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It looks like it's going to be a struggle this weekend for the Brawns – if you really can take anything from practice times – with both Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello only managing 17th and 18th respectively today.
The Red Bulls of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel are living up to expectation, however, with the Australian in particular dominating the middle section of the undulating, twisty circuit.
Vettel completed the least laps of all drivers today, in an attempt to preserve his recycled engine, but still managed 10th spot.
They are looking like the ones to beat this weekend. But if it rains – which is likely in Spa – then the field will be leveled, and the race will be anyone's.
And McLaren are well placed to be up there, their updates again proving their worth, with Lewis Hamilton posting the fastest time of the day during afternoon practice – a tenth of a second quicker than his pole lap here in 2008.
Vettel, Button and Hamilton seem to have the best form in the wet, so it's likely to be those three fighting for it either way, with a bit of Webber and Barrichello thrown in for good measure.
Rather interestingly, rookie Renault driver Romain Grosjean posted the fifth fastest time of anyone today, which is impressive.
As for Ferrari's Luca Badoer, he's still, er, struggling for a bit for pace.
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Celebrating the Accomplishments of our Graduates
Winter Commencement 2014
Silver Lake College of the Holy Family is excited to announce our upcoming Winter Commencement activities to take place on Friday, December 12th and Saturday, December 13th. The administration, faculty, staff, and graduates invite you to join us for the festivities.
Important Dates, Times and Locations
Cap and Gown Party
Thursday, November 20th, 4:30-6:00p.m. in at the Ariens Atrium, Franciscan Center for Music Education and Performance
Previously ordered caps, gowns and hoods may be picked up at this time.
Baccalaureate Liturgy
Friday, December 12th, 6:30 p.m. in the Silver Lake College Chapel, Main Hall
All graduates and their guests are invited.
Presidents Reception
Friday, December 12th, 7:30- 9:00 p.m. in the Heritage Room, Main Hall
All graduates and their guests are invited as guests of the College.
Commencement Ceremony
Saturday, December 13th
Ceremony for Master and Bachelor Degree Graduates, Endries Auditorium, Franciscan Center for Music Education and Performance
- 12:15 p.m. - Graduates arrive at Ariens Auditorium for Pre-ceremony instructions
- 1:00 p.m. – Commencement Ceremony
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- Caps and gowns for Bachelor and Master Degree Graduates (hood/Master degree only)
- All orders are to be placed directly with Herff Jones at www.herffjones.com/college/graduation by October 30th for delivery to Silver Lake College. You can pick up your order at the Cap and Gown Party to be held on campus on November 20th from 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
- Orders can be sent directly to your home for a $15.95 shipping charge until November 17th.
- Orders placed after November 17th will be subject to a $20.00 late fee and $15.95 for home shipping.
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In support of National Fitness Day and to further promote "Sport for All" in the community, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department (LCSD) will organise Sport For All Day on August 8. A series of free programmes will be held at designated sports centres in 18 districts throughout the territory on that day. Enrolment will start from tomorrow (July 15). Members of the public are welcome to participate.
The free programmes to be held at designated sports centres in various districts will run from 10am to 7pm. Programme highlights including dance, fitness corners, talks and assessments relating to sports and health, parent-child sports programmes and sports activities with district characteristics will be held between 2pm and 6pm. Enrolment can be made at the LCSD's District Leisure Services Offices or designated venues in districts starting from 8.30am tomorrow on a first-come-first-served basis.
Information about the sports centres designated for free programmes and details about Sport For All Day are available at the dedicated homepage: www.lcsd.gov.hk/specials/sfad/en/index.php . For enquiries, please call 1823.
The LCSD will also open its various fee-charging leisure facilities for free use by the public on that day. These facilities include:
*indoor leisure facilities: badminton courts, tennis courts, basketball courts, netball courts, volleyball courts, squash courts, table tennis tables, billiard tables, sport climbing walls, bowling greens, golf facilities, fitness rooms, activity rooms and dance rooms
*outdoor leisure facilities: tennis courts, bowling greens, batting cages, rope courses, sport climbing walls, archery ranges and golf facilities
*public swimming pools (except for Wan Chai Swimming Pool and Lai Chi Kok Park Swimming Pool)
*crafts at Water Sports Centres
Camping facilities, sports grounds and turf pitches will not be included in the free use scheme.
Booking for leisure facilities which have not been block-booked by organisations on August 8 can be made at all Leisure Link booking counters at LCSD venues from 10am on August 1 on a first-come-first-served basis. Each person may book only one session at the leisure facilities irrespective of the types. No prior booking is required for free admission to the LCSD's swimming pools on August 8. Those interested should line up at the entrance to the swimming pools before the opening hours of each session on that day.
Information about the Leisure Link booking counters and details about Sport For All Day have been uploaded to the dedicated homepage: www.lcsd.gov.hk/specials/sfad/en/index.php . For enquiries, please call 1823.
To make good use of the resources, if a hirer for free use of the leisure facilities on August 8 fails to take up the booked facility 10 minutes after the start time of the booked session, the facility will be reallocated to any walk-in applicants on a first-come-first-served basis.
The LCSD appeals to hirers to make the best use of the booked facilities. To give up their booked sessions, they can fill out the booking cancellation form or confirm their cancellation in writing and send the information together with the permit to LCSD by fax, e-mail or in person. The booking cancellation form is available at all Leisure Link booking counters at LCSD venues and can be downloaded at the Sport For All Day dedicated webpage.
The LCSD hopes that by providing free activities and free use of leisure facilities, people who currently do not exercise will be encouraged to do so and thereby develop the habit of engaging in sport or other physical activities every day.
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In 2000, the Nobel Prize was awarded with one half jointly to Herbert Kroemer (University of California at Santa Barbara, California, USA) and Zhores I. Alferov (A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia) for "developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics"
Calculating energy band offsets for an ideal heterojunction is straightforward given these material properties using the Anderson's rule. The conduction band offset depends only on the electron affinity difference between the two semiconductors:
Then using the change in band gap:
The valence band offset is simply given by:
Which confirms the trivial relationship between band offsets and band gap difference:
In Anderson's idealized model these material parameters are unchanged when the materials are brought together to form an interface, so it ignores the quantum size effect, defect states and other perturbations which may or may not be the result of imperfect crystal lattice matches (more on lattice considerations below). When two materials are brought together and allowed to reach chemical/thermal equilibrium the fermi level in each material aligns and is constant throughout the system. To the extent that they are able, electrons in the materials leave some regions (depletion) and build up in others (accumulation) in order to find equilibrium. When this occurs a certain amount of band bending occurs near the interface. This total band bending can be quantified with the built in potential given by:
Where and
In most cases where the materials are undoped, these terms are just half the band gap. Otherwise, can be calculated with typical solid state device calculations and depends on dopant concentrations and temperature. The built in potential gives the degree to which band bending occurs but tells us nothing about how this happens spatially. In order to know over what distance the bending occurs in which materials, we must know the density of states and state occupation given by the Fermi-Dirac distribution.
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A common anion rule was proposed which guesses that since the valence band is related to anionic states, materials with the same anions should have very small valence band offsets. This however did not explain the data but is related to the trend that two materials with different anions tend to have larger valence band offsets than conduction band offsets.
Tersoff2 proposed a model based on more familiar metal-semiconductor junctions where the conduction band offset is given by the difference in Schottky barrier height. This model includes a dipole later at the interface between the two semiconductors which arises from electron tunneling from the conduction band of one material into the gap of the other. This model agrees well with systems where both materials are closely lattice matched1 such as GaAs/AlGaAs.
Anderson's rule overestimates the offset in the conduction band of the commercially important type two offset GaAs/AlAs system with from the data above. It has been shown3 that for the actual ratio is closer . This is known as the 60:40 rule and applies to heterojunctions of GaAs with all compositions of AlGaAs. The typical method for measuring band offsets is by calculating them from measuring exciton energies in the luminescence spectra3.
It has been shown5 that the driving force for charge transfer between conduction bands in these structures is the conduction band offset. By decreasing the size of CdSe nanocrystals grown on Robel et. al5 found that electrons transferred faster from the higher CdSe conduction band into . In CdSe the quantum size effect is much more pronounced in the conduction band due to the smaller effective mass than in the valence band and this is the case with most semiconductors. Consequently, engineering the conduction band offset is typically much easier with nanoscale heterojunctions. For staggered (type II) offset nanoscale heterojunctions, photo-induced charge separation can occur since there the lowest energy state for holes may be on one side of the junction where as the lowest energy for electrons is on the opposite side. It has been suggested5 that anisotropic staggered gap (type II) nanoscale heterojunctions may be used for photo catalysis, specifically for water splitting with solar energy.
Semiconductor diode lasers used in CD & DVD players and fiber optic transceivers are manufactured using alternating layers of various III-V and II-VI compound semiconductors to form lasing heterostructures.
When a heterojunction is used as the base-emitter junction of a bipolar junction transistor, extremely high forward gain and low reverse gain result. This translates into very good high frequency operation (values in tens to hundreds of GHz) and low leakage currents. This device is called a heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT).
Heterojunctions are used in high electron mobility transistors (HEMT) which can operate at significantly higher frequencies (over 500 GHz). The proper doping profile and band alignment gives rise to extremely high electron mobilities by creating a two dimensional electron gas within a dopant free region where very little scattering can occur.
[2] J. Tersoff, Physical Review, B30, 4874, 1984
[3] N. Debbar et al., Physical Review, B40, 1058, 1989
[4] Sergei A. Ivanov, Andrei Piryatinski, Jagjit Nanda, Sergei Tretiak, Kevin R. Zavadil, William O. Wallace, Don Werder and Victor I. Klimov, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 11708-11719, 2007
[5] Istvan Robel, Masaru Kuno and Prashant V. Kamat, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 129, 4136-4137, 2007
[6] H. Kroemer, Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 51, pp. 1782-1783, 1963


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Am I missing something? Looks like you cut the bottom out of the pot...The 63 % height of door to interior of dome was for airflow within the "dome" with a fire within the dome. The exhaust fumes need to flow out the 63% opening and either into a chimney or to the wild blue.
But interesting thread, I like to see people thinking outside the box.
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Wiley, pardon my sarcasm, but the other reason for the door is access to the pizza! I will have a hole in the 'top' of the pot/dome for venting during fire up. Then I can cover the hole to retain heat.
Much of this is proof of concept and will likely be modified in "rocket pot mk2".
In other news I found a pottery shop that has 24" bowl shaped pots, 9-10" deep or so for $31! That may serve as a dome/form for future oven. Maybe over a soldier ring of bricks...?
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I would personally leave the pots behind and get a kiln shelf. With bottom heat only ovens like you are attempting to build the top heat is always anemic compared to the bottom. To have any chance of balancing the heat you will need as low of a "dome" as possible. A kiln shelf set on top of a low brick wall would give much better results.
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Mighty intersesting results, i had no idea u could get that kind of heat from small rocket inside small oven like that. We have a lot of verry cheap terra cotta pots around here, i never seen t black ones, altough i know wich ones u mean, but the best of t best is for export in this country and local population is so poor they cant aford those i think, but i bought 5 big flower pots with 40 cm diameter for 5 dollar, so i can aford to screw things up and brake a few pots experimenting haha.
We also have a lot of bamboo. Wich makes great rocket stove fuel but crappy pizza oven fuel as it burns away like paper soaked in petrol.
Once i start building i wil post some fotos, at the moment they are building my foundation of my new house so i busy with that
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Thank you all for the input.
Hendrik - cheap is good, well sometimes. While the "black clay" looked interesting dirt is still dirt. Cob has been used with great success for many years so its nice that someone has dug it up and formed it into a pot for you. The pot I am using is 16", a shade over 40cm. Still only $8.
Shuboyje- low dome is defiantly the way to go. If a person is trying to use a single pot they need to balance sufficient side wall to allow a door for access and low dome hight to help reflect heat. And while I appreciate the input, your comments here and on another thread come across as absolute and somewhat patronizing. I'm sure your experience with authentic Neapolitan pizza and the associated ovens is great, I'm trying to have a little fun with an alternative method to cook a decent pie and maybe a bread stick. I have under $100 in this thing and its only that much because I didn't want to bother with the time to source materials. Not everyone has the time, space, talent, or treasure to construct authentic.
Now then... Heat on top, while I'm hoping the dome and design work as is, I may suspend a terra cotta tile above the pizza stone to reflect and radiate heat to the top of the pizza. Ia am using a tile under the stone as well as diffusers to avoid over heating the bottom.
Hopefully I will be able to get some more done today and post a pic.
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My comments aren't meant to be patronizing, but they are pretty absolute on purpose. As much as you may see it otherwise I'm trying to help. I understand you are looking for a fun project and to try new things, but the ultimate fun will be when it works well won't it? I know you think you are doing something profoundly different then anything else, but when distilled down to it's core it is a bottom heat only oven like many others and will need the same features as others to have a balance of heat. If you look to the design of gas fired deck ovens and the ever popular little black egg(LBE) which are both bottom heat only ovens like yours that successfully cook pizza you will find two key features in both of them. A deflector of some sort to help buffer the heat from the bottom stone and a very low ceiling to keep the top heat as close to the top of the pizza as possible. Without both of those features(and even sometimes with them) you will end up with a charred bottom and a uncooked top.
I really think the LBE design is gonna be your best friend in working this out. On another pizza website you will find a 100 pages worth of info on that oven and the tweeks that have been developed over the past few years to really dial it in. You are changing the heat source from a gas burner to a rocket stove, and changing the oven chamber from a weber grill to a pot or some other form of masonry, but the concept remains the same.
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Well then...
Rather than crafting a witty reply about my deceased fathers overbearing and critical advice I choose to accept all input with the assumption that it is intended to be constructive and given with a spirit of brotherly love. As a psychologist I deal with severe mental illness on a daily basis, so for me the distraction of a hands on project is plenty fun. Any result is a result, failure is always an option, remember to use sunscreen.
Now back to our regularly scheduled program....
Despite what Albert Hammond may have told us, it really does rain in Southern California. But not today. So I got some work done.
Last course of bricks- that was yesterday
In my zeel to get work done I didn't take a lot of pictures but this is what tops the rocket portion of the oven. 6" pipe transitions to an 8x8 cake pan, $1, thrift store. Then two pieces of rebar making an x in the pan, corner to corner. That supports a 6" clay saucer, yup more flower pariphinalia. That about does it, all of that is to keep the direct blast of the rocket from scorching my pizza stone.
Okay, now we are on top of the bricks. The large clay saucer received some judicious slicing with a diamond blade in the grinder. Which works amazingly well by the way. So in the saucer is another standoff of metal, on top of that is a terra cotta tile from Home Depot, and finally the pizza stone. Whew.
I also decided to start flower pot oven version 2.1. So off to the depot for more pots. I went with a lower profile and swapped the new pot to the rocket stove and will use the deeper pot for oven 2.
Perhaps I will give that oven its own thread
Question, what is a minimum door hight? Pizza only
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Green Rocket Oven - The Green Rocket Oven employs several principles which make it very well suited to the task of cooking delicious pizzas quickly and efficiently. Once you see how simple they are you will wonder why no one has done this before (we
Please pardon my lack of url savvy. This is the idea. We shall see.
And the gratuitous picture.
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Psychdoc, you need to start charging your patients more per visit, the penny pinching to create a cooking area and the pics of your yard looks like you need more money.....
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Schneider Night at the Toronado in SF
This is very little advance warning, I know but I just got an email from David Keene, proprietor of the Toronado, 547 Haight St., in San Francisco. He says George Schneider, owner of the Schneider Brewery, Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany, will be at the Toronado beginning at 6 p.m. Friday night (June 9, 2006). He'll be pouring Aventinus, Weiss, and Edel Weiss, weisswurst will be served from Rosamunde.
No charge. If you know Schneider beers, you'll no doubt be there. If not, there couldn't be a finer introduction to five star classics like Schneider Aventinus.
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MM: You were racing and serving as a test-bed for Ford Motorsport, but at the same time you were climbing the corporate ladder at Ford. What jobs have you held during your career at Ford?
Wolfe: I've been very fortunate. A lot of it is right place, right time. A lot of people plan their careers - where they're going and what they're going to do - but for me I loved engines and I really wanted to get to where I could do engine development. So I started at Heavy Truck as a Ford College Graduate in 1982. It was the only place hiring, but I had a wonderful time there and really learned a lot from some great people. About two years later, I was lucky enough to come to Engine Engineering. As a fuel system engineer, I worked on fuel injectors, regulators, throttle bodies, fuel rails, and those types of components. And I was meeting all these great guys like Wally Beeber, Hank Dertian, and a lot of the guys who did the development work on the 5.0-liter Mustangs in the 1980s.
A guy named Jim Clark was a department manager who went to Advanced Powertrain to bring back this new engine called the modular 4.6. So I said, "Here's my chance!" I knew Jim went for coffee every morning in the drafting room. So I waited there, watched him get his coffee, and followed him back to his office. I told him that I knew he was bringing in this engine and I really wanted to work on the development. So he gave me a chance to work for him, even though there were older and more experienced engineers available. I did that type of work for about 10 years, either as an engineer or a supervisor. I worked on the 4.6 2-valve, 4.6 4-valve, and the Durotech 2.5 and 3.0 V6s.
Then one day my boss called me into his office and said, "Everyone knows you're having way too much fun here so you're going to have to start working for a living like everyone else. We're going to put you in a little different role." That was engine systems engineer, which is a nice way to say program management, where the engine actually sits in the vehicle and achieves its attributes, whether that was fuel economy, NVH, emissions, or performance. I worked on the Durotech 3.0 which was going into the Taurus, and I went from there into Advanced Powertrain where I worked on the Aston Martin V-12, the 3-valve combustion system, and a few other neat projects. I worked there about 2 1/2 to 3 years and then I went to Europe as a chief engineer for Inline Gas Engines. I worked in Europe for three years then came back for the job I had right before this job, which was basically powertrain as installed with responsibility for the engine control system.
In a meeting with the vice-president of powertrains, I was asked about my career, my desires, and where I wanted to go. I said, "You know, if Dan Davis ever retires, I'd love to get the opportunity to do that job." And that's how I ended up here.
MM: Sounds like two things prepared you for your current job as Director of Ford Racing - racing and management at Ford. Plus your work with engines. Did all that tie together to help you with your current job?
Wolfe: It really did. The accountability here is pretty large, having the entire motorsports for North America - NASCAR, NHRA, Performance Parts business, and all the other ancillary racing, such as NMRA. We're trying to get more involved in local circle track racing.
There are a couple of things that are important. One, I think it's important to understand how Ford Motor Company works on the engineering side so when you're working with racing teams you understand what they do and you respect what they do so when you need help you know who to go to and how to ask for it. And two, for someone who has loved motorsports their whole life, it allowed the chance to say, if we're going to use motorsports to improve corporate image and help draw people into Ford products, what would appeal to me? So when I'm in the meetings I can make sure I'm looking at it from a customer perspective.


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Tigers R great.
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My thoughts.
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Not necessarily; looks like either a 19" or maybe even a 21" front wheel. This immediately puts it in competition with the Yam 1200 Tenere, KTM 990 and BMW R12GS. Cruiser Class ADV/Touring!
19" definitely.
So far no one has mentioned a very major design element on this new bike:
Single Sided Swingarm!!!
Triumph only use it on the Speed Triple. I wonder how it will hold up off road?
Hopefully better and stronger than the BMW efforts. AND, it has to have a shaft to entice those die hard BMW idiots, sorry, riders away from the German brand.
Shaft Drive??
I notice not one photo angle showing the left side of the bike. Is this thing Shaft Drive? God, I hope not. That right there would add about 30 lbs. to the weight.
See above.
Obviously ... won't be as nimble or capable off road as the Tiger 800XC, but should compete well in the "Freighter Class" of ADV bikes.
I agree.
Me? I'll take the 800 ... but not until Triumph knock off another 20 lbs. or so. It's too heavy for an 800 IMHO.
Once you've loaded it up with bash guards, racks, luggage and gear ... you end up riding an over weight Pig that becomes a liability off road and not easy to handle. I've been all through this with BMW GS's and my V-Stroms. I'll stick with a Thumper for time being.
The 800XC is surprisingly nimble when you ride it in all situations. You only feel the weight when you have to pick it up. Apart from that down side, the way it handles give me, at least, the confidence to go and explore those back tracks.
Other current unknowns are :-
Power output.
If it's 120+bhp how is the 150/70 rear tyre going to cope?
Wet weight.
I think it'll be similar to the Tiger955i which will mean limited dirt road use.
Gotta come in under £10K to beat the BMW.
3 - 1 black Tigers. 955i+800XC (sold)+800XC=113000 miles of fun.
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Margaret Thatcher bids farewell after a visit to the United States.
Since Obama entered office, liberals have developed a rhetorical trick meant to highlight the extremism of his opponents. When Mitch McConnell or John Boehner or anyone else comes out against a policy or approach—new taxes, Keynesian spending—liberals will note these policies weren't always anathema to conservatives. "Reagan raised taxes 11 times and gave amnesty to unauthorized immigrants!" "Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency!" "Bob Dole had a plan for universal health insurance!"
The point, always, is to present today's Republicans as unreasonable and—implicitly—to position Obama at the center of American politics. After all, if habitual tax raiser Ronald Reagan is a conservative, what does that make Obama, who has cut taxes far more than he's raised them?
With the passing of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, you see this playing out again. Conservatives claim her as a key figure in their ascendance during the 1980s, and liberals point out that—in terms of her political positions—she's far from where the Right is at the current moment. Here's Mother Jones' David Corn on Twitter, linking to a New York Times's story on Thatcher's legacy, "Thatcher upped overall taxation (raising bottom rate 25 to 30%) & supported [the] welfare state—the National Health System."
The problem with this point is that it mistakes ideology for policy positions. Obama's policies might reflect the sensibility of a Rockefeller Republican, but his actual ideas about the role of government, the position of individual, and the place of civil society mark him as a liberal. Likewise, Thatcher raised taxes and supported (some version of) the NHS, but those were positions drawn from the contingencies of the moment. In terms of her beliefs, she was clearly a creature of the Right, hence this now-famous quote from her 1987 interview with Women's Own magazine, "They are casting their problems at society. And, you know, there's no such thing as society. There are individual men and women and there are families. And no government can do anything except through people, and people must look after themselves first."
The simple fact is that times change. Liberals and conservatives hold different positions at different points depending on the circumstances. And while both ideologies imply a commitment to certain kinds of policies, the actual content can vary. As can the overall approach to politics. We don't know what Ronald Reagan would have been like if he were operating in today's political environment. It's possible—and I'd say likely—that he'd join his fellow Republicans in their anti-tax dogma and categorical opposition to Obama. Likewise, there's no reason to think that Thatcher wouldn't have also pursued austerity measures if she were currently leading the United Kingdom.
None of this is to say that liberals can't use this talking point. But they should know that it doesn't make much sense.
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Yes, Maggie still looks like a horrible right-winger to me today. The ghastly policies of her successors (with the possible exception of Major) are all of a piece with Thatcher's agenda.
But Obama does not look like a liberal to me today, and he wouldn't have looked like one at any time in my life. His economic policies would have been acknowledged in the '50s, '60s, and '70s as far right - which they are. More and more people are starting to notice.
People allow themselves to be distracted by "culture wars" and false definitions of who believes what about "the role of government", but a distraction is all it is. Liberalism isn't just about gay rights and how you define the role of government. It is, first and foremost, about whether you prioritize the general public or the most rich and powerful. On that measure, there is no distinction between Thatcher, Blair, Obama, and Cameron.
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text: Aug 14, 2012 Studying Abroad: The Final Lesson 2 by Jennifer Irocky • Student Bloggers • Tags: Chegg, chegg student bloggers, class, England, Jennifer Irocky, lessons, London, security, study abroad Well folks, I'm finally done with my study abroad trip to London, England. Looking back at all the photographs of Big Ben, the London Eye, and me caught mid-laugh on camera I began to wonder: did I actually learn anything? These pictures look like I had tons of fun but what lessons came home with these pictures? Obviously there are the lessons taken away from my class, but ... More


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Algae Biofuel Update
NASA Algae Biofuel System Ready for Commercial Use
NASA recently unveiled new research that could change the face of biofuel production.
The culmination of the research is a new method of growing algae called the Offshore Membrane Enclosure for Growing Algae (OMEGA).
What the system does is allow freshwater algae to grow in municipal wastewater with the aid of NASA's photobioreactors in plastic tubes that float in seawater. While growing, the algae treat the wastewater by consuming the nutrients and the carbon dioxide and produce oxygen.
A key benefit to NASA's system is its ability rapidly grow algae. If the sunlight, nutrients, water temperature are right, the algae can be ready for harvest in just 3 to 5 days.
So far, tests have ranged from small-scale to using the photobioreactors in a 450-gallon system at the Southeast Wastewater Treatment facility in San Francisco.
The biofuel aspect of this operation comes from the fact that the algae can be converted into a biofuel. However, it has other applications as well. It can also be used to make fertilizer, natural gas and animal feed.
It also bears mentioning that should this system be implemented, the floating plastic photobioreactors have posed no threat to marine life in small-scale tests.
"We have continuous video of various prototypes of photobioreactoes, day and night, over a six-month period. We see birds and sea otters interacting with the system, but it does not impact their well being…Preliminary data showed that the interactions of these animals are not problematic to the system or its functions," OMEGA project scientists at NASA Ames Jonathan Trent stated.
The OMEGA project is scheduled to be available for commercial use in May. Members of the algae-for-biofuel community/industry are invited to take the OMEGA concept and explore its commercial applications.
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Houston Dynamo
At the Dynamo, we are proud of our commitment to help the Houston community through a varity of charitable initiatives. Many of the initiatives are driven by the organization, while some are driven by the passion of our players. Regardless of the cause, Dynamo fans are always willing to chip with their time or a dollar and we can't thank them enough.
With that said, we are thrilled to see that one of our supporters groups, Texian Army, will be hosting a bake sale before Sunday's game to raise money for the first responders in West, Texas. 100% of the funds raised will go toward the Abbott Volunteer Fire Department, which lost three members in the fire and 11 more volunteers remain hospitalized.
This is a great cause and we urge all Dynamo fans to stop by the Texian Army tailgate in Lot C before the game and purchase a baked good or just donate to the cause.
Check out the Texian Army Facebook page for more information about this great event.
Thanks for your support and go Dynamo!
The Houston Dynamo will be honoring first responders at Sunday's game for their bravery in the wake of recent tragedies as well as for the courageous duties they perform on a daily basis. Dynamo defenders Corey Ashe and Mike Chabala and goalkeeper Tally Hall recorded this message as a token of our appreciation.
MLS Insider Josh Whisenhunt continues MLSsoccer.com's Top-5 countdown with a look at the top five hairstyles in Major League Soccer. No surprise, Warren Creavalle and his throw-back flat top hairstyle made the cut (no pun inteded).
We'll assume that Bryan Salazar's fro-hawk (pictured, below) missed the list because of his relative anonymity in MLS circles, but it won't be long before this hairdo becomes one of the most recognizable in MLS.
In the latest edition of Road to the First Team, presented by Statoil, we caught up with Dynamo Academy forward Irvin Ramirez. The U-18 winger joined the Academy almost three years ago and has enjoyed much success in the program including seven goals scored in 22 matches in 2013.
The following eight players from this season's Center of Excellence training program have been invited by Dynamo staff coaches to trial with the Junior Academy program for the next several weeks with an eye towards potentially joining the Junior Academy for the remainder of the spring season. These players have been invited to this elite level training program because of their mentality and focus in training sessions, their skillful performances in the Center of Excellence training session and the Houston Dynamo Champions League, and their positive attitude and work ethic both on and off the field.
Cristian Coelho (Katy)
Jackson Gill (Katy)
Alexander Canales (Sugar Land)
Ian Mayral Boyle (Moody)
Matias Ferrar (Moody)
Martin Schumacher (Moody)
Adam Cerna (Katy)
Yusuf Hussein (Moody)
"The Center of Excellence exists to provide professional coaching and training to 8-12 year old boys and girls so that we can help a great number of soccer players to further develop their soccer skills, to increase their love of the game, and to connect the Houston community more fully with the Houston Dynamo," said Houston Dynamo Soccer Program Manager Justin Neese. "The program also exists to identify players who might potentially have the ability and mentality to play in other Dynamo programs and teams. That these players have been indentified and offered this opportunity is excellent news for our program and for all of its players."
Congratulations to these players!
Click here for more information about Center of Excellence programs.
On Monday, Houston Dynamo players and coaches participated in the eighth annual Tommy Bahama Island Cowboy Classic at The Woodlands Country Club. More than 30 teams participated in the event which included Dynamo forwards Brian Ching and Will Bruin, midfielder Andrew Driver, defenders Bobby Boswell and Mike Chabala and coaches Dominic Kinnear and Steve Ralston.
Proceeds from the event benefitted the Woodlands Shooting Stars Special Olympics and Dynamo Charities, presented by The Halliburton Charitable Foundation.
I'm going to be honest with you. This is one of the most fun videos you will watch this year.
Jared Montz, a former professional soccer player, has teammed up with the Nothing but Nets campaign to raise awareness for the need for malaria nets in Africa. According to the organization, a child dies of malaria every 60 seconds.
As part of the campaign, Montz visited MLS cities across the U.S. and filmed himself juggling in and around stadiums as well as with players on the various teams. In Houston, Mike Chabala, Bobby Boswell and Ricardo Clark joined Montz for his video. Check out the video below and click here to learn more about how you can juggle to save lives.


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This recipe is an accompaniment for Roast Pork Tenderloin with Creamed Corn and Apple-Raisin Chutney .
YIELD: Makes about 3 cups
Stir vinegar and sugar in heavy medium saucepan over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves. Boil without stirring until syrupy and reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 15 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add all remaining ingredients. Simmer until apples are tender, liquid is absorbed, and mixture thickens slightly, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes. (Can be prepared up to 2 weeks ahead. Cool completely. Refrigerate in airtight container.)


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Here I go again ...
I load my cart with the latest new featured item that promises a 72% discount if I purchase the item plus 4 Daz originals. I then troll through the originals, once again, and select stuff I've been wanting but haven't needed for a specific project, thinking the sale would be a good time to stock up on some extras.
All is in my cart, and yet, the discounts are not showing up .... AGAIN.
I am getting the 30% off rate, not the 72%. And of course, these offers supposedly change daily, which is why I can't use the DM product I wanted a couple days ago, because it only lasts for one day, which is not long enough for a support ticket.
Why do I bother, again?


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Local leaders in the Northern Province have resolved to have set up new shelter for Genocide survivors whose houses are dilapidated before the beginning of the commemoration period.
Available statistics by the provincial leadership indicate that about 300 houses should be demolished and replaced, while more than 1,000 need to be renovated.
During a provincial security meeting held in Rulindo district last Friday, Provincial Governor Aime Bosenibamwe directed the local leaders to mobilise residents for renovation of the remaining houses by the end this July.
"The survivors should be continuously helped to cope with the effects of what befell them 19 years ago most especially as we approach the commemoration period," he said.
Rulindo and Gicumbi districts have the highest number of houses, while Burera and Gakenke have the least.
Contentious issue
During the meeting, a contentious debate emerged concerning the progress of the ongoing national voluntary service by Senior Six leavers.
The Chairperson of Itorero National Taskforce, Boniface Rucagu, expressed worries about the whole process.
He said local leaders and the general public are still slow to understand the implications of this initiative.
"There is no daily follow up and monitoring to determine the output at the end of the programme," Rucagu said.
He called upon local leaders to mobilise for support to facilitate the students in realising their ultimate goals and targets.
"As much as we monitor these activities, we need to establish structures to document daily achievements so as to conduct a nationwide evaluation of the entire programme," he said.
Rucagu noted that the documented outcomes could be used as a tool of motivation to voluntarily engage future generations in nation building.
Having lasted three weeks after the urugerero programme all participants will return to their respective communities, with the university students heading back to campus.


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Introducing Our Medico-Legal Advisers & Claims Managers
Ms Victoria Astill-Smith
Claims Manager (Solicitor)
After completing her law degree at the University of Western Australia, Victoria commenced her legal career as a defendant insurance lawyer at Phillips Fox working in their defendant insurance and professional indemnity litigation section. Over the years, Victoria has gained extensive experience in the areas of personal injury litigation, professional indemnity and worker's compensation working in both small and large law firms. Victoria has represented clients at conciliations, arbitrations and in District and Supreme Court matters.
Victoria joined MDA National in July 2009 as a Claims Manager.
Ms Yvonne Baldwin
Claims Manager (Solicitor)
Ms Baldwin has a healthcare and legal background. She became a Registered Nurse in 1992 and specialised in peri-operative nursing. In 2002 graduated from UTS with a Bachelor of Laws and has specialised in medical negligence and health law, having worked as the Medico-Legal Adviser for the North West Regional Hospital in Tasmania in 2006, and more recently as an in-house Solicitor at GIO for the Treasury Managed Fund, where she acted for Area Health Services in litigated and unlitigated medical negligence claims and coronial matters, and for public hospital VMOs in medical negligence matters.
Ms Baldwin joined MDA National in October 2008, and has recently completed a Master of Health Law through the University of Sydney.
Dr Sara Bird
Manager, Medico-legal and Advisory Services
Dr Bird's background is in general practice, having worked as a GP in Sydney for over 10 years. Since 1998 she has worked with medical defence organisations as a claims manager and medico-legal adviser. She has a particular interest in clinical risk management and writes a monthly risk management article for GPs in Australian Family Physician. Dr Bird is also the author of the Medicolegal Handbook for General Practice which was published in 2006.
Her role as Manager, Medico-Legal and Advisory Services at MDA National involves assisting Members and their staff with medico-legal enquiries, complaints, investigations as well as medical negligence claims, both litigated and unlitigated.
Ms Julie Brooke-Cowden - Manager, Claims and Advisory Services (East)
Claims Manager (Solicitor)
Julie graduated from Macquarie University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB). She obtained her Specialist Accreditation in Personal Injury (Defendant) Litigation in 2000 and her Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of Sydney in 2005. Julie is an Adjunct Lecturer with the University of Notre Dame Australia's School of Medicine in Sydney, and a Mentor with the Law Society of NSW's Women's mentoring program. She has also been a member of Concord Repatriation General Hospital's Human Research Ethics Committee for the past 10 years.
Since commencing work with MDA National in 2005, Julie has provided assistance and advice to Doctors with respect to complaints, claims, performance and disciplinary issues, conduct and health matters, Medicare investigations and audits, Pharmaceutical Services investigations, and Coronial investigations and inquests.
Ms Alice Cran
Claims Manager (Solicitor)
Alice holds Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees. She has specialised in the area of medical malpractice since her admission as a legal practitioner in 1997. For eight years, Alice worked in private practice where she acted for doctors and hospitals in the defence of medical malpractice claims in both the District and Supreme Courts of New South Wales. Complementing her litigation experience, Alice has done advisory work for various health organisations, covering a myriad of medico-legal topics and trade practices issues.
Before joining MDA National in 2011, Alice worked as a Claims Lawyer for a London-based Insurer, a member of the Lloyds Syndicate. Her work involved managing incidents and litigated claims for private hospitals Australia-wide.
Ms Candice Danby
Claims Manager (Solicitor)
Since her admission in 1999 Candice has had extensive experience as a solicitor in the United Kingdom and Sydney. Candice specialised largely in the area of Family Law until returning to Perth in 2008 when she commenced work as the in house legal officer at the Office of Health Review (WA). This role included the management of complaints received from patients concerning medical practitioners employed in both the public and private sectors. Whilst Candice acted as an impartial conciliator in the resolution of these complaints she also assisted and provided support to medical practitioners and patients during this process. In addition, Candice provided information to practitioners regarding risk management strategies following on from the resolution of complaints.
Candice joined MDA National as a claims manager in December 2009.
Dr Jane Deacon
Medico-legal Adviser
Dr Jane Deacon graduated from the University of Western Australia in the 1980s. She has been engaged in general practice since then, both as a practice owner, and more recently as a part-time associate. She has been finance director and later vice chair of the Osborne Division of General Practice. Dr Deacon has had an ongoing interest in medical education both for medical students and general practice registrars.
Dr Deacon joined MDA National in September 2006. She provides in-house medical opinion for the non-medical claims managers, and also assists Members with medico- legal advice on an extensive range of matters.
Ms Nerissa Ferrie
Medico-legal Adviser
Nerissa Ferrie joined MDA National as a Claims Manager in 2008 before moving into a Medico-legal Advisory role in 2010. She holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Workers' Compensation, Practice and Management from Curtin Business School and is currently completing a Bachelor of Communications (Journalism) at Griffith University.
Her main areas of interest are Medical Board, Coronial and Medicare investigations, as well as keeping up to date with the ever-changing medico-legal landscape. Nerissa has been published in a number of internal and external publications, and is currently the sub-editor of Defence Update. In addition to her work at MDA National, Nerissa is the external independent reviewer for the University of Notre Dame (Fremantle).
Ms Nicole Golding
Claims Handler
Nicole commenced with MDA National in 2006 providing assistance to Claims Managers and the Claims Administration Manager in Perth. In 2009, Nicole moved into the role of Claims Handler, assisting in Claims and Advisory Services by providing assistance to Members as well as Claims Managers in general case management. Nicole has an Advanced Diploma in Business (Legal Practice) and is in her third year of her Bachelor of Law.
Ms Janet Harry
Claims Manager (Solicitor) / Risk Adviser
Janet is a graduate of the University of Western Australia and has had extensive experience in insurance litigation. She has worked for a number of private legal firms, including Clayton Utz, Freehills and Kott Gunning and as In House Insurance Counsel for Wesfarmers Limited. Janet also spent a number of years with Law Mutual managing professional indemnity claims against lawyers. Janet's main areas of practice include employers' indemnity, personal injury and professional indemnity.
Janet joined MDA in 2011. Her role as a Medico-Legal Advisor with MDA involves assisting Members and their staff with medico-legal enquiries, complaints, investigations, medical negligence claims and legislative review and comment on areas affecting members.
Dr Helen Havryk
Claims Manager (Solicitor)
Dr Havryk joined MDA National in February 2007. She practised in clinical medicine for a number of years prior to completing her legal studies. She was employed as a lawyer at Blake Dawson Waldron (now Ashurst) practising solely in medical litigation for five years and then as a claims manager dealing mainly with litigated matters in New South Wales with another medical defence organisation prior to joining MDA National.
Since joining MDA National in 2007, Dr Havryk has built on her previous claims management experience by routinely managing claims commenced in other East Coast jurisdictions (in addition to NSW) and has broadened her expertise to include investigations by Medicare and disciplinary matters commenced by AHPRA and various state complaint bodies such as the Health Care Complaints Commission (NSW), Health Quality and Complaints Commission (Queensland) and Office of the Health Services Commissioner (Victoria). She is also developing her practice in employment law.
Ms Deborah Jackson
Claims and Advisory Counsel - Sydney
Ms Jackson has a diverse background in the health industry. She was a Registered Nurse in Intensive Care, Accident and Emergency and a graduate in Psychiatric Nursing.
She has extensive experience in medical negligence litigation in all jurisdictions acting for doctors, physiotherapists and other allied healthcare professionals in civil and coronial hearings.
Ms Jackson has also represented nursing homes, private and public hospitals in civil and coronial hearings, as well as drafting policies for many private Healthcare Institutions. She joined MDA National in 2003.
In addition to providing medico-legal advice, assistance with Medical Board, Medicare Investigations, Coronial Inquiries and claims management to all MDA National Members, Ms Jackson regularly speaks at seminars and conferences to doctors of various disciplines advising them of developments in medical negligence in their respective state and area of practice.
Ms Karen McMahon
Medico-legal Adviser (Solicitor)
Karen graduated from Macquarie University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) and in 2002 completed a Masters of Laws (LLM) from the University of Sydney. She has over twenty years of experience in practice as a solicitor and since 2000 has specialised in health law, primarily medical defence litigation. She joined MDA National in October 2014.
Karen's previous roles include being a Senior Legal Officer with the Health Care Complaints Commission where she acted in complaints and in prosecutions before the Medical Tribunal and other health professional disciplinary tribunals. From 2002 she acted for hospitals, doctors, government agencies and insurers as a Senior Solicitor and Legal Manager with GILD Insurance Litigation and then as Special Counsel at Curwoods Lawyers. During this time she obtained extensive experience in medical negligence claims, coronial inquests, public liability and administrative law matters appearing in a wide range of jurisdictions including the District Court, Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal and advised on a broad range of legislative and policy issues relating to health care. Karen is a member of the NSW Law Society's Medico-Legal Liaison Committee and the Advisory Committee for the Centre for Health Record Linkage.
Since joining MDA National Karen has provided advice and assistance to doctors with respect to their medico-legal inquires, complaints, claims and investigations including medical negligence, coronial inquests, performance and disciplinary issues and Medicare investigations and audits.
Ms Puja Menon
Claims Manager (Solicitor)
After completing her law degree at the University of Western Australia, Ms Menon commenced her legal career as a plaintiff personal injury lawyer at Trewin Norman & Co for three and a half years. She then moved to DLA Phillips Fox in their defendant insurance and professional indemnity litigation section. There, she focused on advising 'insureds' on various claims ranging from property damage, public liability (including mine site injuries) and product liability. She gained exposure to medical negligence claims and assisted in representing hospitals in that arena. Over the years, she has represented clients in District and Supreme Court matters.
Ms Menon joined MDA National in July 2009 as a claims manager and is responsible for assisting members with investigations, complaints, enquiries as well as medical malpractice claims, ranging from those at a preliminary incident level to litigated matters.
Ms Philippa Nash
Manager, Claims and Advisory Services (Solicitor) - Perth
Ms Nash started her career in the medical field as an Occupational Therapist, working predominantly in Industrial Rehabilitation and Acute Rehabilitation (Catastrophically injured patients) in Australia and the US.
Ms Nash studied law at UWA and commenced work with Talbot & Oliver in their Insurance Litigation section in 1991. Although her main practice was personal injury claim defence (Professional Indemnity, Workers Comp and Public Liability) she also handled some large personal injury claims for Plaintiffs. Ms Nash also worked for Parker & Parker/Freehills, Srdarov Richards Burton and Phillips Fox before joining MDA National in October 2002.
Ms Sharon Russell
Claims Manager (Solicitor) / Risk Adviser
Sharon has a health care and legal background. She graduated from Sydney University as a Physiotherapist in 1995 and practised for several years before commencing her legal studies. She graduated from her legal studies in 2006. Whilst completing her legal studies she worked in various law firms specialising in insurance litigation and also as a medico-legal risk manager. Since her admission as a solicitor she has worked primarily in the area of defendant medical negligence and medico-legal risk management.
Sharon's role as a Medico-Legal Claims Manager and Risk Advisor at MDA National encompasses assisting Members and their staff with general medico-legal and risk management enquiries, AHPRA and Health Care Complaints Commission complaints, Medicare investigations as well as litigated and unlitigated medical negligence claims.
Sharon commenced with MDA National in July 2011.
Dr Julian Walter
Medico-Legal Adviser
Dr Walter joined MDA National in December 2011 with both a medical and legal background. He graduated from Sydney University in 1993 and has spent the last 15 years working as a Career Medical Officer in a large Sydney private hospital with particular interests in both intensive care and general medicine.
Dr Walter completed a law degree from Macquarie University in 2007 and was admitted as a lawyer in 2010. He spent 5 months working with a New York commercial law firm before returning to Australia to pursue medico legal work.
His role in the Medico Legal Advisory Service at MDA National involves assisting Members and their staff with medico-legal enquiries, complaints, investigations and claims. He is also involved with the provision of in-house medical opinions.
Luke Wakefield
Claims Handler
Luke has a background in healthcare administration, insurance and law. He completed his Juris Doctor at UTS in 2012 and was admitted as a Solicitor in 2013. Luke's role involves assisting Members and their staff with medico-legal enquiries, complaints, investigations and claims.
His main areas of interest are disciplinary and Coronial investigations. Luke joined MDA National in 2013.
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Ian joined MDA National in December 2013 and, in addition to being part of the executive committee of MDAN has responsibility for three departments – Claims and Advisory Services, Support in Practice and Education Services. Ian has a legal background and has been admitted to practice as a solicitor for 20 years having completed his law degree at the University of Tasmania in 1993.
Ian has extensive experience in both the law and management having held senior legal and management positions with the Chubb Insurance Company of Australia and Perpetual Limited. Ian has worked for a number of preeminent Australian law firms including Blake Dawson Waldron (now Ashurst) and Baker & McKenzie specialising in litigation.


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From the moment he stepped onto the tarmac at the airport at the foot of the central mountains of Honduras, Ironton businessman Robert Slagel entered a world of shocking contrasts.
"As soon as we got off the plane, there was a guard with a machine gun," he said. "In the lobby of the airport, there were private individuals guarding luggage with machine guns."
The Ironton (Ohio) entrepreneur was part of three-person team from Christ Episcopal Church going as first-time missionaries to the poverty-stricken Central American country of Honduras. Joining Slagel were Laurel Baise of Ironton and the Rev. Sallie Schisler, vicar of the church.
They left on a dreary, overcast Sunday, just before the start of Lent, the season of repentance and contemplation for Christians. Now as the culmination of that season dawns today on Easter Sunday, their journey shows the message of service to those in need that is the hallmark of their faith.
"To be honest, I never thought in a million years that I would go on a mission trip," Slagel said.
However his sister, Kathy Nelson, was heading up a trip to Honduras for her church in Texas, Good Shepherd Episcopal.
As unnerving as it was to see armed guards everywhere, the splendor of the country captivated the trio.
"It is very beautiful," Slagel said. "Very similar to Jamaica. Beautiful but financially destitute. Very poor. It is a shame. There are a couple of resorts along the coast. But the rest is very poor, lawless. Most folks police themselves. Every store we would pass from the hotel to the church had an armed guard in plainclothes out front with a shotgun."
The mission trip was two-fold, to build bleachers for a soccer field by San Juan Apostal Church and to offer Bible school for the children of the community. With the completion of the soccer field, that area can be rented out to groups to provide income for the community.
"This was at the bishop's direction," Slagel said. "He said 'I don't want you giving these people anything. I don't want them to become a generation of handouts.' He wanted us to teach them how to fish, not give them fish. …to show them entrepreneurial skills. Had we just gone out and handed out dollar bills, it would have been a Band-Aid."
Schisler was part of the Bible school where she worked with children from 2 years old to early teens.
"We would arrive at the site and have morning devotions," she said. "Then we would go to work transforming the nave by turning pews around and put tables in. We had 10 tables where the children could work. Then we went to the front of the church to sing and hear Bible stories."
One morning after the children had worked on crafts, she wanted them to join her at the front of the church for singing. A 7-year-old small boy kept working on his coloring until Schisler told him he could work on it at home.
"No. No crayola at home," he told her.
"It made me feel a little embarrassed to make the assumption that the children would naturally have crayons," Schisler said. "There are children who do not have the luxury of having crayons."
Both Slagel and Schisler agree the experience was life-changing.
"It has given me a real appreciation of how wonderful things are in the United States," Slagel said. "It has also made a little bit embarrassed by the things I get upset about and I look at what these people have to deal with every day. The most ironic thing is they are happier than we are."
By Benita Heath
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The 26-year-old Uruguayan was another big-name to make the move to France this summer, although it's PSG who have benefited from his arrival.
There is a reason the Uruguayan was one of the hottest properties in the market this summer, with 29 goals in Serie 'A' last season putting him head-and-shoulders above the rest in the Italian top flight.
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Pauly D Gets Flirty With a Blonde Model After Jersey Shore Cast Stands Him Up: Source
Did Pauly D find solace in a hot blonde model's arms after his Jersey Shore castmates failed to show up at his VMAs after-party?
Examiner reports that Pauly, the only single cast member from the show right now, "was spotted getting flirty with one of his Remix Cocktails models during the VMAs After Party at Greystone Manor." A source says he had a Remix model "glued to his side. The two shared whispers and flirty conversation over drinks."
Coincidentally, none of Pauly's co-stars came to support his DJ gig at the party. A source tells Examiner that "Vinny was confirmed to show with his new girlfriend but didn't make it." Poor Pauly!
Of course, there are worse ways to cry over bromance break-ups than in the arms of a model.
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Angels: Weaver throws b.p.
Jered Weaver faced live batters for the first time Saturday, using fastballs and changeups in a 30-pitch batting-practice session. The session was considered a success and he is on schedule to throw again in a few days. Manager Mike Scioscia … Continue reading
Dodgers: Still no word
It's 7:30 p.m. here, and there still is no word on the condition of Tony Abreu, who jammed his left shoulder sliding headfirst into second base in the seventh inning some four hours ago. He was taken for an MRI, … Continue reading
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Dodgers: Dodgers 7, Astros 5
Dodgers scored three in the bottom of the eighth to break a 4-4 tie, with Wilson Betemit capping a 2-for-3 day with a tiebreaking, RBI double to score Kelly Stinnett from second. Brett Tomko gave up one run over three … Continue reading
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Dodgers: It's not easy being green …
… but the Dodgers are going to try anyway. In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, they'll wear solid green jerseys, made of mesh, for today's game with Houston. The jerseys feature white lettering with blue trim and a blue shamrock … Continue reading
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Minor leaguer Adam Pavkovich didn't help his cause, costing the Angels a game-tying run in the eighth inning. Pavkovich came on to pinch run just before Chone Figgins hit a triple down the right-field line. Pavkovich scored easily, or so … Continue reading
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Refocusing on a New Mobile Content LandscapeMatt Geraghty July 8, 2011
Web Content 2011 hits the street in Chicago. (Image via Ciccioetneo)
Content professionals gathered in early June at Web Content 2011 in Chicago to discuss the state of content strategy for mobile. Over the course of two days there were workshops and presentations by over 20 speakers and while there were many highly engaging topics with some common themes arising, the takeaway was clear: the future is wide-open.
For content strategists and consumers of mobile content this is just the beginning. Tasked with developing world-class mobile experiences, the future is ours to seize. It is not however, without challenges. For those willing to experiment and find bold new ways to provide compelling content true to the brand and on any device, opportunity abounds.
Here are some of our favorite quotes from the featured speakers and be sure to explore videos from Web Content 2011.
"By the end of the year, over half of the people in this country are going to be using their mobile device to connect with content. That's something that even 2 years ago seemed like a far off milestone." – Mark Donovan, comScore, Inc.
"Mobile means we now we need to focus much more on creating experiences that are useful and appropriate to that target audience in their context and appropriate to the needs of that brand." – Margot Bloomstein, Appropriate, Inc.
"We have to start thinking in an abstract sense — if I only have this much space what am I going to do? It's not only about designing the iPhone version, but rather what am I going to do to present content across any device in the future. That's a hard transition for people. When it comes down to priorities, the conversation will be around what are the fundamental tasks that the user performs." – Karen McGrane, Bond Art and Science
"As content people working in mobile, I think it's really important to think like designers. Being able to have these hybrid skills is really valuable for mobile content development." – Erin Scime, HUGE
"This day has been about raising the alarm that context aware platforms are on the horizon. They are coming and becoming an increasingly important part of how we will deliver content to our audiences — no matter how big or no matter how small. We need to start applying that filter of context to how we're handling our content strategy." – Robert Rose, Big Blue Moose.
"What's the best technology solution to go and deliver content across different devices? There is no one size fits all environment. There are lots of choices and options. You need to make the trade offs and understand what your business requirements are, what your content strategy is and what your organization's threshold is for complexity and for cost. " - Bryan House, Acquia
"This is the beginning of very very very big changes and many companies are going to fail, some of them will go under, some of them will be purchased at a much cheaper value by bigger companies that will munch them up and take their business assets, which will be their content." - Scott Abel, The Content Wrangler
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Various cooperatives in Gikondo, Kigarama, Gitega and Kanombe Sectors of Kicukiro District in Kigali city, have so far received Rwf75 million from Evangelical Restoration Church to support members to start and boost their income generating activities.
The support is part of a three year Global Fund project implemented by the church in the district to support people infected and affected by HIV/Aids. It is also aimed at empowering vulnerable families to fight poverty through income generating activities.
Before extending the financial support, the church trains the management of the cooperatives in financial and cooperative management.
Last On Saturday, 60 members from 20 cooperatives in the three sectors completed the final training programme that paves way for them to receive Rwf25 million.
"As members who are directly involved in handling financial issues, it is of great importance that we give them guidelines and general knowledge on how they can carry out their responsibilities if these cooperatives are to succeed or benefit their members," explained Flavier Mwanga, the national coordinator of the project.
He said that the training programme has so far benefited 180 members from 60 cooperatives, adding that more members are scheduled to benefit.
Some of beneficiaries who attended the training told The New Times that it will help them to team up.
"What we learnt will give us a new working approach in our daily activities especially on mobilisation and financial management; something that we expect to positively impact our cooperatives," said Hamida Uwimana, a member of Gira Ubushake Dukure Cooperative that is based in Gikondo Sector.
Another beneficiary, Sarah Nyirarukundo, pointed out that some participants have already been grouped and that they would form other new cooperatives.
Church officials said the training programme also inculcates members with governance skills as a way of promoting good governance and combat graft.
Mismanagement and embezzlement of cooperative funds especially by cooperative leaders are among the major challenges that affect their operations.
To further address the issue, Rwanda Cooperative Agency (RCA), which oversees the operations of cooperatives devised an initiative to audit cooperatives suspected of misusing funds.
RCA Director General, Damien Mugabo, disclosed that those found guilty prosecuted and if convicted are compelled to repay the missing funds.
RCA Director of the Supervision and Audit Unit, Christine Mukakiramba, noted that instances of cooperative managers using members' savings and capital to carry out personal businesses was a key factor leading to mismanagement of funds.
RCA records indicate that in the months between July and September, 28 cooperatives lost over Rwf200 million. Basing on the regulator's investigations, a total of 169 people, including top managers, were at fault for using the said funds without approval.