of these had access to hygiene products, meanwhile 23% of Indian girls left school when they reached menstruating age, so the issue had a considerable impact.
A press briefing was scheduled for tomorrow (6 March) at 2 p.m. in Room IX, ahead of the event on Friday, she said. A range of Government, private and public sector actors were to attend the event which would present new research in the area.
The spokespersons for the United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) also attended the briefing but did not speak.
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I was able to play this in Toronto, graphics were good, fighting was fast, but not enough to push me to buy this.
Injustice: Gods Among Us introduces a bold new franchise to the fighting game genre from NetherRealm Studios, creators of the definitive fighting game Mortal Kombat. Featuring DC Comics icons such as Batman, Cyborg, The Flash, Harley Quinn, Nightwing, Solomon Grundy, Superman and Wonder Woman, the latest title from the award-winning studio presents a deep original story. Heroes and villains will engage in epic battles on a massive scale in a world where the line between good and evil has been blurred. The game is scheduled for release April 2013 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system and the Wii U.
I was able to play this in Toronto, graphics were good, fighting was fast, but not enough to push me to buy this.
Statue is damn cool though!
Not enough time to play games ... have bought the last two batman games (arkham asylum, city) and still havent installed them ... sigh
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3 Piece Band Music Set
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Hit all the right notes. Just the right size, our piano, xylophone and drum inspire magnificent melodies. The perfect collection for your budding musician.
Create a symphony of smiles with this fun musical set. Just the right size , this piano, xylophone and drum inspire toe-tapping tunes and magnificent melodies. Perfect for solo play or jam sessions! Keep little hands busy with the baby grand piano.
Dance to the beat of baby's first drum. Hit all the right notes with the fun xylophone. A great way to develop music and motor skills! It's time to jam! 3 fun instruments let little musicians create their own beat!
- A great way to develop music and motor skills
- Perfect size for little hands
- Encourages pretend play
- Includes xylophone, drum and piano
- 3 fun instruments
- Let little musicians create their own beat
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I'm Just Walkin'
I'm Just Walkin'
Matt Green is just walkin'. The civil engineer is taking a break from work and journeying from Rockaway Beach, New York to Rockaway Beach, Oregon, just for the fun of it. He began March 27 and expects to arrive at his destination by the end of the year, walking about 15 miles each day.
Follow his journey on his website, www.imjustwalkin.com. Each day, he uploads photos of sights along his way, captioned with pithy comments. They may feature pretty scenery, or people he meets, or unusual signs or objects he spots. Read the comments posted by viewers walking with him in cyberspace.
From Matt's home page, click on "the details" to learn why he's doing it (you can read the short answer and/or the long answer), view his route and timetable, see what he does about lodging, and discover what he packed for his journey, including clothing, camping gear, food, supplies, tools, gadgets and electronics. Each item is carefully selected for function and size, as it all has to fit in his cart, a repurposed jogging stroller built especially for this journey.
Once you dip into Matt's website, you may find yourself hooked. You may want to view his entire journey, and will likely find yourself returning every few days to check up on his progress. It's like taking your own mini-vacation without leaving your driveway. And if it whets your appetite for more walking accounts, we can recommend a few you might enjoy.
Peter Jenkins recalls the places he visited and the people he met during his journey to find his country and himself in "A Walk across America", published in 1979. One of the people he met was Ben Susman, Tazewell optometrist, on Route 16 between Tazewell and Marion on a bitterly cold winter's evening. Dr. Susman gave him some apples, which may have saved his life. During Peter's walk, he met his future wife, Barbara. Together, they wrote "The Walk West: a walk across America 2" (1981), about wandering the Louisiana bayous, crossing the Rockies, and reaching the Pacific Ocean.
Accounts of walking are not a new thing, of course. Walking to raise money, even, is not new. In 1896, a Norwegian immigrant and mother of eight children named Helga Estby was behind on taxes and the mortgage when she learned that a mysterious sponsor would pay $10,000 to a woman who walked across America. Hoping to win the wager and save her family's farm, Helga and her teenaged daughter Clara, armed with a compass, red-pepper spray, a revolver, and Clara's curling iron, set out on foot from Eastern Washington. Their route would pass through 14 states, but they were not allowed to carry more than five dollars each. As they visited Indian reservations, Western boomtowns, remote ranches and local civic leaders, they confronted snowstorms, hunger, thieves and mountain lions with equal aplomb.
Their treacherous and inspirational journey to New York challenged contemporary ideas about femininity and captured the public imagination. But their trip had such devastating consequences that the Estby women's achievement was blanketed in silence until, nearly a century later, Linda Lawrence Hunt encountered their extraordinary story. She has researched their journey and resurrected the story for modern readers in "Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk across Victorian America" (2005).
Christopher Wren, retiring from his work as a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, decided to walk from his office in New York City to his home in Vermont (while his wife drove). "Walking to Vermont: from Times Square into the Green Mountains—a homeward adventure" (2004) is his often hilarious account of that journey.
Beginning in midtown Manhattan, he saunters up Broadway, through Harlem, the Bronx, and the affluent New York suburbs of Westchester and Putnam Counties. As his trek takes him into the Housatonic River Valley of Connecticut, the Berkshires of Massachusetts, the Green Mountains of Vermont, and along a bucolic riverbank in New Hampshire, the strenuous challenges become as much emotional as physical.
Struggling under the weight of a fifty-pound pack, he gripes, "We might grow less addicted to stuff if everything we bought had to be carried on our backs." His rite of passage into retirement, with heat, dust and blisters galore, calls forth vivid reminiscences of earlier risks taken, sometimes at gunpoint, during his years spent reporting from Russia, China, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South America, and Africa.
Recently returned to New Hampshire from twenty years spent living in England, Bill Bryson's journey, described in "A Walk in the Woods: rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail" (1998) bears some similarities to Wren's. He lugs a heavy backpack and suffers from heat, dust, and blisters, too. He and his overweight hiking buddy get into some very funny misadventures, and don't quite hike the entire 2,200 miles of the trail, but as we wander with them, we learn a lot of interesting history of the Trail and better understand the serious environmental state into which it has fallen.
For thoughtful excursions into nature, try reading Thoreau. Perhaps "Walden" or "The Maine Woods" or "Cape Cod" will refresh with an appreciation of nature's beauty and the desire to simplify life.
For these and other absorbing armchair travel accounts, visit us at www.tcplweb.org or call 988-2541.